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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-23
WESTERN NATURE STUDIES
HOW TO MAKE AND KEEP A LAWN.
BY }. H. PAUL.

The select seed is the most economical
to buy.
The safest course is to use an abund-
ance Of seed With economy ana care
one quart of blue grass seed will be
sufficient for 500 square feet OF lawn.
but ii is well for amateur gardeners To
double or even treble this amount. Two
or three bushels Of seed per acre may
be used i'm large areas. White clover
seed may be mixed with the blue
grass. since the clover is able TO re
establish itself after periods Of drought.
Glover affords a protection TO the
young blue grass, which will finally
displace the clover.
The seed should be divided into two
parts and sOwn broadcast in two direc-
tons, the second sowing TO be at right
angles with the direction Of the first.
The soil must be very loose and fine
for the first few inches from the sur
face, and. for the sake Of moisture, the
seed must be brought in close contact
With the sol The seed is simply raked
in and then gently sprinkled night ana
morning
1t is better to use an excessive
amount OF seed and allow natural Sc
lection to eliminate the weak specimens
rather than to seed sparsely with tbs
hope that the natural habits OF the
plants will be sufficient to enable them
to take possession Of the entire area. A
thick stand of plants OF the desire
species gives title opportunity for the
development of weeds. while a thu
stand Of the same species offers place
for the growth of weeds which may
become determined competitors for the
possession of the ground. thus sub
jecting the gardener. to the necessity Of
eliminating the weeds or OF re-estab-
fishing the lawn. Heavy seeding OF
grass is therefore. a very important
matter i'm the establishment of lawns.
The Soil for Lawns.
A sol moderately moist and with a
strong percentage of clay Is the ideal
seedbed for grasses that form lawns.
II should retain moisture without be-
coming too wet Such a soil is heavy
and compact rather than light, loose
and sandy. a clay SubsOil covered by
a strong clay loan or by a sandy loan.
should be the aim in the preparation
of lawn beds. II sand is the only foUn-
datiOn. a top dressing of tive or three
inches Of clay should be applied to il
and then mixed IN with the first six
inches of the sand. A crop of clover or
alfalfa may first be grown and the
foliage plowed under. so as to mix an
abundance of Vegeta bic matter with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-23

trogen. In the west. most fortunately,
we have a ready means Of adding nitro
gent to the soil as we'll as by the ap-
plicatiOn of manures. By the growing
OF leguminous crops on the soil for
few years we can prepare the land for
a very successful lawn. II is thus pos
sible to secure all the nitrogen that is
necessary for abundant foliage, either
from the air. by planting iucern or sim
liar crops. or from the barnyard by
taking the manurss. If for other pur-
poses than lawnmaking we should need
to purchase fertilizing materials, only
those containing potash and phosphoric
acid need be bought. A recent authori-
ty says that every farmer should grow
leguminous crops as extensively as pos
sibie for HIS own use in feeding. for
sale or for blowing under. The impOr-
lance Of these crops will become greater
and greater as the nitrogen IN the soil
decreases. Nitrogen is the most expen-
sive kind Of fertilizer, and, so far as
possible. il should be secured from the
air and not by purchases I'm feeding
stuffs or fertilizers. Leguminous crops
do not add to the store Of phosphOric
acid or potash I'm the soil, and may. in
deed, require these fertilizers to effect
their best growth.
An excess Of nitrogen has certain dis
advantages; il renders plants more sus-
ceptibie TO disease, especially fungus
disease. MangOlds at Rothamsted arc
swept every year with fungus disease,
while three feet away are perfectly
sound, healthful beots. The infection
is alike in both places. but il takes only
on the plots having an excess of nitro
gen. The diseased leaves are seen
torn. sbriveled and rotten. Wheat fields
get rusty and weeds are widowed on
high nitrogen land.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-23

