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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Trees Instead of seed.-


The Department of Agriculture next
year will vary the garden seed distri-
button with several packages of trees.
Authority for this new departure was
secured at a recent session of Congress
and an appropriation was made in the
budget for the coming year. The people
OF this country have been cutting down
the natural forests with SO much reck-
lessness that it has become necessary
to start artificial ones. The division of
forestry of the Agricultural Depart
ment has made survey of the coun-
try and has ascertained the particular
trees which thrive best and are most
useful in each locality. According to
the program for the distribution of
trees, next year given number of
seedlings will be allotted to each mem
Der of the House of Representatives,
who will be asked to furnish list of
constituents to whom he would like to
have them sent. The Agricultural De
partment will do the rest. The seed
lings will be grown in the propagating
houses and forwarded to their destina-
tion. with specific instructions as to
how they should be planted and cared
for. In this way Secretary Wilson ex-
poets to start several million new trees
growing throughout this country every
year.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28

What Asia Has Given u,


Did you ever stop to think what the
continent of Asia has given mankind? :?
1t almost seems as If great share not
only of our blessings but of our ills
came from the far East. Man himself,
according to the story of the Bible, had
his beginning in Asia, for the Garden
of Eden is generally believed to have
been located somewhere near the Per
sian Gulf. Mans best friend, the horse,
halls from Arabia, and to this day that
country sends forth the highest type of
that animal. Several of the finest va
rieties Of goat came from Asia, among
them the Cashmere and the Angora.
The sheep has been domestic animal
ever since history began, and one of the
first statements in the Bible is that
Abel, the son of Adam, was a keeper of
sheep. According to general belief this
was in Western Asia. What would
we do for roast chicken at Sunday din
ner if India and the Malay peninsula
had not furnished the jungle fowl from
which our common barnyard fowl has
descended?
Wheat is believed to be native of
Mesopotamia, near the head Of the Per-
sian Gulf, and for centuries millions Of
Asiatic people have made rice their
chief article of food. As is well known,
the Chinese first discovered how to
make silk from the cocoon of the silk
worm, and long before Westerners
knew anything about it they were
weaving the most beautiful fabrics.
But there are other things that came
from Asia that most of think we could
do without. The common rat began his
career in Western China thousands of
years ago and he has been busy ever
since. The common mouse traces its
history back to India, as does the cock
roach, that invader of the kitchen.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Modest in Her Demand.

The following paragraph is joke, as
may reasonably be supposed; it was
written in all seriousness by a woman
of the day, who regards the world and
all that is init is, as hers by right
Says this modest she:
What woman wants in a husband
is the honest and true heart ready to
share with her every private care or
public success-the man who is willing
to toll early and late that he may pour
into her lap the golden reward. while
she sits in comfort disbursing the
same. Well, man of that sort would
be handy thing to have about the
house; but how long could such wom-
an keep him there9
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28

1t is great comfort for hogs and
may be made most useful to rid them
of lice anda scaly skin If put up as
follows: Drive a stout stick three
inches in diameter in suitable place,
leaving twenty inches above ground:
staple rope four inches from earth's
surface to the stake and coil it. closely
till it reaches three inches from the top
OF the stake; staple it tightly. Pour
coal oil or crude petroleum on it until
it is well saturated with it, and the
hogs or shoats will fight for the first
and last rub on it. Pour more oil on
occasionally as needed. This will kill
all lice and nits and remove scales that
are so unsightly upon the hogs. 1t has
been tried and works well.-Twentieth
Century Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
NOT CONCLUSIVE or GUILT.

E.,r.M;n5e, :. oet.nn.oa;ua,.w
CircumstantiaI Evidence.
"As to circumstantial evidence, it's a
queer thing said the man in the
brown suit Give or six years ago
was in a town in Indiana for a night
when a bank was robbed. Next morn
ing / was arrested as an accomplice. it
being contended that / was seen idling
in front of the bank and evidently act
ing as sentinel for those within. Three
different persons Identified me as the
man and the fourth claimed to have
seen me enter the hotel at late hour
by way of a shed and a window. 1
was locked up for examination, with a
chance of things going hard with me.
when evidence began to come forward
on my side. The landlord asserted and
swore that was sitting in the office at
10 o'clock D. M. Two servants swore To
seeing me 90 TO nv room half an hour
later. A man having rooms opposite
the hotel swore that he saw me smok-
ino at nv window at midnioht 4 ouast
of the hotel who had q room neyt to
mine swore that nv snores Disturbed
him from midnioht fill Q o,clock and
that bo hoard mo f,,rn ovar in ahod Of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
The Grange a School.

