THK GAZKTTE-TLMES, KEPPXER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1918.
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HOMING INSTINCT OF TOADS
Like Pigeons, They May Yet Be Mad
Useful Beater of Messages,
8ay Naturalist
Annies may yet use toads a mes
sage bearers In place of carrier pi
jseons if this incident related In a let
ter to the editor of Every Week 1
found to have general application:
"P;il!ns Lore Sharp, the naturalist
and writer of nature books, told me
th:it hoptoads possess the homing in
stinct. Take one awny from the spot
where It has always lived and he will
return, even though yoa have carried
him ten miles.' said Mr. Sharp.
"I it-solved, theu, to try an experi
ment with Toddy, the hlg toad who
lisis made his home In my garden In
AVi'kt'ld for the past five years.
WKtuu' my mime on a tag. I tied It to
T --1;Iy's hind leg and took a train to
Ti.wtnn. Then I transferred to an ele
vated train which carried me to
Chrles!ov.n. on the outskirts of the
city. At the corner of Terklns and
Haverhill streets, Charlestown, near
the B. end M. signal tower where I
rim employed on night duty, I let Ted
fly out of the box. He blinked at the
lire lights a second or so, darted out
his tongue and gobbled a few Charles
town mosquitoes, and began straight
way to hup along the side of the street
to Mystic avenue. When he reached
the corner he made a bee line for
WaTcefiolii, hopping oft In the darkness
at a lively puce.
"It was just 11 :1!5 p. m. when I went
on fliity at the tower and 8:20 when I
reached home the next morning. Im
p.g'ne my surprise and pleasure when,
on entering the yard, I discovered Ted
dy in his accustomed place, under the
sill cook, against the side of the house,
tailing a bath I presume after his
Ir.ng, dry and dusty hop of nine miles.
The tag with my name was still tied
to his leg."
SOMETHING MORE THAN "TOY"
Quaint Old Legend Having to Do With
Plow Is Peculiarly Appropriate
! Just Now. I
There is a quaint old legend of Al
sace, recalls the Christian Science
Monitor, concerning a family of giants
who, once upon a time, lived In a cer
tain castle In the old country. The
moral of the story seems appropriate
at a time when the French minister
of agriculture is making special ef
fort to encourage the cultivation of
land.
The giants lived, says the legend,
far from the peasants of the plain and
one day the daughter of the house,
who though quite a child, was already
thirty feet high, strolled toward a'
plain .and saw a laborer peacefully
plowing his fields. She picked up the
peasant, the horse ind the plow and
put them in her pinafore nnd returned
to the castle to Show what she had
found to her father.
"What you think is but a toy," said
the giant, "is what produces the food
which enables us to live. Put back
the laborer and his horse where you
found them." From that time onward,
adds the tale, the peasants were never
molested by the giants.
Women Soldiers.
Advertisements of Molly Pitcher of
Revolutionary fame as the first femi
nine soldier in the United States have
appeared. Perhaps she was the first,
but certainly she wasn't the only one
or the last.
There was Nancy Hart of Georgia,
who took ten Tories prisoners; Debo
rah Sampson of Massachusetts, who en
listed in the Continental army, fought
In battle after battle, her sex unsus
pected, and headed military expedi
tions; Frances Hook of Illinois, who
served In the Union army during the
Civil war; Frances Wilson of New
Jersey, Mary Owens of Pennsylvania,
Major Belle Reynolds of Illinois.
Most famous of our Joans of Arc
were Major Pauline Cushman, a Fed
eral scout, und Capt. Belle Boyd, a
Confederate spy, who saved Stonewall
Jackson's army from destruction.
All the women who won reputations
bs soldiers proved themselves as
brave, efficient and hardy as uny man
could be. Here's wishing more power
to their elbow ! Spokane Spokesman
Review.
Medicinal Literature.
The London Lancet departs for a
moment from the austere halls of sci
ence to adventure into the fields and
gardens of literature, though keeping
one foot safe within the accustomed
medical precincts. The Lancet dis
cusses nothing less worthy than the
works, writings, theories, maxims and :
pleasantries of Master Francois Ita- j
belais, the point being thut his diver-.
sinns Into letters were simply part of
his day's work as a practical medico. ,
Ho wrote, the Lancet assures us, not :
for the untold generations of the fu-!
ture, not for the delectation of our j
own selves, but solely and strictly to i
amuse, hearten and brace up the splr-;
Its of his patients during the tedium j
of their illness, thereby aiding hlsi
cures and adding to his stature as a j
member of the faculty. j
Master Francois was a great bellev- j
er In the therapeutic value of litera
ture. The Lady or the Tiger?
