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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-01-15
Whitewash Cow Stable.

White washing the COW stable should
be one of the chores on farms where
COWS are MIXED. Lime does not cost
much and the whitewash can be ap
piled in very short time. 1t will
sweeten the stable and add very much
to the satisfaction and self respect of
the farmer. The following method
for preparing the whitewash is in use
at the Illinois experiment station:
Take one half bushel of lime of good
quality, slake it with boiling water
(cold will do) cover during the pro-
cess to keep in steam and add water
as the process goes on. To do this
the lime should be placed in a tight
barrel and water enough added to
cover the lime. Never cover the lime
entirely with water else the shaking
process will go on too slowly. Soon
after the water is added; the Jumps
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-01-15

of lime which are exposed to both air
and water begin to crumble and soon
the whole mass begins to steam.
More water should be added and the
barrel kept covered. After the slak-
ing process is over several pals of
water should be added and the whole
thoroughly stirred. This mixture
should be strained through a lime
sieve before placing in the barrel to
which the pump is attached and, if
necessary, more water may be added
to secure a mixture, which the nozzle
will deliver WE'LL The contents of
the barrel or bucket must be kept
we'll agitated for the lime tends to
settle upon the bottom. The spray
must be fine and not allowed to play
upon one place until the wash begins
to run. When applied with brushes,
a slightly heavier wash can be used
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-01-15

w. q. Ellis, secretary, Brinnon,
Jefferson county. Organized Novem-
Der 4th by ID. j. Davis with 36 mem
bers.
White Lake 494-E. Grubb master;
Mrs. Mary l.. Todd lecturer; Vernon
Knapp secretary, Colville, Stevens
county. Organized November IL by
Geo. H. Knapp with 26 memb rs.
Deer Creek 485-C. p. Stafford
master; G. M. Mitchell lecturer; Mrs.
May Stafford secretary, Clifford,
Stevens county. Organized Novem
Der 16 by Fl. J. Noble with 80 mem
bers.
Pinkston Creek 486-J. S. Burgin
master; K. H. Hill lecturer; Leonia
M. King secretary, Marcus, Stevens
county. Organized November % by
HI. j. Noble with % members.
Wendell Phillips Ash. E. Hager
master; G. w. Macumber lecturer; S.
King Glover secretary, Mabton, K. l.,
Yakima county. Organized December
q by q. B. Kegley with 80 members.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-01-15
Oregon Jersey Breaks Worlds
Record.

J. M. Dickson d Son of Shields,
Oregon, have a Jersey COW, Clara OF
Ashburn that is setting new world
record for COWS of her age in an
authenticated years test. She enter
ed the test at 16 months old, weigh
ing 600 pounds. When Rural Spirit
representative visited the Dickson
farm recently the test was practically
completed and it was assured that she
would go fully 400 pounds Of butter.
This is the more remarkable when 1t
is understood that it was done with
out any forcing; the amount of grain
fed to her being only about four
pounds a day. Clara of Ashburn' s
dam is Clara Marea, dam OF Maria 8
Exile and her sire Golden CLOVIS
Chief, making her a half sister to
Morrow's Select, winner OF the milk
ing contest at the Oregon State Fair
last fall. They have another COW,
Spozza, with an authenticated test OF
$40 pounds. At present every pure
bred COW on the place Is either in
test or just finished and everyone is
expected to qualify.
They have recently imported from
the Kentucky Experiment Sta. fine
bull calf now eight months old, sired
by Lads Valentine, daughter OF
Baronetti of Ingleside, one of the
Jerseys that stood high in the contest
for economical production of butter
fat at the st. Louis Exposition. Lads
Valentine has a seven days test OF il
pounds and seven ounces of butter. =
Rural Spirit.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-01-15
Grange Department
Edited by Fred w. Lewis, Secre-
tary Washington State Grange.

