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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-14
Disking Alfalfa Is
Aid To Crop

PRACTICAL experience has shcwn
that disking alfalfa under certain
conditions is beneficial to the crop, yet
many farmers will not cultivate their
alfalfa plants in any way for fear Of
killing them.
As with other crops, the cultivation
Of alfalfa must be done with judgment.
The main object in cultivating alfalfa
plants, which usually consists in disk.
ing, is to kill summer grasses. The in.
dividual farmer must know when his
particular field must be disked. A
writer in certain section will state
that, say, July / is the proper time. A
man in another section and climate will
disk his field at that time and meet
with poor success. Here is where judg-
ment counts. Conditions are not the
same everywhere.
The time to disk alfalfa is just be.
fore or at the time summer annual
grasses begin to grow. This time may
be in July in one section and June in
another section. 1t may be after the
first cutting, or after the second cut
ting. Each man must know when sum
mer grasses begin to grow in his local
ity, and set his disk to working accord
ingly.
There is no danger whatever to well
Established alfalfa plants in disking
The plants are deep rooted and will moi
be pulled out if they are not cut off
Splitting the crowns will do no damage
Some Of the best alfalfa growers give
their alfalfa fields a severe disking and
cross.disking every year. Some CLAIM
that it is impossible to injure the plants
no matter how the implement is set ol
run. The disk cuts up the surface ant
kills grass without injuring the alfalfa
lplants. Another object in summer disk
ing is to loosen the surface to admit
air, and create surface mulch fol
holding moisture. Narrowing afte,
disking in dry weather is an advantage
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-14
WillAsk Governor To"Swat Rooster"
Kansas Executive Requested Demand Doom Of Chanceer on
June g.

ing the price l6 cents. All male birds
are to be sold off then, except those
intended for breeding purposes, accord.
ing to the plan.
Then only non.fertile eggs will be
sold throughout the summer.
And non.fertile eggs do not become
stale. They do not rot. After being
kept in a warm room three summer
months yolk and white are greatly
diminished in bulk. Evaporation
causes it. The eggs are dried up; but
the contents-what is left-are sweet
and wholesome.
Thomas E. Quisenberry says if the
farmers will dispose of their surplus
roosters, and pen up the others during
the laying season, it will mean saw.
ing to Missouri farmers Of $4,000, 900
annually. And Mr.. Quisenberry knows,
because he's director of the Missouri
state poultry station at Mountain
Grove.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-14
P HE rooster is to have his day

HE rooster ID 10 nave MS Gay.
1t is to be a sad day-for the
rooster-it will be the making Of
the egg business, say the produce deal.
ers, in session at the Hotel Baltimore in
Kansas City, last week.
So the dealers are going to petition
Gov. Major of Kansas to issue a pro-
clamation designating June 6 as
"rooster day."
The purpose is to make an annual
event in Missouri poultrydom. June
6 is to be to chanticleer what Thanks.
giving is to the turkey-a kind of ex.
ecution day, a black Friday.
On that day produce commission men
all over the state are going to ad
vertise premium on all roosters de.
livered to them June 6. This is to
make it an object to the farmers to
sell off the cocks Of the walk.
If the general market price of roost
ers is IL cents that day, there will b.
a premium Of 4 cents pound, max
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-14
Breed Dairy Cows
Once Each Year
FHERE exist two dangers Of allow.
ING q milch cow to remain open

THERE exist two dangers of allow.
ing q milch cow to remain open
for an indefinite period, writes a
correspondent Of the Rural New York.
er. In the first place she is less apt
to conceive when mated, and in the
second place she is apt to 60 dry for
a long period after the mating is finally
made in case she does settle. It is Gus.
tomary in large dairies, where the
calves are not an important item Of
value, to vermit the cows to freshen
once in Is or 16 months.
Ordinarily, however, for dairy farm
practices it is much more desirable Ia
mate them so thal they will freshen
once each year. This practice stim.
ulates the milk flow, and unless q COW
is particularly a good mixer she is less
apt to give as much milk If irregularly
bred and not permitted to freshen at
frequent intervals. The animal will
keep in good condition physically If not
bred. In fact, she is very apt to put on
an excessive amount Of flesh, and this
is one Of the reasons why she is lest
apt to conceive when mated.
Instances are frequent where cows
have been used for family purposes and
not bred for intervals of two years OF
more, but it is the exception rather
than the rule to have such animals give
milk enough to pay adequately for the
care involved in their maintenance. II
desired to carry COW over from spring
freshening to fall freshening or II nee
essary to avoid ealving during fly tint
the practice IL justified.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-14
Turpendne Often Is
Adulterated
"A S the result of an investigation by
= the United States Department Of

