THE FOLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1914. Published Each Tuesday and Friday. BY LEW CATES Subscription Rates. One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 40 No subscription taken unless paid for in advance. This is imperative, ative. Entered as second-class mutter in the Postofliee at Dallas, Oregon. Office 517-519 Court Street Telephone Main 19 NOT WHAT WE GIVE. His words were shed softer than leaves from the pine. And they fell on Sir Latinfal as snows on the brine. That mingle their softness and quiet in one With the shaggy unrest they float down upon; And the voice that was softer than silence said: "Lo, it Is I! Be not afraid! In many climes, without avail, Thou hast spent thy life for the Holy Grail. Behold, it is here this cup which thou Didst Bll at the streamlet for me but now; This crust is my body broken for thee, This water His blood that died on the tree; The holy supper is kept, indeed. In wbatso we share with anoth er's need; Not what we give, but what we share. For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three Himself, bis hungering neigh bor and me." James Russfll Lowell in "The Vision of Sir Launfnl." is right, therefore, that it shall go to California. 16 has survived' many such trips and will be in no greater danger from this one than before. To refuse to lot it go would have caused disappointment and given a bad im pression. To send it out on its mis sion of patriotism will show that Philadelphia has a true conception of its duty to the bell and to the country in its role ol custodian or .biuei-ty bell." LIBERTY BELL COMING. It now seems practically certain that the famous old Liberty bell will be permitted to travel to this coast and grace t lie coming Pacific-Panama exposition which will be held next year nt San Francisco. The city of Philadelphia, which is the custodian of this venerable and precious relic ,.,-..i..i ;.,,.,. i;, !,., .1, ..,.. ; '" creasing solicitude concerning the safety of this national heirloom dur ing recent years, and when the man agers of t he San Francisco exposi tion fli-st suggested another loan of the bell it aroused numerous protests on the part of its Quaker guardians. Apparently, however, the latter have finally been convinced it will be quite safe to allow the bell lo travel across the continent, and strong appeals hav ing been made lo their patriotism and generosity they are now inclined to grant the request. The Hist trip made by the Liberty bell was in 1885, when it was sent to the world's industrial cotton exposi tion at New Orleans. At that time Pliildclphia was all but prostrated with anxiety for fear the precious casting would be injured or that it would never again return to its riglit-l ful resting place. But after- the New Orleans experience, the bell made five other trips without accident of any kind. It went to the Columbian ex position in Chicago in 189.'); to the cotton stales and Atlanta exposition, Atlanta, in 1895; to the interstate and West Indian exposition, Charleston, in 1902; to the one-hundred and tw ty-eight. anniversary of the bat lie of Hunker Hill. Boston, in IHIU, and lo the Louisiana purchase exposition, St. Louis, in 1994. On nil of those tii)s it was carried over somewhat cir cuitous routes in order that as many people as possible might see it. On these various trips it was the recipient of one continuous ovation, serving in its mute way to carry forward its mighty mission begun in July. 1776, when it rang out the glorious an nouncement of the nation's birth "proclaiming liberty throughout the land and to all the inhabitants there of." When application was made to re move the bell to San Francisco, it was expected that Philadelphia would vig orously protest. It was promised to take the relic upon the longest trip of its career and into a territory that naturally seemed perilously distant, from the Philadelphia standpoint But the Philadelphia newspapers have viewed the matter in generous spir it, one voicing the disposition thus: "Philadelphia has the honor of being the trustee and guardian of this val ued relic, but it has no right to be selfish and exclusive in possession which is nothing if not national. It SEED PEDDLING. Secretary Houston of the Depart ment of Agriculture has recommended that the distribution of field and gar den seeds bv congressmen be discon tinued, and The Observer is with the secretary, first, last and all the while in his recommendation. The federal government spends a good deal of money in the purchase and distribution of seeds. This money could be put to better use. The pro gressive farmer of today uses judg ment in seed selection. He has found that it pays him to do so. The gov ernment does not help him any by sending him a few packages of junk, bought in bargain lots from seed deal ers. There are members of congress who are consistently opposed to this seed distribution, but there are never enough of them at any session to de feat the appropriation for it. Most of the congressmen want everything that is eoming to them. All of them want to keep on good terms with the