We note that just before the National
Grange meeting Nebraska was per-
mitted to get enough more oranges to
allow her to form a State Grange and
brother and sister Ream took their
place among the delegates to the
National Grange and allied themselves
with the Progressive bunch.
During the coming year, under the
new administra ton 1t is hoped to
bring in Montana and Wyoming, at
least, and one or more Southern
states.
Washington needs more organ .zers.
There coud be several put into the
field if they could be secured. Who
is willing to spend few months in
the Grange field? The pay is usually
very fair and the right kind of men
or women could make good in several
different parts of the state.
1t has been three months since we
reported the new Oranges of Wash
ington as there has been so few, but
this month we will list them.
Bear Creek 479-J. F. Bean master;
Ethel F. Dow lecturer; Mary e. Albin
secretary, Winthrop, Okanogan
county. Organized September Is,
1911 by H. j. Noble with q members.
Rockview 480-C. W. Gum master;
Mrs. Chester Zimmerman lecturer;
w. A. Kikendall secretary, Winthrop,
Okanogan county. Organized Sep.
TENDER q by H. J. Noble with So
TENDERS.
Lakeview 481-Geo. w. RAIDER mas
ter, Twisp; Mrs. Emma Ward lecturer,
Winthrop; Phoebe j. Nagley Sec
rotary, Twisp, Okanogan county.
Organized September % by II. j.
Noble with "a members.
Twisp Valley 482-Chas. K. Wood,
master; Mrs. Hattie Wood, lecturer;
J. X. DeIvendaII secretary, Twisp,
Okanogan county. Organized Sep
TENDER q by H. j. Noble with 43
members.
Olympic 483-W. o. Demorest, mas
ter; Mrs. Elizabeth Robe, lecturer;
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-01-15
Yakima Valley Institutes.

PULLMAN, Jan. 5, 1912. = The
Superintendent of Farmers Institutes
for the Washington State College an
nounces series of farmers Institutes
through the Yakiam Valley as follows
Benton City-February 10 and 20.
Grandview = February 2O-22, in
elusive.
Sunnyside--February 21-23, inclu-
sive.
ppenish-February 1924, inclu-
sive.
North Yakima-February 1924 &c.
Ellensburg-FebIuar 1926 27.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-01-15

as it is generally we'll rubbed down.
Light coats frequently applied are
better than heavy ones, as the latter
are more apt to scale off. While still
wet light coat seems to have failed
in its object but when dry the whole
becomes perfectly white. One bushel
of lime will make thirty gallons of
WhiteWash. Elk.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-01-15
Facts for You to Read

Read in our book what your brother farmers says G
the story of the who made 81 900 one season ploo1ng
his neigh6oys after his blowing was DONE Anothe
will tell you he powed at cost of Dcents an acre
But get "Toing and Tling the So' and figure out
what it would cost yOu. Write for 1t w. 1t is the
greatest book have 1t costs you
nothing except postal and moments time Address
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-01-15

There's an oaSg for you whether you farm 160 acr
ranch. book tells about them 1t tells about the VIC
is earning farmers-how the o is converting this v
into tireess power that plows cutvates harrows seed
your road building and hauling tremendous savings ma
You can no longer stand off with horsepower the t
competition, If you want to make more than living.
must feed your horses the most expensive kind of fuel
year around-you find the ozg the cheapest fuel
Sene-and you feed it only when 1t works.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25

A recently published work on the
social conditions of the last century
reminds us that trousers were invent
ed by the Duke of Wellington. who
was called upon to pay heavy price
for his temerity Men, we are told.
dashed themselves into fury at gar
ment that reduced all legs to a com
mon level The graduates of the uni
Versities were refused admission to
dining hall and chapel with the detest-
ed trousers. while the Iron Duke him.
self was excluded from Almack's when
he presented himself wearing his pet
denominations But the cOnqueror Of
Napoleon was not to be resisted in his
far greater task Of conquering public
opinion There was something about
the panta looms that commended them
TO the so called mind of the masses.
and we have been wearing them ever
SlDrp
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
Political News Bits

Headed by Speaker Clark, more
than half the Democratic majority of
the house made complimentary call
on Governor Woodrow Wilson.
Judge John C. Karel of Milwaukee,
best known to the world at large as
key" the Wisconsin football player.
has been nominated for governor BY
the Wisconsin Democratic convention.
AT conference between Colonel
Roosevelt, George W. Perkins and
Senator Dixon, it was decided that
roosevelt would remain in Oyster Bay
until August 2, when he will depart
Tor Chicago to attend the convention
OF the new party.
A. T. Rogers, Republican, national
committeeman from Wisconsin, ap-
pointed by National Chairman Hilles
as member of the Taft national adj
Vlsory committee, declares that he has
informed Chairman Hilles that he
would be unable to serve. Republican
political managers believe that Rog-
ers' refusal to serve on the Taft COM
nittee indicates that Senator La Fol
lette viii support neither Taft nor
keoseFst " the coming campaign.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
The Problem of Force

