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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1912. POLK COUNTY OBSERVER THREE medallion "The 'Joy of Effort" Is be ing mounted ou the wall of the stadium As a preliminary to clearing a piece of brush land there Is nothing that will do more in a shorter time than a flock of Angora goats. They will rip up tbe bark from everything except large trees and generally annihilate vegeta tion. ' at Stockholm to commemorate the bold- Ing of the fifth Olympic gamesi Is di ; rector of athletics at the University of Pennsylvania. As a sculptor he Is par- tlcularly happy In producing athletic figures. NOTES SAI 1 4 ,a CUBARNITZ WVEESH) PA. KOKMSPONDENCE SOLICITED JI J I Current Comment. (These articles and Illustrations must not be reprinted without special permission. TWO BAD TRILBY TROUBLES. I. SCALY LEO. Mr. Mutans Sarcoptes Is generally found where John Bughouse Is on tbe job, for he Is a filth parasite and bur rows under the scales on a fowl's trilbys and soon a whole flock bns the nasty affliction. Lift a portion of the chalky accumu lation and the glass shows It full of cavatles, . each occupied by a Mrs. Sarcoptes with a Rooseveltian family. Rather bloody business to allow these parasites to burrow Into a hen's legs end eat 'em alive and the trouble Is so easily prevented or stopped. Where it exists clean up, thoroughly whitewash walls, roosts, nests, drop ping boards and disinfect floor. Where scale is thick, soak fotfls' legs In sweet oil, gently remove crusts Tbe old fashioned farmer .who used to spend bis time suing tbe railroad for his cow Is now collecting Insur ance on bis smasbedup automobile. Washington Post. - Doctors have found a new disease in "neuromobolitis," an affection that is caused by "Joy riding" Sooner or later tbe disease becomes its own cure. I'bilndelphln inquirer. Washing money at tbe national treas ury has proved so beneficial that the banks of New York city wish to en gage iu tbe business... By and by. the laundries may take It up and enable every man to go to church Sunday morning with clean money as well as clean linen. New York World. Lord Rosebery, tbe English states man and ex-premier, has a farm on which be has produced 2,000 bushels of potatoes per acre, and another note worthy fact of this yield is that It was on land that bad been cropped continu ously for a thousand years. An Interesting fact that probably is not generally known is that banana fiber has been In use in Brazil for a good many years in the manufacture of lace and dress goods, while flour made of the fruit has been a market com modity for tbe past twenty years. The Balkans. i 1 W f' ! ;. To subject any people to tbe rule of the Turks, even though that rule be only nominal. Is something of an of fense against civilization. Dallas News. If Europe can manage to keep her hands off tbe matter between Turkey and ber coalescing neighbors can prob ably be settled without the world be ing much concerned. Louisville Courier-Journal. For the first time In history Servians, Bulgarians. Montenegrins and Greeks are allied, and It Is not to be. wondered at that they regard the present as the psychological hour at which to strike. Philadelphia North American. Photo by C. M. Barnitz. SCALY LEO. and apply sulphur ointment or a mix ture of three parts lard and one of coal oil. Repeat until limb Is natural. Broodies with scaly leg always pass the parasite to their chicks. II. BUMBLE FOOT. If It's a feat to fit feet, what sort of a fit does Biddy get when she gets a corn on the sole of ber feet? Hard to scratch for corn with a corn, but when that corn Is bruised and swells and bumble foot results, "Ah, there's the rub!" Bumble foot results where fowls Jump down from high perches to hard floors. The ball of foot swells, web puffs up between toes, nbcess forms, foot gets i , v - I ' I I I i I i - Photo by C. M. Barnitz. BUMBLE FOOT. hot and. If not treated at once, gan grene sets In. To cure, wash foot, draw sharp knife across ball of foot, cutting deep, and squeeze out pus and blood; then paint with carbolic acid and bandage, passing the rag across cut between toes, around shank and back again. Taint again If necessary. Tlace patient on straw, away from roosts and foot will soon