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The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

AS a Christmas precept "Shop
early" has been more and more wide
ly observed. year by year. until ths
lot of the tired and harassed salesman
and saleswoman has been very con-
slderably alleviated. Thoughtfulness
on the part Of the public has made the
Christmas holiday less time of hor-
ror to the men and women In ths
shops, and the merchants have not
suffered. That same thOughtfulness II
now asked and, in the same words=
"Shop early" II the public will buy
early in the day, the merchants viii
be justified in their generous course in
closing their places Of business at an
earlier hour during the hot weather.
and the comfort, health and happiness
of many man and woman will b.
advanced.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
ERADICATION OF RED MITES
All Niuht Pests Fill Their Bodies With
Blood From Fowls and Then
Hide In Daytime.

The red mite is the worst enemy
the poultryman has to contend with,
and the very hardest one to fight.
This pest is very small and normally
is grayish in color, but, more often,
it presents a deep red color. be-
cause of the blood with which 1t is
filed.
Unless very numerous, the mites are
seldom found on the hens. The pests
work ON the hens at night, filling their
bodies with blood, and hide beneath
the perches, and in cracks and crew
ices near the roosting quarters during
the day.
Whitewash is not very effective in
fighting the red mite. A better spray
ing material is coal oil emulsion. This
is made by dissolving half bar Of
laundry soap in hot water and adding
half gallon Of coal oil. This mixture
can be diluted with five gallons Of
water. The emulsion is best applied
with a spray-pump, for the reason
that the pump will put the fluid in
cracks and crevices that could not be
reached with brush.
The job of spraying must be very
thoroughly done. Some of the mites
will likely escape the first spraying,
and for this reason it is advisable to
repeat the spraying In few days, and
again in a week, to destroy the mites
that hatch from eggs.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
clTYs wATERwoRks.

Statistics compiled in 1915 showed
that of 1872 towns and cities which
made returns on the subject, 3,045
owned their waterworks, 1885 had
private ownership, 81 mixed owner
ship. and 435 we're supplied from
other towns. In 1913, San Francis.
co, Denver and Indianapolis were
the only large cities that did not own
their waterworks. In 1915, of 1876
cities and towns in Ohio, 1856 had
municipal ownership; in Michigan,
IS cities out of 11S; in Illinois, 247
cities out of 312; in Wisconsin, SO
cities out of l01; in Indiana, 80
cities out of 146; in Iowa, 22S cities
out of 24S; in Minnesota, IT'S cities
out of 1872; in Kansas, 154 cities out
of 10.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
llahtnlna,a Freak.

Lightning recently at Spartansburg,
=. c., snapped around the premises Of
]. Y. Cantrell. His two children, sit
ting in a swing fastened to one Of two
trees situated close together, had their
dresses scorched by bolt of light
ming which struck the tree, tearing the
bark off in places but not hurting the
children in the least. Four mules
hitched to a wagon in the road just op-
posite the tree were knocked down,
one being killed. A fence 40 feet far
ther down the road was set ON fire. A
single bolt Of lightning performed the
whole feat. Besides knocking down
the four mules hitched to the wagon
In the road the lightning made hole
az large as a water bucket just behind
the wagon. The bolt set the fence of
a hogpen afire which was on the oppo-
site side from the two trees, and at
least 40 feet down the road.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
POULTRY
'FA&IS'
COLD STORAGE IS efficient
Recommended by Expert Of Kansas
Agricultural College AZ Best Way
Of Keeping Eggs.

Cold storage is the best way to pre-
serve eggs, in the opinion Of f. X.
Mussehl, instructor in poultry hus-
bandry in the Kansas State ,Agricul-
tural college.
"Many preparations are used for
preserving eggs," says Mr.. Mussehl.
''but none are as efficient as cold stor-
age. Some persons use sodium sill
cate, commonly known as water glass,
while others use lard or one Of the
many commercial preparations to pre-
serve eggs.
"These methods Of storing eggs pre-
vent decomposition by bacterial action,
but do not stop engine action. The
engines are always present in the egg
and are active at ordinary tempera.
lures. With good fresh eggs kept at
the proper storage temperature -31
or so degrees Fahrenheit-enzyme &C.
ton as well as bacterial action is pre-.
vented. Three months is long time
to keep eggs at room temperature yet
this is what the poultry department
has DONE"
In order to prove the superiority OF
infertile eggs over fertile ones in keep
ing quality, Mr.. Mussehl kept a dozen
eggs in his Office for three months
When examined at the end of the
period they showed no signs of decom
position other than a slight thinning
of the white and yolk, and faint
odor. These changes were due to the
action of engines within the egg.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
A NEW SCIENCE.

