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One year aso lard was selling at
40c. We are now selling
pure lard at
25c lb.
In 2. 3. 4, 5 and 10 pound lots.
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Central Market
McNAMER & SOEENSON
j Fighting the Rat to Keep Deadly Bubonic
Plague From Spreading Over America
WHAT SEW ORLEASS IS DOlSu TO EXTF.RMISATE PEST. THE FARMER WORST VICTIM OF
ALLSTORY OF THE RAT.-HOW TO KILL HIM OFF
The Sign 0
a Service l
At FirS-class Garage '
and other Dealers
When You Bought that Suit
last year, you thought one season's wear was all you could nor
mally expect.
Of course were it not for DRY CLEANERS and modern meth
ods of cleaning you could not think of using it for GOOD wear
again this season.
And right there is where we fit in. Our methods are modern.
And if we have that suit or light coat NOW we will have it ready
for prompt delivery.
LLOYD HUTCHINSON
Tailoring, Cleaning, and Pressing
Sprcllll I urrtNiomttHr.
New Orleans, March 8. Bubon
ic plague killed ten million people in
India in 10 years.
That is why New Orleans is today
feverishly conducting a tremendous
campaign against rats, the transmit
ter of this terrible plague,
i Bubonic plague appeared simul
taneously in three ports of the United
States last summer New Orleans,
Galveston and Beaumont, Texas,
j "Wherever you find a plague vic
tim," says Dr. Heisler, America's
! greatest authority on bubonic, "you
1 find a dead rat in the ceiling, in a hol
low wall or under the floor. Fleas
U(.tlUlft lilt- LVU1, laitnu Ul uio-
ease to the human victim."
So New Orleans has regular muni
cipal guards who are systematically
going from one building to another,
one house to another, exterminating
rats as they go, cleaning up and ce
menting all holes where they might
hide. Thousands of the animals are
killed e.ery day and the hope of the
city officials is that inside of a year
the city will be practically rid of the
pests.
San Francisco conducted a similar
campaign 1U or 1 years ago ana
probably stamped out the disease by
so doing.
But experts say that this country
must make concerted warfare against
this filthy rodent if its people are to
be safe from bubonic plague and ty
phus, the latter also being one of the
diseases transmitted to humans by
rat fleas. Europe is today overrun
by swarms of rats and the animal is
increasing so fast in America that it
is feared we are in for a plague of
them if something is not done soon.
Three kinds of house rats occur in
the United States, none native, but
all migrants from the Old World
Most formidable and most widely
distributed is the brown rat, known
also as gray, barn, wharf, sewer, or
Norway rat. This rat is the worst of
our rodent pests. It made its ap
pearance in America shortly before
the Revolution. It may be recog
nized by its large size, robust form
blunt head and short ears.
The brown rat owes its dominance
to its ferocity, its great fecundity,
and its ability to adapt itself to nearly
all conditions. With abundant food
it breeds from six to ten times a year
and produces (in the middle part ot
the United States) an average of
about 10 young to the litter. Young
females breed when three or four
months old. The possibilities of such
reproduction are a menace to the hu
man race. At the maximum rate of
increase and without check, in a few
years the rats in the world would
consume all vegetable and animal
products, and the earth would be
come a lifeless waste.
It is the American farmer who has
the most cause to detest the rat. He
Kit W7,tR
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ONE OF THE RAT-KILLING MUNICIPAL SQUADS OF NEVC ORLEANS.
of all.
is the worst victim of all. Many rest he was engaged in acrap game.
farm dwellings are old buildings and rest he was engaged in a crap game
not rat proof, the cellar floor is us-1 s;rj i wailt you to tell the jury just
ually earthen and the burrowing rat -how you deal craps.
easily gets in. Barns, outbuildings,
wood and lumber piles, open fences,
all offer places of concealment for
the rat.
Besides shelter, the farm offers a
great variety and abundance of rat
food. Here are grains always acces
sible in field, shock, stack, mow, crib,
granary, and bin. Here grow luscious
Fruits and succulent vegetables. Here
are rich eggs and toothsome young
poultry, all tempting to the rat. Here,
too, are scattered abundant waste of
ferings from feed troughs of horses,
cattle, swine and poultry. Food and
shelter everywhere! Is it surprising
that rats love the farm and stay on
it?
