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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-03

soils the beets will mature earlier,
but the yield will be less per acre. On
such soils the beets will grow large
but the percentage of sugar is likely
to be low. Sugar beets are not more
exhaustive on the soil than other
crops If the tops are left on the land
and the pulp is brought back from
the factory to be fed on the farm.
Planting is done early in the spring
and the best returns are secured with
a well distributed rainfall during May.
June, July and August with fairly dry
weather In September and October.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-03
Wouldn't Take His Place.

Hearing of the sudden taking off the
stage of life of a leading Thespian
while he was playing in Chicago, a
New York Rialtoan out of job tele-
graphed the manager as follows:
Having heard of the sad and tragic
demise of Mr., -, I'll take his place
for $3.50 week"
AS the message was sent collect 1t
ELECTED the following reply: Thanks.
wouldn't take his place for twice that
amount"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-03
Bordeaux Mixture,

The Bordeaux mixture is the proper
remedy to use for all fungous trou-
bles; viz, mildew and rust of beans;
potato and tomato rot and leaf blight;
melon and cucumber diseases; aspar-
agus rust; celery leaf blight and rust,
etc. The half-strength mixture 1.-TWO
pounds copper sulphate. two pounds
quicklime. 80 gallons water) is strong
enough to use in the vegetable gar
den, except for potatoes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-03
WATER FOR HOGS.
Barrel Device Which viii Make Task
an Easy One.

The device shown in an illustration
consists of sled large enough to hold
a barrel. On this is placed a strong,
water-tight floor with sides about four
inches high Bore a large hole in the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-03
HORTICULTURE
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GRADES OF NURSERY STOCK.
Every Nurseryman Has His Own
Methods of Classification.

There are no established grades of
nursery stock, every nurseryman hav-
ing his own way of grading. Some
put out extra heavy trees which cor
respond to the No. / grade of others
and in this way are able to quote
prices which are seemingly low. AS a
rule, eastern nurserymen make more
grades than do those of the west. All
the grades that some make are one,
two and three years old, says Farm
and Home Most nurserymen grade
according to height, while some use
both height and diameter. The age
grade is misleading because if the
trees make a light growth the first
year they are cut back strongly and,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-03
Calf Like a Kanaaroo.

More like a jack rabbit or kanga-
roo is a calf recently born in western
state. Its front legs are quite little
shorter than its hind ones, and 1t has
no tail at all. Instead of moving and
frisking about like its playmates, the
odd looking creature covers the ground
by leaps.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-03
Raisinq Melons.

Raising melons and squashes is a
sort of lottery, but we have been able
by eternal vigilance to raise enough
for the family by using land plaster.
1t has to be sprinkled on the plants
after every rain and very heavy
dew. A neighbor has been using
moth balls with success. sticking three
an the surface of each hill.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-03
cultlvatino After a Rain.

Don't spoil a mellow field by start
ing the cultiyators at once after a
heavy rain. Give the ground time to
dry off little, If the work is kept
we'll in hand the weeds can be easily
kept in check. without jumping into
the cornfelds when the soil turns up
too wet
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-03
SUGAR BEETS.
The Best Soil for Their Production Is
Heavy Clay Loan.

There is a distinction between the
two sorts of beets. For sugar produo-
tion the best crops are obtained from
rather heavy, well-drained and fertile
clay loan soils. On lighter sander
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-03

When we set up purpose beyond
our own happiness, and follow 1t.
happiness will follow us in its turn.
Wilbur.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-03
A FoUR-HoRsE HITCH.
Simple Arrangement for Hitching
Four Horses Abreast.

Our illustration taken from the
Breeders Gazette. shows a simple way
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-06

