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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-01
School Funds of the State
How They Are Distributed

The following balance sheet shows
the condition Of the schools funds of
the state, also that or the agricultural
college and some special funds, No
vember 30, 1915.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-01

strealting it for home, and "someone 4"
just grinned.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-01

l take this opportunity to thank the people of
this community for their hearty support in my
new business venture during the last year.
Wishing you all prosperous New Year also
solicit continuance of your patronage as in the
past and will welcome any new customers.
| repair autos and repant them, make auto
bodies, and all kinds of wood work, gas engines
repaired, all kinds of machine work and black
smithing Auto springs made and repaired,
chilled plows ground and steel plows repaired, all
farm machinery overhauled, wood chopping tools
made
carry small stock Of auto repairs of all kinds.
You do not need to send your spring work off
or out of Salem as guarantee all springs made by
me for one year and put them in your car for less
than you can buy them elsewhere.
We are also prepared to weld any part Of cast
ings, ron steel, brass, copper or aluminium and all
maleableS braized.
r. J. HerSChbaSh,
229 STATE STREET SALEM, OREGON
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-01

Common School Fund Notes;
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

Only land, Joe. You amt goin' to pull
an shuck all that corn, are you?' in
CURED Mr.. Tomlinson. REST Of the
Corn club boys has their acre estimat.
ed"
II don't want any estimate. l want
to know" replied Joe.
-Four of us are goin' to work." said
Mr.. Weston. Wen clean it up heap
sooner'n YOU think"
"Oh, l amt kiakin'; just thought you
was maxim heap Of trouble for your
self" said the visitor.
Chairs were brought out for the three
men, and Joe and his father invaded
the acre, going in an orderly and care
full way, starting at the first row, up
one row and down another, getting
the ears from the five ear stalks. Each
gatherer had sack swung about his
neck. In Ill there were about three
bushels Of this corn. They shucked
the ears as they pulled. Then it was
placed in the box, weighed and each
boXful was recorded in the book.
After the five ear corn had been
gathered and stored in a box at the
house because of its great value the
four ear corn was tackled. There were
some twenty-five bushels of this. rs
each box was swung on the scales and
weighed the number of pounds was set
down in the record
Tom Ralston and Link had arrived
by this time, and they were put at
work with Joe and his father gather
ing the three ear corn. Something
over sixty bushels of this was got, and
the bell rang for dinner.
1t was Il fine, hearty meal and cook
ed in the very best of style Mrs
Weston blushingly received the COM
pliments Of the guests and noted with
satisfaction the full justice the men
did TO the viands set before them.
The guests and the Westons sat on
the front porch for awhile after din
ner while the men smoked their pipes
All three Of the visitors, practical
farmers, were lavish in their praise Of
the corn.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

"If hadn't "a seen it with my own
served the squire. 81 been hearin' u
lot about what these Corn club boys
been dom, but ] thought it was most
| ly talk. But that corn beats anything
] ever seem
Joe had slipped away and came back
with three bundles of three ears each.
He presented n bundle to each guest.
"That corn will average four ears to
the stalk he saS. 81 will build it
up to five ears in three more years, but
I right now there isn't anything in this
/ county that'll touch it. | want you to
take it with my compliments and give
| it q chance. Don't plant it near any
| other corn and see for yourself what
| it will do"
! They were profuse in their express
siOns of pleasure at getting a start of
| the famous corn and asked many ques-
lions of Joe and his father as to how
! he managed to get such a tremendous
crop from small piece of land. AS
| they adjourned to the acre Wilson and
| Tomlnson pulled off their coats.
"You got all that special seed corn
out of there, amt you, Joe?" asked Mr..
| Wilson.
eyes, sir Why?'
"Well, we got to have some eXer-
else" said Tomlinson. "We're so full
O. fried chicken an chicken pie that if
we don't move about we'll go to settin'
pretty soon"
"Al right; glad to have the help.
Pitch in," said Mr.. Weston genially.
They did, and with Il will. With six
persons pulling and huslling, fine prog
ress was made. After it was weighed
it was dumped in the wagon bed, and
| when the wagon was full it was haul
ed to a new ratproof crib and stored
At o'clock the last ear had been
gathered, and the three men retired
! to the house to add up the totals and
reduce the weight to bushels.
Go be Continued)
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

