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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Amount Of Grain For Cattle.

The difference in practice between
the amounts of grain that are fed to
cattle that are being fattened is very
great.
The following rules will be found Of
some service to those who are feed
ing: First. aim to feed coarse foods to
the greatest extent possible consistent
with good increase. as they are the
cheaper foods; second. feed enough con-
centrates TO make the fattening rea-
sonably rapid in order to save in the
food Of maintenance: third. when
the droppings show that the food Is
not being well digested by the offensive
odor that comes from them the grain
should be reduced; fourth. when the
animal gets off feed the grain should
be at once cut down or the trouble IS
likely to get worse. At such times con-
dimental food may aid In bringing the
stomach bnck into tone.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Soaring tho Conscience.

OF all her curious customs London
cannot boast Of Il more singular one
than that formerly so strictly adhered
to at Holland House, one of the most
historic old mansions in the British
capital The last of the Lords Holland
shot himself during a fit of despond-
ency. Everything pointed to clear
case Of self murder, yet the Holland
family could never be dissuaded from
the notion that the old man had been
murdered by some unknown assassin.
Accordingly every night for years 1t
was the custom for one of the family
to go to the rear of the house punctu-
ally at II O'Clock and fire gun for the
purpose. it is said, of soaring the con-
science of the murderer. This curl
Gus practice is relic Of medieval
days in continental Europe. and the
case in point is probably the only in
stance where it has been noticed since
the days of the crusades.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
"Come Into the Garden"

Weeds are sly about confcssing their
ancestry In youth they have the
charm of freshness and promise de
MED many fragrant flowers. and it is
only when gripped to the earth with
roots of iron and ready TO set their
progeny in dclec;ablc grounds that
they show their true cOlors.
1t is a puzzle how to tell friends
from enemies. flowers from weeds. An
observing eye long about the business.
may be gifted with an instinct and
power to detect at once what promises
to be candytuft. what grass. what mas
turtium, what rue. or piantain. or pop
py, or dandplion, and far into the spe-
cies losing themselves In the disguise
of similarity.
BY taking the garden seriously there
is variety enough to enliven the days.
A package Of lawn grass seed on a
we'll prepared lawn will in time
arouse all the emotions latent in the
human character. According to well
laid plans and promises. 1t should be
clover and lawn grass. An English
friend persuaded the introduction Of
pinch Of daisy seed. and at the hour
Of the first wedding tender heart
suggested that no lawn was perfect
without dandelion gold.
One who would write book with
many pictures on the distinguishing
traits Of first sprouts should be re-
warded with the privilege Of making
many editions to follow the first
sweeping sales. Plants have curious
ways Of beginning life. Those that
start out rosettes become tall and
spindling later: those that send forth
threads develop woody stems.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
UNCLE SANS NEW MELON.
DeIicacy From Roumania Which Will
Be Grown Here.


The department of agriculture Is al
ways alert fer sonnet hing new, and the
diplomatic and consular officers of the
United States have special orders to be
on the lookout for new fruits ana
vegetables.
So well have these orders been car
ricd out that many new and strange
fruits and vegetables have found their
way to the tables of the American
housekceper
One Of the latest and best things in
this line has been the Introduction into
the United States of the Roumanian
watermelon. This was the result of Il
deal consummated by the late minister
to Eoumania. Horace G. Knowles.
When Mr.. Knowles found this melon
growing among the foothills of Car
pathia he realized that 1t would be
just the thing to serve individually in
America. and instead of hotels sorry
Ing huge slices of watermelon it would
he possible to serve Il whole uncut
watermelon of the Roumanian variety,
equal in every way to the best Georgia
melon.
The new melon has thin skin, and
the meat. which is less fibrouS than
the American melon. is both yellow
and red in color. The flavor is deli
cate and delicious, but the chief char
acteristic of the fruit is its size. which
is about that Of good sized grape
fruit or shaddOck.
After n thorough test by the argicul-
tural department. which found that
the Roumanian melon could be success
fully grown wherever our own melons
would grow. and having been assured
Of It's royal reception by the American
public, Mr.. Knowles was anxious to
repay the gift. He had noticed that
corn in ROumania was one of the chief
articles OF agriculture. but that sweet
corn was unknown. Accordingly he
obtained quantity OF seed. hired sew
eral plots Of ground and instructed the
Roumanlans In its culture.
The result was so successful and the
corn so thoroughly enjoyed that the
king called Mr.. Knowles to a private
audience and thanked him for making
it possible fer the Roumanian people
to gain this dclicacy.
This melon has received such wei
come and so great has been the de-
mand for 1t that two large hotels In
New York and Philadelphia have
agreed to take all that can be grown
in the United States during the next
wear. and il is their intention to fea
ture them on their menus.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Hints For Stock Owners.

