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- in "I! r . .. . " .. ...... ., ?. V A .THE POtg OOPWTY OBSERVES, fRIDAY, 'AUGUST 87, 1918. ' , i ' ToConserve Dairyman 's Vitnl , One of the biggest national prob lems which is receiving attention to day is the conservation of our natur al resources. No one doubts the im portance or timeliness of this great question, but a still larger problem lor us to consider is the saving of lm man energy, for there is much waste of human lives in weary, unprofitable toil. To many a dairyman this con servation means that he could in crease his profits tenfold, as others . have done, without running down the land or robbing some other farm, by simply putting intelligence into his business, and thus win for himselt and family the opportunity for great er comfort, development, and useful service to humanity. The following modified quotation is in point, says the opokesman-neview. "Strangely enough, farming, the first of all industries, has been the last to break away from dull plod ding and blind drudgery, and to share in the benefits 'of intelligent under standing. Until the present genera tion, the farmer has never known what he was doing, nor why he did it. How bitter has been the tragedy of this long groping in the dark by the manVho has not only eaten his'own bread," but ted the world by the sweat of his over-burdened body. To the unthinking, life is but endless toil and drudgery, while pleasure and in spiration come to the man. who un derstands his work. " What a picture is the following, taken from a recent letter written by a well-known resident of northern II linois: "Within a radius of 10 miles from my door there are at least 300, 000,000 pounds of milk produced each year (an average of 10 eight-gallon cans per day for every quarter section of land), yet I have lived with this people for 30 years, and as a matter of fact, easily verified, no other de partment of life of which I am cogni zant can measure with it in its deplor- . able ignorance. Here they are a great , colony of people with no literature with which to inform themselves, and still producing a food for human he ings to live upon. . "Another feature is, not one dairy man in 10 has anything like a true "conception of the production of his individual cows. I think now of no one who is making tests to know if each cow is profitable, or the reverse. Again, where great ignorance such as .this prevails, also great filth goes hand in hand." Think of that from one of the best daily regions of the state. Do not these conditions show a waste of energy that calls for a campaign of education? Money does not make the man, and yet; it has been found impossible to administer to the better man until his physical environment is comfortable andjjespectable. The highest success cof to the' man from intelligent, conscientious effort. Strict laws gov ern our achievement. If a man can double his earnings by simply devel oping and using his brain power, and conserving his energy so that he can live respectably and bring up his children to their highest usefulness, this is a conservation of natural re sources of even greater consequences than preserving our forests and our mines. Why is the average annual produc tion of the cows in the United States 150 pounds of butter fat, causing a loss of $1.40 to the owner, instead of 325 pounds of butter fat, making a profit of $40.40 annually the point to which some dairymen in Illinois have increased their grade herds by simply putting intelligence into the business, and this is by no means the maximal of what can be done. There is no reason why all of the herds in the United States should not be yield ing as large an annual production as these if they were as -intelligently handled. While the difference in earn ing power of these cows is only HV2 cents per day, this small increase for each of the 18,000,000 cows in the United States would mean an addi tional profit of $757,000,000 annually for the dairymen. We have been talking about this testing and keeping a record of the individual cows so long that we wish it were not necessary to say anything more about it, but so long as dairy men persist in being ignorant of their cows' production, we shall keep pounding away until they become ac quainted with each individual cow and save themselves the follyof con verting high-priced, grain into "drib bles ot milk and loads of dung." Bookkeeping has shown that the shiftless hit-or-miss breeding of scrubs does not pay expenses. The argument is plain enough. A dairy cow is a machine for converting food into dairy products, and the best economy and surest profit consists in employing1 the best machines obtain able. Remarkable improvement has come with the grading up of dairy herds. . The price of dairy products has ad vanced, but not in proportion to the advance in prices of grain and land, and