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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-29

Merritt Mcmahon and his sisters.
Misses Jessie and Frances, came Ia the
city from Des Moines Tuesday evening
Id charge Of the body OF their father,
Hiram r. Mcmahon. who died Tues
day morning. The funeral will be held
ct 1880 Thursday afternoon from the
residence. 41a North Fourth. street. IN
tsrsnens $sml he u. The. fannil, lot IN the
Albion cem etefy; Mrs: Grace zug. Of
Dsi Moihess 1r MrMahon's eldest
dauEhter. will come to the city to-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-29

Good country butter. 20 cents; fancy
country butter, Is cents; and extra
fancy country butter 80 cents pound.
Phone 81. Reynolds & Sheldon grocery.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
Once More the Cattle Question.

In recent trip through portion oi
New England, the cattle question was
emphasized anew by the fact that cows
which could be bought last summer and
| fall for $40 to $50 are now $50 to $40.
A young man who has been considering
going on to farm of his own discovered
this very forcibly when he sought cattle
to stock his proposed farm.
Conditions have not improved recent
| ". Indeed, as has been pointed out IN
these columns before, the market fol
cattle is constantly improving. Prices
are advancing as the number OF cattle
available actually and relatively declines
And until farmers appreciate the signifi
cauce of present tendencies and seek to
overcome it by raising more cattle, con
ditions cannot change.
Glance at another phase of the situa
ton, what is taking place in an industry
dependent upon cattle raising for its
hfe-shoes. Here is pair of mems
shoes sold over the retail counter q year
ago for 81. They cost s., $3.50 or st
now, and in some localities are unobtain
able because retailers say they cannot
buy them of the wholesalers.
Il
more and more troublesome each day
manufacturers are resorting to cloth
tops for both mems and women's shoes.
While this is of no particular interest to
the average farmer, it is used simply as
an illustration of conditions which exist
because of the shortage in cattle.
In some instances the opposition to
cattle is because three years are required
to get them up to the age where they
can be sold profitably. Growers dislike
to assume the risk which seems INSOFAR
ably connected with cattle raising. Yet
the profits have increased so rapidly
during the past year or two that II
would appear as though these risks
should be overcome, and real, not ar
imaginary profit, insured.
What New England, as whole, needs
to-day more than anything else is al
abundance of cattle to feed upon bel
hills. Profits are possible beyond the
richest dream of the more sanguint
farmer; only they await the man with
sufficient foresight to see his opportuni
ty and accept it. Opportunities are use
less unless some man or other person
accepts them, and the opportunity o.
the New England farmer to profitably
produce cattle is useless until those wbt
would be most benefited 60 out ant
possess 1t.
Work, and risk, and care are needed
but when these are applied, the return'
are sure. Good prices will be paid fol
years to come, and the cattle raiser need
not worry about about his return. Ths
longer he hssitates, the longer he viii
be getting the returns due him. There
fore, ones injunction should be to tak'
advantage Of his opportunities now, be
fore some other, seeing them, go in ant
possess the most profitable Of them all
81. Allbee in III Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
A Bernard Shaw critIeIsn..

Before fame came to. him Bernard
Shaw wrote dramatic criticisms for the
London Saturday Review. The follow
Ing sample Is Characteristic Of the man:
N am in a somewhat foolish position
concerning a play at the Opera Co
uique, whittier I was bidden this DAP
week. For some reason I was nos
supplied with program. 80 that
never learned the name OF the play.
At the end Of the second act the play
had advanced about as far as an ordi
nary dramatist would have brought IL
Ave minutes after the first rising OF the
curtain or. say. as far as Ibsen would
have brought It ten years before that
event Taking advantage Of the sec'
ond interval to stroll ont into the
Strand for a little exercise. unfoftu-
nately forgot all about my business
and actually reached home before u
occurred to ME that had not seen
the end Of the play. Under these cif'
cumstances It would III become me to
dogmatize on the merits Of the work
or its performance. can onfy onss
tne management my apologies"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
Night Pasturing Cows.

