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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20
FEDERAL BIRD PROTECTION.

If the reports in the public press dur
Ing the past few months relative to the
destruction of migratory song birds in
southern states can be accepted with
any degree of accuracy. it would seem
high time that our chief executive
and ou% representatives In congress
were coming forward and espousing
the cause of the protection of our USE
full birds by federal statute. 1t is re-
ported that in the state OF Louisiana
alone there were killed by pot hunters
during five or six weeks during jan
uary and February the enormous num-
Der Of 100000 robins. What the
slaughter Of this enormous number of
useful birds me;Als along the line Of a
destruction of power to hold insect
pests in check can hardly be estimated.
Yet it is quite likely that these birds
were but a small portion Of the total
number Of this and other varieties
killed. Not only Is the robin a friend
Of the southern gardener and cotton
grower in destroying the common in
sects and the cotton boil weevil, but he
Is the main standby Of the northern
agriculturist. Every argument. both Of
sentiment and utility. would seem to
demand that he and others be protect
ed by federal laws which would levy
heavy fine for killing such birds. wheth
err to provide wings and feathers for
my lady's hat or to furnish the filling
for potpies. Along with and In return
for protection by people of the south
of the robin and his like, birds which
spend their winters there. the northern
farmer could we'll afford to provide
more nesting places and protect the
purple martin, which. in addition to
paying for his keep in the north, Is con.
sidered one Of the most valuable birds
to the cotton growers In the destruc
ton of the cotton boil weevi. The spe
cies Of birds mentioned as we'll as many
others are from their migratory habits
factors of interstate interest and traffic
even IL they do provide for their own
transportation. and would therefore
seem to come quite properly within the
scope Of federal or interstate legisla-
ton.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20
CITY FIRE ALARM BOXES.

Below is given the location of the
real and imaginary boxes, the latter
being marked with an asterisk (*):
*Box No. 4-Young and Thomas
North Aberdeen.
*Box No. 5-B and Cleveland
streets, Highland Home.
*Box No. 7-Terrace avenue and
D street, High School.
"BoX No. 8.-Burrows' Dock.
BOX No. 9-Hume and K streets
Northern Pacific Railroad Depot.
"Box No. 12-Boone and King
streets, South Aberdeen.
Box No. 15-Wilson Bros Mill.
Box No. IFS. E. Slade Mill.
Box No. 21.-Market and F
streets.
Box No. 23.-American Mill.
Box No. 25.-Heron and F streets.
Box No. 27-Fourth and G streets.
*Box No. 31-Franklin School,
Market, between Jefferson and NJ
streets.
Box No. 32-Hume and H streets.
Box No. 35-Anderson & Middle
ton Mill.
Box No. 37-Heron and Broadway.
Box No. 38-Third and Broadway.
Box No. Wood Lumber
Co. S Mill.
Box No. 45-Western Cooperage.
Box No. 47--IIume and Washing
ton streets.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20
Watch the Big Hill Move.

there is no excuse for not filling in
the streets. alleys and lots in Aber-
deem. An abundance of the very
best material for this purpose is at
our door. The Dabney hill will be
torn down for this purpose. Send
your orders to the S. w. Johnston
Transfer company. Phone 821. tt
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

The fellow with cracker box full
ct beer and whisky bottles in his wood
shed, who attributes his poverty and
so called hard luck to the economic
system in which he lives on the gov
eminent to which he pays taxes, is
lacking in the ability to reason from
cause to effect,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

While cream separator is an admi.
rable machine in the hands Of a care
tul person. In the hands of one who Is
slovenly and dirty it may become a
mere device for covering up filth. in
which case it completely fails Of its
mission
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

"God helps those who help them.
selves" is nowhere given more exact
application than in the case of the fell
low who thoroughly tests his seed
corn. The good Lord can't do much
for the fellow who Is slipshod and
trusts to luck, and this is just as true
In the field Of agriculture as it Is in the
realm of morals.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

Every use in which cement may be
substituted for lumber is directly an
aid to the governments wise system Of
forest preservation.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

Soils where the sorrel grows readily
and clover will not get foothold may
be put right by the application Of lime
In some form.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20
The CORN QUESTION.