It II only in very recent years that
We have heard much Of the "scienes
Of management" Even now 1t may
be q surprise to many to know that
there Is q large national society Do
voted to what is called "scienti2c
management" It is composed largely
OF college men, and their object is to
cultivate the right principles for the
management of all kinds of Industries.
principles which they declare are Of
universal application, although the5
must be applied in different ways to
different types of industry. This ~
ganization, which Is called the Taylor
society, out of compliment to its found
er, numbers its members from all parts
of the country and from all sorts of
business enterprises that one con think
of, says Ohio State Journal. They are
United only in the belief that there are
certain principles Of correct business
administration which should be oh
served in order to reach the best eff
cheney. They are ethical principles and
hence bound to be Of benefit event
ually to the employee as we'll as to
the employer. Concerned with all the
Infinite problems Of planning and rDut
Ing, they also aim to keep the @'hu-
man element" ever in mind. When we
consider all the cases we have known
Of inexperienced and unthinkiAg meo
placed ut the head Of large indn stries
with the fate Of possibly hundreds Of
other human beings in their keeping
we are more than ever glad to hear
of this effort to introduce system and
science into such important places
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
ARGUMENT WITH A WOMAN
Writer Makes Assertion That the 70.
male Mind Was Not Formed
for Concentration.

In matters of argument man ie
like the Italian brigand who robe
the friar, then confesses and asks
him for absolution; woman is the
burglar unrependant, asserts W. L.
George in Atlantic Monthly. Thi.
may be due to woman as rule hav.
ing few guiding principles or intel
lectual criteria.
She often holds so many moral
principles that intellectual argu.
ment with her irritates the crisper
male mind. But she finds it difficult
to retain a grasp upon central
idea, to clear away the side issues
which obscure it. She can seldom
carry an idea to its logical conclu.
sion, passing from term to term
somewhere there is solution to con.
tinuity. For this reason arguments
with women, which have begun with
the latest musical play, easily pass
on from its alleged artistic merit to
its costumes, their undesirable scam
tiness, the need for inspection, in
spectors of theaters, and little by
little other inspectors, until one gets
to mining inspectors and possibly to
mining in general.
You will observe that these ideas
are fairly well linked. All that hap
pens is that the woman, firing Of the
central argument, has pursued each
side issue as it offered itself. This
comes from lack of concentration,
which indisposes a woman to pene-
trate deeply into a subject; she is
not used to concentration, she does
not like it. 1t might lead her to
disagreeable discoveries.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

The profession Of onion peeling b
not one that obtains much notice, yet
there are at least 500 women in the
East end Of London earning their liv-
Ing by removing the skins Of oniena
With practice they can make 81 OF
$1.25 per day. Very often they have
been peeling since childhood, daugh-
ters of succeeding mothers. 1t is not
q profession you can learn In one les
son, for the skin must be removed bY
hand, or the onion "juices" are no use
for picking. The onions are always
peeled in water. This is not to save
the peeler, but is done to keep the
onion white.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
prussIan cities Buy Mitch Goats

Prussian Cities Buy Mich Goats.
A number Of German cities have ta.
ken practical steps to solve the milk
problem, which still is very serious In
the large centers Of population. Twelve
Of the largest Prussian municipalities
have bought $1,000 goats in Switzer.
land. The animals have been turned
over to the owners Of small farms in
the suburbs of the cities ON condition
that they deliver 20 per cent Of the
milk obtained from the goats to the
relief stations, whore 1t is distributed
among poor families with small chill
dren. The goats furnish 100000
quarts Of milk day.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
FREE RANGE FOR CHICKENS
Hens Made Happy and Comfortable
and Encouraged 60 lay-Free.
O., dom Means Epno and Health.

