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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
Question of Ham Raised in Washington

this dainty morsel is not only an art,
but borders on the sacred things of
our lives.
Our pigs are raised with infinite
care; they are not allowed to associate
with those of the lower strata in life;
iron-clad rules are observed in feed
ing and grooming them. and when at
last they are doomed to die, we are
almost as sorry as they can possibly
be-
But our qualms of conscience are
assuaged when, after months of smok-
ing in the dear old smokehouse, the
hams are tenderly taken from their
hooks and treated to a period of SIM
mering Qor you never boil ham) and
basting and browning and garnishing.
then served and eaten with pure joy
and gusto.
"They don't know what really
good piece of hog meat Is In Virginia.
| will admit, however, that | learned
all / know about cooking ham from
my friend Mrs. Burke of Alexandria.
Mrs. Burke is a greatgranddaughte of
Thomas jefferson, and she was telling
me how the art of simmering the
dainty came to be known in America.
"She said that when Mr.. Jefferson
was rambling about Europe in search
of knowledge, he happened to stay in
Paris at fashionable hotel. The
ham was so good that Mr.. Jefferson
called for the Prince Of the Kitchen
and asked him how he managed to
keep the meat so tender.
"'Ze ham must be simmered, mon
sieur lie American, he was told by
the obliging chef.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
Snakes in a Bag, Not Robbers Loot

train robbery that recently oc.
Cured in the middle west.
The fact that lie Mat seemed to be
very careful of the sack and its con.
tents was sure enough proof OF
something" you see, and when he
turned 1t over to a pullman porter
paid him some money, and he imme-
diately got the bag hidden out of
sight, was just proof positive-well,
not quite positive enough for arrest,
but mighty good proof.
So two of the Chicago sleuths board
ed the pullman, and they Swallowed
lie Mat to Washington, having tele.
graphed ahead for detectives to meet
them at the Union station. The first
man to greet lie Mat on his arrival
was Union station detective, who
is a personal friend. Then lie Mat
made his getaway, and the detectives
from Chicago had a trip to Washing
ton for no cost to themselves.
The gunnysack contained three big
rattlesnakes, which now adorn the
Washington zoo, And that ends the
story of one lot of sleuths.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
CROP In TWO YEARS
In Regions Of Small Rainfall,
Moisture Is Saved Up.
Field Divided Into Two Equal Parts,
One Being Planted While the 9th
er Is Summer Fallowed-Much
Depends on the Farmer.

In regions where the rainfall is very
small, the principle of using the mois-
ture of two seasons for the production
of one crop is carried the whole way
through, instead of being applied only
to the production of the first crop.
Just what the rainfall must be, in
inches, to make this necessary or ad-
visable, depends upon too many ele-
ments to be stated off-hand. The alti-
tude. the rapidity of evaporation. the
season at which the rains fall. the per-
centage of sunshine, the amount of
surface drainage depending largely
upon the contour of the land) are a
few Of the factors. However. more
than all depends upon the farmer him.
self-upon his intelligence in knowing
Just when to perform his farm tasks,
and upon his industry In performing
them without shrinking. One man
will raise good crops every year with
a rainfall of f3 inches when his neigh
Dor will produce no better cropping
on alternate years Prof. Tinsley be
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
WRECKS HIS TRAIN TO
Save LIFE OF A CHILD
Engineer, Seeing Girl on Track. Pro
vents Death But Blocks Two
Railway Lines.

