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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-13

usual wages for farm help and had
the ordinary expenses Of farm to
deduct from the gross. i believe that
the new system of drainage and at
mospheric irrigation pays.
Finding that my tiles ran water as
ordinary drains when there was need
of the water having an outlet, and
that they took in air in dry, hot
weather, I began to figure on the
proposition of mud and soil. Why not
have five, six, seven, eight or nine
feet of oxidized clay instead of mere
skim-why not make my farm great
sponge to absorb all the water that
might fall on it, and to suck up this
water from great depths by capillary
attraction when it was needed?
Il put in a new drain with the air
vent, at a minimum depth of five feet.
In some places it was nine feet deep.
The result was satisfactory. l took
up all of the old shallow drains and
have put down larger ones at the low
er level. | now have these bitches
with laterals every 60 feet over most
of my farm, and the remainder of the
work will be completed next year
Mr.. Rocker says that his drains do
not begin to flow in the spring until
the shallow ones of his neighbors have
gone dry, and that they then flow
away into the summer, and when they
do stop the air begins to flow into
| the drains, and the irrigation of the
land through the heated dry season
| begins.
Notwithstanding the heavy cost of
such a system of drainage, Mr. Rock
er thinks 1t very profitable, and be-
| lieves that even the most misused
soils in the state can be reclaimed
and made productive. The drainage
and atmospheric irrigation will not Of
themselves do it, but fertilizer, says
Rocker, completes the soil-restoring
! trinity. Rocker feeds all of his crops,
and hauls the manure out into the
field every day-winter and summer.
He boards from 20 to so city horses
! and mules through the winter on his
| farm, not only for the seven dollars
a month a head that he gets for
keeping them, but for the soil en-
! riching manure which he thus gets
to spread on his soil. He also feeds
large number of hogs, and thus
markets a great deal of his corn on the
hoof
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Miss Miller packed her two trunks
with dishes, kettles, bedding and
other household necessities and moved
to the new home in the forest.
Miss Miller's mother was her guest
for the first two or three weeks, during
which they spent much time each
evening barring and boiling the door
and window against possible in.
truder.
Lack of any call from unwelcome
visitors has induced Miss Miller to
leave the window unbarred and open
in fair weather, and the door is closed
only against prowling dogs. At one
TING she spent nine months alone in
the little log cabin without a thought
of fear.
Miss Miller says the easy familiarity
OF the mountaineers is bracing and en-
couraging when the bluntness wears
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Unusual Vacations Taken
Up by TtUo Young Ladies
One. Longing for Open-Air Life. Is Cultivating
Farm in the Wilds of Ozark Mountains
Teacher. Unable to Get School.
Takes Up Blacksmithing.

Off and one becomes accustomed to be-
ing addressed as "Howdy, Amy?"
The first name is always used and
'howdy" is always the salutation. In
Productions are entirely unnecessary,
and II one lives in the same county the
privilege OF acquaintance Is demanded.
Miss Miller's bill of expense for the
undertaking shows $14 for filing pa
pers at the land office preparatory to
taking possession of the 160 acres, $2b
for the log cabin and $1,000 for the
fence that surrounds II. Her living
expenses for one year were $3.50 per
week.
She says she has no rent to pay, no
car fare and no gas bills, There are
no Office hours. and she Is her own
boss.
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Little Rock, Ark.--Out of St Louis
to the virgin wilds of the Ozarks has
come Miss Amy Rosemary Miller, a
city-bred stenographer, who has be
come a homesteader on her S0acre
square tract. Singlehanded she en-
tered into the project, and II de-
termination, health, strength and grit
count for anything she is going to
transform the wilderness into q cult.
waited region.
Time was when business men in the
Century building, st. Louis, sought
her as the most reliable and accurate
means of transcribing their letters.
But the cramped and conventional life
of the city palled upon her.
Unaccompanied by relatives or
friends of the male sex, Miss Miller
started for the Ozarks, erected a mod
est home of rough hewn logs, and Is
now living there alone and unmolested.
Before selecting the government
land which was afterward allotted to
her, Miss Miller took counsel from old
er heads and selected well-watered
tract, heavily timbered and near pub.
lie road In order to obtain the rural
delivery service.
Clearwater" as Miss Miller has
named her farm, in is the shape OF a
square, 80 acres long by 80 acres In
width. This is the most economical
shape, requiring the least amount of
fencing material. Steers creek, a
branch of the Big Buffalo, runs through
Clearwater" from south to north,
making a huge fork near the center,
cutting the farm into three parts.
The creek roars down over several
waterfalls in it's winding course, dis
appearing here and there in the dense
ly wooded part of the farm and emery
ing to traverse an open space with Its
banks lined with maidenferns and VIC
let's.
There Is a five-acre tract as level as
table between the prongs of the forl
in the stream. This level space has
been cleared and planted with 81
choice apple trees and large. mum
Der of grapevines. On other cleared
parts of the farm Miss Miller hat
planted strawberries, raspberries, Con
cord grapes, peach, plum and cherr.
trees.
The hillsides of the Ozark countr.
are remarkably well adapted to tn
growth of the Arkansas black apple
and is the home of the famous Elbert
peach. The conditions for vine
yard are ideal. With the extent @
slope of mountain side facing tn
south and protected from the bitin
winds of the north by the huge hills
vines of every variety thrive and bea
abundant fruit.
Out of her big tract Miss Miller 81
lected 100 acres on hillside and cor
tracted to have erected there 10
house, 16x16 feet, having one window
When the house was completed in Sci
TENDER, bidding farewell to st. Loui.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-13
EDER WHITE MANS RULE.

