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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-09-03

with the United States Departm ent
of Agriculture, who said, Il am sim
ply amazed at the enormous produc-
tivity of these hills. | have seen
nothing like it anywhere else in the
country. But what a pity it is that
under the Wasteful methods which
your farmers are using, the fertility
Of this soil will go down and down
until it is finally clear worn out and
then will have to be renewed by a
long and tedious process of building
up" | replied to this gentleman,
and to others who made similar re-
marks in some such words as these:
Il don't think that we will have that
trouble. We have the experience
of the older states both as a warn
ing and a guide. The Experiment
station has already worked out the
these lands may be maintained and as
fast as the soil begins to show de-
terioration our farmers will adopt
these methods and so prevent the
wearing out of these lands"
But the danger so apparent to
these experts from the east really
exists. 1t is the duty of every one
who is interested in the preserva-
ton of our agricultural productive
ness to call attention to the danger
and to point out the remedy, in order
that our farmer may be ready to
keep their lands up to their present
high state of fertility. The Expert
ment Station has prepared the way
by making a complete soil survey
of the state and by determining what
to restore any soil exhaustion which
may ocur.
Soil fertility, that is the ability of
/ the soil to yield profitable crops,
depends upon three different essen
| tial factors; thorough tillage, a suf-
| ficient moisture supply, and a suit
able amount of plant food in the
soil in available form. Palouse
farmers are rapidly learning the
proper methods of thorough tillage
and how to make the best of their
own moisture supply. by the me-
thods of the so-called dry farming "
But the matter of conserving the
available plant food in the soil is re-
ceiying very little care or attentio on.
Most of our Palouse land owners are
confident in believing that their soil
is more abundantly supplied with
plant food, or natural fertility, than
those lands in other parts of the
/ United States, where the same me-
thods of cropping which are now
lpraeticed here have resulted disas-
trously to the fertility of the soil.
That the Palouse lands are not more
abundantly supplied with the neces-
sary elements of plant food than
soils in other parts of the United
States is shown by the results of
analyses recorded in the following
table. These figures show the aver
age percentage of the several essen
tial elements of fertility found in
the analysis of seven representative
samples of soil taken from near Pull
man, Palouse, Garfield. Almota. Wi
mona, Fairfield. and Rosalia, as COM
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-09-03
DISTENIPER EPIDEMIC

taken hold of large number OF
horses belonging to farmers southeast
of Davenport. Joe Ingles reports halt
a dozen of his work animals suffering
from the disease, while others in
that neighborhood have like com
plants to make. Coming at this sea-
son when the farmer has urgent use
for every available horse, such an
epidemic presents a serious aspect
Davenport Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-09-03

HOQUIAM-Crews of incoming
steamers report the waters of the Pa
citic Ocean from the straits to the Co
lumbia river of very black appear
ance. This is thought to be due to
an eruption of some volcano.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-09-03

VANCOUVER Richard j. Apple
nine, died at Camas from internal in
juries sustained three weeks ago. He
was holding one of his COWS while it
grazed in the orchard when it sudden
ly began to run, entangling him in
the rope.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-09-03

Ridgefield, Wash, is now an in
corporated town.
Tillamook county is expanding
$4,000 on its roads. A rock crush
er has been ordered to assist in the
work.
Out of Baker City stump lands
are selling for IS an acre in the re-
gion traversed by the Sumpter Valley
railroad.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-09-03
WENT TO SLEEP UNDER CAR

SEATTLE.-Joh Falvay, % years
of age, a papermaker from Holyoke,
Miss, was killed and horribly man
gled by a freight train yesterday.
Falvay and owen Joyce, also a Hol-
yoke papermaker, who had been
drinking, crawled under a freight
car to sleep. When the car was
moved the wheels caught Falyay,
but Joyce escaped.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-09-03
NAVY YARD. PUGET SOUND

