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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06
he'd over and shook him

the Observer reached over and shook him
warmly by the hand.
Horace said the Observer, with emo
ton. you are just the man I have been
looking for. : will contribute that quar-
ter
He handed 1t to Horace, who received
it in a bewildered way.
Horace" continued the Observer. ear.
nestly, you are going on the lecture
platform? You are not afraid to talk
about yourselfr'
Horace was properly indignant.
'Me?" he exclaimed. Huh! Best
thing I do" ;,
II have been trying to get somebody.
said the Observer. ito come In with me
on this proposition. You are the man.
We will be rich. have seen other peo-
pie who have done things in Europe, but
they won't talk about themselves"
Don't worry about me-" said Horace,
with Subtraction --<-----
Il will not" replied the Observer. The
lecture platform for yours"
THE lecture platform for mine," agreed
Horace.
Horace dropped into his best raconteur's
voice.
periencesT' he inquired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

Horace showed a mild but not intern
perate enthusiasm.
when war broke out" said Horace.
oratorically, IT was caught in a small
German town. 1t makes no difference
what the name of the town was. There
were a number of Americans stranded
there.
'My first advenchoor came on the even
ing Of the second day when we were get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

with long flop ears and wrinkled faces,
good old dogs, and not half SO dreadful
as their name might indicate, but they
have wonderful noses and can trail
a faint scent on which they are set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

jealous Of his masters rights in the
property over which he stands guard.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
ACCURATE POULTRY ACCOUNT
OF Much Importance That Record
Should Be Kept to Ascertain Just
What Flock Is Doing.
(By A. ]. WILDER.)

By A. J. wILDER)
An accurate account should be
kept to find out whether the poultry is
paying a profit, and just how much.
In doing this, don't forget to give
them credit for the frying chickens,
broilers, roasters and all the eggs used
in the home. Quite often this is over
looked and the poultry receives no
credit for saving US what would be a
good deal of expense If we had to buy
our fresh eggs and all the poultry we
used.
This Is not so hard to keep track of
as one would imagine. l find that the
easiest way to keep the egg account
is to set down every day the number
of eggs gathered that day. AS rec
ord is kept of all the eggs sold, the
difference would be the number used
at home.
1t is important that we should keep
an account with the poultry and know
just what they are doing. When all
kinds OF feed are so high-priced and
can be sold, or fed to advantage to
other stock, we can not afford to keep
a large stock of poultry at a loss.
If poultry is not making you a profit,
remedy the difficulty and get profit,
or else keep only enough poultry to
supply the family
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
BUILD SUITABLE HOG HOUSES
Building May Be Cheap and Simple In
Construction, but Should Be Con-
venient-EaslIy Arranged.

When hogs are handled in large
numbers, or where twenty or more
brood sows are kept, hog house
large enough to accommodate the ma
jority of the stock is often found
This system has the advantage of en-.
abling the breeder to handle his hogs
with less expenditure of labor and
time than is possible if they are scat.
tered over larger area.
When such house seems desirable,
1t may be cheap and simple in con.
struction, but should be convenient.
1t should run east and west, and is
most easily arranged with row of
pens on each side of an alley way,
which extends the entire length of the
building. The walls may be of one.
inch material siding, but should fit
very close in order to prevent
draughts. The roof should be moder.
ately high, to provide sufficient venti-
lation. Quite number of windows
should be installed in order to pro-
vide sufficient sunlight to keep the
pens dry and free from disease. The
pens should be by 8, or. for large
sows, 8 by 10 feet.
There are many things to be said
In favor of individual houses. First
of all the hogs can be scattered more,
thus lessening the chances of disease
spreading through the entire herd.
Secondly, fields and pastures may be
utilized regardless Of their location or
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30