OF all the good things one can do
for his hens to make them happy and
comfortable and SO induce them to lay
we'll, nothing is better than to give
free range. If the freedom Of the
farm cannot be permitted, at least
fence in as big a field as possible and
let the birds roam over it at will.
It means health, happiness and eggs.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
why LEGHoRNs ARE POPULAR
Food Cost 10 Exceptionally Low and
Floor Space 10 less-Test Made
at Cornell University.

The cost Of egg production with Leg.
horns Is exceptionally low according
to tests made at the Cornell univer.
sity.
On one large poultry farm the food
cost in the case of Leghorns is excep.
tionally low and will average three
cents q dozen less than where large
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
F.eek Of Leohorns.

breeds are used, and in addition to this
the floor space required for Leghorns
IL less than that required for an equal
number Of larger fowls.
These birds also cost less to raise
to maturity, and all Of these character.
istics will result In effecting very Inn.
pOrtant saving in the cost Of food,
labor and equipment. ~
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

That woman who writes to a news
pnper, asking how she can keep from
blushing should communicate with
some Of the women who wish theg
could blush.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

Remember my native country, thee.
land Of the noble Free" Of the second
verse of america" and you'll recap
the rest, sure pop. But heaven help
you on the, third.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

A dashing team Of horses drawin4
q fashiOnable-lOOkingv vehicle is az o.
ject Of more distinction than an auto
mobile, having come to such 4 rarity.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

Now we foresee the coming subma
rine dreadnaught and-heaven forbids
"a novel combat between two Of then
100 fath0ms down! ..,..e
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
TRUE LovE-HoW TO KNOW IT

True love. In any man. IL the essence
Of nselfishness-and the most selfish
thing in the world.
True love, in the poet. Is expressed
In soul kisses, and by his inability to
do any work for days at time.
True love, In the cave man, is ex.
pressed by desire to beat woman
and to pull her around by the hair.
True love, In an author, Is demon
strated by his self-restraint In refus-
ing to make ''copy" out Of love af-
fair.
True love. in a born hirt, is evi.
denced by his inability to think Of any
other woman while he Is kissing par
dcular one.
True love can be no deeper than
your capacity for friendship. no
higher than your ideals, and no broad.
er than the scope of your vision.
True love is nothing hut friendship,
highly intensified, favored with sentt.
ment, spiced with passion, and sprin-
kled with the stardust of romance.
We speak Of failing in love" AZ
though it were pit or an abyss; but
true love is the light on the mountain
top, to which we must eternally climb
True love, in a husband, is e1
pressed by his willingness to give his
wife anything. from the tenderest piece
Of steak to divorce, II 1t will make
her happy.
It is the fash Of light, by which one
sees clearly that to do for another,
give to another, and sacrifice for an
other will get one the most happinesi
out Of life.
True love, in a bachelor. is exempli
fed by his willingness to marry
woman against all his instincts, hii
sense Of self-preservation, and his bet
ter judgment.
It still exists, here and there. like
the buffalo; but In the face of eugen
les, feminism, war, and the growinf
masculine determination not to marry
1t may some day have to take plact
beside the dinosaurus In the publ.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

This is the sort OF weather TIM
makes one admit that Mexican hair
less dog may not be 20 foolish ~ d
looks. 80
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
GOOD EXCUSE.

"James, I want some loost
change"
Cant give you any loose change
Eliza; moneys tight now"
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

When married man rushes 10 -
list ut the beginning, either patraotisu
or his wife explains.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

Why not establish q form OF mlR
tary service that would be fair h
cyeryteGy3
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
ABOUT PERSONS
museum.

G. NJ. Russell has given $4,000 b
q hospital In Massillon, o.
8. d. Bridges of Verona, Me-, spon
sors the theory that fish talk.
Col. George Fabyan has given $12;
600 worth Of radium to q Geneva (Ilss)
hospital.
Miss Bette Dutton, seventy-six, re
tires In Cleveland after 68 years Of
public school teaching.
Mrs. f. p. Wilson, dead In Arkadel
phia, Ark, leaves $4,000 as endow
ment for Ouachita college.
David Guessferd, 80 years mournet
as dead, recently returned to his pa
rental home In Townsend, Del.
William Stong, twenty-seven Of
Bloomington, ILL.,, Is said to be able
to solve orally any arithmetical prob
lem given him.
W. c. Condit has completed so yeara
a. pastor of Ashland (Ky.) Presbyte
rian church. Succeeded his father
Never has held any other pastorate
N. ]. Mcdonald Of Ellicottville, N,
T., attacked BY q vicious bull, was
saved by his collie dog which re-
ceived fatal injuries in fighting the
bull.
Ernest Murphy Of Concord, n. H.. be.
fore starting with Guardsmen for Mex.
leo killed his pet horse. two dogs and
q cat, rather than leave them to the
care Of strangers.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
INEFFIcIENcY.