Shear the sheep early
Dip the sheep Immediately after
shearing and again in about three
weeks to destroy eggs and all ticks
that may have escaped at the first dip
ping.
The lambs should be dipped at the
same time. for when the ewes are
shorn the ticks flock on to the lambs.
Do not leave them out in the spring
rains
When a COW is little off never put
her milk in with the rest.
Apply the Babcock test and be guild
ed by its teaching. and thou shalt have
gold both to spend and to lend.
If the young pigs should show signs
Of loOseness Of the bowels, shut off all
feed to the SOW but dry oats for a day
or two, and the trouble will usually
disappear
Blind tie hogs that have the habit
If eating chickens by hanging a strip
Of tin four inches by eight inches in
size from their ears. This will stop
them when almost everything else has
failed.
The newborn colt must have milk
during the first half hour Of its life or
the chances are that 1t will die.
See that the colt IS strong enough to
start the milk. If it Is not. help it,
The first milk IS necessary, as 1t
causes the bowels to move naturally.
If there is any serious constipation,
give little castor oil or give injec-
lions of soap and warm water
Keep the mare quiet and feed care
fully for week or ten days. when
she may be turned in pasture. but only
| for q short time at first.
| If the mare does not have milk
, enough, cows milk may be given to
help out, but it must be done with
common sense.
| Very rich milk should not be used
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Value of Humus.

Humus in the soil has seldom been
taken at its full worth. The mission
which it fulfills Is second in impOr-
lance only to that which is fulfilled hy
the presence Of plant food In the soil.
Hunus is helpful in keeping soil in
proper mechanical balance. in binding
soils that are much prone to blow, in
increasing the power of soils to alb
sorb and hold moisture.
When the humus is exhausted in Il
soil its mechanical condition suffers.
1t becomes more impacted, less easily
aerated and less easily penetrated by
the roots of plants. Some soils so light
rs to lift with the wind can be kept
from blowing, at least in great meas
ure, by simply keeping them stored
with grass. roots or other vegetable
matter buried in the soil. The increase
in the power of soils to hold moisture
is very great when well stored with
humus. When commercial fertilizers
are sown on land they will fail to re-
spond properly unless the land is sup
piled with humus.
Such being the case, every effort
should be made to store the land with
humus. 1t would be possible to have
IN excess Of humus, but in practice
this seldom happens. Humus may be
put into the soil in the form of clover
crops and barnyard manure.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30

PERSPECTIVE OF PLANK DRAG
tiles. Still, in order TO have good
roads the farmers must see TO 1t that
they are kept In good condition. TO
accomplish this there are numerous
devices, some satisfactory. some other
wise.
One that has been tried out In the
DakOtas and that has created talk
in the western agricultural districts
is known as the king drag" The ac-
companying cuts, the one showing a
plank drag, the other n split log drag.
will give an idea Of the device.
The drag is made Of heavy plank or
split log. AS shown In the picture,
these are attached three feet apart
and dragged diagonally along the road
In this way they do the good work Of
a road scraper without It's faults.
They do not pillow. as the road ma
chine often does. but scrape and level
Roads are ruined by leaving ruts and
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30

