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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
THE 1-3 BARREL vEHEEE BASKET.

gives the trucker more pride and profit
than to beat his neighbOr into the mar
ket with early potatoes. Such potatoes
have to be handled carefully and are
usually shipped in the one-third barrel
veneer basket, shown in the cut, which
Is also used for shipping limas, snap
beans, peas and cucumbers. Good po-
tatOes should he smooth, free from
knobs or second grOwths and should
have shallow eyes. Varieties should
not be mixed in the same barrel or
package. 1t hurts their sale to have
long potatoes mixed with round ones
Maryland Experiment Station.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06

PHl.SzIGsSs1tE. MY
'ss'7:EkS p
MARKETING TRUCK.

Good Potatoes Should Be Smooth, With
Shallow Eyes.
Truck growing is a modern horticul-
tural outgrowth due to improved ia
cilities for rapid transportation. Be-
fore the advent of extensive steam
navigation and the present great extern
sion of railroads each city and town
depended for its supply of vegetables
on its immediate surrounding country.
Today the most distant states i'll the
Union are sending truck by boat and
train lead to the grcG, northern centers
of population. There is nothing that
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
Planned Lambs Kidneys.

Fry thin slices of bacon until
crisp, then take up and put into the
hot fat left in the pan lambs kid
news that have been. soaked IN salt
water, then dried, split and rolled
in flour. Cook five minutes, add a
couple of tablespoonfuls of hot wa
ter or stock and season with pep
per, worcestershire sauce and a ta-
blespocnful of mushrooms or toma-
to catchup.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
Barley and Rye For Fowls.

Barley and rye are both excellent
foods and will prove satisfactory ad-
dition to a ration where the fowls will
eat the grains readily. Some 1ocks
seem prejudiced against barley and do
not eat it readily, while others will re-
fuse rye unless starved to it. Rye is
eaten much more readily when fed in
the bundle. When the fowls can
scratch it out of the fresh straw them
selves they seem to enjoy it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
Gull Out the Poor Birds

Gull out all undesirable stock birds.
If trap nests are used during the fall.
winter and spring it will be found that
in each flock there are several indi-
viduai hens that do not quite come up
to the standard set-either they are
poor layers or they lay eggs of an un-
desirable size or the color of their eggs
is not uniform. Such birds should
now be taken out of the pens and
marketed as roasters.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
Kitchen Walls.

If tiles are out of question oil
paint is the only available wall COW
ering for a kitchen and should be
finished with a coat Of enamel.
The kitchen walls will require
washing quite as much and almost
as frequently as the floor. White
tiles make the finest possible cover
ing, not only because they show
dirt, but because they can be easily
cleaned.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06

state. Let us tell the truth, and
let us invite in this personal way
our friends to come to Oregon.
It will fill up our state with the
very best class of people. and
give unto us citizens who love to
live under Christian influences
and believe in good government.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
Horse Talk.

Don't compel me to eat more salt
than want by mixing it with my oats.
! know better than any other animal
how much | need.
Don't think because l so free under
the whip / don't get tired. You would
move up If under the whip.
Don't whip me when 1 get frightened
along the road or I will expect It next
time and maybe make trouble Farm
journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
Ventilate the Cooos

The coops for summer chicks should
be well ventilated and the chicks par
asitic enemies kept in the background.
There is time between the disappear
ance Of the downy coat and growth OF
the first feathers when the chicks need
pE'otccticn from the hot sun that fairly
b,isters their little bare bodies.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
REV. j. vgHETCoMg BR0UGHER
Talks on Oregon Tells Story
With Bark on.

