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Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-12-09

the mill thrown away and stlll the government
would save $4,000 The trust is fighting hard
but probably the government will win out. Lord
sburg Liberal
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-12-09

The Torreon Enterprise says that the
state Of Durango has coded the Mexi-
can Central railway l73 hectares of
Land at Gomez Palacio to be used for
shops and other buildings. The land is
situated on both sides of the track am!
will be ample for the deeds Of the Gem
pany for many years to come. In ex-
change for the land the railroad com
pany agrees to erect extensive manu-
featuring and repair shops at Gomez
Palacio. The company will move their
shops from Jmenez to Gomez and
greatly enlarge their capacity. These
shops will do the work for the whole
northern division of the road and will
employ about two Thousand men.
Dwellings will be erected on the com
pany s grounds so that the employees
may have homes near their work.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-12-09
PROGRESS IN hExICO.
New Industriss.-GOmez PalaciO 70
have the Central's Shops--New
Water System for Chihuahua

Santa ROsalia is enjoying a building
boom.
Torren is to have a 100000 modern
hotel.
The city of Zacatecas is "a, have a
new and improved water system.
1t is rumored that Parral mining men
are considering plans for smelter at
Parral.
On the line Of the Mexican Central be-
tween Symon and Comancho six new
mining companies have been organized
and are now vigorously prospecting for
copper.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Farm Mates.

The prize for the best 1OO-acre. farm
or less in England was won by farm
er who farms eighty-one acres Of grass
land, forty-one acres being in pasture.
He kept fifty-two cows. and spent 3d.
600 extra for food for his stock each
year.
A steer that produces the most choice
beef is one that is not only fat, but
also well supplied with lean. Tallow
often secures the prize at fat stock
shows in preference to meat that is
intimately interspersed with lean and
fat. Weight does not always indicate
quality Of flesh.
There is on advantage In growing
strawberries In preference to other
fruits, which is that less capital is re-
uuired and the crops come sooner.
Plants set out this spring will send out
runners and form matted rows full of
berries next year, and Ii kept clean
the rows will give two or three good
crops. with partial crop after the
bed is old. The proper mo.ia. however,
Is to make new bed each year. as the
cost is but little comparatively.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
PIANO OF MUSICAL STONES.
(To be continued.)

After Years of Search NJ Ban Ire Col
1ected the Flints.
1t was work of years, says ILLUS
tration, for NJ. Baudre to make the col
lection of f1ints which constitute his
geological piano. The stones do not
belong to the class of resonant rocks
known as "phonolytes," such as are
found in Auvergne, not far from Mont
Dore, but are fiints collected by NJ.
Baudre with infinite toll and search,
each giving when struck true musical
note.
By accident, while taking country
walk one day he picked up flint and,
CHANGING to strike it, heard a faint note
respond to the blow. The idea took
hold of him to gather, if possible,
enough fiints to form complete chro-
matte scale. Difficulties in the search
for these stones only increased his ar
dor. For more than thirty years he
pursued the quest, making it the prin-
cipal aim of his life to form out of a
collection of flints the instrument he
called the geological piano"
From the neighborhood of the little
village of the department Of L'Indre,
where he lived and first met with the
singing flint, he extended his search far
and wide. Only once in while would
he hit on the ideal flint which uttered
true note with generous vibration
That was finding the precious stone
which repaid him for his thousand and
one disappointments, his toilsome wan.
derings, his diligent search in stony
places.
After many years he had at length
got together the full scale in flint notes
and numerous examples Of each, with
the exception of one. He had been sc
| far unsuccessful in putting his hand
on the first do" Perhaps it did not
| exist in nature. He gave up hope thai
he could meet with it in France He
would try Canada. But the new WORLD
| showed no trace of the initial note OF
the octave, and NJ. Baudre returned te
| his native land resigned to the notioI
| that the chase must be abandoned il
his old age. Fortune once again smiled
| and the stone of which he despaire6
suddenly appeared, as he was walking
| in Berry.
Advanced in years, he now passes hi:
leisure in playing, as he does with skill
on this curious piano.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Legend of the Cows1ip.

