davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02

- were out Aug. 18 The larvae were
f'own and began pupating Sept l5.
lie first adult emerged in confinement
Sept. %. anJ others continued to come
forth until Oct. z. In 1893 larvae in
confinement began to pupate Sept. 5.
aud all had pupated Sept. II. Sept.
10 adults began to emerge and con-
tl,iues to come out until Sept - In
the latter part Of September tSept 26
AMI later the adults of the second
brood emerge and place their eggs
about the trees. The female moth is
wingless and after emerging does not
leave her loose silk>coceon- The eggs
covered with frothy material. are
placed upon the outside of this. where
they remain clinging to Il twig or to
bark of the trunk. When leaves are
gone from the trees. Il search of plum
or apple trees in an orchard will al
most Invariably show some of these
masses.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02

rE y.
II arm cn3
Q1arden.
FOES OF THE APPLE.

Some Little Known Pests Found In
American Orchards.
One of the reasons why the apple
leaf roller (Archips rosaceanaI has re
eeived SO little attention from the sci
entiic fruit growers is because it has
never existed in numbers sufficient tr
be regarded as positive menace
Now, however. it seems to be largely
on the increase. and with the prospect
of finding it added to the already toe
long list of our apple tree pests it is
well to know something of it and what
is to be expected from it if it should
become plentiful
The larvae are active. cylindrical
pale. green or reddish brown insects
with a deep brown head and with thc
first body division prothoraX) and first
two pairs of jointed legs also deeI
brown. The false legs are well de-
veloped and are colored like the body
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02

A few slender hairs arise from the
head and body. When ready to be.
come pupae they draw the leaves to.
gether and form a shelter in which
the change takes place. They meas.
ure when full grown rather more than
half an inch long.
The pupa is light brown and much
shorter. An example preserved in al
cohol and probably somewhat shrunk-
en- measures a fortieth of an inch in
length. The head end is Prov shaped.
The antennae arise at each side of
the prov shape front, curve outward
and backward, then return toward the
middle line on the central side, where
they terminate with the second pair Of
legs short distance anterior to the
posterior margins of the wing cases.
The thorax is decidedly convex above,
descending to the abdomen, which is
also arched. and terminates in rather
stout, fat spine. with a couple of small
curved hooks at its end. The abdomen
is roughened about by series of den
ticles on each somite. ending on each
side near the spiracIe. -.
Adults are provided with broad front
wings. appearing as if abruptly cut off
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02

be carried on by men who are
now in the harness and who have
been partners i. framing his
policies. The second if is the
important one. If Mr.. Bryan
were safe and sane," but his
efforts to establish such reputa-
ton by promising to keep within
the limits of his platform and to
respect existing law are hardly a
sufficient guarantee against his
kicking over the traces and do
ing something reckless and in
furious to the country before its
effects could be fully realized.
The trouble about Mr.. Bryan's
assurance that he will be hound
by Republican legislation is dis
cretionary. No law can direct
the President or Secretary of the
Treasury at just what moment
they should intervene to avoid a
panic or 10 save the nation from
some great financial disaster.
No law can compel Mr.. Bryan to
issue circulation under the recent
emergency currency law if he
thinks it unwise. Indeed, in a
thousand emergencies liable to
confront the nation, not only
financial but political and inter-
national, it is highly important
that a man trained by public SER
vice and with mind tempered
by knowledge and respect for
law should should sit in the ex-
ecutive chair of Mckinley and
Roosevelt.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02

