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FOREST GROVE PRESS, FOREST GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1913. 4 -K - H - F o r est G rove P r e ss The Press Poultry Department G. Edw in Secour, M anaging Editor. THE P R E S S PUBLISHIN G C O FOREST GROVE, ORE. Conducted hy T eleph o n es : O ffice 502 R e s id e n c e 397 //. S. Canon, Magalia, Calif. Send questions for this department direct to Mr. Canon to insure prompt answers. Lawyers Play counts for morals, for It is in our play that we choose things according to ou r c h a r acter, and by choosing we make our character.— E lm er Ellsworth Brown, United States C o m m is sioner of Education. Happy hearts and happy faces, ; ; Happy play in grassy places— ■ • T h a t was how in ancient ages ” Children grew to kings and sages. — Robert Louis Stevenson. T e r m s o f S u b s c r ip t io n One y ear, in advance $ J.M Six m onths, in advance .......................75 T h ree m onths, in advance..................... 50 T alks on Feeding. ground and gathered as needed. Grit, as every one knows, is My favorite way of feeding the fowls' substitute for teeth, cabbage is to drive a nail in the Of all methods of serving T H U R S D A Y , M ARCH 20, 1913. those the conditions of whose and should he clean, hard and heart and suspend the cabbage lives ace na rro w and hard I sharp. In many localities gravel with a string where the fowls know of none more important D isplay a d v e rtis e m e n ts f o r p u b lic a tio n in th e This keeps it than the creation, in great a g D r e s s m u s t be in th is office n o t la te r th a n T ues which is suitable for grit may he can peck at it. gregations of population, of day e v e n in g to in s u re a p p e a ra n c e in c u r r e n t issu e had for the trouble of shoveling clean until used up, and the breathing spaces.— Bishop P o t ter it up, and where the yards are fowls seem to enjoy eating it E n tered a t th e post office a t F o rest Grove, Ore. He who helps a child helps that way better than pecking it located on gravelly soil fowls will a s mail m a tte r of th e second cla-s. humanity with a distinctness, from the floor. The roots may with an immediateness, which no find much of their grit, but yard other help given to human crea be fed the same way, or may be ed fowls should have a supply be- There will be no silent vote tures in any other stage of their cut in half and left on the floor, human life can ever give again. l fore them all the time in a box amonii the women electors. — Phillips Brooks. I or hopper, as the ground becomes or may be run through a root T h e modern city child has lost his most precious birthright, A man who keeps constantly soiled after it has been run over cutter which cuts them into the back yard. — Dr. Woods on the fence waiting to see which for a time, and the gravel con small strips greatly relished by Hutchinson. the fowls. This is undoubtedly way to drop, makes even the tained in the soil becomes unfit the best method where there are for them to use. fence weary. When the sharp gravel cannot many fowls to be fed. FRONT YARD PLANNING. The vegetable foods will alter The leap year girl must again he had grit must he supplied the nutritive ratio of the ration When Space Is Small Great Care Must face the hard realities of life. from some other source. There Be Used. She’s hack again in the parlor are several brands of grit on the very little as they contain from On n lot of fifty foot th e house Is 80 to 90 per cent water, and usually w ith in tw en ty feet o f th e slcle- with the lamp turned low waiting market which are excellent. The main thing is to have it what little solid food they con wulk. Small grounds like th is should for Willie. never have sh ru b s d o tted over th em or hard and sharp, and keep it tain is well balanced. The pota be cut up w ith beds, as th is m akes the toes, however, contain an excess front y ard look cluttered. To widely advertise a good ar where the fowls may get it at of carbohydrates in the form of All planting, unless It be of trees, any time they wish, as it soon ticle is to give it a large sale starch, and the sweets in the should be close to the house In a w ay becomes worn smooth in the giz enabling the merchant to accept to cover th e u n d erp in n in g ns m uch ns a correspondingly smaller profit zard and is passed, and must he form of starch and sugar, mak possible o r on th e line betw een lots. ing them the least desirabe of all Shrubs In th e background, w ith hardy on each sale. Keep this trade j replaced or indigestion results. herbaceous p lan ts, bedding p lan