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Which They Are Fully Acquainted Hints Along Lines of Progressive Farm Thought.
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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. "
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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.
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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:
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"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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,