lowed to ldoe All these narrowing
years around Cape Cod Figures of
shipwrecks along the eastern coast of
the United States show that % per
cent of the wrecks occur Oft Cape Cod.
During twenty years, according to the
government statistics. there have been
1877 wrecks, costing siXty-three lives
and S20OO,000 worth of property. The
record of an average years shipping is
that 10000 vessels, 20 per cent of them
using steam. passed Handkerchief
shoals ligLtshp. while estimates of
those passing in fog or at night add
10000 more. The tonnage for the year
amounts to 23,00OO00 tons register. OF
coal alone 100000 tons We're car
ricd around the cape. with the lumber.
stone, ice. cement and other heavy
frrights amounting to an equal ton
mage.
10 make the new canal the Massa-
chusetts law authorizing the enter
prise provides for width ut the bot
tom of at least 100 feet with numer-
Gus passing places twice rs wide. a
and clear sea Lowell canal extending
from the late Grover Cleveland's res
idence at BuZZards Bay to Barnstable
bay. The greater part Of the canals
distance lies TIL ough the beds of the
Monument and Scusset rivers. now
separated by a ridge of earth rising to
height Of but thirty feet above sea
level.
The piercing of that ridge and the
dredging Of The rivers to the required
depth is the first imposing task in
the course of the work. But. beyond
the 20,0U0,O00 cubic feet of earth to be
removed, a large breakwater and arti
fetal harbor are to be built into Barn
stable bay. AID perhaps before the
construction shal! have proceeded too
far the plars ray be altered to as
sure continuous minimum of 2QU feet
width ana thirty feet of depth. With
such capacity the Cape Cod canal
can be relied ON to accommodate YES
sells of the largest size in the coast
wise trade.
Within three years time the most
difficult aud most deadly peril in the
navigation Of this new worlds seas
will have had its cruel teeth drawn
forever. lago auG roar rs the ocean
may, the endless procession of the
81 >S will sweep csj'nly into the north
EN- link II the !,rg chain of inland
W".crwa|5 TT i.5t 4 for the Atlantic
kcdboard. Cape I'd aud its ancient
a.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
PIcKPOcKETs.
The Manner In Which the Dips" Do
Their Thievina Work.

AS usual thing the pickpockcts
vary their methods TO suit circum
stances. Only the lower grade dip
work in pairs. These are the variety
who operate on street cars. elevated
station platforms and similar places
where they will find crowds of p,ishin.
people and ut the same time have op
portunity to escape ii detected. one %
the pair shoulders Il victim roughly
while the other does the work and
makes a getaway" Arrests are fire.
qupnt but convictions are rare. he
cause the man captured seldom has
the loot.
not but that the higher grade dips
work in such places The difference is
that they work in groups and choose
times when prosperous passengers will
be in the majority. During the fash
ionable shopping hours and after the
theaters at night are considered t''
vest times. One method Is to bIuck
the exit as the intended victims ar
about TO alight and in the tumble max
the "tOuch" Provided the victim dis
covers his loss within minute he l.
too late. because the car or train has
sped on.
Last winter Il trio Of dips worked a
clever method in Chicago. Garbing
themselves in evening clothes. they
mingled in fashionable crowds in big
cafes. theater exits and railroad sta.
tons. One of the party was always
hopelessIy drunk. and the others. APP
parently acting The part of Samaritans.
were hard put trying to keep him on
his feet With all their care. however,
he would stumble occasionally and fall
into groups Of ladies and gentlemen.
Invariably the sober companions had
apologized and taken their charge
away before any one discovered the
loss of valuables. bohemian Maya
zine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
BUSINESS BASEBALL.
Tho Advent Of Gate Receipts In the
National Game

The professional baseball PLAYER. as
such. was unknown before the civil
war. One finds. indeed. signs in the
newspapers of the period that our
sporting men" drew no very sharp
line between the amateur and the Oc-
casional professional That perhaps
was only natural. Athletics We're a
new thing to us. We had yet to learn
the dangers and the finer ethics of
sport. For r|a,Nple. tie first conven-
ton of amateur clubs. held in 1919.
felt called upon to pass Il rule against
paying players. There was no money
in the game as vet. only glory. but GER
tain rich nonplayiuS members of the
fashionable clubs had begun to lure
stars from other clubs by offers of
money or Jobs"
The foundation stone Of professional
baseball. however, was laid when the
AtlanticS The EckfortlS. the MutualS
and the other crack teams of Brook
lyn began playing on the old Union
grounds. This arena was Il fenced
basin used in winter as a skating
rink. In 1862 the owners decided to
make it continuously profitable by
turning it into summer baseball park.
EXperimentally they charged regu-
lar ten cent fee at the gate. They
found that spectators were willing to
pay even when they raised the price
to % cents. Half of these fees went
to the ground owners and half to the
clubs. So came the appetite for gate
receipts. and business" had entered
the game.-Collier's Weekly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Knew the Prospect.