But just wait until / get me iive ear
corn fixed. I'll get five and six dollars
a bushe for it right along
How you going to carry on corn
breeding if you are off at school?'
inquired Tom RalStOn.
Better get the trip to the school
first. But if l do go up there pa can
do all that's needful next year Plant
on part of this acre the four ear and
five ear corn. I'll pick the two most
perfect ears to get seed from. Then,
when the ears are matured, do as l
have dOne-pick out the best and
strongest stalks with the most ears on
em and mark EN-. Then the next
year I'll carry it on myself"
what about the rest Of that four
ear corn?' inquired Mr. Weston.
Sell it at 81 a bushel for seed after
you have got all you want. Same way
with the three ear-sell that at SD a
buShcl."
'ThHt patch out there ought to make
a good crop of corn next year" re-
fected Mr. Weston.
"FOr goodness sake, don't plant a
stalk of corn in her except that stuff
We are trying to breed up. Don't want
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19
CHAPTER XVI.

| Joe Raises Record Crop.
|lHE summer flew by with in
credible swiftneSs. There came
gradually, gently, a soft haze
~ in the atmosphere. The dis
tant hills were enshrOuded in purple
In the woods there were a few first
yellow leaves on the gum trees There
was crimson on the sumach bushes
| along the fence rows and CLINT of
| gOldenrod in the fields and thickets.
The weather was dry, and Il faint
touch Of GOODNESS in the evenings and
! the whispering rustic Of dying grasses
stirred by the breeze gave hints of the
fast approaching fall. In the corn
fields the leaves on the stalks had
withered to dryness, and the ears were
bending downward, laden to the full
with grain. Thus was seen another
wise precaution Of Nature to protect
the precious kernels. In this way rain
and moisture were shed from the ear
instead Of running down inside and
rotting the corn. Every night Joe
learned something new as he studied
In his room.
Joe and his father and Tom Ralston
made an examination one day in mid
September. They pronounced the grain
fully cured ana ready TO gather.
Guess we'd better make arrange
mentS TO have some witnesses here,
hadn't we?' asked Joe.
Reckon we had. Wen invite Squire
Allen to come over an make the affy-
davies. I'll get Bill Tomlinson and
Henry Wilson to come an weigh an
check it," said Mr.. Weston. Wen
kill a plenty of chickens an have a
chicken dinner for EN-. Get your ma
to make a good potpie an fried chick
en- an such"
"That'll be fine, and you and me and
Link and Tom can gather the corn. 1t
will he pretty slow work. Remember,
there's really four grades Of corn in
that patch and we've got to keep 'em
all separate" said Joe.
well. wen have to fiGger it up by
weight rather than by measure, then"
said Mr.. Weston. THE squire has got
a pair Of steclyards. an Wen let him
10 the wcighin' so there can't be any
question whatever about the total"
"All right. pa. Les ride over this
evening and invite EN- for Tuesday"
"Suits me-" said Mr.. Weston.
The squire, who was justice OF the
peace for the township, accepted the
invitation, as did the other two. Both
Of them were men of standing in the
community. Mrs. Weston and Annie
were i'm quite connection over the
preparation Of an adequate dinner and
promised to have one that would do
justice to the occasion.
Bright and early Tuesday, therefore.
the jovial squire drove up in his bug
gy. lie was welcomed by Joe and his
father. His horse was unhitched and
put i'm the pasture. Two posts seven
feet high had been sunk in the ground
five feet apart near the prize acre and
a beam nailed across the top TO swing
the scales to. \ big box. with -four
wires adjusted 50 it could be easily
hung on the scales. was ready. The
squire took its weight - six pounds
even. Mr.. Tomlinson and Mr.. Wilson
arrived, and they also weighed the box
and agreed ON the weight, which was
noted in the brlnd new account book
Joe had furnished to keep the record
Of weights in.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

