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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
SPRING POULTRY NOTES.

Lime in some form is indispensable
for the formation Of egg shells and
should he within reach of laying hens
at all times.
The amount Of green stuff laying
hens eat will surprise anyone who is
not in the habit Of supplying his focks
with greens"
Young ducks will grow fast and do
well If they have no water in which
TO swim. Give them plenty TO drink
and let it go at that.
There is no sweetener OF poultry
house so good as fresh earth. And
on the farm il Is the cheapest. Use
It often and note the good results.
If the late Matched chicks are just
getting to laying give them n chance
to do their best, for eggs are low in
price compared with few weeks ago.
Eggs that have TO be held for hatch
ing should be kept in cool. dry place
and turned every three or four days.
II in covered trays this is an easy thing
to do.
Any farmer who thinks il will not
nav to bother with poultry should fix
IN a suitable place for keeping the
fowls and agree with his wife. daugh-
ter or son that he will do the heavy
work and they may do the rest. See
what the results will be.-Farmers'
Voice
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Col. J. w. vrooman believes that
every man ought TO have a hobby, TO
take his mind off business cares. lie
looked around for one and selected
the New York Juvenile asylum. with
others who had chosen the same hob
bv, he has been able TO add TO the
pleasure Of the $50 children of the In
stitution and take a very close inter
est in their personal careers. Some
one was good naturally twitting the
colonel on his hobby the other day,
when he won another ally TO the
cause by q story.
When i was at the republican ma
fional convention" he said, II was in
PRODUCED by John Wanamaker TO
John J. Brown, n delegate from Hi
nois. lie was talking of a Sunday
school in which he is deeply interest
ed. and / mentioned my hobby. The
delegate turned TO me and said.
You need not talk to me about
that. Col. Vrooman. / know all about
i. i am one of the boys from the
New York Juvenile asylum lie had
been a homeless lad in New York,
was cared for by the institution, sent
west, found pleasant people there 10
adopt him, grew up with the country
and made a useful career for himself
like my hobby."-N. y. Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
CHEAP CHICKEN COOPS.
How IN Ingenious New York Farmer
Made Splendid Use Of Ola
Packing boxes.

Last winter, among other prepare
tions for the coming active season,
made dozen hen coops from old pack
ing boxes which were bought for less
than the cost Of the same amount Of
new lumber.
In making coop the cover OF the
box and the bottom Were removed.
Then piece of board eight 10 twelve
inches wide and as long as the end
boards of the box was ripped in two
diagonally from corner to corner. This
was nailed 10 the top to form the slope
of the roof The upper front was
closed with one wide board or several
narrow ones, spaces being left be-
tween for ventilation. \ narrow strip
was nailed horizontally across tie
front. three inches from the bottom.
to support the Stats. The coop was
now turned down, resting on its front.
and lath or other narrow Stats nailed
in place, with spaces between for the
chicks TO pass. The door is great
convenience, but not Indispensable. ]
hung doors to all of my coops, as hap
pened to have some small strap hinges
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
COOP MADE OF OLD BOXES.

IN hand. In lieu Of them leather hinges
might be used.
Next came the roof. which was made
large enough to project few inches
all around. Some were made OF
dressed pieces Of board and the cracks
were battened; Others OF half-lnch
rough lumber, covered with roofing
felt.
A few of those first built were pro-
yided with floors for half their area;
but the hen invariably chose 10 hover
her brood in theAnfoored half, so the
floors were removed.
These coops proved far more practi-
cal and satisfactory than the old-fash-
toned coops. Besides the greater com
fort they afford the hen and her
brood. there is less danger Of the
chicks being trampled To death.
II was not unusual to find daily egg
in some OF the coops when the chicks
were five 10 six weeks old. In such
eases the door was opened and the
hen given her liberty. She generally
abandoned her brood and reported for
duty in the ranks Of the layers. The
chicks, after few hours of forlorp
and bewildered peeping. accepted the
situation and proceeded TO scratch for
themselves, and invariably returned
10 the coop every night for shelter.
The door was left open all the time
for them, and as soon as they were
fiedged two fat perches were fixed in
the coop. which they occupied until
old enough TO take their places in the
roosting house. OF course. il is neces-
sary 10 remove the coop 10 fresh sit
nation every few days and TO spray the
inside with gasoline occasionally.
At the end of the season the coops
were all picked up. cleaned and stored
in the loft Of a wagon shed ready for
service another year. With very little
care they will do good service for many
years.-George A. Martin, in y. Y.
Tribune Farmer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
HERE, THERE AND ELSEWHERE

