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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22
A Registered Hereford Bull Used in
Grading Up a Herd.

on the range, or at the butchers block,
Purebred ~aristoeracy is not nearly Ak
tensiye enough in the United States
and, with a view to extending the kith
and kin Of the first families widely
over the country, the United States de-
partment of agriculture is launching
its drive for better live stock, which
was inaugurated October l.
Purebreds for Profits.
Purebred live stock is not the result
of foible and fancy of the rich, for the
leading foundation families of the vari-
Gus breeds, for the most part, have
been produced and developed by prac-
teal farmers who farmed for a living
in either the old or the new world.
For example. Hugh Watson, the
founder of the Aberdeen Angus, was a
tenant farmer; Charles and Robert
Ceilings, who sponsored the Shorthorn
breed. were English countrymen of
medium finances, while the Tomkins
and the Hewers, who were foSterers
of the Whiteface in Herefordshire,
England, were merely working 70 pro
duce beef animals Of superior type
which would farten more quickly and
cheaper than their predecessors. In
a word, purebred live stock from hogs,
cattle, sheep, horses and dairy cows
TO goats and poultry, have all been de-
veloped for specific purposes, which
are intimately associated with the
stock farmers needs and require
ments.
Uncle Sans big drive for better live
stock similarly is a campaign to pro-
vide for direct and urgent needs.
Farmers with surplus feed should de-
sire live stock Of the best type which
will most proftably and economically
covert these grain and forage sur
pIusee into meat, milk, wool, mOhair,
and eggs. Eliminating the scrub and
mongrel animal, live stock Of mo &C.
count" family or breeding is n Of the
greatest Improvement steps which
possibly could be undertaken by the
live stock breeding and raising frater.
nifty Of this country. Uncle Sam is en-
Enthusiastically behind the project and it
remains for farmers interested in
stock raising throughout the country
not only to boost for better stock, but
also TO buy and use farm animals OF
approved type and breeding, in order
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22
CITY CONSTRUCTED IN TIERS
Three Distinct Layers Of Humanity
Make Up the Great Eastern
Port Of H~onekong.

E~ongkong is built In three stories
after the fashion Of a Chinese pagOda.
There, however, the resemblance to a
temple ends. For Hongkong Is a
e Of trade, a stronghold Of Anglo
Saxon society and a packing box In
which Chinese and other varieties Of
orientals are squeezed SO tightly that
they seem perpetually out Of breath,
and used to 1t.
This three-layer system Of municipal
architecture, which should be an ex-
tremely lucky arrangement according
to Chinese superstition, Is made pos
sible by a hillside rising near the har-
Dor. Up this hillside the city seems
to have backed steadily until it
reached the crest, where 1t stopped
without attempting to progress down
the other side.
There Is no elevator from n floor
Of H~ongkong to the next, but the cable
a which shoots up and down the hill
furnishes a sensation which Is con-
sidered by most people very reminis-
cent Of elevator journeys taken In
American sky-scrapers.
Hongkong is really three cities. The
first story, being the closest to the
harbor, is conveniently given over to
commerce. The second floor houses
the natives, a conglomeration Of orr
entails, mainly Chinese, who all seem
to be In the streets all the time.
The top floor is reserved for for
eign residents. 1t Is altogether sue
cessful as q suburb Of the business
port, partly because 1t has no compe-
titIon and partly because Of It's obvi-
GUS advantages. The name Hongk0ng
does not suggest r~ose-covered cottages
but these are the accepted style of resi-
dence In upper H~ongkong. When he
can live on the mountain top, 1900 feet
above the crowded harbOr, the for
eigner does so and gladly takes the
chances Of having his brains added OF
his head knocked off In the perilous
journey ito town."
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22

Prepared by the United States Depart
mcnt @. A1r.culure)
Why do some lois Of cattle top the
market while others sell at low prices?
Why are some consumers willing to
pay CD cents a pound for prime beef
steak while they would reject from
their table inferior steak at half the
price? Why IS it that some feeders fin
ish their cattle or other animals more
rapidly and economically than their as
sociateS?
Usually because "blood will tell"
That is, the animals Of the better
breeding always achieve the more
C~reditahle performances, be it in the
show ring, at the fair, in the feed lot,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22

