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Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
PROFITS IN
BASKET WILLOW
American Soil Well Adapted to
Tree and Wide Opportunities
for Articles Made from Il
BY w. f. Hubbard.

Willow growing gives an uncom-
monty high margin of profit. A large
demand for willow is now supplied by
import, and as American-grown rods
are of good quality when proper care
is taken in their culture there is no
reason why the further development
of the industry should not be possible
If more American farmers can be con-
vinced of its practicability.
OF late years willow furniture has
sprung into fashion and to-day no
minor industry is more prosperous
than that devoted to its supply. The
wages are good and the manufacturers
demand a steady supply of superior
willow.
This is now almost entirely received
from France at price which will give
tho entire trade to the American II he
can equal the quality.
Great care should be taken in the
selection of the willow beds. Rich, per-
manently moist sandy loan gives best
returns. though ordinary moist sandy
land often yields profitable crops OF
willows.
Poor soils produce paying crops
where there is a market for short
-ods. Avoid land on which water Is
staenant during the summer. If by
drainage the water level on such land
can be lowered at least six feet be-
low the surface the situation may be
considered appropriate.
Do not plant willows in localities
where early frosts occur. The tender
shoots are easily injured by the
cold.
Plow ten or twelve inches deep in
the fall. prior to planting the follow
ing spring. This turns the top layer
of the soil so deep that weed seeds
cannot spring up.
n rain is insufficient, irrigate the vii
low bed If possible, but thorough
drainage must be provided, as water
must not stand on the surface. 1t Is
hest also to keep the land well
drained during the winter.
Returns depend very largely upon
the method of culture. but more upon
the variety of the willow planted. be-
cause the shoots of even the best va
rieties and in the most suitable soil
grow brittle after the stools become
old.
The American green and Welsh viii.
lows are most generally planted. The
rods Of the former peel readily. split
49, - now white. hard. flexib e
and heavv
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
He FORGOT Somcthiru.

rs that all you have to say to me?"
she queried. looking off into space.
Great heavens, girl' said he,
abashed, what more can / say?
Haven't / told you that / worship the
very ground you walk on? Haven't
l offered you every iota of my worldly
possessions? Haven't said that you
would never want for anything, that
your relatives could come and stay as
long as they wished, that | would
work my fingers bare for you, and
that l would devote my entire exist.
ehce to you?"
"Oh, yes, you said all that" she re-
piled, wearily, but"
But what?" he asked. tremulously.
"You-you didn't say right out and
out L love you,' and that's what ]
wanted to hear most of ALL
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27

hence starve out the underground
parts. There are three methods that
have given satisfactory results, name
ly, clean cultivation, alfalfa growing
and hog pasturing. There are other
methods that have been tried, but not
with a large measure of success.
These include the placing of building
paper, beet pulp, apple pomace, straw
or manure on the ground to smother
the weed growth, and also the appli-
cation of chemicals. Conditions in t.
rigated regions are complicated by the
fact that bindweed is often allowed
to grow along irrigation bitches, the
water in which distributes the seed.
The water of streams, especially at
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
The Best Food for Workers.

The best food for those who work
with hand or brain Is never high
priced.
The best example of this is found in
Quaker Oats. 1t stands at the top
among foods that supply nourishment
and vigor, without taxing the diges-
ton, and yet 1t is the least expensive
food one can eat.
This great food value and low cost
make it an ideal food for families who
want to get the greatest good from
what they eat.
Laborers, factory or farm hands, fed
plentifully on Quaker Oats will work
better and with less fatigue than If
fed on almost any other kind of food.
All of these facts were proved and
very interesting information about
human foods were gathered by Pro-
fessor Fisher of Yale University in
1908. In addition to the regular pack
age Quaker Oats is packed in large
sized family packages either with or
without china dishes. 8
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27

The only successful methods for the
eradication of bindweed must be based
on the suppression Of all top growth,
in order to starve out the underground
parts. A great many farmers are look
ing for some easy method of killing
the bindweed, and in the meantime are
letting 1t cover the fields and festoon
the trees of the orchard. They are
looking for some magic remedy" that
will completely eradicate the weed
with small amount of exertion on
their part. 1t must be understood that
such formidable enemy as this weed
requires heroic treatment Other farm
ers have gone at the problem less
beedlessly, as in the case of a man
who followed the root of plant to the
depth of four feet and then applied
a large quantity of salt in the hole.
Various methods have been tried
to keep down the top growth. and
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
Electricity Known of Old.