Wilkesbarre. Pa.--To save the life
of child John Krepp, an engine driv.
er of the Central Railroad OF New
Jersey, wrecked his train, blocking
the tracks for several hours and caus-
ing loss to the company OF several
thousand dollars.
He was running a coal train down
a heavy grade when he saw little
girl crawl from beneath passenger
car on siding and try to cross the
track on which his train was speed
ing. When he saw the on-rushing
train she was stricken with fright
and crouched down in the center OF
the track.
There was but one chance of saw
ing her and Knapp put on the emer-
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

MFRS CHAMP CLARK of Missouri
IVA has entered a controversy which
is in progress in Washington among
society leaders, epcures and chefs
as to the best way to cook Virginia
ham, by contending that a Missouri
ham is the best, anyhow. The wife
of the Democratic leader in the house
of representatives takes direct issue
with Gov. Joe" Blackburn, Col.
John A. Joyce, Mrs. F. Berger Moran
and others who have declared in favor
of hickory smoke with which to cure
the ham, the light of the full moon in
which to kill it, and that 1t must come
from the Mother of Presidents" for
,nly there does the real aristocratic
porker have its being. The contro-
versy has become SO hot that Presi-
lent Taft may be called upon to de-
eide it.
1.-THE Missouri ham Is so far ahead
,f anything in the pig line introduced
| oy Virginia or else NeIe," said Mrs
| Clark, that can't understand how
people can be so deceived. Isn't every
hing better in Missouri than else
where? Why, of course 1t is. Then
why shouldn't hams be superior? With
Is raising, curing, cooking and serving
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
Would Be No Chanue.

During the presidential campaign
the question of woman suffrage was
much discussed among women pro and
con and at an afternoon tea the con
versation turned that way between
the women guests.
Are you a woman suffragist?'
asked the one who was not interested
Indeed, am not" replied the other
most emphatically.
ooh, that's too bad, but just suppos
ing you were, whom would you sup
port in the present campaign"
"The same man I've always support
ed, of course" was the apt reply
my husband"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
comparlson with Ireland.

''If we in Ireland had tenth Of your
natural advantages we should make
Ireland country which would forget
1t had ever been called distressed. The
farming industry itself must be mod
ernized. but 1t is equally important to
bring up the social side of farm life.
Our formula is: Better farming, bet
ter business and better living. l still
think the principle Of agricultural CO.
operation is little understood, and
some instruction concerning 1t should
be given by the agricultural colleges,
showing what 1t has done In different
portions of the United States. and in
other countries. Horace Plunkett,
Member British Parliament.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

lieves that the rainfall throughout
New Mexico is sufficient to Justify
crop production every year; and con.
ditions are fully as favorable through
out west Texas DR.. V. 7. Cooke, d.
rector of dry farm experiments for the
state of Wyoming, recommends crop
ping on alternate years. This meth
Cd" says he, Consists in holding two
years moisture for one big crop. 1t is
true we only get crop off the same
land every other year, or under ia
vorable conditions, say, two years out
of three; but we must remember that
we get crops by this method when the
season is dryer than usual and that we
get one big crop with one blowing,
one seeding, several civilizations, prac-
tically two years moisture, and one
harvesting. The farmer simply d.
vides his land into two portions, on
one-half raising crops, the other half
being summer fallowed. BY this
method, which is easily understood
and carried out. the farmer has long
season instead Of a short one and
drives his work instead OF being driv-
en- by it."
Mr. Campbell undertakes to lay
down no arbitrary and unvarying rule
as to whether the land should be
cropped every year, or whether the
moisture of two years should be con
served for one crop, beyond stating
that is inches of rainfall is unques
tionably sufficient for crop production
every year. Where the rainfall is less
than Is inches per annum, much will
depend upon the time when 1t comes
upon the nature of the soil and upor
the rapidity of evaporation in thai
particular region. In most sections o.
the Great Plains region, an average
annual precipitation of 10 inches vii
Justify cropping the same land every
year However, as much depends up
on the man as upon the elements
The man who gets into his plowet
field at just the right time for thu
proper formation of the soil mulch
and who watches 1t closely and In
diligently to see that it is broken III
and restored the moment 1t show
signs of baking, or becoming har'
and compact, will raise crop ant
have more moisture left in the groun'
after the harvest, than his careles
neighbor will have at the end OF
season of silpshod summer culture.
The disk pillow, an illustration o
which is given above, is an excellen
implement for use in refitting land.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

