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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-09-12


Capt. Ruth Haggard of the Sal
walton Army, whose parents reside
in this city, was married 10 st.
Louis this week to Capt. George 3.
McGavic, the latter engaged iu
Salvation Army work in Texas.
Miss Elva Hinton of Benton
City won the scholarship offered
for free tuition in the Mexico High
school. A chance was also given
for some Audrain county boy, but
no boy entered the examination.
Our correspondents will please
sign their names to their news let.
ters, not necessarily for puhlica.
tion, but we are responsible tC
some extent for what each of you
write and we want absolute author
ity for everything that goes into
our columns. Always give your
full postofIlce address and mai
route number also. This will ia
miliarize us with your name anG
will make MS better acquainted
with you, too. Come to see III
when in town.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
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An Anti-Tip Hayrack.

ments just as l use for mine, which
Is the fiat bottomed kind, eight feet
wide and 16 feet long. The bed Of
the rack, of course, is made Of 2xS's.
16 feet long with four 2x6's eight
feet long set across to form the sup
port for bottom Of rack. Now 1t Is to
the ends of these cross pieces that the
runners are attached in the following
manner. Take two pieces 2x6 eight
inches long and fasten to the end
cross pieces, letting them extend down.
ward and give them slight outward
slant. For the two between, the pieces
should be about IS inches long and
also slantetd. In the lower edge Of
the 1S-inch piece nearest the back,
bore a hole and run an iron brace
through to the side of the rack-bed,
well up past the center of rack and
fasten there securely. Next take a six
inch fence board, two feet longer than
your rack and fasten to these four
runner braces you have made, letting
1t project little at each end, and
your runner is finished, the other side
of course being the same. Now, when
you have on load of hay and the
sled tips to one side, 1t will simply
slide along on that runner until you
come to a place where 1t will right
itself
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
STORING SEED POTATOES.
How the Tubers May Be Kept In
Splendid Condition.

If potatoes intended for seed are
placed in pits and properly covered,
they wrll come out in the spring with
out sprout; they will also be as
firm as when placed in the pits. This
condition certainly indicates that no
vitality has been lost.
Every sprout that starts on a po-
tato and Is broken off removes just
so much vitality from the seed. l
find that 1t Is necessary to dig the
pit more than six or eight inches deep.
That is just deep enough to get a
good, solid bottom. so that the pota-
toes can be shoveled up easily with
a potato scoop. Fifty to 100 bushels
may be put into one pit safely.
When the pit is full cover with
about eight inches of straw, then put
on eight inches of dirt. The third lay
er should be another layer of straw
and then another layer of dirt. If
the temperature falls below zero for
a length of time, cover the pit with
stable manure. BY following this
method, says a correspondent of Prai.
RE Farmer, ] never have any potatoes
that spoil or have been injured in
any way.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
WHEN AND now.
Time and Methods Of Farm Work De-
termine the Measure of Success.

The work OF the farmer consists
largely in stirring the soil in various
ways, but 1t is necessary to know
when and how to stir that soil to get
the most out Of 1t. When and how to
do things comprise the main bulk of
our work on the farm. The difference
between the poor farmer and the
good farmer is regulated by the differ
eIce Of their opinions as to when and
how to do things.
In the west, where the frosts strike
deep into the plowed ground, that
ground should be plowed in the fall
that most needs the action Of the
frost to break 1t up, says Farmers
Review. There are some soils In
which the work of the frost seems
unimportant, this kind Of soil be-
ing mainly sandy soil. On the clay
soil the land that Is plowed deep in
the fall Is improved in some way by
the cold. Various agricultural stu
dents have had different conceptions
of how this work goes on, but the
principal thing is that 1t goes on.
The when and the how regulate the
profits Of the farm to a very great ex-
tent. Many of our readers will re-
member that about three years ago
the rains in the spring in Illinois came
just before the land would naturally
be plowed for the ordinary field crops.
The necessity for getting the crops
early led many farmers to pillow their
fields while the soil was still too wet
to be friable. The ground was just
in that condition in which 1t broke up
in hard Jumps. During all the season
men were seen in the fields trying to
cultivate those Jumps out of the sur
face soil. In preparing those fields
for small grain the harrows were
sent over them again and again. That
illustrates the necessity for knowing
when to do work
The how to do farm work Is q mat
ter of endless controversy, though in
most things some well-proven rules
are being evolved. One man on land
that does not need to be plowed deep
insists on very deep blowing and dou-
bles the amount of work to be put on
that field. This means doubling the
cost of the labor, which in these days
Of high-priced labor is consideration
of Importance. During the dull days of
fall and winter the farmer has the
best time in which to study out the
when and the how.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07

