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The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
sprayinx to XIII Weeds.

XIII weeds by spraying. To make
the spraying solution. empty hun
dred pound sack Of suiphate Of Iron
into a ffty-gallon barrel: hIl to the
chine with water and stir with hoe
for a few minutes until dissolved
Strain through several thicknesses OF
cheesecloth tackled over the manhole
of the spraying machine. Apply with
a powerful spraying machine. produc'
ing a real mist. free from drops. Use
about fifty gallons to the acre. and
spray on a bright. warm day. or on q
dark, damp day; 1t does not matter.
no long as rain does not come within
eighteen or twenty hours. This spray
viii not harm grain crops and win
KIN wild mustard and various other
wsASs
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
inches long. The Stats should be nailed

inches long. The stats should be nailed
to a crosspiece about one-quarter the
distance from the top. A couple OF
nails are driven through the box and
into the crosspiece to swing on. Half
way back. on the inside. a narrow
piece of board is nailed, back OF which
the nest Is made.
To set the trap simply raise the
Stats inward from the bottom or .
inches high and place a small stick
under one OF the Stats. As the hen
enters the door is raised off the stick.
which falls to the floor. There should
be about five stats for box IL or IA
inches in width. Stats close against
inch strip at bottom.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

IL Has Undergone Changes sfncs
First Used By Arthur Irwin.

IL Has Undergone Changes sfncs
First Used by Arthur Irwin.
II was in 1883 that Arthur Irwin.
playing shortstop for Providence, broke
the third and fourth fingers OF his LEFT
hand-and revolutionized the fielding
game. He still shows a little finger
bent in almost at right angles and
says as he shows It. That did it."
says Golfers.
Then a club was a team. not two
or three teams. They entered the
struggle with ten. or at the most. elev-
en- men-a full team and one or two
substitutes. II there were two pitch
ers the one not In the box served as
an outfielasa. A man took day on
only for serious cause. So Irwin. star
infielder, had TO devise some way Oh
beating his injuries. He consulted
glover. They took buckskin driving
glove. many sizes too large, padded II,
made fastening at the back. and
sewed the third and fourth fingers to-
gcther to make room for bandages.
the crowd, Irwin knew. would forgive
him because OF his mangled condition.
From the first time he took ground
er with that glove he noticed that he
could now meet" the ball solidly. He
| did not have to lease off, and ne
could get away his throw quicker than
any other man on the infleld. John
Montgomery Ward. OF the New York
team, observed this. With monumen-
tai moral courage he got glove like
Irwin's and used 1t in game. NO
one hooted him for his cowardice.
Within two weeks after Irwin and
Ward first took their gloves around
the circuit a sporting-goods firm had
orders frcm professionals for a hun
dred like them. By the next season
nearly every professional was wear
|, ing one of the Irwin gloves" Denny
the rugged old third baseman. was a
: conspicuous exception. To the end
ef his days in baseball he played bare
, handed.
, In one respect this improvement
, came in the very nick of time. In
1884. after long years of experiment
,, and argument. the pitchers had go'
their liberty. They could now throw
the hall overland and free-armed
. . Having a box to get running start
and a shorter line to the plate than a
present. they developed unprecedent
ed speed. II needed more catcher'
than pitchers for frst-class team, X
! hard was this delivery on hands. Tit
' catchers took up the newfangled glow
J. with enthusiasm. Manufacturer
Q made them larger and larger. but sill
r the fingered glove did not quite serv'
D the purpose. In 1888. Jim White,
9 third baseman. sewed a leather plat
!. on the face of his infielder's GLOW
l. and got thereby good results with no
8 liners. Immediately the big catcher
9 mitt, claimed by two or three dineren
n inventors. became feature OF tn
D. game.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
As Uaual.


He bought a hoe, a rake, SPADE
Some little seeds to SOW,
AT last he got the garden made
And saw the green things grow.
lie work'd the rows and beds each day !;
Each little plant he knew,
And as he smiled and sweat away
oh. joy; how fast they grew.
No foods came down TO wash things out
No frosts to kill or blight:
No neighbor's chickens scratched about ;
No kline strayed in at night.
Each seed he planted did its best
And not a one did rot
No other garden, East or West,
Such Vegetables begot.
But still this man did not enjoy
These vegetables so new.
For every night a neighbors boy
Stole what the garden grew.
Puck
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
His I.unI Way.

