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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17

Potato scab is Il fungus growth It
may be in the soil or it may be in tho
seed. Plant seed that Is free from scab
on soil where no scabby potatoes have
been grown for years. a preventive is
to soak the seed in a solution of corro-
sive subimate and water, two ounces
of the corrosive subimate to fifty gal
Ions of water Soak the seed one and
one-half hours. Do not leave scabbv
potatoes lying on the ground or put
them in the cellar.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17

Following the attack of mad dog
on his stock, Louis Klein, a farmer
near Prairietown, has had to kill three
head of cattle and four hogs which had
become infected with rabies. The men,
bers of the family noticed that the dog
acted peculiarly, but did not suspect
that it was mad until too late. After
the dog had bitten the stock it was
killed by Klein, who feared that it
would attack the members of his fam.
ily,-St Louis Globe Democrat.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17
CHAPTER XII.

Aren't we going faster than the law
allows" Mrs. Waring asked pantingly
She was sitting upright, clasping the
seat with both hands and straining her
eyes through a dim, encircling swirl Of
wind and dust.
The law calculated her comoanjon
shortly. He glanced over his shoulder.
and then, in parenthesis, haIf-aIoud, Ne
cessity is the only law | acknowledge"
Selling the emergency brake at this
moment, lie jammed it down, bringing the
kissing motor to stand still just as a
jewelly worm flashed by in the darkness,
turning mraculonsly into a crowded troll
ly car, loaded with tourists, who looked
out curiOusly.
a close shave" calculated the chauf-
kur under his breath, as he let his ma
chine out recklessly on the long road.
strung with twinking lights which alter
mated with inky black stretches. For some
minutes nothing could be heard but the
pants Of the motor keeping time to the
screaming wind. At last, turning her
head, Gussie looked into a pair of red
eyes peering at her furtively around the
curve of the distant road.
There comes another motor" she said
idly. Il wonder where its going at such
d tremendous rate"
The man beside her looked back.
Perhaps" he said. they are trying
to catch up with US. Ny faith, They
are certainly gaining a little" and, NUT
tering something under his breath. he
opened the throttle.
In the binding squirt that followed. |
Mrs. Waring clung spasmodicalIy to her |
hat.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17

The Bureau of Labor of the Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor has issued
a report covering the price movements
for the past two decades, or from 1890
to 1907. From this it appears that, in
spite of the financial depression of the
last six months, prices were higher in
most lines at the close of the year than
at the beginning. The average price for
oil commodities decreased only a little
over one point for the period. The whole
sale price average reached a higher point
In 1907 than at any time during the ne
riod. The increase in the farm group Of
products was the greatest-namelv. 100
per cent. 1t was 4.6 per cent increase for
food 90 for clothing, "a for fuel. 81
for metals, 40 for building material. s,3
for drugs, 6.S for house-furnishing goods
and 8 for the miscellaneous group.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17
Salf purIficnfinn.

Salt is purified by melting In the new
and rapid English process. The crude
rock salt is fed automa tically to table
contained in a large furnace, is then
fused and runs into troughs, from
which it Is drawn Mt one side Of the
furnace into large caldrons. Air is
forced into the molten mass and lime
is added. The impurities sink to the
bottom, and the upper portion is ground
and screened while the lower part Is
used for chemical manure.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17
Believes In Mixed Farming.

firmly believe In mixed farming, but
even then we must specialize on some
certain line of stock feeding and rota-
ton of crops If we make a decided sue
cess of the business. Call 1t general
farming, but let's not call 1t mixed
farming AS grandfather used to say,
BE something. If you cannot be a long
tailed rat, be a mouse" Have some
hobby, some kind Of a crop or some
kind Of live stock and specialize on that
and make your other farming subservI-
ent to that one special crop or kind Of
live stock feeding. We have too many
common mixed farmers.-John C..
Barnes, Indiana
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17
r~uyv Post EXPENSE.

