Thursday, September 15, 1927.
(ffi by D J Wal.sh >
HIS girls eyes hurt n look of
eager expeelam-y In ilivtn. Every
now and then sbe raised her
head and looked out of the win-
tlow, which was elose to her bed.
Eight feet below she could see life
hurrying and Scurrying on wltjiout
her. But that did not trouble Mary
Comstock nt litis particular moment.
Surely, in a little while she would see
Amy Dupont's vivid little face coming
toward her. Of course, Amy would
come. There was no doubt about that.
She lived only a block away from the
hospital, anyway. She wouldn’t de­
sert her chum now that she was 111;
for had not Amy been her faithful
friend ever since Childhood? Hud they
not made a pledge to stick together
no matter what happened True. Amy
had been the chief cause of her un­
happiness, but that was usintentlonal.
Il wasn't Amy's fault, only Mary’s mis­
fortune. If Amy came, her bright face
would be with Mary for weeks after­
ward through tlie long, wakeful nights.
Mary’s quick ear detected a light step.
That must be Amy now. She glanced
up and her face fell a little in disap­
pointment. It was only another nurse
entering the ward.
It seemed as though she lin'd known
Amy all her life. They bud gone
through grammar school and high
school together. There had not been
an escapade, joy or sorrow that Mary
had not shared with Amy.
Mary
chuckled a little as she thought of
what fat, placid Mrs. Crown, a neigh­
bor of theirs, bad once said.
"I do declare, I never did see two
girls stick to each other as much as
Mary aud Amy do. They like eocli
other better Lliau they do their owu
folks.”
The girl saw herself and Amy at
the age of eight walking home from
school together, arm in arm. Amy sud­
denly paused and said:
“Let’s be chums.’’
"AU right,” Mary agreed, and then
she tore a piece el? her blue hair rib­
bon and banded part of it to her com­
panion. “Let’s keep this ulways, cease
blue means loyalty.”
Whan they were both sixteen. Amy
had the tlu. Alary imd gone to Amy's
home aud helped nurse her until she
was well again. The following week,
due to her exposure to the disease,
Mary, too, had the flu. Somehow,
Amy never did go to see her. Net
that It was her fault. She was so
popular that she did uot have a min­
ute to spare.
A few weeks later there was an in­
cident at one of the many parties she
and Amy hhd attended that stood out
in her memory. Almost every man In
their cffiwd had fallen a victim to
Amy’s charms. She was always sur­
rounded by men. Never did she dance
one dance straight through with one
man. Always some one cut in. Mary
at that particular moment was sitting
In a corner talking with Jim Graham.
Dear, big handsome Jim, with his
plans aud dreams which be always
confided to Mary. Her heart smote
her as she thought of film. He w'as
the only man who bad not been at­
tracted to Amy. Jim was recognized
as Mary's private property, and no
one ever intruded upon them. Mary
and Jim, absorbed in each other, were
a little startled to bear a wild, musical
little laugh. There stood Amy in front
of them, her black head thrown back,
hoc eyes spafkllng, her cheeks two
burning spots of color, and bur dim­
ples flashing.
“Bo come out into the garden, Jim,”
she urged. “The moohligbt hi just
wonderful.
I’m sure Mary won't
mind.” With that she pulled the reluc­
tant Jim away from Mary's side, leav­
ing Mary to sit in her remote corner
turning with rage. But somehow oue
could not be angry with Amy very
long. Mary forgave her the very next
day.
Next came the happiest period of
Mary’s life. She and Jim were en­
gaged. Tlie months of her engagement
were deliriously happy ones for Mary.
She was not only happy because of
herself and Jim, but because of Amy’s
happiness as well. Amy was now
married to Jerome Baxter, one of the
wealthiest boys of the city.
A few days before Mary's wedding
Amy came to her home with tears in
her eyes.
"Please give Jim up for me, Mai»
dear. You can’t possibly love him as
much as I do."
"Give him apt Why, Amy, are you
crazy? I—I can’t give him up for any­
body. not even for yon. I love him—
love him. Do you bear me? And. be­
sides, you are a married woman. You
owe some duty to your husband. Why,
be worships yjn, Amy.”
“But I love Jim. I don’t love my
husband. Anyhow, Jim told me that
he loves me. not you. He said he
couldn't break lu * word tv you.”
"That’s a lie!’’ Mary flung out. “1
can't, I won’t believe it It’s uot true.
I won’t give him up. I won't.”
“All right,” Amy retorted. “If yon
want to spoil bis happines as well as
mine, go ahead.” With that she left
Mary sitting listlessly in a chair, pale
and shaken.