There were few who could make the
natives work as he could and there
were fewer still who got their huge
logs out on time for the hungry saw.
mills. So everything went well. and
"Orr's kingdom" increased in size and
power until at last it reached along
the shores of Ragay bay from Octoc
Point on the north to Jamaraun on
the south. There are sc miles of dense.
ly forested green hillsides that fall
away into the blue sea, and the king.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-13

Winsted, Gonna Stepney farmer
missed one of his thoroughbred leg
horn chicks nearly every day till ten
had mysteriously vanished. Because
of his abdominal proportions a large
bullfrog which made its homo in the
potato patch was suspected, as the
chicks disappeared whenever they
wandered among the vines. The frog
was killed, and post-mortem exam
ination disclosed the remains OF q
chick.
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IAN WHO is LORD OF
IT, PHILIPPINE KINGDOM.
and Helpful Relations sus
II. with the Natives, and
sv,rybody is Prosperous
and Happy.

,,e frequent reports we read
.sners Of trouble with the Pula-
+ Is refreshing to read of more
! n life in the distant Philip
fourteen years ago John Orr
% the islands, and since that
4 has come to be autocrat Of a
Es,redom. as one might say, of
Ln,re miles in extent, and num-
4 among its subjects 500 fam
/ This little isolated kingdom has
hnsily on It's way, untouched by
| cholera. famine, politics and
lopst. the pests that have
N around it's borders, and all
/ have been incidents not in the
! If an empire-maker, but the
|sy life of a matter-of-fact bust
han.
In Orr went to the Philippines
4. a young mechanic fresh from
4 service of apprenticeship in
[,chine shops Of Glasgow. Like
|ot the Scotchmen from Alden to
hama, he was a marine engineer.
RiOped as second engineer on a
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-13
RICH FOR CENTURIES MAY
NOW BE TERMINATED.
PoIe.Carew, Who Has Been
Piled 1.-THE Modern Venus de
Milo" Finds Dangerous Rival
In Australian Girl.

