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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
Tracked Down Carpet Habit" Bad

the fumes in the presence of moist
ure and their powerful destructive
action on vegetation.
Thorough and Continued.
Not only must measures be thor
ough, but they must be long-contin-
ued for the housekeeper whose house
has been chosen as an abode by the
Buffalo moth. The annual house
cleaning" is not enough in this in
stance. If circumstances permit Of
but n 1t should be undertaken in
midsummer, but two are really
needed.
In making thorough houseclean-
ings the rooms should be attended to
one at a time. The carpets should
be taken up, thoroughly beaten and
sprayed out Of doors with benzine
and allowed to air for several hours.
The rooms themselves should be
thoroughly swept and busted, the
floors washed down with hot water,
the cracks carefully cleaned out and
kerosene or benzine poured into the
cracks and sprayed under the base
boards. The extreme inflammability,
Of benzine, and wen Of its vapor,
when confined, should be remem-
bered and fire carefully guarded
against.
Filling Cracks.
Where the floors are poorly con-
structed and the cracks are wide 1t
will be a good idea to fill the cracks
with plaster of paris in a liquid state;
this will afterwards set and lessen
the number Of harboring places for
the insect.
Before relaying the carpet, tarred
roofing paper should be laid upon
the floor, at least around the edges,
but preferably over the entire surface,
and when the carpet is relaid it will
be we'll to tack 1t down rather lightly
SO that 1t can be occasionally lifted
at the edges and examined for the
presence of the insect.
Later in the season, II such an ex-
animation shows the insect to have
made its appearance, a good though
somewhat laborious remedy consists
in laying a damp cloth over the sus-
pected spot Of the carpet and ironing
it with a hot iron. The steam thus
generated will pass through the car
pet and kill the insects Immediately
fbeneatE 1t.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
Meat Inspection Laws
Greatly Strengthened

IT HE Supreme Court of the United
States has recently handed down
decisions of great importance in the
enforcement of the meat inspection
and livestock quarantine laws. The
meat inspection law provides for the
inspection Of meat and meat food
products before they enter interstate
commerce. Among the provisions of
this act is n which prohibits any,
one from unlawfully destroying or
altering marks or other Identified
tion devices which are required to be
placed upon the meat or the con-
t~ainers.
Some parties in Kansas City, Kan,
broke a Government seal on a car of
meat and the lower court held that
the meat inspection act related alone
tor those engaged in the business Of
preparing meats for transportation.
The Supreme Court reversed this
decision and held, in substance, that
the provision regarding Identification
devices applies to every person, firm,
or corporation, or officer, agent, or
employe thereof, no matter whether
engaged in the interstate transporta-
ton of the meats or not. This deci-
sion will materially aid the Govern.
ment in the strict enforcement of the
law.
The livestock quarantine law pro-
hibits the interstate movement Of
livestock from any territory quaran-
tined by the Secretary of Agriculture
except under certain conditions pre-.
scribed by him. The District Court
at Kansas City, Mo-, in the case Of
United States VS.. Nixon ct al, con
strued the act not to apply to re.
ceivers of railroad companies, for the
reason that they were not mentioned
In the statute.
The Supreme Court reversed this
decision and held that the amend
ment to the original act was intended
to make the remedy as broad as the
evil which was sought to be cured
and that the law, as amended, ap-
piled to any common carrier engaged
in the interstate transportation O.
livestock. This decision is regarded
of great importance In the enforce
ment of the law enacted for the pro-
lection of the livestock interests o,
the country.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
Insect Pests Receive
Commercial Attention

