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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1916)
UNCLE m PRIZE By JANE OSBORN. When Dave Brown left Mb office In the big city for a day or two to re visit the old home town ot Hardy's Corners, he always made tracks for the one-room headquarters of the Hardy's Corners Weekly Gazette, where his Uncle Joe Brown, with the aid of a single office boy, performed the entire operation of getting out the local news sheet, all the way from cir culation boosting to running the press. . "Well, now," began his uncle In his characteristic drawl, "if you really want to help out a mite, you might hitch up the old nag and take a turn out the pike to see the girl I've picked for the winner of the beauty contest. You see, It's this way. Subscriptions have been kind of falling off since the rural free delivery brought the city papers around every day, and for some years I've been thinking I'd got to do something to help give things a boost. So I hit on the idea of having some contests of interest to the wom en folks. I've got a due bill on the dry goods emporium here tor some advertisements they have owed for going on two years, and I'll have the winners take out their prizes that way. "Well, the contest is coming along fine especially the beauty one and I've got a drawer packed full of pic tures of pretty girls from all around here only all of them aren't so pretty. "I've about decided on the winner. I stopped around to get a good look at her after she'd sent i her photo and, honest, you couldn't see a finer looking girl if you spent a lifetime looking. She's a regulur old-fashioned kind beautiful eyes and oh, well, you've got to see her to know. Now, what I want you to do Is this: I've picked her, and in the next number of the Gazette that comes out on Sat urday, I'm going to announce her win ning, with a picture of the girl, and the same afternoon we're going to have the girl and some of her frlendi. come down and blow them oft to a course dinner at the hotel, and then take them on a joy ride. "Now, suppose you go out this morn ing and see the girl, and tell her she has got the prize, and take the due bill on the emporium with you, and, It you could, you might take her to the emporium and have her pick out a pretty dreBS and hat and othor fixings (or the prize. Be sure to get some thing pretty and kind of showy, so when folks see them they will sort of give the Gazette a boost. "You'll have to stop at the house When you go to get the horse, and you'll find the name ot the girl on an envelope, with the due bill. Let's see you'll find them In the family Bible, In the sitting room. "And, say, take a tip from me," add ed Uncle Joe, "there Isn't much better kind of girl going wl en it comos to picking a wife than regular old-fashioned, bright-eyed, pink-cheoked coun try girls. If I wasn't bo old, I might be sparking around this beauty win ner myself. Now don't lot the grass grow under your feet." Sally Bunn that was the name on the envolope came to the door her self when Dave Brown called at the farmhouse on the pike. Sally Bunn tame straight from the kitchen, and hor hands and plump arras were cov ered with flour and hor face was flushed with the heat of the oven. Cut somohow at that first glance It novor occurred to Pave to think that this really could be Sally nunn. True, She was a nice little girl, bright-eyed and clear-skinned, but not at all the type of girl he had In mind whon he Hstoned to his uncle's eulogy. Some how, Dave had folt convtncod that the girl his uncle would seloct as the beauty would be of the peaches-and-croam varloty of blonde a veritable Marguerite, with braids ot molasses candy hair. And, besides, Sally Bunn, though ho was much impressed by Dave Brown's city clothes and city manners, was a'so mistaken. She took him for a book agent, and had all but shut the door In his face when he said that he bad come from the Gazette to see 111 Ins Sally Bunn. "I'm Sally Bunn," she said, and Dave tried to cover his surprise. "Fine! I've come to toll you that you have won the prize In the con tost," he said. "My uncle, who owns the paper, asked me to come and toll you. And now I am going to ask you to let me take you to town to solect he pretty dress and hat and things that you have won." "How perfectly wonderful," cried the girl, clapping her floury hands. "Mny I pick out Just what I want? How wonderful!" And, bubbling over with delight, she led the way to the best room. Dave suggested that Sally should take her mother or sinter or some one as a chaperon on the expedition, but Sally explained that she was the only