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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25
Funeral Snsncnds Rnsiness

Reno, New, May 25.-Business was
suspended during Governor Sharp's
funeral today under the Elks' aus
pices. The body was taken to his
former home in Texas.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25
Even Too Much for Ida.

Chicago, May 25.-Ida Deerge, a
chorus girl with the Webers company,
was discharged for refusing to wear
the directoire skirt The girl appears
In tights nightly, but says the new
dress is one too much for her.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25
Thrcn Arc Drowned.

Spokane, May 25.-Kootenai river
has claimed three more victims. John
Sharpless, a veteran of the Boer war,
John Miles, pioneer of Richmond,
and young Englishman were swept
over the falls near Nelson, B. c., while
rowing yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25

Boston walters and other unions
are making an effort to have the IL
cense commissioners make a rule that
women cannot be employed to serve
liquor in any licensed place in that
city. hial
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25
Mark Twain Nearly Rich.

Upton, New, May 25.-Mark Twain
has narrowly missed being a million
aire. A big gold discovery has been
made near the humorist's old cabin
in Unionville, Nevada.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25

st. Helens, Ore, May 25.-George
Barger, I'm attempting to shoot a crane
accidentally put rifle bullet through
his 1S-year-Old sons brain yesterday,
killing him instantly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25
National Meeting for Portland.

Oklahoma City, May 25.-The
Northern baptists voted to hold the
national session in the White Temple,
Portland, Oregon, next year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25
Hermann's Trial in August.

Washington, May 25.-It is report
ed here today on good authority that
Binger Hermann's land fraud trial In
Portland will begin in August.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25
COrtelyou for Vice.

Washington, May 25.-Cortelyou's
boom for vice president has been re-
vived with renewed vigor His friends
argue 1t will help the ticket in New
York state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25
= Sundays Games.

Oakland, 4; Portland, 0.
Los Angeles, 6-1; San Francisco,
10.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25
Killed by LIGHTNING

st. Louis, Mo.-Lightning killed
Joseph Howard while playing golf
yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25
Congress to Adjourn.

Washington, D. c., May 25.-The
final adjournment of congress is ex-
pected Thursday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-25
FATHER KILLS son.

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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
The First Potatoes, s,

Sir Waller Raleigh. who shares with
Sir Francis Drake the honor of first
introducing the potato in England.
lived at BriXton. England. near Eliza
beth's House FOrmby. IN Lancashire.
also claims the honor of being the site
of the first culture of the potato in that
country. They are said to have been
grown there by a Formby man who
sailed with Sir Walter.
The earliest cultivation OF the potato
In the British islands was probably at
Noughal. on the south coast of Ireland
where this great navigator had an es-
tate.
1t has been generally accepted that
the potato was taken to Europe from
Virginia ard that it was cultivated
there by the natives. Sir Joseph Banks
and De Condelle both lent the weight
OF their authority TO this view, but IT
has been ascertained that the Indians
OF Virginia. though they used a number
Of tuberous roots. did not know our Do
tato.
One Of these was the plant sometimes
grown as an ornamental climber in our
gardens and called by botanists Apios
tuberosa. The Indians called the roots
potatoes. aud the French Canadians
knew them as pommes de terre. and
our potato. being a native Of South
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
MUSHROOM HOUSE.

feet square, and the four foot sides
may be covered with painted canvas
or sacking.
The house stands on two foot legs
and need not be cleaned, as it is moved
from place to place.
The ladder to roosts should be re-
moved at night to avoid preying ami
mails.
In the rainy season wire screen may
inclose the bottom, and a ditch should
be dug around to avoid flooding.
If desired windows and ventilators
may be added. Roof in style preferred.
This is not only cool, movable, sani-
tary house, but the fleas that breed in
the accumulated dust under fixed
abodes have no hiding place.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
FEATHERS AND EeesHELLs.

