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J VNE Granulated Eyelids, rjore eyes, r.yes inflamed by Sun. On. rand Wind Quickly relieved by Murine. Try it in your Eyes and in Baby's Eyes. VNoSmirtiDi, Jost EyeComforl Ey Satv, in Tubea 25c. For Book of the Ey Fro. Ask Marine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago d Earn More Young Women and Men Business cries for trained minds. Grasp your opportunity. Enorll now in Northwesfti biggest uuamcno wiichc, ucmitve- yy amer, rortiana. r Catalog. Hotel Rowland One hundred and sixty-five Rooms, all Modern improvements: free phones on every floor. Rates: 75c to $1.50; per day: $2.50 to $5.00 per week. Opposite Courthouse. 2 blocks from Postoflice. Fire Proof. S. P and Oregon Electric pass door. Fewer Sea Eagles Seen. That the monarch of the air, the eea eagle, has disappeared from Caith ness, as well as from the Orkneys and Shetlands, is a well-authenticated fact. The sea eagle is not very uncommon in the Fest Highlands, and still builds Its nest on various hills abutting on the cliffy coast. The sites of the nests are on the edge of some large and well-stocked sheep farms. The birds have always been accused of killing lambs, as well as hares and winged game, but the charge would be diffi cult to substantiate. Old Houses Affect Dreamers. Here is what an old English journal says about the legend of old houses and odd dreams. "There may be no real foundation for the belief that there is any necessary connection be tween old houses and odd dreams, yet it is most certainly true that people either born or having lived the greater part of their lives in them are more peculiarly sensitive than others to the influence of dreams." Turning the Deaf Ear. There are worse afflictions than the impairment of one's sense of hearing. Much depends on one's environment. In John Morley's recollections he re calls a dinner at Herbert Spencer's where the host wore ear stoppers so adjusted that he could open or close them, according to the sort of conver sation that went on around the table. When Mr. Roosevelt is afflicted with boresome talk he can turn his left ear in the salutary direction and thus es cape what might otherwise detract from the Joy of life. Boston Globe. Cutlcura for Sore Hands. Soak hands on retiring In the hot suds of Cutlcura Soap, dry and rub In Cu tlcura Ointment. Remove surplus Ointment with soft tissue paper. For free samples address, "Cutlcura, Dept. X, Boston." At druggists and by mall. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50. Adv. Handicap In Struggle. Some think more of the game, and some think more of the prize; but whoever loves either one too much will not win the other. Optimistic Thought. Retirement is the punishment of the fool, the paradise of the wise. Baltic Sea. The Baltic sea gets its name from balteous (a belt), because the strait or entrance to it has always been call ed the "Belt." Californlans Forget Prejudice, Paper money, once a curiosity in California, is now in such general cir culation in San Francisco that its of fer in the stores and hotels no longer proclaims the possessor as an "East erner," says the San Francisco Chron icle. Before the fire of 1906 coin was the rule with few exceptions in San Francisco trading. In 1908 Califor nlans began to make the more inti mate acquaintance with "bank notes," but recently currency has come into such general use that it begins to feel like real money to the native sons. The Safest Guide. The much-praised optimist, although to be admired, is not a safe guide. He tells us all is well, when it Is not. He fails to see the pitfalls and urges us forward and we fall into them, likewise the pessimist, although shunned and berated, leads us to be over cautious. Under his influence we hopelessly sit down for fear we will fall into the pit, when there is none. The cautious leader who watcheB, waits, and withal is patient expecting the world to move forward, is always most trustworthy. Birds of Nebraska. Although 400 different species of birds have their home in Nebraska, it is said that no more than 200 are to be found in any one locality. The output of maple sugar in the Province of Quebec is about 14,300,000 pounds per annum. V ELECTRIC MOTORS Bought. Sold. Ranted nd Repaired WALKER ELECTRIC WORKS Bumslde. cor. 10th. Portland, Ore. Hides, Pelts, a Wool &. Mohair We win ill m km. Witt h tnm iaCWl'l Tip. THE H. F. NORTON COMPANY, Portland. Ore.. Seattle. Wn.. Belliimham. Wo. f im Veal, Pork, Beef, SHIf Poultry, Butter, Eggs M" and Farm Produce, to the Old Reliable Eventing bouse with a record of 46 years of Square Dealings, and be assured of TOP MARKET PRICES. F. M. CRONKHITE, 45-47 Front Street, Portland. Oreson Br baying direct from os at wholesale prices and save the plumber's profits. Write us to day roor needs. We will gtre you oor roek bottom "direct-to-you" prices, f. a b. rail or boat. We actually Bare you from 10 to U per cent AD roods guaranteed. Northwest headquarters for Leader Water Systems and Fuller Johnson Enginoa. STARK-DAVIS CO. 212 Third Street Portland. Ores o. P. N. U. No. 30, 1918 ROADS ATTENTION GIVEN TO ROADS No Matter What