SINCLAIR'S ODD FOOD FADS
FA R M m ORCHARD
Notes and Instructions from Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
of Oregon and Washington. Specially Suitable to Pacific Coast Conditions
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ROADS AND SETTLERS.
B y E . F . A y res. H ig h w a y E n g in e e r, O. A. C.
"Bill” Fuller, Father-in.Law of the
Author, Didn’t Enjoy Meals at
Arden.
"Bill" Fuller Is a philosopher, which
he needs to be, inasmuch as be is
/ Upton Sinclair's father-in-law. He ad
viding for the creation of a State mires Sinclair, the Cincinnati Ttoies-
Highway Commission whose chairman Star’s New York correspondent writes,
shall be the Professor of Highway and has no criticism whatever to
Engineering at the Agricultural and make on the differences which have
Mechanical College, the other mem developed between his daughter and
bers being the Professor of Civil En-! the young writer. “They're both hfgh.
gineering at the State University and j brows,” says Fuller, "and Heaven
one civilian to be appointed by the j knows that two highbrows can't get
governor. These members serve with along. Why, even one highbrow can't
out pay, and appoint a State Highway I get along.”
Engineer at 13000 a year to design,
But he doesn’t approve of Sinclair's
construct and maintain highways. The
bill will undoubtedly pass if it has dietary ideas. “1 never know," said
he, "when I take a meal with Uppie,
not already done so.
Oklahoma must have settlers, and whether he will declare that the only
she, too, has advertised and sent her sane diet is to chew a prune 400 times
literature to the ends of the earth, and then rub the stone in the hair, or
but she has found that she muBt whether he will want forty pounds of
have roads to get the immigration. raw meat and a couple of uncooked
A Highway Department was created cabbages. He doesn't run true to form,
by the last legislature consisting of one might say. He never has the
a Highway Commissioner to be ap same idea about food twice in succes
pointed by the governor, and a State sion. Once I visited him at Arden,
Highway Engineer to be appointed by where he had planned a sort of so
the commissioner. This department cialistic Garden of Eden. By and by
has recently been organized, and con
I began to need my fodder.
siderable work is under way.
“ ‘When do we eat?’ I asked Uppie.
The last Louisiana legislature cre
” There,’ said he, ‘is a loaf of whole
ated 'he office of State Highway En
gineer to be appointed by the State wheat bread, and the spring is only
Board of Engineers. His authority Is 200 yards away.’ He began to tell me
to be absolute, and his salary has that this sort of cold poultice was all
been fixed at $5000 a year. Louisiana my stomach needed.
had long thought she was too poor to
“ ‘That may be all right for your
afford the luxury of better roads, but stomach,’ said I, 'but my stomach has
Governor Sanders succeeded in con been pampered. When does the next
vincing the voters that it took a vers train leave?’
rich state to afford the luxury of bad
‘“ In which direction?’ asked Uppie.
roads. The question of a special tax
’’ ‘Any direction,' said I.
for the construction of State Aid
"But before I left I did one good
roads was submitted to the people of
the state at the last general election deed. I’d noticed a peaked kind of a
pup leaning against the wall of Up-
and carried by a big majority.
“What is the matter with Kansas?” pie’s shack. The colored maid said
She needs settlers, too, and she is the dog was ‘stubbohn.’
“ ‘He je s’ won't eat his tonrnttoes,
getting them. Kansas has no state
highway department, but the legisla says tbis dlnge. 'An' Mistah Sinclair
ture makes a special appropriation says tomattoes is a puffed food for a
for the elnployment of a Highway dog.’
Engineer at the Agricultural College
“ ‘I guess that’s right,’ says 1.
who acts in the capacity of consult ’That's all they’re fit for. But before
ing engineer for the entire state. No 1 go me and the dog are going to have
one is legally obliged to follow his a feast.’
advice, but they usually accept it the
"So I sent out and bought' five
first time, and invariably the second
time it is offered. As in all states pounds of steak, and I broiled it over
where there is no central authority in an open fire and the dog and me eat
full charge, the roads are not being the whole works. The fragrance of
improved very fast, but considerable the broiling brought Uppie out or his
tent. He stood there looking at us,
good work is being done.
To come nearer home, California with tears lr. his eyes and water on
has just appointed a State Highway his lips.
