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OREGON, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1915.
NUMBER 22.
AN INTKRESTINU LKTTEK.
Harry Pctree Dctcrlbct Hit Vacation
Bicycle Trip Through
lb East.
Washington, D. 0., Sept. It, 1915.
Dkaii Fatiirr: You have asked
me to write you a little sketch of my
recent bicycle trip, to here Koei:
As you know I hid decided to take
a little vacation before I started Into
school, and to use It for a bicycle trip
to some of the summer resorts on the
Atlantic Coast, so I applied to the
Chief for live daynof my annual leave.
My request was ((ranted, and 1 was
Riven live days, beginning Saturday,
September 4. Countlnirtwo Saturday
half holidays, twoSundays, and Labor
nay, this gave me nine days for my
vacation.
Friday evening, September 4, atthe
close of onice hours I hurried to my
room, changed to my riding clothes,
packed my luggage on the baek of my
bicycle, and left Washington at S p.
m. The weather was Ideal with only
a very slight wind against me, and
the roads were a perfect dream (not a
nightmare such as I found In some
places In the West), and by" o'clock
1 had easily covered 20 miles. At
this point my hind tire went down.
An automobile was pacing and I
hailed It for the purpose of getting a
patch. A young lady In the back seat
smiled sweetly upon me, tinder the
Impression, I suppose, that 1 was
lllrllng with her, but the car didn't
slop. Then 1 walked about a mile,
until I reached the edge of Savage,
Maryland. A motorcycle was passing,
and the rider, seeing my trouble,
stopped and told mo to go across town
to his home and he would help me
out. On arriving there, he patched
up the tire and Invited me to stay
with him that night. He was a
preacher, and boarded with a widow
who had two or threo sons working in
Washington. I stayed thero over
night, took breakfast and started on
at i). I soon reached Iialtlmore.
Hero, I lost a bolt from my luggage
carrier, but ran across a man who
helped me out of my trouble. My
back tiro gave me trouble, but mo
torcycle man from Washington gave
me some tape to patch It up, and I
made It last until night.
The country outside of Iialtlmore a
few miles was almost mountainous In
character, with long, winding, steep
hills, down which terrlllc speed could
be made, owing to thcsinooth surface
of the bituminous concrete. The
scenery was very pretty, but In no
part of the trip (and I corned the
best part of the Mist) did J tlnd a sec
tion so green and fertile as that ad
joining Oregon, Missouri. In a few
miles I was passed by a friend from
Washington, riding a motorcycle to
Atlantic City, and we had a short vis
It on tlio run. At Havre de Grace,
there Is a descent of perhaps a mile
and a half, down a steep hill, out of
the highland, and you come to a
bridge over the Susquehanna River,
which Is at leut a mile wide at this
point. Through Delaware to Wil
mington, the country Is rolling farm
land.
Just before reaching Wilmington, I
overtook the motorcycle friend who
gave me the tape, and lie was quite
surprised to tee me. II had his wife
with him In a aide car, and did not
care to tire her, but atlll he had
thought he was making good time. He
waa so aurprlsed at my feat that he
thought I ought tocelebratebydrlnk
Ing a cocktail with him. I declined,
and hla wife compromised with some
chewing gum. About this time I
crossed a track where a dago was a
watchman, lie saw my khaki trous
ers and asked: "Do you belong to the
aoljf" Shortly a fellow on a motor
cycle, with a tandem attachment,
stopped. He came up, fairly swelling
with Importance, and asked for tome
A u..k I.I. - I
"My, but I am dirty. I came pretty
near 100 miles today." I threw all
the scorn I could command into my
voice and answered, "Humph! I have
come over 90 and 1 have only a bike."
He shriveled up about SO per cent.
At Wilmington I Intended to get a
new tire, and entered a store, where
the shopkeeper wasn't on to ids Job,
so I hurried out and stopped at an
other, and they referred me back to
the first. I told them the man was
asleep, and it would be cruel to wake
him up, that I could get a tire In
Philadelphia.