committee; New glble to seek In
York; surance in these
companies. In other words, the men,
bership of the grange insurance COM
panies is twice sifted. No grange COM
pany has ever been known to fail or
repudiate any just claims.
Cooperative insurance is bona flde
agreement between individuals to help
pay each others losses. 1t is the only
sane way to insure, for by such an
agreement we receive our protection at
actual cost. The grange companies as
sess policy holders to pay actual losses
only. On the other hand, old line COM
panies assess and collect in advance
enough money not only to pay losses.
but also to pay exorbitant salaries to
officers. One company paid during 1907
$1.145.263.S6 in salaries. The stock fire
insurance companies paid SIS, ,25S. .699. T6
in dividends, an average annual divi-
dend for all the companies of 241h per
cent. These dividends went to a COM
paratively few stockholders and none
to the policy holders. Only last year
one of our grange companies saved its
policy holders the muniicent sum of
nearly $4,000 as compared with the
cost in stock company on the same
amount Of finsurance-goodly amount to
save to the members in two counties.
Fifty-one counties of New York state
have the benefit Of grange insurance.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
MUSHROOM CULTURE.
Simple Methods That Will Yield Rich
Returns,

Simple Methods That viii Yield Rich
Returns.
For mushroom growing greenhouse
is not needed. Any building which
protects the crop from rain wind and
cold will do Mushrooms do best in d
moderate temperature. say from 40 to
SO degrees. They are easily hurt by
drip The air should be moist and
stationary. no drafts. Light is not
needed. They are really winter crop.
because it is easier to heat struc-
ture than to cool it down. When warm
weather sets in insects often attack
the crop and ruin it. Generally the
first beds are prepared in September
or October and the last in March.
To make a mushroom bed use fresh
horse manure. such as one would get
in livery barn. 1t should be from
grain fed animals, bedded with hay
or straw. Sawdust or shavings are
not suitable. Shake out the coarsest
straw and throw the material into a
heap to start heating.
! 1t should be moderately moist, nei-
ther wet nor at all dry. AS soon as
heating has commenced fork the pile
over to prevent burning. and repeat
this three or four times every two
days. When the material assumes d
dark brown or blackish color and
smells rather sweet it Is ready to form
into, /. beds. These may be fifteen to
eighteen inches deep and of any suita-
BILE width or length. Pack down firm
ly and wait three or four days to allow
reheating. Try with thermometer.
and if not higher than S5 or 80 de-
grees insert spawn every ten or twelve
inches apart each way. Place the
spawn an inch or two deep and cover
the whole bed with light dressing
Of loan, say two inches deep, to hold
heat and moisture. and form firm
roofing place for the crop. Mushrooms
dislike to be watered; hence moisture
should be preserved rather than sup
piled,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
THE CANDIDATES.

In asserting. that the one acts
well, Senator Beveridge says
that VIM. H. Taft is of the Pill
grim stuff-his is the wisdom
that makes the ideal vision a
living fact. Tried in every
realm of government, tested
in every department Of
craftsmanship who takes his
reckoning by the fixed stars of
human nature and experience
not an uncertain astologer cast
ing absurd horoscopes from
imaginary signs of symbols. And
not once in all his voyages has the
reckoning he has made been
wrong; not once has a single
horoscope that Mr.. Bryan has
cast been right. .
When the great commander
who has guided our ship of state
through storms of opposition and
amid the rocks of hatred straight
for the port of our higher hopes
and our larger liberties, volun-
tarily steps from the bridge and
delivers to us bis high commits
sion, let US hand it to the ablest
officer aboard and safely make
the harbor of our hearts desire.
Furthermore, in asserting that
the other draws well, the Sem
ator advises no man to denounce
Mr.. Bryan. Such men are neces-
sary to human progress. Always
such men has been the voice of a
protest, but never the statesman
of cause. Always they have
been the urgers of reform, but
never the doers of the work.
He is the storm of unrest
which clears the atmosphere, but
not the trade winds that carry to
port the freighted ships of a peo-
ple's hope.
Four years ago in his own
home, paying tribute to his char
acter and mind, I called him a
dreamer who beholds happy
visions but achieves no useful
deed. His is the mind that
thinks of the barren fields bend
ing with grain; but his is not the
plowman's hand. the sower's
graft or the cleaners hus-
bandry. The poets dream of an
undiscovered Utopia has cheered
US all; but the Pilgrims, actually
landing on Plymouth Rock.
planted the real tree of liberty. I
beneath whose real shadow we
rest and by whose real fruits we
live.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
Overseer New York State Grange
Grange Influence.