The new waitress sidled up TO a
dapper young man at the breakfast
table, who. after glancIng at the bill.
opened his mouth. and a noise issued
forth that sounded like the ripping on
of all of the cogs on one OF the wheels
In the power house. The new waitress
made her escape to the kitchen. Eel
low out there insulted me-" she said.
The head waiter looked at him. I'll
get IT," he said. That's just the train
caller ordering his breakfast. largo
paut.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
Merely Friendly.

Elderly Relatiye-Mortimer. what are
YOUR intentions in regard to Miss Sul'
lion?
Scapcgrace Nephew-Strictly honora'
bic and praiseworthy. uncle.
Elderly Relative am glad to hear
that, Mortimer. ! was afraid you were
going to try to persuade her to marry
you.-Chicago Tribune.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
There Are Others.

"Bings Is afraid that he may be pros
ecuted for polygamy."
why, he is married to only one
person. amt he?
"That Is what he thought for a
while, but now II appears that he mar
ried her whole family. and there are
seven of them. m."-California Weekly.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
Wafer for the Chicks.

Take an ordinary baking pan and
have the tlnsmith rivet on an ear
ON one side for mailing to a tree.
Have him also make hole In the
bottom In one corner. that the water
can be let out every day and the pan
be kept clean. Nall the pan to tree
about twelve inches from the ground.
81 the chicks can drink without get
ting into 1t with their feet. The birds
will soon discover that 1t Is fine
place from which to get a drink on
hot days. Sometimes they find, too.
that IL is convenient place for a
bath. and this of course makes the
water dirty. But 1t is not much trou-
BILE to refill the pan with clean water
and this should be done two or three
times a day. Chickens and birds re-
quire a great deal of water. and they
often suffer for lack Of IL. Don't neg
lect them.-Boston Herald.
The King system OF Ventilation.
Ventilation for stables and barns !!
now regarded as one of the essentials
to be provided for In construction. Tit
90. etf,,,t rn tad In tha dia
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

"Jones says that he always gets to
the bottom OF anything he under
takes"
Don't doubt II. At school he was
always ut the foot OF the class
Baltimore American.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

pretty penny. Then came
along a Virginia man and
invented the hand fer
tilizer dropper. This de
vice consists Of an odd
shaped bucket. running
to a point at the bottom
and having a small open
ing there. through which
the contents filters. A
hfnoad valve 0DArated by
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
Axernrc. All Right.

Tenant (of aat)-One of the radiators
In that large room of mine is always
cold, winter and summer.
Janitor with scown-Weil, I've
heard you say that the other one Is nj
ways hot, winter and summer. Amt II
a gfandoif?
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

SuburbanIie-You are half an hour
late this morning.
Letter Carrier-Yes. ma'am: the sec
tions Of stovspips I have TO wear inside
ny trousers legs on account OF the dogs
rou keep along this street hamper my
movements, ms'am.-Chicego Tribune.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
fog Cholera.

In the way of treatment the United
States Bureau OF Animal Industry has
discovered a vaccine which saves
about s0-odd per cent after cholera ap
pears In herd. and larger per cent
IL vaccinated before the disease Is in.
troduced. Time will demonstrate the
practicability of this method. The
bacteriology department OF the Kansas
State Agricultural College Is also
working along these lines. but Is not
yet ready to announce anything but
progress.
When symptoms OF cholera appear
In herd. It is wise to dip the whole
herd, disinfect their quarters thor
oughly. give them slight change In
feed. and add to this about Ave drops
Of tincture OF prickly ash for each
hundred pounds of hog once or twice q
day. The old remedy of wood ashes
and salt Is good In many instances. A
little powdered sulphate of copper
dried sulphate OF iron or charcoal
given daily when the animals are moi
perfectly healthy frequently does much
good. After all. the old adage, an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
Of cure. holds good here.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

Inouistive Person--IIow do you tell
how fast you are goingf
Chauffeur-I watch the expression OF
the faces of the policemen as whiz past
them.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

"Isn't there some talk that Gringo s
going to enter the ministry
.sThe ministry? Why-O, l see. Ihats
what he really wants. but he intends to
try for q consulship first."-Chieaso
Tribune.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
study Fertilizer.

