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Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
GAVE ENTERTAINMENT

Five young ladies of the M. E.
Church gave an entertainment in the
New Century Club room on last,Friday
evening. The proceeds from the enter
tainment $95, will be given by them
as part of their share of the parsonage
improvement fund. Al. eady they had
earned $15 90, which added to the $35
taken in on Friday evening brings the
amount up to $50, or $40 each which
was the wished for amount to pay
each share.
The following delightful program
was given:
Vocal Solo,. Miss Marion Vinyard
Reading ng............... Mrs. John Armstrong
Pinks of Propriety y....................... Drill
Comedy" urder Will Out"
Scene-Lena Stiles Dressing Room.
Grandma Siles, Miss Denny
Lena Stiles, Miss Richards
cboroo+,s Nay Taylor, iss Jolls
Oii''i e'0' . Minnie Strague, Miss Alice
Dinah, Miss Lillian Melvin
Bridget O'Flaherty Mrs.
ID. W. Stevens.
Instrumental Duet. Miss Mildred Red
grave and Miss Margaret Pleasanton.
Vocal SOlo..............Miss Lulu Ratledge
Dutch Filtration .........................Dril
Recitation Song (By Request. Miss
Anna Denny.
Conclusion .......................Min .Minstrelette
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
BROWNIE

Surprise the little folks with a
Brownie Camera. 1t will help them to
observe and afford them endless amuse-
ment.
FoGEL & BURsTAN.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21

WANTED. "A good hand
york carriage, must be cheap. Apply to
THIS OFFICE.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
WILL GIVE PRIZES
The State Board Of Agriculture En-
cOuraging Better Crops
RULES FOR ENTERING CONTEST

The State Board of Agriculture
Dover, Delaware, offers the following
prizes for crops grown in Delaware in
1914.
For the best acre of seed corn of any
variety, Gold Medal.
For the second best acre of seed
corr of any variety, a Silver Medal.
For the largest yield on one acre of
dry shelled corn in any part of the
State, $50. The winner of this prize
cannot compete for prizes offered below
for highest yields in each of the
counties, but he may compete for the
medals given for seed corn.
For New Castle county:
For the largest yield of corn in New
Castle county, $40.
For the second largest yield, 500.
For the third largest yield, $40.
For Kent county:
For the largest yield of corn in Kent
county, $40.
For the second largest yield, 500.
For the third largest yield, $40.
For Sussex county:
For the largest yield of corn in Sussex
county, $40.
For the second largest yield, $50.
For the third largest yield, $40.
RULES
l. Each contestant must be a res
dent of Delaware and plant at least
one full acre of corn. Said acre NAV
be separate from other paintings, or it
may be portion of any field of corn.
2. Each contestant must on or before
August l. 1914, file with the State
Board of Agriculture, Dover, his in
tention of entering the contest.
3. Blank forms will be given each
contestant to fill out, showing the fol-
lowing items: Variety of corn planted;
preparation of the soil; dates of plant
ing and maturing, and manner and
number of times cultivated or hoed,
etc
4. No restrictions are made as to
variety of corn, soil or kinds or amounts
Of fertilizers applied.
5. The corn shall be left standing in
its natural growth, or topped and strip
ped, and standing on the acre of ground
as it grew, until it is ready to be husked
in the presence of a committee that
will be named by the State Board of
Agriculture.
6. Each contestant shall notify the
State Board of Agriculture when The
corn is matured. Upon receipt of such
notice the Board will send committee
to measure the ground, and see the
corn husked and weighed. The rep /,
of this committee shall be portion of
the report of each contestant.
The amount of shelled corn shall
be determined by weighing the total
amount of the corn grown on the acre
at the time Of husking and then taking
from the pile of husked corn 35 pounds
of ears and shipping it to the State
Board of Agriculture at Dover, where
it shall be kept until Dec. /, when it
shall be shelled and weighed. The es-
timated shrinkage of the corn on the
acre from the time of husking shall be
by the shrinkage of this
sample of 35 pounds.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21

After Octobet first the Library hours
will be: Tuesday, $50 to P. NJ;
Friday, to $50 P. M; Saturday, 8 to
5P. NJ On Tuesday evening, the Lii
brary will be open for school children
exclusively.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
PRIZES FO2 POTATOES