,-,, Possesses a double vaiue: il
t--b aesthetic and economic E-i-
Is on EVERY effort made to beau
poI a. outdoor surround ngs includes
uIl Green grass is the best and
la tho only setting for the various
a.NL nj landscape gardening. Ii Is
l5y.--,-,7eable TO all our ideas Of rural
.-,t,. saws Corbett
pta 7--,. bsrbage Of the field is the prim-
L-,--.1dencc of an animal life. and
a-' he green color, the sweet fra
o. and the soothing effect Of ma
,rbirb comes from well-kept
t1Ie ards That make them so con
sirsr 81 man. Grass is natures balm
b,sfrrg for an erOsiye scars Ma
cru . .brore rough edges and broken
49, and Immediately proceeds TO
go sur1 ugly spots with green grass.
80 lsgas To- get his feet upon the soil.
. ll,.' t.+rar still upon the soft. yielding
49, eua-d Rich rugs and carpets do
-fra the elastic spring that the
made and wCll-kept greensWard
Yields.
Prof. Norothrup Explains.
tis- last lecture before the nature
80 al the univers ty. Professor
R~-rrHfTU eANlo4+itA INV ~ - A''
making q lawn.
me- NJ first step is to prepare the soil
neral the soil for a lawn must
s- - cultivated TO Is sufficient depth
N-e -5gbr or ten inches. Just the same
sa' ~ rba larger farm crops; for
-, lawn grass at first is a shallow
S..5e- II NAV finally be induced 10 go
- For lis food and the ground is
ICED with that object i'm view
e,aIiov- cultivation VII permit the
~, IN run out i'm few years or will
&c constant fertilizing a necessity
ne soil should first be we'll puiverized
81 o~5s~ to set free the food required
b, fre plants. the top soil layer es-
rsciaUv should be finely worked just
before seeding
Sowing the Grass.
If all the lawn grasses yet extensive
ID. -rfad Kentucky blue grass is. the best
s,r our latitude II may be planted I'm
erbsr the fall or the spring, but early
snring planting gives the best results
i, most narts Of this state Lawn grass
NAV be made 10 grow even II planted
In sumner. but il then requires much
care and a covering OF fine-cut grass
as shield against the suns heat. The
seed should be pure-unmixed with
need seeds and Of high terminating
rover. Good blue grass seeed weighs
bout twenty-five pounds per bushel'
4farior seed only about twelve pounds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-23
Wall Paper.

The attention our new line attracts
and the enthusiasm il is stirring up by
all who see il. is the best evidence that.
as usual, we are in the lead and have
hit the mark.
GEO. W. EBERT & CO. 81 Main.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-23

New kodaks. new premos. hest kodak
finishing. Send for catalogues. g r.
Savage Co. - and Il Main.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-23
PLACES for Trees and Shrubs.

Trees or shrubs on lawns should be
upon its boundaries, near the building
and in the background. AS one would
not desire the furniture in the parlor 10
take I'D three-fourths Of the room, so
the green carpet of the lawn should not
be covered with such furniture as trees
and flower beds. Paths and drives
across lawns are for utility. not for
beauty. they should be straight unless
there should be a legitimate reason for
a curve. Sometimes there viii exist
naturally a small hill or clump of trees
and a curve is rightly made in order
to snare them. And curves are made to
seem natural by planting shrubs or
trees. but not flowers, in the angle
Gravel walks in lawns are preferred to
pavements. and should be below the
grade so as to be hidden from the OBJ
server a few hundred feet away.
Trees and shrubs should be used TO
conceal unsightly objects in the fore
ground or in the background, to give
the idea of surprise or discovery IN
passing from one portion of large es-
tate to another, and for the purpose of
increasing the apparent length in drives
which double back upon themselves in
parks and pleasure grounds. Evergreens
which are used upon the lawn should
have the lower branches preserved so
as to produce the effect of arising from
the ground not merely by single stem
but as a mass,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-23
Results of Nitrogen.

