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The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

of the Brazos north to Abilene, and
dependent upon the resources of this
hen ranch" whose fame was spread
abroad throughout the land. Saved
by the surprising grace of pie and
chicken fixings," the hating place
chosen for so slight reason by Buford
and his family had become perma-
nent abode, known gratefully TO many
travellers and productive of more than
a living for those who had estab-
lished it. 1t was, after all, the finan-
cial genius of Aunt Lucy, accustomed
all her life to culinary problems, that
had foreseen profit in eggs and chick
ems when she noted the exalted joy
with which the hungry COW punchers
fell upon a meal of this sort after a
season of salt pork. tough beef and
Dutch-oyen bread.
At first Major Buford rebelled at the
thought Of inkeeping. His family had
kept open house before the war, and
he came from a land where the
thoughts of hospitality and of price
were not to be mentioned in the same
day. Yet he was in a region where
each man did many things, the first
that thing which seemed nearest at
hand to be done.
From the Halfway House south TO
the Red River there was nothing edi-
bic. And over this Red River there
came now swarming uncounted tbau-
sands of broad-horned cattle, dri, en-
by many bodies of hardy, sunburned.
beweaponed, hungry men. At Ellis
Vile, now rapidly becoming an inn
portant cattle market, the hotel &C
commodations were more pretentious
than comfortable, and many a COW
man who had sat at the board of the
Halfway House going up the trail.
would mount his horse and ride back
twenty-five miles for dinner. Such are
the attractions OF corn bread and
chicken when prepared by the hands
of real genius gone astray on this
much miscooked world.
Thus the little Southern family
quickly found itself possessed of a
definite. profitable and growing bust
ness.
Buford was soon able to employ aid
in making his improvements. He
constructed a large dugout, after the
fashion Of the dwelling most com
mon IN the country at that time. This
manner Of dwelling, practically a roof
ed-oyer cellar. its side walls showing
but few feet above the level Of the
earth, had been discovered to be a
very practical and comfortable form
of living place by those settlers who
found a region practically barren OF
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
Why Soils Fail.

An impression is abroad to the eff.
feet that all a man has to do to find
out about his soil is to send it to an ex.
pertinent station and have it analysed
1t is thought that the chemist cas- put
1t into some kind of machine, pass il
through some kind of a quick-acting
process and be at once able to read
the whole story of the soils fertility.
This is not possible. Soil analysis is
a long process and also an expensive
one, as it takes the time of high.
priced men. Often these men are in.
structors, who have many other du
ties in addition to those relating tc
soil analysis A single experiment
station could analyze but few samples
in year, compared with the number
OF farms in the state. After the analy.
sis, the owner would know little more
about his soil than he did before.
The chemical analysis shows what
are the constituents of the soil, but
1t does not show the proportion avail
able for plant food Much of the fer
tlity shown by the analysis was
ioShCu up III an lnSOluDle form and
would have been released only after
long periods of time. Moreover the
truth does not come out as to the
ability of the soil under certain con
dltlons, nor the amount of humus pres.
ent. Soils fail to produce crops even
when they have in them an abundant
supply of plant food. One crop NAV
be failure because the acidity of the
soil is too great, while another cror
may fail because the land is too wet
One soil may be unproductive because
the humus has been worked out of il
in half century's tillage, permitting
the ground to bake hard in the dry
time of summer
The farmer that would make a living
off from land that is inclined not 10
give him large crops, has many prob
lens to study. If he solves the prob
lens Alright he may bring his land ur
to state of great productiveness.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

