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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

Few People Appreciate Importance Of
Preventing Bruises While Pick
Ing or Packing.
(By s. VAN SMITH.)

Wy o. VAN oMl HI
Few people realize the importance
Of handling apples with care while
picking, packing and marketing Ap-
pies are bruised very easily, and es.
pecially those varieties having a ten
der flesh or skin. Bruises mean not
only an unattractive appearance, but
a real waste Of fruit by having to
cut out the bruised tissue. Probably
the greatest damage from bruises.
however, results from the fact that
the bruises furnish an entrance for
fungus or rot spores. These spores,
or fungus Seeds" are as fine as
dust and float in the air. II they
happen to lodge on bruised or
broken spot on the apple, they take
root and grow and spread through
the apple. causing 1t to rot Wrap
ping or covering the apple may not
always protect it, as the spores may
have lodged on the apple before 1t
was picked. However, If the skin
and flesh Of the apple can be kept
intact and not bruised or broken,
there is not much danger of the fun.
gus or rot finding its way into the
apple.
To prevent bruising. apples should
not be dropped or thrown into a
bucket, box, or barrel, and in pour
ing from one vessel to another care
should be taken that the apples are
as close as possible to the bottom
of the vessel in which Won ara n1ac-
ing them before the pouring begins.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26
Food Value of Fruit.

Here are a few facts worth consid.
ering. Baked apples are more nutri-
tious than baked potatoes, and will
produce more work. Dates, prunes,
figs, apricots and raisins are dried
fruits always available. Instead of
looking upon them as merely supple
mental to food-like confectionery
we should remember that they are
really among the most healthful, pal
atable and concentrated of vegetable
foods.
Among fresh fruits, bananas, APP
pies, figs, grapes, blackberries, straw
berries and oranges have decided food
value and may be used as economical
sources OF nourishment.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

when the apples are stored see that
not single rotten one is included.
All our small fruits are benefited by
some slight protection during the win
ter.
Raspberries are best protected by
covering with clean straw or marsh
hay.
Burn the trash raked from the gar
den and orchard. Fire is a sure rem
edy for bugs.
1t is usually better to protect rasp-
berries over winter by burying in the
soil in the more northern localities.
If you have not already done so you
should go over the orchard and rake
up every rotten apple on the ground,
haul them away from the orchard and
destroy them.
The secret of dwarfing is to starve
the trees. The Japanese produce oaks
of great age but which are so small
that they can be held in one hand like
an ordinary house plant.
If dead and unsightly limbs have
not been taken off the trees, now is
good time to do so. Paint with
white lead the place from which the
limb came. Cut close to the tree, and
do clean. smooth job.
In the northwest the state expert
ment stations are working on the pro-
duction of special dwarfed trees
for the prairie regions. Stand
ard stock is grated on certain roots
such as very small growth as ounce
wild opul.,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26
KILL THE PEACH BORER NOW
Do Not Wait Until Spring, for Then
Eggs viii Be Hatched and Insects
Scattered.
CBy W. H. UNDERWOOD)

Go to your blacksmith with a ton
or twelve inch fiat file and have FIVE
or six inches of the small end made
into the shape Of a sharp-pointed knife
blade with one side of the blade fat
and the other half round.
Both edges OF the blade must be
sharp
Bend this blade to crescent shape,
with the fiat side on the inside of the
bend. Put a good handle on and you
have an instrument with which you
can sit down to a tree and scrape all
sides of 1t without moving The d.
ameter Of this bend should be at least
three inches.
After the first frosts, go through
the peach orchard with this little
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26
REMOVING A LARGE BRANCH
Cut Should Be Made Parallel With
Main Stem From Which One 10
To Be Removed.

(By W. s. THORNBER. Washingtcn.)
In the removal Of large branches
rom old or bearing trees always make
the cut parallel with the branch or
main stem from which the one is re-
moved. This frequently means a
larger wound than it would make If
the cut is made at right angles to the
limb that is to be removed, but such
wounds will heal quicker and are less
Injurious to the tree than the much
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26
A Drain of the COMPANY.

