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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03

| to five years to become attractive ana
useful, while a rough stone or concrete
wall may be well covered with ivy in
two summers. AmpelopsiS. or Boston
Ivy, is undoubtedly the best suited for
this purpose, being a very rapid grow
er and absolutely hardy, fourishing
under the most unfavorable conditions.
It's shiny leaves are not injured by the
dust and IN the autumn turn 10 bril-
liant orange and scarlet hue There is
no better time in the year than ear
~ October to set out new plants. which
gives them a chance to get well rooted
before the cold weather overtakes
them. The young plants may be pur
chased Of any nursery at - cents each,
or $40 per hundred. When planting
they should be set fifteen feet apart.
Spring is such a busy season and
there are so many things which /
must he done at once on the country /
place that it is wise TO do as much I
work in the fall Of the year as possible
In the way Of building fencing, grad
Ing and getting ready generally.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03

season. This will bring each crop on
at season when the expense of heat
ing during a part Of the time will be
slight. Plants for the first crop should
be started as early as August, If two
or more houses are available second
sowing should be made in about three
weeks to give a succession. For the
second crop seed should be sown dur
ing the latter part Of October
The plants are treated in every way
as for outdoor culture till handled the
last time. For frulting some prefer
benches, with about six inches Of soil,
but In the experience of others the best
results have been obtained from the
use Of boxes eighteen inches square
and twelve inches deep. In the bot
tom Of the boxes is placed a layer of
charcoal, bCoken pots or clinkers from
the furnace, after which soil consist
ing Of three parts good garden loan
and one part well rotted stable ma
nure, is filed in to within two or
three Inches Of the top. Each box will
hold four plants, and the check caused
by the partial confinement of the roots
seems TO be OF value in Fastening ma
turlty, If the solid bed is used in
stead Of the boxes the plants are set
about sixteen inches apart each way,
thus occupying little mere than one
and onc-half square feet of floor space
for each plant
Best returns usually follow where
the plants are trained to single stem,
as shown in the illustration. Flax
cords about the size OF wool twine
are fastened 10 the corners Of the
boxes or to wires placed parallel to
each row for that purpose ana attach
I'd above TO wires running lcngthwlse
II the building ON the rafters or sash
bars. The plants are secured loosely
TO this support 10y means Of short
pieces Cf rallia All side shoots should
be plnChcd out as soon rs they ap-
pear, aud when the plants are about
i've feet high or when four clusters of
fruit have set the terminal buds
should be plnched or. The vitality
4 the plant will then be expended In
the d"v0la'...-' OF fruit, II o., -'...,.ts
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03

are not headed back other fruit clus-
ters viii form, but these scattering
later clusters will unduly prolong the
fruitinS season without giving sutti-
Client financial return to warrant de-
laying the removal of the old plants.
As the fruit sets the clusters should
be supported by means of small cord
or piece of raffia passing around the
main stem above a leaf, thus forming
sling. At this time. too. it is well
to stir the surface Of the soil and
work in quantity of well rotted ma
nure or to give frequent applications
Of liquid manure.
The temperature of the house should
be as nearly uniform as possible
about 60 degrees at night and 20 de-
gress in dark weather, but so degrees
DR. even higher on bright. sunny days.
All cold drafts and sudden changes
Of temperature should be rigidly
avoided.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03
BACKACHE is KIDNEY ACHE
To Eliminate the Effect, You Must
Remove The Cause.

Pain is natures signal of distress, a
warning that must not be ignored. Those
sharp twinges in the back, those stab
like pains that follow any sudden twist
or turn, are simple signs of hidden dam
gers IN the kidneys. No trouble starts
more easily, gains ground more rapidly,
nor proves more often fatal than any
disorder of the kidneys. All the outward
appearances OF health may remain until
terrible disease has taken root. Don [
wait. The moment you feel any uneasi-
ness, lameness or pain in the back, the
moment the urine shows irregularity,
either in its appearance, or in the guam
tity or number of the passages, begin
with Doan's Kidney Pills. This remedy
has been curing kidney troubles for sew
enty-tive years, and never yet has failed
to give relief if taken in time. 1t cures
the kidneys, and thus cures backache
lame back, headache, dizzy nervousness
languor, sciatica and all other symptoms
OF kidney troubles.
Home proof is convincing evidence of
the efficiency of Doan's Kidney Pills.
Call at Belt Il Cherrington's drug store
and ask to see statements of Dallas peo-
pie VINO have used this remedy,
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
no other.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03
sHoBTHoRN, BEEF TYPE.