OF all our domesticated animals, per-
haps the milch COW, more than any 9TH
er, is held strictly to definite routine OF
living. The day is spent in the pasture.
Towards evening she comes to barnyard,
is MIXED, and stabbed for the night. In
the early morning, after another milk
ing, she is again sent to the pasture.
And generally the result is considered
excellent. But what is the result when
cows are permitted to lead more natur-
al existence-that is, when they are al
lowed to remain in the pasture at night
as we'll as during the daytime, approxi-
mating as nearly as possible their habits
W hen in a wild state.
There has recently been a movement
in Germany to induce the farmers to fol-
low this method of handling their milch
cows during the summer months. This
scheme at first met with much opposi-
tion. for il was difficult for the farmer to
see wherein any change in the mode OF
living which the domesticated animals
| had been accustomed to for so many
years would result beueficially. Expert
ments conducted at one of the stations,
however, by Konrad Ege, proved to the
| farmer that the cow not only returned
very quickly to her natural mode OF liv
| ing when allowed to remain in pasture
over night but that she repaid for such
treatment by her increased milk pro-
duction. When given their freedom the
animals feed most actively during the
| early morning and evening hours. 1t is
the nature of the wild animals to do so.
Moreover, the grass at this time is laden
with dew and must be more palatable to
the COW than when 1t has been dried by
the SUMS rays. Then, too, the freedom
| 70 wander about at will, and the release
from the confinement Of a dark, stuffy
stable undoubtedly exert an important
Influence upon the temperament OF the
COW.
A test Of twenty-five cows of the Hol'
land Red breed, which were stabbed fol
fifteen nights and then pastured for nj
teen nights, showed a marked increase
in the milk production when given theiI
freedom at night as we'll as during the
day. Precautions we're, Of course, taker
10 have all other conditions as uniform
as possible. When stabbed in the barn
at night the milk production for the
herd averaged $3.50 quarts. But wher
they remained in the pasture all OF th'
time their production was 6S23 quarts
AN increase of two quarts per COW
shelter was provided In the pasture &c
lthat at any time the cow could seek pro
Itsc,ion against storms or heat.-M. ID
Pearl in Hoard's Dairyman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
Burial With Military Hone-s.

After a battle the dead are buried
with military honors." These in times
Of peace are both impressive and elab'
crate, but In time Of war they are
much curtailed The principal fea'
lures are the playing by muffied drums
Of the dead march, the resting on the
arms reversed by the troops engaged
and the final firing into the air over
the grave of three blank volleys. The
number Of volleys Is always the same
but the number Of men comprising the
firing party Increases with the rank OF
the deceased. A muffied drum is
drum the cords Of which have been
loosened 80 as to slacken the parchment
head and cause 1t to give forth on be
Ing struck a dull muffied sound.-Lon
don Scraps.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
The Watered-mllk Cure.

Seigueur de Teuzel Of Ambert, in
France, who lived in the fifteenth CEN
turx WAS evidently q pioneer OF the
pure food movement. According TO the
London Chronicle, he took drastic and
novel measures against the adulterators
of food In his domain. In q decree 10.
sued in 1881, be directed that "a funnel
shall be placed in the mouth OF any man
or woman convicted OF having SOLO
watered milk, and the said watered
milk shall be poured down the funnel
until such time as the doctor shall de-
clare that the oulprit cannot be made to
swallow any more without danger Of
DEATH"
The seller Of impure butter was to be
put in the pillory, "when the butter
shall be crushed upon bis head, and
shall remain there until tho sun shall
have melted it."-Youth's Companion
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
ORIGIN Of ~Watsrsd Stock"

The expression "watered stock, :,
which describes 50 well the expansion
of the stock Of a company beyond the
value Of the property, originated, 1t is
said, In connection with Daniel Drew,
who was once the wealthiest and most
unique manipulation in Wall street
Drew had been a drover In his younger
days, and 1t was said Of him that be-
fore selling his cattle In the market ne
would first give them large quantities
of salt to make them thirsty and then
provide them with all the water they
could drink. In this way their weight
was greatly increased, and the pur-
chaser was buying "watered stock"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
intellectual Life.

People without intellectual life are
virtually under condemnation to hard
labor. Unless their thoughts can give
them wholesome occupation they must
find It for their hands. Otherwise they
cannot live well and must expect de-
terioration. But. unluckily for lazy
people, the achievement Of good
grade of intellectual life involves about
as much work as anything else. Life
without effort seems not to have been
intended. The original plan was to
have It end by starvation and. though
people nowadays get around that, they
cannot altogether defeat the original
iutention.-Life.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
r....,, Vermont. Marbles.

