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Font POLK COUNTY OBSERVEH FRIDAY, DKCKMHKll 6tli, 1012. BOWSER HENS. He Almost Trades His House For a Chicken Farm. BUT THE MRS. OBJECTS TO IT. And After Much Diacuseion the Happy Family Decide to 8ettla Thair Differ anoca In tha Diverea Court Mr. Bowaar Renege. By M. QUAD. Copyright, 1912, by Associated Literary Press. J 'AS there a farmer named Cavendish here this after noon to look over the bouse?" asked Mr. Bowser when be came home to dinner. "Why. I saw a man peeking and peer ing from the outside, but he didn't come In." replied Mrs. Bowser. "Perhaps be hadn't the time to see tbe Interior." "Was Mr. Cavendish thinking of building a bouse like ours?" "1 hardly think so." "Just wanted to peek and peer, eh?" "Perhaps." When Mr. Bowser got ready to ei for many" days." "Hear her go on! Just hear herl" "You can't possibly attend to the many things connected with poultry raising, but must hire a boy at leant. Have you figured on bis wages and board?" Mr. Bowser could not utter a word In reply. "You must have a one horse wagon to drive to and from the market. What will such a vehicle cost? Bow far did you say the Cavendish farm Is from a shipping point?" "Four hundred million miles!" shriek ed tbe chicken man In bis agony. "I see," said Mrs. Bowser. In tbe same calm and even way. "that you figure on buying 200 bens at 25 cents each. Please tell me who has bens to part with at that price. You'll be Incky to get tbe scrubbiest kind at that fig ure. Tbe farmer can kill them and get double the money. Good layers will cost you at least 7ft cents each." The Family Jar. "More dragging me down more more!" "I'm sorry if you, tblnk .so. but It seems we dugUt to TlguTe close on an enterprise like this. Tbe way It looks to me you'll want several thousand dollars In cash to get a start, and then the eggs and broilers may possibly pay for tbe feed and hired help. It's all right, however. I'm tired of city lire In Dallas Pulpits Christian Science, held In Adventiat church Sunday, De cember 8, at 11 a. m. Subject of lesson-sermon, "God, the Only Cause and Creator." Sunday school at 10 a. m. Christ hi n Church. Bible school, 10 a. m. Morning service, 11 a. m. Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m. Preaching service, 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting, Thursday evening, 7:30. The public is cordially Invited to I attend all these services. C. C. CURTIS, Minister. Pretdyterlan Church. Services Sunday, Dec. 8: Sunday school, 10 a. m. Morning service, 11 a. m.; sermon subject, "The Sad Plight of a World. Without Pain;" with apologies to Nwell Dwight Hlllls. Y. P. S. C. E. meeting, 6:30. Evening service, 7:30 p. m.; sermon subject, "Brotherhood," as taught in Charles Rann Kennedy's drama, "The Servant in the House." You are cordially Invited to attend our services. PEOPLE5 H7 IdiLdiildy 1 , 1IC PA J!. ELECTRIC GARDENS 1 HUE Evanston, Illinois, Grower Tries Experiment With Great -Success He Says plain why Farmer Cavendish was and shall hall the change. It will also snooping around the neighborhood he would do so, but not until tben, and It was no use to ask questions. It was half an hour after dinner when be said: "Mrs. Bowser, on one or two occa sions we have discussed the subject of starting a chicken farm." "Yes; 1 remember." "I bad a chance to make a small for tune, but yon discouraged me." "I simply showed you why you could not make a dollar." "You mean you Juggled figures on me. while 1 was dead right In mine. I "I SAW a. HAN PEEKING AROUND." have about made an exchange wltb Farmer Cavendish. He takes this bouse, and I take bis farm." ' "And you start your chicken farm?" "Exactly." "When do we go 7" "Not until next spring. That will give me lots of time to read up on poultry." "Well, I'm not going to say a word to discourage yon." Bowser's Bargain, "You couldn't if you tried. 1 have been over the figures time and agaiu, and I know just what 1 can do wltb poultry. 