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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08

bad roads. there were several opportu,
mites with the good ones.
II any state or community will take
up the building of good roads upon the
right basis. and spread the payments
over a series Of years, they will And
1t is the best investment they could
possibly make More than one-halt
the states now are assisting the town.
ships to build good roads, by paying
anywhere from one.third to three.
fourths the cost. To aid road build.
ing the state of New York issued $50.
100000 Of bonds, and will spend Sc. 600
900 per year for ten years upon the
highways, assisting the counties and
the states in permanently improving
the main thoroughfares. This is a step
In the right direction. Scores of
states are doing the same thing in a
somewhat smaller way. In some states
the counties are taking up the PROPOSE.
ton, voting county bonds for this pur.
sose Wayne county. MICHIGAN. last
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08

than anything else one can name.
A progressive farmer will expend
money on building good fences, tile his
land, erect wind mills, barns, sheds,
covers for his machinery, plant trees,
and do many things to make his farm
more attractive. more useful and more
valuable. When a man has spent sew
eral hundred dollars on some OF these
improvements he figures his farm is
worth more than the amount expended
over what 1t was before. He is will
ing to expend money inside OF his
boundary fences, but when asked to 60
out beyond this to the public highway
he is apt to feel that the amount of
money spent Is an expense that yields
him no direct return. In fact, in no
community, SO far as the writer can
ascertain, after a world wide study ex-
tending over 20 years, was the building
Of hard roads begun without the strong
est opposition from those who we're
really to receive the largest benefit.
Dire predictions we're made that the
property would be confiscated by the
taxation, that the building of the roads
would ruin the tax payer. But every
community that has had the expert
ence OF building hard roads, using
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08

cabinet work There are between 500
and 600 different species of the cac-
tus family and the actual number
probably greatly exceeds this. They
are without exception natives of Amer
lea and their extraordinary forms con-
stitute remarkable feature in the
vegetation of the warmer regions. All
of them have fleshy stems, often very
soft and juicy, and in numerous in
stances suitable for good. Most Of
them are leafess, only few species
having true leaves. Instead of leaves
most Of the cacti have clusters Of hairs
or thorn.
The whole organization of the cac.
tus adapts It to Withstand long
droughts. They vegetate vigorously
during part of the year when mois-
ture Is available and then rest for a
long time. Some of the cacti family
grow on high mountains reaching
nearly to the limit of the snow, while
others thrive only In torrid districts.
The plants of this botanical order are
q great boon to the natives of the dis
tricts in which they grow. generally
regions destitute of water. The stems
of many of the varieties contain a
wholesome Juice of which both men
and livestock avail themselves, and
some species produce a pleasant fruit.
The cultivation of edible cactus is
still In the experimental stage.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08

them and paying for them, has contin-
ued to build more and more from year
to year. They found that while 1t
called for the expenditure of money to
meet the bills that 1t lightened their
burdens In many other ways, that 1t
made life better worth living, that
there was more social life in the
community, the children were better
satisfied to stay upon the farm, and
they could go to market any day in the
year they liked, and thus take advan-
tage OF the market instead of the mar
ket taking advantage of them,
1t is within the experience OF mil
lions Of farmers that they had grain or
live stock on hand ready to sell; the
price was right, but the roads we're so
bad they could not reach the market
A few weeks later when the roads i'm
proved. perhaps there was drop in
the market.
The secretary Of agriculture land
there is no higher authority says that
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08

good roads. disable every day in the
year, 30 the farmers can take advan-
tage of market conditions, are worth
two or three cents on every bushel Of
grain, and ten to thirty cents hun.
bred on cattle and hogs. Hence, with
gcod roads the farm will produce a
larger revenue, 1t is a more desirable
place to live and It is worth more
money.
If enc were to go out to buy farm,
and when he alighted at the railway
station, was met by the real estate
agent, who told him he had two farms
practically alike, one four miles east
on good macadam road, and the 9TH
er four miles west, on a dirt road. the
chances are ten to one that the buyer
would prefer the farm upon the good
road and willingly pay more money to
get 1t. One of the first things the
owner would say If he cared to sell,
would be that he could go to town any
day in the year and haul good load,
while a farmer eight miles west of him
at times would not be able to turn a
wheel
One county in Kentucky spent over
100000 upon the highways. The rec.
ord is that former values nearly
doubled. The same is true of Texas.
1t is also true of Indiana, and true
wherever good roads are built. Dis.
lance is measured by the time II
takes to go from place to place Ask
how far 1t is to a given point, and
you are told it is about Ave minutes
walk, or to another inquiry, at takes
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08