If newspapers that waste space on
fake stories of three legged calves,
hens Matching snakes and bulldogs
adopting ducks would print legitimate
poultry news and practical poultry in
formation, they would be helping their
readers to get more cash to pay in adj
vance.
In preparing young roosters for
roasters keep them out of the gymna-
stun. 1t matters not how much corn
meal you feed, much exercise will be
antifat and keep them thin as a slat.
The longest bird fight is from the
isles of Bering sea to Hawaii and
Tanning islands, distance of 2,2OO
miles. Birds arrive unexhausted. Per-
haps they rest by floating in the. air.
as swimmers do in the water.
Most of the fairs are held in the
molting season when the birds are
unsightly. The fair directors compel
the graceful oriental dancers to don
busters and yet allow the other hens
to show in full dress Is this alto
gether fair?
We find the best way to feed char
coal Is in soft mash. Otherwise some
fowls get none, for certain birds never
visit the hopper.
The way some incubator chicks get
lice Is easily explained. An old hens
chick gets half drowned and is slipped
into the incubator for a minute to dry
Off. The lice crawl off the chick on to
the eggs, the eggs hatch, and the lice
crawl of the eggs on to the new
chicks. Try 1t.
Secretary Wilson of the agricultural
department at Washington has started
a crusade against the sale of storage
for fresh eggs. Thought when storage
got into the Washington eggnog some
thing would effervesce.
One of our friends who set his goose
at the same time We set our goose in
cubator left the gate open. and the
hogs ate the eggs. Chickens have a
mighty poor chance to escape from
hungry hogs. Clean and screen that
hogpen.
There is no reason why state and
agricultural colleges should go to Can
ada or England for instructors In
poultry culture. If the trustees Of
these Institutions are uniformed, we
take pleasure in notifying them that
their Uncle Samuel is way ahead of
Johnny Bull.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22

Tf some OF our poultry journals tina
spend extra time and money on crowd
ing their pages with big pictures woulC
only remember that the majority o.
journal readers are after practical in
formation they would confer big ia
vor on the majority and insure renew
ais.
A York poultryman placed rat poison
beneath his buildings for the rats, and
the rats carried 1t out and fed it TO the
chickens, and they deceased. II pol
son is mixed with chop it cannot be
distributed. If hen does get dose,
just give her big dose Of lard.
II fattening fowls of nervous tenn
perament, like the Leghorns and An
conas, do not keep them in glaring
light, but in semi-dark pens in secluded
spots.
DO not keep ducks in yard where
water runs from the caves. They will
puddle along the foundation and loosen
the stonework
In searching for the assets Of
Pennsylvania cashier who stole $780,
coo they found $1,000 henhouse, but
no dep0sltors' nest eggs, and the golden
eggs his goose laid were missing.
Parties in Mount JOY, Pa. shipped
1000 worms to Forrest Park. st. Louis,
to be fed to the birds a a cost of $3.T5.
1t was worth that to count the wrig-
giers. To our friends who are raising
birds. quail and pheasants we recon-
mend the meal worm Mix chop and
bran and strips of leather together,
get few worms at the mill, add them
% the combination and watch them
When you operate on fowl for hard !
'rop or find an open wound. be sure to |
ise a strong disinfectant on the barred
Icsh to kill the germs and drive off the
loWflics
Women are more and more taking
n active part in poultry work. Among
hese are number who have
roken In health or whose husbands
ave been disabled by accident or
aralytic strokes. and they have taken
p the work of support. We wish
lem well, and may they meet no male
lkirs In deals.
Do not use expensive lumber for
est boxes. 1t is a good plan occa-
onally to burn the nest material In !
e boxes. That kills the bugs. and
TX can be used again.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
POULTRY HOUSE FLOORS.