gan, Land iv chrysanthymums an
cherry blossoms an gayshee girls.
says he. Japan is a beautiful land,
says Prince Okoko. Nippon, Chat
tn name it goes by at hOme) Nippon. l
salute ye,' says Hogan. May victhry
perch upon ye'er banners, an may we
hammer our old frinds an allies firm
Mookden to Moscow. Banzai,' says he.
An they embraced. That night, in or
dher to help on tn cause, Hogan
bought a blue flower pot firm tn
Princes collection FIR eighteen dollars.
he took it home indher his arm III tn
rain an TIL next mornin' most iv tn
flower pot was on his new oVercoat an
tn rest was meltin all over tn flure.
That was the beginnin' iv tn end
Nv tn frindshlp between tn two great
nations that owe thimsilves so much.
About tn time Hogan got tn flower
pot, tn fire sale ads an tn Rooshyan
outrage news both stopped in tn news
pa-apers. A well-known fi-nanceer
who travelled to Tokeeo with letter
Nv inthraduction to tn Mickydoo fr' m
tn Prisidint beginnin', Dear Mick
got brick put through his hat as he
wint to visit tn foorth assistant to tn
manicure iv tn eighth assistant to tn
plumber iv tn bricklayer iv tn Micky-
doo' which is tn nearest to his Ma
Jesty that foreign eyes ar-re permitted
to look upon. A little later number iv
Americans in private life whit over to
rayceive in person tn thanks iy tn
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interests of the Plain Citizenhood
He positively refuses to back into line
until it is demonstrated to him that a
Nice Fellow worth $50, GOO 600 may be "A
Patriot, just the same as if he were
living at the Poor House. Then he
hearkens to the Voice of Reason.
When he gets back home and looks
ever the PAPERS IN the Tin Box he
makes the pleasing Discovery that in
stead of forty acres. he now owns n
swell nalf-seCtion right on the line OF
the new InteFurban. Also he is inter
-eSted -Nery-heaXily in a Bank organ
lied to help out the Farmers who may
need little Money TO carry them
through the Summer.
He finds time to read upon Existing
conditions in America and as a result
of much Serious Thought, becomes
rather Conservative i'm his Views and
lets ont an occasional yelp on the sub
ject of Taxes.
Some on his active Enemies begin to
wonder out loud how he happened to
do so well in such a hurry. but most
of his Neighbors don't even Peep. 1t
doesn't pay TO get fresh with any one
who owns a whole Half Section. Be
sides. he has printed Copies of all his
Speeches to prove that he always stood
up for his Constits
That is how the Hon Robin Hood of
our own Blessed Period swipes it from
the naughty Rich and plants it where
it will do the most good. And do the
humble CommOners get in On the cut
ting of the Melon? Sure they do. He
gives every one of them good scent
Cigar the day before Election
The original Robin Hood pulled down
only Bare Living and was never more
than three jumps ahead Of an armed.
Posse.
The present-day Article has his pic
ture on the front page of the County
History. owns a Prize Bull. and when
he leans back in the pew on Sunday
morning and lets out the opening line
Of that grand old Hymn about being
whittier than Snow, the Pipe Organ falls
back. smothered and put out of BUSH.
reSS.
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By F. p. Dunno

Impror FIR what they'd done FIR him
talkin' ar-round tn bar at tn Union
League club, were FORCED be tn
warmth iv their rayciption to take ref
uge in tn house iv tn Rooshyan coun-
sci. TIL next month some iv tn sub
jects iv our lifelong frind an ally were
shot while hookin' seals firm our side
Nv tn Passyfic. Next week a prominent
Jap'nese statesman was discovered
payin' a socyal visit to tn Ph'lippeens.
He had with him at tn time two cam
eras. a couple iv line men. surveyin
tools, thousand feet iv tape line an a
bag iv 6innymite bombs. Last month
tn Jap'nese .gevernmint wrote to tn
prisidint:. Most gracious an bewil-
derin' Majesty, Impror iv tn Sun. aus
tere an patient Father iv tn Stars, it
has come to our benign attintion that
in wan iv ye'er populous domains our
little Drattlin childher who ARE over
forty years iv age ar-re not admitted
to tn first reader classes in tn public
schools. Oh, brother beloved, we adore
We. Had We not. butted in with ye'er
hivenly binivolence we wud've shook
Rooshya down f'r much iv her hateful
money. Now we must prove our affec-
ton with acts. 1t is our intintion TO
sind fleet to visit ye'er shores, par
tickly San Francisco. where We un-
dherstand tn school system is well
worth studyin''
AN there We ar-re. Hinnissy. tn
frindship ceminted two years ago with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-06
By George AIDE

