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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The amended bill of exceptions in Inc
case of Charles w. Morse, the conVlciea
banker, who is now in the Tombs' "a'
filed Tuesday in the United States clFeu'
court in New York City. The bill of ex'
ceptions is made up of III typeWrit'eA
pages and contains the principal eAcep'
tions taken by the defence during '''
trial A new motion to have MORSE ''.
leased on bail will be made in the hea'
future, it is said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
The Report to Congress.

Washington, D. c.. Feb. 9-Below is
q summary of the report Of the Com
on County Life which was
submitted to Congress Tuesday: =
The report of the Commission de-
scri5es with some fulness the existing
conditions of farm life and points out
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
Corhett Has Best of Rowser.

Pittsburg, Feb. 9.-Young Corbett of
New York, former lightweight cham
pion of the world, fought SIX rounds
with Null Bowser of Pittsburg tonight
at the Waldemeier Auditorium. No de-
cision was given but Corbett had de-
cidedly the better Of the fight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
Loughrey Bests Unk Russell.

Philadelphia, Feb. 9-Tommy
Loughrey, by incessant jabbing with
his left hand, succeeded in winning a
verdict over INK Russell in six
rounds Monday night at the Washing
ton Sporting Club.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

DR.. Martha Hughes Cannon. formerly a
State Senator of Utah. has gone to live
in California with the intention Of helping
the women of tina. State to get equal
suffrage. DR.. Cannon is described as a
and witty speaker.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
CAPITAL JOTTINGS.

The comptroller of the currency
Tuesday issued call for statement
of the condition of national banks at
the close of business on Friday, Feb. 8.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Reported Specially for the Kennebec
Journal
Live Stock Yards. Feb. g. 1909
MAINE AT BRIGHTON.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

This week: Cattle 1923, sheep SIP, calves
1894, hogs d, 6S5.
Last week: Cattle 1904, sheep AIS, calves
1405, hogs "a, 065.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05

Honest, now, don't you like to see
farm kept clean of all unnecessary
trash and the fields clean Of weeds?
1t really adds to the worth Of the
farm. In the eyes Of the man passing
by 1t Is better farm than the one
beside 1t of equal soil, though weed
grown and brushy.
A great many folks pay no atten-
tion to the roadsides Where a hedge
Is the outside fence, we have seen
hedge brush grow from roots that had
been exposed by road grading, until
travel had actually been turned to
the opposite because Of 1t. This
doesn't speak very well for the care
fulness of the farmer. OF course there
Is always SO much to do on farm
that some of it never gets done-any
one who has farmed for as short a
time as one year knows this-but the
time required to do little cleaning
up Is really shorter than busy man
believes. 1t is getting started at the
work that comes hardest. The excuse
of the man who does not have a clean
looking farm Is usually that he does
not care about selling. and it Is worth
as much to him that way as any. He
does not figure in anything for salts
action.-Farmers' Mail and Express
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05

A great many horses are laid up
every summer with sore shoulders.
This can be remedied in a very large
measure with sense and care.
A good horse collar is the main part
of the harness and It should be of
the very best kind and fit the animal 8
neck perfectly
The collar should be kept clean at
all times and the horses shoulders
well washed and brushed daily.
Much dust and dirt arise In the
fields and on the roads during the
warm season, and this is caught and
held on the moist and sweaty shoul-
ders and collar, there to form hard
Jumps and ridges.
Every time the collar Is put on the
horse 1t should be examined for those
ridges and Jumps. If any are found
they should be carefully brushed and
rubbed away.
After each days work. especially in
warm weather, bathe and clean the
shoulders with mixture Of warm
water, salt and soda.
Hot water Is one of the best known
natural agents for relieving soreness.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05

A certain prominent minister was
compelled not long ago to give strict
orders that, while he was engaged
in the preparation of his sermons.
his young son must be kept reason
ably quiet. In spite of this, however.
there arose one morning a most as
tonishing noise Of banging and ham,
mering, which seemed to indicate that
the steam-heating pipes were being
knocked to pieces. Hurrying out OF
his study, the minister encountered
his wife.
MY dear, what in the world Is
Bobby doing?" he asked.
why, he is only beating on the
radiator downstairs" was the some
what surprised reply
Well he must stop It," the min.
lister said, decidedly.
II don't think he will harm Il,
dear" his wife answered soothingly:
"and 1t is the only thing that will
keep him quiet. Weekly.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
A Useful Bird,

A family of barn owls will number
from three to seven birds. 1t is diff
cult to believe what lot OF vermln
and rodents a family Of owls will con-
sumo An old owl will capture as
much or more food than a
dozen cats in a night The
owlets are always hungry. They
will eat their weight in food every
night and more If they can get
it. A case is on record in which a
half grown owl was given all the mice
it could eat. 1t swallowed eight one
right after another. The ninth fol
lowed all but the tail, which for some
time hung out of the birds mouth.
The rapid digestion of birds Of prey
Is shown by the fact that in three
hours the little glutton was ready for
second meal and swallowed four
more mice. If this can be done by
single bird what effect must a whole
family Of owls have on the rodents OF
community?
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
Bitter MIX.

