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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15
THE HORSEMAN.

Watering often is far better than
waiting till horse is almost choked
and then letting him have all he can
drink, Many horses are spoiled by
the latter method, while no one ever
hurt a horse by frequent watering.
Selecting Work Horses.
In buying a horse for work on the
farm don't select nervous, high
strung animal. One with plenty of
bone and muscle, that takes a hearty
interest in the feed trough and is wide
between the eyes will give more salts
faction.
Feeding the Foal.
To encourage the colt to eat solid
foods ! have found It a good plan to
moisten little bran with milk or
sweetened water, says a horseman. A
double handful Of grain prepared in
this way will make q rood ration for
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15
IMPROVING the Milk.

l wish to give few hints as to how
a farmer can improve his milk, says a
dairyman. Use plenty of sawdust
Clip the tanks. Avoid feeding direct
~ before milking. Use small top pals
Milk with clean. dry hands. Cool
the milk quickly and keep it cold.
There are only three requirements for
good milk-simply healthy cows, clean
lineSs and cold.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15

Rose V. when In milk weighed I,236:
Rose when thirteen years old aud in
milk weighed l.2G5 pounds Devon
steers weigh from 5000 to 4.3OO pounds
per pair and work as oxen to give these
weights. so we find they are not so
small after ALL
Now. as for milk and butter pro-
ducers. will say that the milk OF the
Devon Is rich In casein and butter a
COW producing from fourteen to TWEEN
ty-one pounds of butter per week. Civ.
Ing from twenty to twenty-five quarts
Of rich milk per day. The Devon COW
Wisconsin Belle averaged forty-two
quarts of rich milk per day. and from
hfty pounds of her milk two pounds
twelve ounces Of butter were made
Gem produced 2l5 pounds of butter in
nlnety-hve days. about two and a quar-
ter pounds a day. Beauty produced
sixteen pounds Of butter a week when
she was fourteen years old. at which
most cows Of the butter breeds have
passed to that country where cburn
dashers are unknown.
We might go on giving records. but
this will suffice TO show the Devon a
valuable animal at the block or dairy
From the above one win see that the
Devon is suitable for the average
farmer In all sections. either on the
range or in the corn belt Of the west
or on the bleak hills Of the cod regions
OF the north In fact Wherever tried
they have not been found wanting
They are always In good heart and re-
spond tc good treatment"
Selecting the Boar.
In selecting a boar get a good. strong
hog Of good proportions. best Of bone.
vigorous. well hammed. Of masculine
appearance. good head and ear and a
round rib and in this way you raise
the quality Of easy feeders that is
worth much to the man who is max.
ing pork hogs
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15

| foal three times day during the
first month ii is put on feed. At the
end Of the first month the ration
should be increased one-half and at
the end of the second month doubled,
which quantity may be continued as
about the proper ration until weaving
time.
Correcting Depraved Appetite.
When horses eat dirt and show de-
praved appetite veterinarian advises
liberal bran mashes once a day and
a tablespoonful of the following pow
der morning and night in feed: Pow
dered sulphate of iron. one and one
half ounces; saltpeter, four ounces;
nux vomica. one ounce. Should be
thoroughly mixed and kept from air
Keep plenty of salt before horses at
all times. Good rock salt may be used.
but the pressed bricks of fine salt are
to be preferred Rock salt often con-
tains injurious substances.
Preventing Shoulder Bois.
A vast ma iority of shoulder troubles !
arise from using collars too large.
These move and shift with every mo-
tion of the horse Even collars that
fit reasonably we'll at first sometimes
stretch and enlarge with use. while
the necks, as they harden. grow
smaller, even If the horses keep In
good condition; hence chatting soon
wears the neck or creates shoulder
boIls, and the suffering that follows
Increases the stress and wear uFon
he animals vitality. often to such an
extent that great loss Of flesh follows.
even If there is no break
n the skin. It is practically impossible ,
or an animal to do its best in col
ar that bears chiefly on the outside :
ront of the shoulders or against the !.
oints Of the lower shoulder rather :
han close up all around the neck
nATEC nH NTnnH EanAHSp
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15
Record of a Dairy Hard.

The records of sixteen cows of the
Ontario experiment station showed
that the different individuals ranged
from 1904 to 5,236 pounds of milk,
and the profit over the cost of feeding
ranged from $1O976 to $17.44.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15

PennsrIv.ni,,, N.u R..s.

