Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-05
Willamette Valley News


weather. Potatoes and other vegetables
not protected in danger" Second:
''Still cold but not near zero.' Diary
1916.
Those New Years resolutions dear
reader you made are yet fresh. Salt them
down for daily use. They need looking
after all the time They are about as
evasive as the golden fleece OF the holy
grail.
The doctors way back east had con-
vention or something few days ago, l
guess it was in New York. They voted
against birth control, that is the major
ity did, thereby saying 'let 'em come. :"
One or two of the minority warmed up
and accused some Of the majority of
something 1 will not ask the Capital
journal to print. Doctors know they
must keep the crop up to a good num-
erical standard to take the place of
those they hand over to undertakers.
Here in Fruitland we never try to pre-
vent anyone coming here in the way ma
ture provides 1t would not be fair to
the doctor.
In'the Capital Journal of Janpary /,
Miss Cor Mrs.) Ella NJ. Finney mounts
the "Open Forum" and jabs at Mr..
Bryan with her sharp pen or pencil. She
thinks if he doesn't quit trying to make
prohibition national issue he will
wreck the democratic party. IF he
should, there are plenty Of people who
would not look on it as an unmixed ca
lamity. But dear lady, he nor no other
"mere man. can do that, though the
women might. The old donkey will be
hard to knock out. The only way will
be to repudiate the principles he stands
for which will not be for some time aft
er you and I are laid away No, DR..
Smith was not elected governor though
it was hardly because he expressed him
self in favor of prohibition. The people
who did not vote for him or at least
some of them helped defeat the brewers
anti-prohibition measure and put
through the "bone dry" proposition.
The lady would also boycott the news
papers and the preachers. Now look wise
c. ]. and Bro. Avison and Bro. Porter
and the rest Of you. She also declares
that ga little liquor" alias booze,
among other things will cure Glove
! Sickness We are left to wonder
whether she speaks from personal ex-
perience.
Wednesday there was meeting of
the stockholders of the Garden Road
Cheese factory. One of the men hold
| ing stock told me the price of shares
has been advanced from $40 to $15 per
share and that the enterprise is more
successful than was expected at the
start.
The dove of peace has flown from
battle stricken Europe. The "Christian
nations" are still at their diabolical
work. "Christian nations7" No, no
This world he's never yet beheld Chris
tian nation and probably never will
How satanic is the passion of war. How
repugnant to the divinity of him who
came that there might be "peace and
good will to men. /"
Thinking it might be of interest tC
the readers Of the Capital journal
wish to put on record what one COW
has done during part of the year just
past. From March Is to December 12
1916: Butter sold, 1851; cottage
cheese, 1885; butter, cream and milk
used in the family during this time e
months) sat least $12; total $6216
Aside from this neighbor kept the COW
/ for the milk for three weeks during thu
I family's absence. Also the COW is what
is called Scrub ''boarder cow ,
not being high grade, or of pedigre,
stock. Now this showing is not put oil
record because it is something great fol
it is not, but because scores of othei
such cows can be made to do as well i
taken good care of and because of tn,
value Of keeping weekly record tina
one may know how one is coming out.
curry and groom the COW as do hors,
and aside from green grass and hay sh,
is fed beets, carrots, kale, spuds ans
pumpkin. We use little or no mill feed
Cost of keeping this COW during tn
time of this record, probably $40 or $12
might say further that from about II
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