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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19
The SilO Principle,

Go over to the market and buy a
quart of fine sauer kraut made from
homegrown flat dutch cabbage.
Having the kraut next purchase a
sparerib or two. Cook the two ar
ticles thoroughly and the result will
be dish fit for the Kaiser, when he
is good and hungry Now how would
a dish prepared in this way compare
with mess of sun-dried cabbage
leaves for palatability and nutrition?
When this question is answered you
will be able to understand the value
of silo, the preserved ripening corn
precisely as the matured cabbage is
put up. Can there be any question
about the practicability of silos, espe-
cially in this Western country, where
all kinds of feed are so expensive and
where the climate dries out the fod-
der in the shock so that it tastes like
a hemlock shingle?
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19
Sudan for SOiIing.

With reference to feeding Sudan
grass as catch and soiling crop, Mr..
A. M. Augustine, secretary Illinois
State Horticultural Society, says in
private communication:
Sudan grass is in my opinion one
of the most valuable things that has
ever been brought out in this section
of the country, especially for a catch
crop. 1t personally gave me wonder
full results for Summer pasture this
year. An acre carried two mules and
work horse, all the forage they re-
ceived from the 10th of July until a
few days ago, and still it got ahead
of them, so that we had to cut it
twice, and got over a ton of hay from
the land.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19
Aid Foot-and-Mouth
Disease Eradication

HINDER the recent urgent defi-
~ cheney act which was signed by
the President on January rs, $780,
600 is now available for the eradca-
tion of the foot-and-mouth disease.
Up to January /, 1915, the outbreak
had cost the Federal Government a
total of $2,129,13S.O4. or this sum
s1,S40,S28.99 represents the Fed
eral Governments share of the ex-
pense of slaughtering affected herds
and reimbursing the owners for their
loss, of which the Government pays
half and the individual states the
remainder. The figures show that
exclusive of the work in January,
1O1,176 animals have been slaugh-
tered. OF these 46,26S were cattle,
47,795 swine. and the remainder
sheep and goats.
The money now at the disposal Of
the Department of Agriculture will,
it is believed, aid the campaign
against the pestilence by enabling
the Government to make prompt
payment to all owners OF infected
herds, and thus minimize the reluc-
tance Of farmers to have their stock
slaughtered.
In Illinois, for example, approxi-
mately 100000 is now available for
this purpose. The loss in that state
has been larger than in any other,
36,75S animals, altogether, having
been slaughtered. Pennsylvania
comes next with 1896 animals, and
Ohio third with 10,111. None of the
16 other states in which there was
an outbreak has lost as many as
5000.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19
Migratory Birds Must
Not Be Shot, Says Law

IRON the number of letters which
I they have received on the sub
Ject recently, officials of the Depart
ment of Agriculture believe that
sportsmen may unintentionally vio-
late the provisions of the Federal
Migratory Bird law, which it is the
purpose of the Government to en-
force rigidly. Under the provisions
OF this law no water fowl can be
shot in the Northern or breeding
zone after January Is, except in New
Jersey, where the season extends to
February l.
In most of the Southern or Win
tering zone the season closes Febru-
ary l, but extends to February Is in
Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
These regulations were proclaimed
on October /, 1914.
AS a matter Of fact, the law pro-
vides that all changes in the regula-
t1ons must be considered for a per-
iod of 80 days, and then must be an
proved and signed by the President,
before they become effective. 1t Is
thus evident that there is no posi-
bility that the prohibition of Spring
shooting will be in any way modified
this year
The officials of the United States
Department of Agriculture who are
entrusted with the enforcement of
the law are anxious that these facts
be impressed upon the people be-
cause it is the intention to investi-
gate carefully all reports of viola
tions made to the Department in
spectors and wardens and to prose-
cute all such violations in the Fed
eral courts. In this connection it
is pointed out that prosecutions may
be instituted at any time within
three years of the Offense.
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Sulphuric Acid Will
Remedy "Damping Off"