20 cattle or sheep must be otherwise
disposed of and perhaps at loss finan-
,ially, and of course the soil suffers
when such products are sent off the
farm.
Selecting the cattle is half the battle,
writes an Ohio breeder in Rural New
Yorker. 1t is useless to raise dairy
steers and expect top prices for them
at selling time The straight backs,
full loins and bocky quarters of the
beef breeds or beef grades are what
you want in the feeders you select.
Usually a farmer has two or three
calves of his own raising, and if he
can use more he may buy some calves
from his neighbors at weaving time
and thus have his bunch of cattle even
in age and size. Where one needs
carload or more one can get range
calves, or a stock buyer can get q
bunch of native stock together in a
short time, or one may go to some
large stockyard and pick the calves or
older stock personally.
My own practice is to buy some
calves at weaving time three to six
months old and keep them till they
will do to export. l frequently keep
them till they are four years old,
though the best ones are ready at
three years for the market. TO bring
good prices cattle must be well fin
Ished, and we cannot get the necessary
finish while the cattle are growing
without heavy feeding. There are a
number of problems about cattle feed
ing that each farmer must work out
according to his own conditions, and
One of these is whether he shall buy
he best feeders and finish for the best
prices or buy common stuff and sell
'or whatever is offered. In my own
practice get as good calves as l pos
;ibly can and finish them for the high
er prices, and l usually get the highest
prices paid for grass cattle, the prices
'arying from $3.50 to $5.75 per hun
lred pounds during the past four
7ears, the cattle ranging in weight
rom 1000 to 1900 pounds as three
md four year olds.
Those who buy two-year-old cattle
or short feed have the advantage Of
Getting quicker returns from their in
'estment, but the cash invested is
,reater and such cattle are sometimes
o stunted that they never do as well
s they should.
As to marketing the cattle, the small
eeder must depend on the local ship
er to buy his cattle, and right here |
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03

tlons. 1t likes constantly moist soil,
but 1t must be well drained, never
stagnant, The ideal situation is the
side Of slope leading down to wet
land.
Dig a hole IN the ground with a
fork or spade, set the plant into It,
then cover with soil and press the
whole firmly with your hands and
your feet to make everything firm and
10 be sure that every part Of the root
Is In close contact with the soil. Wa
ter It, then go away and wait till
spring, bearing I'm mind Just one thing.
II In your latitude zero weather Is
the rule In winter cover the bed with
some leaf mold, muck, stable litter or
anything to prevent the frost from
getting out after It once gets in.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03
Autumn Notes.

Most trees are better planted I'm
spring, but It is often n good idea to
buy In fan and heel in well so as TO
have them ready for early planting in
spring.
The asparagus tops should be cut of
and burned before the rlpened seed
scatters. Some persons destroy the
seed bearing plants entirely. II is n
good idea TO cover the plants with
coarse manure before winter to be dug
into the soil IN spring. This prevents
deep freezing.
4 furnace heated cellar Is a poor
place 10 keep most vegetables and
fruits by packing IN sand, which may
Dc suriuklcd with water occasionally.
th" drying effects Of the air may be
partially overcome. and the produce
Keeps by'tu.
lf.far ..'rrri1v rraul-, r~n-,, fD,,r
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03
Waste of Silaue,

