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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-11-15
Soil for POtted Plants

An expert florist gives the following
Instructions:
He gets a quantity of sod and piles
them up in heap, and there they
remain until we'll rotted. This pile is
then turned over and beaten up. AS
it is turned over every layer OF
manure being about One-quarter as
thick as the layer of sod. This is
then allowed to remain until wanted
Ior use. Then one commences at one
end of the pile and chops down the
face and beats the whole up well,
breaking all clods and mixing thor
oughly together.
1t should then be taken and broken
up still further. 1t is now mixed with
one fifth or oue-siXth of sand. This
sand can be bar sand from the rivers
or good road sand from the cutters.
The whole is then sifted through a
common wire sieve. 1t is now ready
for potting purposes. The sand is
mixed with the soil to keep it from
baking hard. 1t is an easy matter
for any one to always have suitable
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-11-15
Dairy Department
Red Water in Dairy Cows.

Some time ago the farmers of the
east hill spoke to the editor of The
Ranch about trouble they we're having
with ''red water'' in their dairy
COWS. We took up this matter with
the State Veterinarian and received
his answer this week. He says:
Mr.. j. D. Dean,
Editor 1.-THE Ranch,
Kent, Wash.
Dear Sir:-Your favor of Nov. 9Th
relative to red-water in dairy cattle,
has been received. l beg leave to say
that we have been carrying on investi-
cations as to this disease, but up to
the present date we have nothing
definite to give out for publication.
l expect to have our pathologist and
experiment station veterinarian keep
up with these Investigations, and
hope we may be able to find something
more definite about this disease.
Very truly yours.
s. b. NELSON
State Veterinarian.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-11-15
Some Good Points for the
Housekeeper.

Nothing tastes better to children
after they get home from school than
nice bean soup. Other kinds may
do now and then, but bean soup is
always good.
Many folks put salt In the water in
which they boil green corn and then
they wonder what makes the kernels
so hard. Try leaving the salt out and
see if that doesn't make the matter all
right.
Soaking the hands above the wrists
in hot water will sometimes relieve
headache. [ found this out while
washing dishes and clothes when my
head was aching. Keeping the feet
warm at the same time also helps.
Sheets and table-cloths are bad
things to take from the boiler to the
tub on wash days. Did you ever
think of looping them up in big
loose knot before placing them into
the boiler. Try that and see if you
don t find it great Improvement
When a baby is fed with bottle,
the milk often gets too cool before
he has finished it. A rubber bag I'LL
ed with hot water and placed under
the bottle will keep it warm, and also
serve as support to tip the bottle OF
milk at the right angle for him to get
it easily.
Green tomatoes will make excellent
pies next winter if you pare them,
cut in thick slices, and to seven
pounds of them add three pounds OF
sugar and cook very slowly till clear
and tender. Do not add any water.
When the pies are made, thin sli
of lemon added will improve the
flavor.
Some women when tn ely have used
a pattern just roll it up and tuck 1t
away almost anywhere it happens, and
when they want to use it next time it
curls up and acts SO that there is no
doing anything with it. If they
would just lay the patterns out fiat and
put them where they would stay that
way, all this trouble would be avoid
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-11-15
Editor of Mothers Page.

Nice Old Lady-WIll YOU kindly
tell me If the lady who writes "The
Mothers Page" every week in your
paper is in / want to tell her how
much ! have enjoyed reading her art
icles on "The Evening Hour in the
Nursery"
Office Boy-That's him over there
with the pink shirt, smokin' a pipe.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-11-15
To Keep Cream.

