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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1914)
Oregon School Students Win Panama Fair Trip Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis Ten young fur mors, housekeep ers and artisans who won first place In one of the ten Industrial club projects at the recent State Fair In Salem, will have a trip for one week to the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco with all expenses paid. Theso competitors who have succeeded beyond all others In their particular kind of work were scored both on ex hibits at the State Fair and reports and records of their work, which were forwarded to Professor F. L. Griffin, of the Agricultural college. The fol lowing list of winners in the various projects with places of residence have been given out for publication: Jessie Kent, canning and preserv ing, Perrydale, Polk county; May E. McDonald, sewing, Dallas, Polk $500,000 Bonds Voted by Roseburg for Coast Road Roseburg By a vote of more than three to one, the voters of Roseburg have authorized issuance of bonds in the sum of $500,000 with which to as sist in the construction of a railroad between Roseburg and Coos Bay. Concurrent with voting the bonds, the voters elected a railroad commission composed of 10 prominent business men of the city to handle the improve ment. The bonds are in reality a bonus and the $500,000 will be paid to any com pany or any individual who will guar anteed under sufficient bonds to con Jack Grant, of Dallas, Is State's finest Baby Salem With an almost perfect score, Jack Grant, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Grant, of Dallas, was awarded a gold medal for being the finest baby entered in the eugenics contest at the state fair. Doris Lee Gordon, daugh ter of I. J. Gordon, of Portland, won the girl baby first prize, scoring a fraction of a point leBS than the Grant child. There was no perfect child as last year, when Jane Kanzler, of Portland, was so credited, but the judging this year was far more accurate and the scoring closer. More than 175 babies were entered as against 80 last year, indicating the interest that is being taken in this feature of the state fair, which was inauguarted three years ago. School Land Point Won. Eugene Judge Harris, of the Cir cuit court, overruled the demurrer of the defendants to the amended com plaint in the case of the State of Ore gon against F. A. Hyde, in which the state seeks to recover school lands al leged to have been fraudulently ob tained. The case affects thousands of acres of school lands in Oregon and may come to trial in the circuit court in Eugene within the next few months. Judge Harris recognized the de murrer to the original complaint; hold ing that the state in waiting for more than 10 years after the filing upon the lands had procrastinated unduly. The state in its amended complaint blamed the Federal government for the delay. Grand Jury Action Asked. Salem Governor West announced that the evidence obtained by Miss Fern Hobbs, his private secretary, in her investigation of the charges against M. J. Gersoni, district attor ney of Tillamook county, had been turned over to the grand jury. The charges against Gersoni are incompe tency, failure to attend to his duties and gambling. Governor West said he had asked for the official's resignation, but that he had declined to give it. Gersoni was appointed by Governor West when the county attorney bill passed at the last session of the legisalture became operative. Charts of Cities Ready. Salem John H. Lewis, state engi neer, announces that topographic maps prepared by the state, in co-operation with the United States geological but vey, of Portland, Oregon City, Boring, Mount Hood, Halsey, Eugene, Blalock Island. Umatilla, Telocasset, Sumpter, Ironside Mountain, Baker City, Mitch ell Butte, Klamath, Ashland, Crater Lake, Grants Pass, Riddle, Koseburg, Coos Bay and Port Orford are ready. Copies may be obtained from the di rector of the United States Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. Astoria Building Started. Astoriia The corner stone of Astor ia's new Young Men's Christian asso ciation building was laid this week with appropriate ceremonies, and in the presence of a large crowd of spec- tators. The stone was laid by Mrs. D. K. Warren, who donated the site for the structure. Addresses were made by a number of men who have been ac tively identified with the association's work in this city and vicinity. Ontario Has Tax Fight. Ontario Proprietors of the two newspapers and the two leading mer- cantile companies of Ortario were sum moned before the board of equalization at Vale to show cause why their tax assessments should not be raised. This action was taken at the instance of the Vale Enterprise, and is accepted as an incident of the county seat fight just opened. county; Francel Hawloy, cooking and baking, McCoy, Polk county; Kenneth Bursell, pig feeding, Monmouth, Polk county; Charley C. Claus, corn, Brownslow, Jackson county; Audrey Meyer, potatoes, Lake