A MONG the employees of the Bureau
IA of Engraving and Printing, in
Washington, where all the paper
money that circulates in this country
is printed, are some men so berighted
as not to believe that Mississippi
river catfish ever tip the scales at 100
pounds or more. William c. Deane,
prominent member of the Missouri
society of the District of Columbia
some time ago undertook to convince
the doubling Thomases that catfish at
tain gigantic proportions in the Fa-
Their of Waters.
He declared that he had recently
seen catfish caught that weighed up
wards of 100 pounds. His associates
in the bureau laughed him to scorn-
made him real mad.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
Box Car Is Girls Prison.

Peoria. Il.--Police Matron Mayall
went to Chicago recently in an en-,
deavor to identify young girl Of
mystery" who arrived in the Peoria
railroad yards locked in freight car
loaded with rubbish. All search for
some one to converse with the young
girl in an intelligent manner has
been unsuccessful. At the time OF
her discovery the girl could only ex.
plain that some 'bada man and bada
woman" had placed her in the car in
the suburbs of Chicago. She was al
most exhausted from starvation, hav'
ing been imprisoned at least three
days, when her screams attracted the
attention of railroad men.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

THEY get off some awful stories on
i the "old Sleuths," but this one is
straight goods: r. f. LIE Mat, we'll
known Washington athlete, spent the
summer near to natures heart up
in the wilds of Idaho. He started
back attired in wild and woolly fash
ion, a pair of corduroy trousers, big
sombrero, and his face adorned with
a huge goatee, all of which may at
times be worn by confidence men, but
were not in this case.
Besides that he had along with him
when he got on the pullman in Chi
cago a "gunny' sack, which he hand
led carefully. Chicago sleuths spot
ted him at once. Yes, indeey. They
saw in that "gunny" sack the loot of
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
Cost of Machinery.

The array of farm machinery now
required to run an ordinary-sized farm
on the cheapest basis possible is some
thing fierce. 1t requires an expendi-
ture of great many hundred dollars
to get a complete outfit, taking in all
such tools as manure spreader, self
binder, grain binder, hay-loader or
stacker and all the rest. II is the
cheapest way to get through the sea
sons work, however, and if machinery
bought new is kept new by good nous
ing the final cost is not great, per
tool.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

gency brakes with all force. These
stopped the locomotive just as the
point of the pilot reached the child,
but the shock caused the train to
buckle and several cars were
wrecked. One was hurled clear from
the track and fell on the top Of a
passing freight train running beneath
a bridge. This caused double wreck
and both tracks we're blocked for
some time.
The girl, Mary Mullin, was unhurt.
and as soon as the trainmen lifted her
up she ran away to her home.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
Mad poa,s scratch XlIIs BOY.

Waverly. N. VA scratch from the
paw of a rabid dog was responsible
for the death of George Murray. the
four-year-old child of local merchant.
The boy was playing near his house
one afternoon, with two older boys,
when they were suddenly attcked by
a strange dog, The other two were
bitten and were sent to the Pasteur
institute for treatment as soon as it
became known that the dog was mad.
The Murray child's injury was so SUI.
perficial. however, that no alarm was
felt
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
BIG DOG SAVES LITTLE ONE
Is Struck by Auto as It Pulls an
Injured Animal from
Cars Path.

Montclair, N. DOG sense, and
Newfoundland to rescue from death
ander auto wheel a smaller dog COM
panion that had already been struck
and disabled by touring car Both
animals belonged to Cestone, a con-
tractor. They were romping in the
street when touring car came along.
There were three women and man
in it. The machine struck the smaller
dog and hurled it SO high the auto
passed under it when 1t was in the
air. The animal fell in the roadway,
and lay there helpless.
Poor pet" said one of the women.
turning and looking back
Half a block behind the first auto
was another, also tearing along at
dust-raising pace. Sam, the big black
dog, which had managed to get out OF
the way of the first car in the nick OF
time, was whining over it's injured
playmate when 1t saw the second ma
chine coming. Selling the helpless
little dog by the neck, Sam flung 1t to
safety to one side of the road, and
then tried to get out of the way it.
self. It almost sacrificed its own
life in saving the other dog, for the
auto gave it CHANGING blow which
rolled it over and over. Sam was not
hurt, though, and in a moment was
running off to Cestone's home barking
for help. A member of the family
followed Sam to where the other day
lay and carried 1t into the house.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
Uncle Sam Develops New Easter Lily