"Most farmers would deliver bet
ter grade of cream if they had suit
able place for keeping it until 1T is
delivered. No one should attempt to
keep the cream in cellar or in a
large tank of water where the daily
pumping is not sufficient to keep it
cool If suitable place cannot be
built in we'll constructed milk house,
the following arrangement answers the
purpose quite we'll:
Gearing for the cream at the proper
time by any of the methods given
below will result in a very little sour
ing at the end of two days.
"Make a small water tight box of
two inch material aud of sufficient size
to hold all the cream cans necessary
in handling the cream. This box
should have tight fitting cover, and
be divided into sections by means of
rods which will prevent single cans
from upsetting when left alone in the
tank. The best place for this tank IS
in the milk house. 1t may be placed
between the we'll pump and the stock
watering tank, and in that case anoth-
err box or small house should be built
over it for protection. All the water
pumped for the stock should flow
through this tank, the inlet discharg
ing near the bottom, which will force
all the warm water out first. The COW
or pipe should have one-half inch
larger diameter than the inlet in order
that the water may be freely carried
off. The water in the tank should be
of sufficient depth to immense the cans
within two inches of the top. Another
place that would be suitable for hold
ing cream could be built inside the
watering tank, or an ordinary empty
kerosene barrel may answer the pur-
pose. Burn out the oil and bore holes
for the water inlet and outlet between
the second and third hoops from the
top. Make connection the same as for
the box, but be sure the inlet water
pipe Is extended nearly to the bottom.
1t is good plan to bore one-inch holes
between the first and second hoops
from the top and place rods through
them, so the cans will not float when
partly filed. Shelter this barrel the
same as you would the box remember
ing to change the water IN the box or
barrel often enough to have 1T rea-
sonablY cold, so that the cream may
be kept at nearly the same tempeIa-
ture as the water from the well. p"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-11-15
veterinery Instruments

T>ROCARS, hopples impregnators- 8Nz
L for horses, cattle, swine, poultry, ~ ~
etc Received only award Worlds VI "A
Fairs, Chicago, st Louis. Write for ~&
illustrated catalogu'. HAUSSMANN V/s<A
&DUNN CO., 1872 S. Clark ST., Chicago. -
The Washington times., 1909-09-03
PNEUMATIC TIRES
INVENTED LONG AGO

The first pneumatic tire patent was
registered I'm England in $50 by r. W
Thomson The salient features Of this
pioneers aerial wheels" were covered
I'm the specifications IN this quaint
phraseology:
THE nature OF py said invention con
sists I'm the application Of elastic bear-
ings around the wheels Of carriages for
the purpose Of lcss,uing the power re-
quired 20 draw the carriage. rendering
their motion easier ana diminishing the
noise they make when in motion. / pre-
fer employing for the purpose a hollow
belt composed Of some air and water
tight material, such as CaOutChouc or
gutta pcrcha, and Initiating IL with air
whereby the wheels will In every part
of their revolution present a cushion OF
air Ia the ground. or rail, OF track on
which they rum"
After many experiments with Thorn
son S aerial wheels" on all sorts OF
horse drawn vehicles. covering period
Of several years. the Invention fell into
complete oblivion, and 70 was not until
bicycles became an accomplished fact
that the pneumatic tire was reiuveuted.
IF that word IL permissible. by Dunlop
in ISIS Their application 10 the bicycle
was not a complete success, however,
as their usefulness ended with the first
puuCturc. so IL may be said that the
first satisfactory pneumatic was that in
ye5rs later. The Michel.r tire was de
tachable the first Of that type. could
be repaired easily Oh the road by the
rider and naturally enough soon be
came the subject Of much battalion
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washington times., 1909-09-03
COOKS COMPANION
HOLDS NO DOUBTS

NEW YORK. sept 2-Rudolph
Francke, who was a steward Oh the
steamer John r. Bradley. and who was
left behind at Anuootok TO guard the
supplies. said today.
81 am convinced Dr. Cook did what he
said he did. I lived with him four
months. When he saws thing he
means It. he never makes statement
he cannot prove and he keeps his prom-
lses."
Francke is a stalwart German the
steward on John r. Bradleys yacht. He
was selected 20 stay with Dr. Cook he
cause OF his physical fitness.
From the first day 7 mot DR. Cool, 7
was impressed with his perseverance,
He doesn't know what 10 means TO ,Uft
His mastery Of details and his strength
~ purpose are wonderful
Some dOuDung ThOmasos saw DIR
Cook would not have known when he
was at the North Pole when he got
there. DR.. Cook Is an EXPERT with scior.
unc instruments. He knew when he pof
10 the Pole. and YOU can daDend ,1,r
~ that ne got there.
FranclSe then told how ne obeve4 ar
ders and returned 10 winter quar- - at
Dr. Cooks orders lie was ~ -, 50G
miles from the Pole
speaking OF the preparations DIT Cook
made for the trip F'raucke said Cool
pullt his sledges himself Of wood he car
REQ FOR the purpose. They were OF his
U W.. oesign ana were twelve feet long,
lhIee rect wide and evenly balanced
Wei supplied with steel braces
Dr. Cook also had the ver,. be-t
aoSs 10 The polar region" said rra1rI-a
iis was very friendly 10 tho natives.
The Washington times., 1909-09-03
BRITISH SCIENTISTS \
STILL HAVE DOUBTS
Say They Believe Dr.. Cook, But Want to See the
Proofs Amazed at Speed at Which
American Is Said to Have Travelled

