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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
INFORMATION FOR
PIGEON BREEDERS
Always Strive to Establish a
Breed Of Birds to Equal or
Excel Any Yet Produced.
(By FREDERICK A. soTTER)

(By FREDERICK A. SOTTER)
Dirty feed, like dirty coal, produces
no results.
Don't imagine too fabulous profits
from squabbing.
To produce the fact from the theory
requires good sound effort and judg-
ment.
System is as necessary in a SQUAD
plant as 1T is in a department store.
Keep an accurate account of every
pair of birds and the young they hatch.
Then weed out the sluggards
One hundred squads weighing from
IA to Is ounces apiece, are worth more
dollars to the squabber than two hun
dred at half the average weight, and
they cost less to feed. Make weight
and quality of your meat your first
consideration.
One pair of thoroughly domesticated
birds is worth half dozen pairs of
imported birds. 1t takes a year for
imported birds to become domesti-
Gated, and If YOU accept imported stock
you must finance your feed bills for
year DIT iedsI WITHOUT any dppTeCldDle
returns from the birds. An extra 81
per pair for domestic birds is economy.
Set loft or two aside at the start,
in which to place the finest youngsters
each week. Every plant needs an
emergency" loft and 1t is well to re.
member that you need to replace worn
out lofts occasionally.
Spend ten minutes every morning
thinking what you can do for the bet.
terment OF your squad plant on that
day Then do IL.
Always aim to establish a breed of
birds to equal or excel any yet pro-
duced. Place your ideal high enough
that you may always have something
to work for
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
CBy CLIFFORD PINCHoT)


This is the time of awakening.
Everywhere new ideas are meeting
hospitable treatment and are gaining
ground. Little by little the fact that
the farm has a larger place in the ma
tional economy than merely to furnish
the raw material of food and clothing
has come to be recognized among us.
Not less striking than the growing
interest In the farm is the growing
appreciation of the forest, and we
realize fully that not only through the
supplying of timber, but by its con-
troll over streams and winds, it's func-
ton as a preserver of the soil against
erosion and in many other ways, it is
a national necessity. When therefore
the farm and the forest meet we have
a question of the most genuine public
Importance.
We are accustomed to think of the
national forests as enormous in area.
covering, as they do, as many acres as
all the New England states, together
with New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
ginia. Yet the area of forest in farm
ers' wood lots is larger still, while the
farmers themselves are the largest
class of direct users Of the forest.
The wise handling of the wood lot,
therefore, is a matter of grave con-
Germ to the farmer as well as to the
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
ERUPTION ON cHlLD'S BODY

r. F. d. No. 2, jackson, Mo.-"Our
daughter who Is ten months old was
suffering from an eruption all over
the body. In the beginning they were
small red spots and afterwards turned
to bloody sores. We tried all sorts
of ointments but they did not procure
any relief for our child. She cried
almost day and night and we scarcely
could touch her, because she was COW
cred with sores from head to foot.
1--WE had heard about the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and made trial
with them, and after using the RENE
dies. that is to Say, the Soap and the
Ointment, only few days passed and
our child could sleep well and after
one week she was totally WE'LL
(Signed) August F. Bartels, Nov. rs.
1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free.with S2-p. Skin Book Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept l., Boston."-Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
WORK OF BACTERIA
QUITE INTERESTING
Little NoduIes Formed on Roots
of Leguminous Plants Are
Soil AeratorS.

