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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-28

Places in which conventions are held should be quick to take advantage of fhi4 desire to remember home folks while VI are away. attended a State Sunday school convention and watched two young gir1s-one with illuminated te1rfs town, and another with hand-mads stocks and dainty handkerehiefs-eel out completely. A country boy with a basket of bouquets made of wild berries, leaves and grasses disposed of them 30. quickly that 1t astounded him. The women who served the delicious noon day dinner were besieged by people ask and even cold meats to take back to tho city.
 In convention time, especially when citizens help entertain. visitors feel obliged to spend money generously to establish a good feeling. When conven- tions are held there is demand for something which represents the city it. A boy of fourteen, a newsboy, took photographs and wrote little history of his home city. He had primer friend make neat little booklets and sold them for fifty cents to those attending conventions. Two State conventions happened to meet in this town during one month and his stock was cleared out. 1NOW tuC HOtClS dIlQ SIdtiOIlCfS OI EllS town have his booklets in regular stock The Summer School Market
 Summer schools and camp meetings offer fine chances for selling small nov elites. One thing which has always struck me as being odd is that so few women who establish themselves near camps and summer schools think of lay ing in stock of useful articles for sale I would rather make and sell good ging ham aprons and sunbonnets, and even ironholders and kitchen utensils, and tc. keep veiis, hair-pins, handkerchiefs and notions, than to wear out my soul try ing to create demand for somethin6 purely decorative.
 At a camp station, for example, there is always demand for coffee pots. skillets, kettles. tin pals, c1n- vas, cotton blankets. sheets and cz1sh-I
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-28

who had very poor hair, and it occurred to her that the cause of it might be due to lack of cleanness of her combs, and in order not to be obliged to wash them too frequently she had a half dozen or so and used a fresh one every day, her hair improving perceptibly after she had inaugurated this regime.
 Never use other peoples brushes or combs, not even those of the family, If this can be avoided. Hairdressers are much more careful than formerly, and are supposed to sterilize all their brushes and combs before using them for any one.
 Dress he Hair Carefully
 The hair may be injured by the man. ner in which it is dressed. Any tension or dragging on the roots is very bad for 1t, which accounts for the way 1t thins around the temples and at the sides. After having been done up for long time in one way the hair Ngets tired, and the style of dressing it should be changed.
 If the head is hot and the hair is fall ing out in consequence, the hair should not be piled up on the crown, but should be dressed low, although it is more apt to drag when done low in the neck than when placed higher on the head
 Use of Tonics
 In regard to hair tonics, the kind should be determined by the condition. If the hair is very oily, tonics made witt, alcohol are best, and quinine is an excel lent stimulant to the hair follicles. If the hair is dry and rough in texture, or fine and fluffy, the hair follicles need ap- plications of grease, and crude yellow vaseline. is excellent for this purpose. It is a mistake to drag the grease through the hair, as it makes it sticky Apply it only to the roots, rubbing it into them with the finger-tips. It has been recommended to apply grease by means of an oil-can such as is used in oiling machines, the long, pointed nozzle making it possible to reach tke roots o1 the hair and the scalp.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-28

Haking the Plaft
 The box-plait is made on the right side of the front of the waist, tapping from right to left, as is the rule for women's clothing. The edge of the right front IS turned under the width de- sired for the completed box-plait and a row of machine stitching is made one quarter of an inch back from the fold edge. An inch and one-ha1f back from this fold-edee the material is creased as if for tuck; the raw-edge of the t1rned-under portion will come even with this crease.
 The tuck is stitched one-quarter inch from the fold-edge, and with the turned under raw edge included in it, slipped between the two surfaces of the material that, when stitched together, form the tuck. The tuck, when stitched is pressed, backward, toward the armho1e, and forms the second edge, that completes the box-plait The left front has been cut the same as the right, and as no box-plait is made here, it must be fin ished in such manner that when the waist is lapped and closed, both sides. shall be the same width from the center front to the armho1e.
 Arranging the Buttonholes
 Crease and turn under one ii.ch, then make second crease one inch back of the llIsSL, 1O1Lu1nR an lnCQ-W1Qe Aern with one inch turn-under This hem is stitched, and when the front closing is iapped, the front fold-edge of the hem
 should be placed underneath and even with the fo1d-edge of the backward turn ing tuck, that forms the edge of the box p1ait
 The buttonholes may be placed either
 horizontally or vertically at the center Iiof the box-plait. Lap the box-plait
 over the hemmed side of the left front
 and run pin through the center of each
 buttonho1e and into the henmed edge
 underneath to mark the position of the buttons.
 The Military Closing
 The duchess, or, as it is sometimes
 called, the military closing, forms an attractive finish for the front of waist. The effect is of two forward-turning tucks, each one inch wide, with their I fold-edges meeting at the center-front The actual closing. with buttons and buttonholes, is effected under these l tucks; hem two inches wide when fin- ished is made on the edge of the right front, and hem one inch wide on the left. Three-eighths of an inch allow ance should be made for seams and turn
 unders, consequently for two-inch-wide
 hem two and three-eighths inches should be turned under at the front edge, the three-eighths forming the turn-under at the edge of the hem where 1t Is stitched.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-28