defiles between these ridges, the
mountain streams, fed by innumerable
waterfalls, find their way into the
broad lagoons within the coral reefs
which protect the low-lying shores.
Vanilla and Cocoa.
Encircling this unexplored and mac
cessible interior lies that species of
alluvial plain which comprises the
only Inhabited portion of the islands.
Here on the gradual slopes between
the rugged mountains and the sea
coast-well shaded. as is necessary
the vanilla grows; and, covering the
wide beaches, the cocoanut-that 9th
er staple of island production-rears
its tufted branches Of palm-like leaves
above the curving and graceful trunk
SO familiar to the eye.
From every viewpoint, excepting the
picturesque alone, the islands may be
said to consist entirely Of this narrow
plain, In places but few rods wide,
and rarely attaining greater width
than half a mile-according to local
measurement, perhaps kilometer.
The fact that the arabic land from
which the islands derive their wealth
is thus limited in extent may be suffi-
cient reason in itself for the fact that
during the past decades these coun-
tries have made so little advance COM
mercially, and are still comparatively
unknown.
The raising Of vanilla and cocoanuts
is still almost exclusively in the hands
Of the natives, who farm and cultivate
on a small scale, who hold under a
complex system Of titles and who are
content to cultivate the land only to
the extent necessary to satisfy their
simple needs.
They control the land, are loath to
part with 1t to the foreigner, and, be-
ing satisfied with conditions as they
are will not trouble to increase its
productivity under his direction.
"Copra" and vanilla are raised and
cured as they were 40 years ago, and
as the demand for both articles is un-
limited, and they represent substan-
TALLY the entire export trade Of the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30

IL days, voyage which represents
nearly one-half Of their running time
to Sydney. Australia, the final port Of
call. Three days out from the Golden
Gate you are in the tropics. You don
your white duck or pongee, your Eng
lish and Australian friends cease from
troubling you with strange questions
about your country" and the after
noon game Of cricket upon the boat
deck appears less inviting.
A day Of excessive heat and humid
ity confronts you in the "doldrums,"
but. after crossing the "line," the
southeast trades begin to blow in over
the bow, and you are In comfort for
the rest of your journey. Shortly be.
fore Tahiti is sighted, the steamship
passes the first land visible since leay.
ing San Francisco-the outlying atoll
Of Titiaroa, and four hours later you
enter the narrow opening IN the bar
rier reef. and are at anchor of the
waterfront Of Papeete. with the
French tri-color flying above the
white government buildings, and from
the staff Of the giant semaphore upon
the hillside behind.
No understanding Of conditions, 60
cial, commercial, or otherwise, upon
the islands, can be reached without at
least fundamental conception Of that
peculiar topography which explains to
a great extent the limitations to which
they are subject. both as place Of
business and as a permanent place Of
abode. Taking Tahiti as typical--and
In nearly every sense save for unusual
size II is-we find body Of land, cir
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30

" y OYAGING on the calm belt"
W of the Pacific is, In some re-
W spects. disappointing. The
ocean traveller, accustomed to
more temperate ATTITUDES,
misses the bracing quality Of the At
lantic breezes. the shifting panorama
OF sea whose winds are never the
same, and whose restless moods find
no counterpart in the monotonous blue
pillows Of the South Pacic.
1t is shipless, deserted ocean,
where. unless there blows up hurri-
cane, there is no change in the unwa-
vering current of the mild trade winds
blowing steadily in their allotted
courses the whole year around. Sea
and sky unite in monotony which is
only broken by the wonder Of the sun.
sets. And 1t is warm-uncomfortabl
warm-"beastly hot" as the English
man will say when he reminds you
that your tepid, salt water bath af-
lords you no relief. Yet, when the
cloud-capped headlands of Tahiti come
up upon the horizon, you remember
only that you are at last In sight of
those fabled wonderlands, the "Islancs
of the Blest."
10 those to whom the isles of the
South Seas mean little more than a
school book memory, or a mental pic
ture drawn from Stevenson's letters,
from Pierre Lott, or the tales of Jack
London, reminder may be necessary.
The Society islands, a colony of the
French republic, are situated approx.
mately 1000 miles south of our own
Hawaiian isles, 1000 miles south.
southwest of San Francisco, upon the
direct route Of New Zealand, and in 1S
degrees of south latitude.
Commercially, as we'll as in point of
size and in population, Tahiti is the
principal island of the group, the capi.
tai city of Papeete, whose population
represents perhaps one-third of the
whole colony, lying under the lofty
mountains upon its western shore.
In CIoud-capped Tahiti.
Comfortable S,000-ton steamships
carry you there from San Francisco in
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
NATIVE DANCING GIRLS