1 have also had a banker ver ify my figures. I can make thousands of dollars a year right off the reel." That will be nice. You bave tbe figures with you, 1 suppose." "I bave." "Weil, you have the uame of being a very shrewd man. and I am glad to bear that you feel you have at last Struck a big thing. The outdoor life Will be a grent thing for you. Will you let me look over your figures?" "You want to pick them to pieces, as you did before." "But how can any one pick a bank er's figures to pieces?" "That's so that's so." said Mr. Bow ser, wltb a sigh of relief. "Well, here they are. and you can look them over." After about five minutes' study Mrs. Bowser asked: "What does Mr. Cavendish leave on tbe farm?" "Why. nothing at all." was tbe reply. "Not even a pig nor a farm Imple ment?" "I I guess not. You see. I'm going to make a chicken farm of It, and why should be leave anything?" "You will bave to bave at least oue horse, won't you?" "Oh, certainly." "And a cow atd a pig?" "Yes." "Are you going to buy all the. feed for them and your hens to boot or raise It?" "Raise It, of course." replied Mr. Bowser, looking a little startled. "Then yoo must bave a plow, a drag, hoes, shovels, seeds, rakes and a hired man. If you simply buy what is eaten It Is going to cost a lot of money." "There you go, finding fault already." "It's simply a matter of business. be a great thing for your backaches and shivers. And think of us standing together In our back door of a morning and seeing the sun rise! Wby, that alone will be worth" "Woman." Interrupted Mr. Bowser in tense tones, "you have a lawyer?" "Yes." "So have I." "Yes." "They can get together and plan for a divorce without publicity. "But why not have publicity lots of publicity?" she asked. "If you are going to start a ben farm you want all the advertising you can get. It will be worth $500 to your scheme to bave the papers come out with: 'We under stand that Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bow ser have sought the divorce court be cause they could not agree as to bow many eggs a speckled ben should lay In a week, working only union hours. Any banker In the country could bave given them the exact number.' " Mr. Bowser choked and gasped and swallowed, but tbe English language went back on him, and he walked down tbe hall and out of tbe bouse. Where he went no one knows, but be came sneaking in at midnight, and ten minutes after he struck tbe bed be was muttering in bis sleep: "Two hundred hens! "Five hundred broilers! Twenty dozen eggs a day! "Mrs. Bowser must go!" Chil Ser. Topic, Evangelical Church. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Preaching service, 10:45 a. m dren's8ermon Poetic Justice. mon to adults. Junior Endeavor, 2:30 p. m. Senior Endeavor, 6:30 p. m. Evening service, 7:30 p. m "Slay Utterly." Prayer meeting Thusday night, 7:30. All are cordially Invited to these services. Each Sunday morning the pastor gives a ten-minute sermon to the children, which has been proving, In its brief trial, very beneficial and satisfactory to the work of the church. For this cause the morning hour of worship is 15 minutes earlier than heretofore. C. P. GATES, Pastor. BUSINESS LOCAJLS (Advertisements undei this head are charged at the rate of 1 cent per word, first insertion; cent per word for each Insertion thereafter; 30 words or less, $1 per month If paid in advance. No advertisement Inserted for less than 15 cents. A landscape gardener of Evanston, III., has experimented with electricity and the growth of plants. Enrly one spring he started, side by side, in his hothouse two beds of chysanthemums, one filled with choice and promising plants, the other with weaklings gleanings from the first lot." The two beds were treated exactly alike, ex cept that the one with the poorer qual ity of plants was subjected to electri cal current passed along insulated wires forming a netting four feet, above the ground and connected with a galvanized iron wire imbedded in the soil. The plants in the electrically treated space, despite their handicap at the i start, early outstripped the others in j growth, and at maturity they were i ting found to be much hardier and the i loss sustained in transferring them to! pots for sale was much less because the stronger stems decreased break age and ultimate loss of plants. Roses and carnations similarly elec trified showed remarkable growth and a yield about four times as great in the. same length of time as could be obtained by the former methods of cultivation. A garden situated in the green house yard and given the "Electrical treatment" produced unusually large crops of radishes, tomatoes and mel ons. Other investigators Interested In the application of electricity to agricul ture ha'e determined that the electri fied process stimulates the growth and brings to earlier maturity, cereals, fruits and vegetables. Their statistics show in some cases an increase in quantity of 36 per cent for strawber ries, 20 per cent for tomatoes