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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-14

as possible, to the judgment of the
most disinterested people in the SER
vice Of the government-the officers
of the u. S. Army.
Sometimes the committee members
let the little storm of criticism blow
and blow over. But sometimes
rarely though-a member, indignant
at the injustice OF charges. will ans
wer and go on record with his re-
sentiment of unjust imputations and
that 1t is what a veteran member of
therivers and harbors committee
Representative Ben G.. Humphreys OF
Mississippi, did the other day In no
table contribution to the literature on
the subject Of waterway.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-14

that body within a few days consider
alton of the measure, by the commit
tee, having been begun last Wednes-
day.
1t is doubtful If any Of the big sup
ply bills Of the government have to
endue more bear-baiting than the
river and harbor appropriation bills.
1t always has to run the gauntlet Of
knocks and suspicious and yet no
kind OF legislation that comes before
congress is more scrupulously consid-
cred than the river and harbor appro-
priation bills, the committee looking
at it from all angles, scanning 1t and
studying It with an impartial eye In
order that II may conform, az near
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-14
Valentine Cake.

Any kind Of sponge or other white
cake is as easily baked in heart shap-
ed individual tins and can be used as
the foundation of various devices.
Serve on red paper or cardboard
hearts, on which Cupid's arrow cut
out of white paper may be pasted or
laid looseley, as preferred, or the ar
row may be painted on in white. A
good stiff cardboard will be best, but
if difficult to obtain this in red, the
red paper may be easily attached tc
such a cardboard foundation, even ii
tissue paper has to be used.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-14

for this frock and effectively decor
ated with white taffeta and black
satin. The blouse was double breast
ed with collar of black satin turning
back from square neck outline,
crossed in front by a narrow band of
lace. Applied bands comprised of a
narrow strip OF the white silk and a
broader one of the black satin trim
both shoulders and is placed conspic-
uously on the cuff portion of the long
sleeves. The skirt closing on the left
is finished by one of these black and
white bands and held by row Of
buttons.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-14
Pendletons ONE Really Clean, Sanitary STORE
Seeing is Believing
Phone if You Can't Come Phone Main H.
Order Your Sunday Needs Here

BREAKFAST SUGGESTIONS
Choice Grape Fruit, each --.---.-.------..--- LOG
Oranges, dozen-----.----. zoe, soc, 6Of
Swift's Premium Hams and Bacon.
Fancy Fat Mackerel, 2 for -------------.----- Z5f
Strictly Fresh Ranch Eggs, Dozen 35f
Pure Maple Syrup, qt 6Oc; 1-2 gal. $1.OO;
gal. $1.9O.
Prepared Pancake Flour, package 3Oc
Prepared Buckwheat, packages ------.-,---- 3Oc
T. P. W. Special Blend, the best 35c coffee
on earth.
FOR YOUR MONDAY MEAL.
Tomato, chicken, vegetable, mock turtle, or CON
somme, soup, cans ------.--.---.---.-.------ loc
Fancy White Asparagus, or Asparagus Tips,
cans 3Oc
Fancy DiIls. cans --.-..---.--.-.-.-.--.-- zoe
Bulk. the Guart . zoe
Fancy MIDGET Sweets mint - soc
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-14
CLUB CALENDAR.

Current Literature Club en-
tertained this afternoon by Mrs.
James Johns and Mrs. E. T.
Wade, at the home Of Mrs.
Wade.
Pendleton Chapter American
Woman's League meets at the
city hall assembly room at p.
m. second Monday in each
month.
Glass in parliamentary Law
meets at city hall on second
and fourth Mondays of each
month, at p. m.
Pendleton Political Equality
League meets at the call of the
president.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-14
HARBOR BILL HAS
HARD Time OF IT

Washington, Feb. 4.-(Special) y
II is expected the river and harbor
appropriation bill. which passed the
house January 2s. after a somewhat
tempestuous voyage, due to attacks
made upon certain of its provisions
by Mr.. Moore of Pennsylvania, Mr..
Mondell of Wyoming and Mr.. Gala
way of Texas, will be reported to the
senate By the commerce committee OF
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-14
News of Near by Towns
lin U1maGiIla @OumGy

a Valentine party in the Masonic
lodge hall this evening. Great prepa-
rations have been made and a good
time Is assured
Miss Ruby Banister Is confined to
her home on account of sickness.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-14
STRIPED SILK IN COMBINATION
WITH BLUE CORDUROY.


