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THE TURK
by Charles
Frederick
I'ltKKY I iih I been n
part, I lie prlnrlpul purl,
of tin* Scott’« Tliiink«-
giving Mil of fan* ever
«III«*« Hot) could reniem
l«*r, real Vcrmuiit itir-
key thut they raised
on thi'lr Vermont farm
nml f«-»l with corn from
tin* Vermont hill«. I tut
tin* imrilcuhir hill on
which the Scott iirnw
Iny «eemed hdter «nit
«•d to Urn turkey« than to the corn;
atid, along In the very early spring
of 1N«1, Itoh'M father decided to
try a newer country to the South
and Went. I.ute March found them
breaking a clearing for a new
fnrm In Ku«t Teitneanee.
They cot
their corn In, although n little lute;
they hred n few hogs and a «mull (lock
of sheep; but, when they wanted tur
key, they didn't go to the hnruyard for
It, hilt up Into the hill«; for father'«
Irusly rllle and trusty eye were a com
bination no wild turkey could hope to
escape,
There were plenty of rumor« of wur
while the Yankee from Ycrmout wan
curving out a home there In the South.
When war came, that Yankee made hi«
way overland urn! cull sled In the com
pany from hi« old valley In Vermont,
leaving I'.oh to take the re«i>ou«lhlllty
Of the Tennessee farm on hi« young
ahoulder«. Rob did very well; and.
when November came In due course, he
got the rllle down from It« pegs above
the fireplace and went up the hill« In
search of a bird. He had been up there
before with hi« father, but this was
hi« llrst turkey hunt alone.
There was a trail that h*d from the
I iok lot up to the rtdife, and along the
ridge, atuouit the grnnddnddy poplar«
mid cherries and throiik’h the «wed-
gum brush. Bob followed it until three
that afternoon without so much us a
sign of turkey; and, ns he had no In
tention of a|x-nding a ulk'ht In the hill«.
It begun to look as though he must re
turn empty-handed. Then «uddenly he
heard n rnckot off
there to the east
of the trull—
; "Whlr-r-r-r-"
* Some great liv
ing thing swept
across the rl lge
like n cloud. Hob's
Kim was up to his
ahoulder In an In
stant, although lie
Shook with as had
u case of buck fe
ver as a boy ever
had. “ltang!” he
bla/.ed away at
the Hying cloud.
It did not stop.
He mu«! have
missed.
Hut as Blazed Away at the
the report died
Flying Cloud.
away he heurd
tb s whir change to a flutter, and the
flutter to a thud, and the thud to a
struggle In the brush down the hillside.
He followed the sound of that strug
gle till he came upon the bird, and bird
It was, u turkey not so big of laxly as
Its spread of wings had indicated, hut
a turkey none the less fit to grace the
Scott Thanksgiving board.
The shot had broken Its right wing.
The hoy decided to tote It home as It
was, and he soon had It slung from Ills
rllle barrel over his shoulder and was
picking his way down the mouutulu-
slile to find the trail at a lower point.
It was moonlight when he reached the
hog yard, and then the house, with Ills
trophy, which was now quite still. Hav
ing exhibited the bird to Ills mother
nml young sister, he lnhl It In the liny
loft In the stable, and, after a full
recital of his hunt, went to bed, as
tired a boy ns ever bugged a turkey,
and probably more tired than nny boy
who never did.
' Now, n most surprising thing hap
pened the next morning. When Hob
opened the stable door the turkey was
still there, but It wns standing on both
feet and with one wing trnlllng on the
ground. And, Instead of fluttering
away as a regular wild turkey should.
It looked up at him with a look half
curiosity and half appeal. It hopped
n few steps away when he approached,
and then allowed Hob to touch It with
his hand.
i “Well, fellow," said Rob, "you don't
seem to be very much a-scart.”
NEWS ITEMS
About Oregon
Of General Interest
Portland— Wheat— bluestem, $1.60;
forty-fold, $1.63; club, $1.60; red flfe,
$1.48; red Russian, $1.60.
Oats— No. 1 white feed, $35.76.
Barley— No. 1 feed, $38.00.
15,337,809 Acres Are Open
Flour— Patents, $8.40; straights, $7
for Settlement in State
@ 7.60; exports, $7.20; valley, $7.90;
whole wheat, $8.60; graham, $8.40.
Salem—Figures collected by O. P.
Millfeed — Spot
prices:
Bran, Hoff, state labor commissioner, from
$25.00 per ton; short«, $29.00; rolled Oregon land offices show that July 1,
barley, $41.00@42.00.
