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ond was administered by home town
people. friends and neighbors. 1t
was the finest demonstration ever
made of local government.
AS to the COST it is to be noted
that the bill for the draft is far less
per man than for volunteering. In
1914 it cost $24.4S for recruiting a
man into the volunteer system: in
1915 1t was $1s.14, and for nine
months just before we went to war
1t was $2S.95. During the first year
OF the war down to the seventh Oh
April, 1918, official reports show
that the cost for registering each
man was 81 cents. The cost for each
man called was $3.50, and the cost
for each man accepted for service
came to $4.93.
The appropriations for the Provost
Marshal Generals office were sl9.
134,9O3, and the expenditures were
$13,054,6S4.44 and included among
its largest items the salaries of local
and district draft boards $4,21O,000;
salaries of clerical assistants to dis
trict and local boards $3,900,000
and $2,54S,4 413 was spent for print
ing and other expenses.
Our Army, is, every American be,
lieves, the finest body of human
beings the sun ever shown on. It
Is fit to fight that the world may be
safe for democracy, and it is built
strictly on the lines of democracy.
The millionaire and the humblest
aborer march side by side. Officers
ire drawn from every walk of life.
No man is exempted because he Is
'ich. None are drafted because they
ire poor. Men are measured by
heir capacity. Past, or caste, or
reeds are not taken into account.
Thus the selective draft has be-
'ome a badge of honorable service.
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Let Miller Do 1t.

When you have sale you want
handled in good style, let e. E.
Miller of lone, the old reliable
auctioneer, do 1t. Ed has the rep
utation of getting the money, and
his sales are a success. He is not
strong on the newspaper advertising,
rather having the habit of giving
the farmer the benefit of all there is
In 1t. Look him up when you get
ready to have that big sale of farm
implements and stock.-Ady.
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etRAANY LOOKED on
WITH sIfERS md JEERS
Letter No. 2, Fourth Liberty Loan
Series-The Selectiye Draft.

ITO ALL RED CROSS CHAPTERS:
Early in the summer Secretar,
Baker announced that there were
100000 troops in Europe. I'M
mediately German war rofficia1
proclaimed to the German people
that this statement of Mr.. Bakers
was not true, because it could not be
true. He said we didn't have an
army OF that size, and if we had II
wcnld have been impossible for us
10 have sent the men to Europe be-
canse OF our lack of ships, ard that
even had we boats enough to carry
them, the German submarines would
have sent them to the bottom before
they reached their ports OF destina-
ton. He concluded this remarkable
house-that-Jack- built statement with
the assurance that German soldiers
would never have anything to fear
from American soldiers.
Our enemy looked on with sneers
and jeers and contempt, followed by
fear and panic, while Democracy
Dnllt an army. Our Allies watched
with hope and with doubt, while
democracy turned its citizens into
soldiers and sent the finished pro-
duct to the battle fronts of Europe.
You will remember the 5th of
June year ago, when between dawn
and dark ten million men-to be
exact, 9,5S6,50S men between the
ages OF twenty-one and thirty-one,
we're enrolled for military service,
how within forty eight hours prac-
'ically all registration returns were
ass'e mbled by telegraph here at
The same process was repeated
East June, and again in August, |
when something like $4,000 men,
The new twenty-one year olds, were
enrolled; and now the fourth regis
ration which Congress has just
authorized includes 100000 more,
Up to forty-fve years of age ana
lown to eighteen. That will leave
n the country only about five
million able-bodied men; the rest
Will be boys and gray-heads.
At first glance the biggest thing
bout the draft appears to be its
ize. but great as that is, the num-
'ers are hardly as remarkable ana
S significant as the fact that the
eople raised their own army.
VERY town, city and county nomin-
ted its best men. and they were put /
, charge. No mighty federal war s
,achine composed of army officers s
as sent from Washington and in I
ruded everywhere into the frame L
ork OF local government. a
At the Capital Provost Marshal \
eneral Crowder with force of r
'rty Officers perfected the plans and a
Irected the work assisted by i've I
andred clerks, mostly women. The c
4ecave draft was put into effect
7 thirty thousand civilian officers c
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sixth ANNUAL FAIR WAS
PRONOUNCED SUCCESS
Attendance Not Large, But Enter
tainment and Exhibits Good,

