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0 Home and Farm Magazine Section Editorial Page Suggestions Prom Our Associate Editors, Allowing For an Interchange of View, Written by Men of Experience on Topiej With Which They Are Fully Acquainted Hints Along Lines of Progressive Farm Thought. HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisers In this local ity who wish to folly covet all sections of Oregon and Washington and a portion of Idaho will apply to local publishers for rates. General advertiser may address 0. L. Burton, Ad- vertiaing Manager of Farm Magazine Co., Publisher! Oregon Washington Idaho Farmer, 411 Panama Build ing, Portland, Oregon, for rates and information. The publishers will cceept business from no advertiser whose reliability can be questioned. i: . THE IiOED HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES. T. HINKLE of HermistoB, Ui farmer, lawyer, legislator, ir rigation enthusiast and gen eral booster, was telling recently of the "Paradise" country, where the farmers are agitating a big new irrigation scheme. Mr. Hinkle has been secretary of the Oregon Irrigation Congress for several years, and his creed is that the ap plication of moisture from the streams of Oregon is the one factor that will push the state farther up front. "The Paradise irrigation project is t be voted on September 8. . Abort 42,500 acres of irrigable land are included and a bond issue to be voted upon by about 100 land holders is what will raise the money to develop it. The project would cost, according to the estimates, ' about $2,400,000, or $60 per acre, including the reservoir. "The land lies in Umatilla coun ty, north of Fcho and east of Stan field. The plans for its development , were prepared by A. Wold, who laid out the Bull Run water system, 1 and was one of the first railroad builders of the state. W. H. Marple, ( of Yakima, is consulting engineer, and the project has been sanctioned by State Engineer Lewis. ''The bnly thing that may ham per the passage of the bond issuo lis the remarkablo crop raised this year on the land without irrigation. :This has been an unusual year, but 'some of the farmers look upon it as " an indication that irrigation is not necessary to produce good crops. " $ 1; now. THE beginning and the ending of tho world's greatest en i deavor are comprehended in that little word. It is short, but t Stretches all the way from incep tion to completion. It is little and it indicates but an instant; yet it fills all time and it will fill all j eternity. j NOW is the secret of filling our ( days to repletion. All that you are Or have, all your dreams, hopes, -possessions, loves, associations, are yours by virtue only of that slen j der thread of an instant now. 1 NOW is all we have. The past I is gone, the future is yet to come, t but N.OW is ours. The value of the i time we uso we can measure; but i.who can ever know the value of I the that bus been lostf j True, there are some things that : cannot be done now. We have not the material for them. We have not the skill. It is not yet time for ' them to be done. But commonly even these ca. be begun now. To begin a thing is to make, yourself part of iv. , NOW is ours, it is all we have. ' And we shall never have it again. !, $ TWO KINDS OF WIVES. THIS matter of commonsense thrift does not apply only to the city housekeeper. It is of importance to tho farmer's wife as well. As Jamtl J. Hill put it in a speech to agriculturists: : "When I am talking to the farm er I remember that the farmer's wife is one half of the family, and she is the bigger half, too. The farmer's success or failure, his go ing up or down in his scale of ac complishment, depends upon her. A helpful, thrifty wife, who is eon serving his capital, his health, his earning ability, not to mention the pocketbook, dosing the avenues of waste, will make him succeed. He can 't help succeeding, while with a wasteful, careless wife, he might as well give up. These are facts. Make the test take two men, one with the right kind of a wife and one who bas the wasteful, careless kind, and see how real it is in the actual progress of that family." $ A HARD, HARD LAW. DURING the time of Solon, the famous lawmaker, he secured the passage of a statute com pelling every able-bodied adult man in the nation to give proof once a year that he was earning a deceit living and was self -supporting. Somebody has written to ns sug gesting that this would not be a bad example for Uncle Sam to fol low, since the class of those who have learned to live "gracefully in idleness" is constantly on the increase. By the way, Solon was not the originator of this unique law, which went out of existence shortly after his death. The man who had