Mr.. Honeyman looked hopefully at
the pleasant, rosy faced Norwegian
girl with whom the manager of the
employment bureau had accorded him
an interview. Can you wash and
iron?" he asked.
"Yaas. do DOSE" responded the
cheerful Minna.
And can you wait on the table,
mean will you-and answer the door
bell?" Mr.. Honeyman faltered. "My
wife is quite determined on those
points"
"Yaas. l do DOSE" and Minna con-
tinued to beam benevolently.
And YOU can cook. of course" said
Mr.. Honeyman.
"Yaas." said Minna for the third
time. Il do dat fine ven you keep her
busy so she do not help ."-Youth's
Companion.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Care Of the Grindstone.

A grindstone. by the way. should
never be left exposed to the sun. The
weight Of the handle will always cause
one portion of the stone to remain up
permost and this from exposure will
reach a different degree of hardness
from the underside. so that after
awhile the stone will be ground out
of q circle. If the stone has to stand
in the open. fiat box can easily be
obtained to serve as cover
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30

WYIIEN August belmont recent
A~ ~ turned the first spadeful
of clay in the work that has
now begun on the new
Cape Cod canal he started an enter
prise that has been Mooted almost
ever since the landing IF the pilgrims.
AS early as 1896 a citizen of Sandwich
noted the narrow peninsula between
Barnstable and BuZzards Bay and
conceived the idea of Il canal. From q
long residence on the southern shore
he bad come to Il lively appreciation o:
the dangers that attended ships en-
deavoring to weather the cape. as all
must dc that sal! for Plymouth. ard
perceived that such Il canal as lie pro-
posed would do away with the fire.
quent and fatal wrecks that made the
eastern shore of Cape Cod then. as it
is now, the graveyard of the Atlantic.
Unfortunately for his purpose the
council of Massachusetts Bay Colony
was too much occupied with other af
fairs at that time to do more than
promise to consider the project. and it
was nearly ten years before it took
formal action. There is no evidence
eXtant to show that the committee
which it appointed to look into the
matter ever returned a report. Certain
ly nothing was done toward digging
the canal. Since then numerous COM
panies have been formed to carry out
the project and famous engineers Ell
gagged to make surveys. but it was only
recently that the work was really be-
gun. and now. with such an expert
enced and successful engineer rs Will
liam Barclay Parsons cooperating
with the Belmonts. who have the cap
ital to finance any enterprise they may
undertake, the Cape Cod canal is 10 be
a reality.
It seems m astonishing thing that
wreck and ruin should have been al
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Pigeons Air Sacks.

The air sacks Of the pigeon, says
Bruno Muller, constitute a system Of
interspaces the value of which lies in
their emptiness-that is, absence Of
weight and resistance. Flying is pos
sible only to a body of high mechan-
zeal efficiency. and we attain this with
machines Invested Of all superfluous
material. Just SO the original reptiles,
which by evolution became birds, We're
Invested of supertluous material, and
the body spaces thus obtained were
filled with air sacks. The body wall.
adapting itself to the mechanical re-
quirements, became a hollow cylinder
serving as a support for the organs of
movement. the mobility Of whose parts
was assured by the surrounding air
sacks. The air cavities in the bones of
birds are similarly explained.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Mexico City's Pawnshop.

The Monte de Piedad of Mexico City
Is an old and peculiar institution. Be
ing government establishment. it cor
responds in scope and object to similar
national pawnshops. such as the
Mont de Piete in Paris or the X. X.
Versatamt in Vienna, but 1t is con-
Quoted on different business principles
than those Of the European institu-
lions. Monte de Piedad was estab-
lished in 117G by Don Pedro Romero
de Tiereros. count Of Regia. wealthy
mine owner. with the approval of the
government. which at later period
took the business over itself.-Argo-
naut.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
A Briqht Idea.