A few simple fertilizer maxims are
so important that they should be
fixed In the mind. Per cent is only
another way for saying parts In 100.
Fertilizers may be direct or indirect
In action. The former contains need.
ed plant food, the latter enables the
plant to get food from soil or air.
Lime is not plant food under common
conditions; It corrects bad condition
OF soIl-sourness-and unlocks soil
materials. Sulphate OF iron "copper"
as). sulphate of copper tblue stone).
sulphate OF magnesia Epson salts)
and sulphate of lime tgypsum) are
among these indirect fertilizers.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

Teachsr-Tommy. what Is an improper
lraction7
Tommy-You don't 'spect me to mem
Hon 10 fore all these psopls, do youf
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

"ClInord." asked the teacher. who
srote the Junius lettegsf'
81 don't know, ms'am." answered
the terrified little boy. II didn't"
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
Epitomist.


The accompanying plan Of trap nest
is quite simple and can be made from
box OF suitable size. II should be
12 or IA inches square by 90 or "a
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

gram consists of two sets OF fiues. one
set to admit the fresh air. the other to
furnish an escape for the vitiated air.
The inlet or fresh air fues should be
placed not more than ten feet apart
and located In the exterior walls oil
the barn. The outlet may include one
or more fiues.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

The following list will show the gar
dener how long after planting the va
rious common vegetables will mature
their growth and be ready for use:
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

Mothers will find Mrs. winslow's soothinr
syrup the b. sst remedy to usc for their childrea
during the teething period.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

LET me see-the census gives your
town about 6,OOO doesn't itT'
mo. sir; our town gives the census
5000"
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
What is CastOria.

TAsTORA harmless substitute for Castor OIL Parego Drops and
~ Soothing Syps pleasant contains neither Opium Morphine nor
other substance It's its destroys Worms and aas
Fisness Darhea and Wind Co relieves Teeng Troubles
cures Constipation Ftuncy assmes the Food regulates the Stomach
and Bowels giving healthy and natural sleep Tho chrans Panaceahe
Mothers Friend.
The Kind You Have Always bought and which has been in use tor over
so years. signature Of Ca Fletcher and has been made under
personal supervision since its infancy Allow to deceive you in this
ALI Coune limitations and JusaoOd are but Experiments that to with
and endanger health nnts and against Experiment.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

First remove the handle. to get 1t
out Of the way. Take q nat aie ana
file the edges of the revolving blades.
being careful to file each blade alike.
and evenly. 30 all parts will strike
the horizontal or stationary blade
evenly and alike at It's entire length.
File also the horizontal blade. then
adjust the revolving blades 20 they
win slightly rub on the horizontal
hlads.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16
Saves the Fertilizer.

Fertilizer is expensive. BY the old
method OF distributing II there was
usually enough wasted to represent a
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14

hens will use a gallon of water day,
during cold weather, If they are per-
mitted to get at 1t readily and as fire.
quently as they like.
We do not warrant any one an abun-
dant supply of eggs, even with a
mixed ration and plenty of water,
if their fowls are old hens or imma.
ture pullets, but with pullets mature
by the LIST of November, or hens not
more than IS months old at the be-
ginning of the winter laying season
eggs should be obtained in paying
quantities.
After the eggs are gathered 1t Is
not necessary to trade them to the
grocer for whatever he is disposed to
give for them. Fresh eggs during the
winter are in demand at god prices
in very large city; indeed, many
towns will use small number at
premium over the price of store
eggs"-or storage eggs. The producer
Of winter eggs can easily find mar.
ket for his product at paying prices.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14
HE HAS DISCOVERED A USE FOR
"SWlTCHTAlL" COWS.
Jersey Farmer Has Device mot Pat
ented) by Which He Makes AMI
NAL Saw Wood with Her
Caudal Appendage.