and had thei assistance at al times.
Tie Eskimos came around at tea time
every day. Instead Of refusing them,
Cook supplied them, and they would do
anything I'm the world for him.
The start was made from Annootok
with eleven sledges and eight Eskimos.
The dogs could keep up thirty or forty
miles Gay under ordinary circum-
stances. once Dr. Cook carried them
sixty miles In one day.
Makes Known Intentions.
The day DR.. Cook ordered me TO re-
turn, he said; 'F'rancke, 1 am going to
take a. desperate chance. and have de-
cided that it would be asking too much
10 expect you 70 go with me I am
willing TO risk my life for this idea, and
/ hope 10 win. have reason to believe
I viii win, but II go down. It shall be
alone
From that day 1 have never doubted
that he would succeed. IL is ridiculous
70 say DR.. Cook did not know where
he was when he reached the Pole. ANY
layman would know where ne was by
the position Of the sun and the moon.
But DIT. Cook had the experience OF "a
seaman. He had the finest sextant
money could buy. He had several com
passes. an artificial horizon. "A barome-
ter. thermometer, and all the neces-
SdTy tables. which ne tore away from
q book 1 brought back with me. i have
seen him take observations many times.
lie even taught me how 70 take them
II is announced today that Mrs Cook
wife Of the explorer, with her two little
daughters. Ruth and Helen. left South
HasweH. Me. where they spent tho
summer, today, for a short visit 20
Portland. after which they viii return
directly 20 New York 10 await the ar
rival here Of Dr. Cook
The Washington times., 1909-09-03
EXPLORERS CLUB
PREPARE GREETING

NEW YORK, Sept. 2-The directors
Of the Explorers Club OF New York. Of
which Lieut. Robert z. Peary is presi-
dent, and DR.. Frederick A. Cook il Z
former president. viii meet late toda,-
to make tentative arrangements for the
welcome home which win be rendered
to DR.. Cook upon his return to America.
The officials of the club do not be-
neVe DR.. Cook viii remain abroad any
time, but win hurry 10 America as soon
- ne can make the necessary sailing
The members Of the Explorers Club.
Wntch numbers some Of the foremOst
scientists and explorers In America a.
cept without qualification the anuouuee-
ment OF DR.. Cook that he has reached
the Pole. These men say that he was
Inily prepared for the trip. both as a
sclenilst and as man of physical
stamina, and they are planning To ra-
eeIye him as befits his ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
While nothing has been done toward
arranging for . reception. K Is said Tie
10 America Will be such as mas
seldom been seen here.
The Washington times., 1909-09-03
CLEARS THE COMPLEXION
OVERNIGHT
Pimples, Rash, Eruptions, Etc, Quick.
" Eradicated BIZ New skin Ren.sn

Pimples, Rash, Eruptions, Etc, Quick
~ Eradicated by New skin Remedy.
Ever since its discovery. posIam. the
new skin remedy. has, in its extraor-
binary accomplishments, exceeded the
most sanguine expectations Of the emf
nent specialist who gave it to the world
1t has cured thousands Of cases OF &c
zema and eradicated facial and other
disfgurements OF years standing. The
terrible itching attending eczema Is
stopped with the first application, giving
proof of its curative properties at the
very-Sutset
In less serious skin affections. such as
pimpleS. rash, herpes. blackheads. acne
BARRIERS itch, etc, results show after an
overnight application. only a small guam
tity being required 10 effect a cz.re
Those who use poslam for these minor
skin troubles should immediately secure
one Of the special 5o-cent packages r.
Gently adopted TO meet such needs. Both
the 50-cent package and the regular
s. jar NAV be obtained in Washington
al Ogram's O'DOnnelIs. the Peoples
Drug Store, Aflec<'s. and other leading
drug stores
Samples for experimental purposes
may be had free OF charge By writing
direct to the Emergency Laboratories.
81 West Twenty-fifth street. New York
City.
The Washington times., 1909-09-03
RESIDENT
CREDITS REPORTS
Editor of Newspaper Lays
Success to Choice of Win
ter for Trip.

