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Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
My "Full-Page Advertisement

With thanks to the author OF that
story of Shelton and his paper for hav-
ing unfolded In my lind the course OF
this narrative, I'll say:
We have the livest set OF public OF
flcials and development men in Cali
fornia that were ever assembled under
one banner before. And yet we have
great counties, most of them as large
as your big states of Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania and New York, with hundreds OF
thousands, yes, millions of acres or raw
grazing land, much Of which is as rich
as the territory from which we built
our Fresno, our Redlands, our Pasa-
dena and our Riverside. And, like the
business men in the Shelton story, the
residents of these districts think tho
whole world knows it and say-they
don't have to advertise.
On the other side of the. picture, some
two hundred thousand people during
the past eight years have written to
the Western Empire for information of
lust how to get what is lying idle and
almost useless Except for grazing
grain). And you all know the guam
dary we have been in to to get the i've
people in these districts to come to the
work, so that we could make the west
ern Empire a half million circulation,
and bring about the ordinary slow re-
suits of a generation in one decade by
opening the doors of opportunity to our
readers. And you also know we haven't
found them ready ito come to the
work" With thanks and due apprecia-
ton for what we have had, we give the
best information possible and help
direct those who so urgently need the
very land which so frequently is lying
idle or held in great estates for cattle
or grain.
We never had quarrel confront us,
for we realized that it was not the lack
of willingness or the lack of proper
civic duty that prevented the proper
business announcements coming for
ward.I
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
I Want to Say

That I believe you folks all ought to have
some Of this investment and that you know
us and our work well enough to warrant your
taking full advantage of this ortunity. L
have been through this mill so many times
that 1t Just like the gravity flow of
water TO me.
cate is 500.
1 desire every man and woman OF the "old
Guard readers OF the Western Empire to
take from to ten bonds this month
] invite the folks of larger affairs who
know personally to take from 100 to 1000
of the bonds.
/ want you 20 do it promptly that at
least 1000 acres Of orange grove homes
will be In process of the making the pop
pies bloom.
Do it now-and I'll make you the kind OF
profits YOU have often dreamed about-but
seldom realized.
Cordially yours
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
The Result of Our One Thing
Plan

In the course of this talk I may tell
you some of the details of that PLAN
IL II evolves in the story-but I'll have
to give you the Introductory features
first incidentally reminding you that
there Is no courtship affair intermeshed
herewith beyond the poetical events of
Aunt Lou feeding her ducks on our
green alfalfa lawn and me disentwin-
ing the cockleburs from the brfndle
Jerseys tall before I try to milk her.
Anything more dramatic than such
soul-inspiring events occurred many
years before this story began. To go
that far back would undoubtedly inter
rupt the current Of this advertisement,
on which am now well started.
There is q vast difference between
advertising matter and editorials-one
is practical business and. the other
theory, or generallties. I'll confess
that 1 am getting along fairly well
with this one so far, because when
have finished YOU are going to take
same reasons that the good folks Of
Flat Hill patronized the "One-Thing
Store" 1T WILL BE ENORMOUSLY
PROFITABLE TO YOU AND IN
TENSELY INTERESTING. whether
you have 500 to 100000 to invest.
1 never wrote but one other real"
advertisement before, although 1 have
prepared anu pupishSu d 'i.Ou9sN o.
tempts If you request 1t / can send
you an old circular print of 1t.
After that advertisement appeared
friend of mine met me on the street
and said he'd give me $5 word If I'd
write him one like 1t about his propo-
sition. I said: "I couldn't do 1t, Hen
ry, IL you'd give me hundred dollars
syllable-for I LIVED that adver-
tisement--I didn't write it. lived
1t through eighteen exciting and dra-
matte years, and the reason 1t won was
because every contemporaneous man
or woman who lived those eighteen
years In the realm of the same events
knew it was a symphony in cold type
of their own and this communtty's eX-
perience."
And thus, also, have LIVED the
same advertisement which now give
you.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03
Feeding of EggS.