The goddess Bertha. or Friga, Of
the northern mythology on one occa-
sion allured a child to follow her to
a doorway in a rocky hill by bunch
of cowslips. When the key flower
touched it. it opened, and the child
passed with it's supernatural guide
from room to room Of the enchanted
castle rock, filled with vases contain
ing great stores of gold and jewels,
and covered over with cowslips. The
child was allowed to help itself from
the gold and jewels, but in coming
away it had to replace the coWslip
coverings, otherwise black dog would
rush out and worry her. Mythologists
are accustomed to interpret TINS legend
as a personification Of the return OF
spring each year; and certainly no fair
er key than the golden cowslip could
be used by nature to unlock the king
dom of heaven or earth and scatter her
floral Jewels over the earth.-Teach
ings of Plant Life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05

against hogs, If the wires are put close
enough together. One of the difficulties
one has in building wire fences is to
find some way Of efectually bracing
the posts. No better plan is In use than
the one shown In the cut, which con-
sists simply Of fastening strong wire
strand to the cerner post of the fence,
carrying it off eight feet and looping 1t
about the brace post, as shown. This
brace post should be made of tough
wood and driven into the ground far
enough to stand the strain on 1t. This
is a simple plan and works success
fully.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05

Farm water supply.
send sketch Of my water supply
which may be Of interest to some.
find it very handy in summer. hard
ly ever put my mill out of gear and
am never out of water, and water al
ways cool in house. A Is the windmill,
B the pump. G IL the manhole or dry
well. D is pipe leading to house tank.
E is house tank; holds thirty gallons.
F is overflow to house tank leading
back to supply tank. g is sink where
1 also have hot and colo water and well
water. II is waste pipe to sink. l ia
the tile drain for sink, cellar and dry
we'll, and supply tank overfows. j is
pipe leading to supply tank. Z is :'''-
barrel supply tank about 100 feet from
house and 40 feet from windmill. L
is outlet for supply tank to stock tank
about 60 feet off; the supply Is govern
ed in stock tank by float, and other
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Baking Day.

1t begins on Saturday morning,
And we have the greatest fun,
When mother and Biddy and baby and
Go to baking, every one!
It's mother that makes the puddings,
And Biddy that makes the bread,
And rolls out the twisted doughnuts
Or cookies, sometimes, instead.
They give me the crust left over,
For it's always the pies l make,
And in his cradle the baby crows,
And helps by patting cake.
Youths Companion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
To Ward Off Potato Blight.

AS the seed Of late potato blight
seems to be planted with the seed pota-
toes, a European botanist suggests
that by heating such infected tubers
for about six hours at temperature Of
100 degrees to 10S degrees In dry
oven the fungus might be killed with
out injury to the tubers. 1t has not
been fully demonstrated, however, that
this treatment destroys the fungus, and
even If it does it is not practical for the
ordinary potato grower unless some in
genious fellow will devise machine
from an old incubator that will regu-
late the heat at about the point need
ed.-American Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
TO TEACH BOYS ON sHIPBoARD.
Not Merely Navigation but Full Com
mercia1 Course.

