F T a ls e v . O r e g o n . J u n o 14.
H A L S E Y E N T E R P R IS E
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A Fully Adult Nation
M. J . Conklin, Lincoln agent re­
porte. Borne 200 acres of land was
reclaimed through tbie work and
its value increased at least $50 an
acre. So successful w a: this dem-
o n strjtlo n th a t several other farm ­
er* in the com m unity requested the
services of tbe Lincoln county agent
in assisting with tbe blastiug of
drainage ditches on their farm s.
Criticises Government Competition
The annual convention of the
N ational E ditorial association held
tûi* month at Memphis, T enn.,
took definite positions with refer­
ence to a number of matter* in
which newspapers are vitally inter­
ested. A sum m iry ol the a socia-
tion’s course follows, Resolutions
adopted condemned the trend to­
ward goveruship com petition with
Dr, Chsrles H, Mayo, the noted private enterprise, reaffirmed the
Minnesota surgeon, declares th a t opposition of tbe N .E .A . to the
boli'laye are necessary to the pro­ pract'ce of government printing
longation of life and the attainm ent of special request stam ped envel­
of the highest achievem ents. There opes and expressed its appreciation
is no daubt that most persons fail to Senator Oddie of Nevada and
to take advantage ol th e ir op p o rtu ­ other members of congress who
nities to get away from and forget acted ia support of h-gislation to
for a tim e their regular occupations 're stric t federal printing. The asso­
The hustle and bustle of American ciation alse went on record as cp-
town and city lifea re trying on both posed to the establishm ent ot state
body aud m ind. Peibapa we could owned and operated
printing
do more if we would make it a plants, recommended th at the field
practice to spend our holidays, managers plan should be extended
week end trips and vacations as to all states, andjindorsed the p rin ­
far away from shop and office as ciple of circulation audits of week­
ly papers,
possible.
T he United States has definitely
grown up. The sw addling clothrs
stage of its existence is forever
p is t. N ot so very long ago we were
the precocious child among nations.
It was the general cusstom to kind­
ly p a t the growing child on the
head and rem ark th a t it might
am ount to eomething some day if
it carefully em ulated ite elders,
June is tbe tim e to think about
The order of things has been
getting grass seed for »owing on this
suddenly reversed. The or.e-time
(all's pastures, according to the
baby of nations is the center of
bulletin from O .A .C.
Several
tbe amazed eyes of ite ouce patro n ­
thousand acres of rye grass seed
ising elders.
will be harvested w ithin the next
It was a healthy child and grew
eight weeks and the rye grass is
to manhood with uuforseen rap id i­
very im p o rtan t in pasture m ix.
ty, I t left the nursery to become a
turee. W here one has tbe seed
world leader in industry, in buei
ready and is able to get the permit
ness acd in finance. We took the
for burm ug at the rig h t time, it is
best the old world bad to offer and
often possible to get the pasture
embellished ii, with new qualities
planted uoder very advantageous
of shrewdness, progressiveness and
conditions, finds the experiiujnt
unprecedented foresight. Tbe re­
station.
su lt is the greatest industrial civil-
z itio u th e world has known. A>
The long stretch of dry w eather
the beginning of any life there is
during May was foyorable to de­
bound to be experim ent, ft is a
velopment of red spiders in some
necessity of eager youth. W hat
sections of Oregon where they have
waste it causes is the price of prog,
become serious pests cf strawberries
ress. W« have sifted the good
Thorough spraying with highly re­
from the had. We have found sta­
fine 1 sum m er oils, 1 to 1 | gallons
bility; we have blazed our trail
to 100 gallons of w ater is recom­
along souud 'economic lines. We
m ends 1 by tbe expeiim ent station, 1
have exalted and etiiveu toward
though teits have nut been carried
au ideal — the utterm ost efficiency.
on m any years as yet. Close pick­
America produtes 70 per c in t o,
ing ju st before spraying is advised.
th e w orld's petroleum and 55 per
Spider injured foliage turns a sickly
cent cf the copper. We have 85
yellow.
percent of the w orld's au'om obiles
and also an overwhelming majority
S traw berry root weevils may be
of tbe telephones. Our railroads
successfully
cm tro lled in June by ,
are beyond com parison. W» have
applying
tbe
poisoned apple bail,
displayed unparalleled ingenuity
says
tbe
entomologist
a t the ex
in tbe production and use of gae
periinent station. The commercial ,
and electricity.
We have set ourselves a standard product, “ Go W est’’ ii good or bait
of living th a t has made necessities call be made at home by mixing 95 J
of luxuries. Our high wage scale pounds dried ground apple with 5j
and the m echanical power com ­ pounds calcium aisenato. Between
m anded by the worker haa made a teiepoonful and tablespoonful is
i placed in the crown of each plant
th a t standard possible.
Some of our friends are such good
fellows th a t we can almost forgive
The blastin g method of construct­ them (or having such fool notions
ing drainage ditches has been wide­ about rrligiou and politics.
ly adopted in Oregou in the last
two years during the time Pyrotol,
A hypocrite is one who pretends
the cheap governm ent powder, was to believe a person whom lie knows
available, reports of county agents D lying.
front various p arts of the state
DOING NOTHING
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of
Illinois.
t IS n real art to do nothing and
find comfort and pleasure in It, an
a rt which unfortunately I have never
learned. We were never Idle at home
when I was n boy. During the day
w inter or summer, there were always
chores to be done, odd Jobs waiting to
be accomplished when the regular
i
«o rk was finished or Interrupted. In
summer we went to bed as »“ '-n *» ‘ he
w, k of the day was finished, jind dur
ln~ the long winter evenings there
were books to be read and thia task
I took to very kindly.
