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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30

LAVE you ever sat under the benign
III shade of Washington's wishing
tree?
1t has been one of the unique at
fractions of Lafayette park FOR 10,
these many years. 1t is not described
in the official guide books, but 1t is
there just the same. ana has been ever
since the square was laid out--in the
forties. The tree itself is a dwarf
chestnut although it has grown out of
its dwarfness to great extent. 1t
is scion of the famous wishing tree
in Hyde park, London. 1t is located
Immediately west of the Jackson
statue, about % feet, and is in full
sight of all the windows on the north
side of the White House.
The wishing tree, as its name indi-
Gates, possesses rare powers, or at
least 1t is supposed to, in that every
wish that is made under it's branches
comes true some time or other Gen.
orally 1t is other, but that does not
seriously interfere with the reputation
of the tree,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
INTERESTING ITEMS.

About one-third of the human race
lives on rice.
The London Stock Exchange has
5.400 members.
st. Peters, in Rome, will accom-
modate $4,000 persons.
The lungs of an adult human being
have 175,O0O,00O cells.
Two million American made cigar
cites in boxes and tins AMI seventy
thousand pounds of tobacco in tins
and plug were imported into Bang
kok last year.
Stealing electricity In Colorado is
punishable by fine of $50 and i'm
prisonment for thirty days.
An electric glue heater ras been
put on the market which is said to
melt glue in thirty minutes, and to
keep it at a temperature of $50 de-
grees for several hours after the cur
rent has been switched off.
In the seven years, 1901 TO 1908,
China's postal service expanded re-
markably. The postal routes now
cover $4,000 miles and the postof-
fees number 3,493, as against l7G in
1901, an increase of 1917 in the seven
years.
Experiments and Investigations
made both in Europe and in America
indicate that fully one-half of the
deaths from consumption occur
among people who are compelled to
breathe dust in its various forms.
The advance in stumpage dues on
lumber cut ON crown lands in Quebec
province, Canada, for export is eX-
pected to occur in September 1910,
and will, says our consul at Sher-
brook, practically prohibit the ship
ping OF wood pulp to the United
States.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30

WASHINGTON will require about
w $4,000 enumerators to take the
thirteenth decennial census of the
United States, and Uncle sam is 60
Ing to pay $4,O0O,OO0 for the service.
These enumerators, appointed by $3.50
supervisors throughout the country,
will begin work April Is, 1910.
Between the time of their appoint.
ment and the commencement of actual
work. the enumerators will be
schooled in the method of enumera-
ton and the preparation of the
schedules. The custom heretofore has
been for the census bureau to send
out sample schedules for the enumer-
ators to fill in.
For the last two months econo-
mists, scientists and farming experts
have been at work on schedules in
volving population, manufactures, and
particularly agriculture. 1t is esti-
mated by the census bureau that fully
100000 farms will be enumerated
with population of more than 49,
100000 to be collected by the emu
merators.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
GETTING AIR INTO THE SUIL
Russian Experimenters Claim to Have
Discovered Secret of Nourish-
ment of Plants.

A London paper puts forth the fol
lowing:
The Russian experiments in wheat
growing by which it is claimed 40
tons or more of grain can be grown
to the acre are arousing attention in
many countries.
The conical pits and frequent lay ers
OF earth are not the only secrets OF
the system. These Russian expert
mentors maintain that they have dis
covered a secret of the nourishment
of all plants. They argue that 'all
the observations resulting from the ex'
perience of the culture of corn by
bushing' shows us that the principal
condition for obtaining good crops de.
ponds mostly on how much soil can be
impregnated with air.
Experience will convince that by
the loosening of the layer OF the soil
the earth improves in quality and in
creases in weight. This fact gives
us ground to suppose that the parti'
cles of air as well as water contain
as gases all the elements of which
the soil consists.
The truth of the principle has been
acknowledged in some form in Eng
lish text books, but the method of OBJ
tanning the aeration is Russian dis
covery, and a most fascinating princi
pie for experiment in any garden.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
Rare Curios Fill Home of Minister