grooming cows il a fundamental safe
guard against inferior, germ-laden
milk. Where COWS are gro0med daily
during their period of close cOnfne-
ment an attendant requires only about
two or three minutes a COW to prepare
and gloss up the animals as though
for a banquet. On the other hand, 1t
Is difficult and time-cOnsuming to
clean off COWS which have been kept
without grooming in a dirty stable.
The c~onmendable practice Is to
groom am, clean the cows daily at
such a tine between the milking
periods that there will be abundant
opportunity for the dust put into cir
culation to settle so that it will
not c~ontaminate the milk as it is
drawn from the cows. II is necessary
for best results to wipe off the udder
and TANKS of each cow with a moist,
clean cloth just before milking, in or
der to remove all the surface dust
and dirt which has escaped the previ-
GUS cleanup processes. 1t is recon-
mended that dalrymen exercise spe-
cial care to provide plenty Of material
so that at all times they may use
clean cloths in preparing the cows for
milking, as too commonly the wiplng
cloth, unless carefully handled, pc
comes a source Of contamination. 1t
Is also advisable to clip off the long
hairs from udder and tanks Of each
COW.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22

United States bought Alaska. the sal
mon fishery Of Afugnak was operated
by the BuSSian-AmerlC0n company,
which established on the island a col
Ony Of its Superannuated and penSioned
employees. These were AleutS, whose
descendants today compose the native
population, somewhat more than 4OO,
though their blood is much mixed.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22
MARKED EPOCH IN INDUSTRY
Experience Of Years Of Warfare
Should Have Effect on Coal Min
ing in This Country.

The inventory Of the nation re-
sources that the wal made necessary
brought to light many new facts about
coal mining which will be of lasting
value 10 the industry and to the pub
lie, As long as the war lasted these
Incidental lessons were lost sight Vt
under the pressure Of meeting the
emergency created by the shortage NJ
fuels, hut with the return If peace
the experience gained during the WIT
IS being gathered together in u SERIES
Of reports on the industry, the first
Of which, Coal in 1917" by c. L,
LeSher. has been published by the
United States geological survey. de-
partment of the interior.
The period from 1914 through 1917
and 1918 and into 1919 may be regard
ed rs Il distinct epoch in the coal in
luStry, of which the year 1917 repre-
Sented only one section, but a section
which, If not the most remarkable for
IT. achievements. was at { the most
chaotic and the most mOmentOu in the
history of the industry.
In response to the unprecedented de-
mand the hituminouS mines produced
SOL, I90,563 tons, or nearly 10 per cent
more than the output of the wear he
fore. The anthracite output was 90.
6ll,Sll net tons, an increase over l9lf
of 1871 per cent. The total output of
both hard and soft coal was thus over
650OO0N00 tons.
This record output WAS accomplish
ed by n labor force Of 60%.143 men in
the hituminous and 154,174 in the an.
thracite mines. In spite nj the draft
the number of workers in the hitumi
nous industry was greater in l9l7 thai
in 1916.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22
Different USES FOR MILK
Forty.Four and One Half Per Cent
Used for Human Food Purposes
rs Per Cent Wasted.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Estimates made by the United States
department of agriculture show how
the $685. 100000 pounds of milk pro-
duced in the United States annually
are utilized. Forty-four and one-half
per cent is used for human food pur-
poses, while SO per cent of the gross
supply is converted into butter, and
As per cent Is made into cheese; an
other As per cent is transformed into
canned milk, 4 per cent is used in ice
cream making, A per cent is used in
feeding calves and hogs on the farms
of origin, and 2.5 per cent Is lost in
shrinkage and other waste of the
dairying industry.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22

trail markets also are Of interest in dis
closing the breeding facts. One lot Of
good steers weighed on an average.
1,1S6 pounds and sold at $3.50 a hun
dredweicht. their dressing percentage
averaging 81 per cent These steers
carried 6& per cent Of inside fat while
their cost per pound. dressed and
ready for sale TO the consumer, was
oh cents The medium lot Of steers
averaged in weight $50 pounds and
sold at $3.50. These cattle dressed
"A per cent, carried 1 per cent of inside
fat and cost - cents a pound when
dressed and ready for consumption.
Subsequently the meat from the good
steers sold for l cent a pound more
than that from the medium steers,
which resulted in an increased profit TO
the butcher Of approximately half a
cent a pound, despite the fact that the
good steers cost originally . cents a
pound more than the medium steers.
Furthermore, the inside fat vas worth
considerably more in the good steers
than it was in their lower quality
mates. The well-bred lot of cattle sold
for an average Of S1S1.46 apiece, while
the poorer steers brought only $12S.0S
an animal, a difference of S5S.SS a head
in favor Of the better bred cattle.
Every Farmers Opportunity.
There is no possible reason why
farmers and Stockmen should waste
their time and tie up and j~eopardize
their capital in the purchase and feed
ing or breeding of inferior stock. The
supremacy of the ~better-bred animals
is practically infallible. They, other
conditions being equal, will yield de
pendable profits which are as certain
as the coming Of day after a night OF
gloom. 1t does not take much capita
for any farmer, be he the owner of few
head of stock or poSSeSsor of extensive
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22
SUMMER MONTHS ARE TRYING
Cows Giving Milk Should Have Plenty
Of Feed, Pasture With Water
and Good Shade.

