THE GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON.
6URRINJUCK DAM,
NEW SOUTH WALES
Known for Service
Famous for Quality
Oar reasonable p r ic e ,
m ake buying easy.
INCREASE IN DAIRY PROFITS
BOY D PA RK
FOl/NMDlAft»
M AK ERS OF JEWELRY
we MAIN STRUT
SAIT LAST CITY
LEGENDS OF THE ELEPHANT
Many and Wonderful Are the Tale.
Told Concern’ng Ita Virtue,
and Ita Wisdom.
•
Naturally we talked first about ele
phants. of which he »-as almost as
childishly fond as I. But la contrast
to my poor knowledge, he possessed
the rich lore of a man who had not
only observed huthl for many yenra
with loving Interest, but had also lis
tened to the tales of mahout and shi
kari from Siam to Ceylon, tie poured
out a hundred gifts from an apparent
ly Inexhaustible store. lie told of
“ round-ups" In Burma, when the wild
herds are driven Into gigantic corrals
to be tamed for the service of puny
man. Then, turning to the names be
stowed by doting mahouts on these
colossal darlings, he pointed tut that
In this nomenclature of affection 1.0-
tus. or Lily or Pearl was only a com
monplace, while even Silver Star and
Golden Joy seemed Inadequate. Folk
tales, too, he repeated, among them
the narrative of the wise elephant
that used to be sent out from a
city the morning after the king's
death to bring buck In its bejeweled
howdah the man It hud chosen ns suc
cessor to the throne. FinaJly, Just
as we were leaving the hank of the
stream, he spoke of the part played by
the elephant In the story of him who
became the I.'ght of Asia. Before the
birth of Gautama, destined to he the
savior of mankind, his mother dream
ed that a slx-ra.ved star from heaven
entered her right side, and of this
atnr the token was a white elephant
with six perfect tusks. Again. In the
prophetic vision of hla father, the sec
ond Fear was ten huge silver-tusked
elephants, signifying the ten great
gifts of wisdom. In strength whereof
the prince should shake the world. In
Buddhu's middle years an enemy
sought to tuke his life by sending
against him n raging elephant, hut
the aulmal recognized the good head
of the “ Venerable Omniscient One"
and stood In iieaceful adoration before
the divine person.— A »to Magazine.
tain
cer
DAME NATURE’S LIlTLE JOKc
Old Lady Stem, to Have Played Fa-
voritea In Arranging Some Cli
matic Conditione.
Nature plays a cruel Joke In the dif
ference of altitude of India and Tibet
Had they been reversed one would
have Bald that It was a provldentla'
arrangement. The traveler who crosses
the Himalayas from Cashmere has tc
climb nearly twice as much as the trav
eler who comes from the north, he
cause while India averages only per
haps 100 feet above sen level, Tibet
averages 12,000 feet, nud for this ren
son la called the Roof of the World.
Now, had India had this elevation
south of the mighty range of the Him
ala.vas, and thus shielded from the
north, as well as nearer to the equa
tor, her climate would probably have
been as temperate as Britain, and one
of the healthiest In tin- world. While
had Tibet Inin ns low ns India, In
atead nf being the dreariest, most In
hospitable of Innds, It would, by rea
ton of Its latitude, be one of the moe*
habitable countries In the world.
Swallowed a Pet Chameleon.
Four year» ago I purchased a chame
leon at the Wakefield fnlr, F. II. Sid
ney writes tn Boston Evening Tran
script. The little fellow made hlni'elf
at home among our house plants and
kept them clean of hugs; he became
tame and answered to the iinme of
Mickey. The tiny lizard would com-
when we called him; and he kept the
plants free from hugs and the house
elear of files. On warm days Mickey
would crawl out onto the piazza and
aun himself. One day my neighbor's
flock of guinea hens wandered around
mv house, nnd although Mickey had
ehs- ged his color to that of the plazm
bos s, the sharp eyed guineas spied
Mm and made a rush, and before my
pet could escape one of the guinea
hens swallowed him. I complained of
the guineas to my neighbor, but he
said hla guineas were too well bred to
InTsde any one's premises; nnd that
furthermore, lizards were reptiles and
•ot fit for house pets.
Why Ha Preferred Glrle.
Willard la fond of playing with sav
ers! little girl* In the neighborhood
and. on being questioned regarding
preference for girls, rrmarked: "Well,
the girls never fight like the boye do.
they on'y argue."
Lloneea Fought a Motorcar.
