Newberg graphic. (Newberg, Or.) 1888-1993, February 24, 1916, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextGround For Tree Planting ite Cartridge rritten on how to Blasting tor tree planting la host dons , but I f tbs expert; la the tall, because at this tim e o f tbs famous orchardtsta gear It Is easier to catcb the subsoil tbs topic, then tbs in dry condition. Blasting In tbe spring fo r spring planting, however, is mucb planting young trees has fully better than planting In dug boles, not withstanding the fact that the subsoil T b s w riter baa personally la apt to be w et or damp. Is no immediate danger In' handling a stick of farm powder I f tbe user will uae but an ordinary amount o f cars and Intelligence. A common incorrect method o f prim ing Is to punch a bole right through the cartridge, pass the capped lauco o f tree planting with dynam ite thè tlm e o f setttng thè trota tbey aro an a privata orchard in Delaware, the loft wltbout furtber attentino unta through m any vicissitudes. It en countered the condemnation o f K in g James, in whose reign it was fu r nished by the apothecaries as a sort o f pick-me-up. Theologians and ethers wrote against it until “ in the early Victorian days, -when it was in complete disrepute, relegated to the • table* and outhouses and ;enerally classed as utterly vulgar. lince that péríod, howpver, owing largely to the example set by K ing Edward V II., tobacco has steadily gained in popularity, denounced, it ui true, by Swinburne, Buskin and others and culminating in that “ ground nicbt” when “ Tennyson and Carlyle sat in the kitchen of the house in Cheyne row opposite one another fo r hours, smbking in solemn silence.” — New York Times. -,..i------— V- • Gossip and Scandal. THE BLAST THOROUGHLY CRACKS T M t SOIL, BUT U SU ALLY LEAVES A CAVITY OB POTHOLE AT THE BOTTOM — THIS MUST BE PILLED, difference In grow th between the tro- dynamited tree and tbe tree planted lb blasted ground being so unmistak ably in fa vo r o f tbo latter that no ad equate comparison could be made. Furthermore, there are so many sane and logical reasons fo r this method o f tree planting that even the most skep tical could not fa il to be convinced. Obviously when a tree bee to use a large pert o f Its energies in forcing Its roots through the herd soil it can not be expected to make tbe ohms rapid grow th and come Into eucb tree planting time, nnlees It is d e s lr' able to add some manure o r fertilizer to be diffused through tbe soil. T ills la an excellent practice, «specially la poor soil I f the earth la sour, sticky clay a fe w pounds o f lim e scattered In the bole w ill materially assist in floe- cnjatlng the clay and keeping «It per manently granulated and sweet. I m media rely a fter tbe blast tbe so ft blasted ground should be dug oat down I to tbo location o f tbe charge, w here [__ __ m fo »n eo ^ as1 hnls Will U fM llv h w i ’ a^ reea n w about sara^eata J tbe slse o f a bushel basket This Making Cap Hole In Cartridge. tridge securely with a stout piece e f cord. If 't h e Job la done carefully and cor rectly tbe entire outfit w ill look like illustration No. 4. and the prim ing w ill be complete. Ignorance, fea r or caroli The Finished Cartridge Primed. the break, setting fire to tbe cartridge Instead o f exploding It. or the fuse may miss fire altogether, leaving an unexploded charge. In the hole, or It may hang fire fo r h a lf an hour o r half a day and canse a Merlons accident Short cats do not pay la Straightening Streams ~ With Dynamite Many people confuse gossip with scandal, but the tw othings are quite different. The* scandalmonger is usually detested, while the gossip is often universally popular. In fact, the popularity which it brings in its train is one o f the strongest incen tives to gossip. A really accomplish ed gossip is a social acquisition. Thousands o f people who do not gossip themselves like to listen to it. I t saves th em . the trouble o f talk ing. T h e gossip is generally good natured. The scandalmonger sel dom is. A fte r all, what is more in teresting than human natnre? That is the utoek in- trade o f the gossip, as it i^ o f the novelist and dramatist. -Loudon Mail. Loafiing. Tha DNah. BLASTING DITCHES THROUGH SWAMF. Bnrrowers— Beware! Gophers and prairie dogs are tbe bane o f western fannera, w hile In tbe east woodchuck« are tbe type o f bu r row ing animals that cause tbe tillers o f the soil to fo rg et some o f tbo thing« tbo dom ini* tells them on Sundays. Don Leonardo Ruts, a California raneber, says «dynam ita Is the proper medicine to g iv e ground squirrels, go phers, prairie dogs* etc.” Take an lach and. s half or two Ruthas of dynamite. Put it la a btt of d o th or several thicknesses o f p «p «r to form a small round cartridge. T ie the cloth or paper firmly about one end o f a piece o f fuse tw elve or fo u