ts and vegetables as food for fowls. Charcoal is not a food, and its law in mind when somebody tells annuals in fro n t, a re m ost desirable. As to the method of feeding. I If you use m ore th a n one color, avoid you that the cost of advertising value lies in its ability to absorb have already stated that the those th a t clash, such a s several gasses and impurities in the in a store falls on the store’s pa o f red. Use enough w h ite to testinal tract. It is especially mash should be fed in a hopper shades trons. bring o u t th e m ixture. valuable for newly hatched and kept before the fowls all the Tlie m assing of several p lan ts of one The ministers say, “ Whom chicks, and should he given them time. Where many are kept in color Is m ost effective. If you u se yel low have th e p la n ts d w a rf an d in the God hath joined together, let no before they have any food. Do one flock there should be hoppers front. If blue e n te rs Into your p la n t man put assunder. ” How little not put much before the fows at enough to insure each fowl get ing th at should he a t th e fa rth e s t point. the courts value their admonition one time—just what will last ting its share of the mash each Avoid s tra ig h t lines ns fa r as possible. cu rv es give m uch m ore n a tu is seen in the report that in the them three or four days, as it day. In all flocks there are some G ral raceful effect and a b e tte r perspective. United States during 1912 over quickly absorbs gasses and im timid birds and some domineer 100,000 divorces were granted, 1 purities from the atmosphere. ing ones, and the latter will keep STREET TREE PRUNING. and in the last forty years 3,700,-1 It can he had in three forms, the timid ones from getting their 000 adults were legally separat granulated, fine for chicks and share if there is only one hopper. A Few H ints F or T h i s Im portant Part of Maintenance W o r k . coarse for larger fowls, and pulv .However, one hopper should ed. _____________ T he w ork of p ru n in g should be be erized for use in mash, wet or serve two dozen hens. gun a t th e top of th e tre e a n d com Years ago Horace Greeley said, dry. The latter form is usually The grain should be fed in dry, pleted a t th e bottom . In th is w ay the form can be b e tte r secured, “ Go west, young man.” Champ used for ducks. clean litter on the floor of the desired th ere is less d a n g e r of accident. Clark says, “ Go south, my hoy.” i Vegetable foods should he fed chicken house, or scratching shed and T he m en em ployed should he careful The western voters say to their every day in the year, and coast adjacent to the main building. n o t to do m ore dam ag e by breaking an d b ru isin g th a n th ey do good by senator, “ Go east, Colonel,” and poultrymen sliouid have little The litter may consist of any pruning. A rope properly ad ju ste d Doc Cook says to the world, “ Go trouble in supplying their fowls clean material such as chaff, ab o u t th e w a ist an d fasten ed to a north with me.” That pretty I in all seasons with this class of straw, hay, pine needles, forest s to u t lim b above th e w orkm an is an excellent m eans of su stain in g the p rin well covers the points of the food. or fruit tree leaves etc. A sup cipal w eight of th e body w hile m oving compass and leaves only room There is a long list: Grass, al ply should he gathered in the fall about th rough th e tree. T he form and for the additional suggestion, falfa, rape, kale, sprouted grains, and kept in a dry place ready to direction of th e c u t w hen rem oving branches depend upon th e position of “ Go to work.” etc., for spring, summer and fall, renew that in use whenever it th e b ran ch on th e tree and upon while for the winter, which is becoms soiled and damp, which w h eth er it is to he sim ply shortened It’s a wise a very wise woman short, there are roots, such as will depend largely on the num-j o r en tirely rem oved. who takes a lot of thought about beets, mangels, turnips, carrots, her of fowls using it and the con- ■ E rect b ra n c h e s a re sh ortened by c u t tin g them a t an angle, th u s p rev en tin g her table, and the buying of the etc., tubers (white and sweet dition of the building. If straw th e u ndue e n tra n c e of w ater, w hile eatables for her home-folks. The potatoes) and cabbage. Cabbage or hay is used, it should he brok side bran ch es a re c u t perpendicularly fo r th e sam e reason. woman whose interest in this is the best of the list, and can he en up as thoroughly as possible. task amounts to enthusiasm will raised at home and stored for Chart’ is ideal, but being