An annual fence post bill OF NOR
| than $l,25O,00O Is one item in the ex.
pense account of the farmers OF sin
gle agricultural State. 1t is estimated
that the farmers of Iowa use posts hav
ing value exceeding this enormous
sum each year to maintain the fences
on the 25,OOO,O0O acres of improved land
in the State.
In making these estimates, II. 2.
BAKER, professor Of forestry In Iowa
otate Agricultural College, figured that
the farms of Iowa required $4,000, 900
posts for fences, or 1000 to the square
hlile. Placing the value Of the posts at
10 cents each, the cost Of renewals ev.
cry eight or nine years, which Is the
lie or the post, Is $11,71S,OOO, making
an annual bill for renewals of ST. .465..
600.
Like many other farming States,
Iowa has lack Of fence post material.
Dut there Is little excuse for this con-
dltlon, according to the foresters who
nave made studies in the State. A prop
erlv managed forest plantation will
when the trees have reached
post size, $500 posts three to five inches
IN diameter per acre; thus, 1t would
lake 22'3o0 acres about every ten years
TO grow the necessary posts to supply
the State. Iowa is said to have 2OO,-
Uo acres of planted timber, and yet the
-ence post supply IS insufficient. If |
properly cared for, many Of these plan
atlons can be made to produce more
lmber and thus insure the future post
supply.
Ihese 100000 acres are not at present
the posts which 1t Is esti-
mated can actually be grown on 22.35O
cres Of properly handled forest land
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17
STUMP WITH LATERAL ROOTS,
UPROOTING A SAPLING.

the tree will permit. While the horses
are pulling at the tree man should
sever the roots at the base Stumps
Of moderate size may also be pulled
with chains and horses. One end of the
chain should be fastened around large
root as shown In the illustration. BY
placing the chain across the top Of the
stump a leverage can be secured to
take full advantage of the strength Of
the horses
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17

The latest sensation in the realm of
mechanical invention is a working model
of a powderless gun with a possible die.
charge of $4,000 shots a minnie Tbis
gun, which is also noiseless. Is the in
vention of William Patten Of New york
1t is fired by centrifugal force. All thera
is to it is a big wheel with crank -
it, the inventor getting his idea from see
ing a big fly wheel burst. The bullets
are poured into the gun and then as the
wheel attains a certain velocity they be-
gin to pour out in a solid stream of lead
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17
jT&l:Y{@%
I($7lGzlqz&!.

TO MAKE Poor Farm Rich.
The progressive farmer rotates hi
crops, lie tile-drains his land. II,
keeps dairy cows or mutton sheep OF
both. He breeds draft horses and does
tarm work with brood mares and grow
ing colts He improves the power OF
the soil by growing legumes."
James Wilson, secretary of agricul.
ture, In the above words sums I'D the
vital principles of good farming. He
declares that the people Of the United
States have wasted their inheritance of
land and wood, and the productiveness
or the soil near the great centers Of
population has steadily decreased We
nave been nation Of soil robbers. but
there is at last an awakening-slow but
sure
Farmers of all sections are wanting
to know how to stop the leaks and in
crease the deposits of their business and
the government is helping them in many
ways. There are over 5000 persons
employed in the Department of Agri-
culture and 1900 Of these are scientists,
all working intelligently toward help
ing the farmer solve the problems
which confronts him. There are sixty
five land grant colleges with 10000 stu
dents In agriculture. These boys are
learning that rotation Of crops is neces-
sary, that live stock must be raised to
make manure, of which there is never
enough
They are finding out that young
grasses and legumes are natures per-
feet ration for domestic animals. Milk
and meat and work are had more
eheaply from the pasture than from
other sources. Pasture land increases
rs farm help becomes scarce Mutton
sheep are suggested when labor is dear.
cultivated crops reduce organic matter
IN the soil and render 1t unfit for profit |
able growing. Pasturing replaces or
5an1c matter. When good crops Of |
grain or roots are wanted the pasture,
bowed and reduced In season, Is the
oest place to get them. Western farm
ers In the corn belt get their heavy
'rops from pasture land.
With the help of improved machinery
he progressive individual farmer is
much more than the average
armer did generation ago and men Of
his class are keeping up the productive
Qualities Of their farms.
The neglected lands of the eastern
nd middle states CON ha BROUGHT ho r.iy
o their primitive fruitfulness through
he aid Of scientific farming. Secre-
ary Wilson says they are the cheapest
and In the country and people wanting
ZONES who have saved little capital
rom their earnings or young men Of
leans and tastes for the Independent
fe of the country will find rich oppor-
unities in these lands for profit and
sefulness.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17
Murder Over n Line Fence.