The walls and windows will be EN-.
bellished by rich embroideries OF
China, Japan, India, Korea and other
far eastern countries
There will be rare old gilt wood
carvings from Buddhist temples
placed in the dining-room; old Jap.
anese candlesticks of exaggerated de-
sign will be suspended from the chan
delieres; coal buckets will be made
out of century-old and fancy-wrought
designs of incense burners; woven
camers hair curtains for the front
windows are among the collection.
Throughout the house there will be
brasses and bronzes and inlaid furni.
ture of remarkable patterns, shapes
and forms.
When all the goods are set in place
the legation will be unique, and one
entering its doors might well harbor
the Illusion that he is entering a home
in some far eastern land
Every article in the collection has
some highly priced association to the
minister personally or to his family,
and his household goods, he says, arc
priceless.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
CONDUCT DRY FARM
Scientific Methods as Practiced
in California for Years.
Farmer Simply Divides His Land Into
Two Portions, on One-HaIf Rails
ing Crops, other Half Being
Summer Faliowed.

The system of dry farming methods
recommended for the arid states
Ia that which has been successfully
practiced on the Pacific coast for
more than a generation, with such
notifications as are adapted to diff
ferent conditions of soil, climate and
rainfall The farmer simply divides
his land into two portions, on one
half raising crops, the other half be-
ing summer fallowed. BY this meth
cd, which is easily understood and
carried out, the farmer has long
season instead of short one and
drives his work instead of being
driven by 1t. Crops are produced
by this method when the seasons are
raised with one blowing one seeding,
several civilizations, practically two
years moisture and one harvesting
The blowing must be deep. The
plan recommended is to pillow old
ground eight or nine inches deep. 1t
Is always better to pillow in the fall,
where possible, In order that the
ground may absorb the winters moist
ure, the sod becoming decomposed
and the soil sufficiently compacted to
form good seed bed for spring plant
ing.
All spring and summer blowing
should be thoroughly narrowed the
same day it is plowed. If possible,
harrow land drill as welD diagonally
or at right angles to the way in which
the winds blow. The object in doing
this is to prevent the land from
drifting; to hold the snow which falls
on the plowed ground or winter grain,
to prevent the particles of soil or snow
from injuring the young grain in the
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30

stnHINISTRE de Suisse, Washington.
M d. C. A" was the simple label
neatly stamped on an immense box
which caused no little curiosity and
speculation as to its contents as IT
passed slowly through the streets OF
that city on its way to the abode OF
the new Swiss minister
The minds of the spectators were
set at ease by Paul Ritter, the Swiss
minister, when he told them that the
box contained furniture. and that
there were Is more coming.
Furniture and house furnishings
collected by Mr. Ritter during the Is
years of his diplomatic career in the
far east were to be found in the boxes.
The minister's residence will
abound with these rare curios and odd
art treasures collected in the Orient.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
Taking New Census VIII Be Big Task

Each enumerator Is to receive for
his work from two to four cents per
capita, and in some regions where
there is not much density of popula.
tion they are to receive a per diem
of from four to five dollars. Enumer.
ators are required to work eight hours
a day and must have their work com
pleted in two weeks in cities of 5000
and over, and In sparsely settled COM
munities within 30 days.
In districts where foreign languages
are spoken 1t will be the duty of SUI
pervisors to select enumerators versed
in foreign languages II possible, and
where these are not available, the
services of interpreters may be en-
gagged.
approximately 5000 temporary
clerks clerks will be appointed for the
census work, and the date of the first
examination will be October 23 next,
throughout the United States at vari
GUS cities.
The york required of the $1,000 TEN.
porary employees is. according to the
circular, to consist of four classes:
The operation of card punching and
card tabulating machines; operation
of typewriters, adding machines and
combined typewriting-ad ma
chimes; manuscript tabulation and 9th.
er clerical work; subclerical work.
such as that of messengers, messenger
boys, watchmen and laborers.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30

