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1906
Two Crops That Fail
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DETROIT'S IMPRESSIONS OF A MAN.
Basket Lunch
The following suggested menues for
the school lunch basket give the child,
Governor Hughe.' visit te Detroit opened the presidential cempaign
of 1916, and if we may forecast the event* that are to follow by the ctnen#
A campaign is again on to induce | as nearly as is practicable in such a
meal
the
proper
proportions
of
the
of Monday we would prognosticate an intensely warm, vivid ar.d humanly
Oregon farmers to purchase two highly i 1
interesting period in the next few month*
ycploited crops that usally fail to meet. different classes of food
Satting said* the auapice* of meteorological condition* in this previ­
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sion of the future—although they aie approved by numerous profe.S'onai
related to a similar sort known as the meat for
baked aPPles' eook,ea’
eugure and by a host of commonalty as well—we base this prophecy on
the characteristics of the candidate whose too brief stay with us lias
Alaska wheat and Eureka clover, which or a
lumps of sugar.
been
enjoyed by all with whom ho came into contact.
is not a clover at all but a sachaline I (2) S1,ces of meat loaf or bian ,0 lf' j
The misguided individuals who have been expecting Charles E Hughes
regarded in Japan simply as a weed bread-and-butter sandwiches, stewed
would prove to be a cold proposition and therefore easy to beat are in for
“ Eureka clover is not a clover in any fru‘ ‘ ‘ *ma11
a shock that will make them think they have been hit by an uninsulated
sense,” says Professor G.R. Hyslop, I O) Crisp rolls,hallowed out and filled
trolley wire. There ie nothing cold about Mr. Hughes. Detroit has learn
ed. He is about as intensely human a piece of humanity as ever- captured
specialist in Crop Production at O.A.C. I with chopped meat or fish, moistened
the hearts of a crowd, and the more people in the United Stater he meets
seasoned, or mixed with salad
"I t is a member of the Smart weed and
.
between now and November the more votes will be cast for him. As a
family and does not possess the clover j dreeing, orange, apple, a mixture of
campaigner he is a revelation. He likes his fellow beings, and they like
him because they tee he likes them.
attribute of gathering nitrogen from . o f sbcad frults ° r bf " ' ea-
And what his personality begins hie remarkable power* of Intellect
the air to store in the soil. It has been ] ,4) Lettuce or oelery •»"dwiches.cup
end utterance finish. He drive* hi* points home with tremendous force.
tried out in uumerons
experiment; custard, jelly sandwiches.
What he says sticks There irs thousands of Americans today who can
(5i Cottage cheese and chopped
stations and so far as the records show j
retell every step in the arguments he made eight years ago on the Bryan
green-pepper sandwiches or a pot of
has never been continued as a forage .
trust policy, yet in 1908 Mr. Hughes was not especially a prominent figure
cream cheese with bread and butter
and there was no particulai reason why his address more than others
crop. It produces ccnsiderable quanties,
sandwiches, peanut sandwiches, fruit
should have remained clearly in the memory except the gift of the man to
o f forage but this is not readily eaten ]
send hie own thought* so deep into the Drains of others' They are cleat
cake.
by the stock even when offered fre- j
in hi* own mind first, undoubtedly He knows precisely w) at he wants to
(6) Hard boiled eggs, crisp baking-
quently. It is not drouth resists t put!
say because he has reasoned it out oefore he speaks it out. Probably that
powder biscuits, celery or radishes,
has something to do with the esae with which he co iveys his meaning.
is rather easily killed by frost and is
brown sugar or maple sugar sand­
But it is a very rare quality he possess«; in his ability to master subjects
slow in becoming established. After it ]
wiches.
so thoroughly as to make the moil abetruse simple to himself and his
once gains a foothold, however, it is al­
hearers. It it a quality emlnsntly dstirabl* in a political candidate It is
(7) Bottle of milk, thin corn bread
most impossible to eradicate.”
infinitely more to be desired in the president of s great country like the
and butter, dates, apples.
United
States.
The plant is advertised by its promo­
(8) Raisin or nut bread with butter,
Detroit’s impression of Charles E. Hughes is all favorable. The thou­
ters as yielding two or three hundred
cheese, orange, maple sugar.
sands of people who have studied him at close range are convinced that
tons of forage per acre per year.