NAVY YARD, PUGET SOUND
With the departure of the cruisers
Tennessee, Washington, Pennsylvan-
la and Colorado last week the labor
force of this yard has been cut down
from 1880 to 1870. A large number
of the men who were laid off were
given furloughs and will be recalled
in a week or two, as soon as more
work is given the yard.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-09-03

pared with the average percentages
of the same elements found in two
hundred fertile soils from every
other part of the United States.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-09-03
Small Farm Home

Neat five-room house and ten
acres five acres in bearing winter
orchard; five acres garden land.
Les than a mile from Garfield.
$500. Place is nicely located and
a choice property close to Gar
fields schools.
We have a money earning mer-
camille business for sale; has al
ways paid good money and has lit
tie competition in its line.
Write for particulars.
WRITE FOR OUR
DESCRIPTION
PRICE LIST
hAhRING REAL ESTATE COMPANY
GARFIELD, WASHINGTON
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-09-03
# YOU ARE INTERESTED
In the
Best Bargains in
Farm Buys
Don't pass this up. There's moth
ing better hereabouts. After
you have investigated you
will agree.
$40 Acres

Choice wheat land; close to
town; closer to warehouse, $55.
Good terms. A buy that will en-
dure close inspection.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08

The making shades home occupation which
Unless
tipping
all possible classification
tools and craftsmanship.
same center a pencil will an
make
will
at the
or all whenever possb
be straight.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08
For the ostess
Chat on Interesting Topics of Many Kinds. by
Recognized Authority

were 25 guests, so there were the
same number of little fish whitfield out
of wood by the handy man in the
family Each fish had small screw
eye in it's back. Then there was a
large wash tub placed in the middle
of the room. decorated with holly and
evergreen to represent a pond.
In the invitations the guests were
asked to bring gift securely
A member of the family received the
packages and numbered them. Fishes
with numbers corresponding were
then placed in the tub. Each fisher
man was given a pole and line upon
which there was hook, and all began
to fish at the same time. The one
catching the first fish was awarded an
extra prize, also the one who hooked
the last. There was no unlucky fish
erman, and when all had caught one
the package bearing the duplicate
number was brought out, and such a
merry time as followed; the sounds
come echoing down the years right
now. The dining-room table had
big mirror for pond, and on it was
large sized Noah's ark. Around the
table, safe on dry land, were the ami
mails, each tied to the ark by long
bit of red ribbon. AS they marched
around the table each child took an
animal, and at given signal all
pulled and wee barley sugar animals
came out of the ark. 1t is certainly a
delight to find these quaint confec-
tions made of pure barley sugar on
the market. They disappeared for
many years, and even now l believe
they are imported, as are many of our
holiday CONNECTIONS.
MADAME MERRI.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08
lsMRgG1lES oTL%
+. T@Sl61n@zN .Nw

There is a new kind of hook and eye
which comes in gray as we'll as black
and white.
In sewing on hooks and eyes the
silk or thread used should match the
material, not the hooks.
Adorably quaint little puffs and
frillings are one of the favorite trim
mings on evening and afternoon
gowns.
Dainty hand embroidery and fine
laces run riot over the fashionable lin
gerie. which has never been as eX-
travagantly beautiful as it is this sea-
son.
A delightfully."- whimsical mingling of
the oriental and the modern are the
Arabian capes, which bid fair to be-
come a favorite model for evening
wear this season.
A winsomely pretty little dancing
school frock is of apple blossom pink silk
with quaint old lace collar and pink
suede belt fastening with beautiful
old-fashioned handmade gold buckle.
In making the fall coat, care should
be taken to have little warm inter-
lining put in, as the autumn winds are
apt to be just the least bit frosty. vi
Julia flannel is an excellent material
for this purpose, as it Is light weight,
though very warm.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08
A Christmas Card Party,