1916, there were 15,337,809 acres of
Corn— Whole, $49 per ton; cracked vacant public lands in Oregon open to
$49.
settlement and entry under the provis
Hay—Producers' prices: Timothy, ions of the homestead laws. Of this
Eastern Oregon, $17@20 per ton; tim amount 13,942,348 acres are surveyed-
othy, valley, $16@17; alfalfa, $16@ This acreage is a decrease in the year
17.00; valley grain hay, $13@15; of 104,369 acres and 632,037 acres
clover, $12.50.
since July 1, 1914.
Butter — Cubes, extras, 36@38c.
Much of the acreace taken up in the
Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 40c. last two years was under the timber
butterfat, No. 1, 40c; No. 2, 38c, j and stone acts, mineral, coal, desert
Portland.
land entries and withdrawn for power
Eggs — Oregon ranch, current re sites and public water reserves. A
ceipts, 49c per dozen;
Oregon small portion was taken under the
ranch, candled, 60c; selects, 52c.
homestead act.
“ From the records
Pouitry—Hens, 13@15c; springs, 15 obtainable,” said Mr. HofT, “ it would
@17c per pound; turkeys, Jive, 2Of« appear that desirable homestead lands
23c; dressed, 23@27c; ducks, 13@18c; are scarce in Oregon, especially in the
geese, ll@ 1 2 c.
part lying west of the Cascades.”
Veal—Fancy— 116dpi 1 ¿c per pound.
Of the 13,942,348 acres of surveyed
Pork— Fancy, 12fal2£c per pound.
lands only 257,713 acres, or about 18
Vegetables — Artichokes, 75c@ l. 10 ner cent, are situated in Western Ore
per dozen; tomatoes, 75c@$1.25 per gon, and a very small percentage of
crate; cabbage, 75c@$2.00 per hun this area is suitable for practical
dred; peppers, 6@7c per pound; egg-, homesteading.
Many Oregon counties show an in
We vnould be thankful that everybody who pulls a wishbone and gets plant, 6@ 8c; lettuce, $2.60; cucumbers, ;
$1041.50
per
box;
celery,
65@76c
per
crease
in the public land area, and of
the long piece doesn't get his or her wish.
dozen; pumpkins, lc
per pound; this total 24,822 acres lie west of the
squash, l@ l£ c per pound.
Cascade mountains and represent en
lb* hxiked nt the wounded wing, then ner, captain," nnd Hob found he had
Potatoes — Oregon, buying price, 1 tries that have been canceled for non
s c r a t c h e d bis head a moment, mid then walked Into u hornets’ nest. They took $1.40 @ 1.50
per hundred, country j fulfillment of statutory requirements,
was oft to the the two to a cabin a little hack from points; sweets, $2.75 per hundred.
or relinquished for the reason that
Onions— Oregon buying prices, $2.60 they were found untenable for home
cuhln on a run, the pike mid a«ked the hoy a few ques
«butting the sta tions, without gaining any Information. per sack, country points.
stead purposes.
Green Fruits— Apples, new, 60cfa$2
ble door behind Nor did he loose his hold on Yank,
In the high plateau regions of East
h I m.
When he though the bird struggled to be free. A per box; pears, $ 1@ 1.50; grapes, $1@ ern and Central Oregon, where irriga
2; casabas, l j c ; cranberries, $10.50 tion and dry farming methods are used
returned he went black-browed giant entered.
" T h e r e 's n Yank
@ 12.50 per barrel.
and enlarged homestead act applies,
to work with ban-
Hops— 1916 crop, 9(0,12c per pound. there is abundant opportunity for set
duges.
He may up on the ridge
Wool — Eastern Oregon, fine, 25@ tlement and entry, and it is in this re
not huve been in a cabin thnr,
27c; coarse, 33@34c; valley, 33c.
gion that the great bulk of the home
much of a sur and a hundred of
Mohair—35@45c per pound.
stead settlement has taken place dur
geon or n bone- 'em yonder on the
Cascara bark—Old and new, 5£c per ing recent years.
setter, but what tother side.”
pound.
"Y o u
fellahs
h e lucked III «kill
Cattle— Steers, prime, $6.75@ 7.30;
lie made up In make a ride for It
good, $6.40@ 6.76; common to fair, $5@ Grants Pass is Host to
good
Intention«. nt sundown," said
6.00; cows, choice, $5.25@ 6; medium
Meanwhile his en the captain, “und
Sugar Beet Growers
to good, $4.50@ 5; ordinary to fair,
thusiasm regard grab thut Yank.
$3.50@
4;
heifers,
$4@
6;
bulls,
$3@
Grants Pass— John Mills, of Talent,
ing the Thanks They are the fel
4.25; calves, $4@ 7.50.
won the title of the “ banner sugar
giving feast rath lahs thut hung
Hogs—Prime, $9.25@ 9.75; good to beet grower” at the beet growers’ cel
er oozed away Jed Speed. We'll
Cautious Knock on
prime
mixed, $8.25@ 9; rough heavy, ebration held in Grants Pass Saturday.
have
a
little
Imag
from him.
the Cabin Door.