According to the report Of the state
highway commissioner OF Pennsylvs-
ais. S2S miles Of new roads were built
during the past year at 4 cost OF S.
$4,000 or more.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15
INDIVIDUAL HOG HOUSES.
a Good Type Used by an Illinois
Breeder Successfully.

Breeder Successfully.
Noticing articles from time to time
on the construction Of Individual hog
houses. wish TO submit the plan of
houses that we use," writes an Illinois
breeder in the Breeders Gazette, Chica-
go. II make them six feet square on the
ground, both doors to be hinged so they
will open and close readily. Twelve
foot boards make side and roof | use
good soft pine flooring, as 1t Is lighter
and much easier to move when neces-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15
kespina Out thu aaotarla.

The dirt and dust adhering to the
cows udder should be wiped off with
damp cloth before beginning milking.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15
INDEPENDENCE Z MONMOUTH
Railway.
FROM INDEPENDENCE.
FOR DALLAS.


FOR DALLAS.
Train No. "a. Leave Independence daily. 60t
a. M; lv. Monmouth, 6:l5 a. M; ar. Dallas, 6:4(
a. m.
Train No. 6s. Leave Independence, daily
1850 a. M; lv. Monmouth ll:05 a. m; ar. Dal
las II 80 a. m.
Train No. 70. Leave Independence, daily
6:l5 p. M; lv. Monmouth, $3.50 p. m; ar. Dallas
$3.50 p. m,
FOR AIRLIE.
7:s0 a. M; lv. Monmouth, 7;40 a. M; ar. Airlie,
Sis q. m.
Train No. 70. Leave Independence, daily, $3.50
p M; lv. Monmouth, 1850 p. m. ar. Airlie, 4:25
p. m.
FROM DALLAS.
FOR INDEPENDENCE.
Train No. 65. Leave Dallas, daily ex. Sunday
$50 a. m; w. Monmouth, 1855 a. m; ar. Inde
pendence, 9:l5 q. m.
Train No, 50. Leave Dallas daily l D. m; lv
Monmouth, :25 p. M; ar. Independence, 40 p.
m. (This train connects at Monmouth for Air
ne.)
Train No. Il. Leave Dallas, daily, 7:S5 p. M;
iv. Monmouth, p. M; ar. Independence, 8:l5
p. m.
FROM AIRLIE.
Train No. 66. Leave Airlie, daily, a. m; lv,
Monmouth, 9;35 a. m. ar. Independence, $50
a. m. CThis train connects at Monmouth for
Dallas.J
Train No. p. Leave Airlie, daily, sos p. m;
". Monmouth, $40 .. m; ar. Independence
o:55 p. m.
Train No. 100 leaves Airlie 4:45 D. m. SUNDAY
ONLY arrives Monmouth $50 p m. arrives Inde-
pendenee 5:9O p. m.
FROM MONMOUTH ONLY.
Leaves Monmouth for Independence, daily at
l:o0p. m.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15
KILLING Sumac.

For killing out sumac a correspond
ent recommends a flock of sheep First
NOW the sumac, then turn in the sheep.
Sumac may be destroyed by persistent
cutting after towering season and be-
fore it sets berries. but sheep will do
the work at less trouble and expense.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15
Light In Cow Stables,

The light In COW stable should
come from the rear of the cows, so the
mixers can see to clean the cows prop
erly for milking. This arrangement Is
accomplished in modern stables by
building them thirty-four to thirty-six
feet wide and having two rows of
cows facing toward feeding alley in
the centnr
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15
Special Feed For Thin Eu..

1t will pay to separate the thin ewes
from the rest and give them special
feed for awhile. Don't leave them with
the rest to struggle for their living, but
give them a little advantage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
'UNwRrrTEN Law, DENIED.

