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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-06


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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-06
CHAIRMAN PRESS COMMITTEE

Mrs. Vestal Snyder has become
chairman of the press committee of
the state federation of women's clubs
in place of Mrs. f. M. Rossiter, who
was obliged to give up work through
i'll health. Mrs. Snyder has been
asked to send interesting club news
of the Washington federation for pub
LEGATION in the General Federation
Bulletin. Mrs. Snyder wishes to make
the news as complete as possible and
asks for the cooperation of the club
women all over the state in furnish
ing her with items. Especially does
she desire information about matters
outside of the routine work of the
clubs. Active members Of the commit
tee include Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. !. A.
Gilman of Olymp ia, Mrs. j. II. Little
of Seattle, Mrs. H. S. Sutton of Spo-
kane and Mrs a. e. Chanler of Ia
coma.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-06
Change in Committee.

There have been two changes on
the program committee of the Wo-
mans club. Mrs. II. NJ. Gilbert has
taken the place of Miss Lola Low
Their. who has gone east, and Mrs.
J. f. Shannon that of Mrs. Fred
Janeck
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-06
Saw Her Step Down.

OF course, seeing that she isn't
real person, though everybody thinks
her so, except Alice. who saw her
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-06
Womcn's Firm Dissolyes.

Quarreiing over a division of the
profits, Mrs. Leonia Winsor Browne
and Mrs. Pearl Kennedy Hilbert have
dissolved partnership and the law
firm of Browne & Hilbert becomes
thing of the past IT was organized
year ago as the only firm of divorced
women practicing lawyers in the
United States. Both partners were
prominent suffragists, Mrs. Browne
being campaign manager FOR western
Washington Of the Washington Pollt-
ical Equality League ana Mrs. Hilbert
secretary. The firm had it's offices in
the league headquarters. Both wo-
men now assert that they will open
separate offices in the league head
quarters. AS the headquarters con-
sist Of only three rooms and as Mrs
James Anderson, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee or the league will
presumably have use for at least one
1t looks as if the quarters might be
cramped Mrs. Browne was one of
the speakers at the Northern Pacific
station in North Yakima when the
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-06

1t is now a misdemeanOr for any
woman to wear a long hatpin in pub
lie places in Chicago. Any woman
caught wearing one is liable to arrest
and a fine Of $50. BY a vote of IS to
the council passed the anti-hatpin
ordinance.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-06

VVTh
Under the agreement between the
railroad and the county the North
Coast undertakes to begin reconstruc-
ton within 10 days of the signing of
the document. which was yesterday.
and to complete the work on or be-
fore August 10, 1910.
In the above manner Mr.. Strahorn
will carry out his promise made some
time ago, that the coming of his rail-
road through Union Gap would be
made a matter OF profit for the peo-
pie Of the county
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
INCUBATOR BEATS THE HEN
One old Biddy Causes as Much Trou-
BILE as 22o-Egg Observation-Disclosures
Her Own Way.

/ do not make a practise of hatch
Ing with hens, but once in a while l
set one just to humor her, says a
writer in the Poultry Monthly. The
last experience / had with hen that
wanted to set in the breeding pen. Not
wanting her there / removed her to
another place and / penned her up,
but she got out and gave her chase
for about an hour Finally l got her
fixed again, and after setting two days
found her running about the yards
with broken egg shells sticking to her
feathers, feet and legs. l examined
the nest and found three eggs broken.
I washed the remaining ones and re-
newed the nesting material and got
her back to business. At the same
time / was running a 220-egg incu-
bator, and 1t was not as mnch trouble
as this old hen. And when the hatch
came off the old hen had six chicks
ference My experience with hens as
hatchers has not always been like
this, however Neither has it been
like this with incubators at all times.
But a good incubator will beat the
hen, even if the hen Is a good one.
Yet it frequently happens that it is
more convenient to use hens for hatch
ing and brooding than to use artificial
means. But as a rule give me hens
for eggs and incubators for Matching
them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
LABOR SAVED By SEPARATOR
Fewer Utensils Are Necessary and
Skim Milk May Be Fed to Farm
Animals at Once.