farmer. While they know the seeds they send are of little account, they hope their rural constituency at least will be impressed by the fact that it has not been forgotten. In this connection the views of a representative farm paper are inter esting. The following is from a re cent issue of Farm and Fireside: 'The peddling of garden seeds is small business for a statesman, but we pay some 400 congressmen .i7500 a year and mileage for doing it; Of course they do other things, but all the time spent in seed peddling is paid for at the rate of $7500 t year. As voters we ought to be too eco nomical to hire seed distributors at that price. When we plant our gar den we spend some time on it. We pick out the seeds carefully. If our congressman spends any time in studying our individual needs it must make the seeds he sends us very expensive, indeed, if we count only the congressman's time, lo say nothing of what the government pays for the seeds. If he doesn't make individual selection, but simply says to his clerk, "Well, you may put in the morning sending seeds to the grangers!" it's rather insulting to those who get the seeds. Instead of a personal attention from his repre sentative in Congress the farmer re ceives a measly little dole of charity. It is as if every year the congressman sent the farmer's wife a calico apron. It is exactly the same thing, save that the apron would be a more useful gift! In either case it would seem rather insulting." One of the reasons why the Post- office Department finds it so hard to avoid a yearly deficit is because of the tons of stun" that are sent free of postage by congressmen. The seeds, perhaps, are the smallest part of this, but if their distribution were stopped the department would at least experience some relief and might be nble to handle the really valu able matter that is carried with great er expedition. exception, and hotels and their thous and adjuncts serve them as well as oi "week days." What is sauce for the suspender seller, livery-man, and vender of confections, ought to be sauce for every man who walks erect. Why one trade or traffic should have a preference over another passes the understanding of man and has no scripture waiiiant. But public senti ment is the court of last resort; a law which outrages public opinion cannot long stand in any country, and still less in this where it is at all times supreme. . The man who finds his neighbors uncongenial can nowadays travel far and fast for a small sum of money. - THE SUNDAY LAW. There seems to be a disposition on the part of some neighboring com munities to rigidly enforce the Sun day law, permitting certain businesses only to prosecute their regular avo cations. When it comes to refraining absolutely from secular labor on the fimt day of the week the humble citizen finds himself in trouble. A large proportion of the population of the Unified States earns its bread on that day, and must have the bread. For instance, a man who furnishes provisions to the Sunday trains feels that he cannot lawfully be prevented from performing the act of charity, necessity and profit But his neigh bor feels, too, that he should like to enjoy like privileges. If one man may violate the letter of the law it is difficult to see how in our complex civilization the other fellow can justly be amerced for doing likewise. Time was if a man elected to travel on the Lord's day, he was not only refused food and drink, 'but was extremely lncky if he was not pilloried in the village market place for the edifica tion of the populace. Sines the rail road hat made all men neighbors, Sunday travel is the rale snd not the OUR FIRE WASTE. There is little danger of calling the attention of the American people too frequently to the tremendous and en tirely inexcusable fire waste which an nually -occurs in this country. That this waste is a needless one is shown by a comparison of the fire loss re cords in this land and in other na tions. In Germany, for instance, the average fire loss per annum amounts to only twenty cents a year. In this county, on the other hands, the aver age fire loss per person per year is $2.68. Thus it figures out that our per capita fire loss in the United States is thirteen times what it is in Germany. In one year recently, the total fire waste in this country was nearly one-half of the new con struction for that year, if to the ac tual losses by fire be added the ex cess cost of fire protection due to bad construction and excess premiums over insurance paid. London has eighty-one fires for each 100,000 peo ple while New York has 300. This is a very practical question because the experience of Europe gen erally and Germany in particular show that care of premises, in the way of the removal of all rubbish and other threatening material, the cautious inspection of chimneys, the repair of those that are defective, and generally speaking the exercise of constant precaution, can reduce the fire waste to a minimum. The question is a practical one because it affects the pocketbook of every citi zen whether his property burns or not, for the man