under the present conditions it is the height of folly to milk cows that do not pay expenses. It is, there fore, a matter of great concern to the dairyman to know what his cows are doing, 1 This is the day of thinkers, and it is to the dairyman's advantage to be long to this class. The proposition, confronting tne dairyman today is not primarily a matter of location, soil, or climate; It is he, himself, that stands in .the way of his own progress. Few people realize what intelligence, care and study, what patience, obser vation and experience are needed to make a good dairyman, to interpret to the mind the language of the cow in such a manner as to understand her every need and be able to prop erly supply it. The inherent and fa tal weakness of many people is that they wholly ignore the really impor tant and decisive factor of success in all fields of human activity, viz- trained and intelligent judgment, bas ed on sound theory and practice. The cause and cure for the backwardness of the dairy man is in his mind, and in the solution of his problems chief prominence must be given to the hu man factor. The trouble with many dairymen is 1 that they think they know, which is the worst possible kind of ignorance. "The first step to knowledge is to know that we are ignorant." Our most successful dairy men have attained their achievements, not by luck, but through intelligent iorethought. 1 lie chiet obstacle to progressive dairying is carrying it on in a slip shod manner without the well ba I lull ed, intensive methods so important to profitable milk production. Many dairymen attempt to make money without the application of business principles. The milk producer must stop guessing, and know for sure what the results will be of the dif ferent operations conducted in dif ferent ways, and in each case adopt the one that will return the most profit. It is the net result from cow that tells whether she is making a profit or not. e cannot know what that net result is if we do not keep a record. MORE, THAN ENOUGH IN FUND TO FINISH ROADS. which is almost impassable during thejtlftny OflflLI PflllDI CTC winter months. The county court will 1 llUfllV uUUN uUMriXlL db urgea at tne oeptemDer session to give this highway attention this year James Robinson, who has an abund ance of good material about one and a half miles from this particular piece of road, offered to donate a sufficient qnantfV of rock to complete the im provement, but later considered it more valuable and sought remunera tion for the rock. .This, it is said, put a damper on tne woric. NEW LAW MAT BE TESTED. Originator of Mothers' Pension De clares Exceptions Unconstitutional. Divorced mothers, deserted moth-t ers, and those in the state less than three years are barred from the ben efits of the Oregon, mothers' pension law. Judge Henry Neil ot Chicago, originator of the mothers' pension law idea, in Portland Tuesday deelar ed that no legislature or court has right to bar from benefits of the law any mother competent to rear her children. He announced that as soon as possible test suits will be instituted here and carried to the Oregon su preme court, W. S. U'Ren having con tributed his services to press the lit igation. , Judge Neil says "there are now mothers' pension laws in 26 states; $10,000,000 will be paid out in moth ers' pensions this year. San Francis co will pay out $300,000 this year, and leads American cities in this par ticular; $30,000 will be paid out in Portland this year. By this plan, less money is appropriated tor . lnstitu tions for defectives and dependents, and more is used in helping mothers rear their children into good citizen- snip." Roadmaster Finn Says Much Damage Done Bridges by Heavy Machines. BOOZE APLENTY AFTER 1915. California and Arizona Planning to Supply Our Wants. According to reports, the interests back ot the construction of a bonded warehouse at "Hornbrook, Cal., have tne names or 380,000 users of spirit ous, malt and intoxicating liquors in the states of Oregon and Washington. When the two states go "dry" next January the warehouse will be ready for business and prepared to slack the thirst of the thirsty by mail and express. The law permits the pur chase of two dozen quarts of beer and two quarts of spiritous liquor month ly per family, estimated to be twice as much as the average drinker uses at the present time. The work of se curing the names of the drinkers has been under way since the Inst elec tion, is alphabetically arranged, and tabulates the drinking proclivities of each. Another warehouse will be built on the Nevada state line to keep Hue inhabitants of eastern Ouegon rroni guttering. ALLOWED TO RAISE RATES. PIONEERS ARE REMINISCENT. Messrs. Cosper and Farley Talk of Dallas Life in Early Eighties. The other day Harry Cosiier pulled The Observer's latchstring to remark that a review of the Dallas fire de - partment