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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-21
cola

Mrs. Thos. Brunk and children
have moved out on the farm for the
summer.
Mrs. T. L. Acuff is convalescing af-
ter her serious illness.
Morris Begun who has been Ill
some time, has recovered.
Mrs. Allan Thacker, of Portland,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Hayden,
and her sister, Mrs. Harry Thacker.
Mrs. Harry Thacker is dangerously
i'll at present. Miss Blodgett, train
ed nurse is in attendance.
Joe Shindler and family spent
Sunday at Holman's
Arlene Magee has gone to Chema-
wa to spend few weeks with her
aunt.
VIM. Antrican is repairing his
house.
The well drillers who have been
drilling on Mr.. Gherke's place struck
water at 146 feet.
Nola Trent has been doing Mrs.
Acuff's housework during the latters
illness.
Quite a number Of people besides
our two graduates attended the pic
nic at Rickreall last Saturday.
At the annual school meeting held
in the school house last Monday
Thos. Brunk was elected director for
three years r. Brunk was elected
clerk for one year, w. d. Magee
was elected director for one year to
fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation Of Thos. Holman. Miss Mary
NIFTY was elected librarian for one
year
The thunder storm Friday fore
noon struck and destroyed four tele-
phone poles on the Farmers line.
between r. w. Brunk's and Crom-
ley's places and burned out the teIe-
phone batteries in Mr.. Cromley's
house.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-21
RowERsv1LLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Nightigal and son.
John, of Salt Creek, Mr.. and Mrs
Peter Buhler, of Smithfeld, autoed to
George Kliever's Sunday.
The young people attended the
school picnic at Rickreall Saturday
reporting a fine time.
Elbert Hayes is hauling gravel ON
the county road.
Miss Mildred and Victor Hayes, OF
Harmony. visited with the Ed Hayes
children last week.
Elizabeth and David Rempel and
Mabel. Mildred and Victor Hayes at
tended services az the EVangeiicai
church Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. S. Ediger returned
last week froma visit in Kansas. They
are more than ever pleased with "oId
Polk"
Haying has started with a large
yield in sight.
]. o. Wilson is erecting a barn on
his place.
Miss Anna Kliever and Mrs. Dan
Kaegi went to d. d. Peters to pick
strawberries.
The Cinnamon celebrated their ma
tional holiday Tuesday.
G. ]. Rempel is making hay rack
He is expecting a bumper crop.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-21

ment last Sunday. His subject was:
What is MANI" and he handled 1t in
a mastery way, holding his large au-
dience closely for about so minutes,
1t was a grand sermon.
There We're quite number from
here who attended the Rose Festival
in Portland last week, among them
Mrs. P. H. johnson. She said they
had a good time, if it did rain.
The annual school meeting passed
off quietly Monday with but small
attendance, and the outgoing trustee,
o. A. Wolverton, and A. ]. Haley, as
clerk, were reelected without oppc-
sition, a sign that the voters of the
district are satisfied with their work.
The Normal exercises passed off
very creditably, not only to the stu
dents, but showed that the manage
ment, under President Ackerman, is a
credit to the school. Long live the
Normal and it's president.
Mrs. c. Copeland, of Newport, is in
town, to be with her daughter, one
of the graduates.
Hon. Fred Chambers, of Toledo,
Lincoln county, was in town this
week to see his sister graduate. Mr..
Chambers was elected to the legisla-
ture two years ago.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-21
BETHEL.

Charlie Mulkey attended the Rose
Festival Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. N. Mulkey return
ed from Lane county Thursday.
Mr. ]. w. Jenkins and family drove
to Dallas Sunday morning in their
automobile.
Ezra Boyer is visiting his uncle at
Louisville.
A large crowd from here attended
the Rickreall picnic Saturday.
Mabel and Harold Jenkins spent
Sunday at the home of I. N. Mulkey.
Ralph Derrick, of Salem, spent
Saturday and Sunday at the home of
S. L. Stewart
The school meeting was held in the
school house Monday afternoon for
the purpose of electing a director.
Mr.. Geo. Shields was elected. Also
a meeting of the Bethel Institute was
held.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Kelly, Of
Canada, are visiting at the home Of
j. ID. Kelly.
Mr.. jenkins and family will attend
the Turner convention at Turner be-
ginning next Saturday, through the
session.
There were 26 in attendance at
Sunday school Sunday and over $l.OO
in collections.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-21
BUELL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Orthe Craft and fam
uv Of Sheridan. spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Harrington.
Allan Fletcher has gone to WORK
for Buford Stone.
sherd Braley has moved PACK
home from the hopyard.
Mrs. Essie Roberts. Of Tillamook' y
spending a few days with Mrs. Her
man Lenhard. and other relatives oil
salt Greek.
A. W. Fletcher has bought ne"
cream separator.
Herman Muller has gone up to Ce-
dar Greek TO work in the logging
camp.
Nora Jones and Helen Cofiea spent
Saturday in Dallas.
Mr.. and Mrs Neeley will soon move
up 70 the sawmill.
There will be a celebration al
Buell. picnic grounds the Fourth Of
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-21