The Sixth Annual Morrow County
Fair has come and gone, and this
year 1t was perhaps somewhat dis
appointing, owing to many adverse
circumstances, not the least of
which may be stated the big fire of
July 4th at Heppner, which de-
stroyed the hotel and many res
idences, and left the little city in a
condition unable to care for large
number of outside guests; and then,
the war activities, unfinished har-
vest and adverse weather all COM
bined to keep people away. Con-
sequently the attendance was the
lightest ever experienced since the
Fair was organized and gave it's
first exhibition six years ago.
1t had been planned to have the
pavilion we'll filled with exhibits
this season, and Secretary Smead,
in conjunction with Agriculturist
Brown had figured out just how this
was to be done. Brown took sick
and was unable to carry out his
part of the program, therefore much
of the plan for getting in the display
had to be abandoned for lack of
time and sufficient help. However,
what was displayed in the agricul-
tural and horticultural lines was
the very best, and fair demonstra-
tion of what might have been
placed on the tables had it been
gathered in. The grain display this
year was perhaps the best showing
ever made, both as to variety and
quality. And fruits and vegetables
came in for a good showing.
Both Irrigon and Boardman. the
irrigated districts in the north end.
were on hand with booths filled to
the brim. Their displays of grapes,
prunes, vegetables and watermelons
were very fine. From Irrigon also
came the best display of field corn.
This booth was in charge of Farmer
Smith, Merrill Doble and Hugh |
Grimm, and no pains was spared on
the part of any of these gentlemen
to make known the good points per-
tanning to the Irrigon section. O.
L. Blaydon and G. c. Payne were in
charge Of the Boardman display.
This display also included some very
ine corn, showing what can be done
IN that line In the sand and sage.
brush country. Farmer Smith Is
for the statement that
'orn is much more valuable to raise
IS feed than alfalfa-it produces
ar more feed value to the acre. and
I put In the silo there Is nothing to ,
'eat 1t as a ration for stock. The
chool children of Boardman also ]
lad a fine display of canned fruits / I
nd vegetables in this booth. II
The industrial club display in II
barge of Mrs. Shurte was one Of !
he leading attractions and many /
lue ribbons adorned the various =
rticles on the shelves here. The 8
anior quilt. offered by Dist. No. 81, e
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To Hold Farm Sale.

Frank Akers, OF lone. has adver-
tised public sale of horses, cows
and general farming implements, to
take place at his ranch Just east Of
lone on Sept. 28th. His horses ara
extra good stock and II you arc
hunting for some very fine milk COWS,
they will be offered at this ssIe.
Mr.. Akers has AIKEN special caro- Of
his milk stock. There win b
many useful articles and implements
sold also. e, E. Miller h the suction
eer.-Adv. .-.- .. .tes
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FEDERATED CHURCH

Sunday School 9:45 q. m. Inter
national lesson topic, Fruits of the
Christian Life"
Morning sermon theme, '"The
Duty of the Citizen at This Time"
Christian Endeavor 7:00 .. m.
Topic, Lessons from Bible Charac-
ters."
Evening service 500 p. M
H. A. MOVES. Pastor.
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Goes To OfIicers Training Camp.

Maurice E. Smead. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. W. Smead of this city, has
been called to go to the officers
training camp and left Portland on
Monday for Camp Pike, Arkansas.
He expects to take intensive training
there for short time and then will
be pushed to the front in France.
Mr.. Smead having been a student
at O. A. c. for several years, will
have little difficulty In brushing up
on military matters and will be able
to get through with his training
early.
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Was Heavy Rain Storm.

