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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
EARNING CAPACITY Of LAND
Live Stock and Grain Bring About
Twice as Much Now as They
Did Ten Years Ago.
By g. c. MILLER.)

Farmers as well as their financial
friends in town are vitally interested
IN the earning capacity of land. There
Is more money to be made in farming
loday than there has been in the past
because of permanent high prices for
produce and an improvement in trans.
portation facilities.
Live stock and grain bring Just
about twice as much now as they did
ten years ago. The certainty that
prices Will remain high comes from
the rapid growth of towns and cities
Ihe non-producing, consuming ele.
ment Is increasing much faster than
the class tilling the soil.
But what is the earning capacity OF
land! A farm of 100 acres can be
managed so as to maintain 100 hogs, a
dairy Of 20 cows, half a dozen brood
mares, large poultry yard, garden
an orchard and an apiary.
An income of $4,000 on a total ex.
pense for wages and family mainte.
nance of $1,000 would be fair esti.
mate. Allowing $500 more as inter.
est on the investment. there remains
net profit of $1,000.
Out of the $1,000 expense fund the
farmer who is operating on business
principles will allow himself and fam.
lily $500 as wages. He must consider
that he owes himself as much as he
would any other man for like
amount Of work, and his wife is en-.
Titled to her share in cash. /.
This would mean intensive, sys.
tematic, business-like farming, but
the figures are conservative, and any
intelligent person can attain these
results If such plan Is adopted. BY
going In larger on hogs and poultry
the net earnings might be increased
considerably and the expenses les.
sened. A dairy requires a compare
lively large area of land.
1t would pay to still further diver.
sify by the productions of beans,
onions and like crops, for which there
always is a good cash market 1t is
the single crop which makes The old
fashioned farmer so near failure.
theoretically hundred acres Of corn
or wheat will yield lot of money,
but as matter Of fact this kind of
farming will bring a man pretty close
to the poorhouse.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
DOG WINS A FOOTBALL GAME
Members Of Columbia Squad Are In
splred by Sight Of Canine Attack.
Ing Red Hot Poker.

remarkable turning of a game
between the halves occurred at Ithaca
in 1905. Cornell led Columbia by ST,
10 nothing when the teams returned
to the dressing rooms. Columbia had
not recovered from a wearing game
with Princeton the week before
Many Of the men were oyertrained
There was distinct feeling of the
hopelessness Of 1t all when the play
ers lay down upon the floor and
benches. Only Bill, white bull ter
rier mascot, showed signs Of livelin
ess. 1t was cold In the dressing
room and a trainer shook the ashes
In the stove. He used a poker. the
end of which became red hot. When
finally he laid down the metal rod the
red whitened. but the heat remained
Bill. deciding that the poker was to
De played with like stick, caught the
heated end in his mouth. Instantly
his lips scared and turned black. Bill
only shook the poker harder. Two
men grabbed him and tried to force
MIN to open his mouth. But BIZ
fought back and finally they had tc
choke him before he would loosen hi.
grip. 1t was then that Coach Morley
nudged Captain Fisher and pointed tc
the dog. Catching the idea. Fisher
sprang to his feet and built up
speech around Bill lie compared
bills nerve to the teams and asked
the men If they were not ashamed
CT themselves. His closing sentence
was: Just play for Bill, Bill. Bill!'
When Columbia returned to the
held. Bill. yelping furiously. led the
way. All through the half the team
heard him barking from the side-lines
Said Won Saltza, the big tackle. afte,
the game:
we heard every yelp, and 1t sim
ply drove u.s."
Also, Bills yelping was so good thai
columbia won out, twelve to six
American Magazine.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
IN LEISURE MOMENTS
DESIGNING OLD BEDSPREADS IS
THE LATEST FAD.
Two Ideas That Are Both Popular
and Effective Are In Strip or the
Diamond Design Of Irvine or
Monks Cloth.