WITH BLUE CORDUROY.
Old blue corduroy was used for the
jaunty coat-suit shown in today's
drawing This was cut in the pre-
vailing cut-a-way style, closing with
two buttons and having wide revers
of a much lighter shade OF silk strip
ed in the shade of the gown. The
sleeves were long and moderately
close-fitting with deepturn-back cuffs
of the striped silk ornamented with
buttons. The silk was also effective
ly introduced on the skirt, which con-
sisted of a long tunic OF the corduroy
hung over an underskirt OF the strip
ed silk. The tunic closed on the left
where it was turned back in wide re-
vers and faced with the silk and held
in place with buttons.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-14
Egg MARINERS.

Egg warmers in the shape of fancy
china baskets are now much used on
breakfast tables. The little baskets
hold four eggs, and there is a recep-
tacle for hot water, which heats the
contents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-14
For Elderly Women.

Brocaded crepe meteor is very new
safe and clinging. and makes up into
charming gowns for the elderly wo-
man.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
5rpeet Clonfr

By w. c. Lassetter, University of
 Arkansas Agricultural Experi-
 ment Station.
 Probably the greatest limiting factor in the productive power of Polk county soil is the serious lack of organic matter. All soils under cultivation soon lose their organic matter unless this is maintained ar tificially. This loss is much more rapid where hillsides are under cul- tivation than where the land is level.
 The land on the Mena Sub Station has shown a very steady re- sponse to the application of organic matter in whatever form it may have been applied. While barn yard manure gives best results, this cannot always be secured in suf- ficient amount. The return of all stalks produced on the land is not sufficient to maintain the supply of organic matter. Rye and vetch, wheat, oats, cowpeas, soybeans and other crops are splendid green ma nure crops to be plowed under, but the high feeding value of these plants and the general scarcity of feed in Polk county usually causes us to consider them of too great value to be turned under. More over, we cannot produce a maxi mum amount of these crops under the existing soil conditions. It is important that we find a crop which is well adapted to the soils of the poorer type-one which will grow in the washed, gullied fields on the poorer places, and among the rocks on the fields usually turned out.
 The general demand for a crop of this kind, together with requests for information in regard to sweet clover. has led to this article.
 Sweet clover is a nitrogen gather ing plant, very closely related to alfalfa. It requires two years to make it's growth, it producing seed only in it's second year. The first year it grows to good, substantial height, remains green until the very severest of freezes, and the second year comes out and makes it's maxi mum growth, produces seed from July until frost. and after severe freezes dies down to the ground. The third year it cannot grow from the roots, but must come from the seed that have been scattered from the mature plants.
 Up until the present time sweet clover has not been given the at tention that has been paid to other crops, because of the fact that it was not considered as valuable as crops like alfalfa, cowpeas or soy beans, but now the demand for a crop adapted to hard, compact soils has turned attention again toward
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

fom ndeMn 4Dt Dice an dnan arort Nver quif
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

acreage most expensive undertak- ing. If anyone desires to try sweet clover, we would recommend the following method of procedure. Be- gln with from One-half to one acre of fairly good land. Prepare it well in the fall and seed possibly in Feb ruary. The land should be lined and soil from an alfalfa field or from sweet clover field should be scattered over in order to furnish inoculation. On Polk county soil 1t would be preferable to add to this, acid phophate at the rate of about l5O pounds to the acre. The lime, the inoculated soil and the acid phosphate should be worked in the soil before seeding. The seed should be covered very lightly. They should be scattered at the rate Of about thirty pounds per acre.
 Remember, this crop does not make seed the first year. It may be harvested when about two or three feet high, but the moving should be kept very high, In the fall and win ter 1t may be grazed fairly close. It Deglns to produce seed in July the following year and continues until frost. If 1t Is desired to increase the acreage the plants may be moved when they have a maximum man- tlty of seed, and then the plants may be scattered on the field where the seeding IS to be done. Tn this way we can introduce not only the
 noculation, but the seed as well IhlS will probably be cheaper way Of seeding a large acreage than to buy seed from the growers.
 Judging from the experience of others, we need have no fear but that stock will eat the clover. If is only the few isolated individuals which refuse it. We need not fear that 1t will become a noxious weed because it is very easily killed Moving too close early in the sea son of the second year is said to entirely destroy the crop.
 If this crop can be made to nro- duce under Polk county conditions as It has done in other states and Tn other sections of this state if is most valuable crop for preparing our soils for better crops in the fn- ture. The Mena Sub-Station hoe no trouble in securing a successful crop of alfalfa, and any soil which will produce alfalfa will most cer-
 
