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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15

two long steel blades mounted upon a
strong framework carried upon wheels.
The long shears-like blades are set to
cut the roots of the plants just beneath
the surface of the ground. Above these
blades guard rods or guide rods are SO
arranged as to move from their origi-
nal positions the plants whose roots
have been severed, and since the i'm
plement Is designed to cut two rows of
beans across the field the plants of two
rows are thrown together in a single
windrow. This clears a space for the
passage Of one of the animals in the
team, so that it is necessary for only
one to pass through the standing crop,
thus decreasing the amount of loss by
ehelling which would result from both
animals being driven through the
standing crop.
After the plants are thrown together
by the harvester it is customary for
men with ordinary pitchforks to follow
the harvester and place the beans in
small heaps to cure for several days
before storing them in barns or sheds
for thrashing. In some instances where
the work is done upon a very exten
sive scale and where the loss from
shelling is not considered sufficient to
justify the employment of hand labor
for punching the beans with forks an
ordinary horse rake is employed for the
purpose.
Where the beans are to remain for
longer period and to become more
thoroughly cured in the field and
L
entirely by hand the crop is frequent
ly placed in shocks which are built
about pole four or five feet in height,
both ends Of which have been sharp
ened and one end placed firmly in the
ground. A small quantity of straw.
grass or other material is placed
around the base of the stake and the
beans as they are pulled and are piled
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Farmers.

Read the "Weekly Oregonian" of Port
general news of the world. also for in
formation about how to obtain the best
results in cultivating the soil, stock reis.
ing. fruit raising, etc.
You can secure both OF these excellent
papers for one year by paying to the
Corvallis Gazette" the sum of two dol
lars and fifty cents, in advance. Remit
the money by postofice order or bank
draft and these most valuable papers will
be promptly mailed to you. s3tf
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
PIGEON HINTS.
Some Suggestions For Breeders of the
Eeathered Beauties

SdtuGTSd 0SduAiSS.
Don't neglect the drinking water at
this season of the, year, and have it
fresh for the birds every day. During
the cold weather add a pinch of cay
enne pepper to the drinking water,
which will not only warm the birds up,
but will prove very beneficial.
Whole corn fed shortly before dusk
during the cold winter months will aid
In keeping the birds warm and com
Portable during the cold nights, and
as homing pigeons are not used fol
Tying during the winter months the
additional flesh that corn will put OF
the birds can easily be reduced in tho
spring by few days hard flying.
e.. Grit should not be overlooked during
the cold weather, when the birds ars
kept in confinement and the ground ii
frozen too hard to permit them to picl
up the necessary ingredients for the
purpose of properly digesting their
food; hence we must provide plenty o.
good sharp grit for our pets.
Don't allow the birds to bathe often
er than once week during cold weatt+
er, as the dangers of their catching
cold are too numerous for the benefits
and pleasure the birds derive from it,
and, in my opinion, bath oftener than
once a week during the cold weather
would be penny wise and pound fool
ish."
Provide plenty of perches for the
birds so that none will remain hud-
died up on the floor or in corners sub
ject to a draft of cold air, which
will result in a case of roup, canker
or consumption.
Keep an eye on the birds in general
and remove the first one that shows
symptoms of disease of any nature, as
its presence among the flock will prove
an expensive experience to our care
lessness, and, besides, "an ounce of
prevention is worth more than pound
of cure" especially to pigeon fanciers.
Go through the loft with the cour-
age and heart Of a lion and get rid of
all birds that are not fit to be fed dur
ing the winter, as a good bird will eat
no more than an inferior one, and the
money saved from feed on an inferior
bird will soon buy full blooded speci-
men. Have no mercy on a cheap, in
ferior specimen.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
BEAN HARVESTER.

around the pole until a compact minia.
ture stack about four or five feet
high is formed. The operation is very
similar to the common practice fol-
lowed by growers Of peanuts in stack
ting and curing. The curing process in
any case is carried far enough to pre-
vent the vines molding after storing
them in the farm prior to thrashing.
If the vines are thoroughly ripened in
the field before harvesting they can be
stored in from two to three days If the
weather is satisfactory.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
When a Child Has Commissions.

The first thing to do after send
ing for the doctor when a child has
convulsions is to plunge the little
one up to the neck in bath of hot
water, but remember that the water
must not be too hot. Test it with
your elbow, which is not as hard as
your hand. When the heat is right
for your elbow it will not hurt the
baby. The child's head should be
sponged also with cold water. AS
soon as the little one is able to swal-
low give small dose of castor oil.
This helps to remove blood pressure
from the brain.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
A Most Worthy Article.

