PAG K 4 R U R A L K N T tK P R IS K RURAL L M L k l ’RLSE candidate tor the presidency of Germany. He has ordered the Hag of the repub­ lic torn down. Perhaps he thinks he oan imitate Louis Napoleon. p u rl m__led ep eod eu t.—M«t n eu tr a l—n ew s payar published cswy.W wluesdsy • y Wm. M. W U E ÏI.K H AKKU. li. $1 50 a year at hom e, is — 1 Advertising, 20c an inch ; no discoue lor ituie or space ; no charge lor con pom Aon or manges, an T a i o foi p aragrap h s.” t - a lias. «■ n d v a rtu m g d isgu ised a s new s. AN OILY BUGBEAR a international Daddy’s Evening S. S. Letton Fairy Tale <»r nnv d d . By Mary Graham Bunner. Copyrighted by Western Newspaper Union d « u B lk l. Is - Garden Plant Destroyers Lesson for April 19 Most Productive Hard Red W inter Wheat. A BROTHER’S SISTER L IF B IN T H E E A R L Y C H U R C H Mlmmle's brother was devoted to her even though he was eight years older LESSON T E X T —A cts « J l - Z i l l . GOLDEN T E X T — The m u ltitu d e of than she was. them th a t b eliev ed w ere of one heart He used to let her play with him and o f one so u l.”—A cte « 12 PRIMARY TOPIC—A Story About and with b it friends a great deal. It bad snowed the night before. Mlm G iving JUNIOR TOPIC— H ow the Pleat mle had gone to sleep while the snow C h ristian e Loved One Another. storm bad kept up steadily. I t was IN TER M ED IA TE AND SENIOR TOP­ IC— H '.w the E a rly C hristiane Lived wonderful the way It had kept on T ogeth er. while the whole world, almost, had YOUNG PEO PLE AND ADULT TO P­ gone to sleep. IC— L esson Prom the E arly Church. The Inst thing M im m le had heard Characteristics of the Prim itive I w lg ,be Breat f° e horn whlch was f U8t Church ( w . 81-35). z I ®°*Mde the harbor. The bell on the The cotton-growing states a rt being stirred up by the oJe< folks to protest against oleo Improved Methods The “ good will ” of Dodge restriction by law in the north on Cattle Ranges because of its alleged depressing ''o th ers’ automobile factory is effect on the sale of cotton-seed slued at only $75,000,000. If oil for use in making the bogus lenry Ford hadn’t come into the Land May Be Made O f i l l 1. I t Was a Praying Church (v. 31) baoy whlch told ah|I” "h e re the hud butter. ompetition with bis high wages These early Christians for every rocka w" i‘ had rla n BPd steadily. For More Productive. Here a t home the oily propa­ ind low prices the Dodges might I want and ever7 nped bHook then»- 88 ti,e„bu<>y ,08aed •h01“ 00 the waves gandists shake before us the __ , selves to God In prayer. the bel1 at 01 8 t0P o t the buoy rang. (P rep ared by th e U nited Stax«« D ep a rtm en t mu, a ted someth mg worth j z I t Was a Spirit-filled Church (v. 11 bad be"n 8 snowstorm o f A g ricu ltu re.) bugaboo of reprisals by the ■ bile. 31). I they had said the next day and the Although farm ing has keen biaking south if we curb oleo. When they prayed, the place was I aion€ coast had hod a hard I Inroads on the pasture lands of the The fact is reported to be w ere I shaken wherein they were gathered I time of lt- Bnt w,tb tbe day p»ul‘‘ Western range area for the past 30 If all our ‘‘ alienists’ _____ __, ___ that cocoanut oil from the Phil­ s an d to* ether- and they were all filled with s“n8bln' ' “ d "h e n M immle awoke years, lt is still the great beef reser- ippines has crowded out the cot­ reduced to the rank of a lie n DS an u I the Holy S p irit I stle thought for a moment why she fe lt I v° lr of the country. T hat there are Imported o u r c ro p o f m u rd e re rs , o f I 3. It Was a Church Which Had so very happy. tonseed product until only 2 pei tnany ways In which this native grass­ It was really annoying to feel so land may be made still more produc­ cent of the vegetable oil used in vhich th e re is o v e rp ro d u c tio n , ° * * « * Boldness In Preaching the Word happy and not to know just why. But tive, Is brought out by the United the oleo sold in Oregon comes o uld decrease, ^ od ( T- ®H- States Departm ent of Agriculture In from cottonseed. T he ministers of a Spirit-filled In a few moments she remembered. It _ . church w ill not offer any apology for was 8 Saturday and they had planned I Farmers' B ulletin 1383, Beef-Cattle If the south would join Ore­ Germany ill expend all tl their I the nigbt before to build a snow fort j Production In the Range Area, Just Is- - - - - - - v throws ------- off a ’load by j the Bible, but w in gon farmers in the move to shut i._ x » . . . t|je gnow didn't | Urn int0 rajB ^lur­ sued. t epudiatmg 95 per cent of her energy In fearlessly preaching IL bull butter out of this state she ational debt. ing the night. The range area is described as that 4. I t Was a United Church (v. 32). would be buttering her own M lttm le got up and shook off some region, west of the one hundredth me­ They were all of one heart aud one bread, for she would get fai soul. This shows that they had a of the snow which had fallen on tbe ridian, where cattle and sheep are pro­ big eiderdown quilt. duced largely on native grasses, a re- unity o f feeling and purpose. more income from the cotton Do Not Plant Trees Too 11 er sleeping room was at the top K*on which takes In about 45 per cent I t Was a Charitable and Gener­ seed meal Oregon dairymen Close in Home Orchards ous 5. Church of the house and It was very cold. Its ° ( the total land area of this country. (V. 32). would feed to the increased Standard trees placed at standard They held nothing back from those wlndt>ws to lle d out over the harbor There Is. of course, no sharp dividing number of calves and othei distances are better for the smnll ‘ who had need. As needs nrose, sup- j and her bed was near the windows so line, but In a strip varying In width livestock than she would in re- home orchard than dwarfs or crowded plies from 7J5 to 160 miles along the meri­ were given from a common fund. lhat often patches of snow were on the I . . - * I ** c -n M o ltl.-. - — J L. we . . I ■ I a. a _ _ a .ii ■ __ - - a_ ’ - e a ticoa, said Prof. Joeeph Oskamp of She loved dian there Is a general tendency from 6. Its M inisters Had a Powerful quilt. But she loved I t the pomology department of the New moving the hot-water bottle about so east to west to devote less land to duced sales of oil to makers of York State Oollege of Agriculture on Testimony (v. 83). Thia shows that there must be a ! that It warmed the sheets, and some­ farming and more to pastures. Dur­ oleomargarine used in Oregon. February 0. at Farmer«* week F ille r ing the past 30 years an Increasing personal experience before there can | times when the w ater in the bottle trees or small fru its can bo planted had frozen down at the end of the bed percentage of the land w ithin the be a powerful testimony. the standard trees foe early returns, range area has been devoted to fsrm- ___ __ a Church Whose „ „ „ „ Mem- sbe had bad t0 ,eav« txntll she was 7- I t Was "R a in m a k e r” Hatfield played ho says, as apple tree« should he bership Exhibited "unbTemlsTZd I drfcssed and 11 was melted so she could I *“«• the rai"lt of ^ ‘ ter crop adapta- planted 40 or 80 foot apart. in luck ones or twice and got cash acter (v. 33) I pour 11 ont- I tion- better methods of conserving Most growers are Inclined to plsut Great grace was upon them slL She Went d<>WI18tal™ to her play- and Irrigation. from California farmers b.cause too much, and discourage themselves II. Barnabaa’ Generous Act (vv I r0° m t0 dres*' ,o r she °n ly used this The bulletin covers the various the amount of rain he promised by the «lie of tbetr orehurd, Mya Pro 36-37). ’ I ro<3m tor sleeping. Sometimes people I problems of tbe range cattle producer, came Withil the specified time. feasor Oskamp. One tree of each va­ H e sold a piece of land and turned dldn 1 M ie v e ’ he w ater in a w ater hot- I Including management of the breeding riety Is sufficient, or even one tree on Tbe newspapers blazoned these over all the proceeds thereof to be U* C° Uld freele ln one corner o f the herd, handling cattle on the range, na- wblch has been top-grafted two or uaed for the help of those ln need It bed whUe Ulnnnle was Quite warm ln ,lve f °r««e plants, prevention o f loss “ successes" in all directiens, but three other varieties. should be borne ln mind, however anotb®r Part ot *t- But she had shown from poisonous plants, parasites and we have seen no scare heads over Small fruits may be grown with leas that lt la not said that Barnabas sold 11 ,0 her fan)l|Y “»d they