 advantage. " 7o0'
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
Questions and Suggestions.

To the Editor:
 Are the farmers of Polk county to receive no help from our jus tices or merchants of Mena. We see the justices have refused io ap- propriate money to carry or our county farm demonstration work, one of the best institutions in any county. And now some of the mer- chants of Mena have refused to handle our canned goods.
 What do these merchants expect Us to do with our farm produce? Ship 1t to other towns, then spend our money with them? They com plain about the farmers sending to the mail order houses for goods. We'll Mr. Merchant, as you will not buy our farm produce we feel like saving the long journey over the almost impossible roads some Of us have to make, and take a short cut and have our goods sent us by parcels post.
 This state of affairs is bad for the farmer, bad for merchants and bad for the county. Give us a good home market and keep the money at home.
 l wish to call the attention of the authorities to the almost impass- able condition of the Standing Rock road on the east end of this di- Nlslon. There has not been more than one or two days work done on It In six years. If our road boss IS dead we wish our judge would appoint another until we can elect one who will materialize oftener than once Tn six years. We pay our road tax every year, but get no benefit from it. We are surely en- utled to a per cent in good road work. Every man on this division IS more than willing to put in one or two days of good road work. and we don't doubt but every stave and lumber hauler would be glad to slVe team and time to help put the road m good condition.
 MT. Judge, take ride over this end or the division and see the con- 1itlon or the road. Set a day and let every man on the division get ms pick and shovel and make the llrt ily. See that not one man escapes duty.
 Bring along the big grader and scraper and let us show the people oI Poik county as fine a piece of road as there is in the county.
 Mrs. ]. w. lille
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

sweet clover. Mr. w. A. Lloyd of the Ohio Experiment Station re- ceiNed 1882 replies to letters sent out to farmers and experiment sta- tlon men over the country The following summary of the results from this is taken from his bulle- tin:
 Sweet clover delights in hard, copmact soils, exposed subsoilS. stony places and conditions too ad- verse for most other plants to thrive.
 Sweet clover grown in compari- son with other plants used as green manure usually adds much more humus-forming material to the soil than any of the others.
 Sweet clover is a biennial. If is easily restrained and cannot be con- sldered as noXious weed
 Sweet clover has given good re- suits It has restored bankrupt to- bacco soils in Kentucky, rundown cotton plantations in Mississippi and Alabama, washed limestone hills in Iowa, and alkali soils in Arizona.
 Sweet clover affords a nutritious food for horses and cattle, sheep and hogs, if pastured when the growth Is young.
 Sweet clover makes a fair quality .of hay if cut just before it blos- sons.
 Sweet clover thrives best on soils rich in lime.
 Sweet clover requires inocula- ton in order to do well under some conditions.
 Sweet clover can be seeded on the bare ground in January, Febru- ary and March, or with oats or on well prepared land in April.
 Sweet clover is a non-competi- tive plant and disappears when con ditions have been made favorable for other plants.
 Sweet clover is not a rival of red clover or alfalfa, and is not needed where these plants will do well.
 Sweet clover will help in solv- ing the problem of abandoned fields. It will make profitable agriculture possible on loafing acres. It will stop the waste on the hills. heal the scars on washed and gullied fields. and make green pasture possible where no grass is now growing"
 In addition to the above observa- tions, we can cite the examples of sweet clover growing under Arkansas conditions. In Washington and Ben ton counties it grows wild along the railroad right-of-ways and along gullies. At Mena a few plants put on good land last year grew to a height of about seven and one-half feet. On the contrary. a field of sweet clover was seeded on very poor hill land without lime, ferti- lizers or inoculation. It came I'D and grew for short period, but was killed by the severe dry weather of last summer.
 In view of the above fact, we rec ommend that sweet clover be tried only to limited extent on each farm. The extreme high cost of seed makes the seeding of large
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

