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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1919)
U. S. Increases Crop Acreage Mow Than 56,000,000 Acrc Are Added in the Latt Ten Yean, Government Statiitics Show .Moro lluui 00,000,000 acres Imvo been added to llio country's aggre gate crop acreago in the last (en yearn. Slnlisticfl nnnoiinccd by the depart ment of agriculture kIiow llio country's aggregate Jant year to luivcbcon 2IG7,7;i8,000 riereH, or (J0R,8I0 Mpturu miles. That is more tlmn onc-llfth of tlio total lnnd nren of continental United Stales, almost 21.' times tho size of tho statu of Texas and about ion thuds (ho lnnd area of the entire Now Kngland plates. The number of farms in tho United Stales is esti mated at 0,717,000. Texas has llio largest aggregate crop acreage with 25,328,000 acres, or a little moro than oiio-bIxIIi of her toial land area. Kansas is second with 22,r88,000 ncrcB, or almost one-half of her entire lnnd area. Illinois is third wilh 21,727,000 acres, or about three-sevenths of her laud area. Iowa is in fourth place with 21,0111,000 acres, which is about three sevenths of her laud area. Tho aggregate crop acreage, which includes those of corn, wheat, barley, oats, rye, buckwheat, potatoes, sweet iKitatocs, tobneco, flax, rice, hay, coljon, peanuts, kafir, beans, broom corn, hops and cranberries, and tho number of farniH by states, follow: State 1018. Maine 1.UTI.000 MKi.tXX) l.!t07.(KK) 071.000 H8.000 (501.000 ftfiOD.OOO I.IR'I.OOO l'eniiHylvniiln 8,"7,O0O New Iliitunlilro Vermont MnxxiicliiiM'ttH Ithodo Island ........ Connecticut New York New Jersey i t i I i i i Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina (Seorglu Florida Ohio Indliiua llllnolM Michigan im tiliniu .... i Minnesota .... Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas . Kentucky Tontieeo Alubiimu lO.WSO.OOO Mississippi 8.080,000 I.oiilHlnua -I.081.W0 Texas 2fi.Si2S.U00 Oklahoma ia.7-M.000 Arkansas 7.:iW.tHK Montana , -f.Sin.OOO Wyoming l.nw.OOO Colorad -I.(M!0,(KK) "New Mexico l.-ISfl.OUO Arizona -177,000 Utah 1.01)5,000 Nevada -M8.000 Idalio s S.i:HI,00q Washington a.OID.OOO Oregon 2,7(13,000 California 5.027,000 fS20,000 2J.'I.W0 r.,n77.(xx) ::.aM.wo 7,HTJ,O0O 0. WW.OOO 12,t2 1.000 1, r,u:i,ooo u ,102,000 12.701.000 21,727.000 8.SU8.000 o.r.uo.ooo 10,00:1,000 21, (11:1,000 1n.2a2.ooo 1 8.208,000 i5.8in.ooo 18.UI0.W0 22, r.S3,000 0,022.000 7.2.V000 United States .:i(17.7.tS.O0O 1000. 1.WJ8.00S noa.ooa 1,20:,705 004.8M 81,207 ran, 8 to 8,:t87,73l I, 111,00:1 7,8110.502 i:i8,r.22 l.KU,0.l .1250,220 I, 87-1.:82 5.7:i7,0:i7 5,152,817 o,oo2,:i8:i 1,22:1.078 II, 1:11,010 ii,:kii. :(!:. 20,27:1.010 8,103,578 8.555.0SO II, 7:11.101 2O.:i7l.02Ti i,:t:w,588 15,888,750 1 2.221 J.772 17,2111.205 1,0O0,7fiO 0,010,810 o.:io5,m:j 7,2or.,2ao 0,158,710 :i,5So,ai8 18,aSO,002 11.021.070 n.y-o.is 1 tsis.na 7S0,(W 2,0M,ai2 032,701) 100,082 755..170 :W2AS7 l.OaS.lTO :1,131.27a 2,281,283 1,021,7:13 311.20:1,382 1'iirms. 00.000 27.000 aa.ooo a7.ooo 5,000 27,000 215,000 33,000 218,000 11.000 50,000 105,000 1W.000 275,000 100,000 330,000 50.000 270,000 215,000 21.1,000 200,000 182,000 157.000 215,000 275.000 05,000 05,(XX) IIW.OOO JSO.tXRI 270.000 200,000 2S0.OOO 205,000 123,000 150,000 220,000 2:W,000 ao.000 15.000 00,000 15,000 1:1,000 21.000 a.000 as.ooo 70,000 52,000 08,000 Suggestions to Those Who Contemplate Having Their Photographer Make Picture Thero Ih more In Rotting n photo graph than simply going to n photog rapher. He must know his business and you must know yours, otherwise the result will ho likeness that Is neither flattering nor truthful. If you are short and stout, advises 1111 authority, don't ask the poor artist to make a picture of you full length. Me will If you Insist, hut he knows lit is doing 11 great wrong therehy. Noth ing Is so graceful and pleiiHlug la a picture of 11 stout lady as n sitting at half-length, the figure so turned as to hide the stoutness. Again, If you are slim and lingular, do not for an Instant forget that a full length figure will make you appear more