It is about time that "the unwritten
law" was given blow like it has re-
ceived by the verdict which was re-
turned in the trial of Captain Hams
for the murder of William E. Annis
who wrecked the Hams home with
the help of the wife of the man that
now has long term in prison staring
him in the face. Altogether too many
serious crimes have been excused in
this country of late because of that
boyle, ''the unwritten law" There
is no such thing in fact and the theory
OF 1t is decidedly untenable in a civ
ilized community
Many a person deserves no better
fate than death for acting in the rep
rehensible manner that Annis
did but that is no good
reason why the offended person
should take the law into his own hands
done him with a brutal murder. If
there could be such thing as an ex-
cuse for a wanton murder this would
be good one, but it is not, and a few
more verdicts like the one found in
the Hams case will probably have a
salutary effect in impressing this fact
OA1 Ilo puDllC mlnQ. 1t aSSureQly
needs to be.
For the most part there does not
appear to be sufficiently stringent
laws in all of the state for the punish
ment of perpetrators of deeds similar
to those of which Annis was guilty
Perhaps the difficulty, though, lies
more in the fact that such laws as
there are on this subject are forced
into operation with reluctance. This
should not be the case. Such laws as
exist against the acts of Annis and
Mrs. Hams should be enforced to the
letter and against each of the parties
guilty of them. If this procedure were
followed and such punishment as is
possible were meted out to the offend
ers against these laws of man and
God, perhaps there would not be so
much unlawful and murderous action
on the part of those who are wronged
by them. There is room for improve
ment all around in the handling of
these distressing affairs and the prop
er punishment of the guilty partici-
pants. But no offense or crime can be
wiped out by the commission of an
other crime and the sooner the whole
people of this land are disabused of
the idea that there is any such thing
as an "unwritten law" which justifies
murder. the better off they'll be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
AYHAWKER JOTS

Finney county has new town which
has been named Holcomb.
Clay Center has started to advertise
her Chautauqua and incidentally 10
piece band.
A Mr.. Meyer is telling his Kansas
friends about a l6s pound fish he
caught. 1t is possible that the printer
made a mistake and should have push
ed down the IL key instead of the
Gazette.
''Marysville's schools need a super
intendent," says headline that at
tracted the attention of the Hutchin-
son News to the effect that Marys-
ville's school are not greatly different
from many another city's schools in
that respect.
A good story is told of school boy
who has been whipped and scolded
something wrong. The teacher want
ed to put on little when he had
some company one day, and asked his
pupils some pretty knotty questions.
To this young lad he said: Jimmy,
who made this great and glorious earth
of ours and set the sun, moon and
stars in the armament where they
are?" OF course Jimmy was scared
and without a moments hesitation
bawled out: "I did. but I won't do it
again" -Salina Journal.
They are still making up stories
about the hotel fire. One of the wo-
men who was waking up the guests
pounded on the door of a drummer's
room and shouted, Get up! Don't you
know the hotels on fire?" mo, I did
not know the hotel was on fire.
pray you my dear madam to kindly
Inform me which hotel it is that Is on
fire, and to do so at once. I am curl
Gus to know Respected SIR" she
replied. ut is my painful privilege to
inform you that the fire that is now
raging is consuming the substory of
the Metropolitan hotel. Howard, Kan
sas, U. S. A, rates 81 a day. Transient
trade speciality. Guests without bag
gage required to pay in advance-and
ST you do not at once get more busy
Seer" And it is said. the Sunny Mon
day soap man made the suds fly and
was out and safe in three minutes
Howard Courant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrorn the Chicago News. ]

Free lunch is often food for
thought.
Every ba1d-headed man has more
or less polish.
If you would dodge your creditors
don't become famous.
A bully is usually a coward at heart
and often but a calf.
How the average man dis1ikes an
other who is smarter than he Isl
People who do nothing are always
worrying about what they will do
next.
Never condemn a mans foolish ac-
tions until you are wise to his game.
The actually of today seldom looks
as good as the theory of yesterday.
Some people are so unimportant
that they don't even furnish material
for gossip.
Ever notice how easy it is for a
man to be good natured when every
thing is coming his way?
The man who doesn't know one
note from another is always getting
next TO things that are selling for a
song.
Eve never left Adam at home to
look after the children while she
went about the country preaching
womens rights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
TROUBLE wIrH THE woRLD.

