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General Merchandise.
The Introduction of Alfalfa at a Gen
eral Farm Crop In the United States
Will Revolutionize Agriculture
Meane More Live Stock, Better
80II and Larger Return ( j
From the Crope That ,
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By PROF. P. G. HOLDEN, Director
Agricultural Extension Department
International Harvester Co. of New
Jersey.
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Bread Must Be Wrapped Cool.
Many persons who are fond of
freshly baked and warm bread ob
ject to the sanitary method followed
by most bakers in wrapping and
sealing all bread cold as a protection
against dust, flies, germs and filth
while it is being conveyed from the
baker to the consumer. Bread
fresh from the oven, if wrapped
while warm, becomes moist and
clammy and of unpleasant flavor,
and it is therefore necessary to al
low tho loaf to cool thoroughly be
fore being wrapped. After some
experiments the experts of the de
partment of agriculture have found
that if a cold wrapped loaf is un
wrapped and placed in the oven in
medium heat for ten minutes it will
" he crisp without and .tender within.
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Japanese and Their Gardens.
One phase of Japanese character
is discussed in George II. Fitch's
"The Critic In the Orient" in a sec
tion on the Japanese sense of beau
ty, more especially in connection
with their gardens:
Every Japanese, no matter how
small and poor his house, has a gar
lcn to which he may retire and "in
vite his soul." Hero in the quiet of
the evening the master of the house
retires and gives himself wholly to
the contemplation of nature.
He becomes for the time as a little
child, and his soul is pleased with
childish tilings.
FILIPINO "ENGLISH."
, One Sided Samples.
"My sample case is broken open
on' an average of about once a
month," said a traveling salesman
for a shoe concern, "so there must
be a lot of disappointed thieves.
"You see, all my samples are for
the right foot. Another of our sales
men, who goes through the west,
carries only lefts.
"Then I must cause disappoint
ment too," added a glove salesman,
"Our men split tip the sample pairs
in the same way. New York Sun.
Two Cures For the Blues,
"What do you do when you have
the blues? asked the first woman
"I walk up Fifth avenue and look
in nil the jewelers' windows and at
the orchids and high priced hats.
hat do you do?
"I go way down to Kivington
ftreet and look at the wretched
poor women with seventeen chil
(Iron struggling in the dirt. That
makes me thankful mv affairs are
no worse." Xew York Tress.
The Story of Zero.
Tho word "zero" is from the
Spanish and means "empty," hence
nothing. It was first used for a
thermometer in 1795 by a Prussian
named I ahrenhcit. I5y experiment
Strange Lingo In Current Use In Our
Oriental Arohipelago.
"Ilola, amigo."
"Komusto kayo?"
"Porque were you hablaing with
!6e scnorita?"
"She wanted a job as lavandera."
"Caunto?"
"'I en cents, conan, a piece, so I
lold her no kerry."
"Have you had chow? Well,
spera till I sign this chit and I'll
take a paseo with you."
The scene was a Manila restau
rant. The speakers were two Amer
icans. I had just arrived in the
Philippines, and I wondered what
manner of language they were talk
ing. Later I learned that it was
the current tongue, bearing the
name of "English," and that the
Americans had been saying some
thing to this etToct:
. "Hello, friend."
"How are you ?"
"Why were you speaking to that
woman r
"She wanted a job as laundress.
J' or how much ?
"Five cents a piece, so I told her
I didn t want her.
"Have you had lunch? Well,
wail till I sign this check and I'll
take a walk with you.
I his conversation is not in the
least exaggerated. Any no in the
Philippines will hear similar ones
wherever Americans are gathered
Ho will wonder at first, then he
HELP THE KIDNEYS
Heppner Readers Are Learn
ing The Way.
It's the little kidney Ms
The lame, weak and aching buck
The unnotice.l urinary disorders
That may lead to dropsy ani
Brin-ht's disease.
When the kidneys are weak,
Help them with Doan's Kidnev
Pills.
A remedy especially for weak kid
Doan's have been used In kidney
troubles lor 50 years.
Endors d by 30,000 people endors
ed at home.
Proof in a Heppner ci Ien's state
ment.