Because it saves all waste of butter
good corn, hay and other stuff that
costs money and then allowing the
product to go to waste?
Less work is necessary to handle
milk with the separator than without,
because there are fewer utensils to be
used and the skim milk may be fed to
the pigs and calves and chickens at
once and does not have to be handled
again.
Forty or fifty dollars will buy good
separator, big enough for q herd of
four or five cows and 1t will save its
cost the first year. II properly cared
for a separator is good for ten years.
The cream from 4 separator will
bring more money because it is uni
form in richness and is sweeter be-
cause as it is separated while the milk
is warm and fresh it does not absorb
odors as it would If left standing
around.
The separator saves hauling milk
to the creamery and then hauling the
skim milk back to the farm. Then
skim milk hauled any considerable
distance becomes cold and sometimes
dirty and tainted and not fit to feed.
If farmer has ten or more cows
he will require larger separator
one that will handle say $50 pounds
of milk in about Is minutes and he
then should have a small gasoline en-
CINE to do the work. 1t is quicker
and cheaper than hand power.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
IMMENSE CHUTE FOR TIMBER

One of the longest and largest tim
Der chutes in the northwest, is located
on the Klamath river, in the extreme
northeastern corner of SiskiyOu coun'
ty, California. 1t is used almost en-
tirely for shooting" saw logs from
the top of a mountain down into the
klamath river. In total length this
great chute is about 5000 feet, and In
places it assumes an angle OF about
As degrees. The chute resembles o
huge trough more than six feet wide
between the two sids at the top. The
bottom and sides are about Is inches
thick, all very securely jointed and
fitted together and, at short inter-
walls, strongly anchored to the steep
mountain side.
Most of the shooting" is done du-
ring the winter months when the
chute is coated with snow and ice,
or kept wet by rains. When a big
log is started down the steep slippery
way it gains a tremendous rate OF
speed before reaching the rolling
stream at the MOUNTAINS base-more
than 5000 feet below. SO fearful is
the swiftness that the friction often
.scorches both the chute and the bark
on the logs. Only few seconds are
required for the big log to make it's
journey from top to bottom.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
HOW SNAKE WAS CHARMED.

Singing Nearer, My God, to Thee"
three women charmed rattlesnake
that had just crawled from beneath a
cushion, upon which one Of them was
seated, out on the Vale ranch, near
Salt Lake City, the other week.
Mrs. F. P. Dunlap and two lady visi
tors were seated on lounge under the
trees when Mrs. Dunlap perceived the
snake. Instantly she thought of music
charming reptiles, and she whispered
Lets sing" She commenced to hum
the sacred air, and the others, not
knowing why, took it up. The snake
with head poised, paused, and Mrs
Dunlap slowly arose and beckoned the
others to follow, which they quietly
did. After having gained a safe dis
lance the others discovered with as.
tonishment what their danger had
been Armed with clubs the women
then killed the snake.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
POULTRY NOTES.

Without doubt corn is more com.
monty fed to poultry in this country
than any other grain
Green sprouted oats have been very
widely exploited in recent years as a
green food for poultry.
The Bronze turkey is the most popu.
lar with farmers in America. They are
quite hardy and lay a large numbeJ
of eggs.
The Toulouse geese are one of the
very best breeds for the farm. They
grow to great size and as a rule are
splendid layers.
There are three important factors
to be considered when the object is
the production of eggs; the stock, the
feed and the housing.
If we are fortunate enough to have
a good egg-laying strain 1t follows that
we must feed properly in order to get
the best results.
Some poultrymen feed their fowls
almost entirely on corn with appar-
emily no evil results. 1t is heating
and fattening food and is, therefore,
excellent for winter feeding.
It would be impossible to tell the ex.
act amount of feed necessary for the
fowls each day. One must be gov
erned by the eagerness with which
they come for their meals.
The most common method of feed.
ing throughout the poultry world to.
day is to give wet mash of some sort
to the fowls once day; whole grain
being fed in the morning and even
ing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
LEASE RUNS TO FINAL DAY