an hour by rail-" Distance is meas
ured by the clocks tick, and not by the
yard stick.
A hard-headed German farmer al
Sheboygan, in very graphic and com
prehensive way, told of the value OF
good roads as 1t appeared to him.
He said: my farm is ten miles
from market. II It was only five
miles from market It would be worth
SIS an acre more. / cannot move my
farm In. but II we can build good
road to my farm can come in the ten
miles with my produce easier than
could come in Ave miles with bad
roads. Therefore to build a good road
moves my farm in half way to town"
The writer has travelled In many
states and foreign countries and stud.
led the road problem. In every local.
ity where good roads have been built
the people are enthusiastic; they say
they do not see how they ever could
have gotten along 30 many years with.
out them, for they have better schools,
more social advantages, that the peo.
pie live better, dress better, and the
people in town are strongly attracted to
rural life; that where there was an op.
portunity to sell farm once with the
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08

Paris.-It is announced that the
minister for war has decided to make
an experiment with a new uniform
at the September maneuvers. A spe-
cial committee has chosen a uniform
of a greyish-green color as being less
conspicuous against French land
scape than the red trousers and blue
coat now In service. The new uni
form will be served out to at least a
regiment for the experiment.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
icelanders' Gloves.

In SO cold. a climate as Iceland the
glove must be put off or on as rapidly
and easily as possible; so It is made
without fingers. and in order that no
time may be wasted in distinguishing
between right and left all gloves have
two thumbs. You simply thrust your
hand into the first glove that comes
and your thumb Immediately finds Its
way. There are, of course. draw
backs in the matter of appearance.
for the dangling idle thumb looks un.
tidy.-London Chronicle.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
HELPS FARM VALUES
sooD ROADS INCREASE SELLING
VALUE OF RURAL PROP
ERTY.
LARGE AND SURE RETURNS
improvement Of Highways Is Not
Matter Of Expense, but an Invest
ment--With Good Roads the Farm
VIII Produce Greater Revenue.
BY HOWARD II. GROSS.

There is one very important factor
that people are apt to overlook, and
that is. the influence of good roads on
the value of farm property There is
40 fact that is better established or
Of which there is more abundant proof
than that a good hard road leading
from the farm to the market will in
crease the selling value of the farm far
more than the amount of taxes re-
CURED to be paid by the farmer to
build the road. Hence when the mat
ter is analysed, 1t will be found that
the building Of good roads is not a
matter Of expense, but an investment
that pays q larger and surer return
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
MULCH FOR THE STRAWBERRY
Protects Them From Injury Of Freez
ing and Thawing and Conserves
Moisture Fruit Needs.

The average farmer doesn't grow
strawberries at all and many of those
who do entirely neglect to mulch
them. The benefits Of mulching are
threefold; to protect from the injury
Of freezing and thawing, to keep the
berries clean and free from grit and
to conserve moisture that the fruit
often needs at time of ripening. In
favorable seasons berries can be sue
cessfully grown without mulcihng, but
for a term of years there is no care
that pays better. The work is best
done the first time the ground is
frozen hard and d4y kind of straw
that is perfectly free from grass or
weed seed is good material, says a
writer in the Ohio Farmer.
/ have made two bad mistakes in
selecting material. Once when l used
wheat straw that had timothy seed in
il and again when l used clover by.
had such a good stand of timothy
and clover that l couldn't fruit the
Ned the second season, but had to
plow 1t and start new one. While
the work is consider bly, more there
is no material quite SO good for mulch.
ing as leaves. This season. strong
wind swept the leaves clean from
the lawn and lodged them in great
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
A Selfish Viewpoint.

