Grants Pass daily courier., February 21, 1920, Page 6, Image 6

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RTLTRY
JUST AS WISE MAN SAID
BIRD'S SONG IDENTIFIES IT
Manager of English Factory Admit*
HI* Men Are All Liar«.
Once Heard, Ona Is Not Apt ta Forget
the Trill of the Beautiful
Dickclssel.
Little Johnny Ilarrtson sent a tear-
stained letter to hls employer In a big
Sheffield (Kng ) cutlery plant on the
day of a big football match, saying hl*
grandmother had died.
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The employer was a skeptic and dis­
covered that both Johnny’s grand­
mothers had died before he was born.
So Johnny was sacked. His parents,
however, claimed n week's wages In
lieu of notice to a local tribunal, for In
Great Britain high grade officials are
entitled to thri-e month«' notice, clerks
PAINT AIDS POULTRY HOUSE one month, workmen a fortnight, and
little office boys a week.
The manager said he dismissed the
Adds Greatly to Appearance and Serv-
boy for telling lie«.
ice of Buildings—Whitewash
The chairman of the tribunal said
Is Cheapest.
“But what If you dismissed all the
tPrepars«! by in« L'nneil States licpart- men In your employ who told lids?' 1
The manager colored and said:
nient uf Aarlcultur«.)
¡‘muting adds greatly to the ap- would not have a man left.”
pearanee and service of all buildings
MADE THE DANCE REAL
and appliances. One may buy ready-
mixed paiuts or may purchase paste
pigments and oil mid mix them. All Living Fox Joined Whlrlers Who Were
Busily Doing Popular Trot.
surfuces should be clean and dry be­
The first fox that lias ever danced
fore they are (minted. Use a priming
eom made of equal parts of paint and the fox trot made his debut nt the Ho­
linseed oil and cover with «me or tel St. Francis. San Francisco, lately.
His effort precipitated a near riot.
more coats of paiut. which should b<
The fox. which had been sent to
thoroughly brushed into the surface.
Whitewash is the cheapest of alt Chief t'l -rk Harry Bovle by I'rof. Au
drey Cl.ataln of Chicago, a St. Francis
(■amts, and may be used either for ex
terior or interior surfaces. It can be guest who recently went to the Yo­
made by staking about teu pounds of semite. was left In the check room.
quicklime iu a (mil with two gullon- When Boyle picked up the box to take
of water, covering the pall with clot!: the fox honi» the bottom foil out
The fox jmnpetl a counter four feet
<>r burlap mid allowiug it to slake for
one hour. Water is then add«*] to high and dashed into the Borgia room
tiring the whitewash to a consistency among the dancers, who. at the mo­
which may be appll«*! readily. A ment. «ere swaying to the tune of
weatherproof whitewash for exterior "Take Vonr Girlie to the Movies.”
Across the floor the fox scampered.
surfaces. may l«e made as follows:
(I) Slake 1 bushel of quleklim«« n 1. Prashina the ankles of several female
gallons of hot water; (2) dissolve 2 Terpsichore*. who held their partner»
pounds of common salt anil 1 |>oun<l of In a deathlike grip and screamed. The
sulphate of ziuc in 2 gallons of boil­ music jazzed on. It was a half hour
ing water; pour (2) into (1). then mid later before the fox was cornered.
2 gallons of skim milk and mix thor­
oughly. Whitewash is spread lightly
MAGPIES PECK AT CATTLE
over the surface w itli a broad brush.
Animals on
FIND PERFECTLY FRESH EGG
Quality is Largely Determ ned “y
Ease With Which Yolk Movei-—
Hints on Candling.
(Prepared by the United States Depart­
ment of Agriculture.)
It is msessary to rortite an egg la-
fore the candle if one is to obtain an
accurate knowledge of Its condition.
By tilting at various angles, th«- loca­
tion and size of the air qimce can be
«e»»n. and very often the position of
the yolk. But the quality of the egg
Is very largely determine«] bv tin
Montana
Ranges Suffer
shame and bow au humble head to
these who. a» Edwin Markham says,
“fought the poetry they sang.”—Mil-
wauki-e Sentinel.
