THE
HERMISTON
APOLOGIES TO BR’ER RABBIT
RDLTRY
MAKE PROFITABLE SIDE LINE
(Prepared by the United Statee Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
HERMISTON,
OREGON.
LODGE DIRECTORY
Seized Liner Now In Passenger Service
An official of the state fish and game
commission Informs us that we are un
just to the rabbit In ascribing to him
all the girdling of fruit trees which has
been going on in these parts lately. Our
informant says, observes a writer In
the Ohio State Journal, that the field
mouse la responsible for more than 50
per cent of this damage and we hasten
to tender our sincere apologies to the
rabbit, whose feelings we would not
hurt for the world, and are quick to
give the guilty field mouse tils just
share of censure.
Field mice, It seems have the inde-
fensible habit of burrowing among the
roots of small fruit trees In the fall,
hollowing out a warm place, as field
mice estimate warmth, and spending
the winter there. When they get hun
gry and nothing else Is available, they
shin up u little way und eat the bark
of the tree cunningly making tooth
marks almost exactly like rabbits’ and
thus throwing editors and other ex-
perts off the scent. The rabbits are
not wholly without sin, but a 49 per
cent sinner averages up fairly well
with the rest of us. Moreover, the
rubbit may easily be foiled in his
lapses from grace by placing a piece of
tur paper about two feet In height, or
a piece of wire netting around the base
of each young fruit tree. Perhaps this
expedient, like other prohibitory meas
ures, does not build character In the
rabbit, but it does In the orchardist.
Nothing, we understand, can be done
about the field mice unless one stays
at the foot of the tree and catches
them. They are lost in sin.
Many people can keep pigeons suc
cessfully as a side issue, although this
requires constant oversight and care
ful attention to details. The greatest
difficulties confronting the successful
raiser of pigeons seem to be In securing
good breeding stock, and finding a mar
ket for the produce of a small flock.
Pigeons are a profitable source of in
come on generai farms where they may
secure much of their feed from the
fields, provided they are not a nuisance
and the loss by shooting and by hawks,
owls and cats is not large. They can
also be raised successfully on farms
where they are closely confined, pro
vided the squabs can be marketed to
good advantage.
Of the squab-raising varieties the
Homer Is considered the most popular
variety. The habit of this bird of re
turning home If allowed freedom makes
It necessary to confine pigeons purchas
ed from other lofts. The Carneaux
DIED TO ESCAPE SUFFERING
pigeon has recently become popular as
a squab producer. This variety is some
what larger than the Homer and it is Crew of Crippled Hun Submarine Took
the Easiest Way Out of a Hope-
stated is about as prolific. Several
less Situation.
other varieties of pigeons larger than
the Homer are used on a small scale
Admiral Sims In the World's Work
In squab raising, especially in crossing
tells
of the efficiency of the subchaser
with the Homer and Carneaux, to in
listening devices. Once when a subma
crease the size of squabs. The Runt ,
rine liad been injured and was lying
on the bottom In shallow water a grew-
some thing was heard. They listened
for hours, without bearing a sound;
but about 5 o'clock In the afternoon a
sharp piercing noise came ringing over
the wires. It was a sound that made
the listeners’ blood run cold.
Only one thing in the world could
make a sound like that. It was the
crack of a revolver. The first report
had hardly stilled when another shot
was heard ; and then there were more
In rapid succession. The listeners on
two different chasers heard these pis
tol cracks and counted them ; the re
ports which these men independently
made agreed tn every detail. In all
25 shots came from the bottom of the
sea. As there were from 25 to 30 men
In the submarine crew the meaning
Homer Pigeon Is Moat Popular.
was all too evident. The larger part
Is one of the largest, bnt Is not as pro of the officers and men, finding them
lific or as good a breeder or feeder as selves shut tightly in their coffin of
the Homer.
steel, had resorted to that escape
Some of the other varieties reported which was not uncommonly availed of
used as squab breeders are the Dra by German submarine crews In this
goon. White Maltese, or hen pigeon, hideous war. Nearly all of them had
the White King, and the common pig committed suicide.
eon.
Gen. Benjamin Butler's Wit.
General Butler was the leader of
BIG RETURNS FROM POULTRY
| the house In 1875 and Samuel J. Ran-
Arizona Farmer Made Profit of Nearly dall lender of the Democratic side. As
the Forty-thire <
as whont
$300 From Small Flock In Short
to close I was with Randall when
Space of Time.
