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I What a Lot of Time We Waste in Wondering About Things That are None of Our Business. BE HONEST WITH YOUR HOME PAPER WITH I . ..MI hi PER 7 MPSISION LATEST CIRCULATION IN POLK OOUNTT. , No. 3. ED J4 YEAR. W, J. CLARK, Proprlotor. WDEWCNDKTCB, OREGON IIH 4t- 4tH' rvs Ifffl future of iBideoeoitee Is Host Bicoiir Within Next W Months. Sugar Beet Growing Will Be a More Staple Crop and Money Will be ore Plentiful, Which Means a Greater, Bigger and More Prosperous Community mi r tx. i crt nru Dono plnf.inn TjnpQ'nf Come I rue Ext Spring There Will be a General Influx of Settlers to This City. ASugarFac- A Will Onpn Tin a Rich and rY Will Dc ljuni oerc anu uie vancy esc ocuu ivam uou tt w'Territorv Adiacent to Here That is Bound to Stimulate Business. Cheer Up- w. . , .. ' bok Ahead and Wear a Broad bmiie. i , I niMimn--- : : H ,.. i i ii -- i 1 LOWING SUGAR BEETS FOR PROFIT d Should B Prepared m Fall and Soil Plowed at Least From Six to Eight Inches Deep-Preparation of Soil Has Much to do With Increased Tonnage By J. C. Whtelon. 1LOWJNQ, Ttii 4 bed should be dwp and low the migttr t I A dip i liif plant, In hrvtln the tP often sd bfu (Uat r much r than the unpin or an ucni. & plow ng and then we find that lower end I broken off and tin- too! i;ttl-il.-l'!ii-.tmnd-J,, Tbe. lf led or root svatm In dp tot usually me.luw, while In the in giuiii tli root syUem Is tow but not deop, and In tli e vt raw or vlrKln soli. It ! Ijr mJkiw and while It may be h the vallublu iilunt food usually tint milv ii alml'nw uurfitco in rtfcs i Most men who write or talk about lng will tell u tluU e 4tould pa a dp mmd bed which meant m plowing, yet thoy will tell u Jo that If wit plow more than an f'h or two below the previous plow lie. we will turn uu aoll that may h rich but having wvt been hand- JM before It la not a'r slacked and f nd can not be depended upon to rmlniiU) tlio c;d. 1) the bi'Klnner thla means a r- f a pDbli iu; Ma ground haa never kea plowed more than four or five whet, mid u get an eight or ten pli i1 oil bed lncaiiB three or four wrs, lien-, however, is whore the elnm.T l going to tnJto his first '"BBS In the art of tood fanning. We will pri'imre the ground the as-cm bcfiirc we plant the d Hie pto 'CB.i will aunly in VAKelallon disappears as auch; the oil is changed in color, its texture Is rroatly improved nd Us produc- UveneBs Is Kreatly increased, , In view of these facts, what can we think of Uie man who burns the straw and stubble and plows his alfal fa four inches deep, rakes up the roots, and crowns and very carefully rwnoves th?u from the floldw and burns them and still calls himself a farmer. Two or three tons of sugar beets per acre for the two or more years ach following.this extra, work on an added yield resulting therefrom is a ry low estimate and would pay 100 per cent or more on the co&t of the work. These are the profits on the business, and the only profits, and this is the only way the profits can be made. THE IMPORTANT NEEDS FOR A LARMANDING M Letter From General Leonard Wood on Military Preparedness -It Shows the Yalae and Need of Giving Growing Generation Discipline and Training, deD and la rouKh until spring. I Dv this procewi we have the deep "wed bed. the deep toll haa been t m ii surface for a short ilma io air sauk and the third plow log baa rrturni d the former anil back to the. Mirfuce aft r being Biu'h improved by Its sojourn un- d r gronnd. Tb a.:nd or deep plowing wel ,i U Uilr4 pTowIni w r.f not have to b. repeated tor evtral year on this pl..cc of ground as on plowing p r yar tan be varied in dpth from yenr to year and will suffice until It becomes neotsMiry to 0 dcoprr, when It tan be dona an Imh or two - The third plowing prepar es th9 aoll In su.h a manner that wy llttl" lk 18 e, eB8BrJr ln the iptlng; a liltht harrowing, a float ..... n,.l, hnrmw 1U8t b0- rouowea ny fore the drill. K Ives .e seed that liiftbMlt P'TICCl. bed The neond and third piowi.. (he disiing or spring toothing pre ceding them may be considered by some as tra work that win a I maybe six dollars per ac'e If we bad to have it done by outside help, but I believe the results will Justify the -xpense. The discing or prlne tooth harrowing -performs at least two especially iniporlant functions. flrat It funrnlhe the surfueo to siK-h a donrw that when plowed u" I dor the Joining 'f the furrow slk-e with tie plow sole Is perfect, we boots, 'know that capillary moisture w... ' , ,, below to the surface frw of alfalfa or grain atubble or soil If lumpy or coarse - w or virgin soil: at the time when urt) ia depoelieu nwi Ui second crop of hay to -ut, and sole no matter how fine ino " Wain Is cut and after a .mall Is mulled. We alad Know that P fVOlUntBOr rrnn V, ...u.l.. o rrpnil . rnntu OallllOt Kt l"od lWm Ft'irt. wo will Ml or m.ring-tooth clods nor open spaces. lie ituhble bnth wnva. this also ap- a-ond. it does the mixing of e jli to tho liny, the grain, and the P'rgln soils This process not only nlxee tho vcKotablo mould wtth tho IP Mill but mlcllows tho surface to iHh a marknil l.irr that It not as .u ...m. 1ia pnrtli vetabie mou.u .. - - no, other process can do it. Large sections of vegatlon are not available as plant food un 1 redu - . . with the soli. vve ,--... a inuiBBu iieKree, nine "i ""f ed ana iui6' . i only makes It easier W nlow. but H been told that most plants, a IKlveB up a bettor Joining of the fur-' 0BDoclally legumes, possess tho a - sMco with the plow sole. I ty to fix