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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
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MIXING OF CONCRETE.
importance of the Proper Mixing of
Cement for Culverts and
Bridges.

writer in a pamphlet issued by
an eastern cement company lays much
stress upon the importance of the
proper mixing of concrete for high
way bridges or culverts. This writer
points out that the proportion should
be used to give the densest concrete
with the maximum strength of the
concrete. Speaking of the matter OF
mixing he says
The mortar mixing of sand and ce-
ment is generally two parts of sand
to one part of cement, yet mixtures
of two and one-half to three parts of
cement will give a mortar that is
dense and for practical purposes as
good on small bridges and culverts as
stronger mixtures.
The stone aggregate should not be
more than twice that of sand and in
most cases the proportion of four
parts of stone will generally make the
most desirable mixture, as it allows
suffi cient mortar to cover all the stone
and leaves no rough spots on the sur
face.
Mixing the concrete is a most vital
thing in the life of a structure, wheth-
er large or small, and to get the mass
as dense as possible.
Mix well and mix we; will cure
many faults, so-called, in working with
concrete.
Exposed surfaces of concrete may
be made sufficiently smooth by spa
ding, so as to force the stones back
from the surface and allowing the
mortar to crowd to the face; the
forms should be sufficiently tight to
prevent mortar running out. With
these precautions, surfaces can be OBJ
tanned that require very little patch
ing or plastering to make a neat job.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
Plans for the Cellar.

illustration shows a cellar whose walls
and roof are built of concrete. The
walls are five inches thick and can
be made by digging the hole suf
ficiently large to construct false work
end leave an open space of five Inches
for the concrete. The roof is arched
and the concrete can be put on false
work to the proper thickness and
smoothed over on the outside with a
trowel. Tile with metal coverings
over one end are fitted in the top of
the arch for vents. Fig. l shows the
plan of the cellar with proper dimen-
sions, Fig. the doorway and Fig. 3
a cross section through the center.
There is no danger of the roof blow
ing away or being caved in with e
piece of flying timber.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
SHEEP KILL WEEDS.
Will Follow Furrow and Eat Roots Of
the Wild Morning Glory
Vine,

We have had no experience with
Canada thistles for there are none in
this section of the country, but the
wild morning glory vine is here in
plenty, and apparently here to stay.
However, the best way to handle them
Is TO pasture the field with sheep, says
a writer in the Farmers Review. They
will keep them from going to seed.
In the spring when plowing for corn
If you can have flock OF sheep with
you they will follow in the furrow and
eat the roots which are very tender
as they are plowed up. They are very
fond of them and will do a good Job
of cleaning up.
The great trouble with the morning
glory Is that it keeps coming and aft
er the corn is laid by will run up the
stalk and smother the life out of It,
The vine is very bad in small grain
and meadows and the remedy that
Will kill them will be a great thing for
many farmers. The sheep in the fall
will eat the vine and all the seed if
one pastures the corn stalks with
them. If one has lambs you can turn
them in the corn in August or Sep
tember and they will clean up the
morning glory and not hurt the corn.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20

failed TO impress upon a nervous per-
son that nature intends" us TO be
healthy If we only give up our fears
and recognize that she aims to make
the circulation perfect, to digest our
food perfectly, to give us restful
sleep, with just the same care that
she makes the rose bloom, forms the
dewdrops, and terminates the wheat,
if we will but harmonic with that
beneficial desire of hers. Yet l have
failed to induce this thought so as to
make it effective in restoring normal
conditions, because the liver was con-
gested, the brain beclouded, hope de-
ferred, the heart sick, as a result of
wrong eating. Food influences thought.
1t is the man whose liver is congested
who thinks the moon is made Of green
cheese in his dreams. Yet this same
person, when his brain clears of the
effects of auto-intoxication becomes
more hopeful, grasps the thought and
is well. May not this have been true
in your case. l have seen this demon
strated many times. Let us not say
that air is more important than food,
for they are both necessary, except to
emphasize the Importance of pure air.
Food could not be utilized without air,
but how long could a man utilize. air
without food?
/ think the relations between food
and thought are similar to those be-
tween air and food. Thought is more
important than food, but if you say
that since you think right you can eat
anything, you are no more right than
if | were to say that, since / eat the
right food $50 far as l know | can
breathe any old air, even that of the
black hole of Calcutta. All truth is
relative; and sanity mental and physi-
cal, is balance, seeing things in their
proper relations, not denying that a
thing exists because we wish to en-
phasize another thing or thought,
which is related to it, and not saying
that one thing or thought is OF no i'm
portance because another thought, re-
lated to it. is more important. The
star that you are looking at through
the telescope is more important than
the sun to you for the time being,
and for your present purpose, but you
cannot eclipse the sun by thinking
that it does not exist.
Copyright, 1909, by Joseph B. Bowlesl
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
LOG DRAG ON ROADS.
Wisconsin to Encourage Farmers to
Drag Their Roads by Offer
ing Bounty.