Creek, Jackson county; Perry Pickett, vegetable gar dening, Salem, Marion county; Paul Jaeger, manual arts, Sherwood, Wash ington county; Vernon Rains, poultry raising, Myrtle Creek, Douglas county; and Oscar Snyder, dairy herd record keeping, Creswell, Lane county. Both project and booth exhibits were judged by members of the Agricultural Col lege Extension force. The expense of these trips will be borne by numerous business firms In Portland and other parts of the state who were interested in the work by 0. M. Plummer. Details of the trip have not yet been arranged. struct the railroad and operate the same for a term of years. The voters also voted to repeal the occupation tax and rejected issuance of bonds for park purposes. The councilmen elected were: Wil liam Hargreaves, ward one; D. R. Shambrook, ward two; A. J. Geddes, ward three; W. S. Hamilton, ward four. The election was one of the most spirited events held here In years and notwithstanding that only taxpayers were allowed to vote on the bond is sues, more than 900 votes were polled. Western Union Prospers. Salem That the year ending June 30 was a prosperous one for the West ern Union Telegraph company is indi cated by its report filed with the State Railroad commission. Its dividend was increased from 3 to 31 per cent. The company, during the year, in- creased its miles of wire 42,000, hav ing 1,585,213 miles of wire June 30, It was operating in Oregon at that time 11,548 miles of wire, an increase of about 1000 over the previous year. It has 408 employes in this state, an increase oi 11. The total cost ot an its property is given as $143,000,000. Its receipts for the year totaled $45,' 500,000 and its expenses $38,000,000. The company is carrying a funded in debtedness of $32,602,000, and has a corporate surplus of $9,740,000. Hay Warehouses Filled. Baker Farmers of Baker county are Btoring -large quantities of hay in the warehouses at Haines and a large amount of hauling is being done to the hay center of the county. Portland markets are reported to be over stocked, causing extreme dullness in prices, and farmers are counting on better conditions. The Baker county hay crop is far above average and the crop is said to be so large that in event it is not taken ultimately by the Port land market it cannot all be fed to stock. The Baker warehouses are al ready filled. A few shipments are being made by those farmers who do not care to take any chance on advanc ing prices. Others are shipping hay on contracts made earlier in the year, Special Session Obviated. Salem Having been informed that the $450,000 allotted by the Interior department for irrigation work in this state would bs available until June, next year, Governor West said that he would not call a special session of the legislature. Believing that the appro priation expired the first of next year, the governor some time ago announced that a special session was a possibility, His plan then was for legislative ac tion securing the money to the state, Under the present arrangement action may be taken at the regular session. Wrecked Cattle Caught. Baker After nearly two weeks of incessant work, Curtis Haley and A E. Lucas have completed a roundup of the cattle which escaped from wrecked train near Sumpter last month, They drove in on horseback with 200 of the cattle which escaped at that time and scattered all over the hills, All but six of the herd were found, They turned the cattle over to the Sumpter Valley railroad. The com pany assumed liability for the loss. It is said that the men who conducted the roundup were handsomely rewarded, Lumber Industry Revives. Baker The Stoddard Lumber com pany mills at Whitney are preparing to resume work within the next week The mills have been shut down owing to the falling off of orders after the start of the war in Europe. Large orders received from the trade America, however, have caused a re vival of the business. Logging opera tions have started near Whitney, large number of teams and men having been sent out under Joe Neilson, the company foreman. Baker May Try Auto Street Cars, Baker A movement is under way in Baker for the establishment of an auto-truck streetcar service to serve West Baker and South Baker, connect ing these points with the business dis trict and giving 6-cent fare in the city, The proposal is indorsed by the Com mercial club, and it probably will be carried out by a coterie of business men, who are also considering a pro posal to establish a motor-truck freight line to Eagle Valley. Occupation of Island by Japanese Concerns U. S. Washington, D. C Declining In the absence of all'the facts to express any opinion as to whether the Japanese landing on the island of Jaluit, one of the Marshall group in the Pacific ocean, is in violation or tne announce ment by the Japanese foreign office at the beginning of the war, that Japan's operations would be confined to the Far East, Secretary Bryan was plainly expecting the early arrival of some official statement of the ultimate pur pose of this