Whether the sum total Of energy In
existence is increasing or decreasing Ia
unknown Man may cause energy to
change from one mode or form to an
other. but there Is no humiliation nor
increase. Energy may be created or
destroyed by the Creator and the fact
escape detection In this colossal uni
verse. which has not. by any means.
been fully explored
The entire problem Of force. or en-
Rrgy. is being studied In laboratories
with renewed activity and with the aid
of instruments of ever increasing &C
curacy.. Space may hold wonders yet
undetected. Thus energy in form not
at present known may reside there.
A number of recent experiments have
revealed effects that are fnexplica BILE
by any laws known to science These
researches were made in light The
results of studies now being made are
awaited with great interest. A new
aectronic theory of light may be for
mulated that is, light may De radi-
ating rays of excessively minute bodies
at least 1000 times less than the by
drogen atom. New York American.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
Brief News of the Week

The signature is impending Of a
pact establishing a defensive alliance
between Russia and Japan.
Thtrty-nine cases and 81 deaths
from bubonic plague have been re-
ported on the island Of Porto Rico.
The proposition to make the public
school buildings in Duluth social cent
ers and to allow dancing in them was
carried at a holly contested school
election.
ALI speed records for big-gun battle
ships were broken by the new battle
ship Wyoming. Her speed Of 22.045
knots is said by naval experts aboard
to be the fastest ever made by any
battleship in the world carrying r.
inch guns.
Fifteen bodies have been recovered
and many more are believed to be
buried in the debris of a cloudburst
80 miles from Lovelock, New, which
destroyed the mining camp Of Maui
ma and partially destroyed the nearby
camp of Seven Troughs.
The plan to merge all the tidewater
sawmilis and lumber interests of
Washington and Oregon in s75,000,-
900 corporation has been abandoned,
at least temporarily, according to
Henry J. Pierce, of Spokane, who has
been prominent in promoting the
merger.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
Curved Arms of FlywheeIs.

A great many people imagine that
the arms of f1ywheels and pullevs are
curved for the sake of beauty and
graceful appearance But this Is not
So In the ma king of these wheels
they are cast in sand from molten iron
poured In AS the arms are of less
thickness and body than the heavy
rim and the hub, they begin to cool
off quicker By the time the arms are
set the rim and hub are still cool
ing and contracting. and the effect
of their shrinkage is to cause very
powerful pull on the arms AS the
latter are soidly set they become Sc
verely strained. but if the arms are
curved they withstand the pull that
goes on during shrinkage and simly
straighten out little.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
Two Versions,

Miss Jane Barlow's first contribution
to litera ture was some verses that she
sent to the CornhilI Magazine while
still in her teens She awaited the
editors reply with girlish eagerness
When it came it was shock:
Il have no use for your silly verses. -
She was. naturally, mortified and
hurt. plain rejection would have
been bad enough. One worded so
scornfully was sheer. unnecessary cru
city She endured her misery in soil
tude for awhile-her family knew moth
ing of her literary venturebut her
feelings became too much for her She
confessed and demanded sympathy.
But when she showed the letter the
spra wiling editorial hieroglyphics. read
with more calmness and with the
whole family to interpret. took on a
surprisingly different significance He
had written:
II hope to use your pretty verses
Youths CompaniOn.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
zAPATISTAS MAKE
ATTACK ON TRAIN
a. Soldiers and Passengers
Killed by Mexican
Rebels.