AS soon as the roots OF leguminous
crop begins TO grow, II the soil Is
sweet-that is, does not lack lime
tiny bacteria, so small that 1t takes
powerful glass to see them, attach
themselves to the roots of the pea or
other leguminous crop and start to
housekeeping, building little nodule,
as it is called, writes Col. Henry Ex-
all, in Dry Farming. 1t takes only
about twenty minutes to complete the
growth of one of these entities, but
they do not die. They simply divide
themselves into two, each starting a
new nodule or adding to the one al
ready begun, and dividing again in
20 minutes and SO on, lad infinitum;
multiplying at such a wonderful rate
that 1t has been estimated that II there
was one In good condition here week
ago, there are billion now. These
little houses, nodules, grow into great
lives until soon they are as large as
walnuts on the roots of the plants.
Their functions are peculiar and won
derfully interesting as well as profit
able.
The air, as you know, is four-fifths
nitrogen. Nitrogen Is the most expen-
sive fertilizer that you buy, and it is
positively essential to plant life. Now
these little entities suck air into the
earth and aerate the soil. 1t Is just as
necessary for plant to have air as 1t
is for an animal to breathe 1t. They
therefore do the splendid service OF
bringing the air into the soil, and in
bringing it in they digest the nitrogen
that is in the air and convert 1t into
mineral nitrates that are soluble In
water and Immediately available for
plant food. 1t is estimated that under
favorable conditions where an acre of
land is we'll inoculated, the bacteria
will bring $40 worth of nitrogen to the
acre within the year--that is, 1t would
cost $40 and more to buy and put
upon the land the nitrogen that these
little entities have drawn from the at
mosphere into the soil.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29

nation. Wood lots differ so widely In
the kinds. the age and condition OF
trees of which they are made up that
it is extremely difficult to lay down
definite rules for handling them.
First of all, leave some trees Of good
kinds for seed. 1t Is natural to cut
most heavily the best timber, but the
result of that is always to diminish
the number and therefore the seed
producing capacity Of those best trees
in the forest. We must be careful
that the most valuable species Of trees
have chance to reproduce their kind.
Second, remember In thinning the
forest the important point Is not how
closely together the trunks OF the
trees stand, but how much they inter
fere with each other In the tops. Thin
ming should be done strictly with ref
erence to the tops of the trees and the
location of the trunks with regard to
each other may safely be disregarded
Third, when a tree Is down, II there
is young growth on the ground upon
which it falls, the top should be cut
up and the branches piled as soon as
possible. Young trees bent down, but
soon released, recover speedily. Young
trees long bent over may be perma-
nently ruined, and the less cutting
that is done while leaves are on the
trees the better for the future of the
forest.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
FIGHT PLAGUE IN THE ORIENT
American Anti-TubercuIosIs Society
Has Been Active In Movement for
Health Preservation.

Tuberculosis is one OF the most Sc
rious public health problems of the
Orient. Active organizations to fight
this disease have been formed in
Japan. the Philippines, India and Aus
tralia- A movement is on foot for a
national organization In China and in
a number Of cities local work has been
started. While no accurate figures
are available, those who are in po-
sition to know claim that consumption
takes annually from 100000 to 1,000,-
lives In China alone. In India the
death rate is fully as high, and on &C
count of caste distinctions and native
superstitions, the problem OF proven
ton and treatment is peculiarly diff
cult. The Japanese government has
taken hand officially in the control
Of tuberculosis, and is cooperating
with two well-organized private asso-
Citations. The death rate, while very
high, is lower than in China and In
dia. Under the direction of the United
States public health service a move
ment for the prevention Of tuberculo-
sis In the Philippines has also been
organized
The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculo-
sis, with headquarters in New York,
although organized especially for work
in this country, has been largely in
strumental in the establishment of
anti-tuberculosis movement in most
of the oriental countries, as well as in
Africa and South America
IL, Ernnna Ona NM, In fwanfu ia on.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
Horticultural
Points,
O'AzaamAq,>9geea 'D
~Sg # GR
HEAVY PRUNING FOR GRAPES
For Most Vines Total Of Fifty Buds
Will Produce Good Crop and In
sure Continued vigor.

The grape vines need pruning every
year. If you don't know how to prune
them just remember that poor job
of pruning will do grape vine vastly
more good than no pruning at all.
1t Is mighty good grape vine that
can take care of more than fifty buds.
And the buds are all on wood that
grew last yearbook and see. You
may select the buds in either of two
ways; by cutting all the last years
growth away except the two buds near
est the old wood, which is called spur
pruning, or by leaving only few bud
bearing canes on each vine USUALLY
not more than FOUR each of which is
pruned where needed. If the vine is
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
Caring for Strawberries.