Mrs. O. . Thompson, Heppner,
ure., says: "une or our family used
Doan's Kidney lMlis and found t em
very effective in bringing relief from
troubles, caused by disordered kid
neys. This reu.edy is worthy of
endorsement."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Hemember the name Doan's and
take no other.
Alfalfa Should be Grown
on Every Farm
1. It is a profitable crop.
2. Increases farm values.
3. Exceb every other crop
' In yield per acre
In feeding value
As a drouth resister
As a soil enricher.
4. No harder to grow than dover.
5. Make a beginning start now
grow some alfalfa.
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I The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use tor over 30 years, has borne the alirnntiirA nf
- fliul llflfl tlAtflVl TriOslA Tin.lltM Itla
sonal supervision since its Infancy. I
Allow nn nnA tn lluilvi trsvn In
All Counterferis, Imitations and " Just-as-good " are but
Aiwnuii-iiis mm, inne wim ana endanger tne health oi
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment
What is CASTORIA 'i
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, lrops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Jfarcotio)
substance. Its age Is Its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverislmess. For more than thirty years Ife
nas Dcen in constant use for. the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, AVind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels. !
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
Blue-Stem Wheat Wanted.
int ntrratK miLunij LurafANi is
will cease to notice, and 'finally he in the market for the BEST of
linco and not Lne curi-oiiuu wneat lor our
own use, to make the best qual-
ity of flour for Morrow County
People, the BEST PEOPLE ON EARTH.
See us before selling.
win taiK tho same
realize that lie is doing: so.
In the above conversation there
are eight perfectly good Spanish
words (hola, amigo, porque, ese,
senorita, lavandera, cuanto, paseo),
two expressions incorrectly pro
nounced ("no kerry ' for "no que
iro and "spera" for "espera"), a
Nwnisli verb with an Lnglish end
ing (habla-ing), the Tagalog frrcct-
ing "komusta kayo, two words cur
rent throughout the far east (chow
ana clnt), and one word that exists
nowhere but in tho Philippines
(conant)
I he adjective conant" occurs so
frequently where money is mention
ed that the newcomer is not long in
asking why. Then he learns that
conant was originally a man and
not an adjective. Charles A. Con
ant is an economist who helped to
bring about a reform in the cur
rency, and his name has passed into
popular speech as descriptive of the
present money standard. Review
of Reviews.
For Sale Rumely 15-30 Oil tractor,
Oliver 5-14" gang with extra shares,
Canton Tandem diso harrow with
tongue truck. All in perfect condi
tion. Practically new. Have not
plowed 50 acres. Cost $2,458.00 de
livered. To close an estate will put
on cars for $2 000.00.
E. L. Parrott,
Rogeburg, Ore.
Repeated experiments made by the
agricultural colleges, and the results
obtained by the actual growers of al
falfa in the semi-arid sections of the
west, in many parts of the Pacific
northwest, throughout the corn belt
states, and in the south and east, are
conclusive evidence of the great value
of alfalfa.
There are few farmers whose profits
would not be increased greatly by
raising alfalfa. Every fanner should
aim to produce, as far as possible his
foodstuffs upon his own farm.
During the last few years, the area
devoted to alfalfa has greatly In
creased in the region west of the Mis
souri river, and it is certain that
there will be an equally rapid in
crease throughout the eastern and
southern parts of the United States,
and in that region known as the In
land Empire.
Many of the attempts . In the past
to grow alfalfa in the semi-arid sec
tion in Washington, Oregon and parts
of Idaho have failed, but with our pres
ent knowledge of the requirements of
the crop there will be little, if any,
more trouble in securing a stand.
Alfalfa will Boon be grown abun
dantly and profitably upon every
farm. It is no more difficult to grow
than clover and gives double the
yield. The deep rooting habit of al
falfa enables it to resist drouth when
clover, timothy, blue grass and other
forage grasses die for want of mols-1
ture. Alfalfa roots grow deep into
the soil far beyond the roots of oth
er plants.
Its drouth resisting power Is of no
greater importance than its great
value as a soil enricher. The long
roots bring phosphorus, potash and
other plant foods from below and
store them in the upper soil for the
use of other plants. Experiments
show greatly increased yields of oth
er crops grown upon alfalfa sod.