r HERE has been a notable in
/ crease in the number and guam
tity of insecticidal and fungicidal
preparations on the market, accord
ing to the annual report OF the
United States Department of Agri-
cultures insecticide and fungicide
board. However, there also seems a
more general desire on the part OF
the manufacturers to comply with
the provisions of the law and the De-
partment has made every endeavor
to assist manufacturers in this re-
spect by furnishing them scientific
information.
For this purpose the board has
been issuing a monthly publication
since last February, in which are
printed extracts from letters written
to individuals by the board. These
opinions, it is considered, should be
Of service to others and aid the pub
lie in a better understanding of the
laws requirements.
A general outline Of the procedure
of the board is given in the new re-
port. Besides the administrative
work necessary to enforce the act,
there are examinations Of the various
preparations and tests to determine
their strength and efficacy.
Materials and proprietary prepare
lions used for agricultural spraying
purposes are examined, as are prod
ucts used to rid the household, gar
den, ETC., of insects of all kinds, dis
infectants, germicides, ETC., which
are claimed to be e~fficacious to kill
or combat bacteria, preparations
used on horses, cattle, sheep, swine
or goats, as well as on fowls and
other domesticated animals.
Besides testing an insecticide or
fungicide to determine its power to
kill insects, tests are also made to
determine whether the preparation
will injure the vegetation on which
1t is sprayed.
One duty of the board Is to keep
imported adulterated and misbrand-
ed preparations from entering the
country. OF 147 official and unoffi-
cial samples received during the year
from abroad, it was recommended
that 62 be denied entry until they
should conform to the law.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
Hints for Town-D weller
on Care of Window-Boxes
GIFTED plants, sunk in a boxful

n GIFTED plants, sunk in a boxful
of moss, can be used, or else the
flowers and vines can be planted
directly in the soil. If the moss-filled
box is used the plants can be changed
from time to time without much
trouble, but possibly they do better
when they are rooted in the soil Of
the box.
A metal box is suitable for hold
ing the moss, but wood makes the
best box in which flowers are to be
planted directly. Cypress, authori-
ties say, is the best wood, and al
though it costs a little more to begin
with it outlasts any other kind.
The soil should be very rich-the
smaller the box the richer the soil
must be. The bottom of the box
should be punctured with inch-wide
holes in several places, and bits OF
broken flower pots should be SO ar
ranged over these holes as to make
good drainage sure. Rich soil can
be bought from a florist or It can
be brought from the woods in bags
or boxes. Wood soil should generally
be mixed with sand for s in Win
ter boxes.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
HOW TO INCREASE THE EGG
YIELD NOW.

Many breeders have made condi-
lions ideal for their layers and have
seemingly done everything possible to
have the hens laying at full capacity
and still are not getting enough eggs
to pay.the feed. Under these condi-
tons Lice-O has been doing wonders.
A tube large enough to last the av-
erage breeder a year is sold for SOC
postpaid, guaranteed to give absolute
satisfaction, or money refunded and
no questions asked. This wonder
full treatment has been on the market
nearly a year and has never failed
in a single instance. Circulars free.
The Lice-O Co., 2S6R Washington
street, Portland, Or.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
Horticultural Board
Bars Out Many Pests

IN its annual report for the year
/ ending June 80, 1914, the Federal
Horticultural Board calls especial at
tention to the great value of the
crops which would be affected if in
tested Egyptian cotton seed or dis
eased potatoes should find their way
into this country.
In the case of several small ship
ments of Egyptian cotton seed the
Department discovered the presence
of the pink boil worm, which at the
present time is doing more damage
in Egypt than all the other cotton
pests combined. These shipments of
seed were at once destroyed.
This, however, does not do away
with the danger that infested seed
might be contained in shipments Of
baled cotton, which would thus dis
seminate the insect in this country.
Public hearings have been held in
order to discuss regulations for the
use Of foreign cotton by mills stu
ated in cotton-growing regions In
America. No definite action has as
yet, however, been taken, because OF
the possibility that some way may be
found of treating baled cotton SO as
to destroy all insect life. In the
meantime, practically every mill
which uses Egyptian cotton has
agreed to burn at the end of each
day all picker waste and seeds.
The danger from imported pota-
toes lies in the prevalence of pow
derry scab abroad. On this account
no stock Is accepted from Europe
outside of Denmark and the Neither.
lands, and even in these countries
the Island of Bornholm and the prov.
inces of Groningen and Drenthe are
excepted.
Other dangerous pests discovered
in importations of various kinds in
clude IA instances of brown tai
moth, two of egg masses of the gypsy
moth, specimens of the olive frul1
fly, and the citrus leaf miner. AL
these destructive pests were inter
copied as a result of state and Fed
eral inspection.
New guarantees were declared
against the Mediterranean fruit fly
and melon fly, prohibiting the ship
ment of certain fruits, nuts and vege
tables from the Hawaiian Islands
and against certain portions of Main
on account of the existence of potat'
powdery scab. Living sugar cane
or cuttings thereof coming from Ha
waii and Porto Rico are also barrel
under the so-called sugar cane quar-
antine. Seeds Of the avocado or ALI
gator pear are also not allowed to b
imported from Mexico and Contra
America.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
I6T HE tacked-down carpet habit
is a bad one from more than