Just out of Wilmington, at the foot
of a ateep hill, I came as near run
ning over, or at least against, a mo
torman, as I care to. It would have
been less of a shock if I had hit him,
I think, as I had about made up my
mind that a collision was Inevitable,
lie shook hla fist at me and "cussed,"
and I said nothing, as I didn't blame
him. He was probably as shaken as I
was.
Within a mile or two my tire went
down again. Seeing that It was only
3:30, and I had gone 100 miles already,
and that Philadelphia was only 30
miles distant, I decided to make 4
record. So, I made a hurry-up repair,
and was off by 4. The roads were only
fair, the country was hilly, but I
made fair time, and by 0:30 was in the
edge of Philadelphia. I was intend
ing to reach Uroad k Diamond by
quitting time, and supposed It must
be close by. I told my troubles to a
policeman, and he soothed rr.y tired
spirit by the welcome (V) news that
"Ilroad & Diamond Is about twelve
miles from here." It was, and over
all the cobblestones I could find. Ily
8 my destination was only a few blocks
distant, and I began to look for lodg
ing. My appearance I fear was not
altogether prepossessing. My feet
were covered with road tar, my pants
were dusty, and my shirt waa black
from perspiration and from carrying
two second hand tires (which I bought
for2Jc)on my shoulder across Phila
delphia. So I asked where the near
est Police Station was. It was only
two blocks, and I went to It, and told
my story, stating that I was In no
shape to go to a hotel, and requesting
a placo to stay over night. They all
acted pretty decent, and I went out
and took my old tire oil my wheel and
replaced It with .one of the others.
Then I went to a faucet and took a
bath, changed my shirt, combed my
hair, dusted as well as I could, and
again presented myself to the Lieu
tenant. Ily this time a reporter on
the Public Ledger was waiting, as lie
had been called to get my Interesting
story. He got the particulars, In
cluding who my folks were, and when
he called the night editor, I found
that the Hon. Frank Petree's fame
had spread quite w Idely, for, although
I merely told him that Frank Petrce
was an attorney at Oregon, Missouri,
he told the editor that I was the son
of a very prominent and well-known
attorney. He said my story was good
stun. That I was very different from
the common run of bums who apply
for lodging. He promised faithfully
to send me a copy of the paper with
mystory.to Waslilnglon.but hedldn't
One of the olllcers showed me a com
fortable Morris chair, where I lay
down until 11 o'clock. All of the of
tlcers seemed Interested In my story,
and one of them, who was formerly a
hike rider, mapped out a routu tn
Trenton.
At II o'clock the turnkey came In
and took mo to a cell and locked me
In. 1 gave Mm the price of twobcers
and asked to be awakened at 'f.'M,
which lie promised to do. I then
looked around myspaclous apartment.
It was barely furnished Indeed, as the
only furniture was a board about
IS Inches wide and the length of the
cell, which 1 at once surmised was a
bed. I rolled my Jersey up as a pil
low, covered with my oil cloth which
covered my pack, and prepared to
sleep. The prison, It soon developed,
waa occupied by others than me. Oil
to one aide was ahoarae-volceddrunk,
an old woman, who alternately called
out huskily; "God, Ood, do you hear
me?" etc., and then cursed the turn
key. This kept up for some hours.
Soon there was a commotion In the
next cell, a dull thud, followed by
groans and curses, which soon
changed to anores, telling of a fellow
prisoner who had fallen from bis nar
row perch onto the cement floor
Soon afterward, the police brought In
ten or twelve prisoners, having raided
a gang that was making a fuss at a
party, which made four or Ave In
each cell. They all seemed to be In a
mind to sing, being drunk, and they
sang! At times they all sang the
same song, some singing one line, and
some another, but they all "sang and
made a Joyful noise."
In aplte of these and other disturb
ances, I alept until 130, when I was
awakened by the opening of the cell
andaprlsonerwasthruailn. He was a
young man about 23, not altogether
displeasing In appearance, and when
he entered he looked at me, and said,
"Say, what they got you In here
for?" I said I was staling over
night. He said, "Gee. you're lucky,
They will probably stick you about
ten bones and let you oil. They got
me on the cnarge or drawing a pistol
on my mother-in-law." We soon be
came acquainted, being companions
in misfortune, and I offered to let
him share my bed, but ho declined,
saying he waa too much excited. We
hit It up amazingly, so muchsoln fact.
that when about 2 the turnkey told
me come, on out, he aald, "Please
don't take my pard away." The
kind-hearted turnkey aald, "Well,
I will give you two more," and put a
couple or eoona in with him. The
turnkey took me back to the Morris
chair, and I alept there till morning.