who carries an in surance policy must help to make good the losses occasioned by fires, Otherwise the fire insurance compan ies would soon go out of business. The cost of fire insurance is high in this country because the fire waste is inexcusably high. Much can be done in educating the people to the care of their premises. This is one of the big facts behind ' clean-up work. A lot also can be done in the prompt conviction and severe punish ment, of those who periodically have "accidental" fires. Germany has a law making the assured responsible for a fire on his premises and puts the burden of proof on him that the fire was not caused by any lack of care on his part, or any violation of the fire lavs. Such a law has often been agi tated for this country. At first blush such a measure would appear unfair, and unduly inquisitive but that it works well in Germany is shown by the fact that her per capita fire loss is the lowest of any European coun-try. mid-summer zephyrs gently fanned the bronzed face of the hired man he would majestically strido through the dimming dewdrops in a hickory shirt and a cherry smile, his bunions rattling in the meadow grass like un to oH'tificiol teeth against an over grown gumboil, enroute to singing school at the tailgate of a cremo cigar. There, with a size eleven artfully squeezed into a seven boot, a celluloid shirt-front partly concealed by a hand painted necktie, laced to his bulbous bosom, he was simply ;She equal of his fellows, an unfeared member of the household from which he drew his daily rations. Sass not the hired man of today unless you are prepared to move to town. ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE. The ordinance adopted by the mu nicipal council at its last regular ses sion, providing for sewer connections, should be rigidly enforced. The pow er of local government to protect the health of the people and restore it when impaired is unquestioned, and The Observer sees no good and suffic ient ireason why some stringent meas ure should not be taken in the prem ises. It is important that sewer con nections should be made wherever pos sible, to the end that the health of the general public shall be protected in stead of being constantly jeopardized by negligence. With the spread of scientific knowledge throughout the land there has been enormous improve ments along sanitary lines during the past decade, communities apparently vieing with others for a betterment of conditions. Even the federal gov ernment has scattered through its var ious departments,- a scientific service which it is now endeavoring to com bine under 'the direction of a single bureau. States and cities have health boards, and they are considered of the utmost importance. The instruc tions and orders of these departments must be closely adhered to under all circumstances, for in them lie the safety of public health, and there is every reason why the health officers of the smaller towns should have equal authority so far as their baili wick is concerned. TURN TO DAIRYING The election of Mrs. Ora Cosper of this city secretary of the Rebekah As sembly of Oregon far the eighteenth successive time is a glowing tribntc to. efficiency. Just as we get ready to softly close the coal bin for the summer, the old refrigerator opens with a bang this year that nearly knocks us over. THE HIRED MAN. The strenuous opposition of the State Grange to the eight hour law, told in the news columns of The Ob server, forcefully reminds one of how times have changed. Th-3 resolution as adopted deals more particularly with the hired man, that individual who now-a-davs has the rest of the household holding pious hands heav enward nine-tenths of the tim-i for fear he will change his base, he be ing as sensitive as an ingrowing toe nail. Just breathe to the hired man that the hack is designed for family- use and he is likely to vanish through the tall timber without even waiting to gather up his lingerie. Drop to your knees and suggest that possibly he might have stripped the Jersey heifer with too much haste and he is apt to call for his time check in a voice which can be heard down the valley eighteen miles. In an earlier day, it was different. Time was when if a hired man object ed to pailing nineteen to twenty cows at 3 o'clock in the morning, and bed ding shoats at the midnight hour he would be most cordially invited to chase himself into the adjacent town ship, to the accompaniment of rosy bned profanity. Now-a-days this meth od of procedure would be about as suc cessful as applying a bust developer to a Shropshire ewe. Formerly, when the Take a peek at the calendar. Give the date the once-over. May, old top, is fast disappearing into the beauti ful beyond. Straw hat time, the great emancipation period for the hot head, has ail rived. The slaves in Egypt un dertook to make bricks without straws. Remember what happened to them. Beautiful lawns, magnificent roses, decorations of home, all tend to at tract people to a community and make the promoters of these things more happy and contented with themselves and their surroundings. Ohio