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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28
APPARATUS FOR TESTING MILK.

miliar, writes l.. j. Haynes in Ameri
can Agriculturist. When a farmer
takes a note for q hundred dollars
with interest at per cent it needs
no explanation to make him under
stand that the per cent interest will
bring him &c. But this same farmer
may be absolutely ignorant of the
amount of fat in hundred pounds of
milk testing per cent. He does not
realize that the per cent test problem
Is exactly like the per cent simple in
terest problems he used to figure out
In the old arithmetics and is doing
now whenever he takes or gives a
note.
III he had $4,000 to put out at inter
est and one party offered him 5 per
cent, while another would pay only 3
per cent, he would know that the 8
per cent offer would bring him $3.50,
just 500 more than the per cent
rate. If he was getting only 8 per
cent and a friend gave him informa-
tlon that would enable him to place
his money at 8 per cent this knowl-
edge would be valuable and worth
something to him, and he would be
willing to pay for the information.
Now, then, let us connect the interest
problems with the COW testing prob |
lem, using the same amount both AS |
to the quantity Of milk in pounds rep
resenting the 5000 and the same tests
corresponding to the per cent and
the per cent rates of interest.
Five thousand pounds Of milk is not
TOO large an amount to expect from a
COW; neither Is per cent test ex-
traordinary nor per cent test un-
common. The 5000 pounds from the
one COW testing per cent would con-
tain 25O pounds Of fat, while the same
amount from the other COW testing 3
per cent would contain $50 pounds of
butter fat. If 30 cents pound is re-
ceived for the butter fat the high test
Ing COW will make $50, just $50 more
than the 3 per cent COW, whose credit
Is only $45. Isn't information which
VIII enable him to slft out these low
cows and replace them by
better ones of value and worth some
thing TO him, and can be not well af. ,
ford to pay for it? That is Just what a
tester will do, and II won't cost him
very much either.
The complete outfit shown in the H. /
nstratlon- -can-be- purchased for from ,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28
FIRST PRIZE BUTTER.
Methods of a Dairyman Whose Produc.
Scored the Most Points,

Methods of Dairyman Whose Produc
Scored the Most Points.
In describing how he made butter
which won first prize at the Tennes
see state fair dairyman says:
First l am careful to have all cows
healthy and their digestion in the best
of order. To avoid as far as possible
| any taint from feeds the cows were
taken from pasture and stabbed one
and a half hours before milking, with
nothing but pure and fresh wheat bran
from an honest country miller.
Each milking was kept separate for
several milkings and Il small quantity
of each used as Il starter for the next
The milk was run through a separator
and the cream cooled as soon as posi-
bic in can submerged IN spring wa
ter No ice was used at any stage.
After being kept at about IS degrees
for about twenty hours starter from
previous milking was added and the
cream ripened at about 10 degrees,
then cooled as low as possible In
spring water for several hours before
by conclusion. BY neglect |
no color was put In the cream and !
same was added with the salt, which
caused the product TO be somewhat
and it lost one point on col
'r, likely from that cause. 1t scored
perfect in body, salt and package.
The cream was churned rather sweet,
'ut | was surprised 1t stood its travel
Without ice and nearly week of more
r less exposure and then judged to be
90 mild in flavor
Upon the whole, | thought this but
er would be but little above our aver
ge product, and my main object in
it was to have it scored and
now what we were doing. 1t is put
ng it mildly to say that l was sur ..
Used to know that such results could
got with so little extra care and
lthout ice. ;
Il think silage, pea hay and cotton
ed meal the standbys for profitable
eding, though | like to use bran. es- d
cially for my best breeders. try to y
We most of my cows freshen In the
i and practice winter dairying.' / u
ly sell butter through private en- =
and turn the skimmilk into II
rkshire hogs. l have made them :"
from $50 to 200 pounds or more in l"
m five to six months"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28
A l2-year-old boy living near Bend,
killed big cinnamon bear recently.