In quarrel over a line fence near
Broken Bow, Neb., Stewart Lanterman
killed II. f. Hoffman and his son
George, by cracking their skulls with a
neckyoke. 1t is possible that more MUIR
ders have been committed over line
fence disputes than over any other thou.
BILE that arises between farmers
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17
Removing SapIings and Stumps,

In uprootlng young trees a team Of
horses or even a single horse with a
chain can do effective work. Best re-
suits can be obtained where the growth
consists of saplings two to rour inches
in diameter and where the root system
Is lateral. The plan is to fasten one
end of the chain to the trunk as high
above the ground as the flexibility of
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17

|
spur taken prisoner at battle Of
; Otterburn.
1521-Cortez retook the City Of Mexico
15SS-T'he Spanish armada becalmed be.
fore Dunkirk.
16S7-Prince Charles of Lorraine de.
feated the Turks at Mohacz, Lower
Hungary.
l75S-The New London Summary was
published at New London, Conn.
171S-Fort Boonesborough invested by
Canadians and Indians. French
fleet dispersed in a gale off Rhode
Island.
l7S2-Brtish evacuated Savannah.
17S7-First bishop appointed in Nov,
Scotia.
1734-Poles defeated the Prussians al
battle Of wilma. . Battle of Belle,
garde, between the French and Span.
ish.
1SO3-Agra taken by the British.
1SOG-Miranda abandoned his conquests
on the Spanish Main and sailed to
Aruba.
Aoo' Ildl lTlp Ol ullOu y SledIuDOut
"Clermont" was made.
1S11-The British took possession of Ba.
tavia and a part of Java.
lS12-The United States troops under
Gen. Hull evacuated Canada and en-
tered Detroit. -. United States frig.
ate Essex captured the Alert, the frst
vessel taken from the British in the
a. pf
at Amherstburg to oppose the inva-
sion of Gen. Hull.
lS14-First meeting of the British and
the American commissioners at
Ghent, to treat for peace
1S20-Elisa Bonaparte, sister of Napo-
leon, died.
1S22-An earthquake devastated large
part of Syria.
1S29-The Centennial of Baltimore cele-
brated. ;. Royalists came into power
in France.
1S31-Barbadoes swept by a violent hur.
ricane.
lS46-The Smithsonian Institution
founded at Washington, d. c.
1S5l-Litchfeld, Conn, celebrated its
2OOth anniversary
lsGO-The Prince of Wales visited Char.
lottetown, p. f. l.
1S61-Gen. Lyon killed at the battle of
Wilson's Creek, Mo.
1S64-Twelve persons killed by an ex-
plosion on the steamer Racine" in
Lake Erie. Fort Gaines at Mobile
bay, surrendered to Farragut and
Granger
lS6S-Body Of Thaddeus Stevens lay in
state in the capitol at Washington.
lS70-Marshal Bazane appointed COM
mander-in-chief of the French army
in the war with Prussia.
lSS7-IIawai adopted new constitu-
ton.
lSSS-William C. Van Horne succeeded
Sir George Stephens as president Of
the Canadian Pacific railway.
S93-Charles +. Crisp of Georgia elected
Speaker of the House of Representa-
passed the Brice- German
tariff bill
Wilfrid Laurer, Canadian
premier, received the order of the
Legion of Honor from the President
of France.
surrendered Manila to tho
Americans. Protocol signed ending
hostlities between the United States
and Spain.
court martial Of Maj. Drey-
fus begun at Rennes.
of the International Es-
peranto Congress at Cambridge Eng
land. Several persons killed by an
explosion of nitro -glycerine in the
town of Essex Center, Ontario.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17

A correspondent asked If 1t would
pay to buy separator for a herd Of
eight cows
Yes, by all means. 1t will not only
pay for itself every year In the amount
Of cream saved but the milk is better
when fed warm from the separator to
the young animals. The man who does
not use a cream separator is suffering
large loss every month.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17