Can your husband drive an auto
mobile?"
"Hei Why that man can't ever
drive nail."
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
lNsHooTs

Distance lends enchantment to the
ealcimined c0untenance.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
x-rays will generally reveal little
Jekyll and Hyde In every man.
Religion that is aired only on Sun.
day is liable to become moth.eaten.
Sometimes one may get even with
the world by publishing a cook book.

OF course the high collar is a bless.
Ing to the girl with Q aeshless clay.
Dea ,
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
ExAcTLY.

"Do you know Robert Bruce VOL
his way by watching 9 spider perse
we're? 2"
.sGreat Scott.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
NOT so.

care the students in this univer.
sity all put on the same level3"
ooh, no. Some of them are grad,
uated."
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
ON THE SIDE

The most popular book agent is the
one who knows how to take mo" fol
an answer.-TOledc Blade.
Some people set the pace and then
sit down and are content to watch the
procession 60 by.-Deseret News.
A good conversationalist is one who
talks about things In which his listen.
ere are interested.-Albany Journal.
Some men In this town are SO stingy
that before casting their bread upon
the waters they always wait for high
tide.-COlumbus State.
A man who finds Q IS bill In the
pocket Of last years trousers 10 enti.
tied to faint. This will enable his
wife to correct an error and do 1t with
out causing pain.-Pittsburgh Sun.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29
Col. George Fabyan has given $12.
600 worth Of radium to q Geneva (Ilss)
hospital.
Miss Bette Dutton, seventy-six, re
tires in Cleveland after 50 years Of
public school teaching.

Mrs. F. p. Wilson, dead in Arkadel
phia, Ark, leaves $4,000 as endow
ment for Ouachita college.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

True love, In a bachelor, is exemplt
hed by his willingness to marry
woman against all his instincts. hii
sense of self-preservation, and his bet
ter judgment.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

8. d. Bridges of Verona, Me-, spon
sors the theory that fish talk.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

David Guessferd, 80 years mournet
as dead, recently returned to his pa
rental home In Townsend, Del.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

True love. in any man. IL the essence
thing in the world.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

G. NJ. Russell has given $4,000 b
q hospital In Massillon, O.
The Washburn leader., 1916-12-29

It is the fash of light. by which one
sees clearly that to do for another,
give to another, and sacrifice for an
other will get one the most happiness
out Of life.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-10
AMONG THE NATIONAL LEADERS

Washington. Aug. o. Especial Cor
respondence. )-The democrats are
up In the air in the senate on the
immigration bill. The fact that the
president is opposed to the measure
and wants IL put over until the next
session of congress, has caused sew
eral democratic candidates for the
senate a great deal of anxiety. The
fact that the republicans will at
tempt TO tack the bill in It's entirety
on the child labor bill, has discon-
certed the administration senator's.
This measure is one of great public
interest and has almost the solid
support of the republican members
of the upper branch Senator Gal
lagher has always been strong for
the bill and is one of the republican
leaders who is forcing the democrats
20 action ~ present on this PROPOSE
tion. The democrats in caucus ac-
ceeded to the wishes of the president
and voted to postpone II until the
next session, but the republicans pro-
pose to put them on record and will
force a vote at this session. II possi-
BILE.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-10

sacrificed; vast properties develop
ed by American capital and enter
prise have been destroyed or rcnd-
cred reproductive; bandits have
been permitted to roam at will thro
the territory contiguous to the Unit
ed States and 10 solve without pun
ishment or without effective attempt
at punishment the property Of Amer
leans, while the lives of citizens of
the United States who ventured TO
remain I'm Mexican territory or to re-
turn there to protect their interests
hav been aiken, in some cases bar
barously taken, and the murderers
have neither been apprehended nor
irought 10 iustice-It would be ted
ious to recount instance after in
stance, outrage after outrage, afro
city after atrocity, to illustrate the
true nature and extent of the wide
spread condition oi ia~iessness and
violence which have prevailed"
This was in the note of 'gravest
consequences" after which Santa
Ysabel-Columbus-Carrizal We went
after villa-Did we get him. Have
we done anything we attempted to
do and after all these abortive at.
tempts listen to the plaintive wall
"He kept us out OF war"
Touched with the Spear OF Thur.
iel' we find an ass parading in the
skin OF a lion, sychophantically sus-
urrating I'VE are Lincoln republi-
cans" II Is to bray.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-10
DO YOU KNOW THAT