Engineer at a salary of $10,000 a year,
’’ 'My goodness,’ says Uppie, ’I be
and has given him $18,000,000 to spend lieve I’m getting hungry.'
on the highways. Our neighbor on
“ ‘Good,’ says I. ’Have a tomato.
the south will soon have good roads. ’ Topie.’ ’’
Washington already has a State High
way Department, a trifle disfigured
after last winter’s battle, but still In
Busy Word.
the ring. A great deal of criticism'
There Is no word, long or short, In
was directed at the department, but,
with few exceptions, it is difficult to the English language capable of per
find a well-built stretch of road* in forming so much labor in a clear, in
the state that was not bqilt under telligible sense as the verb to get;
the direct supervision of this office. and here is an old-time specimen of
Canada is not making much noise its capabilities
about it, but she is building roads
"I got on horseback within ten
nevertheless, and many and loud are minutes after I got your letter. When
the wails along our northern bound
aries on account of the number of I got to Canterbury I got a chaise for
our neighbors who are leaving for town; but I got wet through before I
got to Canterbury and I have got such
“Our Lady of the Snows.”
What are we going to do about it? a cold as I shall not be able to get
There are but two ways open. We rid of in a hurry. I got to the treas
can keep on fighting over petty, in ury about noon, but first of all I got
significant details while the other shaved and dressed. I soon got Into
states get the men and the money, or the secret of getting a memorial be
we can unite and make a start under fore the board, but I could not get an
some system, depending on advancing
later. It is up to the people of answer then; however, I got the in
telligence from the messenger that I
Oregon.
should most likely get one the next
morning. As scon as I got back to my
inn I got my supper. When 1 got up
in the morning I got my breakfast
and then got myself dressed that I
might get out in time to get an an
swer to my memorial. As soon as I
got It I got into the first chaise and
got to Canterbury by three o'clock,
and about tea time I got home.”
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis, Oregon.—When Thomas H. Edison
returned from his European vacation,
the New York reporters met him at
the pier with requests for his impres
sions of the countries he had visited,
with special reference to the ques
tion of how they compared with his
native land.
His reply was that
Europe could show us nothing better
than we produced with one exception
—our highways. When it is consid
ered that he comes from a state which
has been one of the foremost in road
improvement, and that his criticism
was based on the condition of her
roads, one wonders what he wou’d
have said if he had come from some
of the newer states.
His impressions tfre undoubtedly the
same as those of the European trav
eler who visits our shores, and there
may be a lesson in his remarks that
will explain the absence of the best
class of European emigrants from our
vacant farm lands. Everyone with
even the most superficial knowledge
of Oregon's conditions will admit that
her greatest need today is more set
tlers to develop her latent resources.
The commercial clubs of the state
spend thousands of dollars every year
to tell our friends in other sections
of the United States and in Europe
about the marvelous opportunities that
await them in the Northwest, but
somehow results fail to measure up
to expectations.
Aiany reasons are advanced for the
failure of the campaign, each booster
laying the blame on the other fellow.
One claims that the high freight and
passenger rates are retarding the
growth of the state; another blames
the land boomers for holding the land
at prices which are practically pro
hibitive; others say that the very
natifre of the literature issued is pre
venting development, as the general
farmer sees nothing to attract him in
fruit growing at the present price of
land and water, and so it goes, each
one carefully refraining from shoulder
ing any portion of the responsibility
himself.
Of course, it is much pleasanter to
let the other fellow relieve us of all
portions cf the blame, but before
being too sure it is sometimes a good
idea to make sure that he has done
so, and as long as our rural roads
are left in their present condition, it
will be difficult to persuade him to
shoulder the part that rightfully be
longs to him. The fault lies with the
entire state, including both you and
me, and while it is very unfortunate,
we cannot dodge the issue.
How can we expect to attract farm
ers from countries where every man
has been accustomed to hard surfaced
roads from his childhood and regards
them as a matter of course. He can
not understand why the American
people make so much fuss over the
improvement of a small stretch of
highway, for in his country no fuss is
made unless the road is neglected.
Then it is not necessary for him to
complain, his government will attend
to the delinquent road official with
great despatch. True, some European
countries still have the same class of
roads with which we are afflicted,
but without mentioning names, stop a
moment and think if the class of set
tlers which come from these countries
are what we need to build up the
state.
If the Booster Books are Fent to
our Eastern states the results are
much the same. The farmer has had
a taste of better market roads, and
while he was very skeptical of their
advantages at first, he is now their
most ardent supporter and does not
care to go back to the old conditions.
“The Good Old Days” undoubtedly
had their advantages, but the high
ways were not among the most con
spicuous. He will read the literature
The Patient Walter.
we send him and admire the pictures;
Prof. W. Lawson Tall, apropos of
he may even reach the point where
the new serum cure for hay fever,
he feels that it would pay him to
said at a medical banquet in Denver:
sell the old homestead and begin
again in the West—and then he picks
"This cure is the result of patience,
up his paper and sees what happened
the result of much patient toil. In
to the road bills in both Washington,
deed, when I think of the patient
and Oregon last winter.