essence Of vital stsmxlus Tan ana
shspely. radiant. not yet twenty three
years OF age, and mistress Of earth's
best blessing. perfect health-hov
could Mary Ellen be sad?
Chick chick chick checked" she
called, bending over the fence OF the
chicken yard. Chick. chick, chick"
I'm be thah treckly wifi Their feed.
Miss May Ellen" called out Aunt
Lucy from the kitchen. And pres
emily she emerged and joined her
mistress at the corral.
Aunt Lucy" said Mary Ellen, do
you suppose we could ever raise a
garden? | was thinking, If we had a
few peas, or beans, or things like that.
you know"
"Uh-huh,"
And do you suppose a rose bush
would grow-a real rose bush, over
by the side of the house?"
Law, no, chile, whut you talkin'
bout? Nothin' hain't goin' to grow
yer. 'lessn hits a little broom cohn,
er some O. that alfalafew, er that soht
er things. Few beans might. ef we
wortered 'em. My LAM" with a sud-
den interest, as she grasped the
thought, "whut could | git fer right
fraish beans, real string beans, | does
wondeh! Sakes, eff | cd hev string
beans an apple pies, shoh1y cd
make er foh'tune, right quick. String
beans-why law, chile,"
Wen have to think about this gar
den question some day" said Mary
Ellen. She leaned against the corral
post, looking out OVER the wide ex-
panse of the prairie round about. Are
those our antelope out there, Lucy?"
she asked, pointing out with care the
few tiny objects, thin and knifelike,
crowned with short black forking tips,
which showed up against the sky line
on distant ridge. II think they must
be. l haven't noticed them for quite
a while"
'Yass'm," said Aunt Lucy, after a
judicial look. Them blame I'll goats.
Thass um. | wish't they all wuzn't SO
mighty peart an KNOWN all Their
time, so'st Majah Buford he cd git
one o. them now an then fer to eat.
| member mighty well how Cap'n
Franklin sent us down err quarter o.
an'lope. Mighty fine meat, hit wuz."
''Er-Miss May Ellen" began Aunt
Lucy presently, and apparently with a
certain reservation.
"Yes?"
ITO bo continued
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
GOT THERE AT LAST.
Presidents Messenger Long Delayed
by Senatorial Courtesy"

One of the prerogatives of United
States senator is that when he steps
aboard an elevator in the senate wing
of the capitol he is carried immedi-
ately to his destination, no matter in
which direction the elevator may be
bound or who may be aboard. Three
rings of the bell indicate that a sena-
tor wants to ride, and the conductor
loses no time in responding to the
call
One day last week Mr.. Barnes, the
assistant secretary to the president,
stepped aboard a senate elevator
from the ground floor. In a portfolio
under his arm he carried a message
from the president of the United
States to the Congress.
Senate floor" said Mr.. Barnes, as
the conductor shut the door,
Just then there were three rings Of
the bell and the Indicator showed that
2 senator wanted to be lifted out of
the terrace The elevator went down
instead of up, and Mr.. Barnes went
along. The senator in the terrace
only wanted to go to the ground floor.
AS he stepped off, however, there was
another senatorial ring from the ter
race. The senator wanted to go TO
the gallary floor, and the elevator
went there without stopping AS the
car started down there wen. three
rings from the ground floor. ard again
the car failed 10 stop at the destina-
ton of the presidents secretary. For
tunately for Mr.. Barnes, this senator
wanted TO get OF at the senate floor.
and the congress, sitter long delay, re-
ceived the message from the presL
dept-wsshiugto Post
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
CHAPTER XVI.
The Hallway House.

the 1dlfWsy rouse.
Miss May Ellen cried Aunt Lucy.
thrusting her head in at the door.
'oh, Miss May Ellen. | wish't you'd
come out yer right quick They's two
o. them prai' dogs out yer achasin'
ouah hens agin-nasty, dirty thingsl"
Very well. Lucy" called out a
voice in answer. Mary Ellen arose
from her seat near the window.
whence she had been gazing out over
the wide. fiat prairie lands and at the
blue, unwmking sky. Gathering each
bit of stick, she and Aunt Lucy
drove away the two grinning daylight
thieves, as they had done dozens of
times before their kin, all eager for a
taste of this new feathered game that
had come in upon the range. With
plenteous words of admonition. the
two corralled the excited but terror
stricken speckled hen, which had been
the occasion of the trouble. driving
her back within the gates of the in
closure they had found a necessity for
the preservation of the fowls of their
chen ranch"
TITS that same Domineck. isn't il.
Lucy?" said Mary Ellen, leaning over
the fence and gazing at the fowls.
"Yess IN, that same ole hen. blame
her fool soull She's mo- bother'n
she's wuf. We kin git two dollahs
fer her cooked, an seems like longs
she's erlive she bound fer ter keep
me chasin' 'roun after her. clare.
she jest keep the whole lot o. ouah
chickens wore down to a FRAGILE. she
traipsin 'roun' all the time, an them
a-follerin' her. An, of co'se," she
added argumentatively, 1--WE all got to
keep up the reputation O. ouah cook
in. | kain't ask these yer men a
dollah meal-not fer no lean ole hen
wifi no meat ontoe her bones-no.
ma am"
Aunt Lucy spoke with professional
pride and with certain right to au.
thority. The reputation of the Half.
way House ran from the Double Forks
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
Fowl Meadow Grass.
(Poa Serotina.)

