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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

ceived and the result is that frun
lands. unrivaled though perhaps not
SO we'll known. have been developed.
These lands sell from $3.50 an acre
upwards to 5000 and pay good inter-
est on the investment.
Wheat farming. big and little, frui,
farming. hay farming dairy farming
, OF farming has place In the life OF
Cmatilla county but In nowise COM
prises It's whole life. Indeed. one OF
the richest industries In its boundaries
Is stock raising and this county stands
in the foremost rank as stock rails
ing territory.
Thousands of sheep are raised here
annually for mutton and for wool. In
the summer ideal range Is found In
the Blue mountains and when the
| rigors of winter make those ranges
no longer tenable. the lower lands
| toward the ives; and south make suit.
able winter quarters. Umatilla coun-
! tvs annual clip runs into the hun.
dreds of thousands Of dollars and moi
all Of the wool Is shipped out either
From the back Of the sheep to the
| manufactured article. some of Its re.
mains here. Pendleton has scour'
ing mill which cleans annually 6
great quantity OF wool and in the
Pendleton Woolen Mills. some OF 4
goes into the finest blankets made II
the world.
| Cattle raising. which manv year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31
European Plan
Fine Grill in Connection
Rates $1.0O to
$500 per day

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

1t Is announced In Washington that
beginning January 1 the postofflce
will abandon the practice Of sendinA
periodicals BY freight trains.
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tions the Chicago & Alton has award
cd an increase OF pay Of one cent an
hour to its shop employees at Bloom
ington. I'll.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-11

STARTING IN POULTRY
Secure Foundation Is Certain to
Be Successful.
Agricultural Colleges Have Done
Much to Teach New Aspirants
Right Paths-Practica! Expe-
rience Is Good.

A poultry farm built upon a secure
foundation is sure to be successful II
afterwards properly managed. 1t is
not only necessary to make the right
kind of start, but the work must be
regularly and faithfully performed,
day in and day out
AS a rule, beginners start with
great enthusiasm, and not a few build
air castles-but to very many of them
the sameness of the work, the close
application. the constant watching,
soon becomes monotonous, and then
there Is a Sinking of duty, neglect,
carelessness-and the enterprise be.
comes failure. The point is to be.
gin small-measure the size of the in.
itial step with the amount of capital
and experience at hand
1t is often the case that men with
more or less available capital practi.
cally put all their money in houses
and stocks. This is a mistake says
Connecticut Farmer, and more so in
the case OF those who have had no
personal experience in the work
In the parlance of today: "A man
must be onto his job" He must know
what to do, and how best to do it
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PROFIT IN ASPARAGUS.
One of Most Remarkable Vege-
tables Grown for Market.
Ability to Stand Annual Attacks Upon
Its Resources Depends Upon Re-
spite Granted During July
and August
CBy NJ. ROBERTS coNovER3