crept upon the unsuspecting party and caught one of the little ones, attempting to start away with It. When the mother heard the cry she seized her battling stick and gave battle, forcing the beast to drop the child and start off. An alarm was sounded and the men, with their dogs, gave chase and treed and killed the animal.
 Some years later the name of the
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

home of Bert Pirtle, in the Dallas valley, about two miles east of Mena. Later this was moved to the spring at what now is called Old Dallas. The first postoffice located near this spring was called Panther
 The origin of the name was in a thrilling incident that happened at the spring. A woman was doing her family washing, her children playing about. A large panther
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
MAKE A DAY 0F l
 JOY FOR cH|LDlR|
December 10 Is Proclaimed Jm dren's Day" by Gov. Hays-Oef eral Holiday With Sports
 and Pienics.

Little Rock, Nov. 27.-lSpclA The following proposed ploa1 for Children's Day, December " | proclaimed by Governor Hays been suggested by Earl U. Hafdn Ft. Smith, founder Of the oas' First, that a general holiday the children be proclaimed n r community.
 Second, that the church p'4. and lodge members of vario@ nominations and orders appoln' Y resentatives to a committee " engagements and program iVi V dren's Day; that the mayor 's councilmen of the towns anu take a prominent part Tn 'i' gram.
 Third, that the committee s \. with the owners of automoDlles,o ,o,. z other vehicles to meet in the lsl n,hl N ing at given place, where sns lDs',Ss M dren will be notified to ass' ss and begin the day with a rlus, rllsusn,u,s
 Fourth, that the rides an lslri ', i
 .,aAfV v at the park where the pross,'sss so ssrsl be given, and a dinner De there by the ladies. ora.
 Fifth, after dinner have e.shs,lrI q s gram of songs, band or ,od OI''shlsls' ;hss music, if possible. anu .hs Ali speeches and addresses TOT '"' dren by prominent citizens, n.s.rtiou
 Sixth, devote a large port. pOrsiisD snI the time to games and spVa nav contests. for which prizes lalS aIss given. Arrangements may nietur made with local theaters, ,arsl. gr shows, etc, to admit ths e c,,,'ii ,ha line
 But first. last and all ,ais ,Gs q ds says Mir. Hardin, make 1'ii ,hs chil of joy and happiness TOT - dren."
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
P ok County Was Formed Eighty-Nine Years Ago
James
 PostoicOhcia Directory " Da'e

postoffice was changed to Dallas, and this was the county seat until 1896. When the railroad came Mena was established and the seat of county government was moved to the new town and present prin- cipal city and county seat.
 AS an interesting feature for this anniversary day, W. P Mount has compiled an official directory of Polk county from its formation to the present time, which is given herewith
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