$8@ 8.25; pigs and skips, $8@ 8.25.
He reported a crop of 28 tons per acre,
our
"If It’s all the in’ party
Sheep—
Lambs,
$8@
8.75;
yearlings,
yielding
a gross return of $154 per
selves.”
same to yon, rna," lie said that night.
wethers, $7@ 7.50; old wethers, $6.25 acre, the cash outlay being only $29.79
What could Bob
“I’d n-Just us sixm have bacon fer din
@ 6.50; ewes, $5@ 5.50.
per acre.
do to warn his fu-
ner tomorrow."
Beet growers and prospective beet
"All right, sonny," the mother laugh ther? Itun for It Familiar Figures in'
growers
from all of Southern Oregon
T
h
a
t
himself?
ed and agreed. And that 1« how Yank
the Neighborhood. Mayor Threatens to Sell Bread
gathered in Grants Pass as the guests
hopeloxii.
became n member of the Scott fuinlly. w a s
at Cost to Break Up Trust of the city, 600 farmers and their
Hardly '
For Yank he was named. To Southern Then he thought of Yank.
partisans It was a term of opprobrium, knowing why, he let go his hold. I Tacoma— “ A mayor of Cincinnati wives coming by special trains from as
but to Ilob a term of affection—so ev There was a squawk and a Hut- j broke the potato trust there by ship far north as Oakland and from Ash
ter, n man at the door wus nearly j ping in and selling potatoes at cost. land on the south.
erybody wus satisfied.
Including the local people 2000 men
Hy gund financiering In the spring knocked from his feet, nnd a feathered i
I am going to break the bread trust in and women got their first view of the
Mrs. Scott wus able to udd u small thing that half ran and half flew made
Tacoma by the same plan,” said May inside of the factory, through which
flock of fowls to the Scott ixisseHstons, for the pike and the woods beyond.
they were piloted by the officials of
or Fawcett as he sat in his office and
“He
got
away!’’
"Thnr
goes
your
j
including some turkeys. With these
the Utah-Idaho Sugar company. The
I Yank mingled, not without a tinge of dinner, captain,” and a half-dozen | explained what three loaves of bread factory was in full operation and was
condescension. He never did recover shots ull came nt the same instant. As meant on his desk. He had previously slicing beets at the rate of 600 tons
> the use of that wing, hut he could run for the boy, he poured outdoors with
per day, while a sack of sugar was be
like a dog, using the giwxl left wing ns the rest nnd plunged Into the woods issued a statement denouncing the high ing put into the warehouse every 40
cost
of
bread
in
Tacoma
and
announced
a plane now anil then to lift him to hack of the cabin.
seconds.
I the top of a fence. If Olive Chunute,
Two hours later n turkey, both of that he was planning to sell bread at
Upon the factory grounds the visi
| the Inventor of the aeroplane, hud seen whose wings droop»*d now, the left one cost in the city hall, if this was nec tors were escorted through the feeding
\ Yank, we might have had that lnven- stained with blood, fluttered Into the essary to break local bread prices.
pens where 6teers were being fattened
i tlon a half century before wo did. Scott clearing. To go to the boy wns
upon
beet pulp while farmers were
“ This big loaf here,” said the may
i Yank showed no disposition to leave the father’s llrst thought, to go for help
seen loading tons of the pulp to be
j the Scott place, seeming to prefer the the second and better one. It was a or, indicating what is now a 15-cent hauled to their farms for feeding to
| good corn to woodland pickings.
bit risky, hut over the ridge he went loaf in size, “ weighs 20 ounces.
I fattening stock and to milch cows.
It was seldom that any word or ru and down the mountainside.
will sell this bread, fresh, at two
At noon, after inspection of the fac-
mor trickled through from Hob’s-fa -
Bob circled nnd crossed the pike a j loaves for 15 cents. That is.40 ounces. I tory, the visitors were guests of the
j tlier, and then there was a silence of ndlc above. On a white stone by the I while the local bakers offer only 26 city at dinner, the hundreds being fed
1 months that left the Scott household road he saw n drop of red. "Well, they
ounces for 15 cents, This smaller loaf at the Commercial club.
1 very solemn Indeed. The sympathies hit him but didn’t git him," he said.
is a full pound and will sell for 5
of the neighbors were Southern; hut.
Thnt evening. Just as the sun dipped cents.
I»»* It recorded to their credit, they to the West, there was unother hor
Cranberry Crop is Cut.