of the early eighties had brought back to Jrim many fond recol lections of that "time. He was in a reminiscent mood and related several interesting incidents of how "the boys" of that time distinguished themselves on sundry and divers oc casions as fighters of the destroying elements. Just three weeks before the organization of Dallas' first fire department Mr. Cosper, who was then in business here, lost his store on Main street by fire. At the same time a number of adjacent structures were also destroyed, and this may have bad something to do with the younger men volunteering for service through or ganization. "And not only did we have a strong fire department, but a baseball team that hit the high places," he remarked as J. M. Farley entered the presence ot the conversa tionalists, "and here is one of the players that used to go some." This subject, although long years have elapsed since that gentleman bad wielded a willow or chased the fes tive horsehide, ignited Mr. Farley's enthusiasm as a fan, and more remin iscences followed. If the statements of these two pioneers are to be relied upon, and we have no occasion for doubt, Dallas of that day had reason to be proud of its young men. Discover New Halibut Bed. John Boyer of Bear Camp was in Dallas on Wednesday, and while here told The Observer that a halibut bed had been discovered at the month of Si':on river, and that Portland par tie't making fishing there a luera tiveMifcsiness. The bed in about ten miles off the bar. WORK TO COMMENCE SOON. Electrification of West Side Line Waiting on Corvallis. That the next few weeks would see tire active resumption of work on the Southern Pacific electrification be tween McMinnville and Corvallis was the statement of D. W. Campbell, as sistant general manager ot the sys tem, to a Portland newspaper. Mr. Campbell had made a proposed to the Corvallis city council, offering to be gin work within 10 days atter the granting of .franchise concessions which he asked for. I stopped off at Corvallis last night," said Mr. Campbell today, "and attended an important session of the council. I found the members in a most favorable attitude, and it appears as if they would allow ue the rights we ask. If they do they will not regret it, because our material is on the ground and our engineering forces are standing waiting for the word that will mean so much to the city." Indians Hold Exhibit. The Indians of the Siletz came in to their own with the opening of the first annual hiletz Indian fair, where in onlv Indians were allowed to enter exhibits in competition. The fair con tinued three days. Official opening occurred Tuesday morning following a parade ending at the auditorium, where an address of welcome and suitable responses were made. In dians had made extensive and inter esting exhibits of livestock, farm and garden products, domestic arts and handiwork, including basketry, bead work, needlework and curios. Want Road Improved. The farmers living bevond the Salt Creek school house are fearful that the county court will not rock the mile and a quarter of road which was graded there early in the season, and Graduated Advance in Intrastate Ex press Charges Allowed. Graduated advances of from 1 to 5 cents 111 package charges for intra state shipments weighing less than 100 pounds, as proposed in tariffs fllea with the public service commissions 01 Oregon and Washington, by ex press companies operating in the two states, have been allowed by the two commissions following a conference. The advances will be effective Sep tember Li. The new rates on intra state express business, which are made on the same scale as were allowed re cently by the interstate commerce commission on interstate business, and effective September 1, are an in crease of 2.26 per cent in the two states. The two commissions announc ed that the advances allowed do not include merchandise shipments weigh ing 1UU pounds or more, or commodi ty rates. HOP PICKERS ARE ENROUTE. Lower Price Does Not Reduce Force of Harvesters. The regular annual pilgrimage to the hopyards has begun. Scores of families make this a prohtable and agreeable yearly outing, combining 11 the camping features with employ ment, in which the young members of the family can earn almost as much as the adults. The prevailing price of 40 cents a box or 80 cents per 100 pounds has not had any effect in keep ing people trom wanting to pick hops this season. There will be many more applicants than can be used. Several yards are reported to have signed pickers for as low as 75 cents per 100. Une reason given tor the tall in the price of hop-picking is that almost $250,000 has been spent by the grow ers in spraying this season. The wet weather caused so many lice that spray was necessary. More Polk Goats Wanted. On August 10 Mr. U. S. Grant ship ped ten goats to Texas, they being the last or his stock tor this