A writer in the Elektrotechnische
Anzeiger cites many incidents to show
that electricity was not unknown to the
ancients. and that George Eber's sug-
gestion in novel that the Egyptians
made use of lightning conductors was
well founded Instruments much like
the modern heliograph were also used,
the writer says, by priests, as a means
Of communication between temples.
There can be no doubt, ne says, as to
the temple having been protected by
lightning rods. The Biblical descrip-
tion shows that the roof was provided
with metallic points held aloft by col
umns and that these ending in chains
terminated in great water tanks He
adds: "All of which is vouched for in
the first book of Kings and the second
book of Chronicles"
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27

They have a tendency to branch,
however, and unless the stools are
planted close together large percent
age of the rods branch so much that
they are often unfit for peeled stock.
A good basket willow possesses the
following characteristics: G) Abil.
ity to yield an annual and uniformly
paying crop of rods; CD fiexibility;
(3) productiveness-i.e e., many shoots
to each stool; (4) slender and branch%
less rods; (5) smooth and white wood
after peeling.
Cuttings for paintings should be
made from one-year-old shoots. The
length of the slips is regulated by the
condition Of the soil. The richer the
soil is the shorter the cuttings may be.
Generally they are made eight inches
long for moist, rich soil, and IL
inches for dry, sandy SOIL
Although it Is generally advised to
prepare cuttings just before planting.
they may be made several weeks in
advance and partially buried in mod.
erately moist snnd and stored in a
cold barn until needed.
Bury the cuttings in sand to with.
in one inch Of the top. Care should
be taken to have the buds point up.
ward.
Plant early in the spring, as soon as
the frost is out OF the ground. In
spacing the plants the following prin.
ciple holds for all willows and for all
soils: The closer the cuttings arr,
planted the more valuable. e.. more
flexible, tough, slender and branchless
the rods become. On the other hand.
they must not be planted so close that
the soil in and between the rows can.
not be cultivated.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
THE DIFFERENCE
Coffee Usually Means Sickness, But
Postum Always Means Health.

Those who have never tried the ex-
pertinent of leaving off coffee and
drinking Postum in its place and in
this way regaining health and happi-
ness can learn much from the expert
ence of others who have made the
trial.
One who knows says: IL drank cof-
fee for breakfast every morning until
had terrible attacks of indigestion
producing days of discomfort and
nights of sleeplessness. tried to give
up the use of coffee entirely, but found
it hard to go from hot coffee to a
glass of water Then l tried Postum.
1T was good and the effect was so
pleasant that | soon learned to love
1t and have used it for several years.
l improved Immediately after I left
off coffee and took on Postum and
am now entirely cured of my indiges-
ton and other troubles all of which
we're due to coffee. I am now we'll
and contented and all because |
changed from coffee to Postum.
Postum is much easier to make
right every time than coffee, for 1t is
so even and always reliable We
never use coffee now In our family
We use Postum, and are always we'll"
There's reason and 1t is proved
by trial
Look in pkgs for copy OF the famous
little book, THE Road to Wellville."
Ever read the above Ietters new
one appears from, time 10 time. The.
ure genuine, true, and full OF hunnS
iRfcres..
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
OIL Of Sassafras for Insect Bites.

1t Is not generally known how valu-
able a preventive against the bites of
mosquitoes, fleas, gnats. midges. etc
OIL of sassafras is. The fact has re-
Gently been recorded again by A. T.
Girdler. If in susceptible person the
oil is applied at once to the place that
has been bitten it almost invariably
prevents the poisoning altogether. If ap-
piled to the inflamed spot day or two
after the bite it an once stops the ir-
ritation.
To those who live in the country
and whose life is made a burden by
undue susceptibility to insect bites
and to those who have not yet return
ed from holiday making In regions
infested by biting insects, oil of sas-
safras should be a great boon and 1t
is harmless as an external application.
London Globe.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
LONG LIFE OF INDIAN QUEEN
seanie, the Ruler Of ChehaIls, Was 1872
Years Old at the Time OF
Her Death.