,,-t you sit s till for a minute?
„ • .
,,,i to ask me as I wandered
about restlessly. I couldn't then and 1
worn t today. When the regular tasks
o f the day are over I s till must be
busy with something—rending or w rit­
ing. or a game, or something which
w ill keep my hands employed.
Vow there Is Carter—he can sit for
an hour, or two for that matter, smok­
ing—not saying a word, but simply
blowing rings and relaxing his muscles
and looking Into space. He gets much
comfort from this pastime three times
a d. y. tin t ns for me, I get no pleasure
In smoking. A very dear friend of
mine—a minister, by the way, who had
my welfare nt heart—did his best to
encourage me to cultivate the habit,
sent me n pipe and a can of fine to-
t :,cro. saying that If I should become
wedded to the pipe I would take life
mere easily, would gain a certain
poise, and grow old less quickly. Do­
ing nothing would he good for me, he
thought. Very likely he was correct,
but I didn't stick to It long enough to
learn.
I have watched the great Hindu
poet Tagore sit for an hour or two si­
lent, motionless, looking Into space,
quite oblivious of those around him.
one of which I grow tired In n very
few minutes. I nm too active for pro­
longed meditation, good as It would be
fo r rae-
k l.
When Morris goes home from nis
office nt night he takes a sheaf o f le t­
ters with him to look over. When he
goes for a vacation his stenographer
and a clerk or two go along and he
has a long distance telephone Installed
In his sitting room. He has no knowl­
edge of how to dft nothing.
When Hanley goes off fo r his sum­
mer vacation, however, he can He on
the sand for hours nt a time doing
nothing but wateh the gulls In their
flight, or the clouds d riftin g lazily
overhead. He doesn't even thlDk. he
says, but simply lies there and
breathes nnd does nothing, and out of
this lethargy he comes back alert,
rested, ready for whatever hard Job
conies along. He says It Is worth
everything to him, this ability to do
nothing for a time and to enjoy the
doing. It Is a panacea for tired nerves,
a sure cure for worry. It Is a game
which every high-strung overworked
business o r professional man should
learn to play—the game o f doing noth­
ing and enjoying It.
<©. I I 17. W e ite rn Newspaper Union )
Allpbin’s Auction House
Broadalbin St., Albany
Auction S at June 16, 1 p. m
Furniture— live stock — will be
sold. I f you have anything you
want sold, bring it in. Furniture
sold at private sale anytime. Farm
machinery sold at all times.
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BATHS AND
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Make it a habit to buy S eiberling T ires here
regularly. With Seiberlinga and our thorough
inspection your tire troubles are over and you
can drive with freedom for we guarantee no
trouble except that of puncture.
Buy Seiberlings and Be Happy.
Agent
Hub Cleaning Works
Albany Laundry Every Tuesday
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Any trip East
can be a Circle Trip
— i f you go via Southern Pacific,
through California and circle
back over N o r th e r n lines.
This summer get mote for yout travel funds. No mat­
ter what your eastern destination go one way, return
another. You can see the whole Pacific Coast and much
of the United States at only slightly higher fare.
First toCalifornia over the spectacular S hasta R oute .
Enjoy cosmopolitan San Francisco, Los Angeles, Holly­
wood, San Diego,—world-famed beaches and resorts—
can be in the enchanted circle of yout trip east.
From California, go eastward ovet any of the follow­
ing routes, with choice of routes returning via northern
United States or Canadian lines.
Powders For Blasting
allow.
Linn county farm ers used a great
deal of this powder, but m ostly for
clearing laud or road work, says
C. ft. Briggs, Benton county agent
who assembled the orders. Orders
from Linn connty am ounted to
101,250 pounds for 227 persons at
a saving over com m ercial powders
of $9,835 37.
A large portion of the two m il­
lion pounds distrib u ted iu tbe Btate
by '7 county agents a t a total sav
ing of some $160,000 last year was
used in b 'a itin g drainage ditches.
T his process was dem onstrated in
p ractically every w eitern and a
few eastern Oregou counties.
W hile Pyrotol, the cheap govern­
m ent blasting powJer, ia no longer
available it la the opinion of F" E
Price, agricultural engineer for the
college exteneion service, tbateom e
ol tbe commercial powders will
prove economical for ditch blasting
purpoaee.
Farm ers who have triad the
method have found it both exped­
ient and economical and a big
labor saver. For mat a nee on thv,
farm of H. A. Ho#t«tler, near 1>»
Lake in Lincoln county, a ditch
tour feet deep and seven feet wide,
a t tbe top and 2,700 feet long was
constructed in a day and a half by
wix urea at a total coet of $189 55,
HUGH
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IRWIN MYERS
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C o p y rig h t b g Hugh
U JH E events of that fateful July day in
1775 when General Braddock marched
against Fort Duquesne—the tragic sequel
of which was to have such a far-reaching
effect upon the American colonies—form
the great, central, historical fact of the
story. It is not in recounting history,
however—albeit the author is faithful
and accurate—but in the fashioning of
a thrilling and satisfying romance that
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at one stroke o f the brii!»h.
And it dries overnight. Just
the thing for tl*w»rs» and wood­
w o rk, too.
Anyone can apply N eptunite
\ arm»h Stain and he sure o f
good result*. l u l l direction*
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