The hand that carries food TO the
mouth can also carry disease germs.
Health first is tho highest form OF
safety first7
Tuberculosis and poverty 20 hand
In hand7
The U. 8. public health service
will send booklet on flies and dis
ease. gratis to all applicats3
The breast fed baby has the best
chance7
Physical fitness ia preparedness
against diseasei
ease7
Cockroaches may carry disease7
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-10

A correspondent in the Oregon
Journal, among other things, pecu-
liar, remarks: II will brush the
democratic platform of 1912 aside
by saying that It matters very little
to me what II said" Sure! Why
not7 That's what their great leader
did.
Mr. Brentano states further:
when President Wilson found that
the democratic platform was wrong
IL was his duty to ignore It," He
surely performed his duty for every
plank has been splintered to smith
Greens.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-10

The oregon Journal insists II is
not democratic. VIII the Journal
give us a definition OF a newspaper
that supports edItorially. and in its
coloring OF news matter. and in Its
real and faxed correspondence. some
particular party. as does the Journal
the democratic party?
Our interest In this Is that we like
to play the game with a fair deck.
II the goal IL worthy the attempt to
reach II should be worthy.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-10

Postmaster General Burleson is
sued an order directing postmasters
In towns where there is no federal
reserve bank to collect checks drawn
upon non-member state banks but
when there was vehement protest
against this invasion OF the field Of
private business, the order was sus-
pended. The administration pro-
fesses a desire 10 cooperate with the
business men OF the country, but
loses no opportunity TO take a fling
at any line OF industry II any excuse
can be found for such action. Let
the government do il, is the policy OF
the administration, Since the post
masters would receive no additional
salaries for the additional service
performed and for the responsible
ties assumed, II would be easy for
the government TO drive the banks
out OF business.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-10

According to the oregon Journal
there are two wings to the demo-
cratic party in Oregon: Wilson
democrats and Lincoln republicans.
There are a lot OF Lincoln republi-
cans in the United States, probably
eight million OF them. and we rather
think that when the Journal reads
the interviews OF next November
that they will find several of them
disclaiming any relation to the up
holders OF Jefferson Davis.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-10

Careful. brother! Let us not be
led into explanatory arguments. Ey-
en- a petty county politician can get
into the same difficulty as is our
great president, With him, what
ever time he can find for other than
explanations. is utilized in writing
notes that require explanation.
II seems that the democratic par
~ Is to be completely submerged as
IL passes through the enemy fleet.
Else why this from the Independent
orgon Journal" THE political
party is what the few men inside
make II. and that is why political
parties are not so safe a guide as Is
known character OF the man who
is the chosen leader" Away with
the democrats. hurrah for Wilson.
Is that IL?
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-10

Baker county is the only big coun-
ty of Oregon having fair this
year, Umatilla and Union having de-
cided to rest. Thus the Eastern
oregon Fair may be given here af-
ter all..,Baker paper.
Say Brother, come to Ontario and
see what a real county fair is like.
Malheur county has been holding the
best county fair in eastern oregon
for many years. Our fairs excel all
others in eastern oregon in class and
variety OF exhibits, entertainment
and crowds.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-10

"The Journal could not be true to
itself or true to its patrons. II II
belonged to a party, II is dedicated
to the great fundamental principles
that the Nazarine exemplified in his
life OF equal rights to all and special
privileges TO none. Oregon Journ-
AL
The mention OF the Nazarine in
the same breath with the Journal
seems sacrilege, but we remembr the
course of the Nazarine resulted in
his crucifixion. In a Just cause OF
course, We rather expect that when
crucifixion time comes to the Jour
nal next November its "independ-
ence" will be exerted in help for IT,
self.