Land Question in Chile.
As far a« we an« Informed, there Is
I but one American tdnl «boss song can
be heard above th«« roar and rattle of
a swiftly moving train, when the re­
I
The land question, particularly ss It
relates to the Indians, hit« of late been
receiving attention from those Inter­
ested In the future of Chile. The
tendency has been to take every ad­
vantage of these natives, who, despite
the many handicaps that official and
unofficial greed have placed in their
way. are admitted to be milking sub­
stantial progress. They have, as might
have been expected, shown themselves
particularly proficient In agriculture
and entile breeding. Crying evils In
the administration of the Innda have
been |<olnlt*l out In the public press,
but as yet the authorities do not seem
to be sufficiently Interested In remedy­
ing n state of affairs that does much
to alienate (he sympathies of an
partant. If subordinate, part of
population.
ceiving end Is ou the said train.
You may be •’Jazz ng" along at sixty I
cr seventy tulles an hour In your com-
fartable I'ullnmn »««at, aud over the I
tremendous hum and racket of th«- I
steel caravan will come to you from
the little feathered fellop on the tele-
graph wire outside the incessant song
of liot-weather Joy.
. "Dick! Dick! Dickclssel I”
Or. if you prefer another analysis;
“Chip! Chip! Chee-chee-che«» 1"
So the Dickclssel lias a distinct
stunt of his own—something that no
other bird can imitate or rival. Same
times we think Dick is a bit proud of
It. too. for he lines the railway right
of way dear across the mld«ll«> west­
Preserving American Scenery.
ern and plains states In such numbers
his song Is ever In our ears while you I
While the member« of the Associ­
are traveling.
ai -I Mountaineering Clubs of North
The Dickclssel was formerly call«*! America ar«» not nil devote«! to moun­
the black-throated bunting and la a taineering. they Imv«> a common bond
very beautiful creature as well a« very of Interest In the preservation of
useful. He Is mostly of u rich yellow Amerlrau scenery and hi the protee- I
hue. with a black throat—but nobody tlon of (daiit iiml bird life In their |
need Identify him by Ids dress, for Ills mitural environment. The association!
song Is Inimitable. Iu our experience Is co-operating with the national park I
we never heard any of the mock fug service for the creatimi and develop- I
birds attempt to imitate the “Chip! ment of national park« mid "monu­
Chip! <,’hee-chee-cbee !” of the hot- ments.” A tine collection of litera­
ture on mountaineering has been form­
weather friend.
He is really a salamander of tfie ed by the association nt tin» Maw
air, too, for he la late in arriving and York public library ami bibliographies
early In departing, a*d does his best are being compiled mid publish •«!.
vocal stunts when you and I are gasp­ When this orgmilzntluii was founded
ing beneath an electric fan. He eats in 191(1. It embrnc«*l nine dubs and
lots of bugs and weed s«**!s and Is societies. Now then» were 2!) mid the
a mighty good cttlxvn.—Onmha i Wbrld- aggregate membership 1« over l.'.otki.
Herald.
Bombarding Sky With Name«.
POETS BRAVE FIGHTING MEN
Writers of Deathless Lines Also Won
Immortality on the Bloody Fields
of Battle.
From Attacks of Birds, and Cold
i
Swarm- of hungry magpies are at­
tacking half frozen, famished range
cattle in some sections of Montana,
according to telephone message« re­
ceived from farmers by the Butte
Miner.
The birds swoop din U|*..i the cat­
tle and peck at brands, causing
wound.« which are made more serious
by odd weaker ami lack of fixai.
Hundreds oi range cattle are said to
be dying from starvation since the
severe weather set in. One farmer Is
said to have shot seventeen of hl*
herd, that the stock might be saved
for b«**f before they |ierlslied.
