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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
A Handy HOG Scaffold,


In my visits to many farm houses
in this country I noted many home
made scaffolds on which to hang noss
after they are killed and scalded, out
the bne shown in accompanying hgure
and which 1 use myself, I consider as
handy and practical as any. 1t can be
moved anywhere, even in the smoke
house. and if made out Of good season
ed timber and painted, it will last a
lifetime. 1t will hold five hogs weigh
ing 300 pounds each.
One can buy five large hooks, OF
have a blacksmith make them, at a
very small cost; these are to hook over
the beam, A, on which to hang the
hogs. The top piece, =, is chestnut
scantling, 2x4 in. and 6 TT. 10 in. long
this piece has two mortises, inches
from center, as shown in cut The two
upright pieces, B, are hardwood scant-
iings, 2x4 in. and It. 8 in. long.
These have a mortise at the top z
inches wide and 4 inches deep; also
mortise at bottom 1 inch deep and
4 inches long. These pieces also have
mortise 11ax1R in, 2 # in. from
center to the upper end, for the tenon
Of brace, D, to go into. These pieces
also have a mortise feet from lower
end for brace. e, to set in. The sills,
G., are 2x4 in. and 2 It. 4 in. long.
They have mortise in center inches
wide and I inch deep; also mortise
8 inches from center, for brace, e, to
set into. D is brace 1hx2h in., and
8 #. in. long, including tenon, which
is 11ax1h in. square and inches
long. e is a brace 2x3 in. and 1 #
II in. long.
Ali that is required to put this scat
fold together are two A-in. bolts, 8
inches long, to bolt the beam, A, to the
upright pieces, B, and sixteen 6-penny
nails and two bolts 8 inches long to
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
MIKE STILL HAD THE GOAT.
Animal Had F1axxed the Train an,
Saved lts Own Life.

Animal Had FlaExed the Train and
Saved lts own Life.
Mike Nolan was smoking comforta-
bly, in his yard in East Burlington on
evening and a friend of his was lean
ing over the fence talking to him.
AS his eyes ranged over the yard he
caught sight of the old billy goat.
Mike" says he, 81 see you have
the goat yet"
"Oh, yes" says Mike.
II thought you said you'd kill the
goat
"Sure, and 1 did, but I will tell you
how it was" answered Mike. t'I
came home the other night from me
work and me wife's says to me: What
do you think the goats done now p
L dunno says I. He's chewed UP
Finnegan's red shirt that his wife had
hung on the line to dry, and Finne-
gan says he'll kill the goat If yeu don't
do it yourself I says: I'll not have
Finnegan or any ether man lay hands
on. that goat; I'll kill the goat meself'
An so 1 got down me ovid gun and
took the goat out into the corner Of
the yard and tied him to the fence,
and / stood forninst him to shoot him.
And he gave me kind Of knowing
look, like. and minded the time when
he was a little goat and played wild
the children, and I couldn't kill him
looking like that. So took him down
to the railroad track and hitched him
between the rails and went up be-
hind the wall until the express train
came along. Presently heard the
train coming and says to meself:
ole man, ye're gone now. Ye was
good goat in yer day. but ye're gone
now An wild that heard the whistle
a-blowing ard the brakes a grinding
and the men hollering. and I says:
What's that goat done nowY I ran
to the track, and what do you think ?
That old goat had coughed up Finne-
gan's shirt and tagged the trainp'-
Holly, N. j., Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Mistake in a Street Car.

Said man on street car who had
already given up his seat as he nudged
a familiar friend who still kept his:
why don't you get up and give the
woman seat?''
She, who was standing. glared at
him.
'.Sirv' she said, II will have you
know am 1ady!''
"Ah! Beg your pardon, madam -
he replied politely, Il took you for a
womanp'-Portland Oregonian.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
The Man Behind the Cow.