for medical treatment, is. getting
along nicely and will be home in
three weeks.
Loleta Dennis is visiting her grand
parents. w. 1. Reynolds and wife at
Buena Vista.
Mrs. Zim Hinshaw and son Charles
of the Siletz Basin, are visiting with
friends and relatives in the city.
Bert Wonderly and family came
in from their claim Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Chester Titus are
the proud parents of a baby boy
born on Wednesday.
Mrs. VIM. Ellis was a passenger to
Dallas Friday.
Glen Ferguson was a passenger to
Dallas Monday.
Anon Myers, Roy McMurphy and
Thede Harris made a business trip
to Socialist valley Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Johnson and
daughter took in the Rose carnival
in Portland the latter part of the
week.
William and Sammy Halsey took
in the picnic at Rickreall Saturday
Oliver Smith of Lewisville, was ir
the city Friday.
A. d. James is home again.
Geo. Bell, the barber, is in Arizona
Mrs. N. Selig went to Portland
Tuesday.
Joe Harlin is building a house OF
his lots here.
Miss VIOLA Selig made a trip t.
Portland Saturday.
N. Selig and L. B. Murray return
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-21

City for the summer. He will teach
at Rickreall next year.
Ellis Frink wnt to Orgon CITY Fri
DAY where he has secured employ-
ment.
Mrs. Chas. Hubbard is home from
the Dallas hospital and is improy-
ing rapidly.
MISS Leila Frink, of Dallas, visited
her grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Ford over Sunday.
Lester Barnhart who graduated
from the Dallas college last week is
home for the summer with his par-
ents. He will teach at Cottage Grove
this year.
Miss Gazelle Lee returned from
Portland Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Heydon were
passengers to Portland Wednesday.
Wilford Bancroft accidentally shot
Charlie Wurtzenbarger through the
chin with a % rife on Tuesday af :
ternoon, but getting medical help
immediately, the child is improving
slowly.
Mildred Chaplin was a Portland
visitor the latter part of the week.
Mr.. L. Frink, of Oregon City, is
in Falls City packing his household
goods.
Eva Chaplin was visiting friends
in Portland Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Robert Wonderly has gone to his
claim.
Word was received Tuesday that
]. H. Flower who is in Berkley, Cal,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-21
PERRYDALE

]. f. Yoakum was a visitor al
Rjckrean Sunday between trains.
J. A. Baxter. Henry Mckee ana
Charles Bratcher were McMinnyile
visitors Tuesday.
A large number OF the people OF
this vicinity attended the picnic at
Rickreall Saturday.
"A. ]. Elliott was called 70 Portland
TO serve on the Federal jury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Morrison ami
family. who have been TO the noun
,alns on a vacation trip, returned
home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Elmerd Enes were
McMinnvile callers Tuesday.
D.L Keyt and daughter. Elsie.
took the train Monday for Portland
later going 10 Boise. Idaho.
Rev. Hugh Bunk, Of Eugene. WI
preach az the Christian church here
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-21
FALLS CITY

Heydon went into the Siletz
Monday to oversee some work
ne telephone line.
l.n,v M whftier, Of Seattle, was a
or Monday.
Jessie Hale and daughter
y. of Orland, Cal. are visiting
% Darents, Mr., and Mrs. G. NJ. Ira
and othr relatives.
T.s Edith Barnard who has been
.drp the winter in Kansas, re-
IA home Sunday.
.r.s sprague, of Albany. is spend
week at the home of Mr.. and
1 A. B. Brown.
n. and Mrs. H. Griffin spent Sun
4 in Portland.
|D.of Mills, of Black Rock, left for
home in Iowa Tuesday.
N |, Thompson took the follow
Darty to Portland in his auto
.tend the Rose carnival: MIR.
Il Mrs. C. w. Davis and Mrs. Bert
IAniS.
|vrs Church Smith, after spending
weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
spinney, returned to her home
portland Wednesday.
IA A. Spinney, who is working at
l,nendence, spent Monday with
family.
u Brown and wife of Pedee, were
tisy visitors.
Willard McKown and wife were
srendence callers Sunday.
M and Mrs. e. Buell. and baby OF
ltpendence, have moved to Falls
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-21