Nat CLUBS and other societies for
N systematic warfare on destructive
rodents may leap into popular favor
among housekeepers now that the
government has officially sanctioned
this method of determination of the
worst mammal pest in the United
States.
The rat has been recognized by the
government as a problem, Its activ-
ity in disseminating infectious dis
eases has long doomed up as a dan.
ger signal to the health authorities,
and losses from its depredations run
into many million dollars a year, ac-
cording to an official statement just
issued by the department of agricul-
Gure.
DR.. David e. Lantz of the bureau of
biological survey has taken vigorous
hold of the question, and thus he pro
ceeds to throw bomb into the camp
of believers in the cat as rat de-
stroyer
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
As ST. Louis Lawyers Talk.


Circuit Judge Reynolds had an.
nounced that he would hear jurors
who had excuses to offer for not serv.
ing, and dozen American citizens
crowded up TO the bench to tell their
troubles. Their excuses were as
varied as those who were hidden to
the feast that the Bible tells about
One had an important engagement
and another could not hear very well,
and another had sickness in his fam
lily, and another had duties to per-
form which nobody else on earth could
perform, and another was going on
journey. And so it went.
The last man in the line wanted to
be let off because he was German.
He might have been excused if he had
not presented his excuse wrong end
forward.
Judge" he said, II can't under
stand good English"
"Oh, you'll do all right" said the
Judge. There is no good English
spoken in here."-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

The longer ago woman was born,
the easier she can remember to for
get when 1t was.
A queer thing about the lies you
tell is how brazen they seem when
you hear somebody else tell the
same ones.
The reason girl likes to wash
her kair is how romantic 1t would be
60 have prince catch her drying 1t
all down in the sun.
Nc matter how much a woman Is
sure man loves her, she wishes 1t
was more so she could ask him to
say it in bigger language.
One great trouble woman saves
herself by marrying preacher Is
how she doesn't have to nag him to
get him to go to church.-New York
Press
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
HARRY j. ROBINSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
aos-3o5 Judge Building, Salt Lake City
He Won't Vote This Year.

When Dominica Esposito was ques-
toned in the United States district
court to test his qualification for citi-
xenship he showed a lack of careful
coaching.
what is the constitution of the
United States?" Esposito was asked
"The biggest ship" was the reply.
What is the meaning of the
Fourth OF guly?"
THAT is day Easta riv froze over"
who was George Washington"
Georgia da Wash was big Tammany
man. Had much contract"
els Governor Hughes state or O
national oflicer?'
Yes. | dunno. He stop mucha
horse race. guess he want Teddy's
sob."
do you believe In aparchy?"
II dunno. He from Sicily. Never
heard of him."
Are you willing to take up arms at
any times to destroy the United
States?"
ANY time what / can."-New York
Sun.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
Uncle Sam Urges Campaign on Rodents

However valuable cats may be as
mousers, few of them learn to catch
rats. The ordinary house cat is too
well fed and consequently too lazy to
undertake the capture of any animal
as formidable as the brown rat. Birds
are much more to its liking.
Rats have developed so much intel
ligence and such extraordinary caution
that attempts to exterminate them
have rerely succeeded. The failures
have been due not so much to lack
of effective methods as lack of Ger.
tain precautions and absence of CON
certed action"
The department in a bulletin empha.
sizes the Importance of rat clubs and
suggests that interest in organized rat
hunts may be stimulated by Offering
prizes or rewards in various commu.
mites to the individual hauling forth
the greatest number of dead rats after
one of the crusades.
Pamphlets dealing with the rodent
problem and suggestive of ways in
which the rat may be eventually rout.
ed from its haunts have been scat.
tered broadcast among the farms and
villages all over the United States,
and the department expects to make
its campaign in this direction one Of
thoroughness.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
"EjltI1v Iucre.v

