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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1915)
OREGON STATE NEWS How Dairymen Succeed. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis Successful dairymen are those who produce the largest amount of milk and butter at the lowest cost pos sible. Large and cheap production de pends on the use of cows that have in herited the function of producing large amounts of milk, and supplying them with economical nutrients. Inherited productivity is determined by test ap plied to ancestors and to the individual cow, and economical feeding calls for food in such forms and amounts as will enable the cow to exercise her in herited ability to its full extent with out drawing upon her own body for milk material. From the foregoing, taken from Professor Graves' bulletin on feeding the dairy cow, it is seen that profitable dairying is rapidly being reduced to an exact science, and that it will be profitable just to the degree that it is conducted on scientific lines. System in breeding and feeding, and the right system at that, is requisite to steady consistent success. Hap-hazard meth ods of selecting the dairy cows and maintaining the dairy herd may occa sionally win when conditions are favorable,' but assured success only awaits those who enter systematically upon the work of securing real dairy cows for the dairy and then feeding them in such a way that their bodies will be maintained and their milk flow kept at the maximum for the amount of feed consumed with the least waste , and at the least cost. Of course, the handling and market ing of the milk and dairy products are parts of this system, but that is an other story. Those who are interested in proper methods of feeding may get a copy of the bulletin, "Feeding the Dairy Cow," prepared by Professor Graves and issued by the college ex tension division, Corvallis, Oregon. $600,000 Plant to Rise. Medford Two industrial projects, vital to the future economic and agri- cultural prosperity of the Rogue River valley, are assured : The beet sugar factory promoted by the Western Sugar company, backed by Mormon capitalists, and the Portland Beaver Cement plant at Gold Hill. Both projects represent an outlay of more than $1,000,000. A $600,000 factory will be built in the Rogue River valley in time to handle the 1916 crop. The Portland Beaver Cement plant at Gold Hill has issued a call for its superintendents, foremen and employes to report for work at once. The plant, which has been in course of construc tion for the last 18 months, is now 86 per cent completed and practically all of the machinery has been received and installed. The analysis of rock near Gold Hill shows one of the finest deposits of cement material in the West. Tests made by the beet sugar expert of seed planted in the valley this year Bhows a high degree of saccharine and size and productiveness. On some land sowed to beets the crop is estimated at from 20 to 24 tons to the acre. The beets have not yet reached the height of their development. In the best sugar beet districts of the Rocky Mountain states, the aver age tonnage is from 16 to 20 tons an acre. The bottom land is highly adapted for the growth of beets. Mr, Bramwell will arrive in Medford soon and with the sugar interest expert A, Storey will pass a month inspecting conditions here. Too Few Sign Petitions. Marshfield The movement for bond' ine Coos county for $370,000 to con- struct "permanent" roads met a rebuff when the petitions were circulated for two days and, instead of the required 1000. less than 600 signed them. The campaign was opened as a plank road proposal, but the plan was criticised. The petitions were drawn by District Attorney Liljeqvist, and the promote s stated the word "permanent" wouia be construed as hard surface when the court would finally pass upon the term, It is planned to obtain another 600 names and ask the County court to grant a special election. Sewer Plans Approved. Forest Grove Plans, specifications and estimates for the construction of sanitary sewers in the city have been completed by uonsumng r,ngi;i?er n, E. Koon. of Portland, and A. A. Kirk wood, city engineer, and approved by the citv council and state board of health. The final date for remon- strance has been set as August 24. The work will consist of about 14 miles of ninp Rpwers and a disposal plant. The Mtimnted costiB $90,600. The en tire plant will be constructed in one district. Woman' Runs for Office. Roseburg Mrs. F. E. Alley, wife of a former Roseburg land attorney and prominent horseman, has an nounced her candidacy for the office of city treasurer. Miss Agnes Pitchford, incumbent of the office has declined to accept another term. After August 1 she will pass her entire time looking after other interest In this section. WAR ROMANCE CULMINATES IN BRITISH HOSPITAL Will ii il t I I III; "i liilliaf mil i n Wl ill mi i I iiiii hi li - I I I ii ill mmk kJ- ' 12 I - 1 1 if: bXRI2lXlXlXlS.lXISlXlXtXli!SilS.SlSliXI3 A war romance, which ts the talk culminated in the marriage at an English hospital of Miss Stonehouse to her back from the front incapacitated by wounds received in heroic action on the fighting lines. The bridegroom left Canada with one of the first of the Canadian contingents. His name listed among the wounded Impelled Miss Stonehouse to leave her home In Winnipeg to make the long journey of 4,000 miles to comfort her wounded soldier sweetheart The photograph shows the happy pair, groom with head bandaged, bride at his left. The groom is being congratulated by his bunkie, who at the wedding. GUARDIAN OF THE CAPITOL Elliott Wooas ib me superintendent of the United States capitol and grounds In Washington and has en tire charge of the policing of the build ing. Device for Fastening Doors. Placing a wedgo under a door Is one of the most