On his way home from the theater,
wnere he had seen a performance OF
"Othello." Bobby was unusually quiet.
DIDN'T you enjoy the play" his
grandfather asked at last.
On. yes. very much" replied Bobby
But, grandpapa. there's one thing
don't quite understand. Does the
black man kill a lady every nightY-
Youths Companion.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

Since women have begun to serve
on juries in the state of Washington
they have demanded that the men
serving with them shall not smoke In
the jury room. Perhaps the men will
now Insist that the women shall not
take their powder puffs. smelling salts
and pocket mirrors into the jury room.
This is period OF progress and gen
eral uplift-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

Mr.. Hitchcocks attention has been
called to the fact that the people OF
Gods Valley. Ore, want post Office.
II he has a proper sense of the fitness
of things he will hasten to put that To-
cality on an equal footing. at least,
with Devils Lake.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

Edison claims that he has complet.
ed a new invention which will revolu-
tionize things generally. but he won't
tell what II Is. Our hope is that It
may be something which will cause
people who pick their teeth In public
to quit
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26
PROPER GRADING OF APPLES
One Excellent Method Is to Construct
Wooden Trough With Different
Sized Holes.

An excellent method Of grading ap-
pies is described by Ray Malcolm in
the Farm and Preside as follows:
Make a trough, mounted on legs,
with a receiving box as shown in
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26
Not Uncommon FaIIacy.

why do you insist on investing
your money away from your home
town"
Well" replied Farmer Corntossel,
tive got good deal of local pride,
have, and / regard the people In this
here township as bein' so smart that
none of EN- is goin to let any real
bargains git away from him"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

Los Angeles first jury of women de
bated for more than half an hour
where 1t should go for lunch. and prob
ably would be debating yet had not
the bailiff settled the matter. The jury
torcycle rider charged with speeding
and was discharged.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

Automobiles racing at a speed Of a
ing telegraph poles are among some OF
the curiosities of this rapid age. But
as an engine OF modern improvements,
the automobile is rather to be com
mended for trying to abolish the dis
figuring street electric pole.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

The proposed change from the hob.
bic skirt to the hoopskirt might be
called jump from the ridiculous to
the ridiculous.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26
NJ atural Deduction

Papa, are lawyers always bad-tem-
pered?"
No. daughter; why do you ask
that?"
Because | read so much In the oa-
pers about their cross-examinations
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

I've so enjoyed this little visit with
you-it rests to get change from
ones usual thoughts, you know. Come
over soon-it will brighten you 10 and
interest you to be where there is a
child, and Willie is such lovable lit
tie fellow.
Kiss Mrs. James. darling. Why,
what are you sticking out your tongue
for? You say because you hate her?
oh. Willie. it is wrong to hate any
one! Hasn't he a cunning, pink little
tongue. Mrs. James?
Some day when I'm going out III
let you take him and keep him for
whole afternoon,"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

The nose is an ornament. according
to a prominent actress, but there L.
nothing ornamental about it when one
has hay fever
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

AS man grows older he sees some
thing in himself every day that is cal
culated to make him a little less con-
ceited
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

Lady" said Flooding Pete, Il amt
had square meal in two days"
We'll" said the resolute woman
as she turned the dog loose. neither
has Towser. SO know you'll excuse
him"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26
Awful.