year. On Tuesday, however, he received anoth er order from the same state for an additional ten heads, but was unable to supply them. When his customer was advised to this effect, he contin ued the order until next season with the understanding that the first stock turned off in 1916 be to his address. "Practically all the trradiner that was to be done on county roads this year lias been completed and the gravel is rapidly being spread," savs Waldo J. film, county roadmaster. There were built between 25 and 30 miles of grade this year including improve ments in all parts or the county. Mr. Finn hopes to get 'all graveling done before fall, and the only sign of interference with his plans is the shortage of cars to bring the mater ial from Independence. Contractors have 12 teams hauling gravel and are not any more than keeping up with the district supervisors, who are doing the spreading work. Work on the Savery road on Salt Creek will be completed this fall, if the roadmas ter 's plans are effective. Many miles of -roads were oiled this summer and that part of the improvement work has been finished. Until next year no more oil will be spread. There is much complaint about broken bridges. for which the threshing machine own ers are to blame and for which they lare legally responsible. The light bridges over small streams will not hold the weight of a threshing outfit unless the crew follows the terms of a law covering their movement. This statute says that the crew shall lay & by Li inch planking on the bridge for the tractor wheels to pass over, and drivers are negligent about com plying with the law in this respect Unless this is done the owner of the engine is liable for any damage to the bridge. Just within the last day or so a bridge near the roadmaster s home and close to F. N. Corriffan's farm, has been broken through by a thresher. The road and bridge fund amounted to about $78,000 and by the end of this week practically the en tire amount will have been expended. according to the latest report of the roadmaster. Mr. Finn reports several near-ca tastrophes because of the thoughtless ness of threshing crews in leaving their machines at the side of the road af night without a light of any kind. This, too, is a punishable offense, and as dairgerous as the movement of a threshing machine at night without lights to warn and guide other traffic. CIRCUS FAILS TO DRAW CROWD May Succeed Himself. Unless present plans miscarry. G. G. Brown, clerk of the state land board, will be re-appointed to this po sition when his term expires the first of next month. The appointment will likely be by unanimous vote. The po sition pays a salary of $2400 a year. Mrs. Frank Morrell has returned from a visit at the home of her moth er in Eugene. I Busy Season for Farmers Cause for Light Attendance. Barnes' circus, with its acres of snow-white pavilions and its thous ands of untamed animals direct from the jungled jungles, its hundreds of acrobats, bareback riders, high div- ei, dancers and musicians, has come and gone. Only its memory tarries with us. It may have been somewhat exaggerated on the flaming posters that still adorn billboards and barns; Al. may have given us a wrong steer regarding the wondrous wonders that we might -expect to behold beneath the canvass on August 24, but neverthe less we took in what he had to offer, and are frank in pronouncing it well worth the price of admission. The wild man from Borneo was conspicu ous only by his absence; the juggling lions, captured in the jungles of Afri ca and brought to this country on the good ship Mamonia at a price al most beyond human conception, fail ed to juggle in accordance with our dea of modern juggling : the numeri cal dwindling of the 550 performing Horses and ponies caused our com ment; but the steam caliope was there with the goods and that constitutes a considerable part of a circus with us. While Al. has an oltogether too exalted opinion of Ins show, and would have us believe before its arrival in our midst, that it is the only only, he is in the show business, and showmen are all alike. But, nevertheless, the Barnes circus is above the average in its class, and gave the best ot satisfaction here. The Observer force attended on com plimentary tickets, enjoyed a reserved seat at the same price, and has no kick coming. The crowd in town was not large, as compared with other similar oc casions in previous years, yet never theless the management was satisfied with the attendance at the ringside and told a representative of The Ob server that it compared very favor ably with the patronage accorded the circus by other western communities of like population. The evening at tendance was larger than that of the afternoon, many from near-by towns motoring hither in the cool of the day to attend the performance. Rifles and Cartridges for Your Big Game Hunt JUST as soon as