Champ Clark, the Democratic leader.
was discussing, at Washington ban.
duet, a measure Of which he disap-
proved.
This measure" he said, lis a sign
of narrowness and selfishness. 1t re-
minds me of the scholar to whom his
teacher said on the first of February:
Why was George Washington n
great man.?
Because, said the scholar prompt.
~ we don't have no school on his
birthday"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
TREATMENT OF CANE FRUITS
II Not Wanted Young Suckers and
Shoots Should Be Dug Up-cut
Out All the Dead Wood,

The young shoots and suckers from
the old canes, If not wanted, should
be dug up. Cut out all dead wood,
leaving three thrifty stock in each
hill. If a new plantation is to be
made, dig up carefully with ball of
earth the strongest young shoots
growing in the rows. Set these in
clean, mellow ground; mark the rows
five feet apart; set the plants three
feet apart in the row. For the family
and train to a wire trellis. This is de-
cidealy the best method, as the bed
can be properly worked and more and
more and firmer fruit can be grown.
The Cuthbert is the leading red rasp-
berry. 1t is productive, hardy, with
large, healthy foliage Golden Queen,
yellow variety, Seeding of the Cuth-
bert, is productive and hardy va
riety Being of large size and of a
beautiful color, consider it one of the
best for family use as we'll as for mar
ket. Cumberland is the popular mar
ket black cap.
Clean out the grass and weeds in
the rows; spread one forkful of rot
ted manure around each hill; cult
vate the ground between the rows,
then throw light furrow to the hills
on each side of the rows.
The dead wood of the currant bush
es should BIZ cut close to the ground,
fork out the grass and weeds, and give
the same fertilizing and culture as for
raspberries. The work should be
done in the fall and not left until
spring.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08

shoots. If spraying is required for
mildew, two applications will probably
be very satisfactory.
Leaf-spot symptoms are everywhere
abundant and are really of very d.
verse origin. In any example in which
the leaf tissues are locally invaded by
parasitic fungus we may expect
evident effects. In the downy mildew
troubles there may be wet-rot symp-
toms when the weather Is moist, after
the leaves have become badly dis
eased they may appear to die very
suddenly because the gradual inva-
sion of the areas has been overlooked.
In many other leaf diseases no such
rapid multiplication or reproduction Of
thes parasite is possible and limited
dead patches or spots are the result.
These leaf troubles are commonly
very evident during rainy seasons and
are preventable by spraying the fol-
iage of the diseased plants at repeat
ed intervals, thus keeping a supply
of the fungicide on the leaves to ar
rest renewed spore development.
Cherry rot, or brown-rot, affects all
stone fruits, including peach, apricots,
etc. 1t is by far the most serious
and battling of cherry diseases to the
commercial cherry grower.
The decay of the fruit is caused by
this fungus. The conditions of the
season may favor or retard the spread
and development of the disease. The
threads of the fungus survive in the
rotted fruits, which may hang on the
trees unless removed. Careful re-
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
TO REGULATE HUMAN GROWTH
English Scientist Says Gland Located
In the Skull Controls Our
Stature and Weight.

Chicago.-Anyone who wishes to
regulate his natural altitude above sea
level needs only to have his pituitary
gland attended to. At least that is
what Prof. Arthur Keith Of London
says, and his statements have been
corroborated by a number of Chica-
go's foremost physicians. The pitui-
tary gland is the first in Importance
Of the principal ductless glands of the
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
Books the True University,

-The true university of these days."
says Carlyle, SIS collection Of
books" The man who is not brought
into intimate contact with books in
his youth. who has not learned to love
them and how to use them. suffers a
loss which 1t is almost impossible to
make good.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
CACTUS PLANT rs FEET HIGH
Is Of Great Use to the Planters Of
Jamaica for Making
Fences.

