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The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-03
AGRICULTURE
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There is one plant that is scatter
ing itself over the country as weed
that, deserves more than passing men
ton. In most of the country where
L has appeared only during last years
Il is found chiefly along the railroads.
In riding over the Illinois Central
from Chicago TO Cairo, distance OF
92S miles, one sees sweet clover on
the sides of the railroad all the way
Sometimes the patches by the road
side extend into the fields and form
great thickets six and seven feet high.
One gets the impression that the
plant is all over the state, which Is
not the case. A few miles away from
the railroads will be found people that
have never seen sweet clover. Just
how II spread so along the railroad
4 is at first hard to understand, as
sweet clover is not transported as
commercial product The only con-
clusion possible is that the soil, being
constantly torn by the section men
in grading and making repairs mas
left the road soil In a condition where
the sweet clover seed could take hold
and develop into a plant. This was
the more readily done as most seeds
will not take hold of such soil. The
seed of most OF the grasses need 20 be
protected by nurse plant to get hold
Of the earth II they fall on bare soil
exposed to the sun they do not germ
mate, or II they do the germ dies.
Many of the seeds OF grasses are so
light that the little rootlet that starts
pushes up the seed rather than finds
weight above 1t that permits 1t to
force its way into the soil. The NELL
lotus seed, however, finds In the bare
soil just the place II needs. The hot
sun favors IL, and It's seed is heavy
enough TO hold itself down while the
rootlet is making its way into the
baked crust. This doubtless explains
why II has followed the hard roadside.
Our farmers have not yet learned
may be said of those in the North
more than of the farmers in the South.
for the latter have raised this plant as
a field crop and have fed II extensive
ly. In the North its greatest use may
be found in helping to make hard
land soft and mellow. Bare spots In
the pastures could be made to grow
grass II melilotus seed we're first sowD
on them. II the land is limey the
plant will make a good growth and
will send up big stalks while its roots
go deep into the soil. pushing aside
the soil particles. When these roots
die they leave innumerable channels
In the soil through which soil drainage
Is facilitated and air can the more
readily enter.
Sweet clover loves lime, and where
lime is provided It will grow to per-
lection. Land that is sour is not suit
ed to sweet clover, and this is a
reason why in Southern Illinois II is
found on the railroads and not In the
fields. The soil on the railroads has
been hauled In from distance and
is evidently rich in lime, while the
soil on the farms in some OF the coun'
ties is so acidy that sweet clover
would not grow II It did terminate.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-03
Careful PRUNING.

Pruning is not thing that can be
done recklessly, although great
many farmers do not seem to
realize the fact Too much prun
Ing will injure the vitality OF the
tree, and this injury will be most ap.
parent II severe drought comes on.
II the weather is wet through the
growing season. sometimes the tree
that has been pruned too much will
recover Itself. II the tree is pruned
too little much OF its strength will go
to the development of wood, and this
means the limiting of fruit production.
AS general thing. unpruned trees
bear but little fruit. Pruning is a
science that must be studied. No rule
can be given in a single sentence
that will be Of much value. The man
that makes a study OF pruning will be
able TO increase the production OF his
orchard without increasing the ex
pense, and without increasing the
amount of plant food taken out OF tn,
soil.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-03
The HOPPER pozer.

Every year grasshoppers or locusts
appear In large numbers In some local
tiles One OF the best means OF de.
stroying them is the hopper dozer, H.
Illustrated here. 1t is simply a kero-
sene pan on runners, and having a
high back to prevent the insects fly
ing over It when stirred up by It as
It is drawn through the grass The
pan is partly filled with water and
some kerosene is added. This floats
on top of the water and kills the
locusts that fall into II, The hopper
dozer may be made as long as desired,
It sometimes being 16 to Is feet long,
when drawn by horses. The runners
may be two to eight inches high, &C.
cording to the size of the grasshop.
pers to be caught.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-03
Using Dynamite in The Orchard.