John Dooly of Jacksonville, N. j.,
has hit upon plan that will hereafter
make 'switchtail' cows bring pre-
MUM, instead of, as now, being I'M
marketable. Dooly Is the owner of a
brindle COW that he has been com
hired men after the first trial of milk
ing the COW refused to remain longer
in Dooly's employ If compelled to put
up with the lashing of old brindle's
tail.
Dooly has tried for eight years to
get rid of the COW, but her fame has
spread over Essex and Morris coun-
ties, and purchaser for her could not
be found. She can snap her tail like
whip, and the result is that Dooly's
face has not been minus several
pieces Of sticking plaster for years.
Dolly said recently, Il have been
thinking for some time of using the
old brindle's tailpower to some good
effect, and at last lift upon plan,
which have now put into effect with
such good results that il any of the
farmers around have any 'switchtaip
cows they want to dispose Of they will
find buyer at the Dooly farm.
Il cut hole through the side of the
woodshed," continued Dooly, lust OPP
posite the circular saw, which we turn
by hand to cut up wood in stove
lengths, and through this hole put a
beam, which | balanced just like the
walking beam of a ferryboat on the
North river. On the inside end
fastened a stick leading down to the
wheel that turns the saw. On the
outside l fastened Va rope. / tried the
thing and 1t worked fine. Driving a
stake into the ground near by, tied
the old brindle to 1t, and, fastening
her tail to the beam rope, sat down to
milk. l called Pat Dugan, the farm
helper, and told him to feed wood to
the saw. He thought at first was
crazy. but ordered him to do as told.
"The next minute the old brindle
gave her tail switch to swipe me
across the face as usual, but she
couldn't. The rope held, and she could
only switch her tail 50 far. Then she
tried in the other direction, with the
same result. BY this time old brindle
got pretty mad and she jerked that
tail of hers back and forth as quick
as lightning, and. say, that walking
beam kept going at such rate that
you would a thought the circular saw
was being driven BY ten-horse power
engine.
1T Just took Is minutes to milk old
brindle, and in that time she cut up
two cords Of wood into stove lengths
No, sir, wouldn't take $500 for that
old brindle COW now" concluded
Dooly.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14
DON'T RIDICULE BOY
oRlsoN SWEET MARpEN GIVES
SOME GOOD ADVICE.
Well for Parents to Respect Dreams Of
Future Greatness Which May En-
ter Youngsters Mind-How
Much Injury 10 Done.


Many boy has gone to bed in tears
because his father criticized or de-
nounced his effort at playing the VIC
lin; made fun of a simple little compo-
sition or story which he wrote; dis
couraged his attempt to make some
little mechanical device, or threw a
wet blanket on his dreams, laughing at
his prediction of what he would do in
the future, writes Orison SWEET Mar
den in Success Magazine.
A man who has recently come into
great prominence in his profession
says that when, trembingly, he told
his father what he wanted to be, he
was told that a padded cell was the
only place for a boy with such crazy
ideas, and that he was forced for years
to do that which God had forbidden in
every fiber OF his being, and against
which every drop of blood in him pro.
tested.
The father who has made up his
mind that his son must continue his
business and keep his estate intact, is
not in a position to decide-on the boys
bent-his special aptitude He Is pre-
JUDGED at the very outset.
The reason why there are SO many
mediocre men and women In the world,
and so many failures, is because they
never found their right places
Everywhere we see men and wom-
en-, capable of much better things, who
were discouraged and diverted from
their natural bent when young. Their
own famihes did not take stock in
them; they laughed at their young am
billions. and strangled their aspira-
tons. either by harsh treatment or,
what is even worse, ridiculs; and their
teachers did not understand them.
You cannot read the sealed message
which God has wrapped up in your
boy or girl, and you should regard 1t as
sacred. You should respect the dreams
OF future greatness of your son, be-
cause the Creator may have intended
him for a grand and far-reaching mis-
sion. You cannot tell what is going on
In his mind; you cannot tell what pos
sibilities are locked in his brain. He
may be perfectly conscious at this mo-
ment that he was intended for a much
higher place in the world than you are
occupying yourself, and to denounce
him, to scoff at his dreams, to laugh at
his predictions for the future may be a
source of great humiliation to you
some day. 1t may also work incalcula-
Bile injury to your boy. A thousand
times better strike him with your hand
than blast his hopes by ridicule or by
a cruel, chilling, cutting word.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14
: POULTRY ON THE FARM.
Some Attention Paid to This End Of
the Stock Raising Industry.