Don't dose your COW or dog until you
know what is the trouble. Treating
the symptoms should be most cautious
ly DONE If your dairy business is sick
locate the cause most carefully or you
may treat the case ignorantly and kill
the patient-the business.
Some dairy troubles originate in the
herd, some trace to the farm, few
are based on the market, but the foun-
tian head Of nearly all such evils is
found in the man behind the cow. Fer
ret out the certain weakness that Is
found here, and all others are quickly
cleared up. Watch the man behind
the cow.-Farm and Ranch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
The SeuueL

81 have written an article on How to
Live on $3.50 Week." he explained
to the editor.
WELL" said the editor, "you had bet
ter write the sequel to it."
81 do not understand"
"Why, How to Get the Two-fifty.'" !"
Baltimore American.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Great Onnortunitx.

Mrs. Bjenkins-They are going to
have another rummage sale next week
Mr., Bjenkins-Good! I wish you'd
send down that rocking chair in the sit
ting room that 1 always tumble over
when l come in late at night.-Sommer-
Vile Journal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
ALWAYS on Ton.

There, dear, don't be discouraged, :"
said the stovepipe to the tackhammer;
sit only happens once year."
80, your optimism is not to be won
dered att responded the tackhammer
wearily; "you always come out on
top.''-Ohio State Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
AnnrOYal.

What do you think of government
ownership?'
tor Sorghum, with emphasis. 'Id like
to see the government own everything.
My experience has been that it is a
great deal easier to get money from the
government than from most private
concerns. ns."-Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Daurerous Tardiness.

First Doctor-What makes you think
the patient will die if we don't per
form the operation?
Second Doctor-That isn't the point
This is new disease, and if he should
live without the operation it would es-
tab1ish a precedent.-Life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
When to &eII.

The principle we have always fol-
lowed is, when hogs are ready to go,
let them go. The higher the price the
more profit can be made in feeding
heavy hogs, but we would not think of
growing hogs over 25O pounds unless
we had no youngsters coming on. We
believe that when hogs are cents
and under the proper weight at which
to sell them is 175 pounds; when they
are cents, 200 pounds; when they are
6 cents, 225 pounds; when they are
cents, 25O pounds.-Wallace's Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
A Courageous Job.

Colonel Bragg fought and bled
for my country, sir; I've
Alex. Smart-Yes, but did you ever
help your wife hang pictures aOhio
State Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Novel Tug-of.War.

After quarreling over the respective
strength of horse and mule two
farmers at Segovia, Spain, decided to
settle the matter by tug-of-war. The
animals were harnessed one at each
end Of cart. After desperate strug-
gle the mule trfumphed, pulling the
horse off it's legs and galloping away
with it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
The OIeomargarine Law.

Some time ago it was shown that
one weakness of the present oleomar-
garine Jaw, the use Of some ingredient
which made it possible to avoid the
law against the use Of coloring mat
ter, was working hardships on butter
makers, but reports generally indicate
that the law was a wise one, and prove
beyond all question that consumers do
want oleomargarine. It was held by
the opponents of the Grout bill that
the public demand was 80 great that
to place any restrictions on the meth
ods of marketing oleo would be to
drive out of the market a meritorious
article. Those who upheld the bill
claimed that If oleo had any merit Of
it's own it should be sold on that merit
and not disguised is butter. The law
as enforced has shown that by far the
greater number of those who used
oleo did so because they assumed it was
butter, the color helping to carry out
the deception. Oleo may be nutritious
and have great merit, but it is evident
that few people desire it or will buy it
when they have full knowledge that it
is not from the product of the cow.
The Grout bill has benefited farmer
and consumer alike, and any attempt
which is likely to be made this coming
session of Congress to modify it's pro-
visions should be fought hard by farm
ers and dairymen. If butter must be
sold on it's merits, why not oleo, also?
st. Paul Dispatch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Movable PouItrv Ferc..

