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Newark post., 1915-03-03
Quarterly Meeting of
Farm Bureau

The quarterly meeting Of the New
Castle County Farm Bureau, COM
posed of representatives of oranges
and other farmers organizations,
was held Saturday afternoon in the
State Fair Association Office, Fifth
and Shipley streets, Wilmington.
The discussion centered chiefly on
the effects Of the recent outbreak Of
foot and mouth disease and on var
ious matters for the betterment Of
farming conditions.
DR.. H. P. Ewes, of the State Live
Stock Sanitary Board, who has
been very active in combating the
foot and mouth disease, attended
the meeting and talked before the
bureau on this subject. He made
it plain that while the State, in all
probability, is through with the
disease for the time being, it is not
through with trouble from other
cattle ailments. He predicted an
epidemic Of hog cholera and an
thrax this summer. In order that
this may be as light as possible, he
urged precaution on the part of
farmers until the season shall have
passed.
AS a result of DR.. Ewes warning,
the bureau will urge the State Live
Stock Sanitary Board to take any
steps which may seem necessary to
prohibit the bringing Of dogs into
this State. The doctor said that
while the Pennsylvania authori-
ties prohibit the shipment of cat
tie from this State into Pennsyl-
vania, they do not object to their
gunners coming into Delaware with
dogs, which very probably have
run over Affected ground. Conse-
quently the upper hundreds of the
county are imperiled. The bureau
will urge that guards be placed at
various places along the State line,
with permission to shoot all dogs
brought into this state.
Messrs. Keyes and Brown, of the
United States Department of Ag-
riculture, conferred with the bu-
reau relative to taking farm sur
veys in the interest of better farm
ing. The surveys will comprise the
tabulation of farm products, with
their respective costs and profits.
By this means they hope to make
the subject more attractive to
young men and to have produce of
better quality grown. The federal
agents will instruct the three coun-
ty agricultural agents in the work.
The survey work, which will be un-
dertaken this week, has been
brought about through the efforts
of L. H. Cooch, agricultural agent
for New Castle county; Agent M.
0. Pence of Kent county, and
Newark post., 1915-03-03

be given each week with The DEL
MARvIA SUNDAY STAR, Whining
tons progressive newspaper, be-
ginning on March 7. On that date
The Star will begin issuing a fic-
ton supplement containing COM
plete new copyrighted story of full
book length each week. No wait
ing for a week to see what the next
chapter will be. The whole story
will be printed at once and this fea-
ture alone will be worth the whole
cost of The Star, which is five cents
IA copy.
Newark post., 1915-03-03

Besides The Star will continue
to publish a fine magazine section,
all the important telegraphic news
and all the news of Wilmington and
Delaware. The Star prints more
sporting news and pictures of in
'terest to the people of this section
than all the other papers. 1t is
clean and well edited and should be
read by ever Delawarean.
Order your 'newsdealer to leave
a copy for you or subscribe by mail
$l.5O a year. ADV.
Newark post., 1915-03-03
Doings of the Della
ware Legislature

Following are number of the
bills of general interest acted upon
by the Delaware Legislature dur
ing the last week.
Senator Gormley's bill to make
Good Friday a legal holiday in this
State was passed by the Senate.
The House passed Senator Hof,
fecker's bill increasing the number
Of notaries public in New Castle
county from 60 to 90, placing 10 in
Kent as at present and increasing
the number in Sussex from Is to
20. The bill also gives the state
revenue collector notOrial powers.
Rowing bands of gypsies are pro-
hibited from marrying on transac-
tions or practicing their craft in
Delaware, under penalty of six
months Imprisonment for viola
tions by Representative Daisey' s
bill which was passed by the House.
The House killed the bill intro
duced by Representative Evans to
amend the constitution by requir-
ing women to pay capitation tax
as well as men.
The House killed Representative
Hoch' s bill to increase the salaries
of the county superintendents of
schools from $1,000 to $1,000 a
year.
Without a dissenting vote the
Senate passed Senator Hoffecker's s
bill providing that six per cent
shall be the legal rate of interest
paid on loans of money as well as
his bill providing a penalty of
$4,000 fine or two years imprison-
ment or both for persons convicted
of wilfully starting or aiding in
circulation Of false rumors con-
cerning the financial condition of
banking institutions.
Senator Hoffecker's bill to ap-
propriate $4,000 annually to the
board of trustees of Delaware Col
lege for the maintenance of sum-
mer school for teachers, was passed
by the Senate. Similar action was
taken on a bill appropriating So,
62S to the college in three yearly
installments for cooperative agri-
culture etensiXon work, and on an
other appropriating $500 for the
experimental station.
Farmers who lost money from
the epidemic Of hoof and mouth dis
ease are cared for by Senator New
tons bill to appropriate $14, zoo
to this account, which bill was
passed unanimously by the Senate.
Newark post., 1915-03-03
SCRATCH FEED