COMMERCIAL sulphuric acid has
~ been found by the United States
Department of Agriculture to be an
effective remedy for the loss of pine
and spruce seedlings from damp
ing off" 1t is quite common for the
soft tissues of these young seedlings
to decay so rapidly soon after
sprouting that they disappear some
times before the nurseryman knows
that there is anything the matter
with them So common indeed Is
loss from this source that many
nurserymen import their seeding
stock from Europe. This, however,
Is not only troublesome, but danger
Gus. The white pine blister rust has
already been introduced into this
country in this way and continued
lmportations of seedlings are GER
tain to result in the establishment
in the United States of other foreign
pests.
For this reason the Department
attaches much Importance to the
recent Investigations of possible dis
injecting agents which will rid the
soil of the parasitic fungi which
cause 'damping Off" OF these
agents the most satisfactory for
commercial use in the majority of
cases has been found to be sulphuric
acid. Treatment with this acid not
only reduces losses from "damping
Of but increases termination.
The treatment is not expensive,
for commercial sulphuric acid can
be purchased in quantity at very low
rates. At one nursery where careful
accounts were kept it was found that
the entire cost of the treatment, in
Guiding labor, materials and extra
waterings, was less than S. per
thousand square feet of bed. On the
other hand the saving in the cost of
wedding alone, which the treatment
made possible, amounted to $3.50
per thousand square feet.
The sulphuric acid is dissolved in
water and applied to the beds with a
paraffincoated sprinkler just after
the seed is sown and covered. From
Is to 3s of a fluid ounce of acid
should be used per square foot of
bed, dissolved in enough water to
make l Y or pints of solution. At
some nurseries it is also necessary
to water the beds once or twice daily
during the termination period to pre-
vent chemical injury to the seed
lings Individual conditions, how
ever, must determine for each
nursery whether or not this frequent
watering is necessary and exactly
how much acid should be used.
In some Northern nurseries where
soil disinfection has not been re-
sorted to, Fall sowing has been
found to control "damping off,
fairly well. At all nurseries where
the soil remains frozen during the
Winter, it is worth while to test SOW
ing just before the soil freezes Ex-
cessive moisture should be avoided in
unsterilized seed beds.
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u OK the first time in many years,
i information collected by the u.
ms S. Department of Agriculture
shows that all classes of livestock in
the United States are increasing in
numbers. Thus the real facts con-
tradict absolutely sensational re-
ports that prices for meat and shoes
would rise to unprecedented figures
in the immediate future. 1t has even
been said that Government statisti-
clan predicted meat at SO cents a
pound and shoes at $40 a pair with
in the next two years. Such a pre-
diction. the real Government sta
tisticians say, Is quite unwarranted.
On January 1, for example, the
number of beef cattle showed an in
crease of 3.4 per cent over the num-
Der year ago, and an actual in
crease of 1,212,OO0 head. Hitherto
the number of beef cattle in the
United States has declined steadily
since 1910. There are also more
milch COWS In the country than last
year, the increase being 2.5 per cent,
or in numbers $4,000. Swine,
however, showed the greatest in
crease of all classes--9.6 per cent.
On January 1, 1914, there were
only 5S,933,0O0 swine in the coun-
try; on January 1, 1915, 64,61S,000.
This is accounted for by the fact
that the production of swine can be
increased more rapidly than that of
other classes of livestock and conse-
quently an enlarged demand can be
met more readily.
The Facts.
The prediction of 50-cent meat
and $40 shoes was accompanied by
the declaration that France alone
has taken from America nearly 3OO,-
600 horses within the last five
months and that the other countries
at war have drawn upon our re-
sources in the same proportion. The
facts are that more horses were on
the farms Of the United States on
January l, 1915, than there were a
year before, the increase being 1885,
600 head, or IL per cent.
So far from France alone having
taken 100000 horses from us, the
total exports since the war began
have certainly been much less than
100000 and very likely not over
$4,000 Since there are approx
mately 25,OOO,O0O horses altogether
in the United States, the drain on
account of the war is scarcely
alarming.
1t is in fact pointed out by Gov
ernment statisticians that the
market value of farm horses has
actually declined to such an extent
that the average Is now about Sc a
head less than year ago. This de-
cline is most noticeable in the cotton
states and in those states which
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19