"George," she said, "before I give
you a final answer you must tell me
something. Do you drink anything?"
A smile of relief lighted his hand
some countenance was that all shy
wanted to knowt Proudly, triumph
antly he clasped her In his arms and
whispered in her shell-like ear:
"Anything r-Gargoyle.
FAMOUS "FIELD OF BLOOD"'
Said to Be Spot Juda Purchased
With the Silver for Which He
Sold Hi Master.
Just outside the walls of Jerusalem,
in the Valley of Hlnnom, is a rock;
plain known as the Aceldama ot
Field of Blood. It is the potter's field,
purchased with the 30 pieces of silver
for which Judas sold his master. Here
for centuries visitors to the holy city,
dying while on their pilgrimage found
a resting place.
Gray and barren, it is a desolate
spot, solitary but for the chance vis
itor and a few withered gray-clad
monks from a nearby monastery. For
a small fee, one of these ancient re
cluses will show you the sights of the
place. Caves and underground pas-
sages, honeycombed with tombs, are
cut in the rocky field. Your guide '
leads you down age-worn steps, cut
perhaps in the sixth century, into
crumbling halls. His torch casts flick-,
ering uncanny shadows on the dniup
gray walls. The place seems to re-1
sent your Intrusion; it Is the "place
of sleep," the hall of the dead. On
one side is the tomb of some warrior
monk who followed the fortunes. of
Richard Lion Heart of. England to the
holy land, dying at the very gates of
the city his master had hoped to con-
quer. He must have died penniless,
too, as so many ot these zealots did, acreage for winter wheat in Morrow
else his bones had not rested in the county as follows: Minimum 41,
potter's field. 190 acreSi maximum 52,700 acres,
Near Aceldama is a ruined enamel tne season j8 favorable so lets forget
house, said to have been built by the the fellow who is continually saying
Crusaders for their dead. It is a turn- tnat the Morrow couutv farmer must
bllng ruin. . nearly, thirty feet long by ' sow spring wheat and do even better
twenty wide, with one side of naked ' ;hail tne maximum,
rock. Beneath it are two of the larg-; The varieties that have given the
est caverns, their rock sides pierced Dest re8ults over a Deriod ct years
with tombs and shallow graves. In are Turkey Red, FortyFold, and
the roof of the ruin are holes through ; Bluestem and in that order of im
whkh the bodies of the dead were portance. Hybri(1 63 is ahowjnK
owered. grEat promise and after another
The l iehl of Blood is on the north- in ,.i,w it ,i.nH.
eastern slope of the Hill of Evil Coun-
cil woere ..: ition says the villa of
t alphas stood, and where the chief
priest and elders plotted the execu-
SAVE MONEY FOR FARMERS
direct Testimony Showing That the
Woodpecker Should 3e Protected
by All Agriculturists.
We are assured on high authority
Unit if birds were as numerous today
:is they were 60 years ago it would
meun a saving of many million dollars
to American farmers. The sluughter
of migratory birds is surely followed
by the increase of destructive insects.
Among the farmer's bird friends are
the woodpeckers, especially the red
licuded members of the species.
In proof there is cited the following
instance: A pair of them nested in a
dead Cottonwood tree near an orchard.
One day the observer watched them
through a pair of glasses. The young
birds were about half grown. - The
parents made 06 trips in one hour,
each time with a worm. It is safe to
say that they saved 96 apples in that
hour a box worth, say $1. If the
birds worked ten hours a day. they
were worth $10 to the owner of that
orchard, or, In the three weeks the
birds were in the nest $210. It is plnin,
then, that no farmer can afford to kill
a woodpecker.
All Wrong,' Napoleon.