Not Merely Navigation hur Full So"-
mercia1 Course.
Lieutenant Commander C. 81. Har-
low, United States navy, representing
the Nautical Preparatory School, has
signed a contract for the construction
of the ship Young America by the
Perth Amboy Shipbuilding and Engi-
neering Company. Commander Har-
low Is president of the school, G. II.
Eiswald, formerly lieutenant in the
navy, is general manager, and G. IL.
Rowland, naval academy graduate.
is secretary and treasurer.
The Young America is to be of 1900
tons displacement and 276 feet long
over all. It will be full-rigged ship
on the old frigate lines, with auxiliary
steam power, and will have a spar
deck, a main or school deck, a berth
deck, an orlop deck and hold. The hull
will be divided into five watertight
compartments.
The school Is designed to give an
opportunity to $50 young men to secure
a thorough course preparatory to going
to college or embarking in business,
on safe, comfortable ship. instead of
on land. There will be a corps Of
twenty five instructors, and the execu-
tive officer of the ship will be an Off
Ger Of the United States navy, detailed
for the service under the provisions Of
the United States navigation laws. AS
far as practicable, all the officers Will
be United States Naval Academy grad
yates. The actual work of the ship
will be done by a crew Of seamen, me-
chanics and servants, and the cadets
will not be required to assist.
In addition to the usual preparatory
course of schools, says the New York
Times, the students in the nautical
school will be thoroughly drilled in
seamanship and navigation. The ship
will be governed by the discipline and
regulations of the navy. The complete
four years course will include cruises
to every maritime country Of the
world, involving an itinerary Of over
100000 miles. Opportunity will be
given for direct observation of the COM
mercial customs and commercial rela-
tions Of yariaus nations, supplemented
by lectures and a course of readings
in economics and commercial law.
Rear Admiral s. B. Luce, United
States navy, is chairman of the Board
! of Trustees. The other members are:
L. G. Weir, S. M. FELTON,, r. NJ. Thomp-
son, ]. w. Miller, William F. King,
William McAdoo, the Rev. DR.. Charles
A. Dickey, and Robert s. Sloan.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Cutting Bar Iron by Dynamite.

The dexterity that men acquire in
the control of powerful agencies is ex-
emplified in the varied uses to which
mining engineers put the high explo-
sives which they are constantly ham
ding. One of the uses of dynamite
which is most surprising to lay l.lind
is that by which the saw and cold
chisel have been done away with in
the handling Of bar iron. When an en-
gineer wants a piece of bar iron o.
steel of a certain length for any pur-
poses about the mine, he, does not
stop now to cut it through with saw
or chisel. A dynamite cap does the
work in jiffy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Passports iu Russia.

In Russia a child 10 years old can
not 60 away from home to school with
out a passport. Nor can common serv-
ants and peasants go away from
where they live without one. A gen.
tleman residing in Moscow or st. Pc
tersburg cannot receive the visit Of q
friend who remains many hours with
out notifying the police. The porters
Of all houses are compelled to make
returns of the arrival and departure
of strangers, and for every one Of the
above passports charge of some kind
ia made
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Tile Draining.

Tile draining will undoubtedly be
given more attention In the future than
it has been during the past. On land
that Is naturally wet the drains will
pay for themselves In two years, provid-
ing there is good outlet and they are
properly put down. It frequently hap
pens that thorough system of drain
age Is not necessary. providing the
sloughs are under drained. These are
generally the most productive parts Of
the farm when they are brought into
condition by removing the water. On
level lands one can make considerable
fall by cutting the drains more shallow
at the upper end. Tiling out land under
any conditions is expensive work, and
it will generally pay to employ the SER
vices Of a surveyor, providing the own
er is not expert in the use Of the level.
In the past there has been considerable
waste on account OF using srnaH tile.
Four-inch tile seem to be the smallest
recommended for lateral drains. Out
lets should be built up with brick or
stone so as to keep them in good shape.
Iowa Homestead.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05

GIANT RADIsH. q OllVe SNAPPED
Scarlet are among various other desir-
able early varieties.
For summer the large white varieties
are sown, such as White Strassburg and
Stuttgart, while the California White
Mammoth, Long Black Spanish and
Scarlet Chinese are winter kinds which
keep WELL
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Depth of Breaking for Corn.

Depth of Breaking for Corn.
NThe proper depth for breaking corn
land Is, like many other problems per-
tanning to farm management, a de-
batable question and one that cannot
be correctly answered wit. 1t a ca~e-
full consideration of the particulars.
One rule-with many exceptions. how
ever-is to break deep for corn. Corn
belongs to the grass family. and is
therefore surface feeder. 1t is, how
ever. acquiring habit of permeating
the soil to much greater depth than do
the uneultivated grasses. Under most
conditions the ground that is broken
eight to ten inches deep will grow the
greatest amount of corn. Deep break
ing has many advantages-a larger
amount of soil is stirred. the supply of
plant food is increased, and most i'm
portant of all Is the large increase in
the amount Of moisture the soil will
hold for plant growth.
The disadvantage In deep breaking is
met with on land that has been hard
cropped and in which the subsoil is
largely devoid of fertilizing ingredi-
ents. Such soil, If broken deep, will
produce a seed bed having a top sur
face of earth without food for the seed
it terminates. The plants then are
compelled to starve until they can send
their roots down into the artificial soil.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
How to Play with Pine.