Au­
if he is elected president next November he will be a great president, one
(9) Baked beans and lettuce sand
thentic reports from Germany show
of the greatest this nation hue known, worthy to stano in history with
wiches, apple sauce, sweet chocolate.
that it yields from eight to sixteen ton
Georg* Washington and Abraham Lincoln, a custodian o* the republic’s
fate to whom that fate may confidently be intrusted. If that convirtion
per acre a year there. Professor Hyslop
IS shared by the people of other states whom ha is still to meet the out
thinks that it would be the height of
come of his swing around the gr*»t American circle cannot fail to be pr0.
LEAPS
IN
THE
DARK.
folly to plant this sachaline except
prtious for him.—Detroit Free Prase.
possibly as an ornamental plant in
Why the Broncho Jumped In His Wild
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some place where it cannot readily
Race at Midnight.
spread.
A former herdsman relates a thrill­
The Titanic wheat is similar to the ing personal experience connected with
seven-headed, which has been called a stampede of cattle. He was taking a
WHALING DAYS ARE OVER.
mummy wheat on the theory that it herd of 400 steers to I.eadvllle ami liad
Sun Drunkenness.
was discovered in a mummy case that camped for the night on Bear river,
To become sun drunk Is a condition
A Once Thriving Industry That He*
Into which any one may fall in the
hut been buried for hundreds or even near its Junction with the Little Snake
Nearly Vanished.
tropics. Exposure to the sun’s rays
thousands of years. The unliklihood of At midnight, when he went on guard,
At
the
outbreak
of
tlie
American
Rev­
this claim is shown in the fact that there all was quiet, but In an hour or so, for olution mid for a period of seventy-five will reduce a man to a condition al­
some unexplained reason, the cattle
most exactly resembling drunkenness.
is no record of wheat having been able
were up and off like a flash. Some­ years following tbe conclusion of tbai He staggers about and is usually com
to maintain its vitality and grow after thing had stampeded them.
struggle whaling was the most impor­ pelled to lie down and “sleep it off.”
a shortage period of as mueh as fifty
lie was riding an cld blue colored, tant branch of the American fisheries. Sun drunkenness is sometimes accom­
years. It has also been called Egyptian line hacked California broncho, just From 500 to 703 vessels sought whales panied by nausea. Another curious
wheat and Wild Goose wheat, as some the beast for the work. He had often in ail the oceans und seas of the world. fact in connection with life in the trop­
claim that a few kernels, never many ridden him a hundred miles n day. and In one year New Bedford alone ics where the sun rises at the same
<^, v< sst's’, ” b<is® cargoes of time all the year round, is that if you
at a time, were found in the crop of a The night was dark and cloudy, and ” bone ou4,2
’ of « ” the in
and 1 oil were " the * ’ basis
do not get up before sunrise you do
wild goose. Some o f this wheathas been ' be bad to re*-v ou tbe ni‘ hnal s sure dustrial life of the city.
not feel well all day. You feel heavy,
put on the market at the conservative footedness as he strove to smy on the
The
pursuit
of
sperm
whales
reached
tianks of the steers and turn them
out of sorts and slcklsh.
price o f $20 a bushel.
Its
climax
in
1837,
when
oil
valued
at
until their scare should cease.
‘ ‘The wheat is still grownandsold at
It was a wild race. Four or five nearly $4.500.0(10 was brought in, most­
Complicated, hut Easy.
this fancy price” says Professor Hyslop times the broncho gave tremendous ly from the soiilh Pacific. The height
"How
do you get your husband to
“ although it has not yet proved its . Jumps, but landed right and went on of the iudusi ry was In 1840, when 70,- do what lie doesn't want to do when
ability to out-yield the standard varieties i In good shape. In the course of an 000 persons derived their support ft#m
Whales and T2JI vessels valued at «51.
wa,,t blm to do ,t?
o f the Pacific Nor'nweec Some planted I hour or so the man he I the beeves
That’s easy. I make a big fuss
000,000. were engaged.
in pots at the Agricultural College i Quieted,
over
something he lias already done
For more tuau fifty years the fishery
headed out but did not branch. This' When da-rli£ht ‘’erne. being curious has been dc-'lulng. and iu numerous which I didn’t want him to do or I re­
type o f wheat has never proved to be | to learn what obstacles had occasioned ports that ome derived most of their mind him of something whic h | have
those tremendous Jumps o f the bron
satisfactory as a milling wheat, either cho. the man set forth to look over the wealth from the industry there have done which he wanted me to do and I
from the standpoint of quanity or quali­ ground. Leaving the bottom land, tile for a long tune existed only memories didn’t want to do and soon lie Is doing
what I want him to do Just as though
ty .”
steers had ascended a gentle acclivity, of former greatness For u number of he had wanted to do it nil along.” —
years
the
sperm,
light
and
bow
bead
and on the plateau nt the top he had
whales that supported the fishery in Detroit Free Press.
kept circling them.
early
years have been very m an t* und
What Did He Say?