The following is a Canadian farm
er's method of preventing waste Of
| silage:
Each year as frequently as silos
are filled there is considerable waste
| owing to the surface layer coming in
contact with the air. The loss varies
with the condition of the corn and
with the attention 1t has received after
1t is placed In the silo. In seasons of
plenty it is common practice to sim
ply fill the silo and take chances on
what would spoil. This is a very
wasteful practice. 1t is possible to
bring this waste down to a minimum
by little attention after the silo has
been filed and thoroughly tramped.
Last year, owing to the scarcity of
corn, we made an extra effort to pre-
serve all that we had. AS a result Of
these efforts there were scarcely two
inches Of spoiled silage. After the
silo was filed and thoroughly tramp
ed we put two inch layer of clover
chalf on it. We then dampened this
chalf with a barrel Of water in which
had been dissolved a ten quart pail of
salt, This brine proved to be the
most effectual preserycr we had ever
tried. On the surface, when we came
to feed the silage, the two inch layer
on top peeled off slick and clean and
left good silage Immediately under.
meath. Try this scheme on your silo
this fall, and you will save much fod.
der that would otherwise be spoiled.
1t is much better than chaff and grow
Ing grain such as Is com monty used"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03
Cobs For KindIing.

First, provide a large substantial dry
goods box Place in a wood shed and
I'll it with old cobs. Second, take any
old pail holding about two and half
or three quarts. Fill that about a quar-
ter full with kerosene oil and hang on
a stout nail conveniently near the large
box. Then fill the pail with cobs, stand
ing each on end so that the ends will
be submerged in the oil. In the morn
ing take six cobs from the pail place
in your stove, lay your large wood on
the cobs and touch cobs off with a
match. You will soon have a roaring
hot fire. Nor need you entertain any
fears about 1t not going, for the cobs
have absorbed some of the oil and will
burn for a half hour or more with in
tense heat. Even green wood may be
used If baked In oven for an hour or SO
before the fire Is allowed to go out the
night before. But everybody knows
hat green wood is not as easy to kin
lie as seasoned wood. The good wife
always appreciates a supply of dry |
'uel.
OF course when you take any cobs
,ut of the pail others must be put in to
axe their places. In this way very
'aluable supply Of excellent kindling
5 always on hand, and you always
now exactly where to find 1t. If you
ave no cobs, any miller is usually
lad to let you have them for carrying
hem away, or at the most a miller will
barge you only % cents for a two ,
orse double wagon box load, and
nee it Is only necessary to use six ,
obs TO start one fire they will last a
ing time. Besides, they are very I
andy-no muss or dirt, already split I
nd ready for use. {
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03
THE PE0NY.
4 Is Reputed to Be the Coming
Fashionable Flower.

An enthusiastic admirer Of the peony
writes as follows:
Don't let autumn go by without
planting-the sooner the better-a good
lot Of these best Of all hardy her
baceous perennials. Anybody can
grow peonies, and you can get the
most glorious results with one-half
the trouble that you would have to
expend in getting roses that were
merely good l believe the peony will
become the typical flower of our
American gardens and occupy the
place with US that the rose does in
England or the feur-de-lis in France.
1t certainly has no competitor when
the standard is the best results for
the labor expended.
Do you ask, "Can / grow peonIes"
l ask you, DO apples grow in your
neighborhood z" Wherever the apple
will grow there, too, you can plant the
peony. Having once set it out, you
can shake hands with yourself. con-
fident in the knowledge that it is
there to stay, without any necessity
of disturbance, for twenty years at
least. Sometimes a clump will remain
undisturbed for fifty years. No won
der it gives that comfortable. old fash
ioned garden atmosphere that every
body wants around the home. The W
TO date peony fancier who wants TO
keep his plants a the highest standard
all the time and does not mind the
trouble viii dig up the clumps. sep
arate the roots and replant them (do.
ing all this in SeptembeD every seven
or eight years Perhaps you have an
Did peony clump in your garden that
has died out in the center so that it
forms an irregular ring. Dig it up
low, divide it and replant. Two years
rom now you will have such peonies
Is you never dreamed of.
Let me tell you how l plant my peo-
lies, because l am sure that you will
want to buy some and do likewise.
70 begin with. let me say that, al
hough the plant will grow in any
reasonably fertile soil, yet like ev-
rything else, it will pay you well for
xtra attention to its wants. Ideal |
eony soil is a heavy moist loan. |
ome people have made the mistake Of |
linking that because the peony will |
axe up great quantity of water and
ecause it prefers a moist loan 1t is
lso more happy in a continuously wet
oil. This is true with certain llmita-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03

will say that a little business sense
comes in good play. The local shipper
If he has to, will pay within 70 cents
per hundred of the market price Of
your grade Of cattle, but will pay less If
you let him. The larger feeder with a
carload or more should have no trou-
ble to sell his cattle, and he may deal
direct with the live stock commission
houses to advantage. l am not an ex-
tensive feeder of cattle, but from ex-
perience l know that a farmer with
some good cattle ready for market need
not hunt a buyer.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03
BEEF CATTLE
ON THE FARM.