and 30 per cent for cucumbers. electricity and the girls. The colored women certainly worked vigorously, the suds flying fast, and furious, but when "time" was called, they had not washed one-third as many clothes as had their adversaries with the motor driven machines. The contest certainly demonstrated the vast difference between antiquated and modern laundry methods. What a Cent's Worth of Kim- ti l lly Will IH. Kloetrldty Wins In Washing Ra. in a clothes washing contest at a recent electrical show in Chicago, electricity won the race against hand tabor. Five pretty girls, operating electric motor driven washing machines and wringers, raced against six ladies of pronounced color who used ordinary wash tubs, wash boards and wringers. By a simple turn of the switches the girls started the electric motors, and while the machines automatically washed the clothes, the girls spent most of their time laughing and chat- with the visitors. The colored women worked their hardest to win the $100 offered if they succeeded in accomplishing one-half as much as -r Oyster Patties Filling. . (Chafing Dish.) One pint small oysters, one cup cream or milk, one tablespoon flour. Make the cream sauce. Bring oysters to a boil In their own liquor, drain, then'add to sauce. Fill patty shells and serve hot. Invite your husband to do one Iron ing. You won't have to ask him the second time to get you an Electric Iron. Human labor at any price Is too expensive to do the work that an Elec tric Motor will do. How would it be to take your wife an Electric Iron next present day in stead of a box of candy. - By using modern lamps you get enougn electric current for doing much housework and cooking without any Increase in your monthly bill. A woman shouldn't be expected to iron with anything except an Electric Iron, the strength and time saver. Run a 12-Inch electric fan for 20 minutes. Run a sewing machine motor for three hours. Operate a massage machine for 3V hours. Keep the electric dental ham- mer going for 90 minutes. Play an electric piano for one hour. Pump 250 gallons of water 100 feet high. Clip one horse. Groom two horses. Raise 10 tons 12 feet high in less than one minute. Raise a large passenger ele- vator, loaded, five stories in one minute. Grind 10 bushels of ear corn. 4 Grind 20 bushels of shelled corn. Crack fiO bushels of corn. Shell 100 bushels of corn. Roll 200 bushels of corn. Cut 50 pounds of fodder. Thresh 200 bushels of barley. , Separate 500 pounds of milk. Grind 75 pounds of sausage. Stuff 3 pounds of sausage. Clean 500 square feet of carpet. A wonderful preserver ofhealth and beauty for the woman who irons, THE ELECTRIC IRON. Why should your wife pedal that sewing machinue, when Electricity wfll do it for her at half cent an hour. FOR SALE Three good milch cows, one heifer, 14 months old, two shoats weighing between 75 and 100 pounds. Phone Black 155. 658-12-17 A Raaantful Man. "I see that your wife's father and mother are living wltb you now." "Yes." "Tbe old gentleman has permanently retired from business, has be?" "Retired? That's hardly tbe name for it He has been kicked out" "I'm sorry to bear that Didn't be bave anything saved up to keep him and bis wife in their old age?" "Not a cent. I'll bave to support them tbe rest of their lives." "Well, it's lucky that you are able to do so." "It may be lucky enough, but there's oue thing that makes me mighty sort whenever I think of It." "What's that?" "The lofty way In which the old man asked me. when 1 told blm I wanted to marry his daughter. If I thought 1 would be able to support her In the style to which she bad been accustom ed "-Chicago Record-Herald. FOR SALE Good second hand organ also three Ancona roosters for breed Ing purposes which took prizes at Dallas fair. Phone 13x7. 643tf FOR SALE Vetch seed. U. S. Grant, 618 Main St., Dallas, Oregon. 609-tf TYPEWRITERS For rent or tale. Hayter's Bookstore, Dallas, Ore. 588-tf FOR SALE Oak and Cedar Soehren Warehouse Co. Posts. lltflS FOR SALE Thirty-five horse power center crank Atlas engine, good as new. F. J. Coad, Dallas Planing Mill. 680-tf FOB RENT. FOR rent. RENT Furnished Apply 719 Mill St. room for 621-tf WANTED. WANTED Room and hoard In pri vate family, by single man. Address, or call Observer office. 