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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12
LOG DRAG ON ROADS.
Wisconsin to Encourage Farmers to
Drag Their Roads by Offer
ing Bounty.

Recently in an address at the Wis
consin State Farmers institute, w. O..
Hotchkiss, chief of the highway di-
vision of that state, noted that Wis.
consin proposes to encourage farmers
to drag their roads by Offering sub
stantial bounty for that service. Mr..
Hotchkiss states:
ut is proposed to allow farmers to
work out their road tax in dragging
adjacent roads with the split log or
other drag at the rate of rs cents per
mile for each time they are requested
to drag by the town board. This law
should result in a great increase in
the use of this drag and consequent
improvement Of the dirt roads of the
state"
There is no question Of the useful
ness of dragging roads with the split
log drag when the work is carefully
and regularly done, says the Prairie
Farmer Should Wisconsin undertake
to put the proposed law into force,
good road builders will watch results
of the experiment with interest.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12

Pretty over-curtains for service at
bedroom windows are made from Gre
tonne lined with cheese cloth in some
tone which appears in the cretonne
pattern. Used over ruf1led Swiss or
muslin curtains, these give the room
a very dressy appearance. For small
windows, where two sets of curtains
would look heavy, curtains made of
dainty sprigged dimity, such as used
for summer gowns, and costing from
eight to fifteen cents a yard, make
very desirable sunlight filters, writes
Bessie Blanchard in the Home Maya
zine. If choice delicate pattern of
dimity can be secured, bed spread
with valance and bolster roll, should
be made of the material, and one or
all leaves of the screen filled with
the same. The very cheap, loosely
woven crash, such as is used for dish
towels, makes very attractive curtains
and bed spread when set together
with cheap torchon insertion or fag-
oted together. If special color
scheme is to be carried out, this crash
and insertion combination is very eff
fective, since it can be successfully
dyed by the veriest amateur. White or
cream-colored bed spreads are gener-
ally more satisfactory than colored
ones, especially if there is much col
oring in wall paper and draperies.
Utility boxes are now recognized as
being as necessary as bureau in the
house. The most expensive are COW
cred with leather and used in hall or
library. The woman who is proficient
in the delightful art of woodcarving
has chest in her dining room for the
table linen. If she be bride, she
will have one in her bouGoir that will
be lined with white satin and be
called her dover box" holding the
lingerie of her trousseau. In miladi's
bedroom the box is covered with Gre
tonne matching the other furnishings
and neatly lined with cambria, with a
sachet pad covering the bottom. In
this shirtwaists are kept free from
dust and wrinkles, and if the room is
large enough there will be shirt box
to hold the dainty thin gowns that are
apt to look unkempt if kept in a
crowded clothes closet.
If furnished with springs in the lid,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12

"Say," said Tommy, "did 1 ever tell
you about the circus we had at our
house the other night?"
mo-" said I, settling back in my
chair, "let her rip
WELL" continued Tommy, lit was a
peacherine, considering that the CEN
ter of disturbance was nothing but a
a hotel vegetable dish-same blame
thing-only larger.
''Well, as 1 was saying, it was on a
Saturday night, and came home very
early, about a. m. 1 wasn't particu-
larly anxious for the folks to know
what time got in, as the dad had had
a notion to NOW down my allowance
for couple of moons past. He's al
ways preaching about early worms
and birds and opportunity and things.
Il could see my fond parents wait
ing up for me with tracts, but I
braced the game and in l went. Moth
ing doing-no parental greeting
soft peep from the head of the stairs:
Tommy, is that your
"'sure.' says 1 were you looking
for soIse one else?
"'Co,ne on up says sis, there's a
lot doing
In minute, says I. located the
ice-water tank and imbibed generous.
ly. Then, with some difficulty, 1 as
cended to the upper deck.
"The proud and happy author OF
my being and the publisher of the same
were doing some kind of a splash act.
%, Tommy says sis, I'm so glad
you've coue-we're all going to be
drowned!'
isis was skylarking around the
main cabin in a mosquito netting she
called huthgown, and the fond and
dutiful parents were likewise attired.
Thomas, says the governor, 1T is
three o'clock, and you may as we'll
spend the rest of the evening profit
ably. We are all much wearied with
the unaccuatomed exertion.' With this
he hands ma pail.
''The city's reservoir was backing
up into our tub, and the family was
dipping it out and pouring it into the
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12
MAKES A GOOD COMBINATION.
Street Suit of Ecru Pique with Wool
Is Decidedly Pretty and
Effective.