Viewed from several sides, 1t Is ques-
tionable If in the end fifty cent corn
Is as great n boon for the agricultural
interests Of the country as many are
wont to hold. In the first place, I'M
tremely high price, there Is insufficient
margin to justify extensive feeding
operations. The result Of this condi-
ton is that much Of the grain Is sold
In the raw state. a large amount Of
fertility being removed from the farm
in the process. With twenty-five cent
corn, on the other hand, the temptation
to sell the grain Is greatly reduced,
while II fed to stock it can be counted
on with fair prices to yield 30 cents or
better per bushel. The lower priced
corn Is not only boon to the fellow
who raises what he feeds because
stock feeding tends to increase the fer
tillty Of his land, but 1t is also dis
tinct advantage to the fellow who has
to buy all his feed. The above re-
marks would hardly hold good If fifty
cent corn were always accompanied
by $3.50 hogs, but this is not the
case. The past winter season found
corn between so and GO cents per bush
ell, depending somewhat upon quality
and locality. while hogs brought barely
81 per hundredweight on the central
markets. The whole effect Of this stu
alton was to discourage or stop almost
entirely stock feeding operations and
dump horde Of unfinished stock upon
a slump market, and this, whatever
the price received for corn, can only
be viewed as an agricultural calamity.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

Every quarter section farm should
have a flock Of sheep numbering from
thirty to sixty. If present fences are
not adequate the reform should begin
here. In any event there should be
the sheep. 1t is well to embark in the
business on modest scale and in
crease the flock as experience is ac-
quired.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

Any system Of agriculture which en-
courages grain selling rather than dali
rying and stock raising is open to seri-
GUS criticism.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

There Is absolutely nothing in COM
mon between Il dirty cream separator
and gilt edged butter product.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

The truly patriotic citizen will not
only vote for the right man at the
polls in November, but he will plant
seed corn in April and May.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

While there should very properly be
drafts coming from the chicken house
now and then, there should be none en-
tering it at night while the fowls are
Mt roost.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

II the recent financial depression has
caught any one class on the hip more
than another 1t is those who. counting
on a continuation Of boom times. We're
last fall doing 100000 land business
on capital Of less than $4,000. with a
whole lot of partial payments made by
customers on land negotiated with no
present prospect that they will be able
to make another payment for some
time to come.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

Since hen manure is very concen-
trated fertilizer. it should be put on
the garden quite sparingly. If applied
too plentifully it will kill vegetation
and even young trees.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

1t will be very likely the same chap
who failed to test his seed corn before
planting it who will be bemoaning his
hard luck and GUESSING the weather and
Providence next election time.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

There should be brought into the
home along with sacks Of flour, flitches
Of bacon and canned stuff good books
and magazines for the maintenance Of
the intellectual life Of the home. Star
walton Of the higher faculties may not
be so Immediately noticeable as is a
depletion of physical strength, yet the
effects are just as disastrous and far
reaching.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR., WATKINS.

Office in Crow:her-W ooding block,
corner of G and Heron Streets. Office
hours--lO :3Ojto II 80 q. M; 80 to 4 80
and 100 to s 100 p. IN. Telephone 1875.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

There is a whole raft Of so called
pious and really well meaning people
with whom it is mighty uncomfortable
getting along, the trouble being as
largely due to matters of psychology
as of morals.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

When the poultry is confined. and
particularly during the winter months,
meat scraps or other animal food
should be provided to take the place
of the insect life which they feed upon
extensively during the spring, summer
and fall months.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

While environment often contributes
to success or failure in life. the deter
mining causes in nine cases out Of ten
lie in the man himself. There are men
who are bound to rise regardless Of
obstacles that they may find in their
lifted out of the rut in which they
move with anything short Of block and
tackle. While traits Of push or inertia
may be in measure inherited. it is
we'll to remember that both may be
measurably increased or diminished by
persistent attention or by Indifference
and neglect.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

The broad tired wagon and the King
road drag should go hand in hand in
the Improvement of the country high
ways. The use of the narrow tire on
roads that have been put in good shape
will tend to undo much of the good
work which has been done, while the
broad tired wagon is real aid to
whatever may have been accomplish
ed along the line Of road improve
ment
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

Few men Of ordinary capacity can
make a striking success of more than
one thing. be 1t in the professions or
various business pursuits, and the lar
gest measure Of success is usually OBJ
tanned by devoting ones energies only
to single phase of given occupation.
Such restriction Of attention and activ-
ity permits of closeness Of study and
application that is not possible where
a fellow tries to spread himself out
over forty acre lot.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20
OPENING FOR HOME SEEKERS.