Bitter milk may originate from two
sources. The first source Is dependent
upon the COW. while the second Is due
to the growth of bacteria in the milk
after 1t has been drawn. The differ
ence between these two classes OF bit
ter milk is that the first has de-
cidedly acid taste when freshly drawn.
while the second class is sweet when
taken from the COW, but the bitterness
occurs after standing for short time
and increases In intensity. Bitter
milk when produced in the udder may
result from improper feeding with
such of our Colorado herbs as lupines,
artemisia and the like. or with the
raw Swedish turnips, cabbages, etc.
Bitter milk may be observed during
the last stage Of lactation and has fol-
lowed the infection of ducts with bac-
terra which act on the proteids as an
engine. converting them into peptones
and other products to which the bit
ter taste is probably due.-Field and
Farm
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
TALK RICH OUT OF RICHES.
Critic Urges Criticism "s Moss
Effective Weapon of the POOR


ETec,iye Weapon of the Poor.
Everything to-day depends upon
talking. 1t Is futile to sentimentallze
about the vanity of speech or the So
lidity of action, like poor Carlyle.
There is no action that we can proht-
ably perform toward millionaire, ex-
cept strangling him. II we can, at
every afternoon tea or society dlhner'
say everything that Is calculated 10
make the wealthy people present feei
very uncomfortable, we snail nave
done all that Is Immediately practlc-
able and shall not have lived IN vain'
G. X. Chesterton says IN Hampton
Magazine.
Thus. IL were an American, |
should turn off every conversation un-,
ri II came into collision with the sub
ject of the trusts. IL a young lady
began speaking to me and SAID: HaVe
Won seen the Veasquez at ViennaE
should reply (untruthfully), on yes
magnificent when he worked IN OILS
which reminds me that this oil trust
-" and so on. II the hostess SAID
with a smile, viii you carve the
duck?" I should answer with unscru-
pulous enthusiasm, "Oh, | am quite at
home with the cold steel; IN fact, the
steel trust. ETC." And II at last peo-
pie began not to want me at dinner
parties and timid conversationalists
fell back on the weather. l should
cry, Have they yet started sun
trust, wind trust or sea trust!
That seems to me much healthler
than -" But you quite under
stand.
After ! had done this for a year or
two. even the trusts (though, as thelr
name implies, full of innocent CONN.,
dence) might have begun to suspect
me.
There Is indeed another reason why
we must to great extent rely l1or
the presently on speech rather thah
action in our dealings with the mon
strosities Of modern wealth. Unless
our action is mere lynching (and l
would never deny that there Is some
thing to be said for that, instead OF
what one calls political, 1t will not be
action against the very rich, but in
their favor. They hold all the ham
dies of the political machine; and for
the purpose Of any prompt action they
have only to move the handles That
the poor could conquer the rich at
last | believe, because | believe IN
God-and also in man. But that the
rich could conquer the poor by $50
tomorrow evening l am quite certain.
The whole press would below the
same tune over million breakfast
tables
The servants of the rich would have
run a million errands, the solicitors
and agents of the rich would have
struck a million bargains, before the
ordinary stonebreaker had even found
his pickax. The poor are sure-but
slow
Add to this that worst and widest
work of modern science (more bias
phemous than its denial OF God) Its
invention of scientific war. The SER
geant would obey the captain, the sol
dier would obey the sergeant, and the
democracy would lie dead about the
streets before soldier, sergeant or cap
tain had realized that they were all
obeying a swollen and cynical pawn
broker.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
! Wit Of the Youngsters

Little Ethel (aged 3)-Tum on.
gwanma; supper Is weady. Grandma
Why, dear, you mean breakfast,
don't you? Little Ethel-Es, tourse
does, but I tan't say it.
Little Myra had been to parties on
three consecutive days. "Oh, mamma"
she cried, on her return from the
third, Just think, I've had Ice cream
three times in congestion"
Anxious Mother-Harold, don't you
know those are bad boys across the
street for you to play with? Little
Harold-Yes, mamma; but don't you
know that I'm an awfully good boy for
them to play with?
We'll, Bobby" said the minister
who was making a duty call. what
do you intend to be when you grow
up?' IAN orphan" promptly replied
Bobby, who was still suffering from a
dose Of parental discipline.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05

upper end of No. 13. The rope for
raising the stacker should be either
inch or inch and a quarter.
The teeth on the stacker can be
made Of pinch by 4-inch pine scantling
10 feet long and bevelled on the upper
side to allow the hay to slide easily
The short upright teeth on the stack
er head should be about 5 feet long.
They are bolted to the long teeth
about 2 inches from the stacker head
No. 5 and rest against the stacker
head No. 6. The stacker arms No.
should be bolted to No. with large
bolt about IL inches from the ground.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05