the old-fashioned pancake caps. These
caps are said by all seamen to be use
less on a windy day. as they cannot
be kept on the head. They give no
shade to the eyes and seem to exist
merely as a relic of the past
The protest over the blouse is con-
sidered justified. In the first place
the seamen object to the wide collar
which blows up around their ears on
windy days. They want shorter neck
erchiefs and coats cut like those of
the marines.
Should the sailors demands be
granted seamen we'll wear coats for
the first time in the history of the
American navy. The proposed
changes would affect the 10000 sea-
men in the navy and would entail
large outlay. 1t is believed that a
change in the trousers will not be
made at once, but that the tars will be
supplied with coats and visor caps.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07

only roof to put over 1t to secure
shelter. About all Of the iron l need
ed was two pins with plates for them
to work on to support the ends of the
central shaft Then the shaft with
bookings was purchased at a supply
house for six dollars. The pulley un.
der the floor of the tread was made
Of hard wood facing with heavy can.
vas which made 1t a good friction
pulley.
The circular platform must be well
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07

RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has sign
/ ed an order creating the Tern Is
lands a Bird reservation. This IL the
eighth reservation for birds created
by the president. 1t embraces all the
mud Jumps" so called, in and near
the mouths Of the Mississippi river.
The mud Jumps" are islets more or
less temporary, and created chiefly by
sedimentary deposits from the river.
They seldom exceed an acre in size
and are elevated from five to eight
feet above high tide. They are occu-
pied during the breeding season by
large numbers of brown pelican and
other terms. Many thousands OF the
verious species breed in these places
every year.
These islands are useless for CON-
mercial or agricultural purposes and
are reserved to protect the birds. The
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07

department come into the ofice OF
his assistant and friend, DR.. Beverly
T. Galloway, chief of the bureau OF
plant industry. who is also deeply In
terested in the plans for the building,
and in the course of their copversa-
ton the pediments were considered.
These are in full view OF DR.. Gallo
ways office.
In glancing at them and In looking
at the photographs that had Just been
taken Secretary Wilson asked:
Doctor, what do these words mean?
'Fructus.' what on earth is that?"
"Why, that's Latin for fruit, and the
others mean cereals, flowers and for
est" replied the scholarly Galloway.
"Well, why in - don't We say so,
then, and cut out this foolish Latin"
was the prompt reply.
Orders were then and there given
that the stonecutters erase the offen-
sive words and substitute up-to-date
United States"
DR.. Galloway closed the incident by
remarking that it was just as well to
change them, as there was no such
Latin word as forests" anyway. and
that, at least, would have to be
changed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
NO FOOLISH LATIN ON
STATUES, SAYS WILSON
VYyASHINGTON.-Plain, everyday
w harvard English, and no high

yAI VIM IL N'SASN~-y
w barnyard English, and no high
falutin' Latin for Tama Jim Wilson.
The secretary of agriculture has given
q rude shock to the sculptors who
heretofore have been wont to embel-
lish architecture and allegorical de-
signs and inscriptions suggesting lin
guisitc association with the old mas
tiers and the classics. He has even
gone so far as to compel the stone
cutters to rechisel the inscriptions on
the new agricultural building, the
wings Of which have been constructed
ahead of the main portion.
The new home for the department
which, when finished will have cost
about 100000, is now nearing COM
pletion, and the secretary is taking
as much interest in its progress as
though 1t were designed for country
home for himself.
On the north shore are four pedi-
ments, in each of which are a male
and a female figure, seated with
shield between them. On these shields
are inscribed the four words "Fruc-
tus," "Cereales," Forestes" and
Flores"
A few days before leaving Wash
ington for the summer the head OF the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
PRESIDENT CREATES NEW
RESERVATION FOR BIRDS