I got up at 0:30, feeling line, tn spite
of my 130 miles and lack of sleep the
previous night, packed my luggage,
bade good-bye to my cellmates, who
all wished me good luck, and started
off for Trenton.
I had not gone far before I realised
that something was seriously wrong
with my three-speed coaster brake,
and wasted an hour taking It apart
and putting It together two or three
limes. When 1 finally got it In as
good order as I was capable of doing,
I found that the only speed that was
working was tho high, WJ Inches, and
the wind was against me strong, but
there was nothing tu do but make the
best of It.
The street leading from Philadelphia
out toward Trenton was the North
east lloulevard, a beautiful road with
parking between thethree broad bands
of asphalt. After I left the lioule-
vard, the road to Trenton w as through
a level or slightly rolling country, but
the roads were butu. 1 crossed the
Delaware about noon, passed through
Trenton, and turned east across New
Jersey toward the' coast. The roads
of New Jersey In ge"r are almost
perfect. At least .iiaw were.
The greater part of them sumed to
be of gravel, mixed with Just enough
clay to bind them Into a solid surface,
and It makes an easier riding road
than macadam or concrete, not being
so hard. Tho stale as a whole Is very
nearly Hat, although some of It if
rather rolling. It appears to be very
fertile farm land, though Northwest
Missouri docs not suiter by comparison
with It. From Freehold to the
coast t lie roads were wonderfully
smooth, and led through a green belt
of scrub oak and pine. Hundreds of
autos were passing both ways, many
occupied by people going to some
of the myriad coast resorts to spend
Labor Day, and others by people re
turning from their vacations.
For about twenty miles north of
Manasquan.lhe coast Is lined with re
sort cities and hundred thousand dol
lar homes of various millionaires. I
regret very much that I did not got
to go north, as I heard many glow Ing
dcscrlptlonsof theextravsgant beauty
of Shadow Lawn, and other summer
homes or the rich. Asbury Park Is a
place quite well known over this part
of the country comparing very well
with Atlantic City hi that respect.
My destination was Manasqiian, It
Is a nice little town of about j.tHW, set
hack about a mile from thu coast
Along this part of the shore the land,
a short distance back from the coast,
Is very lltlltt above sea level, and the
coast Is IN) feet or so higher, so that
the sea Is not visible until you stand
on the very brink. I was very
anxious to see tho ocean, and could
scarcely wait, especially when I got
close enough to hear the booming of
the waves on the shore. It wasto me
a wonderful sight, and I stood watch
ing It for over an hour. Then I went
back to the town and hunted up a
friend, Harry Hambleton, although I
had written him I waa coming on my
bike; he was surprised to tee. me as lie
didn't think I would make the trip.
That night and the next, I slept in a
co.y little two-room bungalow down
on the lake. It Is the finest place In
the world to sleep, as the breezes
come sweeping over, strong and pun
gent with the tang of the sea, and
maybe you think I wasn't In shape to
enjoy it.
This letter is already long enough
and I will have to atop. I will tell
you about my experiences at the sea
shore, and my return trip to Wash
ington In another letter. Haiiiiv.
Lawrence Philbrick Classy Sign
Painter.
With one or two exceptlona all the
signs gracing the pens where the
fancy cattle entered In the St. Joseph
Stocker and Feeder Show, are exhib
ited, were painted by Lawrence Phil
brick, the 111 year old son of J. C
Philbrick, the Illlnolsavenuedrugglst,
assisted by Jesse Peterson, another
Soutli Side young man. The signs are
real works or art, as good as any com
merlclal algn painters produce. The
two young men worked night and day
since Monday painting the signs and
getting them ready In time for the
show -St. Joseph Dally Journal, Sep
timber 17.