The good and helpful influences of
the grange naturally group themselves
under three heads-comradeship, CO.
operation and citizenship.
Comradeship suggests those social
influences that arise out of the frater
nal obligations and associations.
Cooperation includes those that come
from the business contract, the trade
card and all forms of combined buy.
ing and selling.
Citizenship covers the influences
that emanate from the public expires.
sion of the popular will. &c.
These latter are certainly the most
vital as we'll as the most subtle of the
impressions the grange does or can
make upon its members and the world.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
The Decree Team.

There is no hard and fast rule upon
the -costuming of a degree team. says
State Master Hill of Pennsylvania.
Neither are there any fixed regulations
as to the number of people that may
constitute degree team. l have seen
as many as fifty all dressed in uniform
rendering a single degree. If the sis
tiers all dress in white they present .
very pretty appearance. In that event
the brothers should dress as near alike
as possible, and it adds to the attrac-
tiveness If white gloves are worn.
This matter is left largely to the taste
and resources of the members and af.
fords a splendid opportunity for the
sisters to exercise their ingenuity.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02

at the ends, the anterior margin
strongly arched at the base and trifle
incurved near the tip. The general
color Of the front wings and body is
alutaceus. or leather color, with an
obliQue dusky band beginning at the
middle Of the anterior margin and ex-
tending to the inner angle of the wing.
This mark may be obscure in old ex-
amples, but some trace of it Is gener-
ally present. 1t has given the species
the name oblique banded leaf roller,
used in some chronological writings.
The apex Of the front wings is occu-
pied by another dusky mark. The
outer half Of the hind wing Is pale
yellow, the inner half dusky.
Numerous other plants besides ap-
pie are attacked by this species. among
them clover. cotton, strawberry. rose
plum. birch, bean. honsyssckIe. cherry
and others. The species occurs from
the Atlantic to ths Pacific ocean.
Another thrsatsosd syil u the tps-
sock caterpillar. wAich seems 10 b
multiplying rapidly In middle west
orchards. 1t n q singular caterpillar.
ASA = WV tSAA6 S0AAD "a VS3SA make -
ing one at each side Of the first body
division (prothorax) and a similar one
at the hind end Of the body. They
feed singly and finally produce small
moths. the male broad winged. the To-
male wingless.
The tussock caterpillar became
known to some American orchardists
for the first time during the summer
Of 1907. 1t was very common then.
working apparently in conjunction
with the fall webworm in destroying
the leaves of fruit and shade trees. 1t
is present every season. but ordinarily
does but little harm. Two broods de-
velop. the first appearing in April and
May. the second about the first of
August.
A mass of eggs observed In 1905 was
placed on privet hedge Aug to s.
The eggs began Matching AEg. Ia, and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
An Unappreeiated Plant.

SChives is a vegetable not widely
known in this country. 1t is native
along the northern borders of the
United States as well as in some parts
Of Europe, where it is popular. The
plant belongs to the onion family. and
its leaves are used for seasoning in
soups. salads, ETC., and are preferred
to onions by many persons because
they are much milder and more tender.
Europeans use chives for seasoning
scrambled eggs and similar dishes.
The culture of chives is simple. The
plant will grow in any ordinary gar
den soil. 1t is usually propagated by
division of the roots, because it does
not seed readily. The roots or clumps
of roots may be purchased at moderate
prices. The clumps should be plant
ed in beds about nine inches apart in
rows which are two feet aparE The
planting may be done in either spring
or autumn. The chives may also be
planted in the border of the vegetable
garden and makes an excellent perma-
nent border. AS border plant the
clumps should be planted about six
inches apart. The leaves will grow
thickly and form a dense green mat.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
Pasture In New England.