Using Dynamite In the Orchard.
From time to time instances come
TO our notice of the use OF dynamite
In the orchard Sometimes II is q
stump of tree that is taken out
by this means and sometimes II is
the hole for the tree that is being
prepared by the use OF dynamite. The
men that use IL say Il is easy TO use
In either case and performs its work
thoroughly. So It is, but the danger
Is great and many man has lost
his life trying to use this agent In
the case Of quarrying rock II is quite
necessary to use powder aud dyna
mite, but in orchard work IL is not
necessary The trouble is that many
careless man imagines that he is
very careful and as consequence
or this misplaced confidence In him.
self he either loses his own life or
Injuries some other person. The dig.
ging OF holes in which to set trees
Is not such a great task. anyway.
The users of dynamite claim that a
stick of dynamite placed in a hole
In the earth and exploded will loosen
the earth for FIVE feet around
and for two feet in depth.
That may be true. but we see
no great advantage in loosenlns
the dirt to a greater depth than is
stirred up by the plows that were
used In the preparation OF the orchard
soil. II the soil is OF the clayey tex.
ture the loosening OF 1t below the
depth to which the rest is loosened
VIII simply make a place in which
water can settle and become stag
nant. II the soil is sandy It will need
no such general stirring up to permit
the passage OF roots.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-03
stIrrIna Orchard Soils.

The depth of stirring orchard soils
depends on the condition existing
in the orchard. u the trees are
large, and the roots numerous in
the ground. the soil should not
be stirred deeply. the main OBJ.
ject being TO keep the surface soil
disturbed so that caplllarity cannot
take place. With old orchards that
have never been cultivated the
stirring will have TO be very shallow,
because the roots of old orchard trees
lie close to the surface, and II they
are disturbed the tree cannot readily
form enough new ones TO offset the
losses. The only orchard soil that
may be stirred deeply is the soil in the
young orchard previous to it's coming
into bearing. Deep stirring Of the soil
will then pulverize it in advance OF
the growing roots and so encourage
its root extension.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-03
The Spread Of Intelligence.

The student OF agriculture Is often
amazed at the rapidly with which
agricultural information spreads with
one class of people and the great
slowness with which II spreads with
another class. Every new discovery
in the agricultural world is known
very quickly to the progressive, think
ing, studying agriculturist; while the
farmer that cares nothing for what he
calls scientific farming sometimes
does not find out most important
truths till they are almost aged. This
thought is induced by talk with a
man who has spent most OF his life on
a farm and is now living in the shad-
ow of an agricultural college. The
simplest truths, known TO the scien-
tific farming world for twenty years,
were new thoughts to him a week agp,
One OF the great obstacles to the
spreading of the knowledge of better
methods In farming Is the almost In
superable difficulty OF getting that
class OF farmers away from worthless
reading matter long enough TO *
their thoughts on the dry but n O.
mentous facts connected with the
principles OF farming, Some seem Ia
need a special development In the d.
rection of deep thinking. The situp
ton Is not improved by the great ma IS
OF literary trash that is being daily
thrown into the home Of the farmer
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-03
People That Live a Century.

In spite of the cry that is raised
about the effete ways of modern peo-
pie, cases are not rare where men and
women reach the age Of 100 years.
The last census of the United states
showed more than 500 people that had
passed tina century mark.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-03
Feed for Chickens.

A city lady that had Just purchased
some chickens asked the farmer what
they would eat He replied that II
would take him all his days to tell her
what they would eat, but that If she
would not feed salt FISH and cobble.
stones they would get along all right.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-03

The semi-arid states OF the West
are proving finely adapted to the
growing of durum wheats for the max.
ing OF macaroni. the grain produced
being far better than any that can be
grown In western Europe and compar.
ing favorably with the same kind OF
wheat grown in the semi-arid regions
OF eastern Europe. Asia and Africa.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-03

We cannot cheaper the cost of gar.
den produce by shutting of on the ma.
nure supply.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-03

There is nothing manly about smok-
ing. and the farm boy that let's II alone
will be doing just little better thu =
the farm boy that smokes.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26
Musical Hits at EIks Ball.