light, FRANCE'S GOOD IDEA. he pretty sure to accomplish the winter use. The roots can also should be deep 12 to 14 inches. most difficult of modern feats— Municipal E m p loy m en t Bureau to Be be stored, or can be left in the (Continued next week.) the making of a real home. The T r i e d In Paris. store ads are a daily co-operative ness. Apply at a creamatory. If service to such a housewife. you have it in for some one, go One of the New York daily pa to him and tight it out like a pers very truthfully says: “ It man. Don’t try to mix the ought not to take the merchant printer up in your grievances. of a small town long to find out He has troubles of his own. that in the parcel post he has a None of we poor mortals hpre friend and not a foe. Let him Inflow are perfect, not by a long start an advertising campaign in shot, and other people may think the local papers and he will soon that you yourself deserve special learn that he can reach a class of attention. patrons who were never within Abraham Lincoln told about an gunshot before the parcel post came to town. This means that early steamboat on the Missis rural journalism will assume an sippi w hich had such a limited importance that was never known supply of steam that, every time the whistle was blown it stopped! before.” The early-day merchant w as This year every citizen should similarly situated. He had such take a deep interest in the wel limited resources that he couldn’t fare of the citv. If you sincere figure out how he could afford to ly believe that conditions are pay for an advertisement unless prevalent that need changing, he discharged a clerk! The mod don’t be afraid to start some ern merchant finds that the more thing. This year the very best he advertises the more clerks he effort that is in every citizen must have and the easier it is should assert itself to the end to pay for them! And he pays for his advertising that this town's advancement is sure and safe. The fellow who with about as little trouble as the kicks is often the man who does Atlantic Liner experiences in his community the real service. blowing its whistle! There is a difference between a grouch and a good healthy kick Not only Washington, but the er. whole country has been discuss ing the woman suffrage parade Every once in a while some which took place on the day be one intimates that we ought to fore President Wilson’s inaugera- “ rip someone up the back. ” Say tion. It was a wonderful demon they deserve it and they fail to stration, despite disotder lead by- Bee why we don’t do it. Friends, rowdies along the line of march. we are not in the roasting busi For the lack of order the local | police are blamed, and Congress is making an investigation. Be fore another inaugeration it is possible that there will be women in Congress. There are two sides to suffrage, as the men are beginning to realize. While the hosts of women were marching along Pennsylvania Avenue on March 3d, many a man proudly- said to his neighbor: “We ought to show the people over in Eng land how things are done here.” T h e Real National Bird. Do you know th a t tile bird of T h an k s giving day Is more of a national bird th a n th e lordly eagle? The eagle is to to found a n ativ e of Europe and Asia as well as A m erica, but the turkey Is all o u r own. He w as not known until a full cen tu ry a fte r Columbus. He w as first seen In the Carollnas, and when specim ens w ere carried over to E urope they w ere hailed as “th e most lH>nutlful p resen t m ade by the new world to th e old." It Is a curious fnct, how ever. Utat considerable e rro r pre vailed as to th e tru e source of th e fowl Dr Sam uel Johnson gravely defined th e tu rk ey as a “ larger dom estic fow l, supposed to be brought from T urkey." E uropeans had peacocks,venison steaks and even ca n a ry birds' tongues, but w hat w ere any of these as com pared w ith th e A m erican tu rk ey ? C ommon Caso. “T ou look d ejected." “I feel so." “W h a t's th e m atter?" "My pocket Wwk Is hungry and I have no th in g to give 1L" Impossible. It Is not where th e b u lle ts fly And Sine their low «nd »urnful erf. T h e hardest placo for men to d># la wtiera tt.s h air la mors than shy. f Dr. D. W . W ard Dr. E. B. Brookbank Physicians and Surgeons W . M. Langley & Son PLAYG R O UND PARAGRAPHS. T he F ren ch govern m en t passed a law in 1904 a u th o rizin g th e estab lish m en t o f free m unicipal em ploym ent bureaus. N othing w as done about th e m a tte r u n til la st y ear, w hen th e m in ister of labor aroused new in te re st In the es ta b lish m e n t o f th ese bureaus, w hich had been w orked