islands are placed under the charge OF
the secretary of agriculture. who ap-
points wardens whose duties embrace
frequent trips to them, putting up
warning notices and otherwise pre-
venting trespassers from molesting
the birds, either out of curiosity or to
collect plumes or eggs.
The recommendation for this re-
serve was Endorsed strongly by the
National Association of Audubon soci-
cites for the protection of birds and
animals, whose expert ornithologist
and field agent Visited the Islands
and filed an exhaustive report on the
bird breeding qualities and feeding
ground of the native fowl along that
section of the coast. The creation OF
reserves Of this character is strongly
encouraged and supported by the
League of American Sportsmen and
similar societies.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
FARM WISDOM.

A debt enriches for moment and
impoverishes for year.
Never explain-your friends do not
require 1t and your enemies will not
believe you anyway.
You can always tell good farm
hand by the way he works when the
farmer has gone to town.
Folks who never do any more than
they get paid for, never get paid for
any more than they do.
There must be more of good than
evil in the world, or the good would
have been overcome ages ago.
Nine times out of ten, the fellow
who Is let in on the ground floor falls
between the Orders and lands in the
cellar.
Let us not exaggerate about our
farming for the sake of making q
spread. If ours is the best farm and
we the best farmer, every one will
know 1t, and II not, all our talk about
It won't make It so.
The summer has been trying both
to the flesh and to the spirit. Try
letting go of things for a week or
so, and you will be surprised to find,
when you return from your vacation
how much the atmosphere has cleared.
It is o good thing to ease up on the
collar little.
Lots Of times, when the weather is
warm, we are apt to get into sweat
over our work. All right to sweat
outside-does a man good; but when
we get to sweating inside, we are apt
to boil over. and that is where the
mischief comes In. Let's keep as cool
as we can-inside. Then we shall
live longer and be happier-Farm
Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
TARS DESIRE CHANGE in
STYLE OF THEIR TOGS

TACK TARS of the United States
y have made such a protest against
the headgear and blouse they wear
ashore and on dress occasions aboard
ship that to meet the clamor Of the
enlisted men the navy department
has appointed committee on changes
in the uniforms.
Capt. Hugo Osterhaus, commander
of the battleship Connecticut, is chair
man Of this committee. He has sent
out statement to the captains of all
war ships in the north Atlantic squad
ron and to the commander of every
ship in the service. asking for sugges-
tions.
The enlisted men are DESTROYS of OBJ
taining coats and visor caps. Many
of them want the wide, flaring trous-
ers, the world-round, immemorial cut
peculiar to sailor men, changed to
the ordinary pattern, but the principal
grievance relates to the blouses and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07

A N official investigation Of the coffin
"A trust must be deferred until the
department of justice can find few
spare moments in which to give 1t at
tention. No inquiry has yet been in
stituted, and none will be undertaken
for several months.
; 1t has become known that practi-
cally every coffin manufactured In the
country Is turned out at factories own
ed and operated by trust almost as
remunerative as the oil trust. 1t is
declared that the men who head the
coffin trust have made millions out Of
the business, and that their dividends
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
Corn for SiIaqe.

The object of putting up corn as ST.
age is to preserve the stalk and blades
in as near their green stage as posi-
BILE. II corn is allowed to become too
ripe and the stalks too dry, the value
of the silage Is much reduced. The
best feed Is obtained II the corn is al
lowed to become just well-dented, and
then cut and put up as quickly as pos
sible.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
HAULING HAY.
A Suggestion You Can Try When
Next Winters Snow Flies.

presume every farmer who has
much hay to haul in the winter has
had plenty of experience In tipping
over with the load when the roads are
poor and the drifts deep, says writer
In The Farmer. At least this was
our experience until we learned Of
the idea of putting side runners on the
hay rack. Have used this on our
farm for some time and found 1t 30
useful that l will try to explain for
the benefit of some who may not have
heard of the device before.
This device may be attached to any
hay rack, but will give measure
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
HOMEMADE TREAD POWER.
Details Of Construction Of One Which
Will Give Satisfactory Service.