Stick pin-Place a pincushion on
table or chair at the far end Of the
room and give each player pin. Each
player. Is blindfolded in turn and told
to stick his pin In the cushion. AS he
is bandaged at the end Of the room
most distant from the pin cushion and
is not guided in any way toward the
goal, this will prove to be no easy
matter.
Pin point this game use bas-
ket Of apples, bananas, peanuts or bon
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Critically Exact,

James," said mamma, apprehensive-
ly, "have you ever heard Hugh use
any bad 'words?'
'.No'm," answered the little fellow.
Then, "Well, yes, did, too, mamma.
The other day he said git for got''
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
In Good Com pany.

"Isn't it a shame, Abe?" asked his
father "You are the second year in
one class"
"Shamer' said Abe; my teacher is
twelve years already in the same class,
and nobody thinks it's shamer'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Tire.one Work.

May Mr.. Huggard called on you
last evening, didn't he?
Fay-Yes, and he made me very tired.
MayI suppose he tried to kiss you.
Fay-Yes, and every time he kissed
me had to slap him.--Phils! !elphia
Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Wanted to "Realize,v ~

Three-year-old Julia wanted to write
Santa Claus to bring her a "shoot
gun" When asked what she wanted
it for she said:
81 want to shoot one of papa's cat
tie and get the money out Of it, for
papa says there is money in CATTLE"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05

hid1 Ma O1C lOl lis SAACS
which is said to at
tain sometimes a cir
cumference of six
inches. 1t is claim
ed, however, that in
spite of this fact it
does not become
pithy or hollow, but
Is solid, crisp and
juicy.
French : Breakfast,
Early Scarlet Turnip
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Trick Candies.

Trick Candies.
"The trick cigar has its counterpart
In confectionery" said candy manu-
facturer the other day. "The callow
youth who delights In giving explosive
cigars to his man friends demands
something similar for the candy-con-
suming sex, and we have to meet the
demand.
"The possibilities of cream choco-
late or piece of nougat are limited,
but we have few contrivances. We
make of very hard candy an imita-
ton of tooth with gold crown, and
hide it in a cream chocolate. You can
imagine the rest-a party of women
munching candy. one of them discover
ing something hard. and finding gold
crowned tooth loose in her mouth!
Similarly. we initiate a bone collar
button in hard white candy. hide
candy shoe button in piece of neu-
gat, put a bit of cork in caramel,
Or fill candied cherry with red pep
per. So long as the sanity experts
don't weed out these alleged jokers
the candy man has to put up these
trick candies for them"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Do It Now.
m = d 0Se

"What shall do now?"
Do that thing you intend to do by
and by, and can do now just as we'll.
Don't put it off.
81 must write a letter to John"
Do it now.
I agreed to see Mrs. Smith about
the social"
Do 1t now.
81 am going to ask John to sign the
anti-cigarette pledge"
Do it now.
81 shall make a bookcase"
Do 1t now.
81 intend to gather all my books and
have my own library"
Do it now.
81 am going to do something"
Do 1t now.
Do not let a moment fly.
Do it now.
Do not say, "Just by and by"
Do it now.
If you would be strong and true,
If success would come to you,
If you have thing re- do,
Do it now.-Pluck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
CHAPTER Xxx.

There was CONSERVATION for while in
the village of the White Apple when it
was known that Stung Serpent was
dead, for he had been an important man
among the Nate 81 At the end of four
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
R-..;n1 Wire Fence POST.

