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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

which there has been the heaviest
timber loss on record as a result of
forest fires interest will naturally at
tach to bulletin recently put out by
the forest service on this subject. In
it is recited the fact that as a result
of the rapidly increasing value of lum-
Der and forests private owners. lum-
ber companies and state and federal
forest experts are cooperating for a
more effective protection of the forest
wealth of the country. The fire fight
ing campaign includes a thorough pa
troll system. organized fire fighting
squads, together with tools and equip
ment at accessible points. by constant
ly warning the public against the care
less use of fire and other means
which are practicable. The pamphlet
points out that one of the chief sources
of weakness in the present system
lies in the pitifully inadequate num-
ber Of forest guards. shown in the
statement that in the United States a
single patrolman often has the re-
sponsibility of guarding 100000 acres
where he should not have more than
10000. In this connection it is point
ed out that In Prussian fIrest reserves
there is guard for every LOO acres.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04
THE NEED OF HuMus.

1t is almost characteristic of many
sections on the Pacific slope long crop
ped to small grains that the soils are
cold and stiff and resistant and greatly
In need of restoration of the supply
of humus which the soil originally
possessed. This lack of humus lessons
the capacity of the soil to retain mois-
ture reduces its supply Of plant food
In the case of heavy soil increases its
tendency to cement or run together
and in the case of light soil its tend
ency to drift Its presence in the soil
means warmth. lightness and friabil-
ity. an increase of the supply of nitro
gen and an increased capacity for the
retention of moisture. The supply Of
hulnus may be restored to soil by crop
rotation. by the plowing under of
green cover crops and by Il liberal
spreading of barnyard manures. If no
manure can be had the evidence is
pretty strong that II type Of farming
should be adopted which will produce
some. If this Is entirely out of the
question green manuring and rotation
are the other ways out.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04
EERrlLIzINe ORCHARDS.

Last fall while the writer was max.
Ing tour of Inspection of the Hood
river valley he noticed thnt one uf
the oldest rs well as the most pro
ductive Spltzenberg ranches in the val
ley was growing tine crop ~ clover
beneath the spreading branches of the
trees. This man had the right idea
namely. that crops OF apples take fer
tillty from the soil. as do vegetable OF
small grain crops. and that 10 offset
this depletion the land must be n
plenished with manurcs. commercial
fertilizers or some uf the legumes
The appearance OF several orchards in
the same valley which were heavily
laden with fruit aud some of Il none
too large-dOubtlcss also aggravated
by an unusually dry seasuu-empha
sized the importauce % the al,uyc fact
pretty forcibly. Apple and other fruit
trees. like mcn and other living thiuss.
must have something 10 eat 10 they
are going 20 do business In sections
somewhat farther south than the dis
trict meutioned the iegume Treatment
may be given an orchard by the use
Of cowpeas a. fall aud winter cover
crop. pioWing them under iu the
spring as grecn manure. II the land
% be sown 70 the peas has MT grown
them before Il y wOrJh while iuocu-
lating the seed with nitr'gen culture.
Which viii he sent out in limited guam
titles By the department of agriculture
AZ Washingion viii directions Tor its
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04
A HIGH PRICED CIGARETTE.

Probably the most expensive ciga-
rette ever smoked was the one lit by a
member Of one of Uncle Sans forest
surveying parties in heavily tim
bered western state and carelessly
thrown into bank Of dry ferns. 1t is
estimated that S2,OOO,OOO worth of gov
ernment and private timber was de-
stroyed and several lives lost before
this particular "smoke" was conclud
ed. 1t is easy to suggest how the milk
might have been kept from spilling
but the good horse sense of the super
intendents of such surveying parties
ought to suggest the same precaution
with reference to the use of cigarettes
in timber-dry forests as would be eX-
ercised by those employed in and
about gunpowder factories and maya
zines.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

to all is TO beware of coughs and
colds on the chest; as neglected they
readily lead to pneumonia. consump-
tion or other pulmonary troubles.
Just as soon as the cough appears
treat IL with Ballard's Horehound
Syrup the standard cure OF America.
Use as directed-perfectly harmless.
A cure and preventive FOR all diseas-
IS of the lungs.
Price 25c. soc and 800 per bottle
sold by Conrad Stafrin.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04
A COW AND AN AUTOMOBILE.