daughter of Farmer Bunn, who was a widower. She and the ninld-of-all-work, Aunt Mnndy, were alone in the house, so she would have to go with out chaperon. "But I don't In the least mind, for I know Just what I want. Oh, how per fectly lovely It Is that I am to have new dress and hat and things! You know my father's feollngs on that. Ha Is old-fashioned, and he doesn't like to have me spend money for new dresses. I have to make them all tor myself. You see, he Is like the old folks, and he says It will be all the more for ma to have for portion when I am married, only I shall never marry anyone, I am sure." "1 don't at all agree with you," Davs replied, and then as he watched the girl he realized that !n truth she was more than passing comely. "The only surprise Is," he reflected, "that that ?.!ck-skinned old uncle of mine should have had sense enough to discover it." Before they started out, Sally in sisted on serving Dave with a dainty mid-morning luncheon of gingerbread and milk, strawberries and cream, and they climbed Into the old buggy and Btarted off over the country road on what was the most exciting shopping tour of Sally Bunn's existence. "1 Just dote on pretty clothes," she said simply. "Tell me, do you think pink or blue would be more becom ing?" And as Dave studied' her col oring to find the answer, he assured himself that no girl he had met in the city could compare with this simple country maid. "A wonderful housekeeper" she had prepared the luncheon with her own capable hands "plenty of money and as handsome as a picture," Dave said to himself. "The old man cer tainly was right." Then the girl at his side Interrupted him. "Why was It that you seemed so surprised when I said I was Sally Bunn?" she asked. "You didn't seem to think that I could have won that prize." "It wasn't quite that," laughed Dave. "Though to tell you the truth, I didn't think that you were the young lady I was looking for. But I know you bet ter now. First impressions are never quite fair." "No," agreed Sally, turning her head away with a blush, "but you do think I deserve the prize now, don't you?" And then changing the subject, as Dave supposed, very abruptly. "Did you think that was good gingerbread?" That evening Dave returned to his uncle's house. He had Just been through what he was convinced was the most delightful adventure of his life. He had rather overdrawn the due bill in his efforts to secure for Sally the prettiest hat and dress and shoes that the emporium displayed. He knew he could explain his motives to his uncle later. He had taken Sally to one o'clock dinner at the hotel, and then after the return drive had left her at her own front door, still clutch ing her beloved bugles and packages, radiant and delightful in her happi ness. He had promised to be back early the next day to take her in for the gala luncheon and automobile ride. "You are a better Judge of beauty than I thought you were, uncle. That little girl Is not only as pretty as a picture, but she Is the most delightful girl I have ever met. I never thought you'd call her a beauty, though. I thought you went in more for the peaches-and-cream variety. It takes an expert to recognize real beauty, I congratulate you." The uncle beamed with real pride. "I guess I can pick them as well as the next feller. So you got her all fixed up fine, did you?" "The prettiest things in town," re plied Dave. "In fact, I went a little over the margin allowed. But I in tend to make up the difference myself. In fact, I have taken your good advice. I am going to woo my country girl in the true old-fashioned style. From something she said, I am sure she is not engaged to anyone else." They were Bitting in the living room at the time, and Uncle Joe had opened the fly leaf of the family Bible where the due bills were kept. He looked at them and his whistle of sur prise interrupted Dave's praises ot Sally Bunn. "I'm blowed," exclaimed Uncle Joe, and after a second whistle shriller than the last, he added, "If you didn't go and take the wrong envelope. Say, you haven't been to see the prize beauty at all. You've been off to see little Sally Bunn, the girl I gave the prize to for the beat loaf of bread." Uncle Joe leaned back In his chair and laughed long and loud. "Sure, she's a nice little girl and her pa and I have been pals since we were boys, one of the richest farmors In the coun ty, and Sally's all right, too. But I don't see that she's so much on looks. I guess I'm not one of these experts you were referring to after all. Why, the girl I picked is a regular winner, golden hair and blue eyes and a skin that looks like pink and