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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-04
Fannis Woods Poultry TAX.

II you must feed new corn, go slow.
Loose feathers that gather in the
corners Of the poultry house these
days furnish hiding places for lice.
A very simple remedy that WI
check roup when the focks begin to
sneeze Is turpentine. Rub on the head
and neck and swab the throat with the
same.
There are pecks of trouble ahead for
the one who neglects to treat fowls
for roup in the first stages Roup in
the beginning is nothing more or less
than cold.
The late hatched pullets are worth
some little time and attention. They
VIII return a good profit in eggs next
spring and summer for care given and
feed consumed.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-04
For Corn Eeedinn.

A common practice with farmers in
feeding corn to cattle is to pick the
small ears After feeding for some
time, especially if fed for market the
cattle often refuse to rat. This is
caused by feeding too large pieces.
which makes the mouth sore. BY the
use OF device like the one shown in
the accompanying cut no trouble of
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-04
Locating Poultry Yards.

There is no hard and fast law that
yards shall extend to the south. Most
Of them do because the houses face the
south, and 1t is more convenient to
have the yards in front Of the houses.
1t is all right to locate the yards where
the conditions make 1t seem best to
locate them, on any or all sides of the
house
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-04
COFFEE

The world is full of
anonymous coffee: Java
and Mocha.
Who returns your
money if you don't like
'em ?
Your grocer returns your money II you don't
Ike Schilling' Best we pay him.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-04
FRIEND TO FRIEND.
AN INSTANCE.
--aA -
H. g. CAMPBELL.

Lucy suddreh' OF Lenor N. c. had been troubled with
avery bad cough for year. She says: GA friend
bought a bottle of CHANBERLAGN's CoucH REN,Fpv
brought to me and insisted that should tkeit ibid
SO and to my surprise it helped me -Four bottles of il
cured ME of my cough"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-04
Weanins the Pics.

Little pigs should be encouraged 70
eat at as early an age as possible. The
Fencing on Of part Of the pen IN
soeh a way as to make it possible for
the young ones TO get into the inclo
sare but impossible for the sow ana
placing therein fat shallow trough
SOhtaining sweet new whole milk viii
oe round Of great value In this connee
Iion' Inc most scrupulous cleanliness
must be observed, however. or serions
digestive troubles are likely to result
N q short time skim milk may ba
gradually substituted.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-04
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS

Why will people continue 10 suffer the
ag0nies oi kidney complaint, backaChe,
urinary disorders, lameness, headaches,
lAuguor, Why allow themselves to be-
come chronic inyalids, when a certain
cure Is offered them2
Dean Kidney Pills is the remedy to
use, because il gives to the kidneys the
help they need 10 perform iheir work.
Ii you have any, even one, Of the
symptoms Of kidney diseases, cure your
sell now, before diabetes, dropsy or
Bright's disease sets in.
Nrs. L. Hodson, Of III Aura ST.,
Peudlet0u, Ore, SAYS: Il just as en-
Enthusiastically endorse Doan's Kidney
Pills today as | did nearly three years
ago. Thew relieved me Of kidney trouble
which had bothered me for q consider
able time. There vas aching pains
across the small Of nay back and down
through ny kidneys, which were aggr1-
waited by colds which settled in the back
and lolns and caused an aWiUl lameness
This was my condition when | began
taking Doan' Kidney Pills. This rem
edy banished the backache and pains
through the loius, regulated the kidney
secretions and removed every symptom
Of the trouble, From that day to this
there has been no recurrence, and | give
Doan's Kidney Pills all the credit /
consider them 10 be the best kidney
remedy proeurable and recommend
them whenever the occasion arises"
For sale by alldealers. Price 80 cents.
Foster-Milhurn Co., Buffalo, n. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the uame-Doans-and
take no other.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-04
New EnoIand Milk Producer.

The producer of milk and its prod
ucts in New England is closer to the
consumer than in other sections. Few
New England dairymen are located SO
far away from a center as to be out of
reach of the milk car to the city, the
cream gatherer for some butter fac
tory or cream shipping station or the
cheese fact0rY.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-04
Less Quality, More Hog.