This party promises to be rather
unique in many ways: as the hostess
is endeavoring to observe many of
the Christmas symbols. Of course the
decorations are to consist of wreaths
of evergreen and holly, festoons of
rOped greens, clusters of milstletoe
suspended by red ribbon and quanti-
ties of red and white candles with
red and white frosted shades.
The invitations are to be ornament
ed with holly sprays, the red berries
cut out at the top of the note paper
A small lad dressed as Santa Claus
will deliver these missives. In large
bay window there is to be tree light
ed with electricity, with stocking
shaped score cards, red pencils, tiny
candy canes and hundreds of wee ia
vors for keeping the score. Santa
Claus will be on duty all the evening
distributing the counters after each
game. To facilitate things, these
trinkets are tied to the tree in
punches, and there are as many
punches as there will be games
PAeAJ W. ONCl lllC uCdu ldUlC IuClc 10
to be a large bell drnamented with
holly, and the table will have baton
with which the bell is to be struck.
The prizes are to be done up in pa
per with red ribbons crossed with
green ribbons, ending in a good big
rosette. The knack of doing up pretty
packages is fast becoming a real art
Refreshments will be served at the
card table and will consist of tomato
soup with spoonful of whipped
cream, tiny buttered biscuit, scalloped
oysters in ramakins, with a sprig of
holly on top; Waldorf salad in red ap.
pie cases, cheese waters, with indi
vidual plum buildings for the finale
brought in surrounded by burning
brandy and holly wreath encircling
each plate. During the game Christ
mas egg-nog will be served from the
big family punch bowl.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08
A Christmas Tree for Dolly,

For children who are of dollhouse
age, and it's pretty hard to define at
just what period in girlhood that age
ends, nothing will be found more sat
isfactory than a dolls party to be
given at this season. Let the notes
sent from the doll who is to be the
hostess be written ON the very small
stationery to be found by little seek
ing. Have a small tree trimmed with
diminutive ornaments and light it
with candles no bigger than match.
Gifts for each doll should be wrapped
up and marked. Everything used by
adults is now made for dolly, and the
wants of baby dolls, boy and girl dolls
and dolls from foreign countries, may
all be supplied, and the articles for
kitchen and the furniture is fascinat.
ing to those of us far past the doll
age. Serve simple refreshments on
the dolls dishes, and l assure you
this Christmas tree will live in the
memory of the children for many a
year to come.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08
Boys Essay on Clothing.

Here is an extract from an essay.
written by boy in London school:
Clothing is an article which every.
body should wear. The least of this
article is worn by savages or natives,
which is a piece of cloth or few
leaves or feathers round the waist. in
cold countries, same as Eskimos, the
people wear more clothes than we do.
count of the icy cold out there. They
can skate all the year round, except
about one thaw there is in summer.
If they walked about like natives they
would catch cold directly and die OF
bronkitis. We put clothes on which
are nearly like our bodies. some have
caps, coats and trousers, but women
and girls wear hats and frocks to tell
who they are"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08
SECRET WORKERS
The Plan Upon Which Coffee Operates.

Coffee is such secret worker that
ness or disease, but there is very
sure way to find out the truth.
A lady in Memphis gives an inter-
esting experience her husband had
with coffee. 1t seems that he had been
using it for some time and was an
invalid.
The physician in charge shrewdly
suspected that coffee was the "Worm
at the root of the tree" and ordered
It discontinued with instructions to
use Postum regularly in its place.
The wife says: 1--WE found that was
the true remedy for his stomach and
s., heart trouble and we would have glad
ly paid a hundred times the amount
of the doctors charge when we found
how wise his Judgment was.
"The use of Postum instead of cof-
fee was begun about year ago, and
It has made my husband strong, we'll
man. He has gained thirty-five pounds
In that time and his stomach an heart
troubles have all disappeared.
"The first time prepared 1t I did
hot boil it long enough and he said
there was something wrong with 1t.
Sure enough it did taste very fiat. but
the next morning followed directions
carefully, boiling it for fifteen minutes,
and he remarked this is better than
any of the old Coffee
1--WE use Postum regularly ana never
tire of telling our friends Of the bene.
fl: we have received from leaving of
coffee"
Look for the little book, "The Road to
Wcllville," in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letterf A new
ono appears from time to time. They
interest
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot rcaoD
the seat of the disease Catarrh is blood or constk
tutonal disease and in order to 1t you take
internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In.
ternaly and acts directly upon the blood and
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medi-
cine 1t was prescribed by of the best physicians
N this country for years and regular prescription
It Is composed Of the best tones known. combined
with the best blood purifiers. acting directly on the
mucous surfaces The perfect combination of the
two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful
suits IN curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free
F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Props. Toledo. q
Sold by Druggists. price 75c.
Take HANS Family Pills Cor constitution.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08

