BEAVERTON TIMES
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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
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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