puzzling to the beginner. They should be applied before the sleeve is stitched together at the seam edges, as the work can be more easily handled when the sleeve may be laid out flat. It will be necessary, however, to stitch the seam before applying the cuff.
 Cut the slit in the sleeve according to the pattern, and make the notches in the edges Cut two. overlaps and two under laps; the overlap has two notches in one
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-28
THE PRESERVATION OF
 THE HAIR
Simple Rules for Beautifyina Woman's Chief Charm

IT ANY women suffer from ex- NA cessive loss of hair. When
 N ever they comb 1t 1t comes out in handfuls, especially after sl1ampooing. A perfect head of hair is wornan's chief claim to beauty and great care should be taken to preserve 1t.
 In order to remedy the thinning of the hair, if is necessary to find out the reason. Those who suffer from thin ming hair should bear in mind that it is often the result of something in the constitution quite remote from the seat of the trouble. Extreme nervousness. headache, worry, anxiety, besides the feet the hair and cause 1t not only to come out, but will arrest its growth. Another cause is great heat in the head. You can readily ascertain if this is the trouble by feeling with the fingers if the scalp is very hot If such is the case, use some good hair tonic that has alco- ho1 in 1t, and wet the scalp with 1t morn ing and night.
 The most frequent cause of the thin ming of the hair is defective circulation of the small blood vessels which carry the blood supply to the roots The hair is not nourished sufficiently, and its growth is checked The ultimate re- suit is shown in the bald spots SO ire quently seen in men, where the destruc- such an extent that the scalp is as smooth as the back of the hand. To remedy such condition the blood must be brought back again into the blood vessels. This is done by pinching and u1ssaRing the scalp, SO that 1t will be quite red, the redness denoting that the blood has come again into the blood vessels.
 1EnHaehe the Scalp
 The use of the tireture of cantharides, which is go often recommended, helps
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-28

of both sleeve goods and underlap fscins each other, and the single notch in tlle edge of the underlap even with the single notch in the edge of the slit. When both these laps are stitched to the lap will be on the underside and the un- derlap on the upper side of the sleeve. Finishing the Closing
 Have both edges of each seam turned toward the opposite side of the slit Turn under one-qrarter inch on the fres side and across the lower edge of the underlap. Bring the side edge over and hem 1t, either by hand or machine, to the sleeve, concealing the row of stitch- ing that forms the seam
 Turn under one-quartef inch on the edges of the overlap. Make . cre4se' from the point at one end to the straight edge at the other.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-28

of its straight edges, the underlzp has one. Place the overlap on the under or wrong side of the sleeve material. the surface or right side of the material of the overlap facing the under of the sleeve, and the two notches in the edge of the overlap even with the two notches in the slit in the sleeve; stitch narrow seam.
 Place the underlap on the top or right side of the sleeve goods, the tight sides
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-28

Be Determined to Succeed. Remember You Have the Oppor- t1rity to Win or Lose Gus toner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-28
1Ens.aeine the Scalp

The use of the tircture of cantharides, which is 90 often recommended. helps
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-25
HAS 25 ACRES OF CORN

