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The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

holds good through the whole list OF
culinary utensils. A single cook will
prepare a meal for 20 hungry sailors
in one of these little box kitchens
when the same man would want three
or four helpers If he had to do the
came work in room 20 feet square.
Compare one of those large old
fashioned kitchens with the little
kitchen affair in this house plan of
nine feet six by eleven feet six that
may be reached quickly from any part
of the house, and that communicates
through the pantry with the dining
room in the most up-to-date fashion.
Another advantage in this style Of
house is the small amount of room ta-
ken up in Railways, especially the up
per hall. You land in the middle of
the house with doors almost within
reach that open into the different
upper rooms. This hall is well lighted
from the large window at the turn in
the stair and it is always warm from
the register or radiator in the hall
below.
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back up the water so you have to get
up in the night and set pans and pals
around at different places to catch the
drips. This happens with compare
lively new roofs that are improperly
constructed. There are a good many
roofs in the north snowy states where
considerable shoveling is necessary
after heavy snow storms. The roof
must not be too plain and it must
not be too fancy. There is more In
the general design than in the fancy
features. ", I"
Next to the general plan and de-
sign the conyeniences for doing the
house work are very important A
person builds a house once and lives
in it for years usually. If the range
kitchen sink, pantry. outside doors.
cellar way and other working conyen-
fences that a woman uses every day
are so placed that she takes a few
extra steps each time, the amount OF
unnecessary labor entailed, when null
tiplied by every day in the year.
amounts to great deal in the aggre-
gate. Everyone likes to see a house
look well from the front, but really
the most important thing Is the culi-
nary department and the accessories
thereto.
In this plan these important fea-
lures have received a great deal OF
careful consideration They are
homely subjects but We have formed
national habit of eating about three
times day and that foots up to more
than thousand meals during the
year. Women usually are not adopts
at figures, but these facts will appeal
to every woman who has managed
house as large as this with a family
numerous enough to fill it.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

Mr. William A Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor. Author and Manufac-
turer, he is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford. No.
1874 Fifth Ave-, Chicago. Ill. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
A house 36x40 feet is just about the
right size when you want four bed
rooms with good-sized living rooms
down stairs. 1t makes a great diff
ference in the cost of the building
whether you have large rooms or
small rooms. . ts--
Many times architects are asked to
design an eight-room house with no
sizes stipulated but it is intimated
that large rooms are wanted. When
the plan is finished and the cost COM
puted there is an objection at once
on the score of expense and the ar
chitect Is asked to reduce the size
to come within the owners means.
This is difficult task. In the
first place the owner has got his ideas
up to rather pretentious house and
he has decided that he wants four
bedrooms, which, with bath room, hall
and stairway means that he must
either have house about the size of
this one or he must cut down the
size of the rooms considerably. The
decision usually is to make the rooms
smaller, but this often alters the ap-
pearance of the house until the gen.
eral effect is Disappointing
II person can stand the expense
this eight-room house plan is a good
one; the proportions are right and the
floor space is utilized to the very
best advantage for convenience, sani-
tation and general utility, when con-
sidered as a home for a good-sized
family.
A great deal of time has been de-
voted to the stairway to make it one
of the most complete house stairways
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Central Figure.-Pustuie of Leaf-Spot
Fungus. Bottom Figure.-cross Sec
tion of PustuIe, Showing Spore
Sacks. Top Fisure.-spore Sacks,
Greatly Enlarged.
1t is best to cut the, alfalfa, whether
it is ready or not, and allow the hay
to remain on the ground long enough
to become thoroughly dry, after which
it should be burned over. OF course,
by this means one crop is lost, but 1t
will repay the loss in the increase Of
subseqreat crops on account of the
more effectual destruction of the fun
gus spores.
Rust causes round or elongated pus-
tules on the under side of the leaves.
The epidermis is ruptured, disclosing
mass of reddish-brown spores. The
rust pustule may be easily distin-
guished from the leaf-spot by the fact
that in the former the. epidermis is
plainly ruptured,. whereas in the leaf
spot this is not evident except in
cross-section and by use of the COM
pound miscoscope. While rather COM
mon, this rust does not seem to have
caused serious loss in the alfalfa-fields
of this country. Methods of treat:
ment Or control have not therefore
been investigated.
Downy mildew is at first made no.
ticeable by the large, irregular yel-
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DOGS DIGNITY PUT TO FLIGHT.
Boston Terrier the Butt of Justly Irats
Mocking Birds.