Many weak, nervous women have
been restored to health by Foley's Kid.
ney Remedy as it stimulates the kid
neys SO they will eliminate the waste
matter from the blood. Impurities de-
press the nerves, causing nervous ex-
haustion and other ailments. Commence
today and you will soon be well. Pleas
ant to take. G. Stafrin, Dallas; M. l..
Thompson, Falls City.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28
Care of the Colt.

Turn the colts out In a yard for ex-
ercise every fair day. Never leave
them out in storms. Do not feed corn
to the colts as steady diet. Corn on
the cob with wheat bran is good now
and then for variety. Keep the stalls
well b"dded with clean. bright straw.
Never stand colt on bare, wet
floor. One misstep or slip may ruin
the most valuable one.
The largest turkey ranch In the
country is located in North Carolina,
from which as high as 1000 nicely
finished birds have been shipped to
market in a single week.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28
SALT FOR LIVE STOCK.
Stimulates the Appetite and Helps
Build Up Tissue.

Some recent experiments tried in
France confirmed the idea that stock
having Il regular supply of salt were
more thrifty and made better use of
the feed they ate than those deprived
of salt for considerable time. \ sup
ply of salt should be kept in every pas
ture field and be accessible TO the ami
mails at all times. The common Gus
tom of sailing stock once week is a
very poor way to supply the needs
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28
Kills TO Stop the Fieud.

The worst foe for IL years of Johr
Deye, OF Gladwin, Mich, was running
ulcer: lie paid doctors over $4OO with.
out benefit. Then Bucklen's Armies
Salve killed the ulcer and cured him
Cures Fever-Sores, Boils, Felons, Ecze.
ma, Salt Rheum. Infallible for Piles.
Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Corns. 25c at Belt
u Cherrlngton. 25c at Belt & Cherrinp-
toms drug store.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28

Judging from their conduct. a whole
lot Of folks seem to 90 on the assump-
tion that they will reap as they sow
In about every realm of life but that of
weeds and morals. Observation leads
to the belief that a harvest in kind is
a pretty sure thing even in these de-
partments.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28
Union will have a stock show.
A Card

This is to certify that all druggists are
authorized to refund your money il
Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure your
cough or cold. 1t stops thecough, heals
the lungs and prevents pneumonia and
consumption. Contains no opiates. The
genuine is in yellow package. q.
stafrir, Dallas; M. l.. Thompson, Falls
City,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28

and bore hole in 1t seven inches from
one end Place it between the two
boards and bolt with four inch bolt.
Tack notched piece of wood about
i've inches long to the short end of
this lever. About eight inches from
the other end fasten loosely a piece of
strap iron nineteen inches long which
has hook on the opposite end. Drive
two nails In the upright boards to
regulate the height, and, says Prairie
Farmer, you have a convenient, light
and inexpensive buggy Jack.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28
Won't Slight A Good Friend

,"lfever l need cough medicine again
| know what to get," declares Mrs. A. L.
Alley, of Beals, Me-, "for, after using 10
bottles of DR.. Kings New Discovery
and seeing its excellent results in nv
iamilyand others, am convinced IL is
the best medicine made for coughs. colds
ana lung trouble" Everyone who tries
1t feels just that way. Relief is felt at
once and its quick cure surprises YOU.
For Bronchitis, Asthma. Hemorrhage'
Group, Lagrippe, Sore Throat, pain in
chest or lungs its supreme. SOC and Al. 90
Irlal bottle free. Guaranteed by Belt 4
Cherrington' drng store.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28

II you want to feel we'll, look we'll and
be we'll, take Foley's Kidney Remedy.
It tones up the kidneys and bladder,
purifies the blood and restores health
and strength. Pleasant to take and
contains no harmful drugs. Why not
commence today? q. Stafrin, Dallas !;
NJ. L. Thompson. Falls City.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28
Smaslies All Records.