the "happy thought" first was a certain king Amasis, who, before he became monarch, was by turns, soldier, freebooter . and vagrant, living on the plunder he gained from others. Ho prob ably based the law on his own ex perience, not desiring to have his subjects idle and lawless as he once was. - . ENTER THE CORN SHOW. FOLLOWING its policy of edu caing the farmers of the Northwest in methods of corn growing and the value of corn, the Oregon - Washington Railroad & Navigation Company this year will hold its second annual corn show at Walla Walla, Wash., November 25, 26, 27 and 28. Full information is given on page 11. The corn movement was started several years ago, and since its in ception has done much good among the farmers of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Last year a special car in charge of men experienced in corn growing was sent to all sec tions of the three states, and tho corn show at the end of the season was a big feature of the mo--mcnt. Copies of the booklet issued may be had upon application to the O. W. R. & N.Corn Show, 701"VVrells Fargo building, Portland, Oregon. $ . THE FARMER'S TEAR, THOSE who seem to take a gloomy view of the business outlook should look at the latest crop reports. Corn a 2,800,-000,000-bushel crop; winter wheat, 655,000,000 bushels; spring wheat, 270,000,000 bushels; oats, 1,200,000, 000 all of them far above the ten year average. The crops are the bright, redeeming feature of the business situation. And the promise is oven better than the fig ures show. Even the pessimist must bow bofore the splendid gifts of bountiful Nature, and confess that God is gloriously good to this na tion. A few dollars invested in a good fan ning mill is well worth while, for its judicious use will mean clean seed, a better stand and better yields, and will keop the land free from many harm ful weeds. The education of the farmer to ap preciate the importance of livestock in maintaining soil fertility is very im portant. Poor cows and indi-ferent dairymen the most uncompromising foes of e dairy business. I 1 farmers' Club House AT Seymour, Indiana, in the center of a wide agricultural district, work has been begun on a farmers' club building, to be erected as a memorial to a well known citizen of the county by his estate. We are informed that this is the first attempt in Indiana or any other state by the people of jl county seat to establish an institution of this kind for the farmers of the county. It is proposed to provide many of the conveniences of a modern club house for the benefit of-farmers in the county visiting the city. It is to be attractive and homelike, where every farmer will feel free to go with wife, children and lunch basket No meals will be served or prepared, bat a com modius lunch room will be available, also a reading room, rest room, sitting room, and two nurseries. Each nursery will be equipped with reclining couches and comfortable chairs, babies' cribs and jumpers. A matron will have charge and mothers may leave children in her care while shopping. The babies milk, or food, the farmers bring with them, may be kept eool in a large re frigerator in the pantry during hot weather. For all these privileges there is to be no expense attached. Every part of the building will be free to farmers of the county visiting the county seat The building will be fire proof, con strueted of Bedford stone and brick and erected with a view to permanency at a cost of $25,000. It will be located in the heart of the business district When it is completed an organization will be formed among the farmers, who will elect the principal officers. As far as possible the management of the club will be in the hands of the farm ers. There will be no cost in connection with membership. The privileges of the club house may be enjoyed without the formality of becoming members and without initiation fees or dues. The club is incorporated under the laws of Indiana; its purpose is to promote the material, moral, social and educational welfare of its members r.nd their fam ilies. The club will be controlled by a board of trustees composed of the presi dents of the thrco leading banks and their successors. The board is pcrpctu ated in this way. Wouldn't it be fine if we could have a farmers' club house or social center in every county seat. Farmers need to know one another better. Town and country people need to get closer to gether. This movemert means comfort for farm women when they come to town. A place where they will be free; wel come to go with the children and meet other women and talk babies, flowers and chickens, while the men discuss I crops, markets or politics. SCREENING AGAINST MOSQUITOES THE value of house screens to prevent the