had told diseases, selection of bulls and cows, 'rouble by one who desires fru it for his latest stunt. For 14000 he alt the land he had. I P ^ P 1* *t was so. I Improvement of ranching properties le>me use 8t»awberrito, red raspber­ I I I . T he Sanctity of the Church v i„ “H u rry “ P. M lm . we w ant to get and Increasing the beef-producing ca- contracted to Jgive certain Kern ries. purple canes, blackcaps and - - - 7 urtn v ' started soon.” I p arity of pastures. county farmers 1} inches .of rain blackberries, with a few gooseberries dlcated (8:1-11). The boys— eight of them— arrived a 11 ls 8ald ,hat the runge area con- This new community l a « o v for the within a specified time. The :md currents make up a good small first tim e called the church. The men­ little later, and at each end of the yurd trU,utes nearly 40 per cent of the na- e rd e n for home fruits. In | tl0Il s beef cattle. Corn-belt beef fin­ money was raised. The rainfall tion of the church ln Acts 2 :47 Is spu­ a splendid snow fort was built. Nearly all red i-aapberrlee In New ishers are dependent on this region to was .8975 of an inch and Charles Yot4i slate are Infected with morale rious. They now have broken with u large extent for their feeders. Judaism so that their success depends M. Hatfield Went away without disease, according to Professor O e upon th eir being recognized. Since l.iunp, and anyone planning to plant the cash. “ Jim ,” the big gray tom this new community superseded tbe iham should first consult the New cat at Mill View, i el of Petjgy York F rn lt Tasting a e m la tlo n a t Ge- ° ! d' Ood WBB t0 tna^ e Hla dwelling land Edward Hayes, climbed up I his i» a day of gigantic mergers newa. Protomor Oskamp states that It pl" ° * “ ‘“ “g them— the very sacred tbe screen door on tbe back porch in big business. The greater part Is not ganerally a wise policy to trnst nBS" ° f the tah“rnu<'*« and temple was and put hie paw on the button of the electric light and power nil traveHn« tree agents who eall at I tranaferre<1 to them. T his lesson, the jo t'» door, bnt R to bettor to get yonr chuzeb rauat le“ ™. as well as that rings tbe door bell. No one business of the United States is plants through an old and reliable nnr- ,he maaa surrounding I t The Answered him the first time, go he sacredueao o f God's dwelling place practically under one control. Just serr. | raog again, getting results.— Ver- Yellow Tranq>areot la one o f the men * " * alow to 1“, r n Moses did not oonia Eagle, now seventy-five of the largest best early vorleries of apple. Thia ton ,a k " Off hl’ sboM nntH.hIdden by the lumber mills in Oregon, Washing­ ho followed by Barly Harvest Bed Lord i,ad ab and Ablbu must be ton and norhern California, where Anttochan, Sweet Bough, and M d n 8trlcken down ln the beginning of the tosh. Rhode Island Greening and M ,’aaJc • TOn" “ J for their presump- Mock than he would lose in re­ most of the country’s remaining timber stands, are planning combination that will be virtuall a monopoly of tbe lumber busi ness, with a capital of $130,000, 000. The farmers have nothing of tkal nature. The I'tiitud States bureau of M ine*says the annual loss caus etl by smoke in the principal in­ dustrial centers is $7.«6 per capita and th a t it could be avoided by substituting gas and coke for fuel. A bigger loss caused by smoke could be done away with if all the tobacco I »ui ned wem dumped in the sea instead. A ren’t we rich and luxurious, though? The “alienist” who volunteer- id to testify that Dorothy El­ lingson was insane proclaimed that lie did it without hope of reward, but he put himself in line for a job «f paid swearing sometime in the future. These ’ experts" are made, as well as born. • Every few days some archeo­ logist discovers ruins older than those somebody discovered a few days before. Egypt and Babylon have become quite modern, relatively, and Grandp« Adam a parvenu. _ Mother Goose will lie popular in the nursery when the prudes n ho are attacking her, together w ith all their writings, are for­ gotten. Mother Goose gets to the juvenile heart. Her critics do not- G snsrsl Hiadeuberg, who has always claiaie.l that tha Garman forces were not dafaalad by tbe liea but by lack of u<>ed«d aup. Northem