Asparagus is one of the most re-
market in that it endures over two
months Of steady drain by daily cut
tings and yet the bed is a source of
profit to its owner for number of
years.
Its ability to stand these annual at
tacks upon its resources. however. is
not miraculous, but depends upon its
respite during July and August
During these warm months with the
right amount Of moisture and plant
food the roots regain what is lost and
for the first few years well grown
bed more than makes up the loss it's
yield being on the increase from year
to year
Attacks of disease, a prolonged
period of cutting, dry weather, or any
condition which deprives the plants
of this season of growth lessons the
subsequent productiveness Of the bed.
Tillage and proper feeding are the
means with which the asparagus
grower must reinforce it.
AS soon as the cutting season Is
over-July first for the mature beds
and June first for the three-yearold
planting-the ridges are plowed down
and a good fertilizer applied over the
crowns.
One successful grower uses dress
ing of $50 pounds of nitrate of soda,
$50 Of muriate of potash mixed with
1900 pounds of ground bone applied
at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre
after cutting.
A previous dressing OF 500 pounds
to the acre before cutting is essential
After covering with the fertilizer the
bed is left nearly level until a vigor-
Gus stand Of spears has developed
The soil is cultivated every few days
When the graceful, feathery foliage
has fully developed the soil should be
thrown toward the plants from time to
time by shallow burrows on either
side. This ridge of earth thus formed
serves to support the long stems and
protect the roots
Asparagus-beds require a quantity
of humus in the soil i'll order that
the plant may avail itself Of the nec-
essary food elements.
Some growers plant such soiling
crops as rye or clover. sowing the
seed with the last cultivation in the
fall and cutting it up with cutaway
harrow in the spring.
The most popular method of sup
plying the humus, in many asparagus
growing localities, is by dressing with
compost, using ten tons and upward
to an acre.
a deep furrow is made between the
rows and the manure spread up, it be-
ing covered by a furrow.
Careful growers advocate applying
this compost between every other
couple Of rows. giving the alternate
spaces the manuring the next year.
This plan gives all the plants access
to the manure, but disturbs only half
of the root system each year by the
deep furrowing
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without further delay. as far as I
was concerned The chances were IN
my favor that Erik, at that moment,
was thinking only Of his captive. This
was the moment to enter his house
through the third cellar; and | re
solved to take with me that poor lit
tie desperate yiscount, who, at the
first suggestion, accepted, with an
amount Of confidence in myself that
touched me profoundly. | had sent
my servant for my pistols. / gave one
to the viscount and advised him 10
hold himself ready to fire, for, after
all Erik might be waiting for us be-
hind the wall. We were to go by the
Communists road and through the
trap-door.
Seeing my pistols. the little Wis
count asked me If we were going to
fight duel. I said:
Yes, and what a dueii'
But, OF course, / had no time to ex-
plain anything to him. The little Wis
count is a brave fellow, but he knew
hardly anything about his adversary;
and 1t was so much the better My
great fear was that he was already
somewhere near us, preparing the
Punjab lassO No one knows better
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he must be aware that inexperienced
may cause leaks and leaks will soon
sink the enterprise.
1t is noteworthy fact that the most
successful poultry farms of today are
those that have started from a small
beginning and gradually expanded as
business and experience warranted.
Men who could not get into the dry
goods business for The reason that
they knew nothing about it," will
build poultry houses and stock them,
and expect the hens to do the rest
Hens, like cows, yield a profit ac-
cording to the treatment given them.
They will not stand neglect They are
hard workers when properly reward.
ed, but can be most idle and indiffer.
ent producers when made to shift for
themselves.
Our agricultural colleges have done
much to teach the new aspirants how
to tread in poultry paths, and men
and women who endeavor to improve
by these excellently arranged courses
Of instruction, will have won half the
battle-the other half naturally be.
longs to practical experience.
A man with $1,000 had better in.
vest one-half of it in buildings, stock
and futures, and reserve the other half
FOR feed and running expenses, than
invest the whole amount in the equip
ment and have to go in debt for the
feed
Eggs and poultry are staple crops,
and the demand is far greater than
the supply
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DRESS POULTRY FOR MARKET
Difficult Task to Induce Small Ship
pers to Prepare Fowls for Market
in Attractive Manner.

A prominent New York commission.
house says: Don't you know that it
is much harder to get the smaller
shippers to follow instructions as re-
CARDS the packing and dressing than
the larger shippers? Every receiver
is willing to furnish instructions as
regards killing, dressing, packing and
shipping, but it is hard to get shippers
to follow them. It would make con.
siderable difference to many shippers
if they paid more attention to making
their poultry show up an attractive
appearance, as we would get more
money for it il it pleases the eyes of
the buyer more. The larger shippers
seem to follow our instructions more
and reap the benefit, but it is pretty
hard work to teach some of the smaller
shippers"
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them. / showed myself. 1t was ter
rible. / saw sparks fly from those
yellow eyes and, before | had time
10 say a word, | received blow on
the head that stunned me.
When | came to myself, Erik,
Christine and the white horse had
disappeared / felt sure that the poor
girl was a prisoner in the house on
the lake. Without hesitation, 1 re-
solved to return to the bank, not
outstanding the attendant danger.
For tWenty-four hours. | lay in wait
FOR the monster to appear; for l felt
that he must go out, driven by the
need of obtaining provisions. And, in
this connection, l may say, that, when
he went out in the streets or ven
tured to show himself in public, he
wore pasteboard nose, with a mus
tacne attached to it, instead OF his
own horrible hole OF nose, This did
not quite take away his corpse-like
air, but 1t made him almost, | say al
most, endurable to look at.
| therefore watched on the bank OF
the lake and, weary of long waiting,
was beginning to think that he had
gone through the other door, the door
in the third cellar when | heard
slight splashing in the dark, | saw
the two yellow eyes shining like can
dies and soon the boat touched shore.
Erik jumped out and walked up to
me:
You've been here for twenty-four
hours" he said, and you're annoying
me. | tell you, all this will end very
badly. And you will have brought it
upon yourself; for | have been ex-
traordinarily patient with you. You
think you are following me, you great
BOBBY, whereas it's / who am follow
ing you; and | know all that you
know about me-, here. l spared you
yesterday, in my Communists road;
but | warn you, seriously, don't let
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SYNOPSIS.