heal. Some big guns claim bumble foot I hereditary. This Is hot air. DO NTS. Don't talk about Nero, the cruel ty rant, nor of Shylock and his pound of flesh If you work a horse bard all day and skimp his feed. Don't worry over a failure. What's the use to waste time whining? The sun behind the cloud Is shining. Don't keep surplus fowls In unpro ductive period. Sell them before sum mer egg vacation and tbe molt. Don't be afraid to sweat Tbe man who often takes a sweat will not so toon pay nature's debt Don't point the long finger at othera. Be charitable unto others If you would have them show charity toward jou. Pen, Chisel and Brush. George Moore, the London novelist, says: "In fifty years there will be no art We are at tbe end of tbe artistic age." Hugh Blaker. an English artist, who has been signify honored by purcbasa of bla charroal drawing. "Le Vie I lard." for the British section of the Luxem bourg duwod in Paris, ts curator of tbe Holhuiue museum at Bath. lie is tbe Erst Ens!Ub art director to dst his work pU.el la tbe museum. I- K Tait JIcKenxie, whose bronze OH, YOU MILKMAIDS. Our milkmaids do not wear a hobble. They need not strain to throw a curve. The hobble's used out In the country To hobble mules with too much nerve. Our milkmaids do not wear high heels, But they don't have that Broadway strut That makes one think of a giraffe Or fat duck waddling in a rut Our milkmaids are sweet, fair and rosy. The beauty doctors they don't need. The city girls must pad and paint. Because they quickly go to seed. Our milkmaids waste no time on fudge, . The one thing city girls Can make, But no one on the great big ball Can beat them on pie, bread and cake. Our milkmaids do not hunt for beaux. Like city girls for men a-gunnlng. The town and country dudes fight duels For milkmaids, they're so awful stun, nlng. Our milkmaids do not marry counts. Because tbey only wed real men. Their husbands they don't have to buy. Because the men are stuck on them. Our milkmaids marry and raise-boys That high position do attain. The town girls marry and parade With bull pups fastened to a chain. C M. BARNITZ. Tbe spread of tbe horse plague would seem to create a new and addi tional demand for the gas tractor as a means of doing farm work. One ad vantage of these lion horses is that, while tbey sometimes have balky spells, they never kick In fly time, get their talis over tbe lines or die of plague, distemper or glanders. The night fires that tourists crossing Kansas and Nebraska see these days are not straw stacks set afire merely to get rid of he straw. They are rath er the funeral pyres of hundreds of the horses of the two states that have died of tbe horse plague and whose bodies are being consumed to prevent a further spread of the epidemic. A lady reader of this department liv ing near Pawpaw, Mich., reports both strawberries and raspberries gathered from ber vines and canes within the past three weeks and. In quantity suf ficient to supply tbe table. Besides these freaks, she reports apple trees in bloom at Just about the time when they are getting ready to shed their leaves. COMMENCED VARIETY OF FEED TO MAKE GOOD. Seems awful for men to work in a fertilizer factory to skin, carve and cook dead horse but their smeller gets Its edge knocked off. Same way with the palate. When this watchdog of tbe stomach must taste the same food every day the dog figuratively klyis and runs. The palate deadens on tbe food, the appetite fails, and finally a distaste develops, and tbe food becomes disgusting. That's why boarders knock at that hateful bash and omnipresent prune. Same with the hen. She has her likes and dislikes. Like man, the way to make ber pony up Is through tbe stomach. - Her natural inclination is to select Just what her system needs. She will balance her own ration for best results if the variety Is there to select from. If she wants to make eggs, mostly protein, and some bungler throws down corn, more corn, all corn, be will not feed ber egg machine, but will clog It with fat She will become bog fat, her stomach will rebel, and she will die of Indigestion or apoplexy. Tbe practical feeder feeds for a rea son. He wants Biddy to enjoy ber food, to have a snappy appetite. He tries to feed so that ber ration will not be one