During the last few weeks we have
given considerable attention to the
study of the swine exhibited at sew
eral state fairs in the great central
west, We observed closely the kind OF
hogs that carried away the premiums,
and we also took some pains to inquire
into the type of hog which was most
keenly in demand, says Iowa Home
stead. The demand that comes from
the average farmer who is looking for
pure bred males to use on grade herds
Is for a hog that shows little more
ruggedness, rather greater length and
with heavier bone than those that
have been winning at some of our fairs.
We found that men who had for sale
rather large, growthy young stuff were
disposng Of their surplus much more
rapidly than those who were Offering
hogs of the finer. type. When you 90
with your refinement beyond certain
point you are bound to injure the pro-
life qualities of your foundation stock.
and that is why the rather larger.
coarser type Is so popular with the
farmer trade.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-04
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

One day when the autumn leaves
were shudderiug with the raw, damp
wind CHANGED to ride past a pasture
where young calf lay stretched out
stiff and cold. The poor little thing
had been forced to stay outdoors all
night in a cold rain, and it had chilled
to death. The owner was too indifrer-
emf to even know it was dead, remarks
a writer in Kimball's Dairy Farmer
Peanuts and Pork.
Two carloads of hogs, fattened on
Spanish peanuts, were sold at Gamer
on. Tex. recently. They brought
cents 4 pound, and the feeders, Messrs'
Barmore & Atkinson, report that the
crops of nuts brought them good re-
turns when marketed in the porkers
says Farm and Ranch.
Caustic Comment.
Concerning the horse show held at
Syracuse. n. Y. under the auspices of
the state fair commission Country
Gentleman writer remarks: While the
hackney exhibits were unusually good
the showing made in the coach classes
was little short of farcical. If the
coach classes were unsatisfactory the
draft classes were disgraceful. 1t
seems strange that in state contain
ing the foremost market in the world
for heavy draft horses not a single
Percheron, Clydesdale, English Shire
or French draft horse should be en-
tered in the class for stations and
three of their get or in the class for
stations four years old or over Two
long and crooked legged blacks ap-
peared in the three-year-old stallion
class, and they constituted the only
exhibits in all the stallion classes In
six heavy draft horse classes there
We're but four entries, and they were
of a very inferior quality.
Wormy Corn and Blind Staggers.
Worm dirt in corn has been shown
to produce quite serious results when
very much of it is present, according
to G. G. Wheeler of the Kansas ax-
pertinent station. He says in Kansas
Farmer that quite an epidemic Of blind
staggers has been traced to wormy
corn which had been fed to horses, and
1t would not be advisable to feed corn
which is very largely affected in this
way.
Dairy Association Meeting.
1ne Iowa Dairymen's association will
meet at Des Moines Dec. 4 to 8. w.
3. Johnson Of Des Moines is tn. seGrs-
tary.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-04

sex boars stamp an individuality Oh
their pigs that tells the experienced
hog man at a glance where they come
from.
Yorkshire boars get over 70 per cent
white pigs, which speaks well for their
breeding propensities, The Yorkshires
and the Essex are said by all who have
tried them to make great breeders and
good mothers. They are meritorious
without doubt and find a fair market,
writes a Nebraska correspondent to
Country Gentleman, in which the ac-
companying cut also occurs.
Light Hogs Leave the Pedestal.
Hog market antics have been amaz-
ing recently. Forecasting events TWEEN
ty-four hours in advance is well nigh
impossible. Just what packers mean
is hard to divine. One day they want
nothing but light hogs; the following
session finds them clamorous for cheap
STUFF. One thing is certain-light hogs
are about to leave the pedestal, and
within short time the premium wi
be awarded to medium weight bar
rows, 220 to 260 pounds, barrows that
now cut but little figure in the move
ment. Light hogs have had their day.
Eastern growers are cutting them loose
freely, and a big crop of spring pigs
is coming along in the west. Old corn
being scarce, new grain will be used
to force them, and cholera scares will
send them at light weight to the stock
yards by the thousand. Already the
yards have been flooded by sixty to sew
enty pound pigs that were sacrificed for
no other reason than fear of mortality.
If the big run of sows which has been
in progress for several months past
should suddenly stop, weighty hogs
would sell much higher, concludes the
Breeders Gazette, Chicago.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-04
Banding Pigeons.