r teen Inches long, but do not use a cap. Insert one o f these Chargee w ell Into tbe mouth o f every hole and pack loom dirt around the turn, leaving enough o f tbe end outside to light eas ily. Light tbe fuse and go on to tbe next hole. There w ill t o no explosion T h e n being no cap or other deto nator. tbe dynam ite w ill sim ply t o n . filling tbe bole with dense, poisonous fumes that w in almost Instantly stifle and then k ill every livin g thins tofiSa U. S. C o u rt, O regon be...... ...............W. R. Gilbert fct...................C M E. Wekertee to....... ............. .....R.S. Beea TWO FACED JANUS. He Wee the Ancient Sen Gad ee Weil as the God ef War. Poor old Janus! Do you know bow ahamefnily posterity baa maligned him? You have bennl uHyour life that January was uanted fo r the Homan god Jana* and that Janus was the god o f war. hence the Unit mouth o f the year must be turbuieul. Or perhaps you have gone tleejier into tbe signifi cance o f the first mouth'* name and have been told that it was given the honor o f heralding that gory god be cause be had tw o' fetes. one lookiug into the past and the other looking Into the future, as this first month o f the yekr naturally would do. But through _tt_all you have h eld rigidly before you the fa ct that be was the patron, tbe devotee, perhaps even the instigator o f dorseuient o f tbe better versed contrac tor is that o f em ploying dynam ite for reducing the heavy work. Grading through hard ground o r rock, for instance. Is tedious and requires time and labor Th e use o f dynamite T b e ancient Egyptians w ere noted for blasting such materiel la a welcome fo r rhelr crop* because, as bistory relief Both rock and bard clay may states, they “ sowed their seeds In tbe be loosened In tbe cat by well placed Nile.” This does not mean that they charges o f explosives I f bole* are drill actually cast the .seed In the river. At ed In ti the ground a little w ay up the certain seasons of tbe year the Nile bank and loaded. Careful spacing and loading for electrically fired blasts w ill overflow s its banka, depositing on either result in bringing down both classes o f shore a rich silt or earth that is highly materials In the best possible manner THE ROOTG AR B FIRMLY EMBEDDED IN RICH TO PSO jU SURROUNDED conducive to bumper crops, and the As a m atter o f history. Janus was a BY MELLOW. W E L L DRAINED SUBSOIL. venerable and thoroughly established w ise ancient Egyptians, realizing this deity before the little band o f Trojan s must be filled to prevent settling o f the profited thereby. carried eastern culture to Italy, when W ater Is a necessity Th e tiniest tree a fte r planting. Tha roots should ba ^ tto ju fta lftre Italians bad not begun to brooks op to the largest rivers play an placed in a natural position in fo o d top suspect that w ar was an Institution soil, covered w ith more top soil and Important part la the scheme o f thing* which called fo r a “ g o a t ” W ar needed No tree should be planted o v e t hard- treaded dow n firm. Th e bole can then Inasmuch as they are nature's w ay o f no Justification or excuse. Men fought pan or Impacted snbaol] w ltbout first bees uae that seemed the only thing to resorting to blasting, so that tbe «oil w ith subsoil. do. A s fo r Janus, be was their great- may be made open and porous. Such T b e fa ct that nearly all commercial sot sun god. He presided over tbe ris blasting not only creates channels, ln- orchardlsts this ■■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ use ■ ■ | method .. ■ ¡ ■ p s p » ing and setting o f tbe sun. and hence creases absorption o f soil moisture and that It pays In reduced first year loss, be was the god who looked a fter the permits deeper rooting, but it also to- ; earlier fru itin g and larger and better propitious beginnings and happy end duces better growth and larger yield*, yields. ings o f all undertakings. H e waa rep resented w ith tw o faces, which looked to the east and the w e s t H is temple In Rome was closed only in tim e o f peace, and aa there seldom was peace It waa usually open, Things m ove quickly nowadays. Th e in a cartridge o f dynam ite In tbe mid celled the god o f war. St- Louis G lobe Tillage o f yesterday Is tom orrow’s dle hole o f the line o f charged boles and Dem ocrat In loosening shale and rock to faclll metropolis. Spaed is a requisita, and fired w ill do tbe work. tate hand or steam shovel w ork dyna A single row o f bolea can usually t o ;wer methods that smack o f rapidl- mite to also very effective, w hile stumps TRIBUTE TO THE M U L L may be blasted from tbe roadbed just as though tbey were being removed from a field to be cleared and cultivated Boulders also are easily shattered by suitable loading and when o f hard rock may be crushed Into surfacing atone. Th e aide ditches as well as the long outfall ditches