Tuesday, A, e. Olson, who bought t
the Monroe Bryant farm and has a
large tract adjoining it, was In town
and bought two-horse, riding corn
cultivator from A B. Baker. Mr..
Olson is trying his first experiment
in corn growing. He has a fine
stand, and the corn is making a
healthy and rapid growth, but the
wild oats are also growing rapidly
and he is preparing to make fight
for supremacy. If the cultivator
does the work expected of it he will
have a fine crop of corn this year,
for, up-to-date, the season has been
unusually favorable. Oscar Young
made a success of corn growing just
across the road from Mr.. Olson's
farm for a number of years.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-25
c. IL. BUELL. SELLS HOME

The fine home of c. II. Buell., on
Sunnyside hill. IN the west part of
town, has been sold to Pat. RYAN,
the well-known farmer, who has a
big ranch southwest of town. near
Wawawai e. w. Downen made the
deal. The price paid is S2,500. Mr..
Ryan expects to move to Pullman
and make his home here in about
three months. He will remain on
the farm until after harvest, when
ne will move to Pullman. He has
rented his big ranch to his three
grown sons, who will farm it, MIR.
Ryan has made a snug fortune in
farming and feels that he is entitled
to a rest.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-25
THEY GET COMBINES
Farmers Near Pullman Buying "Bet-
ty Best" Machines to Harvest
Their Grain

Combined machines seem to- be he
favOrite for harvesting grain in the
vicinity Cf Pullman. Up to date six
"Retty Besrs" a small machine manu-
factured by the Best Manufacturing
company, have been delivered to
farmers Of this vicinity. Arthur
Luck, Robert Lyle, Frank Young
and W. A. LaFollette, of pullman,
two>were unloaded here and went to
Albion, but the names Of he farmers
who bought them nave net been
learned here.
The Betty Best" is a small ma
chine. cutting a swath 10 feet wide,
and is operated by three men and
fourteen horses. 1t is the kind of
machine desired by the small farmer,
who has but few hundred acres, or
where two or three farmers can go
together and buy and operate Il ma
chine without hiring help or horses.
Many farmers have enough horses
to handle one of these machines with
oLt hiring others, and two farmers
on even the smallest farm will have
enough horses to run 1t without hir-
ing.
There have been sevel al other
larger machines brought to Pullman
recently, the to-al number of COM
oires having been dnloaded here for
for farmers near Pullman being 12,
according to reports, but the names of
all who bought them cannot be
learned now.
Wednesday. Mcdonald and Luck
shipped their big combine used last
year to Asotin, where it has been
sold.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-25
TO Run FOR SPOKANE
Pullman People Trying to Induce
College Athletes to Join
Spokane A. A. G.

Last Sundays Spokesman-Revie
announced that the Spokane Anna
teur Athletic Club would probably
not enter a team in the A A. u. CON
tests at Seattle, owing to the feet
that Nelson. COOL and Putnam would
probably run for Seattle clubs. Then
Pullman people got busy and began
bringing pressure to bear upon the
athletes to get them to run for Spo-
kaneI
- J. J. Rouse went 20 Seattle to see
the boys and try to induce them to
favor Spokane, which has always
been friend of Washington State
College and has worked hard for it's
interest. On the other hand Seattle
has always fought the college and
thc town of Pullman and IL was
pointed out that Pullman owes
Seattle nothing" while it owes Epo-
kane a debt of gratitude for past ia
vors. Mr.. Rouse met representative
of the Spokane Amateur Athletic
Club and arranged with them to use
all the influence he could bring to
bear uron Nelson, COOL shd PJtr,an
to get them 10 sign up with Spo
kane. The Pullman Com mercial
Club took an active part in the mat
ter and it is hoped to have the col
1 i
Skin" Seattle in the big meet.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-25
j. n. SCOTT SELLS LAUNDRY
Pullman Man DispOses of Half In
terest in COlfaX Laundry to
His Partner =.as.-s=z-.---