one point of view," says the
United States Department of Agricul-
lures entomologist, and the Buffalo
moth Cor carpet beetle) Is only n
household pest that thrives under
this securely-fastened floor covering.
In Southern States this insect is Of
no importance as a household nui-
sance. One reason for this is prob
ably that rugs or movable squares OF
carpet or mating are more generally
used in this section.
The .housekeeper Of the North,
eager to be rid Of this pest, might
well adopt the rug or square Of car
pet, which may readily be rolled up
and examined at all times and treat
ed II found necessary, This really
seems the most effective way Of COM
batting the Buffalo moth. If the
floors are not suitable for polishing,
straw mattings laid under the loose
carpet squares will make an attract
i've appearance, and while not as
clearly as the bare floor, will afford
fewer places for the insect than the
tacked-down carpet.
F~umigation Measures.
Such housekeepers as prefer to
keep their carpets fastened owe the
entire floor along with the attendant
inconvenience must use more siren
uous measures to be rid Of the carpet
beetle. Thorough fumigation with
bisulphiG Of carbon or sulphur dioxid
is the best measure.
II bisulphid OF carbon is used great
care must be taken that there is no
fire in the house when the fumiga-
ton is in progress, as the gas is very
inflammable. The vapor should not
be inhaled. The burning Of sulphur
Sulphur dioyid with some sulphur
trioxid), which can be obtained at
any drugstore in the form Of candles,
has been effectively used for many
years to destroy other insect pests, as
the bedbug, and will also kill the
Buffalo moth If the fumigation is
thorough.
Two pounds of stick sulphur have
proved sufficient for every thousand
cubic feet of space. The chief objec-
ton to sulphur fumigation arises
from the strong bleaching action o
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
United States Department of Agriculture Special Page
BMas and d Articles Issued by the Government of Interest to the Northwest
Suggestions Cwmga Wider Range of Activities Results of Federal Investigations Etc
Handling of the
Alfalfa Hay Crop

r HE cutting of alfalfa should be
/ done when not more than one
half the plants have blossomed.
At this stage the yield for the sea.
son will be greater than If cut earlier,
therefore more feed will be secured.
Late cutting of the first crop in
jures the plant and the increased
yield from succeeding crops will not
make up for the loss of the first crop.
The leaves of alfalfa contain much
more feeding value than the stems,
and every effort should be made to
save the leaves.
When the ground and weather are
dry it will cure readily and Is safe to
rake within a few hours after now
ing, and stack a few hours after
raking.
When alfalfa is very rank and uc-
culent and the weather Is damp 1t is
not a great task to dry the leaves,
but the stems will be wet.
Always have the hay dry enough
before stacking that when a handful
of stems is twisted together no water
can be squeezed out. The first crop
Is usually the hardest to cure.
Now EARLY in the morning, after
the dew is off, allowing the sun to
wilt the swath. Then rake and put
it in narrow tall cocks before night.
The next morning, after the dew Is
off, open the cocks, but do not SKATER
the leaves; the following afternoon
the hay will usually be in shape to
stack.
OF course you will sometimes be
governed by weather conditions, but
when the weather is fair this Is q
very satisfactory method to follow.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
No Excuse for Stumps-
The Champion Idlers