Though the western part OF Vermont
includes the most extensive marble IN
dustry in this country, the eastern part
Is a virgin field. where, In the lack OF
a general study Of the stratgraphy.
the structure. the paleontology ana the
areal geology. 1t Is at preseit not only
impossible to determine the area ana
position Of many Of the beds. but also
even the thickness of some Of the mar
bic formations. which are but partly
exposed. The marbles Of eastern Vsf-
mont. many Of which are dolomitic,
vary widely In kind and character. and
the outcrops, though few In number.
are scattered from the Massachuseth
line to the Canadian boundary. Many
Of the marbles are suited only for In
door ornamental use. The greater part
Of the hedges are to be Chased - min
eral reserves, which viii be drawn o.
In the future.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
eobby's Fruitlsss Search.

Bobby heard his mother tell his "a
ther that her mother. who was III. was
in a comatose state and she must 60 to
her at once.
Bobby Immediately ran for his geog-
raphy and looked diligently for some
time through 1t. Finally he brought It
to his father and said: "Father, can't
find the state Of comatose In here.
Will you7"-Judge.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
AoylA,

The father Of whist, Edmond Hoyle.
lived to be ninety-seven years old. his
treatise on cards has been published
in all languages. and probably no work
except the Bible has passed through
more editions. The original work ap-
peared In London in 1742.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
A sIlah. Observation-Disclosures

'How are you getting on as the pre-
siding officer Of your new clubT
"Pretty WELL" replied the emphatic
woman.
mo trouble with parliamentary
pointsr'
mot much. The only difficulty
have is to remember that you must
hold on to the gavel and, hammer 1ith
Il instead Of throwing it"-Washfng
ton Star.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15

In matching up horses for farm use, 1t
is quite 40 necessary to have them equal
in strength - Ii 10 In color. OF the two,
It 10 more essential that your team
should be matched In working ability.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
In Awful ehap>,

'sWhy don't you 60 to work.
"I'm 90 dead tired Of doing nothing
that I'm too tired to do anything
SCleveland Leader.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15

Don't expect any kind of . COW to
make something out OF nothing. Sne
can't do it; she don't know now.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
Man a,fnaasfiar

II made Miss Oldgirl mad the other
day"
: "How soT
"she said she would give me few
wrinkles, and said I didn't care to
take them, although I knew she had
plenty to spare."-Baltimor American.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15

There really seems no longer an e1
cnse for the Improbable COW, since It u
now so easy to ascertain whether or not
she has the goods on her.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15

When the veather 10 very dry, make
up for 1t by cultivating corn ana pota-
toes avery few days.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15

Our life b short, but to expand that
span to vast eternity u virtues work.
-Shakespeare.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15

No great deed II done BY faltersEs
Mo aak foe certainty.-0eocee DlaoG
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15

II fun b good truth Il still better a1d
love best o3 all-Thackefay.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-15
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLOw.'

Correspondence on practical agricultural topics
10 solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY ID.
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-23
HEIGHTS NEWS

Rev. Samuel, Of the First Rantist
church, preached his farewell sermon
Sunday night and left Monday for Port
land and Tuesday went hv boat to San
Francisco to attend the fair. He was
accompanied by Rev. Donat of the
tongre gutlunal church.
The young ueouIa of the Rani,.t
church gave Rev SamueI fareweli
party one evpninp Iast weel - y "a
,...,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-23
CENTRAL VALE

Mrs. l.. F. Massee and Miss Graham,
Of The Dalles, we're guests of Mr. and
Mrs. f. A. Massee over the week end.
Miss Helen RedheId, of Bucola. Wn..
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Ralph
Jarvis.
The club meets this week with Mrs.
Chas H0unseIl.
Lee Allen spent Sunday with friends
at Dee
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Niehans spent Fri
day and Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs.
W. f. Cooper on the East Side.
Miss Mary Sheppard spent the week
end with Miss Eva Boyed, of Odell.
Shaker Miller and family will leave
this week for Canby. Ore, where they
will make their home.
A, /. MacCauley, Of The Dales, was
on hls ranch over the week end.
W.D. Allen.is starting to build a new
residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will White have re.
turned to their home here.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-23

