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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30
PASTURING ON A DRY FARM
More Difficult Of Production Than Any
other Crop Owing to Lack
of Moisture.

1t is more difficult to obtain produc.
tive pastures under dry farming con-
ditions than to obtain other crops.
This is owing to the fact that while
they are growing but little can be
done to increase the moisture content
in the soil. This fact should be du-
ly recognized by those who till such
lands and they should depend less
on pasture and more on forage for
their stock, than II they lived in more
moist areas. The two most useful
grasses for pasture are bromus and
western rye. For hay, alfalfa will
be a chief reliance. 1t may be es-
tablished on well pulverized new
breaking, but 1t will do better on older
land. Too much must not be ex-
pected by way of yield. From a ton
to ~ tons will probably represent an
average yield. But with one ton or
more of alfalfa per acre and three
tons of corn fodder per acre. food for
live stock should not be scarce
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

A HEAVILY yelled woman, well
"A dressed and with an aristocratic
bearing, rushed into a Washington
bank and up to the window of the re.
ceiving teller. a number of people
were standing in line waiting to de-
posit money. The man nearest the
window held in his hands a large roll
of bills and before him on the marble
counter lay leather bag in which he
carried his gold coin to the bank.
With a swift glance at the teller
and no word of explanation to the
man waiting she made a quick grab
at the bag and turned hurriedly to
leave the building. The man at the
window cried, stop" a policeman
came running to his assistance one
hand clutched at his pistol pocket,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30
Wool Production Cost.

There is no way of telling the cost
of producing wool, for the flock is in
creasing at the same time The re-
turn upon the lambs and upon the
mutton is greater than that from the
wool. There is no particular part of
the cost except the shearing and the
handling of the wool afterward which
can be called cost of producing the
wool. Each cost belongs to all three
products. Hence we can only speak
of wool as below cost of production
when, after the grower has added to-
gether what he has received from
lambs and mutton and after he has
subtracted from this sum enough to
make up for losses in and deprecia.
tion in value of his original flock, the
price which he receives for his clip
added to the remainder is too small to
pay back all his running expenses plus
reasonable profit on the original in.
vestment
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30
He Calls Mrs. SNOWFALL Model Hen

and clucks to find herself famous.
| This hen has appeared in Wilmington
| and is the property of a 14-year-old
boy, Lilbourne Martin. But she is not
native of Delaawre. No, she thanks
her feathers she was born at Bynum,
Md, and thus good old Hartford coun-
ty adds another gem to the diadem OF
the state that made good eating ia.
nous. Though black as colored poll
tician, she rejoices in the name of
SNOWFALL, and as such will go down in
history.
For generations Maryland has been
famous for her chickens, and whether
they were fried a la Maryland or were
laid to rest in the old.fashioned pie,
they have served their country well
and have left pleasant memories be.
hind them 1t is all the more crafty.
ing to record that out of the heart of
the fried-chicken belt has come this
phenomenal hen.
According to the records, she not
only lays two eggs day, but some
times varies 1t by contributing three
All are perfectly fresh and suitable
for family use. If she can keep up
her record for year this will mean
T30 eggs, with few extra for Christ.
mas and the Fourth of July. If all the
eggs grow up into chickens Mrs
SNOWFALL would soon have enough de.
scendants to cluck around the world.
She deserves medal from Secretary
Wilson and a cablegram from Col
Roosevelt for her efforts to prevent
race suicide.
Mrs. SNOWFALL is model hen. She
never worries about the fashions in
feathers; she is not forever running
off to some barnyard by the sea or
chicken house in the mountains; she
does not try to shine at bridge or out.
scratch her neighbors. She stays at
home, looks after MIR. SNOWFALL and
the children and attends strictly to
business. Wherefore will she be re.
membered wherever the egg is held in
honor and the chicken in esteem.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

not it contained an Internal machine.
The lid came off.
Jumping Jehosbaphat." exclaimed
Davis eXplosively when he found
gigantic tarantula roosting on his
shoulder. He knocked 1t to the floor,
where it promptly began mastery
retreat. Women clerks climbed ON
desks and fell over one another to es-
cape the fuzzy peril. Never, said a
veteran employe of the dead letter
office, were so many silk stockings
seen in the Office before.
After brief but determined search
the tarantula was discovered in a pile
of mail sacks, where it was killed.
The box was mailed in New York,
and because of it's foreign destination
and its suspicious appearance was
sent here for examination
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30
Limits Of Dry Earmlnn.