Spy or Balrtwto are late va riotles for w inter storage. — — _ ,UO1“ o fr,rln * ot strange fire before tha Eord. A chan was put to death for secreting a p art of the booty soon Few Hints for Carpflll . a r e ilil Bruning of Young Trees a it * I She Did Not Spoil T h o lr Fun. ’ “ be many thing-, about u i a fte r all, that are very bard te kllL T e a rs S h a ll C o m . N o M o re God wsshea the eyes by tears until they can heboid the Invialhle land w here tears shall tom e no m o re_H W. Reecber. that was a great compliment, she thought. She knew that was tree H e r broth er had taught her to ride in tbe ex press to r t so she could be dashed around corners and she could balance without letting the cart upset. All the boys thought It fine the way she could do th ia And she could clltnb up and stand on her brother's shoulders, and when he got down on the floor she knew how to stand on his chest so as not to hurt him. Very few. ex rep t those whose busi­ ness was to do this, knew how she could steer a tl.-d and turn somersault, on the bed. H e r brother had taught | her to do all these great things she could vault a fence, too, and In an old tree she loved to cllmh he had made seats for her where she sat— high above the earth. These were the things her brother I and his friends bed taught her to do n ig boys could really be so nice W hy did some children think other j Becaura they were cry babies j tlon of hard red w inter wheat Into certain of these localities which bad been abandoned by the earliest set­ tlers later made possible a permanent wheat-growing Industry. H a rd red w in t* r wheat Is now the principal crop In many sections of lim ited rain­ fall, Including much of Kansas and Nebraska, western Oklahoma, north­ eastern Colorado, central Montana, and the drier portions of the Columbia basin of Oregon and Washington. Kanred, ln general, was the most productive hard red w inter wheat for tbe Great Plains area. O ther high- yielding strains are A lberta Red, A r­ gentine, Belogllna, Blsckhull, Karmunt, Montana No. 36, and Nebraska No. 60. Turkey and K h arkof, the two leading hard red w in te r wheats, were found to be practically equal In yield, w inter hardiness, and other agronomic characters and ln m illing and baking qualities. M ln tu rk l and Karm ont are among the most hardy and Kanred la the moat rust-resistant of the hard red w inter varieties. The results o f varietal experiments w ith w inter wheat at 16 different sta­ tions form the basis of a new publi­ cation Just Issued as department bulle­ tin 1276. A copy may be obtained, as long as the supply lasts, from the United States Departm ent of A gricul­ ture. Washington, D. O. Good Plan for H eadingv Back Young Apple Tree Young apple trees should be headed back to about 20 to 30 laches from the ground. I f lt Is a one-year-old tree then all th a t Is necessary Is to cut off the top the desired height. I f lt Is a two-year-old tree then the central lead­ er should be removed and from three to five lateral branches retained, these being cut back to about 8 to 10 Inches In each case the lateral branches should be cat to ah outside bud, ln order to cause the tree to spread prop­ erly. A fte r the tree has pasted Its third year about all that la necessary Is to take out Interfering branches ta d keep the tree from becoming too dense I f the tendency Is for the tree to pro­ duce long slender branches, then these should be shortened ln the same way that peach limbs are shortened in, un­ til the tree begins to fru it, a fte r which tim e Uttle pruning w ill he necessary with the exception of thinning out the IntArferins branches To K now All ‘To know nil Is to forgive a ll”— and to forgive Is to save. HALSEY STATE BANK protected » “ ruing was needed on the part of the ro* U1’ w her*' M immle was to sit when Young apple and peach trees have ' cl,urcb to P’W'ent the hypocrisy of ‘ ** in ° W battJ* « « » lo n Which Brought f ° r fear *h* would b* hurt, and she too lightly or too Infrequently, Paul Tbta D read fu l Judgment on Ananias dld nOt spo11 tbelr fun- Thayer, fru it extension specialist of | and SnPPhl™ (vv. 1-4). Tbe bsttle was a furious one. The | Pennsylvania State college, says. It was their hypocritical-Im itation