Young girls have found a way to
keep their nimble fingers busy In the
making Of rather odd bedspreads.
appropriate mostly for the rooms
of bachelor brothers, friends or even
uncles.
OF these new bedspreads there are
two kinds-those made Of twine and
those made of monks cloth. Both are
popular and effective. 1t is a matter
of taste with young girl whether
she wishes to crochet a twine bed
spread or to sew together and rough
ly embroider one of monks cloth.
The twine bedspreads have taken
the place in the working Of neck
ties for crochet work. Happily they
are not all made in one piece, but OF
many small squares or diamonds. ac'
cording to the design. which are sewn
together later 1t is therefore an easy
matter to carry about in the workbag
one or two pieces in process of ma
king and to take them out whenever
an opportunity offers for little light
SiOCuStluB.
The so.called twine used for these
bedspreads comes in large balls like
those of ordinary twine, and can be
purchased at either fancy or depart
ment shops. The needle should be
Of size that handles we'll the par
ticular thickness of twine necessary
for the selected design
Some girls are making these bed
spreads In strips after designs long
known in connection with afghans,
and prefer them to the those that are
made out of numbers Of small
squares or diamonds. The strip de-
sign gets rid of the labor Of sewing
the many small pieces together. 1t Is
also equally pretty. The designs made
In small squares or diamonds are real
ly more elegant, for they follow pat
terms suggestive of cluny lace and are
done with finer twine than those In
strips. They are more for the young
girls own bedroom than for that Of
the bachelor brother. The successful
note about such work is that 1t pro-
duces an immediate stylish effect.
And once made such bedspreads last
forever
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
Orange Shortcake.

One quart of -four, two teaspoons Of
baking powder, one-half teaspoon Of
salt, one-half cup butter, one-half pint
Of sweet milk. Take half of this and
roll half an inch thick, place in drip
ping pan and spread with butter, then
roll the other half and put on top Of
the first. Bake in hot oven Peel,
seed and slice thin eight oranges, add
enough sugar to make sweet, place
these between the cake as soon as It
Is taken from the oven and serve at
once
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
2FBAllARouN
.bst1oUSE

II you get too much salt into your
tomato soup. add bit of brown su-
gar. 1t seems to make salty soup
taste all right. But better still is to
add few slices of raw potato.
To mend linen tablecloths, remove
the presser foot from your machine.
Insert the place to be darned under
1t and stitch back and forth. It is
much quicker and neater than when
done by hand.
Instead of frying mackerel in a
spider place 1t in a baking pan on
piece of old cotton cloth or thick
brown paper. Sprinkle over a little
salt and add several pieces of salt
pork or butter, If preferred Bake in
hot oven.
To take the smell OF fish from
hands wash them in water which
contains few drops of ammonia.
The best way to SINCE the hairs and
pin feathers from a fowl is to put it
In pan and pour alcohol over It
and instantly set this on fire. The
blaze removes hairs and pin feath-
ers without injuring the flesh.
If colored cottons are washed in
bran or starch water instead OF soap
suds them will keep their color. If
bran is used put 1t in bag Of loose.
ly woven cheesecloth-a handful OF
either Is enough for small tub OF
water.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
A Flower Game.

A new version Of drop the hand.
kerchief" is played by forming a ring
with one child staying olt. Each
child takes the name Of q flower or
shrub. The child outside the ring has
small branch in her hand. which she
drops behind a player. calling out the
flower name of the player. As she
does this she starts to run around the
ring with the one called close at her
heels. Whichever reaches tho vacant
place hrst wins. and the other must
stay outside the circle. If she for.
gets the Hover namo or calls the
wrong one, che must pay forfeit: all
forfeits are paid when tho game is
ended.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
Baked Guinness

Pare and quarter; extract seeds and
stew the fruit in clear water until a
straw will pierce them; put them in
to- baking dish with half cupful of
sugar to every eight ounces; pour
over them the liquor in which they
were boiled, cover closely and steam
In the oven one hour. Take out the
ounces, lay them in a covered bowl to
keep warm, return the syrup to the
saucepan and boil 20 minutes, pour
over the ounces and set away, cov-
cred, to cool. Eat cold.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
Jerusalem Artichoke Scum.

Three slices of lean bacon or ham.
half head OF celery, one turnip, one
onion. six artichokes, one tablespoon
full butter. one quart boiling milk, salt
and cayenne pepper to taste. Put the
bacon and vegetables, which should
be cut in thin slices, in a stew pan
with butter; cover with water and let
them stew gently to a smooth pulp:
strain through colander; then add the
boiling milk with seasoning. Serve
with square Of leavened bread.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
Honey Loaf Cake.