Gluten Feed ........... 100
Ground Oats ........... 100 "
Middlings ............ Is "
Fish Scrap ........... ~
Fine Beef Scrap ........ 80 "
Low Grade Flour ........ 25 "
The more dry mash the hen can be
induced to eat, the more eggs, Mr..
Pollard declares.
Every house also contains five
trap nests, by means of which an
accurate record of the laying of
every hen is kept. The trap nest
is box with a spring door, operat-
ed by means of a small wooden
trigger. AS the hen enters the
nest to lay, the door swings shut,
and the bird is confined until re-
leased by a caretaker. Because of
the fact that confinement on the
nest unnerves bird and makes her
unfit for laying the following day,
it is necessary for someone to make
a round of the plant gathering the
eggs, and releasing the hens, every
hour. Every hen is banded with a
ring upon which is marked her in
dividual number and her pen num-
ber. These numbers are marked
upon the eggs, and every day an
entry of the eggs laid the previous
day, is made. The entire plant is
an experiment conducted in the
most scientific manner Because Of
this, records even to the most min
ute detail are kept. Six hundred
pages of entries are made in a sin
gle week. AS result the superin-
tendent can give at a second no.
tice, the record Of every single bird,
and of every pen, as well as the
exact cost of feeding any bird for q
year. Because of this Mr.. Pollard
and two assistants devote their en-
tire time to the work. A CONNER
cial plant of the same size would re-
quire the attention of but one man.
The value Of egg-laying compe-
titions has been demonstrated by
England and Australia where in a
period Of twelve years the average
record Of the hens entered was in
creased from III to 1877. The
competition in question, institu-
ted by the Philadelphia North
stituted by the Philadelphia North
American as means of establish
ing a standard among poultry fan
ciers, is now in it's fourth year.
During the first year the hens en-
tered averaged 154; the second,
1856; the third ITO eggs.
The highest record made by a
bird was that of Columbian Queen,
Columbian Plymouth Rock, who
won the world championship last
year in the North American compe-
tition. Her record was 2S6 eggs.
The bird, from an English pen, has
been recently exhibited at Madison
Square Garden. This season. Pen
"a, composed of White Wyandottes,
bred by Edward Kern Of England,
leads in the race. Last year $4,000
eggs were shipped from the compe-
tition. In the four months since
the beginning of the contest last
November there has been a ship
ment of $4,000 eggs.
The birds entered in the present
competition include fourteen differ
ent breeds, a number of which have
been shipped from England.
Pennsylvania, New York, Connec-
ticut, Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey
and Delaware are well represented.
Among local entrants are the Dia-
mond Egg and Poultry Farm, Will
mington, Oliver A. Newton, Bridge
vile, and James Spiers Of the Col
lege Farm.
Each entrant upon the shipment
of six birds, pays an entrance fee
Of $1,000. Five birds are placed
in the owners pen, and one goes
to rEe reserve pen, made I'D of the
Newark post., 1915-03-03

Even the big Philadelphia news
papers do not supply such an at
tractive and costly feature as will
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11
Forest Notes,