1t is a decided innovation to have
ecru pique combined with wool for
street suit, but the combination is
pretty and effective. The pique is
used for collars, cuffs, band around
tho skirt and panels. The one gown
which has been seen so far in this
new fashion belonged to a girl who
gets the latest cry from Paris, and it
is pretty and effective enough to serve
as a model. 1t was made in the lone
lines as to skirt and coat which pre-,
vailed in the winter and of the three.
piece variety. The foundation was of
Henrietta cloth, dull brown, SHADING
almost into gray. The skirt barely
cleared the ground, and panel wise
down the front, back and sides were
tapering strips of piQue, beginning
with mere inch at the top and widen.
ing out until they almost met when
the four pieces reached the hem. The
entire surface of the qiQue, which was
vf golden brown, was braided in metal
lie effect, with abundant penwork in.
sets edged in gold. The collar and
cuffs on the long coat were of piuue
and the same panel effect was noted
down the back and on the fronts OF
the coats. The waist was of soft sill
with the same pique insets and a col
lar of gold braid.-New York Press
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12
$50, to Sweep the Dust Off the Lake,
Says Sarcastically."

washbowl. l could see what would
happen if we didn't bail it out-the
ranch would float down the street in
about two hours by the clock. The
more ! bailed the less good it did.
took about 81 pals of water out Of
that thing, and it was no joke, either,
as my roof was full of bats from the
evenings merriment.
"'Whc found it?' asks I.
Me- says sis. When 1 got ready
to hit the sheets, I came in here for
filled up of it's own accord. l blew the
the whistle and pipsd all hands on
deck Of course, that wasn't her ex-
act language, but it's the idea.
Il bailed for two hours straight,
with sis encouraging me and begging
me to omit mutilating the English.
The hinge on my back got rusty and
my brain cells began to work. See
here says I to sis, you bail while
I'm going after a plumber or some
thing
Plumber scoffed sis; what
plumber would come out here at half
past four OH Sunday morning?
It'll be five by the time that |
pipe his nobs,' says I, and plumbers
ought to be up early, even if it is Sun
day morning. The early bird catches
the worm. Money'll bring him, and he
can look to the governor for it.
"'All right says sis, I'll BAIL
while we went on talking the tue
filled itself again. The water rose in
distinct jerks, or tides, and couldn't
seem to make any Roadway. Sis said
that when I had good start, she'd
yell for help, and get the rest of the
family at 1t again. They'd been sleep
ing now for two hours, net. Well,
hiked off down the avenue without the
slightest notion Of the plumber quar-
ter. / woke up druggist, who cussed
me good and plenty and then some
when he found that l only wanted to
look at his directory, and he banged
the door in my map without giving me
a look at his sainted book. Then l
piped jay to port, rolling towards
me, and as he looked respectable. I
tagged him.
"'Kind SIR says I, can you put me
wise to pipe specialist?' Says he:
Young man. I don't understand you:
am throat doctor layself.' That
don't fill the specifications. says L;
4 don't want a bacteria shsrY, only
= lead.pip& DOCTOR
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12
Cuba Is to Repay Debt.