Hens will not refuse to lay proyid- ing the conditions which surround them are favorable for egg production. Of course, d hen cannot keep on laying all the time. nor will some hens lay even for majority of the time. but the farmer who provides the correct condi- tions of housing. feeding and general management will find that he will not be entirely without eggs at any time of the year Of course. it is not the hens nature To lay at this time of the year, but if she is comfortably housed and well fed. the farmer will find that the hen after all really has little senti- ment as to just which season she shall produce her eggs.
 Getting eggs is not entirely matter of feeding. yet if we feed correctly the hens will not have that as an actual obstacle to laying. Maturity and vigor are two important things in the hens that are to be heavy winter layers Keep the hens in Il thrifty. vigorous condition. and be sure and feed Il Va riety. These things count for d great deal toward success. Corn. oats and wheat are the three principal grain feeds, but there are others that may well be fed by way of variety and the meat and green stuff in some form should never be neglected. Give any kind of meat scraps or prepared meat foods as il pays. Try to keep the hens under conditions as near like those in existence at spring time as you can, and you will not suffer severely from an egg famine. This is nothing impOs- sible. and briefly, only means comfort able housing. a variety of feeds, green stuff and meat scraps, and sanitary quarters.-Agricultu Epitomist.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

dows for light. tight door below separating same from the feed room to keep out dust and odors. The silage is dropped down this chute, and from there shoyelled to the mixing boXes-one for the cows and one for the horses. There are two bins in the feed room and two more may be locat- ed on the floor above and connected by small spouts for drawing off the grain. These spouts may be located di- rectly over the mixing boxes. All hay is supposed to be fed from above, one hay chute being provided for each two stalls.
 The milk room being located as it Is, the milk may be taken to it at once. In this room should be located the separator: also plenty of clean water ; if possible running water should be provided. The shop is a very neces- sary room. and it will save many small repair bills. In it may be stored the nails bolts etc. In the horse barn the harness room is located in the center, which makes it handy to all parts of the same The two box stalls provide room for both male animals as well as sick and ailing ones.
 The hay bay is supposed to be open clear to the roof. However, some farmers may wish to arrange this space different. The partition sepa- rating the cows from the center sec tion is boarded or plastered up tight. except the calf pen, to separate the COWS from any odors dust or dirt from the other animals. The box stalls. however, in both the COW and horse barn are so constructed that the in mates may have good view of the other animals. They like company, and will do better if they can see their neighbors.
 The floors of the COW stable. the milk room. feed room and silo are of cement, the gutter being formed in the floor and having a four-inch drain at the rear leading to the manure pit The stalls are made to fit both long and short cows. The first stall in front is four feet wide and five feet long. The rear stall is three feet six inches wide and four feet eight inches long. The stalls then slope from front to the rear. each stall being slightly shorter. Stalls are now con- structed in so many different ways that It is hardly worth while to men, ton them, every COW man having his
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03
Destruction by Rats.

There are those who declare that nothing is created fin vain, and that rats and mice are in some way benefit to mankind. It is hard to see just how. Tine statlstician of the Agricul- tural Bureau at Washington computes that they create S15,O0O,OOO damage a year. That is the real money damage saying nothing of the annoyance. AS an offset. the rat catchers of the world sell about S1.OOO0OO worth of skins per year. and the furriers work them and sell them for five times that sum. II is estimated that a full-grown rat will eat six bushels of corn per year.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

are going to try to live In the White House as they would if il were their private property, to relegate business to the executive office buildings. to di- minish the ceremonious trappings of high position, and make their friends feel "at home" There are difficulties in the way. A public official. no mat ter where he lives. must resign himself 10 having his parlor turned into a con ferenceroom One of the most retir- ing of distinguished American women recently complained that her house had become public institution More over. no American. shifting and rest less as We are. ever feels quite at home in a house hired. or borrowed. for q limited time. It lacks the extra bay window that We put on ourselves. and the "ellum-tree in the front yard that father planted.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03
BRIGANDs OF ToNKIN.
Lives of Native Soldiers Too Pre-
 cious to Risk Against Them,

tO Ihem.
 The outlaws of Tonkn whom the French called pirates. are. properly speaking. brigands. who infest the country both on land and water. 4,
 One of their resorts is the province of Bacninh, where they have just mur- dered French officer. There t,,a brigands openly and successfully defy the forces of the government. Long immunity in that quarter has made them numerous and formidable. This need arouse no wonder. considering that the troops in the field consist of native soldiers whose lives are too precious to be riSked in frontal 1t tacks on brigand Businesses.
 Just before the murder of the officer band of brigands made its appear ance on the railway line between Hanoi and Bacnih and inflicted loss on some native levies who encounter ed them. Upon this the resident went for a detachment of native regulars to deal blow at the enemy The troops met the brigands lntrenched In a village, one house in which they had turned into fortress. so to speak
 The commander of the troops found himself in a fix. To send the regl- lars across the open to carry the stronghold by storm. under heavy fire from the brigands. meant heavy loss and certain death to many of his men to little purpose. The only alternative was to blow up the house along with Its garrison. But this resource failed him from no explosives being at hand. The result was that the brigands es- capped.
 The Haiphong paper rightly won ders why the troops in the field are not supplied with melinite bombs. Such engines of destruction would save much loss of life among the sodiery operating against the brigands.
 Yet no bombs are supplied to the. troops. though the hrigands have of ten defied them safely from fortified houses. which the troops would not attack from fear of loss of life not worth while to incur against outlaws.
 The result of this weak-kneed ls,l- icy is that the hrigand bands in that section of Tonkn increase steadily In numbers and strength. Pessimists say that in time they will become too many to he terrified by melinite bombs.- South Chna News.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03
A Burdened Man.