A word further as TO plant foods. The
results of plenty Of nitrogen are seen at
once in the greener and more abundant
leaf. and this is what we desire In the
case Of lawn growing. Nitrogen makes
the whole plant 90 ahead, and the
farmer Is likely TO think more Of nitro
gen than Of phosphorus and potash;
vet he will have TO wait till harvest and
actually weigh the product to see the
results Nitrogen increases the Yegeta-
tive parts of the plant, and an excess
of IL tends to make the plant go on
growing too long and defers the produc-
ton of flower and seed: it puts off the
ripening. Excessive nitrogen has dou
bled the amount Of wheat straw, but
reduced the per cent OF wheat grain
from 81 down to As per cent.
Phosphoric acid applied to the soil
hurries on the production of flowers and
seed, the ripening of the grain. Phos-
phorus is of enormous value in pushing
the crop on to ripeness. II is also an
extraordinary stimulant to the forma-
ton Of roots and Of side shoots.
Il is the special action of potash TO
aid the plant in making carbohydrates,
sugar. and starch. This process cannot
go forward unless potash is present: to
Increase this process, increase the pot
ash. Best Yields at Rothamsted have
been more than doubled by the addition
of potash Each Of the three fertilizers
has a specific effect and should be ap-
piled according to the specific needs Of
the crop
II will be seen that the chief fertilizer
required for the lawn in case the sell is
exhausted or Is new and raw" is nj
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1909-09-17
BefouIed ais own Nest.

The Charlton Recorder is
cock sure that it has a "stand
in" with the county court which
it so noblY CD defended after
that body failed to convene Mon.
day, May z, at the proper hour
to receive the three bids from
banks offering to pay interest on
the county funds for the next
gwo years, thus losing to the tax
payers of the county from S2,.
400 to $4,000.
AS the COURIER has repeated
Iy said the Recorder ''slobbered"
over the court, and now seems
to think it has gained the courts
ever lasting good will, but is not
go certain about its standing
with the 'town clique" and the
rest of the courthouse ring"
The editor of the Recorder
might have had q better chance
with the Dem ocratic county
officials had he not bolted the
nomination of one of the Demo.
cratic nominees on the county
ticket and cast his ballot for q
Republican instead.
The Recorder is in an "L" of
q fix 80 far as the Democratic
officials of Charlton county and
Simon.pure Dem 1crsts are con.
cerned.
The editor of the Recorder
befouled his own political nest
and is now about to be stunk to
death by the fumes of what he
alone must be held responsible
for, But he did it and should
and will suffer the conseque noes.
The CoURIER's language may
not be ''choice" enough to please
tfe Recorder, but it's plain
English and the truth, and truth
always withstands the jibes of
its trsduces.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1909-09-17
CuDfd's COnauesss.

REMMERT-HERMAN: - Herman
Kemmert and Miss Luella Her.
man, both of near Dalton, were
married at Dalton Sunday, Sep.
tember IL, 1909, Rev. C. H.
Schnakenberg sealing the plight.
ed vows. The bridegroom is a
successful farmer and worthy
young man while the bride is an
attractive daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Baptist Herman. T q
CoURIER's best wishes are ex.
tended.
-.
COLLINS .DREw:-Wm. G. Col.
Inns and Miss Beatrice Drew,
both of Excelsior Springs, were
married at the residence of the
officiating minister, Rev. L. G.
Lewis of that city, Thursday,
September 9, 1909. Mr.. Collins
is a clerk at the Royal hotel
there. Mrs. Collins is a dsugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Drew
of Keytesville and was q former
typo on the COURIER, and is q
deserving young lady. We join
their friends in offering our cor.
dial congratulations.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1909-09-17
KEyTEsvILLE. MISSOURI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER y, rooo
Want of Consistency.

