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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-09-25
Hills SOUTH OF
SALEM WILL Be !
CRAVELED SOON

| Contract for the graveling Of half
mile of the Bordner Hill and Vain Hilt
section of the Pacific highway, four
miles south of Salem will be let by the
state highway commission at. its next
monthly meeting in Portland, October
10. Contracts ageregating 174.5 miles
Of grading and 1856 miles of macadam-
izing are scheduled for consideration
at this time, as are also contracts for
the construction of several concrete
bridges, crossings and trestles. The list
of jobs for which bids are now being
received are listed by counties as fol-
lows:
Baker county - Baker-C -Cornucopia
highway; Baker Middle Bridge section,
7.9 mlles of gravel surfacing.
Coos and Douglas eounties--Myrtle
Creek -Roseburg highway; Romote- Ca
mas valley section; unit No. /, 81
miles grading; unit No. 2, 81 miles
grading.
klamath county - Algoma section,
S.9 miles grading and macadam. Kla-
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
immigration Loss Blamed
For Present Shortage of
Labor in United States

If every soldier were back on his
old job the country would still be
100000 short of its normal number Of
workers due to the loss of immigration
the last four years; If industry does
not quickly develop some means for
overcoming this shortage It will be SER
lously handicapped in adjusting itself
to new conditions. say officials of the
United States training service of the
department of labor.
They point out that the country has
gone without its normal supply Of
peace-time commodities for years and
now II must replenish freely. Fur
thermore Europe has lost millions of
men and tens of billions of property
in the devastated regions must be
made good. 1t is urged that to meet
this extraordinary situation the work
ers in factories and shops must be
assisted by increasing their skill and
interest in their work. The estimat-
ed shortage in this country of 70O.-
900 houses is cited as showing how
far the nation is behind normal produc-
ton.
Training courses in the Industrial
plants. conducted at the employers
expense, are advocated as one of the
practical means of putting industry
on normal footing. More than $50
firms have already instituted courses
of this sort and according to reports
received by the training service. have
benefited In n'better production and re-
duced turnover. The workers on the
other hand have increased their skill
and broadened their knowledge Of their
trades.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
Plan to Make Safe Grade
Crossings and Curves for
Vehicles and Occupants

To abolish the danger of grade
crossings without abolishing the cross
ing, is the object of the road commits
siOner of one of the Southern states.
He suggests a strip of road running
for about 100 yards alongside the rail-
way track and Joined to the highway
by broad curve, well banked, SO that
a driver, on approaching the tracks
and suddenly becoming aware Of an
oncoming train, could swerye to the
right and avoid a smash.
Another road Improvement has been
put into effect In some parts Of Cali
fornia where the roads climb steep
hills in long ziz-zags. At the sharp
angles where the zig:zags meet,
large circles of road have been cut,
outside the angle. SO that a car COM
ing down the mountains at high speed
can swing around the circle and pro-
ceed on its downward path without
the danger of making sharp turn.
A car coming up the mountain makes
similar swing around and thus avoids
the strain on Its steering gear involved
In making turn at an acute angle
when its engine is already strained
to the uttermost.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
TEACHING THE
CHICKS TO ROOST

Where "A large number of chicks are
being raised in one brooder house diff
ficulty Is often experienced in prevent
ing the birds from plling up at night
after the heat is removed. and causing
serious losses, says Il. S. Townsley of
the University of Missouri college of
agriculture. To prevent this over
crowding the birds should be taught
10 roOst as early as possible. If roosts
ere made out of l by 3-inch strips
placed II to 10 inches from the floor.
the birds can easily he taught TO go TO
roost. If the chicks do not go up on the
roost of their own accord they should
be gently placed on the roosts after
dark for one or two nights until they
get the roosting habit.
Look Out for Mites-This season of
the year constant lookout should be
kept by all poultry keepers for mites
in the houses and coops. A mite is very
small and difficult to see unless spe-
cial search is made. They appear as mi
mute, gray or reddish specks. When
present in large numbers. the mites
have the appearance of dust. Mites re-
pTOuuSt very uIlu great
source of annoyance to the hens when
present in large numbers. The mites
live by sucking blood from the hens.
A severe attack of mites will cause the
hens to lose flesh and stop laying, and
will oftentImes produce death. To get
rid of mites the houses must be care
fully cleaned and then painted or
sprayed with repellent material. A
heavy spraying with coal oil followed
III two or three days by giving the
roosts and surrounding boards thor
ough painting with crude oil will clean
up the mites and keep the houses free
for several months. This treatment
should be applied twice yearly to all
poultry houses as precautionary
measure against mites.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
Vegetables of the Home
Garden Said to Possess
Medicinal Properties