The day has gone wkso the care
of poultry on the farp consists of let
ting them range at krge during the
summer and throwing.ths liens a bit
of corn for their feed during the win
ter, allowing them access to the snow
drift for their water supply.
To be sure, poultry can exc out an
existence with this treatment now as
well as formerly, but If it did not pay
when eggs were from to cents
per dozen, 1t surely can not pay now
when the rate is from Is to so cents.
The farmer has an advantage over
the city dweller, as he is able to pro-
duce large partof the mixed ration
necessary for the profitable feeding
of poultry. Still on most farms it
will not be unwise or Improbable to
buy some of the materials needed to
give the poultry a mixed ration dur
ing the winter IL it Is not profitable in
the summer.
There are but few farms Upon which
with little care most of the material
for a mixed ration can be raised.
There are some farms so situated, or
the soil of which is OF such COM
position, that it may be necessary to
buy the grit supply. Upon many more
a supply of protein may be bought
cheaper in the form OF beef scraps
than produced upon the farm. Like
wise, where poultry is kept in large
MURDERS, the necessary supply of
charcoal may have to be purchased,
unless the consumption of wood hap
pens to be large on this farm.
II the farmer has not given the
subject thought, he may not realize
that the fodder produced on the ordi-
nary farm does not give enough of a
supply of green food for the poultry
during the winter. With some sup
ply Of green food may be secured
either by raising clover or cowpeas,
both of which will, besides giving a
supply of green stuff" give an album
dant supply of nitrogen. II the farmer
cares to raise neither of these, he may
supply the vegetable food needed in
the shape Of cabbage, turnips or beets,
preferably the latter, as the users Of
high-priced eggs sometimes stipulate
that the hens shall be fed on cabbage
or other substances that may give an
OF flavor to the eggs.
After provision has been made for
a variety Of food, says the Farmers
Voice, care must be taken that the
poultry. especially the laying hens,
have an abundant supply of water, If
they are not given skim-milk. or the
egg supply win be shortened. We
know from actual experience that Is
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14

tariff. as the public interests demanded
Now he still favors the revision OF the
tariff, but he has swung around from
the public view to that OF the indi-
vidualIy affected view. as his party has
always stood. Taft. like airy other
Republican, favors protecting the
classes at whatever cost to the masses.
The revision he stands for today is
said by his own parhsans TO represent
at least 70 per cent. increase over
the Dingley law. so Mr.. Taft stands in
the position of the man who was walk
ing backward when he sad he was
going forward. Some day, perhaps,
the American people will reach the
heiehth of intelligent action that they
will conclude to vote Tor what they
want instead Of for that which they
do not want.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14
Flower Dances for Children.

French mothers have been showing
unwonted ingenuity this winter in
dressing their darlings for the popular
flower dances which are now the fash
ion for juvenile society and carry all
before them. Generally a number of
blooms are selected, and these are
called bouquet parties. The charm of
these parties Is that the little people
are we'll suited to represent flowers.
Partisan society has gone daft over
some iof the designs and also the
beauty of some of the children. Their
dresses are floral, of course Trails
of blooms are draped together from
the waists, the ends floating on the
airy skirts, or loose petals are scat
tered all over the material. But this
gives little idea of the chic and the
detail of the dress or of the human
foweret that carries 1t off. Nothing
has SO hit the French taste as these
flower dances, and many Of the elder
spectators have grown quite senti-
mental about them.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14

Strangers visiting any town are i'm
pressed by the manner in which they
find its citizens impressed with their
own Environments. When they find
the people loyal to their own locality,
enthusiastic for its future and ever
active in matters which will turn for
the good Of the whole community, it
forces the belief thatthere is good
place to live, good place to do busi-
ness. a good place to know.