of 8nowbaUs w«re large ones, Every orchard grower should aim to the generous act of Barnabaa He and Bnt a f , , r 8 tlm e th«y became secure three things ln Ids young his w ife conspired together In this smaller, as they had to be made and orchard at the earliest date poesUXe lfflance of God. They wanted the remade a fte r throwing, and now there Thayer reports. These are strength' honor w ithout paying the price. The was no tim e allowed for snowball- growth and productiveness. Pruning, same love o f praise Is causing many making. especially heading back. Interferes In the church today to Im itate their T he hoys had been Invited to stay with fru it hearing, but a fte r fru it trees dreadful ndatake. Peter told them for lunch, and a fte r lunch they played are mature and fru it bearing estab they had not lied to men, but to God for aw hile w ith trains In the house llshi d, the trees shouldTeoelve a eare- So fa r as we know Ananias did not T he rain had come and spoiled the ful and Increasingly thorough annual speak a word, but his actions spoke snow. M im m le played with the Uncle priming. louder than his words. Such actions Tom s Cabin and Noah's ark which could only be accounted fo r by the fact bad belonged to her brother when he A skull half an inch thick, un. that Satan filled their hearts. But was young and which now they owned arthed en Arizona, lias been sent that did not excuse them. They were together. for allowing Satan a place He was too old to play w ith them, o Washington without the formal- responsible In their hcerts. We should learn from ity of an election.-D etroit News this that God and mammon cannot be but they still stayed In his room, so they owned them together. served at the same time. People to­ M immle Uked big boys better thnn day are w alking ln the way of Ana- she did big girls. Big girls told her the when they sit down at the Lord's was young for her age. which was not table with unregunerate hearts. true. She knew that. 10) T h * J u d ,ln •‘n, W b*ch Fell (vv. 5- Big boys called her a tomboy, and Xanred Outyields Other Varieties Potato , bugs, cabbage worms and plant lice in assorted variety are gar­ den poets that appear as surely as the I f O M r U Or t h . U n liM sta ta a D a p a r t n ..« season -rolls around, and every gar­ • ( A fr ic u ltu r « .) dener must be ready to meet and repel Many failures o f pioneer farmers in the Invading hordes of Insect destroy- the drier sections of the western ere. In aildltlon, the cutworm works i section of the United States were due Insidiously and destroys some vege- f to the attem pt to grow unadapted tables, although committing nothing ‘ crops, saya the United States Denart. 111» b * ,4 o r. n 11 Ana z.F * w like l the depredations o f enemies of »4,!, the — ment of Agriculture, ln discussing its garden that work out In the open. vurletal experiments with hard red There are also molds, blights and m il­ w inter wheats ln the dry areas of the dews to add to the toll. western United Stages. T he lntroduc- 1 H I. w —f r a N e w y a p e r UaJoa.) — Mrs. Anna Cunningham of >ary, 111., accussd of poisoning ier whole family for their life nsuraijce, is declared by “ ex- iert alienists ” to he " of a type apable of any misdeed.” So was .'aptain Kidd, but he was tried io ingland, where they hang 'em. r a r it i w i t «» • t tka W v .n las Scassi. n . o S r • tltU t« o f Chlo<<«j ) .’ l.’iiin ile ’» b ro th e r suU. out V ltn m le knew It was because these big boys ta im lit b ill did OOl tease. Halsey, Oregon C A P IT A L I AND SU RPLU S $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 -Commercial and Savings accounts Solicited L)r. C. FICQ, Dentist “ PLATES THAT F IT ” Crowns, bridge work and fillings. It wld pay you to get my prices ou your dental work, Cusick bank building, Albany A m e ric a n E a g le Fire Insurance Co. * Hay is worth just as much in storage as you might gut for it m Hre g Th9, L',1,1011''”" In s u r a n c e J I P n '| .v ,,,1 .s.,-? ( ,r t h e ( .a s h v a |u e ot loss t*y fire. c o m p a í, “ P"*»’ case C. P. STAFFORD, Agent It •••••••••oeeeeeeu Any Girl in Trouble » • 7 c o m m u n a le w ith 8 „ M)n> W h „ . Sh,eld H om ,. The wi, , he BVf ' venue, Portlsn.1, Oregon. “ ** ••«••••••••a