Remarkable terms of a lease grant
ed by a Welsh landowner to the trus-
tees of a Congregational chapel and
graveyard at Beulah, near Cardigan,
have Just been disclosed. In 1860 the
lease was made out for ninety-nine
years, but recently the landlord was
asked to extend it, $50 that they might
not be disturbed in their last resting
place, at least before the Resurrection
morn" He asked If the afternoon Of
the Resurrection Day would not be
better, and acting upon that sugges-
ton the lease was made to run to the
afternoon of the last day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13

the general order of affairs finds them
displaying their charms separately.
Most of the coats are cut straight at
the back and in the front, with long
collars turned down at the back with
velvet, and in the front with braid.
Variations of the Russian blouse order
are very difficult to find, which seems
to me somewhat of pity, since this
style is exceedingly becoming to many
figures. Becoming too is the straight
tunic dress of blue serge with turned
down lawn collar and patent leather
belts, and indeed these are hard to
beat; but as yet you cannot find them
ready-made, and must needs have
them especially achieved for your
satisfaction commend their charms
to the many excellent and sympathetic
purveyors who have lately improved
their stock of ready-to-wear costumes,
and so often now step outside the
pale of the extremely ordinary into
the realms of the elegantly attractive.
A very long coat of dark blue serge
upon which 1 CHANGED in my travels
has much merit, with a straight plas-
tron vest in the front, few gathers
on the hips, which are held in straps
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
sAGAcIoUs DOG.

A remarkable story of dogs hon.
Ing instinct and sagacity comes from
Tarbert, Scotland. Several months ago
a dog was obtained from a Tarbert
lady and taken by its new owner by
steamer and train to Clydebank- The
animal has just turned up at its for
mer home at Tarbert in much ex-
hausted condition, but showing unmls-
taxable signs of its joy at meeting
old friends. At is was not observed In
any of the steamers and arrived very
late at night, the inference Is that II
journeyed all the way from the city
overland, 100 miles. The mystery is
how it found its way back alone by
a circuitous and almost trackless
route round the heads of the long
Clyde lochs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
A BOX OF MYSTERY.

A rather creepy thing happened at
italy, Tex, one day recently. A large
square box which was unloaded Dy
mistake more than year ago and had
been stored all that time in the freight
house of the railroad, was opened by
the station agent to ascertain its con-
tents and see if they could give any
clue as to the owner. The agent got a
queer shock when he opened the box
and its CHASTITY contents were revealed
to him. 1t contained the naked and
mummified bodies of woman and
child
The mysterious box was unloaded
from an express car at Italy because
the address upon it had been obllter-
ated. An effort was made at the time
to discover the person who mad
shipped it but the search was unsuc-
cessful.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
PICK APPLES FOR STORAGE
Fruit Not Too Ripe and Yet Not Too
Greenland Problem to Hit
Proper Time.
(By r. B. RuSHINGN