When we left home mother said
"Goodby, boy; don't forget to pray and
keep your feet dry"
/ Mighty good advice for everybody.
We pass it TO you and add-keep your
hens dry in winter.
/ II you let the pens get foul and damp,
Your hens will get the roup and cramp.
II you let your hens wade in the snow,
The egg record will drop down low.
Doesn't matter" said smarty, "lf
pens are wet underfoot, just so they're
dry overhead"
But there were several wet spots on
his cheeks when he dumped twenty
FIVE beautiful Brown Leghorn hens on
the alley ash pile.
An ounce of prevention might have
saved him hundred pounds of pure
bred Leghorns. worth $50.
Fifty dollars bought 800 square feet
Of inch planed boards for our scratch
ing floors, and S110 paid for 2,125
square feet of concrete.
We give thanks for the invention of
cement every time We cross the floors.
In winter we cover the cement with
boards, but store them in the warm
season.
We find heavy litter on bare cement
satisfactory, but consider boards
warmer and have never found either
conducive TO rheumatism.
We have no quarrel with the fancier
who prefers a ground floor. but will
give you our reasons for not using
one.
The eXcrement Of hen is eighty
pounds per year, or 5000 pounds to a
hundred.
Half Of this is water
II hens are confined, excrement falls
on the ground floor, which absorbs
most Of the moisture.
Slow evaporation in henhouse
means dampness. disease. death.
Nou concedc that moisture more
quickly eyaporates from straw on
boards or cement than from straw
mixed with dirt aud droppings.
Thus in winter dirt floor fancier is
up against ventilation problem.
He must contend with natural mols-
ture In air and ground. moisture from
fowl breath, dropping boards and the
moisture of dronpings absorbed by dirt
door.
Here Is explanation for frosted walls.
litter and frozen floors.
Besides. the hens dig up the ioor.
soil their plumage In the dirt. the air
Is foul. there are hiding places for eggs.
rats. mites. mice and lice, and. with
dust overhead aud filth underfoot. the
place Is unpleasant for visitors and at
PENDANTS
What a task 10 renew litter aud
doors ln ground floor plants,
Our permanent sanitary loor has no
sink boxes 90 trap your foot and make
movable water vessels. roosts and nests
wabble.
In thirty minutes we can renew the
litter On i.s,o square feet and IN one
hour lay the boanis.
u huarls or cement show damrue~s
We simply draw hack the litter Al
ni=ht sprinkle lightly with slaked line.
and in the morning an Is dry and
sweet
To clean such q poultry house =
boys play.
a lady looked into the pens vhen
fui % chlckeus snifed and said
Why. there's no smell here
I've Fhnade'nhia neporters Oadies1
While leaving the plant were overheard
10 ~.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22

a season, hatch In twenty-eight days,
and the little quail-like chicks run and
ny as soon as hatched. The white or
albino guinea Il simply sport
The pearl is most common aud has
purplish gray plumage with white
spots, coral red wattles. white ears
and checks, bony helmet or crest and
orange legs.
The males walk on tiptoe, have the
coarser head and "clack" instead OF
"buekwheat" Being classed as game,
they are dressed as In illustration.
Thus they do not appear small, and
their beautiful plumage makes them
more attractive.
Gulneas love the woods aud wales.
where they thrive on insects. leaves,
shoots, seeds, buds and berries.
Now, Just imagine the vast resources
for guinea culture In our waste lands
and the great national forest reserva.
tions.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
HANDY HENHoUsE

buy good all wool suit or an imita.
ton wool shoddy that soou lags az the
knees and goes 10 the rag bagg
II you're going 90 make good money
out OF hens. you must put good money
Into good pens.
Yes. there are some deserted poultry
plants around the country. just as there
are some forsascn factory buildings
here aud there.
Most % these forsaken edihces are
monuments 90 men who diI their look
Ing after they leaped u win watch
your experiment with Interest aul if
yon are succcSsful may 20 into The
business myself" said a Washington
gentleman % young man Who had
established fEo,lcra pisa;
This Is not an experiment rcpIicl
the piucky fellow. This is not a
Try or test case. There's 20 maybc
about g. Before we went into this
business We demonstrated the prncfi-
cal worth q our methods. We worked
on the plan - this plant Tor Eve wears
before a nail Was driven aud nov. u
our bones don7t crack. wei have So
ccSs" That reply should le framed IN
gold and rs spirit followed
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
PRESERVATION OF FORESTS.
The Old Bay State Is Now Taking the
Initiative.