He also
waiting involved In the perfecting of
notes that it was impossible for 38
this cure, I am reminded of Dr. Bob
men, selected by the governor for
Sawyer’s ante-room.
their intimate knowledge of condi
"Dr. Bob Sawyer stepped proudly
tions, to agree on a plan of procedure
into his ante-room one day. There
for -the Oregon roads, and he allows
were quite eight or nine persons
that his present location looks good
there. And Dr. Bob, looking from one
to him.
face to another with complacence,
Oregon is not the only state that
said:
must have more settlers in order to
“ 'Well, who comes first? Who’s
take her rightful place among the
commonwealths, and a study of how
been waiting the longest?”
some of the other thinly populated
“ ‘Here, doc—that's me,’ said Snip
communities are meeting the problem
the tailor, rising and flourishing his
may be helpful. Texas needs men to
unpaid bill. 'I've been waiting over
cultivate her broad acres and secure
eighteen months!’ ”
her almost limitless mineral wealth,
and the price at which her land can
be secured is so much lower than in
Spare the Rod.
most states that she has an advantage
Parents take notice.
at the start. Her laws permit the
The advocates of whipping as a
counties to bond themselves for high
means of discipline are accustomed to
way Improvement, and a great deal
quote King Solomon as saying: “Spare
of good work has been done under
the rod and spoil the child.” What
this act. There has been no *pnor-
Solomon did say wa*: "He that spar-
Pa!e blue ur.cu* ve'v t m tv .lT ir the
tunitv for standardization of plans or
eth the rod hateth bis son.” But the
methods, nor could any comprehen fiiundnuen if t h i ; h. ndanme e v e n in g
word "rod" in that connection does
sive plan be carried out under this g ow n . T h e < h if f - n o v e r s k i r t h a s a n a p
not necessarily mean corporal punish
multiplicity of heads, so Texas has p liq u e o f ro ses in p a s te l s h a r k s .
Very new is the suggestion of a draped
ment. It simply means parental au
decided to go into the State Aid col
thority and guidance. The same He
umn. A bill-ha» been Introduced pro- slee v e.
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brew word Is used In Psalms, xxlil,
where David says: “The Lord Is my
Buttermilk for Gout.
Town Owns Herring Brook.
If you are troubled with gout you shepherd; I shall not want; bis rod
Brewster, Mass., owns a herring
brook, and at the town meeting every should drink at least one quart of butr and his stall they comfort me.” The
year, following an old custom, a com t*rmilk a day. It is said to have the rod waa the symbol of authority and
mittee is elected by baltot to catch the property Of keeping various saKa dis power, not a rawhide, a ruler or a
hickory stick.—Exchange.
fish and dispose of them. The pro solved in the blood and thus Is use
ceeds are turned into the town treas ful in gout. It promotes the circula
tion.
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Useful Suggestion.
ury.
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Lord Lufingham (warmly) — The
Not So Bad as That.
Ever Responsive to Genius.
This little boy was making hla first blawsted commoners will loon hare
"There is no work of genius which
has not been the delight of mankind; struggle with natural history. Observ us out of business entirely, bah Jove!
no word of genius to which the human ing for the first time a very fluffy, WhatT
Lord Punletgh—Yaaa, bah Jove!
heart and soul have not sooner or silky spaniel, he remarked; “Some
W
ell soon—ha, ha, b a !—be nothing
dogs
h
ir
e
feathers,
and
other
dogs
,
later responded.”—James
Bussell
but récréât' —« "
1—Puck.
just skin.”
LcwelL
w o u ia oe m o or u n a e sira o ie * .
Studying Shakespeare.
Ambassadors from a besieged town
“You should jeln our Shakespeare were treating with Alexander th e !
elub.”