A certain small boy in grade number six was rapidly assuming manly ways. Not long ago. says a writer in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. there was to he an entertainment at his school. Songs. recitations and grab-bag were the principal features. The small boy waXed eloquent of the coming glories of this show. and more especially of the part he was to take.
 On the morning of the entertainment his mother suggested that he should take his little sister. about four years old. with him. He hung his head
 Don't you want to take herr" hi mother asked. ~
 No. don't" he answered
 Why not?''
 "'Cause there ain't none of the other fellers has 10 bring their children. was the reply.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

The British chancellor of the ex chequer is said 10 be working sixteen hours a day 10 contriye ways and means to meet an estimated deficit of sixty-five million dollars in his coming budget. Among the means under con sideratiOn are increased license duties, income tax and land tax. Doubtless the new secretary of the American treasury has a fellow feeling with Mir. Lloyd-George though he has no re sponsibiity for raising revenue to meet the deficiency. That is the business of congress. On both sides of the ocean there seems to be more thought of raising new revenue than of reducing expenditures. Over there they attrb- ute the deficit to old age pensions, which will require nearly forty-five million dollars, though the responsibii- ty might well be shared with increased army and navy requirements. Here [ We might in the same spirit charge the coming deficit to Civil War pensions. which require more than the largest '-NAAi4iAC Allf'bV ol H. " II tend two generations after the end of the war. that these are anything than a special form of old age pensions. Nevertheless we think that the Ameri- can people would disband the army and hang up the navy before they would allow the pension list to be touched. Whether we admit 1t or not, every form of public pensions or other care for the old or poor or helpless is a rcOgnitiOn of the obligation of mod ern civilizationto take charge of the poor 1t makes. Orphanages and homes for the aged and hospitals as well as aims houses express the sense of this obl- gation on the part of private founders as well as the state. The industrial civilization by which alone increasing millions can be maintained on the earth'S surface produces inevitably eX- tremes of riches and poverty. Priva- tion and suffering intolerant to mod ern humanity can be prevented only by some form of distribution of the excess among the deficient. They who cry out most loudly against the heresies of Socialism recognize this necessity in other ways
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03
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own views of the matter. However, It is wise to So build them that the stall may be easily cleaned and washed. This construction will comply with afl sanitary requirements of inspectors. The floor of the horse stable may be of cement or clay.
 The location. the local supply of materials. etc. will of course govern 10 d certain extent the material enter ing the construction of any building. and. in fact. alr buildings. The barn as shown is twelve feet to the caves and thirty-eight feet to the peak: the slo is thirty-eight or forty feet high.
 The barn should. of course. have a good foundation of stone. brick. or cement. On many farms it has been the practice to build a small shed here and there and the stock is scat tered all over the farm. This causes an unnecessary lot of labor to care for them; also an unsightly appearance 10 the surroundings. In constructing barn of this sort it will not be neces- sary to do all the work before the same may be used. but a portion of it may be left until time and perhaps your purse will allow 1t to be finished -Wallace's Farmer
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03
Barn for Mixed Farming.


 The farmer who can so adjust his work that he may dispense with the help of one man is lucky indeed. but many farmer has done SD by sim ply changing his system of feeding and caring for the stock also by so dis posing of the grain and hay that in stead of hauling many tons of it to market II is fed on the farm, and the beef, pork. butter. cheese. etc. sold. This allows the farmer to restore to the ground at least part of the fer tility in the shape of manure.
 The barn plan shown herewith In the two illustrations. the ground plan and the perspective view, is so ar ranged that one man may feed and care for the stock in short time. As shown on the floor plan, the barn will horses. has box stalls for both the cows and horses also large calf pen The installation of manure carriers and hay fork is very easy. and these will soon pay for themselves In the labor saved. 4 feature of the barn not to be overlooked is the arrange ment of the feed room and silO. The four-foot chute extends the entire length of the silo and has small win
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

Mother Shipton's alleged prophecy. 50 long regarded as the most wonder full prediction ever uttered until 1t was proved to have been fake failed to provide for the automobile. although she did foretell the steam To- comotive. But the automObilist's case was anticipated many centuries before. See Nahum. chapter ?. verse 4 "The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches; they shall run like the light uings."
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