The range in Cofax County, New
Mexico, is unusually fine Ranchers
have been able to take beef right off
the range without feeding.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-23
PACKS SAFE And $4,000 FRANCS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF GERMANS

lines we're swept into confusion by
the machine gun fire, he first lost his
donkey. and then with his safe crept
under some bushes The German lines
rushed past his hiding place and he
was left behind the German lines. He
kept concealed during the day and at
night, with the safe on his back, pick.
ed his way forward through the Ger
man rear guard to some new hiding
place. This was kept up until at last
he trudged into the French camp and
laid down the safe and treasure be-
fore the astonished French colonel.
They gave him the Legion of Honor
and the whole regiment was drawn up
as he received 1t from the represen.
tative of the government. who gave
him the acolade or kiss of honor on
his coal-bIack face.
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it him. The bishop refused. There
upon Jevded descended upon the ..re-
belIious'' city of Van with an army OF
SoeO Turks and Kurds and called on
the people 10 lay down their arms. sur
render without conditions and trust
to the clemency of the sultan. This
OFFER was made through the Italian
consul
Handful Held City.
OF the $4,000 Armenians in Var
only $50 were armed-250 with rifles
and the rest with reyolyers. For %
days this handful defended the city,
On the 30th day Gen. Oganesov ar.
rived with his armenian volunteers
and Russian regulars and the Turks
retreated.
Conditions we're at that time fright
full as the only doctor in the city to
look after the sick and wounded had
been DR.. Allen, an American mission
airy. But with the Russians came
help, and doctors and nurses soon ar
rived from Tiflis. Committees were
appointed to aid the sufferers and
the peasants started in to till the
ields and rebuild their homes.
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in WAR arena
sRirAlN,s KING APPEALS
TO MEN TO ENLIST.

LONDON, Eng, Oct. 2s.-An appeal
20 his subjects to enlist was issued
yesterday hy King George. who makes
personal call to the men of the Em.
pire 10 rally TO the support OF the ma
ton.
sThe end or the great conflict Is not
yet IN sight says the appeal, signed
BY King George, land more men and
yet more men are wanted TO keep my
armies In the field up to their Iull
strength, that q complete victory may
be secured and an enduring peace re-
suit from the SACRIFICES that have been
and are yet 70 be made.
II AK the men Of al classes within
the British Isles voluntarily 10 take
their 1'acts h the ranks and bear
each their share n the hghtins that y
minimum WAGE Tor Women Granted.
Yesterday an important announce
ment was made by Minister Of Mlni.
lions Lloyd George. which states that
the government recognizes the Justice
or the minimum wage demand made
on behalf of the women engaged In
the manufacture OF munitions.
Hereafter. the announcement states.
all women over the age Of IL years
win be paid q minimum Of one pound
week. while skilled workers among
the WomentWill receive the same pay
as the skilled workers among the men.
This announcement has been re.
ceived with enthusiasm by the leaders
OF the Women's associations. the for.
mer militant srffragettes, who hail the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-23
RAR Rock Waipio Quarry Extending
STRICT EMBARGO
OF MUNITIONS TO
MEXICAN BORDER
Customs Officials Guard Line
Against Export of Arms
to Rebels
fAssociated Press BIZ Federal Wirelessl

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal Wirelessl
Ell PASo. Tex. Oct. 23.-The Unit
ed States embargo on ala arms to Mex
leo which are not for Gen. Carranza,
now the recognized de facto ruler Of
Mexico, has formally been declared
along the border between Maria, Tex,
and Columbus, N. NJ.
Enforcement OF the embargo Is left
largely to the discretion OF the GUS
toms officials. They are expected to
prevent any smuggling by yillistas in
the name OF Carranza and to this end
will be compelled 70 rely upon agents
who are In close touch with Mexican
communities on this sade Of tho border
where the juntas OF the various fac
tons are active.
Villa 20 Open smeIter.
II Is reported here that Gen. Villa,
who recently seized a chihuahua plant
of the American Smelling G Refining
Company, FOR failure TO operate upon
government orders will soon be
crcned by the reyolutionist himself.
Failure OF the plant TO operate, it Is
understood here. was due to scarcity OF
labor. No workmen were available.
all the men being nj war. and the
plant was compelled TO close. Under
q technical feature OF q contract with
the state government Gen. villa then
seized the plant.
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JEVDED PASHA BLAMED FOR siege
OF VANAND ARMENIAN MASSACRES

