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Good Blood Means good health and Hood's Sarsaparilla has an unapproached record as a blood-purifier. It effects its wonderful cures, not simply because it contains sarsaparilla bat because it combines the utmost remedial values of more than 20 different ingredients. There is no real substitute for it. If urged to buy any preparation said to be "iust as good" you may be sure it is inferior, costs less to make, and yields the dealer a larger profit. Get Hood's Sarsaparilla today. In usual liquid lorm or in chocolated utolets Known as barsatabs. TYPEWRITERS. "New Visible Yoet." All malm rebuilt like new. at second-hunt! prices. Two Smith. Dena.-B mlngtoa from 125 to $45. Supplies tor lj aukes. Machines rented, S2 to St. 60 monthly. Th Typewriter Exchange. 256 Monttomerj. Ban Francises Potatoes steeped in sulphuric acid and subjected to pressure make an excellent ubstitute for ivory in the -manufacture I billiard balls. DO YOU WANT A TYPEWRITER? Th Wholesale Typewriter Co., 37 Montgomery St, Ban Francisco, will sell you one at 40 to 75 pet cent discount from factory list, all makes on mar- aei, au iuuy guaranteed. English mercantile marine, which farm more than one-half of the whole worU'i hipping, brings that country about $450, 000,000 every year. Mothers will find Mrs. WinsloWg BootMai Syrup the beat, remedy to use lot their chUOjeJ ouring the teething period. CITC St. Vitus' Dance ana orrons uiseases strauv I I J asatly cured by Dr. 1 .ine's Great Nerve Be atorer. Bend for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. B. H. Kline. IA., 831 Aroh St., Phlladelpala, Pa. The ruby is the most valuable of th precious 'stones. A four-ttrt: ruby quoted at about $2,250, and a ruby ! for ty-seven karats brought $100,000. Overcomes Loss of 1 Nervous Force in Men and Women i Men and women who are nervous wrecks, whs lack enemy and ambiiton. who suffer with nerv ousness, dread, anxiety and a general inability t be happy or to act naturally and rationally at all times, may try this treatment with a certainty oi astonishing results. The ingredients can be obtained separately at all well stocked drug stores. At any leading drug store get three euncea syrup sarsaparilla compound in a half -pint bottle. Get one ounce each of the following in separata packages: Compound fluid balmwort, compound essence cardiol, and tincture cadomene com pound (not cardamom). Add balmwort to sarsa parilla; let stand two hours, then add other two, shake well and take a teaspoonf ul after each meal ana pne at retiring. Of the timber England imports, 87 pel cent is pine and fir, 3 per cent oak and lfl per cent teak, mahogany and other furni ture woods. acts ewy ftQ system ejJecXuoiWy ; assists QuexwovewoTMug va)v5Lci cowsXpoXovi To 0efe beueJicXaV MANUFACTURED B THE CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Co. SOLO BY LEADING DRUGGISTS 50ADOTTtfi DYSPEPSIA "Having taken your wonderful 'Casca rets' for three months and being entirely cured of stomach catarrh and dyspepsia, I think a word of praise Is due to Cascarets' for their wonderful composi tion. I have taken numerous other so called remedies but without avail, and I find that Cascarets relieve more in a day than all the others I have taken would ia a year." James McGune, 108 Mercer St., Jersey City, N. J. Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good. Do Good. Never Sicken.Weaken or Gripe. 10c, 25c, 50c. Never sold in bnlk. The gen uine tablet itamped C C C. Guaranteed to cure or your money back. 919 Scientific Concrete SepticTanks Detail plans; bill of material with eoet; full directions so anybody, at small expense, can build his own tank, connect old style toilet and sewerage for kitchen slops? making his home sanitary. 3.G0. G. H. HAMILTON 474 Manzanita Street, Portland, Oregon WANT TO SELL? Send us a full description of your property im proved ranch, logged-off land, timber land, irri gated land, dry land, mercantile business, saw mill, shinele mill, anything and we will show you bow we do it. Write today. ' BLACK LAND COMPANY 45(M5l-452 New TeA Bk. SeatUe, Waahlntrton V7Dl7s7 25c Sheet Music or sV sVHCi A. Y. P. Expo. Souvenir Send ns your name and address with that of two of your friends and we will send you FREE a 25c piece of the latent sheet music or a beautiful col ored picture of the A. X. P. Exposition. Include 2c stamp for postage. PACIfrC COASr MERCANTILE ASSOCIATION 98 Union Street. SEATTLE, WN. C0FFEEI. TEA SPICES BAKING POWDER EXTRACTS JUST RIGHT CLOSSETfiDEYIXJ I fWrUNP. ORE. J Fonr-Horse Evener. This particular" form of four-horse evener Is entered to