A tread power permits the use Of
farm horses, bulls, ETC.. for driving
small machines. The accompanying
sketches show how tread can be
made which will be very satisfactory
in this connection. This is large
enough for full-grown bull or a
heavy horse.
In its construction used heavy
lumber and built 1t in an angle be-
tween two buildings SO that l had
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
GOVERNMENT TO PROBE
ALLEGED COFFIN TRUST

virtually equal those Of the Standard
Oil company.
The prices of collins, 1t is stated by
undertakers, have grown higher and
higher each year. The living are be
ing literally pillaged through their
love for the dead, and funerals have
everywhere become exceedingly cost
ly. 1t Is asserted among undertakes
that the growing popularity Of incir
Grafton Is due, in a large measure, to
the great expense Of a regulation fun
eral. II incineration should become
cheaper the coffin trust would have
dangerous rival.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07

the program, the big bean dinner
hosts of outdoor amusements will b.
offered. The principal address of the
day will be made by G. l.. MCKAY.
professor of dairying in the state A.
ricultural school at Ames.
"Sauerkraut day" will be held later
than usual this year. the date named
being September 26. This is "the
only day Of its kind In the world"
and IL celebrated with the use OF hpD
dreds of quarts Of sauerkraut A.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
HONOR BEANS AND "KRAUT."

Webster City, Ia.-Two very sig
nificant days are on the calendar OF
central Iowa. and the announcement
each year of the dates OF bean day"
and "sauerkraut day" is watched with
interest by thousands of people who
participate in the festivities incident
to these occasions
bean day" comes first this year. In
addition to tho piece Dc resistance on
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
Movipu the PIow.

When you want to move your plow
or cultivator take wrench and turn
tho wheel upside down in such a way
that when you turn the pillow over the
wheel is on the ground. Then turn
the pillow over, take up the handles,
and YOU have converted It into a
wheelbarrow that will push or pull
easily.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
Side View Of Inclined Tread.

that the pull caused by the weight of
the animal is considerable, says Farm
and Home. There is usually little
trouble with the friction as the weight
of the animal comes right over the
pulley wheel. BY means of a wire
rope or cable power can be transmit
tetr 200 or 300 feet.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07
Look Out for Rloat.

Cut the green fodder for the ami
Gals after the dew or rain has dried
of. It sometimes causes bloat II fed
In large quantities when wet. especial
y clever and green oats.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07

We have long had the balanced ra-
ton, and recently a genius invented q
balanced gate. The next thing In or.
der Is balanced income.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-09-07

The TWO general QUALITIES OF stock
feed are fat-producing properties,
known as carbohydrates, and muscle
forming materials, known as the pro.
teln, In providing ration for ones
stock It is well to know the relative
quantities of each in the different
kinds Of feed, and the following table
gives some of the more important
foods together with the digestible pro-
tein supplied by them:
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-04-13
A Royal Joke.

Spain's twenty-year-Old king Is still.
It seems, very much Of the boy. Every
once in awhile he drops unexpectedly
into the unconventional in a way pro-
ductive Of much embarrassment TO his
encourage.
His latest prank was played in the
great cathedral at Leon, TO which, with
his queen, he recently paid an unOfi-
cial visit. He had gone alone into the
organ loft and had begun TO play Il
chant-for Alfonso's education has
made OF him an organist Of ability as
we'll as a linguist-when with no warn
ing whatever he switched OF into a
sharp military march. at the same time
calling out In a loud voice:
Attention! Quick step. Forward"
Priests and suit were for the instant
too surprised to do anything but gasp.
and the next minute there was the
solemn strain of the chant again. with
the laughter Of the king heard beneath
it.-Harper's Weekly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-04-13
The Servant Problem.

