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them under control. A common Say­
ing Is that a weed-free farm Is the
sign of a good farm er. I t is a mark
of distinction that can only be at­
tained by keeping constantly at the
waste places.
TRACE TROUBLE
TO FENCE WEEDS
or no, and for six week* or more on
(he (eland we ehall see no faces but 14863443
our own. Are we to be divided from
the beginning by quarreled A re may­
be even the men of ue to be set by
the earn through the bickering of
Stylet for Stout. Short, Slender
wrtmen ?”
’loxious Plants as Rule Are Re­
Like the flick of a whip came the
and Other Types.
certainty that he was thinking of the
sult of Neglect Because of
Honorable Cuthbert, and that I was
Other Pressing Work.
the rock on which their Davld-and- Stiff Monotonous Edge Not Becomlnf
Vines, Stalks and Other Rubbish
Jonathfin friendship might split. Oth-
to Many Persons— Headgear for
er'Vtoe I suppose Mias Iligglesby-
tbs Children.
Should Be Cleaned Up.
Brewna and I might have clawed each
other forever without interference
When choosing a hat consider w el1
from him.
the following points:
A fter Crops Have Been Harvested Soil
"Beally,” I said with— I hope— well-
Biennials May Be Destroyed by Plow­
A stout woman, generally speaking
Improving Crop of Some Kind
simulated scorn, "since I am quite , must wear a w ider brim than th<
ing Twice a Year— Perenniale Can
Should Be Planted If Available
alone against h alf a dozen of you, I
slender one, since width In the brln
Be Killed by Applying Waste
Area I* Sufficient.
should think you could count on put-
and height In the crown
w ill tent!
Oil.
ting down any rebellion on my part , to overbalance roundness of the face
(P rep a red by th « U nited S ta tes D ep a rtm en t
very easily. I repeat, I bad no other |
T he short, slender woman with a
o f A g ricu ltu re.)
P repared by th e U nited S ta te« D ep a rtm en t
o f A g ricu ltu re >
object In coming along—though I was ( small face should almost never weai
When garden crops are harvested
‘T v » too much work to spend tim e the vines, stalks, and other plant re­
sally kidnaped along— than to look a hat w ith a brim averaging mort
leaning fence corners,” declared a mains should be cleaned up, the l ’nty-d
fte r my aunt. As to the treasure, than three to three and a h a lf Inche
farm er when his neighbor asked why
of courge I know perfectly well that , In width.
States Departm ent of Agriculture
he allowed weeds to grow on line points out. Good gardeners who take
there Isn't any.’’
T he long-faced tw m an, especially
fences and the roadside.
And 1 turned my back and looked If she is tall, should avoid the tai
pride in the appearance of their
•tegdlly out to sea. A fte r a moment crowned or tall trlasmed hat.
“F or Instance?” observed his caller
gardens remove such trash, as. If a l­
Sh;
Or two I heard him turn on bis heel may, however, wear a w ider brimmec
who had the New England habit of lowed to remain, It harbors insects and
•n d go away. I t was none too soon, hat than the short, slender woman.
answering one question by asking an­ diseases liable to attack next year's
fa r I had already begun to feel unos­
crops
Plant remains from vegetable
other.
The tall stout woman Is often stun
tentatiously
for
my
handkerchief. nlng in a large brimmed hat, becausi
cron« should not be composted for use
“For instance, there’s weeds all
Any way, I had had the last word—
through my corn and potatoes, and
her height makes It possible for hei
The rest of my day was lonely, fo r to wear a hat which would make the
they've been getting into the oats till
the beautiful youth, probably by ma- short, stout woman appear grotesque this year’s thrashing w ill be half
Mvolent design was kept busy between
And. for Instance,
H ats w ith mushroom brims belong Canadian thistles.
•»•Beks
M r. Tubbs danced attendance entirely to youth. Dow nw ard turning
the hired man’s been laid up w ith
on Aunt Jane and Miss Brown, so as­ lines In the face are not desirable, and
Ivy poisoning he took fixing up the
siduously that I already began to see should therefore not he emphasized hj
pasture fence where some rails had
some o f my worst fears realised. downward tam in g lines Id brims or rotted out.
And, for Instance, Just
T here was nothing for me to do but hate.
now there’s some city acquaintances
to retire to my berth and peruse a
For the parson who wears glasses,
of my daughter coming out, and they
tattered copy of Huckleberry
Finn hard lines and edges la hats should
might possibly buy the place If we
which I found In the cabin.
be studiously avoided.
