MILK STERILIZER IS FAVORED
Cheap and Effective Device That Hu
Important Bearing on High
Grade Product
(Prepared by the, United 8ttre Depart
ment of Apiculture,)
The simple Meant sterilizer for dairy
ntenslls developed by : th ! United
States department of agriculture la
meeting with great favor from tnunlcl
pul milk and health authorities. The
device has been demonstrated by the
health authorities In 172 cities and 09
officials have written to the depart-
Homemade Sterilizer.
ment praising the value of the device
In Improving the local milk supply.
Thirty-seven health officers report that
the device Is being made locally for
use by dairymen. Several dairy milk
Inspectors stated positively that the
local milk supply has been Improved
through the Introduction of this de
vice. During the past season the
sterilizer was demonstrated to more
than 6,000 farmers and was made (lie
subject of a campaign In favor of
dean milk utensils that reached thou
sands of dairy farmers. Twenty-sli
of the state agricultural, colleges se
cured devices to demonstrate to their
short-coarse students. , The device Is
now being made commercially nnd can
be purchased complete with oil stove
for ?S.50; or the sterilizer portior
alone, which provides apparatus, for
sterilizing pans, pnils, separator parts,
small utensils and strainer cloth, can
be purchased for $5.50. Directions for
making the home sterilizer are given
In Farmer's Bulletin 748, which will
be sent free on application to the department
WITHIN A MONTH
By ETHEL V. HALL.
(Copyright, 191S, by the McClure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
Violet sat on the top rail of the
fence, smiling to herself. She was
thinking of the words she hud had
with her mother a month before.
Violet's health was not very good,
and the doctor had ordered her to the
country for the summer. She laughed
out loud as she thought of these
words :
"Now, mother, I won't stay In the
lonely old country, and no one can
make me, either. You know I'm used
to a crowd, and dancing and every
thing! Goodness, I'll die there, I tell
you I won't go."
But nevertheless, Violet went to her
Uncle Henry's farm, and now she
thought that nothing could Induce her
to go back to the dirty, close city.
She loved Uncle Henry's country
ways, and no one could be any nicer
than dear Aunt Ellen.
' "Come, Sport, old dog. Let's take a
run," said Violet, jumping from the
fence and starting down the flr-Id with
Sport, a large collie dog, close at her
heels.
"Now, Sport, I'm going to roll down
this hill, and don't you laugh at me,
either," said Violet, giving his ear a
twitch. But Sport enjoyed barking at
her as much as she enjoyed the rolling.
She reached the bottom of the hill,
sat up straight and found that her
only companion had deserted her.
She called his name and was an
swered by a bark. The sound came
from the woods, so she scrambled to
her feet and ran In that direction.
When she came to the tall fir trees
Sport came running Out holding a
piece of paper In his mouth.
"What's this?" questioned . Violet,
reading the note and looking sus
piciously Into the woods.
The note ran: "It was great fun
watching you roll down that hill., I
would like to see you do It again to
morrow at the same time.; I'm going
to talk with you, too."
Violet skipped back to the house to
help Aunt Ellen prepare supper. She
wu nnnsuniiv siiPnt and was Inter
ested to hear Uncle Henry any:
"Ellen, that young Billy Morris came
home yesterday." i
"Is that so?" replied Aunt Ellen.
"I suppose the young girls will look
their prettiest, but I bet VI will Out
shine them all," nld Uncle Henry mis
chievously. "VI, that yonmr fellow
would make you a good husbuud." . . .
"Now, uncle, you're always telling
me that someone would make me
good husband. How do you know Tm
looking for a hnshandr said Violet,
bobbing her curls,
"Well, I never saw a irlrt of nine
teen thnt wasn't looking for a husband,
ni bet If you met hlra you would be
engaged to him wltbln a month"
"Now, Henry," protested his wife,
but nenry got up and kissed the rest
of the sentence away.
The next afternoon, a little before
the appointed time Violet went to her
"thinking sent."
She had been aented there onlr a
few nilnntea when Snort cnm and
stood before her with another note In
his mouth.
This read: "Snort came too soon.
but I am waiting."
Til do It Just to see what hnnnens."
and she rnn to the ton of the hill, lay
down, closed her eyea and let herself
go full speed. . i
When almost to the bottom she
stopped with a Jerk. She hnd bumped
Into something, and whatever It was
had fallen with a thud.