Inc OId BAY StatS 10 Nv" 'N''"S 49,
Initiative.
The preservation of the forests is
problem second to none in present in
portance and in its outlook toward the
future. Without trees our country
would be a desert and the rapid den
udation of our New England hills is
already beginning to have its effect
| upon our streams and rivers and upon
| our water supply. The invention of
wood pulp paper and the rapid exten-
sion of the industry throughout the
country, together with the increase of
newspaper circulation, have stimulated
the destruction of the forests to such
a degree that steps are already being
taken to preserve them before it is too
late.
Congress has attempted to take
hand in the matter, but so far with
little avail. and it now remains for the
individual states affected to see what
they can do. The first step would seem
~ De the dGN tIOpliCIil VI paper iiiONiiS
from some rapidly growing and an
nually reappearing substance, such as
cornstalk fiber instead of from the
slowly rising tree which cannot be re
placed except after years of renewal |
and growth.
AS was to be expected, Massachu
setts is taking the initiative. To the
governors of the other five New Eng
and states Governor Guild has sent /
,ut a request for conference, and it
will be held at the Algonquin club
n Boston on the 14th of September
The six governors will then confer and
over the best means to be
aiken for the preservation of our for
SITS, and 1t is probable that arrange
nents will be made for the calling of
New England business conference at
ONE time Immediately following the
residential election. If 1t should be-"
ED. says Governor Guild in his letter,
should come at that time sin order
hat its work might not be confuse.
7ith the politics of the presidential
One of the especial OBJ
ects of this meeting of the governor
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22

sunfower seeds are said to give an
extra fine flavor to eggs and are much
used by the French people for that pur-
pose. Remember this when you plant
your garden and drop in some seeds
around the edges and in the odd cor
ners. A few planted near the sink
drain will help to keep away miasma
and give you heads of seed that VIII
be mammoth in size.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
kuRIos FROM koRREspoNpENrs


Q. am raising Belgians and ask
for the following Information: When
should young ones open their eyes. aud
when is Il time 10 wean and why does
the mother eat her young?
A. From a week 10 twelve days. SIX
weeks Because you do not give her
water az time litter Is born.
Q. Please tell me how Old squads
are when parent birds lay aud hatch
again and II the old birds desert them
at that time.
A. Pigeons lay aud set again from
ten 10 fourteen days after squads are
hatched and generally feed them up
20 time OF new hatch. but after that
are apt 20 be ugly 20 them.
y. What style bone cutter do you
recommend me 20 buyf
A. Self feeding open hopper style.
with partition In center of hopper aud
no exposed cogs. Buy one with legs.
The bench hclted bone cutter l. a nut
sance
.. We are thinking q raising a few
peacocks and can ind no literature
about them. We come 10 you with our
questions: What color Is the eggf How
many IN a elutchf How cd % breedf
Are they bard 70 raise and good eat.
fngi
A The pea ben lays from dve %
eight whitish eggs a season. Breed
Ing age. two % three years Ped Ike
turkeys and kept on dry. rich soil
with shade. are easily raised Males
hard % chew, hens better. young a
delicacy.
Q. A dealer has advised ne % use
'errets 20 catch THE rats a. ny plant
Tul they catch chickensf
A Yes. They are q the weasel tribs
nd win d. anything q ueasei does.
Z you set then. watch TIE baby. for ]
hey Wln I'm n Better rut h con-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22

America. was scarcely likely to be
known to the Indians of Virginia.
Yet the potato was undoubtedly
introduced in England as part of the
cargo of one of Sir Richard Grenville's
ships and landed at Plymouth, and the
ship had gone direct from Virginia and
called nowhere on the way. On the
voyage home, however, it had encoun-
tered and captured Spanish ship from
Santo Domingo. The potatoes were
part of the cargo of the latter vessel.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
H0IT'S Thisi

We offer Gre Hundred Dollars Reward IA,
ny case Of CatarrE that cannot be cured h,
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F j. CHENEY & CO., Props Toledo. O.
We the undersigned, have known F. j, Cha.
ney fo' the last 10 years, and believe him per.
fectly honorable in all business transaction,
and financially able to carry out any obliga.
tions made by their firm.
WEST TRqAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo O
WALDlNe, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale DmS.
gists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally ,sctihs
directly upon the blood and mucous suffsces a
the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by al
DruFRists. Testimonials cree.
Hail. Family Pills are the best.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22

crete floors and use the old methods
of determination.
@. Kindly let me know If tallow may
be used in ration for chickens and
what for.
A. When chickens are fed In fatten-
ing crates the last ten days of the
twenty-four tallow is part of the ra-
ton. 1t is melted and mixed with
meal A little is used at first till at
the end of the period the proportion is
one pound to fifty fowls twice a day.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
PIGEON DoN'Ts.