An edge may could get It tidied up— and there's a
At dinner, having the Honorable he softened by a bias
big crop of fa ll weeds in the front
a ribbon
Cuthbert at my elbow, It was easier slightly fulled, or a band of fur.
lot.
I guess th a t’s enough, for In ­
than not to Ignore everyone else. D i­
stance, to keep me from puttering
A hat with a stiff monotonous edge
rectly dinner was at an end. remorse­ Is not likely to be becoming to many
around the fence corners w ith a grass-
lessly Captain Magnus led the Honor­ persons, especially to those who are
hook a fte r weeds."
able Cuthbert away.
I retired to no longer young.
How the Weeds Spread.
Huckleberry Finn.
But a face with
The most successful child's hat Is
"Yes, maybe, looking at It from one
a acar running to the eyebrow looked the soft, pliable kind which may be
'But,
up at me from the pages, and I held pulled down on the head and sub­ angle,” persisted the neighbor.
W ith
balloon-seeds
colloquies with It In which I said all jected to more or less rough tre a t­ then, consider.
the b rillian t and cutting things which ment without very m aterially In ju r­ like Canada thistle, dandelions, wild
lettuce and m ilkw eed ; bur-seeds like
had occurred to me too late.
ing Its looks and wearing qualities.
burdock and beggar's lice, sticking to
I was thus engaged when a cry rang Stiff, fussy hats have no place In the
every passing man and a n im a l; the
Burning Rubbish A fte r Crops Havt
through the ship: “Land h o i”
wardrobe of the child.
seatter-seeds like tum ble; and seeds
Been Harvested.
For every-day wear, a tam-o-shan
that are scattered by birds— do you
(To be continued)
ter made from old dress skirts, coats,
on the same crops next year, but may
suppose those fence-corner weeds w ill
or other woolen materials w ill serve
lie burned and the ashes le ft on the
remain In the fence corners? Don’t
well.
soil or used on other land devoted
you imagine that they have something
FISH WITHOUT MOUTH CAUGHT
to different crops.
to do with the fouling of your crop
Where a sufficient area Is available
fields, and of that front lot that you
FUR-TRIMMED MODEL
Peculiar Sptoimsn Found In Missouri
so that part can be devoted to soil Im
are so anxious to have look neat for
Also Nosslsss, but Weighed
proving crops each year, these should
prospective purchasers?
And don't
Five Pounds.
he put In a * the vegetable crops are
you Imagine that they foul my fields
harvested. Crimson clover is an ex
as well as yours? I noticed a little
Kennett, Mo.— Going through life
cellent soli Improver, but can not be
clump of wild lettuce In one angle o f
without a mouth or rather w ith your
grown In all sections. W in te r oats
mouth grown shut would be a sad
barley, r.ve, vetch, and combination?
experience for anybody of the human
of these are good. Where the same
race, hut E D. Poe, a blacksmith of
area Is used fo r the garden year aftei
this city, has Just caught a fish that
year a fall application of manure If
was tbusly afflicted.
Poe got the
very desirable. I f manure can not he
unusual specimen of the finny tribe
secured, tt may pay to sow the garden
white on an outing at w hat Is known
to one of the soil-improving cropa. Ii
a s “T e a r Blanket,” on the Varney
many sections there Is tim e between
river.
It was a five-pound buffalo
late fall and early spring vegetahle-
that had no sign of a mouth.
for a good growth of these crops.
The fln had the appearance of hav
SE C O N D H A N D
2 good sets Heavy Work H arness for sale
1 set heavy Hack Harness
1 set single buggy Harness
1 Clipper Fanning Mill, in first-class shape, for
sale. Have you a good inilch cow to trade
for new machinery ?
See me for new farm implements.
REMOVE TRASH FROM
GARDENS IN AUTUMN
RIGHT METHODS OF CONTROL
G. W. Mornhinweg Implement Store
J
Sweet Thoughts
W h en you pass C lark's th in k of how
appreciative
i
tng had Its mouth and nose bitten
off up to and Just below the eyes, and
In the process of healing the wound
grew entirely shut. W ith this exccp
Uon the fish was a fine specimen
and apparently was not handlcnpped
by Its strange deform ity or affliction
Poe put the flsh in a tank o f w ater
and It swam around Just Uke any
other flsh. I t seemed to have worked
out a scheme of letting w ater through
one set of gills and out the other.
CHESTNUT TREES FOR POLES
Selection 1« More C arefully Made
th a n Average Person Thinks—
Defects Looked For.