That night she could not bring her­
self to return Jim's ring, but she
treated him coldly. Troubled and mys­
tified, Jim left the house earlier ttiah
usual. Two hours later he was found
dead. When his car-collided with an­
other. with him was Amy. Somehow,
miraculously enough, she bad escaped
Injury. Mary in her wild frenzy of
T
grief accused Amy of eloping prltli tier
sweetheart
But Amy explained tba
nutter satisfactorily and forgave Mary
for her bluer accusation.
'You dear goosia,” Amy said.
'Didn't you guess that day when I
told you I loved Jim that it was only
a little game. I hive no one else but
my husband
That evening Jerome
was out on biisliiess.
Keeling lone­
some. I went tv a ‘movie.’ On my way
home I met Jim In Ills car lie asked
me to take a ride with him. and then
told me how cruelly you Imd treated
him Just «lieu I was trying to ex­
plain to him that It was all a joke,
that—that — dreadful accident oc-
TTtrred. Oh, it’s too terrible to speak
about I" Mary still remembered the
two great tears that had rolled down
Amy's cheeks.
"Poor. dear, little Amy. Always try­
ing to help her. Mary, out and gettiug
iuto trouble.
Mary brushed a tear
away from her eyes tts she thought of
these things. And dear Jim. The shock
of his death and that of her parents
shortly afterward Imd
completely
broken her health.
Suddenly. Mary heard a silvery Ut­
ile laugh. Ah, she knew Ain.v would
not fall her, was she not her drum?
It was Amy, sure enough. Tim', gay
little laugh was unmistakable.
Mary
glanced out of the window ami found
that Amy and her husband were
standing Just below It.
"Come,’’ Jerome Baxter said to his
wife, “let's go lu aud see your friend,
Mary.”
"Ob, I hate hospitals, and 1 can’t
stand sick persons, especially a sen­
timental little fool tike Mary.
Hurry
back to tlie olliee, old dear. Yon must
not waste too much time with your
wife after giving her such an expen­
sive lunch. I'm going home to get my
beauty sleep so that I’ll be nice aud
rosy for the cabaret party tonight.”
The nurse In tlie hospital ward
looked UP from her work as a sob
reached Iter ears.
Defoe Never Cut Out
for Business Career
Daniel Defoe, the autiior of “Robin,
sou Crusoe.” attempted to establish
himself In the business world, but Ito
failed miserably. When he was about
thirty years old be failed for about
$85,000, large sum for tlie period, but
he afterward paid his creditors in full,
although they bad accepted n scaling
down of their debts trt tire time of bis
failure. A few years later lie "ml nrlted
tn business again as a I lie maker. but
this venture also proved unfmrmmte,
and be lost $15,000. The: rail er he
kept to writing, which was more suit­
ed to bis genius, all hough li s energy
and bls Imagination might have made
him a business lead r if Seventeenth
century conditions Imd been inure tike
Chose of today. He got Into serious
trouble when he published las "Short­
est Way With the Disst liters.” which
a good many respectable people Irr-
dorsed because they were too stupid
to realize that It was a satire nt tlielr
expense. This made then» furiously
angry and Defoe bad to go into hiding.
Finally he surrendered and was sen­
tenced to stand in tlie pillory and to
be imprisoned. But the populace ac­
claimed him and turned what was
meant to be bls humiliation Into an
ovation. He Anally won Ids release
and established a paper Issued three
times a week, which he wrote from
cover to cover. He was nearly sixty
years old when he wrote the story of
"Itoblnson
Crusoe.”—Kansas
City
Star.
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New Treatment Gives
Porosity to Concrete
"Ice concrete” Is the name of a new
parous and light building material re­
cently invented in Finland. This uew
substance Is made of cement and sand,
like any other coaorete, but U differs
greet I y from onUeary eon Crete In that
it has been made extremely porous by
mixing It with crushed lee and snow.
Then the moisture is evaporated
through healing. By this process the
block or the brick Is honcyconitmd
evenly by tiny pores. No additional
water In composition L« needed since
the water required is formed through
the melting of tlie ice or snow.
Tlie degree of porousness of this
concrete can be accurately determined
In advance by the quantity of ice or
snow used. Consequently, tlie weight
of the material Is in direct relation to
tlie number and Mie size of the pores..
It Is possible to use as much as from
50 to 80 per cent of Ice or snow In the
mixture, thus producing millions of
minute pores throughout the material.
In Finland, Sweden and Denmark nu­
merous buildings hnve been erected,
using Ire concrete.—Scientific Ameri­
can.