There are hundreds of farmers who
for various reasons are not making
business of dairying, but are Keeping
only two or three family cows, and yet
these same farmers are perhaps raising
hogs or growing grain as a specially
and therefore have considerable rough
age that should be converted into beef
proftably. Corn fodder, oat straw and
clover hay are usually abundant on
every farm of much size and unless FED
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03
TOMATOES IN WINTER.
The Best Way to Keep Them Safely
In Winter.

The most important conditions for
forcing tomatoes are: \ warm, light
house-one having a two-thirds span
facing the south being preferable
strong bottom heat, rich soil, careful
training uniform temperature. care in
watering and pollinating and, as be-
fore suggested. good judgment and
ronstant watchfulness on the part Of
the grower Bottom heat is not abso-
lutely essential to success, but the crop
natures more quickly If given this
To make the best use of the house
two crops should be grown during the
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03


Squashcs and pumpkins should be
stored in IA cool, dry place before be-
Ing touched by frost and be handled
very carefully to avoid bruIsing them.
Satisfy (or vegetable OYSTER and pars-
nips are left in the ground over win
ter for spring use. But both are good
In the autumn. They may be stored
In damp sand for use In winter when
the ground is frozen. Turnips are not
injured by the first frosts until there
Is danger of the ground freezing
Cabbages are not injured by frost
and may be left out until quite cold
weather is imminent. Carrots and
bects may be left In the ground till
freezing weather.
Keep II In the Bottle.
Bottled milk, being sealed with a
cap, cannot absorb odors and should
be left in the bottle until used, not
emptied into an open dish.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03
HO,Y's ThisI

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward foI
ny case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Iall's Catarrh Cure.
F j. CHENEY & CO., Props Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
ey foI the last it years, and believe him per-
ectly honorable in all business transactions
nd financially able to carry out any obliga-
ions made by their firm.
VEST & rRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
NALDING, KINEAN e. MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by al
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-11-03
INDEPENDENCE Z MONMOUTH
Railway.
FROM INDEPENDENCE.
Dor DALLAS

FOR DALLAS.
Train No. "a. Leave Independence daily. 90
a. m; ly. Monmouth, 6:l5 a. m; ar. Dallas 6 :4O
a. m. 0'
Train No, Is. Leave Independence, daily,
1850 a. m; ". Monmouth, II :65 a. m; ar. Dsl,
las II 10 Il. m.
Train No. 20. Leave Independence, daily.
e.l9 ?. m; iy. Monmouth, 6; 30 p. m. ar Dallas,
b:a5 =. m,
FoR AIRLIE.
Train No. g.. Leave Independence. daily
~ a. m; ". Monmouth, 7;4O a. m. ar. Airlie'
sis a. m.
Train No; %. Leave Independence. daily. $50
p. m. -'
FoR MONMOUTH ONLY.
Leave Independence. daily, 2:0p.m
No. lol arrives Monmouth 7:gOAm.
FROM DALLAS.
BOB ISBEFKSBESeK.
Train No, IS. Leave Dallas. daily ex Sp,s.r
- Z. m; " Monmouth, SIS a. m: Ar. Iude,
peudeuce, s:l5 an.
Irsin No. iel. Ly. Dallas. sunday only. s.ss
a. m; ar. Independence, 7.9pa m.
Train No. 69. Leave nallas dsfly. 1pm1v
- Aohiagutn, = . M ar. Independence, I: 20 n.
~. n tIhis train oonnects At Monmouth Tor Air.
Train No. 4. Leave Dallas. daily. 7.ssr m
". Monmouth, p. m; ar. Independenee. SIS
FROM AIRLiE.
Train No C. Leave Airiie. daily e.,,-
Monmouth, SIS e. n. A. fn8-rs-,i,-r,es "a
- m. lIhis train connects al Nour-onih -
nallasl -'A ieI
lrsin No. y Leave Airlie. daily. s.6s \. N.
". monmouth, s,n o. m; A.. 1ndeIendsroe
h-ns q m. ~
IrAin No. la learcs Airlie t-tspm- sr~n.v
oSLe srrives Monmouth ~ D. n. arrives Ir5g.
Tcndencc 5.ap D m ---e
FRoN MONMOUTH ONLY.
Le.ves Monmouth for Iudepenaence. a,i,r q,
2sooP pm. ~
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-06-08
ELECTRIC CARS COLLIDE.
Eight People Killed and Nearly 4
Score Injured.