for several seasons. The sections. as
shown, may be Of any dimensions de-
sired, although If about four feet high
and six feet long they can be better
handled than when larger. The frame
may be of any light weight material,
and should be made so that it will be
as st1f as possible. 1t might be good
idea, and especially if the sections
We're of greater dimensions than those
given, to run brace from corner to
corner diagonally to give additional
stiffness. The corners should be well
fastened and the frame is then cover
ed with wire netting. Three planks are
fastened to the bottom of the frame at
intervals, as shown, and braced with a
strip from the frame to the planks.
These planks will hold the section up
right and prevent it from sinking into
the mud. Several sections can be
quickly made after the same pattern
and hooked together at the corners the
desired length. These movable fences
would be especially valuable in the
spring, where numbers of chicks were
" UC 1dISSu IL was ueSlIGu " hc6p
them in Enclosures. If used to surround
chicks, a wire Of finer mesh would
need to be eused.-Indianapoli News.
Decline of German Sparrow.
InslS71 Germany was a nation Of
80, ,000, 900 inha bitants of whom 60 per
cent were engaged in agricultural pur-
suits. In 1900 it had increased to an
empire Of 5s,oO0,OOo inhabitants, of
whom 35 per cent were engaged in
agriculture and 65 per cent in industry
and trade. This transformation from
agriculture to industry was most ac
tive between 1880 and 1895, during
which period the working population
increased 17.8 per cent, of which agri-
culture only gained OF per cent; while
manufactures mining and the build
ing trades were increased by 29.5 per
cent and commerce by 4S.9 per cent.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Pickirx Fowl. for Market.

Poultry shipped for market alive
lose considerable of their weight in
transit. and while there is demand
for poultry in this condition that must
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01

De met, by far the greater demand is
for dry-picked carcasses. 1t is not
pleasant task to prepare poultry for
market particularly when the entrails
must be removed, but as stated in
this department several weeks since,
the additional price pays well for the
labor. A dry-picked fowl has perfec-
ton of skin which is attractive and
for which the best customers are quite
willing to pay.
Movable Poultry Fences.
When for any reason one does not
care to go to the expense of permanent
fences around the poultry yard, NOV
able fences like that shown in the cut
may be used to advantage. They cost
but little, and If well made will last
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
"I,11 Pay You for It.o

IL ray OH AOE
+ This little parable by an unknown
author teaches its own lesson:
A hen trod on ducks foot. She
did not mean to do it, and it did not
hurt the duck much; but the duck said
'I'll pay you for-rh-tp' So the duck
flew at the old hen, but as she did so
her wing struck anold goose that, stood
close by.
"I'n pay you for thatv cried the
goose, and she flew at the duck; but as
she did so her foot tore the fur Of a
cat that was just then in the yard.
'I'll pay you for thatr cried the cat,
and she started for the goose; but as
she did so her claw caught in the wool
Of a sheep.
"I'll pay you for thatr' cried the
sheep, and she ran at the cat; but as
she did so her foot hit the foot Of a
dog that lay in the sun.
''I'll pay you for thatv' cried he, and
jumped at the sheep; but as he did so
his leg, struck an old cow that stood
by the gate.
''I'll pay you for thatr' cried she.
and she ran at the dog; but as she did
SO her horn grazed the skin of horse
that stood by tree.
"I'll pay you for thatw cried he, and
he rushed at the COW.
What a noise there was! The horse
few at the COW. and the cow at the
dog. and the dog at the sheep, and the
sheep at the cat, and the cat at the
gooss, and the goose at the duck, and
the duck at the hen. What a fuss
there was, and all because the hen ac-
cidentally stepped on the ducks toes.
Hi! Hi! WHAT'S all this?'' cried the
man who had the care of them. "You
may stay here" he said to the hen; but
he drove the duck to the pond, the
goose to the field, the cat to the barn,
the sheep to her fold, the dog to his
house, the COW to her yard, and the
horse to his STALL And so all their
good times We're over because the duck
would not overlook little hurt which
was not intended. New Orleans Pic
ayune.
Day Drea ms,
when I'm man" said Johnny,
"Pll be a sailor bold.
And I'll sail the mighty ocean in searcl
of wealth untold.
And I'll build myself castIf with .
fearful donjon Keep,
And I'll have ten thousand vassals who
will guard me while sleep.
'Then I'll rescue some fair princess from
a robber, don't you see?
And she will thank me sweetly and say
she'll marry me;
And when 1 wed the princess I'll be a
king, you know,
And I'll have a million subjects who
will bow before me low!''
But while he was a-dreaming of the time
that was to be,
The teacher asked him gently the simple
rule of three;
Then his castle and his kingdom faded
into air at once,
And the crown that fate decreed him
was the tall cap of Ounce.
st. Nicholas.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Temples in Japan.

