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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
HEALTH REGULATIONS.
Good Grooming of Cow and "''N'''
Exact Milk Handling.

| Good GToomIH9 VI WV
Exact Milk Handling
The New York city department o.
health has issued concise rules to farni
ers and dairymen for the regulation
of its milk supply. These regulations
are amplided with a number Oh Iec
Concentrations, among which are the
following; 4,,,o.
The COWS should be kept at all tlmeS
in q healthy condition, and an eAahl
nation by veterinary surgeon shoulo
be made twice year.
The COWS should be groomed dany
and manure. mud or other filth shoulu
not be allowed to remain upon thell
tanks. sides, udders or bellies during
milking.
The clipping of long hairs from the
udder and the right side of the cow is
of assistance in preventing the collee-
tion of filth which may drop into the
milk
The tails should be cut so that the
brush should be we'll above the ground
In winter the tail may be clipped.
The cows should be bedded with
sawdust, shavings, dried leaves, straw
or some equally clean material.
The use of horse manure for bedding
is to be condemned.
To prevent the COWS from lying
down and getting dirty between clean
ing and milking a throatlatch of rope
or chain should be fastened across the
gtanchions under the cows neck.
The mixers should be clean.
Their hands should be thoroughly
washed with soap and water and care
fully dried on clean towels before
milking.
Clean overalls and Jumpers should
be worn during the milking Of the
COWS, should be used for no other pur-
pose and when not in use should be
kept In a clean place, protected from
dust
The hands and teats should be kept
dry during milking.
The practice of mOistening the hands
with milk is to be condemned
The first few streams from each teat
should be rejected, as these contain
more bacteria than the rest Of the
milk
All milk drawn from the cows thir-
ty days before and ten days after calv-
ing should be rejected and also all milk
from diseased cows.
The pail in which the milk is drawn
should have as small an opening at the
top as can be used in milking. This
renders collection of dust less likely.
The milking should be done rapidly
and quietly, and the cows should be
treated kindly.
Dry fodder should not be fed to the
cows during or just before milking, as
dust therefrom will fall into the milk.
The milk should be removed as soon
as drawn to the milk house and strain
ed and cooled to the proper tempera-
ture at once.
If aerators are used they should
stand where the air is free from dust
or odor, and on no account should
they be used in a stable.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
Sold and Recommended by
sTAFRIN DRUG COMPANY
Steam Heat For ParafFin Pan.

With the device here sketched 1t is
a simple matter to paraftin butter tubs
where steam is at hand, as in cream
cries A writer in the Dairy Record
explains the construction as follows:
Take two heavy tin pans, not quite as
large around as the old style common
milk pan, and set one inside the other,
soldering the space between the rims
so as to leave the bottom of the two
pans about a half inch apart. The
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
SHELTER FOR SHEEP.
GGn-pses Of Farm shepherdins In New
England.

England.
Ny flock OF sheep, which usually
numbers 100 to $50, is left in the pas
ture as long as they can find sufficient
| iced. md that is up to the time Of the
first SHOWS which cover the ground to
Il depth Of three inches or more. Last
| fall the snow was twelve inches deep
| when we brought them in. think the
sheep do better on the hills where
there is good protection from cold
winds than they do in the barn until
the weather comes quite cold, prOvld-
ed they can find sufficient feed. Nov.
% is the latest mine ever stayed ont.
When once taken in | DO not like to
let them out again till spring. even If
Il comes summer weather for a few
LAYS, as 1t takes about a week Or ten
days to get them we'll started on to
dry hay feed, and If again turned to
grass you have the same process to go
over. ana that to the detriment Of the
flock For the first two weeks we put
them on to the best hay we have, and
after that they will eat most any good
hay.
My experience is that sheep do better
in cold sheds and barns than in warm
ones. They seem as happy with the
mercury at 30 degrees below as with
1t 60 degrees aboye-yes, | think they
like 1t better. ! only feed them twice
day-the morning feed at about 8
O'Clock ana the evening at till about
March. and then a change to and
IS made Sheep are like boys. they
don't like to get up early in the morn
ing. and | never like to drive them up
but Ike to feed them regularly. not
varying more than half an hour if pos
sible, says +. l.. Tracy Of Vermont in
New England Homestead.
WooIIy Backs on Rough Land.
Although IA hardy race in their ma
tive mountains where they must strug
gle vigorously for existence. sheep be-
come very sensitive when transplanted |
to more favorable surroundings. In |
the midst Of luxurious summer pas
turagc they lead a life Of enerYating !
ease, and some degree of shelter is
required to enable them to endure the |
hardShips Of cold weather Occasion
ally the sheep owner allows his flock |
to remain in the open throughout the
winter, providing only simply built
sheds for refuge at night and on
stormy days. In such case the sheep
must he furnished with abundant and
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11