"A S the result of an investigation by
~ the United States Department Of
Agriculture, it has been found that
the adulteration of turpentine with min
eral oils is so widespread that druggists
and manufacturers of pharmaceutical
products and grocers' sundries used for
medicinal and veterinary purposes
should exercise special caution in pur-
chasing turpentine. Those who use tur-
|pentine for this purpose, unless they
are careful, run the risk of obtaining an
adulterated article and unnecessarily
laying themselves open to prosecution
under the Food and Drugs act.
1t has been found, moreover, that the
turpentine sold to the country stores
especially, as usually put out by dealers
and manufacturers of grocers' sundries,
is often short in volume by as much as
S or 10 per cent. Dealers, therefore,
should also protect themselves through
a guarantee from the wholesaler that
the bottle contains the full declared
volume.
The department has found that tur.
pentine may be adulterated in the South
where it is made and that the further
1t gets from the South the more ex-
tensively and heavily it is adulterated.
In all cases, druggists, manufacturers
and wholesale grocers should satisfy
themselves that the turpentine is free
from adulteration and is true to marked
volume. -
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-14
Food Must Be Well Mastica.ed.

The lirst process of digestion is per.
formed in the admixture of the food
substance with fluid during mastica-
tion. This first step in the conversion
OF food into flesh and blood is most
important one, and the pleasures at
tending the sense of taste are doubtless
given to insure proper performance
Of this initiatory process Of trans
formation.
If food is not well masticated the
stomach cannot successfully perform
the second stage of digestion, and the
disastrous effects of NAL assimilation
will soon be apparent, affecting in some
degree the whole body.
Many .dyspeptics and person. suffer
ling from nervous conditions are really
victims of mal-nutrition, due to careless
habits of mastication or the inability
to properly prepare this food for re-
ception by the stomach.-Dr. Jones,
Dentist, 245. Washington St., Portland.
A writer in the Technical World
Magazine figures that there are five
hundred million rats in the United
States, and that each one, each day, eats
or destroys, two cents worth of prop
erty-three billion six hundred million
dollars worth year! That is about
forty dollars for each inhabitant. If
this loss were saved by the extermina-
ton of the rats, it would help much to
lower the cost Of living. Indiana is
starting crusade against the pests
that should soon become nationwide.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-14

The dry lands of the West never sour,
and there are many others things they
seldom do.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-14

Sowing cane in gullies and allowing
1t to reseed itself will, it is said, in a
few years stop them and fill them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02
PLEADS TO SAVE
100000 BABIES
Julia Lathrop's Report on In
FAINT Mortality and Proven
tives Rouses Officials.
ASKING FOR STATE LAWS
Enforced Birth Registration. Lax In H.
Iineis. Shown Necessary In
Education and Business.