Mexico City.-Eighty-four persons
were killed and many were wounded
In an attack by Zapatistas on pas
senger train between this city and
Cuernavaca, Morelos.
The Zapatistas, said to have num-
bered 500, placed mine under the
railroad track, which exploded as the
locomotive passed over it. The over
turned engine hardly had settled when
the Zapatistas sprang up from all
sides and poured murderous fire into
the train.
The first object Of their attack was
a second-class coach in which were
riding a federal military escort, with
a captain and two lieutenants. The
federals got out of the car as quickly
as possible to answer the fire of the
assailants, but their efforts were fu-
tile. The command, with the excep-
ton Of five wounded and two who es-
capped, were killed.
FOrty-One passengers were killed
and many were wounded. After the
train had been swept by their fire,
the Zapatistas rushed on their strick-
en- victims and began killing the
wounded. A priest, unhurt, pleaded
with DeLoa, the rebel leader, to stop
the slaughter, and it ceased.
After sacking the express and bag
gage cars the rebels poured oil on the
cars and, putting the bodies of the
dead into them, set fire to the train.
When the relief train arrived there
was nothing but debris and few per-
sons, INST of whom were hurt, to tell
the tale.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
Smart Collars,

In addition to the Apache collar,
there are the Robespierre and the
Medicis. together with. a straight up
right affair that terminates abruptly
either side of the front. leaving the
throat exposed Allied with this usu-
ally is a little net and lace guimpe.
the lace of the very filmiest character.
sOftening line of which is carried
up to temper the abrupt termination OF
this unique neck finish The contrast
is marked indeed between such an ar
rangement and the extremely decollete
cut now adopted.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
People in the News

Mrs. Hetty Green, Americas richest
woman, who is in her seventy-eighth
year, was baptized few days ago by
an Episcopal minister of New York in
order to prepare for confirmation as
a member Of the church.
Vice-President Sherman, who has
been i'll at his home in Utica, N. Y,
for several weeks, has decided, after
consultation with leaders of the SEN
ate, to remain there the rest of the
present session Of congress.
Granville W. Mooney, ex-speaker- of
the Ohio assembly, has declined the
post of assistant secretary to Presi-
dent Taft, to succeed Sherman P. Al
len, Of Vermont, who was nominated
for assistant secretary of the treas
ury.
In the national typewriter contests
at Spokane, held under the auspices
Of the National Commercial Teachers
Federation, Miss Florence e. Wilson
of New York, copied 1919 words with
SO errors, from unfamiliar copy, break
ing all worlds records.
Sullen, unruly and a persistent dis
turber Of prison discipline, J. B. Nc
Namara, elder of the Mcnamara
brothers, confessed dynamiters, has
been placed in solitary confinement
at San Quentin until he shows a will
ingness to conform to the laws of the
prison.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
EMERALD GREEN
AND JET BLACK
Color Combinations Exploited by
French MOdiSteS.

Some French designers are using
deal of bright emerald green with
black this summer. and one of their
bridge costumes has a coat of emerald
green satin over a black satin skirt.
with an emerald green draped pannier
The black skirt has jet buttons set
down the front. and the dashing little
green coat is trimmed with bands of
black chantilly lace
This costume Is certainly striking,
but because the colors are managed
with exceptional skill the effect is won
derfully pleasing and chic
White satin coat and skirt suits and
frocks of white satin made in rather
simple tailored effect to distinguish
them from evening gowns are being
taken up by smart women for bridge
and luncheon wear.
OF course these white satin cos
tunes are accompanied by very smart
hats in black and white or some pleas
ing color. and the parasOl matches the
hat. This gives desirable contrast
White buttOned boots or buttOned OK
fords are always worn with such cos
tunes.
Lingerie gowns of lace and embroid-
cry are permiSsih for ceremonious
summer wear if ,lcompanied by the
right sort of accessories. Touches of
black velvet or colored chiffon add dis
tinction to these gowns and make them
more formal, and they are always
mounted for this use over slips of satin
or thin silk
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
A South African Name.

The hardy Boer voortrekkers had a
fine sense of poetry in naming places
in South Africa In the Transvaai
there is a place which rejOices in the
name of Observation-Disclosures
fontein ut is name" says Cape
Town exchange. (which speaks of lei
sure. whose gentle invitation to the
thirsty traveller to rest a little by the
brook beneath the cool shade of the
tree calls up at once the thought OF a
green oasis in a dry and barren land :"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
Customs Men Capture Opium

San Francisco.-Customs inspectors
captured a $4,000 lot of contraband
opium from the Pacific Mail liner Kor-
ca after a rain of bullets from the
officers revolvers had brought the
pmugglers, Charles May, ships car
penter, and Otto Lengfeld, a water
front bartender, to a halt. The men
were rowing away from the steamer
in the dark and did not stop until a
bullet smashed Lengfeld's hand. May
lsaped overheard and was picked I'D
more dead than alive from the water
he had swallowed,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25

Four Days For coIoneI's Convention.
Chicago.-Three, possibly four days
will be the duration Of the third party
national convention to open in Chi
cago on August 5, according to details
decided at Roosevelt headquarters.
The tickets will provide for four
days, but it is expected all the work
will be completed within three days
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
Vancouver Loss is $4,000. 900.