sided, but serves such a variety that her food may be well balanced be tween protein and carbohydrates. He feeds a mixture of grains, supplements these with byproducts, meat foods and greens. This increases palatabillty, promotes ben health and produces tbe maximum of fine eggs. The fund of a church located at Car rington, N. D., has been Increased by $400 lately as a result of the sale of tbe potatoes raised on a patch of ground donated to the church! This plan would seem to be a good one to follow in the' case of a good many small churches that have a hard time to make both ends meet at tbe end of the year. Experiments show that sorghum can not be safely and profitably grown north of latitude 45 degrees F.; that peanuts do not thrive well, as a rule, north of 40 degrees F., and the north ern limit In the growing of sweet po tatoes Is about tbe same. The soy or field bean will do well as far north as 45 degrees F., while the cow pea does best south of 41 degrees F. The bureau of statistics of the de partment of agriculture at Washing ton estimates tbe total output of tbe cereal crops of the country at tbe enor mous volume of 133,016,000 tons, which will be 20.3 per cent greater in weight than last year and G.1 per cent greater than the bumper yield of 1910. The potato crop Is put at 30 per cent great er than that of 1911, 10 per cent larger than the crop of 1010, and 2 per cent larger than the record crop of 1909. At Campbell's Store, Dallas, Oregon On Ladies' Coats, Skirts, Rain Coats, Dress Coods and Sweaters; Men's and Ladies' Underwear, Men's r , " " ' Hats and Suits, Boys' Suits and Shoes You will find one of the best stocks of Shoes in Polk County to select your shoes from all go at a big cut in price. Time and space will not per mit of giving prices. We are never undersold on the same class of mer chandise. Ypu will always find us at the same old stand with right prices, and as low as the lowest (quality considered.) All we ask is a fair comparison. Every article in our store sold at a big reduction excepting Rub bers, Patterns, Contract Goods, Small Wares and Domestics. Yours for business TORE CAMPBELL'! The Store of Good Values and Dependable Merchandise. Ml"ljr "iwl inmTi milieu. .T i" 77"" V Tii ii."7'-l'rr 11" m TlTi" uraliy. For sale by all Dealers. FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS. Certain Pennsylvania fanciers have become so excited because some editors judge poultry at tbe shows and at the same time solicit advertisements that they have Jumped to the conclusion that under such circumstances these editors can't give exhibitors a square deal and so tbey want the A. P. A. to pass a law that no editor may Judge. These fellows are getting the "Hal Ha!" everywhere. To come down to brass tacks, we'd sooner any day trust an editor with our cnicicens man a preacher. Little turkeys have more appetite than capacity and most turkey feed ers have more generous kindness than sagacity. The result Is whenever a poult runs at them and peeps tbey fill him up. then he geta pain In his turn my and throws up bla toes. The Toung Men's Christian associa tion Is going in for instruction in varl ous phases of agriculture, especially poultry culture, a popular branch with the rising generation. Tbe Pennsylva nia department of agriculture has been aiding some of tbe associations In this work, and it Is a good move. We have lectured before a number of them and found much interest taken In tbe subject It is well for the parents and other friends of young people who Incline to ward matrimony to remember that, while friendly counsel and advice to them are sometimes in order, it is after all a procedure the consequence of which, happy or otherwise, tbey them selves will have to bear. It Is well to remember that young people do not marry each other's parents, aunts or uncles; hence these relatives are not the ones who are most directly con' cerned. In selecting potatoes for seed pur poses It is not only best to get those of desired type and size, but equally Important that the seed chosen shall come of prolific stock that is, from seed that produced as many good sized tubers as possible In the bill. The only way such seed can be selected la by hand digging, which gives time for the Inspection of each hill as