A Washington man was telling some
one OF the trials OF his wife, an excel
lent housekeeper. with reference TO the
servant problem. Just about the time
the mistress would get a new girl bro
ken TO the ways OF the household and
she would bid fair TO become a model
servant she would decamp or enter the
service Of a neighbOr.
One Of these. Mrs. B., had incurred
the especial enmity OF the first woman.
for she had lately taken two servants
from Mrs. Brown. One night in the
winter Brown was aroused from his
slumbers by queer sounds in the
kitchen.
Burglars he boarsely whispered in
the ear Of his spouse as he prepared
to tumble out OF bed and proceed
downstairs.
Edward" calmly observed the wife.
I'D give anything TO possess your Op-
timistic nature. Always looking on the
bright side. I'll wager anything it's
that odlous b. woman trying TO get
Mary away from me- New York
Times
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-04-13
BRITIE,
THE HALL OF FAME.

Justice Brewer Of the United States
supreme court Is the best speechmaker
among the nine members OF that dis
dnguished body.
II Is the boast Of United States Sen
ator Blackburn OF Kentucky that he
never In his life wrote a speech, an
article or an editorial.
A feature Of the ninety-eIghth birth
day celebration OF Colonel Luther Hay
mond OF Clcrksburg, W. Va, recently
was the exhibition Of a cake presented
to him Christmas eve, 1929.
Perhaps the youngest express agent
In the country is Everett NJ. Mower.
Jr., Of Augusta, Me. Although only
seven years old, he is fitted out with
the express company hat and reguIa-
ton overaIls.
Although blind, c. Brown Of Cincin-
natl is a travelling salesman, and a
good one too. He carries with him one
big trunk and several cases Of dry
goods and notions. Mrs. Brown trav-
els with him.
Melody Choir. as he called himself.
his real name being Melchoir, died in
Seattle, Wash, recently, n bachelor,
and left $4,000. all Of which Is to be
expended, according TO 145 page will
he left, In the erection OF a mausoleum.
A graduate OF the class of 1874.
which makes him the oldest living
graduate OF Yale and one of the or
ganiZers of the famous Scroll and Key
fraternity, is living in Denver. He IL
Frederick A. Woodson. aged eighty
three.
Captain ]. o. Livingston, who has
held the office OF fence viewer in Mont
pelier, vt, for twenty-five years, was
reelected recently. Captain Living
ston has not had more than a dozen
cases to work on since he has been in
ONCE
Fred Ireland OF Detroit, an Official
stenographer OF the house Of represent
atives In Washington. Is almost the
exact double Of Senator William Alden
Smith. Even In Detroit, where both are
well known, Blr. Smith is often spoken
to for Mr.. Ireland and vice versa
Leon Dunn, a fourteen-year-old BY
ron (le) lad, with the help Of his sew
en-year-old brother, has built a saw
mill. The water wheel, which Is four
feet In diameter. generates one and q
half horsepower. The mill room con-
tains a saw room and a turning lathe.
]. A. L. Waddell. a bridge engineer
Of Kansas City, Mo-, has received from
the Grand Duchess Olga, sister Of En-
peror Nicholas Of Russia, notification
that he has been elected a member Of
the Society OF Benches because OF his
services In connection with preparing
plans for the Transalaska-S Siberian rail-
way. The duchess founded the order.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-04-13
Not . Nautical Sharp.

While Senator Tillman is generally
regarded as the old man Of the senate
by many persons whose ideas Of gov
eminent and business he does not in
dorse, he showed in a little pop-up
speech in the senate few days before
adjournment that he is not acquainted
with the significance Of nautical terms.
In attempting to get more light from
Senator Aldrich on the Rhode Island
er's elastic currency bill Mr.. Tillman
exclaimed:
.If the senator from Rhode Island
will give me the desired light / may
be able to cast anchor TO leeward on
this side Of the chamber"
TTillman." afterward said Senator
FRYE. who is something Of an ancient
mariner. don't you know that II you
should cast anchor TO leeward in
storm you'd play the mischief with
your ship"
The South Carolinian acknowledged
that he did not