The Fast African Standard describes
• duel between a motorcar and a lion
aaa The alTalr. It says, happened at
Bight near Nairobi.
The chauffeur
noted a comm<a loo In the bush near
the road, then the (teumlng eyes of an
enraged wild animal. He accelerated
bta speed at the Instant the Hones*
leaped (the struck the hood and was
thrown far In advance of the car.
wbooe wheel* then passed over her
The dead lioness waa finally loaded
bate tha car and taken hark to the
Iowa la triumph.—From Outlook.
One of the Irrigation Marvels ol
the World.
Situated 20 miles from Ooondnh, a
small town on the main Southern rail
W’ay and reached by one of the mosi
miniature railways In Australia, If
(P r e p a r e d b y th e U nited S tares Depart
BurrlnJuck Darn, the source of th»
ment of Agriculture )
water supply of the Murrumbldgee Ir
Scrub dairy hulls are doomed. The rlgation Arens.
hull association sounds their deuth
Tlu* surroundings of Burrlnjurk pro
knell, hut it replaces them with hulls sent a scene of wild and rugged
o f better breeding. In June, Ifflti, grandeur, nnd as the train approaches
there were 44 dairy bull associations the terminus, glimpse» are caught ol
anil several have been organized since the great inland sea. I (deed in it «
then. They are doing excellent work. veritable seu, for all the navies of tin
Without exception they show an In world could lie on Its bosom and the)
creased Income without an Increased there would room to spare for th<
cost.
Mercantile Marine as well.
Tire New Windsor (Maryland) Bull
The biggest warship ever built eouh'
association has furnished production ride nt anchor at BurrlnJuck and ther<
records of dums anil daughters for would still he a hundred feet of wutei
three successive years. Knelt year the under her keel. A couple of year»
daughters have produced more milk ago here ami there could he seen tht
ami butter fat than their dams, which dying tops of giant gum trees which
had fringed Hie course of the two rlv
ers, hut they have long since gone un
der, and smart motor Itoafs skim
the surface many feet above the su!>
merged trunks. Also a number ot
homesteads, which nestled in the lone
some valleys, are likewise buried fath
outs deep. Their dispossessed owners
were well compensated hy the State
and the little homesteads lmd to go In
order that a score or two of holding-
might emerge on the Itiverlnn plains.
The dam ranks fourth among the
great irrigation achievements of the
world. The formation at .the site ol
the dam Is a fine-grained hard red
granite, and on either side of the dam
the hills rise steeply to a height of
2.000 feet. At about u mile above the
dam the gorge opens out into n large
basin, which formerly Included the
Junction of the Goodruxlighee nnd Mur-
A Good Holstein Bull.
rumbidgee Rivers.
demonstrates that the hulls were well
When the dam is full the area of
selected. Of the 21 daughters of as this portion of the storage will be
sociation hulls for which the 1018 rec about 3,51X1 acres, with a depth of wa
ords are available. Id excelled their ter over a large portion of from 130 to
Jams In hutter-fut production, and 15 150 feet. Above this basin the rivers
excelled their dams In production of again enter the hills, opening out Into
both inllk nnd butter fat.
smaller areas of submerged flats here
The average yearly production of uad there, which will still further in
‘he diuns was 5.500 pounds o f milk crease the urea of the storage. Some
ind 210 pounds of butter fat. The 13 miles above the dam the Yass River
ivernge yearly production o f the 21 falls into the general storage. Water
laughters was 6,523 pounds of milk will he eventually held up the Ynss
>nd 203 pounds of butter fat. In milk River to 22 miles, up the Goodraillgbee
production the daughters excelled River to 15 miles, and up the Murrum
rhelr dams by 003 pounds or 17 per bidgee River to 42 miles above the
cent, and In butter-fat production by dam.
14 pounds, or 20 per cent. These are
The Beremhed division weir Is sit
not ns large gains as some other bull uated 240 miles hy river below Bitr-
issoclntlons have given, but are well rlngjuck Dam. Here the water Is di
vorth while.
.
verted from the river Into the main
Because of co-operntlve ownership canal. Eventually the main canal will
the hulls cost the farmers no more extend to about 120 miles from Berem
linn would have been paid for scrubs; hed. At present it terminates near
It costs no more to feed the daugh Griffith, about IK) miles from fhe
ters than to feed the dams, and it Beremhed take-off to YanCo. Where
■osts much less to feed the hulls be the canal practically enters the area
cause there were not so many of them. the distance from Beremhed Weir is
The Increased production, therefore, 45 miles.