The plateau was Intersected by a
Montreal’s Cathedral.
their pursuit has been unprofitable,
canyon
about
four
miles
long
and
from
Oliver Wendell Holmes once told
The great landmark in Montreal Is
and
the
present
Importance
of
the
Professor Poulton he would never re­ 1,500 to 2.000 feet deep. Its walls la
whale nailery, amounting in value to the Cathedral of Notre Dame, which,
pent to any one what Tennyson said to dined toward each other at the top.
less
than 2 per cent of the American next to the famous cuthelrnl in the
him when he entered Ids house. Wil­ and the distance across was fifteen or
fisheries. de|>eiids on the taking from City of Mexico, Is the largest church
liam James pressed him to do so with twenty feet
building in Ame rica and lues a sealing
During the chase the broncho had shore stations of species of whales that capacity of 12.000. The church was
the assurance, "There are no reporters
formerly weie for the most part neg
Jumped
that
frightful
chasm
four
here." But Dr. Holmes replied, with
built in 1821) and Is noted for Its mug
times. His hoof marks were plainly leeted.
emphasis: "I have said that I will nev
nifieent chimes, one of the l.ells of
The
glory
of
the
whale
fishery
has
or tell any one. It was not a thing visible, and down in the debris, bun
which, called “ Lc Crus Bourdon," Is
deparled
forever,
and
the
commercial
that I should have supposed any man dreds of feet below, were a dozen
one o f the largest suspended bells In
w mid say to a guest lie hail Invited to mangled steers that had been crowded if not the biological extinction of ull the world and weighs 2i,7*0 pounds
kinds of whales is proceeding rapidly,
off.— Los Angeles Times.
his house."
undeterred mid un la men ted by the
A Lightning Flash.
principal maritime powers.—Hugh M
Automobiles Break Windows.
A flash of lightning lights up the
Smith In National Geographic Mata
When a heavy automobile runs over
Unfeeling.
ground for oiie-inilllontli of a second,
zinc.
pebbles uo larger than a pea a pebble
"Oh. dear." exclaimed Mr«. Van
yet It seems to us to last ever so much
may lie caught Jest right by the edge Style. “ I've simply got to have I new
f-o'.w >en Girls.
longer. What happens Is that the lui
of the wheel and shot with such a gown, und I can’t decide what mate
"She rays she wishes she could see pression remains In the retina of the
high velocity that a broken window is riel to make It of.”
herself as others ee her."
eve for alsoit one eighth of a • croud • >r
the result. One firm In New York has
“ Why worry over a mere trifle like
••Thai's Just an excuse for spending
had three windows broken, all in the that?" asked her husband unfeelingly. a lot of tin.» In front of a mirror"— 124,000 limes longer than the thi»b
lasts.
same frame. —Popular Science Monthly — Pittsburgh Press
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W ill c o -o p e ia t e w ith you on at.y
p rop osition fo r the betterm ent
o f (V n tr a l Point and its
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Farns $ 181()
Edward F. Underwood, of Koyd,
The speech of the Republican candi­
Oregon, earned a total of $1819.47 dur
date for president was u keynote
ing a six-year College course at O. A.
speech indeed Not one person in the
C , a sum within flflt) of the entire
great audience ut ttie Carnegie hull
cost of the course, including traveling
meeting was in doubt for one moment
and incidental expenses. The average
us to Just what ho meant by every­
cost was $320 a year, or $1230 fur a
thing he H-iid.
regular four-year course.
His address was comprehensive, logl
Mr. Boyd entered College in 1910.
cal. clear and all sufficient for the oc­
casion. There cun be no dispute as to to take the last two years of the high
this. Plainly Mr. Hughes Is a man school course in the secondary depart­
who "knows what he wants when he ment then carried at O. A. C. During
wants it." and it is the opinion of po­ the first year be hoarded ami his entire
litical authorities who heard him and expense was $210. The next year he
who have since read his remarks that batched and reduct d his expenses to
he knows also how to get it.