1t is estimated that the govern
ment's Grand Canyon game refuge
in Arizona, now contains about ter
thousand deer.
More than nine million young
trees and ten thousand pounds oil
seed were planted on the national
forests in 1914.
The government built more thar
two thousand miles of trail and three
thousand miles of telephone line on
he national forests in 1914.
At least rs per cent Of the larch
timber over large areas in eastern
Oregon has been killed or weakened
by mistletoe and the forest service
is taking steps to combat the pest.
Success has followed forest plant
ing on the sandhills of Nebraska
Jack pines planted there by the gov
ernment forest service ten years ago
now have height of over Is feet and
diameter of inches.
Increasing use of the national for
ests by local farmers and settlers to
supply their needs for timber is
shown in the fact that small timber
sales on the forests numbered 8,298
in 1914, against 6,1S2 the previous
year.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11
Omar Luttrell, we'll known farmer

Omar Luttrell, well known farmer,
was a Heppner visitor Saturday.
Ernest Meyer, farmer of upper
Black Horse, was in Heppner Satur-
day.
Leonard Carlson was a business
visitor in Heppner from his Goose
berry ranch Saturday.
L. F. Day of st. Johns, for many
years a Morrow county stOckman,
spent several days in Heppner last
week looking after interests which
he still retains in this locality.
a petition is being circulated
Uhich may be the means Of increas-
ng the quantity Of fish iii Willow
reek. At the present time the creek
lows into the Columbia in an easter
direction, whereas if the channel
the creek is changed 50 that the
utlet will be in a westerly direction,
lsh will go up Willow creek, rather
han going on by, as is now said to
De the case.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

Brown LeghOrn cockerels for sale.
Single comb. Coco birds.
w. B. TUCKER, Heppner, Ore.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

a plan which might proftably be
followed in all parts of the Northwest
has been adopted by the counties in
cluded in the Willamette Valley Ex-
position association, by which large
sign boards will be erected along the
line Of the railroad telling passen-
gers on the trains just where they are
at any time, in what county and the
distance to the state capital and also
to the nearest important town. AS
these signs will be uniform in size
and attractive in appearance, it is ex-
pected they will be of great interest
to travellers.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

Assuming that in the near future
the present fertile farms of western
Oregon will be in urgent need of fer
tilizing materials. State Engineer
Lewis has recommended that some
action be taken to make use of the
great kelp beds along the Oregon
coast in order to save the enormous
amount of potash which is annually
going to waste. He states that it is
comparatively easy to procure sup
plies Of nitrates and phosphates, but
the principal source of potash is now
closed by the war. 1t is believed the
kelp beds can be made to produce
enough potash for present and fu-
ture needs and may also open up
new and profitable industry.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11
STATE INDUSTRIAL
ITEMS Of INTEREST

Dallas may issue bonds to buy the
waterworks.
Drain cooperative eannery closes
successful year.
Salem-Act of legislature insures
$230,O0O bridge.
Bandon laundry and ice plant has
been consolidated.
Coos Bay Iron Works will manu-
facture gas engines.
The cannery business at Newberg
for 1914 totalled S53,3O5.
The Umatilla county court is NOV
ing for $4,000 county library.
1t is reported the Brookings Lum-
Der Co, will erect $2,000,OOO dock.
The Oregon Power Co. is installing
new lighting system for Monmouth.
An Evangelical United church is to
be built at st. Johns to cost $4,000.
Springfield planning mills will es-
tablish box and furniture factory.
The S. P. Co. is matchmaking
Seventh street to the depot at Spring
field.
Resolutions have been adopted at
Albany to raise $4,000 for can
merry.
Frazer & Son, Eugene have es-
tablished manufacture of fire hy-
drants.
The Rogue River Public Service
Corporation is building a power dam
at Ament.
Gresham is to have $4,000 un-
ion high school to be erected on a A.
acre tract
An engineer has arrived at Bandon
and work will soon commence on the
new jetty.
The Eugene water board will call
for bids on $4,000 reservoirs on Col
lege Crest.
Haulenbeck mill and planer at
North Plains has been leased and will
be operated.
Camps are being established and
men are employed on the new Salem
Stayton railroad
More split-log drags and less split
ting profits with road contractors will
make better roads.
The Springfield Creamery Co. will
erect a $4,000 concrete building and
refrigerating plant.
The Legislature is killing labor
bills which interfere with industries
as fast as they show up.
When a good thing is done by one
House of the legislature the other
House kills or recalls it. A9
One industry that is being created
Creation of eight new Circuit
Judges at $4,000 year salary.
The City Commissions and citi-
zens committee ct Baker unanimous
ly turn down proposition to bond the
city for lighting plant.
Polk, Yamhill and Tillamook offer
to put in $45,000 on Grand Ronde
road to Tillamook if State Highway
Commission puts up an equal sum.
Portland has set the pace with the
Office of Public Defender. - Now
watch the Office grow, with deputies,
ETC., and extend all over the state.
Baker Herald: There is such
strong opposition from all classes and
from all parts Of the state against
the SO called "hydro-electric' bill
that there is little danger of its pass
ing the state legislature.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

