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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
3
Porter quietly buys Traction stock through quiet channels while Wheaton, seeking profit, studies the price drop caused by a lack of public confidence. Wheaton meets him in a club, arranges an offbook purchase via a ranchman, and transfers funds through bank channels, keeping Porter unaware of his plans.
Timothy Margrave rises from minor posts to third vice president and general manager at the Transcontinental. He plots to expand his influence by reorganizing Clarkson Traction, aware that eastern bondholders may appoint a receiver. He aims to avoid Porter, the one Clarkson figure who could block traction.
In Clarkson Wheaton is lured by Margrave into Traction stock talk. Porter, wary and secretive, buys in cautiously while Margrave pressures Wheaton with flattery and hints of insider advantage at the club and in the railroad circle.
In a tense exchange Porter’s actions are hinted at as stock purchases and bonds, with Margrave insisting the issue remains between them. The dialogue underscores uncertainty about Porter's activities and personal knowledge of the financial dealings involved.
Porter returns with a stock bundle for Clarkson Traction while Fenton, his lawyer, warns of the risks. They discuss bondholders and potential litigation as Porter vows to attend the next annual meeting to oust the current management and salvage the franchise with newly gathered shares.
A comical exchange shows a man confessing he keeps his face muddy to attract kisses from girls. The dialogue, styled with rustic dialect, showcases light whimsy and social mores of flirtation.
Consul Frank S. Hannah reports to the Department of Commerce and Labor on German Imperial Interior Department experiments drying potatoes. Dried potatoes shrink to one quarter weight and store indefinitely. Military tests show nutrition equal to corn and potential to replace a third of oats in rations. Freight costs drop with reduced weight, encouraging more potato cultivation.
The Plain Farmer notes the mind of the working farmer in felt boots and questions why silent farmers matter in institutes. The Rural New Yorker urges engaging plain farmers for true state service. The Work Horse in Summer discusses grazing vs hay feeding, arguing horses perform better on hay and grain during heat and that grass sweat should be avoided by feeding hay.
Farmers are urged to study the growing crop to identify deficient soil elements rather than rely on chemical soil analyses. The belief that soil analysis shows plant food content is mistaken.
The chemist can roughly measure nitrogen phosphorus and potash but not the plant available portion. A large percentage is unavailable to plants, so the need is for available forms. Observe the crop growth and maturation to judge soil deficiencies and missing elements.
Rural World advises using wood shavings or cedar in nest boxes to deter lice and keep sitting hens comfortable. Shavings are inexpensive, easy to destroy, and do not pack hard, aiding the sitter and the hen during incubation.
A Kansas Farmer essay extols livestock as the key to lasting farm wealth. It argues that wheat and corn crops exhaust soil fertility if relied on alone and urges building soil health by raising livestock to increase profits now and leave a richer farm to heirs.
A historical formula describes making an ammoniacal copper carbonate spray. Dissolve 8 ounces copper carbonate in a pint of ammonia then mix with 25 gallons water. Create copper carbonate from copper sulfate and soda solution, combine, settle, pour off liquid, dilute with 10 gallons water, settle again, then dry the resulting blue powder.
The article notes a shift in dairy science showing butter from pasteurized sweet cream retains quality longer and stays free of objectionable flavors compared with butter from sour cream. It cites USDA investigations challenging the old belief that acid development in cream is necessary for good flavor and storage.
E. R. Parsons of Parker Colorado, a leading dry farmer, predicts an abundant Colorado fruit crop this year. He drew attention at Cheyenne’s third dry farming congress with his orchard talk and plans to exhibit his dry farm horticultural products at Billings Montana’s fourth congress session scheduled October 26 to 28.
Bees returning to their hives after being moved up to two miles away show a directed homeward path. Experiments by Gaston Bonnier prove this direction sense is not sight. not smell and not in the antennae, implying a distinct internal orientation mechanism.
Good hay comes from cutting grass as soon as it heads and clover when heads are full bloom. Waiting for browning is a mistake. Sunshine alone does not make hay. air is equally important. Curing mostly in windows and hay cocks is now practiced by leading hay specialists.
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