She sat up and opened her big blue
eyes to look Into the face of a young
man, sitting on the grass In front of
her. smiTTn? nnd Khnu-lnv (wa ...
. n ... u j v.
perfect white teeth. She put her hnnd j
over ner mouth to keep from scream
ing. '
"Now don't run off, young lady," he
said. "I tried to stop you easy, but
you came so swift you knocked me
over," .
"Are you the r she asked, but got
no further, for he said:
Tea, Tm the mysterious writer of
the note. My name Is Billy Morris.
What's yours?"
"Mine's Violet Snow."
After talking some time. Violet rose
to go. !
"Don't forget tomorrow at the same '
time," said Billy, as he watched her
lithe body run np the hill.
For a month they met every day, but I
no one knew It besides Snort and I
Daisy. At last Uncle Henry said:
"It's a funny thing I can't get hold '
of thnt young Morris to come here. If ,
I told him there was a nrettv clrl here '
I bet he would come. In double-quick
time, too!"
"Now, uncle." cautioned Violet ahak.
Ing her curls. j
"Well. Til keep my word; I bet If j
you met him you would be engaged j
within a month." i
"I bet I would, too," sang Violet as !
she skipped out of the house, and Un
cle Henry looked In wonderment at
his wife. i'
That night, before dark, Violet very
slyly kept peeking out of the window,
and at last her heart seemed to beat
harder than ever before, when she
saw him coming.
"Well," said Uncle Henry, "here
comes that Billy Morris now," but he
got no further, for he .wag some sui- .
prised to see Violet run down to the j
gate to meet Billy. When Violet came !
in again she said: "Uncle"' Henry,
you've won your bet. I met Billy Just
a month ago today," and she held up
her hand for Inspection of a lovely lit
tle solitaire on her fourth finger.
HAVE QUEER PETS
1 ''. . .
Lonely Men in Signal Tower
Welcome All Sorts.
RAPID STRIDES IN SURGERY
War Has Brought Discoveries That
Alleviate Pain and Heal the Most
Dangerous Wounds.
"Blpp" is one of the new words that
will be added to the dictionary as the
direct outcome of the war. "Blpp" is
a combination of bismuth, Iodoform
hnd paraffin paste, and Is the name
given to one of the most Important
surgical discoveries of Dr. Rutherford
Morrison, a famous operative surgeon
of London. It exerclses a strange
charm upon the treatment of danger
ous wounds.
In the early days of the war doctors
employed the older forms of curative
surgery, which entailed long periods of
suffering to the wounded soldier. By
the new process the destroyed tissues
and Infected areas are excised, the
parts thoroughly drenched with pure
spirit, and after the application of a
thin -layer of "blpp" the wound can In
many cases be sewn up Immediately
with every prospect of prlmnry union
and no further distress to the patient
Even wounds associated with bone in
juries or damaged joints, have been
successfully treated by this method,
and compound fractures have lost
much of their seriousness.
One of the most marvelous cases Is
recorded at a London military hospital.
A piece of shell penetrated a soldier's
chest and diaphragm, passing Into the
abdominal cavity. These terrible In
juries healed without subsequent 111
eonseqnenc.es, the trnck of the missile)
being excised and the wound sutured
after a thorough application of "blpp,"
Similar success has been attnlned in
cases .of gas gangrene, which is de
prived of its chief terror since the
germs of this infection can no longer
thrive.
Cockroach That Likes Tobacco and
Drinks Ink Is On Visitor Toad
Cams Regularly for It
: Feast of Flies.
A Boston and Maine railroad signal
toweruiHO tells this story of pets he
has lundt In his lonely perch above the
trucks:
; At midnight nine months ago a cock
roflch crept out from under the tele
graph desk nnd bepin to drink out of
th Inkwell ; Just about that time I laid
uiy clpir down on the desk aud began
to work the telegraph key.
The cockroach walked over to my
cigar and sucked at the moist end for
a second or so, then ran to "the Ink
well again and took a drink, rWn mine
buck to the cigar; he repented this
performance several times aud stag
gered away drunk as a lord.
Every night around midnight for the
past nine mouths this cockroach haa
drank from the Inkwell on my desk
and either sucked the moist end of my
cigar or some moistened tobacco I
place near the inkwell for him.