A very heavy rain storm hit in on
the country west OF Heppner on
Friday evening last, the force of It
striking the hills of Rhea creek and
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Illinois A S Burleso
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think in charge Of one OF the Wick
sons. Owing to modesty did not cul-
;ivate the acquaintance Of the person.
My brother. John c. Teas. removed
from Indiana, where we began the
nursery business in 1910. and about
1855 started again near Carthage, Mo.
There he originated the weeping null
berry. 1t was one in about 10000 Rus
sian mulberry seedlings that refused
to stand erect. The last time saw
the original tree or plant was in July,
1904. during the st. Louis Exposition
on my brothers grounds. The plant
then extended like pumpkin vine
about twenty feet, with occasional
branches nowhere more than two feet
high.
1t is a little strange that soon after
brother discovered this freak a Mr..
Hart. a small nurseryman at Chetopa,
Kan. should find a weeping null
berry among his seedlings. persis-
tently weeping and at the same time
growing upright until It attained con-
siderable height. There Is a tree Of
this on a place once owned. now
about twenty years old. a symmetrical
tree The Hart mulberry never bears
weeper has been objected to by some.
My father ,took the Genesee
Farmer and Albany Cultipator until
they united in the Country Gentleman,
which was taken in our family until 1t
moved to Philadelphia. E. Y. TEAS.
EATON, Ohio. July rs.
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vitality should be sorted out and Sen,
to market as soon as possible.
Standard size and shape, which ara
obtained through strength, yiror
proper housing, feed and care, are nee
cssary to success. Even strictly evy
farmers must select and breed TO a
standard for size and shape. Puro
bred fowls unless carefully cul,ed win
degenerate. showing different charac.
teristics. different sizes, shapes, &c
and as a class difficult to handle in
largo focks. to house and feed them
to insure uniform conditions. There
ere other reasons also why the Young
stock should now be culled, thus rer.
hitting more house and range room
Tor the more desirable during the au.
tumn months.
Green food in some form. as well az
sour milk or buttermllk, should he sun.
piled to both the old and young stock
n possible. A good grade Of meat
meal. beef or fish scraps should also be
supplied. These foods will develop
better youngsters and will insure the
adult stock being in far better condI.
ton this winter.
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FREIGHT EMBARG0Es PREVENT
FOOD PRODUCTION.

Farmers are requested by the De-
partment Of Agriculture to order in
secticide. fertilizers, seeds and ,agri-
cultural implements early. BY early
Is meant way in advance of the time
they will be needed, SO the goods
owing to the delays now encountered
In shipping may still reach the far
mer by the time they will be needed.
This Is wise. insecticides received a
week after they are needed are worth
less for the present crop. Seed ar
irving after planting time may be en-
tirely worthless. Last spring whole
carloads Of insecticides shipped from
the East to distant Western points
did not arrive In time and the mer-
chant who had ordered them refused
the goods.
Just now there is an embargo on
insecticides from New York and pos
sibly from other points in the East.
The manufacturers are told that
the embargo will be removed in "the
season." Unfortunately Gin the sea-
son" will probably be too late. as 1t
was last spring.
The Shipping Board and the De-
partment of Agriculture will do wen
to cooperate. 1t Is useless for the
Department of Agriculture to advise
farmers to do what the Shipping
Board will not permit.
There should be no embargo on
seeds. fruit and vegetable plants, in
secticides. fertilizers and agricultural
implements covering any prolonged
period.
1t Is folly to establish a department
to conserve food and then to prevent
food production through the blunders
OF another department.
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and individuality. These qualities. by
proper artistic treatment. might be
enhanced-might, indeed, become an
orderly and Beautiful expression Of the
elementary human impulse toward
social cooperation.
Recently nss~ students in civic art
have been making collection Of
studies OF existing "four corners
some of them still functloning as
country cross roads. some Of them
long ago blossomed out into cities
The remarkable variations in physical
structure which this simple type
undergoes comes as something of a
discovery. Its interesting possibili-
ties as a unit Of design naturally in
crease in proportion to this variable
lily. 1t seems to US, in view Of our
collected material. that civilization is
by no means ready to throw the coun.
try cross roads into the discard OF OUT
grown institutions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-25
SELECT SEED CORN.