Great on the terms of surrender. Al- j
•’What do you do?”
exander ordered that Acuphis. the eld
"Well, we fine every member foi est of the ambassadors, should be the
oon-attendance. Then we take the governor of the town, and that he
money and go to a musical comedy."
should send immediately aa hostages i
100 of the best citizens. Acuphis j
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate then smilingly observed: "Sire. I
and invigorate stomach, liver and bow could govern better if thou wouldst j The best m e d i c i n e s in the
world cannot take the place of
els. Sugar-coated, tiny, granules, easy permit me to send thee 100 of the
to take. Do not gripe.
the
famil/physician. Consult
worst citizens instead of 100 of the
him early when taken ill. If
b
est”
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Far the Teeth.
the t r o u b l e is wi t h your
The chemical action of peroxide of
T h e B lushing uctopue.
throat,
bronchial tubes, or
hydrogen upon gold teeth, which
The octopus frequently changes Its
lungs, ask him about taking
makes an unpleasant taste In the color, like a marine cameleon. It
mouth, can be destroyed by using salt would appear, from recent studies o f ! Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Then
with the liquid. Its whitening virtues the creature, that the colored pigment j
take it or not, as he says.
are excellent.
whereby this change in color is ef- j
V* • p u b lis h o u r fo rm u la s
fected is contained in envelopes in
Mlrrcrs in Decorations,
W e b a n is h alco h o l
its skin, in the tissues of which are
y fro m o u r m ed iolnas
In the sixteenth century no lady . muscular fibers actuated by nerves, j
W e u rg e you to
was considered in full dress unless Should these fibers become relaxed a
c o n s u lt y o u r
d o c to r
she had a mirror at her breast. It dark pigment appears. The phenome
was oval in shape about 4 by 6 inches non is said to be analogous to blush Bilious attacks, sick-headaches, indiges
In size.
tion, constipation, dizzy spells — these
ing.—Harper's Weekly.
are some of the results of an inactive
The next time you feel that swallow
liver. Ask your doctor if he endorses
London’s
Italian
Colony.
ing sensation garble Hamlins Wizard
Ayer’s Pills i:i tnese cases. The dose
The Italians in London, England, is small, one pill at bedtime.
Oil immediately with three parts water.
It will save you days and perhaps are sufficient of themselves to form a
M ade b y t h e J . C . Aye*- C o., L o w e ll, M a a i.—
large town. There are as many as
weeks of m sery from sore throat.
14,000, about 2,000 of whom are Ice
Table Talk.
British Interested In Gas.
cream venders and 1,000 organ-grind
"The more 1 see of men, the more ers. The other 11,000 are chiefly en
In addition to 1.255 gas undertaking*
I like dogs,” declared the pessimistic gaged as plaster bust sellers, artists’ In England, there were last year 20
boarder. "Have some sausage, Mr. models, cooks, valets, teachers, artists, British companies owning gas work*
Wombat,” suggested the landlady.— restaurant and hotel keepers, and so on the European continent and In
Washington Herald.
other parts of the world.
on.
T h e Fam ily
P h y sician
A yers
A Queer Customer.
"Mandy,” said the village tailor to
his wife, "I'm going to give Sam Bil
lings a suit of clothes for a pig." “My
goodness, papa!” exclaimed his little
daughter, “what does a pig want
with a suit of clothes?"
100 YEARS OLD
QUICK RELIEF
E IE TROUBLES
In Touch, Always.
"It Is odd that pickpockets are such
an unpopular class.” "I can’t see why
they should be popular.” “Don’t they
always keep in touch with the multi
tude?”
It C u re s While You W alk.
A lle n ’s F o o t-E a se is a e e rta in eu re fo r h o t,
sw e a tin g , e a llm , and sw o lle n , a e h ln g fo e t. Sold
by a l l D ru g g ists. 1‘ rlee ->5e. D o n 't a c c e n t any
s u b s titu te . T ria l p a ck a g e F R E E . A d dress
A lie n a , O lm sted , Le Koy, N. Y .
Long-Headed Husband.
"This is good wine. I must take
home a few bottles to my wife.” “She
never touches wine, as you know."
“True; but it will be a little present
for her, and I can keep it from going
to waste.”—Washington Herald.
W om an's P ow er
O ver Man
Woman's most glorious endowment is the power
to awaken and hold the pure and honest love of a
worthy man. When she loses it and still loves on,
ao one in the wide world can know the heart agony
she endures. The woman who suffers from weak
ness and derangement of her special womanly or
ganism soon loses the power to sway the heart of
a man. Her general health suffers and she loses
her good looks, her attractiveness, her amiability
and her power ami prestige as a woman. Dr. R.V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N .Y ., with
the assistance of his staff of able physicians, has prescribed for and cured many
thousands of women. He has devised a successful remedy for woman's ail
ments. It is known as Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, It Is a positive
specific for the weaknesses and disorders peculiar to women. It purifies, regu
lates, strengthens and heals. Medicine dealers sell it. No honest dealer will
advise you to accept a substitute in order to make a little larger profit.
k
IT M AKES W E A K W OM EN STRONG.