Watercress is an excellent blood
purifier.
Lettuce has n soothing effect on the
nerves and is excellent for sufferers
from insomnia.
Tomatoes are good for torpid
liver but should be avoided by gouty
people.
Celery is fine nerve tonic; onions
also are tonic for the nerves.
Spinach has great aperient quail
ties, and is far better than medicine
for sufferers from constipation.
Beet root Is fattening and good for
people who want to put on flesh.
Parsnips possess the same virtues
as sarsaparllla.
Cranberries correct the liver.
Asparagus stimulates the kidneys.
Bananas are beneficial to sufferers
from chest complaints.
Celery contains sulphur and helps to
ward Off rheumatism.
Honey is good substitute for cod
liver oil.
The juice of lemon is excellent for
sore throat. 1t should not be swal-
lowed. but used as gargle.
Carrots are excellent for gout.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
RABBITS CHEAPEST TO RAISE
Compared With Chickens Points Are
In Favor Of RabbIts-Inexpensive
Feed Given.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
It. costs about 25 cents to raise q
rabbit to the age Of three months. At
that time IT may be marketed at the
rate Of 35 to 40 cents pound and
the pelts are worth from 10 to 75
cents, depending on the kind of rab-
bit and its size. Oats, cabbage and
water compose the basic diet used by
most Of the young growers. Compared
with chicken raising. the points are
in favor Of the rabbit. for the hares
are very hardy and require inexpen-
slve feed.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
Quaint Remedies Of Past
Produced From Weeds Now
Most Common in the Field

In old-time Philadelphia. says the
Philadelphia Ledger. some quaint rem
edies were used.
Thus we find pokeberries used to
make plaster for cancer. Grapevine
sap was used for hair tonic.
To produce sweat, tea was made
from magnolia leaves. The berry of
this plant was supposed to cure con-
sumption.
For toothache the bayberry root
was an accepted remedy. Berries of
the cedar tree We're supposed to stiffen
the spine. A purge was made of alder
buds or of elderberries.
Goldenrod. the mullen plant and
even the lowly burdock were laid un.
der tribute for various maladies. 1t Is
hard to find common weed that was
rejected by the eighteenth century
pharmacopoeia.
The grandmother of all the Philadel-
phia quacks was beldame by the
name of Sibylla Masters, who 200 years
ago made fortune by the patent and
sale OF "Tuscarora rice" for consump-
tion.
II was nothing more or less, appnr-
emily. than hominy made from Indian
corn.
Her husband put up a water mill
somewhere near the city to make 1t.
She was an innocent practitioner
compared with certain modern profit
eers.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
Filled for Winter and Summer.
PAINTING SILOS FOR
FUTURE USEFULNESS
Of Great Importance to Protect
Against Decay.
Good Inside Coating Is coaI-Tar SoIu-
tion, Trimmed With Gasoline
Wooden Slaves Usually Begin
to Rot at the Base.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Now that the cost of constructing
silos is high 1t is more important than
ever to protect against decay those that
are already built.
A good inside coating for silos, spe-
ciallsts of the United States depart
ment of agriculture say, is coal-tar So
luton. thinned If necessary with gas
oline, and applied with paint brush.
The best plan is TO apply it one or two
days before the silo is filed, but it can
be done successfully during filling, the
men in the silo painting strip as high
as they can reach. and repeating the
process periodically until the top Is
is reached. When put on in this way the
material must be thinned with gasoline
which evaporates almost Immediately
and leaves the coal-tnr dry enough not
to injure the silage.
The same preparation is good also
for coating the outside wall. The only
objection is that black outside paint,
is not as pleasing in appearance as
that Of lighter color. The high cost
of linseed oil and prepared paints, how
ever, cause many silo owners to neg
lect painting with those materials, and
black outer coat is certainly prefer
able to deterioration for lack Of paint.
Wooden-stave silos that have begun
to rot at the base-where decay usu-
ally begins-cnn be saved by saving
of the rotten portion. 1t is necessary,
of course. to block up the silo before
the saving is done. and then to lower
1t gradually. Carefully handled. a silo
can be sawed of and lowered absolute
ly without injury. After this operation
there is likely to be three or four years
Of life left in a silo that without IL
would have been worthless
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15