he is enabled to arrest in the name OF
the Outraged Law for exceeding the
Speed Limit. The Speed Limit by the
way. is eight miles an Hour, and is vio-
lated by everything except Cows.
The Plutocrat with the Fuzzy Coat
has a Proud Chance when he lines up
in front of the Local Magistrate. The
Magistrate is nice man, who raises
Chickens on the side and has Iceland
Moss growing on mis- Adams Apple.
The Squire hasn't got very much of a
hammeriock on Blackstone, but he
knows one Rule Of Evidence, and that
is: Everybody except a Constable IS 4
natural born PerjUrer.
So he taps the Owner for all that he
will stand without taking an appeal,
and then he ana Constable Hood go
into the back room and split it up, after
which the vigilant Official goes back
to the Thoroughfare and gets behind a
Tree and waits for another chance to
nail some Commercial Baron who looks
as A ne would be able to Cough.
BY thus laboring to protect the Peace
and Dignity of the Commonwealth
every Sunday, Robin Hood pads the
Bank Account until he is enabled to
add an +. to the House and buy a side
bar Buggy with yellow Running Gears.
Encouraged by these early Efforts at
the equalizing of Wealth, he branches
out and begins casting for Summer
Boarders. This is where he makes the
original Robin Hood look like a weak
minded Waif.
He send an AID up to the City Papers
and tells about the Pure Air and the
Good Fishing and the Home Cooking,
making il so strong that he almost be-
lieves it himself.
When the purse-proud denizens OF
the wicked Metropolis. who are work.
ing night and day to rob the Agricul-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-06

Rockefeller and burned Wall Street TO
a Cinder, the returns from the Back
Townships show that Victory has
perched upon his BanEers
In short time he goes down to the
State Capital with an American Flag
in his Hat and a Jimmy in his Tele-
scope.
He begins introducing Bills calculated
TO drive out Of the State every Scoun-
drel who has more than 81, 800 put away
Whenever he gets the Floor, he loosens
his Collar and pulls the Hair down. over
his4-Eyes andAhOllers at the terrified
visitors in the Gallery.
Then the Attorney with the Prince
Albert who belongs to the same Lodge,
comes around to the Hotel 10 see him.
Can he intimidate or bunco Our Hero
Not for a minute. Tie best he can do
is to induce the Member TO go all over
the Ground with him and then accept
five or six Amendments.
The Hon. Robin Hood is a sensible
Statesman, and he discovers that he
cannot trim the Cohorts of Centralized
Wealth unless he gets real close to
them. So he begins sleeping with the
Octopus i'm order To study the habits
of the Monster and know just how TO
deliver the Death Blow.
He investigates the Large Industries
of the State. the amount of Stock is
sued. the time for paying Dividends,
the amount of the Dividends and how
to collect Dividends without having
any Check go through the Bank. All
this comes under the head of Com
mittee Work.
One morning While ne is lying i'm bed
mebtating on the affairs of State he
suddenly puts his hand to his Head
and ShudderS for he realizes that ne
cannot strike a Blow at any large Bust
ness Concern without injuring thou
sands of innocent Employees, He de-
cides that the wise course is to regu-
late Corporations without causing them
any inconvenience.
When 1t comes time to elect a Sena-
tor he is Adamant' in his demand that
the Caucus Nominee shall be a Man
with single-hearted devotion to the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-06

now on deck. He is a bright and en-
terprising Young Man living in one of
the remote Townships He has a ma
tural aversion to Manual Labor and
possesses the rudiments OF an Educa-
ton and is somewhat good looking, and
II is a toss-up whether he turns out 70
be 4 successful Barber or let's his
Mother take in Washing to support
him.
Robin Hood looks about him and he
sees that the World is full of Injustice
He learns that the Rich have more
Money that the Poor, whereas the Poor
should have twice as much is the
Rich and also Annual Passes on all the
Roads
Being lover OF Mankind, he longs tc
take piece Of Lead Pipe and go out
and adjust Matters. He discovers also
that the only cinch rule for becoming
a Popular Character is to attack the
Money Power, SO ne decides 10 make a
single-hanGed effort to separate the
pampered Aristocrats from their Sur
plus.
The Original Robin Hood was a crude
Amateur. He got his Easy Coin by
bucking the Law ana had TO keep un-
der cover about two-thirds of the time.
The modern Robin Hood labors for
the Brotherhood of Man and pulls down
an occasional Piece of Money while
operating in the name of the Law.
He does a little hot-footing among
the Voters and is elected Constable.
Then he gets out on the Main Pike,
with a tWO-dOllar Watch and Hickory
Club, and waits for the Oppressors TIC
come along in their French Cars.
Those having the high-speed DiuCus
thrown wide open zip by rim so fast
that nothing can be seen except some
Goggles and little Blue Smoke.
But those that are not going so fast
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-06
Old Stories Revised