Cream half cup of butter; then
add one.half cupful of sifted granu-
lated sugar and one-half cupful Of
strained clover honey and cream
again. At this point stir in two eggs
without separating and beat until the
mixture is creamy and lemon color;
then add one pint of -four. in which
sift one rounding teaspoonful of ba.
king powder and one teaspoonful Of
caraway seeds; pour into creased
shallow loaf pan and bake in mod
crate oven for about twenty-five min.
utes.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
Way to Apply Lime.

A very satisfactory way to apply
lime to soil is to distribute the ma
terial in piles two rods apart each
way. and then later each pile can be
spread with shovel over an area
extending about one rod in all direc.
tons from the pile-each pile ia
spread so as to cover four square
rods Of area
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
Sisters ONLY Chojce

Bobby" said the mother Of n pre.
cocious youngcter, did you let your
little sister have her choice of apples
as | told you?"
Yes, mamma" replied Bobby, T
told her she could have the little one
or none, SO she took the little one."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
Delicious Mullins.

Three cups entire wheat -four, one
cup rye meal, one egg, one-balf cup
sugar. one-fourth cup melted butter,
one teaspoon of soda, two teaspoons
cream Of tartar; add milk enough to
make batter. not too stiff. Bake In
hot muffin pan.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
Cream of Beet Soun.

Boil unpeeled beets until tender,
scrape them. chop fine and rub
through colander and proceed as
with cream Of spinach soup This is
pretty as we'll as a good soup.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
Run In the Family.

"Why, Marie" said mother to her
four-year-old daughter. you ought to
be ashamed to have such dirty hands
You never saw my hands tlike that
did your"
mo, guess not" replied Marie:
but bet my grandma did"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
Must Be Spoiled Flret

Aunt May-Johnny, YOU bad boy
you have molasses taffy all over your
new suit! What will mamma say?
Johnny-Oh. 1t doesn't make much
difference what she says. She never
lets me have any fun in new clothes
until get them spoiled.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
They Didn't Count.

Small Harold was watching a regi.
ment of soldiers marching by. headed
by a hand. Mamma" said he, what's
the use Of all them soldiers that don't
ruake music?"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
Mouth Stretchcra

One evening small Bobby yadncd a,
the supper table. Mamma" he quer
led. what makes people have mouth.
stretchersi"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21
A FIERCE ANATHEMA.
The Pious Wish Woman Flung at
Jean Paul Richter.

The Pious Wish a Woman Flung at
Jean Paul Richter.
Jean Paul Richter once observed.
that If a lady officer wanted to give
the word Halt" she would do 1t in
the following strain: You soldiers, all
of you, now mind what say. / order
you as soon as 1 have done speaking
TO stand still. every one of you, on the
spot where you happen to be. Don't
you hear me? Halt, say, all Of your
Upon this a strong minded woman
made the following comment: Now,
NJ. Jean, it was an unlucky day on
which you wrote that sentence. May
you never hear anything but that lit
tie, concise word No from every rosy
pair of lips you meet May you halt
wifeless through life. May your but
tons be snappish. your strings knotty
and your stockings full of holes. May
your bootjack be missing, your feet
corny and your shaving water cold,
your razor dull, your hair stand up,
your collar lie down. May your beard
be porcupiny. your whiskers thinly
settled and your mustache curl the
wrong way. May your coffee be mud
dy, your toast smoky and your tea
water bewitched, and, with a never
dying desire for affection, may you
crawl through creation a meek, miser-
able. nasty, forlorn. fidgety. fussy. RI
aiculous, ruined, detected old bachelor"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21
HIGH Seundina Names.

