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FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1909.
H is learned that experiments
are being made with sage brush
spray for the extermination of
insect pests on fruit trees in Ore
gon. Should these experiments
prove successful it will revolutionize-
Ihe fruit industry in state,
as the spray can be made for a
mere song and from the hitherto
despised sage brush of the arid
regions of the state, serving a
two-fold purpose getting rid of
two pests at one and the same
time. We have long contended
that some use would eventually
be found for this shrub, for there
is nothing in nature but has a
beneficial place could we but
rind out what particular ill it
will cure. Sage brush flourishes
where it receives slight cultiva
tion therefore there is no fear of
the supply falling short of the
demand at any time as it grows
where nothing else will and a
little cultivation will make it
produce a double crop. Taking
the sage bruh spray and the
alkali for fertilizing the worn
out lands of western Oregon and j
for neutralizing the aciditv of i
others, we mav sate v ireIicti
that with the adve..t of a raiIJt
road into the interior of the state
that a new era of properity will
sweep over it and the crops pio-!
l i -ii i
uueeuwni oe m.-coh.i w i.one.i
even in the pioneer davs. There j
i.;.. ,1...,
;
when the right percentage oi
alkali is added to the soil of this ;
I
jmit of the ttate that It will re- ,
new the life of anv that is run
. . ... ' .. i
down ami will neutralize the
iu i.:itv that 1 k'io.ui to cit in
... .,
Ui.ny part o: tin va..ey. m k-
iug it iinpo.-.ible to produce
ing crops oi any i-i.t , it;.ii.
pli.it ail 1 in o ns c.i-i.'-i a .11 -t
wholly a los to the owner. Til-
ing and alkali will m .keaii such
lands worth rll an acre where;
now they are piaclieally worth-;
les. Is it not woitli while Imxw-'
iii ;or a railroel to the rre.u
"iepoMU ot this mineral ub-
,-ta.u-o? We have h-Mrd the o:t-
repawn Mi ving tii.st " hat l
oue man's fo.Ki i another man
. . ,
poison with little appreciation
many time-, but it ceittiuly i
appiicalde to t!ie aik.li uepoit
in lhi st;ite, lor in niaiiv places;
i!uv utterly ruin the land for;
ti".v u-e until it is leached
out.
Allien o.ten
rMiuiivs years of;
a
loMing. In other j. laces the
alkali form the line-t fertiiixer
causes the land to bring'
forth wonderful crops of ;iltn-l i
unbelievable proportions. So we!
Itelieve will it W found to do in
this valley, especially on the
"white land". There is not a
-luiibt but it will make the soil
more, friable for our personal ex
perience with alkali soils has
proven this to K a fact.
In view of the fai t that the
uutomobile accident of Saturday
brings closer to home to u. than
any heretofore noted, the dire
necessity for the enforcement of
speed regulations of these ma
chines, it may be well to inquire
what protection, if any, the gen
eral public has against reckless
drivers. We hear of men being
run over and Wins either killed
or badlv mangled almost dailv
through the utter disregard of
the speed limit on the public
highways of the state. There
seems to be but one way to bring
some of these fellows to realize
that others have rights and must
be" respected and that is the re
source to the shotgun. Buck
shot will perforate tires with
ease and if one or two should
perforate the driver so much
the better; it will be a strong re
minder that "there are others.'
This matter of speeding ma
chines to the highest limit Is
working a hardship on good
roads in the western pait of the
state. An argument advanced,
and not without justification, by
many of the farmers is "if we
make good roads we will be un
able to use them until winter
for fear of getting run down by
an auto. This has been brought
about by the fact that wherever
a good piece of straight road has
been made, there autos congre
gate to trv their sieed. This is
done in such numbers as to pre
vent the use of some pieces of
toad for ordinary trahe. Only
a short time ago one of the rural
carriers of this part of the state
narrowly escaped being run
down by an auto on a bridge
where there is a sharp turn in
the road, the machine coming
at the rate of fifty miles an hour
! was ftopitxl close enough that
r""s' horse could touch it
with her nose. What are we
'going to do about it:
Brain and Mutcle.
According to Miss Une. the .uthor i
of -From Their Piint of View," more j
Ben ,r tramps and more .women are i
miserable housewives If married
underpaid slaves If single because
tb'r f wllt no use thelr bfaln
power than bemuse they are too lair
for hard bodily labor. The amount of
rurely uaintellectual drudgery dlmin-
Ishes every year and the demand f or
intelilcent worker.
The author k.d ue woman patient.
a wortor anion? Uiidon poor. chron-'
,, Rurrerer. WQO n;:magea to keep hpus
"! children In far more perfect order
,,im? fclllrin Sh. '
asked how she connived to do this,
"!d. she ,re,,liwl: ....
1 mases my mma ao icreo pans or
It It Isn't so mu h what I does, but
1 oj from harlneCfcL- j
Ther still exists In Lordon bylaw
whl-h forbids a cast tsf Itcer to be un
loaded between certain hours, but no
mention Is made of casks containing
thr 'oor ,
Lucerne hrs on Its statute books
law whl. h Is not enforced. It rrohlb-
,ts hats pf U5"n ,!i;in fi-twn lncD
In diameter, forbids the ne of artlfl-
tl-.l flowers and Unrorted feathers and
wxlers th.it a llrfiii-e cf 73 tents a year
shall be f iltl for the right to wear rib- j
bons or silk or game. j
Sowing For Thrrv
As cuntrruiaa was sowing his
ground two smart fellows were riding
that way. and oi;e of them called to
him with an ln.4olent aSr. "WelL honest
fellow." mM lie. "'tis your business
to sow. but wc resp the fruits of your
plied. -Tls very like you Kay. for 1
m ow'a hemp." -Oaiholle Newm.
Ctb Wit
The French have an expression
about "cab w it"-that Is. a Frenchman
returning from a party and alone In
his cab thicks of lots of clever things
be mlsht have said. There Is a great
deal of cab wit outside of France.
Atchison Globe.
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Boll two chickens until tender, take
out all bom's and chop the meat fine.
Season to taste with salt, pepi' and
butter, pour In enough of the liquid to
enke It nscist. then pu; Into a mold.
VTl:cn ct Id turu out and ut In slice.
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