Consideration IL caused on the last
night that the Opera IS managed Dy De
bicnne and Foligny because OF thG ap
pearance OF ghost sald 10 70 no naSasions,
Christine Daae, a member OF the opSIa
company IS called upon to MI ySiy
important part and scores gred lrot}er
cess. Count de Chagny and MS DrotteI
RaOul are among those VINO appIauu IL
singer. Raoul tries to see ChrlShhe ~
The dressing room. out Is uhapie " ~
and later discovers That some one Is MIN eI
ing love to her She energies alohe' atIo
upon entering the room he finds IL empty
While the farewell ceremony TOT tIle re-
firing managers Is going on, tfe CpeIa
Ghost appears and informs the new man
ayers that BOX No ts reserved Tot MN
Box No. IL sold with disastrous results.
The managers receive letter from the
Opera Ghost calling attention to the eT
Eor. Christine Daae writes Itaoul IpaL
she has gone 70 visit the grave Oh IleL
father He goes also. and IN me HIsiit
follows bor ia the church. Wonderful
violin music IL heard Raoul visits a
graveyard. RaOul is found next morning
almost frozen. Moncharmln ana 1'lCliaIu
investigate Box NO. ana declue 70 SCI
the performance OF Faust from front
seats Of that box. CarlOtta. VINO sings
Inc leading part in Faust is warned 10
give the part to Christine. Carlotta.
refusing, loses her voice III the Inidole
OF a song and the main chandelier
crashes down. killing a woman ana
wounding many. Itaoui searches 1of
Christine, who has disappeared. lie sees
her at last but does not speak, and later
u note Is received from her making an
appointment for masked ball. Raoul
meets Christine at the ball. He sees a
person in the disguise OF Red Death
lie hears her conyersing with some one
whom she calls Erik Raoul visits
Christine and tells her he knows the
name of the unseen man whom she cans
che Angel OF Music Christine and Raoul
become secretly engaged prior to polar
expedition that RaOul is to make. Chris
tine relates 4 strange adventure with the
unseen Erik and promises to run away
with RaouI RaouI announces his lnten-
fIon of marrying Christine, which DIS
peases Philippe. Tn the midst OF per
Torrance the stage is enveloped in dark
ness and Christine disappears. No trace
of her Is found. Moncharmin and Rich
ard behave strangely. Raoul searches
TnadIy for the missing singer The Opera
Ghost demands the first installment of his
allowance, and when il is left at an APP
pointed place the sum mysteriously dis
appears Raoui goes In search of Chris
tine. lie meets mysterious person
known - the Persian. The Persian plans
to aid RaoH IN locating Christine and
they gain access to a secret chamber.
"fhe two find themselves in a passageway
which they expect will lead to where
Christine has undoubtedly been carried
by Erik The Persian knows Erik to
have been one OF the contractors who
built che Opera
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CHAPTER xki.-(continued.)