Corn and oats should be ground to-
gether for horses. Many good horse
men never feed whole corn. Some
horses cannot digest it properly, but
when it Is ground with oats the mix
ture makes one of the best rations for
work team, especially when doing
heavy work. Nearly all the large trans
portation companies in the cities never
feed whole corn.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17
A Sore SUhiecf

How much did that capitol cost?"
inquired the sightseer IN Harrisburg
Sir" replied the guide severely. I'VE
are here to improve our minds; not to
talk scandal"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-17

Geraldine-Papa, | want You TO hear
some Of Reggy's funny stories, he's
full of humor.
Papa heard one Of them the other
night; he asked me to be his father
in-law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-10
Hard on the Colleges.

Charles NJ. Schwab, dressed as a
workman, recently paid his big South
Bethlehem plant a surprise visit.
Later in the day Mr.. Schwab, in
conversation with reporter, said OF
a college education:
"A college education Is a good
thing. 1 don't underrate it. / don't
on the other hand, overrate it, either.
A degree from college, you know,
doesn't make a man a scsholar 1T only
indicates that he has laidi the founda-
ton of scholarships.
Perhaps we overrate a college edu-
cation. Better overrate it than under
rate it says l."
Mr.. Schwab smiles.
"Not so, says Gobsa Golde." he re-
sumed. "a reporter. visited Gobsa
Golde on the occasion of his firms
fiftieth anniversary, to write up the
old mans life in connection with a
full page ad.
"'And of course you are a college
man, Mr.. Golde!' said the reporter, a
college man himself, smiling up from
his yellow copy paper.
"Gobsa Code bit his lip.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-10

Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers OF this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor. Author and Manufac-
turer. he Is without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford No.
1874 Fifth Ave. Chicago. ILL.,. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
A plan for a bungalow "a feet wide
by 4S1a feet long exclusive of YER
anda is represented by this plan and
elevation. This is an unusual bunga-
low design, because it is so long in
proportion to the width. But it is by
no means necessary to follow the
same ideas all the time in building
houses
Each man is his own best architect
of his house as we'll as his fortune.
He knows what he wants and must
fit himself with a house and the
grounds around it because each house
and each garden should represent the
ideas and ambitions of the owner.
Each house should be designed and
built to order, like dress or suit of
clothes You first look over the pat
tern sheets until you find the general
design that suits you. then you order
the materials according to the appear
ance and service that you expect
from the clothes.
In building house. you first select
the lot or building site, and right here
is where your individuality begins to
assert itself. A lot that would suit
another would not do for you at ALL
1t doesn't look toward the sun in the
morning, you can't reach it by your
favorite car line or you have no
friends in that locality. The price
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-10
swift Discovery.

We are apt to. think that it is only
in recent years that scientific discov-
cry has become so accelerated that its
announcements make people catch
their breath. But Prof. T. E. Thorpe
reminds us that seldom in the history
of science has any discovery, so mo-
mentous in it's results, been perfected
and announced so quickly as Sir
Humphry Davy's discovery of the
metals potassium and sodium by the
action of electricity upon solutions Of
potash and soda. On October 10, 1907,
he got his first results; on November
10 he astonished the Royal society
with mastery account of their COM
pletion. When he saw the new metals
appear in shining globules, and then
take fire, he danced about the floor in
ecstasy. But recovering his self-com.
mand, within one month he had OBJ
tanned most I, the leading facts known
to-day about the physics and chemis-
try of the alkaline metals. What a
pleasure for Davy, and what an ad
vantage for science, if he could be
alive now!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-10
Looker-On In Iona