Dogs often catch the young mock.
Ing birds while learning to use their
wings, so come in for just amount of
enmity from the adult birds. / well
remember the sufferings of a Boston
terrier, Bobs, from such attacks. They
semed to know that the stub of his
docked tail was the most sensitive
point they could assail. He was a
dog of much dignity of bearing, and
it was amusing to see the mocker dart
upon him from an adjacent bush,
tweak the hairs upon that stub tail,
then flash away. Bobs would give a
yelp of pain, whirl around, look fool
ish, and start of again with an In
jured air, only to receive another At
tack from the rear, until he took to
ignominious fight.
He would often try reprisal, lying
on the gallery, apparently asleep. but
with one eye on the scolding mocker,
who, after time, would drop from his
perch to the lawn in search of lus-
cious worm or ventures0me grasshop-
per, whereupon Bobs would make .
valiant rush, and chase the mocker,
who apparently enjoyed the game, fly.
ing low and just fast enough to keep
out Of his reach until his favorite bush
was near. There perching, he would
begin his scolding "Chert. ebert"
until Bob's back was turned. Then
the chase was reversed. and Bcbs was
glad to seek the house Forest and
Stream.
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Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
CosT on all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building for the readers of this
paper. On account OF his wide expe-
rience as Editor, Author and Manufac-
turer, he is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford. No.
1S4 Fifth Ave, Chicago. ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
In the middle west, where the win
ters are cold and longer than we like
to have them, this style of house is be-
coming very popular, partly because
it is so easily heated and partly be-
cause it presents a good appearance
as compared with the cost. 1t is 25
feet by IS feet on the ground, and is
full two stories in height, size and
shape that lays out and works up well
into rooms, Railways. closets, etc., and
this means good deal when you
come to live in it year after year.
We all know Of houses that are not
rightly proportioned. They have some
rooms that are small when they ought
to be much larger to properly accom-
modate the furniture necessary for q
good appearance and for the convent
ence of the family as well as for the
accommodation of friends, for we can
not live alone. We often find this
very trouble in the living room or din
ing room and in these cases the mis-
take is nothing short of a nuisance
that will prove annoying as long az
the house stands.
Other rooms may be small without
interfering with our good nature, in
fact, some of them ought to be small.
We have learned, for instance, that
large Kitchen really is not desirable.
4payaa small culinary shop is eco
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ments success has by no means been
uniform. 1t is the opinion of the writ
er that this disease should receive the
most serious attention of both the
farmers and experiment station work
ers throughout the alfalfa-growing
states, in order that, if possible, some
practicable means may be found of
eradica'ing or controlling it before it
becomes so widespread as to serious
ly threaten the profits now derived
from alfalfa growing.
Leaf spot was first described by Lii
bert, in France, in 1882, but 1t Is now
found in practically every part of the
world where alfalfa is grown. In 1891
Prof. Pamnel estimated the loss from
the disease in Iowa to be as high as
so pr cent OF the total yield.
When the plants are about one-half
grown 1t appears as yellowish-brown
spots on the upper surface of the
leaves. The affected area soon works
through and appears On the under side
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DISEASES OF ALFALFA
AND THEIR TREATMENT
Study Of This Important Forage Plant
BY G. F. Freeman, Assistant Botanist, Kansas.


