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ITOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
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p erfect sentences nnd tu n efu l phrases
fo r som ething—som ething whieh an ob
tru siv ely in sisten t th o u g h t told her had
been in th e rough, unpolished lines of
H E N eglected W ife was running big step w as ta k e n — no donbt th e rest o th er letters, received a y e a r a go—
aw ay! R u nning aw ay w ith the would be sent» to her. The b ig step short, rugged le tte rs b u rning w ith the
w hite fire o f a stro ng m a n ’s love.
E SLOW in purchasing high priced
O ther i f an in to a b eau tifu l world of W hat would it feel like to have tak en
com m ercial fertilizers. F arm m a­
H er eyes fell on th e lines, “ So, my
rom ance, full o f flow ers and sunshine— i t !
nure gives b e tte r yields, accord­
bird,
my
little
singer
of
sw
eet
songs,
we
an d all sorts o f oth er th in g s w ith
B ut it grew late. No more tim e m ust will tak e flig h t from th is land of gloom, ing to experim ents a t th e N ebraska s ta ­
eharm ing names.
be w asted. She took down a d ark cos
tion. The agronom y d epartm ent advises
H er p re tty face w as pale, she had tum e, d ark fu rs, a d ark h a t and veil and somewhere, fa r from its cloudy
th a t economic results from th e use of
shores,
build
a
nest
to
g
eth
er
beneath
a curious, trem b lin g feeling ab o u t the D ark colored th in g s seemed suitab le for
expensive comm ercial fertilizers can­
stra ig h t line of d eterm ination, and it a w ife who w as ru n n in g aw ay. They southern s k ie s !” O nly a few hours
ago these v ery words had filled her not be expected until th e norm al soils
w as w ith determ in atio n th a t she drew undoubtedly w ere th e proper wear.
foolish little soul w ith ecstasy. Now, of tho farm s are k ept in the best physi­
down the blind—sh u ttin g out th e d y ­
She donned th e clothes, fasten in g th ey seemed a trifle vague— u n sa tisfy ­ cal condition by m eans of proper and
in g lig h t o f th e N ovem ber afternoon them w ith fin g ers w hich had begun to
tim ely tillage. The vegetable content
— tu rn ed up the gas, and set about m ak ­ trem ble in a m ost unaccountable man ing. Somehow the “ building of a nest
b eneath Southern s k ie s ” seemed to her of the norm al soils in m any places is
in g her p reparations.
ner, reg ard in g h erself in th e glass
low and the farm er cau im prove them
As she moved round the p re tty room m eanw hile w ith trag ically w idened blue a t th is mom ent a th in g less desirable
in th is respect before attem p tin g any
th
an
the
going
back
into
an
ordinary
w hich she and th e N eglected H usband eyes.
M any
homely room in th e “ land of gloom ,” costly comm ercial fertilizers.
bad furnished to g eth er hardly a y ear
Now all w as done. One la s t look where a tired man was s ittin g lonely farm ers who applied various high priced
ago, she told h erself th a t he would th o r­ round, and th en —to m ake th e plunge.
and dull, brooding over a fire w hich fertilizers and com binations thereof last
oughly deserve w h at he w as going to
B ut as she to o k th e last look,
spring failed to obtain any results for
get. Would he miss her, she w ondered, sound in th e hall d ow nstairs m ade her he was alm ost certain ly le ttin g go out.
Ah! There ahead g litte re d the lights th eir e x tra labor or financial outiav,
pausing an in s ta n t in her occupation! sta rt. H ad some one th ru st th e latch
possibly p a rtly due to the dry w eather.
N o— her face h ardened—his work was key in ! Yes, th e o u ter door shut w ith of the statio n . How near they were!
The
O
ther
M
an
would
be
a
w
aitin
g
her
enough for him! W hy, fo r th e last a bang, a voice called h er name, quick
there.
m onths she had scarcely seen him.
PROHIBITION AND THE HOP
footsteps sounded on th e stairs, and
FARMER.
I t was too bad! N ot for th is had her husband w as in th e room.
S uddenly her hand shot up; the tra p
The Hop G row ers’ Convention a t
she m arried! True, he had w arned her
“ W e ’ve saved her. R u b y !” he said flew open.