Among the musical hits of the
evening at the Elks ball last night
were: Everybody Work But
Father" plain Little Soldier
Boy" and Little Girl You'll
Do" published by Jos. w. Stern &
Co., New York. Sympathy"
"My Irish Mollie' and "Silver
Heeks," published by Jerome H.
Remick & Co., New York. All of
these are the very latest as music
al hits" in the east and their early
advent into musical circles here
speaks well for the lovers of popu-
lar and up-to-date songs and mu-
sic.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26
The Luscious Pear.

Col. Parker Earle writes as follows
in the Prairie Farmer: We cannot
live and be healthy without the ap-
pie. The laborers lunch basket and
the school boys dinner pail would
lose their chief charm if the apple
crop should fail. A loss of the
American apple crop for one year
could increase the mortuary rec
ords of the nations. If our apple or
chards should die the race would
degenerate. In financial Importance
it leads all the fruits of the world,
The money value of the American
apple crop aproximates, perhaps
surpasses, a hundred million dol
lars. There are half as many apple
orchards as there are farms IN
America. And yet the fruit | have
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26

yoked with the apple in my subject
can stand proudly with it in its i'm
portance to all those loves of lux
ury who delight in the most ex-
quiste flavors.If the good man who
long ago wrote the notable lines
about the strawberry, Doubtless
God might have made a better fruit
than the strawberry, but doubtless
he never did, had been writing in
these days Of Howells and Hardys
and Seckles and Superhnes and
Frederick Clapps, he would have
substituted the noble fruit for the
fragrant berry. The best fruit in
the world is the best pear in the
world.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26
XMAS CELEBRATED.
The Day is Observed in a Fitting
Tanner Beautiful Services
Feature at rlany Churches

Not in the memory of the Oldest
inhabitants has Christmas been
celebrated more fttingly. From
Saturday evening until late Mon
day night there was continual
boot, boot of horns, a rattle of
drums and a booming of crackers,
torpedos and toy pistols. Saturday
the streets were crowded to such an
extent that traffic became slightly
congested, the holiday shopping
crowds making their way from
store to store securing their last
few purchases, preparatory to the
coming of Santa Claus. Sunday
was rather quiet i'll the down town
district, but Monday everybody i'll
the Panhandle seemed to be astir
and enjoying the one great day of
the year. AT the churches espec-
tally beautiful services were held,
many of them being decorated and
beautiful programs arranged for
the services. Many of the Christ
mas entertainments and Christmas
trees were held in the churches
Saturday evening and were largely
attended, not only by the children
and younger folks but blythe older
ones as well.
Altogether this has been glor-
ious Christmas in Amarillo, thefes-
tivity being shown m the general
observance blythe entire population.
There are many visitors here for
The holiday aud the social features
for the week are numerous. The
ElkS last evening gave their grand
Xmas ball which was largely at
tended by the Elks, their wives and
their friends. Many receptions
are scheduled for the weekSSwhile a
number of entertainments are to be
oi1ap ~, Nau, Uaor,e Jo, NJ
and Mrs, J. L. Smith will keep
open house as will also Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Joe ISaacs. Mrs. Will A.
Miller, Jr., and Mrs. DR.. R. M.
Walker will entertain with open
house New Years day from 3 to
7 p. M, at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Will A. Miller, Jr., ITO
Tyler St.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26
THEROAD PROBLEM
A Wise ClodhOpper Discusses the
Matter of Permanent
Highways.
EDITOR HERALD:

EDITOR HERALD:
Having been requested to write
something in regard to the road
problem as it affects Amarillo and
surrounding country, take this
opportunity of doing so, feeling my
utter incapacity to do it anything
like justice, but es what is every
body's business suppose | am
about as well prepared as any
body to write upon the subject.
Why do feel so helpless when |
attempt to write upon this subject,
simply from the fact that it is such
an important subject. don't be-
lieve there is any subject of more
Importance to this or any other
community than the one in ques-
ton, aud | would include streets
and sidewalks in Amarillo and
roads leading into it.
Now, what are the facts in the
case. Simply this, Amarillo is con-
Sidered the metropolis of this en-
tire plains country, not only by
people living near the city but the
entire population of twenty odd
counties composing the territory
on the plains, and the people are
looking to Amarillo to supply their
commercial wants, in other words
the people want to come to head
quarters to do their trading, and
with fifteen years experience on
the plains and mixing with the peo-
pie from the north to the south,
and from east to the west, never
heard any one speak Of it but said
they could buy supplies cheaper in
Amarillo and very much desired
to trade at Amarillo, but the roads
are so bad we cannot get there,
and Prof. McGeehe said to me last
night we need Amarillo and ANA
rillo needs Us lower plains people,
and it would be to Amarillo s in
terest to give US decent road. !"
This man was on the road home
with lumber and family supplies
purchased in Amarillo, and lives in
the south part of Armstrong coun-
ty. How did he get to and from
Amarillo? To my certain knowl-
edge he left the public road twice
and passed through three farmers
enclosures before reaching the
Canyon, and with light loads at
that. He also told me he would
have to leave the road south of the
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26
Back From Kentucky.

L. J. Witt has returned from
Kentucky accompanied by the
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26

Canyon and go through the Block
pasture.
Now, this mans experience is
that of all others that come to Am
arillo from the south to trade. |,
myself, live in Randall county and
have been trading in your town for
years, and expect to keep it up I'M
less the good people on the route
prohibit me from passing through
their enclosures when the roads
are Doggy and the lakes full Of wa
ter. If they do am entirely cut
off from Amarillo unless | take Il e
train or walk the railroad track.
want to say in this connection
that you have some as up-to-date
merchants in Amarillo as there are
in Texas, and they carry up to-date
stocks, but in order to do business
they must get the people to them,
and to get the people, the people
must have a way to go, and very
believe your merchants have lost
thousands in the last few years by
not spending a few hundred on the
roads, especially the road leading
south.
The work done at the Canyon
has already paid them thousand
per cent on what it cost, but it is
like having a bridge with good
center with bad approaches and
the lakes and bog holes on either
side of the Canyon, more especial
ly on the north side, is the ap-
proaches, and must be graded up
in the middle and the road graded
across the lakes before you get the
full benefit of the money spent at
the Canyon.
have talked with several living
in Randall county on the subject
of a road to Amarillo and all ex-
pressed a willingness to do what
they could to improve the road
leading from Canyon to Amarillo.
Hoping to see some public spirit
ed citizen take hold of this matter
and push it to a successful compile
ton, ! am yours for business,
CLoD Hopper.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26
PIANO RECITAL BY MISS BABB's PUPILS
The Indictment Weather Youthful Performers
Who Render Program of Splendid Merit
at Home of Instructress.

Despite the nCement weather Friday evening" people gath
cred at the home Miss Babb for the recital given by her pupils
The pupils acquitted themselves with teacher
The ensemble playing special feature of the evenings program
and seemed to be highly enjoyed by all present
The following program artstically rendered.
Charge of the Uhlans, OPP 224 pianos Bohn
Misses Maude and Ruth Walsh.
Alpine Glow, op. 1913 =, Osen
Miss Eva Blackwell.
Doadng Daisies Intermezzo -. Fearis
Miss Bessie Eyer.
At School March (dueD Streabbog
Miss Bessie Wallace and Master John Reeder
-Four Little Girls.
Alpine Bells, op, IT'S ... -. . Schustes
Miss Frankie Humphreys,
Les Fleurs, op 81 ........ Ludovic
Moer Paul benson
La Regatta Veneziana .... List
Miss Gertrude Huffman
Flight of Swallows, Quartet, 2 pianos) O. LANCE
Misses Zefe Snyder Myrtle Benton Beuah Callahan
Recitation Selected
Miss Bessie Eyler.
Heather Bells, OPP 80 G. LANCE
Miss Esella Tabor.
Carolling of the Birds Mictouz
Miss Nellie Roberts.
II Trovatore Dorm
Miss Mabel Eyler.
Bicycle Race Duet ....... y $500. Rrinkman
Misses Mavna and Ola Parks.
Masters John Reeder and Bob Humphreys
On to the Battle Quartet pianos) ........ Hoist
Misses Gertrude Huffman Istela Taber
Mabel Eyler, frankie Humphreys
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26
Tunnard- -Gunn.