housewives now are assured of getting just what they pay for. The state agricultural commission has begun enforcement of the law requir ing that all packages of food must be marked with accurate net weights, Every precinct committeeman of the republican party should attend tiie meeting of the County Central committee at the courthouse next Sat urday. ' The ice in the Yukon river is re ported to be moving out. There cer tainly is plenty of variety in the cli mate of Uncle Sam's domain. Some men who never drink a drop are so blamed tight all the time that you couldn't wring a nickel out of them with a clothes-wringer six feet high. Huerta's mediators are in luck. It is a very propitious time to be away from home. War is fearfully expensive. Huer ta's unpaid drink bill alone amounts to $2,000. The "good old summer time" seems at last to have arrived in earnest The local fishermen are at it early and lata these days. The crops are just jumping these days. (Continued from Da.tre 1.) east and in Oregon. He spent much time looking over Polk county terri tory and finally came to the conclus ion that, while there was little or no encouragement in the hope of immedi ate success, by the proper effort and constant work all the time, the farm ers would beiome interested and a good business would' be the result. This belief was based principally upon the farmers in Minnesota, who, 25 yars ago, were about bankrupt from wheat raising, and who, just as soon as they abandoned that occupation and got into ithe dairy business, were out of debt and had started bank ac counts. "I know of only one man in Polk comity who had as many as ten cows when this creamery was started," said Mr. Eldridge, "and that was Otis Wolverton, of Monmouth. Most of the farmers had one or two, and four or five in the hands of one mau were rare exceptions. The first winter that we operated we averaged about 85 pounds ot butter a day. We are mak ing at the present time approximate ly bUUO pounds of butter a day, or, putting it into dollars and cents, ap proximately $11)80 per day. Over 1500 patirons now send us their cream." Ihe output of the Indepen dence creamery is now the largest in the state. In 1912 its sales were $300,000. Hay Now is Stored. A large per cent of the yearly crop of hay in this county goes for a dif ferent purpose than it once did. Hay, formerly sold, is now stored away in the barns of the farmers, and fed to cows during the winter. Last sum mer the demand for hay was strong. .Buyers irom outside districts were canvassing the various sections, but very little was ior sale, f armers at that time were busy providing more room for hay and more stalls for cows. As the result liverymen also had to do more soliciting than usual ill obtaining their annual supply. A wide range of feed had been chosen by the tanners and dairymen ior then- herds. In the fall many acres were placed into silos and large quantities of pumpkins were stored away tem porarily for feeding. Beets also were in the schedule. At the present time there are tons ot kale being used in Polk county and it is so abundant that wagon loads are available at small cost. Kale has proved good for cows on account of its qualities for pro aucing ricli mux. and the small ex pense required in growing. Many dairymen are receiving monthly cream checks amounting to over $100, aqd some far in excess of that figure. They have secured much valuable information through the extension department of the Ore gon Agricultural College, and an ob servation ot the leading dairies will show that new ideas have been ap plied. The industry occupies the en tire county, although the south sec tion constitutes the largest number of districts. Along any road in the county farmers may be. seen hauling their cans of eream. The increase in the annual output of butter for the last two years has been remarkable, and this has been brought about by more favorable conn ditions for keeping cows. The cream ery men aid the prospective dairymen by securing cows for them, and when this is done the highest grade of stock is brought put. A splendid spirit pre vails between the men who produce the cream and those who manufacture the butter, for each is interested in the welfare of the other. When the creamery puts out an improved brand of butter, the dairyman is benefitted by a raise in the price paid ior his cream. The product from the cream eries has a ready market, and consum ers in many parts of the state are on the lists of the concerns. For daii-ying not much land is re quired. Money is being made at the business on tracts of land of from 15 to 25 acres. A piece large enough to raise an adequate supply of hay, corn, kale, beets and pumpkins is necessary. The feed needed, outside of that which can be raised by the farmer himself, is not large in many cases. Real Center In South. The real center of dairying in Polk county lies toward the southern part, although .the industry is represented in all sections. The Luckiamute Val ley is gaining Tapidly in its import ance as a dairy district. There are acres of pasture lands and fields