Cut fresh bone and meat are better
than beef scraps If both meat and
bone are really fresh. If they have
turned green and evidence the begin
ming Of going bad, bury them deep.
Do not feed tainted meat or bone. Do
not feed cut fresh bone to chicks that
are very young, not until they are, say,
six weeks old. Trim off a little Of the
raw beef, chop that and feed to baby
chicks, a little at first and increasing
as they get older.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
THE FARMERS SHEEP.
Why Fall Lambs Mean Satisfaction to
a Sheep Grower.

Sheep Grower.
Brighton Is the great live stock
market of the New England states. A
Country Gentleman correspondent
says: THE next few years will see
more native lambs In Brighton than
ever before in its history. Do not let
the opportunity escape you. If you do
not grasp it others Will" In the same
journal w. G. Appleby of the Fillmore
farms, Vermont gives the following as
IN brief a few of the reasons why he
considers Dorsets the most profitable
breed of sheep farmer can keep:
The ewes drop their lambs In the fall
when they are In better condition than
they would be In the spring unless
they have been highly fed during the
winter, and when the lambs are wean.
ed they can be kept very cheaply until
spring. They should be fed some grain
again, however, for a little While be-
fore mating with the ram.
Dorset lambs that are born in tba
fall and early winter bring double the
price that other lambs four to five
months old born in the spring would
do.
Fail lambs that are kept for breeders
are sheared in the spring, when they
VIII shear between four and five
pounds of wool. This goes a long way
TO pay for their winters keep.
Early lambs are less liable to infec-
ton by internal parasites than lambs
born In the spring. In fact, by proper
Dorset lambs can be kent
practically free from stomach worms.
perhaps the greatest drawback to sue.
sesSful sheep breeding.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
The Columbian wyanso,,. A..

The Australian Hen says that the
eemand throughout America for Co
lumbian Wyandottes Is very great ana
mat large numbers OF this popular new
variety are being imported from the
United States and England.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
Vigorous Males Needed.

The Yirie. vigorous male is the one
that VIII beget vigorous offspring. and
IL Is the vigorous offspring that Laws
eggs II you have a male that does
not care much about the females. is
ihdolent and unattentive to them
make potpie or fricassee Of bin,
That is all be is good for.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-06-19
Notice of Mortgage sale.
1914