the glue, and Wilfreds sleeve and the
back cores of Adelia's shirt waist had
become one and inseparable. This is
desirable in a union of states, but it
is not recommended for all purposes.
With CONSERVATION Wilfred then
started to leave the hammock. So
did Adelia. Instantly, without mo-
ment's hesitation, they did not leave.
Reader, have you ever been glued to
large, round, sandy-complected mill
stone? Have you ever seated yourself
upon a milestone we'll buttered with
glue, with the girl of your choice be-
side you, and then sat there until the
glue hardened and you became, as you
might say, two souls with but single
thought? Wilfred and Adelia could
not arise; they could not even side
step. They were glued to the mill
stone, and the milestone was glued
to the hammock. and the hammock
was tied to two large trees, and the
roots of the trees extended many,
many feet into the soil. There was
but one thing to do.
Cautiously leaning forward, Adelia
and Wilfred began to remove the
loose pile of brick from beneath the
milestone, until all the bricks were
gone. Then, wrapped arm in arm.
they began to joggle the hammock. 1t
was trying moment. Suddenly, as
out of a clear sky, there was sound
of ripping, breaking. tearing, and then
thud. The milestone had fallen to
earth, taking with it the central por-
ton of the hammock. This left a
large hole in the hammock 1t also
took with it Pardon me, should
say it also left large At any
rate Wilfred and Adelia sped hastily
toward the house.
Half an hour later Mr. Randolph
Binks strolled home, and all was ST.
lence. AS has been said, he is pas
sionately fond of reclining in ham.
mock. He has since remarked to
Uncle Ashdod Clute that his inven-
ton of non-tipping hammock was
success. Formerly, when he entered
hammock one thing always hap
pened-the hammock reversed itself
and threw him out. But now Ran
dolph Binks walked up to his ham,
mock and threw himself into it with
confidence.
The hammock did not, Mr.. Binks
says, throw him out. Mr.. Binks mere
ly walked up to the hammock in the
dark and threw himself into it. Mr..
Binks says that in passing through
the hole that had been torn in the
hammock he thought very few things
worthy of reproduction by the press.
He says he merely passed through a
simple, unconventional way, and met
the milestone quite Informally, salut-
ing it with the back of his head. He
says it was a mere love tap-for the
milestone.
Mr. Binks claims that his hammock
was success on three counts: First
The hammock did not turn over and
drop Mr.. Binks on the ground with a
thud; he fell through. Second-The
hammock did not drop him on the
ground with thud; he hit the mill.
stone. Third-The hammock did not
drop him with thud; the noise was
clean and sharp. like the iron rim of
the milestone. Mr.. Binks says he can
think Of only one improvement. Here.
after when he wishes to glue any.
thing under a hammock he will choose
a feather bed rather than a milestone.
Copyright. 1909. by W. g. Chapmaa,H
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08
BREAKS COLD IN A DAY.

This prescription Is one of the very
best known to science. The ingre.
dients can be gotten from any good
druggist, or he will get them from his
Wholesale house.
Mix half pint Of good whiskey with
two ounces Of glycerine and add one
half ounce Concentrated pine COM
pound. The bottle is to be shaken
each time and used in doses of tea
spoonful to tablespoonful every four
hours. The Concentrated pine is
special pine product and comes only
in half ounce bottles, each enclosed
In IN alright case, but be sure It Ia
labeled "Concentrated.'
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08
Country Nealecting the Children.

