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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15

the problem of maintaining
fertility is not an important
one. Fertility of the land In its broad
est sense means its ability to produce
large crops.
One of the important factors influ-
encing fertility is the amount of plant
food in the soil. Ten elements, car
bon, hydrogen. oxygen, calcium. mag
nesium, iron. sulphur. nitrogen. potas-
sum and phosphorus, are necessary to
the growth of plants. From 80 to 95
per cent of the dry matter of plants Is
made up OF carbon, oxygen and n.y.
drogen. which are obtained from air
and water. OF the others only three,
nitrogen. phosphorus and potassium, are
used In such large quantities that the
supply in the soil is likely to become
exhausted. These three are usually
spoken of as the essential plant foods.
Amount of Plant Food In Soils.
These plant foods are present in
varying amounts in all soils. In many
cases 1t Is necessary to increase the
supply by the use of commercial fer
tilizers. The real need of most soils.
however. is not the addition of more
Of these materials. but the judicious
use Of those already there 1t is esti-
mated that there is enough phosphor-
us in the upper seven inches of soil
in the Mississippi valley to raise
hundred bushels of corn to the acre
every year for sixty years and enough
potassium to last 600 years at the
same rate. Much of this phosphorus
and potassium is combined with other
materials in such a form that 1t Is un-
available for the use of the plants
One of the principal problems of the
farmer. then, Is to make this stored fer
tility available.
One of the most effective means of
doing this is by keeping the soil plen-
tifully supplied with humus. Humus
Is the name given to decaying organic
matter in the soil. 1t is the humus
that gives the dark. rich color to soils.
1t leaves that brown streak in the
furrow" that farmers have long re-
garded as an indication of fertility.
Humus gives the soil spongy texture
and greatly increases its water holding
capacity. 1t also makes the soil lighter
and warmer. Soils which contain large
amounts of humus do not bake or
become cloddy easily. They are mel
low and respond readily to cultivation
Humus contains considerable nitrogen
and furnishes a home for bacteria,
which aid in making plant food avail
able. Certain acids are also formed in
the decaying Of humus that aid in
making the phosphorus and potas-
SUM available. 1t might almost be
said that the chief problem of main
tanning fertility is the problem of keep
Ing the soil supplied with humus.
Maintaining tho Humus Supply.
Probably the best way of maintain
Ing this humus supply is by the liberal
use Of barnyard manure. The surplus
straw should be used for bedding, so
as to save all the liquid portion and
add to the bulk of the manure. Shred
ded fodder is also good for this pur-
pose. The manure should be hauled
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15
Paws Flremen in coppers.

East Douglass, Mass.-Just $4,000
one cent pieces have been received by
the members of the Fire King Engine
Company of this town from Town
Treasurer Walter e. Schuster as their
annual salaries There are 40 fire
fighters in the company and the sal.
airy of each is listed at IS.
The form Of payment was simply
a joke on the part of the officials.
Some of the men took 1t (money and
joke), in good part, one sturdy enemy
of the flames stating that it was the
Heaviest" salary he ever received.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15

lueprns more grave.
| I'VE were SUCH close neighbors to.
day II rather tthought you'd CALI
he stammered. He was uncertain
what he was saying. 1t did not mattel
The was there withiher
| When you're'h a,circus there isn't
much time fort calling"
THAT'S why I've come to call on
you" They might have been shep.
herd and shepherdess on May day
wooing for the halting way in which
their words came.
80. You're all right?" he went on
you're happy?"
u. sxss so- very. she said. Her eye,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15
Could Not Be Better.

No one has ever made salve, ONT
ment, lotion or balm to compare with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Its the one
perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns,
Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers,
Eczema, Salt Rheum. For Sore Eyes,
Cold Sores, Chapped Hands it's Supreme
lnfallible for Piles. Only 25c at P. A.
Clemmer's T
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15
She sews at Aaa of "a

Jeffersonville. Ind.-Mrs. Louisa
May, who for many years was a resi-.
dent of Madison. Ind, and who for the
last II years has lived with her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Kate Lindley, in this city.
received postal shower in honor Of
her ninety-fourth birthday annivers.
airy. 1t is only in the last few months
that Mrs. May has used glasses, and
she still sews much of her time. She
has scores Of quilts she has made. and
Is still turning them out.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15
were dOwncaSt.

