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* COT UNEQUAL DIVISION.—
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IVrhupa not «vvry one 1» famll-
lor with the reaeon why all
months of the year have not the
name number of «lay*.
Month
really mean« “Moon," and orlg-
je Innlly atood for the time from
5 one full moon to the next Aa
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* gan to take account o f the year
* and to divide thla aecond stand-
* ard of reckoning Into ao many
* months.
Since, however, the
j moon (toes round the earth In 29
* ‘lays, ao many hours, minutes
t and seconds, while the true year
X consists ef about 868 days and
a bit, the aura wouldn’t exactly
divide properly, and the calen
dar got Into hopeless confusion.
To put this right, Julius Caesar
$ consulted with the most learned
* men o f his day, and devised a
* new calendar giving the 12
* months alternatively 31 days
X and 30 days apiece with a spe-
J clal arrangement for February
* In Leap year. This plan, how-
ever, was upset by the vanity
of Augustus, the next emperor,
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* called after him should have
31 Instead o f 30 days, and to get
at this result rearranged the
program In our present system
of uneven months. Even so, the
division o f sun years by moon
months wasn't exact, and so
about a century and a half ago
we had again to recast our cal
endar to meet the problem of
what Is really an attempt to
divide a sum which won’t divide
exactly.
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How the Potato Law W o rk s O ut
The most recent improvement over
the time-honored steering wheel for
ships, says Popular Science Monthly,
Is uri electric controller that closely
resembles those used on street cars.
A slight turn of the control handle by
the helmsman causes the rudder le
respond Instantly.
Before the day of potato grading
and inspection in Oregon, a buyer in
San Francisco would write that he
wanted a car of good potatoes and
he would describe as best he could
j the variety and quality, and the ship
per would have to use hi» judgment
as to what the San Francisco man
really wanted. The judgment of the
two might differ as to appearance,
size and other features o f the stock,
and when the car arrived it would be
rejected asnotcoming up to the stock
ordered.. Such rejections were all
too frequent, especially when the
market price was falling. But under
the grading, stenciling and inspec
tion laws we not have, such rejec
tions will not stand. Now the San
Francisco buyer simply wires for a
car of spuds o f the official grade
wanted, and he gets that grade. For
illustration he wires for a car of U.
S. No. 1 and the shipper sends him
that grade, with an official certifi
cate attached, which guarantees that
the contents o f the car complies with
the grade ordered in the contract for
sale. And that certificat* stands
good in court.
Ants, bees, wasps, flies and many
other Insects protect themselves dur
Ing the winter by securing food sup
plies and constructing retreats.
Tho wonderful work done by ants,
bees, wasps, spiders, butterflies and
worms has been studied by many nat
uralists and researches have been
* charmingly described by Lubbock,
* Fabre, Maeterlinck and other able
£ writers. The underground apartments
* and terraced homes of the ants, their
* domestic life, social organization and
♦ thoughtfulness, are among the great
* wonders of nature.
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These extraordinarily Intelligent In
* sects not only store away an abun
dance of food for winter, but also they
* provide aphides to be milked and they
* cultivate fungi gardens and manufac-
* ture many food substances while pass
* Ing the winter months underground.
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Genius, individuality and temper
^ ament In animals enable them to solve
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all the problems of winter which they
may at any time encounter.
These
vary In Individuals of the same spe
cies. Among any group of young ant
mala or birds or insects you may no-
tlce Individuals varying In fear, timid
ity, curiosity, suspicion, sociability,
» « * * * * * » # * # » * # # # * * # # * * * * « " t i aggressiveness and initiative. Hardly
two will be found with slmlar charac
ters and temperaments.
They differ
as widely as the members of a single
How Scientist» Learned
family. The strong and fear
Secrets of the Plants human
less members of any species give the
To discover how flowers feed— leadership and develop the customs
starve them; if you would learn why which enable them to meet the condi
most plants grow upwards—-pin them tions of winter.
along the ground.