China raises and consumes more
ducks than any other country in the
world.
London bridge. when widened. will
be lighted from the center and not
from the sides.
Several rubber companies have re-
gently been formed in Peru. and il is
believed that rubber is destined TO be-
come an important source Of wealth
TO that country.
According TO an old document just
discovered in Australia, gold was first
found by a convict near Parramatta in
1889. The unfortunate fellow was at
once charged with having stolen .
watch and "boiled il down" and. being
convicted by the rude court Of those
early days. was given $50 lashes for
his pains.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Arriculturally, the plant has no
value. as il hardly grows large
enough for fuel, but makes a bushy
clump full of branches. 1t is found
nbundantly in bush pastures, and the
only good thing to be said about it is
that il acts as nurse plant for bet
ter forest growth, to which IL gives
way.
Incidentally, it has a great reputa-
ton. The extract Of witch-hazel is
manufactured by thousands of gall
Ions in Middlesex county, Conn, as a
remedy for wounds, bruises, etc. 1t
is sold by the bottle and the barrel,
and is in wide demand.
Now comes in the agriculture.
Witch-hazel brush-the whole plant,
pooy and pl.a chests cut up short
in huge straw cutter, and fluid
extract is prepared.
The farmers get just enough for
cutting and delivering the brush to
pay for the labor. thus getting pay
FOR clean pastures within the reach
II the factories. Other parts Of the
state would like to share, with Mid
dlesex county. in this market for an
otherwise useless product We had
our first frost last night. though the
woodlands are already tingcd with
the hues Of autumn, which this year
should be glorious, for the foliage is
very healthy and luxuriant.-Meehant
Monthly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
An Improved "RuraI Delivery"

The farmers of Fairfield, Nelson
county, Ky, are not much interested
in the free rural delivery system.
Several years ago they solved the
problem Of rural delivery to their
own satisfaction. James Stanley,
who keeps general store at Fair
field, is the postmaster, and delivers
the farmers letter nine miles from
town.
lie uses the telephone to do 1t.
About five wears ago about forty
farmers, who live on the various
iGrnpikes within from five 70 nine
miles from town. agreed to pay for
private wires for their own use. One
wire serves eight or ten of them.
When they don't want to drive TO
town for their mail they call Up the
postmaster and ask:
us that you, Stanley?'
YES" replies Stanley.
ANY mail for me-"
"Yes. q postal card"
Read it to me"
This is done. If il is letter he Is
asked to open il and read it, which he
does. In this way, as the farmers
know when the mail gets in. they get
their news sooner than -rral delivery
could give it to them.-N. \. Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
how CHEAP BAKING POWDER
IS MADE.

The Health Department OF New
York has seized quantity Of so-calIed
cheap baking powder, which it found
in that city. Attention was attracted
10 IL by the low price at which II was
being sold in the department stores.
Samples were taken and the chemist
~ the Health Department reported
The stun to be ian alum powder"
which analysis showed to he composed
chiefly OF alum and pulverized rock.
The powder was declared 70 he dam
rerous to health. and several thou
sand pounds were carted to the offal
dock and destroyed.
II is unsafe to experiment with these
so-called "cheap" articles Of food.
They are sure to be made from alum.
rock. or other injurious matter. In
baking powders. the high class. cream
az tartar brands are the most eco-
nomical, because they go farther in
use and are healfhful beyond question.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