Where 1t is difficult to get the bands
on the legs of pigeons, a little soap ap-
piled to the leg may help the opera.
ton.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-24

integrity. He has those per-
sonal qualities that make men
popular and enable then to
touch elbows with other fellows
without sacrificing their per-
sonal dignity and endangering
the dignity of the office to
which they are chosen. Mr..
Covington is we'll balanced and
logical. If he has all these
things to start with. why should
he not replace the man who
has shed anything but lustre
on the First District, and who
has done nothing to its credit.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-24
WILLIAM +. JOHNSON. Attorney.
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scrber has obtained from the Orphans
Court for Worcester County, Maryland,
letters of administration on the person
al estate of
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-24
Tax Ditch Notice

In the matter Of the petition Of John
W. Bethards. Benjamin 7. Shockley.
William 7. Parsons, Frank NJ West
and others for the appointment Of Conn
missioners TO locate and lay out ditch
for the purpose Of draining certain low
grounds situate in Colbourn's Election
District Of Worcester County, Mary
land, and running through the lands of
the said petitioners and others.
In the office Of the County Commits
sioners Of Worcester County. Maryland.
to wit:
Ordered by the Board Of County Com
missioners of Worcester County, Mary
land. that the oath day of November.
A. ID. 1908, be and the same is hereby
appointed to hear objections 10 the re-
port and return of Charles f. Trutt,
Samuel +. Shockley and John II. Shock
ley, Commissioners appointed in the
above case, and to correct, ratify
and confirm or reject the same, provided
at least twenty days previous notice Of
the time and place of such hearing be
given by publication Of the copy OF this
order in some newspaper published in
Worcester County aforesaid AT least
twenty days before the said oath day of
November, 1908. and by written or print
ed notice mailed 10 each taxable named
in such report or return.
BY order of the Board
f. II. TAYLOR,
/ EnWAPD WHITE clark
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JOHN w. STATION,
Counsel TO County Commissioners.
New Assessment.
Duties Of Property Owners.

Attention of all property owners in
Worcester County is called to the fol-
lowing duties incumbent upon them with
relation to the new assessment now be-
ing made.
!. II is the duty of every person
served with blanks by the assessor to
have same ready for said assessor prop
erly filed out and ready to be sworn to
before him within twenty days after
such schedules shall have been mailed
to or received by him.
The penalty for not complying with
the above is that the assessor shall at
once assess and value all of the proper
ty of every kind belonging to said per-
son so failing at its full cash value, and
the tax payer has no right of appeal
from such valuation.
2. Every person residing in this
county and owning personal property
liable to taxation whom the assessor
shall fail to furnish with blanks must
appear before the assessor in his dis
trict and make out schedule and swear
to same as above provided.
The penalty for failure to observe
the above is that the assessor shall
value the property of the owner so fail
ing, to the utmost sum he may believe
the same to be worth in cash and the
owner may be taxed on such property
as he failed to report double the amount
of taxessfor which he would have been
liable for the first year.
3. All property of every description
must be listed. whether taxable or not.
The owner claiming any property to be
exempt should make note of such
claim opposite the particular items re-
ferred to.
4. All stocks. bonds and private Sc
curities must be listed at their actual
value. The basis of valuation for tax
alton is fixed by law and will be OBJ
served by the Commissioners.
>. All property must be assessed at
its full cash value without looking to "a
forced sale.
8. If any person shall fail or refuse
to give in to the assessor any bonds,
notes, or other evidences of debt the
same shall not be recoverable in any of
the Courts of this State until they have
been listed and the tax paid with an add
dition of so per cent. per annum from
the time the tax accrued
Z. The penalty prescribed by law
for refusing to truthfully answer any
Of the questions of the assessor or for
making false. fraudulent or incom-
plete return is Imprisonment or heavy
fine or both fine and Imprisonment in
the discretion of the Court.
+. II. TAYLOR,
President.
j. EDWARD WHITE.
Clerk and Treasurer
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Democrats, Remember !!