y He did not believe her. The effort IL
her voice, her drawn. white. face, belied
her words. How could he get the
truth from her?
Jim said you might notiwant to ,ses
me-"
I She started
"Has Jim been talking to you?
/ Eyes, but I didn't let him stop me,
for you told me the day you left that
you'd never change toward,me. Have
you, PollyT He studiedher anxiously
why, no, of course ynot,r she said
eyasively.
And you'll be auite{ frank when !
ask you somethingY'
} Eyes. of course" Shetwas growing
more and more uneasy. Shea glanced
tSahout for way Of escape.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15
Japan's Trade Is Less.

Tokyo.-Japan's foreign trade for
the first quarter of this year amounted
to $94.5O0,OO0. being $1O,OOO,OOO less
than in the corresponding period of
1908. Exports amounted to $4,000.
900 and imports to $52,5OO,OOO.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15
Comprehensive.

Come, you naughty boy, and go
with me to meet your new papa"
mo. ma'am! told you wouldn't
go a step-father. '-Baltimor Ameri.
can.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15

Soothes itching skin. Heals cuts or
burns without scar. Cures piles, ecze-
ma, salt rheum, any itching. Doan's
Ointment. Your Druggist sells it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15
instruction in Music.

l am prepared to receive all of my
old pupils and any new ones desiring
instruction in music.
Miss LAURAINE MEAD.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15
Making Money
On the Farm.
Maintaining Fertility
By c. v. GREGORY.
Author Of Home Course In Modern
Agriculture"
Copyright 1903. by American Pres.
Association

YOT all lands need tile drainage,
IN but there are none on which
] the problem of maintaining
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15
Cancer Cure.

l have sure cure for cancer, and
can show testimonials from those whom
l have cured, and can show the cancers
l have removed. Will remove cancers
or any kind of tumors. Call and see
me and learn what l can do for you.
There is no humbug about this cure
and it has never failed to remove the
cancer. S. l.. BARNES,
Tiff R. F. D. 8, Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28

etc, and lighthouse supplies; then
machine shop and many other build
ings. The Kukui viii be used to car
~ supplies to the various lighthouses
around the islands, and if buoy goes
adrift or a new one is placed. the work
of finding the lost buoy and stationing
the new enc will fall 70 the Kukui.
The Kukui is Differed by men who
have passed civil service examinations.
They are under the Department of
Commerce and Labor. The officers and
men are not attached, in any way, to
the navy or treasury departments. Men
in this service with lightships and
lighthouse tenders are promoted from
one grade to another. There will be q
good sized crew attached to the Ku-
kui, which will be in commission at
all times.
The addition of this new payroll
alone. adds to the hundreds of thou
sands. of dollars which Uncle Sam is
expending here annually.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28
Ordered to Shafter.
CAUSES OF sUNsTRoKE.

The mechanism of sunstroke Cor
planned by the recent experiments of
DIR. Harvey Sutton of Oxford univer-
sity. The organism is usually self
protected against undue rise of tenn
perature, because this induces perspira-
ton, which by its evaporation lowers
the bodily heat. But where the humid
ity is so great as to stop evaporation
the danger point is soon reached. This
occurs at about % degrees Fahrenheit,
at which point the heat-regulating
mechanism of the body breaks down.
The internal temperature rises,
stimulating the processes of oxidation
within the body, which in turn produce
more heat. Thus the temperature in
ereases still further, and this goes on
until death results. The way to stop
it is to reduce the temperature as
quickly as possible. Drugs do no good
and are often as fatal as the heat.
During the bodily process that results
in this rise of internal heat carbohy-
drates or starchy compounds are con-
sumed rapidly. In this connection it
is interesting to note that natives of
the tropics love starchy foods, such
as rice.
Although starch and sugar are usual
ly regarded as heat producers, it may
thus be that they are distinctly useful
in eases of heat stroke, since the dis
turbances that end SO fatally seem to
be in proportion to the disappearance
of carbohydrates in the tissues. Some
authorities regard the part played by
this disappearance as very important
] and believe that the mechanism by
which the body resists heat may be
due to the presence of those com
pounds. IF this is true we ought to
eat plenty of sugar and starch in hot
weather instead of avoiding them.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28