This grass is also known as False
Redtop. II is very common in the
United States and is best adapted to
wet meadows and the banks of
streams. 1t is a perennial grass and
had its origin in Germany This
grass has been grown in England for
at least $50 years. It makes a nice
hay and will stand for a long time
after being ripe without greatly deter
iorating. 1t never grows so coarse
that the stalk is not tender and the
hay made from it is eaten without
waste. 1t thrives best when mixed
with other grasses. This grass is
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
The Hillside Orchard.

In regard to our brother farmer
who is thinking of setting
his hillside grass land to APP
pie trees, would say: Pillow the land
and put it in good shape as early in
the spring as the ground is friable.
Set the trees and then for at least
three years use an abundance of we'll
rotted barnyard manure Each year
cultivate the trees well till near the
middle of July. Then SOW the land to
COW peas and then turn them under
after the frost has killed the vines.
The vines will help TO keep the land
from washing and will furnish food
for the trees. Plenty of cultivation
and food is what the trees WANT.
w Griffith, Union Co., ILL.,
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

The Chicago superintendent Of
schools is annoyed because a woman
has been trying to work off on him az
infallible cure for cold feet, which
she says are the source Of all our ills.
Perhaps he is looking for a panacea
against cold hands.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Kaiser Wilhelm has employed a
man with a divining rod to find water
IL Africa. He would not run such a
risk of disappointment If he employed
man with a nickel to find a saloon.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Young John Rockefeller comes to
the front with the novel observation
that everybody ought to live within
his income. Well, we are certainly
living within his income
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

The question Of jury service for the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com
pany of Boston might properly depend
on the results of a test as to whether
the ancients and honorables are wet
or dry.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

John Gazics of New York fell sew.
enty-hve feet, off the Palisades He
landed in tree, and lives. There are
those who are willing to bet he can't
do 1t again.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Most Of us love work. but still the
fact that we had overlooked a few
chores would hardly enable a hypnot
list to recall us from the brink of the
grave.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

New Jersey is thinking of revoking
the charter of the Standard Oil com
rany, always reserving, of course, the
right to have another think after con.
sultation with % Broadway
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

At Hotel Cecil, in London, brandy
over 100 years old is sold to guests
regularly. This proves that after all
that has been said an Englishman can
keep a bottle a good deal longer than
an American can.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
The Largest Horse.

1t is said that the lareesr
horse in the United STATE
is Royal Prince. who was raised 10
Crawford county Pa. He is a dapple
gray, stands nearly seven feet bigb
at the shoulder, weighs $500 mounds
when fat, wears No. 30 collar ara
No, shoe, and is very finely FRO.
portioned.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

1t is to be hoped that the news that
an American cornet player is receiv
ing $500 a week in Paris won't start
the man next door to practicing here.
after double time.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

A loathly contemporary says that
schoolmarms are homely, and that is
why they stay schoolmarms. Not only
is he preyaricator, but the teachers
out his way are not unionized. One
more such remark and they will be.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Plants are said to have feelings
How do you suppose a rose plant feels
when 1t sees a green artificial rose or
a woman's hat?
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