slim and angular. Then the pretty bust picture Is your only hope, and you should Insist on having none other. If a gentleman has a very long neck no matter how nicely he looks In a high collar his picture, If taken In such a high nffnlr, would look gro tesque. A short neck nnd high collar, nnd long neck anil a low turned-ijown collar, by all means. No loud stripes, no grent checks, no striking figures should be worn In a photograph. Ono thing bear In mind when you visit the studio bring along your home expression. Don't spend two days "before you come to the studio practicing poses and different expres sions before your mirror, ami, insuy, give the photographer the benefit of exercising bis artistic and professional -ability. I BUGLE BLASTS The thump 0? the heart Is the i best drum-heat. Keep step with : It. In war, selfishness 1s a mighty ; poor bomb-proof. Late advices Indicate that the Huns continue to fight and ; whine. Kingly tradition Is last year's bird's nest of politics. The glided helmet has taken Its place on tho dump with the cracked tea-kettle. Fertilizers Clote at Hand. Peruvian farmers enjoy raro oppor tunities to fertilize their lands. Off tho coast of Peru Is a group of islands containing guano deposits that form a valuablo fertilizer for tho soil on which sugar cano Is grown. C.717,000 The Banana Described.- The banana hns only won wide favor In Knglnnd during tho past (limrter century. It was not unknown however, half a century ago, for H. Ii. Itlimclinnl. the dramatist, record In his "Autobiography" July 7, 1S(H tasted bananas for tho first time 11 vegetable sausngo tasting like mar row ilavored with pineapple." . Economy Defined. "Learning to prolong the utility of every nrtlclo to tho uttermost," Is n definition of the word conservation, "Making full use of everything be fore you buy more," Is another deflnl tton. OF INTEREST TO POULTRY GROWERS It Is especially Important that sur plus cockerels be utilized as capons to Increase tho meat supply. Capons, or male birds whoso reproductive or gans have been' removed, Increnso In weight and their meat Is of good (pial Ity. To detcrmlno tho best time to enpon Ize ono should bo guided by the age and size of tho bird. A cockerel two to four mouths of ago and weighing ono and a half to two and a half pounds Is' a couvenleut-slzed bird with which to work. There are threo essentials to good results In caponlzlng. First, tho bird should not be fed for .'10 hours prior to tho operation so that tho Intestines will bo empty and tho reproductive orgnns exposed ; second, tho operntlon Nhuuld bo performed In a strong light In order that 'ho organs may bo clenrly distinguished ; third, ono should have 11 gooil sot of tools. Tho skilled operator can cnponlzo a bird In a short time, lllrds which havo been operated on should bo placed In a house from which the rooKtH have been removed. dive eaponlzed birds a hoft feed for ten days after the operation, after which they may be placed on a scratch food ration. The wet feed may consist of two pounds corn meal, ono pound of bran and' quo pound of middlings mixed v.lth ski dllc or buttermilk. The llrst I wo weeks capons should bo examined for "wlndpulTH." Theso can Im easily relieved by pricking the skin with a iieedhi or a knife. Two or threo wrecks prior to marketing, vqi line and fallen capons In crates, Uv ury ounwi of au at lids limn adds to fhu appeinaiico of and the prnlHs from JJiy bird, GOOD I JOKES Awful Prospect. "I heard of 11 man who Is going to havo a rabbit's eyo grafted In his face." "Great Scott I Suppose ho takes to nibbling at nil the people ho meets with enhbngo hea'ds." At His Best. Yeast Hut he's too old to work now, Isn't he? O r Imsonbenlc Indeed, not. Why, he's doing Ids best work now. "Itenllyr "Truly. Ho Just worked mo for $5." Tho Eluslvo Desire. "Thero Is really only ono thing tho selllsh person wants." "And what's that?" "Just what ho hasn't got." Own Yer Own, Anyhow. "Well, ufter all," murmured tho chronic quotur, "thero Is no placo llko hpnie." 