If the percentage of tuberculous chill.
dren recently ascertained by an inves
tigation in Stockholm, Sweden Q.61
per cent? were applied to the schools
of the United States there would be
273,700 children between the ages OF
eight and fifteen who are positively af-
fected with tuberculosis, according to
statement of the National Assoc1a-
ton for the study and prevention OF
tuberculosis. AS contrasted with this
figure, there are only II open-air
tuberculosis schools in operation in
the entire country, and nine more I'm.
der consideration. At the lowest est.
mate, even with all the schools now in
operation and those proposed, accom-
modations will not be provided for
four-tenths of one per cent. of the
children who need this special treat
ment.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08

Randolph Binks of Betzville is pas
sionately fond of reclining in ham.
mock, but up to the present he has
never reclined in one to any great
extent. Mr.. Binks is an excellent citi-
zen, but is more rotund than any other
man in this county, and when he re-
clines in hammock SO much of him
refunds upward that it overthrows the
equilibrium, and the hammock quickly
but gracefully turns over and drops
Mr.. Binks on the ground with thud.
Any man less passionately fond of re.
clining in a hammock would have
given it up long ago. but Mr.. Binks
said in our hearing that he would be
blamed If he would let any hammock
In creation get the best of him. He
says he has gently climbed into the
hammock over 1902 times, put his
head back carefully, grasped the
edges, and that each and every time
the hammock has revolved half revo-
luton suddenly, and spilled him on
the hard, hard ground. He says that
at about the eight thousand, nine hun
dred and third time he decided that he
had been attacking the hammock too
gently, and that 1t must be taken
roughly, like the nettle, to be handled
properly, so he stood back and made
leap, landing in the hammock. This
was almost successful, except that the
hammock acted like spring board
and, taking Mr.. Binks, threw him six
feet against the fence, head first,
breaking three pickets. In his tenn
porary anger Mr. Binks arose and
kicked the hammock, which then
other foot of the ground, and bumped
him down on the back Of his head.
When he became calm Mr. Binks
went as far away from the hammock
as he could get and sat down on the
ground and studied it, and he came
to the conclusion that what the ham,
mock needed was counter-weight.
II there was greater weight attached
to the underneath of the hammock
when Mr.. Binks got into 1t, it could
not turn over He said he wondered
that no one had ever before thought
Of putting keel on hammock, and
he Immediately began looking about
for good, heavy weight. The best
thing he could find was an old mill
stone, and he built up solid wall of
loose brick underneath the hammock.
On top of this he laid the milestone,
and then he pressed the hammock
smoothly against the milestone, and,
warming two quarts of glue, he
poured it into the hammock and went
away to allow the glue to harden in
peace.
That evening Adelia Binks and her
flance, young Wilfred Doppelgang,
went quietly into the back yard to sit
in the hammock and spoon. They
sat.
About three hours later Adelia
raised her head from Wilfred's Shout
der and said, 1T don't seem like you
hug as hard as you used to, Wilfred!"
She said this in a reproachful tone Of
voice, implying that perhaps Wilfred
did not love her as of yore, and VIII.
fred, who did love her as of yore, tried
to take his arm from about her waist
and get new strangle hold, but, alas!
he could not! He could not get his
arm loose from that hug. In the
course of three hours the glue had
hardeEod and the hug had become a
permanent, guaranteed-fast embrace.
He had undoubtedly allowed his
sleeve to repose moment or more tn
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-08
The Fee a Necessity,

All through the markets of every
Turkish city and village are little
shops where the fez can be pressed
and ironed for few cents. At his
prayers Moslem could not use a hat
with brim, as his head must press
the prayer rug certain number OF
times during each prayer. AS the head
must be covered at all times, fez or
some other brimless covering must be
used