Take good care Of the cows. The
summer months are always trying on
cows giving milk. They will need
plenty Of feed, pasture with water and
shade. Unless special care Is taken
Of them they are likely to fail and not
be in condition to produce In winter
when prices Of dairy products are
high. Give the cow all the protection
possible from flies.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22
SUPERIOR WINTER HOG FEED
Soy Beans Furnish Necessary Protein
and obviate Necessity Of Buy.
ing Tankage.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture,)
The labor and annoyance of thrash
ing soy beans may be saved by feed
ing the soy bean hay to hogs in the
winter. The beans supply the protein
and save the purchase of tankage and
middlings. The oil in the beans, to-
gether with the leaves of the plants
which the hogs eat, keeps them IN
good condition. Soy bean hay and
corn make an ideal winter feed.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22
Nextl

The nan who used to spend all his
time perfectlng perpetual motion has
a new diversion he's trying to cross
airplanes SO they'll lay eggs.-Buffalo
News.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22

Joseph NJ. Hayes, local sheepman,
has purchased a new G. Nj. c. truck
from the Heppner Garage, the local
dealers.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22
Engagement Announced

Mr.. Grippe" and Miss Flu" are busly engaged again, but-he minute
you feel a cold coming on, begin to have fever or chnls, dull aches o n con
sdpated, it may be the Flu or Grippe.
Before retiring, battle your feet in hot salt water, take a good big cup
of HOLLISTERS ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA (warm) and go to bed for the
Nights a 10 to l shot you'll feel great the next morning.
Without fail try thhs-but do it quick before the Flu" n Grippe gets a
start. Buy a package today, have it in the house and use it at the very hrst
warning - then you're safe.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22

that our present live stock population,
Heterogeneous, harum-scarum, and top
sy-turyy as it is, may be replaced by
superior animals Of type and breeding
best fitted 10 supply the market and
most suitable to consume profitably
the surplus crops Of the American
farmer.
Why Good Cattle Pay.
Just to illustrate that it is about as
easy to discount the benefits Of good
blood in livestock breeding as it is to
try to dry up the ocean with a sponge,
here are some figures concerning the
butcher standards Of a good and a
medium steer. In the case Of a good
steer the loin cuts, which are high
priced, constitute lG4 per cent by
weight, as compared with 15R per
cent In a medium steer. The rib cuts
compose 9% per cent in the better
class Of steer and only ~ per cent In
the medium animal, The round, which
is a medium-p priced cut, constitutes q
per cent IN a good steer and 2672 per
cent in a medium steer, ahile the
chuck, a IoW-priced cut, composes "A
per cent Of the good steer ard TN
per cent Of the medium steer. The
miscellaneous cuts in the good steer
aggregate 10 per cent and only ii
per cent in the medium steer. These
figures indicate that the good steer
carries a greater percentage Of the
high-priced cuts and a lower percent
age Of the medium-priced and cheap
cuts than does the medium steer, al
though the animals may be fed sim
liar rations. This divergence in meat
makeup at market time must be at
tributed 10 breeding.
Two shipments Of steers which re-
Gently arrived on u Of the large cen
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-22

Prepa~ / by the United states Depart
ment Of ACriCulture)
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-05-26
GREAT MAN NEVER HESlTATES
Self-Reilance One Of the Most Impor-
tant Possessions That Can
Be Acquired

Insist on yourself; never initiate.
Your own gift you can present every
moment with the cumulative force Of
whole life's cultivation; but of the
adopted talent of another you have
only an extemporaneous half possess
sion. That which each can do best
none but his Maker can teach him.
No man yet knows what it is, nor can
till that person has exhibited it. Where
Is the master who could have taught
Shakespeare? Where is the master
who could have instructed Franklin
or Washington or Newton or Bacon?
Every great man Is unique. The Scip-
ionism Of Scipio is precisely that part
he could not borrow. II anyone will
tell me whom the great man initiates
in the original crisis when he performs
great act, will tell him who else
can teach him. Do that which is as
signed thee and thou canst not hope
too much nor dare too much. Dwell
up there In the simple and noble re-
gions Of thy life. obey thy heart and
thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld
again.-Ralph WALDO Emerson.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-05-26
Primitive Summons.