in. Scott, proprietor of the Pull
man Steam Laundry, Las sold his one
half interest in the Model Steam
Laundry, of Colfax, to his former
partner, Iver Moan. The deal was
made several days agc.~but@ the money
was. paid-ovcr and the transfer
made until the first Of the week.
Mr. Scott has owned a half in
terest in that laundry for the past
seven years. and has made good pro-
fits on the business. He sold MS
half interest in the laundry, which
also included the brick building in
which it is located on North Main
street, ColfaX, to Mr.. Moan for $5,-
900. ldr. Moan will conduct the
business alone in the future. Mr..
Scott will continue to run the Pull
man Steam Laundry and will i'm
prove his land in the Twin Falls
district, which is now regarded as
highly valuable.
Mrs. +. NJ. SpaUlding is in Port
land visiting her son, Frank Spauld-
ing, who recently graduated from a
dental college, passed the state den
tai board examination and has been
admitted to practice his profession
He has located in Portland and is
said to be doing well
Arthur Bryan and bride have re-
turned to Pullman from a brief
honeym oon and will remain
here for short time after which
they will probably go to Starbuck,
where Arthur will have charge of
building an electric transmission
line from Starbuck to the land he
and his father recently bought near
R'paria.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-25
VERY QUIET" WEDDING
Deaf Mutes United in Marriage by
Sign Language in Pullman,
Wednesday Noon

At high noon, Wednesday, June
%, occurred a novel wedding, the
first of its kind in Pullman. when
Miss Bertha NJ. Stivers became the
bride Of William Harrison Gormley
OF WaterWlle. Both are deaf mutes
When they were little children the
bride lost her voice and hearing
through an attack of scarlet fever
and the bridegroom suffered sim
liar afTliction through diphtheria
The wedding ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. NJ. H. Marvin, pastor of
the First Methodist church of Pull
man, and the sign language was
used The minister pronounced the
words in his usual voice, and the
brides sister, Miss Eva Stivers. re-
peated the words by the sign Ian
guage to the young couple, and trans
lated their answers into words and
repeated them to the minister.
The ceremony was beautiful and
deeply impressive. The bride Is a
strikingly handsome girl, being
above the average size and height
and pronounced brunette. She wore
beautiful gown. About 25 of the
most intimate friends of the bride,
to many of whom she Lad taught the
sign language, were present and the
home was tastefully decorated. The
ceremony was held at the home OF
the brides parents in the south part
of town, and was followed by sum-
ptuous wedding dinner.
After dinner the bride, at the re-
quest of friends, sang Nearer My
God TO Thee" and Comm Through
The Rye" using the sign language
to express the beautiful words. and
those present who do not understand
the language say that one could
easily tell what she was saying, for
she introduced, with telling effect,
the poetry of motion with the repi-
tition of the words.
The happy couple took TIE even
ing train for Spokane, where they
will spend several days visiting mute
friends, after which they will visit
the exposition at Seattle end will
then go to the bridegroom farm
near Waterville. where they will
make their home.
Mr.. Gormley is a printer by trade,
but gave up that profession for the
more lucrative one of farming and
nov owns a fine farm near Water
Vile, in Douglas c, unity. He was cd
ucaLed az the deaf mute school In
Olathe, Kansas, and at Vancouver,
in this state. The bride was edu-
Gated at Vancouver, where she re-
ceived finished education. They
first met at the annual reunion OF
deaf mutes in Spokane. two years
ago, and the acquaintance torE ed
there grew into love and the we'd
ding resulted. Both are very intel
Continued on page i2)
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-25
A Coming Industry in Eastern Washington
GOES TO BUY HORSES

Professor w. T. Mcdonald, head
of the department of animal hus-
handry, in Washington State College,
left Tuesday evening for Shimaeum,
on Puget Sound, to buy some pure
bred \Clydesdale horses for the col
lege farm; Professor Mcdonald will
be gone a week or ten days and m ay
go to Oregon to look after the pur-
chase of other stock for the farm
before he returns to Pullman. 1t is
the intention to get some extra choice
brood mares for the college farm and
Professor Mcdonald is on the track
of some that he thinks will fill the
bill.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-25
"JIM" SHIELDS DEAD

James Shields, of Moscow,
president of the Idaho-W ashing-
ton Light and Power Co.. died at
his home in Moscow Wednesday
night, Mr. Shields had been III
in a hospital at Spokane. His
wife Aent to Spokane to nurse
him and she was stricken with
typho'd-pneumonia and her con-
dition is regarded as serious.
Monday Mr.. Shields was taken to
Moscow in the private car of
President Graves of the electric
line, and died Wednesday night.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-25
FOR COUNTY
POOR FARM
County Commissioners View
Other Farms to Get Ideas
For New Buildings.