Construction May Be Highways Must Be Given Some Consideration. Let no man be deluded into the thought that such things as "perma nent roads" are possible. All roads, no matter what kind, require atten tion and the more they receive the better they are. A chief muse for poor roads is the fact that a great proportion of the road work done the country over is of so temporary and make-shift an order. Of course, the only real satisfactory road in all weather is a hard road either paved . Hard Road Well Cared for. or stone, with gravel next in favor, says Indiana Farmer's Guide. But even such roads fall into disrepair, if given no attention. What is said to be the worst stretch of highway in Illinois was once a magnificent mac adam road. Now it is almost Impass able owing to the deep hollows and ruts which it contulns. Everyone gives It a wide berth arid it is "black listed" In all automobile guides. Concrete and brick paving also must have over sight and repair. ' Autolsts have a saying that there is no better road than a dirt road when It is dry. This is because, In the case of a well-drained earth road, passing vehicles smooth out the ruts left after a rain and iron it into a sufficiently level surface to permit of easy traveling. Here, again, it Is a case of "working the roads," though the work given Is of an automatic kind and rendered without thought of the service performed. However, It sometimes takes a long time to smooth out the roughness after a rain espe cially if the soil is a heavy clay. And usually the same makeshift attention Is given the earth road that is the too-frequent lot of macndamir-and gravel. In some townships the dirt roads are dragged at rather Infrequent in tervals and if a rain comes right after the dragging the effect of the latter is largely nullified.- The best dirt roads, year In and year out, are those which are dragged whenever possible at all seasons of the year. This should be done as soon after every rain as possible but not when the mud is in such condition that It will stick to the drag. It is best to drag one side of the road at a time and forbid travel upon it until It Is thoroughly dry. As a generul rule the softer the material of which a road Is composed the more frequent attention it should receive. But let no one forget that good roads of whatever kind are pos sible only at the price of constant oversight RESULTS FROM GOOD ROADS After Improvement Price of Tillable Lands Show Big Increase Chil dren Benefited. After improving the main market roads In four counties In Virginia and one each in New York, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi during a pe riod of five years, a survey was made of the work and its results. It was found that the price of tillable land served by the roads increased from one to three times the total cost of the improvements. The total saving every year in hauling costs due to this Im provement in the roads amounts to $627,409 for a traffic of about 3,500, 000 ton miles. The net saving on the hauling, after deducting the cost of interest and principal for the improve ments, averages 11.6 cents per ton mil. After the roads were better, the aver age attendance of children in the pub lic schools was 76 per cent ; before the roads were improved It was 66 per cent. Ten more children out of every 100 were enabled to get schooling as a result of better roads. Dairymen Are Careful. Dairymen as a rule are more careful with their cows than the average farm er who merely produces the milk for family use. Reasonable Truck Hauling. Every pound of merchandise which can be added to the truck load makes truck hauling that much more reasonable. Heal Damaged Surface. When a road Is dragged, the dam aged surface Is sealed and healed. Care of Machine or Vehicle. Keeninz a machine or vehicle In good repair and well oiled not only Increase Its efficiency but lessens tne power re quired In using It. No Place for Bull. The herd bull should not bo haltered np In the stable or kept In a narrow box stall and pen, as he is sure to be come Impotent. Cultivate Potatoes. Keep the potatoes well cultivated earl; la the season. mm MM I WATCH FOR LICE AND MITES Unless Parasites Are Controlled They Have Marked Effect on Number of Eggs Produced. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Poultry raisers should be on the lookout for lice and mites, for they get busier than ever with the coming of warm weather. Unless they are controlled at this season they will have a marked effect on the number of eggs produced by laying hens, and the number of chicks raised. Poul try houses should be thoroughly clean ed, whitewashed, or sprayed with kero sene or kerosene emulsion at this sea son. The hens should also be provided with a good dust box, and Insect pow der should be dusted among their feathers. Mites usually stay in the cracks of the henhouses and under the roosts In the daytime, where they lay their eggs. At night when the fowls go to roost the mites come out of their hiding places, attach themselves to the fowls, and feed by sucking blood from the birds. To get rid of them the houses should be cleaned and sprayed thor oughly, including the