Default having been made In the payment OF a
certain proniss ny note secured 10y mortgage, bear
ing date JanuarS ~ 1904, made 10y JEFFERSON John
son and Elizabeth Johnson his wife, then OF Alme
ma township, Van Buren, county, Michigan, to
John Blair of Sturgis, Michigan. which mortgage
was recorded in the Office OF register of deeds OF
Van Buren, county, Michigan, January %, 1904, IN
liber ~ of mortgages, page 295 and on which mort
gage there is due at the date of this notice. the sum
of S129 80, and proceedings at law or In equity
having been instituted to recover the same, or any
part thereof:
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power
of sale in the mortgage contained, and according
to the statute in such made and provided, the
land and premises described in said mortgage, to-
wit All that certain parcel OF land situate in the
township of Almena, county of Van Buren,, aud
state of Michigan particularly described az follows,
viz: Commencing In the center of the Bonfoey and
Pine Grove road, called at point eleven (lll
rods and eighty 81 links north of the the north
eighth line of section twentyeight 2S of township
two % south of range thirteen tl3 west, and run
ming thence west parall with said eighth line for
ty three t43) rode; thence due north thirteen and
one-third $3.50 rods; thence east orty (40 rods
and to the center of said highUay: thence south
easttiy along the center of saio highway To the
place of beginning, containing three (3 acres and
ninety-three 1913 square rods more or less, wilt be
sold TO the highest bidder at public vendue for cash
at the front door of the court house in the city OF
Paw Paw, Van Buren, county, Michigan, that be
ing the place for holding the circuit court for said
Van Buren, county on the is day of August 1908,
at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, TO pay the amount
due OH said mortgage and the costs OF this fore
closure allowed by law.
Dated, May /, 1908.
JOHN BLAIR, Mortgage
A. G.. FULLER Findlay, Ohio,
Attorney for Mortgagee ll3tl
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state OF Mionigan-Uounty oil Van bnren-ss
A. session OF the probate court for said County
held AT the probate office, In the village OF Paw
Paw, on the 23rd day Ma, In the year one
thousand nine hunrir and tight.
Present, Hon. David Anderson, Judge o FRO
bate.
In the matter OF the estate OF S. +. Bergh,
deceased.
on reading and filing the petition, duly verine
of Frederick II. Bergh, son and one OF the heirs at
law OF said deceased, praying that the Court ad-
Indicate and determine who are or were at the time
OF bis death the legal heirs of said deceased and en-
titled by the laws of this state to inherit the real
estate In said petition described
Thereupon II IL ordered, that Monday, the 18th
day of June. A. ID. 1903, at ten O'Clock In the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing OF
said petition, and that the heirs at law
of said deceased and all other persons Interested
In said estate required TO appear at session
of said court TO be holden at the probate ofhct IN
the village of Paw Paw aud show cause, If any there
be, why the prayer of the petitioner should not be
granted.
And IL is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice 10 the persons interested In said estate
of the pendency of said petition, and the hearing
thereof by causing a copy of this order to be pun
lshed i'm The True Northerner, newspaper printe'
and circulating In said county of Van Buren,, Tor
three weeks at least previous to said das
of hearing.
DAVID ANDERSON,
1914 Judge of Probate
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Order for Hearing.

State of Mchigan-County of Van Buren-ss.
AT session of the probate court for said county
held at the probate Office, in the v''laRe OF Pa"
Paw, on the 18th day o. June, in the year one
thousand nine hundred and eight.
Present, Hon. DaUu Anderson, Judge
Probate. - 49,,
In the matter of the estate of Frank T. Hill.
deceased. .
on reading and filing the petition, duly verified.
Of Elizabeth r. Hill widow of said deceased, pray
inc for reasons therein stated that administration
of said estate he granted to said petitioners or to
some other suitable person.
Thereupor II ia ordered, that Monday the 9th
day of July A. ID. 1aOS, at 10 O'Clock In the fore
noon be assigned lor the hearing OF said pet-
ton and that the heirs AT law of said deceased,
aud all other persons interested In said estate are
required to appear at a session of said court,
to be holden at the probate office, in the village OF
paw Paw, and show cause, if any there be, why
the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted
And il is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice 10 the persons interested in SAID
estate, of the tendency of said petition, and
the hearing thereof, by causing copy
of this order to be published in The True Norther-
ner a newspaper printed and circulating in SAID
county of Van Buren,, for three successive weeks
al least previous to said day OF hearing.
DAVID ANDERSON,
lst4 Judge of Probate
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Mortgage Sale.
DAVID ANDERSON,
Judge of Probate.

Whereas, default having been made In tbs pay
ment OF the money secured by a mortgage dated the
cath day of January, A. d., 1903 executed 10y Eli d..
Bierce and Alice Bierce, his wife, of Paw Paw, Van
Buren, codnty, Michigan, to Bert r. Bennett of the
same place, which said mortgage was recorded in
the Office of the Register of Deeds for Van Buren,
county, Michigan in Liber IS of Mortgages at page
2i9 on the Gath day of January, A. d. 1908, at five
o'clock.p. M, and
Whereas, the said mortgage has been duly as
signed by the said Bert Il. Bennett TO Julian Shell
don. of Paw Paw, Michigan, by assignment bearing
date the 14th day of July, A. d., 1904 aud recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds of the said
county of Van Buren, the l4th day of July, A. D..
1904 at III AS o'cocktn the forenoon, in Lber "a of
Mortgages, at page 54S and that the same Is now
owned by the SAID Julian sheldon, and
Whereas, the amount claimed TO be due and un-
paid said mortgage at the date of this notice is
the sum o. Ten hundred eighty-two and n 100 dol
lars and the further sum of Twenty five (S2 dollars
an attorney fee stipulated for IN said Mortgage
and which is the whole amount claimed to be unpaid
on said mortgage,
And no suit or proceeding having been instituted
at law to the debt now remaining secured by
said mortgage any part thereof whereby the
power of sale contained in said mortgage has be9
come operative
Now Their, fore, notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of the said power of sale, and in pursuance
of the statute IN such made and provided, the
said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale OF the
premises therein described at public auction to the
highest bidder at the north front of the Court
House in the Village of Paw Paw in the County of
Van Buren, Michigan, (that being the place of hold
ing the Circuit Court for said County on the Goth
day of June, A. D.. 1905 at ten O'Clock in the fore
uoon of that day, which said premises described
in said mortgage as follows, to-wit:
All that certain piece parcel of land situate and
being in the Village of Paw Paw, County OF Van
Buren, and State of Michigan, and described as fol
lows, to-wit The west onehalf of the west one
half of Block Number Six according to the recorded
plat of said village.
Dated March 20, 1908.
JULIAN SHELDON, Assignee.
Thomas j. Cavanaugh,
Attorney for Assignee. 7tl3
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Mortgage Sale.