it Is opened. Tbe selection of seed potatoes from the bin promiscuously has Just about as much to commend it as select ing seed corn from tbe bin after the crop ts husked. Enigma of Gravitation. Gravitation is one of nature's enig mas. The great Newton himself did not pretend to know what gravitation Is. He only knew that it existed, and he was able to prove bow it acted, but what It was In and of itself be never knew. Gravitation Is a law of na ture or a force acting In accordance with a law of nature, and that la all that tbe wisest man is able to say about it unless be is prepared to talk nonsense. It is like electricity. We know perfectly well what electricity does, but what electricity itself is baffles the profoundest of scientists and Dhilosopbers. New York American. roLKCOirn (Contiued from Page One.) He s off with tbe old love And on with tb new. Th old bad a mUUoa: Tbe new one haa two. "It la Tery good. One can imagine oneseif at tbe theater of the ancienta.- -Batber. The leading lady la at least lxty years oW."-PeJ Mele. as they always do for charity. The railroad carries the things tree. The donation was for Thanksgiving, ertins; their many friends In town Sunday. j Luther Grounds Is reported no : better. ! Grandpa Bob is some better, and it ! is thought now he may get up again. Mrs. Polan went to Portland Sun iday to visit her daughter for a couple of weeks. j C. A. Xott lost a valuable cow Tues- r day. from being foundered. Peter Proprt has traded his resi dence property here for property in Cottage Grove, and will move there Frane time in the near future. ! Fred Huber is selling his fine Jer sey corns and will go out of the dairy ! business. SUNNY SLOPE H. H. Parsons visited the Sunny Sope school last Tuesday. Sunny Slope now has 10 points to ward the Standard School for 1912-13 There is a new baby boy at the Clinton dace. R. M. Bosley is Improving- sfowiy from the cold he took in his knee. Pearl Fishback and sister Ina, made a business trip to Monmouth Wed nesday. Mrs. B. Bogynska has been visiting relatives In Sunny Slope lately. Ruth and Mary Clinton are visit ing relatives in Mistletoe. A. J. Shipley received a shipment of trees from Carlton Thursday. There Is a good attendance at the Antioch Sunday school again. Andy Wilson arrived home last week from Portland. Mrs. A. J. Shipley arrived home Sat urday. Jim Hinkle, of Sunny Slope, visited friends in Monmouth Sunday. Arthur Haley made a business trip to Sunny Slope Sunday. A. J. Shipley made a business trip to Falls City Saturday. W. Eggleston visited relatives Sunny Slope Sunday. Ward Fishback visited relatives Sunny Slope Sunday. . Mrs. Olin is visiting relatives Carlton this week. in in In "It is a pleasure to tell you that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is the best cough medicine I have ever us ed," writes Mrs. Hugh Campbell, of Lavonia, Ga. "I have used it with all my children and the results have been highly satisfactory." For sale by all Dealers. BOWERSVILLE Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Cadle, of Port land, are visiting with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cadle, this Week. Anna Kliever visited with her par ents over night Friday. She Is staying with Mrs. Brown while attending school. P. G. Rempel was a business vlBltor in Independence, having gone to that place with Dr. Rempel. The Rickreall telephone company have the lines in good repair now. Mr. McDanlel Is digging his nursery stock of prunes, which he Intends to plant on the place. Willis McDanlel has been on tne sick list. Charles Bailey is satisfied with Oregon. He owns the McDanlel place near here. Eb Marks went to Rickreall Sun day. Miss Elizabeth Rempe Is receiving votes on the piano to be given away by the Rickreall store. Allen Cadle went to Salem with the Dallas high school basket ball team lact Thursday. John Edlger. of North Dallas, hut formerly of Kansas, was In this vicin ity recently, looking for a suitable place to locate. This neighborhood looks good enough to him. Ellert Hayes is working at the Dal las sawmill. Mrs. E. L. Hayes Is soon to leave for Eugene, to visit her daughter. Mra. Meyers. Otis Hayes visited relatives In the Harmony neighborhood lately. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Rempel viitd iwlth Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich Neufeldt Jin North Dallas. Thursday. The latter flks like their home In North Dallas; jthey report It very cold In Don't waste your money buying strengthening plasters. Chamberlain's Liniment Is cheaper and better. Dam pen a piece of flannel with It and bind it over the affected parts aid It will relieve the pain ana soreness. For sale by all Dealers. AIRLIE Mrs. Patsy Simpson died at the home of her son, J. M. Simpson, on her old donation land claim. The first cabin built on it is still stand ing. She was more than 97 years of age and was perhaps the oldest per son in the county. Her grandsons were the pallbearers. ' Born. To Otto Fleshman and wife, a son, November 23. Clyde Turner was a caller in Inde pendence Monday. Phy Simpson made a business trip to Independence Monday. Several from here went to Albany Saturday to see the football game. There was a large crowd and a fine game, so it is reported. There was a surprise party given E. M. Haley, the principal of our school. It was his 47th birthday. W. E. Williams is improving his business house on Main street by the addition of a porch. W. S. Allcorn is on a business trip to Portland. School Supervisor Parsons who was a visitor here Tuesday, reports school work progressing nicely all over the county. Our teacher has dismissed Behoof until Monday, December 2. They went home to spend the Thanksgiv ing holidays. C. L. McKenna shipped In a fine lot of White Leghorn hens to stock his ranch east of town. own house, formerly the Barber place, the fair weather to get their crops In. Mildred Hayes spent Sunday,at the home of Hugh Guttry. Mrs. L. E. Jones and Mrs. , S. A. Lackey called on Mrs. A. A; McLean Sunday afternoon. Several Mill Creekites attended the sale at Rand Bros.', near Ballstbn. "There could be no better medi cine than Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy. My children were all sick with whooping cough. One of them was In bed, had a high fever and was cough ing lip blood. Our doctor gave them Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the first dose eased them, and three bot tles cured them," says Mrs. R. A. Donaldson, of Lexington, Miss, For sale by all dealers. Pasadena, Calif.: C. I Parsons of the Chas, H. Ward Drug Co., writes: "We have sold and recom mended Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound .for years and believe It to be one of the most efficient medicines In the market. Containing no opiates or narcotics, it can be given freely to children." Sold by Stafrln. EOLA Mrs. Hadyen has returned from a two-months' visit with her daughter. Mrs. Allen Thacker, whose home is near Portland. 11. D. Landen has finished digging his 9-acre field of potatoes, getting a yield of about 1500 bushels. Thomas Holman and W. D. Magee are repairing the house which was vacated by the Carpenter family. A man and his family from Wallowa. Oregon, will soon move Into It.' B. I. Ferguson and sons have fin ished digging an acre and one-fourth of potatoes. They had a very good yield. William Antrlcan and W. D. Magee have been making oak posts on Mr. Antrican's place, which Is about two and one-half miles from here. H. D. Landon will soon commence work on the right-of-way and bridges for Horst Bros., across the Patterson farm. There will be much grubbing to be done with the donkey engine; and two bridges to be built, one across a slough and the other across the Rickreall. Twinges of rheumatism, back ache, stiff Joints and shooting pains all show your kidneys are not work ing right. Urinary irregularities. Ions of sleep, nervousness, weak back and sore kidneys tell the need of a good reliable kidney medicine. Fo ley's Kidney Pills are tonic, strength ening and rentorative. They build up the kidneys and regulate their action. They will give you quick relief and contain no habit forming drugs. Safe and always sure. Try them. fold by Conrad Stafrln. McNARY Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Brown went to Salem Tuesday, to market some dress ed geese. Mrs. A. J. Brown visited with Mrs. W. S. Brown Wednesday, Several farmers In this vicinity have started their plows again. Mrs. Robbing and Ernest went to Salem Tuesday, to deliver some chickens. There