Butler came up and Randall asked
«(Prepared by the United States Depart him to hold a Sunday session: Butler
ment of Agriculture.)
said no, he would not consent to It;
A net return of nearly $300 in two he never would do anv work on Sun-
and one-half months from a side line lay that was not
i y
on the farm la the record made by a
Randall turned and chafingly said :
Glendale, Aria., farmer who is carry "Oh. that Is your New England Puri-
ing on his operations under the direc tanism, 1 suppose. That serves you to
tion of n poultry extension expert of good purpose, and I expect to, meet
the United States department of agri- you some day. Butler In another and
culture. In connection with his gen- better world,”
era! farm work he kept a flock of 210
Butler replied In a flash : “Ob. no
hens, which produced an average of Sam ; you will be there, as you are
ten dozen eggs during the four winter here, a member of the lower house.”
months. During February the eggs —Melville E.
Stone. In Collier's
brought an average of 55 cents a Weekly.
dozen, or approximately $150, while
the feed bill, Including the feed for
Forest Airmen’s Records.
the young chicks, amounted to $50. I
Forest fire patrol performed by the
The following month the flock showed
air service of the war department
■ profit of a little over $100. During
with Its personnel and equipment, and
the flrat half of April the gross re
nt the exrense of that organization In
ceipts were $97.50. In April the ex
■ ■ erruptel
service
tension specialist conducted a sulling
ring 92,605 miles.
demonstration on this farm and weed-
says the American Forestry Magazine
ed 56 hens from the flock. The culled
of Washington. Many fires were dis
hens were kept In a separate pen for
covered. located, and reported. Six
a week following the demonstration,
patrol routes, covering national for-
and made practically no returns In egg
est areas of high value were followed,
yields. This Indicates, the specialist
and twice each day six airplanes cov
says, that the remaining 154 hens
ered the better part of 9,000,000 acres
probably inaile the record with which
of rough, mountainous, heavily tim
the entire 210 had been credited.
bered country. The average nonstop
run was 100 miles; the average round
GET RID OF DISEASE GERMS trip, 820 miles.
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ueen ESTHER CHAPTER No. 101, o. e s
meets second Tuesday evening of each month
at 8:00 sharp in Mack’s hall. Visiting members
welcome.
Emma a. Johnson, w. M.
Q
Field Mouse, Not Bunny, Is Anathema
tised Girdler of Trees, According
to Eastern Expert
q
Success May Be Attained With Pig-
eons by Careful Attention to
Many Little Detalla.
HERALD,
Kathryn L. Garner. Sec.
LI ERM ISTON LODGE NO. 138 A. F. & A. M.
11 meets in Masonic Hall on First Tuesday
evening of each month. Visiting brethren wel-
come.
C. W. Kellogg. Secy.
A. W. Prann. W. M
VINEYARD LODGE NO. 206, L O. O. F.
V meets each Monday evening in Odd Fellows
hall. Visiting members cordially Invitad.
W. R. Longhorn. Sec.
W. 3. Casady. N. G.
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SMALL BACK YARD FOR HENS
Whether They Can Be Kept at Ad
vantage Depends on Whether
They Get Proper Cara.
The smallest back yard affords an
opportunity to keep a few hens.
Whether the occupant of the premises
can keep those few hens to advantage
depends upon whether he or she ran
aud will give them the necessary care.
The City Transfer
W.B. BEASLEY
was investigating the geological his
tory of southern Alberta a few years
" he dise ered a stump In a peat
d mid glacial drift In the valley of
Old Man river. The age of the stump
was estimated by geologists at a quar-
ter of a million years.
Professor Foster took the stump
home to Seattle with other souvenirs
of the glacial epoch and when the
Snokane people on one of Mr. Taft's
sits wanted to give him a unique
present they had a cane fashioned
from the wood.
Naturally.
"I suppose accidents vary much on
s ley hill, do they not?”
"Ves, there la no fixed number.
They are on a sliding scale.”
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In the County Court of the Stato
of Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the matter of the Estate of
Horace G. Neweport, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that I have
been appointed executor of the last
i Will of Horace G. Newport, deceased,
and have duly qualified; all persona
1 having claims against the estate of
| the deceased are hereby notified to
present the same to me at the office
of Carter * Smythe, attorneys, in
the American National Bank Build
ing, Pendleton, Oregon, within six
months from this date.
Dated May 29th. 1920.
Harry R. Newport,
Executor, etc.
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