act. Already the Japanese military oper ations against the German concession in Shan Tung are being studied, prob- bly animated by the appeal from the Chinese government against violation of Chinese integrity. The landing on the Marshall islands, however, has not yet been made the subject of represen tations to the State department, possi bly for the reason that there is no one in a position corresponding to that or China. In Samoa, it is pointed out by offi cials, the United States has a lively interest In any change in the sover eignty of the group, as the German owned islands are in close proximity to the American island of Tutila. On the whole, official opinion is that while the United States is interested as would be any maritime power, since the group lies on the trade route around Cape Horn and through the Straits of Magellan to the Orient, the issue really is of much greater con cern to Great Britain. Because of the reluctance of the Brtish-Australian colonies to have the Japanese approach their continent, the British govern ment itself is understood to have an explicit understanding with her ally, Japan, that the British alone are free to exploit the important German insu lar possessions in Micronesia and in New Guinea. Democrat Caucus Proposes Heaviest lax on Liquors Washington, D. C. The caucus of senate Democrats on the war revenue bill falied to complete its labors Wed nesday. Decision had been reached, however, that imposes the bulk of the $100,000,000 emergency revenue meas ure on beer and whiskey, which will yield nearly $50,000,000 annually un der increased taxation. The caucus also eliminated proposed taxes on gasoline and automobile sales and cut in two the proposed $2 per thousand tax on bank capital and sur plus. Consideration of various stamp taxes and emergency levies on per fumery, cosmetics and proprietary medicines as proposed by the Demo crats of the senate finance committee, was not reached. First action of the caucus was to vote an increase in the proposed extra tax on beer from 50 cents to 75 cents a barrel, to make the total tax $1.75 a barrel, with a drawback of 5 per cent for purchase of revenue stamps in ad vance. The amendment, urged by Senator Williams, of Mississippi, was carried by a .large majority after Senator Stone had made a vigorous speech against it. A special revenue tax on rectifiers of distilled spirits of 6 cents a gallon also was adopted. Together the proposed taxes on liquors would yield an annual revenue of more than $50,000,000. Democrats of the finance committee had agreed to the house tax of $1.60 a barrel on beer, which would yield, at 50 cents over the normal tax, an added revenue of $32,600,000 annually. The further addition of 25 cents a barrel by the senate Democrats would yield an other $16,000,000. With the 6 per cent discount for prompt payment fig ured, the least to be derived from beer would be approximately $46,000,000. English Help Japanese in Tsing lau Bombardment Pekin A communication received here from a German Bource in Tsing Tau, the fortified position in the Kiau Chau territory, sets forth that in a German Bortie last Friday night the Germans lost one man killed and three wounded, while 25 Germans are miss ing. A British battleship, according to this same information, has partici pated in the bombardment of Tsing Tau. A German torpedo boat, re cently engaged with the Japanese, has returned to the harbor undamaged The German gunboat Jaguar was slightly damaged. American Is Released. London George S. Speetz, a racing man, who said he was in the employ of W. E. D. Stokes, and who was arrest ed by Scotland Yard detectives on the charge of carrying letters 'between London and Berlin, has been released at the request of the American ambas sador. He will sail for New York Speetz was In charge of a racing stable at Vienna, and when the war began he came to London. Subsequently he made several trips to Berlin, which attracted the suspicion of Scotland Yard. Blame Put on French. London The Amsterdam correspon dent of Keuter s lelegram company says that dispatches from Berlin deny indignantly the reported destruction by German troops of the property of M. Poincare, president of France, at Ribecourt. They declare this proper ty was the center of a heavy battle near Verdun, and that it was bombard ed by French artillery. The charges of the Countess de Bays that the Ger man Crown Prince looted her chateau also are ridiculed. It is declared that the Crown Prince never was In this mansion. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS. Portland The specialists of the fruit-and vegetable utilization labora tory of the Department of Agriculture have completed arrangements for a commercial test of the recently-discovered method of concentrating apple cider by freezing and centrifugal methods. As a result, a cider mill in the Hood River valley will this fall undertake to manufacture and test on the retail market 1000 gallons of con centrated cider, which will represent 6000 gallons of ordinary apple cider, with only the water removed. The new method It Is believed makes possible the concentrating of cider in such a way that it will keep better than raw cider and also be so reduced in bulk that It can be shipped profit ably long distances from the apple growing regions. The old attempts to concentrate cider by boiling have been failures because heat destroys the deli cate flavor of cider. Under the new method nothing is taken from the cider but the water, and the resultant prod uct is a thick liquid which contains all the apple juice products and which can be restored to excellent sweet cider by the simple addition of four parts of water. The shippers and consumers, therefore, avoid paying freight on the water in ordinary cider. In addition, the product, when properly barreled, because of its higher amount of sugar, keeps better than raw cider, which quickly turns to vinegar. Wheat Bid: Bluestem, $1.02 per bushel; forty-fold, 981c; club, 95c; red Russian, 88c; red Fife, 90c. Oats Bid : No. 1 white feed, $25 per ton. Barley Bid: No. 1 feed, $19 per per ton; brewing, $21.50. Millfeed Bid: Bran, $23.50 ton; shorts, $24. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $25.5026 per ton; shorts, .$27.50 28; rolled barley, $2627. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $16 (ri!l7; grain hay, $1112; alfalfa, $12 13.50. Vegetables Cucumbers, $1.50 per box; eggplant, 7c per pound; peppers, 6c; artichokes, 85c$l per dozen; tomatoes, 35c$l per crate; cabbage, lie per pound; peas, 10llc; beans, 6(?88c; corn, 75c$l per sack; celery, 5085e per dozen; cauliflower, $1.25; asparagus, $2.25 per box; sprouts, 10c per pound. Onions Yellow, $11.25 per sack. Green Fruits Apples, 75c(ff$1.60 per box; cantaloupes, i(ii;i.bu per crate; casabas, $1 251.60 per dozen; pears, $11.25 per box; peaches, 60c; grapes, 75c$1.75 per crate; cranberries, $8.50 per barrel. Potatoes Oregon, $1.35 per sack; Yakima, $1.35; sweets, 21c per pound. Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 3132c per dozen; candled, 33 35c; storage, 2729c. Poultry Hens, 14115c per pound; springs, 14i16c; turkeys, young, 18 20c; dressed, 2225c; ducks, 10 14c; geese, 10lle. Butter Creamery prints, extras, 35c per pound; cubes, 3031c. Veal Fancy, 1313Jc per pound. Pork Block, 101llc per pound. Cattle Prime Bteers, $6.756.90; choice, $6.606.75; medium, $6.25 6.50; choice cows, $66. 15;' medium, $5.255.75; heifers, $5.506.50; cal ves, $68; buns, 3(gj4.(o; stags, $4.506. Hogs Light, $77.60; heavy, $6 6.60. Sheep Wethers, $45.50; ewes, $3.604.60; lambs, $56.10. Seattle The apple trade by far led all the fruit staples, on Western ave nue in point of demand, and prices for good stock were such that growers re covered much of the earlier losses and the situation brightened considerably. On the present level of 90c to $1 for the average good fruit, growers, it is stated, will net 4050c per box. Onions are firm. Good locals not adapted to keeping requirements are selling at 75c per cwt. Walla Wallas are about cleaned up at 859vc. No Oregons are being offered. Celery is brisk at 40c per dozen. There are no good Concord grapes on the market. Prices run from 19J22ic and frequently less. Grapejuice and jellies are about all buyers can see in present offerings. Good green corn is scarce. Prac tically all the offerings are tough and close to unpalatable. Prices are $1.50 1.75 per sack. Eggs Select ranch, 3738c dozen. Poultry Live hens, 1015c per pound; old roosters, 10c; 1914 broil ers, 13 14c; ducklings, 10 12c; geese, 10c; Guinea fowl, $9 per dozen. Apples New cooking, 75c(S;$l per box; Gravensteins, $11.25; Jona thans, $1.25; Winter Bananas, $1.50; Kings', 75c$l. Cantaloupes Ponies, 75c per crate; standards, $11.25; jumbos, $1.25. Vegetables Artichokes, 7585c per dozen; beans, green, 661c per pound; bell peppers, Wenatchee, 9-lb. boxes, 5060c; beets, new, $1.25 per sack; cabbage, local, lc per pound; red, lc; corn, green, $1.50V'7f per sack; car rots, local, $1; cauliflower, local, 75c per dozen; celery, local, 40c; cucum bers, field, 35(a,40c; eggplant, 75c $1; lettuce, local, 40c per box; onions, green, 25 (fi) 30c per dozen ; Walla Walla, 85 90e per cwt. ; Australian brown onions, $1(S,1.25; local, ljc per pound ; parsley, 25c per dozen ; pota toes, White River, $21 per ton; Yaki mas, $25; sweets, $1.902 per cwt.; radishes, local, 15c per dozen bunches; rutabagas, Alaska, $2 per sack ; spin ach, local, 75c per crate; sprouts, 10c per pound; squash, local, $1.75(S;2 per cwt.; tomatoes, local, 30(S40c per crate; turnips, new, white, $1.25 per sack. FARM s ORCHARD Notes and Instructions from Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations of Oregon and Washington, Specially Suitable to Pacific Coast Conditions Moisture Content of Soil Governed by Fixed Laws Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- vallis Since water is one of the in dispensable factors of heavy crop pro duction and since In many parts of Oregon there is generally a scarcity of this factor at the most critical period of many crops, a knowledge of laws