There are many peculiar temples
throughout Japan, those being sacred
to the spirits of dead children being,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Riddles.

When is a window like star? When
it's skylight.
Why is an egg like a horse? Be
cause it is Of no use until it is broken
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Swiss schools for Girls.

SWIsS SCHOOLS IOr OlrIb.
Switzerland has 125 schools for girls.
Domestic science and gardening are
among the branches taught.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Farm Notes.

Aroostook County, Maine, is called
the potatoes paradise. This year the
crop will range from 100000 to
1000, 600 bushels, of which the greater
part will be shipped away. Last year
the price averaged $1.7O barrel.
Some men will use the hoe so that
the top layer of soil is cut off clean
and gathered up with the weeds that
may have been the chief object of
the hoeing. The surface remaining
will be hard and smooth-quite the re-
verse of what it should be. Cultiva-
ton should mean stirring of the sur
face, making it fine. If this be done
in loamy soil shortly after a rain it
will not break into large Jumps
The green crop plowed under is COM
posed of three chief parts. About
four-ffths of it is water, or from 80
to SS per cent; about one-fiftieth of the
whole, or 2 per cent, is composed of
what is called the ash ingredients, and
the rest is the so-called organic mat
ter. This organic matter, which is
really the most useful part of the
green manure, makes up, therefore.
about a twelfth of the whole
under the ground.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Little Stories and
Incidents that Will
Interest and Enter
tain Young Readers

though the Patagonian runs him very
close. The white citizen comes next.
The United States negro ranks four
teenth in the scale, and cf all the coun-
tries of the world considered the Por-
tuguese are found to be the shortest
1t has always been proverbial among
anatomists that blond nations are
greater than their darker neighbors.
This is due to the geological positions
of the blond races. They are charac-
teristic of the North, and on account
Of the lowar degree Of temperature arc
induced to take more exercise, which
throws them more in the open air.
At the top of the list of the coun-
tries, arranged in order Of statute, the
first seven, after the United States
white men, are Norway, Scotland. Brit
ish America, Sweden, Ireland. Den
mark and Holland, all northern ma
uons.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01

winterinx Cabbage for Family Use.
Cabbages that winter best are those
Just fully formed and not overripe.
For family use bury an empty barrel
in well drained spot and fill 1t with
good heads. Place lot Of dry leaves
on top and cover the barrel so that it
will shed rain or pile some cabbages
in a corner on the barn floor and cover
them with enough straw to prevent
solid freezing ng.-Exchange
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Oueer Ian sings.

Nearly every shop In Japan for the
sale Of foreign goods is furnished with
a sign in a foreign language. No mat
ter whether the language is intelligi-
BILE; If 1t Is only in foreign characters
that is enough. Many of these signs
are a study: 1.-The all countries Boot
and Shot Small or Fine Wares" "Old
Curious;" Horseshoe maker instruct
by French horse leech;" "Cur Hair
Shop;" "If you want sell watch, l will
buy; If you want buy watch, l will
sell Yes,, sir, we will, all will. Come
at my show. Matchmaker" Halter
Native Country" 1.-The Hause Build
for the manufacture of all and best
kind of Hats
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Apple Scab Fungus.

A cold, damp season seems to be, fa-
vorable to the development Of apple
scab fungus. The scab is one of the
diseases that are most effectually and
profitably treated by spraying with
bordeaux mixture.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01

1t is probably woman's funny bone
that makes her laugh in her sleeve.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Live stock at st. Loui. Fair.

Live stock exhibitors in each breed
class at the Worlds Fair will receive
senior champion prize and Junior
champion prize for males and females,
and a reserve champion award will
follow in four classes. Competition for
the senior championships will be linn
tied to mature animals, and young
males and females only will compete
for the Junior champion prizes. Pros
pective exhibitors express themselves
as highly pleased with the plan OF
Chief Coburn of providing for more
equitable method of awarding cham
pionship prizes and thus increasing
the number of honors.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
A Trick with Figures.