A urora on S aturday, Ju n e 6, discussed
th a t a d o c to r’s life w as a busy and ex­ ex cited ly ; “ w e ’ve saved her. S h e ’ll
‘ ‘ I — th in k I ’ll g et down h e re ,” she
a a artic le which appeared in the “ O re­
a ctin g one, b u t never had she th ought live, th a n k God! And th an k God the gasped.
gon S ta te sm a n ,” and adm itted th a t tho
th a t things could be as f t e y were. strain is over! B u t we have won. He
She le ft th e am azed d riv er looking statem en ts made there were true. Hero
W ork, work, w ork, m orning, noon and pushed th e h a ir o ff his forehead w ith
w onderingly a t ju s t double his proper are some of tho things which the brew ­
n ig h t—yes, night, too, for o f la te he a gesture of relief.
fare, crossed th e road find in fiv e min ers and hop grow ers who dom inated t le
had even taken to sleeping dow nstairs
“ W h at— w h at do you m ean ! Who utes ’ tim e was h u rrying back over the convention adm itted:
in the surgery, because he said the night will l i v e ! ” th e g irl stam m ered, her
Less th an tw o per cent of Oregon
w ay she had come, as fa s t as the fa s t
calls were so freq u en t and would spoil b rain w orking desperately fo r a way-
hops are used in Oregon. More th an
e»t ta x i would tak e her.
half of them go out of the U nited
her rest. A bsurd! I f ho had really out of th e tra p in which she found
The latch k ey wag still in her pocket. S tates. P ro h ib itio n would not h u rt tho
m inded he could have made some ar herself. W ho would have d ream t of his
rangem ent, get some one to help him re tu rn in g a t th is hour—th e firs t tim e She slipped it in, crep t lightly through hop m arket. The largest brew ery in tho
has been ad v ertisin g im ported
the hall— th e sittin g room door was s ta te nag
or som ething. A nd in th e rare moments fo r w eeks and m o n th s!
hops. I f the sta te w ent dry and no new
shut
now— u p stairs to her room.
th e y spent to g eth er ho was g rave, pre
The ease I to ld you of. child!
i,
.
,
. . .
, |m a rk e t w es found for hops, only two
How stran g ely unchanged it looked hop pickers out of a hundred 'would
occupied, took no in terest in th e things Surely y o u 'v e not fo rg o tten ! The case
—considering
th
a
t
a
century
had
pass
lose th eir job. Or, to put i t in hours,
th a t in terested her. Oh! it was u n b ear­ I 'v e been so desperately anxious ahout
able!
th is last month. Lord! but I have had ed since a silly woman had le ft it aud [the average hop picker gets in about
sta rte d o ff on th e road to— w h a t! B o t P 4 d a y s ’ work, so he would lose about
She lashed herself into fu ry , still a tim e of it. O ver and over again
th e silly woman had come baek—c o in c |two an,l 3 h alf hours work if Oregon
m oving about her task. W hat did he th o u g h t she w as slipping through our back home.
[w ent dry.
care fo r her w ork? I t was his own th a t fingers, and I believe it would have
Hops no exhaust the land. The crop
w as so im portant. Ho hardly knew broken my h eart if she had. B ut s h e ’s
....
and th e price is u ncertain. R aising
safe
now.
She
w
as
such
a
p
re
tty
young
p a tie n t hands, hiding it aw ay. She tore hops is gam bling w ith the plow Be-
th a t she had any work. W hat w as her
p re tty ta le n t for w ritin g , to h im ! He th in g b efo re h er illness, so g av —slie re ­ o ff tho unsu itab ly dark garm ents, put (cause it exhau->ts the land, it is the
seldom had tim e fo r more th an in d u l­ minded me o f you, and th a t w as one on her d a in tiest house frock, combed [most expensive crop th a t can be raised,
g e n tly sm iling glance over th e g racefu l renson w hy— ” He brokp o ff and drew out her curly hair, fastened the spark [Only ground th a t overflow s can raise
(hops y e a r a fte r year, and it costs so
trifle s of verse wliieft » a a d ay were back, seeing she w as not listening. ling earrin g s in her little pink ears
Then she w ent down
much to fix up “ hop >’ari1 th a t -vou
to m ake a book and th eir a u th o r’s name “ Sorry, little w om an,” he concluded,
1
cannot ro ta te the crop. Tho largest
a t the same tim e— th e O ther Man bad “ I sh o u ld n ’t ta lk shop, should I ! B ut
He w as still sittin g where she had hop grow ers in the sta te have gone
I 'm a b it beside m yself. F o rg iv e me. le ft
said so.
him.