Well, all Tub Skntinkl has to say
In regard tp the foregoing, Is that we
are proud of him He Is a Holt coun
ty boy, and born here In Oregon. We
have seen his work, and know that It
Is par-excellent.
Lawrence Walker.whohas returned
from his prospecting trip In the south,
Informs ua that he Durchasad land.
near Macon, Mississippi, He Is very
favorably Impressed with that
country.
Select Seed Com Early.
Frost may make good seed corn as
rare next spring as it was In 1912
J. C. Hackleman, Missouri College of
Agriculture, says:
Always select seed corn In the field
before frosts and freezes Injure It.
Scoop shovel selection, or even more
careful crib picking next spring, wll
be especially fatal If frott Injures tl.e
corn this fall.
When the harvest Is on and von be
gin ts gather the crop, you can not
tell which ears matured early and
would be likely to produce an early
crop that will avoid frost next year.
toil are loo busy to study seed corn,
anyhow, when trying to put as many
bushels as possible Into the crib each
day.
Only In the field Is It possible to
know whether an ear Is large becamo
It was produced on the only stalk In
the hill and so had more than Its
share of sunshine and plant food.
Careful experiment stations testsliave
shown that tho ears which are good
in spite or having been grown on poor
soli and in a somewhat crowded stand
are more productive than those on
ilghly fertile fields or In thin sands.
Only In tho field can you tell
whether the ear was too high or too
Ion on the stalk and whether It stood
so erect that the fall rains would en
ter the husks and spoil the car. Kar.s
that stand almost erect will be ma
terially Injured In case of a prolonged
rainy fall even though no frosts or
freezes should come before the corn Is
harvested. If the corn should be
frozen before harvesting and when It
ts s'lll wet from a cold rain, It Is not
unreasonable to think some of ll
would be killed. Ears that have a
longer shank and point down are
much better
Kir height Is Important not only
becaue the lower ears are more con
venlent to harvest, hut also because
prolonged experiments have proved
that low ears are uenerally earlier In
maturing than the high ears. There
fore, select the ears that appear on
the stalk from three to four feel high
and unconsciously, li.a surely, the ear
height and maturity of corn your will
be Influenced.
Do Your Hens Lay.
If not, use sour milk, beef scrap, or
green cut bone and gather more eggs.
"Milk or meal In thu ration may
make all the difference between protlt
and loss," declares II. L. Kenipster,
professor or Poultry Husbandry of
thu Missouri College of Agriculture
"Wuknow from our tests at Hit- Kx-
perlmenl Station and from the exper
lence of poultry-men every where. We
got only ni'i eggs from a pen of hens
Ilia, ate noanlmal food, while anoth
er pen or hens, no better In any way,
but fed sour milk, laid 17?.'l Thoe
fed beef scrap laid Iu2 eggs. While
this Is a higher record than either of
the others, the sour milk Is so much
cheaper and easier to get on most
farms that we recommend It most
highly. At 20 cents a dozen, the eggs
from the hens fed sour milk brought
2U.71 and those from the hens fed
beef scrap, 130 03. The dllTernce
wouldn't begin to pay for the extra
cost and trouble of beef scrap. The
big thing to remember Is that the
hens fed no animal food brought
little more than half as much egg
money. Theory and experience both
say 'Feed the laying hen sour milk as
part of her ration.' "
A good sour milk ration: Corn four
parts; wheat, two parts; bran mid
dlings, one part; corn meal, one part;
sour milk separately. Give 100 hens
21 gallons of milk and from lu to
a pounds of other food a day,
Too Many Pawpaws.
M. II, (Mortle) Martin, the popular
and hustling superintendent of our
light and water plant, also connected
with The Home Phone, Is very fond
of the luscious, Juicy, sweet and r6
matte Missouri banana, co Thursday
of last week, In company with his
father, D. M. Martin, they drove
down, Just below Curzon, where Mor
tie wanted to look over a new tele
phone line that was being run and
of course there are plenty of pawpaw
bushes In that neighborhood, hanging
full of this fruit. "Jack Frost" had
also been there, so the fruit was
Just right. D. M. is an old-time
MUsourlan, and nothing so much
would phase him, consequently he
ate two or three. Now, Mortle says
he only ale one, but from his looks
after he got back to town, lie
certainly ate more, for he pre
aented the appearance of a swelled
toad or poisoned pup, and as a conse
quence a doctor had to be called, and
he waa a pretty sick man that night,
and did not feel much better, Friday,
but we are glad to state that lie la
now all right again, but do not men
tlon pawpaws to him. There issome
thlnif rather curious alimit Mm war
this fruit serves some people, but
very few, however It is rank poison
to them, and we guess Mortle ts one
nf them that the fruit does not scree
with.