One of the boys found a tiny musk
rat In the marsh buck of the signal
tower one day, and he brought It Into
the tower. The muskrut became ery
tame and proved a most affectionate
pet. He slept on the desk neur the
telegraph Instruments for over two
years. Although he went out very
often, he wouldn't stay long, and
would scratch at the door until some
of us would run downstairs and let
hlra In. Unfortunately our pet wna
killed by a freight train while cross
ing the tracks near the tower one day.
After the muskrut died' we brought
In a tiny woodchui k that a trainman
hndcaptnred out on the line, and he
became very much attached to all of
os, nnd, like the muskrat, he became
very clever and amusing pet.
"Shuck" stayed with us two years, and
finally he disappeared one day. Pos
sibly some dog got him, or he may
have been crushed by a train.
For the past 20 years an English
sparrow has nested In the eaves of the
tower, and this sparrow flies In and out
of the tower at will, picks up bread
crumbs on the floor and catches an oo
cuslonnl cockroach. What worries the
tower men Is that our pet sparrow may
some day eat onr pet cockroach.
Last year a toad hopped up on to
the doorstep of the tower and sat there
blinking. One of the boys fed him
a fly and the toed gobbled It In an 1
Instant, nnd every afternoon all sum-1
mer long that tosd hopped up on to I
the step and ate flies as fast as the
railroad men would feed them to him.
The boys took turns and fed him In i
relays j the yardmaster said the boys ;
were neglecting their work to feed the i
toad; but he became so fascinated I
watching the performance that be
caught flies for an hour one day and
fed the toad.
I'm afraid the toad will go hungry
this summer If he shows up, for we're
too busy moving war supplies to both
er with feeding pets around a railroad
yard.
Every stray dog that ever wandered
Into the ward has found a haven In the
tower, and several litters of puppies
have been born there.
We've bad cats galore; one cat In
particular was a snake catcher, and
she brought In a snake nearly every
day.
commended by the secretary ui tue
navy for this action, (loldman enlist
ed lu the. navy In 11)11 at San Fran
cisco. ' . '
Stole 8ugar by Bucketfuls.
Sngar thieves employed an Ingenious
method the other day at Launceston,
Australia. A quantity of sugar had
been bought for export but, ships not
being Immediately available, It was de
cided to store the stuff at the port Ac
cordingly huts were built on the
wharves, but as the decking hnd shrunk
somewhat, tarpaulins were first laid
down, and then the sugar bags
placed on this. The doors were
locked, and a watchman placed In
charge. When the time came to empty
the sheds the bottom tier of bags
were found flat and empty, with a slit
In the under side. Each slit corre
sponded with one In the tarpaulin di
rectly over spaces In the planking. The
method of the sugar thieves was sim
ple. When the tide was about half
way up the plies, a boat was taken
under the wharves as near as possible
to the stores, and ihen It was only a
matter of crawling over the ties, knife
and bucket In band, until the right
spot was reached.
Brave Act Rewarded.
Arthur 0. Palmer, a water tender
attached to the United States ship
O'Brien was overboard and strug
gling in the water, A strong ebb
tide was running nnd Palmer had all
be could do to keep from going down.
At the moment when he was near ex
haustion David Goldman, a machin
ist's mate, second class, Jumped over
board and, beating his way through
the rough water, reached the man nnd
lii'iti:;tit him to safety. He has been
Concrete Ship In Norway.
Commercial Agent Norman L. And
erson reports the launching of 000
ton concrete ship from the Fougner
ynrds at Moss. Norway. The ship has
four water-tight compartments; the
engine, a 23) horsepower Uollndcr mo
tor, Is placed aft. The boat has two
large holds aud two hutches, each
equipped with a two-ton motor winch.'
MAKES LIVING PEDDLING TIME
Somewhat Peculiar Occupation of
English Ql rl Is Said to Bring
Her i Fair Income.
Probably no other bill In tht world
has had so strangely varied a history
or played so Important a part In the
affairs of men as that at (Ireenwleh,
In Knglaud. The granite line across
the footpath on Its summit Is the
meridian from which the longitude on
every British nmp and chart Is calcu
lated. All England sets Its time by
the mean solar clock. Then Is a large
gitlvainvmngnetlc clock fixed on the
outside wall of the observatory aud
divided Into 24 hours. There arc many
who believe that this clock Is kept
going by the sun. They do not know
thnt the fixed start are the real time
keepers from which Britons check tlielr
didly rogrtss. , , - . .
j To this galrnnq-mcgnetlc clock In
the wall comes every Monday a wom
an. Miss Belleville of Malmlenhead,
who mukes $2,HiO a year out of the
queerest occupation In the world. 8he
sells the time to London watchmakers.