Autumn Is the time to prepare for
profitable corn crop the following sea-
son. At corn rlpening time the farmer
should drop all other business ans. Sc
lect an abundance OF seed corn. The
process is too important to be con-
Quoted incidentally while husking.
When selecting seed corn give the
entge attention to the process. Get
the very best that Is to be had and
preserve 1t we'll. and increased yields
will return more profit than any other
work. Gardeners should select corn
In the same way.
The proper way to select seed corn
IS from the stalks standing where they
grew. as soon as ripe and before the
first harA freeze, AS soon as the crop
ripens. go through the field with\seed
picking bags. and husk the ears from
the stalks that have produced the
most corn without having any special
advantages such as space. moisture or
fertility. Avoid the large ears on
stalks standing singly with an unu-
sual amount of space around them.
Preference should be given the plants
that have produced most heavily in
competition with full stand of less
productive plants. In all localities the
inherent tendency Of the plant to pro-
duce heavily OF sound, dry shelled
corn is Of most importance. Late ma
turing plants with ears which are
heavy because Of an excessive amount
of sap should be ignored. Sappiness
greatly increases the weight and is
likely to destroy the quality. Short.
thick stalks are preferable. Short
stalks are not SO easily blown down
and permit thicker planting. Thick
stalks are not so easily broken down
and in general are more productive
than slender ones. The tendency for
corn to produce suckers is hereditary.
Other things being equal. seed should
be taken from stalks that have no
suckers.
The same day seed corn Is gathered
the husked ears should be put In a dry
place where there Is free circulation
of air and placed In such a manner
that the ears do not touch each other.
Good seed Is repeatedly ruined be-
cause 1t Is thought to be already dry
enough when gathered and that the
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use the fertilizer preferably before a
rain or watering. or II may be hoed in SO
that the moisture Of the ground win
dissolve It,, Keep the soil free OF weeds
and cultivate freely In order to pre-
serve the largest possible amount OF
moisture for the plant.
In sections OF the country where the
summers are hot fall sowing is ad-
visable. Plant the seed In the early
part Of August. in the same manner as
described for spring sowing. and keep
the seed bed well cultivated from the
time the rows can be recognized. A
period OF from 100 to $50 days IL re-
Quired to bring the heads to fun size.
The heads can be harvested after
the first light frost. In gathering pull
the plants with the roots and remove
the outer leaves. The heads win keep
in good condition II stored in layers
protected by dry straw deeply covered
with soil.
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ORNAMENTAL EDIBLE PLANT.

There are many varieties Of bore
cole or kale. some are tall plants and
others spread out lonely over the soil.
The foliage varies in color, some have
variegated leaves. and some of the
kales might be used for foliage effects
in the ornamental gardens. The tall
green curled or Scotch knle grows from
three to fve feet high with deeply cut
leaves of bright green a foot or more
In length. with curled edges and
turned backward at the ends. There
is also varity with purple foliage
and a dwarf purple variety.
Moss curled winter kale Is an entirely
different shaped plant from the green
curled. Only the margin Of the leaves
Is curlesi and finely puckered. The
leaves are disposed along It in tiers.
bent upward from the middle. OF a
pale green color. 1t Ia really q very
ornamental plant.
The intermediate moss curled IL in
termediate in height between the
dwarf surled and the tall green curlod
The leaves are short and broad and
very much curieS with the margin
curiously puckered and twisted This
variety is SO hardy that the green
leaves can be picked and used for
greens after the ground freezes.
The dwarf curied IL dwarf variety
Of the preceding variety. but the stem
grows only about q foot high and the
leaves spread over the ground and It
Is a plant that can be used for the
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SEPTEMBER IN THE POULTRY
YARD.