July. All interested in it please at
tend meeting at the church Tuesday
afternoon. the 2sd, at o'clock. Ev-
erybody welcome.
Mr.. Bartram and several of the
men and cooks have gone up in the
mountains to commence logging soon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-21

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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-05-09

j. P. Jensen. wife of four children,
found for the Willow Bunch country
IA southern Saskatchewan, passed
through here recently in red painte1
prairie schooner, drawn by four
horses hitphed abreast. They had
come from Jamison, Neb., having
left that place Feb. 26. They were
delayed by snow storms three weeks
n South Dakota.
The Flaxton Times observingly
notes that gas tractors are getting so
numerous in that vicinity that the
skunks Of the field are going into re-
tirement, as they can't compete with
the exhaust Of the as engines.
Our old friend, Dick Steinhofer, is
again candidate for sheriff Of Burke
county. Mfnot friends Of the sheriff
have watched his career with inter
est realizing that he has made good.
John Mareck, who has been foreman
of the Davis mine at Burlington has
gone to Mckenzie couonty where he
has good claim.
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Questions Answered by Members Of
the North Dakota Agricultural
College.

What is cocoa? What food value
has It?
Ans by Domestic Science Dept.
All cocoa and chocolate prepare
lions are made from the seeds, (cocoa
beans) Of 4 tropical tree. The seeds
are fermented and roasted to improve
their flavor. Cocoa beans are ground;
they contain so much fat that they are
pasty-in this form the paste is run
into molds and cooled forming cakes
this is known as chocolate II favored
and sweetened 1t becomes sweet ohoco-
late.
Cocoa is made by extracting from
tho cocoa bean large proportion Of
it, fat and powdering up tho dry sub
stance remaining. Cocoa, then, with
the fat eliminated is Z little less nu.
tritious than chocolate.
Composition of Cocoa:
30 per cent. fat.
1918 per cent nitrogen compounds.
1913 per cent starch.
Cocoa and chocolate are both con-
sidered good foods and when cooked
with milk are very nutritious one Of
the best drinks for children.
Is the North Dakota climate too -
we're for hog raising?
Ans. e. J. Thompson.
The climate of North Dakota IL not
too severe for hog raising. Indeed.
during most Of the year ideal condi-
tons for making pork exist. And dur
I ing the cold months II hogs are housed
and cared for as they should be on
every farm they will do very well.
Hogs must have exercise at III
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grain plats were considerable longer,
sometimes penetrating the ground 1S
or 20 inches.
Because of the dry condition of the
second and third feet of soil in the
spring of 1911, and because of short
rainfall, yields we're very low Upon
the plats that were cultivated times
the wheat yielded bushels per acre,
while upon the plats that were not cul-
tivated the yield was but 81 bushels
per acre. This makes a difference Of
13 bushels per acre in favor of cult
vation. Even this result alone would
have been worth the work, for grow
ing grain can be narrowed for Is cents
per acre, so that 13 bushels would
have more than paid for tho work
The value of cultivation was not
limited to the effect upon yield The
cultivated plats contained more water
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lines II they are to succeed best and
turing this cold period the farmer
must see that his hogs get that ez.
ercise or dire results will follow.
At this time Of year, too hogs not
taking exercise and lying In warm
damp beds fail to drink enough water
with their feed to flush their systems.
This leads to a rheumatic condition
and often disturbance Of the digestive
tract which means lack of response to
the feed consumed and miserable look.
Ing hogs.
We advocate only one litter of pigs
per year as young tender pigs do not
succeed on the average farm during
the winter months as they should.
Where hogs are given care and have
good housing during this time Of year
two litters can be raised successfully
from matured sows with apparent ease
and satisfaction.
Can hot water heating plants and
steam heating plants be used In
houses that are not connected With
water supply?
Ans. e. s. Keen0.
Either Of the systems may be used
In isolated dwellings quite a. readily
- where city water supply IL avail.
able. In either system the amount Of
water actually lost in operation IL az
trihing Importance and may Be 70.
plenishsd by hand with very slight
amount Of trouble. A we'll designed
hot water plant ought not lose ten.
gallons OF water during season. A
steam plant Of the same size will lose
more water but tho amotnt IL OF minor
consequence.
What 10 tho best way to stack cornf
Ans. ]. H. Shepperd.
Corn must be stacked in very mar
row Kicks II put in stacks ct Ill. II
the ricks are more than ten feet wide,
they are apt to heat badly. even when
the corn seems to be entirely dry. II
the corn is shredded ! would advise
mixing it with straw to prevent heat
ing. Shredded fodder IL extremely
hAsd to keep from heating badly.
& r
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saved by cultivation is about equal to
2 bushels of wheat per acre. Thus
the gain brought about by the cult.
vation of our growing grain amounts
to, we may say. 3.3 bushels per acre.
AS the total cost of cultivation did not
amount to more than IS cents per acre
we can see that the value of the work
was very great.
The writer feels confident that cult
waiting the growing grain will become
much more common practice than
1t has been in the past We will learn
when cultivation is done to the best
advantage, how soon after rain one
may enter the field, and the different
kinds Of cultivation that go along best
with certain soils. Some soils tend to
blow more than other soils, 30, of
course. the kind of cultivation Is of
considerable momentum.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office at Minot, N. D.. April 1e,
1912.
Notice is hereby given that Sarah
). Holcomb, Of Minot, N. D., who, on
March Is, 1909, made H. E. Serial
No. 0e612. for az SEX, and NW4
sEA. Section %. Township 15s n,
Range SO W.. 9Th Principal Meridian
has filed notice Of intention to make
final communication proof, to establish
claim to tho land above descr,h.d h.
fore Register and Receiver. II 8
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STATE or NORTH DAKOTA,