an old regulation of the department
which prohibits the acceptance of mail
by steamship companies or any one
else not connected with the depart.
ment in envelops bearing adhesive
stamps. Nothing was known about
the new order of the Pacific Mail Com
pany, but it was said that if such mail
matter had been accepted at any time
it was in violation of the regulations
of the department. The company,
however, cannot be compelled to accept
mail other than that which is regular
ly delivered through the Postoffiee in
sealed sacks.
What Kukui Means to Town.
The arrival of the lighthouse tender
Kukui the early part of next week
will mark the commencement of a de-
velopment in the lighthouse service
which viii be applicable in the Fed
erak service here. The Kukui will
need its own wharf Then there viii
be a sterehouse for buoys, anchors,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28
WILL TAKE NO GANGWAY
MAI. UNDER ADHESIVE STAMPS

manufacturing to the number of
stamps that have been sweated from
envelopes, the Pacific Mail Company
has issued an order that no more let
tiers will be receive for mailing at
the gangway of vessels unless they
are in what are known as stamped
envelopes. /" Envelopes bearing adj
hesive stamps will not be accepted
1t has been the custom heretofore
to mail urgent letters on sailing days.
A sack is provided for the purpose
and is hung at the head of the gang
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28

way. Yesterday many people took adj
vantage of the custom, but We're told
by special officer of the Mongolia
who had been placed there for that
purpose that no letters could be de-
posted in the sack unless they were
in envelopes on which the stamps were
printed. He offered as an explanation
that many letters had been received in
Honolulu and Japan with the adhesive
stamps sweated off, and that as many
of the letters bore stamps of high de-
nara IVA ton the system of pilfering
anaeiauted to considerable.
The postal officials say that there is
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28

Mine will respond to development handsomely the
of the rich mines in that section which present paying
tremendous dividends. Under former ownership
been about ONE MILLION dollars taken the mine
which fact is vouched for by the Nevada County Promotion
Committee who this statement together with picture
Write and ask them for their booklet entitled Thc Banner
Gold County of California
AL the which produced the first million obtained
before depth of reached From the experience
and records of adjoining mines the lodes it is well
proven the largest quantities of rich rock be found
below the 7oooot level and is for the purpose of mining
milling these richer bodies that publicly
offering limited quantity of the companys stock at
az On March First the price advances IS
Cents.
you all interested in genuine gold mining and desire
put money into proposition of great possibilities
which practically thing clean, square, aboveboard
and honestly conducted by honest and honorable people,
"MAYFLOWER' is what you're looking for 1t fills the BILL
BUY YFLOWER' STOCK BUY IT NOW!
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28

wives him. DIR. Heidi received his
earlier collegiate education at Emory
College, graduating in 1859, in the class
with Bishop Attieus G. Haygood and
DR.. Isaac s. Hopkins. In 1861 he en-
tered the University of Georgia at
Athens.
Ordered to Shafter.
First Lieut.. Henry du R. Phelan, M.
R. c., is relieved from duty at Fort
Baker, Cal, to take effect upon the ar
rival at that post of Capt. William HI.
Tefft, NJ. c., and win thereafter pro-
coed by the first available transport
sailing from San Francisco to Homo
lulu, Hawaii, for duty, relieving First
Lieut.. Francis M. McCallum, NJ. r. c.,
who will proceed to the Cavalry Can
Torment, 5th Cavalry, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii, for duty. (Orders Feb. 4,
w. d.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28
Army and
Navy News
{ .s!sxxxxxxxx&&&xa !