Default having been made in the conditions of
certain mortgage made by Walter T.. Iowne and
Ella NJ. Towne, his wi e, to Charles +. Christie,
dated April 18th, A. ID. l9y7, ana recorded III the
Ruren and state of Michigan, the 3rd day OF
Nav AID 1907, IN Liher Sc of Nor cages, on page
353 on which mortgage there IS claimed TO be due
nj the date Of this notice the sum of thirty-hVe
(S35.OO) dollars, AID an attorneys lee OF twenty
$4,000 dollars. provided for in said mortgage, ana
10 suit or proceedings at law having been instituted
to recover the moneys secured by said mortgage or
any part thereof
Now. Therefore by virtue of the power of sale
contained in said mortgage, and the statute IN such
case made and provided notice is hereby given that
on Saturday, the both day Of August, A. l9uS, at
ten O'Clock i'm the forenoon, l shall sell at Pubhc
Auction, to the highest bidder, at the north mont
door of the court house. in the village of Paw Paw
Michigan chat being the place where the circuit
court for Van Buren, county is hOlden), the prem
Uses described i'm said mortgage, or so much Thereon
as may be necessary to pay the amount due on SAID
mortgage aud all legal costs, together with an attOr
news fee OF twenty $4,000 dollars covenanteo Tor
therein the premises being described in said mort
gage as all that certain lot, piece and parcel OF
land situated in the village OF Lawrence, III the
county of Van Buren, and state of Michigan, ana
known aud described as follows:
Commencing on the north line OF st. Joseph
street at the southwest corner of the Grange
property said point being about one hundred and
thirv-fve (35j feet east of the southwest corner
of lot number eight 90 of block number seven I'D
of said village; thence north seventy (7O) feet;
thence west thirty 800 feet; thence south seventy
(7O) feet to said st. Joseph street; thence east
thirty 800 feet - place of beginning. The above
sale will be made subject 20 the principal sum men
toned in SAID mortgage ana the annual interest,"
the reon as the same shall be come due.
CHARLES f. CHRISTIE,
LINCOLN II. TITUS, Mortgage.
ATTORNEY for Mortgage.
Business address, Paw Paw Michigan ll1uS
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Mortgage sale, James Ludy-w. r. sawyer