Under tive provisions of the Carey
federal Irritation act there will be of
fered for sale by the government this
spring l12 forty-acre farms In the
Yellowstone river valley, in the state
of Montana. The farms are three
miles from Il railway station, while
the climate of the section is delightful
and the soil most fertile and responsive
when Quickcned with the water from
the irrigation system. Wheat, oats,
rye and barley are all grown success
fully, while apples and small fruits do
exceptionally well. Alfalfa yields five
tons per acre and fetches So per ton
in the stack. while as high as 500 per
acre is made from the culture Of sug
ar beets. These small farms can be
secured at very reasonable figure,
detailed information regarding them
and the conditions under which they
may be secured being obtainable from
the statistician of the United States
reclamation service. Washington. This
IS bona tde proposition and is worth
looking into.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

A young mans chief and most val
liable assets as he starts out in life
are honesty, sobriety and push. If a
fellow has these traits, he will win
out under most any circumstances. and
If he doesn't he surely has a rocky
and disappointing row to hoe.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

Potatoes to produce the smoothest
and best tubers should be cut so US to
have two strong eyes to the piece and
planted to depth Of four inches in a
rich soil which has been put In the
best Of filth. If the potatoes to be used
for seed show signs Of scab they
should be given the formalin treat
ment, suspended in gunny sack and
soaked for two hours in solution
made by mixing one-quarter of a pint
Of formalin in about twelve gallons Of
water. This treatment should be given
the seed after it is cut and short time
before planting.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

It is quite likely more a matter Of
an available food supply than GER
tain degree Of temperature that calls
the migratory birds to their northern
haunts at the return Of spring. They
fly south in the fall at the disappear
ance Of insect life and return when it
awakens in the spring.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

There are occasions when the taking
or giving of receipt for a sum Of
money paid may seem to be unneces-
sary, yet it is wise to do SO in every
case. With the most honest and best
meaning Of people there is possibility
Of failure to make proper credit for
an amount paid, and unless memory
serves there is likely to be ground for
serious misunderstanding. AS soon
as one receives receipt or acknowl-
edgment he should file 1t away in a
place Of safe keeping, where it can be
found should occasion require. The
saving of all receipts may mean the
saving Of good many dollars in a
period Of years.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20
A GOOD WORD FOR THE DEVIL.

They possess an unfortunate disposl-
ton who are so warped or jealous that
they can see little or no good in their
fellows. We have in mind an acquaint
ance who is Of this type. He almost
unconsciously minimizes and discounts
the good traits and deeds of his fell
lows and in the same way magnites
their defects and misconduct. This
view of life always places human be-
ings below par, is as pessimistic as it
is unfair and brings no comfort or sun
shine into life. Rather should be cult
waited the habit of the good old sister
who had such way of saying q good
word for all that when some one to
test her began to upbraid the devil as a
pretty tough character she replied that
If Christian people We're rs energetic
and Industrious in working at their
profession as he was at his the world
would be good deal better off. While
the old lady may have carried her doc
trine to an extreme. she was certainly
working along the right line.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

The farmer who Is wading around in
his barnyard these days in a sort of
manurial mush or gravy and has a
good sized stack of straw in nearby
field which will have to be scattered
and burned or hauled off before that
part of the field can he plowed is GER
tainly in need of instruction on some
Of the fundamentals Of rational sys-
TEN of agriculture. How much better
all around IL all of the straw that he
did not need for feed had been scatter
ed literally over the whole barnyard
and feed lot! This by spring would
have become packed down and satu-
rated with the melting snow and fer
tilizing elements Of the droppings and
urine, with the result that fine lot Of
additional manure would have been at
hand, ready for distribution on the
hungry land.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

The other day, within a week after
the sweet liquid notes Of the first
meadow larks were heard in the vicin-
ity where the writer lives, his atten-
ton was called to the fact that on the
preceding day fool schoolboy with
gun had come out from town and kill
ed one Of the pretty fellows without
provocation of any kind, but just sim
ply as the result Of the barbarian de-
sire to kill something. The lad in
question must have been poorly train
ed at home and had his wits WOOL
gathering when his teacher was try
Ing to inculcate lessons on the protec-
tlon of the useful song birds or he
would never have been guilty of such
an offense. The laws of his state i'm.
pose fine for the destruction of such
birds, law that merely from the
financial standpoint of the farmer and
gardener should be enforced to the let
ter.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

A nearby farmer who for a number
Of years past has made a specially Of
some one product each year last year
had fifty acres planted to cabbages.
When he had marketed the last car
load Of the vegetable. he found that he
had cleared in the neighborhood Of $50
per acre. The raising Of the crop
meant to start with a rich soil, clean
cultivation and lots of hard work both
in the care and marketing Of the crop.
The listing Of corn-the planting Of
It in the bottom Of a deep furrow and
the covering Of it deeper as it germi-
mates and grows-is practiced in sew
eral transmississippi states and. is
made necessary In order to make up
for deficient rainfall. Planted in this
way the roots Of the corn go deep and
receive moisture from the subsoil. In
other states in the eastern portion Of
the corn belt the effort of the tiller Of
the soil Is quite often to overcome the
handicap Of surplus Of moisture.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-20