$275. He then entered the degree
It was Incumbent upon the Republi­
can candidate to routine the scope of course in agriculture, which he com­
his remarks to the limitations o f the pleted last June with a bachelor de­
occasion, but his crushing analysis of gree.
the shortcomings of the present ud
He earned h’s expenses by working
ministration of the government is at the college and in the fields during
merely mi earnest of what the tone the summer. He worked on school
and the contents of his speeches will
days an average o f three and a half
be when he gets on the stump.
At Carnegie hall Mr. Hughes ail- hours a day, and on Saturdays eight
verted to every general question that hours, aggregating about 100 hours a
Is apt to be n serious issue in tbe cam­ month. He received 25 cents an hour,
paign and In language Hint will be making from $20 to $21 a month.
absolutely clear to every man or wo­
Since graduation he has been offered
man able to read he stated Ills opin­ numerous positions at $100 a month,
ions, his convictions and Ids purposes.
On the stump he will urgiic those or more. One of these he has r.ow
points in detail. As an orator lie is accepted.
He was a member of the Amicus
eloquent, his personality attractive,
and Ills marshaling of facts so co­ Club during his later College work and
hesive that he holds his audience to thus had the advantage of more eco­
the end. He makes it easy for them nomical living and friendly, helpful
to follow him, and Ids points ute not association.
lost.
There was nothing equivocal, noth­
ing apologetic in the Republican can­
didate’s speech of acceptance.
He
Are you ready to vote on the
called a spade a spade, und the unani­ several amendments this fall?
mous opinion of those who heard him
U’Rens Single Tax bill is up once
was that he shot to the center und
No, that is not its name.
rang the bell. The Republican cam­ more.
paign is now open, and those who will It is called the “ People’s Land &
speak and write and work for the suc­ Loan Law’ ’ and if Mr. and Mrs.
cess of the Republican ticket can wish Land Owner do not wish to be­
for no more adequate campaign docu­ come mere tenants on their own
ment, no more satisfactory statement property they should vote “ No”
o f Issues than are found in the candi­ on this measure.
Read it care­
date’s salutatory.
fully.
The Sea of Space.
T he h uman miuil cannot com pre­
hend what is meant by the fou r lit­
tle words in the expression “ the sea
o f •puce.” I f the volume o f “ space”
included within our solar system—
which is perhaps hut a single train
o f planets among hundreds o f mil­
lions o f a similar kind were occu­
pied bv one single globe 5,000,000,-
000 miles in diameter it would be
but a feather in the marvelous
spread o f “ vacancy” surrounding it.
In fact, is has been calculated by
scientists that in the space occu­
pied by our solar system something
ike 2,700,000,000,000,000 globes
the size o f our earth could revolve,
each one at u distance of 500,000
miles from the other.— Exchange.
Potatoes? well, yes, four of
them weighed l i 1-2 pounds,
and one of them weighed 4 1-2
pounds. Ike Williams was show­
ing them around town Tuesday.
They come from Ike’s place near
town.
M A R K E T REPORT
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(Prices paiii the producer.)
W heat........................... . . .95 to $1.10
R y e ...........................
...$1.10
O a ts ................................................. $28.00
B arley............................................. $26.00
Corn..................................................$26.00
Alfalfa haled
$1 I.M)
Grain hay b a led .......
$12 00
Th* Judge’s WhiatU,
The most concise summing up on Hotter....................................... 80 to $Ce
record is attributed in a volume o f Egg*.................................................... 28e
il reminiscences culled “ l*io Steers.................................................. 54 '
tie
*owder” to Huron Hramwell. The Cow* . . . .
defendant’s counsel hud closed his H o g s ....... .......................................... 7tc
........................................ 5e
c*se without calling a witness whose S h eep ....
.................. 12 to I ta
Hen».....................
com ing bud been time
expected.
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lè lb up 17c
D o n ’t von cull .lone-.
blank P” Broiler*.
!\ at the Old cocks............ .............................. 7e
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dose of counsel’s si
■ “ 1 <h. Turkeys No. 1
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not, my lord,” rcpliet
advocate. Ducks (old )..
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Hie judge tu rn «) i
1 t<> the Ducks (yourg)
10c
jury und gave vent
low Ilici Geese
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Potatoes..........
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or, rather, w It ist I
“ Gentle- Wool
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Mohair..................
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