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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-24
DLstsmpsr In E+orses.

StranSlas or as it is commonly
known, distemper. is contagious
and infectious disease seen most fire
quenuy in young animals one attack
generally produces an immunity
which lasts for life. therefore Is sci
dom seen Ia older animals.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-24

Mince the lamb not too fine. add
salt, pepper. drop or so OF onion
Juice. Put on the spider with a tea
spoonful OF butter. teaspoonful -four,
milk enough to moisten- Cook only
a few minutes. Serve on slices OF but
tered toast.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-24
stswed Prunss.

Take a pound of prunes. wash them
carefully and put them in stew pan
with the grated rind OF a lemon. a
little cinnamon and allspice and three
tablespoons of sugar. Cover with cold
water and hoi until soft. Serve warm
or cold
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-24
stencilinq Curtains.

When stenciling curtains make the
colors little darker than you wish
them to appear When hung at the
windows the colo-s seem lighter thar
hey really are
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-24
Same Old Symptoms.

Hyker-What do you consider the
one unfailing sign of spring?
Pyker-The delicious feeling which
makes you want to sit down and watch
other people work.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-24
And So II Is.

What do you consider the greatest
human paradox?
"a secret session of a womans
club"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-24

But in after years if a man re-
fuses to let his wife buy his neckties
she imagines that he has ceased to
love her.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-24
A movable fence for soiling sheep is
made in panels as seen in the illus
tration. The panels are ten feet long.

made OF four-inch boards solidly
nailed together. After this fence is
once put up, sheep or hogs are not
likely to overturn it. A fence three
and one-halt feet high will turn most
tocks
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-24

Lips are seldom as red as they are
painted.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16

caused most of the Frye's cargo to be
| thrown overheard, and finally decided
to sink the ship itself.
1t is now claimed this was at least
an "unfriendly" act, if not one OF
actual hostility toward a friendly and
neutral nation, and a thorough inves-
tigation has been ordered to deter
mine all the facts, which, if they cor
respond with the unofficial version of
the incident, will probably be follow
ed by demand on Germany for ex-
planation and reparation. The case is
concededly one of considerable i'm
portance, although even so it does not
necessarily follow that it will result in
consequences of serious nature. If
a mistake was. made in the sinking of
this American ship, Germany doubt
less will readily acknowledge the er-
ror and offer to make proper amends.
And if this is done America can do
no less than accept the German apol-
ogy and the friendly relations between
the two nations will not be disturbed
in the least.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
sPRINGTIME SUGGESTION.

The near approach of spring natur-
ally suggests to many thoughts of the
birds which soon will return to this
section in their annual migratory
flight. No guests are more welcome
than these feathered visitors who soon
will return from the sunny south, and
their protection is a matter of gener-
al interest, as well as of genuine i'm
portance. Yet in spite of laws intend
ed for this purpose, in every state and
section there are some inconsiderate
and thoughtless persons who yield to
the impulse to slaughter the birds.
Generally this wanton work is done
by boys, in whom a trace of primeval
savagery still fingers. Some boys nev-
er advance beyond this stage, al
though fortunately the impulse to
shoot song birds is usually very brief.
just what satisfaction a boy feels in
silencing the lifting melody of bird
by blowing its body into fragments
with a shotgun or rifle is hardly un-
derstood, even by men who have pass
ed through the same stage themselves.
Surely there is more fun, more in
terest and more satisfaction in shoot
ing the many lovely varieties of our
song birds with a camera than with
gun. Still more prolonged and more
really adventurous pleasure may be
found by planting, near one S home,
garden of birds, as one plants a gar
den of flowers. The United States
agricultural department issues bull
letin for free distribution which de-
scrlbes the nests of the American
birds, their favorite nesting locations
and the parts Of the country that each
variety inhabits. Now is the time to
write for that bulletin, build nests for
the birds that will occupy them. or
supply. plenty of conspicuous, appro-
pirate material for those who insist
on building for themselves. Then in
the spring and early summer the door
yard of every household may be made
a glad and safe shelter for our sing
ing. feathered guests instead of a
charnel house dotted with the silent,
mutilated and rotting corpses of these
friendly visitors. Surely the birds de-
serve hospitality, if nothing more, in
return for the manifold pleasures they
so freely confer upon their stronger
human brothers.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
RURAL CREDITS.