cular in shape, approximately 30 miles
in diameter, Of markedly volcanic
origin, and covered with a tumbled
mass of jagged mountains, whose high
est peaks plunge into the clouds at an
altitude Of nearly 5000 feet. From
these towering submits. the land falls
away in sharply defined ridges, COW
cred from top to bottom with the i'm
penetrable masses of the "lantana," a
dense, tropical growth which reaches
height Of IL feet and makes climbing
or exploration impossible, except with
the aid Of natives armed with the
machete. Down the dark and narrow
islands, 1t can easily be seen that
while present conditions exist, busi-
ness conditions will remain unchanged
also.
And present conditions have been
bettered by the apparent policy of
laisser-aller pursued from the begin
ming by the French. A protectorate
since the days Of Louis Philippe-a
colony almost as long-its masters
have built roads, drainage and water
systems, and district schools. They
have aided the work Of the mission.
aries; their government has. been pa.
ternal In many senses Of the word.
Yet In matters Of commercial advance
ment certain energy seems to have
been lacking, which cannot be laid
solely at the door of the tropical
climate.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
100000
Eastern Markets.

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis.-Eastern pear markets offer a
wonderful opportunity for Western
growers, according to the observations
of Professor G. l. Lewis, horticulture
list of the Oregon Agricultural College.
who has made an extended investi-
cation of Eastern market conditions.
He visited the leading cities of the
Middle West, the East, and New Eng
land, and found a good deal of West
ern pears on the markets, with strong
demands. The pear market is like
wise quite free from the speculation
that controls apple prices.
But there are two things to be
done before Western growers fully
reap the benefits of the Eastern pear
trade" said Professor Lewis. "There
must be greater care in selecting and
handling the pears, and more wide and
systematic advertising. I purchased
pears from Fruiterers in Chicago, New
York and Boston, and found that
much Of the fruit was distinctly in
ferior. Some of the pears were gran
ular and soft, others were wilted and
leathery.
Pears are not handled in large
quantities, as are the apples, and but
very little of it is exposed for sale in
boxes. Most of them are unpacked
unwrapped and displayed for sale in
pyramids. They have lost both la.
bels-that Of the box and the wrap
per-and have no means of identifi-
cation. Some Of the dealers attempt-
led to placard the fruit with its proper
name but were generally wrong in
their selection Of names. l found Win
ter Nellis labeled Bosses, and in a
restaurant ! found a delicious Anio
paraded on the bill of fare as 'Anchou
Pears asked the waiter what thew
were, and he said they were Western
Anchou pears. Later he thanked me
for little pointed information.
ITO prevent these mistakes grow.
ers might place large cards bearing
the name Of the pears and the district
where they were grown on TOP of the
fruit boxes. Then, when the dealer
unpacks he can hang the card in front
Of the pyramid, thus giving legitimate
information to the public and adyer.-
tising the fruit districts"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
CheapenIna the RatIons.

The Iowa station has found that a
small amount Of oil meal or cotton
seed meal added to corn and oats i'm
proves and cheapens the ration for
work horses. A mixture Of n pounds
of shelled corn, Is pounds of oats and
eight pounds of oil meal gave excel
lent results. Cottonseed meal gave
somewhat better results than oil meal
and the ration was little cheaper in
the proportion of 70 pounds corn, 15
pounds oats and pounds oil meal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
Nitrogen From Plowed Under Lesumes