Kingston, Jamaica.-The Dido a
cactus native to Jamaica, and attain
ing height of Is feet. is shown in
the accompanying illustration. 1t has
an important economic value and is
Of great use to the planters for ma
king fences to keep out small stock
and thieves from preying on their
fields.
This plant contains q pithy sub
stance which is used by the natives as
a tonic for the hair. The heart of old
plants is used for certain kinds Of
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
DISEASES OF CHERRY TREE
Leaf-Spot May Be Prevented by Use
Of Bordeaux Mixture-MildeW
Usually Found on Sprouts.

Leaf-spot and mildew-the first
named disease is caused by what is
called "Shot-hole Fungus" and may be
successfully prevented by the use of
bordeaux mixture, except that only
half the strength of the mixture may
be applied with safety to the foliage
of the cherry. The mildew is usually
found chiefly upon sprouts and young
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
Fruit Growers.

Fruit growers are mostly In the for
estry business. They train their trees
to produce wood and wonder why
crops are late in appearing and dull
in color when they come. They should
be in the fruit growing business, and
prune so as to let in light and air, also
to induce early productivity. 1t is as
easy to grow good fruit as poor fire.
wood.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
Strawberry Plants.

The new strawberry plantation
should be made before any other out
door work is attended to. The sue
cess hinges largely upon early plant
ing, in a cool. moist soi,
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
Leaf Attacked by Spot Fungus,

moval of all rotted fruit and spraying
for the fungus, as per the calendar,
may be relied upon to save a part of
the fruit, but judgment and attention
to the details of the work are always
required. 1t is to be understood. also,
that checking the curculio is a sure
means of helping to check rot.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
Newly Set Strawberry Beds.

Pick off all the blossoms from new
ly set strawberry beds; thus you send
all the plants strength back into them
selves--into growth 1t is unwise to
let plants fruit the first season.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-06-08
Great Waste oy OF,

According to the American Machin
fst 1t has been estimated that there
ere lost annually more than a million
ana half barrels of oil by the buru
ing Of oil wellr
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-10

and the consideration which we should
have for the unfortunate make it i'm
peratve that the convicts be given
employment of some kind. Until
some unobjectionable system of en-
ployment is devised it would be most
inhuman to condemn these men to
idleness and to thus deprive them of
the God-given blessing of useful oc-
cupation. 1t should be the aim of the
state, therefore, to provide them as
soon as practicable with employment
which will remove them as far as pos
sible from competition with free labor
The best solution it seems to me is
their employment in the construction
OF roads. I am advised that the good
roads measures which are to be intro
duced at this session of the legislature
will call for the use of convict labor,
and, If so, / hope the people will give
the experiment fair trial, for if it
proves a success it will not only insure
good roads for, but a great saving to,
the state, and will provide healthful
outdoor work for the prisoners and
go long way toward putting an end
to competition between free and pris-
on labor.
Capital punishment should be abol-
ished, in my opinion, in my belief,
merely a relic of that ancient and bar
barous doctrine of "an eye for an eye
and a tooth for a tooth"
1t is a fact, undisputed by the judi
cial history of this or any other state.
that the average jury SHES at a ver-
dict involving the sacrifice of human
life. Murder, from the very nature
of the crime, must be proven, to a
greater or less degree, by circumstan-
tlal evidence, and the average man,
sitting as a juror, hesitates before
casting his vote to deprive a fellow
being, no matter how degraded his
condition, of his life. The result of
this is the hung jury, the failure to
convict, and oftentimes, the cheating
Of justice, all of which means lessen
ed safety to society in general and an
increased drain upon the purses of the
taxpayers of the state.
The report of the superintendent of
the penitentiary records IS cases of
capital punishment in the last seven
and one-half years, the greatest num-
Der ever executed in this state during
similar period. This. in my op n
ion. bears out the argument that the
desperate criminal, relying on the re-
luctance of the average juror and the
caution of the court, in the imposition
of the capital sentence. is more will
ing to take a gamblers chance with
death for the furtherance of his GRIM
inal object, than he would be to face
the greater certainty of a life spent
behind the bars.
Believing as ! do. l therefore rec
ommend to you, gentlemen, that you
take steps to do away with capital
punishment in this state But in this
connection l desire to urge that spe-
cial and particular attention be paid
to the restriction of the pardoning
power for such cases. l hold that a
sentence to life Imprisonment for mur-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-10