Vancouver, B. Can estimate of
the fire which broke out in the Main
street warehouse district places the
loss at nearly $2,OOO,0OO. Three big
warehouses, each worth s250,000 were
destroyed, as well as number of
other smaller blocks The loss on
stock was very heavy.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
A Bad Outlook.

First Tramp There amt gotn' to be
good Twin for our profession in the
future. I'm afeared Second Tramp
'Ow's that? First Tramp-Its this
ere civilization These cookin' schools
is teachin girls 'ow to use up the cold
wittles.- Exchange.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25

n
FOLIATED BY THE RAVAGEs OF THE BAG
WORN.
ed by these same men that if some
thing is not done a period of fifteen to
thirty years will see an end to vege
table existence in our country, with a
result more fatal to all animal life than
was the scourge Of locusts at one time
a calamity to the ancient Egyptians.
Every park should be filed with the
song of the insectivorous birds and not
merely with the din and chatter of the
pestferous English sparrow. Two
hundred millions of dollars are lost
each year to the farmers and fruit
growers Of the country through the
ravages Of insects Speaking on the
basis of average alone. that means
that If a farmer raises crops during
the year which potentially would total
in value $1,000 gross he must actually
pay 5000 of that gross return to the
insects In other words, one-tenth OF
our agricultural wealth is yearly paid
to meet the levy made by the insects.
II the state were to levy TO per cent
tax what glorious capital it would make
for the honorable political spellbinders
of the opposing party! The figures Civ
en- are taken from statistics furnished
by our United States division Of orni
thology.
There has long been agita ton and
fiv
ing in view the protection of birds.
The idea has been good. the work a
noble one and in a degree successful.
and yet in spite of our splendid Au-
dubon society of national scope our
peril In this matter is greater than
ever. We have come to the time when
we must consider birds and their value
not from a sentimental side. but from
the standpoint of practical business
proposition Ii we restore our native
birds we will protect our great natur-
al wealth But If we slothfully disre-
gard the matter and wait for our
doom it will come. and come quickly
too. on the wings of predacious insects.
A new organization called the Res
toration Band Of America" having for
it's motto "Save the birds or lose your
trees" has recently sprung into being.
This organization aims to become ma
tional in scope. with branches in ev-
cry state. and is rapidly growing. re-
ceiving the Endorsement and support
of the people everywhere. Branches
have already been organized in sew
eral states under state articles Of in
corporation. showing that the underly-
| ing purpose is serious one. The Res
| toration Band of America aims to edu-
cate the child. and there may soon be
time when in this respect the son will
be father to the man" in that the
growing generation will make the ear
| lier generation think and carry into
action a splendid idea.
The live wire park superintendent
and the public spirited citizen who is
actively interested in the management
of the park should have something
more in mind than accomplishing the
mere routine details of their work
Back of all the ordinary commonplaces
of the daily work should be a high pur-
pose. Resolve to be an educator. q
public spirited man. that you may be
secure in your position and in the es-
| timation and gratitude of your en-
ployers the public. through your ag-
gressive interest In the restoration Of
our native birds.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
Modish Millinery.

MoolSn Miillnerys
Very pretty was a hat of natural
colored leghorn. The under brim was
faced with black velvet. A bow of
plated chantilly lace trimmed the
front
Some of the newest models In dark
blue and black straw are faced with
white mousseline de sole and trim
mings Of white velvet or soft satin
-ibbon.
Charming hats for little girls are
made of beige colored straw. The
puffed crowns are of Powered taffeta.
A single flower is fastened artistically
at the left side
A charming bonnet OF lace had a
wide band of black velvet around the
crown. ending in long streamers down
the back