The following cash prizes are offered
for the highest yields of Irish po-
tatoes grown by any resident of the
State in 1914.
First prize for the highest yield, s5l.
Second prize for the second highest
yield $40
Third prize for the third highest yield,
$50.
Fourth prize for the fourth highest
yield 500.
Fifth prize for the fifth highest yield,
$40.
The potatoes grown may be either
the early or late crop. and any variety
except the McCormic or Hoosier, which
is so distinct from all other varieties
grown in the State, and because of lis
doubtful quality will be excluded from
the competition.
Contestants for these prizes will notify
the State Board of Agriculture not
later than May l. 1914 of their intention
to enter the contest, when blanks will be
furnished them for making a report to
the Board. A committee will be sent to
superintend the digging and weighing OF
each acre entered in the contest.
Decayed or seriously scabby potatoes
shall not be counted in the yield, but
must be thrown out before the potatoes
are weighed.
Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
LOCAL NEWS

Wagons and Dearborns for sale.
J. C. GREEN.
Garden Seed in bulk, at
EVANS FEED STORE.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15
PRESERVING EGGS.

IN THE last tvp OF three years the
water glass method of preserving
eggs has been tested out thoroughly,
both on poultry plants and in laborator-
iaA In test a 10 per cent solution pre-
served eggs 50 effectually that At the
snd Of fourteen weeks they appeared
perfectly fresh. In most packed eggs
the yolk settles to one side and the egg
becomes inferior in quality. Again,
most packed eggs win not beat up well
for cake making or frosting, while eggs
lspt in a water glass solution win give
the same results as fresh eggs "Watez
glass" is the popular name for potas-
ainm silicate or sodium slicata the com
mercid article often being mixture Of
the two Water glass usually is sold in
one or two forms, either a powder or q
syrup-thick liquid The retail Price var
les, but usually Is in the neighborhood
Of 10 cents.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15
M;ECTKIC INCUBATOR.

n OULTRY raisers may look forward
to lessening their duties by util-
izing electricity, as electrically
heated incubators and hovers are now
on the market. The Electrical World
describes an electric incubator and
hover. The case is built Of two4nsh
cork boards, reinforced with steel cor
nsrA Tho top is entirely covered with
steel, and the base on which tho egg
tray stands Is made Of well seasoned
cypress covered with . thick felt pad.
The egg tray is made Of galvanized
steel, and has removable wire mat on
which the eggs are put. A hole in the
center allows the chicks, when hatshed,
to fan into wire basket hung on run
ners under the egg tray. Air is I'll
tered through Sits in the felt pad base.
A ventilating tube extending through
the roof and attached to the cover leads
down through the hole in the egg tray
into tho nursery chamber. The amount
Of air is varied by means Of sliding
cap on the tube.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15
ROOSTER WITH HENS.

IT Is NOT necessary fo, rooster to
be among hens in order that their
laying qualities may not be eur
tailed. The rooster, it is advised, should
be allowed with the hens only during
the breeding season, and eggs that are
intended for Matching purposes should
be fertile, as the infertile ones will not
hatch. Fertile eggs spoil very quickly
when subjected to the ordinary methods
Of handling on the farm and when mar
keted during the hot summer months
under adverse conditions Infertile eggs
will keep in good condition in temper
atures which viii cause fertile eggs to
rot. The department advises that on
May / all male birds be either killed,
Aold, OF confined until December OF -
late as January in some localities, mas
much as it is not necessary to the laying
qualities Of a hen that rooster be
maintained in the flock. Moreover, his
presence during those months means fer
tile eggs, which mean bad eggs, and the
consequent loss to the producer and the
consumer.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15
cULLING PULLETS.

AULLING Of the pullets that are
u rapidly forging ahead should not
be omitted, for there will be in
any flock Of young birds those that
can be distinguished by this time that
win not develop into profitable layers.
The cost Of keeping culls win before
long equal what they will bring when
they are sent to the market. 1t has
been well said that If pullet does
not pay profit the first year over
and above her maintenance "she will
never catch up with what she owes for
her board" Furthermore it is not good
policy to coddle weaklings, although one
may wish to make the flock as large
as possible, for they will not make
good breeders and will prove bill Of
expense.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15
sOPT ROASTERS.