Nitrogen From PloWed Under Lequmes
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval-
lisa heavy crop of vetch or Grim
son clover turned under as green
manure affords more nitrogenous mat
ter than the same amount of stable
manure" said Professor H. d. Scud-
der, agronomist of the Oregon agri-
cultural college. "The green crop is
likewise more free from disease germs
and weed seed than the stable prod
uct. 1t is cheaper, too, if the cost of
labor is considered. And it's effects
in producing acids in the soil are but
little greater than those of stable
manure.
"The acid effects, whether caused
by the stable manure or the green
manure, may call for the use of lime.
Certain it is that If lime is to be used
it may well be used in connection
with the green manure. The present
prices of quick lime make it's use al
most prohibitive, but it ought to be
possible to secure ground limestone
at reasonable prices in the near fu-
ture. There are mountains of lime
stone in southern Oregon, and it is
hoped that companies will be organic
ed to grind the rock and put the prod
uct on the market in time for next
seasons crops. Ordinarily not more
than SO per ton can be paid for ground
limestone, If it is a profitable invest
ment. But the acid-forming action of
green manures is not serious enough
to deter us from using these great
soil builders, while awaiting a lime
supply.
"The crop to be used as green ma
nure should have grown to height of
20 inches or more, and should yield
not less than ten tons to the acre. 1t
must be turned under early in April
and thoroughly chopped up and incor-
porated with the soil by disking, both
before and after plowing, if the best
results are to be obtained. Other
wise it decays slowly, releases its
plant food too late, and dries out the
soil. 1t should be followed by cult
waited crops, such as potatoes, corn,
roots, etc., as they secure the highest
values from either green or stable
manure, being what may be called
gross feeders.
"The actual fertilizing value of ten
tOuS Ol CRIMSON clover OF Vetcn, green
weight, is shown by analysis to be
about as follows: Nitrogen 100
pounds, phosphorus 20 pounds, and
potassium 120 pounds. The value of
the nitrogen is S24, and the value of
AL the fertilizers contained in the
crop is $32 at fertilizer prices in east
ern markets.
There is enough nitrogen in the
ten tons of clover, or vetch, green
weight, to produce 100 bushels of
wheat, 1900 bushels of apples, 5000
pounds of beef, 10000 pounds of pork,
or 100000 pounds of butter. The fer
tilizing effects extend through long
period of years. Aside from the plant
food value, the green manure has
highly beneficial physical effects on
the soil.
"The amount of plant food contain
ed in crop of vetch is practically
as great as that contained in the clov-
er. In both crops, from 60 to 80 per
cent of the nitrogen comes from the
air. and practically all of it is gain
to the SOIL"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
The Cost of Livinq.

A study of family budgets involv-
ing certain observance of the manner
in which different families adjust-or
fail to adjust-living to income, and
the assembling of statistics upon this
subject, is task recently undertaken
and reported upon by advanced stu
dents in the department of home eco
nomics of the state college of Wash
ington. The following citation is TAX
en- from the report:
"The cost of living is problem
which concerns everyone. It is GUS
tomary to lay the blame on economic
conditions, and on them alone; but a
part of the trouble lies in the lack
of proper apportionment of the income
and in the lack of ideals and stand
ards of living. The only practical
remedy yet provided is education in
true standards of living, in what con-
stitutes better homes, more comfort
able conditions, and in clear percep.
tions of those tendencies toward more
imitation and luxury which lead to
degeneration of mind and body"
In citing a classification of living
there are enumerated, food, clothing,
housing, operating expense; and di-
vision of expenditure looking to the
qualification and betterment of the
intellectual and spiritual nature. Food
is asserted to be the most important
factor in the outlay for living. The
first motive of clothing is, or should
be, protection from heat and cold, as
contrasted with the too prevalent de.
sire to crafty and please the world at
large, regardless Of the sacrifice of
bodily comfort. Operating expenses
consist, largely, of the outlay neces-
sary to keep house warmed, lighted,
clean and in repair. Here, as well as
with food and clothing, 1t is the de-
gree Of knowledge and skill and sound
Judgment possessed by the woman in
the home which most often deter
mines efficient or inefficient expendi-
ture.
The need Of certain expenditure for
social betterment is cited as highly
important, but too often neglected
Families with annual incomes of less
that $500 are found often unable to
consider this development. Other
families Of ample income, slight this
phase Of life-the outlay for which
should include travel, recreation, lit
erature, art, church, charity, and in.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
Desirable Type of Sow for Producing
Large LItters.

proximity to other farm buildings.
Third, such buildings are quite mex
pensive, and the number can be in
creased as the herd increases in size.
There are many types Of these
houses. For single sow, the A type
is usually built by by feet high.
The rectangular type is built by
feet for one SOW, or 9 by IL and divid-
ed into two compartments. Those
with the higher roof and with provi-
sions for opening either the sides or
the roof, have SO far proven the most
satisfactory
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
Green Feed for Hans.

