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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
6
A foldable shelter uses stone foundation and earth floor with light siding and fabric covered ventilation. Doors remain open for adult sheep, with optional closed lambing or storm protection. Muslin cloth provides wind barrier and warmth while allowing air flow. Lambing pens face south and require clean utensils and proper brushes to prevent contamination.
Describes partitioned wire fencing with wood framed gates for a barn add on. Remainder of structure flexible for future changes. Feeding racks movable and feeding largely outdoors. Overhead track for feed or manure. Suggests attaching the building to the main barn for efficiency.
A historical note describes a diagram showing how to craft a wire fence gate. The cut explains the general approach for assembling the gate and securing it to posts using basic hardware.
A brief note describes the wire at the top of the posts being twisted tight and secured with staples, with no further description required beyond this visual detail.
Prof Eckles declares the cow herself is the main contamination source for milk. He stresses clean, decently kept cows and well arranged barns with proper lighting, floors, gutters, and mangers, plus regular udder brushing to maintain safe human food milk.
A lightweight feed carrier for dry farm feed uses a cheese box with three laths nailed to its outside. Holes at the top of two uprights accommodate an old bucket ball to create a simple, durable carrier for oats buckwheat shelled corn and bran.
The Agricultural Optimist argues that middlemen control farm prices and farmers lack representation in market centers. It predicts a future where farmers hire agents at central points to distribute produce to consumers or retailers, improving returns for farmers who work hard.
The piece notes unknown origin, claim of introduction to England about thirty years ago, and predicted production of about 200 eggs per year. It compares feeding: 100 Pekin ducks need about 2,250 pounds of food per month, while 100 Indian runner ducks need about 1,500 pounds. It states market size in ten weeks for both, and maturity in Pekins 6 to 9 months vs Indians 4 to 5 months. Pekins are larger.
An estimated one billion tons of soil wash into the sea annually from rivers. The waste equals a mile square block over a thousand feet high and valued at about a billion dollars. Authority Fuss cites soil loss as draining a key national resource, linked to deforestation on river source slopes.
The article urges warm dry quarters and millet seed for egg production. It emphasizes green food for young chicks and hens, cleanliness to prevent lice and mites, and consistent system in poultry business. It warns against mixing breeds and notes buyers must choose breeds suited to their conditions.
Mercerized cotton, first used as silk substitute a decade ago, arose from John Mercer’s 1840 discovery. Strong alkali treatment, thorough washing, and careful neutralization yield lustrous, stronger, more dyeable cotton that resists shrinking. Best results require long staple Egyptian cotton. luster nears silk, with high strength and low cost for underwear and similar goods.
The article notes American beauty trends shaping African practices while tribes maintain distinct standards. Tongue teeth, lip plugs, ear gauges, and facial marks vary. Swahili women wear extended ear holes and glass insets, Maasai adornments heavy enough to pull lobes, and other tribes alter teeth or shave foreheads as rites of beauty.
The piece describes hot Oklahoma days giving way to a strong evening breeze that builds after sundown. By 6pm hats whistle, by 8pm ties slap faces, and by 10pm the wind moans around corners. It notes the wind’s intensification until late night under the sky.
A reader seeks a reliable plumber for work and asks for recommendations. Another respondent claims to know a plumber who can fulfill the job but cautions about unknown satisfaction with the results.
In a humorous exchange the elder sister scolds the new companion calling him a streetcar conductor type. The weary sister notes his remarks to a young girl asking her age after entering the parlor last night.
A preacher signaling offers from other towns is seen as a tactic to pressure for a salary raise. The remark suggests the preacher may be using the prospect of moving to negotiate better pay.
The line satirically suggests a man who downplays credit to mask self-interest, implying that any claimed humility may be a bid for admiration or gain rather than true modesty. No concrete event, person, or organization is provided.
A courtroom exchange features a convicted beggar asking to convert imprisonment into a fine. The judge questions the availability of funds, while the beggar boasts he could beg daily until he pays. An advertisement for Dr Jinos Great Nerve Restorer promises cures and a free $2 trial booklet from Philadelphia.
A lively Chicago Tribune excerpt features a five year old bragging as the Rag Alley Yannigans regular shortstop promising to whip the Rumtown Billygoats next Saturday with bold schoolyard bravado.
Mothers urged to use Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as the best remedy for teething children. Product marketed as gentle and effective for soothing infants during the teething period.
In a rural exchange from The Circle, two farmers spar over sending a son to college. One argues for education while the other balks, citing laziness and loudness as reasons against schooling.
Sore eyes inflamed and watery are advertised as relief with Pettit's Eye Salve from Howard Bros. Buffalo New York. The ad urges purchase at all druggists.
A photographer asks the sitter to glare ferociously while the sitter confirms the instruction with a formal yes sir. The exchange reads like a staged studio moment capturing a playful dynamic between photographer and subject.
Maybelle confirms sending Herbert about his business and notes she has since used the recall on him. The Chicago Tribune is cited as the source.
This home remedy promises to help those overworked, gloomy, and nervous with trembling limbs and insomnia. Mix three ounces of syrup sarsaparilla compound, one ounce balmwort, and let stand. then add cardiol essence and eadomene tincture, shake and take a teaspoon after each meal and at night.
Inside History shows a kitchen quarrel where a wife complains her words go in one ear and out the other. The husband retorts that meaningful talk is rare, implying he silences important remarks.
The California Fig Syrup Co publishes a full statement with every package to assure purity and uniformity of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. The company notes figs from California provide taste while medicinal principles come from beneficial plants. Buy genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
A Civil War tale recalls a colonel in General Lee's division almost collapsing after drinking. The general invites him to step to the tent, but the colonel, leaning on a tree, stammers that staying where he is is about all he can manage.
The Philadelphia Ledger records a committee spokesman urging public backing for a clean stage. The theatrical manager replies that his plays begin with a woman dusting the set, a witty constraint on stage duties.
The tale shows Robin Hood returning half the purse to a plainly dressed traveler and declaring he taxes only what the traffic will bear. It casts Robin Hood as a juster reader of fair shares in line with a public idea of a graduated income tax.
A Chicago Tribune quote recounts a humorous exchange about the pronunciation of Taft's name. The big man laughs and clarifies his name is Taft, noting dictionaries and pronunciation marks emphasize that Almont rhymes with raft.
Uncle Jerry Peebles jokes that women should have freedom to vote but mocks a woman wearing a spring hat described as a beehive tarred and struck by lightning. He cautions about trusting such a fashion with ballots in a humorous Chicago Tribune snapshot.
The dialogue centers on Mrs. Gunner Henry and her comment about a cook described as a vision. Mr. Gunner argues visions fade, noting the cook stayed only two days before leaving.
A grocer defends a maple syrup as genuine after a customer questions its taste. The customer suspects fraud despite the guaranty, and the grocer denies any false claim while insisting on authenticity.
Telegraph Poles and the Warker-TFine auto are discussed as a riddle in Cogewood Penny. The exchange hints at a clever nickname explaining the dash toward the pole, referencing an arctic explorer and a pun on the town names.
The Detroit Free Press quotes a narrator vowing to “get even with all the phonograph fiends in our flat” while mentioning Towso and plans to give the kids snare drums for Christmas. The exchange mixes humor with domestic grievance and holiday hints.
The Chicago Tribune notes Hannibal the great general drank poison and died to escape foes. He predicted his name would endure in history, and two millennia later a Missouri town bears his name in tribute.
An Indianapolis News quip suggests an oracle would speak the reason maidens in constant flutter never take flight, contrasting superstition with practical restraint.
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