“ Flour is a little more than 4 cents
treated the Seotts with Just ns much nets’ nest on the ridge. But this time a pound and that is the principal in
Marshfield—North inlet, the cran-
kindness ns If the head of the family It was the enemy thut walked into it.
gredient of bread.
A pound of flour berry producing area of Coos county,
had not gone Into the Union army. Hut There wns time for only a few shots. will make considerable more than a
has only 25 per cent of its normal crop
when the guerrillas began to operate Hut the guerrilla captain heard them in pound of bread because the latter is
this season.
Some fine berries are
In the valleys below, there wns renson the valley below and decided thnt It mostly water. It will take less than
being marketed here. Growers are re
for some uneasiness, regardless of would be well to move on, leaving his a cent to make a loaf of bread and cut
ceiving $3.50 a bushel, and it is doubt-
one’s sympathies.
missing men to Join him ns best they ting out the delivery cost and selling ful if any cranberries will be exported
One morning. Just nt the break of could.
at cost, I can sell it at these prices. this fall. Reports of shortages every
dawn, there was a cautious knock on
But they never did. Next night, 20 This bread is as good as any made in where is likely to increase the selling
the cuhln door. Trembling with appre miles away, the enptuin turned to one Tacoma, and is made by one of the price to $4 or $4.50 before the winter
hension. the family roused Itself. The of his men nnd asked:
cleanest bakeries in the state.
is over.
latch lifted, hut the man who enter**d
"I»o you reckon that fool bird hud
“ I will first endeavor to have the
There are about 20 acres in cran
was clothed In blue. Bob could scarce anything to do with It?"
housewives make their own bread to berries at North inlet, and instead of
ly believe thnt this red-bearded man
As for Yank, the bnttle-sonrred vet break the prices, and if this does not harvesting the usual amount of from
was his father.
•
eran. what wns one wing more or less? affect it, 1 will begin selling bread at I 3500 to 4000 bushels the ranchers will
His story wns short nml soon told. He lived to see pence return to the cost from the city hall.”
not obtain much more than 1000 bush
He had been wounded nnd separated mountains, nnd to all Tennessee, nnd
els. The shortage is attributed to late
from his regiment. When he recov to tin* nation. And you may be sure
frosts and the presence of water on
29 Cows Are Condemned.
ered. he wns assigned, quite willingly, he never played the principal pnrt In
the vines for too long a period, that is,
to n detail to round up the guerrillas; any Thanksgiving dinner.
Marshfield, Or.— Dr. J . L. Masson, until after the blooms were out.
and, us he was famlllnr with the vi ( C o p y r i g h t. 191fi, W r i t e r n N * w » p a p o r U n io n .) deputy state veterinarian, of Myrtle
cinity he was now scouting on their
Point, condemned 29 cows in the dairy
Farmers Use Cars More.
trull. He wns to lie quiet thnt day,
herd belonging to Clarence and Henry
gutherlng such Information ns he
Schroeder, of Arago, following a tu
Albany—Automobiles are being used
could, and return to Ills comrades that
berculin test, which developed four more and more by farmers in this vi-
night.
suspects in addition to those which , cinity in bringing farm produce to
"I tell you. pop." cried Holt. " I’ll go
gave reaction. The Schroeder Broth town. One farmer residing near Al
down below and see whnt I onn see
ers have applied tor slaughter under bany surprised people on the streets
and let you know I” It nppenled to the
inspection, and the cattle will probably one day this week by driving into the
hoy’s desire for adventure and to the
be killed within the next week.
In city with a wagonload of potatoes, tied
soldier’s desire for Information. So,
the meantime they are quarantined. to the rear of the car. Others have
after some reluctance nnd ninny cau
The herd is in the heart of the best hauled sacks of potatoes to the city
tions, the hoy wns allowed to go. To
dairying district in the county.
piled up in the car. Clover seed and
divert suspicion, for the turkey would
Under such circumstances the own other produce has been hauled the
attract more attention than the hoy,
ers of condemned cattle are paid $25, same way. One man recently brought
Y'ank wns permitted to accompany him.
half by the state and half by the coun a calf to town in his car. Garden
Thanksgiving.
The hoy nnd the bird were fntulllar fig
ty, while the meat, if passed by the truck is frequently hauled to the city
T
h
e
cid
er
sp
arkles
brigh
t
and
clear.
ures In the neighborhood.
Some of the garden
T h e corn Is husked, T h an k sg iv in g 's near; inspector, and the hides, are the prop in this manner.
Three miles from home a voice T h e doughnut hour o f life draw s nigh
erty of the owners.
ers, however, have regular auto trucks.
laughed, "Here’s a turk fer your din And golden glow s the pum pkin pie.