When an article has been on the mar.
ket for years and gains friends every
year, it is safe to call this medicine a
worthy one. Such Is Ballard's Hore-
hound Syrup. 1t positively cures coughs
and all Pulmonary diseases. One of tho
known merchants in Mobile, Ala, says.
''For five years my family has not been
troubled with the winter coughs. We
owe this to Ballads HorehouDd Syrup.
l know it has saved my children from
many sick SPELLS" Sold by Graham 4
Wortham.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
THE TOAD.
Ms Eyes and its Venom and The
Changing of Its Skin.


'Moving slowly through the long
grass is a small, rough skinsed crea-
.ture, almost the color of4the earth
that shows at the roots of the
trees writes nature observer. cit
is a toad just emerged, somewhat
tardily, from his winter hiding
place "a hole about as big as him
self) and only now awake to ex-
ternal influences. LetharG;c and
sleepy though he is, he is quite suf-
fciently alert to know that I am
looking at him and wondering to
see how his skin has lost all its color
from the long absence of the light.
It is hardly possible to trace any
shade of olive green and dusky yel-
low. or ashen gray and brown upon
the warty surface of his back. And
the darker markings which some
times form irregular bands over the
back and legs are merged into the
general dullness and dustiness of
the soil which has covered him for
so long. AS a rule, toads and frogs
and other alternating animals are
seen in the open as soon as the first
warm days Of spring restore their
lowered temperature.
"Some people wonder what
Shakespeare meant by the precious
jewel in its head The brilliant
ewes with their yellow rings, like a
gold setting to the onyx, are as
gems laid upon its head. Wonder
full eyes they are in their range of
vision and able to see meal worms
placed to the rear fan quicker than
when some distance ahead. The
venom of the toad, which is an
acrid, milky fluid concealed in the
glands at the back of the head, has
been many times described by nat
uralists as harmless unless it
touches some abrasion of the skin,
when it causes local irritation. But
though not particularly virulent
when swallowed by another animal,
yet injected into wound it is very
active and causes liberation and all
the symptoms of irritant poisoning.
A dog which has once seized toad
and tasted this bitter fluid and
burnt his tongue will never attack
one again. Snakes will starve rath-
er than swallow a toad.
During the warm weather the
skin is sloughed, and the ponderous
toad shakes off the thin film that
covers him and emerges in a new
skin, fresh and bright. So also do
the frogs change their skins in the
course Of the summer, assisting in
the process themselves. The old
cuticle divides down the center of
the back and the two halves grad
ually fold and recede farther and
farther from the center. By con-
tinued twitching the folds are
brought down the sides, and then
the hinder legs, first one and then
the other, are brought forward un-
der the arm, which presses down
upon it and thus draws off the old
skin inside out"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Diphtheria Cure.

At the first indications of diph-
liberia in the throat of child make
the room close. Take tin cup and
put into it a quantity of tar and
turpentine, equal parts. Then hold
the cup over fire, so as to fill the
room with fumes. The little pa
tient on inhaling the fumes will
cough up and spit out all the mem
branous matter and the diphtheria
will pass out. The fumes of the tar
and turpentine loosen the matter in
the throat and thus afford the re-
lief that has baff1ed the skill of ply
sicians.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
To Cure Feather Pulling.

Mix a teaspoonful of extract of aloes
with half cup of lard and apply this
ointment to the affected parts. The
bitter taste will discourage the feather
pullers. If the birds are closely con-
fined you may find it necessary to use
poultry bits. These are small wire
bits which can be attached to the up
per mandible and will prevent feather
pulling. They can be had of almost
all poultry supply dealers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office,

hoseburg, oregon, July 80, 1907.
Notice: is hereby given that in COR pIapce with
the provisions Of the Act of Congress of Jure j
1873 entitled IAN Act for the sale of timber lands In
the states of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Wash.
ington Territory" extended to ell Public Land
States by act Of August 4. 1892 Lydia j. Hawiey Of
this office April 4, 1907. her sworn statement No
s4o5 for the purchase of the Southwest quarter Of
section No. in Township No. Is, South of Range
that the land sought is valuable for its timber
or stone thar for agricultural purposes and to e.
tablsh her claim to said land before W. ". Calkns
U. s. Commissioner, at his office in Eugene, Oregon
on Monday, the 4th day of November, 1907
She names witnesses: Leonidas H. Hawiey OF
Monroe Oregon, and Sam Bowen, Alfred RycraH
and NJ. r. Ry craft, all OF Alsea. Oregon.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely the above
described lands requested TO file their claims in
1907.
BENJAMIN l. EDDY, Register,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has
the Last Will and Testament and estate of Marv
A. Moore, deceased. by the county Court Of the
State of Oregon for Benton County, sitting In
probate. All persons having claims against said
estate required to present the same duly veri-
fed, to me at nv residence in Corvallis, Oregon.
or at the law Office of E Hogate in Corvallis. Orc,
gon within six months from the date of the FIRST
publication Of this notice.
Dated at Corvallis, Oregon, this 24th day Of
September, 1907.
79tf MINOR SwIcK Executor,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Lest We