While 1t is much the better and
easier way to plant a new bed to
strawberries every spring and pillow up
the old one, only fruiting bed one
season, 1t is sometimes necessary to
let bed stand for second crop.
If this is done 1t is absolutely
necessary to clean it out soon after
the crop is picked. for IL allowed to
grow up to grass and weeds little can
be expected in the way of a second
crop OF Strawberries.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
First GosIlno Feed.

Hard boiled egg and bread crumbs.
or little oatmeal. make a good first
feed for goslings. After two days
boiled POTATOES with which IL mixed
oatmeal or scalded wheat make an
ideal food. Green grass or some green
stuff should be chopped and fed from
the first. After they arc week old
they should be let out on grass arr
will then require vssy littlc feeding
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
Cars 70 Have NoiseIess Brakes.

A brake shoe having a strip of as
phaltum let into the surface has been
adopted for use on street cars in New
York recently. The new brake is said
to be practically noiseless, while hav-
ing good wear-resisting qualities.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
Low-Headed Tree.

A low-headed tree is not necessarily
one on which the scaffold limbs start
close to the ground. but one which
has the bearing wood low on the
scaffold limbs.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
IIaht on Dairy Records.

There can be no question as to the
bright light shed by dairy records on
the actual perforruapce Of lords and
u individual cows
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
Appropriate,

What would you recommend In
bouquets for an April bride?"
"Why not carry shower?"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
Spiritual.

Spiritual.
The new minister in a western par
ish was making his first calls, and
when he reached the home OF the
Peevys he said to Mr.. Peevy:
II don't think that i have seen Mr..
Peevy at church yet, have !. Sister
Peevy?"
well, no, you amt" replied Sister
Peevy. "The fact is, Peevy likes to
lay abed late of Sunday morning,
and time he gets up an has his break
fast and gets through the Sunday pa
pers an does his Sunday Shawn an
mebbe an hour or two Of tinkerin'
around the house that he allus puts
off to do OF Sunday, an then has a
smoke an mebbe cuts some O. the
children's hair or beats rugs for me,
or even mops up the kitchen If I'm
hurrieFtime he's done all that it's
too late for church. Fact is, Peevy amt
a real spiritual-minded man nohow-
at least not the same as l am. New
York Saturday Evening Post.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29

Putnam Fadeless Dyes make nj
muss. Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29

Smile on wash day. That's when you use
Red Cross Ball Blue. Clothes winter than
snow. All grocers. Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
New PeT3ecfioN
Oil Cook-StoVe

combined. Don't forget that fuel saw
ing soon makes up the price of the
stove. That q cool kitchen makes
cooking easy, especially when striking
q match gives you your fire.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29

Doing beats wishing, but It's more
like work
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29

In France one man in twenty is en-
tiled to wear a decoration.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29
ABoon to the Farm Housewife

NEW PROJECTIONS come In 2, s.
and 4 burner sizes, which your dealer
can show you. ASK him to explain tho
special burner construction, how the
broiler broils on both sides at once,
and about the patented fuel reservoir.
refilled without turning off your FIRE.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29

The kitchen loses Its terrors with the
NEW PERFECTIONW Wick Blue Flame
cook stove. Does exactly the work of
the coal range without the terrible ex-
hausting heat and the dirt, and trouble.
Burns clean, convenient, economical
oil: almost saves Its cost during the
season.
Makes the heavy New
summer cooking ry
easy, the kitchen
pleasant. None OF o1u 90
the dangers of gaso-
line; no smoke, no odor.
Note, In the picture, the cabinet top,
the fine, big oven, the shelves and the
towel racks. Roasts, bakes, toasts and
broils to perfection"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-29

Be sure and see tho
latest model with the
n g W HERMOS
oven, an invention
thatgivesyou arrange
and freless cooker
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-07-24
DON'T HjRT YOUR
LIVER WITH CALONEL