can missionaries, in the story of their
sufferings recounted to the Associat:
ed Press correspondent at Petfograd
this week. laid the guilt. Jevded is
the supreme commander of the Turk.
fish army operating in this province.
Van, the ancient capital of the Ar.
menian Ardzruni dynasty, was occu.
pied by the Russian army in its adj
vance in the Caucasus during the first
week of last May. The Russian com
mander, Gen. Oganesov, who is an Ar.
menian, was assisted by six Armenian
volunteer regiments under the Arme.
MAN revolutionary, Andranig, who
had fought with the Bulgarians
against the Turks in the first Balkan
war. But long before Van fell to the
Russians, Jevded Pasha started the
work of massacring the Armenian
population.
The massacre began at Shadokh, a
large and isolated village, where not
man was spared except those over
so years of age. or the women, the
more comedy were carried away by
Jevded's soldiers and Knrd tribesnel.
The massacre was carried out system
atically in the entire province of Van
beginning with the outlying village.
Great care was taken to prevent ri.
mors of this from reaching the capt
tai.
Slaughtered aDear Friend"
There was living In Van city at that
time Prince Ishkham, an Armenian
who had formerly been useful to the
government in settling troubles be.
tween the Turks and the Armenians.
He was asked by Jevded to 60 to the
villages and try to reconcile the con.
tending parties. Jevded addressed
the prince in letter as his dear
friend" The prince, unaware OF the
| plot, started out with a number OF
advisers. The entire party was
slaughtered by a party of Jevded' !
horsemen while taking lunch at cof
fee house.
At this time also there was in Van
an Armenian member of the Turkish
/ parliament by the name of Vramian
who was invited by Jevded to call on
him at headquarters. On arrival al
headquarters Vramian was arrested
Ia large stone was tied to his feet and
he was thrown into a lake and
drowned.
The Russians were now reported or
the advance. Talaat Bey published 9
warning against the Armenians parti
cipating on penalty of dire punish
ment. But the story of the massacre
in the isolated parts was carried b,
survivors, and the Armenians pre-
pared to sell themselves as dearly as
possible, the peaceful element as vel
as the reyolutionaries. Jevded theI
called on the Armenian bishop to Wis.
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fBy Associated Press.)

PARIS, France The first and only
trooper of the Turkos, or French black
troops from Senegal and Algeria, to
receive the Legion of Honor from the
French government, is a thick-set,
coal-black, middle-aged infantryman
who went through one of the queer
experiences of the war. While OPP
erations were active at the front a
short time ago, it was determined to
fall back from a given point, and this
Turko was given the small steel safe
containing $4,000 francs in govern
ment funds to carry back to the new
position. He was given donkey and
started off with the safe and treas
use. Suddenly. however, all the plans
Of removal were interrupted by Ger
man raid, which swept the Turkos
and all other troops, with their horses
and supplies, into the utmost confu-
sion. Many were killed and the whole
force was badly scattered It was
taken for granted that the Turko with
the safe and treasure was certainly
lost, as even those not burdened with
heavy loads had been swept away in
the impetuous raid.
Some days later the French out
posts were astonished to have the
Turko. with the safe on his back.
trudge into camp. His donkey had
been killed, and for three days he had
been inside the German lines carrying
a steel safe on his back. He never
let go of the safe. When the Turko
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-23
rough WEATHER
D0ESN0I DELAY
BREAKNATER JOB
One Scow Load Contained Is
Rocks, Each Weighing 10
Tons; High Seas Running

Especial STAR Bulletin Correspondence
HILO. October 19-Aithough the
rather rough weather Of the past few
days has made the operation Of towing
the rock.laden scows from the Waipi0
quarry Of Contractor Marshall 70 Hilo
q trifle slow, there has been no seri.
Gus difficulty experienced and the rock
has been coming to hand we'll on time.
The heavy seas along the coast have
at times rendered the scows invisible
from the tug, but have not prevented
the loads from arriving safely. On one
trip this week from Waipio the waves
washed over the scow but not rock
was lost or displaced.
Something IN the way Of record
was made on Friday last when scow
carrying $50 tons was hauled from
Waipio. Twenty-Five Of the many
rocks on the scow weighed $50 tons
in the aggregate, or 10 tons each. The
rocks are very hard and they are OF
the kind that are expected to be in
corporated with breakwater that will
last for ever.
Find Rocks on Beach.
Many individual rocks of 10 tons
and over have been brought from
Waipio, but to find Is stones on one
scow. each weighing 10 tons, Is rather
startling and goes to show the kind OF
quarry the Marshalls have. And. in
some places, the expression quarry is
incorrect, for the rocks are not quar-
ried from the face Of the cliffs at all
Nature attended to that years age
when she shook herself free OF the biz
stones and sent them hurting down
to the beach from the cliffs hundreds
of feet above.
Contractor Marshall says that any
ordinary kind Of rough sea cannot
prevent him from working at both
ends of the job Waipio and Hilo. He,
naturally, prefers the calnler weather,
but declares that it viii take very
heavy sWeIis to stop operations TEN,
porarily He adds that, Of course,
there may come spells when lay-ofl
OF few days may become necessary,
but he Is exceeding the record so much
each week nowadays IN the way Of
placing rocks that there viii. after all,
be no delay. even should operations
have to be stopped for a short time
now and again.
The breakWater is jutting further
and further out into the bay each day
and the big Job IL going along IN good
shape.
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BELGIAN WOMEN PUNISHED
FOR REFUSING TO WORK.