Lulu Hunt. who had been ill for sew
eral days, was operated upon for ap-
peudicits last week Wednesday morn.
ing, and is recovering nicely
IL is expected both Miss Esther
schmlt and Miss Hunt will leave the
hospital this week.
Mrs. Joe VanHier returned from
Portland last week Wednesday. She
accompanied her cousins, Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Lewis home, going yia the CoIum-
5ia highway and coming back on the
boat.
Tuesday evening, Sept. i. Mrs. Lii
lIau NJ. Downing gave a very tine en-
teTtaiumeut at the church. All those
who failed to hear her missed a rare
treat.
The pareut-Ieacher Association gave
d reception to the new instructors last
week Monday evening. About 30 were
present
Mrs. Faxon from The DaIles, visited
al the home Of Mr. ald Mrs. j. o.
Mark last Friday.
A large number from the district
was in attendance at the fair Friday
and Saturday.
Miss Anna Godbersen. former teacher
here, visited friends in the vicinity
Saturday She has a position as teach
er 10 the Odell school,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-23
BELMONT.

Mr. and Mrs G. g. Miller and Mrs.
! Williams, Of Oregon City. came over
the Columbia Highway last Tuesday to
. visit Mr.. aud Mrs. viii Warren. They
/ toured the valley, returning Monday
. over the highway to their homes.
/ Mrs. Bishop terminated her visit at
/ the home Of her son, /. w Bishop, and
/ family and left Saturday for Sacramen-
/ TO, Calf, where she will visit her sis
/ ter for a while before returning to her
home EIgln, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winn and children Wis
tied fUT a few days at the home of J.
| K. Nunamaker and family. They were
On their way to Long Beach, Calf. TO
, spend the winter. Their home is in
Adams, Ore.
Sigurd Nelson left Monday for Whit
man college where heswiIl take up his
studies for another year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark, old time friends
of Mrs Sawyer, who have been visit
ing at the Sawyer home, left Saturday
for their home, Pal0 Alto, Calf. They
we're both pleased with Hood River
valley,
MIR. and Mrs. James W0odcock, of
Wamic, Ore, spent the week with the
home folks and other Belmont friends,
leaving Saturday for The DalIes, where
on Sunday they would auto to their
home. Mrs. M 7. lsenberg accom-
panied them, and will visit them
and her other daughter. Mrs. Guy Har.
vey, who also lives at Wamic.
Mr. and Mrs. viii Farrell enter
tanned at Sunday dinner Mrs. Oxbor-
row. Sr, S. G. OXborrow, Miss Ella
OXborrow, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Somer-
vile.
Mrs Il. j. Nicholson was pleasant
caller at the Farrell home Sunday at
ternoon.
Hay balers spent part of the week al
the j. X. Nunamaker ranch.
George Galloway, Sr, has bought
one of the Nunamaker apple graders.
Galloways have large crop Of apples
this year.
J, r. Forden returned Sunday from
visiting his two brothers whose homes
are in California, as well as taking in
the fair, which he says is well worth
seeing.
Mrs. Frank Miller and three children,
sister-in-law of the Miller Brothers, has
been here for a week visiting. her hus-
bands relatives. She left Tuesday for
her home, ScholIs. Ore.
viii Davis and family and Mrs. |
Young and son, Ted, of Moser, spent |
Sunday with his mother ON the ranch. |
returning to Hood River in the even
ing.
MIR. and Mrs. George Eddie and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs Goss, of Tucker road. |
and Mrs J.W. Davis spent Saturday at
the home of viii Davis. They greatly |
enjoyed the birthday dinner, it being
the sixteenth birthday Of Frank Davis.
The pupils in Mrs. Steele S room very
kindly sent Frank postal card shower.
Will Metcalf has been appointed
orchard inspector for the Underwood |
and White Salmon districts. lie will
take up the duties of his new position
Monday.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-23
reunion very much