Square. but just the same we do love
to read about the Hero who can put a
piece Of Blue Hardware in his Back
Pocket and go out and get a Good Liv-
ing without working for it.
Robin Hood is still one of the Idols
Of Innocent Childhood, although lately
he has been shown up more or less by
Raffles and Bill Dalton.
TIE best we can say for Robin Hood
is that he got an Income by following
coarse and primitive Methods. If he
could sneak out into the Preserves and
get a Jack Rabbit or Deer and then
reach home without being shot full of
holes by the Kings Foresters he
thought he was doing very tidy Piece
Of Work
He never tackled any real Financing.
except when he met some Lonely Tray
eler on the Road when he would strip
him down to his JaegeTs and send MIN
UP the road with an arrow sticking in
his Shoulder-Blade. just as a Reminder
He had lot to learn. For instance
he was always scrapping with the Sher-
if of Nottingham. instead of declaring
himself with the Sheriff's Machine and
getting all of the Privileges for Sher-
wood Forest.
We have every reason TO believe that
If Robin Hood could land in among us
today he would take advantage of our
advanced and improved Methods and
show himself a real Artist He would
abandon the kindergarten class OF
workout out the crude Petit Larceny
and get in line with the real high-class
Con Men and Short Card Experts Of the
Present Day.
OF all the Anticipated and weather.
beaten Stories, probably there IS none
more thoroughly Ga need of revising
than that of Robin Hood
Let us suppose that Robin Hood is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-06

t. Union iV Usurers with mis- arms
around tn top iv Jap's head while tn
Jap clutched Hogan affectionately
about tn waist an they sung Cave
Save tn Mickydoo.' Dye raymimber
how we hollered with joy whin
Rooyshan Admiral put his foot through
tn bottom iv a man-iv-war an sunk
Il? An how we chcered i'm tn theaytre
10 see tn cute little sojers iv tn
Mickydoo mowin' down tn brutal
Rcoshyans nnoojiks with masheen guns.
An fin1ly whin tn Japs had gone o
thousand miles into Rooshyan terri
tory an were about busted an ayether
had to stop fightin' or not have car
fare home our worthy President, &c
know who / mean, jumped TO IN front
an cried: Boys, sop it. It's gone far
enough TO satisfy tn both iv We An
tn angel ~ peace brcoded over the
earth an crowed Justify.
DAY afther day tn pa-apers come
out an declared. in tn column next to
tn half-page ad iv tn Koppenheiner
bargain sale that tn defeat iv Rooshya
was a judgment iv tn LORD on m
Gar If We saw Jap anywhere We
asked him 10 take a dhrink.
Hogan talked about nawthin' else
They were wondherfH little people
How they had diviloped, Nawthin' in
I'll hi2fory iv tn wurrUld was akel TO
tn way they'd come up. They cud shoot
straighter an oftener thin anay other
nation a jap cud march three nun
dhred miles a day f'r eight days with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-06
MAGAZINE SECTION.

Robin Hood was & local CRATER.
He lived a good many Centuries ago
and knew only the Abe of Crooked
Work. Still he managed to make him
self very Popular.
Robin Hoods idea Of being a Good
Fellow was to take 81 away from the
Rich and slip it to the Poor, although
we have no report from the Auditing
Committee that the Poor always came
IN for their SO per cent.
Robin Hood. like most Of the success
full Hold-up Men Of history, was born
far away from the Wicked Influences
OF the City. 1t is a remarkable fact
that nearly all oe the specta
Strong-Arn operations in the history
OF the English-spealling People wore
put through by rugged self-made men,
who were born out on the Farm and
Brought up on the Catechism.
Robin Hood has been featured in song
and story for nearly one thousand
years Why so? Because he got away
with the Goods.
lie made n great Rep for himself be-
cause he happened to live at a time
when Competition was very slack and
the gentle Art IF shaking down the
well-tO-do was still in its Short clothes.
II Robin Hood were with us today ne
would either have to trim his wick or
60 out. He would be a Laugh.
Here is a Celebrity that we have been
putting into Books and Comic Operas
and Dragging about for many genera
lions, all because he was supposed to
be nervy Footpad, who was smooth
enough TO give the sarcastic Blcat to
The States Attorney and The Grand
Jury.
Theoretically we are all on the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-06

