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WARFARE OR CRUELTY
The Oregon S tate H um ane Society
has made arran g em en ts to have a ll
cases of cru elty to an im als and ch ild
ren prosecuted by th e state.
S tarv in g stock In th e long wet,
cold, snow y and freezing w in ter In
Oregon is alto g e th e r too common and
should be m ade impossible.
The S tate H um ane Society has
adopted plans to prosecute all
of neglect and sta rv a tio n of live
stock under th e s ta te law.
Names of ow ners and specific
statem en t of kind of stock and w here
to be found should be reported to
S ta te M anager S w anton, P o rtlan d .
An officer w ill be sent, o r the local
officers Informed, and th e m achinery
of th e D istrict A ttorney's office set
in m otion.
S tate Officer Ross C hurchill w ill
make a to u r s ta rtin g New Year duy,
of the big range and ca ttle counties
of E astern Oregon.
D eath of long su fferin g starv atio n ,
no w ater to d rin k and freeezing in
the blizzards am ong th e sage brush
Lilli Ilan ley says, m ust be sloped.
D uing th e holidays we happened to
be in a city w here a g ran d opera com
pany w as one of th e a ttra c tio n s a t a
local th e a tre . The nam es of some of
itr m em bers are in te rn a tio n a lly fam
ous. Now it has so happened in the
past th a t we have a t d ifferen t tim es
found ourselves in com pany w ith
those who are fim iliar w ith opera
and can ap p reciate its ren d itio n . At
W hen a m an begins to th in k th a t
these tim es th ere would be a discus he is m aster of his own home let him
sion p re ta in in g to opera and the men try and drop a few cig ar ashes on th e
tion of such numes as Schtim an- floor.
H clnk, S ch u b ert and others. This
was o u r cue to keep m um and look
The federal officers have cau g h t -a
wise, a lth o u g h we wondered if they blind niun w ho adm its th a t he has
w ere referin g to th e m ayor of Vera been bootlegging. T h is Is th e first
Cruz or an ad m iral in th e Swiss navy. one we have h eard of who demon
We now had a chance to see and s tra te s hig wares.
h e a r these a rtists. T hen when con
versing w ith people who would m en
A federal m in t was recen tly robbed
tio n th e ir nam es, we would throw o u t We wonder if th e ad m in istratio n w ill |
o u r chests and assum ing an a ir of use th is as an excuse for n o t paying
a u th o rity tell of how we had a tte n d th e soldiers bonus.
ed a perform ance of Madam So and
So and Signor So and So.
Our idea of an ab sen t m inded man
A fter giving up enough money to is one who w ill p u t on his collar and
see a dozen burlesque shows, plus th en search th e house over for h is
l he w ar tax , the usher conducted us collar buttons.
to a seat.
It m ust have been society n ig h t for
A woman in Iow a claim s th a t h er
the boxcg were occupied by women, husband is th e most in d u strio u s p er
whose diam onds alone, if sold a t a son in th e world. She say8 th a t he
sh eriff's sale, w ould have brought co n tracted the seven year itch but
enough money to build the Union scratched it o u t in three.
Pacific. These g ran d dam es w ere es
corted by men w ho wore head -w aiter ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
su its.
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W hile w aitin g for the c u rta in to*,* 0. A. C. FARM REMINDERS *
raise we engaged In conversation ♦
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out th e m an, w ho occupied th e seat I ❖
nex t to us. He confided in us th a t I Chopped a lfalfa or clover h ay soak-
bo had been so busy ra isin g w heat up I ed rti w arm w ater m ay be used as a
In E astern Oregon, he had n eglectet su b stitu te for th e more succulent
his education along th e lines of opera green feeds for poultry. N othing else
and to n ig h t he was w itnessing his w ill throw th e p u llets off production
first perform ance.
q u ite so quickly as th e absence of
A fter th e o rch estra hud staged a | g reen feed
prelim in ary the c u rtain w ent up. The
operu was sung in a foreign lang- I Oregon farm s grow 700 pounds of
usage. All of it w as "D u tch " to us I rye grass seed per acre, and 4500
W hile ilie w heat furm er from E astern pounds of orchurd grass seen. The!