In any campaign to kill rats, traps,
dogs, cats and poisons are useful
Some of the latter are most efficient.
the most reliable traps for genera
use are the inexpensive snap, or guil
lotine, traps. Many efficient kinds are
on the market. Those that have
sheet-metal bases are not desirable,
as rats fear and avoid them. Snap
traps should be set so that they will
spring at a slight touch.
SMILE AWHILE
"Was dat?" asked the witness,
rolling his eyes.
"Address the jury, sir," thundered
the lawyer, "and tell them just how
you deal craps.
"Lemme outen heah! cried the
witness uneasily. "Fust thing I know
his gem-man gwine to ask me how
to drink a sandwich." Boston Tran
script.
Real Martyr.
Not being a press agent, we'll just
call a certain popular actor, who is a
famous "good fellow, Smith.
couple of friends were talking about
him the other day, when one asked:
"Has Smith a good role in the new
play?"
"Most emotional he ever had in all
his career," was the impressive an
swer.
"Why, I didn't understand that the
play was so much that way.
"It isn't only Smith's part. You
see, it's one of these 'wet' plays, and
poor Smith is being constantly offer
ed drinks which the actions compel
him to refuse. Why, he'll be a total
wreck by the end of the week."
Los Angeles Times.
What He Misses
"And how are you getting along?'
we asked the ex-bartender.
Gross Ignorance. "Fine, he replied. I m making
A Pittsbureh lawver was conduct-. more money than ever. I m a clerk
ing a case in court not long ago, and in a hat store."
one of the witnesses, a burly negro,! "n )'ou "ke
confessed that at the time of his ar-1 "Yes, it's all right, but somehow
or other when I sell a hat to a man it
disappoints me not to hear him sy:
Have one yourself.' '"- Detroit Free
Press.
They Needed the Money.
Church I see a visitor to Chica-
go was arrested tne oiner uuy ut-
cause he had $.15-0 in his pocket.
Gotham And it wasn't his own
money ?
"Oh, yes; it was proved in court
that it was his own money.
'Why on earth did they arrest him,
then?"
"He was trying to get out of town
with it." Yonkers Statesman.
Looking Ahead.
Miss Alice Paul, of the Woman's
National party, said in a lecture on
feminism:
'Nothing angers a woman more
than an unjust accusation. Would
vou rouse the sleeping tiger in the
economical housewife's breast? Then
accuse her of extravagance.
An economical housewife told her
husband the other morning that she d
have to ask him for a dollar more a
week on account of the high cost of
living.
" 'I'll try and give vou a tiait-doi
lar.' he crumbled. "That's the best
I can do. You're pretty extravagant
Amelia?'
Me. extravagant?' And Amelia
laughed bitterly. 'Well, James, I
don't see how you can call a woman
extravagant who has saved her wed
dine dress for over 30 years on the
chance that she may yet make a sec
ond marriage.' "Detroit Free Press.
Too Much.
'Why did you remove your family
portraits?"
"My wife was too fond of using
them as illustrations when giving her
famous lecture on my ignominious
descent." Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
On, That's Different.
Mrs. Dibbs Every time I raise my
hand my husband gives me an awful
beating.
Mrs. Dabbs-Heavens! Why don t
you call the police?
Mrs. Dibbs. What do they know
about bridge?- Buff ah Express.
"Yes, exactly so," rejoined the
author. "Here at the conclusion
where the judge looks down at the
detective and aks: "Are you Pendle
ton King?' what does the printer
make him say? Listen: 'The fa
mous detective snatching off his
heard replied: 1 a. in.
"That certainly leaves the reader
in the dark," remarked the publisher.
Cleveland News.
The Seasons.
Little Katie sat in her corner play
ing with her dolls, but she listened
often to her father talking when he
perhaps never thought of it. She
constantly heard about his business
affairs, as he was on of the men of
blessed memory who thought his wife
had brains enough to understand
business.
Katie was learning all about ths
three Rs in one of the public schools
and was called a "bright" scholar.
One day the teacher asked her how
many seasons there were. Remem
bering her father's talks about busi
ness, she answered :
"Two; slack and busy." Colum
bia Dispatch.
It's Time to Inaugurate.
Inventive Science Helps Harding Inaugural Address
Dollar Self-Starter
THERE are many self-starters on the
market Some start and some don't,
but the best one is the DOLLAR
SELF-STARTER a savings account. If
given the proper care this starter will pull
you out of many tight holes, and carry you
along happily over many miles of your
journey.