The room looked
cheerless I bankrupt. O thers are g ettin g out of
Are you going o u t ! ”
and as she had expected, the fire need
business and p u ttin g in more stable
As a m a tte r of fa c t, th ere was n o th ­
“ Y es,” she said, h ard ly know ing
in g in them to read otherw ise th an w ith w hat she did say. “ I ’m going to th e ed atten tio n . He was gazjng into its [crops. W ashington sta te was firs t in
sm iling indulgence, fo r in" all her b u t­ C liffo rd s.” B ut th e lie hu rt her, fo r dull em bers listlessly, the book ho had hop grow ing; she is now sixth, because
| her BoiJ is exhausted.
te r fly days th e poor, p re tty little N eg­ she was not a bad w om an—only a vain been read in g ly in g beside him, faco
M ilk the Farm ers.
dow nw ard on th e floor.
lected W ife had never once seen life and foolish one.
We m ight add to th is th a t the hop
Ho did r.ot look up as she opened the
a t it is. B ut th is she did not know.
H is face fell. “ M ust you g o ! I
A nd the O ther M an w as prehaps more hoped you would be a t home. I ’ve got door, b u t when a b rig h t little vision buyer m ilks the grow er, ju s t as the
er m ilks th e land. H . e contracts
passed - him to go down on its knees, igrow i.„_«
euuira» is
com plim entary th a n tru th fu l.
an evening off.
Colqulionn is back
., ,
, . ,
. . .
,
'I fo r “ ops a t 25 per cent below m arket,
How ¡skout th is bracelet! these ear ag ain : going to look a fte r his own p a ­ h earth brush in hand, betw een him and a d v an , . „ 20 per cent to pay the pick-
rings, rings and brooches! She would tien t* and mine, too, for once. I t 's tho fo rg o tten fire, ins whole face ere, and skins tho farm er. Ifrcwers and
[hop buyers a re ru nning th e g ro w ers’
lik e to ta k e them w ith her. T hey were such a long tim e since w e ’ve had an hanged.
“ t ’liildied- Y o u ,” he exclaimed. “ I [organization. T hey do all the speaking,
all g ifts from th e N eglected H usband, evening together. C a n ’t you s t a y ! ”
th o u g h t it w as one of th e maids, [plan all the moves; th e ta n n e rs only
i t is tru e and— did wives who were he asked, w istfully.
Y o u ’ve come baek—I am glad! W h a t|pu^ UP *beir dollars. These hop growers
“ ru nnin g a w a y ’’ ta k e tb e ir h u sa b n d s’
B u t his w ords only helped h er to h a p p e n e d !”
| a ,e 8€ ttln K well paid fo r doing tb eir
presen ts w ith th em ! She did not know. rally resen tm en t to her aid.
N o th in g —n o th in g h appened,” she ™ rk. ° f " r‘?ani?ioK
i arro" 8
PnIi
The bracelet he had bought her in th e
N o ,” she answ ered b itte rly . “ I
• 1
T L
l lbe
b u y e rs’ chcHtnut«. Tb© farm er
P alais Royal when th e y were on th eir c a n 't stay. I ’m going out. I t is not . , ? t .».
k*
1 » . I W 1 lo r
privilege o f being a c a t ’s
b rie f honeymoon in P aris. I t had cost m y fa u lt th a t w e ’ve not had evenings back. I th o u g h t you would be lonely I paw.
and—and
erona—
and—
I
knew
y
o
u
’d
!
more th an he could affo rd , b u t as he together. D ay a fte r day I spend mine
le t the fire ou t— and— ”
B rew ers’ Beat S ervant.
clasped it on her y ris t he had said te n ­ alone, and you n ever even ask how
But. tears w ere splashing on the k
a,' t of " 7 ' icc’ howpver.
derly th a t she w as w orth th e exp en d i­ spend them. And when you do come in .
.
J *1
1
,
, a. I18 d0D* by tb© farm er«, th e ir wives and
h
earth
brush
and
the
shovel,
and
the
th
ei,
children
on
election day. Oregon
tu re. Ah! she was, in those days! all you th in k of is your p atien ts,
Those earrings, sp ark lin g on th e ir v el­ d o n ’t eonnt.
I ’ve had more th an fire was not g e ttin g m ade up properly stayed w et in 1910 sim ply because the
v e t bed, were bought o u t of th e earn enough of i t ! ” She tu rn ed aw ay and a fte r all. So the neglectful husband (farm ing people did not go to tho polls,
ings o f his firs t big case a fte r th eir began m oving blindly about th e room leaned fo rw ard and drew th N eglected [in eleven rural counties less people ars
W ife up bodily into his arms.
[registered now w ith women voting th an
m arriage— they had n o t been cheap, again.