Have you any fine scenery in your
vicinity? During the present year
Oregon will be visited by great ar
my of tourists and it is desirable that
they be encouraged to visit every
part of the state if possible. The
Press Bureau of the Portland Com
mercial Club would like to receive a
brief description Of the notable scenic
attractions in every community in
the state. In addition to the descrip-
tion, state how the scenery may best
be reached, whether by train, trolley
or automobile and its approximate
distance from principal points.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11
PORTLAND NEWS LETTER.

Portland, Ore. Feb. 9, Especially
There never has been a time in
the history of the state when the far
mers have had such an opportunity
to make money by raising livestock
for meat purposes as at present. With
an aggregate shortage of over s.
100000 meat animals, approximate
ly S00,000,000 pounds, in the lead
ing packing centers of the United
States, it is certain that for some
years to come there will not only be
an unlimited demand for meat ami
imals, but it is also certain that pri-
ces will range high and it is not i'm
possible that all previous records may
be broken
1t is fact that nearly all the big
cattle ranges of the state have been
broken up and that in only few To-
cations is it possible to find pastur-
age for large herds, but it is also a
fact that the average farm could be
made to produce a larger number of
animals than it is now doing. With
the big packers and bankers willing,
and anxious, to cooperate with relia-
BILE farmers in the state in stocking
farms and ranches, it would appear
that any farmer who fails to take ad-
vantage OF his opportunities in this
direction is making big mistake.
The population of the entire North
west is increasing at rapid rate, the
people must be supplied with meat,
and if Oregon ranches cannot meet
the demand it will certainly be met
by other states, large amount of
money will be sent away and the
meat industry of the state damaged
to just that extent.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

A six room house and five lots for
sale, with chicken houses and out
buildings. This is a good buy. Price
and terms all that could be asked
for. For further particulars see
Smead & Crawford.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

STRAYED-From my Rood Hill
farm, a sucking mule colt, black and
was gentle. Had no brand. Finder
return to or notify me. Reward.
FRED ASHBAUGH, Hardman, Ore.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

All young men afflicted with Wis
ions Of a wedding or engagement
Ring kindly remember we have in
stock a sure and reliable cure.
1t. HaylOr.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

Stop and look at Gillian & Bis
bees window and see If the cat is
there. Also see their clock window,
1t shows you the time all over the
world.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

Before buying your winters sup
ply Of oil you had better investigate
the prices offered by the Heppner
Garage. II.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

Take look at the Gillian & Bis
bee store windows there is some
thing there for your inspection.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11
FOR SALE.

Pine wood and tamarack posts.
Buy at ranch or will deliver.
I'm. R. H. WEEKS, Hamilton Ranch.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

We still have many dainty and USE
full articles to select from that might
please you. HAYLOR.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

Why go to the trouble of baking
when you can buy the best of bread
at the Heppner Bakery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
PIERRE LOTT.