All of the abuse that a news.
paper can indulge in will moi
help the situation-in fact, will
only serve to make matters
worse. Abuse is no argument
COURIER.
Correct. Just Remember that.
Charlton Recorder.
And yet we fird the Recorder
alluding to the editor of the
COURIER as ''a contemplate
sneak" and it would also have
it's readers believe that we are q
liar because we employed one of
the Recorders typos who had
applied to us for a job. AS q
matter of fact we did not know
the wages the Recorder was
paying the typo and Ger.
tsinly would not have and did
not offer her So more a week
than tie Recorder was paying.
That was not the basis of her
employment. We talked the
matter over with the party and
agreed on a price and the ap.
plicant came to work for us.
The Recorder hired another
printer that is costing it more
money and that is where the
shoe pinches and the nigger's in
the wood pile.
The COURIER always stands on
the platform of truth and if
the truth the COURIER has
told have compelled the Re.
corder man to part with his hide
then he and not the COURIER is
to blame.
Hypocrisy don't 60 in this day
and generation, as a hypocrlte
everything in the
category that is contemplate.
The editor of the Recorder
pretends to be a saint, prays in
public and looks sanctimonious
and yet two weeks ago last
Sabbath he was seen at a Sun.
day ball game between Keytes.
vile and the soldiers. Bah!
This want of consistency on
the past of the editor of the Re.
corder makes him look like q /
base counterfeit to US.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1909-09-17
Enqauemen, Announced.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Tooley of
Purcell, Okla, formerly of Key.
tesville, have announced the en- :.
gagement of their daughter,
Miss Elizabeth c., to Carroll s..
Bucher of Muskogee, Okla. The
wedding will take place October
II, 1909. The bride to. be is a
young lady of many lovely traits
cf character and is highly ac-
oomplished, being a graduate of
both Central Female college at
Lexington, Mo-, and of the state
normal school at Edmond, Okla.
We have not the pleasure of
an acquaistance with the pros.
pective bridegroom, but we note
in his home paper, the Muskogee
Phoenix, that Miss Tooley's visit
to Muskogee marked the begin
ming of a Pretty romance as
result or which Mr.. Bucher mas
made frequent trips to Purcell,
accounted for on the plea of
'business." He is q graduate of
Washington university of st.
Louis, and was at one time a stu
dent in Stanford university is a
member of the Town and Coun-
tr1 club of Muskogee, leading
spirit in the Elks' lodge and has
always taken an active interest
ia professional and social affairs
of the city in which he makes
his home.
The CoURIER's good cheer is
extended in anticipation Ct the
happy event of October IA.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1909-09-17
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS.
August, 1909, Adjourned Term.

Court met, pursuant Co sd-
tournament, Monday, Septembel
6, with the following officers snG
members present, to. wit: A. 8
Taylor, presiding jndge; r. T
Morehesd and j. A. Coll, asso.
ciate judges; A. N. Harding,
sheriff, and G. C. Parks, CLERK.
G. G. Parks presents statement
of railroad, telegraph and tele-
phone companies operating in
this county as equslized and ap.
ortioned by the state board oi
equalization to this county fol
the year 1909, and it is ordered
by the court that the rates of
taxation be extended upon the
railroad tax book for the year
1909.
Charles Parker presents his
bond as township collector of
Keyresviile township in dupli.
cate, which is examined, approx.
ed and ordered filed, one part in
the cffice of the clerk of this
court ana the other part certified
to the state auditor of Missouri
as required by law.
Same as to F. P. Prather, col.
lector of Mussel Fork township.
Ordered by the court that
Emma Mills, patient at the
colony for feeble minded at
Marshall, be conveyed from said
colony to the state hospital for
insane at Fulton on account of
said Emma Mills being insane.
Loans from county school
funds approved as follows:
w. C. and w. B. Adams, in
the sum of $4,000 with G. K.
Adams, John Garnett and j. L.
Hershey as securities.
w. L Wright presents bill of
costs in case of state of Missouri
vs.. Chris Feitz in the sum of
Sl85, which is examined, approx.
ed and ordered filed, and that
said sum of S185 be paid to ]. B.
Shannon, county treasurer, to be
by him dispursed to the parties
thereto entitled.
Ordered that court adjourn
until September %, 1909.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1909-09-17
Real Hearts.