TROUBLE WITH THE WORLD.
Everything in the worlds dead wrong.
The sun doesn't shine as 1t ought to
shine;
Only the fool sings a hopeful song.
There is not a sign that's a hopeful
sign;
Oh, dismal chirp Is the cnirp I hear
From the bird that Is sitting on yonder
tree
The world is a dismal old world and
1t pays no attention to ME-
Everything In the world is bad.
There is nothing splendid and nothing
There is nothing left that should make
men glad
And nothing to lift them above despair;
Only the foolish keep hoping on,
And the glee they claim is a bogus gfee;
All that was worthy OF praise is gone
Ill luck has been Fostering ME.
in the world is gray
Gray with the ashes of hopes long dead;
All that was splendid is swept away,
NO riffs appear in the clouds Ger head;
All that was beautiful, all that was
All that was good FOR man to see,
Is sunk in the depths of linitless
Nobody is cheering for ME.
S. E. Kfser in the Chicago Record
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Good things have a reputation of
coming slow and they generally live up
to it.
T. y
Some persons never settle down to a
really quiet life until they land in the
cemetery.
Young babies would be far more in
teresting if a line could be obtained on
their thoughts.
It is often difficult to tell what a
woman is driving at and especially so
If she has hammer in her hand.
4 y
When a. woman is compelled to
testify in court she ought to be per-
mitted to tell her age before the oath is
administered to her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
GLOBE SIGHTS.
lFron the Atchison Globe.1

IOti1 Lie tAlCllASOA dlODC.1
A widow is only more fascinating
than a girl before marriage.
Next to the sultan, the biggest joke
on earth is a college magazine.
A man can eat onions and still find
some one who loves him. but a wo-
man can't.
Families with babies and families
without babies are so sorry for each
other.
1t always makes a furniture man
furious if 1oafers occupy the chairs in
front of his store.
There is usually something wrong
with the man who changes his bust
ness two or three times year.
The manager of a successful picnic
never SO thoroughly covers herself
with glory that there isn't room for
few chiggers.
The women regard it as nothing
against a man If he has buried several
wives, providing he keeps their graves
looking trim.
1t is a lesson that one of them has
to learn: If the wife doesn't look more
patient five years after marriage, the
husband does.
There is great admiration for the
woman who doesn't put her husband
on her back as a heavy cross, and
wear him to prayer meeting.
When an engagement is announced,
some are sorry for her, and others
are sorry for him; no one seems to
expect that they will be happy
There are two privileges a man in
sists upon: 1. The right to do as he
pleases, and 2, the right to abuse his
neighbors unless they do as he says.
An Atchison man, who is very posi-
tive in his opinions, invariably clinches
his statements with "And there is no
question about it" Did you ever hear
a statement made that was not uues-
tionable?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15

saW HRB RUHSs ~

Wroten ad Looie Liknenf,isser.
Chawcawgo, Illy-nuts.
Greetings, Looie: Say ooie, I want
you to be careless vot you did. Dondt
get pinched nit dem female copses
vot ISIS running ad 1arch in dem parts.
Der disgracelessness uf id would kill
your friends. It ISIS fierce enuff, Looie,
to gedt pinched NIT a mens-bolice-
man, but l know dot uf woman cop
pinched me, I would make nois like
a crack in der fence NIT pig catched
in id. Uf dere ISIS anyding I would
RAIDER did den someding else, it
would be to nod gedt pinched under
dem historical consequentials
But ge-speaking uf dem female
copses, Looie, I hat bunch dot i'd
Will not be a success unless dey gedt
men nurses to dake der babies oudt
in der parks. vot goot iss a bolice-
man mitoudt se-gails to ge-clluck
under der chin. Und again I ask you,
init delicious tremens in my voice,
vot Saskatchewan can be egspected to
grin ad a she nurse gail? Someding
must be did aboudt id. Vile you ISIS
dere, dake i'd oop NIT der Mayer, und
put him negst to hiss fatal mistake.
Maybe you can gedt a chob es nurse
gail uf you talk right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
PRorECr THE pAvENfENTs.