Washington, d. c.. Oct. 2.-The es-
innate of Miss Julia Lathrop. head of
the chiIdren's bureau. tina. in the ten
years from 1900 to 1910 more than
100000 o. the babies born in this
country died before one year old. many
of the deaths being preventable,
caused Z sensation among officials to-
day.
Miss I.athrop has only begun her
work Of gathering vital statistics con
corning children. with a view TO the
reduction Of infant mortality, better
education and adjustment Of child
labor. Announcing that her frs. report
Is incomplete in that some Of her fig
ures are estimates based on imperfect
birth registration. she presents facts
that are alarming.
Emphasizing the magnitude OF il
FAINT mortality in the decade from
which she draws her fgyres. she show
that It means the annihilation each ten
years OF a population as large as that
OF the state Of New Jersey. greater
than that OF such states as Alabama
California, Iowa, Kentucky. Mime
sofa or Wisconsin. and equallIng
the combined population OF Montana
Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado. New Mex.
leo, Arizona, UtaI and Nevada
How to Prevent Deaths.
we are assured by the highest au-
thorities," says the report. that the
number OF deaths can be greatly re
duced II We apply the best methods o.
the growing science OF sanitation. In.
deed, one great authority says that #
children were well born and well cared
for the infant mortality rate would be
negligible"
Miss Lathrop insists that birth regis
traticn can aid in preventing infan:
mortality by giving notice to the health
officer and the visiting nurse. The com
munity is thus enabled to send 10 the
family II adverse cfrcumstances a
knowledge OF hygiene and sanitation
which may save the life OF the child
Blindness in the newborn is easily
preventable. Some cities are furnish
ing remedies for certain ailments free
of charge. Prompt registration will IA
cilitate this humanitarian plan.
When he have adequate birth and
death registration all over the coun-
try" the report says, the public
health authorities can watch the in
FAINT mortality rate as the weather man
watches his barometer, and they can
pick out areas Of social storm just as
the weather man traces areas OF or
dinary storm. but with this one great
difference. With our present knOwl-
edge the weather man cannot change
the weather. but the public health Off
cial can change the infant mortality
rate, for. as The expert medical men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02
Military Forces OF servia.

Servia's plan OF military organiza-
ton is distinctive. Compulsory serv-
ice is personal for all able-bodied men
and pecuniary for all who are incap-
able or personal service. These lat
ter must pay an indirect tax Of 90 per
cent additional The military forces
are divided into A national army and
the landsturm, which forms the last
line Of defense. Service in the nation
al army begins at 81 and erds after
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02

IS. In the landsturm IT begins at II,
ends at 81; begins again at 10 and
ends at 50.
The national army consists of three
bans, the FIRST ban including all able
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02

bodied men between 81 and II. the
second ban all between 81 and IS and
the third those between SO and As.
The first ban has its cadre. a school
through which every able-bodiad man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02


od5 already known to medical and san
! itary science could be given general
application"
Illinois Laws Lacking.
The report declares that thirty states
have good birth registration laws, but
new laws or important amendments
are needed in the other states. Among
the latter are Illinois, Indiana and
Iowa. South Carolina has no birth reg
istration law at all.
Enforcement OF child labor laws
and compulsory education laws should
dovetail. and both must rest on basis
of birth registration" says Miss Lath-
rop. Our legislatures enact laws pre-
scribing ages within which children
shall attend school and below which
they shall be protected from employ
ment, but the state cannot enforce
those laws justly if it possesses no
public record of the age of the chill
dren.
Education for Children cannot be
made entirely effective without birth
registration. II a community is going
to grapple intelligently and effectively
with the problem of illiteracy the
school authorities must know the age
of every child. so as TO secure his at
tendance at school as soon as he
reaches the legal age and retain Kim
as long as the law allows. This re
quires birth registration.
Foreien-eorn Have Advantage.
In many parts of this country Eu-
ropean-born children stand a better
chance of being able to prove their
age than do children born here, be-
cause in every other civilized country
such records have long been scrupu-
lousy kept.
AN Italian family-father, mother
and eight children-who had survived
the Messina earthquake same to the
United States and applied for work
certificates in Chicago for the two old
est girls. Chiara and Giovanna, who,
they said, were 16 and Il respectively
Chiara secured work, but Giovanna,
who was deaf and apparently subnor-
NAL. was refused a certificate and sent
back to school.
Later, when the parents again ap-
piled for a certificate for Giovanna, the
Chicago Associated Charities wrote TO
Messina asking for birth records.
Found Both Girls Younger
Notwithstanding the confusion and
ruin wrought by the earthquake. the
public records had been so well pre-
served that the authorities were able
TO reply at once with copies showing
that Chiara was at the time not yet
i4-although she had been at work
two years-while the younger girl was
IL instead OF Il.
IF the Messina records had been
consulted at the start these little girls
would have had two and four years of
schooling. respectively. in schools es-
pecially equipped to give foreign chill
dren a start in American life"
Drafts a Model Law.
A joint committee on which are rep
resented the American Medical asso-
citation. the American Public HEALTH
association, the American Bar associa-
ton. the bureau OF the census and the
bureau. has given the sub
iect much study in tAe last ten years
and has drafted a model state law for
the registration OF births and deaths.
Certain provisions of this law are so
that IL is extremely doub--
full whether a state law not containing
them can be successful, certainly
those state laws which have proved
most effective do include them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02
Twice the Heat with Half the Fuel