witii the proper vegetation ior grazing pur poses. The land is watered sufficient ly by small streams. The number of "high-grade Jersey eows in the herds of the dairymen in the Luckia mute country is growing each yeair as feed and room permits. Dainng in Polk county is being encouraged in several ways. One ot these is the latest and best method for keeping the boys on the farm to get them interested. It is the study of dairying, introduced in the rural schools early in the school year by County School superintendent n. C Seymour and W. A. Bait, representing the extension department of the Ore gon Agricultural College. A contest was begun among the pupils in which monthly milk and eream analyses and three weights of milk each month are required. Teachers of the schools and parents of the districts who are large ly owners of dairy herds are Heartily indorsing the plan. They say their children are interested in the affairs of the farm and are instilled with a desire to sometime own and operate a dairy. Several pupils, however, al ready have eows of their own. In eases where the parents have no cows the milk of neighbors' cows is tested in the Contest. - 1 The general good financial condition of dairy owners in Polk county is shown by the numerous recent im prove ments on the farms and in the bams. The most up-to-date methods of cleanliness are in vogue, and dairy men are constantly watching for the best stock for milking and breeding purposes. M'TIMMONS VALLEY. Sam McBeth was a business caller at Falls City last week. George Sullivan of Monmouth visit ed at the home of his mother and brothers last week. Joe Roberts had completed his light ing plant. Prospects for a f miners' creamery for this neighborhood appear to be bright. Strawberry Harvest Begins. Home-grown strawberries are now on the market, and are of excellent quality. The weather has been fav orable during the past fortnight, the berries having abundant time to reach large proportions before ripening. Robert Fisher, who is the most exten sive grower in this locality, commenc ed picking on Monday. . Mrs. Werner Very Low. Mrs. AVerner has been quite low the past two days, and her condition was such yesterday that her sons were summoned to the bedside. THE CLASSIFIED "AD." In learning to utilize Class ified Advertising, you take a "six-league" stride toward success! There are still some people living in Dallas and Polk county who have not learned to use The Observer's classified advertising columns. They know that there are "such things as "want ads," and probably assume that some people must find them useful. But, for some reason or other, they have not put these "ads" to the test of usefulness to themselves. - These same people have "caught up" with events in many other directions. They utilize the telephone, the tele graph, gas, electric light, the street cars. They adopt mod ern conveniences for house keeping. They utilize time and labor-saving appliances in business. But, having a task for a classified advertisement to do, they try to find some other way to accomplish it. If it is a renting task, they depend upon a placard. If it is a property selling' task, they put up a "For Sale sign." If it is a position-finding task, they rely upon personal friends to help them. If they have furnished rooms to rent, they place an advertisement in ithe window or over the door bell. When . these people make their first successful use of want advertising, they acquire a new optimism. Irksome tasks become mere business matters. New possibilities without number open to them. They learn to utilize the "Six League Boots" of publicity when occasion requires and every little daily problem be comes manageable. The Ob server is published Tuesdays and Fridays, and gives re sults. It hus been proven. T . - Dr. Toel Returned from Portland Sunday and has again taken up his Practice Last Tuesday Dr. Toel was suddenly compelled to go to Portland on im portant business. He is sorry that he had no time to put a notice into the newspapers betore he lett, as five new patients called at his office while he was gone. He is sorry these par ties were disappointed by not finding him in Dallas, but he hopes that they will call again during the present week, when they will be sure to find him at his office. While in Portland he took out of storage . three more of his licenses and diplomas and had frames made for all six of them, that now hang oa the walls of his office, so that all callers can convince themselves of his qualifications and rights to practice medicine and surgery. While in Portland he also took out of storage a large electric machine ' which he needed for his cancer opera tions and for treatment of fibroid tu mors of the womb. .'. As the machine was built for direct current, and Dallas has only alter nating current, be had to change the machine partly so it will run on alter nating current This was the cause of a few days more delay before he could return to . Dallas. Br. Toel is now ready to accept for treatment any eases that may call and he is better equipped than ever to get the best results.