Wy d. ttOSf1lNG.)
There are two things to be avoided
In picking apples for cold storage;
first, fruit must not be fully matured;
second, the fruit should not be too
green.
When fruit is allowed to fully ma
ture on the trees the very best and
most perfect cold storage in the coun-
try will not carry it for any consider.
able length of time without heavy
shrinkage.
On the other hand, when you pick
the fruit too green, while it will likely
carry well, 1t will lack size, color and
flavor; and experienced apple dealers
will want from so cents to 81 discount
per barrel according to the market.
Just when to pick fruit so that 1T
will not be too ripe and so it will not
be too green, is sometimes a hard
problem
Where man has a large orchard
and only small force to do his work.
he will have to commence earlier, and
possibly the first fruit he picks will
be too green, and the last fruit he
picks will be too ripe.
He must SO plan his work that the
bulk of his fruit will be picked about
the proper time.
The heaviest shrinkage l ever sus
tanned in cold storage. except on wind
falls and apples picked off of the
ground, was on fruit that seemed to
be perfect when it came in, beautiful
and highly coloreo. large and smooth;
yet inside of moth or two / no.
ticed that these barrels were slack
Inside of 81 months the shrinkage
was such that they had to be re-
packed. In four or five months the
shrinkage was very great.
1t could not have been the fault of
the storage, for there were others
right beside it, in the same room, the
same temperature, the same humid
ity, and the same care, and practically
no shrinkage at all.
What was the cause of this fruit not
keeping? Nothing more or less thar
because the apples had been allowed
to fully mature on the trees.
The best and surest way to handle
| fruit fully matured is to put it on the
market at once.
| Most any man with a medium-sized
orchard can pick and pack the greater
portion of his fruit without it being
fully ripe; but In case he cannot, he
would better have it a little green
than too ripe.
Green fruit will gradually mellow
| in cold storage, and such varieties as
Huntsman and Grimes Golden will
gradually change from green in color
to a yellowish tinge very much like
the natural color of the fruit when
ripe. Ben Davis and Winesap and
some other sorts however, will not
change much, If any.
It therefore is very desirable that
the red apples be allowed to mature
as much as possible without getting
too ripe in order to get the proper
color.
Good nice apples always sell for
much greater prices later in the sea-
son and therefore it is profitable to
have them placed in cold storage in
the proper condition so as to keep
well.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
NEW WAY TO COMMIT SUICIDE

After no fewer than six unsuccess-
full attempts to kill himself sailor
named Leon Weiss has finally COM
mitted suicide in an original fashion.
A month ago he threw himself into
canal at Rheims, but was rescued. A
few days later he hanged himself by
his braces on a tree in a public
square, but his braces broke. He did
not despair, however, and, drawing a
revolver, shot himself twice. He was
taken to the hospital, where he was
cured Of his wounds. A few days aft
erward, at Loan railway station, he
shot himself just as train was COM
ing in, hoping to fall beneath the
wheels, but again his life was saved
and he was taken to the hospital He
managed to tear off his bandages and
swallowed them. Then he obtained
some water and drank it, and this,
with the cotton wool he had swallow
ed, suffocated him. Thus his seventh
attempt was successful
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
HOUSE BUILT FROM ONE FIR.

A fourteen room, two and half
story house, built entirely of the lum-
Der from single fir tree, was recent
ly finished at Elma. on the west
coast.
The tree was giant Douglas fir
and was felled west of the town. 1t was
marvelously straight and when scaled
was found to contain 10000 feet Of
serviceable lumber. Inside the bark
the stump measured seven feet and
nine inches in diameter, and the total
height of the tree was over 300 feet.
At the standard price of $25 thou
sand the lumber in this tree was
worth more than $1,000. Elma is in
the midst of the great fir timber belt
on the west slope of the Cascade
mountains.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
USELESS STONES FOR WALKS
Saves Lots of Muddy Walking and
Rids Farm of Many Unsiehtly
Rocks-Easy to Build.
NV IouN wv ANDREWs.)

By JOHN W. ANDREWSo
We made a walk recently entirely
out OF rough stones. These rocks were
gathered out of the field where they
were in the way, and thus two pur-
poses were served by their utlllza-
ton.
The method of building was as
simple as the material used. trench
was dug along each side of the walk
and stones put into it so that they
projected about an inch above the
surface of the ground.
The earth was packed back around
them to keep them firm. Then the
space between was covered with
smaller stones, the middle Of the walk
being made higher, very little, than
the edges.
These stones were beaten down with
sledge SO that one could walk over
hem without too much injury to shoe
leather, and the whole then covered
with sawdust and cinders.
This fills up the crevices, holds the
rocks steady until they settle into
place and makes the walk smooth
ind even.
There is almost always a need for
more walks on farm. Sometimes
This is very pressing need. A few
hours work may save wonderful
amount of mud wading.
Material for walks is not hard to
find. Beside the standard brick ana
concrete there are shells, rough stones
Of all kinds, gravel from creek beds,
cinders, sawdust and tanbark.
All these make good walks, al
though the latter ones require fire.
quent renewing.
Neither is construction a hard job.
The main essentials are good side
lines that will not be torn loose or
heaved out and that are straight and
smooth, and some provision for drain
age.
The center of a walk should be
made higher in practically all cases;
and where water is likely to stand on
one side means should be provided to
carry it off.
In the matter of design, curves are
recommended by the landscape gar
deners; but these curves should never
be abrupt and never without an ap-
parent reason.
In a barnyard and other places
where a walk could not be very well
kept up, stepping stones, well placed,
will answer the purpose, and not only
save lots of muddy walking but also
help to get rid of any useless rocks
you may have scattered about in the
way.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
BUNCH OF LEGS AND FEET