A correspondent of the New York
Herald tells of the numerous over
checked horses in front of fashionable
churches, and the owners within, pray
ing, have mercy upon US, miserable
sinners" Yes. miserable and unmerc-
iful, too.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

1T is said that in Australia there is
a regular traffic in lending engage
ment rings" Does it lead to short en-.
gagements?
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Richard Croker refuses to go into
English politics. In fact the game
there must look like penny ante to
Richard.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

When man like Count Boni gets
mixed up with Madam Satan" hot
pitch is the only currency in which
the score can be paid
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Judging from the dispatches from
Biarritz, we assume that King Alfonso
is expert in running an automobile
with one hand.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

The Scottish peer who is to marry
Lady Mary Hamilton. with her ST.
100000 year, may not have any mon.
ey, but he is Graham bred.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Old man Giddles wants to know
what's the use of wondering whether
there are people on Mars, when we
can't sell them anything.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Mrs. Theodore Neales of Bitter
Township, Penn. has just presented
her husband with No. II. Is there any
thing in this name Theodore?
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Nine. Humbert has been released
but she has inherited her last fortune.
The old game wouldn't work now ir
an idiot asylum.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Japan admits that the war cost II
s575,000,000, but trusts the world will
note what 1t cost Russia.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

The sorrows Of life are easily over
come. It's the anticipated sorrows OF
our imaginations that overcome us.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

The maple syrup crop is nearly
ruined. A glucose factory burned
down.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

1t would be a terrible thing if Col,
Mann should have to go to Sing Sing.
He would have to shave those whis.
kers
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

II might be all right for American
heiresses to marry titles if it were
not for what goes with the titles.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Wheat grown in warm countries is
soft and makes sticky bread. 1t is
milled chiefly with hard wheat from
colder countries.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Pittsburg man claims that he can
make his hens lay by the use of elec'
tricity. Shocking!
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Sing Sing must 60 say the authori
ties of New York No opposition il
expected from the inmates.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Application for letters patent on q
cigar smoking machine should be re
fused for want Of novelty.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Don't let mites attack the Loo. -
the fowls Prevent this by doctoripe
the legs Of fowls that are affected
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-21
PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY.

Because of the greater interest aroused by his
messages relating to the Panama canal the lap
anese imbroglo at San Francisco and the discharge
OF negro soldiers from service in the army the
idents communication recently laid before con-
gress, in which he deals with the subject of pro-
motions in the navy has not been given the con-
sderation by the public its importance deserves
What the president asks in his message con-
corning the naval personnel is for the abolition of
the present antquated and archaic system of pro-
motion according TO seniority and the establish
ment of system under which ships will be cap
tained by younger men and advancement made TO
the flag rank of captain before officers reach almost
the age for retirement
Because OF the congestion in the lower grades
OF the naval service it is now little short of futile
for an officer to entertain hope of reaching the rank
of captain before he is ffty-hve years OF age In
the British navy man may reach the rank OF cap
tain at thirty-eght, in the Japanese navy at forty
eight, in the German navy at forry-two, in the
French navy at forty-seven.
There admirals in the British navy who are
but torty-hve years old. In the navy of Japan the
flag rank Of captain given the age Of fortyfve
in that OF Germany at hfty-one and that OF France
at hfty-three In the American navy the age at
which the flag rank becomes possible is ifty-nne,
lacking but three years of the retirement age as
fixed by law.
The change advocated by the president and
supported by the secretary OF the navy will not
bring the American navy up TO the standard of the
navies of the other great powers in the matter of
promotions, but there can be no doubt it will work
a great and much-desired improvement over pres
ent conditions.
1t will permit officer TO reach the rank of
captain at forty-eght and the rank of rear admiral
at fifty-hve. Not only will it render possible the
promotion of officers deserving advancement, but it
will also provide the navy with efficient command
ers in grades to which entry is long delayed
and i'll which experience is altogether too brief rem
dered so by the provisions of the present law.
If the country is TO realize that full measure of
benefit from the vast it has expended in build
ing and maintaining strong navy TO which it is
entitled, congress should act promptly and favor
ably the presidents recommendation.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-21
CAPE COD CANAL PROJECT.