Soon as the leaves are off the trees
I'm going to treat that patch o pool
land just beyond yours, Joe. It's SC
poor it won't hardly grow bitterweed.
"Well, you know what to do"
Sure l do, and Wen do it."
"Think I'll put those two colored
boys over home to work on the leaves
too" said Tom Ralston. "Major Dean
claimed he had to buy so much com.
mercial fertilizer until there wasn't
any more money III farming. He's
just farmed that place so long, without
giving the soil anything back, that it's
wearing OUT
"The major sure was big believer
in commercial fertilizer" said Mr.
Weston
"WeIl, I'm going to see if we can't
farm with less of it when | have
charge, and 4 good way is to get Il
years start now. I'll have a shed
built and give orders that every specl
Of manure about that lot goes under
that shed to protect it from the wealth
er. Then this fan it is 10 be plowed
under and keep that program up
TT win win" said joe
"Lool here, joe" said Tom. IF YOU
go off to that agricultural school I'm
afraid I'll get all mixed up here. I'm
just beginning to learn something"
'Why don't you 80 if | do?" sug-
gested Joe. "Your father is able to
stand the expense"
II never thought OF it. You'll help
me get through with things that are
too deep for me YETI"
''Sure l willr' assured Joe.
"I'll write father this very night"
enthusiastically said Tom Ralston.
"Wcll. whore do come in?" inquir-
ed Mr.. Weston.
ooh, I'll write You twice Il week Of
what learn up there and send YOU all
the bulletins that are of any value to
US down here, | can help heap that
way. Now that you cen read all right
and have got that dictionary to look up
any words that bother you. why, you
can keep up with us right along"
Il promise I'll study faithful" said
Mr. Weston. ITS goin' to be power
full lonesome here for me-nobody to
talk to about crops an the cattle at
night"
Good chance for you to get on the
inside of this canning business of mas
and lay plans for helping her next
summer You amt goin' to have time
to worry about being lonesome in"
emo, l reckon not" unused Mr..
Weston. in fact, sOrter feel scared
at the outlook. There's 50 blame much
to do, with all the stock an pigs an
keepin' the crops goin', an you've done
a mans share all the time"
"Well. cutting out the truck and the
prize corn crop next year will cut
down work. Oh, you'll get through all
right
Yes, just got ter said Mr.. Wes-
ton. But, Joe, you don't seem like
my little boy. You an me has got to
be plumb PARTNERS i'm every way. 1t
was through you l got out o that rut
/ was in an was keepin' You all in,
an you've just gone right ahead. an
I've been keepin up as best | could,
bein' sort o slow witted an shy on
education. But / shore will miss you,
boy His eyes were suspiciously
moist.
I'm miss you too. daddy: miss you
like fury. And out Of all those best
farmers i'm the world I'll see ND there
at that school l wouldn't trade one Of
'em for my old dad. Hear thatE"
Mr.. Weston frightened and patted
his son on the back.
Il know it's goin' to be a big help
when you get back, an we'll learn a
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

any other corn any closer than that
field below the hill. The pollen of that
low Grade corn will get mixed with
this fine corn and set us back no tell
ing how f&r."
"Oh all right. then But what shall
we Plant horc:'
Break it early and SOW cowpeas
some corn in with 'em, say, half and
half When the corn gets almost to
tasSelug stage NOW vines and all off
for hay. Break it and turn everything
under and drill corn i'll thick Let it
get high as your head, and cut that too.
Wen need lots Of provender. Guess it
would be a good idea to plant cowpeas
along with the second crop too"
Il was thinllin' of lettin' the oats
mature next spring. Wen be needin'
en-" said his father.
well, that's all right Dat stubbe
turned under is Il help, and you can
get a good crop of pea vine hay and
young corn fodder off here after the
oats. | expect that would be the best
PLAN
Il 40 that' then.
won't try truck next spring. ask
ed Tom.
mo. We'll be short handed, and it
will he all Link an me can do to keep
the stock GROWN fast an get regular
crops and such. I'll wait until Joe
gets back
Say, I've been doing some studying
too" said Tom RalSton as the three
walked back toward the house from
the corn plot FEATHER subscribed to
a good farm paper for me, and I've
been reading it, and I found out about
those oak leaves you've been putting
on the land. Here's what 1t says" He
pulled a clipping from his pocket.
Les see" said Joe, taking the bit
of paper ANA reading it aloud.
"'WLen leaves are put on the land
their chief value is from the humus
they supply and not from the plant
food they contain. One ton of oak
leaves, according to Van Slyke. con
tainS fifteen pounds of nitrogen. seven
pounds of phosphoric acid and three
pounds of potash. At current prices
for plant foods those in a ton of oak
leaves are worth about $3.50"
"Well, I'm clad to know about it,"
said Mr.. Weston.
Me. too" said Joe. 81 knew i'm
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19
COPYRIGHT, 1913,
BY HARPER a. BROTHERS.