An incubator breaks no eggs. ana
patches no lousy chickens. 1t is al
ways ready for business, while In
late winter IL Is difficult TO find
broody hens to hatch early chicks.
Every first-class machine, and there
are several Of them. = sclf-regulat-
ing within one or two degrees. -
that IL adjusted at 1903. the heat will
not go above lo4 nor drop below lo2.
Moisture. ventilation and the appli-
cation Of heat vary in the different
machines. but II the manufacturer's
instructions are carefully followed
no trouble should be experienced in
Matching large percentage of the
fertile eggs If they contain strong
eerms.-Commercial Poultry.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

After reading a large amount Of
sense and nonsense as to what .
dual purpose cow is, and what she is
not, we have concluded that she is q
oeef COW not quite so perfect as the
slngle-purpose beef COW; and that
she is dairy COW not quite so per-
iect as the singlc-purpose dairy COW.
enc would not win first prize at q
dairy cow show, nor at a beef COW
snow. But IL farmer wants fair
show for his money the dual-pur-
pose COW is as likely TO win as any
o'her on the farm.--rarm and Ranch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

The worst of the ways of God are
better than the best of the way Of sin.
There is no sin man can be tempted
IN hut he will find greater comfort in
resisting than in indulging.
The true calling Of the Christian Is
not 10 do extraordinary things. but to
do ordinary things in an extraordinary
way.
II q great deal easier to do that
Which God gives us to do. no matter
how hard il is, than to face the re.
sponsibility Of not doing it.-Ram's
Holm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
Mtlahtnetn>rsBlEsslMS

Health will with all blessings who the and mainly
the which refresh and the foods which nOsh important each while
tar conditions To assist when nature needs is all that the
which acts most bnay and pleasantly laxative syupo manufactured by
With the fact that physical ILLS transient char
beneficial effects fifty
in a family
il
nackag
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

cattle should be provided with
plenty OF good, clear, fresh water for
we winter. 1t Is great mistake to
mink that cattle do not require wa
Ter in cold weather.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

breeders Of Morgan horses all re.
port that there is a large and unsat.
Ahed demand for stations. mares
mo gliding showing the real char.
scteristics q this breed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Mr.. Pessimist-Now, s'pose you want
me to look pleasant.
Photographer tpolitely)-Unless you pre-
fer to look natural Stray Stories.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

II cures swollen aching. tired feet AT all
Druggists and Shoe stores. pc. Sample sert
FREE. Address A. b. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
bic medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w
Samuel, Ocean Grove, n. j.. Feb. IL, 1900.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Actors, Vocalists. Public Speakers. praise
Hale's Honey OF Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

A cynic is a man without ambition, since
te sneers at things as they are, without
helping TO make them as they should be-
Smart Set
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color silk,
wool or cotton perfectly at one boiling.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Thousands are hated, while none ar,
loved without a real cause.-Lavater.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Fear nothing so much as sin, and YOU
moral herolsm i complete.-C. Simmons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

A hard working man always seems 70 b
Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

stops the Cough and Works on
the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Cupine Tablets. Price &c.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
Photographs Wanted.

The Lewis & Clark Exposition COM
pany will have need for a large number
OF photographs to illustrate publication
on the Pacific Northwest which will be
Issued to advertise the 1905 fair. Do
nations of views of landscapes, cities,
mountains, farms, growing crops, forests
mines, fisheries, river scenery, seaside
resorts, etc, suitable for the half tone
process will be appreciated by the COM
pany Photographer, Professional and
amateur; who desire to make donations,
should address their pictures to Henry
E Reed, Secretary of the 1905 fair, 246
Washington street, Portland, Oregon.
The subject of the view should be in
dorsed on the back of the photograph,
also the name of the photographer SO
that no mistake will be made. Credit
will be given to the photog rapher in all
cases where use is made of his pictures,
Photographs are desired from every
section of Oregon, None except those
that will make good reproductions are
wanted.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
WRITES IN BOOKS
A Type Writing Machine That Does
it's at the County Clerks
Office.