In the big desert of Chilli there IS
a considerable amount of brackish
water, but no water that either human
beings or stock can drink. Science,
however. says the Los Angeles Times,
has come to the aid of this rainless
section of the country in the form
Of an ingenious desert waterworks,
consisting of series of frames con-
tanning 10000 square feet of glass.
The panes Of glass are arranged in
the shape of a V, and under each
pane is shallow pan containing
brackish water. The heat of the sun
evaporates the water, which condenses
upon the sloping glass. and, made
pure by this operation, it runs down
into little channels at the bottom Of
the V and is carried away into the
main canal. Nearly a thousand gal
Ions of fresh water Is collected daily
by this means.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
Good Hay Stacker,

The sizes of timbers used In this
design for hay stacker vary from 2
inches by 4 inches to inches by
6 inches. The bottom pieces marked
/ are II feet long and 4 inches by 5
inches, the side uprights are IA feet
long; the cross piece Is 13 feet OF
3-lnch by 5-inch stuff; No. Is 2
inches by inches, and Is bevelled on
the front edge to allow the hay to
slide over 1t easily, when being showed
on by the sweep. No 13 Is 8 feet by
2 inches by inches, with the higher
end feet above the ground, so that
when the stacker is on the ground the
weight box No. IA will be about 2
inches from the two pulleys on the
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
CHAPTER TX.

After the interim of quiet that Lent
always brings in Clarkson, the spring
came swiftly. There was renewal of
social activities which ran from dances
and teas into outdoor gatherings. Evelyn
had enjoyed to the full her experience at
home She had plunged into the frivoli-
ties of the town with zest that was a
trife emphasized through her wish to
escape any charge of being pedantic or
literary. She was glad that she had gone
to college, but she did not wish this fact
of her life to be the haunting ghost of
her days. and by the end of the winter
she felt that she had pretty effectually
laid it.
In June Mr.. Porter began discussing
summer plans with Evelyn. He elimi-
mated himself from them; he could not
get away. he said But there was Grant
to be considered The boy was at school
In New Hampshire, and Evelyn protested
that it was not wise to subject him to
the intense heat of a Clarkson summer.
The first hot wave sent Porter to bed
with trifiing illness, and his doctor took
the opportunity to look him over and tell
him that it was imperative for him to
rest. Thompson came home from Arizona
10 spend the summer. He and Wheaton
were certainly equal to the care of the
bank. SO they urged Porter, and he finally
yielded. Evelyn found hotel on the
Massachusetts North Shore which sound
ed we'll in the circulars, and her father
agreed to It, When they reached Orchard
lane he liked it better than he had ex-
nected. Every night he sat down with
cipher telegrams. and constructed from
Thompson's statistics the days business
in the bank. He received daily from New
York the closing quotations on the shares
he was interested in, and as he walked
the long hotel verandas he effected
transmigration Of spirit which put him
back in his swivel chair in the Clarkson
National.
In August Wary Raridan appeared
suddenly and threw himself into the gale
ties Of the place for a fortnight Mr..
Porter asked him to sit at their table
and marveled at the way Evelyn snubbed
him, even to the extent of running away
for three days with some friends who
had a yacht and who carried her to New
port for dance. During her absence
Wary made all the other girls about The
place happy: they were sure that that
Miss Porter" was treating him shabbly
and their hearts went out to him. War
~ sulked when Evelyn returned and they
had an interview between dances at q
Saturday night hop.
He sought for recognition as a lover
she had not praised the efforts he had
been making to win her approval by dill
ecpce at his Office; he took care TO call
her attention to bis changed habits.
"But, Evelyn, l am doing differently
] know that / wasted myself for years
% that I'm q kind Of joke and every
body laughs about ma But I want to
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
What a Good Cow VIII Make.

The milk produced by the average
Missouri COW in a year will sell for
about $50 at the creamery or when
made into f1rst-class butter. A good
COW of the dairy breed will make at
least $50 cash income every year. l
have a list of about fifty Missouri
farmers who report cash income of
$50 to 500 a cow every year, and
these figures do not include the in
come from the sale of calves, and pigs
fed on the skim-milk. But" says one,
milking is a tremendous task" AS
a matter of fact. 1t takes only sixty
hours, worth 10 cents an hour, to
milk a COW twice day for ten
months.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05

In an article on bees and ants by
CASTOR Bouwer in the Revue Heb
domadaire the writer contends that
these insects carry on conversation
among themselves and that, while this
Is done by means of their feelers they
are not entirely dependent upon them.
"A whole colony" says Mr.. Bouwer,
"in an anthouse or beehive often
responds instantaneously to a signal
which may have been given without
contact. 1t Is interesting to see an
ant laborer for whom burden Is too
heavy go to fellow, make a sign or
give q certain touch with his feeler,
and then see the second insect join
the first in lifting or moving the OBJ
ject."
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
ScOurs in Pigs.