Awful
The cry of Potts when he found
the state Of his boot was narrowing"
why so?"
Because 1t was the cry of a lost
sole"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

Appropriate enough, these whirlwfnd
finishes in baseball come In the period
1t eQuinoctial storms
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

Young Lady-Guard, will l have
time to say good-by to my friends?
Guard-Afraid not, miss. This train
leaves in two hours and a half.-Sa-
cred Heart Review.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

smaller ones that leave the collar of
the branch to be covered with healing
tissue. Do not hesitate to remove
large useless or superfluous limbs
from trees, but always make smooth,
clean cuts with a saw, and il neces-
sary to prevent splitting the stem or
peeling the bark, make two cuts-the
first from six to twelve inches out
from where the limb is to be finally
cut off. Nothing can be applied to the
wound to hasten the healing.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
Do not grippe.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

Cutting or Large Branches.
I. Proper method Of removing q
large branch.
2. Branch broken down from cut
wrongly made.
3. Dead stub left to rot back.
q. Stump Of branch left by bad
pruning.
5. Same three years later.
6. Decay resulting from bad prun-
Ing.
z. Cemented cavity.
8. Timed cavity.
8. Burlaped cavity.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26

The Tombstone Man-What hfnd Of
= monument do you wish put over
your husband?
Mrs. Weeds-You can carve any
figure, l suppose?
The Tombstone Man-Oh! yes,
maam.
Mrs. Weeds-Then make the
statute OF limitations. I've often heard
my husband mention that.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-26
Important to Mothers

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
signature Of &zZz<Zw
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-29
Try Names Complexion Builder.

A Texas promotion bureau boasts:
William Wiley, managing editor of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, and Joseph
Garretson, managing editor of the Gin
cinnati Times-S Star. who have been
the guests of Charles p Taft during
the latter's visit to his ranch in South
Texas on the coast, have just returned
to their homes in the north. Both
are enthusiastic over Southwest Texas
and it's possibilities. During their
stay on the Taft ranch they succeeded
in getting lost on a Texas prairie,
once narrowly escaped being shot by
accident and enjoyed wild rides in
They also had the pleasure of explor-
ing some of the many inlets along ths
Texas inter coastal canal, making tho
trips in motor launches. They
passed unseathed through numerous
adventures and have gone home with
roseate compilations bestowed by a
Texas SUM-
Now if these distinguished Ohio
newspapermen would come to Maine,
visit the logging camps, shoe
through painless miles of spruce
growth, pick gum there. and boil
maple sap into sugar, etc. etc. about
one hundred times or more, they'd be
competent to tell the difference be-
tween the Pine Tree State and the
Lone Star state And we lust
imagine that this March wind on new
snow can give Texas sun long odds
and win by neck. on the complexion
business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-29
Editorial Comment
What WhiteIaw Reid Said.
(Boston HcraId.D

tppolOH liti
The disposition to pay serious atten-
ton To the casual prophecies of
distinguished persons has given more
than one casual eommentor serious
trouble Just now it is Whitelaw Reid
who is called upon to deny that he
said it. or explain the why and how
Speaking offhand to a group of report
ers on his return to London, he sug-
gested certain parallels in the present
coal strike situation to conditions in
rance just before the revolution.
The sensational newspapers helped
the public to the idea that Mr.. Reid
had predicted a reign of terror for
England Think of it, the most cir
eumspect of our emissares forecasting
q state of anarchy for the country to
which he is assigned, Published YER
sions of the Reid interview evidently
offended some sober Britishers. For
on Monday, in the House of Commons,
Sir Henry J. DalZiel served notice that
he intends to ask Sir Edward Grey,
secretary of state for foreign affairs,
whether his attention has been direct
ed to an interview with the ambassa-
dor from the United States.
Suppose that Ambassador Reid, in
stead of adopting the simple eXpe-
dent of declaring that he was mis-
quoted, says that he believes there are
points of similarity between condi-
tons in England and those which pre-
vailed in France, in 1887? Will that
make him persona non grata? If so,
the ultimate effect of this incident
will seriously restrict ambassadorial
conversations. Hitherto historic il
Illustrations and parallels have been
permitted. They are the very salt of
diplomatic conversaziones. Many an
afterdinner diplomat has illustrated
historic events with reference to the
present Ambassador Reid may have
only intended to stir an interest in
French history. He was reported to
have said: II have been trying to re-
call conditions in Paris just before
the overthrow of the government. and,
as far as / can remember, a similar
state OF apathy existed there"
This might stir interest in history
but surely it need not offend national
pride. Gentlemen of England, We
might laugh at you if you didn't hap
pen to be in a very serious scrape.
And then we had "a brain storm here
over Ambassador Bayard's utterances
on protection in the summer eff 1895.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-29