Recently in an address at the Wis
consin State Farmers institute, w. o.
Hotchkiss. chief of the highway di-
vision of that state, noted that Wis
consin proposes to encourage farmers
to drag their roads by Offering a sub
stantial bounty for that service. Mr..
Hotchkiss states:
1T is proposed to allow farmers to
work out their road tax in dragging
adjacent roads with the split log or
other drag at the rate of rs cents per
mile for each time they are requested
to drag by the town board This law
should result in q great increase in
the use of this drag and a consequent
improvement of the dirt roads of the
state"
There is no question of the useful
ness of dragging roads with the split
log drag when the work is carefully
and regularly done, says the Prairie
Farmer. Should Wisconsin undertake
to put the proposed law into force,
good road builders will watch results
of the experiment with interest
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
"Not a crop failure in IS years."
"Can raise more here than on Eastern
land costing five times as much."'
"Came here 4 years ago with $500; now
have $4,000 in bank;"- Said of
Panhandle and South Plains Country.

The best land bargains to-day are found in
fhe prosperous Southwest.
The Panhandle and South Plains region of
northwest Texas offers good lands at the low
est prices in the Southwest.
You can't buy land there as cheaply this
year as last, and it will cost more next year.
So the time TO buy is now.
am not in the land business. The Santa
Fe Railway employs to help settle up the
country along its lines. The service to you is
absolutely free. / aim not to exaggerate. The
truth about the Southwest is strong enough.
I consider the Panhandle and South Plains
as unequaled for the man with small means.
Likewise nothing better for the man with big
bank-rcll. Both will prosper.
This country is no longer on the frontier
Thousands already have settled there. More
are coming in every train. You won't be
lonesome, but you won't be crowded, either.
You ask what can be raised?
Beef, cereals, fruit - and other things
The average rainfall is twerty-four inches,
enough for raising crops without irrigation
The more brains you farm with, the bigger the
yield. "Dry-farming helps out some seasons.
might talk on forever and not convince
you half as much as by reproducing the testi-
mony of Mr.. w. NJ. Curfman, of Hereford,
in the Texas Panhandle. He says:
"T came to Hereford four years ago and
bought $40 ceres of land nine miles southeast
of town.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
Growing Early Hog Pasture.

It IS of as much Importance to have
early pasture for hogs, and especially
small pigs, as for cattle, dairy cows
or sheep. The hog has the name of
being mortgage litter, and we must
all acknowledge that the name is a
very suitable one.
Knowing this to be true, why not
provide in way that will be most
satisfactory to him and offer the larg.
est profit to ourselves?
A hog does not relish corn for 70
months in the year and nothing else,
and it is not necessary to have to de-
pend upon corn alone for that length
of time to feed him, nor is it profit
able to allow him to have nothing
else
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
HOME LIFE OF THE VEDDAS.
Wild People of Ceylon, Who Inhabit
Caves, Have Many of the PRINT
tive Virtues