John Rogers, the city engineer, is
busy perfecting specifications which
are designed to compel persons who
tear up paved streets for any purpose
whatsoever to replace the pavement
IN such an adequate fashion that no
damage will have been done to its en-
tfrety by the excavations. And the
city councilmen should lose no time in
enacting these plans of the city en-
gineer into an ordinance which can be
enforced to the letter and which will
provide severe punishment for those
who insist on violating it.
This matter of protecting the street
pavements from destruction is most
important one. Well paved streets
are necessity for any and every city
that has any aim to be fine place to
live and do business in. They enhance
all property values along them. But
they are expensive necessities. Not
only do they impose quite burden
on the property owners. but in Tope-
ka as is the case in other cities, the
cost of their construction falls heavily
on the city generally.
1t is matter of general knowledge
that a considerable portion of the
pavement which has been laid in this
city has been disfigured and destroyed
by excavations for gas, water pipes
and other purposes because the por-
lions of the pavement which have
been taken up have not been put back
with any degree of care. Unless
good deal of this repaving was visible
to the eye it would really be hard to
believe that contractors and others
who have had charge of such work
could possibly be SO negligent. Their
work, or lack Of it in this regard
should be sufficient to discredit them
as being capable of doing any kind of
work.
Much new pavement has been con-
tracted to be laid in the immediate
future and Mr.. Rogers plans for its
protection and also for the protection
of existing pavements should be adopt
ed at once. Such plans can hardly be
made too stringent and after they have
been decided upon the city officials
should make it a point to see that
they are vigorously observed by every
one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
QUAKER fluctuations.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
Many a woman thinks her hus-
band is a jewel when he is really a
rhinestone.
It is very annoying to have people
talk behind your back, especially
when you are at the theater.
When a girl spells her name
if she spells her dogs name
P-h-i-d-o-u-g-h.
To be perfectly happy a man wants
all the comforts of home in his club,
and all the comforts Of a club in his
home.
If wishes were horses there
wouldn't be any room in the world for
automobiles.
The smartest inventor is the one
who decides in the shortest time that
an unsuccessful invention isn't going
to work.
Hoax-"Oysters are not good now.
There is no in May" Joax-"Well,
in February"
member that If he is too attentive to
a girl he won't have enough money to
get married on.
You would naturally think that
fellow who is going to be a missionary
would pick out a locality where the
natives are vegetarians.
Nell-"Do you think she really
loves him pr Belle-"Distrac tedly.
why, she didn't even take the en-
gagement ring back to try to find out
how much 1t cost"
Overheard in the theater lobby
This play is enough to drive a man
to drink" I'm glad to hear it,
"Huhl You must have grudge
against the management mot at
ALL I keep the saloon next door"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15

thrusting note in his hand as he
did so.
Ladies and gentlemen" announced
ne, though ladies' were CONSEQUENTLY
IN the minority except in the chorus
on the stage, this young man has
stuck to the mules back for three
minutes. winning the cash prize of SIS.
II ne can repeat the performance to-
morrow night I will give him SIS.
nope you will all be here tomorrow to
you one and ALL
The hand on Harvey's shoulder
forced him to bow and then came the
banging of chairs as the audience
made its way out.
At either side of the stage the boxes
ran inside the footIights, and from one
Of these stepped a portly gentleman.
The man made his way across the
stage in spite of the objections of the
stage hands, and moment later David
Dillon was slapping his son on the
back.
s'Wouldn't have missed It for the
worldt'' he cried. Ben Davis insisted
on coming to see that freak mule and
dragged me along. You've got the
grit, boy. I need you in my office.
turning to Burke.
THAT mule is worth $1,000" was the
pompous reply. ''Why. my dear sir
Dillon drew his boy aside.
TIL give six thousand to your wife
as a belated wedding present. A man
who can ride that beast three minutes
IS entitled to marry whom he likes.
You've won more than five dollars
Harvey. You've won my respect and
"The best little woman in the
righted 1909 by Associated Literary
Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
The Life of a Tree.

Inquiry as to the general age of
trees being put to an authority of
the forestry service at Washington, 1t
was said that the pine tree attained
700 years as maximum length of
life; 425 years were the allotted span
of the silver fir; the larch lived 275
years; the red beech, 245; the aspen,
30; the birch, 200; the ash, ITO; the
elder, 145: the elm, 100. The heart of
the oak begins to rot at about the
age of 800 years. OF the holly, It is
said that there Is a specimen 410 years
old near Aschaffenburg, Germany
London Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York Press.
A compromising situation is getting
caught.
Handsome is as handsome sees itself
in the mirror.
There's nothing makes a girl so
hateful to her best friends as really
to have the beaux she says she has.
The thing a man takes the most
pride in about his family is how much
he would have to spend on himself
If they didn't do it on themselves.
The average man would rather own
an automobile and be in debt to run
1t than to ride twice as much In some
body else's and be able to pay his
bills-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15

Twenty-four more army and navy
rnutineers have been executed in Con-
stantinop1e by the Young Turks. But
what, If anything, is being done with
those who were responsible for the re-
cent massacre of the Armenians?
That's what the people Of the world
are more interested in.