Nearly Drowned.
Mrs. C. J. Herman, of llayward,
Wisconsin, writes us, under a recent
date, that they came near losing their
youngest son, Wlllard, aged six years,
uy drowning, and was very fortunate
not to have drowned herself. They
had gone tlshlng, and the little boy
had caught a frog and ran on ahead
of the rest of them to put the frog In
li.eiake. Site had Just set the lunch
basket down, when she she heard a
splash, and Wlllard was out of sight
in me water, having slipped from a
log on which he was standing. Mrs.
Herman Jumped Into tho water and
grabbed him by the toes as he was
going down the second time, and drug
mm out, out ir it had not been for
the log both would have drowned, as
she hung to the log and got out with
the boy She says Mr. Herman N
busy all of the time-weather awful
nice. Lots of garden truck and croos
In general good. Their many rela
lives and friends here rejoice with
them over their escape.
Explosion nt Cold Storage Plant.
What came near being a serious ex
plosion occured at the Oregon Cold
Storage Plant last Thursday mornlcg,
September 2.1. Will Ilanna, manager
and one of the proprietors, had start
ed the condenser to work, and lu ord
er to hurry the ammonia through the
pipes, had opened the valves, freely,
Intending to watch and reduce the
Mow, but a customer came In, and lie
neglected to regulate them, when an
explosion took place, blow
lug out the packing Mr. Ilat.nt
at once rushed tu the
machine to turn oil the valves, and In
doing so his right hand and wrist
were severly frozen, and his hand
and wrist now look as If they had
been badly burned or scalded, but
he Is now thought to he getting along
all right, and was only away from his
place of business a few hours. No
further damage was done, and the
loss, we are Informed, was a few gal
lons of ammonia.
Wheal For Hogs.
Field damaged wheat good for hogs
even If llrst-class grain Is too high
The grade and market price of part of
the IUI.i wheat crop has been so much
reduced sprouting lu the shock that
It is not too high for hog feed, lie
cent feeding tests by L. A. Weaver at
the Missouri Experiment Station have
shown that wheat fed alone gives
greater gains In fattening hogs than
either corn alone or corn mixed with
wheat. The addition of tankage to
the ration resulted In still more
economical gains, especially during
the early part of the feeding period.
If ground, the wheat Is better dl
gested and three pecks produce as
much gain aa a bushel or unground
wheat, both being soaked.
Cupid Knocks Out Dad.
Falls City, Neb., September 22,
Charles Franklin Jump and Gertrude
Eva Walker, of Forest City, Mo , were
married here yesterday morning by
Judge Wlltse. At the Ilurllngton sta
tlon they were halted by Deputy
Sheriff McNulty, who received a phone
message from the bride's father to
hold the couple till he got there.
When he found they already had been
married, lie told the sheriff to send
them home on the next train St. Jo
seph Gazette.
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Owing to a washout Dr. Swadener,
who was to have spoken last Sunday
night In the Interest of the AMI
saloon League, was unable to reach
ua and Brother Clagget preaced a very
timely and helpful sermon.
There will be preaching next Sun
day, morning and night. This will be
the last Sunday before conference,
which convenes at Cameron, Mo., Oc
tober (1-12, lull.
Sunday morning will be Missionary
Day In the Sunday school. A large
offering Is desired.
J, W. Andbuson, pastor
A visit with Fred Markt now In
the hospital at St. Joseph, found him
Improving nicely following an opera
tlon. nis nurse Is Harry, aon of the
late Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Kaull, who
formerly realded in Forest City, where
Harry waa rataed. He la a graduate
of the St. Joaeph medical school, and
la taking an Interne courae at the Sis
ters' hospital..