No member of grange should accept
an office therein unless he intends to at
tend the meetings regularly and to fill
the position to the best of his ability.
Promptness is an essential to success
in grange work, as well as everything
else, and the meetings should be OPEN
ed at the bylaw hour. All business
matters which members intend to in
troduce should be thought out in ad-
vance and reduced to writing in order
to dispatch business quickly and eff
GENTLY. A grange will not prosper
that calls to order an hour behind time,
and then dawdles along waiting for
something to turn up.
Very few farmers know what any
particular crop costs them, or even
keep an account of receipts and expen-
ditures. There is probably no other
branch of business conducted in such
a slipshod manner. The grange should
be-and to large extent is-a school
in which to learn better methods of
conducting the business of the farm
and home.-Farmers' Voice.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Cheese Manufacture.

Mr.. Simon, the expert who scored the
cheese at the convention of the Ohio
dairymen, is large Wisconsin dealer
and was struck by the Irregularities in
the Ohio product The size is not uni
form, and IA or 1411a-ineh cheese is
recommended. The buyers want to
handle big lots of near the same size.
Flats 80 to "a pounds and Cheddars 45
to so pounds suit best. Bandages were
also criticised as too loose, allowing
mold to work in. He voiced the senti-
ment of the association when he de-
clared that it does not pay to make
skim cheese, as it always hurts the
trade in the end.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28


The illustration, from the Breeders
Gazette, shows a very satisfactory
shipping crate. Part of the front side
Is cut away to show the inside arrange
ment A good size for a pig three
months old is 40 inches in length, 23
inches in depth and II inches in width.
For a pig eight weeks old length of
81 inches, depth of 18 inches and q
width of nine inches will be about
right. Crates for shipping by express
must be made as light as is safe from
breakage. 1t is not fair to make pur-
chaser of pig two months old pay ex-
press rates on thirty or forty pounds
of crate when they can be made suffi-
ciently strong and weigh but half as
much. For ends and bottoms take five
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Modern Meatm a king.


The great heavy bunocks and thick
sided porkers that were once such ia
vorites are now not desirable. They
have given place to the young, quickly
grown animals. In order to avoid an
excess of fat an animal must be con-
tinuously grown. If it is reduced to a
mere shadow during the winter months
and then the following season allowed
its freedom on the rich range grass of
the West. it will lay ON too much fat
and not enough meat. Tallow is not
what Is wanted; it is meat that the
present generation desires. The East
ern feeders are fully aware of that
fact, for they never allow an animal to
stop growing from birth until it
reaches the slaughter house. They will
cultivate the taste of the meat eaters
to such degree that it will force those
who cannot procure sufficient feed to
keep their animals in good flesh dur
ing the winter to sell them at weaving
time.-American Agriculturist.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
SHIPPING CRATE.

eighths-inch seasoned spruce or other
tough light wood, one -half-inch stuff
for sides and cover, with space between
Stats. In front is a trough (T) for feed
and water. Just above is a sloping
board (P) running to the top, through
which the feed in transit is given. The
upper compartment is provided with a
slide (S) on top, and inside is the bag
(B) containing the meal and grain fare
ample for the journey. In cold weather
the sides may be boarded up almost
tight. To pigs weighing seventy-five
pounds standard Of one-half-inch
stuff is nailed in the center of the
sides. Shavings from a shingle mill
make the best bedding.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Original Idea About Asparapus.

A consensus of opinion in regard to
cutting asparagus, as noted in Nee
hams Monthly, seems to be that from
the first starting of the plant in spring
the weaker shoots should not be cut,
but left to produce the LEAKAGE so neces-
sary for the production of strong roots.
One gardener makes the novel sugges-
ton that the very best success in get
ting first-class asparagus is to select
the plants all of one sex. His plan has
been to set 1-year-old plants in a bed
rather closely together and mark the
berry-bearing or female plants for the
permanent bed. These, he says, have
always borne strong shoots far superior
to the beds of the usually mixed sexes.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Notes About the Hnr.e.


Allow horse a reasonable time to
rest after feeding.
tits within the reach of every farm
er to breed good horses.
Mares bred in the fall will endure
good service without injury.
A dumb, stupid cot can never be ed
ucated to be valuable horse
good colt isea product not affected
by weather. hot, wet or dry.
Size. form, bone and constitution
must be regarded first in breeding.
Let the heels be cleaned every night.
Dirt or filth if allowed to cake causes
sore heels.
While horses nee1 good. wholesome
food, it should not be all of the fat pro-
ducing kinds.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
snraying Peach Treas-

Bordeaux mixture containing three
pounds of bluestone to a barrel of wat
er applied the last of May is likely to
injure peach foliage somewhat but in
our experience the injury is not enough
to do any serious harm. The same is
also true of bordeaux containing two
pounds of bluestone applied the last of
June. Black spot was almost entirely
prevented and the texture and size of
the fruit were decidedly improved by
two and three applications. The spray
ing should be continued well up to the
time of ripening of the fruit.-Mary-
land Station Bulletin.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Money in Fences.