can also be blasted In keeping with tbe nature o f tbe ground I it Tact, there arc no limits practically to the many uses and advantages 'otv dynamite fo r road building when care ful and thoughtful attention Is given tn 'the work Incidentally tbe plahtlng o f shade trees fo r roadside Improvement and at * tractiveness Is greatly facilitated by Diagram of Stream Troubla« That May the Judicious use o f a little dynamite Be Corrected by Blasting. It Is a recognized fact that tree* plant ed In blasted holes grow much more both irrigation and drainage. B at be rapidly and progress more farorably ing form ed according to nature’s dic than those planted In the average spade tates their courses do not alw ays jib e ■lug ground. w ith man’s desires or needs. Bock ledges Impede their progress. rH E SMOKING OF TOBACCOr Overhanging stumps and trees retard their flow. Numerous irregularities cause them to meander aboot tn ap parently waatafnl ways, and man's carelessness baa added to these trou bles by allow in g driftw ood and loose earth to form dams and sandbara. ▲0 o f these things help to hold the flood o f waters back and cauae either flooding or swamps, which not only oc cupy land that coukl ba moro profitably used fo r farm ing, but also forurrifne breeding places for moaquitoes and other obnoxious peats. Incidentally tbey cause an annual loas running into millions o f dollars per year. In this day o f enlightenment such things are both wasteful and. one might add. criminal, especially fib In v ie w o f the fa ct that almost instant re lief m ay ba bad bgr a fe w w all placed chargee o f dynamite. Not only will them blasts straighten out the kinks and bands and rem ove ledges and aand bars, bat they w ill deepen and lm- prova the channels as nature baa real ly Intended. Incidentally by atralght- M ee..'........... iUUee Pite* Mice ...........Je. C McReyaokk Hoada o f S ta t£ In s titu tio n s ........ ....... . E. T . M o « « . Sakai .......... ............E. S. Tilkagtuut, Salem Minded............J. H. Thompson. Salem ............... ...... R. E. L . Steiner, Salem áary ..................... H . P. Minio, Salem ; School................W ill S. Hale. Selem H em e.......... R . C . M atter, Rotebuig Twelfth Judicial District .......... .............. H any H . Beh. Dalla. toc................R . L . Conner, McMimrn’lle Members ef Legislature^ ................. W . T . Vinton, McMinnville - r— F. L. Michelbrook, McMinnville .........................P. P. Old». LaFayette C o u n ty O ffic e rs ...... ...J. B. Dodsoo. McMinnville ....W illiam Gunning. McMinnville ................. W . S. Allan, Dundee ...L ....C . B. Wihon, McMinnville ,..W G . Hendenoo ,.......M a rtin Miller " . . . . . Alice L . Adams Recomía........ H . $. Maloney Sup». Schoch. ....S . S. 6unean Surveyor....... Corona......... Health Oftcer William Middleton, antedating Ra leigh’s use o f the weed, in G. L. Ap- peison’s “ T h e Social History of Smoking:” “ I t is sayed that he, with Cap tain Thomas Price o f Plasyollin and on« Captain Koet, were the first ...H . W . Herring " ___Carey T ilbu ry “ .......J. H . Cook .’ "Peter (Hamon Agricultural Director, M. S. Shrodt. MeMuuimile Administrator’s Notice of Final Settlement. Notice Is hereby given that tha undaraigned »dmini.trmlor or the estate of Elisabeth A White, deceased, baa Hied his final account a» It la an Interesting fa ct that tbe fish said administrator. In tba County Court of ermen o f northern Portugal started Yamhill County, Oregon, and that said Court has appointed Monday. March 27. 191«, at li and develoi>ed the fishing Industry on o'clock A. M.. of said day as 'he day aad hour the “ banka'* off the northern coast o f lor the hearing of objeetlona to said final ac count and the settlement thereof America, and. though tbey. now *eud Now. therefore, all pe-sons interested in the few er ships, their taste fo r salt cod estate ol said decedent are hereby notified and required to appear at tbe County Court room from Newfoundland la unabated—In at tbe Court honae. at McMinnville, a.ld coun fact. It la a national Portuguese dainty ty and state, at said time to then and there •bow cauae. If any there ha. why said acenuat It Is found In every little grocery shop, should not be aettlod. allowed and approved, bard and brown as a board. A number and said estate forever and Snallv settled and said administrator and hit bondsmen dls- at Portugueae have made tbelr home* oa tbe inlandrso tbe aontb o f tbe main land o f Massachusetts, and there the dark eyes o f the Iberian maiden, raven locks and a certain picturesque element tn drem are not Infrequent. This con nection w ith Portugal da tea back many yuan, tbe ship« o f Marthas Vineyard bridging the distance over aaa and re- Explosives Is Road Building Sines thon tobacco has boon Graphic and Semi Weekly Jour nal, one year, $2.00.