cause for high cost of living. Who is it
that lives ON the fat of the land, pro-
duces nothing and yet makes his living
out of the consumer-who stands always
between the producer, the manufacture,
the seller and the consumer or puf-
chaser?
Well, he is that Jolly good fellow wh3
makes life the pleasanter for having met
him and being with him a while-tho
commercial traveller. Gee. What would
happen If an 10O.000 of those fellows were
set to work-producngl
The farmer as a class is in the hol
low of the hand of those who know with
whom they are dealing. and from whom
they get the rake-off which maintains
them luNuriously, while the farmer tries
to be content with living from hand to
mouth, and the consumer pays the higher
prices.
7 | Just can't stand for it-would YOU?
slH o NJ MOORE.
Maplcwood Farm, South Strong.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-29
The Miiliken "Skinninq."

All Augusta City Hall. Saturday eve
ming, March 8, Attorney General May
or Pattangall said: Come up to the
State House, 10 days from now and
hear Edgar Hanson skin Carl Mill
ken and you'll get your moneys
WORTH
The "skinning" process which our
distinguished attorney general fore
casted. proved to be the skinning of a
dead man in such plug ugly fashion
as to make rank partisans allied with
him blush for Senator Hanson's meth
DDS and total lack of tact and decen-
cy in "a public address. They hurried
ly had it stricken from the records.
We wonder if Mr. Pattangall was
proud of the skin" game he adver-
tised We wonder If ne wouldn't like
to engage Hanson to stump the State
in opposition to prohibition and in adj
vocacy of Democratic ring rule.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-29
How to Save the Inebriate.

What can be done to save the ine-
garet +. Sangster. in the Christian
Herald, and she answers it thus, in
part:
THE obvious reply is. close the So
loon. Remove the temptation that
fiatints itself at every street corner
Extend no favor to social drinking
Eliminate doubtful fayors from table
delieacies. Use stimulants only medi-
cinaily by the doctors advice, and
then keep them under lock and key,
guarding them as carefully as if they
were gunpowder. Begin with the
children and teach them that intoxi-
cants are synonyms for poison"
1t is apparent from these few words
that she would not attempt to save
the tempted by making it easy to Sc
cure intoxicants: that she would not
appeal to his appetite by displaying
and advertising liquors; that she
would in no wise temporiZe or
trade with the evil; that she
would not only keep liquors beyond
the sight, touch or smell of children
but would also keep them free from
drugged patent medicines and doped
sweets and oigarets.
MANY children are found TO have
unsatisfied appetites for something,
they know not what. Perhaps it is an
educated desire caused by some rem
edy" given them by fond but unwse
parents. An analysis of a certain
medicine highly recommended for
infants shows that it contains more
than ~ per cent. of alcohol and a
small percent of opium. What might
we expect of the appetite of a child,
accustomed 10 this uch-advertised
cure all. when grown to manhood?
Yes. we should not only teach them
that intoxicants are poisonous, but
that becoming accustomed to various
cures" is equivalent to building up
an appetite for intoxieants and drugs.
Phe inebriate can never be saved or
the drink evil lessened by making a
trade with the makers and sellers of
intoxicants that costs more on one
side than is gained on the other.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-29