The expression filthy lucre" is Of
Biblical origin, and is to be found in
the third chapter of the first book of
Timothy, where the qualifications nee
essary for the Office of bishop
are thus set forth: This is true
saying. If a man desireth the Of
flee of bishop. he desireth a good
work. A bishop must then be blame
less, the husband of one wife, vigilant.
sober. of good behavior, given to hos
pitality, apt to teach; not given to
wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy
lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not
covetous."
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
The "sheIl Game" on a Dry Farm.

ne "Shell Game" on Dry Farm.
hulless, or the beardless brewing
barley, for feed, is short sea
son crop which will mature with
minimum amount of moisture.
Oats do well in all parts of the
arid country. Alfalfa will succeed,
but it is important to get seed which
is raised in the north, where the sea-
sons are short. Bronze grass is one of
the best drought-resistant crops for
pasture purposes, but it quickly gets
sod-bound and it must be narrowed or
disced to keep it producing well.
White sweet clover is being tested by
the Wyoming experiment station and
developed by plant breeders so that it
will become a valuable crop. French
clover or sainfoin is hardy drought
resistant clover at high attitudes. The
winter grains are especially favorable
for dry farming, because the summer
fallow methods properly prepare the
ground for such seed and the spring
rains are sufficient to mature the crop
Winter rye is one of the most sue
cessful dry farm crops and is one OF
the best feeds for hogs that can be
produced.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
Wishing Tree Where Wishes Come True

There were more believers in the
tree some years ago than there are
now, but that does not mean that
there are not great many who be.
lieve in 1t to-day. Nor Is the number
by any means confined to the old
'mammies," "aunties' and other black
folk. Ninety-nine per cent of the
persons who pass under the tree on
their way through the square probably
never heard or read of it. But there
are others, and in this case there are
a great many others.
The most marvellous stories are told
about the tree, and many of the
stories have believers. Also many OF
stories have some element of truth
about them. In many cases 1t is a
great deal of story and a very min
ute particle of truth. But it is be
cause there is some truth in them
that the tree has such a clientele.
Faith does not cure all the ills that
it is asked to cure. but it's followers
stances. Hence there are faith cures.
The thousands of wishes that are
made under the wishing tree may end
up in only one coming true, but the
wisher who has been rewarded by its
ravor never loses an opportunity to
makes the wishing tree so much more
famous than any of the other trees
that are in the same park
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
Bio Crop OF Wheat.

Dry farming comes through with
the bells in a way that is anything but
childlike and bland. We know one
man with dry ranch of $3.50 acres
who will this season take down $35,,
900 from his crop of winter wheat
now in the process of harvesting, says
Denver Field and Farm. This Is not
so worse for a horseback farmer on
ten-cent land.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
Those In White Array.

Kirsty McDougall, who lived in q
remote Highland parish, had visit
from her Edinburgh nieces, who were
to spend week or two with the
old lady. She determined to show
them Off on Sunday at the ancient
village kirk of Lochaber The young
ladies wore costumes of the purest
snowy hue. At the point of his ser
mon the minister. in speaking of the
angels of heaven. was heard to say:
And who are those in white ar.
ray?"
To the CONSERVATION Of the con.
gregation Kirsty was heard to ex'
claim:
IT'S ma two nieces. sir, frae Edin-
lburgh. It'd bits.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
Mixed Farmtnu,

The best paying dry farms are those
in which a system of cropping and
feeding stock is combined, Where the
crops are fed to stock at the farm
there is practically no loss of fertility.
There is an annual rainfall of from
twelve to twenty inches on these
lands, the greater part during the
growing months, sufficient under prop
erly applied methods to produce good
crops.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
DIFFERENT CROPS TO RAISE
Among Small Grain the Drought-Re
sistant Sorts Are Important
Winter Rye Successful.

Those crops which are grown IL
rows and only occupy part of the
ground, like potatoes and corn. will
where the season is long enough, ma
ture with the least use OF moisture.
Among small grains the droughtre'
sistant sorts are very important.
Macaroni or durum wheat is one OF
the best. Polish wheat and spelt are
drought-resistant and good for stock
feed. Barley, either the bald or
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
A Yarn of the sea.