As an all-round laxative tonic and
health-builderno other pills can comma re-
with DIR. Kings New Lite Pills. They
tone and regulate stomach, liver and
kidneys, purify the blood, strengthen
the nerves: cure Constipation, Dyspep-
sia. Biliousness, Jaundice, Headache,
Chllls and Malaria. Try them. 25c at
Belt 4 Cherrington's drug store.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28

hoarseness, bronchitis and other
1hroai troubles are quickly cured bv
roieyis Honey and Tar as il sootbes ana
heAis the infismed throat and bronchial
taoes and the most obstinate cough dis
appears. Insist upon having the cen
gine foley's Honey and Tar. c. Stsfri1
Dailasi N. L. Thompson, Falls CITY.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28
Rev. l. w. WIlllamson's s Letter

Rev. l. W. Williamson, Huntington,
W. Va, writes: "This is to certify that
L used Foley's Kidney Remedy for
nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble
and am free to say that it will do All
that you claim for it," Foley's Kidney
Remedy has restored health and strength
70 thousands OF weak, run down people.
Contains no harmful drugs and is pleas
ant to take. 9. Stafrin, Dallas; NJ. l..
Thompson, Falls City.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28

Of the stock. The
strongest o II @ y
will get enough
possibly, but the
W e Il k q r Ones
and these are the
cneS that need it
M o $ I - will be
kept back and
never get Il full
supply.
one Of the best
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28

In the Dufur neighborhood Jsps
own 5000 acres of land and are plant
ing $4,000 fruit trees.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28

Albany will pave IA blocks for q
starter, says the Democrat
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28

A ranch Of 240O acres near Olex In
Gillian county sold last week for
$4,000, or $50 an acre.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28

Madras people have voted In favor
OF issuing bonds for a new $4,000
schoolhouse.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28

A Pendleton man caught a salmon
In the millrace that measured 2s inches
from tip to tip.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-05-28

Another brick business block with
large opera house will be erected in
Milton.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
PROFESSION FOR WOMEN

Landscape gardening, which might
we'll be termed Outdoor decoration"
is a field of work of which many
women have awaited. themselves. 1t is
a profession which involves great
deal of healthful outdoor work and
calls for combination of intellectual,
commercial and esthetic gifts such as
are seldom found under this same head
of hair.
A distinct feeling for color, deep
knowledge of plants and soil, a keen
eye for effects in trees, foliage and
rocks, a fundamental knowledge of
surveying and hydraulic engineering
and, above all, an aptitude for getting
a great deal for very little money and
achieving the maximum of result with
the minimum of excavation and en-
bankment-these are among the ten
talents that are the inheritance of the
successful landscape gardener.
A pioneer among the women who
have taken up this profession is Miss
Beatrix Jones, a daughter of Mrs.
Cadwalader Jones and a relative of the
gifted Edith Wharton and DR.. Weir
Mitchell. The fruit of Miss Jones'
handiwork may be seen in Newport
on the grounds of James Van Allen, in
the great park of Percy Chubb, on the
Hudson river. and in the quaint old
fashioned garden of Washington's old
home at Mount Vernon.-Exchange
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
Club News

An interesting meeting of the Ruskin
Art club was presided over yesterday
by the president, Mrs. w. S. Taylor,
with Miss Wadleigh as lealer.
The first topic, ancient Pottery"
was presented by Mrs. N. p. Conrey,
who was followed by Mrs. IL. q.
Brainerd. whose discussion of the diff
ferent keramic branches served to
happily introduce talk by Mrs. w.
S. Bartlett on French and German
pottery, the subject being illustrated
by choice specimens from Mrs. Bart
let's own collection.
Mrs. w. J. Chambers talked of the
Staffordshire ware.
Mrs. Elizabeth Borglum will enter
tain the club with a studio tea April
20 at her home in Sierra Madre.
The Averill club will meet tomorrow
afternoon from to with Mrs. Ed
ward G. Averill, 2716 Halldale avenue.
The first hour will be devoted to cur
rent events and a review of late book
by Miss Clara Law. The last hour
Mrs. l.. e. Ward will lecture on Vest
minister Abbey. Refreshments will add
a pleasing incident to profitable af-
ternoon.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
THE BABY SPEAKS

