The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-12-19
STOVE PIPE TRICK
and HOW WORKED

oariei VI potatOes, In the center o
which well developed, full sized
common, ordinary stove pipe wa
plainly visible, in front of II, E
Schwitters l. Sons commission bous,
In the Gansevoort market Monday wa
the cause OF much amusement anon,
the neighbors and of inquiries from
the casual passerby, who, not bein,
oonyersant with the tricks of tb,
trade, thought it was, perhaps,
twentieth century method OF keepin,
the potatoes from, freezing.
Last week Ii. f. Schwitters a. Son,
who handle great many consign eC
goods from all parts of the compass,
received, among other consignment
ON the Pennsylvania duck, six barrels
OF Irish potatoes from . new shippe,
at Bureaw. N. G. By a strange rulipc
OF fate Mr.. Schwitters opened the
barrel which contained the "well de.
veloped stove pipe. Abound the out.
side OF the stove pipe, nicely arrang.
ed. we're a few layers of prime stock,
and In the center of the pipe was a
lot OF runty, scrubby stuff, about the
size OF walnuts. 1t was apparent to
Mr.. Scbwitters that something was
wrong and be had the six barrels
hauled to his store. Upon examina
tion 1t was found that the other five
farrels had been similary doctored
lhs same prime stock showed on the
outer edges and the same kind OF
trash in the oenttr. Evidently the
shipper had, through rarele ,sness OF
forgetfulness. neglected to remove his
trusty tool from the last barrel.
II have seen many tricks in the
produce tiade. have seen berry boxes
half filled with leaves, bean baskets
we'll supplied with excelsior in ship
ping" said Mr. Schwitters, "and al
though have oftrn heard of the
efectual use of the stoce pipe this is
the first time | have ever bundled 'em
on consignment have always con.
sidered that 'stove-piping' story as
the product OF the fertile imagination
II some fellow who had more time for
story telling than for business, but
seeing is believing with me. | have
seen and 1 am convinced. 1t looks as
though a fellow never gets too old to
learn"
The story of "stove. piping" apples,
potatoes, ETC.. as MIR. Schwitters said,
has long been considered an antiquat
ed joke, fit only for Lydia Pink.
ham" almanac, and the idea of it be
lug a reality in this day and age is
certainly humorous in the extreme.
The mehtod OF 'stove. piping if
there should be any who do not un-
derstand it, consists It placing an or.
dinary link of stove pipe in the CEN
ter or the sack or ba rel th { is to be
filled with prime stock. The space
around the outside OF the pipe is then
filled with more of the prime stock
and the center with trash The pipe
is then removed and another layer tf
the prime stock is used to cover the
top. 1t will be seen that a sack or
barrel so filed can be opened at the
end or side and the contents made to
appear as first class, while in reality
1t contains about one half trash. The
price, Of course, wonld be for No l
stock. This practice Is known to have
been used extensively in the old days.
There Is side, other than humor-
Gus, in this story One thing is GER
tain, p shipper who resorts to crook
ed, iniquitous methods such as this
is surely working out Ills own ruin.
The receiver gets bit only once, but
the shipper is chit" for all time and
must finally quit business altogether
His only opportunity of earning a liv-
ing then is by foot padding OF train
I 'bbery. Chicago Packer.
Traps Avoided by COdling Moth,
That codling moth traps, operated
with light to attract the moths, are
not success. is asserted by Professor
A b Cordley, znologist at the Ore
go" Agricultural college
A few days ago a resident of Port
land announced through the press
that lie had discovered a means of ex
the moths. His device
was sack saturated in sweet cider
aud hung in an orchard at night with
b lighted lantern five or six feet away.
He said that if the trap should be
thus SGT, in the morning the sack
would contain all the moths in the
When this scheme
was Chlleu GO Gue aJt6DIlOu Oh ETOIes-
sor Cordley and his opinion of it re-
quested be replied:
"There is nothing new about this
theory for controlling tie Goblin
moth. 1t is an old idea. which peri
odically crops out, and indeed ilom
+ me to time various contrivances il.
Iusrrpting the same idea have been
placed upon the market, and have met
with a ready sale. The difficulty,
however, with the whole Theory 's
that the codling moth is not at all at
tracted by light have myself oper
ated an electric trap lantern. for the
of collecting night flying in
sects. for a number Of years, ard
while | have caught thousands upon
of specimens of other ape,
cies of moths and other insects. |
have, during all that time, taken but
two specimens of codling moth The
fact that the eodling moth is not At
tracted to light has been known TO
for many years.