Eyes, I've seen some rough times,
sir. Once we was wrecked and we'd
eaten all our provisions. Then we
ate our belts, and then the old ship
Gurned turtle, and we ate her. too."-
Tsassell's Journal.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
DRY Farm Crops.

Wheat, oats, rye, barley, potatoes
and sugar beets, under the scientific
method of cultivation called Dry
Farming" or with the aid of irriga
ton, are successful crops,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30

1t is said that cookleburs and many
other troublesome weeds can be con.
trolled or eradicatod cheaply and
quickly by the use of sulphate Of iron.
The sulphate Of iron should be applied
In form of fine spray.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
Correct.

Teacher Crying to impress upon
the class the meaning of the word
cuticIe) Now, Tommy, tell me what
It is with which my face AMI hands
are covered.
Tommy-FreckIes. ma'am.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-E Ease, the antiseptic powder.
1t makes tight or new shoes feel easy. 1t
IL certain cure for sweating, cal)ous and
hot, tired aching feet. Always use 1t to
Break in new shoes. Sold by all Druggists.
Sc. Trial package mailed Free. Address
Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. New York.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
NO FRIENDS.

Cashier-You'll have to bring some
one to identify you before we can
cash this check. Got any friends in
the town?
Stranger-Not one. I'm the tax COL
lector.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
The Aid of Fashion.

Ella-What would you do if you &C.
tually found man under your bed?
Stella-I'd drop my hat on him.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-30
IThE MARK OF s2&S-AGUARANrEkI

It is no wonder brides are delight.
I'D when they see what beautiful we'd
ding silver we display. Sterling sill.
YER wedding presents may be had Of
us from two or three dollars up to
the elaborate silver services costing
hundreds of dollars. All solid big
value with our uneauaIled guarantee.
G2.s:;z;s;;2'A|s.
~Z--ssNa2Rsi1tArs 81
SALT LAKE CRY UTAH
The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02

The w. c. T U. will meet with Mrs. Sisson Tuesday April 9th, at 23:0.
 It is reported on good authourity that the Greenlaw mill will com mence operations May lst next. Already there is gathering of old lumber Jacks who expect to go to work in the woods about the 18th of this month in order to have plenty logs on hand by the first. Mrs. A. A. Dutton entertained at bridge Friday evening at her home. At the conclusion of the game of bridge light refreshments were served. Those present were: Prof. Taylor. Mrs. Taylor. Miss Alice Taylor, Miss Mary Morton, Miss Rood. J E. Ruffin and Dr. E. IS. Miller.
 The board of supervisors have se- cured certified copies of all the new laws directly affecting Coconino county. which may be seen at Dis trict Attroney Does office. The Judge also kindly offers his assist ance in elucidating the new laws when it is desired.
 Thomas Mccarthy, superintendent of the new sawmill to be estab- lished on the Lockett place. says that he will employ from twenty five to thirty men and will com mence work about April l5 on the new plant. If any one can make paying venture of the enterprise Tom can. for he knows the business from knot to sawdust.
 Supervisor L. D. Yaeger was in the city Wednesday from Phoenix. Louis says the report in the Phoe- nix Republican to the effect that he intend making Phoeinx his home hereafter was a mistake. While he has purchased house and lot there his home was in Flagstaff | and would continue to be for years to come.
 Forest Supervisor Drake has re- ceived 1000 seeding pines to be planted on the Coconino Forest. A number will be planted at the Greenlaw cutting, some south on old logged areas and the balance at i the experimental station in Fort | Valley. This is the second or third | planting of seedling pines. former plantings having proven to be | failure.
The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02
A Unanimous School Election

There was very little interest manifested in the school election Saturday. Everyone seemed satis- fled with the work of Trustee Wm. Switzer the past term and there was no opposition to his re-elec- tion. There were only twenty three votes cast ard MT. Switzer re- ceived them all. which indicates unanimous approval of his trustee ship. The present board includes Messrs F. w. Perkins. A. A. Dut- ton and Wm. Switzer.
The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02

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