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BEAVERTON TIMES 4- BEAVKRTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 88, 1MKB, RefeJn Native m Three Continents English robins have iioeakw la three continent, (or la China and New Zealand at well as la America, settlers from England cava tba fa ultier name to a native bird. Ttie American migratory thrash recalU by Ita reddish breast the brighter gorget of the Ungllsh species. Though duller of plumage, the New Eealand robin earned the aaate by Its lameness ; and there ts a touch of the tame friendly nature la the Chinese bird. Several. English blrda are distin guished by a human nickname; tom tit. Jackdaw, magpie, Jenny wren and even phi tip sparrow. But only the robin redbreast has made friends so thoroughly with man that Its full asms is almost forgotten, while its nickname is coextensive with the Eng lish language. Big Tree as Rtstrvoir. In central Africa the gigantic bao bab tree, whose trunk sometime at tains a dii.iueier of 4U feet, often serves as a natural cistern, retaining rainwater in large Quantities In a cavity formed at ihe top of the broad trunk. Taking rhe hint thus afforded by nature, the Arabs: artificially hollow out the trunks of tate baobabs and fill them with water during the preva lence of rains a u irovision against the dry seasons. These cisterns are In some cases teniy feet in hciL-lit und eight or ten fee; in dfinneier. The water Is used both for drinking und for irrigating melon patches. Brfbet Burled in Sand. An ttif;.iii in Guinea Is usually; buried in sand up to Its waist when ever the mother is busy, and this is the only cradle it ever knows. The little Lapp, on the other hand, fares most luxuriously In Its mother's shoe. These Lapp shoes are big affairs of skin stuffed with soft moss, and can be hung on a peg or tree branch safely oat of the way. The Chinese baby is tied to the back of an older child, who goes about its play quite ignoring Its burden. Lon don Tit-Bits. A Sporting Judos. "Thirty days in the workhouse. That ought to cure you of speeding." lt certainly will, your honor. Would you like to use my car while I'm In durance vile?" "No. thanks. Tve seen you riding in that old bus of yours. It couldn't de over forty miles an hour," Birming ham Age-Herald. Dont Want 'Em. hidlau dishes 3U0 years old, and uiiposed to pn-sesK the "magic" props-ties of breaking In hits If touched ritli poison, have been sold by auction D London recently. Washington ttar. Every Voter County Should Support EARL E.FISHER for Congress He will work for the interests of the farmers. Washington County is a farming community. MICKIE, THE PRINTER'S DEVIL fb;3 "7 0. MO! I d 0 rgumcunme,) aw 'mem voo Ji IWJ1,ue T KS I Ts ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO TREES Writer Beautifully expresses What (vary. Levee af Nature Mvet Have at Borne Time Felt t Trees are tba arms of Mother Earth lifted up la worship of her makers; where they are, beauty dwells. Tress are the shelter of man, beaat sad bird; they furnish the roof above us, the shade about us, and the nesting places of love and song. They call children out to play; they entice sweethearts Into leafy coverts to seal their tows with fond caresses; they console and gratefully reward old age. They are the fittest ornaments of wealth and the Inalienable possession of the poor, who can enjoy them with out having title to them. They are the masts that fly the flags of all na tions and the sails of all' seas; they are the timbers that bridge forbidding streams; uhey bear the wires of the worlds Intelligence; they hold the rails that carry the truffle of the con tinents; they are the carved and pol ished furnishings of the. home; they cradle the young and coffin the dead. Trees herald the spring with glorious banners of leaf ami bloom; they clothe the autumn in garments of gold and royal purple; bared to the winter's cold, they are Hie harpof the winds, and they whisper the music of the In finite spaces. Clarence Ousley. Useful Oil. Few industries have grown so rap Idly as the manufacture of cottonseed oil. Ill IfxiT there were only four cot tonseed oil mills in the United Stutes; in lWtJ there were H8. and by lUi'O the value of the oil and the by-products of it were estimated to he 1''.V