These are among the experiments
conducted by students In the Recently
Pirate Perch Turns
opened Snrgant Laboratory for Plant
Sunfish Out o f Nesl
Physiology. They study plants as liv
Sunflsh are troubled with what may
ing organisms, and become acquainted
te called a marine cuckoo— the pirate
with the problems and dangers that
perch. Thla fish, which is either too
beset the life of the commonest dan
lazy or else Incapable of making a
del Ion.
nest of Its own, waits until the sun
How plants breathe, how their food
flsh have completed their nest and
Is obtained, and how they respond to
then turns them out. Installing Itself
Imposed conditions are questions that
In their place. Its eggs are frequent
can be answered only by experiments.
ly laid among those of the original
The effect o f supplying and withhold
Ing various “ foods" Is Investigated; occupants. These, however, are not
disturbed and hatch out In due course,
the rates at which the various plant
sa.vs the Vancouver Province.
organisms grow are measured under
Perhaps the most Interesting nest
different conditions; so, too. Is the
found under water Is that o f the
rate of breathing.
black-nosed dace. The flsh clears t
Certain plants that require l^ght for
space about two feet In diameter
normal growth are placed In complete
and the female deposits a layer
darkness, while others are bathed In
light from colored area. Water sup of eggs. Then a layer of stones
Is gradually placed over the eggs,
plies are varied and temperatures reg
the stones being brought to the
nlateil. A geranium that has a curved
stem Is subjected to electrical treat nest In the mouth of the dace.
On these another layer o f eggs Is
ment and made to incline a different
placed and then comes another layer
wny. In Its struggles to resume its
of stones. These alternate layers of
normal growth It reveals Its various
eggs and stones are slowly built up
organs and their functions.
The Sargant laboratory is set In a | until the pile reaches height of eight
small but well-stocked gardbn where | Inches or so.
The black goby forms a home for Its
plants are reared for experiments un [
eggs like a ball. This Is constructed
der almost perfect conditions.—Lon-
of pieces of weed Interwoven and
don Mall.
bound together, the eggs being placed
Inside As is often the case, the male
builds the nest and. after the eggs
How long does a fish live? Not out
have been deposited, takes It in turn
out of water. Any hoy can tell that
to roard It.
from observation. But with proper
food everything It needs?
Had Benefit of Climate
According to Popular Science Month I
The homes o f the ancient Romans
ly. Major F. S. Fowler o f England,
who has been conducting a special I were Imperishable because they were
study to find out. reports that a rat- [ erected In a climate wherein there was
fish, with which he Is acquainted. Is practically no freezing and thawing
The same mortars used In our climate
now fifty years old and Is still lively.
have not been at all successful. Fur
An electric eel in the London xoo, he
thermore, the sam- stones used by the
found, lived 12 years. Other fish age
Romans give a comparatively short
figures, as given by Major Fowler,
life In our country The mortar mostly
are as follow s: Carp, thirteen years;
used by the Hotua s was a mixture of
goldfish, twelve years; herring, four
lime and sand. To this was added
years; salmon, three years; brown
some natural occurring ground vol
trout, six years. A bullfrog's recorded
ranlc rock. This <■ »rresponda to what
age was fifteen y e «r s ; toad, eleven
Is known as ptizz.i 'ana. which, as In
years, and the giant salamander, tlfty-
dtcated. has not la-en found satisfac
two years.
tory here.
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How to Pack China
Line your parking case with a good
layer of straw, sprinkle it well with
water before putting In each article
filled and wrapped In toft paper and
wound round with straw, and put a
good layer o f well sprinkled straw
between each layer of glaas or china
The water make* the straw expand
so that each article la firmly wedged
In place.
For special treasure« small carhoant
or wooden boxe« may be provided. Into
which they are tightly packed before
being embedded In water sprinkled
straw.