All newly-born babies who desire to
have a copy of the following on a
card, to hang around their necks, can
obtain one free by applying to this Of
fee:
Don't handle me more than is neces-
sary.
Don't put into my mouth, to stop
me from crying, an old piece of rubber
to suck. 1t is about the worst habit l
can get into.
Don't let any relative see me.
Don't take me up. strain me to your
breast, walk the floor with me, dance
before me like a wild Indian, shaking
a horrible rattle, or talk gibberish to
me, when I have a crying spell. There
may be something serious the matter,
with me, but this isn't going to help.
When l push away my bottle. don't
force me to feed. 1 know when 1t is
necessary for me to eat anything.
Don't take me to the circus, prayer
meeting or spend the day at the sea-
shore. I'm not so old or SO fool-proof
as you are.
Don't kiss me. Take some one of your
own size.
Don't show your anxiety about me
when in my presence. 1 haven't any
too much confidence in myself.
Don't be too proud of my unnat-
ural brightness. 1t may be a form of
degeneracy.
Don't tell anybody that am only a
little animal. Let them guess it for
themselves.
Don't take my temperature or send
for the doctor On the slightest provoca-
ton.
Don't let the light strike into my
eyes.
Don't rock me to sleep. Remember
that the hand that rocks the cradle is
ruled by the baby.-Lippincott's.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
MARK TwAIN's COUNTRY HOME

How Mark Twain built an Italian
villa without seeing it is told in Coun-
trv Life in America for April. The
article describes "Stormfield," the hu-
morist's new country home among the
Connecticut hills. Here is an extract:
1.-THE Joy of country life has entered
deep into the soul of the man. He
loves the seclusion that his fame
will not permit in the city; but he
loves people, too, and draws about him
from the outside world friends of his
own choosing. He loves the house it
self.
ut was designed by John Howells,
son of the Howells." Mr.. Clemens
tells you, land he and my daughter
particulars and built it; and they
did it without any advice or instruc-
lions from me. I had every confidence
in their taste and judgment and none
in my own. My meddling would
only have made confusion. l was not
willing to discuss the plans nor look
at the drawings. l merely said 1
wanted three things-a room of my
own that would be quiet, a billiard
room big enough to play in without
jabbing the cues into the wall, and a
living room forty by twenty feet. For
the rest they could do as they liked.
and 1 had nothing more to do with
the house until / drove up from the
station last June to occupy it. didn't
want any of the. bother of building.
had enough of that in Hartford
when we built a $4,000 house on a
$4,000 lot at a cost of $155. 900. The
only other stipulation was that the
house should cost certain sum-
"'Did it?' asked
"'Well, half of 1t did, the philoso-
pher admitted, smiling"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
LITTLE FOLK TOWN
,be hills is Ldttle Folk Town,

Oh. over the hills is Little Folk Town,
Where 1 never again may go,
Where fairies and elfins roam up ana down
Der the fields of green or the fields OF brown
AS all of the little folk know.
Brave Jack, who slaughtered the ogre gium'
In Little Folk Town doth dwell. .
II was lust as the ogre said ''Fe 10 rum!
That he chopped off his head, which injured
him some,
AS little folk love to tell.
The Babes in the Woods are resident there,
And the robins that covered them TOO,
And Goldilocks of the sunlit HAIR
And the bigger bears and the little, wee bear
1t Is there that such things are true.
There is Red Riding Hood and her grandma
old,
And the little ones seek for the fairy gold,
lust all that the wee. little hands can hold,
The gold in the COLLINS care.
There's the sight that gladdens, the SOUND
that thrills,
In Little Folk Town, they say,
Till lullaby song the daytide stills;
And I'd like to go back DER the misty hills,
But cant-I have lost the way.
"A j. Waterhouse in California Weekly.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
GIRLS LEAVE FACTORIES