Red root-rot, although not so at
present, is likely to become the most
destructive disease Of alfalfa. 1t has
long been known in Europe, where the
death of half the crop within one or
two seasons has been recorded. 1t is
now rapidly spreading in the alfalfa
fields in Kansas and will in the near
future most probably demand the most
serious attention of both the farmer
and the experiment station authori-
ties
The disease begins in different parts
Of the field where at first a single
plant may die. From this center OF
infection the fungus grows in all di.
rections through the soil, killing the
plants as it proceeds. Thus circle
of steadily increasing radius is formed
at the edge of which plants in all
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stages of the disease may be found.
The first external sign of the disease
is yellowing of the plant, which soon
after withers and dies. On pulling up
dead or dying plant the roots will be
found to be covered with violet or
brownish-red mat of fungus strands or
hyphae. The infected area spreads
from three to twenty feet In all direc-
tions in a season. The dying is most
rapid during the hot months of sum-
mer The fungus threads grow into
the bark of the roots as far as the
cambium layer, which they kill. The
plant is thus girdled and will there
fore soon die. This fungus forms dark
knot-like tubers, which are said by
Prunet to live in the ground two or
three years. He therefore recon-
mends that badly diseased fields should
not be cropped to clover or alfalfa for
several years.
A thoroughly practical means of con-
trolling this disease is not known.
Digging a trench around the spots
from one and half to two feet deep
and working into the soil heavy appli-
cations of lime or sulphur have been
recommended as being beneficial in
some instances, but with these treat
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nomical of labor, as it saves steps, a
fact that becomes doubly important
when the wife and mother is the only
one to perform the many kitchen du-
ties necessary to the feeding of a
growing family.
Our grandmothers Travelled many
weary miles in going back and forth
across large kitchens that were roomy
and cool in summer, and roomy and
cold in winter. They had few helps in
the way of pantries, cupboards, shelv-
ing, kitchen cabinets and other mod
ern conveniences such as are con-
sidered necessaries now, but there was
a big wood-burning cooking stove and
a generous wood-box which the small
boy of the family was supposed to
keep well filled by working nights and
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low or white areas on the upper side
of the leaf Upon examining the low
er surface of such a leaf it will be
found to be covered by a downy gray
felt. This felt consists of thousands
Of tiny branching gray threads or
stalks which protrude through the
stomata or breathing pores from the
interior of the leaf and which bear the
spores of the fungus in grape-like clus-
ters. These spores are carried by the
wind to other leaves of alfalfa or
clover, on which they germinate and
produce an internal mycelium. The
fungus is carried over winter by
means of resting spores, which are
formed inside of the old leaves in the
late summer and autumn. In the early
spring, when the new growth is espe-
cially tender, warm damp weather may
so favor this disease that it may cause
considerable damage. In fact, this has
been the case in one field of alfalfa on
Hunters island, near Manhattan, Kan,
during the month of May, 1907, but in
a normal season and after the first
cutting there will probably be but lit
tie to fear from It.
Anthracnose has caused consider
able injury in the clover and alfalfa
fields Of Tennessee. 1t appears to at
tack the petioles of the leaves during
hot summer weather. Many flower
heads are killed by the fungus attack
ing the stems just below the clusters.
During the period of seed-ripening
whole plants may be killed by the
disease attacking the stems just at or
slightly below the surface Of The
ground
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

There are many house plans in which
the stairway is made to occupy a
great deal more room than it should,
while interfering with some of the
more important rooms, but. this stair
is fitted into recess in such a way
as to take very little room, from
the house proper, but it looks well, is
convenient Of access from all parts Of
the house and the run is so easy that
1t will not tire woman to death US
ing 1t.
In building house the plan 10 one
Of the first considerations. and it ID
not one to be lightly considered nor
quickly chosen. / often recommend
intending builders to get a book Of
house plans and study it thoroughly
before deciding on any plan or design.
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mornings, between schools hours and
bed time.
Those old-fashioned kitchens had to
be scrubbed once a week and swept
every day, cleaning task of no small
proportions. There was a big, fat,
heavy table in one corner without a
knife-drawer and the pantries were
generally partitioned off in the most
awkward places possible; sometimes
in opposite corners, which required
travelling back and forth a great many
times in fetch and carry process.
People seemed to live to fetch and
carry in those days. They carried
burdens of considerable weight into
those big old-fashioned kitchens and
some of the packages were stored
<tAre for future use. There was q
bsrrel of apples, bags Of potatoes and
4 flour bin. all Of which had to be
noyed at cleaning time. The wood
box had to be hauled away from the
All so the floor could be cleaned under
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