effectual means for keeping it closed, for pushing upon the door from the outside only In creases the effect of the wedge. A convenient device of this kind Is made of metal, and It not only Berves to wedge the door but also contains a mechanical bell mounted on the same base and behind the wedge In such way that pressure on the face of the wedge by the door causes the bell to ring. The base carries a set oi short points underneath so that It can be put in place and grips upon the carpet or floo'lng so as not 'o slide out of position. Such a de vice can be carried in the pocket and It Is to be recommended for travel ing. A Prayer Let me have a good sense of propor tion. Let me live more In today. In stead of living so greatly In the past and counting so largely upon the fu ture. Teach me to realize that regrets over the past will get me nothing while too great preparations for the future many find me in my grave and unable to cash In on the climax. Teach me to realize that the man who Bpends all his earnings is simply and solely an asset to hla relatives. Enable me to get Into the cheerful frame of mind where today always looks fair and blight, where all the disagreeable things In the past are forgotten and where the future does not assume a vastly overrated Importance in the present Foreigners In Chinese 6ervlce. Many foreigners are engaged by the Chinese government In Its various de partments, either In the customs, rail ways, post offices, or other branches. According to the lat-Jt Information the total Is 3,948 perrons, whose na tionalities are as follows: British, 1.105; French, 1,003; Germans, 633; Russian, 463; American, 174; Japa nese, 207; Italian, 75; Austrian, (0; Belgian, 171; others, 158. If a Jv- ! mm & j of Winnipeg, Canada, where the principals of the story reside, has Just had been wheeled out to the grounds VIRGINIA DAY AT Virginia day at the Panama a great success. Our illustration mond Light Infantry Blues on parade, and, at the right, Governor Stuart delivering his address. NEW U. S. TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER vmmmmpmrmmwmiaiM?;,ml m.fiil.iusr-, T , Launching of the newest American torpedo-boat deBtroyer, the Conyng- ham, at the Cramps shipyards, Philadelphia, and little Miss Anna Conyngham Stevens, who was sponsor for the When Tommy "Put Out to 8ea." Describing the death of a British Tommy who bad been riddled with shrapnel, an army surgeon in London on leave said: "As we laid the poor fellow tenderly on the hospital cot, suddenly be be gan to sing Tennyson's 'Crossing the Bar,' to Sir Joseph Barnby's beautiful setting. His voice was one of the sweetest tenors I ever beard. Doctors, nurses and orderlies gathered at his bedside llstenln In silence, deeply moved, while be sang the song through to the end, his strength waning with each verse. It was almost In a whis soldier sweetheart, who was brought of the hospital in order to be present THE EXPOSITION Pacihc exposition at San Francisco was shows the color bearers of the Rich vessel. per that he finished the line, 'And may there be no moaning at the bar when I put out to sea.' A moment later he was dead." Greatest Llvlnj Poet Thero Is no "great poet" living to day. Between the few so-called poets of today there Is but little choice. This Is sot an age of poetry. The at mosphere of the time would Instantly choke a real poet to death. The chances are, however, that we Will have some real poets later on whoa this war Is over, and the real soul of humanity begins to assert itself, SPOTTING A FAMILIAR SMELl While Walking Streets of Brooklyr Man Detects Odor of Burning Po tatoesCook Reading Novel. He was walking along one of the residential streets of Brooklyn th other day when he suddenly stopped and sniffed the air in all directions His nose had found a familiar odor, and pretty soon he traced it to a cer tain chimney and ascended the steps of a house and rang the bell. "Excuse me, ma'am," he said to the woman who came to the door, "but do you keep a cook?" "Yes, sir," she replied as the looked at him in a puzzled way. "Is she In at the present time?" "Yes, sir, but she doesn't want tc see no agents Just now." "Oh, I'm no agent, ma'am. You just tell the cook that the water has all boiled out of the potatoes and that he said potatoes are burning. Smell em very plainly in the street. Hap pens every day at my house. Cook l! probably reading a novel or got a cold in the head. That's all, ma'am nc trouble at all good evening!" An Extremist. Marcella Mrs. Umson doesn't be lieve in slang. Waverly That's all right, but she Is entirely too circumspect. "Do you think so?" "Indeed I do. A show called HI Jinks' came to town the other day and she Insisted on calling it 'Hiram Jen kins.' " The Trouble. "What's the matter?" asked the can nlbal chief as his prime mlnlstei choked on his mouthful of roast mln sionary. "Oh, nothing much," replied the minister, as soon as he got hit breath; "only another good man gone the wrong way." Uncontrollable Curiosity. "I don't see why Mrs. Jorwag has so many friends. She gossips terri bly." "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "Everybody seems willing to take chance on being talked about for the sake of hearing what she says about the others." He Got the New Suit. "When I was a boy of your age used to have to wear my father' trousers cut down to fit me." "I know, pa, and if you were the boy that I think you were I'll bet you vowed many a time that if you evei had a son he'd never be made to wear such clothes." Studying Effects. "Shall I put a little tonic on youi hair?" Inquired the barber. "No." "It's getting quite thin." "Let it alone. A bald head is the only thing that will give me any claim to an Intellectual appearance." That's 80. "The country is simply being ruined by this Idea of rushing every thing." 