The Montana experiment station
has been conducting number of ex-
perlmonts for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the limits of dry farming, and
have come to the conclusion that in
any portion OF that state having Ia
inches of rainfall or more, and
where the precipitation for the months
Of April, May June and July is from
seven to eight inches or over, dry
farming properly conducted ought to
be successful; but that those areas
witl an average of ~ inches or less,
With a precipitation of less than
seven inches in the spring and early
summer months, offer a much less
promising outlook.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

INSTITUTION Of criminal prosecu-
u tions against perpetrators of sleep
or trunk" customs frauds with ramih-
cations in all parts of the country;
the pressing of existing indictments
TO avoid lapses under the statute of
limitations and the customs investiga-
tion generally were discussed at con
ference at the treasury department re-
Gently Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh, Attorney General Wicker
sham, Collector Loeb OF the port OF
New York, and United States District
Attorney Henry A. Wise of the south
lrn district Of New York, participated,
The sleeper trunk" frauds. where
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30
TARANTULA IN THE MAIL
PUTS CLERKS IN PANIC
DEAD LETTER OFFICE IN WASH
lNGToN COMES TO LIFE WHEN
BIG SPIDER GETS LOOSE.

Washlngton.-The dead letter office
of the post-ofiice department recently
belied its name when tarantula
threw the clerks into frenzy that
for moment threatened to become
a stampede.
The trouble strated when ]. e. Da-
Wis, an experienced clerk in the open
ing of suspicious mail, tore the cover
from a Notwithstanding package
addressed to "Dott Huggero Verify.
via Leon V. Firenzo, Florence. Italy"
He found box pierced with small
holes. Placing 1t to his ear he shook
1t in an effort to ascertain whether or
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30
BLOWS INTO BABYS LUNGS
St. Louis Physician Adopts Heroic
Method to Save the Life of
Choking Child.

st. Louis, Mo.-By blowing hin
breath into the lungs OF Margaret
Dwyer. is months old, DR.. Joseph
Hardy restored the child's respiration
and brought her back to consciousness
after 1t was believed she had choked
to death. The girl is the daughter of
William and Catherine Dwyer of S420
Michigan avenue. She was playing
in the kitchen. While her mothers
back was turned the child took pep
per shaker from the table, unscrewed
and swallowed it.
Picking up the child, Mrs. Dwyer
ran to a near by drug store. Emer-
gency treatment was unavailing, and
DR.. Hardy was summoned.
When the physician arrived the
baby's face had turned blue, and she
was apparently near death. After try
ing unsuccessfully to remove the OBJ
struction with instruments, DIR. Hardy
forced his thumb and forefinger down
Margaret's throat and dislodged the
cover The child's respiration had
then been cut off so long that she did
not revive when the obstruction was
removed, The physician saw that the
air in her lungs had been exhausted,
and that she was too weak to inhale
fresh supply. No pulse nor heartbeat
could be felt, DR.. Hardy placed a
piece of antiseptic gauze over the
childs mouth.
Then he put his mouth close to
hers and exhaled the air from his own
lungs After doing this for nearly FIVE
minutes there was fluttering move
ment of the girls eyelids, and in half
an hour she was fully conscious.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30
A Modern Miracle.

Life is continuous from one gene
ration to the next, but some observa-
tions of late have shown that life can
work again after being brought to a
complete stop Becquerel experiments
with grains of wheat and mustard.
He dries these by a special method
for six months and then keeps them
In high vacuum for one year. finally
cooling them in liquid air for three
weeks and then putting in tempera-
ture of 253 below zero, Centigrade,
for n hours. In this almost absolute
zero these grains of wheat and mus
tard become as rigid and hard .. as
stone. BecQlerel believed that under
these severe conditions the vital
functions We're completely suspended.
yet when sown these same seeds
grow as If nothing had happened
This seems to disprove that every
complete stoppage of life means
leath. There seem to have been in
nan many cases of suspended ami.
nation or momentary death
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

A Roman paper says that negotia-
tions are going on, on the part of the
American government, for the sale of
house destined to be the seat of
the American embassy" Perhaps the
state department is trying to find a
home for its new ambassador, merely
as a convenience to him, so that it
may be ready when he reaches Rome.
But 1t is not buying the house on its
own account.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30
storlno Vegetables.

Beets, carrots, satisfy and parsnips
lose all their tempting havors if stored
openly in the common cellar; in fact
become unpalatable when long ex
posed to the light and air, All these
vegetables. as we'll as turnips and
rutabagas, should be packed in boxes
or barrels of sand, which makes them
at all times accessible, and as fresh n
when taken from the garden.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

A New York man is suing his wife
for separation because he says she
stayed out at night and left him to
mind the children and make the beds.
The masculine marital worm is begin
ming to turn, but the high French heel
of modern femininity is set so firmly
on the writhing insect that ii is
doubtful if the turn will amount to
much more than frantic but fugi-
tive squirm.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