Unless he is fool and mortgages
his homestead to do it neither Wall
street spectators nor bankers need
lose much sleep over the farmer who
invests in a moderate priced automo-
bile for his own and his famiy's en-
joyment Many an auto is bought as
a result of the exercise of good sense
and Judgment. as was the case of
Mississippi valley farmer whom the
years ago he bought four head of
Holstein cattle, paying $500 for them.
AS might have been expected. his
conservative, shortsighted neighbors
thought he was fool, but such did
not prove to be the case. Since the
time of the purchase the milk and off
spring of one COW have netted the own
er $3.50, and the other day he had
picture taken of himself in the auto
and beside it the cow that had made
the purchase of the machine possible.
The item went on TO state that his
herd of full bloOded Holstein5 now
comprises forty head. one COW having
record of eighty-seven and half
pounds of milk day and several Civ
ing from seventy-6ve to eighty pounds
daily. If this man cashed up he could
likely buy an auto for each of his kids
and have money in the bank.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

1t is now quite generally conceded
that when a COW holds up her milk 1t
is invariably due to some nervous con-
dition, the result of taking her calf
from her, disturbances, mistreatment
or strange conditions. Often kindness
will overcome the tendency, and If this
does not suffice the feeding Of little
grain at milking time will take up her
mind and cause her to relax to a nor
NAL nervous condition.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

'H any calling o. life. delu5,5s a.
.'o-s .. body and a keen brain. yyI,b.-.
-. ..,.-'a There is no success But ~
&c Hi'iers is the rreate1 ~,
N-l-oer the world has ever - =. :.
.-s perfect action of --o-.-L
-, - A.lneys bowels. purfes sDs =
zen -.elss 'he blood. tones and - -
a'ez the whole system .r5 .-,,-'-i ,'.- .'i-
s.--na !. -na TIE wear and tear - -
- ~ -After months Of -
ron Kidney Truubls.- - =
~ sherman. of Cushi-r " W
-, :, o. Electric Bi1srs u,ss -
- '-As ~ nan sec ct an -
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

There is more Catarrh in this Sec
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incur
able. For a great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by cor
stantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore
reuires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. J.
Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the mar
ket. 1t is taken internally in doses
from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It
acts directly on the blood and mucus
surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails
to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO, To-
ledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04
Forced to Leave Homo

Every year a large number Of moor
sufferers whose lungs are sore and
racked with coughs are urged to 90 g.
another climate. But this is costly.
and not always sure. There's a ba,,or
way. Let DR.. Kings New Discover.
cure you al home 1T cured mo ~
lung trouble writes W. r. Nelson ~
Nalainine' Ark. When all else failed
ana l gained a. pounds in weight 1ts
surely the King Of an cough and INN,
cures, Thousands owe their Iiv,s
ana health TO it, Its positively rpsr-
anteed for Coughs. Colds Tac-,a..
.NS'ni.'a' Croup-an Throat and I1nr
troubles, soc and SI0O Trial botte
free at an druggists ''''e
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

A fine white elm shade tree which
the writer frequently passes has come
to grief owing to the fact that years
ago when the head of the tree was
forming. care was not taken to pre-
vent large limbs growing up and out
from the same point In the trunk. In
the case in question three were al
lowed to do so. A couple of years ago
one of the three large branches was
blown from the top in heavy wind,
and a short time since big split APP
peared between the two remaining
sections of the top. One of these Is
sure to come down soon. leaving but a
skeleton of what gave promise of being
a shade tree of remarkable beauty and
symmetry. The trouble might have
been prevented when the tree was
first set by so pruning 1t as TO give n
sturdy and well joiuted frame The
same principle holds in the case of
fruit trees. and poor heads having
weak joints should be remedied while
the tree is young.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

An effective quietus can be put on
the several varieties of worms that af-
feet pigs by the use of turpentine.
which is best given in ground feed at
the rate Of teaspoonful to 100 pounds
of pig after the afflicted porkers have
been without food for about twelve
hours A few pigs should be fed at
time so that each animal will be sure
to get the amount of medicine needed.
The treatment should be repeated at
intervals until three doses have been
given.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

There Is many a boy who for one
reason or another Is not making salts
factory progress in school. but never
theless Is compelled to attend by his
parents, who would be vastly better
on, as would also the other pupils Of
the school. II he were taken out and
put az some Job which would keep his
hands busy. occupy his mind and fur
nish an outlet for a whole lot OF pent-
up physical energy. As a general rule.
there Is no time that boy can put in
that win give larger or more satisfac-
tory returns than that spent IN school.
Occasionally. however. the time thus
spent is worse than wasted. breeding
idlenesS. fnattention and dlsrespect for
constituted authority.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

There is many a hill prone to wash
ing and cutting by heavy rains that
can be helped much by a terracing and
ditching of the hillslope in such way
that the water may be run to the sides
on gradual incline instead Of being
allowed to course in large quantities
directly down the slope. Laid off in
the above manner there will be but a
relatively small amount of water to be
drained from each area, and the wash
ing of the soil will be by that much re-
duced.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

AS showing the progress which has
been made in recent years in produc-
ing high yielding types of small grain
1t is interesting to recall the sower Of
Holy Writ. whose seed which fell on
the good ground yielded some thirty
some sixty and some hundred fold"
Contrasted with this showing may be
cited the case Of an oat belt farmer
who the other day plucked a single
stalk of tlris cereal which bore PA
double grains. or a total of 428. The
seed head, which was borne on very
sturdy straw, was fifteen inches long.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

