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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-10-15
The Robin Not Harmful.

Mrs. G.. w. Douglas, OF Pierce coun-
ty, Wash, adds her experience to the
data accumulated regarding the vari-
GUS birds. She writes: ''The robin
is distinctly American, believe, and
ought to be dear to the heart of ev-
cry American citizen. From Maine
to California our bonnie robin sings
his jolly chirrup-and who can say
that he does not "cheer them up?"
l have always lived upon a ranch and
have run one myself for several years.
I have no complaint to make of the
robin. l have a cherry tree right by
my window and have watched that
one closely. A few robins come early
in the morning and take few cher
ries. Bluejays would come the whole
day long and destroy more than they
ate. The latter eat my peas and
corn, strawberries, beans, potatoes and
eggs, and are not averse to grain for
dessert. I once had wheat near the
house. What the robins took was not
worthy of mention, but bluejays,
pheasants, rabbits and chipmunks
made sad havoc with it, By all means
I would cherish our bonnie robin and
Danish a large portion of bluejays,
hawks and horned Owls-and also the
skunks. These latter will do more
harm in one day or night than the
robin will in month.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-10-15
Strychnine Solves Bird Nuisance.

C. M Beckley, Chehal1s co..
see in the last number of your
paper a communication by Mrs. S. F.
Thompson, telling her troubles with
the blue jay and robin, and thinking
that my experience might be of value
concluded to write it up. l have been
engaged now in general or diversified
farming here in Chehalis county for
ten years and during that time have
had lots of trouble with jays, robins,
crows, skunks and SO forth-in fact,
have never been able in all that time
to raise a strawberry or cherry on &C
count of the robins and squirrels. They
would pick them before | could get
them-and the jays were so neigh
borly that they would come and eat
with the chickens and watch the
nests and help gather the eggs. They
could cheat me all hollow at 1T, too.
The skunks and crows would do the
same, only they were not so bold.
| gave up trying to raise strawber-
ries entirely. 1t was no use; | never
got a berry, neither could | get
cherry, and | cut some of the trees
down and seriously thought OF going
out of the chicken business also. me
upshot of it was that finally | conclud-
ed to try poison. l procured small
quantity of strychnine about the flrst
of last January | dissolved some or
the strychnine in hot water and put
in about a quart of wheat and let 1t
stand over night. The next morning,
before sunrise, | took my medicine
and placed it around on stumps and In
every convenient place | could find
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-10-15
Good Time to Start in Poultry.

Now is the time to make your start
with good chickens if you are not al
ready in the business. If you cannot
afford to buy trio or breeding pen
of pure-bred fowls, then purchase one
or two good males and grade up your
flock. We do not, to be sure, believe
that grades and crosses are as desir-
able as pure-bred stock, but we do be-
lieve that they are much better IMAM
mongrels and that it is great deal
better for the farmer to start breed
ing good stock in this way than not TO
start at all. The young birds will show
a. decided improvement with each sue
ceeding year and in fact, it will take
only two or three years OF caretul
breeding and selection to raise the
merit of the flock up to that OF the
average utility flock of birds.
If males are to be purchased for use
next spring, now is the time to get
them unless you have no suitable place
in which to winter them; and II your
houses are so cold that the combs on
the fowls become frost-bitten, or even
frozen on the coolest nights, you ought
to be compelled to quit raising chick
ems anyway and the worst scrub Hook
in existence is good enough for YOU
Breeders always have number OF
good breeding fowls, both males and
females, for disposal, in the fall, and
offer them at very low prices at this
time, in order to make room for the
young stock just coming on and which
have attained considerable size and
require almost as much room as full
grown fowls by this time.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-10-15
POULTRY INDUSTRY