airy of an assistant attorney general
amounted to enough to pay for 4
special beer and impeachment SEES
sion? Has the economy" balloon
busted?
Or, do the Democratic bosses at last
admit that all they have Dragged So
much about would have been done by
the Republican administra ton, had
Governor FernaId been returned to
power, without that six mills tax
(Which was felt by every property
holder in Maine) and without attack
ing the States credit at home and
abroad. Our Governor denies using
the words covered bridge" can he
deny giving people outside of the
State to understand that Names
credit was impaired and that the
State was on the ragged edge OF
bankruptcy?
Property-holders of Maine now
realize what Democratic economy"
means. 1t means a big increase in
taxes. Mr.. Taxpayer, how much
more was your tax last year than ever
before?
Perhaps the mouthpiece of the
Democratic dictator can tell us why
that six mill tax was not mentioned
in the 1912 platform, where it speaks
of reducing the State tax from five
mills in 1910 to four mills in 1912.
Our p-country neighbor should
awaken to the fact that its readers
don't care a rap for it's attempts to
pick a fuss with some one; what they
want is to know whether or not the
Democratic administration has made
good" in the accepted meaning of the
term. We say it has not, and stand
ready to prove it, We are convinced,
also, that the bakers dozen of Demo-
cratic leaders have not been able 10
make good" even with the beer
trust
1t looks like dead failure, in every
WaN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-29
Cost of Good Roads,

Editor Kernebec journal:
Before spending money upon any
scheme or enterprise il is we'll To con-
slider something of the cost Of that
enterprise. one cannot have some
thing for nothing; that is well known
Now what does it cost To build good
road per mile and how far will the
money go; that depends upon condi-
tions of soil, drainage, material To be
used and what you want. Ii You want
a thoroughly macadamized roed, one
that will be solid smooth and perma
nent built according to the ideas Of
the best authorities upon the subject,
Ii will cost from S50o0 to S10.G00 per
mile or. say on an average about
$4,000, rer mile. At that rate the s.
10000 would cover just about 80 miles
exclusive of salaries. Whew, that
won't do. it's too costly. | think $1,000
per mile would be amply sufficient
perhaps more than enough-to put 500
miles of State highway in splendid
condition.
One of the first requisites to be con-
siderco in the building of Il good road
is drainage: without proper drainage it
is useless to pile on top any material.
The cheapest material. of course, is
gravel and where il can be obtained
without too much cost il should be
freely used: next comes trap-rock and
field stone: this material can be hid
for the asking and when properly
crushed in different sizes and placed
above well drained foundation, there
is nothing better. | have seen money
well spent on roads and money worse
than wasted. Why? Simply because
when expensive drains were laid, they
were allowed to become useless for the
cutters filled up choking the outlets 10
the drains and forcing the water up
through the road bed causing the nee
essity of new drains.
1t is proposed, | believe. to divide
that money equitably among the dit
ferent counties. But howl that's the
rub, Aroostook is a dry county and
don't need much. Cumberland and
Androscoggin are both wet counties and
will need considerab bic. but Penobscot
is the wettest of all and will need Il
big slice | have Travelled more or less
i'm every county of the State, over good
roads and over. poor roads, over long
stretches of sand and over long
stretches of clay and over high hills.
w +. A.
HalloweH. March 81 1912
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Why Don't They Talk Finances?

Our Wateryille contemporary seems
anxious to talk about almost anything,
these days, but State finances. After
10 months attempt to convince the
people that the States bills are being
paid out of the private fortunes of
Pattangall. and Plaisted, and Davis,
aud Stevens. the subject seems sud-
denly to have become too warm for
handling.
The people. who have been swallow
ing the monthly campaign documents,
now wonder why these Democratic
monetary marvels have suddenly be-
come dumb.
Instead of maundering about "pessi-
mistic moods" and apostles of
gloom why does not our brilliant
brother, voicing the Democratic die
tator, show how much better the
States financial conditions We're in on
Jan. /, 1912. than on Jan. l, 1911
Why does he not show where that six
mill tax went to. Why not show up
the improvements and repairs made
by the administration in its first year
Why not ask the attorney general
how many thousands of dollars have
been spent by business interests In
chasing certain important public Of
fetal over the State to secure his
Signature. Hasn't the saving in SAL