game became scarce enough to make men critical about their rifles, sportsmen in everv community got to demanding Remington-UMC. The demand for Remington-UMC Big Game Rifles and Remington Metallic Cartridges has been growing ever since. The Remington. CMC Dealer herein this community is the man to go to. He knows what's happening in the sport today. You'll know him by the Red Ball Mark oj Remington-UMC and his store is Sportsmen's Headquarters. Sold by your home dealer and 645 other leading merchants in Oregon I Reminfton Arms-Union Metallic Cartridf Co., Wool worth Bldf. (233 B'wsj) N. Y. CitT I mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmA THE CITY IN BRIEF Chopping and Rolling at Derry warehouse Tuesdays, Fridays and Sat urdays. 30-8t I still continue to do business at the same old stand. Ralph W. Bennett, watchmaker and Jeweler. 83-tf. For Fire and automobile Insurance see Chas. Gregory, city hall 32-tf See Van Orsdel and Manston for old line Are Insurance the Queen, Liverpool, London & Globe, company 13. The oldest and best on the coast. Screen doors and window screens, Dallas Warehouse & Manufacturing company, Barham & Son, proprietors. $5.00 shoes for $3.75 at Price Bros. for this week only. There is more to hair cutting than merely cutting oft the hair. Try us for an up-to-date stylish hair cut. C. W. Shultz. 13-tf. Dr. Turner of the firm of Lowe & Turner, eye specialists ot Portland, will be in Dallas again Friday and Saturday, August 20-21. At Falls City Thursday, August 19th. Dr. Rempel, Chiropractor, S13 Church Dr. Stone's Heave Drops cures heaves. Price $1, for sale by all drug' gists. Adv. 79-tf. The Dallas Wood company is ready ter furnish you with mill wood. Good loads and good service. All wood cash on delivery. Phone 492. 103-tf. Increase your crops with land plas ter, best grade, Dallas Warehouse & Manufacturing company, Barham & Son, proprietors. Dr. C. L. Foster, dentist, City Bank building, Dallas. 73-F. Dr. Freeze, Imperial, Saturday 21st. Plenty of good bargains left at Price Bros.' clean-up sale. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT ' I M CORNER ICE CREAM CANDY - CIGARS TOBACCO B. R. REED ' COURT STREET. Judge Taft Entertained. Ex-President Taft was guest of honor at luncheon yesterday at the Arlington club. Portland, the tunc tion having been arranged by Ralph Williams, republican national com mitteeman for Oregon. About fifty of the prominent business men of Portland attended the luncheon. V Auto Go. The Epworth league will have a so cial at the home of Fred Elliott Wed nesday evening. Meet at the Metho dist church at 7:30. Autos will be provided. Two bits pays the bill. .Professional Cards DENTIST M. HATTER Dallas National Bank Buiulding Dallas Oregon GET Hop Tickets AT THE Observer Office The Observer, a Twice-a-Week pa per, costs no more than a weekly. Independence Hop Crop. The Monitor can find no evidence to change its opinion, stated last week, that the crop in the Indepen dence district in the yards of experi enced growers will be good and that in other parts of the state it will be poor. Picking will commence the first week in September, and labor will be plentiful at 4U cents. Cleaner work will be insisted upon. 1 he market is at a standstill. A bet of (20 was made on the streets of Independence Saturday night that the price would be 20 cents before the first of the year. In this instance, the grower who bet that the price wouldn't be 20 cents will be very much pleased if be loses. Monitor. S. B. TAYLOR Civil Engineer and Surveyor Room 10, National Bank Building Phone 453, Dallas, Oregon. BROWN-SIBLEY ABSTRACT CO, 610 Mill street, Dallas. Only up-to-date set of abstract of Polk county. Posted every morning from county records. Olive Smith-Blclcnell Teacher of PIANO and ORGAN Studio 401 Court St. DALLAS OREGON DENTIST B. F. BUTLER Ofllce over Fuller Phennaey. Onlee hours trom ( to II a. m.; I to I p. an. Dallaa SIBLEY & EAKOT Attorneys and Abstractors. The only reliable set of Abstract IB Polk County. Office on Court street ATTORNBT AT LAW OSCAR HATTER Dallas City Bank Building. Dollae Oresjos DR. A. McJTICOL OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN anal ftViw Bafldinat DALLAS, OREGON DR. TOEL ELECTRO-THERAPIST AND ELECTRO-SURGEON DALLAS, ORE. FOUR YEARS STUDY AT GERMAN AND SWISS UNIVERSITIES AND THE LARGE HOSPITALS OF LONDON, ENGLAND. . OVER THIRTY YEARS . EXPERIENCE IN HIS SPECIALTIES. Office, 619 Washington street, one-half block east of the S. P. depot, from 9 a. m, to 12 noon, 2 to 5 p. m., 7 to 8 p. m., Sunday 10 to 1 p. m. Telephone 1303. Specialties: CANCERS AND TUMORS Ho knife and loss of blood. No piaster! and pain for honrs or day. POLYPUS, GOITRE, PILES, FISTULA, DISEASES OF WOMEN NOSE. THROAT, LUNGS, SKIN Kidney, Bladder, Prostate, Liror, Stomach, Bowels, Karroos Diseases, Gout, Ehenmatiim. OZONE INHALATIONS CONSULTATION FREE