was a shooting match at Tony Ziewleskerkl's Sunday. A. O. Brown Is having a system of acetylene lights put In his new home. We have not heard of any new cubcs of hog cholera this week. There was no school Monday, our teacher being ill. Harry and Grant Heth shipped a carload of apples to Portland Inst week. Mrs. Anna Holmes, of McCoy, visit ed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Itrown, Monday. MOUNTAIN VIEW Mrs. Bouffieur received word from Mr. Bouffieur in Wisconsin of the death of ' his father who has been quite sick for some time with paraly sis. James Best butchered eight fine hogs last week. The educational rally held at the school house Saturday afternoon was very much enjoyed by those present. Cleel and Bill Hayden are having the Hayden farm surveyed. John Lynch of Portland, Is work ing for his brothcrlnlaw, J. R. Chap man. FJora and Myrtle Lewis visited with Ethel and Retta Finley Sunday. Mrs. John Sykes has returned from Newport where she has been with Mrs. Horace Sykes, who has been quite sick. Mr. Ell Best Is Improving after having quite a sick spell. Is your husband cross? An Irrit able, fault-finding disposition is often due to a disordered stomach. A man with good digestion Is nearly always good natured. A great many have been permanently cured of stomach trouble by taking Chamberlain's Tab lets. For sale by all Dealers. Wm. L. Cook, who was post master at Nelhart, Montana, writes: "I recommend Foley's Honey and Tur Compound to all my people, and they are never disappointed with It. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds gives the best pos sible results.." Sold by Stafrln. Zena Spring- Valley W. L. Cook nnd children visited with Mr. Gilbert bint week at Shaw. Ralph Scott and wife are visiting with his brother In Portland. Mr. Wright and daughter left Fri day for the' East, to convey the re mains of Mrs. Wright, who died Wed nesday after a long illness, for burial tt her former home. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Crawford were hupinegg visitors in Portland last week. Jacob Gilbert, of Portland, visited over Sunday with Donnel Crawford. Ihirothy Crawford, of Portland. Is viditlng here with her grandparents. John Spong. of Lincoln, is building nw launch. PEDEE Mr. and Mrs. Irvin and daughter. Precious, visited Alva Womer's last Sunday. Mrs. Maud Yost is on the sick list. Miss Elsie Bush visited Miss Gautha Shlvely last Sunday. Albert Ronco vialted Leavant Shlve ly laat Saturday evening. Miss Bernlce Powell visited at Yost's Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Sam O'Brien and fam ily visited at Ned Freer's last Sunday. Wilber Buh visited Glennle Turner last Sunday. Jessie Yost went to Airlle one day last week on business. There was a surprise party'at Con don's last Saturday night; everybody had a fine time. A. J. Bailey, a R. R. engineer, Iiatesvllle, Ark., says: "I suffered with kidney and bladder trouble so bad I was unable to work. I had such severe pains in my back I could hardly get up. I tried several phys icians with no result, but Foley Kid ney Pills have done wonders for me. I recommend them to all." Sold by Conrad Stafrln. Visited -Kla and maks op. ' The way la old T AH with Joy lrr' cop. Ha dam tb klaalna. so Tm told: b does Ux mattac wp. Datroit Kwa I The boy's appetite is often the j their former home, 'source of amaiement. If you have It wae rumored here that Charles ! such an appetite take Chamberlain's ! Boyle had sold his place, but he says jTableta. They not only create a heal- I th re haa been no buyer there yet. j thy appetite, but strengthen the atom-j Farmers ate taking advantage of ache and enable it to do its work nat- the Indian Summer in this vicinity. HARMONY Mr. and Mrs. Van Dickey Canada. 'Charley McGhie'e Sunday. I Farmers are taking advantage of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Blanchard. of Rfd Prairie, were Mill Creek vis itors Sunday. Elmer Blanchard has moved his family from the James place to tits 4 -l--'t-a--a' M4--M4Mvw4-Kf4---w- Did You Ever Notice? When a duck lays an egg she just wad dles off as if nothing had happened. When a hen lays an egg there's a hell of a noise. The hen advertises, Hence the de mand for hen's eggs instead of ducks'. The floral Is Obvious 4 4a44-M4-4