" AN-- A~AAN ~As
In his sermon Sunday morning
at the First Baptist church, bet
ter known as the White Temple,
Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher, in
discussing the text, peter said,
I go fishing, and they said
unto him We go with thee" said
in part:
Tom Richardson, Secretary
of the Oregon Development
League, in a recent letter print
ed in the "Oregonian", urges
upon all good citizens to write a
personal letter to their friends in
the East, setting forth the at
fractions Of Oregon as a place in
which to live. He suggests that
t the ministers make a statement
along this line to their congrega-
tions.
Il think this is a splendid idea.
The preachers and churches
ought to be interested in this
movement. Like draws like. If
we want substantial citizens
from the East to come to our
state, then the best people out
here should seek to influence
them to come. There is nothing
so infuent ial in this regard as a
personal letter. If we believe
! in the future prospects of Ore
gon, let us talk and write about
them. I want to urge upon the
three thousand members of the
White Temple and its congrega-
tion to take up this idea. I have
already suggested this thought
in our church calendar. Mem
bers have been requested to send
the calendar to their friends,
invite them to visit Portland and
especially the White Temple.
i This has been done. This is one
reasons why so many strangers
are to be found in the congrega-
tions at the White Temple every
Sunday. Let US continue this
kind of work. Write a personal
letter to your friends in the East.
Tell them Of the almost limitless
wealth our state has in its timber
and mines, wheat and hay, cattle
raising and fruit growing, and
various farm products. Show
them the advantages of our eli
mate, describe to them the beau
ties of our scenery, urge them to
take advantage Of the colonlst
rates in effect from September
1st toOctober 31st from all points
in the East, Get them to visit
Oregon and see for themselves.
I heard the other day of a
young Quaker who wrote back to
his father, telling him of the
wonderful sizes of the berries
and farm product in this country.
He told him that the bark Of the
Sequoia Gigantica tree was "a
inches thick. The old father
wrote to him and said, my son,
I regret that thee hath fallen in
to the habit of lying, along With
other Westerns. You know the
bark of no tree could be SO thick"
The son, upon receipt of this let
ter, went and got a large trunk
of bark 26 inches thick. He ex-
pressed it to his father in Pen
nsylvania, C. o. D. 1t cost the
old man $14.O0 to get it out Of
the express office, and when he
looked it over, he sat down and
and wrote: my son John: Thee
need not prove thy statements
any more. It is too expensive.
We will take thee at thy word
Let US not be afraid of exag- |
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
Fattenind Fowls For Market.

The Illustration herewith is all that
is necessary to indicate to the tntelIi-
gent reader' how poultry is fattened
for market in Sussex, England, a dis
trict which is said to send more high
class poultry into the London markets
than all other places in England com
bined. The poultry fattening industry
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
Brushing the Dairy Cow.

The brushing of COWS is great ben
eft to them. However, it is a piece of
work that should be done with a slow
motion, whatever else is hurried. The
COW is a moderate mover in every way.
She has always refused to join in the
hustle and haste of modern life, and If
jostled and hurried it has bad effect
on her milk
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
Early Norther Potato.

Few potatoes have done so much for
the farmer as the famous Early Rose,
both in its own self and in its numer-
Gus progeny. The smooth, long, small
eyed potato known as the Early North
er is much ike its parent, but is earlier
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06

is yet in its infancy in this country,
and many farmer here can add ap-
preciably to the receipts from the sale
of his poultry by putting the birds on
highly fattening diet in a coop about
two weeks before sending them tc
market
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
1t Cannot BE Done.

Poultry Tribune makes this bullseye
shot: The man who can successfully
keep 500 head of poultry on an acre of
ground has not yet been born"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06

and even more prolific, according to
American AgriculturiSt. Even in poor
seasons it has been known to yield
more than siXtyfold. 1t seems to be
destined to become 4 rival of the i'm
portuut early sorts
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-23

stuck in a potato ut his plate harcd
dimly down the great pine board, where
tins We're often laid for twenty riders.
Brad took up late weekly paper me
chancally. ON the first page were some
headlines that meant much to plains
mans eye-"Anothcr Indian Scare;
CheyenneS Driving on Stock on the
Republican" But from repeated read
ing they had lost their first startling
effect and gave Brad only the plcasura-
bic thought that the Indian scare might
hasten the return of the Circle Dot out
fit. His eyes passed to a column where.
unnoticed before. were few para
graphs headed Thanksgiving Proca-
nation"
'ThankSgivin' in a hoss camp Brad
calculated, with n horse laugh. Then,
as if the idea had pleased him, he
laughed in minor key.
The boys hcV been a-tcndin' on me
Il long time-a long time" he said to
himself. The boys was mighty good"
Ic thought of the evidences in the ad.
joining storerOom-the humps and hams
of buffalo, the saddles of antelope and
white tail deer, the braces of wild
geese, ducks and prairie chicken, all
laviShly provided for him alone.
They lowed | had to eat lots of
viii meat to Sorter brace me up" he
muttcrcd, a little shamefaccd, as he
glanced at his plate. where the rem
nant of a slapiack and the rinl of
slice of salt hoSs' told of Il Spartan
supper.
That's the sort of grub the boys is
gittin' ROW." Brad went on in apology
to himself. AM its good enough for
me. I'm mighty glad all them things
they put in thar ail't techcd yit. Eff
| don't jcs' cook up the whole caboodle
an build pie or two extra in case
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-23