o u t so successfully In G erm any, B elgium , S w itzerland, etc. H e Invited th e p re fe c ts to consider th e m atter, a n d th e p refect o f th e Seine has been In stru cted to p resen t definite p lan s to the m unicipal council for the e stab lish m en t o f su ch a b u reau lu one of th e d istric ts o f l ’arls. T he plan is to co n d u ct th e b u reau on very dem ocratic lines, to have it con trolled by a com m ission com posed of th e w orkm en a n d em ployers an d pre sided over by a m an o f special qualifi cations. A Shade T re e Census. T he shade tre e com m ittee of th e city of Philadelphia has su b m itted n rep o rt to the F alrm o u n t p ark com m ission compilici from 12.902 cards, giving a census of trees <yi a turnt 2.000 m iles of sidew alk an d d escrib in g 110,101 speci mens. O f th ese 50.000 are stan d in g unprotct ted by an y g u ard s and are lin- hle to I k > in ju red , w hile th o u san d s of o th ers are s tra n g le d by g u ard s th a t they have outgrow n. Many tree* have .litui ow ing to Im p ro p er p la n tin g and lack »f care. An ap p ro p riatio n of $50.. o m Is asked for. o r about 40 c en ts per ex istin g tree. T he cost of p runing and leaning has av erag ed 90 cen ts and sp ray in g 70 c en ts C ountry G entle man. N a t u r » Stu dy and Prograaa. More am i m ore o f n a tu re stu d y Is Itelng introduced Into soh> ols from the highest to th e low est, and no sm all part of It consists of stu d ies In p lan t life, added to w hich Is the experience gained in th e school garden o r field studies along botanical lines. In th e next generation a m arked Im provem ent will ls> seen In th e general ap preciation o f parks, stre e t trees and o th er m eans of m aktug the tow n b eau tifu l along strictly horticultural lines. Forest G rove, Ogn. 22 F irst Ave. N u-th Phone: Office 40x R esidence 402 Forest Grove, Ore. W. P. Dyke S. B. Lawrence A ttorneys-at-L aw II. W . V ollm er, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Forest Grove N at’l Bank Bldg Forest Grove, Ore. Office in A b b o tt Bldg. B oth Phones F o re s t G rove, Ogn. Ind. Phones J. N. H offm an Atlorney-at-Lais DR. C. E. W A L K E R E Q U IT Y A N D P R O B A T E O NLY Office H offm an Bldg. Pacific Ave. Ind. Phone 502 F o re s t G rove Osteopathic Physician Treatment by Special Appoint ment Only Mark B. Bump Attorney-at-IaW W . Q. T ucker, M. D. South o f C ourt H ouse Hillsboro, Ore. Physician and Surgeon ' Calls answ ered prom ptly day o r night Phone: O.tice 271, R esidence 283. H ollis & Graham Dr. H. R. K auffm an Physician & Surgeon A Itorneys-at-LaW Forest G rove, O gn. Office. F o rest G rove N a t’l B ank B uilding P hone M ain 0131 Forest Grove, Ore. E. B. T ongue, R. M. Erwin, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Jlllorney-at-Law D istric t A tto rn ey . Hillsboro, Ore. T am iesie Bi ilding 3d and Main S ts. Hillsboro, Ore’ Y eager & Cornish S. T. Linklater, M. B., C. M. Attorneys at Law Hillsboro Commercial Bank Building Phone City 232 Hillsboro, Oregon Physician and Surgeon D elta B uilding Hillsboro, Ore. Dr. E. J. C row thers Physician and Surgeon Calls answ ered day and n ig h t Office in Ja c k s o n P h arm acy Cornelius, Ore. Elm er H. Smith, M. D., D. O. Physician, Surgeon and Osteopath Calls answ ered day or night. H illsboro N ational B ank Bldg. Hillsboro, Ore. W . B. COON, V. S. O ffice on 1 st S t . J. O. Robb, M. B. Tor. B etw een Pacific and 1st Ave. S. H aving b o u g h t out Dr. Feeley, V et Physician and Surgeon erin arian , 1 w ish to no tify th e public Phone C ity 384 th a t I am prep ared to answ er all calls, Room s 4 and 5, S chulm erich Bldg. day o r night. Phone M ain 95 F orest G rove , O re Hillsboro, Ore. Start Right on Home Building and you will save a lot o f trouble, w orry and m o n e y . M uch d e- pends on the proper selection o f your lum b e r -S tr o n g , durable dim ension and joist, M« Ivmtgrmatt good, sm ooth siding that will take and hold paint, sound sh in gles and sm ooth flooring, end m atched and hollow backed, guaranteed to lay close. T here are a lot of things w e can help you with that will m ake your hom e a haven o f con tentm ent. L et’s talk it over. Forest Grove Planing Mill Co. G eneral C ontractors and Builders Council St. Forest G rove, Ore. H O M E B A K IN G C O . Finest of Bread and Pastry Baked Every Day. W e sell 6 loaves of Bread for 2 5 cents F ree delivery to all p a rts o f the city Pacific A ven u e, ★ Forest G rove THE STAR THEATRE Motion Picture Exhibition The Best Pictures Obtainable Every Film A W inner Drama. Comedy. Laughter and Pathos