OF the curious customs observed by
the Veddas, or wild people of Ceylon,
q traveller writes: "All the men came
caves, which were compIstely hid
den by a thicket. On the rocky plat
form in front of the cave the men all
surrounded US shouting to their wom-
Ell to come and see their white sis
ter-in-law' or cousin Veddas have
always been renowned for their truth
fulness, and this reputation we are
able to indorse. Each community has
its own hunting ground, and adheres
strictly to it's own game rights. Upon
each hunting ground there are num-
Der of caves and rock shelters, and the
families of the community move from
one to another throughout the year,
as the presence of game honey, yams
or fish demands. The big caves are
communal property, the smaller caves
usually belong to single families; but
even in the communal caves each fam
lily has its particular place in which it's
members sleep, cook, eat and keep all
their belongings.
Each family respects the pri-
vacy of its neighbors' few feet of the
cave floor as faithfully as If partition
walls existed; only the children roam
all over the cave at will. Food, how
ever, seemed to be public property, for
one woman would cook food and share
it with every one present in the cave.
This may probably be explained as
follows: The communal caves are sit
mated in common hunting ground;
therefore all the game, yams, iguanas
or honey brought in from the COM
mon land is the property of the COM
munity, not of the man who pro-
cures it.
Il have stated that the smaller
caves are usually private property. 1t
would probably be more correct to say
that Veddas possess private hunting
grounds on which very frequently
there are small caves, such caves be-
ing then the property of the owner
of the land. When a man is living
in his own cave in the midst of his
own hunting ground the produce of
the chase would naturally be his own,
though shared with any one living
with him. Women and children al
ways Jared as well as the men, and
the former would be fed first in any
time of scarcity. Indeed, the dainties
were often saved for the children"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
Marketing a New Product.

Mrs. Dexter, from somewhere down.
state" was enjoying her first ride In
a crowded street car in Chicago. II
happened that a health officer, in the
performance of his regular duties
was taking a sample of the air in the
car. Mrs. Dexter saw his manipula.
tions, but could not understand them
so she turned to a policeman who
was sitting next her.
Il beg your pardon" she said, but
can you tell me what that man is
doing?"
Eyes, ma'am," answered the officer
Hes bottling tn atmosphere"
For mercy's sake!" exclaimed Mrs.
Dexter. What won't they do next!
Do they can the air and sell it now
adays ?"-Youth's Companion.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
Corn Silage for Eoqs.

A swine grower says that he has
tested feeding some corn silage to
his hogs, along with corn meal and
finds that they thrive we'll and by
feeding them mixed with clover bav
run through his cutting box the pigs
grow more rapidly He says the ST
lage keeps them in good condition.
being succulent, like grass, and fed
with the dry foods keeps them
healthy.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
With an Object in View

Deacon Hardesty-Mr. Muntoburn,
you must come to our church next
Sunday morning. The Rev. DR.. Upliff
is going to preach for US.
Mr.. Muntoburn-Pm not sure have
ever heard of him. Is he such an elo-
quent preacher?
Deacon Hardesty-I don't know
about that, but he's the most wonder
fully ccessful-er-church debt rails.
er there is in the country.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
SHAFT WORKS PUMP.
House Without Going Outside
by Means of Crank.

The accompanying sketch shows a
method of operating pump situated
outside of a building while the opera
chanics. This device can be used on a
pump where the well is close to the
house. A shaft and crank operates
pitman that drives the pump rod.
The shaft is fitted with q hand crank
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
Potato BLIGHT and scab.

A good remedy for blight and scab
in seed potatoes is to dissolve one
ounce of corrosive sublimate in eight
to nine gallons of water and soak thu
potatoes in this solution about 80 min.
utes. While this is effective MANY
prefer using one pint of formalin tc
80 gallons of water. The corrosive
sublimate is a poison and more dan
gerous.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
a Jokes Life.