“ Look here, little w om an,” he said, [registered in 1912 w ithout them. I f
T his brooch was a b irth d a y p resen t—
He looked at h er dr edly for a few
you and I have been going the wrong P*10
home Oregon goes
h er b irth d a y ; th is p en d an t an o th er— moments. Then—“ Yon are u n ju s t! ”
w ay and work lately, and i t ’s got to b* V A - Th.0 farra" a ”d *“ » wif0 \ re “ >•
his b irthd ay . These trifle s m arked oth er he said; tu rn ed slowly from ber, and , , , . ,
.
n s i n c e chief
d iffe re n t. I vc been
seeing it , all
. , - . . . reliance of the
. . . brew er, who ex-
days here and there, th e last not so very- w ent dow nstairs.
, . .
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,,
ipecta them to stay a t home on Novem-
fal, beJ)ef on w h u
fa r behind her. She sighed and retu rn
F iv e m inutes la te r she also stole you said v. h at you did ju s t now. I ’ve ber 3. Hc Jg baai
ed the things to th e jew el case on th e down, handbag in hand, and out into been a thoughtless brute, very lik ely ,[h ap p en ed in 1910.
table. No. She decided th a t w ives did th e raw m urk o f th e evening. The s it­ w rapped tip in my own profession. B ut
n o t ta k e th eir jew els when th ey le ft tin g room door was a ja r as she passed you h a v e n ’t troubled as you m ight to
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th e giver.
and she saw him sittin g th ere alone. e n ter in to th e d ifficu lties or under
stand
w
h
at
th
e
strain
of
it
is
some­
Tucked aw ay am ong other belongings H is face seemed to have grown older
times.
W e ’ve been d riftin g tow ard
she came upon a copy o f Tennyson. and sterueT th an it used to be.
shipw reck, dear, b u t th e r e ’s not going
A ta x i passed ber as she stood hesi­
T hat, too, had been her h u sb an d 's g ift
to be any shipw reck if my wife w ill
during th e ir engagem ent. She tu rn ed ta tin g on th e pavem ent outside. Should
help me steer. See, little one. Will you
th e pages rapidly. W hy, how he had she tak e i t ! No! T axicabs carried one
help me s te e r!
pencil m arked lines here and th ere! She so—fast. Ah! a hansom— th a t would
“ Oh, I will, I w ill; yes, I w ill!” she
had forgo tten th a t! H e must have been be b e tte r!
sobbed h y sterically , w inding ber arm s
fonder o f poetry th a n she had th ought
As th e eab jingled aw ay w ith her tig h tly round his neek, and w ondering
—i t was a loving hand th a t maile those she took a le tte r from her bosom, long w hether she would ever have the cour­
m arks. Well, perhaps he was— o f other ing hungrily fo r th e fam iliar th rill w ith age to tell him how very near they had
p eo p le’s. N ot of hers! H ers was n o th ­ which le tte rs in th is han d -w ritin g had been to th e shipw reck of w hich he
/ m o o o G o o se ge9>Z7
ing to him. She hardened herself again n ever failed to supply her h ith erto . spoke.
and p u t th e book back am eng the T heir w riter was a m aster of his craft.
A nd it w as not nn til a maid came in
Hatch the Goose Eggs In 1914.
th in g s th a t m ust be le ft behind. Soon H is eh an n in g ly artific ia l prose and to lav th e tab le fo r dinner th a t the fire
Want of appreciation and neglect would gracefully fa n ta stic po etry had made (w hich really was neglected) got the
Oregon voted wet in 1910 becana*
half of ns stayed home. (See Cut;.
be le ft behind, too. She would be w ith him som ething of a celeb rity in bin own atte n tio n it needed.
some one who could un d erstan d and a d ­ section of the lite ra ry world.
B ut on th e follow ing day the w ife 400,000 Voters In Oregon This Tear.
mire her, love her as she deserved to be
B ut fo r once he failed to h it the who w as n o t neglected had another
I f 300,000 vote, Oregon is dry. I f
loved, sec ber as she was.
m ark.
kind c f fire, attended to by nobody b u t l00^ 200,000 vote, Oregon l i w t
A fte r ail, it was only a han d b ag th a t
The little runaw ay w ife, searching herself. A nd in it she burned, besides | Talk Tour Neighbors Into Voting.
she could tak e w ith h er now. The O th ­ fo r the thrill which should b rin g her a g re a t many b eau tifu lly expressed let
Vote DRY and EARLY,
e r Man had said th a t he would buy her com fort, searched in vain ton ig h t. ters full e f exq u isite sentim ents, a |
November 3rd, 1914.
all she needed. A nd la te r—when the Searched in vain among th e fau ltlessly quantity of poem*— not Tennyson’a
( P a d A dvertisem ent)
Farm Manure to Give
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