work with one horse In the furrow and the other three on the land. To get an even draft will perhaps require some ad justment of the left hand double tree and the proper place to attach the chain to the plow beam can be found by experiment The two double trees are of the ordinary length and the tick used for evener needs to be tough oak and five feet four inches in length. The two pulleys should be large enough to allow a small link log chain to work through them. Two bolts are required for the pulleys, and two pieces of strap iron two inches wide, used as braces. The Illustration does not indicate ex actly the distances between the dif ferent points which should be as fol lows : From the right end to the first pulley, 7 inches; from the point of attachment of the plow to the center of right hand pulley, 154 Inches ; from the point of attachment of the plow to the center of the left hand pulley inches. This places the two pul leys almost 24 inches apart. At the left end have three or more holes into which the double tree for left hand team can be hitched. For an even distribution of the draft the proper point of attachment of the left hand double tree will depend sole ly upon the point of attachment of the chain to the plow. If the chain Is car ried far back, its draft will be differ ent from what it would be if it were attached closer to the nose end of the plow. Assuming that the angle of at- To Wool Growers. Don t use binder twine or any other kind in tying fleeces save the regular wool twine. The trade generally made extra efforts last year to have this det rimental custom discontinued, and did do much then to eradicate it This year most of the mills and leading dealers reiterate their determination not to handle wool tied with sisal twine, as it renders the wool unfit for dyeing; hence, if growers or those pre paring wool for market expect to find ready sale and top prices for their wools, they must adhere to this ad vice. Higher prices and active compe tition for the receipts, If properly and carefully handled, is confidently antici pated in this market the coming sea son, and shippers are also advised that In order to realize the best results con signments should be sold here on the open market, where ail buyers can com. pete for them. r 9 g ft - If 1 ' .To Hold the Gate Open. A piece of timber 4x0 two feet long, with a notch in one end 3x6 inches, a piece 2x4 two feet long with one end beveled and a notch 2x6 inches cut in position as shown in sketch serves HOLDS THE GATE OPEN. PLAN OF FOTJB-HOBSE EVENER. tachment of the chain to the plow is 30 degrees the left hand double tree should be attached to the main piece of the evener at a point about 20 Vi inches from the point of attachment of the plow to the double tree. There Is no reason why this evener should not work on any kind of plow provid ed that the lengths of the parts are adjusted to suit the distance of the point of attachment of the main tree from the furrow and that there is a rigid brace to which to attach the chain. Treatment for Potato Scab. It ia true that as early as 1842 a German Investigator suggested that Ihe trouble was caused by a parasitic or ganism, but later it was definitely de termined that the fungus, Sorosiporlum scabies, which he had isolated, was not invariably the caues of the trouble. It was not until 1890 that Prof. Bolley definitely determined that potato senb was caused by a fungus parasite. Un til resistant strains could be bred up it was necessary that some temporary preventive be applied, says Farm. Stock and Home. Treatment of bca bles may be made by the use of for malin or corrosive sublimate (bichlo ride of mercury). The latter is per haps the most effective, but it should be handled with the greatest caution, a it is a very powerful poison when taken internally. The solution Is pre pared by dissolving two ounces of cor rosive sublimate In two gallous of hot water. When the poison is well dis solved, add twelve gallons of water, making fourteen gallons in ail. The potatoes, which should be reasonably clean, should be put in a gunny sack and the whole suspended in the solu tion for an hour and a half. Then empty them out on a floor to dry thor oughly before cutting and planting. Wash for Nursery Stock. Dipping nursery stock In lime-sul phur wash or other Insecticides has re cently been much advocated as a sub stitute for fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas. The station at Geneva. N. Y., finds however, that this treatment, If used at all, must be handled .with care to secure scale destruction without in juring the trees. With the sulphur wash, exposure