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föroonang that goes with our WE CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF FIRESTONE GUM-DIPPED TIRES, FULL-SIZE BALLOONS, HIGH PRESSURE TIRES, TRUCK AND BUS PNEUMATICS, CUSHION AND SOLID TIRES. THESE ARE THE TIRES THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED NEW RECORDS FOR PER FORMANCE DURING THE PAST YEAR AND FOR 25 CONSECUTIVE YEARS BEFORE. WE ARE EQUIPPED WITH EVERY FACILITY TO TAKE CAf^ OF YOUR RE- QUIREMENTS OUR MEN ARE EXPERTS IN HANDLING YOUR TIRE PROBLEMS AND YOU ARE ASSURED OF SATISFACTORY RESULTS COME IN AND GET ACQUAINTED. LET US SHOW YOU WHAT OUR SERVICE AND FIRESTONE TIRES MEAN IN GREATER MOTORING ECONOMY AND SATISFACTION Pneumatics Balloons High Pressure Cushions, Solids The following story, entitled, “Hood Hiver Queen," the naine of Ralph it. Lewis’ world record Rhode Island Re<T hen, waa recently written by Ernest C. Loyd for the Rhode Inland Red Jour nal, a publication which has Interna tional circulation among poultry fan ciers. Having been In a position through the past year by virture of living near the scene of the Western Washington Egg-laying Contest at lhtyallup and having a pen of our own Reds there, to watch the progress of 1101, later re named “Hood River Queen,” we have noted with a great dual of satisfaction the lay of this remarkable hen, partic ularly through the latter months of the contest when other hens of almisit all breeds were slackening their efforts. No. 1101, as we shall designate her in this article- that being her contest land number—Is a pnsluct of the poul try farm of Ralph R. Lewis, Hood River, Ore. While we had never met Ix*wis, the record of 1101 was of such Interest to us that we wrote him for additional facts as to her history ami bri-eding and are presenting them here with. On Octoher 31, 1926, tlie last day of the contest year, No. 1101 laid her 312th egg, finishing her 12-month's lay with tlie greatest lay of any Rhode Island hen at the Washington contest, greater than that of any other breed in an official contest on the Paciflc coast safely tucked away. Not only was No. 1101 high hen of the heavy ning in February, No. 1101 laid only Standard eggs and, according to the contest caretakers, but few hens in the entire contest laid an egg as uniform In slse, color and shell texture. Only three liens, all White leghorns, in the contest of over 700 birds, laid a larger nunrtier of egga.'and one of these through laying too > great a |M*rcentage of “pullets" was < distpiallfled» leaving 1101 third hen in the entire contest. It la gratifying to other Red breed ers to know that No. 1101 Is not an accident or one of those things that “Just happen." Mr. I^wis has worked for years in building up his laying strain, ftapueatia* continuously since 1921. Tlie dam of No. 1191 waa trapped at the sans* contest two years previous ly and flnlshed her year with a record of 224 eggs, while a sister to her dam produivl) 311 Standard eggs in a year, this record being made on the home plant. • Wishing to have a statement from, Mr. Shoup, poultryman in charge of the contest, tbi- writer asked him to write what nlsiut Mr. Lewis' hen bad partic ularly Impressed him. Mr. Hhoup la one of the liest-known poultry experts in the west. If not In the United tHates. and at the Puyallup contest lias had «■barge of more 300-egg birds than have been developed at any other contest and, while Red breeders in the past have thought perhaps that he could see only Ix-ghorna as producers, we are rapidly changing our minds—or he is. “In regard to the writer’s special comment regarding Mr. Lewis' bird, will say that she was a strikingly well marked bird, considerably better than the average; in fact, the writer often took pride in pointing her out as the best Rhode Island Red bird In the house. Rhe had very Ane, dark, evenly- marked plumage, and what was even more remarkable, she held considerable of her pigment through the contest <>orl.><l. We usually associate white legs with high production in the yel low-legged birds, but this bird waa one <>( tlie exceptions. I haveu’t the least doubt but that thia bird would make an excellent showing in any company In liny showroom In the world. Hhe also laid an excellent egg, averaging alsiut 2d ounces the last several months of the contest, with a very uniform, firm shell which would warrant the be lief that the eggs would make very good luitelling eggs.” Following la Mr. Lewis’ own explan ation of his breeding methods in gen eral and of No. 1101 in particular: Tlie Breeding of • 312 Egg Red High record liens may sometimes be chance, but I believe that as a usual thing they are developed by careful Iiedlgree work and trapnesting by which one learns of the breeding abil ity or prepotency of the flock. There nre other things that enter into the matter, such as care during their year’s lay, and growing, etc., but with out this knowledge the highest results are not likely to be met. Our records show (he following facts to be true: First, that vigor is paramount Four years ago at four weeks we cliecked up our chicks as to vigor. We now And those marked extra vigorous are near ly all still with us. Most of our 200 eggers mature at 165 to 215 days. Birds requiring from eight to nine months to mature show no 200-eggers. Hood River Queen matured in 178 days, her dam in 165 days and grand dam In 193 days. . Pedigreelng means a knowledge of each chick's ancestry, giving a line on the dam’s and sire’s ability as breed ers. A fiedlgree is worthless unless the Individual has prepotency. Trapnest- Ing will raise your records the first two years, it takes pedigreelng to make further progress. Htarting our trapnest work in February, 1921, we soon found several., good birds. AA-65 attracted our attention by laying 30 eggs In one month. We set two hens with her eggs. Six pullets were raised whose records were a surprise. B-117 headed the list with 274 eggs; the others ran from 192 to 250. Now with out jiedlgree work the 25o-egg hen would have seemed good as a breeder, but a check ‘on her chicks showed only one 2OO-egger. Aside from B-117, the others were still worse. B-117 had the prepoteucy of her dam and gave It more freely to her sons and daughters. One of her sons mated to a 181-egg hen gave us a 263-cgg record at Puyallup. Her daughters laid as follows: 311. 