nitrogen from tlio air u. This ground should then be plowed 1 ejoll. This is true only ' " l"or stx inches deep regardlos of ( the roots mm Hundreds of I l.h8 depth of Uie previous plowInes, ' and mlxod with the the no fellow at. onee with a very light exhaustive tesis he Innt fln tooth harrowlnir thin fines un aoll that lay betwoeu the lumi,s and fills interstices be- crowns of alfalfa (tho ( 1)ltro. tho fllrnoW slices and seals fcontalns no more per cm. P the soil with a fine mulch that gon than that of the vi b brlng the moisture up from below brush soil across tho i . - "a tho real woi-k of nature's labor-1 applies equally to the ri "ory begins. Countless numbers of or three yeferB in aira-1 The toterla and sjoll organisms are per-ot twenty or thirty years "tted and enabled to bneak down percentage of nitrogen numify the vegetable matter in-, either auve - n t0 but white alive tne not Of All Millinery Goods. One-Third Off on all goods in stock. Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats, Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers, Ornaments. "We do not want to establish mi litarism in this country in the sense of creating a privileged : military class, dominating the civil element, receiving especial recognition, and exercising perhaps an undue influ ence upon the administration of na (Unal offafi-e hut wck An wflrit to hniu n i rfiftiization of cienUy and promptly defenfl .... .t, v. r riehta of the'r country. This I Ul t3 Icl (. Ilia L UU 19 U luiBttti Fa - ft - lT atituted authorities, the flag of the country, and a high sense of patriot ism are evident on all sides, and yet there is practically no standing army. "We have here a patriotic people, living not with arms in their hand-, or with a large standing army, but trained, equipped, and ready to efi'i- the be- all Special Prices on Children's Millinery BERTHA POTTER. of the nation, and that he has a mill- believe is the idea! we snouia tary as well as a civic responsible " tor. We need a standing army big ty " All thia cau-tee -io, wluntnWfm2-ite t tb' creating a spirit of militarism or dsy, I. e., the garrisoning of our of aggressiveness. Take Switzerland foreign possession, the Philhppines v' Tjowattnn islands. Panama, the an examme. were we uae n , country where every boy and young man who is physically sound. re ceives, largely as a part of his school work, military training to the extend necessary to make him an efficient officer. This is a policy which ought to be followed , with mi vonth it is not enough that a utHo trarrtson ln Porto Rico and Alaska, and a force in the continen tal United States edequate for the peace nseds of the nation. "We must never again trust our selves to the emergencies ot a great war without proper preparation r , a. (.hall merit with an 1.1 no uv vj - man should be willing to be a soldier overwh lining disaster. . Preparednes He should also be so prepared as to be an efficient one. This can only be accomplished through train ing. Switzerland and Autralia have i,... i(,.i t,ia ran he. done through the publlcschool system, and with a described by Light Horse resulting vast improvement iu j)u" lic morals and the quality of citizen hin The criminal rate in Switzer- i.u io nniv a wnall fraction of t ours. Respect for the law and con MEM0R1VL DAY PROGRAM. ta reallv an insurance for peace, and not an influence for war. "To send our men untrained into war to meet equally good men, well trained and disciplined, was once Harry- Lee, of Revolutionary fame, as mur der. Perhaps this is ' too strong, but it certainly ia a gross disregard of human Hie.- . w the various elements necessary 10 fed future croDB. i "Th's should bo left, for ten days or jo weeks if the season will permit Wat much lime to get the balance of the process completed before the Wound freezes, then disc or sprlng th both wayif and plow ten inches deeP. following wtth a fine harrow D4 then plow as soon as you like ith a plowing about five inche Tt.w..c,..lo.A.naW,;,: . .-- B1, but while auve u.o t lng exercuBcn . - th, growing P-;ttftha; When grounds beginning 9. a.. powttr to impart it to the oi by Hlgh d Plowed unaer - - power cut er able to the roots die and .til th ncrog,9ee, tion oi too Reading by Miss Myers. TatHotisna" Rev AUUIO-. J-.,Titl"l gsot moi b to the xiver, where they will ' give tho i-itiinHntic eervicesi for the sailor, dead . They will be assisted by the Sons of Veterans, Honor annrd nnd the School children, who have some part in these services. Anyone who, is the son f a veteran )s requested to march without a per sonal invitation. Show your patriot Ism by attending these Memorial services. All the business houses will be losed during the hours of the exer- cises. , Fresh Vegetables always In stock. Our Dairy Product are Direct from the Farm. Calbreath A Jones, phone Farm 1121. 2"4t Lets celebrate the 4th. . la Alir 10 lf done frequently W W W&W. It aone iw ' .hjrn upmaAo; i- ta orogress, thego.3-" he I rlOv .V' rnW tie auu e"i? ueui 008 WW '91 61 I J31u;, Sman OS88J0UI 3SBI euj uau, J; anii.nni xifl m 9DBU1 u?eq sE1;rs miarter of a mile. v An investig;ation of a suspicion SHOES We Have a Lot of Medium Pric ed Work and Dress Shoes that Where Bought last Fall. We are going to give you the benefit of a buy which ranges from - If you where to buy these Shoes Today, we would have to charge you $2.50 to $6.00 for the same 'shoes. We want your Shoe business if square dealings will get it. O. A. 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