The recent Intervention in Cuba cost
the United States some six millions of
dollars. And Cuba is expected to pay
the freight" But the terms are easy.
The president is empowered by con-
gress to receive from the Cuban gov.
eminent from time to time such
amounts to reimburse the United
States as he may consider the Cuban
treasury then able to pay without seri.
GUS embarrassment" There is chance
here for a difference Of opinion be.
tween the Cuban secretary of the
treasury and the president Of the
United States in regard to the mean.
ing of the last six words Of the con.
ditiou.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12
:aSI@E aNgSSS@E 2@I&
Copyright, 1909, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
By Samuel Lincoln

49, says he, and he located joint
for me where the plumber slept over
his office. is there night bell?' says
l. 'Donno,' says he. You'll have to
rap l picked up brick to rap with
and set sail. made more noise than
one of those steam organs.
Il pounded and raped until I was
from the inside: Did some wan rap?'
"'Some wan did, says I. want a
plumber double-quick.' What for?
asks the voice.
80, to sweep the dust off the lake,
says l sarcastically. Come out,
need plumber
"After long discussion inside, the
plumberh himself condescended to speak
to me. I can't wurruck on a
Sonday,' says he. It's aginist the
rules Of me union
Union be smothered,' says /; five
peorls are drowning. It's twenty for
you IL you will cone and save our
lives
"I'll come says he, fer the sake
Nv the errand iv mercy He wanted
to stoke the sugar first, but l told
him that my filthy lucre was in my
other vest on the piano, so he hooked
up his kit, and we started. He went
to sleep four or five times on the
way, but we finally made the harbor
and dropped anchor.
"On deck there was no change in
the scenery. Author publisher and
sis were still bailing when introduced
the plumber.
""Thomas,' says the governor, you
are credit to the family Sis flew
the coop on account of not being
dressed for company.
"'How long have you been doing
this?' asks the plumber.
"'Since II p. m.-last II p. m.,' says
the governor, hopping his marble
brow.
"'Why didn't We put in the plug,
lay a brick on top iv it, and go to
; bed?" asks the plumber.
"'Never thought of it, says l, feel
ing foolish.
AAO p4uAlOCA SUI LID NH. Au-
| screwed the trap of the washbowl and
gave something a push to the right.
Yer trap was stopped up says he,
and that sent the water to the tub.
IT'S the same water says he. 'Ye can
see how soiled it is from bailing it SO
frequent
wouldn't that get your goat? We'd
been transferring the same water all
night from the tub to the bowl and
back again!
"'Give me the twenty says the
plumber.
"'Not on your tin-type,' says the
governor getting red.
"'The young buck promised IT, says
the plumber, otherwise I wouldn t
have come. It's aginist the rules iv
| me-
"'All right says the governor, you
shall annex it. It'll come out of your
allowance, Thomas
Il let the man out, and he says:
| Can leave me kit out in the entry
| till come back?'
81 suppose so,' says I, feeling
grouchy. Where are you going?'
"I'm going to early mass says he,
to praise God fer me brains. Top O.
tn mornin' to yer honor!'
Cheap? No name for it; l felt like
a bargain-counter shirt that had been
marked down to So cents"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12
GROWING Early Hoo Pasture.

It is of as much Importance to have
early pasture for hogs, and especially
small pigs, as for cattle, dairy COWS
or sheep. The hog has the name of
being a mortgage litter, and we must
all acknowledge that the name is a
very suitable one.
Knowing this to be true, why not
provide in way that will be most
satisfactory to him and offer the larg-
est profit to ourselves?
A hog does not relish corn for ~
months in the year and nothing else,
and it is not necessary to have to de-
pend upon corn alone for that length
OF time to feed him, nor is it profit
able to allow him to have nothing
else.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12
Potato Bliuht and Scab,

A good remedy for blight and scab
in seed potatoes is to dissolve one
ounce of corrosive sublimate in eight
to nine gallons of water and soak the
potatoes in this solution about 90 min
utes. While this is effective many
prefer using one pint of formalin to
30 gallons of water. The corrosive
sublimate is a poison and more dan.
gerOus.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12
SHAFT WORKS PUMP.
Method Of Securing Water Inside the
House Without Going Outside
by Means of Crank.