New York university has come into
possession Of an original photograph
Of the first janitor Of that institution,
equipped with the gong and stick with
which he called the students to classes.
When the university was founded, jan
uary 8, 1880, and students met in the
original building back of the city hall,
there was, of course, no electric bell
ringing system. The responsibility Of
attendance at recitation was shunted
on the janitor.
Promptly on the hour he would
proceed through the corridors armed
with huge metal gong in one hand
and the gong stick in the other. Paus-
ing outside the classrooms he would
beat his tattoo until the professor
ceased his lecture and the students
moved on to the next room on the pro-
gram.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-05-26

Before the hndereartel ssect3on
meeting Of the National Society for
the Study and Correction Of Speech
DisordcrA DR.. Walter b. Swift OF Bos-
ton, read a paper on the treatment Of
stammering In NE very early begin
ninEs. Stammerins In very young cial&-
dren often results from nervous stress
and strain. great fright. the imitation
Of others and sometimes from acCi-
dents. Almost oil OF these things can
be prevented. The imitation Of anOth-
er case can easily be stopped by the
parents. Nervous stress and strain
can be eliminated by proper home n.y.
giene, which when put into practice
has been know to stop stammering In
two weeks. Great strain from fright
can be avoided by having the compan-
ions Of the children refrain from pur-
posely frightening them, and after any
unavoidable fright 1t can be minimized
by proper conversation and advice
after that fright has occurred. Doctor
Swift described one case in which q
cune was effected In two weeks.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-05-26
Vlotory Worth Whine.

There's no satisfaction equal to the
consciousness OF measurtng up to your
limits. The man who does the merely
ordinary things can never take the
pride in his achievements men OF
vision take. They see what lies be-
yond the hen Of calculating mortalS.
Struggle to them Is second nature.
They delight In hard things because
they are hard And to them come the
great Victories that never tarry long
enough to be made sure to the weak
ling and the fearful. 1t may cost toll
and struggle to laud the crowns men
pray for, but they have no value with
out sacrfhce When men purchase re-
wards that demand the strain Of every
capacity to win them, they are train
ing the personalities IN reserve that
when ret 10 work mark the supeEman.
Grit.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-05-26
HEN AND KITTEN GssUMMY
Really Remarkable Case Of Friend
ship That 10 Vouched for by
Woman Writer.

The strangest friendship that the
writer has ever seen was that of a
young Plymouth Rock hen and a white
kitten.
When the kitten was about two
months old she was very fond Of be-
ing around In the chicken park. Or
wherever the chickens were. She was
the friendltest kitten alive and showed
a disposition to chum with every liv-
ing thing. But the chickens paid no
attention to her except to get out of
her way. The hen in question. how
ever, met her advances kindly and
they soon became boon companions.
Many times day they were to be
seen walking together around the
place. The hen would frequently stand
stil1 whine ktttts would rub back and
forth against her breast And while
Biddy scratched for bugs and vorzas,
the little Vhfte kitten was nesar fur
away. We 10 ret knOw wA3f was
their DAsMs q eOznMWntaatisn. but
they S~f6Satsy Aea . aatfsagaaS eco.
for fsfSy Ho~er seeasesl DO t4rD # 0aah
otfies. Trey sswecaated tegefAAe To
the eAafas4oa Il Ne otl4er fovas aAA
cats % tAe piacN 0tse seadnaa aAW
Bit8y win the ecAer daickOsnA and
little v'AfSs tftssA abHoaatc4y deserted
her ifttAe wAfos twin W. soaRet1nsS
wondered II the Kitten thought afe
wars chicken or the hen believed heE>
self to be cat At all e~ensA they
were most congenial
This state Of affairs continued uatil
the sale Of the farm necessitated their
being parted.-Nabel J. McIiwane. In
Our Dumb Animals.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-05-26