COMEBODY said that If a man
- could work at the full height
of his power for at least one hour
each day you would be amazed at
what he had accomplished during the
year.
Every farmer knows how much
better he could do If there was moth
ing idle on his land, and II he could
use his W hours to the best ends.
but the champion oilers of the world
are the stumps.
There is plenty of excuse for al
most any kind of a tree on the farm.
put there Is no excuse at all for
stumps. A stump is producing moth
ing, and more than that, it is keep
ing out of cultivation what may be
the best land on the farm. In addi-
ton to this, like most oilers, the
stump is constantly in the way. Every
time you want to cultivate your
helds you have to go round the
stumps, firing the horses and your
self.
NOW, the reason there are so many
stumps left on farms that have been
cultivated a long time is that where
there are only a few stumps left 1t
hardly seems worth while to 20 to the
great labor necessary to take them
out. Most anybody can sit down and
figure where it will be Improbable
this year to take the time and expend
the energy necessary to get all the
fields clear.
But this is poor figuring. The ex-
pense of taking out the stumps should
not be spread over one years oper-
alton, but ove 10 or Is years opera
ton, because the average hard wood
stump now left in your fields will
still be there 10 or Is years from
now unless it is taken out.
And as against the cost of the
operation of removing it you should
figure the increased facility with
which you may work in the fields and
the prOductiveness of the land on
which the stump stands, not for one
year, but for Is years.
Figuring in this way the labor Of
taking out the stumps is the most
profitable labor you could do.
And with the modern highly-im-
proved stump pullers now in the mar
ket 1t is possible not only to snatch
out your own stumps at a profit To
yourself In the long run, but also to
make a profit out Of the puller even
during the first year.
II you have stumps your neigh
bors have stumps also, and many of
II subscribers have not only cleared
their W field, but have made money
out Of their puller during the first
year by clearing up the fields of their
neighbors.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

Is the COW you have purchased
shrinking in her milk flow? 1t Is
from inconsistencies, no doubt. Poor
thing feels like a cat in a strange
garnet. Pet her and give her all tho
little treats you can.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-04
18TH WEDDING
! Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Celebrated Event
| at Their Home in Riverside
Tuesday Evening

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Thomas, 3212
Green street, entertained at their home
Tuesday evening III celebration of their
twenty fifth wedding anniversary The
marriage ceremony performed twenty
five years ago was repeated, with the
Rev. Mr.. Harris, of Coxestown, and the
Rev. Mr.. Lowden, of Riverside, oliciat-
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas were the re-
cipients of many beautiful gifts and a
delightful program of music was rem
dered, participated in by the kev. Mr..
Harris, the Rev. MIR. Lowden, Mrs.
Lebo, David Thomas, Harman Thomas
and Miss Zella Rebuck. Al late
hour refreshments were served to the
following guests
MIR. and Mrs. Edward Rebuck, Mr.
and Mrs. William Shriner, Mr., and
Mrs. Allen Lebo, Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Reed, Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell Roberts,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas White, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kelver, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Rhoads, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Werodau, Mrs. Harry Strohm, Miss
May Strohm, Miss Zelia Rebuck, Miss
Eva Punch Miss Mabel Punch, Miss
Miriam Punch, Miss Ella Punch, Miss
Sarah Shriner, Miss Mary Wevodau,
Leo Connerlly, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Thomas and their seven sons and four
daughters and Mr.. and Mrs. Cartwright.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-04
HAVE DARK HAIR
AND LOOK YOUNG
Don't Stay Gray! Nobody Can Tell
When You Darken Gray, Faded Hair
With Sage Tea and Sulphur