n REDUCING SOFT ROASTERS win
make Gull cockerels most profit
able. Such roasters bring the
highest prices when produced through
taponizing. This operation yields the
largest possible bird. The larger the
bird the higher price paid per pound.
The South Shore section Of Massachu-
sets is noted for it's large numbers Of
tender, juicy, soft roasters, and the high
market prices received for them. Hav-
ing decided to raise soft roasters, select
the best cockerels for the freeding pens.
This can be done when they are three or
four months old. Caponize all other
cockerels and feed them two or three
months longer. BY this time they will
weigh eight pounds and be in prime
market condition. Cracked corn, beef
scraps and water should be kept con-
stantly before them. Feed them some
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15

green food In the shape of cabbage
sprouted oats or green rye. Capons will
reach the desired weight in few weeks
without other forcing than the above
simple diet Soft roasters are in de-
mand al the year round, but bring the
best prices in the early summer. 1t is
well for those who have been selling
their cull males for low market prices to
caponiss and fatten them. It means
greater profits Caponizing not only
increases the size and weight Of the
male at killing time, but the capon s
flesh Is more tender, juicy and finer
Favored than tho ordinary fowl This
is the reason that eaponized soft roast
err bring more per pound.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15

are justly sore that this breed, which
has been among the leaders, not by
booming, but standing on the record Of
merit for years, has been unjustly con-
demned by few who have jumped at
Conclusions before obtaining real facts
and past recordA Wyandottes have al
ways been noted for their great laying
qualities, and the new standard is not
going to hurt this breed in any man
ner. With the improved Standard the
White Wyandottes should now become
more popular than ever, allowing q
longer bird, yet still retaining the
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15
STARTING THE CHICKS.

IT Is important to give the chicks a
good start in life and once start
ed to keep them growing. Hold
them up on dewey mornings and day.
of threatened rain. Confinement at
such times Is better than allowing them
to range through wet weeds and grass.
Incubator chicks arc hard to control
in times Of sudden showcrs II raised
"by hand" and it Il generally best
70 eonfins their range to given area
and have the eoops or shelters well
distributed over this space.
It ID well to givs tho chicks TO hens
at Matching 50 that they win be lotted
out in mall punches, and thus every
hen knows her own coop and takes hal
chicks into il On the approach OF rain
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15
HANDLING EGGS.

n FrER eggs come ont of storage and
IA before they are placed In tho 10
tail market they are usually can
aled and graded Gambling is done BY
holding each egg before q candle or
other bright hight in space whers the
Hiffused light Of the room is excluded.
Expert gamblers can detect the changes
in the eggs and grade them with won
aarful accuracy. By this process ssv-
sral grades Of eggs are sometimes OBJ
kained, each grade worth less than the
pther. In the retail markets two of
three different grades may appear side
BY side. The patron is permitted to be-
heve the best grade are new laid eggs
and that the others are cold storage
eggs. Indeed, the better grades are
sometimes labeled fresh eggs, and ths
joke Of it is that usually the buyer does
not know the difference when the eggs
are used The average palate cannot
tall the difference between new laid
sgg and one that may be called near
fresh. This Is especially true Of eggs
chat are taken from the shell before
they are cooked. Those who prefer to
pat their eggs from the shell must have
Them new laid, as whatever favors the
egg contains are all retained. Even
stale eggs may be used for cooking as a
part ingredient Of dish and give little
pr no offense to the taste.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15
FEED FOB SETTING HENS.

Fed the hens on whole grain dur
r ing the Matching period, giving
them plenty Of green food, pure
water and q dust bath. Do not worry
tho hens while the chicks are Matching,
but clean out the broken shells when
the Matching Is about completed, and
then leave them quiet for day or even
more, as nothing else will strengthen
the little chicks so much as rest and
quiet. They should on no account be
fed for at least 48 hours after they
are Matched, or even longer.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15
soRATCHINGs.

II the chickens are permitted TO
crowd into punches in a close house on
hot nights they win easily catch cold
when damp, cool day comes. Better
move the roosts out into the scratch
ing sheds.
In caring for poultry there are three
essentials that should never be over
looked. They are: Clean water, green
food and fresh air.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15
WYANDOTTES CAN LAY.

THOSE who claim to know SO much
about the egg type of WyaIdottes,
and have made the claim that this
breed was losing out in the produc-
ton of eggs, should have been at Chi
cago and obtained the data Of many
of the real leaders of this variety, who
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-15
A Weekly Page of Poultry Hints to You

curves that have made this breed most
beautiful to look upon.
The Washington times., 1914-04-07
Police Court Record