"Hogans COW bruk into the straw
berry patch this mornin'. sorr. an it's
HWY damages we sh'uld git from
him"
Its no use. Patrick. He'll be sure
to swear it was somebody elSe's cow"
THE divil Il bit. sorr. He can't. Oi
shut the basic in there fur ividence."-
Judge.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
FIRE ALARM BOXES.

No. *4-North Aberdeen.
No. "5-B and Cleveland Avenue.
No. "6-City Hall.
No. "7-High School Building.
No. ST and River Street.
No. *9-K and Hume Streets.
No. 15-Benn and East Heron St.
No. 17-Harbor and East Heron.
No. 19-Second and North Aber-
deem Bridge.
No. 21-Market and Street.
No. 23-American Mill.
No. 24-Wishkah and G Streets.
No. 25-Heron and F Streets.
No. 27-Fourth and G Street.
No. 31-Market and M Street.
No. 32-Hume and H Street.
No. 35-Anderson and Middleton
Mill.
No. 37-Broadway and Heron st..
No. 3S-Broadway and Third St.
No. 39-Broadway and Sixth St.
No. 42-Hart-Wood Mill.
No. 43-Heron & Michigan Ave.
No. 45-Western Cooperage.
No. 47-Hume and Washington.
No. 49-Market and Washington.
No. 51-Curtis and Clark Street.
No. 52-Curtis and Evans St.
No. 53-Curtis and Front st.
Boxes marked with an """ are i'm
aginary.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Molasses Feeds.

The class of feeds that are fast gain
Ing popularity among the dairymen
are the so called molasses feeds, which
are extremely palatable and are made
from screenings from cereals and well
cured corn stover soaked in molasscs.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
VIEW GF SPLIT LOG DRAG.

rough places for the water TO stand
If these are !9veled this water drains
off and the road dries. The king
drag" has proved very useful in many
sections where farmers use it regular
~ to keep the surface of the road
smooth
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30

Colonial I anne dmpressivcly)-N"
ancestors came over in the Maynower
Daughter of the Reyolution-I lumph.
If my ancestors We're immigrants |
wouldn't bra- of il. --pathinher
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30

Magnificelce cannot be cheap, foi
what is cheap cannot be magnificent
Johnson.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Fred Redinger
Shaving and
Hair Cutting
Pioneer Barber Shop
81 Heron Street

II our work pleases you tell others,
II not tell us. Herald Printery. 408
East Wishkah street.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
I arm ana
Garden
COUNTRY ROAD DRAG.
Practical Device Which Has Been
Tried With Success.

Good country roads In this CROWN.
country have become II necessity. The
era of getting stuck In the mud" In
the lanes and being compelled to take
rails from fence to pry out the
wagon has passed out I'm most local
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Building the
Cape Cod
Canal

wv WHEN August Belmont recent
WV ~ turned the first spadeful
w of clay in the work that has
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-21
H. S. SOCIETIES
ARE ORGANIZED
MEETINGS HELD THIS MORNING
BY THE PHosTERIAN AND
KENT LITERARY SOCIETIES
AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR
ELECTED.

This morning during the chapel
period at the high school a meeting
OF the Kent Literary society was held
and the following officers were
elected:
President-Mable Eggen.
Vice President-Eve Shey.
Secretary Treasurer-Alice Benson
Senior Censor-Noami Draeske.
Junior CeRsor--Robert Lenard.
Sophomore Censor-F1orence Gorni-
ley.
critics-JOhn Hammond. Mildred
Hildreth.
meeting OF the Phosterian Liter
airy club was also called for the pur-
pose Of electing officers with the fol-
lowing result:
President-Zella Jacobson.
Vice President-William Rush.
Secretary-Alice Lewis.
Treasurer--Eva Hey.
The Kent was the first literary So
ciety organized In the high school. Be-
ginning during the time Miss Kent
was principal and in whose honor 1t
was organized, II has steadily increas-
ed both in numbers and reputation un-
til 1t is the best, largest and most
popular societies I'm school,
Three years ago the Phosterian
club was organized and since that
time has proven a strong rival of the
Kent It has given some of the best
programmes ever heard at the high
school.