An article in the Cosmopolitan calls
attention to the advantage of mo
fence law" and presents the startling
figures that Indiana alone has fences
whose computed value is 100000. 900.
and which if placed in a single line
would fourteen times encircle the
globe. These figures suggest the enor-
nous amount of capital invested in
fences throughout the United States.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Sion Barrel a Nuisance.

We question if there be a greater
abomination about the hog yard than
the average sIop barrel, says the Farm
er's Review. Who. invented this nui.
sance? Who can give common-sense
reason for its survival? 1t smells to
heaven! 1t renders the digestive organs
of the hogs as sour and unwholesome
as itself! We are at a loss to explain
its presence, nor can we see what ben
eft is derived from its use. Is it any
wonder that he is filthy when food sup
piled to him is filthy, sour, fermenting.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
For Busy L.tt,e Fiupers

Take piece of cardboard FIVE inches
long BY four inches wide. Fold 1t once
so that the shorter edges come together
for covers, you may or may not cover it
with linen. and upon one side embroider
the word Needles" in fancy letters.
Tie in some narrow ribbon leaves of
flannel. and fasten the whole by anoth-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Bertie,a Remedy.

Three children-Claude, seven years
old; Mildred, five years old, and BERTHE,
three years old-were playing together.
Little Mildred said to her brother
Claude: isn't God good to give US such
nice little Brother BERTHE to play
with?" BERTHE was sitting beside them
all the while and saying not a word. In
the afternoon of the same day. little
Bertie playfully pinched his sister Mil
dred, who, half crying, said: mamma,
what shall we do with BERTHE? He's
pinching me-" Bertie, in sober, droll
sort of way, said: 30, send me back to
Dodr
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Wanted a Divorce,

Clarence, aged 5, had been severely
chastised by his parents for disobe-
dience, and the next day, without say
ing word to anyone, he called at the
Office of the family legal adviser, who
happened to be particular friend of
the little fellows. s'Well, Clarence"
said the man Of the law, after shaking
hands, what can l do for your"
Please, Mr.. Brown" replied Clarence
gravely, 81 want to get a divorce from
our family
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Boxing Cheeses,

Cheese should be put in good-ftting
boxes. the sides of the box being cut
down about half an inch lower than
the cheese. The weight should be
plainly stamped on the box near the
seam. and all marks that are to be put
on the box should be put on every box
alike.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Boys in Greenland.

Greenland boys are great egg collect
ors. AS soon as the gulls and other
birds that nest in the far North appear
in the spring, the work begins. No boy
who has not practiced a great deal at
climbing the rough mountain-sides and
creeping over the glaciers is allowed to
venture on the perilous task. But at
fifteen, and even before, a Greenland
boy is as strong of limb, as fearless of
heart, and as cool of head as any stee-
ple-cIimber.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28

decomposing, misunderstanding? Such
food is unnatural for the hog. He was
intended to root in the earth and Craze
upon natural grasses of the field. To
him fell the nutritious nuts and fruits
of the tree; for him were the sweet
herbs and succulent roots, but no dirty,
smelly, sour slop!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Kite Twelve Feet in Height.

A kite twelve feet tall would make
anybody's eyes bulge with excitement,
fancy. A gentleman at Ypsilanti,
Mich, has devised many monster ma
chimes that rise in the air hundreds of
feet and are the envy of boys for miles
around. When one of his kites was
flown in tandem with a seven-foot box
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28

kite and fourteen-foot box kite it was
strong enough to lift man into the air.
When the big kite was flown near
farmhouse the chickens and turkeys,
seeing the monster in the air. rushed
for their sheds and coops. The women,
seeing the commotion but not its cause,
shouted, "a hawk, hawk" When the
farmer came out with his gun and saw
the great kite soaring over his build
ings he decided not to shoot.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Describing a Circle.

A pupil in the juvenile department
astonished his teacher recently by de-
scribing a circle as "a straight line
that's crooked all the way round"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28

er ribbon passing around the book and
tying at. the edges in a pretty bow.
Two Sits may be made in the card
board cover on each side If 1t has been
left uncovered and the ribbon be
slipped through these cuts. If it has
been covered the tying ribbon should
be fastened to the linen at the back.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Shon TaIk.