There has Just died at the home OF
her grandniece, Mrs. William Vianen
of New Westminster (herself 76 years
of age) the last of the royal line OF
the Chehalis Indians. In times long
past strong nation occupying the
country contiguous to Harrison Lake,
a Montreal Herald's Victoria (B. CD
correspondent says. Queen Jeanie was
reputedly 1872 years old at the time OF
her death and until quite recently In
full possession of all her faculties.
She was a young woman 81 years OF
age and the mother of five when
Simon Fraser made his historical ex-
pedition in the course of which he dis
covered the great river to which he
gave his name, and Queen yeanie told
with pride of giving the strange white
man hospitable entertainment, In
recognition of which the Scottish ex-
plorer presented her with several pret-
ty trinkets, which have ever since
been preserved as family heirlooms.
Queen Jeanie had for years been lfv-
ing in a lowly hut on the Indian reser-
walton at the west end of New West
minister city. forgotten by the busy
world and almost forgotten by the
scattered remnants of the nation over
which in it's unity she once ruled. For
the last year or more she has been
speechless and utterly helpless, wait
ing for the summons to the happy
hunting grounds. Her grandniece,
herself 76, 55 years ago married one
of the PROVINCES earliest pioneers,
William Vianan, better known as
Dutch Bill" the first white fisher
man on the Fraser river. His death
occurred about three years ago. No
such case of Indian longevity as that
of Queen Jeanie has been known in
this part of the world
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
Poultry In the Orchard.

Poultry may often with advantage
be kept in the orchard. This makes
it possible to engage in poultry keep
ing on a considerable scale without
any cost for land, writes James Dry
den In Farm Press. In other words.
a double use of the land may be
made. The trees afford shade to the
fowls in warm weather. II will be
necessary to furnish them ample
green food at all times, especially
when the apples are on the ground Z
IL no other green food is available
they are liable to eat an injurious
amount OF apples. On the other hand.
poultry is a decided advantage to the
orchard as an aid in the warfare on
insect enemies.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
METHOD TO COMPLETELY
ERADICATE THE BINDWEED
This luxurious May Extermnated In Any Field
Orchard II Proper Effort Made
BY II. n. Cox.

food times, is also factor in distribu.
ting the seeds and roots TO other land.
Bindweed can be eradicated by
clean cultivation II thorough and per-
sistent. The case requires going over
the land once every week or ten days
during the entire growing season OF
the weed, which is between the spring
and fall frosts. Two years OF this
treatment will accomplish the result
in most cases, and it is probable that
one year will suffice where the plant
does not root too deeply. The diff
Guilty is that many farmers will not
cultivate as thoroughly as Is neces-
sary. Even small top growth Is
enough to form some new UNDER
ground growth and rejuvenate the old
roots or root stocks, thereby carry
ing the plant over to the next season.
Cultivation has the further advantage
of inducing a rapid termination of all
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
Benefits of
Sunlight
i'm the
SiCkrOOn
By WELLS ANDREWS, M. d.

her eyes and remember detail and if possible
in writing tell the doctor all about the patient absence
These the principal things the should tempra
ture; second, pulse; third respiration
Taking the temperature aeranng the heat
body This cannot be done by feeling with the hand
done with clinical thermometer which very med
@ practice These thermometers can be purchased of druggist
doctor will instruct to their
The temperature be taken various of the BODY
being the mouth amp The natural heat of the
body S 9S.4 degrees.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27

seeds of the weed which are in the
soil, the young seedlings being prompt.
ly destroyed by the subsequent tillage.
Conditions in orchard lands are such
as to offer a favorable opportunity
to get rid of this weed, or at least So
reduce it that 1t does not do much
damage. Many orchards use a type
of implement that has been found
very successful in the control of the
weeds. 1t consists of beam resting
on the ground, varying in width from
eight to IL feet, with a series of
knives below, all inclined inward It's
draft is light, 1t makes wide cut,
it can be worked close to the trees
and is comparatively inexpensive.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
Pay for Stock DESTROYED.