The recent order for the protected
mission for service as flagship in a
cruiser squadron attached to the South
Atlantic feet, with the talk of trans
ferring her to the Pacific as flagship
for one of the two Pacific squadrons,
may be taken to mean that she may be
sent to Honolulu eventually.
Censorship on Photographs.
The Navy Department has approved
a proposed change in the regulations in
regard to the taking of photographs at
navy yards and stations. At present
commandants may grant permission to
take photographs to responsible parties,
but the amended regulation viii require
that duplicates of all pictures made be
filed in the Navy Department. This
will serve, in a way, to impose a cen
shorship on the pictures and will also
resalt in the accumulation in the de-
partment of valuable and interesting
collection of pictures.
Orders for Engineers,
G. o. %. Jan. %, 1909, Dept. of Cal
ifornia.
Upon arrival in San Francisco, CAL,
en- route to Honolulu, HIT, headquar-
fers and Co. G, Cd Battalion of Engi-
neers, will embark at once on the Army
transport to sail from San Francisco
about May 5, 1909.
G. o. %, Jan. %, 1909, Dept. of Cal
ifornia.
Headquarters and Co. A, LIST Batta-
lion of Engineers, Honolulu, Hawaiian
Territory, are relieved after the arrival
of headquarters and Co. G., I'd Batta-
lion of Engineers, in time to take the
first available transport for San Fran
cisco, Cal After arrival at San Fran
cisco, Cal, headquarters and Co. A, LIST
Battalion of Engineers, will proceed to
Washington Barracks, D. G., for sta
tion. sss ii
Capt. Heidt's Father Dead.
The Rev. John Wesley Heidi, well
known Methodist minister, who dice
suddenly Of heart failure at his homs
near Ponce de Leon Springs, Atlanta
Ga. Jan. %. 1909, is the father of Capt
James v. Heidi, 10th U. S. Inf, ant
Lieut.. Gulielmus " Heidi, 10th u. S
Inf; Capt. Grayson V. Heidi, U.S.A.
retired. and Cadet Emmanuel Y. Heidi
a student in the second class at the Y
S. Military Academy at West Point
John " Heidi, of Atlanta, and Mrs
Andrew E. Calhoun. His wife also sur
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28

Mr.. Popp-Hurray! For once in my
life / know where my cuff links are.
Mrs. .Popp-Where are they nowf Mr..
Popp-The baby's swallowed 'em!-
Cleveland Leader.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28

The world is growing better Notwithstanding the near
sighted folks who that this poor earth going
with crookedness graft and general corruption be-
leve there real redbooded honesty in today
than before Particularly in business
apart from ethics The SQUARE DEAL" pays and
pays every time HONESTY is still the best policy and
HONOR the best business principle
honest man-and honorable if I know what
the word If I had been hunbug, fakr de-
ceiver of the unwary Commonly called "suckers would
have been exposed before now, if "MAYFLOWER'
did exist and the photos of its Plant and equipment
which have published not genuine some one would
certainly brought up before this with Short quick
turn which I deserved. But the "MAYFLOWER" exists
much miles from Nevada City Caiforniaand
which have made concerning
absolutely the best of knowledge and belief and
am selling the Stock honorable the counter
of HONESTY knowing that will make firm friend OF
every man who buys share because will make money tor
him without fail.
Several Honolulu business gentlemen nave VISITED tne
MAyEI OVER and thought enough of to become
large stockholders believing profoundly believe that the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-16

Ore Jay, the star athlete Of the
Pendleton high school for several
years and counted on to do great
things for the Washington state col
lege, of which institution he Is now
a student, may not be allowed to
compete in the big meets this year.
Whitman college has entered two pro-
tests against him and hope to pre-
vent his entering the meets.
The first protest was based on the
allegation that Jay was a profession
al. They were unable to prove these
charges. however, so are now insist
ing that Jay does not have the re-
quired number of credits to entitle
him to participate in a collegiate field
meet.
Though Jay attended the local
high school the required number Of
years, he was not able to attend regu-
larly and did not have enough cred
it's to graduate last year. The Pull
man school contends, however, that
Jay has more than made up the defic-
II since he entered school last fall.
The following regarding the matter
is taken from the Spokane Chronicle:
An effort to prevent Orie Jay, the
star young pole vaulter and jumper
from Pendleton, from competing on
the w. S. C. track team has been
made by the Whitman track authori-
ties. In a letter to the faculty COM
mittee of the state college the Whit
man people put forth the claim that
Jay has not enough credits to entitle
him to compete in intercollegiate
meets.
The local management, however,
states that Whitman has received
some incorrect information from. some
source as to the young star. He is
credited here with 27 preparatory
credits while only "a are required to
make him eligible. In addition to
these credits he has credits in the en-
gineering department for practical
work done before entering college.
It is pointed out that Jay had but a
few months of high school work re-
naming to be completed when he en-
tered the state college last fall, and
the work he has done here since that
time would be much more than en-
ough to make him eligible. The con-
tention was made by Whitman that he
had only eight credits.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-16
LOCALS
Pastime pictures please all.