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.
County Of Ward-ss: In County
Court. Before N. Davis. Judge.
H. H. Noodle and D. HarroveL %.
I partners, doing business under the
arm name and style Of McCole Z
s. Harerove, PLAINTIFFS, vs.. Donala
Steele, Defendant.
SUMMONS.
The State Of North Dakota to the
Above Named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to n
swer the complaint in the above eli
titled action, copy of which is
hereto attached and herewith served
upon you, and to serve a copy OF
your answer upon the Subscribers at
their office in the City Of Minot,
County Of Ward, and State of North
Dakota, within ten days after the
service Of this summons upon you,
exclusive Of the day of service: and
in case of your failure to appear or
answer. a. above required, judgment
Will be taken against you by default
for the relief demanded in tho COM
plant.
Dated this 3oth day Of March, A. y.
1912.
Greenleaf, Bradford & Nash,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs,
ONCE and Postoffice Address,
Minot, N. D.
IS 2 t3
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At the end Of the season than did the
non-cultivated plats. The studies that
we made show that the plats that
were not cultivated lost moisture dur
Ing the entire season. while the cult.
waited plats gained moisture with the
exception Of the top two feet of soil.
On May the top foot of soil was
comparatively wet as it still contained
the moisture from the melting SHOWS;
but at harvest time the top foot was
very dry. for 1t had not only given its
moisture to tie crop, but 1t had been
subjected to the burning sun during
the entire season
The illustration shows the compare
tive amounts of water gained and lost
through cultivation for the top SIX
feet Of soil. The size Of the rectangle
indicates the comparative amounts Of
moisture in tons per acre. II the rec
tangle extends to the left of the central
line a gain is indicated and II to tho
right . loss One notices that from
May to June II the cultivated plats
gained moisture in every foot, while
the non-cultivated plats lost moisture
in every foot except the second. From
May l to harvest time the non-culti.
waited plats lost moisture in every foot
and in the cultivated plats only tho
top two feet lost moisture. The
amount Of moisture gained during the
season was equal to 1888 inches Of
rain, or II expressed in weight, tho
amount of moisture saved for each
acre would tip the scales at 213.5 tons.
Stored water to the dry land farmer
is also as good as money in the bank.
and 1873 inches of water that has been
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VALUE OF CULTIVATION
Result Of Experiment Made at
Dickinson Station.
Illustration Shows c o m . aratlve
Amounts Of Water Gained and
Lost in Top Six Feet Of Soil
Store Moisture Valuable.

tBy L. r. wALDRoN. Dickinson Sta,
,.... tiOn.)
An experiment was carried out at
Dickinson. North Dakota, in 1911 to
determine the effect of cultivating the
growing grain. Wheat was sown up
on land that had grown wheat in 1910
The 1910 crop left the ground very
dry. as the rainfall Of that year was
deficient. The melting SHOWS of the
spring of 1911 moistened the top foot
Of soil, but left the second and third
feet dry. The rains of 1911 were not
sufficient to wet down below the top
foot Of soil to any appreciate extent,
~ q consequence the wheat crop of
1911 was forced to depend almost en-
tirely upon the top foot of soil for
its food and moisture supply. 1t is
impossible for plant roots to pene-
trate dry soil. and as 4 consequence
tho roots Of the 1911 crop did not
average much more than one foot in
length. The roots upon the cultivated