of road dust is available the fowls
will take care of themselves. II this
is lacking then insect powder must be
used.
IF YOU have a breeding pen from
which the breeders have been turned
out to run on the range it will be
good plan to separate all the well
grown cockerels from the pullets from
now on, before they are any older, as,
if allowed to mature in each others
company without the presence OF hens
or pullets, they will mature much bet
ter and will never learn to fight as
long as they are kept thus by them
selves. Do not neglect to give them
the very best of care, however.
If the moulting hen is we'll cared for
and properly fed she will come through
the trial in good shape and soon settle
down to the business of laying eggs.
The process of moulting can be has
tened a little, but do not try to force
too much. The fowls that are moult-
ing should be kept in rather restricted
quarters, being careful not to put too
many together, and their ration should
be rather scanty. Give them little or
no corn and not much meat. Light
grains in small quantities for the first
two weeks with a little linSeed meal
mixed in will help them along wonder
fully. AS soon as they feel better and
the new coat begins to show, feed
them more heavily and give them
chance on the range where they can
get a variety of seeds and more or
less in the way of insects.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-10-15
Barred Plymouth Rocks

That in breeding and individual merit
are the equal Of any on the market
BRED TO WIN AND BRED TO LAY
Eggs from choicest matings of Pure
Bradley Bros. stock, one setting, $500;
two settings, $500.
E. J. WATSON, Box B, Gold Bar, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-10-15

III. w. I1lman, r. D. 2, Everett, Wash.
Barred and White P. Rock eggs, 81
Pure bred Scotch Collie pups at $40 and
up. either sex.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-10-15
BEGINNERS Should Be Encouraged.


Novices in poultry breeding should
not expect too much at first; too many
people do that, only to be disappointed
at the actual results. 1t is well to re-
member that experience brings its
price in the poultry business as we'll
as elsewhere, and that the beginner
can not reasonably expect to 1mme-
diately successfully cope with his more
experienced brother
No doubt there are many OF our
readers who are now beginning to see
the results of their first seasons work;
and we would like to urge them not to
get discouraged if the roundup of the
young stock does not show such
very large number of choice birds as
they had expected. 1t is sure thing
that you will not have as many as you
| had expected.
The thing to do is to get together
the best you have and lay a solid
foundation for the future. Be willing
| to sacrifice quantity to quality, al
ways. Try to learn just how you pro-
duced your best birds and then store
this knowledge away in your mind for
use next spring when it is again time
to mate up the breeding birds. Do not
let disappointment get the best Of
YOUR enthuSiaSm-remem that pa
thence and perseverance are necessary
in order to accomplish all things worth
while and that it is the ''stayer" who
wins in the end The breeders who,
to-day. are prominent in the poultry
world, didn't gain their prominence in
a single season-it took several years
of hard knocks and continued effort.
There is no danger in introducing
too great a variety into the rations
for young chicks. Every kind of seed
or grain that they will eat may be
given if care is exercised to see that
it is preserving the proper balance
in the makeup of the ration.
The proper place for turkeys is on
the range, but they should be home
every night. If they come home with
full crops, still some dainty little bits
should be given them to keep up the
homecoming habit. The very first
night they fail to come home they
should be gone after. 1t perhaps will
never be repeated again. However, il
allowed to remain away the first time,
it will be much harder to break them
of the habit thus formed.
Poultry houses should be given
thorough cleaning and withdrawing
before cold weather. 1t is well known
that the red mite multiplies very fast,
and once they secure a foothold they
are hard to get rid of. Spraying with
kerosene oil will eXterminate the
pests, but one must do a good job of
the spraying in order to reach every
crack and crevice. The roosts need
to be scrubbed every month, and ev-
cry part of the building whitewashed
every fall and spring. Body and head
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-10-15
TRAP NESTS

Have been used in selecting our breed
ers-White' Wyandotte Cockerels, (des-
cendants of 25O-egg strain) Barred Ply
mouth Rocks, 1SO-egg strain; Buff Leg
horns, 2OO-egg strain. Cockerels and
Pullets, $3.50 each. A few Indian Run
ner ducks and o. I. C. pigs Enclose
stamp for prompt reply Address money
orders to:
John Van FROZEN, Hadlock. washington.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19
From Magrath, Canada