tney Ietcn up here by Thanksgivin
day, an that's the day after tomorrer.
'cordin' to the almanic"
All the next day. far into the night
and again on the following morning
of Thanksgiving Gay the cook house
steamed, and Brad swcated over the
fire and chucklei as he thought of the
surprise of the boys.
BY this time he had but one thought
come TO be sure of 1.-THE return Of
the boys in time for his feast, his
thank offc"ing to them. AS for other
thanksgiving on the day, Brad thought
of that part also as he muttercd,
Mighty lucky it want my own make
Std that there Gle blue roan'S.'
Brad's faith in the coming of the
boys certainly had no reasonable
foundation, yet he reiterated to him
self: "They is bound to git in. Eff they
want comm their own"elVeS, them
blame Cheyennes er sump'n else 'ud
fetch 'em along on time
Noon came. The table was laid for
twenty riders, and to welcome them a
mighty odor of roasted tle h and fowl
rushed from the open cook house door
out on the prairie.
All was in readiness. Nothing was
left for him to do but quietly wait.
But from house to creek and back
again and then to the corral Brad hob
bled and halted and looked. and looked
in vain.
Along the back of the corral and al
most touching 1t the winters supply OF
hay was stacked, and up the long lad
der against one of the high stacks
Brad slowly and painfully climbed, the
better to sean the plain.
The Thanksgiving days of Brad's
Ioyhood had been under gray eastern
skies Now his eyes noted white
cloud in the west, but its whiteness
only made the sky more sapphire yet,
and through its filmy Intervention the
sunlight filtered only the more yellow
on its yellow plain.
Not all the glory of the sun could gild
TO any homelikeness the sod buildings
Of the horse camp. Brad felt their lone
Illness penetrate his heart. Then his
faith in the boys coming was fresh
ened by the appearance of a tiny cloud
of dust on the horizon away beyond
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-23

1852. The state papers at Washington
do not show any such proclamation
They do show, however, that the presi
dent proclaimed the last Thursday of
September, 1861, aS day of "humilia
ton, fasting and prayer" in accord
ance with a joint resolution of con
g'ess requesting him to do so. This
was in no sense a thanksgiving proc
lamation. 1t was specifically day of
supplcatiOn that our arms may be
blessed and made effectual for the re-
establishment of law, order and peace
throughout the wide extent of our
country and that the ineStimable boon
of civil and religious liberty earned
under his guidance and blessings by
the labors and sufferings of our ia
theirs, may be restored in all its origi-
nal excellence"
Again, in 1868, the president set
apart April so rs a day of national
humiliation, fasting and prayer" fol
lowing a resolution of the senate to
that effect The first Thursday of Au-
St, 1864, was also designated by Lin
cola as day of national humiliation
ami prayer at the instance of congress,
ho.h houses concurring
President Johnson's first Thanksgiv-
tg proclamation changed the date to
the first Thursday in December, but
the next year the successor of Abra-
ham Lincoln returned to the great
emancipator's chosen last Thursday in
November and the corresponding day
every year since 1856 wi h one eX, ep-
tion has been proclaimed for thanks
giving, The exception was by Presi-
dent Grant, who In his fist proclama-
tion for 1869 placed the date one week
earlier. Nov 1S.
President Johnson did not mention
the death of Lincoln as a national loss
In his first Thanksgiving proclamation,
though in n proclamation shortly after
the assassination he fttingly deplored
the tragedy. Both Arthur aud ROoSe-
welt, successors of Garfield and " =
Kinley, made fitting mention Of the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-23