white roses. "Say," went on Uncle Joe, after a little reflection, "what did you buy for SnllyT Well, If that doesn't beat nil. The prize that was going with the best loaf of bread was only going to be one of those new bread mixers the women folks are making such a fuss about. But I'm real glad you made the mistake. I'd a deal nuher have you marry Sally than a girl that was so stuck on herself thnt she'd send In her photo to a beauty contest, even If she was a regular wlnnor." (Copyright, 1!1. hv M.'Clure Newspaper Syndicate.) Table Repartee. They were seated at the supper table when a small domestic storm arose. "Madame," exclaimed the angry hus band, "you seem to forget that I earn your bread. ' "Well," rejoined the patient wife, "I urn your tea, don't I? ' Nothing but the Truth. Miss Singleton I was surprised to hear ot your marriage You used to say that you wouldn t marry the best man on earth. Mrs. Wederly Well, after a month's experience, I am Inclined to believe that-1 told the truth. An Ideal Chauffeur. Dora They say that It s Just thrill Ingly delicious to take an automobile trip with the Roasters new chauffeur. Daisy Why Is It? Dora Because he's cross-eyed and left-handed. 11 Peculiar Quality of the Eyes of a Cat. Scientists, After Considerable Investi gation, Appear to Have Discovered Why Household Pet Can 8ee In the Dark. Not satisfied with the old explana tion that a cat's eyes glow In the dark because they catch and concentrate every least glimmer of light that may be about, sci entific men have been making expe riments recently to ascertain if there may not be some other ex planation, for the eyes glow when there is no light at all. This Is true of the eyes of many other animals than cats; in fact, It is true ot most nocturnal creatures, Including birds and insects. The first man to point to what seems to be the true reason was Professor Bugniou of Switzerland, who in 1913 suggested that perhaps invisible rays such as the ultra-violet or infra-red were transformed by some chemical ac tion Into visible rays at the in stant ot reflection o o from the eyes. Now come two Costa Rlcan profes sors, O. Michaud and J. F. Tristant, reporting their experiments upon the effect of ultra-violet rays on the eyes of men and animals. They filtered a ray of sunlight through a special filter composed of a cell of Uvlol glass con taining a solution of copper sulphate and a film ot nitrosodimethylanllln, thus cutting off all the visible rays and allowing none but the invisible ultra-violet to enter a perfectly dark room. In the room these rays were allowed to fall upon the eyes ot a dog or a man who had been in the dark for fifteen minutes. The pupil im mediately became sharply defined in luminous green against the violet black background ot the iris. This startling effect, they believe, is caused by the pigmented iris absorb ing the ultra-violet rays while one of the tissues Inside the eyeball, perhaps the purple of the retina, fluoresces when they enter. The Factory Peril. For a noncombatant to get within the firing line of the bloody European war is considered an Impossibility. There Ib a reason it is a dangerous place; one's life would be in Jeopardy. Here in New York, are more than 1, 000,000 persons, working every day, in places almost as dangerous as tho fir ing line of Europe. They go and come with no thought of danger, merely be cause they have thus far escaped death and Injury. Yet a tragedy might be enacted at any moment. Some time ago the cloak, suit and skirt industries ot New York engaged Dr. George M. Price to Inspect the fire hazards ot the many buildings devoted to these manu facturing Interests. Doctor Price has made his report, in which he says that, put of 928 buildings, 30 were found to be perfectly safo. It might require a mathematician to figure out how much better chance one of the employees of these structures has ot escaping death than he would have on the firing line. Insurance Press. Little Pete's Defense. At a meeting of the Canadian-American society In a Maine town one eve ning recently, two members of the or ganization fell to disputing which had the smarter children. Joe Belanger was proclaimed the victor when he came to the front with the following: "De nodder day my leetle boys Peto was go on de schoolhouses wld hees leetle dog. De teacher gets mads wld do boy and to!' heem for go back on de house Jos' so quick he can't and took de dog and never bring heem back som' more. Leetle Pete do Jes' w'at de teachers is tol' It. Blmeby Lee tle Pete is go back on de schoolhouses and Jes' so soon he set heemself downs, som' leetle dogs was com in and