The farming community of Elgin.
In the north of Scotland got some
thing to gossip about the other week
when porker was ushered into their
midst equipped with eight legs and
nine feet. Three of the extra legs
grew behind the hind ones, while the
fourth grew near the tail and curved
up sharply towards the back. This
leg possessed two distinct feet. Unfor-
Hunately the pig did not survive to be-
come a great porcine pedestrian. 1t
was accidentally killed, and now looks
upon this vale of tears from out the
security of bottle of methylated
spirits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
BIGGEST OF APPLE TREES

On the farm of Trembley brothers,
near Albright, w. Va, is growing
what Is claimed to be the largest ap.
pie tree in that state. The ire is II
feet in circumference four feet above
the ground. 1t has four limbs which
are from four to six feet in circum-
ference, and has one branch four and
one-half feet in circumference 20 feet
from the ground. The tree has spread
81 feet and Is 40 feet high. The esti
mated age Of the tree is 125 years. Il
is in fine, healthy condition.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13

SMNg glorious pIue sea panheu
81 ~ with yellow sands on which
the sun amiably smiles with golden
glory, simplicity has marked costume
for it's own. All the girls are wearing
print dresses, and such pretty dresses
they are, too. Daily I admire blue
and white striped cotton of the bed
ticking order of stripe, the lines go
ing perpendicularly beyond the knees,
the broad hem being cut with the
stripes roundwards. There is no sug-
gestion of the hobble about this hem,
for 1t is as wide as the gathered skirt
above it, and the little gathered bodice
Is cut in one with the sleeves, while
the vest and collar and under-sleeves
are of Madeira work, and the broad
brimmed white hat Is bound with a
gathered blue velvet, while around the
crown is small wreath of blue mus
lin cornf1owers.
Another worthy cotton frock is OF
lavender spotted with white, worn
with a white straw hat with black
velvet ribbon. A black patent leather
belt is round the waist, and white
crochet buttons decorate the bodice
on either side of a small vest OF Irish
lace, an Irish lace collar extending
over the shoulders hiding the seam OF
the sleeves, while black silk stockings
and patent leather shoes, albeit not
entirely suited to trudge through the
beach, put finishing touches of a most
satisfactory order.
! am told that more or less lib
eral education in the art of dress Is
to be gained by wandering over Lon
don in search of the blue serge Co.'S
tune which may do smart service
now, and be confidently relied upon to
prove worthy of further patronage in
the late autumn.
Merits Of Blue Serge.
Blue serge is an Invaluable mate
rial, and If public benefactors had
their due, it's origin discoverer should
have a memorial statue. However, he
remains unhonored and unsung, like
many others no less worthy who have
given their services to their country 8
good The blue serge dress is safe
refuge for the destitute in ideas, de-
clares the captious critic, who may,
perchance, have right upon her side.
Anyway all the coats labeled new
are shorter than those of yesteryear,
and their trimming alternates between
wide braid used as binding and mar.
row satin roulades. In some few In
stances the satin roulades are used in
combination with the wide braids. but
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-13
Wood Ashes and Manure.

Prof e. B. Hart, of the University
Of Wisconsin, says farmers need to be
cautioned generally against the use OF
wood ashes and lime with manure
The ashes and lime produce an aka
line condition, resulting in the loss OF
the ammonia which carries on the
nitrogen. This point has not been suf-
dciently emphasized, and many we'll
meaning farmers have used ashes and
lime with manure to disadvantage
The lime and ashes if needed by the
soil should be put on in other years
than those in which farm manure is
applied.