10 be in There becousn we bnen nj
.cound the fence; it's tigbt, and fine aatt
is locked. Now. cut out the caIfo sua
gested Joe.
"Well. how about iav birds or wind
or yarmfnts?" asked Mr. Weston hope
gully. He was determined that il
should not be unfolding corn leaves
sdat he heard
Old YOU ever hear of iay birds roost.
3ng in corl-houest, now" insisted
Joe.
well, don't knows ever did"
''All right; jay birds and calves are
out Of the question DO YOU feel any
breeze to rustic the corn|'
"N-no-D'licye not" said Mr.. Weston.
He was being hcmmed in and knew it.
There never was Il calmer night-not
Il breath of air stirring.
Nov the wind is out Of the question
100. Listen. Hear that?" They lis
tened again,
sounds like the Whisperfn' in that
Dig SeasLeI when you hold it to your
ear said Mr. Weston
'Ain't % thing in the world except the
corn &roWing-IeaEes unfolding and
rubbn@ AGAINST one another as dizzy
opcn-aLat makes That noise. &5 you
%an So t4ar }ou'vc heard corn crow.
even ii You never saw it grow" sug-
SeStcd lis son.
Nv I'll, live an learn his father re-
Spondrd.
"IIopp 10 goodness we wuu't have Il
rain for about TWO or three H,rr,."
said J'e. "Ihut corn is fine. and IL we
have nice. quiet, drr spell am 40
Dl& wind The pollen will fail H.pnt.tul
from tie tasSclS to the silk, aul the
ears will be seeded plumb to the end,
good fertile grains. Wet weather lust
at taSSeling time is bad for corn. 1t
is always better if the weather is dry
and still
i've heard old farmers saw that, but
they Gidu't know the reason" said Mr..
Weston.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-19

whole lot more, put All inc suue -
he shook his head doggedly-"its go
in to be powerful lonesome an hard
to stand"
The Benson signal., 1916-06-24
''S-EVENLNG
EEAIR TALED
byMARY GRAHAM BONNER
BEST APPLE TREE OF ALL.

"Of all the Trees in the Orchard"
began Daddy, every spring this old
Apple Tree l am going to tell you
about, had the most beautiful of bios
SONS. And when midsummer came the
Apples that came out on that Tree
had, somehow, better taste than the
Apples from any other tree. And one
lay found out the reason.
"The Apples were not quite ripe
though it was one of the earliest of all
the Apple Trees-but the Tree was
fine and shady, and / went out to look
at the pictures of ships that had been
sent to me that day"
"Oh," said Nick, you're going to tell
us story of the time when you were
Boy?"
Good guess!" said Daddy. well, I
thought the hammock, which hung un-
der the Apple Tree, looked very COM
Portable, and so made myself most
coZy and happy. 1t was not long be-
fore l dozed off into a nice little nap,
and then heard what the Apple Tree
was saying to the little unripe Apples
on the boughs.
"'You must grow to be fine and
ripe, and you must keep all the little
The Benson signal., 1916-06-24

dugouts. waited until the French ar
tillery heightened the ranges and
swept the approach trenches and sol
diers' quarters in the rear Of the Ger
man position. At 4 80 the first wave
Of assailants climbed out of their un-
derground shelters and threw them
selves into the wood. All the Germans
were killed or made prisoner, and the
French line proceeded on to the east
ern edge Of the woods, where they
rapidly organized their defenses
against the counter-attack.
Find Hiding Places.
At the same time special detach-
ments explored the interior of the
wood, searching subterranean shelters
in which German infantry had sought
refuge during the bombardment. That
operation was soon interrupted; more
than two companies of German infan-
try that the French had passed
over in their rush, seeing that
their adversaries had reached the
eastern edge of the wood, came out or
their blockhouses and dugouts and
took the French infantry in the rear.
The attacking party was for a mo-
ment menaced with development, but
recovering from their surprise. they
turned their machine guns upon the
assailants, taking them in the rear.
The search of the woods, then re-
sumed, uncovered little companies of
Germans hidden underground in all
corners. Their resistance was prompt.
ly overcome by the use Of hand
grenades, and 60 more prisoners were
taken from the underground shelters,
which on inspection were found to be
marvels of field Notifications. They
rEA from six to eight yards in depth.
MOST of them, and some Of them were
dug to depth of ten yards, with such
supports that they were able to resist
the largest and most powerful pro.
jectiles.
The Benson signal., 1916-06-24

good and I hope every suffering woman
will give them a t-ial."-Mrs. ANNA
KELLY, 10 Chestnut Street, Burling-
ton, Wis.
The many convincing testimonials con-
stantly published in the newspapers
ought to be proof enough to women who
suffer from those distressing ills pecu-
liar to their sex that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is the medicine
they need.
This good old root and herb remedy
has proved unequalled for these dread
full ills; it contains what is needed to
restore woman's health and strength.
If there is any peculiarity i'm
your case requiring special adj
vice, write the Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co. (cOnfidential)s
Lynn, Mass, for free advice.
The Benson signal., 1916-06-24
They Sit on the Boughs.