Forget-Baby is restless, can't sleep at
night, won't eat. cries spaemodically.
A bottle of Whites Cream Vermifuge
never fails to cure. Every mother should
give her baby Whites Cream Vermifuge.
So many times when the baby is pale
and fretfu1, the mother does not know
what to do. A bottle of this medicine
would bring color to his cheeks and
laughter to his eyes. Give it trial.
Sold by Graham & Wortham.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
julius Caesar

Was a man of nerve, but sickness left
its msrk and he became aged before his
tire: Sickaess is often caused by tor
pid liver. Herbine will regulate your
liver and give you health. Mrs. Carrie
Austin. Hollon, Kansas, writes: 81 con-
slider Herbine the best medicine l ever
heard of am never without it." Sold
by Graham & Wortham.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Didn't Know the Dialect.

It is probably fairy tale, but
nevertheless it is told that Andrew
Carnegie had just emerged from the
White House when he was ap-
preached by a newspaper man.
"What did the president say to
you, Mr.. Carnegie?" questioned the
reporter.
FtHoot, mon, gang awa'p' answer
ed the ironmaster in the language
of his boyhood.
eyes, said the reporter, Fsand I
see you went away, but did you
hoot ?" Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Notice to Creditors.

In the County Court of the State of Oregon for
Benton County: In the N after of the estate of
Jesse M, Gilstrap, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that J. P. Hummer has
heen appointed Administrator of the estate of
Jesse M. Gilstrap, deceased. All persons hayip.
claims against said estate hereby required 70
present the same duly veri If ed by law required
to the undersigned at Philomath, Benton County
Oregon, or at the office of ]. F. Yates at Corvallis
Benton County, Oregon, within six months from
this date.
Dated September, 20, 1e0T
1888 Up. HUMMER.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Boiled Ribs of Beef.

Take the middle of the flat ribs
of beef, stew until the meat is ten
der and the bones slip out easily,
using just water enough to cover
the meat, to which a bouquet of
sweet herbs has been added. Take
up the meat and herbs. Set the
liquor away to cool, remove the fat.
Add to this gravy diced carrots,
turnips, celery and six small onions.
Cook until tender. Thicken the
gravy with a little -four, put the
beef back into it to warm and serve.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Poultry lndustry's Aids.

= The Western Poultry Journal be-
neves that 1.-The incubator. brooder,
spray pump, liquid lice killer and dry
chick feeds have been the greatest
aids in the advancement made by the
poultry industry"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Apron of Handkerehiefs.

Obtain two large size handker-
chiefs. From one cut corner about
seven inches. Then gather the part
that is cut. The other handkerchief
can be cut up for the band and
strings. The corner cut from the
first handkerchief can be sewed on
the right hand side of the apron for
a small sized pocket.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Baked Apple Jelly,

Fill two quart granite or earth
en- dish with alternate layers OF
sliced tart apples and sugar. Bake
three hours, closely covered. This
is delicious and should turn out a
solid pink jelly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Raisina Phea.ants on Chick

Pheasants are considered hard to
raise. They are certainly harder to
rear than chickens. They are being
successfully raised now on chick food.
Formerly it was considered necessary
to feed them on maggots; but this has
been proved to be a fallacy. Golden
are most common and are considered
one of the most hardy varieties.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Hens on Range.

When hens are on range, the amount
Of food they get is an unknown quanti-
ty, and as they are sure Of exercise
enough. it is usually safe to feed them
all they will eat. Feed but twice
day. Give in the morning as much of
either mash or grain as they will eat
clean and go foraging after eating. In
the evening give them all they will eat
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Sore Throat Garele.

Strong sage tea, one-half pint;
strained honey, common salt and
strong vinegar, of each two table
spoonfuls; cayenne, pulverized, one
rounding teaspoonful. Steep the
cayenne with the sage, strain, mix
them and bottle for use. Gargle
from four to a dozen times daily,
according to the severity of the
case.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Cement For China.

Take a very thick solution of
gum arabic in water and stir in
plaster of paris until the mixture is
of proper consistency. Apply with
a brush to the fractured edges, stick
them together and in three days
time the article will not break in
the same place.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Keep Chicks on the Grass.

1t may be handy to throw scraps out
at the kitchen door or window, but
this practice makes a nuisance of the
chickens if the yard fence is not chick
en- proof. They loaf around the back
door waiting for few crumbs and do
not grow SO fast as they would rang
ing green fields, picking up the dainties
nature so generously provides at this
season.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Mustard Sauce.