Whom your liver becomes torpid
ana sluggish, Won ian take calnmel
and whip it into action hut the cal
"fucl VIII leave your body weaker
and sickcr than ever. Calomol is a
very powerful drug. a form of mer-
curry, and need never be used be-
cause there Is a perfect remedy to
the place Of calomel. that has
all VI calomel's good medical cf-
ieets with none of its dangerous and
uncertain ~follow-ups. It's name is
Dodson's Liver Tone.
Getman a Campbell sell Dodson's
Liver Tone with the guarantee that
II YOU don't find that it treats Won
much better than calomel. they will
give you your money back with a
smile. Dodson's Liver Tone is a true
tonic for the liver, purely vegetable.
and with such a pleasant taste that
II is no trouble to get children To
take it. II is absolutely impossible
for 1t to do any one any harm.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-07-24

CHICAGO. July 23.-Claiming tina;
tho fee demanded was excessive. and
more than the average man could ar
ford GO pay" Harold +. McCormicl,
SOM iu-law Of John y. Rockefeller,
and q millionaire In his own name.
has refused to pay the royalty de
mardod by the Wright company for
his flying boat. The Nrights contend
that the boat iufringes on patents
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-07-24

granted TO them. and they ask $1,000
fro q license and So FOR each lay the
boat Is operated for profit. 'urtlss
backs Mccormick IN his stand II the
Wrights seek fo gomuel payment Of
the license fee. the question OF
whether or NOT Orvillp Wright has
control Il aviation In this country
through his aeropianc patents VIII he
forced 10 an issue.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-07-24
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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-09-24
Notice TO Contractors.

Sealed bids will be received by the Board Of
Directors OF East Fork Irrigation District at
their Office IN Rooms and 8, Hall Building
Hood River. Oregon, up TO october 9Th, 1914, at
O'Clock pm and at that hour date and place,
opened and considered. for tue construction
Of certain work on the main canal Of the Dis
trict's irTigaiing system determined by said
Board, described generally as follows:
demonstrating the headwOrks at the intake
on the East Fork OF the Hood River and the
main canal from that point NortheTly TO
the falls IN the southeast quarter Ofthe North
east quarteT(SEl. of NELOOf Sec 10, Twp /, ~,
Range 10, r. ". ~, approximately distance
Of i6l six miles, an In accordance with and as
H. particularly set out IN plans and specihca-
tiOns for such work adopted by the
Board which may be seen al the office of the
BOard CT at the Office of its engineer, X. A.
McClanathan Room -, HeilbrOnner Building
Hood River, or copies thereof Will be mailed
upon application 10 any one interested upon
deposit Of $50, when money will be return
ed upon the return Of said plans and specin-
cations.
Each bid must be accompanied by a certi-
fled or cashiers check on some responsible
bank in an amount equal 10 per cent OF the
bid. payable to the District, TO be forfeited as
liquidsted damages in case the bidder shah
withdraw his bid or shall fail or neglect TO
enter into a contract in accordance therewith,
should the same be awaTeed to him. BIDS
must be on form furnished for that purpose,
sealed, and marked Proposal for Improving
Main Canal.
Contract will be let to the lowest response
BILE bidder, provided however the Board re-
serves the right to reject any or all bids, or To
waive any defect or irregularity therein tor
the benefit OF the District.
The terms and provisions of such plans and
specifications shall be notice to all bidders OF
| the requirements demanded in the construc
| tiOn of such work.
Dated September l5 1914,
BY order of the Board of Directors of East
Fork Irrigation District,
GEORGE X. WILBUR.
sl7-os Secretary,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-09-24
GOVERNMENT COL
LECTS TREE SEED