How to Soften Fur Rug
If a fur rug has stiffened after be
ing washed. It ran he softened by ap
plying the following mixture to the
wrong side of the m g : Three table
spoonfuls of castor oil. one of gtyrerle
and one o f tnrpentlne. This must re
(C. E. Spence, State i'arket Agent,
712 Court House, Portland
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How Steering W h eel W ork s
Animals and Insects
Prepare for W inte:
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STATE M ARK ET NEW S
Supported b y Eight
Calhoun Clay was a typical modern
parent. As he loafed In front o f the
garage a minister stopped and said :
"Cal why don't you go to work?"
“ 'Seine me. ash." Cal answered
with dignity “ Ah a got eight rhlllun
toe support—’’
“ Well," Interrupted the minister,
“ you can't support them hr loafing
here In front of this garuge."
"'Reuse me. «« V
Cal went on
“ 'lo w me ter tin!»! niah remark, suh
Wot Ah means ter ««y is dot Ah's got
eight ctlllun to* support me."
The advertisem ents Inform us of a
chewing gum that will enable one to
reduce to the proportions of a sylph.
| Unless com fed fashions, now long
w erdue, soon reappear, we fancy there
1 veil he n tot of overworked Jawbones
' tn thin country before long. '
T H U R S D A Y , J U L Y 18, 1 8 2 «
in 181«, since which time it has been
This S ou n d s G ood
changed 21 times, and twice during
this period it was put on the free list.
The last change was made by con
gress in 1922, when the duty on
scoured wool o f the better grades
was fixed at from 24 to 31 cents
per pound. Since so large an amount
has to be imported, the amount of
duty has a very definite effect on the
price that the American grower re
ceives, and also to some extent on
what the consumer pays for the fin
ished goods.
Dr. Howe of the National Re
search Council says this country
must feed 1 5 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 people by
1950 and scientifically cultivate at
least 38,000,000 more acres.
W h ea t H arvest Is On
The wheat harvest in the north
west is now getting under full head
way. While some sections are spot
ted the general average is for a good
yield.
S -acre tract f o r sale, good soil,
plen ty w ater in dry years at low rata,
well drain ed, Vi -m ile fro m G rants
A ton o f wheat straw contains $4
Pass on state h igh w ay. Land values
worth o f nitrogen when applied to
in creasing, g ood m arket fo r stra w
the land; a ton o f oat straw con
b erries, e tc.
$ 1 2 0 0 cash if taken
tains $4.80 worth and a ton o f corn
soon.
A ddress P. O. B ox 173, C e n
stalks is worth $6.40.
tral P oin t.
Y et Som e Farm ers Burn Them
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Low Fares
to C a lifo r n ia
Reduced roundtrip summer
fares are now in effect. Plan
your trip to California and take
advantage o f them. Tickets
with 16-day limit are on sale
daily; also season tickets with
Oct. 31 limit at slightly higher
cost, permitting stopovers.
No Surplus— Real P rote ctio n
Apparently there is little benefit
in a tariff schedule on American
products o f which there is an export
able surplus, but on a commodity of
which we consume considerably
more than we produce, an import
duty directly -benefits the producer.
The yearly requirements for wool
in the United States are for 600,-
000,000 pounds, and approximately
60 percent o f this is imported. In
the year 1880 there was one sheep
per capita, while today the number
of sheep have declined to four-
tents per person, while the consump
tion per capita now averages five or
six pounds, hence the amount of
wool imported is gradually increas
ing.
Four trains daily, including
Southern California Express
direct via Sacramento and Los
Angeles.
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Magneto Charging Station
At the
Independent Garage
Central Point, Oregon
Drive in and have your Ford Magneto tested
F R E E
A fully charged Magneto gives your motor
more efficiency and saves gasoline.
VVe have just installed the latest up-to-date
Magneto Tester and Charger. Also Coil
and Plug Tester. The only Tester and Re
charger of this make in Southern Oregon.
If you have electricity at your farm we can
drive out Test and Charge your Ford Mag
neto and start your car. Charges at garage:
s Magneto Tested, Free
Recharging
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$1.00
Mileage will he added for country drives
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