United States Branch, Judge Mullo" ny
Bascoe Jordan. assault, 50 Ur 80 days; L"'her
Mayer. permitting gaining on premises S4V:
forfeited; Frank H. Miles. larceny, tTlal
April Is: Frank Wander. permitting gam
ing on premises, Jury ir1al demanded; FRED
erIck Eucxman. assault with danSeloIs
wea pon. bound over TO grand Jury Chif.ie
Famin.ttc, assault with 4 dangerous Weap-
on, continued; Alfred Virgins. housebreak-
Ing bound over grand jury; Alexander
Moore, larceny. dismissed: Edward Bum
brey Robert G~inn, and Ralph Eudd: lai-
cen:, juFy Trial demanded; William Jones
depreciation of property, bound over II grand
jury; Walter Marsh, attempted hOrsebreak-
Ing and carrying OF concealed Heapsnz
pruba tiUn -ear-
Distric, branch. Judge Pugh-John II.
Broclson disorderIy s. forfeited: JUnn Ed.-
lin violating police regulation, s. forfeited {.
Cary Washington, speeding motorcycle and
rier. traffic violation, 81 forfeited; Richard
Lightborn. ohstructing street, = forfeited; !;
Grant Thomas, fai 10 stop vehicle when
street car discharged passengers. 81 forfeited;
Ernest Carter. disorderly, s. forfeited; Joseph
BoDbington, disorderly. s. forfeited; WinE' Id
Preston. speeding automobile. s. forfeited;
Wendall johnson, traffic violation, 8 for
Ielted: Harold b. Prosper. speeding aHtoIno-
bile, $ forfeited: Forrest u. Yo"ell. sneed-
ing automobile. s. forfeited. Maurice Chase,
obstructing sidewalk, continued for sentence;
Charles L. Kinney and John 6. Harves. IN
licensed poolroOm, trial April 10; George {.
Stevens untaSSed automobile, continued Tor
sentence: Thomas Rinsldi; unta ggrd auto
mobile continued for sentence: William A.
Brown disordery. g. forfeited: George ..
Schafer speeding automobile. continued FOR
sentence Charles Webster. CollidiuE. con-
tinued for sentence: Robert Green. disorder
w. SO or thirty days; Leon X. fitzgerald.
i!sorderly. jury trial demanded: Marie Ma
mazza disolderly, 50 forfeited Ernest Gallo
way. d!sordeIly, s. forfeited Allen T-rner.
tIaI1lc Violation. s. forfeited; John /. barnes.
unlicensed poDIroom. trial April IA; Charles
H. Ehrhart. fail to stop automobile when
street car discharged passengers, dismissed
George Schreyer. speeding automobile. s. tor
feited
The Washington times., 1914-04-07
MAKES FORTUNE IN
SALE OF MINK FUR
enterprising Minnesotan Raises
Little Animals. and Gets
SIS for PeIts.

PINE RIVER, Mimi. April "A S.
White. formerly Minnesota and Inter
national station agent at this place,
has made picturesque addition TO the
number of MinneSota's industries. He
has mink farm. where he raises the
animals, not for their fur. but 10 sell
them 10 those who make a business
OF rearing them and killing them for
their pelts.
Mr.. White got his idea from a Sun
day newspaper which described the
nourishing trade in black foxes car
ried on by the inhabitants of Prince
Edward Island and mentioned in pass
ing the fact that some of the islanders
who found the high price OF foxes
prohibitive were starting to raise mink.
but had difficulty in getting a sufficient
supply. This gave Mr.. White his cue.
He had often trapped mink for their
fur: it would be just about as easy. he
thought, TO capture and feed them until
he found customers for his catch.
Not far away from the railway sta
ton he picked out a small farm. After
his days work was done he used to go
into the woods TO look after his traps,
and every once in a while he would re-
turn with a live mink in bag. When
he thought he had obtained a good
s,arU ne turned in his resignation 10
the railroad and announced that he
had become a mink farmer.
He built pens back of his farm house.
each about thirty inches wide and
twenty feet long. Mink are fairly pro-
life breeders, the litters running from
four to eight, the average number being
five.
Mr. Whites i-domesticated stock
is usually healthy. and most of the
young survive. He ships the animals
alive to Prince Edward Island Last
year he says he received SO pair,
and has never received less than $50
pair
The Washington times., 1914-04-07
Wholesale Produce Market