DETROIT Sept 3-David OstIund.
editor OF the Franckorn, at Reykgavik.
lcefand, declares today that he credits
In every way DR.. Cooks account Of his
discovery OF the North Pole.
Ostlund was passing through Detroit
on his way to Battle Creek to visit his
nother- His paper, the largest in the
Tar North. IS largely devoted to explo-
ration
I am confident" he said. that DR.
Cook reached the Pole. There are no
sensible reasons for believing ANYTHING
else II seems to me that-his plan Of
using the winter months for traveIjng
Is very good one AS may be seen from
his report. He found me regions so
solid that he could make progress All
the time II has been disastrous to
many or the other explorers because
OF the winter"
The Washington times., 1909-09-03
DR.. COOK COSTUME
WINS BABY PRIZE

NEW YORK, Sept. s.-The fame of
ir- Frederick Albert Cook has spread
abroad throughout the land For the
Tine being, az least. the cool attire OF
I'wana Jumbo. denizen OF The African
cesert. must give place 70 the fur-in-
cased Arctic people.
Johh ;. Yeo. thirteen-months-oId
baby n Philadelphia. is the un-to-dste
gouhehter who, IN the eleventh hour.
kot INTO 2 Or. Cook costume and de-
Ieated lesions 81 Bwana TumDos al the
ann nai gaby parade ar Asburv Parl,
~ Inc little fellow was carried iu
the parade as a W-lncrusted Eskimo
attred m fur suit. and carrying a
globe with an American flag nIItfeyinc
from the spot representing The North
Pole. lie got the prize.
The Washington times., 1909-09-03

LONDON. Sept. 3.-"We believe him.
but we want 20 see the proofs" This
IS the attitude today Of a majority Of
English scientific men regarding Dr.
Frederick a. Cooks reported discovery
Of the North Pole. AS the story Of
the discovery IS studied. there IS in
creasing regret expressed that the mar
rative does not indicate that Cook has
positive proof OF his claims.
II is conceded that an this doubt is
likely 70 be removed the moment DR..
Cool. reaches Copenhagen. ana English
geogra pliers and scientists are hoping
that the explorers interview will re
move their last doubts.
Much OF the English skepticism is
based on the report that the Cook ex-
petition was not heavily financed or
properly equipped, a report which later
statements show 20 be untrue. Had the
doctor made the trip with no other
equipment than that indicated In the
first stories, one paper SAYS, the re-
suit would have warranted the early
view that the discovery was a splendid
sporting achievement, rather than an
expedition Of real value TO science
Lieutenant Shackleton still stands by
DR.. Cook. his only doubt being as TO
the temperature of 50 degrees below
zero. that Cook reports when crossing
EHesmere Island. Shackleton thinks
this temperature is too low.
Or. Hugh Robert Mil. author or the
Siege OF the South Pole and a mem
Der OF the Royal GeOETa phiCal Society,
is questioning, along with other mem
bers Of the society. the accuracy Of the
observations reported by DR.. Cook. But
here again the doubt results from the
belief that the expedition was the out
growth of a pleasure trip which could
not have had the necessary scientific
equipment.
The most serious doubt OF all how
ever. continues 10 be the reported speed
az which Dr. Cook Travelled from Cape
Thomas Hubbard 10 the Pole Unless
he found conditions wholly different
from those found by every other Arctic
explorer. the experts 40 not see how Il
was possible for him TO average thir-
teen miles a day.
The Washington times., 1909-09-03
RUSH OF SCIENTISTS
TO POLE EXPECTED