nests, the drop ping boards, and roosts. The poultry house that is kept clean and has plen ty of sunlight and ventilation is usual ly free from mites. Immediately after cleaning the house should be white washed or sprayed. An effective white wash is made by slaking one-halfj peck of lime In 20 gallons of water. Add one pound of salt, previously dis solved, and two quarts of crude car bolic acid, or one gallon of stock dip, and apply the mixture with a spray pump or brush. Kerosene, crude oil, or some good preservative mamffnc tured from coal tar, sprayed about the Dusting Louse-infested Fowl. Interior of the house, especially In the cracks and crevices, is an effective means of killing mites. If kerosene is used it Is necessary to contlnuo to spray every 10 days or two weeks throughout the .warm weather. The effect of crude oil or wood preserva tive Is much more lasting. Inasmuch as lice spend n grenter part of their time on the fowls, the most effective trentment is that which is applied directly to the birds. The cleanliness of the house, however, is of equal Importance if the lice are to be gotten rid of entirely. The two most practical methods of fighting lice are dusting or using a paste or an oint ment. Provide a good dust box con taining a mixture of road dust or wood ashes and allow the hens to dust them selves. Dusting the hens by hnnd Is effective and Is especlnlly recommend ed for setting hens and fowls that nre very much Infested with lice. A good homemade dust or louse powder Is made by mixing together one and one half pints of gasoline and one pint of crude carbolic acid with four quarts of plaster of Paris. Allow It to dry. crush to a powder, and work It well Into the feathers by hand. One of the most effective ointments used to destroy lice Is a mixture of equal parts of blue ointment with vase line or lard. Mix these Ingredients thoroughly and apply a small portion (about the size of a pea) to the top of the head, under the wings, nnd around the vent. Note Blue ointment should not be used on hatching hens nnd small chicks. TURKEY FEED NOT EXPENSIVE When Being Prepared for Market In Fall It Is Worth While to Supply Some Grain. About the only expense for feed for the turkey Is during a short period In the fall when they are being fitted for the market and as they bring quite a little more per pound than any other kind of meat raised on the farm It Is well worth while to feed well during the fattening period. VALUE OF BACK-YARD FLOCK Average Size Should Be at Least Ten Hens to Produce 100 Dozen Eggs a Year. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Here are some safe figures about what can be expected of a back-yard flock. Ench lien In her pullet year should produce ten dozen eggs. The average size of the back-yard floik should be at least ten hens. Thus each flock would produce In n year KXi dozen of eggs, which, at the CDOSenrfl tlve value Of 2T cents a dozen, would be worth $2". lint the 100 'dozen Is more Important than the $Z. Old-Fashioned Idea. The Old-fasbiooed idea that round eggs would hutch pullets, and long or pointed eggs cockerels, Is entirely without foundation. Normal Eggs Favored. Normal eggs are almost certain to produce chickens which will lay nor mal eggs, while the reverse ia equally INCREASING OUTPUT OF SHEEP AND WOOL Department of Agriculture Makes Recommendations for 1918. More Farm Flocks Recommended Wherever Conditions Are Favor able and First Cost of Stock ing Is Not Too High. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The department of agriculture In cludes the following recommendations regarding sheep nnd wool in its supple mentary production program for 1918. Effort should be made to increuse the production of sheep and wool. In crease In farm flocks Is recommended wherever conditions nre favorable nnd the first cost of stocking is not too high. The wool produced In this coun try furnishes only about 50 per cent of the amount used In pence times; the wnr demands have emphasised the seriousness of this domestic shortage. Sheep Pastured in an Orchard. To equip 2,000,000 soldiers and clothe them for one year would require the entire quantity of wool grown annual ly In this country. During recent years we have shorn about thirty-five million fleeces annual ly, and the pulled wool taken from sheep and lambs slaughtered for meat brings the total clip up to the equiva lent of about forty million fleeces. If all this wool were suitable for mill tary use, It would Suppl" only 2,000, XK) men. The production of wool in lie United States lias remained prac tically stationary from 1014 to 1917, It'tllle Imports Increased 48 per cent, Mit the estimated net supply increased inly about 21 per cent. That mutton and wool production in this country can be Increased greatly ndmlts of no doubt. This can be ac complished by developing sheep hus bandry on farms, especially In the Eastern and Southern states. Steps should be taken in the East and South to do away with the sheep-kllllng dog menace by state or local action. Large results can be secured by improving methods of breeding nnd management on the range ; by securing the restock ing of Improved