Hogan was in here Just now" said
Mr. Dooley. IAN he tells me he was
talkin' with tn Alderman an they both
agreed we're sure to have war with
tn Japs inside iv two years. They can
sec it comm. Befurs very long thin
little brown hands acrost tn sea will
hand us a crack in tn eye an thin yen
sec throuble"
What's it all about?" asked Mr..
Hennessy.
"Divvlc 4 thing can make out iv 1t. -
said Mr.. Dooley Hogan says we've
got to fight fr tn supremacy iv TIL
Passyfic. Much fishtin' I'd 10 f'r an
ocean. but navin' taken tn Philippians.
which ar-re blamed nuisance, an tn
Sandwich Islands. that're about as val
iyable rs Il toy balloon to a horse
sheer. we've got to grab a lot iv tn
surroundin' dampness to protect tnim.
That's wan reason why We're sure to
have war. Another reason is that III
Japs want 30 sind their little forty-five-
.ear-old childer TO be iddycated in tn
san Francisco public schools. A third
reason why it looks like war TO Ho-
gan an tn Alderman is that they'd
been dhrinkin' together.
"Wud We liver have thought twas
possible that amy wan in this coun-
thry cud even talk " war with thin
delightful cunning little Oryentals:
why, tbs less thin two years since Ho-
gan was comm home firm tn bankit iv
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-06

soordsman whit into combet he made
such faces that his opponent dhropped
his soord, an thin he uttered a blood
curdlin' cry. waved his soord four hum
dred an fifty times over tn head IL tn
victim, or in tn case " a SaInuri, eight
hundred an ninety-six, give whoop
resimblin' our English wurrud tag an
Glove him TO tn feet. AS with us on'y
tn lower classes engaged in business.
TIL old arrystocracy distained 10 thrade
but started banks an got all III money.
TIL poor man had q splendid chance.
He cud devote his life TO paintin' wan
rib iv fan fr which he got two dol
An even in tn wan branch iv art that
Westhren civvylization is supposed to
excel in they had us beat miles. They
were tn gr-reatest liars in tn wurruld
an formerly friends iv tn President
IAN these here things I heerd firm
Hogan an see in tn pa-apers. L in
Wed this wonderful nation. I wisht,
sometimes, tn Lord hadn't given me
two blue an sometimes red eyes an
this alkiline nose, but a nose like an
ear an a couple iv shoe-buttons FIR
eyes, wanted TO be Jap an belong
to tn higher civvylization. Hogan had
Jap frind that used to come in here
with him. Hogan thought. he was a
Prince, but he was a cook an a stu
dent in a theological slminry. They'd
talk by tn hour about tn beauties iv
what Hogan called tn Flowery King
dom. oh, wonderful land says Ho-
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iural Regions of their just Portion of
our National Wealth, fall for his Game
and come out TO enjoy a rolliclxing Va
cation i'm the Country, he orders a
dozen Cots and one gross of Timed
! Goods and begins to charge about the
same as the Holland House.
Does his Conscience ever smite him ?
Answer-Never a Smite.
All the adjoining Yokels admire Mis-
/ ter Hood for being cute enough 10
! hornswoggle the Smarties that go
around wearing Flannel Pants Just to
show -0ff-a-.------
He is what is known in Cisco Town
ship as a Hot Potato, and very popular
because ne is SO dead-set against the
Corporations.
He learns in time that any one who
wishes to be a Friend to the Toilins
Masses cannot afford to waste his own
time in mere toll. He must bound into
the Arena and give the Octopus a kick
OF the Shin.
He lies awake nights asking himself
these Questions: How can / cripple
Organized Wealth? What are the
| chances for wrestling the Unearned In
crement from the insOlent Magnates
and bringing it right back here to the
Soil?"
Finally Great Light breaks in upon
him and the Voice Of Duty calls to
him through a MegaphOne. 1t says
Break into the Legislature, you Lob
ster, for behold the Harvest is whiten-
ing, and if you don't get a wiggle on
yourself the other Reformers viii have
all of the Pies divided before you move
up to the Table"
So he put a card i'm the Home Weekly
TO the effect that his Friends have
urged him to permit the Use of his
| Name, and therefore he is willing to
sacrifice his Private Interests and be a
Servant of the Peepul.
Think of The original Robin Hood
crawling through the underbrush to
PUNK an arrow into Wild Boar. The
modern Specimen loads his Gun with
Slugs and goes after Railway Presi-
dents.
After he has fearlessly denounced