The marriage of Mr.. Joseph H.
Tunnard and Miss Eva Gum was
solemnized last evening at the resi-
dence ofthe brides parents, Judge
and Mrs. J. w. Gum, 200 Harri-
son street, Rev. VIM. A. Erwin
officiating. The bride is a young
lady of many accomplishments and
has resided in this city with her
parents for a number of years.
The groom is we'll known among
his business associates and is pop
ular enterprising young man. Fol
lowing the ceremony a sumptious
wedding supper was served to the
friends and relatives present. Mr..
and Mrs. Tunnard, for the present,
will be at home to their friends at
200 Harrison street.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26
Anderson--Ruggles.

At the Cosmopolitan Hotel Sun
day afterneen at four o'clock Z. c.
Anderson and Miss Della Ruggles
were united in marriage, Rev.
Jonathan c. Darcy performing the
ceremony, The groom is from
Bovina where he has been in the
employ of one of the large ranches
near that place while the bride
comes from Woodward county,
Oklahoma, and has been here but
a short time.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26

Canadian bridge election-Jan.
uary 2.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26
announcement.

Jack (bitterly)-I suppose that young
Richman who comes to see you so
often will give you such an expensive
Christmas gift that you won't want the
trifling present l can afford to buy
you?
Marie (coyly)-No. l think you had
better save your money for-er-future
contingencies, Jack.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26
To Keep Open House.

Mrs. Will A. Miller, Jr., and
Mrs, DR., R. NJ, Walker will enter
tain at the residence of Mr., and
Mrs. Will A. Miller, Jr. no Tyler
,treet, with an open house from 3
to 7 p. m, New Year day.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26

Misses Coombs of GLASGOW, Ky.
who are nieces of Mr.. Witt. The
young ladies will remain in Ama~
rillo until the first of the month,
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Witt,
1910 Jackson'street
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26

with half inch
ribbon. An eye
glass IS either
painted on one
side Of the case
or done in out
line stitch with
embroidery silk.
An inexpen-
sive photograph
holder Is con.
structed with
thpna Tananaco
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26

fans Z. graduated sizes held together
with thin wire.
Knitting needle caps are easily made
and, best recommendation perhaps, af.
ford the children a chance OF doing
something their very own selves" for
grandmother, who will find the caps
very useful in the summer when she
takes her knitting on the beach or in
the fields during the summer holidays
Two new corks-the size of those
used for wine bottles-are required
These must be cut down to about an
inch in length anf have the tops round
ed off caplike, c. : them very neatly
and tightly with ri or any soft
material and there Is no
join over the cork. Now
take q nice wide col.
ored silk an inch
shorter IT. ling nee
dies yor and at
tach 1t Make
the OUTSIDE cC,S. ar .....-. ! which
can be any pretty material, joining the
sides, turning in the raw edges at the
bottom and stitching down to the fan
mel. The top is gathered up and finish
ed Off with pretty gold bead, and the
caps are completed, and very useful
they are as protection TO the points OF
the knitting needles.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26
Herald and Telegram.

Fort Worth Weekly Telegram
and Amarillo HERALD one year both
for one dollar.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-12-26
FOR THE OLD FOLKS.

Useful Homemade Presents For
Grandpa and Grandmother.
An eyeglass cleaner is just the gift
for grandpa or grandmother, and even
the small child of the household will
be able without trouble to fashion one.
The case is simply made Of two pieces
of chamois cut in heart shape and bound