of the trees for too long a time or at too high temperntur resulted in injury; while with any of the materials used, exposure of the roots to the mixture resulted In serious injury to the stock. For nurserymen the station still recommends fumigation as most effective and least liable to Injury, and would advise orchardlsts to nse the lime-sulphur as a spray after the trees are set, rather than as a cMp when they are received. Farm JcnniaL to hold the gate open. The dotted 1 lines show the position of the holder as the gate is forced over the bevel. The post should be set to correspond with the height of the gate when open. If the gate drags on the ground there Is something wrong; hang the gate a little bit higher. The end opposite the notch of the holder should be the heav iest so as to keep the notch in position on the gate. Concerning Hog;. A hog Is a hog frequently because he Is given no opportunity to be cleanly nnd decent. There are farmers who believe a hog would die If not allowed to Avallow in mud and filth, while oth ers are of the . opinion that the hog should have plenty of clean water. The hog needs a great deal of water in hot weather, and if he cannot get it he will take mud as the next best thing. A hog rushes to a mudhole to cool off. lie comes -out and the mud dries n his skin. The next mud bath he takes adds another layer to that al ready dried on, and in a short time the pores of his skin are completely clogged with mud. Now, a hog cannot thrive with his pores all clogged up any better than a man. If a hog has access to a deep pool of water, as he should in hot weather, he will keep clean and thrive much more than If i he lies around in a mudhole made filthy by continued use. Most farmers who supply a bathing place for their hogs make them so shallow that they are soon converted into mudholes. On our farm we usually keep from thirty to fifty pigs, and they have a pool of water fed by a stream, and it Is deep enough for them to swim in. The sides are dug down sharply, and were laid with cobblestones for a distance of four or five feet from the water's edge. The pool was always clean; wo never have trouble with mange or lice, and when on two occasions cholera swept through the country our hogs were not affected. The hogs never used the pool unless the weather was extremely hot. A Smooth Field. It worries the good farmer to see his neighbors plowing the fields round nnd round the same way year after year. He knows that by-and-by there will be deep furrows ail over the farm, and all the while these might be avoid ed. How? Change the order of things this spring by going out into the cen ter of the field where the dead furrow Is and turning it full the first thing. Then gee around instead of haw, as Is usually done, plowing back to the place of beginning. Keep this tip to the end and you will have no ditch In the middle, but a field that is nice and Bmooth and good to look upon. It may be a little awkward turning round to the right where one has always been Jn the habit of turning to the left, but you will soon get accustomed to it, and so will the horses. Champion Holsteln Ball. n)fepr5 fa Illinois State Fair, 1908. Applying Lime to the Soil, As a rule all compact clay soils may be greatly benefited by the application of one ton of lime per acre, just after breaking up, either In fall or spring, and thoroughly mixed with the earth. Lime should not be applied with ma nure of any kind, but the latter (ma nure) may be applied as a top dress ing and worked In by cultivation of the crop. One application of lime every five years is usually sufficient Save the Babies. INFANT MORTALITY is something frightM. We can haxdly realize that cf all the children born in civilized countries, twentytwo per cent, or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach one year; thirtyseven percent., or more than one-third, before they are five, and one-half before they are fifteen! We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Oastoria would save a ma jority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of these infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints contain more or less opium, or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity theytnpefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Oastoria operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of Ohas. E Eetcher. Oastoria causes the blood to. circulate properly, opens the pores of the skin and allays fever. -a aft ssfssw JK - - Letters from Prominent Physicians Dr. A. F. Peeler, of St Louis, Mo., says: "I have prescribed your Castorl in many cases and have always found