the man she chose, well-he will never
be anything but chauffeur
But the idea ranked in Mrs. Hem
ingway's mind for long while after.
Janet took n firm stand They fur
nished comfortable, though plain lit
tie fiat and began to live the "happy
ever after" period of their lives.
True. the furnishings of the modest
fiat did not compare with the cheapest
In the Hemingway household, but as
Janet reminded her mother, wasn't
made 1t home, and not the mere ma
terial things?"
And after that Mrs. Hemingway de-
cided to let the matter rest.
Two years later found Janet and
Gerald more comfortably established
than ever. Gerald had got better po-
sition in an automobile firm and the
work gave him more regular hours.
But there was lot Of study entailed
Gerald within short time became an
expert mechanician and got another
raise.
1t was not money. however, that
finally bred the sore spot In Janet's
heart that had been forming uncon-
sciOusly for months. 1t was her moth
er's silent influence. She never said
anything about the affair ever since
the day of Janet's last Outburst. but
the silent influence was there just the
same.
Once when she had invited n num-
her of girl friends to tea Janet's mother
very untactfully displayed the fact
that her daughter had no telephone,
and pressed for reason by her in
quisItive friends, Janet had lied calmly
that 1t was source of annoyance
The truth of the matter was they could
not quite afford it.
Janet was on the verge of utter dis
couragement, although there was no
real cause for it except this subtle in
fluence preenlng for the sake of II
false pride. The foundation of their
little home was at stake! The bomb
came few evenings later.
"Well. sweetie," Gerald snid coming
in enthusiastically. Pm going-the big
day has come Netty girl. when our
country is calling all its red bloods
and l enlist-tomorrow"
"You-what;" Janet could scarcely
believe his words. Jerry boy, tell me
you are fooling. You are-why--" she
laughed frivously and turned away as
though to bellttle the idea ms n mere
passing fancy.
The next moment she turned toward
her husband again. But the expression
on his chiseled features made her real
ize there was no Joking to 1t.
I'm going Netty; surely you're glad
Don't stand there and gaze as though
were mad. Don't you realize what 1t
means. Going over to protect YOU
other women, over there and over here
Cad, girl"
But Janet had stopped him with her
gesture. "You are mad Stark mad"
| she burst out angrily, show can you go
| when you have me to take care Of.
You know married men don't have TO
60. What are you thinking Of and we
Just being able to see horizon finan-
eially now7"
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paper syndicate)
Somehow Janet's mother could not
quite forget the stigma which she ac-
cused her daughter of putting on the
family name when she married Ger
lld Cummings. their neighbor's chauf-
feur.
Janet, my child, do you realize
what you have done:" she remembered
her mother saying with an awe
stricken face when they both came
back from the short honeymoon trip,
and Janet's family had since had time
TO digest the telegraphed news.
And Janet, then girl of twenty,
mad faced her mother resolutely.
"Of course / know what I've done.
mother. I've married the best man in
the world"
whats the use?" Mrs. Hemingway
complained that same evening when
Jnnet's father looked in at the young
people seated in the drawing room, and
smiled knowingly.
Janet is too young to know that
She has committed u grave social error
in marrying beneath her class" Mrs.
Hemingway continued. And as for
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
HIS LETTER