II you have a hay NOW in which you
keep alfalfa or clover you will more
than likely find the floor covered with
the leaves that have been shattered
OF. These leaves will make the best
green food obtainable for your chick
ems, either fed dry or moistened with
hot water and allowed to steam before
feeding.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
Chicken Pox.

Chickenpox among the fowls can be
avoided by feeding plenty Of charcoal
and occasionally some sulphur. 1t Is
a blood disease, aggravated BY un-
olAan surroundinaA
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30

Many man sacrifices his principle
TO success, and considers that he ID
getting It cheap at that.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30

oldest boy was $3.50. 1t was spent
as follows
teuI
Food at $3.50 week .. 442.OO
Clothing $3.50
Light and fuel ....-..............-.... 57.20
Recreation ........................ 500
Insurance ...................... 1924
Papers ........................... 5.72
Car fares ....................... 200
Doctor and medicine. 11.50
Mans spending money... 1920
Store, $14; house furniture $40 24.00
Cnurcn 300
Sundries (Soap, washing ma
terlals, etc., ....--....-.-.-.....-...... 1924
$4,000
Food, it is observed, cost $3.50 a
week. The weekly expenditure was:
MILK, two bottles day............... SLIP
Eggs ........-...................... so
Three cans condensed milk for
tea and for bread in place of
Dutter ---...--.-.-..---............-... .27
One quart of potatoes day at
lOc quart .....-....................-.... 10
Vegetables, 10c day.......... 20
Bread, five loaves day at &c. LIS
One and half pounds of butter
at oOc pound. nd....--...........-----.. .45
Jam, sc day, except Sunday 80
Half pound of tea ............ 20
Can cocoa ...............................- .1S
Seven pounds of sugar-............ 40
Meat, 25c day. 1.75
Sundries ............................ .1S
$3.50
The housewife made the children's
clothes; but in their report, the stu
dent investigators expressed doubt as
to whether family of ten could be
properly clothed on $69.50 a year.
There is no recreation, except that
the two boys were given twenty-five
cents week for car fare all summer
to play ball once a week. Father,
mother and seven children were in
sured, amounting to S5S.24 a year. The
man did not drink nor use tobacco.
In conclusion, the following budget
is suggested for family of five, with
yearly income of 5000.
House rent ......-..-.-.-.---.........- $225.00
ROOD 225.00
(Dry groceries, meat, fish,
vegetables, fruits, milk, but
ter, eggs, bread, cake, con-
fectionery.)
Operating expenses ................ 10000
(Fuel, light, water, ice, serv-
ices, laundry, soap, station
cry, postage, car fare, doctor,
dentist, drugs, etc.
Clothes ...................... 1920
House furnishings .--.................. 1900
Higher life :..,...--.-...-.........-...... 5000
(Religion, books, music, news
papers, magazines, recreation
and travel, gifts, amusements,
insurance, investments, saw
ings.)
40
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
FARM AN1 ORCHARD
Notes and Instructions from Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Of Oregon and Washington Specially Suitable Pacific Coast Conditions

vestments and savings. 1t is assert
ed that the essentials of higher life
are yitally neglected on the farm; that
this will be overcome only when the
farmer realizes that comfort, happi-
ness and education are more import
ant factors in the home than the
dollar"
An example of good management
on narrow margins of expenditure is
cited in the family budget of har-
ness cleaner. There were eight chill
dren in the family, ranging in age
from thirteen years to six months.
The total earning of the man and the
oldest boy was $780, 1t was spent
as follows.