The accompanying sketch shows
method of operating pump situated
outside of a building while the opera
chanics. This device can be used on a
pump where the we'll is close to the
house. A shaft and crank operates
a pitman that drives the pump rod.
The shaft is fitted with hand crank
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12
TaIkative,

Il wouldn't objeck to de man dat
keeps talkin' all de time" said Uncle
Eben, IF he didn't insis' on th'owin' in
a question every ten minutes or SO dat
you's got to answer to show you'G
keepin' awake. "-Washington Star.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12
New Waist Line.

The average height for the fashion
able waist line is three inches above
the true one. This does not include
the empire line.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12
Small Brims on Straw Hats.

The new straw hats have brims not
over two inches wide, and some Of
them have no brims at all.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12
Tendency Toward Fullness.

A great many of the skirts hint at
drapery, which emphasizes the fact
that the tendency is toward more full
ness
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-12

An extension spout allows the water
to run in the sink inside the house.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-07
HIGH FINANCE,

The millions accumulated by the late E. H. Hartman, who, at his death, was comparatively a young man, call attention to the fact that high finance appears to be another name for high jinks. That he could not have hon estIy earned $149,000, 900 in less than thirty years does not have to be ar gued-the averment is apparent upon its face. That men handling great corporations In this country for hun dreds of thousands of stockholders are not held to strict enough responsibility is oftener and oftener being disclosed. Opportunities for robbing stockholders are too many and are too frequently the main source of accumulated mill lions, most of which should have gone to others. The Providence Journal, referring to the large estate left by MT. Hartman, says:
 Tt is fairly obvious, indeed, that such a vast accumulation must have been brought about by manipulations in which many persons suffered. Some light was cast upon MT. Harriman's methods at the time of his quarrel with Stuyvesant Fish. He gained control of other properties, it is safe to assume, in much the same way that he gained control of the Illinois Cen tral. That public policy demands fur ther restriction of a mans right to do what he likes with his own-or with the property of other people that he happens to control-is a conclusion which may be reached without i'm volving enmity to the whole structure of civilized society"
 That these so-called railroad kings" should be held to stricter aecounta- bility no one can doubt; and further more the future safety of the republic demands that license and technicali- ties in this direction should be abol- ished and only fair and honorable business methods be legalized.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-07
WHOLESOME SHOPPING ADVICE.

Edith Kendall of the Consumers league, New York, has performed a real benefit to mankind by reducing the huge mass of Christmas advice to seven very short paragraphs:
 Buy eaxly-early in the season and early in the day.
 Send packages two weeks before Christmas. marked, Not to be opened till Christmas
 Aim to minister to real needs. Give chiefly to children. Make 1t their day.
 Buy nothing you cannot afford.
 Choose articles showing artistic merit or having intrinsic value.
 Demand things which have been made and sold under conditions whole some to the worker.
 Above all. remember that Christmas is of sweet and noble memory and not an occasion appropriate to vulgar display"
 It Is. of course, everyone's privilege to shop as they see fit. Dictation is not pleasant-unsolicited advice is not welcome, but good sense with the label plainly to be seen on it's face ought to be worthy just a little considera- ton. The one emphatic point is ITO take pains to see that things you buy have been made and sold under con- ditions wholesome to the worker" for that is protection and promotion-it protects the buyer and advances to a degree civilization.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-07
THE CHURCH BOYS, CLUB.