farm lands with sheep; by the larger use of forage crops and pastures; by encouraging sheep and lamb clubs; by the cllmlne tlon of parasites; by protection against losses from predatory animals ; and by having la nibs ready for market at from 70 to 80 pounds weight thereby re quiring a minimum of grain to finish them and making possible the main tennnce of larger breeding flocks. HIGH-PRODUCING GARDEN (Prepared by the United Stales Department of Agriculture.) Are you sure that your garden is producing as much 08 It is capablo of doing? A half-acre garden, If properly cured for, will produce sufficient vegetables for the average family's use. It will produce fur greater returns per acre than can be realized from on oijuiil area dovoted to general furm crops. Hut It is necessary to give the garden proper care and attention If you expect maximum crops. Form ers' Bulletin 037, recently pub lished by the United States de partment of agriculture, which will be sent free to uny Who ap ply for it, so long ns the supply lasts, gives specific directions for the planting, cure nnd culti vation of the various vegetables. Make sure that you are not wast ing time nnd energy by fulling to give your garden the cure that Insures highest yields. CARING FOR CONFINED HENS Provide Good Straw Utter In Which to Scatter Grain AJto Supply Green Feed. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) If the chickens must be confined on account rff bad weather, pnpvlde a good straw litter In which their grain feed mav he scattered. Tills wBl give them exercise and keen them Interested and healthy. When chickens that have hocn accustomed to free range are closely confined this frequently checks their development for the time being unless they are made contented in the new quarters. Provide green feed for them also. KITCHEN WASTE FOR FOWLS Certain Amount of Table Scraps In Every Household Will Help Make Eggs and Meat (Prepared by the United States Depart ment HI ABIWUHU,, Let the table scraps help make eggs and meat. In every household, no mat ter how economical the honaewlfe, there is a certain amount of table scraps and kitchen waste which baa feeding value bnt which, If not fed, finds its way into the garbage pall. Tbe saving medium: Some hens. it YOU'RE AN EASY PREY, with your flesh reduced below a healthy stand ard, for Consumption and other Scrof ulous and dangerous diseases. And it's for just this condition that Dr. Pierce'B Golden Medical Discovery Is especially valuable. If you re thinner than you ought to be, whether from wasting diseases, defective nutrition, or whatever cause, the "Discovery" will surely bring you up to the healthy standard. By restor ing the normal action of the deranged organs and functions, it arouses every natural source and means of nourish ment. A strength-restorer and flesh- builder. It can be Sad in tablet or liquid form. Tablets 60c all druggists. Dr. Pierce s Pleasant Pellets are the original little liver pills, first put up over 40 years ago. They regulate and Invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Much imitated but never equaled. Sugar coated and easy to take as candy. Adv. Dr. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver, bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for a laxative three for a cathartic Adam'a Wrong Start. "Mamma," said Edith, "when the first man started to spell 'psalm' with a 'p' why didn't he scratch it out and start over?" Judge. Sure! High Heels Cause Corns But Who Cares Now You reckless men and women who are pestered w'th corns and who have at least once a week invited an awful death from lockjaw or blood poison are now told by a Cincinnati authority to use a drug called freezone, which the moment a few drops are applied to any corn or callous the soreness 1b relieved and soon the entire corn or callous, root and all, lifts off with the fingers. Freezone dries the moment It is ap plied, and simply shrivels the corn or callous without Inflaming or even ir ritating the surrounding tissue or skin. A small bottle of freezone will cost very little at any of the drug stores, but will positively rid one's feet of every hard or soft corn or hardened callous. If your druggist hasn't any freezone he can get It at any wholesale drug house for you -Adv. Origin of Measurements. The word ell means arm, and thus el-bow means the joint or bend in the arm. The ell measure was taken from the arm of Henry I, and if that was a yard and a quarter it was of very un usual length! The capacity of the hu man body was also early put to the use of measurement; thus we have the expression, "A hop, step and jump," "A stone's throw," and the old Baying, "Within a bowshot away." Optimistic Thought. Honorable retreats are in no way inferior to brave charges. Eskimo Fiddler. Although the drum is the native mu slcal instrument of the Eskimo, he has learned to make a rude imitation of the fiddle. This Eskimo fiddle may be described as the combination of a box with a hole in the top, three strings, a bridge, a tailpiece and a Bhort bow with a strip of whalebone for hair. Cause for Thankfulness. Let us thank kind and pitying heav en for failure, for pain, for long stress and disappointment, for Bin and shamo and sodden days when it forever brings us at last to beauty. Exchange. ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE DOES IT. When your Bhoea pinch or your CornB and Uun iona ache, get Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder to be Bhaken into shoes and sprinkled in the foot-buth. Gives instunt relief to Tired, Ach ing, Tender Feet. Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy. New York. Where Thin Men Have Advantage. A thin man has a better chance than a fat one. Women gunning for men occasionally puncture a fat one, but few of them shoot well enough to hit a thin one. Topeka Capital. Itching Rashes Soothed With Cuticura Soa 2lc. Olataaeat 28 aad 80c. ft mm Fresh Beef Travels on a Rapid Schedule Fresh beef for domestic mar kets goes from stockyards to retail stores within a period of about two weeks. Although chilled, this meat is not frozen; hence it cannot be stored for a rise in price. A steer is dressed usually within twenty-four hours after purchase by the packer. The beef is held in a cooler at the packing house, at a temperature a little above freezing, for about three days. It is then loaded into a refrig erP4. - .a a sjmilar tem- Jmed, and is cet on an aver- Wys. disi, into a sale. t the branch ,'it is unloaded 'cooler", and placed on Swift & Company requires all beef to be sold during the week of arrival, and the average of sales is within five days. Any delay along the above journey means deterioration in the meat and loss to the packer. Swift & Company, U. S. A. Environmental Influence. To understand fully the effect of en vironmental influence requires a pret ty good understanding of the native qualities of the material upon which tho environment acts. The reaction of differently formed human beings is never exactly the same even when the environmental action on them 1b near ly identical. "You can't," as David Starr Jordan is wont to say, to explain some failures of college endeavor, "put a thousand-dollar education into a fifty-dollar boy." Vernon Kellogg, In tho Atlantic. Knife Pickwick Handled. There is a first-rate anecdote in Mr. J. J. HIsBey's book, "GobsIp of the Road," concerning tho popularity of Dickons or Pickwick. One of the two, hut which one? Mr. Hlssey was staying at the Angel, in Bury St. Ed munds, and was reflecting aloud on the fact that Mr. Pickwick was sup posed to have stayed there, when his host indignantly exclaimed: "Sup posed! This, sir, is the very inn where he stopped. I've the very carving knife that Mr. Pickwick used when be wub here." Christian Science Monitor. Dally Thought. No nobler feeling than this, of ad miration from higher than himself, Discipline Essential. Those who escape discipline are to be pitied, but we may be sure the es cape will not bo for long. Tho order of the world provides for this without our interference. In most cases we had much bettor be concerned In hold ing our hands off or in providing al leviations for the hours between these needful buffetlngs by the heavy hand of fate. The disciplino of others, In other words, ordinarily is nono of our business. We may safely and wisely leave it to paronts, school masters, police, and to the hard knocks of life. Habits of Crayfish. Tho crayfish may be described as a fresh water lobster, and usually lives a purely aquatic life, keeping to tho river bed. Some of the crayfish found in Australia, however, have forsaken the wator and excavate burrows In damp soil. Tho tunnel leading to the heart of the burrow Is free from water, hut water Is always present In tho chambers at tho end where the cray fish lives. They do much damage to artificial watercourses In tho mining districts by riddling the banks and dams. dwells in tbe breast of man. It Is to this hour, and at all hours, a vivifying Influence in man's life. Carlyle. Nervous Mothers Should Profit by the Experience of These Two Women Buffalo, N. Y " I am tho mother of four childron, and for nearly three years l suitcred from a lemalo trouble with pains in my hat k and side, and a general weakness. I had pro fessional attendance most of that time but did not Heem to get well. As a last resort I decided to try Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound which I had seen advertised in the newspapers, and in two weeks noticed a marked improvement. I continued its use and am now free from pain and able to do all my house work." Mrs. a, a, Zuxinska, 202 Weiss Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Portland, Ind. "I had a displacement and suffered so badly from it at times I could not, ha on mv feet at all. I was all run down and so weak I could not do my housework, was nervous and could not lie tiown at nigit. i took treatments from a physician but they did not help me. My Aunt recommended i-yuia Hi. nnkham's Vegetable Compound. 1 tried, It and now I ftm Rtrnno and wollmraln nnrl rlfi (rwj ffl i 1 m,y ovm worlc ana 1 fve Lydia E. Pinkham'a v A I Comnound t.hn credit " Mri -In ikimi i mh Kimble, 935 West Race Street, Portland, Bid. Every Sick Woman Should Try LYDIA E. 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