Stan' up on front of Leetle Pete. De teacher was get mooch mad and say, 'Pete, w'at for you bring back dat dog w'en I tol' you never bring back dat dog som' more.' "Leetle Pete is Btan' up and say, Teachere, dls don't was de sam dog; she's noddor one. I get two of It.' " Youth's Companion. From a Few Ambitious Brains. Of a suroty a few men, perhaps not a score in all, have had the power to strip from millions their meed ot lite on this wind-sweetened earth! For myths conceived in a few ambitious brains the whole world must pay with grief and agony ! What can we do, when this war is over, to Insure that we shall not again be stampeded by professional soldiers, and those In whatever country who dream paper dreams of territory, trade and (lory, caring nothing for the lives of the simple, knowing nothing of the beauty ot the earth which is their heritage. John Gales worthy, In Scrlbner's Maga tlas. Appendicitis an Old Disease. . Generally regarded as a modern dis ease, appendicitis was known In Egypt 5.900 years ago and accurately de scribed In itlll existing records. NEVER DABKNES BREED FOR THE FARM FLOCK Farmer Must Suit Himself and Market Conditions In Selecting Variety Discard the Scrub. As with most of our domestic ani mals, there is absolutely no best breed of hens; if there was there would soon be only that one breed left, while now one hardly dares say how many good breeds there are without first consulting the very latest issue of the Standard of Perfection. Then suit yourself and your mar ket conditions In selecting your breed, but select some one breed and "stick to it" until you have the best flock of that breed in the county or state. The color of the shell of the egg has much to do with the market demand for it. San Francisco demands Fine Type for Farm. a clear white egg, while Boston wants a rich brown color; and the interme diate cities, all the way across, may, in a way, take almost any color; but most city retailers find it to their advantage to separate the colors to suit individual customers. But never, no never, fool away very much time with "scrub" or mongrel stock on the farm, and don't try to keep too many breeds or you may soon have a lot of mongrels yourself. Even on the regular poultry ranch where many breeds are kept, strange "mixeries" sometimes happen in some most unexplalnable way. It is often claimed that mixed breeds or "scrubs" lay better than purebreds, but a careful investigation will generally prove that the feed, care, and perhaps the age of the birds, has more to do with the egg product than the simple fact that they are cross-bred. But while different markets demand different colored eggs there is no mar ket on this continent, at least, that demands a dirty or stained egg, or an egg that has been under a broody hen for a night or two, or one that has been out in the sun for several days. Gather dally at least and ship at least weekly. DAIRYMEN VERSUS THE DAIRY Man Is Chief Factor In Production of Clean Milk, According to Medical Experimenters. A number ot American medical ex perts and experimenters in hygiene made a study to determine the most important factor in the production of clean milk the dairy or the dairyman and have come to the conclusion that the dairyman is the chief factor and the dairy of secondary Importance. The clean dairyman may be trans ported from dairy to dairy and can make clean milk wherever he goes. It is said that if all the nonessentials or matters of secondary importance are eliminated, the factors which even alone are sufficient to produce under the conditions found In ordinary dairies a milk so clean that it will have with great regularity a bacterial count loss than 10,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter are as follows: Milking with dry hands into covered milking palls, the proper washing and sterilization of milking pails and milk cans, cooling the milk by placing the cans In tanks ot cold water or ice wa ter, regular laboratory testing of the milk for bacteria, and payments based on the laboratory tests. ASHES GOOD AS FERTILIZER They Not Only Contain Potash and Phosphorlo Acid, but Also Magnesia and Lime. The .farmer who burns wood for heating and cooking should carefully store the ashes and not permit them to leach, as they have a peculiar fer tilizing value. They not only contain potash and phosphoric acid In appre ciable amounts, but also contain mag nesia and lime, and when applied to the land they also act indirectly to Increase the available nitrogen con tent of organic matter In the soil. Ordinary house ashes contain on the average about eight or nine per cent ot potash