By means of new wireless Invention
It will be possible to project sounds
•nto the air which will enable an avi­
ator to know exactly where he Is, For
example, suppose he were passing
over Calgary, from the moment be
approached the region he would re­
ceive the message "This Is Calgary"
until he had left It behind him. And
so on with all places over which he
nmy pas*. In this way his chmices
of losing bls way will be considerably
diminish«*].
What power have the sacred Nine
over their loved oues to make poets
take tn war?
Sidney, writer of deathless lines.
died a gallant soldier.
Dante defended his tenets in arms.
Byron contract«*! a mortal fever help­
ing to free Gr ece from her tyranny,
and Iturus wn* u member of Scotch
••Agents Authority to Sell” -book
dmgixuis, with no opportunity arising or 50 blanks, 50c. Courier office.
for heroics that marked him a soldier.
Printing that pl eases We do it:
He was. however, valiant, mid
what Is probably the greatest
Courier Job Department.
poem in all poetry. “Scots Whu
Wi’ Wallace Bled!"
And notv out of tie» great defender«
of humanity In the war Just being
straightened out ■••ones D’Annunzio.
“Roll’’ Satisfies Mother.
Sarah Jacuras. IS. was brought Into Italy'- i,aid. fighting the tight of a cap­
tain
will hold out “if It taxi« nil
the i>ollce court nt Wate.-liury. Conn.,
summer!"
by her mother, who declared the girl
Joyce Kilmer «leer«« In France.
to tie Incorrigible. The mother said
Allan S »eger Is proud "a few brave
the girl wanted to marry a man 77,
drops were ours.”
who was also in court, and site thought
Am! itobort Service was al the
the girl too young to wed.
bringing in tl e manglisl, and lias given
When file prospective bridegroom, us a (>< em in his "Rhvm-s of a lied
however, flashed a “roll’ of $2.500 In
Cross Man." entitled "Gra.id I'ere.
court the mother withdrew her objec-
that will make tlo* bravest shudder.
tlon to «he match and the ease was
O, ye. who cnlled the land to arms,
nulled.
ye hypocrite* that gave an outburst of
fine fire with your pens, redden with
Mining blanks—»Courier office.
MEN LIKE THESE WOULD RULE YOU
FASHION GARAGE
& MACHINE SHOPS
v
SKIIVICE AN If HlliSFAtTION Ill'll MOTTO
We carry a full Ila«' of 'lire« and Accessorie* at the l«e«t
price« on the market.
Now is the time to make your spring repair*.
w
Wo make a specialty of all kinds of Lathe and Machine
uork anil general n-|«air*.
Also nil kind* of cast steel
sud aluminum welding.
Bring in
your
mechanical
Trouble*.
We can help you.
C. F.BURKE and . E. KNOX, Props
Truck Owners
Attention!
A H'rr.j-Made Egg Candling Outfit.
with which the yolk moves and the di­
rection of Its motion. The operator,
therefore—
1. Grasp« the pointed end of the egg
with the ti|«s of the fingers.
2. Holding the b*iint end tipi-« rmosl.
places the egg closely against the
opening, or spout of the candle.
3. Gives the egg ti quick turn to the
right or left, watching the movement
af the yolk.
If tlie egg Is perfectly fresh it may
be difficult to find th* yolk at firm
glance, but as the egg Is turned a
glimpse of It will be obtained.
We have taken over
the Tuff’s solid tire
press and installed
same in our shop.
MENU HINTS FOR HENS
(Prepared by the United State«
Department of Agri- ul'ure.)
Use home-grown grain- aid
ibeir by-products supplemented
with meat and fish scraps, or
milk. Mix these feeds to make
a properly balanced ration,
Feed a scratch mixture of
w hole or cracked com twice
dully, Feed a ma«h either dry
or wet. made of ground grains
and meat scrap.
Make the hens exercise for
their feed.
Pro ide a light feed of corn
in the morning, supplying only
what the liens will dean up In
h
hulf-hour. (Jive n full feed
in the afternoon, espedall.v li
(•old weather
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a powerful, anarchistic organization
In Elizabeth. N J.
In America
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