Annapolis, Md, June Slight dead
and nearly a score badly injured is
the toll taken by the second serious
accident within two months on the
Annapolis branch of the Washington,
Baltimore and Annapolis Electric rail
way, which occurred at a point be-
tween Camp Parole and Bests Gate,
two small stations about two and three
miles from this city.
A special, carrying no passengers,
from Annapolis for Washington, and a
regular car from Baltimore for this
city, well filled, while travelling at
about thirty-five miles an hour, met
head on on a curve, which prevented
the ,motormen seeing each others
cars until TOO late to avoid the catas-
trophe. The road is single track
one on the Annapolis branch and a
confusion or disregard of orders is
said to have been the cause of the
wreck. The dead are: William l..
Norton, Baltimore; A. HI. Schultz, Jr.,
Baltimore; ]. w. Mcdaniel, Baltimore;
George Green, Washington; James
O'Neal of New York state, motorman
of one of the wrecked cars; Policeman
Shriber, employed by the railway
company; Ruth Slaughter, aged thir-
teen years, daughter of w. e. Slaugh-
ter, general traffic manager of the
road, and Mrs. George w. Green of
Washington.
Many of the passengers on the spe-
cial from Baltimore were coming to
this city to attend the graduation ball
at the naval academy. A few of the
passengers caught a glimpse of the
other car as 1t approached and rushed
for the rear of their coach. Perhaps
that saved some lives. A moment later
and before the other passengers
learned what the momentary confu-
sion meant there was terrific crash
and men, women and children, torn,
bleeding, dying and dead, were piled
in the splintered and twisted wood
and steel of the two cars, one of which
was thrown entirely from the track,
as was the body of the other. AS
quickly as possible the dead were
taken from the wreckage and laid be-
side the track, to be afterward moved
to the station here, while the injured
We're put on a car and brought to the
Emergency hospital, where prepara-
tions for their reception had been or
dered by telephone.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-06-08
CONTROL OVER ONE-THIRD
johnson Men Claim Bryan Cannot Be
Nominated.

Chicago, June S.-Campaign man
in Chicago believe they have STAYED
off the nomination of William ]. Bryan
on the first ballot.
That much accomplished as a result
of the primaries and conventions Just
held in Louisiana, Georgia and Mary
land they now purpose a complete
change of tactics and will initiate an
aggressive campaign in the direct in
terest of Governor johnson.
Thedore Knappen, at the Johnson
headquarters at the Grand Pacific ho-
tel, announced that the anti-Bryan
forces are now assured of control of
more than one-third of the Denver
convention.
"Mr. Bryan is now a defeated candi-
date for the Democratic presidential
nomination" said Mr.. Knappen. "The
action of Louisiana in falling to in
struct for Bryan and In sending an
uninstructed delegation to Denver;
the result in Maryland, where Mr.. Bry-
ans name has no place in the resoIu-
tions, and the result in Georgia, where
Mr.. Bryan's friends were disastrously
defeated sufficiently indicate that
more than one-third of the convention
at Denver will be opposed to Mr.. Bry-
ans nomination.
"Our first effort was to work for the
situation which now exists; that is,
to hold one-third of the convention out
against MIR. Bryan. Now that this has
been accomplished we will start i'm
mediately to secure the nomination for
Governor Johnson.
''In the uninstructed list are dele
gates who are for Johnson, others for
Gray, while many have been commit
ted to no candidate. Now that the
surety of failure of Mr.. Bryan to Sc
cure the nomination on the first ballot
exists it will be our endeavor to in
fiuence the delegates who will break
from Bryan after the first ballot to
recognize the merit and political avail
ability of Governor Johnson"