der should mean what it says, unless
post-trial evidence should bring to
light some glaring injustice or very
potent reason for change, and 1 con-
tend that the substitution for life i'm
prisonment for capital punishment
should cary with it such safeguards
as would insure in all cases that full
justice be satisfied.
Men sentenced to the penitentiary
are, under the present system, deliv-
cred at the prison gates by the sheriff
of the county in which conviction was
had. This is a wasteful, eXtravagant,
and unscientific method and should
be discontinued in the interest of
economy and for the benefit of the
taxpayers of the state. l suggest,
therefore, that provision be made for
the transportation of convicts from
their place of conviction 10 the peni-
tentiary by prison guards. This sys-
TEN has been found to be most satis-
factory in the transportation of the
insane, and after several years of trial
by the asylum management has been
found to be more economical and
more desirable in many ways than the
old method.
Hospital for the Insane.
The oregon state hospital for the
insane is the largest institution that
the state has under it's control. Its
many and peculiar needs make its ad-
ministration the most difficult and the
most perplexing of any of the state
institutions. Because of this, l call
your attention especially to the report
of the Superintendent of the institu-
ion. which report is now upon your
desks, and bespeak for it your careful
consideration.
Superintendent Steiner says:
Eve cannot lose sight of the central
fact that the institution exists for the
insane; that whatever adds to their
comfort promotes their welfare, or
in any way alleviates their very dis
tressing malady, is right and that
everything that deprives them of safe
and sympathetic care, modern and sci
entific treatment, is wrong. This plain
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-10
Restful Sleep Restored

HDuffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is far su.
perior to all else as strengthener and
health builder for the aged, weak an
sickly," says Mr.. D. F. Sibert, 81 ~
of age but hale and hes-' SeAf'
have / am 81 years old and
-. suffered great deal with indi-
gestion and kidney trouble. These
troubles were entirely overcome by
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. 1t also
induces sleep. l find Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey far superior to all
else, and while am greatly opposed
to taking spirits as thousands do, |
will always use Duffy's Pure Malt
Whiskey, be benefited and attain a
clear conscience by taking it as a
medicine as prescribed" D. F. Sibert,
Scotland. Archer Co., Texas.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-10

Continued on page g.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-10

Get busy a home. a
chance, property will be low
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-09-21

Money to loan.-A. w. darlington.
~
For Sale-Farm lands and city
property Geo. M. Reed. SIT
The best in good things to eat ~
Hanson q Hockersmith's grocery. 18tf
Steam Rolled Feed, the best yet.
We have it at McLean's Ware
house. lift
Highest market price paid for timo-
thy seed. Mark Means, Lewiston,
Idaho. 14-4
Come get that robe or blanket
now while the stock is new and COM
plete. J. E. Miller Implement Co.
1872
Board and room for two or more
school girls, three blocks from school.
Private family; rates very reasonable.
Enquire at this Office. 1928
Take care of your horse as we'll as
yourself. A new blanket for the
horse and one of those nice, warm
robes for yourself that j. +. Miller
Implement Co. is Offering at low
price. 1872
A. w. Robinson returned the first
Of the week from Juliaetta where he
went with Mrs. Robinson last week.
She will remain for some time receiv-
ing treatment in the sanitarium To-
Gated there.
Bert Garfield, who is now in the
cattle business at Wisdom, Montana,
is in the city this week on business.
He is interested in the Salmon River
Livestock Co., an Idaho county out
fit, and is here on business in that
connection.
Wilbur Fuller and Frank Richard
son returned Tuesday night from
Canada where they have been for the
past several months. They report
crops good over in the Kings Domain
and state that the cutting of grain
had just commenced when they left
for home.