Every year, in increasing numbers,
women are flying from the monotony
and high tension of factory work to
the more varied and lower-geared work
which the store offers them, says a
writer in the Chicago Journal.
The store can get for IS the kind of
girl who will earn $40 in shoe factory,
says William Hard in Everybody's.
And the glove factory girl who is
worn out will surrender her $3.50 a
week and go to work as a beginner in
a store for IS.
She pays $3.50 week at the start
for the difference between factory con-
ditions and store conditions, and it
is overwhelmingly probable that her
term of enlistment in industry will be
concluded before she can climb back
to the $3.50 level in her new occupa-
ton.
Between subhuman toll in a factory
and subhuman wages in a store. the
choice is difficult, but year by year,
especially among the girls of the most
highly developed temperaments, it in
clines toward the store.
One method therefore of improving
store wages is to improve factory toll.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
aNazs1eo Ghaf
Musical

The season ticket sale for the
Shakespeare festival, which opens at
Temple auditorium the evening or
April 10 and continues through the
week, opens this morning at the ticket
office in the Bartlett Music company.
Tickets are transferable and special
rate is offered for the series of SIX dill
ferent programs.
The change from Shrine to Temple
auditorium was made on receipt of
the scenery and properties. 1t was
found that Shrine auditorium was in
adequate for proper presentation OF
these productions.
The season ticket sale will continue
for the remainder of the week, the
single ticket sale opening Monday
morning, April 5, at the same place.
+
The sixth and last symphony con-
cert of this season will be given to-
morrow afternoon at Temple auditor
ium under the direction of Harley
Hamilton. The program consists of a
series of Wagner offerings, as follows
Overtures-
Riemzi
Flying Dutchman;
Tannhauser.
Die Meisterslnger Won Nurnberg-Introduction
to Third Act; Dance of the Apprentices;
procession of the Master Singers; Greeting
to Hans Sachs.
Das Observation-Disclosures of the Gods in Wal
halla.
Observation-Disclosures
Gotterdamerung-Siegf Rhine Journey.
Huldgungs March.
The program will begin promptly at
3 o'clock
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
LITTLE TIPS ABOUT SHRINKING
OF COTTON WASH MATERIALS

Washable summer materials Will,
most of them, shrink themselves in
their own good time, and to the wear
er's everlasting discomfort, if they are
not previously shrunk. Shrinkage re-
quires twenty-four hours, or the goods
will not be proof against shortening.
This thorough fnoistening can best be
accomplished by soaking the goods in
bath tub half filled with cold water.
In the case of a whole dress length the
material should be placed in the water
in it's original folds-as it came from
the shop. After it has soaked the
stated time it is hung out to dry,
stretched as smoothly along the line
as possible and suspended by the sell
wedge. By this process undue wrink-
ling is avoided, SO that complete IRON
ing may not be necessary.
1t is absolutely necessary to shrink
pioue, galatea, coarse and heavy linens
and the various linen substitutes, as
we'll as any tub materials that have
been filled with dressing.
The softer weaves, such as cotton
voiles, batiste and handkerchief linen,
do not require shrinkage, and, in fact,
are rendered almost impossible to the
sewer if deprived of every particle OF
their original firmness.
There is an exceedingly necessary lit
tie shrinking Tip" that ought to be
noised abroad for the benefit of the
many-the previous shrinking of the
skirt band for tub gowns.
Whether broad linen or cotton tape
be used, material like the gown, or
white muslin to face the skirt band,
it always must be well shrunk if the
band measurement is to be considered
final and the general hip lines of the
skirt are not to be finally ill-fitting.
1t is a very good plan to shrink a num-
Der of straight muslin strips or a roll
of wide tape to keep in readiness in
the sewing room.