Writing in his Paris paper on the
growing custom on the part Of parents
to give their children high sounding"
names, Clement Vautel says: when
the boy is old enough to understand
he rebels at being compelled to carry
through life a name like Anacreon or
Hipparchus. But he has company. 1
know a deputy whose parents named
him Franklin. The name in itself Is
not 90 bad. but be has two brothers.
Voltaire and Socrates respectively
Fancy this scene ins the nursery:
Franklin bowling because Voltaire has
broken his toy. while Socrates laughs
at both The mother as peacemaker
shouts, Stop. Socrates. or you'll be
punished In q narrow street in Mar
Eeilies one broiling hot day / saw a
woman spanking a child, shouting in
anger. You naughty Epaminondes; III
teach you. Epaminondesr / could new
er think of the Theban general after
that without laughing"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21

were in the roof. but in time came open
windows in the wall. In the middle
ages some one brought from China the
idea of using cloth to cover the win
dows, and there is the origin of your
curtain. with its frills and loops.
The glass chandelier, If you have one
they are out OF fashion now-can be
put down to the workmen refugees
from France driven from their homes
by Louis XIV. by the revocation of the
edict of Nantes in 1855.
Even the drawer in the kitchen table
ANY table drawer, for the matter Of
that-had to be thought of, but nobody
did manage to think of fixing a drawer
to a table until some inyeterate card
player-his name is forgotten-wanted
a handy place for the cards when they
were not in use. The very thing! And
table drawers were invented.
Kitchen" by the way. is derived
from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning
ito cook" while ''scullery"-whichp pos
itively has nothing to do with "scul-
hon"-comes from a word meaning "a
bowl"
Some OF your furniture may well
have an English political biasl 1t GER
tainly is so If it bears that familiar de
sign based upon the Prince Of Wales
feathers. Hepplewhite, the famous fur
niture designer. began IT. In his time
there was a strong Tory party support
ing George Ill. while the Wing party
was headed by the Prince OF Wales
Hepplewhite was an ardent Wing
and accordingly introduced Prince of
Wales feathers into his furniture de-
signs on everyt possible occasion. In
cidentally the sofa is an importation
from the ease loving Arabs. whose
'sufah" was a long bench outside the
house
And. finally. hall simply means a
place which is covered in. and the word
comes from exactly the same root as
the Internal regions! - Philadelphia
Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21
ABOUT THE HOUSE
Little Romances That Are Linked
With Its Furnishings.

II you only knew it. queer little ro-
mances are peeping out at you all over
your house. from attic to cellar. They
are well worth looking for.
Framed pictures had to have a begin
ming They date back TO about 500
years ago when peaceful monks paint
ed the walls OF their living rooms with
Scriptural subjects. Then one day
some one conceived the bright idea Of
mailing wood around these frescoes 90
as TO separate the subjects. A little
later came gilding-and the evolution
or the modern picture frame was sim
ply matter Of time.
The drawing room Is a perfect mine
OF history. AS most people know. this
Is. strictly. the withdrawing room"
TO which one withdraws after dinner,
as the name implies.
The sntimacassars over the backs OF
the chairs similarly carry their object
IN life in their name. These more or
less artistic things had their begin
nings some $50 years ago, when every
one used macassar oil for the hair.
The mistress Of the household then
would no more permit greasy polls to
spoil her fine chairs than would the
modern mistress. And. 10. the antima-
CAESAR.
or chairs themselves, perhaps the
most interesting feature is the familiar
enthusiastically known as the
stretcher-which joins the front legs.
Nowadays its purpose is usually for
Ornamentation. sometimes strength.
though often Il Is absent altogether.
II harks back to the days Of the first
chairs, when knights and danes want
ed TO keep their feet OF the cold.
drafty rush Uttered floors; hence
the stretcher. Originally the stretch
er was only a few inches above the
ground but when, later on, rugs and
carpets came into more general use
and rooms became more comfortable.
the stretcher gradually lost its impor-
lance.
II H curious to note that the cory
armchair was the last stage OF all.
Cushions and padding were the hrst
additions to the plain seat. Then
came painted chairs and afterward
carved legs, and hnally-a leisurely last
came backs and arms and with them
the luxurious rocker.
In point OF fact the chair is easily the
most important piece Of furniture you
have, historically speaking To this
lay, taking the chair" denotes taking
The head Of affairs. reminiscent Of the
dime when there was only one chair in
room, three legged stools at the most
being provided for less important folk
Window curtnins. again. have their
title romance. Originally all Windows
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21

heirs and assigns of the b. o. wag in
the advanced S. Of S. had best assume
an air of meek humility. AS well as
prepare to apologize. We are about
to introduce Charles E, Brickley.
Mr.. Brickley distinguished himself
last fall by kicking the pigskin much
further than any of his confreres could
or indeed than those who opposed
him. He became what is technically
known as a football hero" In con-
sequesce it is not surprising that he
is quite a favorite with his school
mates. Now, by every law and reason
Mr.. Brickley should have been con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21
To Say and to Do.