The estimated capacity of the dam
wus all net profit.
Is 33,612,671.000 cubic feet, or 771,041
GROWS GARDEN TO BUY CALF ncre feet. The full supply level will
be at It. L. 1,180 above water spring
Washington Bov Raises Prize-Winning tides, Sydney, or 2(H) feet above the in
vert of the draln-olT pipes.
Vegetables and Buys Jersey
In the course of a year or so Bur-
Heifer With Money.
rltijuck will come into Its own as one
'Prepared b y th e U nited States D e p a rt ot the most attractive resort* for
m ent Of A g ricu ltu re .)
pleasure and recreation In the States,
Alfred Olson of Klickitat county, for the vast utilitarian undertaking
Wash. Is a member of one of the calf reposes amidst most picturesque sur
clubs organized by the United States roundings, nnd tlshlng, boating, swim
department of agriculture and the state ming, shooting will offer considerable
rollcge of Washington. With his pure attraction to the tourist nnd holiday
bred Jersey heifer calf. Area's Babe, maker, who wishes to make u trip 200
he won the state championship prize miles inland from Sydney.
When the fall is completed It will
last year: In 1017 Alfred became In
terested in the calf club work, but a' hold more water than Sydney Harbor,
purebred cnlf costs money, and he did and Its bays and valleys will he jusi
not have funds to buy that requisite ns numerous, while the surrounding
for membership. To enroll In a gar country is more rugged nnd Inspiring
den club ns tin1 first step toward en than that which surrounds Port Jack-
tering the calf club may seem unusual, son. There among those steep and
but that was what the Klickitat county formidable mountains to n height of
boy did, nnd he reached the desired 21X1 feet the (jam backs the water 42
geal. The weeds In his club garden miles. The ruling grade is only 5 feet
kept him busy nil summer, hut he gave per mile. From the dam to Yanco,
It such faithful care that his vege the great Irrigation model of New-
tables were prize winners. He exhibit- j South Wales, via the water route Is
ed n collection of them nt the state 280 miles, nnd the fall- of the whole
fnlr nnd took $l!rt worth of prizes.
of that total distance is only about (XX)
Meanwhile he had been writing to feet, showing how the low grade en
jersey breeders for prices and descrip ables those areas so far distant from
tlons of calves. He decided on Jer the supply to he watered entirely by
seys because that was the breed his gravitation.
father had. With $10 of his garden
Tlie farms allotted and available for
prize money he bought n month-old disposal on the Mumtmbldgee Irri
Jersey heifer calf In October. He kept gation Areas Hre of varying sizes and
her In the barn all winter, hut In the of varying quality, with the result that
spring she was turned out on the the lines of Industry followed hy the
range. When brought In In September settlers cover a wide range.
to be made ready for exhibition pur
Then* are farm* of from 2 to 250
poses she was larger at eleven months acre* In extent, and the chief indus
than his father’s grade calves of fif tries carried on are dairying, which In
teen months.
At the s'nte fair Al many case* Is associated with pig
fred’s Jersey was awarded Hi#, etnta raising, fruit growing, viticulture and
championship prize In th# b o y s ' and vegetable growing.
girls’ dub class nnd wus valued nt
The usual variety of fmll* grown
M-Vb
under Irrigation conditions In other
parts of the world are being produced
SMALL-TOP MILK PAIL BEST on the MnrromWdgee Irrigation
Areas and the Yanco Experiment
Prevent* Entrance of Duat or Dirt and Farm I* a useful object lesson avail
able for the Instruction of settlers In
Greatly Reduce* Number of
the growth of these fruits, and al
Bacteria in Milk.
though the settlement I* still young,
crop*
of
apricot*,
In modern dairies where clean milk phenomenal
I* produced the small-top milk pall peaches, citrus fruit* and grape* have
I* a necessity, as It presents only a been obtained by the settlers on the
small opening Into which dust nnd dirt various soil* suitable for the produc
may fall from the air or from the tion of each of these classes—Ad*.
cow's hotly. It has been found by
experience that the use of a pall of j
NEW SOUTH W A L E S
this kind greatly reduces the number !
of barter* In milk from nalrles w here | INFORM ATION B U REA U
iw M " « it* ** f
o
b
>ork • **
It I* used. Many types of milk palls
W U1 » • » •••-*1
•*‘ 0 4 U - r m r v « • "
H l
or
io « t* lr t«o r^ ch M i.r* op p . n o -
are for sale but any tinner by the ad
n lttM f o r fft r m in f «•>*•» r a t r .o « fr o it g row lim
dition of a Food can convert an ordF
■itatM oa4
No« S»«th
■«ary pall Into a small-top pall.