Tho prices paid for commercial
eggs this summer have averaged the
highest in the history Of the country.
The baby chicks and patching egg
business was excellent last spring.
Indications point to the highest prices
ever paid for eating eggs this fall
and winter.
The poultryman who has properly
arranged houses and yards. who has
culled out the slackers, should get pro-
duction and profit.
Breeders must make certain the
fowls are free Of vermin. Roost poles
should be painted. nests. dropping
boards and other. exposed parts Of the
house should be thoroughly sprayed
with a good liquid mite killer. Every
fowl should be handled on tho ro6sts
after dark so As not to excite them and
q small amount of. some good louise
ointment should be rubbed well into
the skin about one inch below the vent.
Also a small amount applied the same
way to each thigh will quickly rid
fowls Of body lice.
Many hens are likely to have become
too fat during the last two months.
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precaution mentioned above is I'M
necessary. Seed corn In every locality
gathered at ripening time will be
benefited by drying. II left in the
husk long after ripening 1t may
sprout or mildew during warm. wet
weather or become infested with
weevils. The vitality of seed is often
reduced by leaving 1t in a sack or in
a pile for even a day after gathering.
During warm weather, with some
moisture in the cobs and kernels. tho
ears heat or mildew in a remarkably
short time. The best treatment i'm
mediately after gathering Is to string
the ears. Ordinarily the best place
to hang strings Of ears IL in an open
shed or loft. Wire racks are more
convenient and in the end cheaper
than binder Irvine. Such racks may
be made from electrically welded lawn
fencing. The cutting Of the fencing
into seed corn racks Is done without
any waste.
Only during unusually damp weather
at seed gathering time will fire be
necessary. If heat Is employed in a
poorly ventilated room 1t will do the
seed ears more injury than good. II
used the fire should be slow. long
continued and situated below the seed
ears, with good ventilation above
them.
After hanging in the shed or lying
on the racks for two months the seed
ears should be as dry as a bone and
contain less than 10 per cent. Of
moisture. They can remain where
they dried or be stored in mouse
proof barrels. boxes or crates during
the winter. but they must not be
exposed to a damp atmosphere or
they will absorb moisture and be in
jured- Some farmers place the thor
oughly dried seed ears in the centre
Of a wheat bin and NIL the bin with
loose. dry wheat.
In localities where weevils and
grain moths injure stored grain the
thoroughly dry seed ears should be
stored in very tight mouse proof re-
ceptacles with one pound of moth balls
or naphthalene enclosed for each
bushel Of corn. This quantity tightly
enclosed with the corn will prevent
damage from these insects and will
not in1ure the seed. II at any time
signs OF weevils or grain moths show
on the corn It should be enclosed with
carbon bisulphid in practically alright
rooms. bins. boxes or barrels for forty
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centre Of a small circular flower bed.
The variegated kale grows about
two feet high with leaves divided.
slashed. curied and undulated. of
variegated colors. especially after a
frost, either with green, red or lilac
and a white ground. or with red on q
green ground.
Proliferous Broccoli Is remarkable for
producing on the midrib, and some
times on the small veins of the leaf.
leaflike appendages. curled and cut in
the same manner as the leaf itself.
The plants are usually variagated with
white or red.
The kales are considered by many
as more delicate in flavor than the
hearting cabbages.
Closely related to the kales. the col
lards are used as a substitute for cab
bage in the South. The cabbage be-
longs to the cold and temperate eli
mates and few endure the summer of
warm latitutns. The collards are
really cabbages which do not form
heads. The leaves are tender and
delicate and make an excellent table
vegetable.
The Tree Collard Is a large and Wig
orous plant, somewhat resembling a
young tree. growing from three to
four feet In height. The plant pro-
duces q great number of oval rounded
leaves. cut at the base. often two feet
or more in length. Where the plant Is
hardy, the stems are cut the second
year and dried for walking sticks.