reunion very much.
Mrs. J. K. Nickelseu ard twins. Ned
and Ted. returned from Portland Satur-
DAY, where they had been visiting for a
few days.
b. J. King and wife, Of Portland
Way, were sightseeing In FTankton
Sunday afternoon.
Ernest Maur.ts0n returned from the
harvest fields Friday.
Misses Florence and Jessie Eddy
spent the week end at Rowena with
their father and mother. Mr.. Eddy is
with the highway survey there.
The next meeting Of the Parent
Teacher Association will be held the
first Friday evening ia October.
Mrs. George Carlton. nee Esther Bar
rett. stopped off ia FfanktUn ore day
last week on her return from her hon
eymoon trip in the willamette valley.
Miss Emma Noble visited the week
end with her sister, Mrs. George Sto-
sOe and family at Wyeth.
We have been unable to get the names
of all the Frankton pupils who won
prizes 10 the county school fair contest
but will furnish them later.
DR.. W. K. Collie, wife and daughter,
from the East Side, and Mrs. Collie's
father and mother, DR.. and Mrs. b. S.
Peck, from GalesburR. Ill.,, ate a picnic
dinner in Clifton park last Thursday.
Mrs. George Stokoe, Of Wyeth. came
Wednesday to spend a few days with
relatives and friends in Frankton and
Hood River.
The -Four Leaf Clover club will meet
this afternoon with Mrs. Bruce Morton.
The stock show was big success
even if Frankton wasn't in it. Let's
10 1t again next year and wen all be
there.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-23
TROUT LAKE.

Soudan grass has received a good try
out on b. X. Riehter's farm this wear.
There are six rows, 300 feet long, in
which the grass has grown to a height
oil seven feet. Three Of these rows
VIII be allowed TO 90 10 seed and the
balance will be eut for hay.
The pleasant weather last week
made 1t possible to harvest the balance
oi the hay crop in good condition.
II. Boze, one Of the early homestead
ers here, will spend the winter in White
Salmon and vicinity.
j. E. Reynolds sent out a large band
of sheep last week.
1t IS reported that C. ". Stewart has
leased the Stewart-Inman ranch.
We understand that B. c. Hamilton
has sold to VIM. Beisauz his 20 acres
south of town.
b. R. Richter is a business visitor to
Portland.
John Running was here for a short
time last week looking after his inter
ests. Says he is coming back next
spring to stay. Everyone will be glad,
Tor probably no one has a higher stand
ing in the community than Mr.. Run.
ming.
The dominic is out with his new
shiny buggy.
Chris euler, DIR. Belshiem, Fred
hetel and others have been busy lately
laying out right of way for road to
the snow line on Mount Adams. 1t is
understood the forest reserve people
are aiding in this project. 1t is ex-
peeted road will be put through early
IN the spring so that next year sum
mer people can go to the snow line in
an automobile. This will make it easy
for people to 20 to the top of the noun
tam and back in one day. With a good
road, however, it does not require
much imagination to see a hotel at the
foot Of the mountain. But climbing to
the top Of the mountain will not be the /
only advantage of a road of this kind. /
1t will make it easier for the scenery
hunter to get back into the country on !
the north side of the mountain, terri |
tory that is seldom visited at the pres
ant time.
We understand that the Trout Lake I
Creamery Association has let the
,ream route for the coming year to
Nm. Beisanz, who had it last year.
1t is understood that John Schmid
viii run the Melendy ranch next year.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-23
OAK GROVE

Mrs. ]. c. Jantgen and daUphIer
Mrs. G. W. Vreeland. and children have
been visiting at the homes of Mrs
Jantzen's son, II. II. Jantzen and
daughter. Mrs. Herman Pregge
Mic II uoIo, Cov u.s hlfn,a p..., -
and 0ttn uar,, "a, atta,n55 "' a. !, ','e,' i'looNS
,n % snhno ," 'Ga Ia. ",,Ir'''' '''e "PP'e PACK
IS 'N'''' a ,'' 'e'"
Mrs. a. y. Anderson left Tuesday for
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-23
To the Public

81 feel that owe the manufacturers
of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Ii
arrhoea Remedy word OF gratitude,
writes Mrs. T. \. Wuherall Gowanda,
\. Y "When | began taking this med
lelne | was in great pain and feeling
terribly sick, due to an attack of sum
mer complaint, After taking a dose OF
1t | had not long to wait for relief as it
benefited me almost immediately.
Obtaluable everywhere.