What becomes Of a joke when 1t
gets too old for the newspapers?"
ut goes on the stage"
And after that?"
ITO the theatrical program"
Where 1t ends its existence, I
s'pose?"
"Oh, no; 1t lives honorably for many
years In congressional cloakrooms."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20

ears ago d SefeI0
fall injured my kid
neys. From that time I
was bothered with a
chronic lame back and
disordered action of
the kidneys helped to
make life miserable
for me. A friend sug-
& e s t e d my using
Doan's Kidney Pills,
which / did, with the
most gratifying re-
suits. I made a pub
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20

lie statement at the time, recommend
ing Doans Kidney Pills, and am glad
to confirm that statement now"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
ss,,ROALDs D 60 a 2as
,apRII!0V'ENffES{ff
A CYCLONE CELLAR.
Detailed Plans for Construction of Un.
dereround Room in Case of
Tornado.

Many farmers on the western plains
have cyclone cellars. When boards
and timbers are used to construct the
walls the wood will rot out in few
years and have to be renewed, says
Concrete Review. The accompanying
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
Saves Old Wire Without kinkinq.

cart may be drawn along by a man
while a boy steadies the reel to keep
it from unwinding too rapidly For
winding up wire the machine is best
pushed just fast enough to keep up
with the wire as it is being wound on
the reel, A crank placed upon the
reel proves serviceable in winding up
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
USEFUL WIRE REEL.
a Convenient Device That Saves
Barbed Wire Fencing from
Becoming Tangled.

Here is a device on which we can
wind barbed wire which is much bet
ter than an old barrel The reel is
mounted on a truck made of old
buggy wheels with short shafts. The
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20

The man who has only himself to
please finds sooner or later, and prob
ably sooner than later, that he has
got a very hard master-Swift.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20

Send postcard request to-day for sam
pie package of Garfield Tea, Natures herb
remedy tor constipation, liver and kidney
diseases. Garfield Tea Co, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums, reduces in
fammaon, aays pain, cures wind collie 25c bottle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20

Built me house and broke about forty
acres of land the first year. Sold $4I6 worth
OF produce off of same and had enough left
to winter thirty-fve head of cattle and horses
1 he second year had Izo acres in crop, and
sold $500 worth of farm products and wintered
forty-ive head of stock. The fourth crop is
not yet harvested, except the wheat and oats.
The wheat and oats will bring me about $500,
and expect to get about 1000 out of the bal.
ance of the crop, besides wintering my stock.
al now have I6s acres In cultivation. I
raise wheat, oats, June corn, milo maize, kafr
corn, sorghum, California wheat, millet and
cotton, and all kinds of vegetables | came
here with $500 and could make my check ous
Mr.. Curfman seems to be satisfied man.
You can do as we'll as he - perhaps better.
May help you get home somewhere in this
best of the few places in the United States
where raw land may be bought for less than ID
is worthl
Cut out this advertisement. Mail it to me
with your full name and address. | will then
mail you illustrated land folders which tell the
story in detail and send our homeseekerss
monthly, The Earth. six months free. Quess
tons promptly answered.
C. L. SEAeRAvEs. Gen. Colonization Aet.
A. I. & S. +. Ry. System.
II7o Railway Exchange, Chicago.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20

A wise man never boasts OF his wis
dom. He leaves that to his press
agent.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20
PUBLIC STATEMENT
BY Public offIcial-county Treasurer
of Granbury, Texas.

A. A. Perkins, County Treasurer OF
Granbury, Hood Co., Texas, says:
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20

Men fight with their fists; women
fight with their tears.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20

An extension spout allows the water
to run in the sink inside the house.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-08-31
WATER RIGHTS ARE
BEING APPROPRIATED

A mortgage has been filed with the
county clerk. of Wheeler county by
the Wasco County Electric and Water
Power Company, mortgaging to the
Carnegie Trust Company OF New York
as security for an issue of SIS, 5,00O,-
000 worth of bonds, all the rights OF
way. equipment and water filling OF
the electric company In the counties
OF asco, Crook. Grant. Wheeler.
Gillian and Sherman. The Oregon
Gold Prospecting and Promoting Com
pany has also In the same instrument
sold it's water rights to the electric
company for $2,625, 900 of the capital
stock of the electric company and
$3,775.0OO OF the bonds. This com
pany has two water rights, one on
the Deschutes between the Warm
Springs and Metolusu river, and one
on the John Day near section 25
range Z south. 10 east OF Willamette
meridian.
The mortgage also provides that
prior 20 the completion OF the 5000
miles OF projected roads through
central Oregon that the Inland Ore
gon Electric Railroad Company shall
be formed and S15.00O,O0O worth of
bonds sold 20 the Portland and Baker
City and Butte Electric Railroad Co.
The offices of the Wasco Electric
and Water Power Company are at
31S Marquam building, Portland.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-08-31
ChoIera Infantum oared.