Dairy Bull Associations Have Dona
Good Work and Show Big In
crease in Incomes.
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A U S T R A L I A
SAVING LABOR WITH CATTLE
Alter Daily Routier of Choree So A>
to Reouce Amount of Work
Needed—Other Hints.
(P re p a re d b y th e U n ited S ta te* D e p a rt
m en t o f A g r ic u ltu r e .)
In general, labor in beef cnttle op
era tlou-s may l>e saved in two-xvays.
The first, which probably will offer
quickest relief and not require an
e.xtrg outlay of capital, Is to niter the
dully routine of chores so as to re-
ciuce the amount of labor needed. (1)
Allow calves to nurse their dams in
ihe pasture Instead of bringing them
to the barn lots for that purpose. (2)
1’ nit thé bull with the cows Instead
of keeping him In a paddock. (3)
Stuck coarse roughages in racks from
which the cattle may eat nt will in
stead of rationing their feed to them
daily. (4) Use self-feeders In fatten
ing cuttle for market Instead of ru-
Honing the feed to them once or twice
n day, ns the practice may be. (5)
Feed the different feedstuff* In their
whole state Instead of chuffing, cut
ting, crushing, grinding, etc. (ti) Loud
manure to the spreader and haul it to
the field direct rather than dump it
on piles, thereby eliminating the ne
cessity of reloading. (7) Dehorn all
grade cuttle nnd pure hreds not to he
exhibited at fairs and run them to
gether so far us possible rather than
c-parate them according to sex, age,
etc., thereby making It possible for
one man to look after a greater num
ber of cattle In the same length of
time. (8) Carefully cull the herd so
as to retain only profitable animals
and reduce the number of surplus ones
to be carried through seasons In which
Ihe greatest cure per head must be
supplied.
The second way to snve labor with
beef cattle Is to supply labor-saving
equipment. While this method requires
an expenditure of money nnd will
prolmhly not bring such quick relief
us the first method, tlie equipment
supplied will he permanent and In
the long run will prolmhly be more
economical In saving labor. The fol
lowing irre some of the forms of
equipment that should be supplied for
The tenderness and
flavor of Libby’ s Dried
Beef are frequcntly.com-
mented upon.
Libby,McNeill & Libby,
Chicago
I i>— iiwwi »1 mw
urm m m iim i/iom tt/itrm /M saM m
What some public speakers need M
Opportune Moment.
At a recent Sunday school entertain better terminal facilities.
ment one of the primary pupils posed
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES.
In u tableau as the “ Infant Samuel."
lle n 's F o o t R a se , the a n tire p tlc p o w d a j
In a surplice, at his teacher’s knee, A
t,, he Shaken Into th e sh oes an d sp rin k led
hands clasped ns If In prayer, Hie ef in th e fo o t-b a th . I t re lie v o s p a in fu l, s w o l
m a rtin g fe e t a n d ta k es th e s tin g o u t
fect would have been most reverent o len.
f co rn s and b u n ion s. A lle n ’ s F o o t — E a s *
if Billy, the “ Infant Samuel's” partner is a ce rta in r e lie f f o r sw e a tin g , ca llo u s ,
. a ch in g fe e t, an d m a k es w a lk in g a
in marbles, had not been holding forth d tlr»1
elig h t. Sold everyw -’’ re.—A d v .
on tlie front seat. In tlie hush that
Probably the majority of clergymen
followed the raising of tlie curtain
are poor because they preach without
Billy said:
"Brayin’ 'hout that swell agate of notes.
mine you went and copped, are you?”
Buy a Farm Niw.
U -eau -s D nd is ch eap er than 0 will ever
You Know ’ Em, Too.
be
..earn.
T
h
e V. S. H a i l r r I A d m i n i s t r a t i o n
“ It's funny hotv we bate to face I, p-epared to U intah iree n ,lu nation to
honteseekera
regarding
a n ■ rut op p ortu n i
realties. I know - a commuter once
ties. We he
'tlunii to s II. to m oney to
who rode into town every day on the lend; only inform ation to give W rite mo
fully with reference 10 your imeds. N am*
8:13. But lie used to call It tlie 7:73. the
«fa te you want to learn about. J. n.