OOU.KUO. Since then these has been a steady increase in the production. The Increased consumption of cot tonseed oiL iB due largely to the great variety of uses found for it. It enters into the manufacture of lard com pounds, butterine and other substi tutes for butter; is used in packing and preserving fish, in making salad oils, and In the manufacture of so palled "olive oil." The crude oil la used in medicine, in the preparation of cosmetics, liniments and emulsions; as an illuminating oil In miners' lamps, for rough painting, and for tempering edged tools; and as soap stock, In which field of usefulness, after treat ment with certain alkalis. It-yield soap, washing powder and glycerin. South African Locust Plague. Locusts In Immense swarms which eovei-ed the permaaent way and brought the engine to a standstill held up a train on the Gmaff Reinet line, South Africa, for two hours. Passen gers and officials, by sweeping stead ily with improvised hrooniB for two hours, cominut-d partially to clear the line to allow the Journey being re sumed. The insects were a coupl of feel deep In places. in Washington IT IS THE BEST HEM THAT MAKES PROMT Prodexwr Above Average Nets Preea hra Over all Costs, Last Forty Kgffs Tell. It's only the last 40 or 60 effga which the better-than-average bans lay that bring the owner a profit over all costs of production. ' "The poultryman whose flock aver ages 140 to 160 eggs per hen receives Interest on his Investment but no nay lor bis labor," says A. G. Lunn, head of the poultry husbandry at the 0. A. C. Experiment station. "With a well bred flock properly cared for the pro duction would be from 180 to 200 eggs a year. This would net him a profit of 90 cents a fowl, "It Is often found in analysing farm records that the producer who iB above the average obtains an ex tra premium for his products, as he gets the extra two or four dozen In the early fall when eggs are high. ' "The flock averaging 144 eggs In the year produces the largest number of them in late winter, spring, and , Qf I(Ik Uld ,( u Hn ewMm early summer when eggs are cheap- j of the runa of Uie daJf to take est. The poultryman who gets thtf . up anything new that this tidvenlur extra eggs actually receives more for ! ous futur!;.t pioneer is now the linn of them than would be shown in the av-' tue 8eason. lie Intends to be In I'urls eraga price .received per year on ins average farm." The average overhead expenses on a commercial poultry farm consist-; (mi.t!es Um hv MllfMBM lhllt . iiard ing of interest on investment, taxes, ly klWB l(fW M cruuJ lu aU Wi ap and depreciation, -equals the cost of pointuients. feed, it wag found through farm sur- vey work. The cost of feeding a fowl on the average commercial poultry farm Is between $1.80 and 2 a year, points out Professor Lunn. On the farm the cost is probably cut one-half as a hen obtains some food from by products. With eggs averaging 30 cents per dozen, It would require six doien eggs to pay for the feed. The average production of Oregon fowls is about 100 eggs a year. On the commercial poultry farm It averages from 140 to 150 eggs. This would leave six dozen to pay Interest on Investment In buildings and equip ment and to furnish a profit to the producer. Keep Out Potato Wilt Ub no potatoes for seed that show brown discoloratlons near the sur face when cut across the Btem end Such potatoes often have wilt, a disease that seriously reduces the yield of potatoes In many sections "Wound Up." I had beeu scolding one evening. The next afternoon my neighbor dropped lit to Intjiiire about my sister Jennie, who had been sick. I stiid I Euessed the only thins that ailed her Hub, four years ,old, who had been listening nirmH nr.- Vail .,.