La Milo" to be found in Miss
~ Montague, an Australian girl,
has Just come into the limelight
publicity, owing to her almost ex-
reprod uction in living flesh of
dimensions of the famous Greek
pc? So far as her features are
Ferned, Lady Pole-Carew, who has
called by her admirers 1.-The
sm Venus de Milo" has nothing
lear In the contest for supremacy
Miss Montague. Not only does
lady of title more nearly realize
twentieth century ideal of beau
out she also comes closer to the
Faess of the marble statue. She is
L beautiful than the Venus; say
millions of admirers, which is not
much to the statues discredit.
r 1t is considered that Lady Pole
EV has the advantage of life, color
eApression over the pale marble
Enlty.
y in the matter of figure. Miss
t'asue seems to win. Her profess
OF poser has made 1t possible
ne world at large to perceive
much she is like the statue. Lady
ECarew is, on the other hand, dis
fW a modern woman, with the
lohable waist instead of the am
proportions of the Milesian Venus.
~ Miss Montague boasts waist
venus, and other measurements
lOporuon. This is due to the fact
sue is what has come to be
Nature Girl" living an out
NE adjuring corsets or any gar
mat might retard the amplify-
VI her waist line. and, generally,
IN for athletics, among which
HVors rolling a hoop.
nng the past few weeks London
Oeen wOrshiping at this young
SAas shrine. thus showing that
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waited water shed between Fall creek
and White river In fact, the rainfall
parts on his farm and flows to the
different outlets. The section Is so
elevated that though 1t is ten miles
from the heart of Indianapolis, one
can see the tall buildings and the
state house dome. TIL land, possibly
at one time just after the forests had
been cut off of the elevated section,
might have been very productive, but
1t has washed in recent decades and
left only a thin clay soil over a clay
shale. Long ago most of the fertility
was carried into the lower lands by
the processes of nature or was lost by
improper farming, and to-day great
deal of the country around the Rocker
farm has been left to underbrush.
In talking with representative of
the Indianapolis News, Mr.. Rocker
said:
when l bought the farm there
were a few tile drains under it-ordi-
nary three and four-inch tiles laid IS
inches to two feet under the surface.
A half-inch of water set most every
thing swimming, kept the bitches rum
ming full, and contributed to the lakes
which had formed on the tableland be-
cause there was no outlet from them,
II began to run some more tile
bitches, and in doing so it occurred to
me that perhaps the bitches were
like bottles in some respects. You
fill bottle with water and turn 1t up
side down. What is the result? Does
the water run out? No--only as air
seeps in. AS the air gets into the bot
tie and the bubbles come to the top,
the water gurgles out. IL one would
wish the water to run out freely he
mould make hole in the bottle to
admit the air.
"Just so, / reasoned, with the tile
| drains They were to an extent air
| tight and ran back from the outlet to
| a dead wall. 1t occurred to me that
the other end of the tile should be
brought to the surface and left open
SO the air could get into the drains.
/ did this, and put some blocks of
! wood over the tiles, which / brought
up we'll above the surface of the
ground. The pine blocks were laid, so
! as not to shut out the air.
II left them there for some time,
and one day as / was passing one OF
them / went over and lifted 1t up.
1t was very dry weather and very hot
was amazed to find that the block OF
wood was as wet as though it had
been soaked in a creek. l thought
some local condition might be respon
sible for it, so ] Went TO the other
! tiles and examined the blocks over
them. All were the same-soaked.
threw the blocks away and began tc
study. | went to the outlet and found
that current of air was flowing int
the tile as Enthusiastically and stead
lily as the water flowed out of then
following wet weather.
4 began to experiment, and have
brought forth what and the agricult
ural department call atmospheric ir
rigation the soil by air
have taken up all the old tile drains
and have laid larger ones, running
from four to twelve inches-and have
placed them at a depth Of not lesl
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-13
Girl Eiopes In Bare Feet.

Trinidad, Col.-Pretty Ruberta Lun-
zerta. aged IA years, and John F.
Gonzlez. aged 80 years. were arrested
at a lumber camp located In the
Snowy range. after clipping from the
girls home at Segundo. AS the result
of her feet being cut and bruised by
rocks, and the walk of - miles in
making the escape from her home. the
girl is confined to her bed by the Inc
iuries.
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Reasonable.

81 don't believe" complained Mrs.
Skinner, that you love me as much
as you used to-"
"Oh, yes, do" asserted Mr.. Skin
ner. And I'll prove it to you If you
aren't going to ask for more than
$50."---Cleveland Leader.
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Defined.

Knicker-What is the political stu
alton?
Bocker-You need a rubber wagon
to see which is the band wagon.-N.
Y. Sun.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-13

The "Docile" Bull.-Beware Of the
"docile bull" Don't believe in him.
Never trust him, Don't be caught off
your guard, Lead him with ring
and a staff. not with chain or rope
attached to the ring. Every week or
so we read of some farmer or helper
who has been injured or killed by a
careless disregard of this last precau-
ton
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-13
He Married II.

%s-That man at the bar cele-
~ Ills golden wedding last week.
Ssr-His golden wedding! Why.
y s'esht look to be more than 80
81. He isn't; but he married an
-Chicago Daily News.
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Enough for Him.

