The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-02-20

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The tallest woman in the world Is TO
ported to have died recently at CORN,
No. She was eight feet three inches
tall and was forty years old.
II seems bit strange In view Of all
the wool that IL produced In this coun-
try that fellow has to pay 30 stifY q
price for coat or suit that Is half or
more mere shoddy.
Lye is an excellent vermicide when
given to hogs. II Is usually dissolved
at the rate Of from two to four tea
spoonfuls to a barrel Of swill and stir
red in well before feeding.
The tankage. high In protein, which
Is used as part ration for hogs is
subjected to high temperatures I'm Its
manufacture. hence could not possibly
contain cholera or other disease germs.
Had the past three months been July.
August aud September the country
would have been suffering from one Of
the worst droughts In It's history. There
has been more precipitation In some
sections than others, but In all q de-
cided shortage.
Too much of our energy and thought
nv human beings are devoted to seeing
how much we can get rather than TO
what we may be I'm true worth and
nobility. IL Is a standard that In as
disappointing as Il Is false. and Il is
responsible for all kinds Of heartachs
and misery.
Since the beginning OF the reclama-
ton work In 1902 the United States
has expended $15.OOOO00 In projects
which have meant the reclaiming OF
100000 acres Of land. Twenty-six
projects now In various processes Of
construction will reclaim -some 8.000.-
600 acres more.
There In an odd streak in human ma
ture which makes men Of q certain
type work harder and exercise more
ingenuity operating crooked game or
deal than they wonld have to bring
into play earning the same amount Of
readers but will recall just such In
stances.
Not a great deal in the way Of ef-
f'c!cnt instruction can be expected
from thirty dollar teacher In n dilapi-
dated school building poorly equipped.
And still less may be expected when,
In addition to the above condition, the
boys and girls I'm this same school are
kept out by shortsighted parents fer
every COM eivable reason.
Many farmer would go into the
dairy business more extensively than
he does II he could be sure OF getting
competent help TO milk his cows. Un-
fortunately this class OF help Is rare.
and like as not after a fellow has ac-
quired a good sized dairy he IL apt to
be left some hot night In nytime with
the whole milking job on his hands.
II there is one thing more than an
other that Is necessary II the hens are
TO lay during the winter II Is that they
should be made TO scratch for their
grain ration and thus be given needed
exercise. Next In Importance or or
equal importance Il that they should
be given a ration that contains sur
ncient protein. OF which the egg Ii
largely composed.
Reports seem to indicate that as
result OF the disastrous horse plague
which visited Kansas and Nebraska
last fall hundreds Of farmers are re-
placing horsefiesh with gas tractors as
furnishers of motor power. The beau
ty Of these iron horses Ia that they
don't get their tails over the lines In
fytlme or their feet over the tugs. |
don't die Of plague. glanders or blind
staggers and never eat gasoline when
not working.
The writer heard II remarked the
other day that the young folks OF today
do not have the fun that they used to
twenty and thirty years ago and that
those Of today do not stir about and
skate and coast In winter and take part
Ia other games during other seasons OF
he year as enthusiastically as the
young people did a generation ago.
The writer has noted the same tend
ency and believes the statement to be
l., x,,tta N vnaaSuro true