and two per cent ot phosphoric acid. Investigators have considered that there is enough pot ash and phosphorlo acid in a oushel of ashes to make it worth 20 or 25 cents. Besides that, some 10 or 15 cents additional might De allowed for the "alkali power" ot the ashes. This power is that which enables ashes to rot weeds and to ferment peat TL potash content ot ashes will be lost it they are permitted to leach, and care should be taken to store them in a dry place. Dormant Spraying. The "dormant spraying" which de stroys the bark scale and the eggs ol Injurious Insects, Is the most impor tant spraying ot the year, In the jud meat of some orchardista. , r v . DAIRY HERD IN WINTER First Essential Is That Cows Be Kept Comfortable. night Kind of Feed Goes Long Way Teward Bringing About Contented State of Mind Several Im portant Facters. (By W. II. KELLY.) Good stable management la an Im portant factor in determining the profits from the dairy herd during the winter. The first essential is that the sows be comfortable, because a cow kept otherwise can never do her best. She must have a comfortable place to lie down, stand up, move and stretch her limbs and lick herself all sver the body. She must have sun shine and plenty ot light She must have pure air to breathe, and this means that the stable must be pro dded with some system of ventila tion to give a frequent change of air. ' This need not be expensive, only a little forethought and a few dollars' worth ot material and labor. She must have good pure water at least twice a day, or better still, have an automatic water basin at her side. The stable should be cleaned dally, nd be thoroughly disinfected. The celling, floor and sides should be all mootk and of concrete construction, ind the fixtures largely Iron. It Is not expensive, and they are sanitary and permanent Large, smooth concrete mangers for feeding are about the best we know at today, Judgment and common sense must be exercised In the meth ods of feeding and handling the cows. Fixed rules in feeding are not prac tical. Overfeeding is wasteful; underfeed ing is unprofitable. The cows must be well nourished at all times, but If given more than they need for main tenance and production, they waste it as a rule. Never stir up dust or foul odors at milking time. It you do a lot of it is sure to get into the milk. Whether to feed the cows Just be fore milking is a much debated ques tion. It is not at all dangerous to teed them a little grain, provided you stir up no dust or disagreeable odors. Ab a rule, the cows will give down their milk more freely when they have Profitable Dairy Type. tontented minds, and a little of the right kind ot feed goes a long way toward bringing about this contented state of mind. Never clean the stables Just before milking, for it will stir up a tenfold worse odor than any feed the cows will eat Surrounding conditions have much to do with the milk-producing value of any ration. Dairy cows cannot make as good use ot whole grain as they can ot grain that has been ground. In the generality of cases, heifers with their first calf do not show as high a test of butterfat as they do at a more mature age. A period of rest before freshening will usually produce a larger flow of milk than where the animal is milked close up to calving. A man can better afford to sell but ter at the cost of production than to sell grain, that is, when the selling price of the butter includes the feeds and labor at their market value. HOW TO GROW BLACKBERRIES Fruit Will Not Thrive In Dry Places, Plenty ef Moisture Is Needed Cultivate Constantly, Blackberries need plenty of mois ture and it will not pay to plant them on the top of some dry knoll; for tho fruit will not grow to perfection in such dry places, and It will be hard and sour. Choose a place where the ground la of good quality, and where there is plenty of moisture. Prepare the ground thoroughly by plowing and harrowing before plant ing, and make the ground mellow down quite deep where you set the plants. You cannot be too particular In this respect remember you are set ting them out for profit and not simply to see whether they will grow or not. They should be set about four feet apart one way, and eight feet the other way. ' Keep the ground loose by constant cultivation, and the sooner you can get a good large bush, the sooner you will get fruit, and keeping tho ground loose will help to keep It moist Hurt Milk Business. Before anyone condemns the dairy business, he should make an effort to keep real cows and feed and care for them so they will make a profit A few ot the "weak sisters" meandering around In