Near Marshfield, relates the Times. a
patch 10 feet wide by 16 feet long pro-
duccd six bushels Of cranberrfcs. II an
acre was made TO produce in the same
ratio it would yield 1632 bushels OF
berries, which are selling at So per
bushel this year. making an acre yield
S4S99 FOR one years crop. or a clear
profit Of about S327O per acre.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

spots should be given effective tile
drainage If the largest measure of
good is to be derived from an appli-
cation of water to the surface of the
soil. Especially is this true in most
arid sections where the soil is heavily
impregnated with aIkali. the presence
of which in excessive quantities means
death to growing things.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04
L. Tho WnrIh,s Rcst

No one has ever made salve, oint-
ment or balm to compare with Buck
lens Arnica Salye. It's the one per-
feet healer of Cuts, Corns. Burns.
Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Bolls, Ulcers.
Eczema, salt Rheum. For Sore Eyes.
Cold Sores, Chapped Hands or
Sprains. it's supreme. Infallihle for
Piles. Only 25c at all druggists
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04
sHYsTER LAND PROMOTERS.

If there Is any type Of graft or skin
game that is close second to the
promotion of "salted" mining enter
prises from the standpoint of sheer
fraud and skuldu2gery. 1t Is that fol
lowed by certEin real estate prumOt
ers. chiefly in the south and west, who
buy large tracts of very spotted OI
worthless land. plat it and issue glow
ing advertising matter, publishing
Herewith the stolen records of other
nearby bona fide fruit. vegetable OF
grain growing sections to serve as
bait for the always greedy and usual
ly gullible public. In some cases the
fraud perpetrated consists of selling
at long prices land where there is 50
little soil above bedrock or hnrdpan
that trees will hardly survive beyond
the time when they are turned over to
buyers at "bearing age" In other
cases the soil may he all that could be
desired, but the tract Is located in an
uTlu VI Stllllullu SVNlioh Nh'l''
though CRATER promoters who make
guarantee of perpetual water rights
have seemed to build irrigation sys-
TENS. no water will ever be running
when water Is most needed. In other
cases the land sold "unSight aud un-
seen" may consist largely of impass-
nj, Al. hg,rs which h.Vn hnnn I'm fhn mn ~
and will likely remain the stamping
grounds of alllgators, mosquitoes and
malaria. All of these promotion
schemes and others which might be
listed are fraudulent aud rotten, and
the grafters who are backing them are
able than the highway robber. who,
whatever else can be said of him. is
not wolf in Sleeps clothing and
doesn't pose as public bencfactOr /
The south and west as sections pos
sess marvellous and varied resources. |
can stand ON their own worth aud |
merits and have a wonderful future. |
but they don't need. neither are they |
helped. but rather given black eye. /
by the mrid and dishonest advertis- |
ing of the tribe of sharks above re- I
ferred to, People In both sections /
should unite in locating. branding and /
putting OUT of commission those chap, |
who are in the land business solely tn |
6ll their pockets and who are In ev- /
cry way detriment TO Legitimate /
growth and Wholesome development.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

At the close Of the first srhoo,
month a year ago. the enrolment in
the Albany high school was las. as
aEainst a present enrolment OF 2s-
pupils which gives an increase of Is
per cent In the grade departments
this years showing Is sa4. an incresse
there of . per cent over the corre-
spending period last year.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

In case we read of the other day a
bunch of lambs were turned into Il
field Of rape from which the small
grain had just been cut, and three
were shipped to market without hay
ing received any other feed. They had
made a good gain, sold at high price
and gave the owner a handsome profit
for the rape and weeds on which they
had fOraged.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

Carbonic acid gas or carbon dloxide
is the chief chemical agency which Is
operative in the crumbling of rock
formations and the loosening of com
pact masses of earth. 1t is this same
agency, by the way, which causes the
crumbllng and disintegration Of poorly
made cement tile within a compartive
ly short time after they have been put
In the ground.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04
Kills A Murderer.