Although Erik announced to me
very solemnly that he had changed
and that he had become the most vir-
ltuous of men since he was loved for
himseif--a sentence that, at first, per-
lplexed me most terribly could not
help shuddering when thought of the
monster His horrible, unparalleled
land repulsive ugliness put him with
out the pale of humanity; and it often
seemed to me that, for this reason.
he 10 longer believed that he had any
duty toward the human race. The
way in which he spoke OF his love-
Iaffairs only increased my alarm, for
II foresaw the cause of fresh and more
Ihideous tragedies in this event to
(which he alluded so boastfully
On the other hand, | soon discov-
Tered the curious moral traffic estab-
iiiShed between the monster and Chris
ltine Daae Hiding in the lumber
room next to the young prima donna's
dressing / listened to wonder
lful musical displays that evidently
flung Christine into marvellous &c
lstasy, but, all the same, | would never
thaye thought that Erik's voice
(which was loud as thunder or soft az
langels' voices, at will-could have
made her forget his ugliness. | I'M
iderstood all when | learned that
iChristine had not yet seen him. 1
lhad occasion to go to the dressing
room and remembering the lessons
lhe had once given me, | had no diff
iculty in discovering the trick that
lmade the wall with the mirror swing
tround and [ ascertained the means
Iof hollow bricks and so Only which
Ihe made his voice carry to Christine
las though she heard it close beside
Iher. In this way also | discovered
1.-THE road that led to the well and the
Idungeon-the Communists dungeon
land also the trapdoor that enabled
Erik to so straight to the cellars be-
low the stage,
A few days later. what was not my
iamazement to learn by my own eyes
land ears that Erik and Christine
iDaae saw each other and to catch the
monster STOPPING over the little well,
lin the Communists road and sprink-
ling the forehead of Christine Daae.
who had tainted. A white horse, the
horse, out of the Profeta, which had
disappeared from the stables under
1.-THE opera. was standing quietly beside
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The Lucky Number.

An amusing story concerning the
Greek naval lottery appears in a Paris
journal 1t seems that the tickets
were hawked about the Piraeus and
were eagerly purchased from the COM
bined motive of patriotism and the ex-
element attendant upon a gamble.
One day a hawker stopped outside a
milk shop and, seeing an ass standing
by laden with eggs, cheese and but
ter, to tantalize the animal took one
Of his tickets and gave it to the beast.
The poor beast was struggling WI
it in the hope of extracting somethicg
eatable, when a grocer on the opposite
side Of the way who had seen what
was happening, rushed across and res
cued the ticket THAT ticket" he
said to the hawker. will win a prize,
and l will buy it." He did SO and the
ticket drew prize of thirty thousand
francs.
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Reverend Gentleman Was in Some
thing of Hurry, But Couldn't Be
Allowed to Miss This.

so glad TO see you," said Mrs. Dull
lard to Rev. A. Alexander Chopin-Fu-
que on the occasion of his first call at
the Dullard home. 81 am so glad that
we have minister who is especially
fond of music. as | hear that you are.
l have heard that you never miss a
symphony concert when you are in
Boston, and that you are fine per-
former on the piano yourself. We
have a great deal In common II you
love music. All of my children are
very fond of music, and l am so glad
that they are home that they can play
for you. This Is our little Robert. He
has never had but one term of lessons,
but he can play almost anything he
takes notion TO. Robert, sit down
to the piano and play the Jolly Boy
Waltz" He can play it with hardly
mistake, so want him to play it for
c>,u and
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Schoolgirl Friend of His Daughter Sup
piled Names for Thackeray's
Great Story.