Burns Hard or Soft Coal
or Wood or Slack - The
CRATES, the drafts and the
entire construction is so
scientifically perfect that
II will burn any kind of
fuel, and not only that.
but Will get more heat
from il than any other
stove made, regardless OF
price.
Burns the Smoke and
Consumes the Gas - Al
most every other stove
but this allows half the
coal to escape up the
chimney in the form of
smolie-or gas. The pat
ented construction OF this
stC.e consumes every
thing-the gas. the smoke
and all, and cuts your
coal bill in two.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02
Quickly

Let the Last Sale be Warming to Act
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02

produced by the Shuberts, ineiuue ,
Mary Servoss. Saba Raleigh, WiiiiIe1
Harris, Fania Marinoff. Elliott peN'e1'
Huber bruce, Horace Braham' oS'
ton Mervale, and Leonard Nude.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02

in daca thesa
o hes k
From line o time w a p a
them. equ
vance, cost o rawm an
first pur special price
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02

of 81 must pass No one is allowed
to change his nationality while be-
longing TO the first ban, nor can any
member thereof receive any outside
aDDoinimen, or become even a monk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02
Your Choice of Two Finishes or Ma
hogany

Every rocker is hand rubbed and hand polished, the
being inishers who understand thorough.
ly the art of producing beautiful and lasting finish
For those who prefer the Golden Oak these rockers can
a rich, full grain genuine Quarter-Sawed Oak
while those who prefer the Mahogany Finish can Sc
CO these rockers in very beautiful, lusrous MahoS
any finish of mirrored smoothness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02

until he has served his term in the
army Baltimore Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02

The cast of Consequences" a new
English comedy, which Will shortly be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02

tell US, half of the present infant NOR
tGlity could be prevented if the meth
od5 already known to medical and san
itary science could be given general
application"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02
he Leather Upholstering Assures Long
Service
-

the backs and seats of these rockers up
holstered full grain leather This of
is service everyone recognizes the
that genuine leather is always used upholstered
furniture it necessary withstand the
The of leather that into the
hoserng of these rockers is used in the upholsterng
high class where the question of
does not enter into consideration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02

wonderful values these bound be
snapped eagerly and risk dsappoin ment by
delay in selection Those who disappointed in
being able during the last sale Will
quest 'onably be among the first advantage
this offer. which viii leave very
who read of this the time. is
necessary that take warning and make selec-
tion early, preferably Saturday and early the day
possible.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03

m blue played Marching Through
Georgia." and the boys in grey an
swered back with "Dixie." The boys
i'm blue played "The Battle Hymn Of
the Republic;" the boys in grey
maryland, My Maryland And so
the drums spoke out their defiance in
both hostile camps. Till at last some
drummer boy struck up strain that
stirred responsive chord in every
heart. Buoyantly he played "Home,
Sweet Home" The drummer boys in
blue took up the theme, and the drum
mer boys in grey beat their drumheads
into tune. The serted ranks of blue
began to sing it "Home, Sweet Home"
And down from the battlements of
grey it came in mighty chorus "Home,
Sweet Home" And the .antiphonal
of hate was drowned in the resistless
harmony of love. AS we are assemb-
led here today, whatever our name or
sign there is one sentiment that we
can all sing with equal enthusiasm.
1t is
"All hail the power Of Jesus name,
Let angels PROSTATE fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown him Lord of ALL"
And as we sing it Christ will grow
dearer and heaven draw nearer. Let
US sing i'll
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03
Saturday, Nov. 81.