200, 25«, 242, 224 and 202. All but the 224-egg hen, which rwaa official, were tested as breeders while in their pullet year, and by the time they had finished the year, we knew by the work of her daughters that the 311-egg hen was a good breeder, the 200-egg lien and the 242-egg hen were exceptionally good breeders. The 256-egg hen and the 202- egg hen were much better In the fofm of stew. 1 might add here that No. 720, the hen laying 224 eggs, official, after laying 53 eggs was sent to the Puyallup contest. After laying so long she could not stand the change and the first four myflths of tier lay up there were very unsatisfactory. If she had stayed at home we feel certain she would have made 250 to 275 eggs. Of these four slaters three were mated to a male of known prepotency out of a 262-egg dam. The 242-egg hen was given a male of known prepotency out of a 202-egg dam. The 242-egg ben was given a male whose progeny were a dlsa|>polntment as to color. Aa our pen waa Altered in the Rhode Island Red Club contest which required a score of 85 points. we were obliged to leave these out While we had no test on No. 729, her maturing and pedigree record, addisl to her trapnest record, were so good that We felt safe alsiut her, particularly aa her daughter showed the liest prospect for eggs of any bird we had. Our faith was not misplaced. The result was Hood River Queen, record 312 eggs, a winner among the heavy breeds. From the 3Fl-egg sister, we entered one making 209. From the 200-egg sister a bird making 259. After finishing her year in the home trapnest, 720's record stands at 200. The other members of this team did well but could not lay with the best of old 65'a line and pulled the average down to 232 per bird. Aa I write this, Hood River Queen if growing a new drive, preparatory to her year in the breeding pen. Will she make aa good a breeder as layer or will she merely make a stewT The pedigreelng of her progeny will tell. In the meantime, there Is hope. In the home trapnests a daughter of her brother by a 167-egg dam la piling up the beat fall record we ever made. With no lights she has laid 32 days without a break and is still at it. You say it was because the city pays its share of all highway bends, its stiare of the bridge and culvert funds, and we will add. Its share of our mar ket road fuuda, hence the city should txt rellevisi from paying any general road fund. In answer to this pretended excuse for this gentlemen's agreement; is it not a fact that every dollar’s, worth of country pro|ierty is paying their share of all of the above items of expense and then has been illegally paying the entire general read fund in this county for, we do not'know how long! You say for at least 10 years. During all of this time the city has evaded. of Ims been relieved, front jtaying from $2000 to $.‘<000 annually, to the general road fund. What Eagle Scouting la To celebrate the 17tb anniversary of the birth of, the Hcout movement in America, two eagle scouts of the Hood River district, Roliert Fuller, of Hood Hiver, and Ferdinand Strauss, of Mo sier, together with Hcout Executive Clark Schonboe, carried out a well laid plan for eagle rovering trip to begin the anniversary week celebration. The trip started at tlie Wauna Point trail, near the bridge crossing Eagle creek on the highway. Lunch and coffee pot, together with hiking staffs and extra boats, comprised the load. In a sense, tlie trip was experimental in that sev eral ideas and suggestions were tried out by the three to determine the value of different Hcout equipage. The trip included the ascent of Wan na point, over three to four feet of snow, and then the “cutting down” over an unknown mountainside toward Eagle creek, with high hopes that no abrupt cliffs or canyon “circes" would be encountered. These hopes were dashed, however, sr sliding, glissading and Jumping down 2,000 feet of snow slope the party came to an “impasse” where the cauyon ended with a sheer drop of 30 feet. A beautiful waterfall was oliserved going over this cliff. Eagle Hcout Fuller discovered a way down for the rest of the |>arty, slipping down several saplings and small bushes "tacked” on the hillside. After negotiating this cliff down ward, tlie party jumped and slipped Building Area on platforma of ever green to prevent the Are dropping through the anow, numerous of the high altitude birds observed and stud ied, a story in “tracks" when bear tracks were otmerved following “cat” tracks up the trail, the high point of the mountain obscured in fog, until getting completely up, when the en tire Columbia valley became visible with the disappearance of the cloud, the careful study of the unknown way down, and the long glissade were thrill ing adventures,—until stopped by the cliff Jumpoff. Then the scrambling down it, and Anally the biggest thrill of all, fording Eagle creek at full tide. Then a gasp of pleasure at the safe ending of the adventure and immediate plana for the next Eagle Hcout trip. That's Eagle Scouting with a ven geance! (From Skamania County Pioneer) H. E. Rogers represented the North Bank Highway association at a con ference of road enthusiasts of south west Washington held in Olympia Tuesday afternoon. He reports that the meeting was well attended by a large number of delegatee. J. 3. Westerlund, of Bonneville, was a business visitor to Stevenson the first of the week and says If the bill now before the legislature becomes a law It will put all the Ashing in thia part of the river out of commission and therefore his company la not making the usual repairs on the Ash wheels until they know bow things will go. Stevenson's negative debating team consisting of three boys, Eason Smith, Nicholas Gregorius and Orrin McKin non. with their coach. Principal Clar ence Eagy, went to Camas Monday eve ning and won their first debate from the atflrmative team of that plane, con sisting of three girls of the high school. The teams debated the state question, “Resolved, That the Beneflta Derived from the Washington State Primary Law Justify its Retention." Glacier Want Ada Pay. Before investigate the John Deere Tractor Disc BENNETT BROTHERS