ing lilies in this country directly from
seed"
One of the most promising OF the
hybrids has resulted from crossing the
Philippine lily and the Bermuda lily.
The Philippine lily takes two months
to come into bloom from the period OF
planting the bulb, while the Bermuda
and it's various relatives require In
the neighborhod of five months. 1t
was thought that there would be
great saving If the time taken toforce a
good Easter lily could be reduced by
month or two.
With view of bringing this about
the hybridization of the Philippine
and the Bermuda lily has been effect
ed. The result of the cross is a flow
er larger than the familiar Easter lily.
but not quite so broad as and little
shorter than the Philippine lily.
Up to this time Americans have had
| to rely for very sparse supply OF
Philippines lilies upon the Philippine
islands, and they arrive early in the
spring, when they cannot be used for
forcing; but by growing them In
| California they can be obtained in the
fall in good time for forcing into flow
err during the winter. The plants SO
far grown in California, says Mr..
oliver, do not show signs of the lily
disease.
A second line OF work in connection
with the production of lilies has been
| under way in the department for the
last four years.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
Seed Distribution.

In cooperation with the County Fair
association, over so bushels of pure
seed corn was distributed free by the
University of Wisconsin Agricultural
Experiment station to the young peo-
pie who grew small plots and exhibit
ed their product at local fairs. This
work has been introduced into 90
counties, and has proved of immense
value in interesting young people in
agricultural matters.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
AocumuIatlna Moisture.

The conservation of moisture, which
is the strong point of the Campbell
system, is not everything. The accu.
mutation of moisture is equally impor,
tant, for how are you going to con
serve moisture II you haven't got it?
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

to find quick relief. Mrs. Turner used
Doan's Kidney Pills for a rundown con.
dition, backache, pains in the sides and
kidneys, bloated limbs, etc. THE way
they have built me up is simply mar
velous," says Mrs. Turner, who is a
nurse. MY health improved rapidly.
Five boxes did so much for me / am
telling everybody about it."
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
purnoses Of cultlvatlon.

The chief purposes of cultivation
are to keep down the weeds and to
maintain in the soil supply of air
and moisture favorable to plant
growth.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
Crop on First PIowlnu.

II a man expects to raise crop on
the first blowing of sod It is best to
pillow eight inches, after giving it a
good disking to loosen up the mat.
Then, after another good disking.
narrowing and filming down, a good
crop of anything can be raised on IL,
provided you give it chance to soak
nm first
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
Taking No Chances.

"What did Barker do when he dis
covered that his wife and chauffeur
had planned to elope in his carp"
He oiled it thoroughly, and put it
in first.class shape"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

1t is an excellent an
tiseptic remedy for
asthma, bronchitis,
and all inflammatory
diseases of the
throat and chest;
will break up the
deadly membrane in
an attack of Group,
and will kill any kind
of neuralgia or rheu-
matte pains.
All druggists keep
Sloan's Eminent.
Phcss 25c., 50c., & $500.
Dr. T;oI Earl s Ss Sloan,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

en- who suffer Sack-
ache, constant lam
guor, and other com.
mon symptoms Of
k | dney complaint,
should be grateful to
Mrs. Minnie Turner,
of Il. B. ST., Ana.
darko, Okla, for
pointing out the way
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

Constipation causes and aggrayates many serious
Diseases IL is thoroughly cured by Dr. Perces
Pleasant Pellets The fayosite family laxative.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
Sloan's
Iiiniinnent

is easier to use than porous
plasters, acts quicker and does
not clog up the pores of the skin.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
A NURSES EXPERIENCE.
Hackache, Pains in the Kidneys, Bloat.
ing, Etc., Overcome.