Apple seeds good and warm so they
That will mean that little Boys and lit
tie Girls can eat all they want, for as
long as the seeds are brown they can
never do any harm. And, you Apples,
you must be very sure that you turn
around and have the sun warm you
and make you bright and red.'
"As the old Apple Tree was talking,
I noticed that the Apples just grew a
little hit bigger, and redder and fatter,
and looked as though-oh-they were
so juicy and wonderful inside. l was
certain, too, that the little seeds were
growing browner every minute.
But still the Apple Tree didn't seem
satisfied. For he began to wave about
and scold little bit more.
"'You see,' ne continued, it's such
the day we're ripe the Fairy Queen
brings all the little Fairies to admire
us, and they sit on the boughs and
wave about with us. And more that
that-you know the Apple that is ripe
first goes to the Fairy Queen and then
some more go to the little Fairies :"
But" said Nancy, ri should think
that if the Fairies ate all the apples
there would be none left for Grownups
and Boys and Girls
NO." said Daddy, that doesn't hap
pen. It's a special scheme they have.
You see the old Apple Tree has lot
of Apples that the grown-ups can't see
that aye for the Fairies-and the Fairy
Queen is given one of the real Apples
for the GrOwnups as special honor.
"The Fairies are too kind to take
away the Apples that real People like
to eat-and so the old Apple Tree has
arranged to have a great many more
that we can't see-theyre called the
Apples of Fairyland.
"And the Tree still went on talking.
"T, too, am working hard. l am
practicing my best bow to make to the
Fairy Queen when she arrives the first
day all the Apples are ripe. She is to
come very, very early in the morning
while everyone else is sleeping. And
when the Children get up and find the
Apples are ripe so quickly, won't they
be delighted!
"'Now, get around so Mr.. Sun will
help you along. He's the greatest help
in the world to us-such a dear old
SOUL
"Of course that flattered Mr.. Sun so
he helped still more, and just as
could feel him shining down with all
his might woke up.
81 moved away from the Apple Tree
then-for it was no longer shady-the
Sun had come around and told me to
get up! But as I walked away and
saw the Apple Tree waving around
knew it was practlcing for it's bow and
making the little Apples hurry up and
ripen."
The Benson signal., 1916-06-24
NO LEGS, BUT THEY WALK
British CrippIes Deceive OnIookers by
Brisk Observation-Disclosures
of Modern Science.

London.-When a wounded soldier
or sailor is sent to hospital nowadays
the amount of patching up made
possible by modern science is so won
den full that by the very nature of its
success it escapes full appreciation.
Thus, If you see fine-lOoking young
man walking round briskly with no
more support than walking stick you
are not likely to realize that short
time ago he had no legs at all. An
impressive number of marvels Of this
kind is to be found at the Queen Mary
hospital at Roehampton. where the
fitting of artificial limbs is being ac-
complished on scale that has never
been known before.
Less than five months ago Sergeant
Kent of the Fifth Willis lost his legs
in his country's service at the Dar-
danelles. Yesterday, consciously
proud of his facility, he took an after
noon stroll round the grounds of the
hospital. with only two walking sticks
to help him. For six days he has
been relearning how to walk-a JOY
Gus experience for a man who had
contemplated life with crutches.
In one of the limb shops yesterday
disabled heroes were finding their feet
with the aid Of parallel bars. In or
der that the legs may suit them as
nearly perfectly as possible, it is
usual for the men to take their first
steps in the practicing room before
the limbs are finished.
one-armed man strobe along a
corridor swinging the one arm-his
left-as he walked. His hand was
gloved, and when the fingers gripped
those of the visitor they were found
to be unnaturally hard. The lower
part of the one arm was artificial, and
the opening and shutting of the hand
and the deceiving swing of the limb
were operated by shoulder move
ments. Private Chaplin of the Welsh
Fusileers is the owner of this won
derful hand, with which, among other
accomplishments. he can write re-
markably well.
ut was bit of job at first" he
admitted. "You see, it's a left arm "