removal of their predecessors in their
first THANKSGIVING proclamatiOns.
To President Grant belongs the dis
tinction of having issued the greatest
number of prOCamatiOnS for giving
thanks. In addition to his eight annu-
al proclamations of the autumnul
Thanksgiving, he issued a proclamation
requesting the people to recognize the
centennial of our nation July i, 1876
"by some public religious and devOut
Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the
blessings which have been bestowed
upon us as Il nation during the cen
tury of our existence and humbly to
invoke a continuance of his favor and
Of his protection"
George Washington as president Is
sued two Thanksgiving proclamations,
the first one being in 1889 the first
year of his presidency. This was at
the request of both houses of congress.
Washington set Thursday, Nov. 2G, as
Il day for giving thanks for the new
constitution and for civil and religious
liberty. His document was quite long
Washington made but one other
Thanksgiving proclamation. This was
issued on New Years day, 1898, tho
president setting apart Thursday, Feb.
10, as n day of public Thanksgiving
and prayer" for manifold blessings,
but 'particuarly for the possession of
constitutions of government which
unite and by their union establish lib
erty with order"
Though we see that 1t was Washing
ton who first named the last Thursday
in November for Thanksgiving day, 1t
was Abraham Lincoln who first re-
turned to that day and named it twice
in succession thus establishing the
custom.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-23

Blaze awayr' Brad cnucklcd. "Ef
you can stan the smoke in thar I can
stan to hear them bullets sing ont
here"
A chorus of courhs. c,nn FROM with
in. Then. half stranrlc1 hy tlc po,y.
der smoke mont mn i'm thn ti,nt struc-
tllre the prisoners made n ruSh or,inst
the door
"Sov thar LOT nm on th,tr, s,id
Brad coolIv As thn r,.s,, v.,s rnna,t
ed he stenped directly in front nf tho
door and in turn sent a shot throuah II
The rnrort of his bi., .ix shoe o,. v,,
answered Inv = velI from within nc.
cornonied Inv tho eo,,nl nf scu,lfno
feet rs tha Chevcone4 rou.rht thn cor.
uers at each side of tha dnnr for s,fo
ty Then oII was silc,cn hroLcn only
bv an occasional con II
81 reckon ia hotter I..rht out,. soid
Rrod to whom the very < /. moss ~ that
.anc of tircrs was ominou; ..'T,von't
take 'cm long TO claw ou.er that nm
reckon when thev do I'll los, I,,vo ,en
TO hoof if"
He had nn difIicuI+,, in c,, cbiuc, tbn
nouies Inv t,eir tr,i',,~ ro,,s irvine
Them securely nose to tail he led tnnm
thus to the corral T.r.a he throw
open the double rotes and with q
whoon AMI n whirl of his Iori,t eent
the glad herd scurrvi3g in safety ont
on the plain Then Ee climbed on one
of the captured ponies led the others
in a string behind him and took his
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-23

stood bumped up, with all four feet
planted close together. Blinded by
broad band drawn down securely over
her eyes, she dared not run, but her
nervous jaws necessarily champed
bloody foam from the Spanish bit.
Throw the steel to her. Brad the
minute you hit the saddle" cautioned
the foreman. Don't give her no show
to throw herself"
Taking tie check piece of the bride
in his left hand, Brad drew her head
around on her shoulder. His right
hand gripped the saGd horn, his left
foot was thrust to the high heel of his
boot in the stirrup, and with the sure
and easy movement of bird lighting
on yielding bough he sat in the sad
die
Leaning forward, he reached out and
drew up the blind. What followed
may be given in the foremans own
words:
"Wcll, she jeS' bucked an bawled an
twisted herself over half an acre of
prairie for an hour an throwed her
self twicet, an Brad stayed right with
her till she pitched over on her head
an broke her own make an one of
Erad's legs jes' above the fetlock
flint"
Then lying for weeks on his bunk
waiting for the bone to knit, Brad
fell to qurt plating for occupation.
Each of his dozen spurred and noisy
nurses was provided with quirt
adorned with horsehair tassels and In
trIcate Spanish knots which his fingers
alone knew the trick of tying when at
last Brad vas permitted to try his
weight on his leg. 1t bore him, for his
body had shrunk as a wild horse
picEcted by the foot shrinks and loses
the fire of his eve. Brad's eyes, too
We're gentIed. His long hair. that had
tangled on his pillow like witches STIR
rups, had been "roached" off by the
boys, and he was In measure subju-
gated.
1t WAS late in November when tho
last of his attendants not sorry to join
the outfit gathering horses down on the
Republican, rode away. Brad, just
able to hobble from his bunk to the
cook house, was left alone.
He sat in the cook house one evening
at his solitary supper. A tallow candle
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-23