"The dull, drab years of middle
age," is the way a Y. M. C. A. work
er classifies the period In a man's life
from thirty-live to forty-five. He says
that men of this age' are frequenters
of saloons, that they are mostly mar
ried nnd that they are not as desir
able In the way of citizenship as the
male individuals of seventeen to twenty-four,
who-spend much time with
their sweethearts, or the male Individ
uals more than forty-six, for that
after passing forty-five and presum
ably surviving the "dull, drab yearx,"
a fellow turns his attention to things
spljitual, generally to church work,
nnd begins to live again. "The truth
1s," said a pawer of the rail, "this Y.
M. C. A. gink seems to have lost, as
a good many academic students of the
saloon lose, the real solution. No bet
ter explanation ever has been made or
ever will be made than that men go
to the saloon because they have no
place else to go that gives them the
same sort of unconventionnl welcome.
They go there not because their years
are dull nnd drab, but because the
gregarious instinct calls them." New
York Sun.
Primitive Submarine.
In the early part of the seventeenth
century a submarine was successfully
navigated in England from Westmin
ster to Greenwich.
The Inventor and navigator Cor
nelius Drebel, a Dutchman enjoyed
the patronage of James I, and the
credulous king was only prevented
from taking part tn a submarine trip
by the assurance of some of his cour
tiers that Drebel was "in league with
Old Nick."
The boat was so constructed that "a
person could see under the surface of
the water, and without candle lighj, as
much as he needed to read In the Bible
or any other book." It was also pro
pelled by oars.
Wgh Society.
Miss Rlchen-Friscky My parents'
wedding as very exclusive, doncha
know. They were married in the Lit
tle Church Around the Corner, In New
fork.
Miss Pooren-Sassy Pooh, that's
nothln'. Mine went up In a balloon at
the state fair and took the preacher
with 'em, i
Farm Notes by The
County Agent
Some time ago the county agent
.vas notified to send out blanks to all
owners and operators of threshing
machines nntifvinc- thani tfiaf tliev
were required to make a report on
the acreage and amount of grain
threshed. A number have' answered
promptly while others are apparently
not taking this request as applying
to them. 91 farmers have reported
harvesting 21,991 acres yielding
1S4.529 bushels or a little better
than eight bushels per acre.
With 'most of the winter wheat
averaging from 12 to 20 bushels one
can realize the advantage gained by
sowing in the fall. Spring wheat iu
some cases made as much as the
winter wheat on the neighboring
farm but the average must have been
les thaa half in to lower the average
t.a eight bushels .
The National Council of Defense
has notified the county agent to urge
the planting of winter wheat for an
increase of ten to forty per cent over
last year but this urging hardly
seems necessary after a glance at the
figures given below. The Extension,
Division of the state with the Farm
crops department has announced the
compared to the leader Turkey Red.
. The famer , knoW8 hIs land win
have mUe difflfnt In cnooslng the
- r, ht and ncw the time to
NO REASON FOR IT
When Heppner Citizens Show a Way.
There can ba no reason why any
reader of this who suffers the tor
:ures of an aching back, the annqy
ance of urinary disorders, the pains
and dangers of kidney ills will fail
to heed the wcrds of a neighbor who
has found rollef. Read what a
Heppner citizen says:
I. R. Esteb, says: "I am a strong
believer in Doan's Kidney Pills and
whenever I get a chance I recom-i
mend them to others. I don't hesi
tate to do bo, for I know they can't
be beat. When I feel in need of a
kidney medicine, I get a box of
Doan'3 Kidney Pills from Humph
rey's Drug Store, and in a few days
the pain in my back is relieved and
my kidneys become normal."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the Bame that
Mr. Esteb had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Tum-A -Lum Lumber Co
RETAIL LUMBER AND FUEL
W. L.HOLMES, IV; gr., Lexington. Ore
Years ago men asked the question: "Have you got it?"
And, it was not so long ago that the usual method of making inquiry
as to man's money was: "How did you get it?"
Today, tomorrow and for all time, the quection will be: "How are
you going to spend it?"
Farmers, at least the progressive kind, will not be asked: "How are
you going to spend it?", for the years spent in earning It wore ac
companied by years of planning as to how to spend it. Mature plan
ning of ones work invariably results in getting value for the' money
spent.
The first and most natural call for money on the part of the farmer
is to improve the farm, for every dollar spent can bo looked upon
as an investment: it is the farmer's way of expressing his con
fidence in the soil that he has tilled.