governing the action of moisture In soils becomes a matter of prime Im portance to the fanner. As farmers brtome better acquainted with the methods of Influencing favorably the moisture holdng properties of the soil, they are more and more able to handle their soil in a manner calculated to in crease its water holding capacity. Some of the leading principles which determine the power of soils to receive and retain moisture are discussed in Prof. Scudder's new bulletin, "A re port of Eastern Oregon Experimental and Demonstration Work," from which the following facts are taken: Moisture occurs in soil in three forms gravitational, or free water, capillary, or film moisture, and hygro scopic moisture. Since the last named ib not highly important in crop produc tion it need not be considered from the standpoint of practical control. Gravitational moisture is that which comes to the soil as precipitation or from Irrigation ditches or seepage and moves downward by gravity through the spaces between soil particles. Capillary moisture is that which clings to soil particles in minute films, and moves in the direction of drier soil, whether upward, downward, or sidewise, disregarding the force of gravity. The movement of gravitational water is regulated by the Bize of the pore space between soil particles. In coarse, sandy soil, or in roughly plowed soil with cloddy surface, pore space is large and percolation rapid, rainfall striking in at once and quickly padding into the subsoil. In fine grained clay soils and in soils where surface particles have run together so that the ground is smooth and hard, percolation is low and sometimes lack ing altogether, the gravitational water running off over the top of the ground with more or leas surface washing. This is also fikely to occur in silt or clay loams that have been pulverized very finely and cultivated until ashy or dust-like. When percolation is greatly retarded or hindered alto gether, the Boil will run together and crust, and surface washing will occur if there is large rainfall. In surface soils that contain an abundance of de caying vegetable matter organic mat ter or humus gravitational water is more quickly absorbed because of the greater porosity of the soil and be cause of the spongy, absorbing char acter of the humus. Percolation is also more rapid where soils are covered with stubble or growing crops that fill the subsoil with . roots. Melting snow also percolates more rapidly into Boils on which there is standing stub ble or growing crops, or which have a rough plowed surface. Where Burface soil is run together and frozen, mois ture from thawing snow penetrates it very slowly. Where water is abundant through precipitation or Irrigation, gravita tional moisture percolates downward through the soil until it reaches a layer of rock or of soil impervious to water. The water accumulates on this impervious layer, filling all the pore spaces. The level to which the free water fills the pore spaceB is called the water table. Under dry farming con ditions there is rarely, if ever, suffi cient rainfall to supply enough gravi tational moisture to fill the subsoil pore spaces so that in such areas there is usually no water table. In moving downward through the soil, gravitational moisture coats each soil particle with a film of water until the water is all consumed in this way, when it becomes capillary moisture. The capacity of soils for holding moisture in capillary form varies as the texture of soils varies. The sandy loams of Central Oregon hold about 15 per cent of their dry weight in capil lary moisture and the silt loams of the Columbia about 18 per cent. Average soils hold a maximum in each acre foot of depth of about 21 ace-inches of water in capillary form. It is thus seen that the total annual rainfall of 10 inches in the Columbia Basin may be held in the form of this film mois ture in the first four feet of soil. This is understood when it is realized that a cubic foot of soil contains an enormous number of particles, the surface areas of which aggregate one to four acres in extent. It takes but an exceedingly thin film of moisture to equal a layer of water a foot square and 2 inches deep over so great a surface. The finer-grained the soil is the greater the surface area of the soil particles con tained in a cubic foot, and the greater the capacity for holding capillary moisture. New York has lost 123,000 voters. Even Tammany will have a big job in digging up that number again. The Germans dropped bombs on French race track. The reports are that not even a race horse blew up, "October brings says a society note. elaborate ball,' Wonder if it re fers to baseball, dance? football or just a The amateur strategist wants to know. If the wings of an army can be used when the army is put to flight, Movement of capillary moisture Is affected by the character of the soil In about the same way as gravitational molHture. In a sandy loam capillary moisture will move upward against the force of gravity In dry soil to the distance of