Athletic Enthusiast-Do you think
you get exercise enough?
Stoutly-You bet / do! II keeps
me scrambling to get living!-De-
troit Free Press.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-13

Marking MIX cans.-Good plan to
have your initials cut into your milk
cans. Paint rubs off. tags get pulled
of; but letters stamped in the tin
stay there.
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School Teacher Makes
Living as Blacksmith.

Lincoln. Neb.-Unable to secure an
appointment as teacher IN tho rural
school districts of Kansas where she
resided, Mrs. Phno p. Wilcox has
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htsr bound from Hong-Kong. He
to the Philippines to set up q
dT, Thinking we'll of the coun-
be accepted a place as superin-
Ent Of a large timber cutting on
outhern peninsula Of Luzon.
/ SIX years John Orr held forth
Futhern Tayoabas province, then
koyed still further south to a new
|ng, with headquarters at Bina-
in Ambos Camarines province.
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Give Colt Time to Grow.--Don't be
in hurry to have Your colt reach the
size of horse. Steady growth 10
best.
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Fond Recollection.

II %Aef-Doesn't memory take you
so NV the dear old farm?
n Sr-lt has to; the fare Is $45.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-22
? -
RANDOLPH.


The annual meeting Of the Randolph
telephone exchange Was held Friday al
the exchange Office. Every department
was found to be in excellent condition,
The officers reports were accepted and
adopted and the following officers were
elected for the year ensuing President
DR. George d. Scott; secretary and treas.
urcr, II. w. Mcintyre; director, Hazeu
J. Sanford; auditor, o. ]. Marcott. The
exchange has been in operation three
years and from the efficient service rem.
dered Is considered the best local tele.
phone line in the state.
As Charles White and his son. Pearl
were at work on the roof Of building
at the Ellis granite quarry IN Bethel
Friday a staging gave way, letting faith
err and son to the ground. As feet be-
low. Young White received a blow from
the fall that splintered the bone below
his left elbow, while the father escaped
with a few scratches.
Mrs. James Howe has purchased OF
the Rev. and Mrs. G. o. Howe their
residence on Prospect avenue. Mrs. Howe
win take possession Immediately and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hatch will move
their household goods from the farm ia
the newly purchased house in few
days
b. +. Kicker SHIPPED carload Of hogs
from this station Saturday. Mr.. Rick
er purchased from one farmer 25 hogs
that weighed $500 pounds, for which
he paid the sum Of 1855. The largest
hog in the bunch weighed $50 pounds
and the lot was the finest bunch OF
hogs raised by one farmer ever brought
into this station.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-22
CHELSEA.


Mrs. Charles T. West and Fred tits
Of STAFFORD were il town Thursday To
be present ait the hearing. Of Charles
West before Judge VIM. II. Nichols
Miss Amy Wilson Of Bethel was IN
town Thursday in company with her
brother, State's Attorney N. A. Wilson
Of Randolph
Leon ordway has taken board for the
winter at Fay 9. Aliens on Jail street.
Deputy Sheriff b. III. Adams, Jr., was
IN Williamstown Wednesday to meet
Deputy Sheriff H. II Baldwin Of Wells
River, who had in custody to commit
TO jail for twenty days for the first of
Tense of intoxication doe Sullivan Of
Boston, and again on Friday Deputy
Adams met Deputy Baldwin at vii.
Jamestown with two more twenty day
men for intoxication, viz, John Ross
Of Woodstock, n. IL, and Ed. Gallagher
Of Fairlee.
Sheriff w II. Sprague took Charles u.
West cf Tunbridge, who las been IN
Chelsea jail since early in December and
who was adjudged insane, 10 Water.
bury and committed him to the state
hospital for the insane at that place on
Friday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-22
TALK OF THE TOWN.