A nurse is expected to know what
TO do for common ailments, and wom-
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

Not to make allowances for the
weaknesses of others.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

The greatest necessity in woman's
life is love.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

To consider anything impossible
that we cannot ourselves perform.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

Mrs. winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
FOR children teething, softens the gums, reduces In.
aamnaton ailays pain. cures wind colio $50 jotte.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25

For sore throat, sharp pain
in lungs, tightness across the
chest, hoarseness or cough,
lave the parts with Sloan's
Liniment. You don't need to
rub, just lay it on lightly. 1t
penetrates insta ntly to the seat
of the trouble, relieves conges-
ton and stops the pain.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-25
Here's the Proof.

Mr.. A.W. Price, Fredonia, Kans.,
says: "We have used Sloan's Lini-
ment for year, and find it an excel
lent thing for sore throat, chestp pains,
colds, and hay fever attacks. Anew
drops taken on sugar stops cough
ing and sneezing instantly"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-03-18
An APPEAL and a Warning.

To whom II may conce 1t 10 well
known that cocaine, morphine, ETC., ar
being used and sold illegally in GU {
town aud vicinity. IT, hardly seems
possible that any one 'ssvjng the good
Of the community al neart would assist
in this unla "ful traffic that Is so debas-
in. IN It's effect. Its continual use un-
dermlnes health and deslrovs persons
usefulness. ami tina habit once Con
tracted Can hardly be broken AT ali
These drugs can be sold legally only
upon ph!sIc,an's pr scrIptIon under
Certain forms ineach case For unlaw-
full selling the fine is from s25 TO So for
The frst otfense. $50 to 500 for tie
second otfense. anu 800 tu 500, with =
term In prison, for the third, and in
case OF p.sctising phys icisu or phAr-
macisL hi, license Is revs ked.
This notice is Intend ed a. an appeal
to all fair-minded pen ous to assist IN
handling these articles strictly as pre-
scrioed by the State Laws and al . no
lice to all others ths 6 a determined
effort will be made TO enforce the law,
and 500 er or later those who persist
will come TO grief, 1T would have been
easy to have peesented evidence 10 the
proper officer asd have had some one
hned instead Of pm blishing this notice.
but there is no desIte simply to make
any one trouble, ard it is hoped this
pu0llc notice will tie sufficient.
Inc pneiic; gen orally are askt ID to
ASSIST la this mau er by giving any in
formation tnAt Can be gotten be airing
upon she Illegal sale OF these dru.s after
Inc Date of his Publication to either OF
oof magistrates, ID. 5. kenioh or IL. h.
Rndlston.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-03-18

NnRs. JOHN HOPP, Webster Ave-,
ltl Glendale, L. l., n. Y, writes:
II have been suffering for the past
ten years with many symptoms Incl
dent to my age, also cstarrh and indi-
gestion. was weak and discouraged,
had no ambition, could not sleep ut
night, and lost greatly in weight.
az tried other remedies, but with no
success, until commenced to take Pc
runa. I now feel better In every re-
spect, can sleep well, and have gained
in weight. I cannot praise Peruna
highly enough for the good it has done
me.
"If any women are suffering as did,
Iwould advise them to try Peruna and
convince themselves. Peruns has done
me good. 1 know by my experience
that 1t is worth its weight in gold to
any one who needs 1t.
81 also took Manalin, for constipation,
In connection with Peruna, and found
1t helped me where other laxatiyes
failed"
Now Well Of Catarrh.
Miss Malisa Jolley, Psrmels, N. O.,
writes: "I have been taking your Pc
runa, and can say that am well of the
eatarrh.
"I thank you for your kindness and
your advice"