There will be a number visit confer
ence this year. Two will leave Salt
Lake Immediately after conference for
missions. Some of them who leave as
two will return as one. Others will
go to visit relatives. Some will 90 for
conference only and return at once.
Reports from the Magrath people
who are away on-the railroad seem to
be very favorable They will return
home with lots Of cash, and with the
bounteous crop we are having this
this year the prospects are very smi
ing.
Word comes from Jared A. Mercer,
who is attending Normal school at
Calgary, that the country around Cal
gary and between here and there is the
best farming country under the sun.
Some OF the richest farmers and cat
tie men are living there now who
we're pennlless a short time ago or
when they went into that country.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. TuIner will
take in the fair at Cardston September
II and Is.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19
cHURNS ARE STILL USED.
Even in This Day of Creameries,
Butter Is Made in the Old
Fashioned Way.

he chances are zen to one or bet
ter" said woodenware man, that
the butter you buy at the grocery
store now was made in creamery,
for the great bulk OF the butter con-
sumed in this country is now made in
milk establishments. But there is
still some butter made by hand. and
we still sell churns right along.
The greater number of these now
sold are OF the cylinder type, oper-
ated by crank, turning within the
churn a wheel with paddles, some
times like the paddlewheel of a steam
boat; but we still sell, as well, churns
of the oldfashioned dasher type. such
as our grandfathers used, and such as
their grandfathers used before them.
might add that the old-fashoned
dasher churn is still, as 1t has always
been. painted blue.
Who still buys these old style
hand churns in the day of machine
made butter? Why, so to sro X, the
Oldest people. and the me modern.
They are bought by small farm
ers keeping only one or few cows,
who naturally continue to make their
own butter, and who make it, OF
course, with hand churn. Some OF
these farmers might make more but
ter than they would require for their
own use; and the surplus they would
sell, as they would their surplus eggs
to the country store.
And you would find larger farm.
ers, too, farmers perh ns keeping
many cows and selling the bulk o.
their milk to creamery, still con-
tinning to make the butter that the'
needed for themselves and making II
as they have always done, in a han,
churn.
"And such churns are sold to reo
pie living in suburban or co"rtr.
homes and keeping cows, who max
their own butter because they pre-
fer to, anyway, and they are borgh
by various people, everywhere, VIII,
want sweet, or unsalted, butter, ant
make 1t for themselves in hant
churns.
1--WE export churns to the West In
dies and South America and to New
Zealand and Australia and to dairy
ing countries in various other parts o
the world"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19
The Big Shows Coming
Items Of Interest About The Local Opera
House And Its Various Shows.

Jane Cocoran, an actress rising fast
on the ladder of fame, is billed for
Logan, october Bird. Further parti.
culars are not obtalnable.
Chas Il. Hanford is billedto appear
In Logan later in the season. This
Is his 18th annual tour and he is pre-
senting Julius Caesar" and "CymSe-
line"
"Girl or The Streets" with all
special scenery, barrel Of comedy,
lots of specialties and fourteen people,
will be the attraction on Tuesday Sep.
TENDER 18th.
Mr.. Shutter, OF the Pelton & Smut
ger syndicate, will come to Logan in a
few days to look over the local field.
He leaves for Europe shortly In search
OF manuscripts.
THE REPUBLICAN notes that the
press generally speaks highly OF Luella
Morey who comes here in THE Holy
City" Thursday evening. Her work
with the Sardou plays in recent years
has brought her no little fame,
and she is said to excel In this new
play. There is reason to believe that
"The Holy City" will be as it is adver-
tised-"a good show" 1t is present.
ed four nights at the Grand" 10 Salt
Lake.
A press notice says: believing their
public to be more interested In artis-
tic production than in the cost Of
transporting paraphenalia, lie Comte
aud Flesher do not advertise "trains
of cars" or lions OF scenery" yet for
every performance o!"The Holy City "
theatre stages are cleared of all that
is gene rally used and the company
management provides the scenes that
are so beautiful and so universally ex.
tolled. There is no band, no day pa
rade, but audiences find that night
brings evidences of more sumptuous
preparations that is often seen. Miss
Morey has never appeared TO better ad
vantage and critics agree that OF the
many stellar roles In which she has ap
peared for the past ten years, none
furnish such opportunity for thi:
gifted young actress rs does THE
Holy City"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19
GOATS It'd THE MOVING.
In Two Summers the Browsers
Cleared Hillside OF Brush
and Briers.