1 "Yep," answered tho facetious feller, "that's tho reason tho clubs and tho motion-picture theaters do such a rushing business," Oettlno Acquainted. "Moved, ohr "Ves." "(lolling acquainted wllb tho uelgh born on Ihu block 7" "llapldly, Tommy lias fought with all the tjiljihi'ii 011 one aide of Ihu street and Is making headway on tho other." Just a Sunaestlon. "Will you have anything In this lem onnue. sir? ' "You might put In somo sugar nnd lemon juice. Judge. Irresponsible Archeology. "Tho old Kgyptlnns wroto with chls els on blocks of stone." "Owing, possibly, to n temporary sliortngo of wblto papyrus." A Drawback. "A woman can mnko any man pro poso to her sho pleases." "Certainly sho can, but somo worn en can't pleaso any." Kitchen Colloquy. "Is do left hind foot of a rabbit n sign of luck?" " "l'ls," remnrked Mr. Ernstus Pink ley, "If you owns do rest of do rabbit." A Proof. "They say she Is wildly wasteful." "So she Is. I counted three lumps of coal lying on her pavement after the coal cart had driven off." Her Kind of Style. "Has the young lady next door to you much to llulsh In her piano play ing?" "J should say not. Sho never stops," Its Sort "When ono of llio crowd iniido launtliig remark to another, tho laid drew a tiulfn oil him," "What a culling retort," MORRIS BROTHERS, Inc. The Premier Municipal Bond House MORIUS BUILDINC, 309-311 Stark St. Government and PORTLAND, ORE. Established Over Municipal Bonds Phone Bdwy, 2151. Twenty-Five Years To Be a Juror In London. In tho city of London a Juror must bo a householder or occupier of prcjn- scs, and must possess property to tho value of flvo hundred dollars. SUFFERING CATS! GIVE THIS MAN THE GOLD MEDAL No humbug! Any corn, whether hard, soft or botween tho toes, will loosen right up and lift out without a nartlclo of nam or soreness. This drug Is called freezono ana is a compound of ether discovered by a Cincinnati man. Ask at any drug store for a small bottlo of freezono, which will cost but a trifle, but is sufficient to rid ono's feet of every corn or callous. Put a few drops directly upon any tender, aching corn or callous, in stantly tho soreness disappears and shortly tho corn or callous will loosen and can bo lifted oil with tuo lingers This drug freezono doesn't cat out tho corns or callouses but shrivels them without oven irritating tho sur rounding skin. JuBt think! No pain at all: no sore ness or smarting when applying it or afterwards. If your druggist don't havo freezono havo him order it for you. Adv. Speak Up, Then. Said tho facetious feller, 'You've all heard that old wheeze about hear ing Plko Speak; but did any of you over hear Jack and tho Beans Talk?" Get This, Girts. For ironing laces and dainty fabrics an Iron has bcon brought out in Eng land in tho form of a polished steel roller fitted with electric heating units. Had His "Doots." Sailor (as ho gazes at bis portion of corned beef) I wonder if this meat used to moo or whinny. Boston Tran script. GLASS OF SALTS LAN KIDNEYS If your Back hurts or Bladder bothers you, drink lots 01 water.' "Whon your kidneys hurt and your back feels sore, don't get scared and proceed to load your stomach with a lot of drugs that oxclto tho kidnoys and irrltato tho entire urinary tract Koop your kidnoys clean llko you keep vour bowels clean, by flushing them with a mild, harmless salts which re moves tho body b urinous wasto ana stimulates them to tholr normal ac tivity. Tho function of tho kidnoys is to filter tho blood. In 21 hours they strain from it 500 grains of acid and wasto, so wo con roadily understand tho vital importance of keoping tho kidnoys actlvo. Drink lots of water you can't drink too much: also cot from any pnanna clat about four ounces of Jad Salts: tako a tablespoontul in a glass of water boforo breakfast each morning for a fow days and your kidnoys will act fine. This famous salts is mado from tho acid of grapes and lemon luico. comblnod with Hthia. ana nas boon used for generations to clean and stimulate cloccod kidnoys: also to noutrnllz tho acids in urine so it no longor is a sourco of