do you wish to go to church this
evening? Father is going to preach,
you know" the minister's fair daugh-
ter asked.
The young man considered.
''Um! The last time went he rath-
er fell on some of my small failings.
Do you know what his text will be to-
night?"
Yes; Love one another"
He regarded the round pink cheek
approvingly.
Suppose" he suggested softly. that
We let sthe old gentleman go preach.
while we sit here and practice?"-Lip-
pfncott's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21
Open

Until
mas

three places for Vest" Then he add
ed, with well assumed indignation, 81
am decidedly opposed to so many
monuments to Vest-in the White
Housew
Mrs. Harrison FASTENED to explain
what her husband, of course. knew all
the time-that the word west" was
the architects contraction for yesti-
bule, of which there were three on the
plans, whereupon the president said
he was satisfied and handed the draw
ings back to her, with twinkle in his
keen blue eyes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21

Once upon time bearded old wag
in the advance stages of senility
thought up a joke that went something
like this:
Jones-I was badly cheated when I
spent two thousand dollars for my
sons education.
Brown-Welli How so?
Jones-All got was a quarterback.
This joke as well as all it's multi
farious kith and kin has made many
appearances in the comic week.-Mrs.
it has evoked lawfter in all the bar
Der shops in the country. But the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21
A WHITE HOUSE JEST.
General Harrison's Objections "a
Monuments to West"

6oncFal HarriSons OplectlonS %
Monuments to West"
As a general thing, one Of the first
duties of the wife OF an incoming pres
ident and one Of the things she usual
ly enjoys heartily is to attend to such
Heterogeneous and refurnishings of
the White House as may be necessary
or advisable according to her person
al taste, the size and customs of her
family. and so on.
l remember one occasion, writes
Colonel William H. Crook in the Phil
adelphia Saturday Evening Post, when
Mrs. Harrison had finally decided
upon some slight architectural changes
and had brought her architects plans
TO the president and asked his opinion
Of them. General Harrison studied
the drawings with care and noticed
that several inches were left, each
plainly marked. At last he said:
well. my dear. here is a place for
Lincoln. and here is a place fer
Grants bust And you have left
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21

tent to spend his remaining days at
school basking in the sunshine of re-
Prospective glory and upon leaving &C
cept a s6 job in law Office. And did
he? Oh far from same, friend Sport
Reader, far from same.
No sir, Brickley simply kicked the
bottom out of that little old joke just
as he had out of many football games.
In the first place, his wide circle Of
appreciative friends begged him to &C
cept a nice new, this-year's automo-
bile as a modest little token of their
esteem. Then a newspaper came
along and slipped him one thousau4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21

bones for the use of his signature in
a series of football articles. A New
York clothing house has made him
their Harvard representative and hero
worshipping under-grads wake him up
at all hours of the night TO sell them
neat, but not gaudy garments. Our
cartooner suggests the lucrative OPP
portunities, not that we wish to en-
courage the heinous sin of avarice but
why not help good thing along?
We wonder what will become of the
old fashioned football star who used
to take job as grocer's clerk when
his gridiron days were DER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21

MIN back and forward for a few min
utes he stopped and said to the buyer:
what do you think of his coat? Isn't
he dandy?"
The buyer. noticing that the horse
had the heaves, replied, Yes, l like
his coat all right. but / don't like his
pants."-London Tit-Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21

New York-Charlen Katz, one-time
president of the Eastern Brewing
company, must serve not less than
three years nor more than seven for
the larceny of stock valued II SILL
$50 from Mathew NJ Joyce in 1909, IN
der a decision by the appellate divi-
sion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21

his annual report. The bank examiner
declares that all banks should be COM
PEELED to incorporate for the protec-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21

ton of the depositor and he recon-,
mends that the state legislature en-
act such law.