it an efficient and speedy remedy." Dr. E. Down, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I have prescribed your Oas toria in my practice for many years with, great satisfaction to myself and benefit to my patients." Dr. Edward Parrish, of Brooklyn, N. T., says: "I have used your Oas toria in my own household with good results, and have advised several patients to use it for its mild laxative effect and freedom from harm." I Dr. J. B. Elliott, of New York City, says: "Having during the past six years prescribed your Oastoria for infantile stomach disorders, I most, heartily commend its use. The formula contains nothing deleterious to the most delicate of children." . Dr. C. G. Sprague, of Omaha, Neb., Bays: 'Tour Oastoria Is an ideal medicine for children, and I frequently prescribe it While I do not advo cate the indiscriminate use of proprietary medicines, yet Oastoria is an exception for conditions which arise in the care of children." Dr. J. A. Parker, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Oastoria holds tha esteem of the medical profession in a manner held by no other proprie tary preparation. It is a sure and reliable medicine for Infants and chil dren. In fact, it is the universal household remedy for infantile ailments." Dr. H. F. Merrill, of Augusta, Me., says: "Oastoria Is one of the very finest and most remarkable remedies for infants and children. In my opinion your Oastoria has saved thousands from an early grave. I can furnish hundreds of testimonials from this locality as to its efficiency and merits." Dr. Norman M. Geer, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: "During the last twelv years I have frequently recommended your Oastoria as one of the best preparations of the kind, being safe in the hands of parents and very ef fective in relieving children's disorders, while the ease with which such a pleasant preparation can be administered is a great advantage." GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears ALCOHOL 3 PE nriiT AVegelabtePrcparationforAs-simllaiingilieFoodaiKlRedula-iingUieStoraaclisandBowdsof Promotes DigesHon,Qeerful ness and RestContainsncithcr Upnmi.Murph.ine nor Mineral, Not Narcotic. MptofoMitsMurnwm Piimpk 'm Stti' jilx-Sawt McMleMs- JnistStti Pfprittimnt- liiCaiioaakSm IfimSteJ' Clarified SUgar mtomwflenr. Anerfect Remedy for Ccmstlna Hon , Sour Stomach.Dlarrtoea Worms ,Conwlsims.Feverish ness andLo ss of Sleep. Facsimile Signatureof NEW YORK. mmm. mm the Signature of , .l Exact Copy of Wrapper. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CCNTSU SOMMNV, TT MURRAY ST REIT, NSW VORR OITT. UNSANITARY CONDITIONS. Water Supply In Many Cases Found Unnecessarily Polluted. E. F. Pernot, Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallia. The condition in which I find water received from various parts of the state warrants my calling the attention of the public to the unsanitary conditions which must exist surrounding their water supply. Some samples of water taken in storile bottles under asceptic precautions, contain as high as 63,580 germs per cubic centimeter (a teaspoon holds about five cubic centimeters of water and an ordinary drinking glass about 225 cubic centimeters). A glass ful of such water would therefore con tain 14,305,500 living germs. While it is true that many varieties of these germs are not directly disease produc ing, the continued introduction of such large quantities of them into the sys tem lowers vitality and increases sus ceptibility to the disease producing types when they gain access to the body. Water containing so many or ganisms carries also, in solution, the ptomaines from the putrefaction of the organic matter in which they grew. These large number of organisms gen erally find their way into open wells by surface drainage and whe-e they can pass, so may the disease producing types pass alBO. The waters from driven wells are comparatively free from organisms. An open well is an abomination and is not in keeping with our present under standing of the laws of sanitation. The question arises, how can we bet ter our condition. Where a well is the only means of obtaining water, let it be dug to the water bearing stratum, wall it up with brick laid in cement for ten feet, arch it over with the pump pipe and arch well cemented in, fill the remainder of the hole, which may be 15 to 20 feet, with clay well tramped down and the result will be a bottomless brick jug, deep under ground, into which no surface water, worms nor animals can penetrate. The water from such a. well is as pure as can be obtained from the locality in which it is situated. There are