Don't choose damp location for
house nor steep hill for fly
Don't forget nesting material. Put
tobacco stems in bottom of nests, ana
birds will finish with fine straw.
Don't neglect to clean up every week,
but be quiet about 1t.
Don't forget the hospitals in seeking
a SQUAD market. They want the best.
Don't fail in kindness, for that tells
in profits as well as good grain.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22

GOVERNOR GUILD OF MASSACHUSETTS.
with his associates will be to devise
means whereby a greater uniformity
of action may be secured in the leg
islation among the several states in
the Union. But the greatest result
should be in the stimulus 1t will give
to public opinion and in its awakening
Of us to the fact that the forests must
and shall be preserved
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
THE MUSHROOM HOUSE.

For hot climates like California,
Florida, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
canal zone the hip roof or mushroom
house is excellent. 1t is covered with
a water PROOF roof, is generally six
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
FEATHERS AND EoosHELIs

Nike Do love to nest with the o.
geonS
n yoa come home aud fnd little
squalls and e-Es On the for and cant
UNDERLINED d. q is tccause you have
minated hiris On yer ren snd doar
know n Yen ST the fun ueaniuE
uhcn ygu iopk n the lelEer
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22

"The chickens were white as snow
and wasn't everything cleanT
Cement floors pay in every way, espe-
cially in a sanitary way.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
V.
PIGEON DON,Ts

Don't fail to put in spring doors.
Keeps in pigeons. keeps out cats.
Don't forget that hemp and canary
seed are luxuries.
Don't think pigeons care nothing fof
green food. Try them with lettuce
They love IT,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
HIGH FLYING eulhEAs.

"Buy guineas?' was asked the huck
ster whose weekly call broke the mo
notony at the farm.
Nope; gulneas are no good. No sale
for 'em. Wouldn't take 'em as gift >
Ten years pass.
Now read this:
Wanted.-50O0 young guineas Weighing
three pounds to the pair. VIII pay at
least 60 cents per pair for the same.
Wanted.-1.000 men and women to raise
guineas and sell me the young ones when
they weigh one pound each at IS cents
pair.-Poultry Item. Pennsylvania.
"Waal, III swan" says John Corn
tassel what does city folks want
5000 guinea keets furT
The guinea that screamed from the
big walnut tree has flown notch
higher.
The scarcity of game and the strict
Lacey law have sent all the restau-
rants to guinea.
WILD GAME PRICES.
CanVasback duck. ck.....................,... AOO
Prairie chicken. broiled. ......."........ 400
Pheasant. broiled. ed......................... ESQ
These are simply guineas in disguise
the pretty polka dot feathered
screamers of grandpap's barnyard.
But what's the difference?
They taste good and gamy, have
much dark breast meat and don't cost
half the real thing Then few know |
the anatomy of game so well that they |
can tell guinea from n pheasant or
sparrow from a reedbird.
When the farmer offers gulneas,
snap them up and remember French
cooks deem guinea eggs best for bak-
ing and without equal for beating up
quick and stiff.
Originally from Africa, these polka
dot birds are most everywhere.
The West Indies are alive with them.
England keeps them In game pre-
serves. Austria. Germany and France
are breeding them extensively.
Uncle Sam is going In for guineas. !
Better Join in.
They breed in April and May mate {
In pairs, lay as high rs a hundred eggs I
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22
Feet Of the Colts

Feet Of the Colts.
Eeep the feet Of colts even or un-
spundness may result Do not allow
the toes to grow too long. RingbOnes
are often caused by long toes. Keep
the colts stalls well Uttered one slip
on wet floor may ruin q valuable colt
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-22

WILD GAME PRICES.