about three feet. In a fine-grained silt loam it will rise five or six feet and In the nnest-grained soil a distance of ten feet or even more. Capillary moisture does not rise so high in the coanor soils, but it moves more rapidly through them. Upon this power of the capillary moisture to move upward against the force of gravity into the root area of the crop, depends, to a considerable extents the amount of crop production. The moisture crops use is nearly al together this moisture In the capillary from which the minute root hairs read ily absorb from the films surrounding: the soil particles until the soil prac tically dry. As fast, however, as this surface layer of soil Ib dried up by the crop roots, the capillary movement of moiBture from the lower depths of the soil bringB new sustenance into the root area, renewing the films over the soil particles and over the roots them selves. With this rising moisture, of course, is brought the soluble plant foods from the deeper soil layers. On the other hand, it is through the agency of capillary action that the largest loss of soil moisture occurs, as this action brings moisture not only to the root area but to the surface of the soil where evaporation takes place. Because the vapors arising from the moist soil into the air are not readily discernible to the naked eye, few farmers realize how very large the loss of soil moisture through evapora tion really is. Judging and Scoring Hogs. Oregon Agricultural College, Corval 11s. "Judging hogs and scoring hogs are two vitally different matters" says G. R. Samson, swine specialist at the Oregon Agricultural College. "The points of value noted in scoring are not given specific percentages in judg ing, yet the judge unconsciously has them in mind when placing a class of hogs. Where definite scores of points are allowed for the different parts of the hog, this is spoken of as scoring rather than as judging, although it may be seen that the ultimate out come of scoring, as of judging, is to determine which of the animals is the best. In judging, the sum total of the points is what the judge iB concerned with, or what is the relative merit of the hogs before him, rather than the particular parts of the hogs which , may differ. "We use a score card in learning to judge hogB In order that we may know the relative importance of the parts of the hog. It is not supposed that an expert judge will be compelled to consult his score card in placing a class of hogs. Neither Is It supposed that the hog owners will need to make use of the score card in deciding which of their animals Ib most suitable for show or market. But boys who are learning to judge the merits of hogs, will find it of decided advantage to know just how much each point counts In the grand total which determines the placing of the hogs. "The purpose of judging hogs is to determine which one of two is the bet ter, or which one of a larger number is the best, and which ones of the re maining animals are successively sec ond, third, fourth, etc. In deciding on these points the competent judge of hogs takes into account a certain num ber of points which are of help to him in deciding the particular place in which a certain class ot animals be longs. He first considers the purpose for which the animals he is judging are kept; that Is, whether the hogs are Intended for meat Immediately; for the production of pigs, which In turn are to be used for meat; or whether the animals themselves are to be fed for a period of time before becoming meat. "It will be noted that the ultimate purpose for which all hogs are raised is to produce meat, and this point may well be kept In mind when judg ing all classes of hogs. However, the relative importance of the different points which are considered in judg ing hogs, differs according to the pur pose for which the hogs are judged. Pigs which are intended for Immedi ate slaughter nre judged primarily for the amount of meat which they will make, and the proportion of that meat which will sell at a relatively high price. Some of the points which are of vital importance In breeding stock, or In feeders, are practically ignored in the market hog." An Ugly Bull. We wish we could Impress upon owners of bulls the Idea sufficiently that a bull Is as dangerous at, a charge of dynamite. We wish also that we could get owners of bulls to buy a tread power in which to work the bull at least two hours a day. With a lit tle expense the bull could run the sep arator and save the buying of a gaso line engine. All that will make the bull more safe ond tractable and ef fect a saving in the expense of keep ing him. Hoard's Dairyman. A sure sign that fall has arrived: a football player has been seriously in jured. It'B poor satisfaction to be the last man in a political race and highest man in the cost of the campaign. Courage and hot lead win battles in Europe. It Is much easier and safer to be wounded with the former. Mary had a little vote. She cast it prohibition. To wave a dry goods banner Is the height of her ambition.