Shop talk sometimes penetra.es even
to the nursery. A young and success
full artist was heard to excIaim with
profound conviction. while he was CON
templating his son and heir, twenty
four hours old:
There is great deal of tone abou,
that baby!"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Remedied the Drxnes

Mother-I wonder how this new book
got in such horrible condition.
Little Maxi heard papa say it was
too dry for him, so poured water on it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Ererc se fnr HOG

To produce the best pork the hogs
should have exercise. A lazy. sleepy
hog may fatten faster. but the flesh
will not be so good.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28

There is no distinction of parts of
speech in the Chinese language, and no
recognition of the principle of infiec-
ton.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Baby,s Picture Gained a HON


Not many days ago some one was col
lecting pictures of pretty babies to pub
lish in Chicago paper, took photo
graph of poor little homeless girl.
Soon after, the tiny orphans face, with
several others, was published and the
paper containing it fell into the hands
of woman who had beautiful home,
but no child.
Before the great newspaper presses
had finished rolling off copies of the
edition containing that baby's picture,
a richly dressed woman appeared in the
office asking where she could find the
original of the beautiful little face; and,
twelve hours later, the homeless. name
less waif had been taken away from
the institution where charity was keep
ing her, and tucked into comfortable
crib, with plenty of soft. warm clothing,
in home of her own.
One can only wish that every child,
not born into a happy home, could be
born with a face that would help it to
find way there as easily as this.
BOYS, GOld Mine.
Near the village of Anaconda, in the
Cripple Creek district of Colorado.
there is the smallest gold mine in the
world, its owners and operators being
boys. The company operating the mine
is known IS the yellow Kid Mining
Company" with a capital of 80 cents.
and controlled by three brothers named
O'Brien. Dan O'Brien, years old, is
the engineer and president; Bart is Off
cial ore sorter and treasurer; John is
general superintendent. The boys have
sunk a shaft twenty-five feet, which
has three levels. They have taken as
model of their plant the Morning
glory Mine, which is situated near by,
and have gallows frame, ore cars, buck
cts, bins, screens, dump, bell signals,
shaft house, tools and implements ex-
actly like those of the big mines in the
district. The boys work two hours
every day and it is their ambition to
succeed their father in the management
of ff,a M0rntU or-pforv Mine
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28

Youthful enthusiasm causes a boy to
imagine that he knows more than his
father.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-23
Mrs. Spencer is improving

Mrs. Spencer is improving.
5000 feet Of new side track will be
built at Lovelock.
Dick Bellam is working on the
Woodchopper mine.
Commissioner Ruddell of Humb oldt
county passed here bound home this
morning.
Miss Katie Kelley OF Virginia. has
been appointed Deputy Superior Chief
of Honor for the Degree of Honor in
Nevada with full power to organize
lodges branch.
Pete Depaoli has purchased $40
acres of State Land about mile east
Of the Washoe Lake club house and
will try the experiment OF raising crop
without irrigating.
H. Richard Condy. the jewelcr. in
tends to have the best He is fitting
up his place in elegant style. increasing
his stock, and getting ready to give his
patrons choice Of everything needed in
the iewelry line.
State Senator Flanagan OF Washoe
county. while at the Grand Hotel said
in a private conversation that he would
be candidate for United States SEN
ator two years hence. subject TO the
Republican party" Honus" in Car
son Weekly.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-23
BRIEF ITEMS OF
TOWN AND STATE

Major Spriggs was in town Sunday.
Conductor E. A. Lewis is improy-
ing. ,s,
The section house at Moleen was
burned.
VIM. Harmon is building new cot
tlge facing on Pacific Avenue.
The Wadsworth mill is running on
ere from the Cabin No. . mine.
Ike Lothrop says they are about
ready to commence sinking on the
Forlorn Hope
Luigi Della Piazzi, Spero Francovich
Sheriff Mclnnis and Commissioner
Frazer visited Olinghouse.
Henry Ollnghouse has bought the
stage equipment plying between here
and the Olnghouse mines.
The San Francisco Bulletin says
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Newlands will
spend the summer in Reno.
Twelve hundred men have left Butte
in the last ten days for other mining
camps. and there are 1000 or 5000
idle men left.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-23

Wells has another case of smallpox.
Mrs. E. H. Proctor was in town this
week.
G. P Fogh is making garden at
his place by the river.
Wadsworth Division No. a U. r. K.
OF P. will soon be a strong orgar.za-
ton.
Rooms TO RENT-Several nice.
shady rooms. Inquire at ]. F.
Georges.
The Steamboat Springs buildings
were totally destroyed by fire. Loss
$4,000.
LADIEs-Mrs. Anderson is here with
beautiful stock of hats at Wads-
worth Hotel.
A gasoline heater exploded at Win
nemucca yesterday and Robert Nurn-
berger was badly burned.
All sojourning Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs are invited to meet with
Queen Esther Lodge tomorrow night.
For SALE-Lady's Baker &,Ham-
ilton bicycle. Good condition. A bar
gain-only $l4. Inquire at this office.
Amity Lodge. K. of P. Reno, will
be visited by Carson lodge tonight.
The Carson brethren come down in a
special train.