Guam, which is one of the most un-
inviting of our possessions, will be
equipped with an experimental station
through the means of which its re-
sources will be investigated and en-
couraged. DR.. w. H. Evans Of the
Office of experiment stations. has Wis
tied the island and selected a site for
the station at Agana. The station will
be conducted under the immediate su-
pervision of the Office, with H. L.
v. Costenoble as an agent in charge.
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spores are ripe they are set free and
blown by the wind or knocked by dash
ing rains to the leaves of other plants
which they soon infect.
The most practical treatment for
this disease is frequent cutting. All
Of the hay should be removed from
the field as early as possible In order
that few shattered leaves may be left
on the ground. By this means most
of the spores are removed from the
field, leaving the new shoots compare
lively free from infection. Whenever
this leaf-spot becomes very damaging
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small that he can stand by the stove
and reach everything necessary to use,
but he has place for everything, and
If he is a good workman everything is
in it's proper place so he can reach a
fish plank, a beefsteak broiler or a
bacon skillet instantly and the same
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

and the Dashboard behind It, This
manner Of living necessitated q large
kitchen. but we have learned few
things by experience and one of these
bits of knowledge has led us into
building smaller kitchens.
A visit to the cooks cabin of lake
vessel will give good idea of the
value of close quarters when getting
a meal ready for hungry crowd. The
cook at such times is busy person.
age. His little box Of kitchen Is so
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

I find that 1t is necessary for people
who are not accustomed to reading
architectural drawing to study the
subject in this way in order to get
clear idea of what the plans, eleva-
tons and specifications really mean.
The study of book Of house. plans
will often result in a person building
entirely different from their first
ideas. =
There are SO many different styles
of roofs, for instance, and the roof
has good deal to do with the value
of the house. If you like the roof you
are almost sure to like the house.
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of the leaf also. Badly affected leaves
will turn yellow and drop OF. thus
reducing the forage value OF the hay
by making it more emmy. The yield
is also reduced through the loss of the
fallen leaves and by me weakening of
the plant. The brown spots are
caused by the growth of fungus
threads or mycelium through the in
terror tissues of the leaf, which they
destroy and cause to turn brown. Soon
mats Of fungus tissue are formed
which produce small pustuies near the
center of the spot. These pustnles
consist. of numerous sack-sike bodies,
each of which bears eight spores, Be
tween the sack like bodies iaay be
seen non-spo.e bearing threads which
are called paraphyses. When The
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

ever built. 1t is easy to look at a
stair when finished and admire it, but
only architects realize how difficult it
is to start with naked plan and
build stair that will connect all
parts of the house, including the Gel
lar and the attic, in a neat, conven-
lent combination that will not eat into
the cubic space unnecessarily.
This stairway is the product of the
inventive genius of several genera
tions of architects and it deserves
very careful consideration on the part
of the owner when he starts to build
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

Second Floor Plan. ..:'
...' \
1t Is a sort OF introduction from .
distance. 1t is the first hing you
see when you a ,proach home at night
and the last thi g you see upon leav.
ing in the morn lg.
A good roof las E3od deal to do
with the real value 81 veil as the
sentimental value OF a dWslling. Some
roofs are so m4da tnsg snow piles up
in the corners to melt and freeze and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-05-05
REV. WyNNE TO GEORGIA
FORMER BAPTIST PASTOR PRE-.
PAIRING TO REMOVE TO OLD
HOME AT SOUTHERN CAPITAL.