Passengers riding on the platforms do so at their own risk according to the rule of almost all street railways. and the statement is by no means a mere form of words. A Boston lad stepped from a car in order that two women might alight. As be boarded 1t again the car started suddenly. and he was injured. He sued the company and got a verdict. but the Supreme Court of Massachusetts has set it aside on the ground that "by volunta- rily becoming a passenger on a car so crowded that he could not get inside. he took the risks incident to transpor- tation under these circumstances" It seems hard that an act of courtesy should lead to misfortune. and that this in turn should be met with ''served you right" but such warn ings are meant to discourage not the practice of courtesy, but the assump- ton of unnecessary risks.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

results can be obtained from a de- vice such as the one shown herewith. It is made by taking both ends out of d barrel and mounting it upon box or above a fireplace in the ground. The meat to be smoked is hung from the sticks laid across the top of the barrel, the fire built underneath and the lid put on.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

A well-to-do merchant of New Cas- tle Pa, wrote scathing letter to his wife and she committed suicide. When he heard of it. he collapsed and was taken to a hospital. How much nicer kindness and forbearing are.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

While he was on his way home from a bull fight recently King Alfonso of Spain stopped for the purpose of lay ing the corner stone of a free soup kitchen for tho poor. He was prob ably actuated by desire that there should be a fitting disposition of the remains of the bulls killed ill the ring.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

A young woman in New York eloped with a gentleman and was greatly sur prised to find that she had become the stepmother of nine children by that act. Therefore she deserted her ne>. husband. Is there no romance pos sible for a widower with children:
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03
Varying Impressions.

"The days are growing longer" said the man who keeps a lookout for the first>robin.
 .'I don't notice any difference" said Sirius Barker: they seem. as usual. to be getting longer if you count from one pay day to the next, and shorter if you figure the time between rent days s.'-Washington Star.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

What is herolsm. after all. but doing in exceptional circumstances what would be plain duty in ordinary cir cumstances: It is the one who habitu- ally does the second that fills ths bill when given a chance at the first.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

Mir. Binns. the wireless hero, was fittingly given ride in horseless carriage when he reached home.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

No matter how high prices of bricks may be boosted by combine of manu- lecturers. it is not probable that the practice of throwing them will be rem dered less popular.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

A Missouri judge decides that when a man merely does the chores around the house he is not working. That will hold some men for while who think they are models of industry.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03
Small Temporary Smokehouse.

If one butchers only once year, says q correspondent of Farm and Home, 1t is not necessary to build an expen- siye smokehouse. for almost as good
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

Prominent citizens who are figuring on taking luncheon with the new PreSi- dent will learn with deep regret that MT. Taft takes only an apple for lunch. and does not leave any core.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

English women are in prison for at- tempting to see Premier Asquith. Judg- ing by his pictures he is not much of a sight, either.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

Even classic Boston butts into the municipal corruption procession with million-dollar graft case.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

The Treasury Department Is to change the pictures on the greenbacks. Most of us will continue to have tAe same designs on them. however.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

There is a post office in Nebraska named Tonic but II is not believed that the postmaster took the office for bis health.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

President Taft. according to the omniscient newspapers. is helping Mrs. Taft to make the White House home
 The idea is that these good Americans
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

Princes George and Alexander of Servia have traded names, but the peo- pie of Seryia are busy hoping each may have retained his own character.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

Save your old waStebasNets. A lit tie trimming will convert them into fashionable spring hats.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

The family with a 16-year-old boy in the house has no earthly use for thirty-six volume encyclopedia.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

If you want to be of assistance to friend in trouble. do not say. I'm sorry" That will not help him any, but it may bore him.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

Perhaps the only sure way to beat a tax on inheritances will be not to die.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03
Note and Comment

Everything will be made of cemenl by and by.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

It makes no difference how much a man may like his friends, he likes them little less If they make sugges- tions to him of ways for parting with his money.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-03

Mrs Matthew T. Scott. elected na- tional president of the Daughters of the American Revolution, has been prominent in the society for many years and has carried on an aggressive fight for the presidency, against re- ports that she was physically inca pacitated for the duties of the orTlce. She has been supported by the out going officers of the society and by the Illinois members. her home being in Bloomington. Ill. She comes from dis tinguiShed revolutionary stock on both her fathers and mothers side. As vice president general from Illinois her services on the national board have been notable and she has been leader in Illinois Mrs. Scott Is the widow of coal mine owner and tne mother of Mrs Cromwell. wife of Colonel Charles s. Cromwell. for the last four years in charge of government build ings in Washington.