The legislature of New York has
been asked to levy an appropriation
for the commissioner OF agriculture of
$4,000 to pay one-third of the full ap-
praised value of live stock destroyed
on account of foot and mouth disease
.nd for the expense of suppressing
aad eradic5ting that disease.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27

The Berbers, the fanatical followers of
Mohammed, are the ones who have made
the trouble that Spain is experiencing in
Morocco.
| was in their part of the world sum-
mer before last and got near view of the
natives, although it is dangerous land for
strangers to explore. The Berbers make
war on everybody of alien race and they
are especially hostile to white men. MANY
a missionary has been dispatched by them
in the most horrible manner. Throughout
all the centuries since Christ they have re-
mained as they were in the beginning. saw
cir hand against all mankind and lirin1r
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
Naturally So.

There seems TO be a great deal
about provisions in this north pole dis
cussion."
"Of course, there Is. Isn't II quite
natural for there to be something gas
trOnomic about feat which was per-
formed by a Cook?'
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
Lighthouse for Peace Memorial.

Lighthouse for Peace Memorial.
Would not lighthouse be a fitting
memorial of the peace that has pre-
vailed on the great lakes since the
war of 1912? The neutrality OF the
great lakes is a triumph of common
sense and humane instincts over war
like impulses. 1t also illustrates the
superiority of the unwritten to the
written statute.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27

Some one now advocates a muzzle for
roosters There have been muzzles pro-
posed for dogs, for cats and, in fact, for
almost everything except for the man who
constantly finds fault with other peoples
business. Only few years ago the poul-
try industry was in its infancy. Look at
it now. The city folks are building up
some of the finest grades of poultry to be
found either in America or Europe. Most
people think that it was the farmer who
built up the poultry industry. Not So.
Look through the many poultry shows and
vou will see that the CITY folks are ahead
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
Anti-CIimax.

"How's yer wheat?"
First rate
Pigs doin' well?"
Fine"
THAT puny colt come round all
right?"
He sure did"
"Glad to hear things is so likely,
Bill. How's your wife e?"-Washington
Herald.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
How the
Poultry
Business
Rapidly
Grows
By J. A. B0STED0

of the farmers The large cities full of fancypouy bre
People doors simply begging for fresh especially fol-
of nvads and children The price object Fresh eggs
needed and not storage eggs
Still find people who kick about chickens while camorng
fresh eggs Why don't they storage egg The coming winter
find these people paying for than The only
the real fresh egg is TO raise it
1t to feed blooded stock than the
chicken Hence the great of fancy poultry throughout
suburbs of the big cities.
If people do agree with their neghbors IDEAS
don't they esewhere The umuzed hower all
universe from But show who penn
industry.
visit to the poultry and animal shows will convince anybody
the city people showing the goods, not bowling
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
Heartless Parent AGAIN.

Beautiful Girl - Gardener. don't
make a flower bed there. 1t will
spoil our croquet ground"
Gardener - Can't help 1t, miss.
rhem's my orders. Your father says
he is going to have this garden de-
voted to horticulture, not husbandry.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
MAJOR OR MINOR.

Mr.. Lunnon-I suppose / may ad-
dress you as major, sir! Every man
in these southern states seems to be
colonel or a major.
Texas Bill-I'm no major; I'm a
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27

All doctors now agree that the sickroom
should be sunny one, if possible. 1t has
been remarked in hospitals that patients
on the sunny side get well quicker than
those on the dark side. Sunlight gives
vigor and life. OF course the window
blinds should be drawn if the patient wish
es for dark room, as people do in pain,
and in some cases dark room is necessary.
but these are the exceptions. In general
a sunny room is a good medicine
In all families there should be one who
could perform the duties of a nurse. To
do SO requires tact and observation Sba
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
A Mistaken Nlew-

THAT lawyer conducted the cross
examination"
why, thought he was real good
natured about it."-Baltimore Amerl.
aap,
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
Women
Workers
Every WAGE
Garner Should
Join Union
BY MARGARET L. FOLEY