(!, ... why don't Aunt Jennie get wound up Itae dad said you were last night?" Cleveland Plain Denier. Poetry at th Graveside. A new style of nrofesslorial mourn- has appeared In Pflrls where at the of dry fuel. That's how much peat end of the ceremony at the grave he I contracts In the drying process, Una steps up and asks permlPsion to say a man operates the machine. last word. No objection being made j During the summer the machine was he recites a piece of suitable poetry operuted ou a bug near Minneapolis, with suppressed emotion and when j and peat, processed at the University the psrty Is leaving the cemetery he i of Minnesota, wus burned with sat la is found waiting at the gate and Intl- factory results In a Minneapolis oltics mates that a gift would be acceptable, building. which Is generally forthcoming, A crusher plant, with a capacity of i i W) tons of peat a day, has been built Sow Ha Adopted Kitten. : In Minneapolis during tbe winter to A strange case of maternal devotion produce powdered peat, end In the Is reported by.an Ontario farmer who , spring ten peat digging machlnea are has a sow with a Utter that has adopt- ; t0 be started on ihe Minnesota huiza. ed a half-grown kitten and permits It i to nurse with her babies and to sleep j with them. The kitten has been m,llhoi, n. rh ,, ... J era) days and will no longer touch' cow's milk when offered It. At night the kitten curls up at the sow's aide. To Whom It May Concern. Adv. hi Vernvnu Uiuwr "If you I have any prospects. I have a nice wll- j ww carnage ror saie." homioo Iran rtnt ' I By Charles Sughros Warn Nmmwm Jm TACTIUSM" THE LATEST AriT Pictures Can te "Sean" by Touch, It Declaration Made by Inventor af New Fad. Among the things that "have their day and cease to be," artistic extrav agances bold a prominent place. The wild vagaries of impression I ts, cu bists and futurists one by one eclipse what has gone before.' Tactlllsm" la the name of a new "art" invented by 8lguor Marinettl, the Itatlan futurist, who, recently, to large audience of paiuters, art critics and society people in Paris, explained ita principles. It ll method of con veying Impressions through the sense of touch, "which hus hitherto boen neglected by the arts.' Marinettl told how lie had tried to establish - n series of conventions, which could be easily learned, by which dilterent touches would bring J forth definite Ideas. For Instance, something rough, spiky and but to the touch would give the idea of the Sahara. The scu would be conjured up by something smooth anil cold, like cilva mi i, uk a, t,l Pui-U l u nilviiiiw . fr 80lue ww,ki but hns already re- reived so ninny Invitations to utiend DESIGNED TO UPHOLD WEIGHT Elephant's Foot Is Enormous, Even When Compared With the Size ot the Beast. That twice' around an eleplmnfi fort equals Its height Beems almost in credible, yet such is the fuel, und a little reflection will show you that It la not Bo wonderful as It appears to be. Things are large or small, comparatively, and if we could see thu foot of an elephant by Itself, It would present a far different appear ance as to size from what It gives when overshadowed by the mountain of iiesli it supports. The elephunia In the Indian commissariat being di eted according to height require to be ' - y n 'im-in'swi tlm amount of food to which they are en titled. At present this Is done by means of the ordinary standard with crusslar on top. but formerly it was done by placing a rope around the uul niul's forefoot close to the ground, and aiultiplylng tlie length so obtained by two. This measurement generally gives a quarter of uti inch or so mure, hut never less than the exact height. Use of Peat as Fuel. Few have reuiiiiid Unit pent might replace coul unci hivitk to a large ex tent the dep ndfuce of some of Urn northern stules upon distant coul j ml"e8' or several months a Minneapolis company has bemi engaged in tlm prep, arutiou of pi'ut lor tuel, uuld to be uiu only enterprise of its kind In the conn try. A machine bus been perfected that dim. macei-HteM unii nm-uula mir tn (- 7() tonH of w-t mn m riuv . mmntiiv m,nmtn, . ,.,,i., uu, D , ' . ..- , .... , , , , Littler Manufacture in Santo Domlnoe. The Domik-ai repiibiie la priinHrlly and naturally an ' agricultural country, P" mn,,uf,,;;,"1'"' 18 """I " U on a most limited scale; In fact, the total nioilve power employed In Hit various manufacturing indmstries in Santo Dominifo. th ri,ltxi H..,i i ,.... dty of the republic. Is less than borsepower. ASH IS NOT GENUINE TEST Merely thewa That Cigar la Will Made, Net That Its Quality la ef the Highest Can the quality af a cigar be told by the ashl To a certain extent It can. Many smokers take a great de light Is seeing how long he ash will stay en. It la often possible to smoke big Havana cigar half or three quar ters way through with the ash in tact. But