SICK W OM EN W ELL.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate and strengthen Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
DISTEMPER
CATARRHAL FEVER
AND ALL NOSE
AND THROAT DISEASES
Cure-i the sick and acta as a preventive for others. Liquid
'ven on the tongue. Bate for brood mares and al I others. Best
idney remedy; 50 cents and $1 a liotlle; $5 and $10 the dozen.
Bold hy all druggists and horse goods houses, or sent, express
paid, by the manufacturers,
for
COLDS
CURED IN ONE DAY
Aa a rule, a few doses o f Munyon’s Cold Remedy
will break up any cold and preven t pneumonia. It
relieves the head, throat and lungs alm ost In
stan tly . P rice 25 centa a t any d ru g g ist's or sent
postpaid.
I f you need Medical advice w rite to Munyon’s
D octors. They will carefully diagnose your case
and give you advice by mail, absolutely free.
Address Professor Munyon, 53d and Jefferso n
streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
^BEKBROS^i
DAIRY FEED:
¿EST AND CHEAPEST'
Ask your dealer for it. If he does
not handle it drop us a postal card
and we will furnish you the name of
a dealer who does
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SPOHN MEDICAL CO ., Chemists, Goshen, Ind.
Origin of Uncut.
The seashore book shop was crowd
ed. Best sellers at $1.15, $1.25 and
even $1.60 were going like hot cakes.
The proprietor, pushing through a
throng of pretty girls In white, said
Joyously:
"We don’t need to handle uncuts
In this glorious country of ours. Why
actually, I’ve just had to wire to New
York for two extra salesmen."
"But what has that got to do with
the uncuts?” the reporter Inquired.
“Uncuts,” said the dealer, “are
books with uncut edges. They orig
inated In Scotland. In Scotland, In
the past, a man would enter your
shop today, read a chapter of some
book or other and saunter out with
out buying anything. Tomorrow he
would read another chapter gratis,
and by the end of the month he would
have finished the volume and be well
Into another.
“Hence the Scottish publishers and
booksellers hit on the uncut, which
you can’t read without buying.”
The dealer helped a pretty girl to j
■tow in her limousine a stack of best
sellers.
“But- thank fortune,” he said, “we
don’t need uncuts here.”
SMILE ON WASH DAY,
The laundrefls’ delight is RED
CROSS BALL {1LUE. A neat, handy
package, n oth in g.t* break or spill,
and a blue that Is ail blue.
It is b o far superior to any liquid
bluing that there Is no comparison.
Always produces snow white clothes.
Large package 10 cents. ASK YOUR
GROCER. ________________
Pick Up Fallen Fruit.
Keep all the fallen fruit picked up.
The best way to do this Is to have
sheep or hogs In the orchard; they
will eat the fallen onee. These fallen
fruits contains the grubs of insects,
and by killing them you lessen next
year's pest's.
Distrust.
"That man wants to know whether
you are going to stand by him.” said
the political assistant. "I’m obliged
to,” replied Senator Sorghum. “It
wouldn’t be safe not to stand by him
close enough to watch him.”
Don’t Hesitate
To Take
Hostetter’s
Stomach Bitters
It has a proven reputa
tion in cases of Poor Ap
etite, Belching, Heart-
um, Flatulency, Indi-
estion, C ostiveness,
-olds, Grippe and Mala
ria. Don’t experiment—
insist on having
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TOMBSTONE SALESMEN WANTED
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im«t to it.
ujtd U»Ht known umnu-
acturor» o f M onum ent« in th e W m t. Q u al
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WHY THE CHICKEN BUSINESS PAYS.
According to * n v » n im « t report*, » o r e than 3 0.000.000 ch ick en* w -ro m arketed in th e United Staten In 1910, end the
value of rpif« m arketed wa* $4H5,000,009, equal to th at o f th e en tire w heat crop of th e nation. Oregon is co n tribu tin g to the
t e e tern m arket« over il.OuO.OOo per annum fo r egg» alone, W hy not Ehare in soma o f thin money?
W H A T W R W I L L DO FO R YO U .
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In buying one o f our Oakland Poultry Farm » you will be tau gh t the poultry busmens absolutely fre e o f coat by th e best
poultry exp ert in the country, whom we have en raged to
t h - ground continuously. W e have reserved 40 acres and
have already begun th e conettuetlnn o f an ex ten siv e plant, in which we will ins ta il a lO.OUM-eapacity incubator. W e will
m arket your products and eo ajp afato with you a t all tim es.
b* on
5 and 10-Acre Tracts, $75 to $150 Per Acre, on Easy Term*.
W rit* for Literature.
Oakland Poultry Products Company, Inc.
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