irritation, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inoxnonslvo: cannot in Juro, makes a dollghtful offorvoscont llthla-wntor drink which ovoryono should tako now and thou to koop their kldnovs lenn nnd actlvo. Try Uils also koon tin tho wator drinking, and no doubt you will wonder what bocamo of your kidnoy troublo ana uacKncuo, Increasing Love of Home. T liKnmilll t HlA ItHAItAM Vlinft llfl fit 111 cronslng tho lovo wo boar our natlvo country is to roaiuo somo timo in u foreign 0110. oiioiisiono. Optimistic Thought. A handful off common svnso U wortli a bushel of learning. m A DARK WITH SAGE TEA if Mixed with Sulphur Darkens so Naturally Notody'can Tell. It Tho old-tlmo mixture of Sago Tea and Sulphur for darkening gray, streaked and faded hair Is grand mother's recipo, and folks aro again using it to keep their hair a good, even color, which is qulto sensible, as we arc living in an ago when a youth ful appearanco is of the greatest advantage. Nowadays, though, wo don't havo tho troublesome task of gathering the sago and tho mussy mixing at home. All drug stores sell tho ready-to-uso product, improved by tho addition of other ingredients, called "Wyeth's Sago and Sulphur Compound." It Is very popular because nobody can dis cover It has been applied. Simply moisten your comb or a soft brush with It and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a tlmo: by morning the gray hair dis appears, but what delights the ladles with Wyeth's Sago and Sulphur Com pound, is that, besides beautifully darkening tho hair after a few ap plications, it also produces that soft lustro and appearanco of abundance which is so attractive. This ready- to-use preparation is a delightful toilet requislto for thoso who desire a moro youthful appearance. It is not Intended for tho cure, mitigation or prevention of disease. Washington apple growers lost $4,- 000,000 last year because of wormy apples, duo to codling moth, and the entire damage was preventable. Pro fessor A. L. Melander of Washington State college told the agricultural bu reau of the Spokane chamber of com merce at the weekly luncheon. He said 1918 was the wormiest year in the history of the fruit industry in the state. Ho declared his department had instituted a vigorous campaign against the codling moth this year and had a corps of assistants at work in the fruit districts. A Lady of Distinction. Is recognized by the delicate fascinat ing Influence of the perfume she uses. A bath with Cuticura Soap and hot water to thoroughly cleanse the pores, followed by a dusting with CuUcura Talcum Powder usually means a clear, sweet, healthy skin. Adv. One Definition of Envy. "Envy," said Undo Eben, "is one of do unpleasant symptoms 'sperienced by folks dat has been tryin' to git somethln' foh nothln. Ferns in Vermont It is believed that, of all the states in tho Union, Vermont has the largest number of rare and beautiful ferns. WOMAN'S NERVES MADE STRONG By Lydia E. Piakham's Vegetable Compound! Winona, Minn. "I suffered for mora than a year from nervousness, and was so oaa x couiu not rest at night would lie awake and get so nervous I would have to get up and walk around and in the morning would be all tired out I read about Lydia E.Pinkham'3 Vogotable Com- rsund and thought would try it My nervousness soon left me. I sleen well and feel fine in tho morning and able to do my work. I gladly recom mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegitabla Compound to niako weak nerve strong." Mrs. Albert Sultze, COS Olmsteml St, Winona, Minn. How often do wo hear the expression among women, "1 am so nervous, 1 can not sleep," or "it seems as though I should fly." Such women should profit by Mrs. Sultzo's experience and givo this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com pound, a trial, For forty years It has been overcom ing such serious conditions as displace ments, Inflammation, ulceration, lrrcg ularltk'B, periodic pains, backache, dlz zliu', and nervous prostration of women, and is now considered the stuu dard ri'wiW fnrmirli iillmunta. f. N, U. . No. 20, 1919