One Of the important questions left
over for the next congress to tackle
is that of establishing an efficient sys-
TEN of rural credits. For more than
year committees representing both
branches of congress have worked
faithfully to solve this problem, but
although similar bills were introduced
in both houses during the recent ses-
sions of congress it was tacitly agreed
to let the next congress take the re-
sponsibility of providing the neces-
sary legislation. In the meantime a
special committee has been instructed
to further investigate this intricate
problem, and thus additional informa-
tion and suggestions will be ready for
congress when the latter again meets.
In the opinion of some of the fore
most leaders of this country, the ques-
tion of comprehensive rural credits
system is a matter of little less i'm
portanee than the federal reserve
banking law enacted by the last con-
gress. It is pointed out that this
country is almost the only great ma
tion of the world where rural credits
are neither aided or supervised by the
general government. The farm mort
gage, employing private capital and
negotiated by private financial agents
for a liberal consideration. of
course-constitutes about the only
form in which the American farmer
TODAY can finance his undertakings.
and even if he is successful in neSo-
tiating a loan in this manner he is
handicapped by the hampering iufu-
enee of excessive interest charges and
short time accommodation. Mortgage
loans seldom extend for a period long
er than five years, while under a prop
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
A BLUNDER..

The Washington administration has
been stirred by the belated discovery
that several weeks ago the German
auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Fried
rich, which recently put in to Hamp-
ton Roads for repairs and supplies,
sunk an American merchant ship on
the high seas, after taking off her cap
tain and crew. The vessel thus treat
ed was the sailing ship William P.
Frye, bound for England with a cargo
of wheat, which the German raiders
decided was contraband and therefore
subject to military seizure or destrue-
tion. 1t is pointed out, however, that
the so-called London declaration, ac-
eepted by all nations as governing
such matters, specifies that foodstuffs
are not TO be considered eontraband
unless destined for the military use
of an enemy, and in any event a seiz-
ure of such cargo, under Circumstance
es of doubt, is supposed to be taken
before a prize court for Judicial deter
mination. The Germans, however,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
Subscription Rates.
VOCATION FOR WOMEN.

In this modern age Of progress wo
men follow about every vocation opel
to the other sex, and systems Of edu
cational training are gradually beins
adapted to meet and encourage this
larger ambition on the part OF the
women. A recent bulletin issued by
the federal bureau of education, how
ever, strongly emphasizes domestic
science as the most important OF the
lines of vocational training for wo-
men, because home-making, it says
out-ranks all other trades in number
of persons (women) employed. " 1t
adds that of the thirty-one millions
of women over ten years Of age in the
United States, twenty-four million
are engaged in home-making, and not
only does that preponderance suggest
the greater Importance Of home-mak-
ing as an occupation for women, but,
while they enter many other lines of
employment, a great majority Of those
who do so ultimately become home
makers.
Emphasis laid upon home-making
as a science is calculated to dignity
it and make it more attractive, just
as experience has shown to be the
case in the industry Of farming. Now
that agriculture has become to be re-
garded as real science and the
farmer boy is recognized as scien-
tific man, working in nature s labora-
tory, his occupation is much more at
tractive, not only to the farmer boy
himself, but to the city resident as
well. The art Of cooking, as the bull
letin referred to suggests, has long
been regarded as something which
would come at the call of necessity,
but the disappointing experience
which has resulted from dependence
upon that theory goes far to explain
many of the failures Of home-making
and emphasizes the Importance Of
treating the preparation of food as
deserving a place among the scientific
pursuits.
The introduction Of cooking into
the public schools has undoubtedly
stimulated an interest in the art Of
homemaking, but it lacks generally,
as yet, one step which would seem to
increase its effectiveness and value
materially, That step is what is
known as the "Crete plan," deriving
its name from the place where it was
inaugurated, the inconspicuous com
munity of Crete, Neb. There, for
more than ten years, credit at school
for house work done at home has been
allowed, and so successful has this
been that it has been adopted in fifty
or more high schools in that and
neighboring states.
And why not? If the cooking
course is worth while, the practice at
home of the principles taught in
school ought to increase the interest
on the part of the girls and improve
the quality of the work done, both
at school and in the home.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16

er rural credits system the accom-
modation probably would be made fol
| twenty or twenty-five years, and fol
considerably less interest than the
farmer pays at present.
What really is needed, in the opin-
ion of those who have given this ques-
ton careful thought, is a dual system
of rural credits-one Of long time ac-
commodation for the acquisition of
land and improvement of permanent
character. and the other for short
time loans, at moderate interest, to
care for the financing of crop opera
tions, the handling Of live stock, pro-
viding tools, and so forth. The short
time credits, it is expected, will be
provided for in some measure by the
reserve bank system, but even this
part of the problem has yet to be
worked out.
The measure introduced in the last
congress provides, in the case of long
time credits, for the organization of
local cooperative loan associations
which shall make loans on long time,
the mortgages thus acquired to be
sold to a system of land banks to be
established by the government and
corresponding in number to the re-
serve banks. 1t may be that the su-
pervised rural credit system can not
be operated on a very much lower rate
of interest than through the ordinary
farm mortgage. The character of the
security generally determines the
rate, and farm mortgage loans on i'm
proved land in well developed and pro-
luctive districts command low rate.
The chief advantage to be expected
is in the long time made possible by
5he proposed credit system. 1t opens
he door of opportunity much wider to
4 man of small resources. With the
late of final payment so far removed,
1e has more courage in undertaking
venture. Such a plan would
undoubtedly stimulate the back-to-
he-farm movement, while also prov
ng of vast assistance to many farm
RS already established but handicap
bed for means to carry out needed i'm
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16