Beyond the steel and the fire
CLEANS the old desire.
War has not taken wonder away.
More poignant where its lightnings pla,
The appeal OF Beauty's lonely cry!
/ shall go on dreaming till / die.
/ see wind FURNISHED coin bright towns.
And roads that shine across the downs;
A dusk of forest and n line
OF light that silvers the design;
Always the shadowed and the bright.
halo for the blackest night!
Islands where I have never been;
The rainbow toppling down the green
or tilted seas that rake ship:
The molten lava streams that slip
From fiery crater-rims and hll
The dark with rose and danodil
Lakes, mountain-hid and spiritual:
The undiscovered waterfall
Like q white feather through the trees
The undiscovered bird in these
Singing, always alone. alone.
The lovely voice OF the unknown.
This is Romance chameleon-clad
That called me when l was lad,
That calls me now to follow well
Through blighted Picardy to hell,
Through hell to some elusive bliss
or new adventure after this;
To follow without asking why:
So you will know. If l must die
Upon this last and strangest quest,
1t did not differ from the rest
In simple wonder dark and bright
A halo for the darkest night:
And freedom like the unknown bird
Was wild voice fought to hear!
These words to you. my very dear.
Beyond the steel and the fire
Cleans the old desire.
Grace Hazard Conkiing. in the Atlantic.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
LIVE Stock
TT5 NOTES

Pigs are as clean ns other animals
If conditions are as they should be.
After weaving the colt will need
some feeds to supply ingredients fur
nished by the mothers milk.
II the driver lets the horses shoul-
-ders get sore, even If strong and
sound, the horse Is useless.
Sudan grass is a good hay for sheep,
approximately equal in value to ordi-
nary wild hay or timothy hay.
Alfalfa, sweet clover. red clover,
bluegrass, bronze grass, barley, oats
or rape all make satisfactory hog pas
lures.
The sow should be given good, milk
producing feeds and she should be fed
all she will eat If her pigs are to
flourish.
The brood mare previous to foaiipg
time Will require little extra care
In her handling; she should net be
OverworFed
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
A FEW SMILES
1IIiIIIlIIlIIIlIllIIlIIIlIIIIIII
0Iplomaey.

Travelling alone
this trip, boss7"
said the Pullman
porter.
ayes. George"
replied the little
man. "But why
do you call me
'boss'f The last
time / was on
your train you
called me chief "
"Yes boss ; but
your wife was
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
Professional rroubles.

"Whntever became of that patient
of yours you were telling me about
last fall?"
"Oh, he's got complaint now that's
giving me great deal of trouble"
Indeed! What is it?"
ats about the amount of my bill"
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
tuberculosis in France.

Twenty-Five thousand French SOL
diers died of tuberculosis during the
war and 10000 men were exempted
from service because of the disease, 1t
was said in the senate during a discus
sion on bill to establish tuberculo-
sis sanitariums.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
0Ieomargarine Production
Shows a Marked Increase

The production of oleomargnrine in
the United States Is three times as
great now as four years ago. This is
less than three pounds per person
whereas in Denmark 40 pounds Is con-
sumed per person each year. The Nor
wegians average 33 pounds, the Hol-
lnnders 20 pounds and the Englishmen
nine pounds.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
Appropriate Aeeommoda atoms.

by gorry. there is no room In this
country for them Internal bolsheviki !"
sternly declared the landlord of the
Palace Hotel at Peeweecuddyhump.
"Well. don't know" replied weary
looking guest. 1t seems to me that
incarceration in the room occupied
in this hotel last night would be none
too bad for them"
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
Hobbledehoy.

"See that fellow yonder marking
time? He must be returned soldier"
mo. he isn't. That is Billings. He's
great ladies' man and he is practic-
ing to keep in step with the girls who
wear narrow skirts.'
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
Worse Than War.

Corporal-What's the matter? You
look more scared than when you were
bucking the Hindenburg line.
Private-Tm getting ready to go in
side to ask the boss for my old job
back.-Life.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
Her Only Chance.

Poor old Miss
&innay goes to
very blessed
rummage sale.
| wonder what
she's looking for"
perhaps S h e
expects to find
a cast-off hus-
band"
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15

with you then, and had a suspicion
she would feel hurt to hear me call
you boss"
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
Advantages Of siIos.


