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When You Buy a Piano it Pays 

 to Buy a Good One 



When you buy a Piano it is usually intended to last 

 a lifetime. Therefore special care should be used in its 

 selection. 



You should not be guided by cheap prices or special 

 inducements. Pianos, like everything else are priced 

 according to their intrinsic worth. If you do not possess 

 expert knowledge of piano making you must rely greatly 

 on the Piano Dealer. Therefore it is certainly to your 

 interest to go to a dealer who has the reputation of car- 

 rying only pianos of merit and true musical worth, who 

 is known to price his pianos consistently, and who has 

 only one price for everybody. 



We carry a number of well known makes, each the 

 very best in their grade. Prices of new pianos range from 

 $300 upward; good "used" pianos from $125 upward. If 

 desired, we arrange convenient terms of payment. 



We invite you to call at any of our stores — or write us 

 asking for illustrated catalogues and prices 



We are dealers in Steinway and other Pianos. 

 Pianola Pianos. Aeolian Player Pianos, etc. 



Shermanl«lav& Co. 



Kearny and Sutter Streets, San Francisco 



Sixth and Morrison Streets, Portland 



Third Avenue, at Pine Street, Seattle 



928-30 Broadway, Tacoma 



808-10 Sprague Avenue, Spokane 



Stores also at Oakland. Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Vallejo 



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tically no sleep and none too much to 

 eat; hns been marching or running, 

 carrying weight, helping to drag guns 

 and the like; he has been doing work 

 which makes football seem like child's 

 play. And he wants to play football, or 

 baseball, or anything that will get his 

 mind away from the terrible scenes 

 which he has witnessed. Under such 

 conditions a man frequentlygoes wrong. 

 It is natural that he should lose control 

 of himself. The 'Y' is there to see that 

 his relaxation is of the right kind. The 

 physical director, thoroughly trained 

 and with a big personality, can give 

 invaluable service. 



"If we had all the trained men above 

 draft age we still would be .short. We 

 must therefore take men of very little 

 training and experience and give them 

 all the training we can in a short, in- 

 tensive course. Then they go to France 

 to direct mass athletics. The games in 

 which all can take part are those most 

 in demand on the western front. Box- 

 ing is a blessing, and baseball is next in 

 popularity. Thousands of bats and balls 

 have been sent overseas, hundreds of 

 mitts and gloves have been worn out, 

 and, strange as it may seem, there is a 

 constant demand for rule books." 



Dr. Gulick states that American ath- 

 letics are becoming tremendously popu- 

 lar in the French armies. President 

 Poincare and Premier Clemenceau of 

 the French republic have urged the 

 Y. M. C. A, to send thirty directors to 

 the French armies in the belief that 

 their work will achieve wonderful re- 

 sults in holding the morale of the poilus 

 who have seen four years of hideous 

 warfare. 



Loganberry Culture 



By J, P. Aspinwall, Brook. Oregon. 



The loganberry is not particular as 

 to soil so long as it is not too flat and 

 standing full of water. The richer and 

 better drained the soil the heavier will 

 be the yield, for it is a good feeder. The 

 soil should be thoroughly prepared be- 

 fore the plants are set out. Plowing 

 in the fall or early winter is best, then 

 re-plow and put in shape in the spring 

 after the ground has dried sulliciently 

 so it will not pack. Be sure and get 

 good plants from a reputable grower, 

 for it is very hard to get plants started 

 after the first year, and a poor start is 

 worse than no start at all. The plants 

 are generally set eight feet apart each 

 way with the rows running north and 

 south, so the sun will get an even 

 chance at each side of the row. Thor- 

 ough cultivation should be kept up 

 till the vines are too long to permit it 

 any more. It is then a good time to 

 set the posts and put on the wire. The 

 posts are set four hills apart in the row 

 and the end ones are anchored securely. 

 Sfvon-foot posts are used, set two feet 

 in the ground. Three No. 12 wires are 

 generally used for a trellis, the first one 

 being placed on top of the posts and 

 the other two spaced one and two- 

 thirds of the way to the ground. Some 

 use only two wires where they do not 

 get a good growth of vines, and don't 

 put the top wire quite so high. In 

 October or November the vines are 



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