Production of Gum
Aided by Bacteria
There have been reported to the
Royal Society of New South Wales
the results of an Investigation of the
curious role played by bacteria In the
formation of various vegetable ginns.
The action of the bacteria appears
to be more complex than might have
been supposed. There are, for In­
stance. two kinds of gum arable—one
soluble In water, the other Insoluble—
and the Investigations of the New
South Wales experts show that they
are produced by two dlstinc’ kli.fis of
bacteria. By the cultlvstun of suit­
able species of bacteria it Is possible
to augment the producMon of gum by
certain trees. Under ordinary condi­
tions some «necles of gum-mAklng bac­
teria live and multiply without the
production of an appreciable amount
of gum. but the product Is markedly
Increased by furnishing tannin to tbe
micro-organisms.
____ VERNONIA EAGLE
f tge, Line and
BREED COWS FOR
• FALL FRESHENING
Breed the milk cow to freshen in
the fall for she will then produce
more butterfat In a period of 12
mouths than if bred to freshen In the
spring.
“Cows bred during the latter part
of January or In February will fresh­
en In early full uad will produce more
btitterfat during the year than when
tlie calf is dropped in spring.” says
John A. Arey, dairy extension special­
ist at the North Carolina State Col­
lege. “A cow that freshens in the fall
does not suffer from hot weather and
flies during the period of her heaviest
milk flow as does the cow that fresh­
ens in the spring. The owner is uot
rushed with Held work in the fall aud
has more time in widen to look after
his cows during the heavy milk pro­
ducing period.”
Mr. Arey believes that fall freshen
Ing is also desirable because it makes
possible tlie heaviest fat production
when the butter market is highest.
December butterfat often sells for 12
to 15 cents per pound higher than tbe
butterfat sold in May and Juue. This
means bigger profits for tbe same
tabor.
“The majority of our creameries
have a surplus of butter durhtg the
Hummer months, and it is necessary
for them to consign some of this sur­
plus to tlie large central markets at
a sacrifice In price,” says Mr. Arey.
“Therefore, they cannot pay the farm­
er as much for his fat during this scat-
son. During the winter montlrs, how­
ever, most of tlie creameries run sbert
of butterfat and cannot produce
enough butter to fill local demands.
“A little more attention to the
breeding period of cows eu tbe part
of their owners would correct this
trouble and make possible a greater
annual income per cow.”
Satisfactory Feed for
Success With the Calf
The heifer calf dropped this coming
fall—the cow of two or three year*
hence—should be given a fair start.
Whole milk from Its dam for the first
week and from the herd for two er
three weeks longer Is almost essoutlal.
But as early as the third week of tbe
calfs life it should be offered grata
and hay so that it will not miss tlie
fat of the aillk when changed to skim
milk. The Annge to skim milk sbquld
fie made gradually. If whole milk is
being sold and there is no slstm milk
available, powdered bstteruillk diluted
with nine parts of water and fed at
the same rate as skim milk is equally
satisfactory. Experimental work has
proven the virtue of buttermilk for
unit feeding only where there Is no
skim milk available as the cost U
greater than of skim milk. Whole
oats, cracked corn and bran make a
good grain Cor the calf. Coarse alfalfa
hay is preferable to leafy hay. A
darkened shed will give the calf pro­
tection from flies.
Jrain should bs fed to ’¡gh-pro-
d ting cows under all pasture eon-
d ons.
“I t hog raising it is not so much
ti e kind of pasture as it Is th«
necessity of having a good pasture
of some kind.”—E. Z. Russell.
Although steel and rubber large­
ly enter into the manufacture of
automobiles, there is more wood
used in this industry than ever was
required in the old horse-vehicle
business.
tattle should not be fed within
24 hours before slaughter, but ac­
cess to fresh water U desirable.
Do not kill the animals while In
an excited or over-heat«d con­
dition, a* they will not bleed well.
Bet f fro manimals not properly bled
does not keep well.
llubber hoof pads are not re-
eommended for horses that work on
the farm, as the soil work* its
way under the pad, causing lame­
ness by extra pressure on the nav­
icular joint. When rubber pads are
used, the Eureau of Animal in­
dustry advises that pine tar with
a thin layer of oakum should be
applied to the sole of the foot
to keep it moist and avoid con­
traction.
The manner in whieh the ave­
rage hen molts or sheds her fea­
thers is a reasonably safe guide
to follow in weeding out poor lay­
ers. The better producers continue
to lay late in the fall and there­
fore do not molt until late. The
late molters also molt rapidly a«
a rule, while the early molters,
which are usually the poor layers,
molt slowly. Hens that have molt­
ed by August or September will
show dirty, worn, or broken plum­
age, while those that have molted
early show fresh, elean plumage ar
growing feathers at this time.