Something like two years ago
my baby. which was then about a
year old, was taken seriously IN
with cholera infantum, vomiting and
purging profusely," writes ]. r.
Dempsey, OF Dempsey, Ala. II did
what / could TO relieve her, but did
her no good. and being very much
alarmed about her went for a ply
sician. but failed to find one, so came
back by Elder Bros. q Carter's store
and Mr.. Elder recommended Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Dlarr-
hoea Remedy. | procured q bottle
OF II, went home as quickly as pos
sible and gave the baby a dose OF
the remedy. 1t relieved her In iir-
teen miuntes and soon cured her en-
tirely." For sale by all good drug
gists
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-08-31
MAYOR STRIKES BLOW
AT POWER bitches
SAYS THEY ARE THE CITY'S SHAME AND
WANTS SPECIAL COMMITTEE

Mayor Rodgers sent a special mes
sage TO the city council last night,
and demanded that action be taken
to protect the city.
To the Common Council of the City
OF Salem:
Some time since your honorable
body passed ordinance No. 592, re-
quiring parties owning private mill
ditehes TO build and maintain bridges
where the same cross streets.
II is a well-known fact that the
city has heretofore built all bridges
over the South Mill ditch, and kept
them in repair at considerable ex-
pense
have taken this matter np with
the owners of the South Mill ditch
and they refuse to comply with the
terms OF the ordinances; maintaining
that II is the public's business to
get across the ditch as best II can,
and declaring that they will continue
to blockade streets. sidewalks and
crossings until the courts require
them TO place coverings for the safe
~ and convenience of the public.
This city has the choice OF two
things: either to stand by It's guns
and enforce its ordinance, or back
down
do not believe the city has any
warrant Of law in usurping the rights
OF public travel by allowing an open
ditch along its streets. Streets are
not the property of the city TO give
away az will. They are vested In the
abutting property in fee and the pub
lie has hut the use OF them When
ever that use is rel'nduished or for
feited. the absolute ownership re-
verts 10 the abutting property.
The city's right to the streets is
for purposes OF public travel and
convenience only and not for private
business enterprises, and when a city
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-08-31
ROCK ISLAND BUYS
NEW EQUIPMENT

Chicago, Aug. 31.-As an evil
dence OF the prosperity anticipated
by the Rock Island officials of the
company today pointed 20 the placing
of orders by the road for $9,000,00o
worth OF equipment. The order IL
the largest placed by Western rail-
road for some years.
The items OF the order are freight
cars. locomotives and passenger
equipment. A great part OF the
money will be spent for new equip
ment to replace worn out cars and
coaches. Company ofiicials, howev-
er, have Investigated crop conditions
and more freight cars have been or
dered than were operated by the
Rock Island for some time previous
ly.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-08-31
SOMETHING NEW
IN SURGICAL LINE

Paris. Aug. 31.-Dr. Doyen, on
August 8, successfully transplanted
vein from a live sheep to the leg
OF a man suffering from aTterial an
eurism. The circulation was thus
restored, and the patient now has
completely recovered The vein
transplanted was 10 inches long.
DIR, Doyen. who is attending the
medical congress at Budapest, will
communicate TO the congress the de-
tails OF his extraordinary operation.
This is the first time, II is said, that
an organism of a lower animal has
been transplanted to a human being.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-08-31
The LATEST Man in the World

would not be contented to be kept
In the house and doing nothing by
rheumatism. Neither are you, who
are always busy and active. Then
don't neglect the first twinge OF an
ache or pain that you might think
10 Just a "erick." Rub we'll with
Ballard's Snow Liniment and no mat
ter what the trouble is It will disap-
pear at once Sold by all druggists.