Capt. Louis Marie Julian Viaud, of the French navy, who. was recently. reported as in command 8of one of the vessels of the allied fleet operat- ing in the I9ardasnefIes. 's'sr is known throughout the world of letters as Pierre Eoti. The great novelist, vvlao has been one of the immortals of the French academy for nearly a. quarter of a century; is now sixty five years old. He retired from active service in the French navy several years ago., but, soon after the cut break of the war, offered his ser vices to his country and was placed in command of a Gunboat. It is a strange freak of fate which makes Capt. Wand the foe of Turkey, as he has long been the devoted friend and admirer of Turkey and the Turks, and on many occasions he has defend ed the Moslems against the charges of atrocity and cruelty made against them. The novelist believes that his friends the enemy were forced into the better Judgment of the masses of the people, and that they will soon repent Of having aligned themselves with the. Teuton cause. Tn the mean time, Capt. Viaud has been using such ] forceful arguments as shells and big gunc to convince the Turks of the error of their ways. Capt. Vfaud en- tered the French navy forty-eight years ago and has served in several minor campaigns. His first book was published in 1876, and, although ac- lively engaged as a naval officer, he found time to write novels which won for him the highest honor possible to a man of admission to the select company of the forty inn
 mortals'' Of the academy. Capt l Viaud has long had a passionate ad-
 1niration for all things and peoples | Oriental. and he has become the l chief European spokesman for the i east. Turkey he has called his "sec- | ond .fatherland,'' but, in the crisis o1
 war, Pierre Lott was true to his sffrst
 fatherland,,' Ia belle France.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
THE PROBLEM or THE WAR BABIES
 IS REAIIY A PROBLEM OF PEACE

1A N OBSCURE thinking to front by 1W1 the interesting problem of babies though problem with Europe times of peace well times Of the problem is not babies all of the civil and religious sanction.
 England births reached every births for they before likely found, the over, that dragged light public scrutiny and that there not great accentaon of the eond ton.
 discussion reached this country wages matters whether the mother should equally women granted whoe should
 GsneraIly the status of the mother the child Thereis confusion of the states
 status of mother may fs child legal status other child Legitimacy mostly with rights Of the child involving property It is entitled and support from the father may inestate4 may gv- baby status of the The illegal relationship will continue illegal, father will be subject to the penalties of law he the Beginning
 especially with the baby
 parents
 e will it that the baby well born that it is properly after it's birth that the it's healthy body mind and the capacity fnl work.
 These things well managed modern will it's adxantageAand for promotion material well being. These things the people will do from motives of humanity religion plus sound incentives of good economics.
 Either worth than cattle, they Ii than cattle, special objection their being eliminated. they are worth more, baby than lamb, calf anc the and training necessary society things ed to make t good citizen h general t what
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
WILL A GOOD AMERICAN DESIRE TO
 PLUNGE HIS COUNTRY INTO THE WAR?

NE OF Ereaders ofThe Farmer is so out sympathy contrabad regarding the torpedoing Gulflgh America first his ican to go to var because e Gulight was attacked
 This gentleman undoubtedly means to be Good Amer country war, protest trade the high seas. victim poor thinking, this extent, is
 From time right has been conceded by als to nations at prevent the enemy from gerent Of contraband This being s vessel found carrying the gontFaDand might De seized and onb of @ practice We ourselves resorted to it large
 Formerly the view was that contraband must consist of destined for the forces of the But in this enemy port hkelyto pass from neutral pors into country 8
 To this extension of the rule all neutral countries have in fact, if not
 While this sweeping application the contraband engaged general the prevailing Europe O Milan It was the rule which led suggest o
 ships to stay in their own ports and which later to lay all trade with France
 reasons incidents Of the Frye and 6ns light type are not occasions war
 first reason duty honor honorable peoples of Europe, require this for self above
 second reason is that should the United States desire the 1t has not the physical Tile trade of the United States equally e6fnbined beiligeren military of the world Such would be foolish beyond
 There third eeasontha1 war would destroy the protect eontraband Europe Europe pays the bills.
 The Farmer it's suggestion that the trader Anerican6flag t1eaves He risk, that x the Tag might plunge his country into might the expenditure of billions wealth erty than al the trads i eontrabad would return should fl contnue on it's present scale for two hundred years
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
AUSTRIA PRESENTS
 PEACE PROPOSALS

Paris, May "A avas despatch from Rome says the Austrian ambas- sador is reported to have handed to Foreign Minister Sonnino at a confer ence, yesterday afternoon, the Vienna cabinets final proposal to Italy con- taining the extreme concessions the dual monarchy is willing to make. While the utmost secrecy is observed regarding these concessions, Austrians | and Germans in Rome have lost conh- dence in a favorable outcome of the negotiations.
 f. Prince Won Buelow, the German am ] abssador. called upon Baron Sonnino yesterday afternoon.