or any other country just so long as
it is forced to roost on the muzzle of
16-inch gun, or the turret Of a huge
battleship. In my opinion it would
be step toward worldwide peace if
every neutral nation would refuse to
ship supplies to warning nations. Cut
off their supplies and the war clouds
will disappear in a short time, thus
saving the lives of thousands of men
who are fighting for something they
know not what.
Any nation that holds to the doc
trine that dollars and cents are worth
more than human lives, will hide its
face behind the veil of shame in the
end. If all the countless millions that
are expended in the building and
maintaining of fighting craft were
spent for something that would bene-
fit humanity, what a difference it
would make. There would be no
wars; there would be no armies of un-
employed; everybody would have
work, and a chance to earn some of
the money that rightfully belongs to
them.
According to the latest reports,
Germany has lost 100000 men in the
present war This means that ap-
proximately 100000 homes have been
made sad by the reason thereof, to
say nothing about the losses of the
other combatants. And this is not
all; they are destroying property;
they are heaping up a war debt that
will burden the rising generations for
years to come. They are doing all of
this in face of the fact that an ami
cable settlement of their differences
could have been brought about with
out even the firing of a gun. The al
lies may kill all the Germans, but
they will never conquer them How
long will the war last?
j. D. WINN.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
PROMOTING PROSPERITY.

In various parts Of the country
"Build now" and other movements
have been started to boom business.
1t is of course difficult to persuade
people to alter individual plans to
help on a general movement. But still
there are many cases where people
could promote their own interests as
well as set money in circulation in
this way. Contractors would build a
house today cheaper, in all probabili
ty, than they would year from now.
Repair jobs would in some cases be
cheaper, and in any event vexatious
delays be saved by anticipating ones
wants. Most people let buildings go
too long without necessary renovation.
Money saved by economizing in house
paint may not really be saved by any
means. The impression gets abroad
that a house is run down, and if one
wants to sell, he finds it has acquired
poor reputation. Paint preserves
building material Farmers in partic-
ular are often slack. They let build
ings grow weather beaten actually in
creasing future repair bills, besides
giving general impression that they
are unprogressive. Store keepers do
not realize keenly enough the advan-
tage of an attractive interior. They
need to do over walls and ceilings fire.
quently, or they give an impression of
untidiness that hurts trade. No man
can prosper in business without keep
ing up the appearance of his location.
If every house, every merchant, and
every farmer, would look over his
building critically, and spend at once
the money that ought to be paid out,
and which he could afford, for the
good of the property and his business,
a big step would be taken toward re-
storing prosperity.
The Christian Science church socie-
ty Of this city has just received at its
reading room a number of books by
Mrs. Eddy which will be loaned to
persons interested in this doctrine.
The reading room is open Monday and
Tuesday and Friday and Saturday af-
ternoons of each week with commit
tee in charge. This congregation is
gradually growing, there now being an
average attendance of about thirty at
Sunday meetings. The subject of the
lesson sermon next Sunday will be
"Matter.'
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
THE WATER DEAL.

Mayor Van Orsdel and the council
are to be commended for the action
taken last night with reference to the
proposed purchase of the water plant.
Soon after the adoption of the ordin-
ance providing for submitting the
question of bonding the city for $52,-
900 with which to pay Mr.. Gates for
his equity in the plant to the people
for their approval or rejection, The
Observer, a non-believer in municipal
ownership of public service utilities,
appreciating the fact that sentiment
was against the proposition, suggested
to the council through its columns that
it rescind its action and save to the
taxpayers the unnecessary expense of
a special election. Last night it acted
upon this suggestion, having arrived
at the conclusion that to vote on the
question of purchasing the plant with
hope of success for the measure would
be useless at this time. Those alder
men who originally strongly favored
buying Mr.. Gates equity, with a sin
gle exception, voted to call a halt in
proceedings to that end.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
OTHERS OPINIONS
t+++++*++*++++++ ++i

Buena Vista, Ore, March 9.-(To
the Editor)-While Europe is trying
out the effectiveness Of her big en-
gines of war, peace and good will to
all mankind should be first and fore
most in the mind of every American
citizen. 1t is better to suffer slight
wrong rather than to plunge a nation
into bloody war. The dove of peace
will never take up its abode in this
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
Heavy Crop Is Prediction.