Over at the county clerks office
there is a typewriting machine
that does record work. Copying
done with it by Clerk Moses in the
big record books is most beautiful
work. The typeis clear cut, the
lines are symmetrical and each word
so 1egib1e that anybody who can
read at all can read them.
The machine does not look like
anything that anybody ever saw
before. There is key board, and
that il s1, tha. :. j., sight that sug-
gests type-writing.
Back of the keyboard and even
in height with the top line Of keys
there is a thin plate as long as the
keyboard IS wide and about three
inches In width. Under it are the
types that do the writing. They
strike the paper from above in
stead of from below as is the case
with most type-writing machines.
There are no circular cylinders. In
writing the frame with key board
and types moves backward and
forward over the open book, drop
ping down space as each line is
completed. The frame is upport-
ed by long steel carriage which in
turn is fastened to a strong oak
table that goes with the machine.
The plati uum for the paper to rest
against when the type strikes is a
long. slender affair that passes un-
der the leaf of the book on which
the operator is writing.
The machine is complete for the
purpose for which it is designed. 1t
saves a great deal OF time, and far
more space in the record books,
the typewriter page containing
three times as much matter as a
page written by hand.
The cost of the machine is $I75,
or nearly double that of an ordinary
typewriter. 1t can be used for
letter writing, table work, or any
purpose common to type-writing
machines, Similar machines are
in use in Mu1tnomah, Lane. Linn
and other counties. In Yamhi11
last year. the county tax roll was
made with one of them.
The machine is made in Cleve-
land, Ohio. To watch it while in
operation, is to wonder what con-
trivance the mind of man will next
evolve, for its gyrations are curious.
1t craw1s over the book like liv-
ing thing, and sleaves indelibly
imprinted there, the important
lines of the court records. The
present machine has not yet been
purchased, but is only on trial.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
FIFTY THOUSAND GONE
No More Money for Scalps-County
Clerks Will Issue Certificates Now.

County Clerk Moses has received
official notification from Secretary
Of State Dunbar that the scalp
bounty fund has been exhausted,
and that no more money is avail
able for bounties or sca1ps. There
was $50, 1000 Of it, but the whole
amount within the year and a half
since the legislature was in session.
has been expended in payment
of claims. The instructions from
the secretary are to issue certificates
for such scalps as are presented,
and these will be audited in the
secretary of states Office. Then
if the next legislature sees fit to
make another appropriation to COW
er the deficit and for future boun-
ties, the certificates will be redeem
ed in due time.
It is said that tae legislature will
be asked to make an appropriation
of $50, 900 Per gear hereafter.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
FELL TWENTY FIVE FEET
James Morgan Dropped From the Tel
of a Pile Driver His Injuries
Slight,

James Morgan, employed about
the pile driver used in the con-
struction of Mary's river bridge at
Corvallis, had a 25-foot fall Thurs
day, and escaped almost unhurt.
Though he alighted partly On the
iron weight used in driving the
piles, he has only few bruised
spots, and was able to be about his
duties as usual yesterday.
The accident happened Thursday
afternoon. The huge iron weight
had been hauled up to the top Of
the driver. The brace that holds
it in place, preparatory to the drop
had been adjusted. Morgan was at
the top of the driver, which in
turn was mounted on the south ap-
proach of the bridge where the
piles are being driven. Suddenly
the brace broke, and the weight
dropped. Morgan was unprepared
for it, and was Jared from his place
by the conclusion. He lost his
balance and dropped downward
swiftly. It was a sheer rs feet to
the bottom of the pile driver. Be
fore he landed however, Morgan
seized the rope used in lifting the
weight, and this SO broke his fall
that he escaped with only slight
injury. 1t was an escape border
ing on the miraculous.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
Don't Fail to Try This.