‘CORPSE’ TAPS ON COFFIN LID
Weeds Along
Seed to
Japanese Woman Supposed to Be
Dead Is Rsmovsd From Coffin
and Lives Two Days Longer.
Tokyo.— The story of a woman who
knocked on the ltd of her coffin a ft« ’
It had been prepared and sealed for
hurlal has been revealed hy the Japan
Times and M all.
It Is stated that the woman ap
patently tiled one morning and ar
rangements were Immediately made
for the fnneral.
Priests were sent
for and ths usual service read over
the eefllii.
Suddenly the priests and others
heard a feeble knocking Inside the
coflln.
The ltd was removed and
the mourners fbnnd that the woman
was alive
They called her name
She replied: “I am thirsty. Give ro«
seme w ater.”
W a ter was given and
she was removed to her bed. bnt died
two days later.
•
Peopled ths Holy City.
And the rulers of the people dwelt
at Jerusalem: the rest of the people
also cast lots, to bring one of ten to
dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and
nine parts to dwell tn other cities.
And the people blessed all men. tha;
w illingly offered themselves to dwell
at Jerusalem—Xehemtah. n :1 and 2.
At W a r Against ths Seul.
Dearly beloved, I beseech yen as
•trangera and pilgrims, abstain from
fleshly lusts, which w ar against the
• o u t — I Teter 2: I L
“Qad la Love.”
W e never know through « h a t divine
mysteries of compensation Ihe great
F ath er of the universe mug tje v a ry in g
nqt H l . sublime plana, bnt those three
w o rd . "God la Love." ought to contain
-
-
*
m io o ta in ,
to every doubting heart, the solution
Fence Hows spread
Land Adjoining.
ths fence; and do you know that one
wild lettuce stalk yields front 8,000
to 240.000 seeds tn one season- enough
to tnfes? several acres of land?
“Your hired m an’s case of poison­
ing Is costing you practically a week's
time. Just when you can't afford It.
And that was another case of line
fence weeds.
One of ths smart models for tall wear
Is this blue serge frock. Trimm ed with
narrow band« of krim mar.
THE TAILORED SPORT W AIST
Severs Shirts are Extrem ely Smart
W ith Autumn Suita Mruldad on
Mannish Lines
Sport
“The importance of cleaning out
weeds growing In w aste places around
the farm is not generally realized
They are frequently neglected under
pressure of other w o rk ; but there Is
little work around n farm that pays
better than keeping the weeds out of
farmyards, hnmyards and fence rows,
and I am selfish and I can’t keep my
fields clean as long as you leave your
side of the line fence foul.”
Many common fence-row weeds are
annuals and biennials, and. the United
States
Departm ent
of Agriculture
points out. they can he killed hy mow­
ing twice a year, but the location Is
one that might better he kept clear
of all vegetation than grown up to
weeds; and perennials, lik e O rw d a
thistles, can he killed out In tticse
spots.
waists are mostly of tub
and mannish, severe shirts are
extremely smart with autumn sport
suits on mannish lines. One blouse
Is made of striped shirting of the sort
ths* Is used for men’s custom made
shirts of aristocratic character
The
collar, turning over from a neckband.
Is the very latest thing and nothin»
could he smarter
A loosely knotted
silk cravat, or a sternly mannish four
Inhand w ill he worn w ith this collar
How to Deal W ith Weeds.
Another sport blouse Is more fern
An economical way of dealing w ith
Inlne and its dainty freshness Is most
perennials is to saturate them with
engaging I t Is made o f tan and white
waste oils from automobiles
and
striped linen, with plain white linen
tractors. T he disposal of thia oil la In
collar, cuff and front panel.
The»
Itself often a problem
It Is well to
sport blouses come a ls o in M u ea n d
cut the weeds first, epply the oil and
« b ite , green and-white, and red snd- i cover the ground w ith clean d irt for
whlte stripes.
appearance s sake. OH w ill make the
ground atertle a nA bare for several
years.
It la leas drastic to cover the
“Squaring ths Clrels.”
ground with ta r paper; old tin. or
Efforts to ' square the circle" date
back to remote antiquity.
Dhe prob- loose b.'ards, or to apply dry agricut
tural salt at the rats of one pound
1 >*’» '* '«*'>>**<’
• * * *
per square foot.
7‘ ,U c “
* ” •«“ - » * •
On the whole, fence row and waste
| |.Bpynl, th< date p j which la about
place weeds are the result o f neglect
Ì ïi* O B. C.