Absoiutism- rs practiced By q
Catherine or q Napoleon, ON an I'M
perial SCALE may dazgle the fmas-
nation. 1t is system which has
eorresponded, historically, to a we'll
defined stage IN popular advance
toward self-government. But a. soon
as even an imperfect form of consti-
tuition has been established, the
defects OF absolutism appear colossal
by contrast. Above all when Abso-
lutism in Its decadence holds a small
state. it loses that appearance of con-
centrated power which is one of its
chief Qualifications, and looks petty
and mean. It seems to be actuated
by fear, not by strength.-From Life
and Times Of Cavour.". by w. b.
Thayer.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-05-26
JEWISH TRADERS IN AFRICA
Are Known to Have Had Depots for
Commerce There in the FM-
teenth Century.

Jews of the fifteenth century had
trading posts in northwest Africa and
carried on a vast commerce with the
natives from the Sahara to the Allan
tic, and from Algeria to the Niger, ac-
cording to letters recently discovered
by Charles de la Ronciere, librarian
Of the national library in France, and
published by the National Geographic
society. Hitherto Africa has not fig
ured at all in medieval history. It
was called the Ozark continent" when
Stanley and Livingstone penetrated it
about a century ago.
The letters recently discovered were
written in 1447 by Antonio Maifante,
a Genoese citizen. believed to be the
only Christian the Jews allowed to
penetrate their trade region. They
Were written from Timbuktu and
Touat. Timbuktu was the Chicago Of
the West African plains, and Touat
the center of camel caravan traffic
that exchanged the wheat and barley
Of Egypt for the powdered gold Of
Tmbulstu and tire pGecisus salt from
Teghaz3a. T0uat was an oasis con-
tanning from $50 to 200 villages, and
each village had chief.
The civilization Of that date was
advanced enough for the residents to
take a census Of their populations.
This was done when the people Of
Timbuktu and rival city, Gao, were
numbered to decide a wager. Bust
ness was done on large scale
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-05-26
ANCIENT cry IS esaARcsAis
To-day Nothing but Mess Of RgiaA
but Was FiouPieiuing Before p
1arSo Ravisiaed Peru.

Chan-Chan is not, as the name
would indicate, a place in China It
is one of the oldest cities in Peru. or
in the world. The Chimus, who built
Chan Chan, are supposed to have been
an elderly race when the Incas were
yet barbarfans After a time the In
cas- became civilized and powerful and
captured Chan-Chan. Then Pizarro
came to plumber and wreck the city
and massacre the inhabitants. So
much of the Chimus' history Is de-
Quoted from the remains of Chan-Chan
and old Spanish narratives.
The people who inhabited the old
metropolis were moon worshfpers.
The moon, they said, was the most
worthy deity Of nature. for It shone
not only at night but Also in the day.
whereas the sun s0ufd shine tn tAs
AaV emily. The sRa ives sUpz,seaa TO
be va<aer de special ppetOet3An II lAa
Aae0a, bNeaaM@ DE htfsr eSAtBssed
Tie @&sA hna@se II &sA &HA ese
saa aea&taDes sHd teaEaes 10 h9GA
Esdsn aGsa eea wSps sAeeefees baaSt "
fss Cksnus end mary have eAea IN
og+egAd ln ttle ruaHs Sf the4Y s3fE-
OsaA-C A0A Azs s3skes the fi1ge Ct II
2aawo been Aase af wre&A@se. Taa@s
are palaces, woRhshepe. factories aaa
great battered pysenafds bsit % IN
terraces and ssussounted by buildings.
These are the mounds IN which the
Chimu dead once lay. Like the E&yp-
tians. these people buried with their
dead many articles OF their personal
property. From one Of these mounds
a Spanish adventurer obtained 3d.
100000 worth Of gold and silver. For
many years Ghan-Chan yielded to the
Spanish conqHerors fabulous sums OF
gold.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-05-26
"Sea Cow" Now Extinct.

The last arctic ''sea COW" was seen
In 1S54-about a century after the
first discovery Of the species by white
men. When full grown the creature
weighed as much as 5000 pounds.
These animals freQuented shadows
at the mouths Of rivers in herds, and
while feeding they drove before them
their young, to protect the latter from
danger. So tame were they that one
could stroke their backs without ob-
lection on thsiT part.
Unfortunately tlsetr 0esA wns Hnod
to eat, Resembling beef. WhafeRs pct
in the way Of depending on them for
stores Of fresh meat. and 10 IN tbs
natural course Of events they waEe
wiped out.