Rev. j. \. Wynnc. former pastor
Of the Baptist church in this city, is
packing up his household goods pre-.
paratory to removing 10 his old home
in Atlanta. Ga. and where FOR eight
years prior to coming to Ardmore
he was pastor of one of the large
churches there. 1t is understood that
Rev. Wynne will again take up
pastoral work in the Georgia capital
\ host of friends IN Ardmore will
regret TO see Rev Wynne and his
family leave. They have been active
workers and true friends of all Chris
tian people and Rev. Wynne has
made his power as a minister felt
during his residence here. II is good
to know that their lives will be cast
i'm pleasant places.
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development Of the field here. In
company with Mr Spaulding and H.
b. Goodrich hc made trip TO the
Wheeler fields today.
II. +. Sciyally left here last night
for Guthrie to attend the meeting ot
the Country Life Commission.
j n. Spurucr with the Frcdricksou
Kroh Music company of Oklahoma
city is here and will .cmaiu a week
or ten days.
Joe Wimford is i'm the city TO-DAY
from Woodford
George L. Lowery, q we'll known
resident Of Keller was here today. He
reports Mrs. Lowcry quite sick.
j. J. hinis of Atkins, Ark, is in
the city this week visiting his son,
W. VI. Hills, the furniture dealer
r. H. and Thomas Hills. brothers
of W. NJ. Hills are in the city this
week visiting their brother. Il. /.
Iii us will remain here and will b,
connected with his brother 'n the fur
niture business.
Attorney J. v Cabell returned this
morning from Hot Springs, where ne
has been for the past month recuper.
ating after a siege Of rheumatism. He
returns greatly improved and looking
fit as fiddle"
Rev H. G. Connolly, pastor of the
Christian church is IN FL Reno this
week in attendance at the state min.
isterial association Of that dcnomiua.
tion. DR. Connolly has prominent
part on the program lie will return
the last of the week
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-05-05
PERSONALS

Mr. and Mrs. Val Mullen have re-
turned from . short business trip to
Kansas city.
Nlr and Mrs. Henry Pruitt of Co
maurhe are in the city visiting with
Nh and Mrs John Puts.
James Wallace and Elwood Wolyer-
ton are back from Fort Worth where
they went on a short business trip.
Miss Eta Roatlnbcry of Charleston.
Miss, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Mary
Roatinbcry in Sout hArdmorc.
Mrs V. \. Niblack went to Guthrie
yesterday evening on business con.
nectcd with the county schools.
Smith Matson, Attorney Bowman
and Mr.. Hooks left for Caddo yester.
day to spend Il day or two fishing.
The condition of Robert Lee, who
is quite sick at the Sanitarium is un.
improved today. Or. John w. Lee, "A
brother, who lives at Eldorado, Okla
will arrive today to be with him.
DR.. and Mrs. G. II. McKenny OF
Chicago, are in the city for few
days and are guests at the Gilmer
DR.. McKenny is on "A prospecting
trip and will likely become interested
here.
Harry Arnold of Big Springs, Tex,
arrived yesterday and has accepted a
position with Mr. Rufus Post of the
Ardmorc Drug company. Mr.. Arnold
is an experienced pharmacist aud
comes highly recommended.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Myers of Beau
mont, Tex, are in the city for a few
days. guests of Mr.. and Mrs. II. c.
Spaulding Mr.. Myers is one of the
well known operators in the Beau
mont oil neld and is interested in the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-05-05
KEEPS HIM ON THE JUMP.
City Secretary Bruce Buster than a
Bird DOG These Days.

DlIu DOg HtSS CdJSs
OF all the old city officials. Uncle
George Henry Bruce is perhaps the
one whose services might least be dis.
ponscd with Just at this time.
Mr.. Bruce has had to answer more
questions, dig up more records and
correspondence and attend 20 the
wants of more different people in tho
last week than over before in the his
tory Of the office. And what is more.
Mr.. Bruce is ablc to give all this in.
formation with the least possible ex-
ertion and precision. Having been
connected with the city administra.
tion for several years past. Mr.. Bruce
has at his fingers ends much valuable
information that the mayor and new
commissioners would be unable TO Sc
cure through any other source. As
result of knowing so much he is
kept on the Jump. but with his orderly
ways and system he appears TO really
like the game.