New white goods at Fits.
| Eldredge sewing machines at Fits
Fur-lined and driving coats at Fits
Bargains in nice furs at Perrys. Low
prices.
Monday, at 10 o'clock, white sale at
/ Faughan's
Peerless sale OF muslin underwear
at yaughan's.
Outing night robes and paiamas at
McWhorter's.
Mems stiff bosom shirts at Mcwhor-
ter's, soc to $1.5O.
f! Don't fail to read the advertisement
Of the Peoples Shoe Store. a-
Mrs. Charles Barrows went to Bur.
/ lingtol yesterday to visit her mother
who is seriously i'll.
The cx-members Of Co. f, " N. O..
reached a inal settlement with Capt
F. J. Rogers Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred II. Rogers drove 10
Walden yesterday to visit az the home
Of bis parents. They will return to.
night.
There viii be a meeting, Of the clerks
union Wednesday evening All clerks
bear in mind that February dues are
payable at this meeting.
Valentines. you win Just step in
you will find table laden with the best
assortment Of valentines we have ever
shown. G. n. Kenyon & Co.'s Bargain
store.
John Stevenson, who has been Visiting
at the home Of Mrs. Mary s. Mcintosh
returned today to his home in Maynard
Mass. Mrs. Stevenson will remain for
few days longer.
The Y. NJ. G. basket ball team will
play Norwich university at Northaeld
tomorrow night and viii also play Co
7 At Mortified on Thursday night. The
team win practice this evening in the
gymnasium for the coming games.
Now is the time to order for spring
PAAAAhhHf = pVobaA h4NAbHNNQ ~ AttA
Mathieson City, will b. promptly an.
/ swored. lie represents first class firm
carrying complete stock of nursery
goods. Fayorite, hardy Carolina poplars
rs cents 5 Wendell Place, Elm street
extension.
Closing out sale. The balance Of
trimmed hats regardless Of cost: One
lot untrimmed felt hats 1914 cents; ]
lot untrimmed felt hats, from rs cent?
to rs cents, were from sl.00 to $3.50;
lot Of beaver hats, from so cents ia
$3.50. Braids, wings, fancy feathers
and everything in the millinery line Il
close out. MIS-. J. M. Fond, So North
Main street
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-22
TALES OF CITIES.

In four flve-story tenement houses on
West Nineteenth street, New York city,
there are 70 families and 37l children,
Melon day is novel fall festival pc
culiar 70 Rocky Ford, Colo People
from all over the state gather once each
year and devour several thousand mel
Ons, after which they enjoy a pro.
gramme Of athletic events.
Just why the jute industry Of Great
Britain should have centered in Dun
dee, Scotland, is not apparent. but such
is the fact II began there ia a small
way in 1870 and now 10000 hands are
employed in the Jute mills in and
around Dundee. ii.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-22
LAST YEAR AND THIS.

Lots Of people are poor today be-
cause they didn't know what was go
fng to happen in 1905. Lots more win
become poor because they think they
know what viii happen In 1906. New
York Mail.
The year 1905, thinks a religious
weekly, may go down in history as the
year Of the awakened conscience. 1t is
to be hoped that 1906 will not go down
as the year OF conscience gone to sleep
again. Springfield Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-22
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES.
MONDAY. JANUARY u. 1908.
weather prediction.

Rain or snow in north portion tonight
and Tuesday; colder in Vermont and
Massachusetts and warmer in southern
New Hampshire tonight. Tuesday cold
er and much colder Tuesday night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-22

she--T. am SO fond OF trees The oak
Is my favorite, 1t Is, so strong, SO nobel
which do + youI like ! the best? He
promptlyl--Yew- Judge. ss~- .
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-22
GRANrTEvILLE.

The Ladies Aid society of the Presby.
terrain church will meet with Mrs. George
Suitor next Wednesday afternoon at
two O'Clock.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-01-05

held and reduced the volume Of
water going through this chan
mel, that It is now quite small
But the plan TO continue the dixie
and make big dam clear across
appears 70 have been abandoned.
The pile driver is putting in q
series of bull dog piers, slanting
across the channel from the is
land to this side. The plan is
to steer the ice which comes
through the side channel up
against the west shore, which is
PERCEPTIONS. 1t is claimed that
by thus slanting it to the shore,
4 wedge of ice will be formed
with the shore as an apex which
will take the str ain off the bridge
and butt it up against Lyman
county. IL it holds, only smaii
ice will work through TO tht
railroad trestle. Lyman County
Settler.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-01-05

Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. Il
Special: From all parts of South
Dakota com urgent calls for
cars in which to ship TO market
the bumper crops raised in the
state this year.
The various railroads with
lines entering the state are sim
ply Samped with calls for cars
which are pouring in In ever IN
creasing numbers. The rail
roads are making strenuous eff.
forts TO keep the crop moving,
but so vast is the quantity OF
grain awaiting shipment that the
railroads are utterly unable t.
supply cars fast enough TO meet
the demand, owing TO their roll.
ing stock not being ample &c