'Yet where would this country have been If they had arrested Paul Revera for exceeding the speed limit?" A Little Mixed. Inquirer Don't you find It danger ous work knocking about In a sub marine deep beneath the sea? Engineer Yes, but a man must do something, you know, to keep his bead above water. HAD TO. The Old Man Did you ever work to your life? The Beggar Once. The Old Man When was that? The Beggar When I was in Jail. Judicial Proceeding. "A friend of mine who Is a magis trate found bis practice came in handy when be found a valuable book with a leaf loose." "What did he do?" "He had It bound over to keep the piece." The Reason. "What made Jaggs so blue the other day?" "He went to his private cupboard the other day and found his spirits were low." Her Opposite. Nell Do you believe people should marry their opposltes? Belle Yes; my fiance lives just across the street Even, a handsome Llly-What coachman you've got! Daisy Yes; but you ought to tea mjr husband's manicure! Judge. DIED LIKE HEROES Two Companies Hold Position Five Days Without Relief. Only Handful of Wrecks Left of As saulting Party With Mission to Capture Chapel They Cap tured It How two companies of French in fantry took a chapel defended by Ger man trenches and held their narrow strip of captured groand for five days under a continual fire fiom German artillery is related in a letter pub lished In the Figaro of recent date. The letter was written by the officer commanding the party, who was one of the handful who remained when they were at last relieved. The ap palling gmesomeness of modern war fare Is told in thrilling phrases in this recital of a heroic act. Parts of the story have been elided by the French censor, but enough Is left to give a graphic description. It Is as follows; "There was much agitation upon the plateau. The order had been given to my major to take the chapel at all costs. My company bad the honor of being designated as the attacking company, and I am sent to reconnol ter the point of departure. "The chasseurs who man the trenches from which we are to leave look at us with interest, because we are going to give the final blow, and because everyone Is Bure that the chapel has been mined and that the storming company will be blown up with it. 'I give my laBt orders, then the whistle signal and we start off on the run. For two hundred yards, a great distance in an attack of this kind, we run through ehell holes at points deep as a man's height. We take three trenches that are not hoavlly defended. But by the time we arrive at the chapel half the company la down behind us, for we made the trip in the cross fire of three machine guns. "My sub lieutenant, a cashier of the , Bank of France In times of peace, but a lion on the battlefield, at the head of ten men, jumps into the little trencb that surrounds the chapel and drive out the German sections. We havei taken the chapel, but It has been a! hard task; then my lieutenant signals! to Captain X's company. Without an instant's hesitation he loads his com pany behind mine, through the cap tured trenches. Ho joins me and Is killed just as he shakes my hand. I take commnnd of his company as well as mine, and throughout the night a savage struggle lakes place. The positions wo occupy are in the- form of a spoon, the captured trenches form the handle and the chapel the largo end. Through the trenches am munition and food are sent to us, a we are being attacked on three Bides. The next day, seeing that they. could not drive us out by assaults and not having been able to blow us up, for the precaution had been taken toj cut all electric, wires which the shell; explosions revealed, the Germans be-f gan bombarding. All their artillery! In that neighborhood was concentrated upon the small space we hold, and I humbly pray to God that I may never, again find myself In the midst of such a hell , ! "Huge shells burst among the liv ing and the dead uninterruptedly; wet breathed only a thick and nauseous; vapor. Everything was burning, every thing was whistling all about us. Tbo) reinforcements that were sent in to me melted away and I was obliged to send again and again for more men' to add to the handful of heroes whom I have the honor to command. "We could no longer get supplies, and for more than twenty-four hours we had to go without food or drink. ; "What a sight! When, both day and night, hands and foet slip cease lessly upon unnamable things which once were human bodies; wncn or these things one has before ono tbo thickness of four men, one realizes how small one really Is In the scheme of things, and it restores religious Ideas to the most akcptlcal. For five days that continued, and for five days my colonel, who was watching the bombardment of the chapel, kept say ing to his staff officers: 'How can you expect a company to hold out la that hell? It is not possible!' "But hold we did! We held until the moment when a huge twenty-one-, centimeter ahell struck three yards away from me, tearing everything about me to a horrible mesB and bury ing me with five other soldiers. Wo dragged ourselves out, and finding that no one of us was wounded we took off our kepis and on our knees we thanked the Blessed Virgin for having Baved us. "Shortly afterward we were relieved. And when I descended that slope to the plateau with the bandful of men left from what had once been two full companies we were all crying from fatigue and shattered nerves. "Some of us, with eyes sunk into our heads and contorted mouths, were chattering our teeth, without being able to stop. With our clothing torn and covered from head to foot with blood and brains we were horrible ob jects to see. But the chapel waa onrs!" Poit Office Cupid's Friend. Redding, Cal. For the fifth time the lumbering town of Lamolne baa lost Its postmistress by matrimony. It is position that bas always been filled by a woman.