4 litU » y e ll-d irtvte d eqerg j w ilt keep
fabrics
Not every ta ll chestnut tree 1
worthy o f becoming a telephone pole
— the selection o f poles Is more care
fully made than the average persm
thinks. Chestnut and hasten) whit
cedar furnish the bulk of the easter'
pole tim ber
Specifications for ches>
nut poles generally require materia
to be of good q uality second-growt
timber, of specified dimensions, but
ut, squared at both ends, reasonabl
straight, well proportioned from tl
to butt, peeled and w ith knots trim m e
dose.
Defects looked for In Inspection ai
crookedness, split tops and butts, sa
and butt rot. checks and shakes. Pole
are assigned to tw o or three claase
according to th e ir length, top clreum
ference and circumference measure'
at 6 feet from the butt. Poles of th
■10-foot class, fo r example, are re
qulred by one representative pol.
company to be 24 Inches in top cir
cumference and 48 Inches In basa
circumference,
while
second-class
poles of the same length measure only
22 and 4« Inches, respectively, at the
two points.
A t a guide to-selling farm tim ber to
the best advantage, the United States
Department of Agriculture recently la
sued Farmers' B ulletin 1210, Measnr
Ing and M arketing Farm Tim ber
Copies of the bulletin may he had up­
on application to the departm ent at
Washington, D. C.
Blouse Popular.
T he popular Jumper dress has ere
ited an unusual demand for ths net
;uimpe blouse, and many of the shops
ire featuring extenslvw displays where
vomen can pick up p retty models at
exceptionally
low
price«.
Among
these the round collar seems to he
umintnent end It le quite noticeable
'h at these blouses and gulmpes are
•ut higher at the neck than we have
corn them for so m e tim e
This ma?
'ie a forerunner of the high neck
'-losing that have been accepted bj
Paris and will tn all probability, aoor.
•e adopted hy us, not hecause we like
it. but because we must be tn style. ’
Banish Fear.
To fear the worst oft causée the
Shakespeare,
e*
your sweetheart or
wife,
mother or sister would be i f you
sent
her a box of strictly fresh chocolates or
a m ixed
sweetmeats.
assortment of choice, fru ity
Y o u 'll have cause to thank
us for thia suggestion because we know
how it has worked in other cases.
CLARK’S CONFECTIONERY.
Specializes in prom pt and
efficient autom obile re­
pairing.
Trouble calls
given prom pt attention at any tim e or place.
O ur stock of T ir e , and Tubes is always fresh and complete. W ill
make special bargain prices on some of the larger sizes.
O ur line of w inter accessories includes T ire Chains, W indshield
Cleaners, Spotlights, Top Patching material, Top Dressings and Automo­
bile Paints.
HALSEY GARAGE,
FOOTE BROS., Props.
| The First Savings Bank of Albany, Oregon
WHERE SAVINGS ARE SAFE 99
IN SAVING BEGIN EARLY
Compound interest exerts the strongest effect on money which has
beeu in the bank the longest tim e.
Two dollars a week w ill amount to $575.80 in five years to $1,275.20
in ten years and to $£.169.68 in twenty years if deposited w ith this
strong bank.
4 per cent and no worry
THE
HALSEY STATE BANK
H ALSEY, O R E G O N
Capital and Surplus $34,000
Interest paid on tim e certificates of deposit
W e invite your banking business
C. H. KOONTZ, P re s ?
~ D?TAYLOR, Vice-Pres.
B. M. BOND, Cashier
J. W MOORE
¿ R e a l (¿ sta te a n d in s u r a n c e
La*
?i For the Holiday Season
•P Disk G ranite Turkey Roaster, with cover,
P the proper utensil for the kitchen, $2.50 to 5.50
J
We also have the Universal Food
P Chopper in four different, sizes at No. lh ...1.75
Complete line ot National
No.l. 2.50 W
Mazda Lam ps always carried in stock.
No. 2 -2.85 W
No.
3 .3.25 >
C s’o s s if-
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Public Typewriter.
Mrs. A. A. Wheeler
Enterprise office.
Poets and the People.
T h s reputation n f the great poors
It la
tas not been made by the scholarly fo lly to
•ritlca, chiefly bnt rather by the plain to the
•eople o f th e ir own tim e or of the turlty.
ear« imm ediately follow tng — Brander hone«
M atthew s.
...—
Our Business.
therefore our bnalness care-
cultivate in our mind«
to rear
moat perfect vt<or and m«-
every
o t generous and
feeling that heb n Z.
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"*i"Uga to our
Edmund Burka.