The pasture problem threatens the
future of New England dairy farming.
The old hill pastures are slowly but
surely running out and are keeping
fewer and fewer cattle every year.
Most of them cannot be plowed at
any reasonable cost under present con-
ditions of farm labor, and clearing off
the bushes is of only temporary bene-
fit. Unless pastures can be plowed
and cultivated for a few years there
seems to be no hope for them, and
they gradually turn into wood lots, thus
reducing the dairy capacity Of the
farm. Many pastures are needlessly
injured by turning the stock out too
early in the spring. especially when
it has been eaten close the preceding
year. They tramp the soil too wet and
gnaw the young plants too close to the
ground. It IL much better to let the
grass get good start. then put on
the stock long enough to eat down the
grass and move them to another pas
ture. Unless pastures are large enough
20 be divided in this way they quickly
become injured under ordinary meth
-odG It is an expensive way. but per
haps It is the only way to manage
without grazing the land too close.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02

One hundred and twenty-one CO.
operative companies. including the
grange companies. reported to the
central organization the total amount
of risks carried to be 1881. .541 ,325. The
average cost per $1,000 for all these
companies. in 1907 was S2.77. The
average cost to the grange companies
is but $3.50 per $1,000. a saving in
favor of the grange companies Of 81
cents per $1,000.
The largest grange company in New
York has risks amounting to nearly
$14.O00.OOO. Who can truthfully say
the farmer has not been able to man
age the business of cooperative insur-
ance successfully?
w. II. VARY.
Overseer New York State Grange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02

dollars are saved
each year to the
policy holders.
The expense ac-
count of the
grange cOmpa-
MES Is among
the lowest. BY
requiring grange
membership in
order to be in
Sured the moral
hazard of fire un-
derwriting is re-
duced to the min
lmum, as the
character Of the
Individual must
be passed upon
before he is ELI
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
The Irish (N Potato.

The potato Is a native Of the Andes.
particularly Of Chile and Peru, and
some writers claim that It was found
growing wild as far north as tne
Toltec gorge In southern Colorado. 1t
probably was first introduced into Eu-
rope by the Spaniards about the mid
die Of the sixteenth century. In 1856
it was taken to England from Vir-
ginia. where. however. it was prob
ably derived from a Spanish source.
Its progress in Europe was slow. its
culture. even in Ireland. not becoming
general until the middle of the eight
eenth century, but it is now a staple
food in most temperate climates.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
A MAGAZINE Evening.

A Massachusetts grange had an in
tensely interesting meeting in maya
zine evening. carrying out the complete
idea, stories, advertisements, editorials,
funny page. correspondents queries
and all. Many members took part.
All did well, and the evening was .
great success.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02

Mr.. Bryan shows what an un-
conscious humorist he is when he
tells Judge Taft. after the latter
has been so long in the public
service. to go and make a record
for himself.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02

Experienced business men say
Bryan's bank deposit plan would
seriously reduce prudence in
banking. What's a little thing
like prudence to Bryan when he
is after votes?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
FORWARD OR BACKWARD.

The real question involved in
the political campaign today is
essentially whether the people
desire party in power which
does things to enhance the credit
of the nation and develop
its economic resources, or
whether it desires a party
which only harps and cavils at
things done. An opposition
party has its uses, and in many
cases it is fortunate that there
should be a seesaw in the possess
sion of power. The past twelve
years, however, have been years
of remarkable events in this
country. They have opened the
door to an expansion of influence
and power abroad such as has not
come to the United States for
several generations. At home
also they have witnessed the cre-
alton and carrying out of a great
body of constructive policies by
President Roosevelt, which Mr..
Taft is pledged to continue.
To dismiss the Republican
party of the present time from
the seat of authority would be to
turn the hand backward upon the
clock of national progress. The
election Of Mr.. Bryan, with the
continuance of a great Republican
majority in the Senate. would
mean a deadlock between the
White House and Congress, a
persistent playing of politics at
Washington, and a complete ar
rest of all the broad reforms and
progressive steps which have
been accomplished or inaugurated
during the past twelve years.
Even President Cleveland, sturdy
Democrat as he was, recognized
that fact that the acquisition of
the Philippines was a fact accom-
plished and that even in the
Hawaiian Islands, which were
abandoned by his authority, the
duty was now imposed upon the
United States of carving out
with firm hand the task which
they had undertaken. TIE reso-
lutte policies which Mr.. Hay and
Mr.. Root inaugurated in the State
Department - the maintenance
of the open door in the Orient
and the extension of our relations
with Latin would be
put in hazard by a change of ad-
ministration. Only by a curious
chance did the Democratic Ma
tional Convention endorse a
strong navy, which is an essen
tial factor of Republican policy,
but is not a natural part of the
program of Mr.. Bryan. Even in
the regulations of the railways
and the assurance of equal JUS
tice to all shippers and all citi-
zens, the orderly and energetic
policy adopted by the present ad-
ministration and the interstate
Commerce Commission would be
Jared and confused if put in new
hands. more Jealous perhaps than
competent.
A change in the national ad-
ministration might be a matter
of Indifference on some grounds
but for two important Ifs. -
The first of these is that the Re-
publican rarty during the past
twelve years had merely marked
time without accomplishing or
inaugurating only important re-
forms, but the work which Pres
ident Roosevelt has done should
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
The Presidents Wise Selections.