Whenever an honest trial is Civ
en- to Electric Bitters for any troub-
les it is recommended for, a perma-
nent cure will surely be af-
fected. 1t never fails to tone the
stomach, regulate the kidneys and
bowels, stimulate the liver, invig-
crate the nerves and purify the
blood. It's a wonderful tonic for
rundown systems. Electric Bitters
positively cures Kidney and Liver
troubles, Stomach Disorders, Nerv-
BUSINESS, Sleep1essness, Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, and expels Malaria. Sat.
isfaction guaranteed by Graham &
Wortham., Only 30 cents.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
COUNTY SHOULD GIVE
This Taxpayer and Business Man Says
Money for Advertising Benton.

Editor TIMES: There is now on
foot an organized effort through
the Hartman lines of railroad to
briKg immigration to Oregon,
which will benefit our county just
as much as any county in the state.
We are asked to furnish proper ad-
vertising matter and the railroad
men will do the rest. I think it
highly proper for the county to
subscribe literally in this matter
as by so doing the expense will be
borne equally by all. 1t is expect
ed that the citizens of Corvallis and
Phi1omath will take the lead.
S. L. KLINE.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
HUNTING MONEY
A Committee in the Field-From Citi'
zens' League-To Advertise
Benton.

A movement is taking shape by
which citizens hope to raise funds
to put large amount of literature
descriptive of Benton county into
the hands of Eastern people. The
promoters have in view the accept
ance of the offer of the immigration
bureau of the Hartman lines. The
latter agree tespat the literature in
the hands of people of the East and
Middle West, free of charge, pro-
vided Benton county peop1lss will
SUNNY the advertising, matter, The
offer was made when a number Of
Hartman people visited Corvallis
last week.
The present local movement was
inaugurated by the Benton county
Citizens League A meeting of
the executive committee was held,
and the proposition was discussed.
Several suggestions were made, and
it was finally determined to ap-
point a committee whose business
it should be to raise funds. The
comnitte is S l. Kline, Robert
Huston and Henry Amber.
The committee has the matter in
hand. The plan is to print $4,000
copies of an eight-page pamphlet.
The estimated cost is $500. The
committee thinks Philomath and
vicinity may be willing to raise
500; that the county court might
be induced to appropriate 500; and
Corvallis and vicinity raise the bal
ance by subscription. The COM
mittee will endeavor to carry out
this plan, if cooperation of all par
ties interested can be secured.
The proposition for the new
pamphlet instead of the souvenir
published last year, is that the, lat
ter is too bulky and too expensive
for free distribution. There are
still a large number of the SOU
venirs On hand, but they will
continue to be sold at 10 cents per
copy.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
Wanted.

Parties having good stock farm to let
can find desirable renter by applying
to H w Kaupisch at the Creamery.
It will pay you to investigate goods
and prices at 7 H Harris You can save
money
Colbert & Gregory Manly. Co.
Sash, doors, holdings, furniture and
enera1 finished lumber.
South Main St. Corvallis Ore.
For Sale
Three good milk COWS see
A Hershner
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
HOT SUMMER DAYS
Thermometer Reached Ninety Three
Yesterday-Tracys' Next Coupe.

Thermometer Reached Ninety Three
Yesterday-Tracys' Next Coupe.
= The thermometer touched its
highest point for this season at 3
yesterday afternoon. At that hour
! it registered 90 in the weather Off
ce at the college. The next high
est point touched so far this sum-
mer was on Friday of last week,
when it went to o2. The former
was probably the severest day on
account of the fact that no breeze
blew, while yesterday afternoon
few warm breaths of air from the
north were astir. The thermometer
On other days this week registered
as follows: Tuesday, 81; Wednes-
day, SO; Thursday, S6.
In the Tracy matter, several sur
prising things have happened, first
and last. For instance, the news
papers tell that while the outlaw
was catching a string of IS trout
near Ross1yn, B c, Superintend-
ent Lee had an extra force of men
on guard and a dead line establish
ed to prevent Tracy from seizing
Oregon penitentiary. Apparently
the public need not be surprised if
the next dispatch solen1nly AYERS
that the outlaw has surround
ed Sycamore Hill, and is act
ual1y debating terms of capitula-
ton to the president in the latter's
summer home.