In order to make GER
tain the election Of Bry-
an, Kern and Covington,
do not fail to go to the
polls on Tuesday ,Novem-
Der Sd. Remember also,
that in order to vote the
straight Democratic tick
ct, you must make one
cross mark opposite the
names Bryan and Kern
and also one cross mark
opposite the name James
Harry Covington. Two
cross marks votes the
straight Democratic tick
of
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late of Worcester County, deceased.
All persons having claims against
the deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit the same. with the vouchers there
of, to the subscriber. on or before the
9th day Of April, 1909. They may
otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefits of the said estate All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment. Given under
my hand this 18th day of October. 1908.
WILLIAM b. S. POWELL.
Administrator.
Test EDWARD 7. DAVIS.
Oct. 2i-3t. Register of Wills.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-24
KLEJ GRANGE.

Miss Rosa Porter, who has been
spending some time with relatives in
Norfolk, Va, returned home Tuesday.
Miss Oneta Tarr. who has been very
i'll with tonsltis, is now convalecent
Mrs. Thos. Collins left Tuesday for a
visit to her daughter, Mr. John G.
Lank. of Salisbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Webb. of Snow
Hill, spent Sunday as the guests of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs K. 5. Iilghman.
Mr.. Ephraim Hillman. Of Pocomoke
City, was visitor here Tuesday.
Dr. Charles Southwick. of Michigan.
is spending some tine at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Southwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke I.ambertson and
little daughter. of Pocomoke City, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lubin Robinson. Of Cir
dletree. spent Sunday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs Obed A. Jones.
Miss Annie Redden. of Goodwill. was
the guest of her friend, Miss Amelia
Jackson. Sunday.
Mr.. Thos L. Tarr. Of Eastvlle. Va.
spent Saturday and Sunday with his
family here.
We are sorry to report that Mr.. John
Lambertson's two small sons. who
have been Ill with typhoid fever for
some time, are very little improved at
this writing.
After an illness Of several weeks,
Mrs. John Knox died Thursday. She
is survived by husband. three sons,
two daughters and one brother. who
have our deepest sympathy in their
bereavement. Funeral services were
held in Girdletree NJ F. Church, Satur-
day morning and her remains We're laid
to rest in the adjoining cemetery.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-24
Fifty Years A Blacksmith.

Samuel r. Worley. of Hixhurg. Va,
has been shoeing horses for more than
fifty years. He says. Chamberlain S
Pain Balm has given me great relief
from lame back and rheumatism. II is
the best liniment ever used. For
sale by z. ID. Cottingham & Co.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-24
ELECTION DRAWS NEAR.

ELEIIION DkAWS NEAk.
The election is only little
over one week off, and no man
who wishes To tell the truth
will assert that it is now a walk
over for either Mr.. Bryan or
Mr. Taft. In the opinion of
well experienced politicians, as
matters stand today. the cleo
tion is IN DOUBT. Bryan has
made such rapid and effectual
inroads upon States heretofore
considered staunchly Republi-
can that his election is more
than probable ; in fact,it is con
coded that New York 5 vote
will decide the election. and a
straw vote taken by the New
York World gives Brya an New
York.
So there YOU are
When the campaign opened
the Republican campaign com
mittee was cock sure of getting
Maryland. now it is conceded
to be in doubt Democratic
leaders believe Mr.. Bryan will
carry this state by a good ma
jority. The arguments of the
Baltimore sun in favor of Demo
Gratis voting for Taft have fallen
flat. and its plea that there is
no reason to believe if the State
should go Republican this year
that it will not return to Democ-
racy next year, has not been ac-
copied by Democrats who know
that il is harder To win after a
loss than after a succession of
victories,
The Sun does not want the
Democratic party to get so
strong in Maryland that the
party can get along without
patronizing its advertising col
umns. Neither does it want
the Republicans to get so strong
in the State that they will not
need its help to win. 1t wants
the State TO be SO close that it
will ever be a battle ground,
where the people will ever be
wrought up to such state of
political uncertainty that there
will be no peace and quiet and
the suns advertising columns
will not suffer
The Democrats of Maryland
are for Bryan and Kern. and if
the election Is not bought up
the result will be such as to
show that the people Of Mary
land still stand with their South
ern neighbors.
We hope every Democrat in
Worcester County who believes
in a good man, worthy man,
coming into his reward, will
take it upon himself to work
for the success of Mr.. Bryan
and his colleagues on the Demo-
cratic ticket from now until
the close of the polls. If you do
this we will give such a ma
iority as will insure the State
of Maryland to Bryan and the
First Congressional District
Will send to the Glst Congress
that bright and brainy young
Democrat, James Harry Gov
ington DO IT
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NOTICE.