Miss Carolyn Anderson very
sgreeably entertained the Omega
sorority and q few other friends
y d a y afternoon. The
amusement was progressive
hearts, followed by a game of
real hearts in which each of the
guests drew a small white satin
bag from larger one Of the same
kind. When the smaller bag
was opened it was found to con.
tain a hand. painted black cat,
made of paper, on the reverse
side of which was written: "Julia
Willis Anderson and Charles
Edward Veatcn-October."
And that was the unique way
in which the cat was let out of
the bag that Miss Julia Willis
Anderson of Keytesville and
Charles Edward Veatch CT To.
peka, Kas., are to be married
some time next NOR tn.
Miss Julia Willie has few
equals and no superiors among
the members of her sex. Mr..
Veatch was born and reared here
and is a young man of high
character, and is in the employ
of the general Offices of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway Co. at Topeka.
May their married life be as
joyous as the day of the an.
of their engagement
was beautiful is the ardent wish
of the COURIER
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1909-09-17
Election of Officers.

ALI members are hereby notifi-
ed to be present at the annual
election of officers of the K. & l..
of 8. to be held Tuesday night,
September 21.
A. r. PEARSON, Secretary.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1909-09-17
CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Regular September, 1909, Term
at Salisbury.

In addition to the proceedings
published in the last issue of the
COURIER of the September term
of circuit court at Salisbury &C.
ton was had in other causes as
follows:
CIVIL CASES.
Susan Longsdorff ct al vs.
Anna Overholt ct al, partition ;
continued to await sheriff's report
of final distribution.
L. Benecke, executor and
trustee of the estate Of j. l..
Kreider. deceased, ct al, expsrte (;
L. Benecke having paid over
amount in his hands to success.
sor trustees, who have given
bond, said Benecke is disohsrg.
ed from further administering
said estate, and cause to pass
from docket; costs taxed against
successor trustees.
VIM. L. McCsmpbell vs.. un-
known heirs of John G. Hutche.
son ct al, suit to quiet title; trial
by court; title deoreed, quieted
and vested according to prayer
of petition; plaintiff to pay costs.
L. M. Applegate ct al vs.. J. B.
Shannon ct al, treasurer and ex-
officio collector, injunction; con
tinued by agreement.
Robert Bennett ct al vs.. Vernal
Bennett ct al, partition; trial by
court; judgment of partition ss
prayed; land ordered sold for
cash, and cause continued
Ella Hayes vs. George Hayes,
divorce; trial by court; plaintiff
divorced and adjuoged to pay
costs.
P. D. Blake vs. Arthur V.
Salisbury, suit to quiet title;
trial by court; title oecreed,
quieted and vested according to
pray or of petition.
VIM. Kuhlman vs. Elizabeth
Elliott, suit to quiet title; trial by
court; finding and judgment for
plaintiff according to prayer of
petition; decree filed.
Home Insurance Co. vs. VIM.
N. Hamilton, debt; jury waived;
trial by court; judgment for
plsintiff for S76, the amount of
note and interest.
Bell Ellington We. Edward El-
lington divorce; trial by court;
plaintiff, divorced and awarded
care and custody of Lydia Elling-
ton, minor child, born of said
marriage; plaintiff awarded
judgment for $500 alimony, and
defendant is to pay plaintiff $40
per month for support of said
minor child until she reaches the
age of Is, and if not paid for any
period of three months, execution |
is to issue.
J. B. Zimmerman vs. Wabash |
Railroad Co., damages; trans
ferred to the circuit court at
Keytesville as per written stipu.
lstion filed.
The M. K. Goetz Brewing Co.
vs. Geo. o. Brookshire, suit on
notes; transferred to the circuit
court at Keytesville as per writ.
ten stipulation filed.
David Bedwell vs. Water,
Light & Transit Co., damages
of venue from Carroll
county; dismissed by agreement;
mileage and per diem of witness.
es adjudged against plaintiff,
and all other costs against de.
fendant.
Rosa E. Garrett vs. Thomas
Garrett, divorce; trial by court;
plaintiff divorced and awarded
care and custody of Chas. A.
Garrett, a minor child; care and
custody of r. L. and Hardy M.
Garrett, minor children, awarded
1afandank. INDIGNANT for nlain.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1909-09-17
Hay and Fodder.

We have first-class machines
and can bail your hay or shred
your fodder. Prices reasonable,
FLETCHER &c ASHLEY,
Mendon, Mo.