The president honored the grange by
selecting two of its members for the
commission appointed to suggest meth.
DDS to Improve rural farm life. One
of these was Dean Bailey of Cornell
and the other President Butterfield of
the Massachusetts, State Agricultural
college. Both are active members OF
the grange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
1df CORVALLIS GALtlll

Published Tuesdays and Fridays
by the GAZETTE PUBLISHING
Co., for $500 per annum, or
25 per cent discount if cash is
paid in advance.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
THE GRANGE
Conducted by S
}. W. DARRow. Chatham. <. r. .
Press Correspondent Ne,D York State
Grange
COOPERATIVE INSURANCE.
Ffty-one Counties In New York Have
the Benefit of Grange Fire Insurance.
Especial Correspondence.

Especial Correspondence
1t goes without saying that the
grange has been Instrumental in bring
ing about many reforms in the mat
ter of legislation in the interests of
the farmers of this country. but there
is no one thing that has been more of
a success than cooperative insurance.
Under the conservative mana cement
of the grange companies thousands of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-02
ELECTIONS FOR 1908.

Closes for election Oct. 20.
Presidential election Nov. 3.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-19
Have You Ever Stopped to
Think About Your Health?

Are you as well, strong and vigorous
as you used to be?
Are YOU sometimes discouraged, and
think you'll never be any better?
Can you tell the cause of your
trouble or what makes you sick?
Do you know that about e-tenths
of all sickness is caused by kidney
trouble?
Have you ever stopped to think that
your kidneys may be the cause of your
poor health?
Most people do not realize how much
work the kidneys are required to do
every day.
Every drop of blood in the body
must pass through and be filtered by
the kidneys thousands of times a day.
How can they do their work we'll if
they are sick?
If your kidneys need treatment, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root will prove to be
just the medicine you need.
If you will write to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, every reader of this
Paper, who has not already tried
Swamp Root, the great Kidney, Liver
and Bladder, Remedy, may receive a
sample bottle by mail, absolutely free.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-19
Class Of 1868. C. n. s.

1F'n. 9. Il. Clason furnishes the fol-
lowing list OF the graduates of the
Class Of 1868, Gardiner High school:
Herbert NJ Heath. Augusta; Addie
M. Perry. Gardiner; Lizzie NJ Watson,
Joseph f. Esmond, I'll Boylston street,
Boston. Mass: Jennie E. Bradbury
Robcrts). Skowllcgan; Alice L. Chase
(dcceasCO: Weston Lewis, Gardiner;
Medora +. Clark (SmalD, Oakland;
Charles S. Plummcr (deceased); Hen
ry f. Davis, Woburn, Mass; Margaret
T.. A. Wadsworth (Smith), Gardiner;
Annie Bartlett, Haverhill, Mass; Wal
ton o. Hooker (deceased); Josie F.
Small BlancharO, Gardiner; E. w.
Morrcll, Nellie L. Ring Purnell), Gar
diner.
This class as has alre ady been stated
in the Journal viii observe it's 40th
anniversary at Lake Cobbosseecontee,
Aug. 4.