656-12-6 Tha "Gentler" 8ax. J. Woman Is a creature of mood generally the Imperative mood. New York Times. H-"I"I"H',M"H"l"l"l"l"l"l"l"liiH"l"IiiHi Manlinasa. "Mac, I bear ye waai courtln' bon ny Kate Macpberson." said Donald to an acquaintance one morning. "Weel. Sandy, man. I was in love wl' the bonny lass." was Mac's reply, "but I found ott she bad nae siller, so I said to myself, 'Mac, be a mail.' And I was a man. and noo I pass ber by wi' silent contempt" Christian Reg-later. WANTED Fifty young men to pre pare for Wireless Operators, for new positions opened on March 1st, call or write The Pacific Coast Telegraph Institute, 505 Commonwealth Build ing, Portland, Oregon. 654 12 6 Is Your Light Electric ? All who can obtain it, have electric light it's an essential improvement of the modern home. Many fine houses lack this convenience because they were built before electric ser vice was available, and therefore, were not wired when built Don't Be Without Electric Light on that account. Our expert wiremen can wire a fine old house as easily as a new one. They work without disturbing you in any way. They leave not a single visible mark of their work except unobtrusive push buttons and switches. Their work is effective their charges are moder ate. Our advice is free to you. SMITH & ELLISON ELECTRIC CO. v"'.-.v.:v.V:. "(A WANTED Some one to buy 500 feet -lnch second-hand gas pipe. In good shape. Watson's Second Hand Store. 651-tt WANTED All kinds of Iron, rubber, brass, copper, ainc. and hides. High est cash prices paid. A. N. Halleck, Monmouth, Oregon. 3-12tf MISCELLANEOUS. you Blaaaad Are tha Pacemakers. The Village Grocer-What are ruuulug for, sonny? The Boy I'm tryln' to keep two fel lers from flghtln". The Village Grocer Who are tbe fel lows? Tbe Boy-Bill Perkins and mel-Puck. mere is an outlay to te figured on : Good Material, Here, u involves several ounurea aoi- jBriNw that your engagement Is isrs year, ion must see mat j broken are you going to make Blanche Opposition. - aeuil back your letters? tlarry You "1 see that you are opposing me, bet I am I worked hard thinking out 1 knew you would!" jtbime letters.. They're wort ealng Previous Engagement. "Jack, mou. I'll play ye roon o' guwf on tbe links tbe luoru." Tbe morn?" (doubtfully). "Aye. tke morn." "Weel. I'll play ye. But I bad In tended getting married the iiorn." Fun Magatlne. HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS Inquire or Mrs. If. K. Smith, 619 Washington street. 657-tt YOUR WINTER'S WOOD Order your slab wood now and be sure of having a good dry supply for Winter. I can sell you either slabs, blocks or trimmings. Can furnish any other kind of wood desired. Plenty of good oak and fir. Send In your orders by Phone. 1663. AUGUST BOM AN. 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ARE DISPLAYING The El Perco Electric Coffee Percolators and Automatic Asbesto Heat Regulating Sad Irons The Most Economical Electric Iron In Use It would never do to put Colonel Goethala on one of these Jolm of river and harhor improvement. lie might get It done some time. CHICHESTER SPILLS DIAMOND CRAVEN BROTHERS Dallas. Oregon STATE NEWS 1 found guilty of murder In the second l ; degree at St. Helens this week. He I ' starts for the iwn today. Clifton M. Dutler, a former Albany boy, has bn promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain in the regular army. W. II. Williams, hand writing expert- testifies the signature to a note supposed to have been given Samuel Meljiin, now dead, is a forgery. Thf sum Involved is S2 50. George Webber, S years old. was Sectarian lines were pretty gener ally laid aside all over the state In celebrating Thanksgiving. Grants Tass is discussing the prop osition to vote $200,000 bonds to build a railroad to Crescent City. Street Commissioner George Klliott, of MiMlnnvllle, grew 212 potatoes from one vine. In his city lot; the three largest weighed five pounds. "No opposition at all. Mr. Bowser. I see yon propose to start out wltb )0 beor "I do. and I figure oa ISO egge day." "If you get ten dozen day It will be a big aTerage. Very few bene lay every day. Too can put your Income at 12 50 a day for a long time." "Why, broilers wfii bring me la at least $10 day," be shouted. "I see. you are going lo for Incu bator. Just count on raising half tbe chickens batched, and it take weeks aud weeks for a chirk to become a' broiler. Meanwhile you can figure on tbe gape taking off about a fifth of 1 your 200 bena." ; "1 knew tbe would t knew (be would r exclaimed Mr. Bowser a be walked about the room. j "Mr. Cavendish baa no beo farm and again. Boetun Transcript. He Laughed 'Till He Died Taylnrshurg. Ohio. 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