WANTED.-Young Lady Is years old,
or older, to canvass. Prefer one
who can play the piano. Enquire at
Record Office.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03

promises of today. There never was
in all the history Of the world such a
day as this. We have no occasion TO
long for the return of "The good old
days" Today all roads lead to glory
for those who have the faith and cour-
age to enter into their opportunities.
That which has been is but an earnest
Of that which is to be. He who fails
TO be enamored of "the vision beauti-
full" will make swift shipwreck Of des-
tiny.
We may well thank God for what
we see here before us at this moment:
for the ever growing spirit Of chris
tan unity. Here we are, bearing diff
ferent names and owning different
formulas of faith, yet in all that is
essential we are one; one in hope; one
i'm love; one in the common spirit of
christian service. All hail the whole
some spirit of brotherly love, and CO.
operation that is stirring christendom
in our timel All swords are sheathed
in the nresence of the cross.
During the closing days of the War
of the Rebellion Grant and Lee were
fighting before Richmond. All day
the two armies had fought with fear
full courage. At sunset a flag Of truce
was struck, and there came a respite
from fighting until the dawning Of an
other day. The two armies were en-
trenched upon opposite sides of small
stream. AS the weary soldiers were
washing. their wounds and preparing
their camps for the night the drum
mer boys sought to keep up the spirits
of all by playing the most stirring of
martial music. The drummer boys
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03
Continued from page l

has said, "That is no nation which has
not its holidays" 1t is even more
strikingly true to say, "That is no ma
ton which has not its holy days"
We have reason to be profoundly
grateful today for the richness of our
inheritance. Less than 800 years ago
Governor Bradford sent out four men
to gather game that the whole colony
might have a great feast, and rejoice
together over the successes of the
year. Just think of that! Four men
able to shoot enough game in single
day to furnish a nation its dinner
Today we are a hundred million peo-
pie; wise above all the wisdom of an
tiquity; stronger than the Roman en-
pire in the golden days of its imperial
strength; rich beyond the measure of
the tabled riches Of the Incas.
We have even greater ground for
thanksgiving because of the splendid
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03
COLLEGE EXTENSION.
Alma College Will Inaugurate Class
in Dewitt Schools.

The people of Dewitt and vicinity
ought to congratulate themselves that
they are going to be able to come in
touch with the spirit of advancement
for Alma College, has at the urgent
request of superintendent Shoemaker,
of Dewitt, determined to make Dewitt
the center for college extension class.
A meeting for all persons interested
has been called at o'clock on the af-
ternoon of Saturday, November 2sth,
in the high school building.
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend this first meeting. Further in
formation may be had by writing or
phoning to or calling upon Superinten-
dent P. II. Shoemaker who has charge
Of the local arrangements.-Th Gin
ton County Republican.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-03

state of Michigan-The Probate Court for the
County of Gratot.
At session of said Court held at the Probate
Office IN the Village OF Ithaca in said County on
the 24th day of November A. ID. 1914.
Present: Hon. ]. Lee Potts Judge of Probate
In the matter of the estate of Richard Jones
deceased
Herbert Montague having filed in said court
his petition praying that a certain instrument in
writing. purportng to be the last will and test
ament of said deceased now on file in said court
be admitted 10 probate. and that the administra.
ton of said estate be granted to Herbet Monta
que or to some other suitable person
II is ordered that the cath day of December A
ID. 1914 at ten O'Clock in the forenoon at said
probate Office be and Is hereby appointed for
hearing said petition;
1t is further ordered that public notice there
OF be given by publication of copy Of this order
for three successive weeks previous to said day
of hearing in the Alma Record. newspaper
printei aud circulated in said county
J. LEE POTTS
A true copy Judge OF Probate
BELLE JENNE Clerk of Probate
LIST Insertion Dec. 3.