Dry Seed Com Now.
Freezing with this moisture In the
kernel endangers next year's croD.
"Drying seed corn Is even more Im
portant than selection this fall." ears
J. C. Hackleman, of the Missouri Col-
lego of Agriculture. If frozen with
as much moisture as it seems likely to
contain when the first freezing comes,
ii may w almost worthless as seed
next spring. To avoid danger from
early frost, select the most mature ears
In the Held and dry thoroughly at
once. I f a neighbor's corn of seed va
riety ripens earlier arrange to pick In
his Held. Seed grown In the locality
In which it is to be planted Is always
to be chosen In preference to that
shipped In from a distance.
Air drying In the sunshine Is slower
but safer unless tire-drying absolutely
Ii necessary to secure safety from freez
ing. Well dryed corn will stand any
freeze It Is likely to get In Missouri
but the danger from too rapid fire
drying is only less than that from
freezing.
The corn Is not safe for storage or
exposure to cold weatherqulte as toon
as the appearance of the kernels might
indicate because there Is so much
more moisture In the cob and the cob
Is so much slower In drying than the
kernels. lie sure not to store In the
cob to cause heat or molding.
hach ear should be so placed In
wire or slat racks, or so hung that no
two ears will hang together so as to
hold molsturo and cause molding.
The storage place should be airy and
well ventilated. It should not be
closed until drying Is completed, un
less cold weather necessitates closing.
A little lire may be used to hasten
drying.
Drying pointers: Dry In sunshine
and fresh air. Dry before danger of
freezing. I se tire very carefully, If at
all. Dry the cob thoroughly as well
as thu kernel. To avoid heating or
molding, let no ear touch the next
ear.
A Statement.
To the Gentleman or the Mirror:
Many thanks for the shower of bou
quet you hav e t brow n; most of w lilch,
however, fell very wide of the mark,
as I, (llie author of the arllclethtllled
"Shall we Pave"rj, know absolutely
nothing about the edltoral entitled
' Oregon to Pave." Tint Scntinki.Is
at perfect liberty loglvuyou my name,
and 1 assiimu full responsibly for all
the statements made In the article
Shall We PaveY" -but nothing more.
The tvvu articles aro entirely dis
tinct and of separate origin; and a
man with a mirror should go a llttlo
more careful about Jumping at
conclusions.
The nice little "packages' ycu have
handed out are entirely harmless and
do not merit any comment-except to
say that I will cheerfully gratify your
apparent desire for Information, on
proper occasion, regarding the various
funds for public enterprises to which
I havo contributed, and of which I
have no cause to be ashamed, but it
is obviously entirely out of place for
any of us to be publicly and constant
ly alluding to these so-called virtues.
Citizen.
C. E. Notes.
Our social last Friday evening was
a decided success. Nearly all mem
bers and many visitors were present
and the evening was spent In games
and guessing contests. At the end a
fine lunch waa served by the ladles.
The program Sunday evening was
led by Helen Jones with a good at
tendance. The prayer meeting com
mittee will meet at Wick Greene'
home Tuesday evening of this week
to elect ortlcers and leaders for the
coming quarter.
Every one please be present next
Sunday evening, our consecration
meeting. D. B. M.
Mrs. Hose Varlck and baby, of
Omaha, Neb., after a pleasant week's
visit here with tier friend, Mrs. Guy
Conrad, returned to her home on Sat
urday last.
Miss Resale, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jonas Watson, Jr., was taken to
a St. Joseph hospital Sunday last, by
her physician, Dr. Kearney. She has
been a sufferer for somo time, caused
by falling down a stairway.
The annual report of the commis
sioner of pensions, for the year end
ing June 30, 1015, contains some In
teresting data: Ten per cent of the
Invalid penslonera died during the
year ending June 30, 1015. The roll
now contalna 390,370, which la 33,255
less than a year ago. The total pay
ments for the year were 1150,008,771.
The total deatha since the close of
the war are 1,816,905, and the pay
ments on account of penalona since
the olose of the war totals 14,614,643,-267.