A camp of dozen men and boys has
recently been established about 30
miles north of the Columbia river, on
the Columbia national forest, for the
purpose OF collecting tree seed for the
use of the forest service.
Western yellow pine, Douglas fir and
noble fir are the species desired. In
the process of gathering seed. the men
climb the trees and pick the cones off
for the seed is hidden in the cones.
1t will not do to wait until the cones
fall from the tree, because then the
cones are open and the seed lost. At
ter the cones have been gathered, the
next step is to extract the seed This
is quite a process. If the weather is
favorable, the cones are spread on a
sheet IN the sun and allowed to dry. If
the weather is wet, the cones must be
dried and opened by artificial heat.
his is secured by means of a portable
dry kiln which has been devised, con-
slsting of tent equipped with stoves
and shelves. When the cones are dry,
they are placed in churn and thor
oughly shaken until the seed falls out.
The seed, itself, must go through
still further process. 1t is passed
through a flaming mill and all the
chatf removed. This leaves the seed
in final shape for sowing or storage.
Ultimately it will be used in the Wind
River nursery, near Carson, Wash,
where the government raises two mill
ion trees each year with which to re-
forest the denuded areas.in Oregon and
Warrington national forests.
The service does not propose to col
lect seed on an extensive scale this
year, as 300 or 400 pounds will be suf-
ticient for present needs This amount
may be obtained easily in the vicinity
of the present camp.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-09-24
FOR SALE
$25, 10000 6 per cent Irrigation District
Bonds, East Fork Irrigation District
Hood River, Oregon

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Directors of East Fork Irrigation Dis
trict at their Office in Rooms and 6. Hall
Building, Hood River, Oregon, until One-thirty
O'Clock + NJ. on Tuesday october E, A. d. 1914
for the purchase of Series No. !, Issue No. ,,
OF the bonds authorized and issued by the
above named irrigation district IN the total
sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars
5000 g) and in denominations as follows
Twenty one C2D bonds for one thousand
Isl 10000 dollars each, five (5l bonds for hve
hundred $500 dollars each: one % bond for
three hundred $4,000 each; three bonds for
two hundred lS20OO0) each, and six (6) bonds
for one hundred tSlOOOOl dollars each Tor In
such other or different denominations OF not
less than $1,000 nor more than 81 ,0UO.OO as the
purchaser shall prefer, each dated July /,
1913, payable in yearly instalments in those
percentages of the whole issue as by law di-
rected. commencing with the expiration of
eleven years from date of issue and ending at
the expiration of twenty years from date of
issue, and bearing interest at the rate OF SIX
o. per cent. per annum, payable on the hrst
day of January ami July of each year. COu-
pons for the interest are attached 10 the
bonds, and both principal and interest are
payable in lawful money of the United States
of America at the Office of the Treasurer of
said District, or at the Fiscal Agency OF the
State of Oregon in the city of New York, n. Y.
The above described bonds are Issued for
the purpose of procuring necessary reclama-
tion works, and acquiring the necessary prop
erty and rights therefor, to irrigate and re-
claim the lands within said District, and 9TH
erwise carry out the laws of the State of ne
gon relating to Irrigation Districts.
The legality of these bonds has been approx
ed up to this date by Messrs Dillon, ThOmp-
son Il Clay of New York, N. Y. Unqualified
bids only will be received, and the successful
bidder will be furnished with an original copy
of the opinion of the above mentioned attOr-
neys covering the legality OF the bonds.
Each bid must be accompanied by certi-
fed check or cashiers check on some re-
sponsible bank for an amount equal to two
O. per cent. of the face value of the
bonds, payable to the President Of East
Fork Irrigation District, TO be forfeited
as liquidated damages in case the bidder
shall withdraw his bid or shall fail or
neglect to take and pay for said bonds, should
the same be awarded to him. The bonds will
be sold to the highest responsible bidder, pro-
vided, however, the right to reject all bids is
hereby reserved.
All proposals should be marked Proposals
fOI Irrigation District bonds" and addressed
| to c. r, Bone President of East Fork ITTiga-
| tiOn District, Rooms 5 and i, Hall Building,
! Hood River, oregon.
| BY order of the Board of Directors of East
! Fork Irrigation District.
| Dated August Is, 1914.
GEORGE r. WILBUR,
SOL Secretary.