Monday the county com missioners
met at Colfax and in the evening
went to Moscow to inspect the county
farm there and secure information
and designs for buildings for the
new farm which is to be opened on
the tract of land bought adjoining
Co!faX. All members of the board
made the trip. They spent Tuesday
forenoon at the farm, which lies
north of Moscow, one mile. Com
missioner Hall, of Latah county. ac-
companied them. Commissioner Ell
lis stopped off here on his road home
to Colfax, accompanied by Commits
sioner Rupley, chairman Of the
board, Tuesday morning. To the
Herald reporter Mr.. Ellis said:
'Latah county, Idaho, mas a fine
farm and it is almost self-supporting
We were greatly pleased with the
plans of that farm and the buildings.
We had planned to go to Spangle to
view the Spokane county farm but
were so we'll pleased with what we
learned at Moscow. the Spangle trip
has been postponed. We may go to
Spangle later, for we want to learn
all we can about poor farp.s be-
fore we construct our buildings,
which we want to have strictly up-
to-datc and as convenient as possi-
BILE.
we believe we have the founda-
tion for model poor farm at Colfax.
The land bought consists of 95 acres
of as good land as there is in Whit
man county. 1t lays we'll and is
close to the county seat so that II
can be reached by all at little ex-
pense. Paupers are sent from the
county seat and in a year the car
fare to Elberton amounts to quite a
sum. 1t always means drive IL we
visit the farm at Elberton, while with
the farm adjoining Colfax it can be
reached with no expense AMI can
nc Iinicr the nireci care and sLpervi-
sion of the commissioners.
1--WE believe we got bargain in
the land, for we were offered $40
per acre for our bargain within 10
days after we bought it. We have
fine crop of Forty-Fold wheat
growing on 1t now and after that is
harvested will begin the erection of
buildings and eGuippihg 1t for a
model county farm. We have one
of the finest springs in the county on
the land and Will build a reservoir
and have abundance of water for
all purposes and may pipe it to the
court house. The farm Is so located
that we can have sewer connection
with little expense and we believe
it will be made valuable addition
TO the connty's assets
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-25
J. A. HOWARD BUYS FARM
Twin Falls Citizen Locates in Whit
man County and Will Engage
in Dairying

The Pullman Land Company has
sold to J A. Howard. of Twin Falls.
Idaho, Armstrong dairy farm of
SO acres. adjoining the town of John
son, IL miles south of here, for SIT
per acre. Mr.. Howard also bought
Nj. Arm strongs herd OF 10 fine
dairy cows. the horses, dairy equip
ment, farm implements and all OF
the personal property, except some
hogs, which are almost ready for
market and for which Mr.. Armstrong
asked IA cents per pound. live
weight.
This is one of the finest little dairy
farms in the Palouse country and Is
equipped with a complete dairy oLt-
fit. The herd of cows is said to be
one of the best in Whitman county
and they brought good price. Mr.
Howard brought his family here and
will make his home on the land. He
has been living at Twin Falls, Idaho.
but has had enough OF that coun-
try and wants TO get back to dis
trict where crops car be grown with
out irrigation and where there is
a good market for all farm pro-
ducts within a short distance.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-25
VICTORY FOR PULLMAN

Anderson, the big weight man of
Seattle high school, who won the
northwest championship in the
weight events at both east and west
side interscholastic field meets, will
enroll az student in Washington
State College at Pullman, next fall.
This is good news to Pullman and the
friends of the college. Anderson lives
in Seattle, the home of the Univer-
sity of Washington, and stroug in
ducements are offered him to enroll
in that school But he had seen
and studied Washington State Col
lege and knew that this school leads
the university in every respect, and
its sportsmanshir ins cleaner and free
from the petty work which has made
the university so unpopular in the
sporting world. Washington State
College also gets nearly all of the
best athletes from Spokane high
school and a number of others be-
side Anderson, from Seattle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-25
THEY TRADED HOMES

Frank Burnett, the drayman, and
Carl Hately have traded homes. Mr.
Burnett gets the tract northwest of
town, where Mr.. Hately has lived
for several years, and Mr.. Hately
takes Mr.. Burnett's two houses and
the several lots on Military hill.
They moved Thursday. Mr.. Burnett
hauled a load to the Haiely ranch
and hauled back a load of Hatelys
goods. Mr.. Burnett gets ; acres
of fine land, an ideal chicken ranch
and garden spot and will make his
home there and continue his dray
business.