NEW YORK. Sept. 3.-That the dis
covery OF the North Pole and the dis
covery OF the South Pole in the near
future will be great stimulus to Arc
tic explorations and probably start a
rush Of scientists and students to the
polar regions. is the BELIEF Of Evelyn
2. Baldwin. the celebrated polar ex-
plorer and meteorologist.
Dr Cooks achievement was won
derful one" said Baldwin. in an inter
view. He was extremely fortunate in
finding a chain Of islands on which
game was plentiful and whose surface
was smooth to within . degrees OF the
Pole. The assistance rendered by the
Esklnos) was also very valuable. and
lots OF the credit is due 10 them
The skeDucism Of many persons re-
garding Dr. Cooks feat -sf travelling
500 miles in thirty-fve DAYS over the
frozen land is not well rounded. for
such thing is not impossible under
favorable circumstances.
I think finding OF the South Pole
viii be much easier because there is a
continent around il and the ice is.
therefore. stationary, while the Arctic
ice is constantly shifting ana breaking
uD.
an now getting up an expedition
TO cross the Arctic Sea in the near
future We will proceed in a strong
Vessei through Behring Strait and will
lnen make the vessel fast in an ice
pack Then. at a rate or TWO miles a
oay. we hope 10 drift completely through
ne Ncrtnern Ocean, and hope 10 come.
49, somewhere between the mort beast
cosst OF greenland and Spitzborgen.
We Will be able 20 make MANY side
lrlps NIn the ala OF diTigibie balloons.
and the members Of the expeditior,
should bring back with them vaIIIstIe
specimens and records Of meteorologfcaI
observations. 7iD'i
I expect TO find land 10 f1e wee, ..s
tr9ckerland. A great many logs and
casks VIII De transported bv veseaIe
iron! alaska, and these will be riareJ
on the ice around the shin. thus gi,,i.,c.
her more stability and strength PIenfT
OF tuel Will be taken along. ana unless
J am very much mistaken, We yyflI bo
nailed soon as the first shin In ross
the Northern Ocean. N'0S9
The Washington times., 1909-09-03

all
blood cutcle
IS acido
matter of
affections produced
winch II hled the
beneath the
relief itching
blood and
Local applications
trouble
Diseases and medical advice a who write
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA GA
The Washington times., 1909-09-03

Ivory Soap is as mild
as soothing, as cleans
ing as the finest una
dulterated CASTLE soap.
1t should be used for
every purpose for which
pure CASTLE soap is used
for baby's bath as we'll
as for washing every
thing hewears; hisunder-
clothes, his froCks, his
stockings, eueryfhinea6onf
him from the top of his
little bald head to the
tips of his pink and
white toes.
Ivory Soap
90 400 Per Cent. Pure.
The Washington times., 1909-09-03
FAILS TO ENTHUSE
OVER COOKS FEAT
Little Aid to Cause of. Sci
ence, Says DIR. Wood
ward.

Or. r S Woodward. president OF the
Carnegie Institution Of this city. while
not bellttling the feat OF DIT. Cook. de
clares that his discovery can be Of but
little aid to the cause OF science gen
orally
AS an example OF physical fortitude
and daring. believes DR.. Woodward,
Cooks accomplishment is without par
alleL So far as the addition 10 scien-
tific knowledge goes, however. the feat
is OF lesser Importance.
Men will still seek the North Pole
said DR.. Woodward. Explorers viii
continue 70 strive for il just for the
personal renov'n 81 may bring them TO
reach the goal The impossibility OF
turning Dr. Cooks discovery to practi-
cal use Is. 10 my mind, the one great
drawback TO the entire matter. not I'M
derestimating, Of course. the great
thing he has accomplished.
Impossible to Experiment.
''Dr. Cook, at best. may have found
a few different specimens of polar birds
or animals. Granting that he found
land there. II is fce-covered and no prac-
teal experiments can be made IN this
direction.
Il trust that he made en- route a num-
Der Of magnetic Investigations. This
would be of interest to science The
solution also or the question as to what
the North Pole really consists OF is
another thing Of value. but we will al
ways be confronted with the fact that
TO matter what il may be II cannot we'll
be utilized because of its inaCcessibility
and the extreme climate.
me search for the North Pole. there
Tore, must always be mainly one Of
curiosity on the part or the explorers.
ana from them We can learn something
OF land hitherto unexplored. This, ]
think, is the main advantage that the
discovery can be TO science.
Ends the Guesses.
Tt win set at rest the many Wild
suesses that have always been extant
as 10 the nature OF the North Pole. A
hundred different ideas have been ad-
vanced. many OF q EN- through ignor-
ance. have heaTo that It was every
thing from hole Twenty-Five miles
deep 20 mountain. Science. However.
has taken little stock in these stories.
The general impression among men
or research has been that the Pole con-
sisted either OF ice or land. II land. II
'Woulo naturally be ice-cOVered. so
what's the difference.
I know DIT. Cook personally He has
always been a man Of resolute will and
] nave always respected him most high
~ L should be willing TO accept his
word alone that he had discovered the
Pole, and believe that he has accomp-
l1shed what he set out 90 do IL was a
wonderful feat. I saw him a short time
beiore he left, confident that he would
return as the Pole s disCOVerer