Ask friend to put down four fig
ures which you are not supposed to
see. Let him add these up and sub
tract the sum from the original figures.
Then let him strike out any figure in
the result and tell you the sum of the
remaining figures. You can instantly
tell him what figure he struck out. The
modus operandl is easy and depends
on the esoteric qualities of 8. He puts
down, say, 7,428. Add up these figures
-21, which subtract and get 7,4O7.
Cross out, say, Z This leaves the sum
Of the remaining figures II, which he
announces. Mentally subtract II from
the next highest multiple of 8, which
is 1S, and you get I. which was the
figure crossed out.
Inherited.
whats patrimony, papaT' asked
little Dan.
"Patrimony, my DEAR" replied papa,
sis something inherited from the faith
err"
"Why, then" exclaimed Dan. mat
rimony must be something inherited
from the mother, isn't it?''
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Another Toneue Twiste,

AHOtHer 1OuSue IW1stcrs
How much wood could a woodchuck
chuck, If a woodcnuck could chuck
wood?
Just as much wood rs woodchuck
could, if a Woodchuck could chuck
wood.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01
Ta1lest on Earth.

Ta11est on Earth.
In comparative table Of stature, ar
ranged according to nationalities, the
United States Indian stands higher
than any other race of the world,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01

You can't satisfy Mr.. Fool.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-01

hold B to G at bottom. I have found
it very handy on bad day, for one
can set it in some building to hang the
hogs on; it is also handy to hang
sheep on to butcher.-Charles e. Cum
Minis, in Ohio Farmer
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1903-03-01
Questions About Canadian Bank.

A subscriber from Caribou, propountlng
qnsstlons, writes the Alaskan as follows:
I. ia chartered bank 10 Clnlda should
fall, are the notes Of that bank ussless3
2. Are the bank notes Of a private bank
usslsss2
J. Do private banks issue their own
notes?
4. VIVA, Is the difference between q
priya,s bank and a chartered blnk2
5. VIA, Is the difference between the
Dominion bank Of Canada and other
Canadian banks.
I. No. All Of the banksof Canada are
mutually responsible 10 securing the re-
spsctiys dspositors Of slch ana In gulrar-
tssing the liquidation Of an Canadian bant
notes to the extent Of I'VE per cent Of the
capitalization Of all the banks Of Canada.
Every chartered bunk mus, keep deposited
With the government I'VE per cent Of lis
eapltAliz itlon. In the event Of the failure
Of a chartered Canadian bank, rs notes
must Be redeemed from this fund which
nav Be reimbursed from by legally liquid
atlng the affairs Of the concern, as svsrv
stockholdlr Of a chartered CinadIln bank
Is personally responsible TO the banks
creditors 10 twice the amount Of his share.
holding,
!. Private banks are forbidden to issue
bank notes.
}. No.
4. A private bank IS one with a capital
lza,lon Of less than s2so,ooo AMI nav be
only conducted as a private under, king BY
an Individual or a comp nv AMI Is re-
strletsd from the privileges Of Issuing rotss
or Of InsurinE its depOsi,Ors and ks
creditors through the chartered bank plan
Is mentioned 10 the answer 10 the FRS,
QUESTION,
5, The Dominion bank Of Cinada IS
simply one Of this Canadian chartered
banks.
Canadian bank regulations are yolumln-
Gus. Succeeding parllamsnts have sur
rounded banking with additional safe
guards to depOsllors and note holders and
within latter wears banking conditions
have changed In vsrv many respects Il not
radically.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1903-03-01
KOYUKUK
Stratas of False Bedrock
Bear Gold.

Edward Mayer received a letter from his
son In the Koyukuk BY the last mall
Ills sou has spent thrss years In the eoun-
try and fully believes 10 It's psrmaneneY
and richness. He has several claims
whle.. prospect splsndldlv and from which,
during the developing stage, he has not
only been aDls to make expenses, but to
send money outside. Last year he took
out $3.50 nsgE't, and since that time he
has Teen continuously finding nuggets
weighing from 81 to t2S. All Of thssa
we're taken from layers Of false bedrock,
encountered at irregular distances during .
sinking Of IS feet, the present lowest depth
which he has reached, andiwhleh he be-
Ilsyss to b very near bedrock. His claim
IS on Big -Four creek.