stop at the line, like squares in checkerbOard. Then, if one turns to the southeast, the same demarka- tions are plain across the valley of the south fork of the Shenandoah, cutting straight through the pres ent Page county. which is made of land formerly in Shenandoah coun- ty, belonging to the Fairfax grant, and partly from land formerly in Rockingham. Thus. as far as the eye can see in either direction, this old line shows plainly.
 The Washington compass, now to be seen at the U. s. national mu- scum in the city named for it's own CT, is presumed to be the same one used in running this line more than i60 years ago.
 WashingtOn'S Survey Marks.
 The Fairfax Stone stands as a permanent monument. In addition there are, throughout that section of the country, various other rec Ords of these Washington surveys. For example, a large white oak which stands at the corner of a farm about one and One-half miles from Lost City. Hardy county, West Virginia, was, according to a per sistent story of that section of the country, marked by Washington.
 Survey blazes cut into trees, and since grown over, have been cut nf al layers of growth over the old wounds shows them to have been made at the time Washington was surveying. One strange thing about these blazes is that they are several feet higher than those put on trees by woodsmen of today. This fact has given rise to a sort of supersti- ton that Washington, known to have been very tall, was actually a giant Other authorities have said that Washington did much of his work on horseback, and made his blazes with a lnog-handled axe from the saddle.
 The town of Whitepost, Clarke county, Virginia, takes it's name from a post presumed 10 have been set by Washington as one of his sur vey marks. The post, formerly ex- posed. is now covered by a protect ing case which shelters it from the weather, and from the despoiling hand of the vandal tourist.
 Why the Line Is Retraced.
 The reason that this old Washing ton survey line is being retraced is because the federal government is purchasing lands in this neighbor- hood, in connection with the new Appalachian forests, which are being acquired at the headwaters of navigable streams, under the terms of the Weeks law, designed to pro- tect these watersheds from the evils of deforestation. The government requires a clear title before the land can be paid for. Tn making sure of the title it is necessary in many cases to go back to original royal grants, or to colonial records and to have recourse to resurveys be- fore the facts of ownership can be indisputably established.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
The Man Who Nenlecis Himsols

new 1Tl, trnrhIe llis condition tnl points to kid page peg Ir9upie takes an unwise risk. bihackache, ihu Sache, pam and soreness oyer Ile Kidneys. nervous or dizzy smells
 poor sleep, are all symptoms fhaf VII !, disappear with the regular use oi Foley Kidney Pills. They mi tbe Kidneys and bladder in n clean
 strong and healthy condition lack Adv. No' uedief'-
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04

regulate the bowels when they Iail 70 move properly. HERBTNF is i, an admlrable bowel regulator. If nelps the liver and stomach and re- sslores a fine feeling of strength and Duoyaancy Price 50c. Sold bv Har- ITS Pharmaey.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
GFoRGFTOWN. TEXAS.

riIlhya GEURdEIU" lars Ni sFor several Esa, Is1l, past Foiey's Honey ana bousehol1l pound has been ny colds ap remedy for all coughs; ;,,sn pern.; lung troubles. Ii has gNTg" eqses 2 obstinate coughs ana la uosT ssT,,bslitu~ tains no opiates. HeIuisss is,,re Co., dep' Jackson. Drug & Furnl'u'' er.--Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
1OO-Acre Farm for Sale.

40a incultivation, at Quito. T miles nnorIIheast II of Mena. Address or see 4, s' Edwards. owner. Quito, Ark
 4S-I
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
DOLK COUNTY, the 18th coun-

ty to be formed in Arkansas,
 was brought into existence on November 30, 1844. The territory now comprising this county was taken from Sevier county. The new county was named in honor of James K. Polk, at that time the newly elected president.
 The first seat of justice was at the Jennie Pirtle place, now the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-06
DRASTIC ACTlON
 AGAINST CHINA IS DEMANDED BY LAPS

Tokio, Sept. 6-Mortiaro Abe, direc- tor of the political bureau of the Jap anese foreign office, died, today, the victim of unknown assassins who at tackled him the evening of Septem- Der 4. His assailants, who are be- lieved to have been students, escaped
 Excitement is intense here follow ing the reports of the massacre of Japanese and the insult to the Jap anese flag at Ranking and there is much irresponsible clamor for drastic action against China, similar to the recent clamor against America. The motive in the assassination of Direc- tor Abe may have originated in re- sentiment against the policy of the for eign office.
 The student element has been in- creasing1y active in politics. Recent ly three students tried to see Baron Makino, minister of foreign relations and submit to him solution of the California land question.
 Another theory. is that Director Abe was mistaken by his assaiIants for pr. Sun Vat Sen, the Chinese revolution ary leader, whom he greatly resem- bled. It was, reported, early in August, shortly after Dr. Sun Yat Sens flight from China, and arrival in Japan that a band of 100 assassins had been sent by the Chinese government to Japan to kill Dr. Sun Tat Sen, General Huang-Sing and other Chinese revo- lutionary fugitives and it is considered possible that some of these assassina- ttons may have committed an error and killed Director Abe