A merciless murderer is Appendic
tits with many victims. But DR..
Kings New Life Pills kill it by pre-
vention. They gently stimulate stom-
ach, liver and bowels, preventing that
clogging that invites appendicitis, cur
ing Constipation, Headache. Bilious
ness, Chills. 25c at all druggist.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

Dwellers along country roads will
certainly appreciate the power of OBJ
seryation of the writer who in distin-
gushing between the quick and the
dead" defined the former as compris-
ing those who were able to get out
of the way of scorching automobilists
and the latter those who were not.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

The fastest mile ever made by
trotting horse was covered the other
day in 1:5SA by Uhlan, a horse be-
longing to G. G. K. Billings. the well
known turfman, and the easy way in
which the mile was made led many
who witnessed the remarkable per
formance to believe that the same
horse may clip another second or more
Off this record before the season Is
over. 1t has been intensely interest
ing to note the gradual lowering of the
trotting record from the time when
the best performance was around 2:59,
some ninety years ago, TO the present
season. when II horse covers II mile
track without wind shield ut IL rate of
more than thirty miles an hour. That
the record will be still further lowered
is not doubted. but 1t will be by quar-
ters and eighths of seconds only.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

proper use. The peas should be sown
during October. depending a bit upon
the time of the rains. and will keep
alive and make considerable growth
during the mild winter months. Most
Of these highly cultivated orchard soils
need both fertilizer and humus. and
the growing of cowpeas will furnish
both elements in a very satisfactory
WaV
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

A lot of folk in town and country
are pretty regular takers of booze ton
les and invigorators and are breeding
blear eyes and red noses when what
they need is not slOp of this kind, but
more corn fed beef, more pure milk
and fresh eggs, more sunshine during
the day and fresh air at night. This
last prescription doesn't cost anything,
but it will take the kinks out of dis
ordered stomach or liver quicker than
any dope on the market.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

We have made the observation be-
FORE but it is nevertheless worth re-
peating, that on every farm where
there are a hayfork and manure
spreader at the barn there should be
lineoleum on the floor In the kitchen
and a drainage system for the kitchen
sink which will do away with the
necessity of emptying pals,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

One day last week there was in
Oakland a short time two brothers
who are twins, 80 years old, both in
excellent health, and not looking more
than 60, says the Advance. They were
William Haines of Eugene and Joseph
Haines of Eckley
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

With the short crop of hay which
was raised in so many sections this
year there ought to be demand at
good prices for all the surplus bright,
well cured corn fodder which the fore
handed man will secure.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

Southern Pacific surveyors who have
been surveying for the proposed rail
road from Junction City to the Sius-
law are now encamped at Smithfeld.
There are 20 men in the crew, and
they are working back toward june
tiOn,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

Wild grape vines, or the Virginia
creepers, serve practical and aesthetic
purpose when their handsome green
or autumn colors cover the naked un-
couthness of outbuiding or dead tree,
but they are quite out of place when
they throttle live shade or fruit trees
and deprive them of needed sunshine.
moisture and plant food.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

What the cooperative gathered
cream butter factories have to contend
with in their effort to make a strictly
high grade product is Illustrated in the
remark of a patron of one of them
who, when he was buying a milk pail
the other day, wanted one with
coarse strainer so that he wouldn't
have to wash 1t so often to keep it in
running order
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

Since the completion of the new city
water system facts are accumulating
to prove that Myrtle Point has now the
best service of any town in the county,
claims the Enterprise. The main point
is that the reservoir is overlooking. and
that after no pumping has been done
for the matter Of two weeks.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04
uo,r Mnch VIII You Pay

to have your eyes cured; Sutherland
Eagle Eye Salve only costs zoe anu
will cure. Good for nothing put the
ewes, Sold by Conrad Stafrin
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

-Four Medford church buildings anu
grounds are offered for sale; ne" anu
larger churches are to be built.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

Every stack of straw set afire to pre-
vent its cumbering the ground means
loss of a good deal of humus, an ele-
ment present in none too large quanti-
ties in the most fertile sections Of the
country and greatly deficient in sec
tions where a grain selling type of
farming is largely in vogue.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

We have more adequate apprecia-
tion of the age of the old world geolog-
ically when we have the opinion of
scientists that for water to wear a
channel in solid limestone to depth
of forty inches would require 72SyO00
years. There are erosions worn by
water and glacial action which are a
mile deep and a mile or miles wide,
the time required to effect which be-
ing well nigh incomprehensible.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04
Unsiglltly

Sores, boils, eruptions, pimples, black
heads and all skin affections are very
quickly cured by the use of DR.. Bell s
Antiseptic Salye. 25c. Sold by Conrad
Stafrin.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04
After Shaving

use DR.. Bells Antiseptic Salve. 1t Will
prevent the face getting sore. 1t de-
stroys germs and prevents contract
ing any disease. 25c. Sold by Conrad
Stafrin.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

coughing depends ~, ~,
whether or not you use Dr. Ben ,
Pine-Tar-Honey. A few doses VIII s'op
that cough. Sold by Conrad Stairlh'
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04
Legal blanks for sale at this office.

The man who has the contract for
grading the Astoria Southern Railway
companys proposed railroad line has
about t5O men and so teams at work
and is rushing the construction as
rapidly as possible.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-04

% the merit of Dr. BelTs Pine-Ta--
Honey one bottle viii remove TIA.
doubt and your cough at TIE same
time Look FER the bell on the bottle
Il Is the geuuine. sold By Conrad St.f-
rin-