Lightning conductors should be
attached direct to a building with
metallic fasteners. Porcelain in­
sulators are not required. A geud
electrical connection with the wet
roof and walls of a building, says
ths weather bureau, helps to re­
lieve the structure of ite charge.
When a conductor of sufficient
weight per foot is used (the min­
imum is 3 ounces for eopper con­
ductors,) there is no danger of
the building being fired, even when
a direct stroke of lightening is
paistng through the conductors.
THR3I
With, the approach of the hunt­
ing season, the Biological Survey
of the United States department of
agriculture directs attention to the
f ict that under the migratory-bird
t eaty-act regulat'ons, administered
by tha bureau, the only shorebirds
that may be lawfully hunted are
Wilson snipe, or j'acksnipe, and
Woodcock. The Federal season has
been closed for an indefinite
period on black-bellied and golden
plovers and until August 16, 1929,
on greater and lesser yellowlegs.
There ia no open season on reed­
birds. A copy of the federal game
laws and also a bulletin contain­
ing a synopsis of Federal, state,
and provincial laws relating to the
protection of game will be fur­
nished free on request addressed
to the United States department
of agriculture, Washington, D. C.
In a recent questionnaire on the
meat buying habits of American
housewives, approximately 50 per
cent of those questioned believed
that the butchers they patronized
handled either the very best o
a very good quality of mt at. Coir
menting on this opinion, economist
of the United States dcpartmjn
of agriculture point out that onl;
9 per cent of the beef animal
slaughtered at the Chicago marke
in 1924 were graded as prime o-
choice and suggest that “the lack
of consumer knowledge of m»at
grades and quality was evident.”
FARM REMINDERS
A succession of shrubs line Ore­
gon lanes and highways throughout
the entire year and contribute
largely to the attractiveness of the
landscapes. A number of the more
popular of these shrubs beginning
with the rhododendron and red cur­
rant have been listed by the botan­
ists of the agricultural college. The
list has been given out by Dr. Hel­
en M. Gilkey of the botany depart­
ment.
State will spend $287,000
desert highway from Burns
Bend.
IV
Alfalfa Hay
$23.00 per Ton
Use Long Burning Fuel
Place your orders early for
Coal and Bricquettes
Bricquettes $16. per ton
Vernonia Trading Co.
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Miller Mercantile Company
Alternating Pastures Is
Helpful for Production
Dairymen who are located so that
they can alternate their pastures gen­
erally find that the practice 1* helpful
in securing greater production. Pas­
tures which carried cattle late la the
fall on account of the rains which kept
the grass growing are often late start
ihg the following spring.
Where postures sre divided w> tbai
cews can be alternated back aud forth,
this practice allows the grass to pet
started. Where there Is a shortage ef
pasture, it Is usually advisable to
plant a crop, such as Sudan grass, to
supplement tbe regular pasture. Su­
dan grass Is a hot weather crop and
will produce a surprisingly heavy
amount of feed If it Is allowed to get
a good start before pasturing. This
malahs It a satisfactory crop to suppie-
menX the regular pasture during hot.
dry weather.
Announcing
A
Two Day Showing Of
Ladies and Children's
Coats—Sept. 23 and 24.
A good bull Is half the herd— a
scrub will ruin the whole herd.
Cool cream Immediately after sep­
aration and keep It cool until deliv­
ered to the creamery.
• • •
Dairymen who buy feed In small
quantities at retail and sell milk at
wholesale are operating at a disad­
vantage.
• • •
June conditions cause the milk cow
to give milk. When June conditions
are made to exist In January the cow
will “shell out” milk just as though
It were June.
Millet makes a very g'/akhay for
lalry cows, but is not nearl^Pqual to
ilfalfa In protein.
• • •
A man who has never drenched a
cow or seen one drenched should call
In a neighbor who has had experience
and avoid making a mistake.
• • •
Good management. Including good
breeding, has raised tbe annual pro
duction of milk 700 gallons during the
last eight years by the “acreage” cow
In the herd of Fred H. Merrill ol
Littleton, N. H.
Owing to the fact that we have not
1
on
to
sufficient room to carry a complete line of ladies
and childrens Ready-to-Wear, we will show, at
short intervals throughout the season, a complete
and distinctly different line of garments. This
will give you an opportunity to choose from a
large range of patterns.
Vernonia’s Leading Store