He said- It made him feel more vir Edwards, Manager. A irricullu-al Section,
S. Kallr d A Immtatrul.on, R oom 7 i,
tuous.”—From "The Haunted Book V W ashlntton.
D. C.— adv.
shop,” by Christopher Morley, in the
June “Bookman.”
Military Tr.eties.
And then there's the chap who sets
Mother—Do you want any macaroni
his.clock half un hour ahead at night, for dinner?
so he can turn over in the morning
Returned Soldier—No. th; tiks; it’g
nud get un extra nap.
too hard to mobilize.
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Playing Safe.
Acts Up to His Name. Also.
Robson—Why are you offering such
“Mennleigh is quiet enough ordinar
a thumping big reward for that ily, but somehow collectors for X'harl*
wretched-looking cat of your wife's?
tatile purposes dread to go near him."
Dobson—Only to please the wife,
"I guess he nets like a bein' llien be
old Mtap.
«
cause h e 'fo x y ." *
Robson— But such a big reward will
certainly bring the brute back, and
Annoyed Blister.
then you’ll look jolly sick.
Dobson—Don't worry, ui.v boy. The | “The lightning plu.tVd n good joke
beast won’t come back. You see, 1 on my hoy, Blister, tutlier day,” re
lated 'lap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge,
drowned It myself.—Boston Post.
"He was fooling around under u tree
when It began to ruin, and the next
Snobless Land.
Tlie carl of Dun more said at a fare thing n bolt of lightning tore a big
limb off'in the tree and slammed it
well dinner in New York:
“ Democracy does away with snob down on Blister. You ort to have
bishness. I called one afternoon on a heered him r'ar and cuss as lift dug
Chicago lady, nnd hoc little son was his way out from under it. Made him
presented to me. The urchin studied madder than a scalded cat. to be fit
me curiously us I drank my ton. At by something lie couldn't tight hack
at.” —Kansas City S;ar.
length he said:
“ ‘Why are you tt lord, mister? Wus
The Rebuffs.
you born In a manger?"
Bishop Flipper said ,u a brilliant fid-
dress in Atlanta:
The Style Nowadays.
“'fhe minister who tries to build up
Knlckor—“ Has Smith made tip with
Ills wife?® Bocker—“ Yes, but of his congregation h.v strenuous work,
course he doesn't know on what house-to-house work, uni t of course
expect n rebuff now and then.
A Handy Arrangement for Feeding terms."
“ I know n young minister who wa#
Stock Which Saves Labor.
Pence Is for the horse in the burn rebuffed hy a little girl. She came to
this purpose: (1) Permanent pasture; | —not for the thief outside the win the door In answer to IPs ring, looked
(2) self-feeders; (3) feed racks; (4)1 dow.
him up and down, and said:
deep well; (5) windmill; (6) water-
“ ‘Mother is suited with a minister,
piping system; (7) water troughs; (8) ; You can purchase a man's labor, thank you.'
litter carriers; (!)) manure spreader; but you’ve got to cultivate his good
“Then she shut the door 111 his face.*
(10) dehorning chute, and (11) pas- I will.
■—Detroit Free Press.
lure fencing.
In many Instances some of the sue- j
gestlons given under both methods of |
saving labor could be economically i
applied.
\
INDIVIDUAL HOUSE FOR SOW
W hen You Ve T ired
Separate Pen or Stall Six bv Eight
Feet, With Fender, Is Best at
Farrowing Time.
At farrowing time each sow should
have n separate stall, pen. or individ
ual house about six by eight feet
with » fender or railing about ten
Inches from the wall and a foot off
the floor to keep the pics from being
caught against the wall by the sow
when lying down.
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J LIVE STOCK NOTES 1
niiimiiHiiiimimiiimiitiiiiimiiimiiiii?
Horses nnd mules will be used for
many years on some farms.
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Compared with corn, nine bushels
of cookeJ potatoes are worth two of
the grain as a hog feed.
W>vn lambs are coming rapidly the
ewe* should be watched day and night
to avoid unnecessary losses.
• • •
It does not pay to take a chance
feeding bogs swill which contain*
.trong s,*p or some of the washing
powders.
• • •
A lamb too weak to stand should get
a fill of Its mother’s milk as soon as
possible» If It refuse* to uurse feed it
from a bottle.
Delicious and healthful,
it supports and cheers
with its refreshing good
ness, and it is an eco
nomical table drink as
well.
At Grocers.
Tw o sizes, usually sold at 15c and 25c