Many years ngo the then astronomer
royal suggested to her father thnt If
he took the corrected time of a certi
fied chronometer every week he could
no doubt find numerous clients. So
Mr. Belleville bought a watch made
for the duke of Essex and Ihen worked
up a business with It Wheu he died j
his widow sold the time until she
reached the age of eighty-one, and '
then she handed over the business to
her daughter. When Miss Belleville
visits Greenwich at the beginnings of
every week her chronometer Is cor
rected and she Is given an official cer
tificate. From that her 80 customers
correct their watches and docks,
Yanks Always Hsppy,
A regiment of American soldiers,
brigaded with un English regiment
that had seen nitKh service ami act
ing under the Immediate orders of an
English brigadier general, recently
marched for six hours under a broil
ing sun to a point where a (icrinnn
attack was expected, although It failed
to materialise, nnd, while (he English
sat down and "looked glum" the Amer
icana gathered In groups and sang,
"Hall! Hall! the Gang's An Here I"
The British officer commanding told
the newspaper correspondent, says the
Louisville Post that be bad never seen
such troops. They never seemed to
get tired and were always In a good
humor and rnnld see, amusing things
In situations which appealed to the sol
diers of other nations as anything but
funny,
"Hall! Hull I the Gang's All Hero"
may seem to some somewhat of a coiiio
donn from (hu stirring music of Tie
dunplie 's Are Coming" but wo linn -j-Ine
In fore the war Is over It will be
almost hs popular nn air with our
allies of the French and F.nglUh.
Boss Leisure Reported.
On saveml occasions, says PopuL.r
Science Monthly, when an executive's
assistant desired to converse with bis
superior the former was busy on tlie
telephone, so he had to wait.
To open the door every few minutes
for the puritose of looking In or to
have Hut operator notify you when the
receiver has been hung up Is'both an
noying and time-consuming. A private
concern has Installed an Inexpensive
device which eliminates the embar
rassment The execntlve'a telephone has an ex
tra connection which automatically
lights a small blue light at the assist
ant's office when the former Is using
his phone. As soon as the executive
hangs up the receiver the light goes
out and the assistant knows that bis
stiMrlor Is accessible.
This device, which Is very Inexpen
sive, consists of two pieces connected
with wires which run through the cord
to the assistant's office.
Few Whites In India
Compared with India's .114,000,000
dark-skinned natives, that country has
but about 300,000 white Inhabitants.
Trains into Monmouth
L've Portland 71.6, a in, Geflinger 10:2", Independ'ce 10.82, Monm'th 10:60
" Salem 9.K5, " V " " " " "
" " 1.40, pm Dallas 2 45 " 3:10
" " 3.45, " Gerllnger 4:24, Independence 4:37, Monmouth 4:65
" " 6.00, " 6:45, " 6:57, " 7:10
" Portland 3.30, Connects with above
" Corvallis 6.45, a m. Independence 7:35..,, Arrive Monmouth 7:45
" 1-15; pm " 2:14 " 2;;:o
" Dallas 7.00, a m, Arrive Monmouth 7:25
Airlic 8.30, a m and 8:45, p m. Arrives Monmouth 9:05 a m and 4:I'I p m
Lesve Independence, 6.50 am, 7.35, 8.45, 10.35, 12.20,-1.30, p m, 2.20, 3 60,
4.40, 7.00
Trains out of Monmouth
L've Monmouth 7:05 a m, Independence 7:35, Gerlinger 7:4'J, Ar Salem 8:30
" Same as above Portland 11.10
" Monmouth 1;4 pm, " 2:14. " 2:27, Salem 310
" Same as above Portland K.,'0
" Monmouth 4:05, " 4:40, " , 4:65, Sslem 5:30
" " 9:C5,am.... Dallas 10:00 "11:00
" " 4;30, pm " 4:45, , , " 5:;i6
" " 9;05, a m, Independence 10:82, Corvallis li:20
" " 4;55, pm, " 6:57, " 7:45
" " 7;25 a m and 8;1 p m. Arrives Airlie Bam and 3;40 pm
Leave Monmouth 7.05, a m, 8.15 9.05, 10.60, 12.30, M, 1.45, p m, 2.35, 4.15,
4.55, 7.1J
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