many families living in the country who should enjoy the best of health, but who are always ailing. The cause of ill health may, as a rule, be traced to their use of polluted water produced by the unsanitary condition of their surroundings. But few homes have proper drainage from sinks and baths, dish water is thrown out of the sack door on the ground near the well, garbage is similarly disposed of to de compose and drain into the well. Wash water containing filth that would not be tolerated on the clothing is also emptied on the ground to drain into the well. Most of the open wells situ ated near the house or barn are but (IS (resceimt Eg8-pho,Phato BAKING POWDER is WILL DO AU THAT ANT HIGH PRICED POWDER WILL C DO AND DO:i BETTER A FULL POUND 25c Get it from your Grocer cesspools. It is the lowest point in its vicinity into which liquid's drain. Frequently a privy is located within a stone's throw of an open well. When the water table rises to the Burface of the ground, as it always does during the winter in Western Oregon, all sur face water is contaminated, and, as the water level lowers, the open wells be come reservoirs for the drainage. The ordinary stone or brick wall of an open well only serves the purpose of preventing the caving in of the earth and in no sense acts as a filter. We have received samples of water from open wells, situated near barn yards or dwellings, which were loaded with organisms that are instrumental in decomposing manure. The samples gave strong reactions of ammonia by chemical analysis and were even tinted with the color of liquid manure. One particular sample was thus polluted from a flower bed near the house, the flower bed having been heavily ma nured. In localities where water is piped in to the house and there is no sewer, the toilets should be connected with a prop erly constructed septic tank and the effluent should be piped a long distance from the well and empty on the surface of the ground, where sun and air may still further purify it. If an open clos et must be used, a concrete vault, well cemented, should be constructed, in stead of a mere hole in the ground, and lime frequently thrown into it to pre vent the breeding of flies. Earth clos ets have been very successful and con sist of galvanized iron trays or tubs that may be emptied away from the premises; dry earth or ashes should be used in connection with them to absorb moisture and suppress odor. It is well known that flies breed in human and animal manure; for exam ple, the deposits of human excreta are often seen to be a crawling mass of maggots, these are the larvae hatched from the ef gs deposited by flies, from this they pats into the pupa stage and again emerge as flies with the return of warm weather. These flies enter ourjiwellings, walk upon our food and directly transmit the organisms from excreta to our food. Contamination does not cease at that, for we have definitely proven that the. organisms which the flies take into their bodies from the excreta are not destroyed by their digestion, and passing from their bodies with the excreta the germs util ize this excreta for food and multiply. Therefore a fly speck containing fifty germs will increase its numbers fifty fold. If perchance the organism happens to be the typhoid bacillus, a fly speck upon an apple, or other food, will eventually contain thousands of germs. This we have conclusively demon strated by hatching flies in a sterile box, then feeding them with bread or sugar saturated with cultures of tha typhoid bacilli, then allowing them to excrete upon apples, cabbage leaves, other material that gives off moisture. The fly speck, after some time, as sumes the form of a colony and is found to be loaded with living typhoid bacilli, showing that they bad passed through the fly uninjured and had mul tiplied abundantly in the fly's deposit It is well known that milk is an ideal food for typhoid bacilli, and for that reason should be well guarded from the invasion of flies. Keep flies out of the house, especially that part where food is kept If Your Eyes Bother You get a box of PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, old reliable, most successful eye rem edy made. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. PNU No. ai.o w HEW writing to advertise plea) mention this paper. I'- . 1.rf J TNI pit THAT sNtTRTttj nn a ran i III A flsTortni used the tame ts lemon or vaaflla. Ur ditsulvins. grsnulatrd .agar in water Mi adding Mapleine. a delicious syrup is made ape syrup better thao maple. Mapleine is sold grocers. If not send 35c for 2 os. bottle sn tecipsbook. Crescent Mfg. Ca., Seattle, Wa,