Real estate men devoting their energies to selling farm property
will tell you that a well Improved piece of farm property calls for
loss salesmanship than does the piece of property that has been
neglected, for neglect in this instance has a tendency to create a
suspicion that the property Is not a money producer.
Money that you have saved can be put to no better use than to make
not only needed, but necessary repairs. Farm machinery should be
housed properly; steps should be taken to protect live stock against
severe Winters; sidewalks of wood or concrete should be built from
barn, dairy shed and other buildings to the home with an idea of
keeping the mud out of the home.
No more worthy improvement can be made at this time than to
build a modern, up-to-date, convenient, step-and-labor-saving home.
To delay building Is to deny yourself and family the comforts and
pleasures you are entitled to. Labor should bring its fruits, and the
farmer will realize them perhaps more quickly by building than will
be the case with the average man.
Too many farmers pui. off building through tiiior fall an to realize
that each year spent in the old home robs them oi a year in the new
home. In this respect, it has been hard for us to understand why
farmers content themselves by living in the old home year after
year, waiting until they are ready to retire, then move to the city
See Lew at Lexington
Irrigon Boy Takes In
State Fair.
Irrigon, Oregon, October 3, 1918.
Editor Gazette-Times,
Heppner, Oregon.
Dear Sir:-
Mrs. Shurte asked me to send
copy of my story to one of the local
papers for publication about my
trip to the State Fair, so I will ask
you to publish the following:
"I took up the corn growing this
summer as I could see a double
advantage to it. Having taken up
the pig club work, I had to have
something to feed and fatten the
pigs before could market them but
did not think much about getting a
freo trip to the Str.te Fair until our
School Supt. Mrs. Shurte informed
mo tt the County Fc.ir that I had
the first prizo on my corn and a fre-,
trip to th2 State Fair, not only that
but a second prize on' my pigs tco.
ily father needed me very bad to
help out on the chores as we have six
cows and other stack besides 25 pigc
but he Eaid I must go and T did and
sure enjoyed myself and learned a
lot about corn and other tlm:;;3. T'ao
speakers at meal times interested me
and I tried to get every word they
said. The corn Judge gave tho boyo
a talk on how to Judge corn and how
to select good seed. I got fitfh prize
at the State Fair and am going, to
try to do better next year.
One afternoon we took in the
sights at Salem, the Capitol Build
ing, asylum and the penitentiary.
Saturday morning we packed up our
things and said goodbye to every
body. I will never forget the good
time I had and will do everything I
can to get others to take up the club
work next year.
Yours truly,
LYLE SEAMAN.
Henry Smouse, extensive farmer
of the lone section, was a pleasant
caller at this office while in town on
Thursday last. He has Just finished
threshing his crop on the M. R.
Morgan farm and received a yield
from 12 to 18 bushels. Good rains
have prevailed during the week in
his section and he looks forward to
getting his fall sowing dene undr
most favorable conditions.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Barlow of
Fairview were visitors in Heppner
over Friday night. Mr. Barlow
states that he has never saw the
pasture in the fields better than at
present in his neighborhood. The
recent abundant rains have put tho
ground in fine shape for fall work
and grain now sown is coming along
rapidly. i '
F. E. Bell, former Blackhorse
rancher, but now a resident of the
Spokane country, his postofflce being
at Soap Lake, Wash., was doing bus
iness in this vicinity the past week.
He contemplates selling his Black
horse farm, for which he has been
offered a good price.
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company
RETAIL LUMBER AND FUEL
Large Shipment of Sheep to Seattle,
J. W. Beymer disposed of 10 cars
of sheep to Fra'nk Pennington ot
Vappittish, Wash., the past week and 1
.he mutton was shipped out to the'
attle' market on Saturday from the '
ca! yards. , Mr. Pennington was
aklng the sheep to market via Top-
pinlsh, where they would be de
trained for feeding. He was accom
panied by Frank Roberts. 1
FOR SALE A registered sow and
boar, also some pigs ready to wean.
26-4t A. E. PIERCE, lone, Ore
Wool Consumed in August. i
Manufacturers used a million and
a half more pounds of wool in Au
gust than in July, 1918. August
figures being 63, 900,000 pounds,
grease equivalent, compared to 62,
300,000 in July. Monthly consump
tion has averaged about 67,000,000
pounds, grease equivalent, since
January 1, 1918.