Oregon adm itted th at th e only tongue U nited S tates im ports n early 4 ,0 0 0 ,-j
ho was adverred in besides th e E ng- 000 pounds of these seeds annually,
lislt was a little Chinook he had pick-1 U ntil Oregon can grow enough to [
cd up from th e Indiuns in the early Isto p foreign im portations, h er farm -
' dnyH-
p r s will still have a t least a p a rt of I
W hen th e first act was over one of th is 6500 acre, »350,000 opportu n ity , j
the u rtlsts was sen t out to en te rta in p a y s thè experim ent statio n ,
us. The o rc h e stra begnn to play a
fiiuiliar air. th e lady behind th e
Even stands, less disease, few er!
foot-lights sta rte d to sing. It was a n i weeds, less dockage, b etter grades j
old song and yet It aw akens n b it of p n d bigger crops, and more, a re some
sentim en t th a t m akes your Adams’ of th e advantages of clean seed. One
npple so rta h ard to swallow und ob- o. A. C. E xperim ent statio n field
Jects seem m isty before your eyes.
yielded 49.8 bushels from cleaned
In a sw eet soprano voice lire lady (seed, and u n d er like conditions o ther-
sa n g :
vise only 42.2 bushels from th resh er
S ure I love th o «Uvei',
liu n seed. The seed te stin g laboratory
T h a t shines in your hair.
a t C orvallis w ill tcet-y o u r seed.
And the brow that is furrow ed,
A nd w ith ered w ith care.
M angels and roots m ay be used to
| good ad v an tag e ag green feed for
S ure I love th e d ear fingers
H aying flocks. It may be necessary to
T h ats toll w orn for me,
educate th e b ird s into e atin g them.
God bless you and keep you,
It is im p o rtan t n o t to run sh o rt of
M other Machree.
green feed.
Somehow we forgot about the
opera, the sta rs of In tern atio n al fame
Feeding frozen k ale or cabbage
and th e gorgeous scenery. It brought I leaves to pou ltry is unw ise. It Is
back m em ories; mem ories of a grey best to th aw o u t th e leaves by dlpp
old lady— o ur m other— whose silver p n g In w nter.
locks and furrow ed brow had been
called to th a t etern al rest th a t h er I Red alslke o r w h ite clover seed Is
care-w orn fin g ers has so deaf rt(lngly the best cash crop on Oregon irrlg at-
won. We glance a t o u r farm er frien d ed and on w estern Oregon farms,
and the expression on his face seem The acre yield is 300 to 600 pounds j
to verify th a t ho was stru g g lin g w ith p f seed. As a n n u al im ports ru n 16,-1
em otion slm iliar to ours. The song 000,000 pounds th ere Is no d an g er of ,
seem to strik e a responsive chord la I over production. R otatio n of clover
(he h earts of those who occupied the w ith w heat or barley w ill get more
boxes for K ipling says: Rose O 'Orady g rain per acre. B ut p la n t no kuck-
and the colonel's lady ure sisters tin horn, sorrel, or dodder.
der tho skin.
A fter all It Is the everyday th in g s
"A nd you tell me sevelar men pro
th a t count. These we un d erstan d and posed m arriag e to y o u ?" he said sav- |
ap p reciate th erefo re they hold a ngely.
h e a rt Interest for ns.
"Y es: sev eral," th e w ife replied,
We are all liiu ia n bin som etimes ■
‘T a fact, q u ite a num b er."
it lakes a homely m t of sen tim en t to
"W ell, I only wish you had m arried
d em onstrate th e fact eve are th e ' the firs t fool who proposed.”
sam e un d er th o skin.
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We have ju»t received a new
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