Here are some of the outstanding
points in what the departments dairy
specialists think of silos:
In general, more COW feed can be
grown on an acre of ground in corn
than in any other crop.
When put in silo it is more easily
harvested and cared for than any 9TH
er crop.
Silage operations are absolutely in
dependent of weather conditions. Corn
for silage can be harvested in the rain.
The silo makes possible full utiliza-
ton of corn that otherwise would be
| destroyed or damaged by frost.
The silo makes 1t possible to keep
more animals on given acreage,
which means more manure and con-
stantly increased soil fertility.
Harvesting corn as silage clears the
| ground early so it can be prepared for
other crops.
With silage 1t is not necessary to put
so many acres in hay.
In any other form considerable por-
tion of the feeding value is lost.
Corn cured as fodder loses about 40
per cent of Its feeding value.
Corn preserved as silage loses only
about 10 per cent of its feeding value.
About 35 per cent of corn fodder is
wasted in feeding.
Only about per cent Of corn silage
Is wasted in feeding.
In other silage crops. weedy growth
that would not be eaten at all as hay Is
all eaten as silage.
Saved in any other form, feeds be-
come, In a measure, less palatable and
less nourishing.
Silage Is all succulent, and all pala-
table.
sI.ase Feeding Pays.
Statistics show that the percentage
of profitable herds is almost three
times as high among herds that are
fed on silage as among herds that are
not fed silage.
While there may be some possible
question as to the economy Of putting
up silos under extreme high prices,
there can be no question about the
economy of filling to capacity those
that are already up.
Every man who has silo should
aim not only to put up enough silage
to carry his herd through the winter
but to have some for summer feeding,
at least In case of emergency.
Even in the best of pasture regions,
cows frequently drop 20 to SO per cent
in production-even more sometimes
in midsummer when drought cuts the
| pastures short
When the rains come later, these cat
| tie do not return to 100 per cent pro-
duction.
If there is some stun In the silo
when the dry weather comes, the cows
can be kept up in production through
the drought and carried on at maxi
mum production through the season.
Summer silage is. to the dairy farm
er. insurance against loss from
| drought.
II he has not sufficient capacity to
| carry over summer silage, more should
be constructed as soon as 1t is at all
feasible.
The summer silo, to give the most
service possible, should be of smaller
diameter than the winter silo, for in
order to keep 1t in perfect condition
silage must be fed to a greater depth
each day In summer than in winter.
AS compared with soiling crops, sum-
mer silage saves labor at time when
labor Is urgently needed for other
things.
Dairy farmers are realizing more
and more every year that they must
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
SHORT AND SNAPPY

1t takes n man of wisdom to
utilize half he knows.
Fortunate Is the girl who
knows more than to look pretty.
A sure sign that you don't
know much is to think that you
know it all.
A genius is usually eccentric.
but an eccentric person isn't nec-
essarily genius.
If you are convinced that the
world is growing worse every
dny take something for your
liver.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The time has nearly arrived for fill
ing silos-has quite arrived for build
ing additional ones If more space is
needed.
Materials are high. 1t may be ques-
ton with the individual farmer wheth-
er he can afford to build silo this
year.
Realizing that possibility, the Unit
ed States department Of agriculture
believes that many men may be in
clined to give too much weight to con-
struction cost and not enough to silage
value, and that therefore the ad-
vantages of the silo ought at least to
be restated.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-15
Denoted Up
r.
By VIRGINIA L. MAXWELL

| Copyright. 1919. by the Mcclure News
| paper syndicate)
The Nenana daily news., 1919-02-07
STAGE MOVEMENTS
a s .s . . s < q @ a <, A < q . . a .

Harry Karstens left for Fairbanks this morning with little freight and Jack Hansen, A. Phezack and William Norris as passengers for the upper town.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-02-07
WATERFRONT WORK
 BEGAN YESTERDAY

For filling in the space between the bank and the double row of piling along the waterfront, saplings and brush which had been cut from the acreage tracts around town was hauled to the waterfront yesterday by the Commission teams, and this work will be continued until a sufficient quantity for the back fill has been received.
 In few days more, it is ex- pected that the steel gang will ar rive in town to lay steel across the river and on the grade beyond and during such time as they are engaged in this work, the trains which had hitherto been hauling rail, ties and material, will prob ably be used to haul material for the back fill on the waterfront. For this purpose temporary extension of the road will be made from the foot of A street so that the material needed for the fill can be delivered where the gang using it is working. Sid Sheldon is foreman of the men working on the back fill, and oper- ations were started yesterday.
 Just as soon os frost conditions will permit, gravel will be hauled to complete the fill and hold down the buttress of saplings. The A. E c. officials figure on using sev- eral carloads of gravel for this pur- pose and expect to get it when the dragline excavator gets into action again.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-02-07

Burgess left Fairbanks this morn ing with some freight and Jake Marks and c. D. McAuley as pass engers, and arrived in town this evening.