q ONE s.-ttcrcd sod buildings ana
IT, sol corral pit. he'd on a tree
less bank constituted the lone
Circle Dot horse camp on the
Kickaree. There the sun in summer
bla.ed fcrcely, and through other sea-
sons the wind made CeaSclcss assaults
But the weather was well warled off
10y the sod structures, each with its
heavy projecting dirt roof and thick
walls. without other opening than a
door in one gable end.
Each heavy door, stanch in its deep
casing. had its rougl surface further
ronghcncd by innumcrahl, circle dots
burncl into the wood wI.h small
branding iron. The corral itself. with
its ci cling wall and its snubbing post
in the center. was another circle dot
bran ed on the wild spot. marking its
tuhiugation by the Circle Dot outfit.
Subiu%ation. indeed. went on daily
in the circu ur corral. where the pris-
oncI range horses raced round and
round in unayailing attempts to es-
cape the d"c dcd rope The Circle Dot
outfit numbered some twenty veteran
rides. Even Bradley, the youngest of
them, had passed good part Of his
twenty years in the saddle.
lie was the "brcaker," Il dangerous
office, requiring the d1shing courage
and supple body Of youth. Brad had
also a supremacy of spirit which so
raised him above til" rest that the
foreman held him as one with himself
BY the Corral gateway the Buys had
gathered one morning to see Brad
mount Il tough range mare whose vi
cious origin was lie rave by the Span
ish character bran Is SCARED on her
blue roam hip and thigh.
Brad's fifty pound saddle completely
covere her short coupled hack as she
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-23

our national thIi!kSgI l'g day
by presidential proclamation
lie WAS the first president to designate
tie last Thursday in November as Il
day of Thanksgiving twice in success
.:"n. The first proclamation, which
made the event explicitly IA day of
thankSgil ing and praise" was issued
Get. 3, 1868, in the midst of the civil
war. 1t is a literary masterpiece In
stead of beginning with a review of
victories at arms, it appropriately
opens thus: The year that is drawing
toward its close has been filed with
the blessings of fruitful fields and
hcalthful skies" Then the great preSi-
dent passes on to speak of the war,
giving thanks that foreign nations have
remained at peace with us and com
mendiEg to Gods "tcmdcr care all those
who have become widows. orphans,
mournerS or sufferers il the lamcnta-
bic civil strife in which we are un-
avoidably engaged
For tifty-eight Years, since 1915. no
prCsi cnt had proclaimed a day of ma
tional thanksgiving. President James
Madison in the year mentioned pro
claimed the second Thursday in April
as Il day of thanksgiving for the
Blessings of peace" reference being
made to the close of the war of 1872
BY the treaty of Client on the proceed
in% Zee. "a. Lincoln's proclamation OF
1863 was the first designation Of n ma
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Tons within the last five days to claim
'ur especial gratitude to God while what
remains undone demands our most sin
cere prayers to and reliance upon him,
without whom all human efforts are in
vain. | recommend that all patriots, at
their homes, in their places of public wor-
ship and wherever they may be, unite in
common Thanksgiving and prayer to AL
mighty God
1t has been asserted enormously that
President Lincoln proclaimed n ma
tional Thanksgiving day in 1851 and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-23
- Copyright 1907 By IL MoGrath =

n LOVING Source of all.
W We on thy great ma me call
And give thee thanks.
With grateful hearts we raise
Our joyful song of praise.
Thou who hast blesi our days.
We give thee thanks.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-23
w HOLE Nunprn, 1881

I ORD of the sun and rain.
e. Lord of the fruit and Grain.
We give thee thanks.
For thy rich hnrvcsts stored.
For plenty on each board,
For all thy bounties. Lord,
We give thee thanks.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-23

!ional thanksgiving day not suggested
by some sp cia event. Just two weeks
after this proclamation the president
issued another calling for 100000
troops to vOluntCe" service for three
years or for the war
What might be termed an independ-
cnt day of thank giving was recon-
mcnded by President Lincoln In the
spring of 1864 on account of recent
victories of the Federal armies. This
proclamation. issued Nay 0, is the
lr:efeat ana one of the most interest
ing on reco"d. 1t follows:
To the Friends of the Union and Liberty:
Enough is Known of the army opera