Bracing Wire Fence Posts.
The most successful wire fences are
those built of the smooth wires, with
single barbed wire at the top. Such a
fence is generally animal proof, even
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05

tanks sit on a level with main stock
tank that are supplied and governed
by it.
/ used galvanized II pipe for all but
the outlet to house tank and supply
tank, which must be IA; pipes are
laid 31a feet under ground. through
cellar wall and up into kitchen. My
supply tank is near my feed yard
where l put q stack of corn fodder
around it and over it in the fall, to keep
tank from freezing, aud feed it off in
: late spring. My stock tanks are away
from building far enough so can
heat them with tank heater and lit
tie coal.-C. Ottgen, In Ohio Farmer.
Dishwat.- for Swine.
1t is a general custom among farm
ers to feed the dishwater to swine, the
idea being that they are thus given the
greasy water that comes from the dish
es used on the table. This plan might
be valuable were 1t not that soap Is
used in dishwashing, and soap of a
cheap quality, as rule. 1t does not
! seem as If it were necessary to use
the dishwater for swine, and the prac
i tice should cease. Where there is a
dairy of considerable size on the farm
! and the separation is done by hand.
the skim milk can be used to advant-
age in mixing the bran or grain fed
to. the swine or the water used for
cleansing the milk pals can be used
i for this purpose, and would be much
better than using the dishwater. If it
were possible to wash off the grease
from the plates in clear, warm water
which did not contain any soap, then
there would be no objection to the use
Of dishwater, but it is doubtful If the
| value Of this water would pay for the
trouble in thus obtaining it. If the
plates from the table were scraped
clean of grease and all the particles
thus gathered fed to the laying hens,
| the returns would be more profitable
| than when fed to swine.
| Early Giant Crimson Radish.
/ Among garden novelties the Early
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Keeninr Exgs for Hatching,

Just how long eggs may safely be
kept before setting is not known. Care
full experiments along this line are
needed. Last spring eggs kept Eve
weeks seemed to hatch as well as those
which were fresh laid. How much
longer they would have kept is uncer-
tain. Probably Eve or six weeks is
close to the limit. These eggs were
kept In a cool rooI in March and April
and were net turned The daily turn
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
co1orinu Matter Not Injurious,

The dairy commissioner of Mime
sofa has been carrying on scientific
tests of the effect Of butter color on
animals to determine whether or not 1t
Is injurious. 1t is reported that he has
fed colors to quite number of rab-
bits, guinea pigs, cats, ETC., and in ev-
cry case death was the result. This is
an old experiment; but, as no one is
in the habit of drinking butter color as
hot weather beverage, we see no
cause for alarm. Only a very small
amount of 1t is used in pound Of but
ter-not enough to injure any one but
the manufacturers of oleomargarine
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05

Poverty keeps many a man from
making fool of himself.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05

ing often advised and for which pat t
racks and cases have been devised is
not strictly necessary. But old eggs
and fresh eggs should not be mixed in
the same setting. as the term Of hatch
ing will be uneven. The length and
manner Of keeping eggs for hatching
Is Of importance at this season. IL
March eggs are fertile there Is no
reason why they should no. be saved
until hens enorgh can be had to start
a number Of them at once-Exchange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
BEAUTIFULLY Occupied.


When Wesley was about three years
old, a friend who had not seen him
for some time greeted him with:
"Well. Wesley, what have you been
doing since l saw you lastw
"Been growin'," was the rather un-
expected answer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Easily Accounted For.

Easily Accounted For.
One morning when little Willie, four
years old. went out on the walk, he
found it covered with sleet. About
the first step he slipped and fell down,
and went back into the house crying.
'Why, what Is the matter, Willie?"
asked mamYua.
"Oh, 1 stepped on the Ice and the
slick side was up"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-05
Little Stories and
Incidents that Will
interest andEnter-
tain Young Readers

bons. The starting point is marked
by the basket and the goal by book
or anything that happens to be handy.
See that each person present has a
clean, new pin. Every player has
three minutes in which to get apples
or other trophies out of the basket and
run around the room with them. The
fruit is. of course, speared and held
on the pin. The young person who in
three minutes time lands most apples
at the goal is winner in the contest.