A flock OF Angora goats were put on
a rocky hill7'de that 1t was desired
to have cleared and gotten into grass,
says writer In Country Life in
America. II was such tangle of
brush and briers that it was difficult
to make way through 1t.
The goats actually ate their way in
until 1t was penetrated with PATH in
all directions. After the leaves with
In reach were eaten they would stand
on their hind feet, with tHeir forefeet
in the branches, and so eAt the leaves
higher up, or, ii the brush was not too
large, would throw their weight
against and bend 1t to the ground,
where others would help strip It OF
its foliage.
The leaves would come ont again
only to be eaten off, then the sprouts
would come from the roots to share
the same fate, until at the end of the
second summer everything in the
shape OF a bush not over elk feet tall
except the pine and laurel, was com
pletely killed. and white clover was
beginning TO appear.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19

MAGRATH, Canada, September IA,
19O6.-The public school is in good
running order under the principal.
ship OF Miss G. NJ. Mcdonald, from
Prince Edward Island. They have
three other teachers at present, and
have secured two more for second the
term commencing Jan, lst.
The Luse Land company have install
led Fred II. Turner, as their agent for
Canadian lands. Their office is locat-
ed in the building adjoining the "Pio.
neer Office and anyone wishing land
in the best country in the world VIII
find Fred there with the goods.
The Agricultural Fair of this year
promises to excel any in this part.
1t will be held next Wednesday Sep
TENDER 90 The directors are busy,
the people are busy and the gardens
are suffering exceedingly. The great
est display of vegetables ever seen will
be on exhibition here in Magrath Sep.
TENDER 20,
A nice rain is refreshing things.and
the whooping cough is about gone so
every one feels good.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19
Passing of the English Inn.

Tourists in England are deploring
the passing of the inn, that homely
and comfortable institution long famed
in English romance and histc y. In
deed, the country and seaside hotels
have lost that distinction which once
attracted Americans and have now
fallen into the commonplace of any
other hosiery. In becoming like all
the rest, the English country hotel has
missed the admirable cooking and ex-
traordlnary cheapness of its continent
al rival Prices have increased with
out reason, 1t is claimed that the
motorist is responsible for this change
of the old to the new and, moreover,
that a greater change Is yet to come.
The country innkeeper is to be awak'
ened to sense of his responsibilities.
That gastronomic horror, the course
dinner" Is to worry incompetent
cooks and dissatisfy cosmopolitan pa
irons and the rustic charm of the inn
will compile rly vanish under It's at
tempt to initiate Clarldge's and other
metropolitan hotels.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19

Manager Emmick was in Salt Lake
city last week and succeeded in max
ing such arrangements that fully two
thirds OF the shows that come to the
Salt Lake Theatre will be presented in
Logan. Manager Emmick says IL is
his intention and that of the syndi.
Gates for which he works to give Lo.
gan the best shows that can be Undue.
ed TO come here, and the recent deal
gives them and ought to give the
people Of this city considerable pleas
ure. The bookings for the Salt Lake
Theatre this year is long list Of
superior attractions and If Logan sue
ceeds in getting two-thirds OF these
the city is indeed fortunate. Emmick
talks like he means business, acts like
a real house manager, and we have no
doubt that he and the house will
make good during the coming season.
Ben Jerome, the composer of the
music Of "The Royal Chef" the big
new Shubert musical comedy which
will be seen at the Thatcher Opera
House on October 18th, tells an inter.
esting story of how he came to write
"Thc Spirit of 10" march, which Is
becoming as famous as any OF the
Sousa twO-steps. Mr.. Jerome is a
thorough American, both in spirit
and intent. Mr.. Jerome happened 10
be in town In Illinois one day when
the home regiment was passing
through on parade with a big military
band preceding It. "The band play.
ed different national airs of America.
l noticed" said Mr.. Jerome, In speak.
ing Of IL, that there was not tune
played by the band which had the
least martial spirit to IL. / thought
to myself what great opportunity
there for fine military march, to the
air OF which the soldier boys could
swing themselves along The need Of
a proper march number became deep
er inculculated In my mind when tn,
next day l saw another regiment al &
nearby town. then and there decid
cd that / would write the much need
| ed march. / went home and for tive
days worked and the result wa
1.-The Spirit Of rs" march. So tina
the soldier boys themselves are re
sponsble for this melody, to the tun
of which l hope they will Otter
march"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19
System Employed by Champagne
Manufacturers Averts Wage
Troubles.