Alfalfa is rich in protein, the most
essential element in feed to 'make
bone, blood and muscle in growing
animals.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years
THl CrNTU COMPANY, TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Tablets, Pencils, Crayons, Etc.
Stationery of all kinds
SLOCUM DRUG CO.
Harry Johnson Is prepared to do
nil kinds of work in the line of car
pentering. Contracting, building
and job work. Give him a chance
to ngure with you. tf.
-An Artist's Rusa.
A Roman cavalier commissioned
a great artist to paint his portrait,
ing with snow and salt Fahrenheit dcfi?.lte Pr'ce CinS flSr.cl upon.
found that he could produce a de
gree of cold equal to that of the
coldest winter day. It happened
that tho day on which he made his
final experiment was tho coldest
anybody could remember, and,
struck with the coincidence of his
scientific discovery, he hastily con
cluded that ho had found the low
est degree of temperature, either
natural or artificial. Ho called the
degree "zero" and constructed a
thermometer graduating up from
zero to boiling point, which he num
bered 212 and the freezing point 32.
When the portrait was finished, the
painter asked 100 crowns in pay
ment. The highborn sitter, amazed
at the demand, returned no more
nor dared to send for his counter
feit presentment, whereupon the
artist hit upon tho happy expedient
of first painting bars across ihe
portrait, then alfuing tho doleful
legend, "Imprisoned for debt," and
finally placing it in a prominent
part of his studio, to which Koman
nobles frequently resorted. Ere
long a rich relative came to tho res
cue and released his kinsman.
PEOPLE
who do not know
Should know
that
FRIEDRICH
"THE TAILOR"
turns out the lest fitting
and made clothes
in Heppner
HENDRICSON & GURDANE
carry a full line of
Candies, Nuts, Cigars and Tobaccos
and defy competition.
We will also keep our
Famous Morrow County Ice Cream in Stock
Made at Home from Home Products
Choice Cut Flowers
and Pot Plants,
Funeral Work a Specialty
The Jewell Greenhouses
PHONE B 2721,
THE DALLES, OREGON
The First National Bank
Of Heppner
CAPITAL STOCK,
TOTAL RESOURCES,
$100,000.00
804,442.45
Why We Need Alfalfa.
There is no combination of feeds
so economical for the production of
beef, pork, mutton, butter and eggs,
as corn and alfalfa. Neither will give
the best results alone. We need alfal
fa because it balances up the corn
ration and saves the large waste of
starch which always takes place
where corn is fed alone. We need
alfalfa because we can by means of
It grow on our own farms the protein
more profitably than we can buy It in
feed stuffs. We need alfalfa because
It feeds the soil and enables us to
grow larger crops of corn, wheat and
oats. We need alfalfa because it pro
duces on an average double the feed
value per acre of clover or any other
forage crop.
Advisable to Inoculate.
Iff regions where alfalfa has not
been grown it is found to be neces
sary to Inoculate the ground by sow
ing three or four bags of soil secured
from a field where alfalfa or sweet
clover has been grown for a num
ber of years; or where it is more
convenient, artificial culture, such as
nltragin, "farmogerm," etc., may be
applied. Where alfalfa has not been
grown before It may make the differ
ence between success and failure.
Alfalfa Essentials.
A well prepared, firm, solid seed
bed, plenty of good barnyard manura.
and fallow to kill the weeds, are most
important
Make a Beginning Start Now.
Every farmer should try at least
small piece of alfalfa and it he
does not succeed at first, try again
and keep on trying until he does suc
ceed. It Is worth the while. If the
work Is thoroughly done and at the
proper time, you will most certainly
succeed in securing a good stand; if
the WOrfc fa Tlnlf Inn a mnA rtitt nt
season, you will iuBt as certainly faiL TT PP TMTTMf"! D C TL HP A 1 . T.
ig trt now. , , . i utc me U.-l.nUUUl 11
Make a beginning-
We offer the services of a well-equipped
bank wiih sufficient capital
and resources to care for the
needs of our territory
New Accounts Invited
Four per cent, paid on Savings Accounts
Exchange boupht and sold
We issue exchange on all important Foreign Cities
ESTABLISHED IN 1887