There has recently been placed in a
sawmill at Tacoma, Wash. what IS
said to be the largest leather belt that
was ever made. 1t is ia feet long,
eight feet wide and three ply thick. 1t
weighs $500 pounds, and there were
required in its manufacture the hides
Of 225 large steers. The hides after
being tanned were stretched under
great tension and cemented to each
other under Il very heavy pressure, so
that there was no need for q stitch or
rivet In the whole belt
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06

That our American Forests abound in
plants which possess the most valuable
medicinal virtues Is abundantly attested
by scores OF tho most eminent medical
writers and teachers. Even the untu-
tored Indians had discovered the useful
ness Of many native plants before the
advent OF the white race. This informa-
ton, impaired freely TO the whites, led
the latter to continue investigations until
to-day we have rich assortment OF most
valuable American medicinal roots.
- . .
DR.. Pierce believes that our American for
ests abound In most valuable medicinal roots
fo4 the cuftAQf most obstinate and fatal dis
eaSes, II we,w00ad properly investigate them;
and ip fsdfrnatisp OF this conviction. he
poirks/ with pride>0 the almost narYelnus
cures efrecied- by his Golden Medical Dis
covery,nEhlch- has prQYen Itself 10 be The
most efficient stomach tonic. LIVER inYigor1r
ator. heart tQnlc-nnd regulator. and blood
cleanser known 10 medical science. DyspeD-
sia, or Indigestion. torpid liver. functional
and even valvular and other affections OF
the heart yield to Its curative action. The
reason Uhy IL cures these and many other
affections. is clearly shown in little book
of extracts from the standard medical works
WuICu - yTec W ally ouAhCoo W III 49,
v. Pierce. Of Buffalo. N. Y. to all sending
request for the same.
. .
Not less marvellous. in the unparalleled
cures It Is constantly making Of woman's
many peculiar affections. weaknesses and
distyesslng derngements, Is DR.. Pierce's
Fa4orte\ Prescriptions is amply attested
by thousands ofapI lied testimonials con-
tributed by\GSHeful patfen@ who have been
cured BY Il Of catarrhal mel vic dTslnS palniM
perlQds. irregular!tles, pIolapsYs and Qthet
qlsplacementS- capsel- By weakness. llceST
aiIon 81 uterus and kindred affections. ofttn
alter many other advertised medicines. and
physicians had failed.
- . -
Both the above mentioned medicines are
wholly made up from the glyceric extracts OF
native, medicinal roots. The processes EN-,
pioyed In their manufacture were original
With Dr. Pierce, and they are carried on py
skilled chemists and pharmacists with the
aid Of apparatus and appliances specially
designed and built for this purpose. Both
medicines are entirely free from alcohol ana
ali other harmful. Authorizing drugs A
full list OF their ingredients Is printed on
each bOttle-Wrapper.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
Daniel Poole Dead.

Mr.. Daniel Poole, a native of Freder-
lex county, Maryland, member of one
of the old pioneer families of that section
but for the past IS years prominent and
well-known resident of Berkeley county,
died at his home near Greensburg at 2.30
O'Clock Thursday afternoon, following an
illness that had covered period of about
nine years, but which did not become Sc
rious until short time ago. The deceas-
ed was the youngest child of the late Dan
lei Poole, one of the early settlers of
Frederick county, Md, and was in his
18th year of age.
Surviving him are his widow, who was
Miss Hanna Diehl, of Frederick county,
Nd, and the following children: Mr.. C.
E. Poole, of Washington; Attorney x.
Poole, of Martinsburg, and Mr.. Thornton
Poole, residing near Greensburg. Funer-
al Sunday morning at II o'clock. Mar
tinsburg, VIVA. Evening Journal, jan
uary 81, 1908.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
Would Not DO Without 1t.

CHICAGO, JAN. 80, 1908.
Mr.. EDIToR:--Enclosed find money for
subscription. Did intend to write you a
few lines fit for publication, but letter
writing has almost become a lost art with
me. 1t has come to a point with me af-
ter q years where the CLARION is the
only remaining source of information of
affairs and doings in the old town, and
much of the matter contains the names
and happenings of and to many that are
strangers to me, but still find plenty in
it of interest. Some people have an idea
that their home paper should contain col
umn after column of startling and vivid
information like unto some of Hearst's
journals, and if it does not, then it be-
comes source of ridcule. The CLARION
may not be the best county weekly, but
you surely dig up about all the news in
the locality and give it to us in good read
able form, and the writer would not do
without it under any consideration. Hop
ing that the sun is shining on your side
of the street most of the time, remain
as ever yours,
EMORY F. HARTMAN.