A delightful Thackeray anecdote
(Which, SO far as one remembers. is
new has turned up at the dinner OF
the Colquhoun club. The guests in
Guided Philip Newman, who recount
ed that his wife when girl happened
to go to the same school as the Gov
elists daughters and afterwards kept
up an intimacy with the family.
One day, when she was out for
walk with Miss Thackeray, the latter
mentioned that her father had started
a new story but was at loss to de-
eide upon the hero's name. The fu-
.ture Mrs Newman, with her fance
in her thoughts, suggested that his
name, Phillip" might serve the pur
pose.
At that moment who should come
up unobserved behind the two girls
but Thackeray himself Making his
presence known by laying hand on
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lessness-for you have already been
twice arrested by the shade in the
felt hat, who did not know what you
We're doing in the cellars, and took
you to the managers, who looked up
on you as an eccentric Persian inter
ested in stage mechanism and life be-
hind the scores; | know all about It,
| was there, in the office; you know 1
am everywhere-welI, tell you that,
with your recklessness, they Will end
by wondering what you are after
here and they will end by
knowing that you are after Erik &.
and then they will be after Erik them
selves and hey will discover the
house on the lake. Ii they
do, it will be a bad lookout for you,
old chap, a bad lookout.
won't answer for anything"
Again he pulled and blew Ike a
walrus.
Il won't answer for anything!
If Erik's secrets cease to be Erik's
secrets, it will be a bad lookout for
goodly number of the human race!
That's all | have to tell you, and I'M
to bea enough for you -. except
that you don't know how to take a
hint"
He had sat down on the stern OF
his boat and was kicking his heels
against the planks, waiting to hear
hot no. 70 T cir nix al .
Its not Erik that I'm after here!"
Who them"
You know as well as | do: it's
Christine Daae," l answered.
He retorted: ct have every right to
see her in my own house. | am loved
for my own sake"
That's not true" said. 'sYou
have carried her off and are keeping
her locked up
Listen" he said. "Will you prom
Use never to NEEDLE with my affairs
again, if | prove to you that 1 am
loved for my own sake?"
Yes, promise you," replied, with
out hesitation, for 1 felt convinced
ludJ IOI SuCu d luOHSIoE Tie DEOOl
was impossible
We'll, then, it's Quite simple. .
Christine Daae shall leave this as she
pleases and come back again!
Yes, come back again, because she
wishes come back of herself,
because she loves me for myself"
"Oh, doubt if she will come back!
But it Is your duty to let her
CO."
MY duty, you great BOBBY!
1t is my wish my wish to let
her go; and she will come back again
for she loves me! Ali
this will end in marriage q
marriage at the Madeleine, you great
BOBBY! Do you believe me now?
When l tell you that my nupt1aI mass
is written :. wait till you hear
the Kyrie. :"
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than he how to throw the Punjab
lasso, for he is the king of strangers
even as he is the prince Of conjurors.
When he had finished making the lit
tie sultana laugh, at the time Of the
rosy hours of Mazanderan," she her
self used to ask him to amuse her
by giving her thrill. It was then
Punjab lasso.
He had lived in India and acquired
an incredible skill in the art OF
strangulation. He would make them
lock him into a courtyard to which
they brought a warrior-usually, a
man condemned to death-armed with
a long pike and broadsword Erik
had only his lasso; and it was al
ways just when the warrior thought
that he was going to fell Erik with
tremendous blow that we heard the
lasso whistle through the air. With
a turn Of the wrist, Erik frightened
the moose round his adversaryS neck
and, in this fashion, dragged him be-
fore the little sultana and her women,
who sat looking from a window and
applauding. The little sultana her
self learned to WELD the Punjab lasso
and killed several of her women and
even Of the friends who visited her.
But | prefer to drop this terrible sub
ject of the rosy hours Of Mazenderan
l have mentioned it only to explain
why, on arriving with the Vicomte
de Chagny in the cellars of the opera,
| was bound to protect my companion
against the ever-threatening danger
of death by strangling. My pistols
could serve no purpose, for Erik was
not likely to show himself; but Erik
could always strangle US | had no
time to explain all this to the Wis
count: besides, there was nothing to
be gained by complicating the posi-
ton. | simply told M. de Chagny to
keep his hand at the level of his eyes.
with the arm bent, as though waiting
for the command to fire. With his
victim in this attitude, it is impos-
sible even for the most expert strang-
Ter to throw the lasso with advantage.
1t catches you not only round the
neck, but also round the arm or hand.
This enables you easily to unlOose
the lasso, which then becomes harm
less.
After avoiding the .cOmmissary or
police. a number of door-shutters and
the hremen, after meeting the rat
catcher and passing the man in the
felt hat unperceived, the viscount and
arrived without obstacle In the third
cellar, between the set piece and the
scene from the Roi de Lahore.
worked the stone, and we jumped into
the house which Erik had built him
self in the double case Of the founda-
tion-walls of the opera. And this was
the easiest thing in the world for him
to do, because Erik was one of the
chief contractors under Philippe Gar
nier, the architect of the opera, and
continued to work by himself when
the works were officially suspended,
during the war, the siege of Paris and
the Commune.
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