cows' hides are what put the kibosh on the dairy business. The Dry Cow. Some cows should go dry longer than others, but svery cow will need a season of rest ot at least a month or six weeks. It will be better tor bet and her unborn calf. 1916 Catalog -SEEDS i Plants, Bulbs, Garden, Orchard and Poultry Supplies, Fertilizers, Etc. A v-lfahU WHten Catalog for Weatarn buyera. OUR "HJaheet QuaHty" Stocfcl Jrct to buyere Mly M awanta. You save time and manor by baying of a. New Catalog No. 64 Free. ROUTLEDGE SEED & FLORAL CO. 1SS-171 2nd St. PORTLAND, OREGON PORTLAND Y. M. C. A. will fit any ambitions yountr Han or Worn as for high-class position in BooltkeepiBg, Stenography. Salesmanship To men this includes valuable athletic, aquatic and membership privileges, al though tuition cost is leas than elsewhere. Valuable courses can also be had in Grammar grade and College Preparatory Subjects. WRITE FOR CATALOG. HAWTHORNE AUTO SCHOOL The only Automobile 9chool on the Pa cific Coast maintaining a Gaa Tractor Dept. Using Hell Catterpillar, C. L. Boat Tracklayer and Wheel Tractors, both in the achool and operating field. t( Hawthorne Are., Portland, Ore. A Projecting Personality. The Ford peace trip, besides adding somewhat to the gaiety of nations, of fered to the pictorial satirists in many quarters of the world an opportunity of a lifetime. Two rather distant echoes of the junket appear in the March number of Cartoons Magazine. One is from the Christiana, Norway, Vlkingen, and represents the Detroit Idealist as a rat leaving a doomed ship. A touch of humor is added to the cartoon by reason of a bathing suit hung on a clothes line in the bow of the boat. The bathing suit is sup posed to be the property ot Mme. Schimmor. The other cartoon Is from the Auck land, New Zealand, Weekly News, and shows "Ford's ark" plowing across the seas. Placards reading "Buy our cars" and "Votes for women" are con spicuously displayed upon the sides and roof of the craft while Ford is seen trying to launch the dove of peace, and asking it: "Why don't you fly?" This Auckland newspaper, like most of the English journals, seemed to re gard the peace trip mostly in the light of an advertising campaign. Hot Healthy, Strong, Beautiful Eye Oculist. and Phy.iciaus need Murine Eye Remedy many year, before It was offered as a Domestic By. Medicine. Murine i. Still Com pounded by Our Physician, and guaranteed by them a. a Reliable Relief (or Eye. that Need Care. Try It In your Byes and In Baby'. Byes No Smarting Just Eye Comfort. Buy Murine f your Druggist accept no Substitute, and If interested writ, for Boolt of the Eye Free. MLUINIS EYK BJSMEDX CO., CHICAGO About Time. One evening the young minister, who had semed rather attracted by "Big Sister" Grace, was dining with the family. Little Sister was talking rapidly when the visitor .was about to ask the blessing. Turning to the child, he said, in a tone of mild re proof: "Laura, I am going to ask grace." "Well, It's about time," answered Little Sister In an equally reproving tone. We've been expectingi you to do it for a year, and she has,' too." Chicago Journal. For mosquito bites apply Hanford'a Balsam. Adv. ; Stood Under Fire. Commanding Officer (enthusiasti cally, after the sham battle) You'll make a great soldier! I tell you my staff, as well as the ladles, were thrill ed when the enemy made that surprise attack on your trench and you only, of all the "rookies," did not run! Rookie Thanks, sir; but you see, I er I was right in the middle of changing my pants, sir. Puck. tlOWARD E. BURTON Assayer and Chemist, 11 Leadville, Colorado. Specimen prices: Goid. Silver, Lead. SI: Gold, Silver. 75c; Gold. 60c: Zinc or Copper, $1. Mailing envelopes and full price lut tent on application. Control and Umpire work so licited. Reference: Carbonate National bank. Spoken Favorably. Stranger Have you a good hair tonic you can recommend? Druggist (prohibition town) Here Is something that is spoken ot very favorably by the people who have drunk it. Topeka Journal. Provisional. "Don't you think a presidential term ought to be longer than four years?" "I do provided the man I'm plug ging for gets elected." Washington Star. Polish Acquired. Compensation A rolling stone gath ers no moss, but it gets so smooth that nobody has anything on it Puck. WEEKS' BREAK-liP-A-COLD TABLETS A (guaranteed remedy for Colds and La Grippe. Price 25c of your druggist. It's good. Take nothing else. Adv. RAW FURS WANTED. Skunk, Raccoon, MUSKRAT, OTTER, ETC Better Prices; . Quick Returns Ml T H. UEBES & CO. Murafeetnrint Furriers. Eat a Tears. 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