Wanted-Chamberm at Hotel
Pendleton.
Call at Nissen Implement Company
II you need a fine buggy.
Fresh fish every day at Pendleton
Cash Market. Phone Main 1O1.
Dressed chickens at Ingram's gro
Gerry Saturday. Phone Main 81.
Large car OF fine buggies just re-
ceived by Nissen Implement Com
pany.
Fine line OF rubber tired vehicles
just received by Nissen Implement
Company.
wanted-By man and wife, posi-
tIon on ranch. Address O. X, care
this office.
Lost-Lady's brown fox fur with
black stripe. Finder return to this
office for reward.
Lost-Lady's gold watch and fob;
two boys pictures in case. Return TO
Gritman's cigar store. Reward.
For sale cheap-Furniture and
furnishings for six room lodging
house. Enquire 6l3 Garden street.
For Sale-A very few very desir-
able acreage tracts in vicinity OF
Portland. H. p. Whitman. Sl9 Cham
ber OF Commerce.
For rent-New 5-room cottage,
with modern conyeniences Lot
6Oxl0o. Also new barn and yard.
Enquire SIS Pine street.
Miss Nettie Burr OF Walla Walla,
Wash, will give lessons on the violin
at Pendleton every Saturday. Those
interested please phone Main 129.
Wanted to Rent-Small house OF
cottage partly or fully furnished. Or
furnished suite of rooms. To be oc-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-16
Bids Wanted.

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Trustees of the Joseph
Methodist Episcopal church, of JOS
eph. Oregon, up to Wednesday, April
2S, 1909, at 900 p. m. for the con-
struction Of a brick or stone church
at the City Of Joseph. Said brick or
stone church to be completed on or
before Friday. October 1st, 1903.
Bidders to furnish good and suffi-
cient bond to be approved by the
Board OF Trustees of the Joseph
Methodist Episcopal church. The
right to reject any and all bids re-
served. Plans and specifications can
be seen at the office of the East Ore
gonian. Pendleton, oregon.
Dated Joseph, Ore, April ~. '0s.
w. L. MULKEL,
Sec Building Com.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-16
WORTHY OF CONFIDENCE.
An Offer Backed Up BY One Of the
Most Reputable Concerns in Pen

An Offer Backed Up BY One OF the
Most Reputable Concerns in Pen
dleton.
We will either cure you of con-
stipation or pay for all the medicine
used during the trial. You pay US
nothing if we fail. That's a mighty
broad statement, and we mean every
word Of it. We will back it up with
our own personal reputation too VT
our own personal reputation, too.
Could anything be more fair and Sc
cure for you.
The most scientific. common sense
treatment is Rexall Orderlies. Their
active principle Is a very recent SCI
entific discovery that is odorless, col
orless and tasteless; very pronounc-
ed, gentle and pleasant in its action,
and particularly agreeable in every
way. This ingredient does not cause
any diarrhoea, nauset, flatulence or
gripping. Rexall Orderlies are az
pleasant to take as candy and are
particularly good for children and
delicate persons.
II you suffer from chronic or ha-
bitual constipation, or the associate
or dependent chronic ailments. we
urge you to try Rexall Orderlies at
our risk. Remember, you can only
get them at our store. Two sizes, 25c
and 10c- Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-16
A DIFFERENT SALE.
No Big Gaudy Carnival Banners-Big
Values Instead.

Have you noticed the difference in
Bond Bros. sale from outside ap-
pearances?
This is no comparison to the differ
ence to be found within the store.
Here you will find no cullings of un-
saleable stock, no riff-raff and out Of
date suits, no marked up and then
marked down prices, no side show
banners and sensational show cards
no, not here.
In their stead here you will find
modern merchandising methods, and
big honest clothing values. We will
give you your choice of any Alfred
Benjamin & Co., Society Brand and
Chesterfield suit in our store, blues
and blacks included, for the low price
of $500 suit.
The sale is now on and we have
the sizes in this Springs patterns to
fit you.
fit you. BOND BROS,
Pendleton's Leading Clothiers.