The Valley Realty Company, which
has acquired number of farms in Som
erset and Worcester counties of Mary
land. and which purposes to acquire
more, desires to sell or lease same to
responsible parties. Address.
F. II. DRYDEN & co.
Pocomoke City. Md,
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]. EDWARD WHITE. Clerk.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-24
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
Mr.. CONVICTION AND
Mr.. JACKSON.

fstNs SshOhsO
If the Republicans of the First
District had nominated man
for Congress who, by virtue
of his peculiar fitness for the
office, was entitled to submit
his candidacy to the people, the
aspect of the local political sit
uation would be changed, at
least in a degree But did the
Republicans nominate a man
of this kind: Has any one
heard that the slightest thought
was given TO the fitness of the
man Aside from the fact that
he wants the job, what argu-
ment is to be advanced Just
why Mr.. jackson should go
back to Congress: Does the
fact that he wants to constl-
tute a good reason why the oft
nominated gentleman should
continue to monopolize place
which should command the
best in the way of ability and
talant the District can afford:
Again we assert that had the
Republicans put their best foot
forward in the campaign, Mr..
Covington might reasonably
expect greater opposition; but
if Mr.. Jackson constitutes the
best foot of the Republicans in
this District, all we have to say
is that they are mighty poorly
shod.
Mr.. Jackson has no business
to ask to be sent again. and the
people have no right to send
him. We say the people have
no right and we mean it. They
are imposing upon the Nation
and themselves when they as
sumo that Mr.. Jackson, in pub
lie life, is an asset instead of a
liability.
1t may be said that the man
now credited to this District
cannot be attacked upon his
record in Congress. Such is
the case. You can't attack
something that does not exist.
He has no record, and yet
this very amiable-no-record-
gentleman asked that the peo-
pie aid and abet him in continu-
ing his INACTIVE Legislative
career, at the expense of the
Government.
Are we to do it. and if so,
why: Suppose we had a Con-
gress full of Jacksons. What
would be the result
We believe the voters Of this
District want a representative
at Washington, Numerically
opposed to Jackson; not only in
politics but in many other re-
spects.
In Mr.. Covington they have
a splendid opportunity for a
change, and at the same time
to administer a singing rebuke
to those professional politicians
who imagine that any one they
choose to nominate is good
enough for this district.
Mr.. Covington, to begin with,
is of Congressional timber. He
has natural talent that has been
developed by training. He is
a professional man of ability.
He is schooled in the art of
debate and familiar with the
intricacies of parliamentary
and other law He is a man of
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-24
Notice To Creditors

Notice is hereby gwen that the sub
scribcr has obtained from the Orphans
Court for Worcester Comfy. Maryland.
letters testamentary on the personal
estate OF
BENJAMIN HARMON, (col.)
late of Worcester County, deceased.
All persons having claims against the
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same. with the vouchers thereof, to
the subscriber. on or before the 9th
day Of April. 1909 They may otherwise
by law be excluded from all benefits Of
the said estate All persons indebted
to the said estate are requested to make
immediate payment. Given under my
hand this 18th day of October, 1908.
JOHN S. AYDELOTTE.
Executor.
Test EDWARD F. DAVIS.
Oct 2i-3t. Register of Wills.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-24
For Chronic Diarrhoea.

"While in the army in 1863 was
taken with chronic diarrhoea, says
George NJ. FELTON,. of South Gibson. Pa.
Il have since tried many remedies but
without any permanent relief until Mr..
A. w. Miles Of this place persuaded me
to try Chamberlain s Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, one bottle of which
stopped it at once. For sale by p d.
Nottingham & Co.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-24

As we now make our new Hair Vigor it
does not have the slightest effect upon
the color OF the hair. You may use il
freely and for any length OF time with
ont fear OF changing the color. Stops
falling hair. Cures dandruH,
---Mado By tho J. c. Aver Co.. Lowell, Ksrs.--