Grandmother kept her hair beautiful-
ly darkened, glossy and abundant with
a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphuf When
ever her hair fell out or took on that
dull, faded or streaked appearance, this
simple mixture was applied with won
derful effect. By asking at any drug
store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound" you will get large bottle
of this old-time recipe, ready to use,
for about so cents. This simple mixture
can be depended upon to restore natural
color and beauty to the hair and is
splendid for dandrutf, dry itchy scalp
and falling hair.
A well-known downtown druggist
says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur, be.anse it darkens so naturally
and evenly that nobody can tell it>has
been applied--it's so easy to use, too.
You simply damnen comb or soft
brush and draw it through your hair,
taking one strand at time BY morn
ing the gray hair disappears; after an
other application or two, it ia restored
to its natural color and looks glossy.
soft and abundant.-Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-04

of Mrs. James Satterman, 1915 he
gina street, and Mr.. and Mrs. Elias
Mountz. 1900 Regina street.
A. p Frank, of Elizabethville, is
the guest of his daughters, Mrs. Ell
mer Parks and Miss Edna Frank, 1872
North Sixth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Rote, 1920 Wal
lace stree5, have returned from visit
to Philadelphia and Lancaster.
Mrs Jacob Attick, 1911 Penn street
has returned from a trip to Phlladei-
phia.
Mrs. Peter Madden, 5O7 South Front
street, has returned from York.
Edwin Baum, 922 North Second
strcc5. is home from the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, for a visit
with his parents.
Hasry Frank. of E,izabethville, has
retaned after a visit w,Sh his sisters
Mrs. Elmer Parks and Miss Edna
Frank, l342 North Sixth street.
Ms. john Callahan, of Clifton Forge
Va, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward F. Dunlar, 1897 North Second
ytreos.
>Nli,s Margaret stackrole has return
Cd from Sharon, Pa, where she was
the guess OF hor sister, Mrs. Waiter
Bruce Caldwell.
Miss Katherine Etter, 206 Pine
street, left to-day on visit to New
York and Princeton, n. J.
Mrs Daniel A. Barr, Of Mechanics
Vile, \. Y, has returned after visit
w.i,h her parcr,s, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Ri;tcr, 1912 State street.
Miss Carabel Claste sol North
Second street, has ret. Id from Leb.
anon.
j. Wilbur Drawbaugh, of State Col.
lege, has resumed his studies after a
visit with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Eli DFawbaugh, 1913 North street.
Mrs. Annie Douglass, of Philadel
rhia, has returned after a visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Douglass, 1920
Regina street.
Miss Helen Baturin, 14O4 Market
street, has returned from Lebanon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Mountz, 100
Regina street, have returned from
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Peace and
Mr. and Mrs George Martin, of Pax
tang, ami Mrs. Ashton Peace. 2313
Derry street, have returned from
Coatesviile, where they attended the
funeral of Harry Umsted.
Mr.. and Mrs Weir Seifert, of Me
chanicsburg, have returned from visit
with Mrs. Eli c. Drawbaugh, 1913
North street.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Maxfeld, OF
Elyria, o., spent several days with
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Moore and fam.
lily at. New Cumberland, en- route to
South Carolina, where Mr.. Maxfeld
will build a hosiery mill.
Mrs. Margaret Lewis, of Goadsboro
is the guest of her son, Edward Lew.
is, 1888 Derry street.
Mrs. William McDonegal and son,
Archibald, of Erie, have returned, aft.
or a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. James
Stevens, 1S43> Spencer street.
Mrs. Mary Borngesser, of Lancaster
has returned after visit with Mrs
William Haag. at Lemoyne.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-04
ENTERTAINMENT AND DANCE
Given by Central Democratic Club IL
Board of Trade Auditorium

More than FIVE hundred guests at
tended the entertainment and dance
given in the Board of Trade auditorium
last evening by the Central Democratic
Club.
A one-aet comedy sketch, entitled - A
Rehearsal at Ten, preceded the dance
and was presented by the Moorehead
Entertainment Company, composed OF
the following:
Harry Davis, John Farley, William
Miller, Clarence Cuddy, Harry Mark,
Earle Bare, Guino Fox, Bernard Lloyd,
Hattie Nelson, Lucetta. Lutz, Fannie
Walls, Kathryn Radle, Mrs. Harry tDa-
Wis, Kathryn schreffier and Lillian
Goodyear. The production was given
under the direction of George w.
Deiker
The committee in charge of the affair
included Christian Nauss, Harry Reel,
Calvin Koon, Harry Volmer, Samuel
Taylor, Howard Jones and Charles Erb.