VERY wage-eaner should belong to trade organza
ton 1t is only through organization that anything is OBJ
tained In every large community of intelligent working
people trade union is legitimate savings bank Capt.
tasts combine corporations and trusts to lower
and increase profits and wageaners combine into unions to
reduce the hours of labor and to raise wages.
Any person, whether capitalist wageearner who does
not protect his business interests by organizing with others
like himself is almost certain to become loser The
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27
BerberS of
Morocco
Are a
Bad Lot
By PROF. PAUL DU B0lS
University Of California

their hand against all mankind living
their herds and focs There about 100000 of Beers in
Morocco They have written language peak corruption Of
Arabic
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-11-27

without the trade 1t only that ne
of permanently beeing his condition.
Women workers. especially when unorgnized the most helpless
class the community with the exception of the child worker because
their business life They be great to the
community where they work competition with for when
lied they invariably tend to lower wages.
world with the idea that their
earning period will be short duration They therefore often accept
lower than would without considering that by doing they
enng the possibility for that and support family
according o the American standard.
Again the large number of working after marriage ndca
the that the competition of organized with
that the normal family relation cannot be maintained.
Every should strive for u. u
living wage, a eght-hour day and >ZZ7z1aAs< CI@@
good sanitary conditions, which al -
most never found in unorganized trades. Il
The Delta independent., 1909-08-20
To Inquirers.

Many inquiries come to the INDE-
PENDENT asking for information about
"land opening" at Montrose.
So far as information is at hand,
there will be no land opening-at least
not in the near future.
The government cites that the land
to be opened has already been entered
and that, of the possible $1,000 acres
remaining, that will only be watered
by the last bitches to be made by the
government and may not be in shape
to receive water for several years.
Entry of the lands under the Gunni-
son tunnel project has been going on
for several years and the opening of
the tunnel has been awaited with
feverish interest. The tunnel has at
last been completed and the formal
opening will occur September 23rd, on
the afternoon of which day President
Taft is to raise the headgate. This is
the occasion of the big celebrati tion at
Montrose, which has led many to be-
lleve it q public land opening. The
water from the tunnel will not come
into actual use until next spring.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-20
No Land Opening at Montrose

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-The reclama-
ton service today issued a notice to
correct an erroneous impression which
has been given wide circulation regard
ing the coming opening of the Gunni-
son tunnel irrigation project in western
Colorado.
On account of the expected visit of
President Taft, the opening has been
given widespread publicity and the i'm
preston prevails that about $4,000
acres of land will be disposed of by
drawing in tracts of 40 acres with a
guaranteed government water right.
As matter of fact, the reclamation
service states, all of the land for which
water is now available is in private
ownership or has been entered. When
the project is completed not more than
Is, 900 acres of government land will be
subject to entry.
These lands are located along the
edge of the project and viii be watered
from the latest canals to be constructed.
In view of the depleted condition of
the reclamation fund it is not probable
that these lands can be irrigated or
placed on the market for settlers very
soon
The Delta independent., 1909-08-20
Great Nu,seryman Here.

Herbert Chase, of the Huntsville.
Alabama nurseries, is in Delta this
week, is delighted with the country and
climate and may decide to locate here.
Mr.. Chase is just home from France,
where he arranged for gratis from
that sunny cline for experimental
building up of stock. He is of the
Chase family who comprise the largest
nurserymen in the United States, with
great nurseries in different Southern
states. and for whom A. w. Carr of
Delta has been the active representa-
tive.
Mr.. Carr. who will go into New Mex
leo on an immediate trip for the COM
pany, has just come home from visit
to the Alabama nurseries.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-20
Buns as Fruit Hands.

To almost any section where big
fruit harvest is promised and where
there is likely to be an over demand
for help. Weary Willie" and "Clar-
ence Dolittle" are sure to be attracted.
While the opposite is the case, this
fruit picking business suggests some
thing easy looking to the average
bum, and straightway he hikes for
the vicinity. One of the clan appeared
at the back door of the INDEPENDENT
office the other day and asked to be
given an empty gasoline can to wash
his clothes in. The request being mod
est and his ambition laudable. he was
given the can. But the matter sug-
gests proper caution on the part of
everybody, for collection of this class
does not always mean a desire on the
part of those who comprise it, an indi-
vidual desire to work.