what most clgnr smokers fall te realise is that this Is the test of a ' essarlly of the tobacco lu It. It ds i penile upon, the length and neat ar j rangenient of the tilling lent. A well , made, compact cigar has greater con sistency thmi a badly put together one But it does not follow that the tohuc co Is better, i tobacco expert writes. A surer test Is when the ush Is flicked off. The gloNvlng point should be sharp. The sharper the point the better the clgnr. As regards the ash. It is a common fallncy thtil white ash is a sign of a fine, and rinrk ash the sln of mi In ferior, letif. The real truth Is that the color depends upon the strength of the tobacco. A very mild and cheap cigar will give s pure while neh. The linesl Havana of ripe strength produces n blackish hsIi, It does nut follow that t cigar which burns Imperfectly If Dud tobacco. Vim may huve lighted It badJy or It mny be clunittlly unule.. Brooklyn Kngle. HEATING FRONT SEAT CF LITTLE L.AC..INES Radiator Designed for Runabout, and Roadsters. Particularly Adapted for Oars Thr Afford No Protection for Driver Assures Comfortable Drlv Ing In Winter. Most floor-neuters for autnnv-u'iw-seem to be designed for the rem compartment and not for the from seat. The heater shown in the Illus tration is designed for runabouts, niSTersrshd parttealarly the type of automobile that affords no protection for the driver against . cold, such ah taxi rabs, town curs und limousines The radiator Is utiuply an ordlnnrj floor nu I la tor nucIi as Is used In hot-uh Systems of house-heating. The ad justable vane type with the ribbed font control knob Ib of course the iiuwt d si ruble, as It will allow the driver t penult as little or us much bunt as he desires to come through. WHITE for GOVERNOR He has made good for us on one job. Give him a a bigger one now. VOTE X 21 THIS AIREDALE REAL FRIEN3 Del, AHewtd Liberty, fringe Dalntlee to Heund Whieh la Confined to . Its Kennel. Kind heart ednsss that might well serve as an iiainple Jar human kind Is displayed, by "Pat" an Airedale pup of Point Pleasant, W. Vs., says correspondent, the object af Its fine feeling being s hound owned by Bert Hhtflet. The story of the rour-footed pet's benevolence la attested by raenv hers of both families, who ar neigh boil. Nltltlut keeps his hound. "Jack,11 tied In the back yard. Thomas' Airedale, however, has the untrammeled llherty of i freeborn American dog and makes the most of It. He is a good forager and knows the locution Htid probable yield of every garlmge can In the neighborhood, Mrs, Shi lief feeds Jack generously, and not Infrequently the menu contains an appetising hone, hut she did not give Jack all the bones that n con mu hi led beside his kennel. All became clear the other day when Mrs. Nhlllet saw the Airedale approach .luck's kennel with a big aotiphone In his mouth, sot It down In front of his ipihereil friend, wag bis tall gleefully, bark a message of good cheer, diiuie play fully about for a moment itmt then dash off for some new adventure.. A Wtttch kept on the, Airedale showed thnt trips were niiiile to the hound's nimrters every duy. Hornet lines Instead of a honel the olTerlnu was a bit of meat or some other dnlitty. Delivering the Goods. Kdoutml 1 id hi, the Inventor of photogi-upliy by wire, mi hi ut u din ner In New York;' "Of cotiixt!, the triiusmisslon of photographs by wire was thought out before my time. Hut my preilui-essors, though their theury was all right, could not put It Into practice. Ho nothing much came of their work, for an Inventor's buckers Insist ou the pronipl delivery of the goojlB. "An Inventor can't treat his back ers as Whistler, the painter, treated his sitters. One of Whistler's sitters, yob know, waij In a hurry to have her portrait. Finally she said: " 'Now, Mr. Whistler, you've been at work nn this portrait of mine rery long time, When will It ! fin ished and delivered?" " 'Perhaps never, nia'aaV said Whistler calmly." -i Not Wasted. Miss Hue Urett So you courted that girl for six yours, did ynuV FootcIlghlL Yes, 1 did. "And you didn't marry her!" "No." "Then all of love's labor Is lostf "Oh. no. 1 can't say that. You seeV she's u ill m star now ; und by Ihe great eyebrows of Venus! you Jusl oiiulit t see her make love I" wmmiif! SMiipiaced Sympathy