Blend over hot water six table
spoonfuls of mixed mustard, six ta-
blespoonfuls of cream, six table
spoonfuls of melted butter, a salt
spoonful of salt and dusting of pa
prika.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Not Appreciated.

do you keep anything from your
wife ?"
"Well," answered Mr.. Meekton,
81 try to tell her everything. But
she finds my conversation so dull
that she generally goes to sleep be-
fore am half through" Washing
ton Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Cleansing Fluid.

For yellow or grimy things make
an emulsion of kerosene, clear lime
water and turpentine in equal parts.
Shake them together until creamy,
and then add a cupful to a boilerful
of clothes and boil for half an hour.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15

The airship inventor was puzzled.
of I could manage to apply the
hot air 1 talk about my machine to
the machine itself I'd fly, all right, "
he added.
But he couldn't.-Brooklyn Life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Not Posted.

GLANDS up!" said the footpad.
"And if / refuse?" queried the
belated pedestrian.
"Well, in that case" resumed the
footpad, 81 can only say that you
don't know the rules of the game.
I decline to negotiate with one so
grossly ignorant. Good night, sir"
Philadelphia Ledger.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Whitewash Hints.

If one pint of wheat flour is made
into thin cooked paste and added
to each pailful of whitewash the
whitewash will not rub off easily.
Add to this small quantity of car
bolic acid and it will purify the cel
lars and dairies where used, keeping
down all musty odors that might
taint the milk and butter.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Some New EnoIand Dairvmen.

Not 4 few New England dairymen
are so favorably located and have so
much skill that they get an advance
above the ruling price for an article Of
extra quality.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
She Won Out.

Her-Before her marriage Grace
was a girl with a mission.
Him-What was her mission?
Her-To marry a man with a
mansion-and she won out. - St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
An Excellent Start,

eDumley says he thinks he'll go
in for yachting this summer. He's
more than half equipped already"
"Got the yacht, has hep"
'No, the clothes" New York
Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15

Wheat is the best all round feed for
the hens. But they need something
besides wheat after all.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Disproved.

Mrs. Newpop- Shakespeare said
that 'sgood luck lies in odd num-
bers."
Mr.. Newpop-But his wife never
blessed him with triplets.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
Not the Original Amount.

FHer face is her fortune, isn't
it?"
eyes, and she's raised the check
too"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15
T arm ana
Garden
FIELD BEAN CROP.
Harvester That Throws Two Rows Into
Single Windrow.
BY i. c. CORBETT.

BY L. c. CORBETT
For MAN. years the handling of hoe
crops. such as field beans. upon an ex-
tensive scale was impossible because
Of the great amount of hand labor nee
essary to gather the crop. Within re-
cent years. however, labor saving de-
vices have been invented, SO that now
the once laborious practice of hand
pulling individual plants can be done
away with by the use of a bean har-
vestes.
This implement is built on the princi-
pie of a pair of shears and consists of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-15

Dr.. chiropodist and His Sign.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-23

When you start to read Satan San
derson," Halle Erminie Rives' latest
novel, published by the Bobbs-Merrill
Company, Indianapolis, you should be
sure that you are in shape for pro-
tracted reading Spree" for the inter-
est is such that you will in all proba
bility find it impossible to lay aside
this fascinating story until you have
reached the final page. The charac-
tiers are forcibly drawn, the action OF
the plot moves swiftly, and one seems
to walk and talk with the characters
so vivid is the word picturing of Miss
Rives. The physical resemblance OF
two men causes no end of misunder
standing and misery, and from the mo
ment of the automobile accident il
which one loses his identity, until the
time when he is saved from dis
grace and possible death by a repent
ant and dying man who so closely re
sembles him in general appearance
one is kept guessing as to the final
outcome Satan Sanderson" is well
worth the time spent in its perusal.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-23
AFFLICTED ONLY AT TIMES.
Good Reason for Capt. Bascomb's In
termittent Hearing.

When Capt. Bascomb had left his
old friend, Capt. Somers, and the new
school teacher sitting on the south
porch, and had disappeared down the
road, the young woman spoke OF him
with some curiosity.
Il understand from Mrs. Bascomb
that her husband was. very deaf, al
most stone-deaf,' she told me, I'm
sure" said the school teacher. But
he seemed to hear all we said with
perfect ease"
Capt. Somers leaned toward her
and spoke in low, cautious tone, al
though there was no eayesdropper to
hear him.
Don't let Mis- Bascomb know 1t, ;"
he said, hurriedly. He does seem
to hear pretty well when she amt
round, but none of us folks ever let
on to her. She's a good woman as
ever lived, but most tremendous
bosser and an everlastin' talker. An
we all think that Gersh Bascomb be-
gun to realize ten years ago that if
he didn't want to be harried right off'n
the face O. the earth, the thing for
him to do was to grow def, gradual,
but steady-an' he's done it, to all
intents an purposes, ma'am!" -
Youths Communion.