The following remedy for securing
In pigs is recommended by veterin-
ary surgeon: Wash their feed troughs
thoroughly with hot water and soap.
Rinse with cold water and then wash
with soda and water. Do this every
morning. Their milk should be kept
as cool as possible and free from con
taminating influences. Discontinue
their run on grass Put a little pow
dered sulphate copper in the water
they drink-not over two or three
grains to each pig.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
CHAPTER Y.

Wheaton had not long been an officer
of the bank before he began to be aware
that there was considerable mystery
about Porter's outside transactions. Por-
ter occasionally perused with much in
terest several small memorandum books
which he kept carefully locked in his
desk. The president often wrote letters
with his own hand and copied them him
self after bank hours, in a private letter
book. Wheaton was ma naturally curious as
to what these outside interests might be.
1t had piqued him to find that while he
was cashier Of the band he was not con-
suited in its larger transactions; and
that of Porter's personal affairs he knew
nothing.
One afternoon shortly after Porter's re-
turn from the East, Wheaton. who was
waiting for some letters to sign. picked
up a bundle of checks from the desk of
one Of the individual bookkeepers. They
were Porter's personal checks which had
that day been paid and were now being
charged to his private account. Wheaton
turned them over mechanically; it was
not very long since he had been an indi-
yidual bookkeeper himself; he had en-
tered innumerable checks bearing Porter's
name without giving them a thought As
the slips of paper passed through his fin
gers, he accounted for them in one way
or another and put them back on the
desk, face down, as a man always does
who has been trained as bank clerk.
The last of them he held and studied.
1t was a check made payable to Peck
ham, Fenton's clerk. The amount was
50, 800 OO-too large to be accounted for
40 q nayment for services; for Peckhsm
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
Strawberries,

growing strawberries-in hills, in mar
row matted rows or in wide matted
rows. We prefer the second method.
Arrange the first strong runners by
hand, spacing them properly and Sc
curing each one in place with little
soil or a small stone. Then, when
each row is full. cut off the addi-
tional runners that may grow. Keep
the ground hoed and cultivated until
late fall. The finished row should not
be wider than IL or Is inches.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05

"Do you resent the caricatures they
publish of corporation kings"
NO" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax
"only I wish they would be little
more consistent. and not make us look
like Jolly fat men, when most of us
are fighting dyspepsia. Washington
Star
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
The Honey Crop.

The annual honey crop of Maryland
Is 1000, 900 pounds, which is an aver
age of only 20 pounds to each hive of
bees. Prof. Thomas B. Symons of the
Maryland Agricultural College believes
that the average production Of each
swarm should be from 75 to 100
pounds.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
Shrevvd Scheme.

Traveller In Parlor Car-Porter, that
man in front will give you a quarter
for busting him off, won't he?
Porter-Yessiri"
We'll, I'll give you half a dollar to
leave the dust on him and not brush
1t on onto me. e."-Somerville Journal.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05

was an elderly failure at the law who
ran errandS to the courts for Fenton and
sometimes took charge of small collection
matters for the bank.
A few days later, in The course of busi-
ness, he asked Porter what disposition
he should make of an application for a
loan from a country customer. Porter
rang for the past correspondence with
their client, and threw several letters to
Wheaton for his information. Wheaton
read them and called the stenographer to
dictate the answer which Porter had in
dicated should be made. He held the
clients last letter in his hand, and In
concluding turned it over into the wire
basket which stood on his desk. AS it
fell face downwards his eye caught some
figures on the back, and he picked it up
thinking that they might relate to the
letter. The memorandum was in For
ter's large, uneven hand and read:
303
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
Ito be continued.)


Tall Actor-Ah, Rudolps, why that
sad expression?'
Short Actor-I cannot help it, me
lord. | die in the first act.
Tall Actor-Oh, it might be worse.
Short Actor-lt couldn't be. There
is a real chicken dinner in the second
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
0ur Retters.

The Customer say, dye know you
half poisoned me with those beastly
mushrooms | had here last week?
A Mysterious Whisper-Then you
owe me sixpense, 'Erbert. l told yer
so.-The Sketch.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
True fection.

He-And you don't dislike me cause
I'm poor, do you, Sadie?
She-Why, Eddie, | couldn't love
you any more IL your father owned q
candy store.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-05
Digging Holes.

Not all the digging up for garden Is
done in the back yard.
mo. One has to dig up consider
ably at the seed and hardware stores"
kansas City Times.