PARIS, Franco. Oct 23.-Punish.
meht under the German military
rules is being Imposed by Gen. Won
Kissing, the German military govern
or of Belgium. UPON the Belgian town
OF Harlebeke. where the Belgian WON
en- have refused to perform tasks un-
der German orders. which are for the
military benefit Of the invaders,
Get, Jail Sentences.
Twenty-nine OF the women have
been sent to Germany to serve pfis-
on terms, while the representatives
of the American commission for Bel,
gian relief has been forbidden to sup
ply food TO the residents OF the mo-
tinous town.
All the cafes In the place are closed
and all Belgians are obliged to re
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ALLIES FLEET SHELLS
RuLoAR PORTS IN AEGEAN.

LONDON. England. Oct. 23.-The
cruisers of the Allies Mediterranean
feet yesterday bombarded the Aegean
ports Of the Bulgarians, at Dedea'
catch and at Lagos, the only two
Aegean ports and places at which the
Bulgars have built defensive works
and massed troops. The report of the
fleet commander is that the lombard
ment was severe and effective, while
Sofia dispatches declare that the
shells rom the cruisers guns infiict.
ed no damage.
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RECRUITING Brisk AS RESULT
-oF cAVElL INCIDENT.

LONDON, Eng Oct 23.-Public In
dignation at what Is denounced in the
press as brutal. premeditated muir
der" the execution Of the English
nurse, Edith Cayell. in Belgium. by
courtmartial sentence, is still at white
heat throughout the country and re
cruits are hooking in by the thousands
ito avenge the murder OF the angel Of
mercy"
The Daily Telegraph has started a
Cavell Memorial Fund. subscriptions to
which are limited TO shilling.
II Is not decided what form the mem.
orial VIII take, whether an ordinary
memorial or some form OF Red Cross
assistance.
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TEuToN TRAWLER ATTACKS
SWEDISH SUBMARINE

STOCKHOLM Sweden, Oct. 3D.
The Swedish submarine. the Hvalen,
returned to port yesterday evening
with her helmsman badly wounded
as result Of an attack by an armed
German trawler. Her commander re-
ports that his ship was fired upon on
Thursday afternoon by German
trawler, which approached him under
tne disguise of a fishing boat
Although he had the Swedish flag
hoisted, the report states the trawler
opened fire at close range, firing sew.
eral shells at the submarine before il
could be submerged. One shell struck
the submarine, portion of it wound.
ing the helmsman. The attack, says
the report, occurred in Swedish
waters.
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ROME REPORTS IMPORTANT
ITALIAN ADVANCES.

ROME, Italy, Oct PAS a result
of the desperate fighting of the past
ten days along the Carso front in the
Trieste district the Italians have
made the most notable advance of
their portion OF the war. The Austri.
an line has been broken in several
points and the Italians have advanced
successfully to the shores of the Gulf
of Trieste. The Austrian losses, in
prisoners and supplies is large.
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ARKANSAS LUMBER MILLS
GET RUSSIAN CONTRACTS

[AssocIated Press by Federal Wireless1
LITTLE aOCK. Ark, Oct %. Ar
kansas lumber mills have taken con-
tracts to furnish the Russian govern
ment with red oak up to total Of
SOC, 000, 900 feet. One order calls for
5000. 900 railroad ties, which are to
be used in the double tracking of the
Riga-Mcscow rai:rt al