Growers of prunes in this section of
Polk county have declared that the
season, if the weather continues to be
as beneficial as it has so far since JAN
uary l, will produce a heavy crop of
prunes this fall. The assertion is
made that the temperature of the
days and nights is more equitable than
during the same time last year.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16

"Pat" Macarthur, or rather Con-
gresham Macarthur of Portland was
recent visitor to his dairy ranch at
Rickreall, where he spent several
days with the bossies. Mr.. Macarthur
is constantly improving her herd.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16

1t takes a rich man TO draw a check,
pretty girl to draw attention, a
horse to draw a cart, a porous plaster
to draw the skin, and a well displayed
advertisement to draw trade.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16

Frank Linn of Mccoy, one of Polk
county's best known and most pros
porous farmers, will soon commence
the erection of a round barn. This
type of construction is said to have
advantages over others. Mr.. Z. Nc
Nance of Great Falls, Montana. in
ventor of the round barn, is now in
the county.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16

Mrs. John Sehirk Of the Grand
Ronde country was taken to Portland
suffering with appendicitis for an op-
Grafton.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
AMONG THE FARMERS.


Reports received from the farming
section indicate that the farmers are
planning to plant more grain this
spring than has been planted for sew
eral years past. The spring plowing
is now well under way and before
long the planting will be over. There
will be an increase in grain acreage
The fact that there will be a great
shortage of the output in Europe is
the largest factor in the increased
acreage in this country. The present
high prices is also strong factor in
encouraging farmers to plant more
grain this season. Reports from some
of the nearby sections of the county
are to the effect that some farmers
have plowed up their clover fields and
will SOW them to wheat. The rich
clover sod is expected to produce eX-
cellent wheat and with the price up
and the clover pests worrying the
clover growers, they feel that they
are justified in making the change.
Polk county farmers are well pleased
with the outlook and expect to have
a very prosperous year if nothing
happens to change the present pros
poets for large yield.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16

NJ. H. Jones of Perrydale has a
Jersey COW fifteen years old that
has just dropped a heifer calf, the
first heifer she has given him in the
six years he has owned her. But he
got two daughters when he bought
her and from them he has four grand
daughters. The old COW will be put
on test. Last year. while not tested,
she produced about 600 pounds of
butter. One of her daughters is yield
ing pound and half of fat a day
now. He has two cows on test and
will soon have two more. His Jerseys
have come through the winter well
and are generally in good condition.
AT Independence on May u, about
$50 head of Jersey cattle, many of
them registered, will be sold at auc-
tion. The sale is to be held under
the auspices of the Polk County Jer-
sey Breeders association.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
Spring Time
Is
Cleaning Time

This, of course, is not news to the
housewife, who enters upon her annu-
al duties in this direction with the
advent of these beautiful sunshiny
days.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16

and talk it over with us, and be as
sured that if you cannot get it at our
store there II be no need of seeking
further.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1915-01-29

THOSE rear admirals in the navies across the
sea are mostly in the rear. Most apProPrl-
ately named.
TT is pity that all the old barnacles in the
Second district can not get their snouts into
the County crib.
TWO years is quite long time, but Repub-
icans ought to begin talking about whom
they will have for postmaster.
TT LOOKS like the custer bill was the means
of bringing that Nashville gang to see the
necessity of enforcing the law.
THE "kindly manner in which England took
our protests" is reflected in the manner In
which they are kindly seizing our ships
IMITATION is the sincerest hattery, and the
way the Democrats are passing Governor
HoopER's measures is very gratifying; indeed.
THE President is in doubt as to whether ne
L will 90 to Frisco or not Yes, they have
heard of that Indianapolis speech all along the
line.
THE lauding of RYE and the excoriation OF
HOOPER was hardly expected from great
Independent paper that is SO straight that II
leans.
THAT White House baby is entitled to no
l. more consideration than is due the offspring
of the humblest citizen in the land onobs, 1t
would seem, think otherwise.
A DEMOCRATIC Attorney-Ceneral in Mem
n Ibis is to have his salary cut because ne
enforced the law Democracy always Furnishes
the unfaithful in the region OF the Pocketbook.
DEMOCRATS we're elected in 1912 upon the
- plea of Republican extravaganza. Demo
cratic extravaganza and incompetency have cost
the country enough to pay for Republican ad-
ministrations for ten years.
WATCH! Much more time will be expended
w in an effort to prove that BoIEs PENRosE
bought his seat in the Senate than will be in the
one trying to prove that Secretary BRYAN was
mixed up in that San Domingo graft
CTATEMENT that the Mayor, police force and
y Criminal Court Judge OF Nashville now
stand ready to enforce the law brings to mind
the question: "Why we're they not ready to 90
so during Governor HooPER's administration! :!
THE sudden change in the Democratic attitude
L toward prohibition should not be taken too
literally. The largest part of that party doesn't
believe in such "foolishness.' 1t was not what
thew worked and voted for and they will have to
he reckoned with in future