The manufacturers of champagne in
France have adopted palicy which is
an effective preventive of strikes
among their workmen. Thousands OF
men ere employed in the great cham
payne industry, but in recent years
strikes among them have been I'M
known. The employers have discov-
cred a preventive, aid demonstrated
its practicability. This is bonus sys-
TEN, which, to great extent, makes
the interests of the employer those OF
his men, inspires the workmen with
feeling of personal interest in the bust
ness and which prevents them from
taking any step which might endanger
its prosperity
Every employe who merits 1t is paid
annually a bonus in addition to his
wages. The bonus is not made part or
the contract between employer and en-
ploye. but 1t is well understood that en-
ployes who make good records VIII re-
ceiye It, No employee knows what his
standing with the firm is until the day
for paying the bonuses arrives. Each
employee has his record carefully kept,
and upon 1t Lis bonus depends. In ad-
dition to the bonus, the workers in the
champagne industry are provided, SO
far as possible, against the ordinary
Ills of the workingman, due to lack
of funds at times of emergency. They
have ar organization, to which their
employers contribute literally and otn-
erwise encourage. The object OF the
society is to provide mutual help IN
case of sickness or misfortune. Every
members wife to whom child Is born
has her Doctors bill paid and, In add
ton, receives 20 francs -four dollars)
with which TO purchase the infants
first clothing.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19
Quaint Isla~1.

Jethou isls1d, OFF which .;he steamer
Courier foundered, Is by far the small
est of the Channel islands, and boasts
the distinct u of being the smallest
inhabited island in Europe, having,
indeed, only one dwelling house upon
it. 1t has population OF about seven
souls. 1t has no road or pathway or
post. At the last census more than
half the population of the island was
absent, having gone into Guernsey
market with the butter and cream
from the Jethou cows. The weather
became bad, and the visitors had per-
force to remain at Guernsey during
the census time
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19

Civil War Veterans.

Veterans OF the civil war are dying
now at the rate of 100 day, according
to the records of the United States pen
sion Office. The monthly reports for
several months past have shown the
death rate among the Old soldiers to
be in the neighborhood of 5000 a
month Pension officials who have
watched the figures closely and know
the tendency of the death rate are of
the opinion that the number OF dvil
war pensioners has reached the maxi
mum, and that hereafter each succeed
ing month win show a decrease.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19
Proof of Good Judgment.

Hicks-Your wife is mighty sensi-
BILE woman, isn't she?
Wicks-Sure! She married me-
Somerville Journal.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19
Listen

to piano that has been In use for
some time and If it is cheap one you
will hear a Earring sound made by the
"giving" of the string pins or other
important parts of the instrument.
Nothing Of the sort noticeable in
pianos OF our sclling-true tune until
they're literally worn out.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-19
Free! Ere e!

purchased a quantity of neat Vest PocketMem
suitable
Others
line General Shelf and Builders
prices
against anywhere in Everything
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-01
FIRE DESTROYED
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA

The entire business section OF the
town of Fairbanks, Alaska, it is said,
was destroyed by fire, which started in
the Fairbanks building, three story
frame structure. Details of the disaster
are very meager, but it is feared that
the food supply of the town has been
destroyed and great suffering may re-
suit.
Nothing was left standing in the
section lying between the water front
and Third avenue and Stacey and Tur-
ner streets. The work of the fire fighters
was centered on the block of ware
houses owned by the Northern Com
mercial company in order to prteoct
the food supply of the town, and the
result is still in doubt.
The loss is estimated at a million
dollars and it is announced that the
heavier business interests of the town
are already planning to rebuild. No
lives were lost.
The Undergraduates bank burn
ed. The flames crossed First and Sec
ond avenues and rushed up Cushman
street with great speed. The National
bank was doomed when the first dis
patch was sent.