Stocks of wool consumed In Au
gust in pounds, by classes, as given
by the Bureau of Markets, were:
Grease, 37,769,216; 4 scoured, 11,
732,697; and pulled, 2,014,544. The'
reports show Massachusetts still
leading in wool used, followed in
order by Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, New York., New Hamp
shire, Ohio, Connecticut, and Maine.
According to the latest available
information on wool textile machin
ery equipment there are 6,377 wool
en cards and 2,263 combs in the
United States. The three firms
whose reports are not included in the
consumption figures- have a combined
capacity of 15 woolen cards and 9
worsted combs. This, it is pointed
out, shows that the consumption re
port includes 99.7 per cent of the
woolen machinery In the United
States.
How The Forest Service Helps
In War.
The Forest Service of the United
I States Department of Agriculture Is
( mobilizing the country's forest re-
sources for war by helping the War,
; and Kavy departments and munitions
manufacturers get the kinds and
quanities of wood needed for rifles,
airplanes, wheels, and other spec
ialities; finding out what kind and
grades of wood are suitable for war
' time's special requirements; train
ing inspectors of wood materials;
improving timber specifications; and
investigating and testing material,
processes, and products U3ed in
manufacture of war supplies derived
In whole or in part from wood. It is
also stimulating the production ot
meat, wool, and hides on National
Forest ranges; cooperating with
EDITH A. THORLEY
" TEACHER OF
PIANO VOICE
LESCHETISKA METHOD ITALIAN METHOD
FUNDAMENTALS AND HISTORY OP MUSIC
. rupu oi rortmnd (Joniemtory of Muiic
or small town and build their final mansion, the enjoyment of which
scarcely is in keeping with the many years of toil and sacrifice.
It is not our intention to discourage home building by retired farm
ers in the town, for we must have towns since they are the salvation
of every farming community. What we believe in is this- that
more farmers should stay on the farm, and with this In mind, their
homes should be made more comfortable, more liveable.
With an idea of helping our customers secure value received for the
money they spend in home building, we are now propared to render
prospective home builders a helpeful service; one that will eliminate
the old idea that you have to build three homes before you gat what
you want. It has come to pass that there is more truth than poetry
in this statement, but sad as it may seem, it is due to the fact that
the average farmer goes about building without proper forethought,
which has resulted in a modern saying that hits the nail squarely on
oullt " 868 are bullt' then. Panned; homes are planned, then
It is not the idea of our Service Department to completely plan your
home, for we realize that we can serve you better by incorporating
your Ideas in a set of plans that will be practical in every sense of
the word. To work your ideas into the home will result in your
having a home that is yours, because it is like you and because it
feels like home.
You have home-making ideas and personality. Still, it may be
difficult for you to express your ideas of a home to your contractor
or builder, so what we dosire to do more than anything else is to
help tell you why this or that should not be done.
The important step is to make a record of these Ideas ; to draw them
up in a set of plans so that there will be no misunderstanding be
tween your carpenters or contractor, which method is the only one
that can be relied upon or depended upon in giving you exactly
what you have in mind.
No charge is made for this service. The satisfaction resulting
pleases you, and, as you know, we have always counted upon our
satisfied customers to help increase our business.
Do not wait until you are ready to dig your foundation, but come In ,
and talk over the building of your home in advance of the time you
are ready to place your order for materials.
Yours very truly,
stockmen to lower losses from
poisonous plants; aiding the Fuel
Administration to increase fuel sup
plies through use of wood; and is
teaching the conservation of natural
resources. It has helped recruit two
regiments of forest engineers for ser
vice abroad, and has contributed
more than 375 members to the
colors.
PUBLICLAND COMPANY
Successors of
J. T. WILLIAMSON
Township Plats.
Land Office Work
Solicited
SIRS. J. C. WALRATH,
Manager,
New Foley Bldg, LaGrande, Or.
Phone Black 1051.
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HOT BLAST HEATER
Prevents colds and doc
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freexe. Dress mornings by the
warmth and cheer of this remark
able heater in your home.
Dtcidt Today I
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OREGON
No. 770
Main 535
Bill at lone