Any movement that keeps alive the best activities of the boy produces in the end the most desirable citizen. A national organization to rescue the boys from dullness and bad company has its headquarters at New Haven. and it Is asking every church in the country, How would you like to have boys club in your ehurch?'
 This is what its published circular has to say on the subject:
 Most every one of you boys goes to some church or Sunday school, and some of your friends have got together some of the best of good things to give you a good time in a lot of ways. IL is mostly for boys who are in church or Sunday school who. as these friends think, ought to have a little more life and things which boys like and some times do not get in the church, and SO they go looking for them outside. These people think the church, with It's nice buildings and all that and lots of good people, is the very place for the boy, and that if he can have the things a real hoy likes and ought to have. he will stay by and help out, and in every way have better time than he will if mixed up with things outside. and some of them. too, not the least bit good for him. So this plan of giving these good things to the real live boy has been fixed up, and f. is called the Church Boys club. It Is for the boys of any church in the big city or little village, the big church or the little church. If the boy who does not go to Sunday school fin most cases he can, and he will. not be bothered by being coaxed and teas ed to come Into the church or Sunday school. He can go to church and Sun day school if he wants to, but he can be in the club and not go if he feels that way
 ''Thls is not a big 'hurrah' sort of . club. 1t is just few hoys meeting once a week in little cosy room of the church with one or two older friends of their own sort as leaders. They have a good time, games, books of their own, music, a spread now and then, and besides this they find out lot about some things that in one way or another are as much fun as the games, and help them to be of some use in the world when they are older, as well as to cut out a lot of 'kili-fun' things"
 Communication with The Friend of Boys, 69 Church street, New Haven, will bring the information how this work is successfully conducted.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-07
EASTERN CATTLE RAISING.

Live men are doing all they can to renew faith in the productive power of old-farm soil when it is properly worked and equipped.
 The Connecticut Farmer prints the ex- perience of an orchardist who after twenty years of application took from twelve acres this year TOO barrels of Baldwin apples valued at s2,100, and reaped four other good crops from the same land. and he has se other acres on the same farm he bought cheap many years ago.
 A member of the New York New Jersey livestock exchange, looking over New York state for the New York Journal of Commerce, remarked: -
 'sThere are 25.ooo derelict farms fin New York state alone. Now, say, as an example, you could keep carload of twenty head of cattle on each farm so as to show a profit of s10 apiece and you would add $5,o00,00o to the wealth of the state"
 The provisions of a reliable mar ket for the farmers supplies will draw his attention to the subject. The breaking up of the great ranches of the west will open to the farmers an opportunity as meat-raisers which will redound to their great advantage when they embrace it. The main elements in the problem, viewed from an eco- homie standpoint, were recited by the authority above referred to as fellows:
 Tt is not necessary nowadays to convert arable land into wide ranges of pasture for the rearing of cattle that are meant for conversion into meat. Proper forage can be grown by the intensification of the soil, and by the use of such natural feed as alfalfa. or by the mixture of molasses with corn and hay, oil and cottonseed cake and the like.
 "Of course the question of suitabil- ity of lands and soils for the growth of special meat-producing fodder is one to be carefully considered, but it can be solved by the tests of experimental stations conducted by agricultural col leges. whose proper province it is to undertake such investigations.
 ''The husbanding of livestock is generally found to be one of the best attractions for the emigrant who him. self comes from the land. To tend live animals is naturally more or less a congenial work for the countrymen, and even from congested centers of city life men can be drawn more read fly to follow such an occupation than to other forms of labor. They will adopt this means of a livelihood in- stinctively where they would hesitate to go into mining and similar occupa- tions or even into laborious farm field work. There is never a question of getting sufficient labor fer the live stock industry"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-07
A Gateway to New England.

The authorization by the directors of the New Haven road of the double tracking of the line between Shelton and awleyville-stations on the route from New Haven to Poughkeepsie- points to the growing traffic via the Poughkeepsie bridge, the most impor- tant gateway to New England north oi New York city. When MT Mcleod was president of the Boston and Maine. New England and Reading roads he ran trains from Boston by way of the bridge to Philadelphia. That was nearly twenty years ago." says the Hartford Times. Mcleod was ahead of his time'-that was all. A great deal of New England traffic must ulti- mately find its way southward over the Poughkeepsie bridge, and the New England railway system of the future ought to have its own route into Phil adelphia, as Mcleod planned" The route from New Haven to Poughksep- sic. 1t will be noticed, is a newly de- veicped one, and emphasizes the i'm portance of the bridge connection be- tween New England and the middle states.-Providence Journal.