Ames. Nov. 10.-The nomination of
Governor Cummins for United States
senator was confidently expected by
his friends. but the figures that ex-
press it are an equal surprise to his
adherents and opponents In round
numbers there is an apparent change
of 10000 votes since the June prilnar-
les. What produced this result. has
been the question of the writer to many
since Nov. 3. And the answer is, sem
itiment Allison defeated Cummins be-
cause OF a sentiment. that to displace
Allison in his old age, would SAVIOR of
ingratitude And among the younger
voters hundreds of votes We're given
Allison as q mark of respect. this GER
tainy a creditable act on the part Of
the younger element in the republican
party. And this same sentimental side
of the Iowa voter on Nov made A
B. Cummins our next U. S. senator.
There was q general feeling. this ex-
tending into the ranks of the stand
patters. that the second choice of the
party, should in the interests of fair
play, become the first choice, when
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-10

make this house comfortable, and you
have the fireplace in the front room
for chilly days in the fall and spring
as well as for extra cold weather in
winter.
Now that the bungalow idea is be-
coming so fashionable. this long, mar
row style is being fayorably consid-
cred. 1t is the only way Of getting a
roomy one-story house on a narrow
lot, and it is very satisfactory way
when the house is properly built and
nicely finished up, which, of course,
includes the lawn.
The cost, probably, would reach
$1,500 or $1,000 in most localities out
side of large cities, and it can be very
satisfactorily built for this amount of
money by using stock sizes of doors,
windows, holdings, sash, etc., such
as every dealer in building supplies
carries continually in stock.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-10
TIME TO THINK "FIxlNG" ROADS.

In fall and spring when weather con-
ditions result in bad roads," the Iowa
public taken time to realize what bad
roads mean and resolve on improve
ments which rarely get beyond resolu-
tons. In fact Iowa roads are paved
with the same material which we are
assured contributes most to the paw
ing of the future location of the man
who absolutely refuses to use a road
drag or fix culvert. Like the Ar
kansas native Of the "ArkansaW
Traveller when it's dry we don't need
the roads and when it rains it's too
wet to Elk" them. Twice year. reg
ularly as Thanksgiving and Christmas,
we get busy on the roads talking.
The latest report made by the de-
partment of agriculture for 1904, shows
2,151,570 miles of public roads in the
United States. of which ia per cent
were improved. In old, populous and
rich states, such as New York, Penn
sylvania, Illinois and Michigan, inn
provements were reported on less than
10 per cent of the public roads.
Almost every pound of freight orig
mating upon or destined to a farm
movese over a country road; most of 1t
over common" country road, at a
cost some three times as high as 1t
would be if the road were first class.
Sometimes the goods actually pay a
heavier toll for few miles carriage
between railroad station and farm than
for all the remainder of the journey.
The railroads themselves spend mill
lions to clip off l or 2 per cent from
operating expenses here and there, and !
if farmers were presented with feas- |
ible scheme for reducing their railroad
freights even one-quarter they would
feel that there, indeed, was burning
issue.
The city is not disinclined to pay It's
share in improving country roads. 1t
is business proposition to the mer j
chant When will the farmer learn
that good roads are a plain business /
to the farmer; that good /
roads are an asset. an increase in the
valuation of his acreage? When will |
we cease fixing roads in the future
and get busy with our hands making |
instead Of fixing roads now?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-10

tice work that will not only shade the
front door. but provide privacy that
Is very much desired and appreci-
ated.
A selection Of heavy leaved vines.
such as Dutchman's pipe, trumpet
vine or Virginia creeper, will make the
screen into a dense sunshade, but il
this is not wanted, select the clematis,
or some of the other lighter climbers
The appearance of house like this
is improved very much by the addi-
ton of few climbers and little
shrubbery properly placed. There al
ways has been pleasing sentiment
attached to vine-covered cottage,
sentiment that is as old as architec-
ture but just as effective to-day as it
was before we commenced to chase
the dollar as we do now.
The arrangement of this bungalow
is intellectually correct. The front
parlor is so built that it may be shut
OF from the living rooms. In extreme
cold weather this room may be aban-
doned without interfering with the
comforts of the family. The fire.
place Is the only means of heating
this room, and it is the only means
necessary because it is an extra room
and would naturally be treated as
such The two chambers and bath
room being on one side of the house
and opening off from the dining-room
and kitchen, may be kept warm and
comfortable in the coolest weather, so
that the little house is complete with
the parlor closed OF.
If in after years it is decided to put
a cellar under the house and to heat
with furnace, the plan is still a good
one. A very small furnace would