Now that Belmont & Co. have become actively
interested in it, there is every reason to believe the
Cape Cod canal project which has been periodical
ly discussed for two hundred years will be pushed
to completion with speed and vigor
The proposed waterway will shorten by sew
enty miles the route between Boston and New
York by way of Long Island sound and il now
seems probable will ultimately form one section in
series of canals and improved sounds and nlets
that will at some time in the future furnish safe
and quick inside course for coastwise commerce
between New England ports and those along the
southern seaboard
While the larger enterprise at present exists
only as tentative proposition, the Cape Cod un-
dertakng is likely to be promptly entered upon and
executed. Next to Cape Hatteras. Cape Cod is the
most perous part OF the Atlantic coast
During the past twenty years as the records
disclose so vessels have been lost off the Massa-
chusetts cape involving the sacrifice of sixty-fve
lives and property to the value of ST. 100000 Fur
thermore it is estimated that more than one-ifth of
all the wrecks along the coast from Maine to Vir-
gSia occur in the Cape Cod section, while shipping
subjected to long and costly delays on account Of
the logs that almost continuously enshroud the
waters off the cape.
1t is the belief of those interested in the canal
project that the saving in distance and the greater
safety OF the route will make it profitable venture
hat they intend to lose no time in entering upon
the work OF construction is indicated by their state
ment that the waterway will be completed and
open to traffic in three years.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-21
ODD THINGS WOMEN DO

Mrs. w. T. Mcdonald of Newman. Ga.
jumped from her buggy with her children
Just as a train swept over the crossing
where her balky mule had stopped. The
mule was killed, the carriage wrecked, but
she and the children escaped.
Miss Miriam f. Read, a prominent So
ciety girl of Maryland, will be married to
John r. Shaw of Pittsburg on Wednesday
evening on the site OF historic Fort Cum
berland on which Emmanuel church,
Cumberland. now stands
Mrs. Marion jerks and her sister, Miss
Victoria Wilcox, two young society women
OF Cleveland have gone into the vaude-
Vile profession. Both are tall and strik-
ingly handsome and are working together
as a team on the boards.
Mrs ]. b f. Reynolds OF Denver has
rescued the Rev. Parry Thomas. an Epis-
copal clergyman, from the insane ward or
the county hospital. He had been confined
there although not insane. She took an in
terest I'm him and he Is now resting at n
Catholic home.
Hazel Yetman a physical culture teach
er under arrest in New Brunswick, n. j.,
on a charge Of stealing a coat, asked the
warden OF the jail to put trapeze In her
cell She said that she was afraid she
would get soft She said she would Ike
TO give boxing lessons also.
A Mrs Edward Eifield Is said to have
WhsHtu the ClOlIlflS oI a utullsl lOI Whoul
she was working, and her husband has
brought a suit for divorce. The husband
testified that she put on rubber gloves
when she washed his clothing. but that
she got tub and soap and washed the
dentists clothing in his office.
Mrs. Bushrer. a scrubwoman in the
school headquarters at Cleveland, o., gave
a we'll cooked beefsteak smothered in
onions to one Of the women clerks at the
building as a wedding present. She could
afford nothing more for the young woman
who had always remembered her on
Christmas and other holidays.
The mother of Herbert Long. H-year-
old boy OF Atlanta. Ga. stood outside
store with a gun in her hands to prevent
the escape Of burglars who were inside
not knowing that one of the burglars was
her little Herbert. His brother telephoned
for the police who found one of the three
inside and finally dragged out Herbert
greatly TO the surprise of Mrs Long.
II won't get up very early tomorrow,
for / am going TO take a long sleep" said
Mrs. Ssllie Berry OF Cincinnati TO her
friends just before she retired for the
night During the night she began the
long sleep from which she was never TO
awaken, for her friends found her dead
the next day.
Mrs. r. overly of Memphis was awak-