entrance of flies and mosquitoes has been well demonstrated by the warships in Mexican waters. While the cruiser Des Moine was lying off Tam pico the mosquito screens were taken off for a fow days, with the result that seventy cases of malaria developed among the crew. With the screens on all the hatchways and gunports of the fleet at Vera Cruz only 2 per cent of the 20,000 men in the fleet have been ill, which is about the number under ordinary conditions. This shonld be sufficient proof of the value of keep ing mosquitoes out of the house when it is impossible ' prevent their breed ing. It would be bettor for people in the neighborhood of any breeding places to unite and take measures that would put an end to the pest in the locality for all time. A few gallons of d.stillato, costing almost nothing, would do the job. If the balls of binding twine that many find it necessary to keep from one harvest season to another are sprinkled with flowers of sulphur rats and mice will not touch thorn. IHB MOTHEa-LOOK. To take the finest woman vita toe roses la hr eheeka, ao U th' lirdi a aingia' la her voice tacK timi the speaks; , Her hair all black as' gieamln', or a flow in' miu o' gold An' still th' ula o' beauty Um't mora th) half war told. There ain't a word thai tells It; all descrip tion It defies Th' motaerlook that lingers in a happy wom an'! eyes. A woman' eyes will sparkle ia her innocence) ao fan. Or snap a warnln' message to the ones she wants to than. In pleasure or in anger there n always nanoV aomeneu, Bat still there is a beauty that was sorely nude to bleu A beauty that grows sweeter an that all bat glorifies The motherlook that ometimes eomes into woman'! eyee. It ain't a smile exactly yet it's brlmmin foil o' Joy, An meltin' into aunehine when ihe bends above her boy Or fir' "hen ' ileepln' with ltl dreams told in ite faee: She smoothi ita hair an' seta it as ahe lifts it to iti place. It leads all the expression, whether grave s gay or wie Th' mother-look that glimmer! in a iOTUV woman'! eyes. There ain't a picture of it If there wM they'd hare to paint A picture of a woman mostly angel an' some saint, An' make it still be human an' they'd hare to blend th' whole There ain't a picture of it, for no one east paint a aooL No one can paint the glory eomin' straight from paradise Th' mother-look that lingers in a happy woman'! eye. TBS RIVUtt. -Little lad, little lad, that played along the ahore, I bear yonr mother calling yon, do yon hear her no morel There flows a little river through CatskiB town, Ard there the little fishing-boat! go alowty np and down. I can hear tho windlasi where the wet ropes ran. I ean see the dripping net ahining lu the ana. Slow and heavy bargoa with their freight for haman needs Follow where the guide-rope of the little tog- boat leads. i Silver, irides-ent, the little river lies. Never asking anything, making no replies. Green bank and ragged dock, bridged shore to shore. And a mother calling for a child that comes . no morn. Little lad. little lad, atill the river flows, Still, upon ita shining tide the ferry comas and goes. There's glint of little pleasure craft, and as the night eomea down, I ean see the window light gleaming in the town, And the night wind, come from far, is whis pering to roe: There'a always toll of wreping where streams run to the seal" Louise Driscoll in Harper's Magazine, A WOODLAND LAKE. Tha moraine- shadows roet nnon The mirroring surface of the lake, ' Half hidden 'neath the climbing suit By treei that bright reflection! make. Clear as the living trees they lie. These sunken forests, leave as greeal And summits dipping to a eky Blue aa the lenith arch serene. About their feet are verdant glooms Where shadowy waters lap and Ian And sloping hillside, purple blooms. Reveal lost gardens in the ware. There hover bright-winged drangonfBaS, And yellow banded bnmblebeei. Above their shadows; and there lies A sunny eloud among the tree. So smile lost Eden, till the tides, Breeze kissed, in myriad ripple! break J And veil of frosted silver hides The fairy vision in the lake. THE "PEEPEBS." I'd like to stay at grandpa's longer; All the meadows are filled with flowers And in the orchard, big and shady, The apple blossom fail in howera; And there'! a brook that'! brown and twists. That through the leaning rushes singe, While ovor it the bird are darting, And butterflies, with splendid wings, But in the evening, from the hollow Behind the spring-house, then I hear The little peepers, calling, calling -Now faint and far, now shrill and clean. They make me feel so -sad and dreary, Ana motner well, sue is away. They send me home, those lonesome peepers vrnen, on, i u reauy iixe to stay I i A1U Thorn, in Youth'! Companion,