Mortgage Sale, James Ludy-W. r. sawyer
Whereas default having been made in tie condi-
tons of "A certain iudenture of mortgages bearing
date the Sth of December 1902 executed by Wilson
r. Sawyer, Paw Paw, Michigan to William r.. Rodges
of Antwerp Mich and which mortgage was recorded
in Che Office OF register OF deeds OF Van Buren,
County, Michigan, in Iiber IS on page l9l on the
10th day of December, 1902, and said mortgage
duly assig' ed 10y said William II. Rodges to +. +.
Grimes, Paw Paw Mich tue 18th of June, 1902, and
recorded i'm Lber 81 page 6l7 in Office OF register
of deeds of Van Buren, County, Mich, and on which
mortgage there is claimed TO be due and unpaid at
the date of this notice the sum of Five Hundred
Forty I Vo and twent Mght one-hundredths dollars
2Slalso attorney fee of Fifteen dollars pro-
ded for in said mortgage and 10 suit or proceedings
a law in equity having been instituted to recover
the amou tnow due and unpaid or any part thereof.
Now therefore, notice is hereby tyen that by
virtue of the power of sale contained in said mort
gage and in pursuance of the statute in such case
made and provided there will be sold at public
auction to the highest bidder at the front door of
the court house in the village of Paw Paw, Van
Buren, county, Mich. that being the place for hold
ing the circuit court for said county, on Saturday,
September IL 1908, at O'Clock PINOT said day the
premises described in said mortgage or so much
az may be necessary TO satisfy the amount now due
and unpaid said note aud mortgage with interest
and costs said premises being described az follows
Certain piece or parcel of land III Township Of
Antwerp, Van Buren, County, Mich, described as
follows :-Commer cling at the southwest corner of
the southeast quarter 4 of section seven u town
three l3l south range thirteen ll3 west, north on
quart line hfty.nine and one-half l5915I rods
tnCn, east thrt 49, rods thence south parable
month said quarter line iftynine ana one-haf 59l2l
70 IL thence west thirtytwo 1872 rods to place of
beginning containing II acres of land more or less.
VIM H. MASON, +. y. GRIMES,
Attorney for Mortgage Mortgagee
1918.
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State Of Michigan, county OF Van Buren,, -.
Al a session of the probate cou,t for said county
held at the probate oihoe la the village rn~ Paw
on the 23d day of May. IN the year Que thou
sand nine hundred and ii hit.
Pres, AT, Hon. Davic Anderson Judge OF Probate
In the matter of the estate of 4. Bergh,
deceased.
Oh reading aud Ming the petition, ally verified, OF
Frederick II. Bergh, aud one OF the heirs at law
said deceased, praying for reasons therein stated
that administration of said estate be granted
TO Daniel Spicer, or to some other suitable person.
Thereupon II is ordered that Monday, the 10th day
OF June. A. ID. 1908, at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon, be assigned for the hearing ~ said petition,
and that the heirs at law of said deceased and all
other persons interested n said estate are required
TO appear at session of said court, to be holden
at the PROBATE Office In the village of Paw Paw and
show cause II any there be, why the prayer OF the
petitioner should not be granted.
And II Is further ordered mat said petitioner give
notice to the persons interested in said estate OF the
tendency OF said petit ION and the hearing thereon,
by causing a copy o. this order to be published In
The True Northerner a newspaper printed and cir
culating In said county of Van Buren,, for three
successive weeks at isast previous to said day OF
hearing.
DAVID ANDERSON,
l6t4 Judge of Probate.
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NO MUSIC IN THE JAPAN .ss
IS a Fscr'- -ssy Are Net Moved by
hslsS'o Sounds.

IT. ere Is no music in Japan except
that made by the birds, the Wind the
running streams and the roar ing
waterfalls, says a writer in the NIL
waukee Sentinel. The people have
no music in them. they do not sing
or even whistle, or play any musical
instrument worthy OF the name They
are not moved by the concord of
sweet sounds" They have few rude
instruments, but the sounds they give
forth are harsh, inharmonious and al.
together unmusical. There is a din.
ner band at the Grand hotel, Yokoha-
ma, and there was a brass band at the
imperial garden party, the only bands
| have heard in all Japan. Even at the
geisha dances, the most popular in
Japan, the music is primitive and dis.
cordant. And the dances are worse
than the music. 1t is not in any
sense dancing as we know it, it is
simply a series OF posturings, accom-
panied by the flirting fans, flags, OF
handkerchiefs, but lacking the motion
and inspiration that thrills and fas-
cinates in the merry mazes of the CO
tillon and the waltz. The religious
dances are slow, dignified and impress
sive, but have none of the life and
intoxication that gives interest and
charm to the participant or beholder
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Goosepits in Russia.

In Russia pits for cock fighting are
unknown, but "goosepits" some 60
years ago were common throughout
that mighty kingdom. The effect OF
this can be seen today in the geese
which are indigenous to the country,
the Arsamas and the lula varieties
particularly showing TO marked de-
gree the fighting characteristics OF
their ancestors. The Arsamas gander
has a bill which is entirely different
in form from that of the geese known
in any other part of the world This
special structure enables the bird tC
take a firm hold on the neck or back
of it's antagonist.