kGGs-Nes-by, fresh, 20c per doz,; South
eTn l9c per oUz.
cHEESE-New York, new. Isc per lb.. na;,
I9c per lh.
BUTTER-Elgin print. 2sisc per ID, tub.
2II2C per ID; process. ZlT22c per ID.
LIVE POULTRY Quotations furnished by
krey. Price q co. o.J-Hens. 1ar per ID
boosters. lie per lb. turkeys 22025c per lb
chickens, -3H2Jc per ID; ducks, l7dlSc
per 10.
DRESSED POULTRY-(ouotat lions by hrev,
Price Cu.J-Turkeys. 23nZJc per 10: chick
ems. 23T 2Jc per lb.. hens. lSqeOc pc. ~
ducks. l6H2Oc per ID: geese. I5nlGc per ID.
DRESSED PURk-Choice light. lie yer 10
medium. lcI.allc per lb.. stays ana sows,
"a Sc per 10.
LIVE STOCK-EeaI calves. lUTlpI.C per 10
rat sheep. 5G5i-c per lb., fall IamDs. ~ GSc
per 10: spring lambs. lCdl2lzc per 10.
NEGETABLES-(Quota furnished ly
Taylor Wadel-Potatoes. s.. 23d2J0 pc- Dbl
onions. Texas. per bbl., $50: cabbage g G"fb
. % per bbl; lettuce, 81. J06I 20 per basket
beets. s2.0oFr2.6o per 100 bunchcs; >ams.
81 56H3.o0: celery. J0a75c per doz.: scuaSn.
$. Goa . 25 per bbl !: kale. per bbl.. 7IrTf.Gp
Receipts uf veal calves. spring laInbs. pnLl-
'ry. ami eggs Yer, light for the season. and
high prices prevailing.
The Washington times., 1914-04-07

head. His carriage is erect his
manner youthful. and almost boy
iSh.
I'm fit as fiddle" no said.
And the march will lust be for
me n bit of much needed exercise.
My legs need stretching
CO%ey's book contains 4 personal
tribute 10 Carl Trowne, who. Just
before his death in Washington In
January, achieved his life long ant
bition of delivering Speech from
tie iaritDi steps.
Browne was ;hG chief HIa;:>.IIl If
the former march. He occupied
the same eel during the twenty
days term ToNcy incurred fer
''treading on the turf " grass and
and iniurinS the shruhhcry'
II can say no more here Than
have sale TO my friends m2u>
many times. the ,rihT'a reads,
That Browne was the mNSt w,-
selfish man rf my entire life az
QuaintauCe. He never gave
thought Ia T",UuIary gain HIS
whole heart WAS ~ thN movement
to emancipatc labor. wniCh forced
his mind {" -iiur'nl- ,ui unCCaS-
lnr action alrnS these lines rIlH
- ally. nature oVCrtaN MI. lnC drop
ped dead in ni> great life work ''
The book also r1nts'nS inuStrA-
ti0ns OF 'IHH hosts adVanC,n-.' IN
1894
The Washington times., 1914-04-07
DEATHS

DE- r.ANCEY-On Monday. April s. 1914, At
George Washington University Hospital.
ELIZABETH ID. DE LANcEY, widow OF
F. William r. De Lancey of New York. In the
scventy-seventh year of her age.
FAULKNER-On Monisy. April G, 1914. at
IN O'Clock p. M, at his residence. Chester
brook. Va, GEORGE W. FAULKNER
Notice OF funeral later.
HARRISoN-On Sunday. April 5, 1914 Jo-
SEPH o. HARRISON, aged sixty years.
He Ia survived by his wife, Mary z. Har-
rison: his mother. Sara A. Branscombc: hts
son, Joseph Harrison. and four daughters.
Bessie NJ. Daisy E.. Ida B.. and Sadie B.
Harrison.
Funeral from his late residence, les Ci-
rard street northwest, At .. m, Wednes-
day. April s. Interment private.
Baltimore papers please copy9
JULIHN-On SATURDAY. April & 1874 at Ala
media. Cal. DR.. MAGNUS r.. JCLIHS.
Funeral from residence OF his daughter.
Mrs. c. I. Snyder. So Walnut street. Ala
media, Cal. April 8.
The Washington times., 1914-04-07
Wisdom of InexperienCe.

Mr.. Brown met Mr.. Jones on the
street.
ANY news. Brown" asked Jones.
Nothing special. I've just been read
ing the Sunday paper And I find one
nec,Iliar thing in il that may he news
to YOU
What is it,?
The Sunday paper says that women
in ancient Egypt used to act as they
pleased. live as they pleased, and dress
as they pleased. without regard to what
the men thought Lucky We don't live
in those time. what?
MIR. Brown. are you married?'
What has that go to do with it?
As mater of fact. I'm not.
u thought nOt"-Cleveland Plain
dealer.
The Washington times., 1914-04-07
Stopping the Agony.

An Engllsh Judge. Sir Henry Hav-
kins, was presiding over A very long
and tedious trial, and listening as at
tcntiveIy as he could to protraCted
and wcaryinG speech from an eminent
counsel learned in the law.
Presently Sir Henry penciIed brief
note and sent IT to the lawyer in ques-
ton. Opening it, that gentleman read
as follows:
Patience Competition.
Gold medaI-Sir Henry Hawkins.
Honorable mention-JOb.
Counsel'n (!sply Of oratUry came to
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