You can get this dependable starter by
just depositing one dollar at this bank, and
then keep adding a dollar or so as often as
you canbut regularly.
We will welcome the accounts of the
boys and girls. Don't feel that a dollar i3
too small to start with. Make the start and
then you can make other deposits as small
as a quarter or a half dollar if you wish.
Come and see us! We will be glad to
tell you more about the DOLLAR SELF-STARTER.
FARMERS & STOCKGROWERS
NATIONAL BANK
Heppner
Oregon
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The inaugural crowd which Presi-'ern invention. A series of electrical
amplifiers were installed under the
inaugural standshown under con
struction here which made the ad
dent Harding faced could hear his
message perhaps better than at any
inaugural in the history of the nation.
This was due to the wonders of mod
dress plainly audible fo every person
in the crowd, no matter if they were
thousands of feet away. On the right
is G. L. Wells, engineer, holding one
of the amplifiers, the greatest "loud
talker" yet invented, and which it is
claimed intensifies sound one thous
and billion times.
What Good Did It Do Him ?
A merchant was recently persuad
ed to purchase an excellent parrot
This one had traveled far and could
jabber in several foreign lingoes. He
ordered it sent home. That same
day his wife had ordered a fresh
spring chicken for dinner. On leav
ing the house she said to the cook:
"Mary, there's a bird coming for din
ner. Wring its neck and have it fried
hot for Mr. Richards when he gets
home." Unfortunately the parrot ar
rived first and Mary followed in
structions. At dinner he was duly
served. "What's this?" exclaimed
Mr. Richards.
Mary told him.
"But for goodness' sake, Mary," he
said, "this is awful. That bird could
speak seven languages."
"Then phwy the divil didn t he say
something?" asked Mary. Journal
of the American Medical Association.
Famous Last Words.
1 wonder if it's loaded. I'll look
down the barrel and see."
Oh, listen ! That's the train whis
tle. Step on the accelerator and we'll
try to get across before it comes.
They say these things can t pos
sibly explode no matter how much
you throw them around.
"I wonder if this rope will hold my
weight."
its no tun swimming round in
here. I'm going out beyond the life
lines."
Which of these is the third rail,
anyway r
"There s only one way to manage
a mule. Walk right up behind him
and chastise him."
"That firecracker must have gone
out. 1 1 light it again.
"Watch me skate out past the
'danger' sign. I bet I can touch it."
Southern Underwriter.
Too Early to See.
"The ending of my story has been
completely spoiled by careless proof
reading," complained the angry
author.
"So?" replied the publisher.
There's a word, inauguration,
Having foremost occupation
Of the thoughts of nearly everyone
today;
Not alone because the nation
Has a new administration,
For the word has much of meaning
to convey.
I have always had a notion
That there'd be no locomotion
If inauguration didn't do its part;
Not a ship would cross the ocean.
Nor would Moses' hike to Go-then
E'er have taken place at all without
a start.
Friends, you know the last election
Was a step toward the correction
Of the evils which your country have
beset;
But don't let your predilection
To complacent recollection
Dull your minds to obligations still
unmet.
You, the people of the nation,
Chose your new administration,
Which officially has struck its proper
gait;
But no party in creation
Can bring national salvation
If the people don't themselves inaug
urate. Albert H. Laidlaw.
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Lambs Are Best Docked Early.
As the lambing season draws to a
close the ned for docking and cas
trating the lambs is brought out by
the O. A. C. experiment station ani
mal husbandry specialists. This
practice is often neglected by small
flock owners with the results that the
lambs when sold on the market re
ceive a heavy cut in price. The op
erations are simple and with ordinary
precautions in sanitation there need
be no fatal results. The work should
be done while the animals are still
young, preferably two to three weeks
old. The money saved by such prac
tice means an attractive addition to
the profits of the business.
MBS-UPTON BOASTS
SHE NEVER COOKED
A MEAL IN HER
LIFE. POOR,
HELPLESS CRITTER!
6 J?0(IT-
"There's More Real Satisfaction"
says the Good Judge
In a little of the Real To
bacco Chew, than you ever
got out of the ordinary kind.
The good rich taste lasts so
long you don't need a fresh
chew nearly as often that's
why it costs you less to chew
this class of tobacco.
Any man who uses the Real
Tobacco Chew will tell you
that. ..j.
Put up in two styles
W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco
RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
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