1t Is said that the society bellies OF
st. Petersburg are angry over the situ-
alton In Finland, since the officers
who ngure largely in social affairs
will now have to leave with their
troops for the recalcitrant duchy and
desirable partners will be lacking In
court-circle dances. This is sad, but
hardly the most tragic circumstances
which viii arise from the situation.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

That Servian prelate who dreamed
that King Peter was deposed had the
tactlessness to tell his dream to
friends, in confidence Thereupon
King Peter had a better dream; the
prelate is to be tried for high treason
After this Servian prelates will TAXI
sleeping powders, and not dream,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Two bankers in New York have
been sentenced to prison for taking
money for their own use from saw.
ings association OF which they were
officials. In sentencing them the
judge said they were simply plain
thieves. There is great deal In a
name when it is used in this blunt
fashion, for 1t strips much of the
illusion from i'll doing
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

A New Jersey institution for the
prevention of tuberculosis has been
named "preventorium." The Eng
lish language, as well as the human
body. needs defenders.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Considering that newspapers are
published IN 27 languages in this coun.
try--a fact not generally known-why
shouldn't the exchange editor have an
Increase OF salary?
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Street dust kills 25 per cent Of
those that breathe 1t, but II they did
not breathe the dust they would pick
up germs. and it's all the same in the
long run.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

The Denver scientist who says lin
burger cheese will cure cancer must
believe those cancer germs have a
sense of smell well developed.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

The new society for the study and
prevention of infant mortality is wei
come In the long list of worthwhile
institutions.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

There was a large increase in the
number OF divorces in Maine last year.
but an increase of only two in sui
cides. Whether the latter fact is to
be explained by the former is not
stated.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

In spite of their recent rise. eggs
are not ashamed to be seen in COM
pany with the humble ham. If anyone
still has the requisite price for bring
Ing then together.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Death has claimed the sauerkraut
king and it is proper that briny tears
should flow for him.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Latest in the line of inventions is
an automobile equipped as an aero.
plane destroyer. The automobile has
some reason to feel resentful.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Sitting In Nome, United States
Judge is conducting case in Seattle
AS the distance is 1000 miles, the trial
cannot help being long drawn out.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

DR.. Hills is perfectly safe in max,
Ing prophecies to be fulfilled in the
year 2909, as few of us who hang upon
his words will be here at that time.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Come into our store and have q
IT." reads local tailors ad. We sup.
pose the "fit" takes place when the
bill is presented.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Since there are so many excellent
causes to die in. football is not worth
anybody's death.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

The pole dash game has been in
vented. The dashes must represen
the unprintable words.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Cotton is again on his throne as
king of the south.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Does farming pay?" asks Maine
newspaper. II 1t pays in Maine 1t will
pay anywhere.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Emperor William is satisfied to let
the Wright brothers be monarchs of
the air. II he can be lord of the land
and of the seas that. will be enough
for him.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

II has been decided ofilcially that
Turks are white, even II they do not
always act II.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Indian summers absence makes the
heart grow fonder.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Calamities from unavoidable causes
are pathetic; calamities from avoid
able causes are criminal.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

Merry-go-rounds are unpopular ir
South America, where they are trying
to get over the revolutionary habit
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30

That mine disaster was Just abern
rs bad as possible.
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-10

A GENERAL cleanup of the records
Aof the postoffice department in
washington, recently brought to light
list of postal routes existing in the
United States in 1909, together with a
schedule Of the time in which those
routes should be covered. The pam.
phlets were issued by Gideon Granger.
who was postmaster general under
JEFFERSON in 1901 and continued under
Madison in 1909. They are the earli-
est records of their kind now in the
possession of the department.
In front of each pamphlet is a list
OF ths rules and regulations which
governed the distribution of the mails
just 100 years ago. They were brief
and to the point, and contained some
curious stipulations. In addition, the
pamphlet contained fines levied upon
mail carriers for delivering wet mails
and for other shortcomings.
The general rules were as follows:
Il. The postmaster general may ex-
pedite the mails and after the time
Of arrival and departure at any time
during the continuance of the con-
tracts, he stipulating what he con-
ceives to be an adequate compensa.
tion for any extra expense that may
be occasioned thereby.
q. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed
for opening and closing the mails at
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-10

WAsH1NGTON.-Uncle Sam is now
w too big, too prosperous and too
much in hurry even to count his
money, and instead of counting his
coins by hand he simply runs them
through sort of hopper, operated by
electricity, and an automatic register
shows how many 60 through. The
coins fall into bag and are tied up
and sealed, the government guaran.
teeing that the correct number are in
the bag.
The machine can make no mistake.
hence Uncle Sam feels safe in making
his guaranty. In this way all the
money is now being counted out at
Washington, to 60 to the subtreas-
uries and banks throughout the coun-
try. The treasury does a great deal
OF counting of money, and for the
purpose women are employed rather
than men, as It has been found after
long experience that the women make
fewer mistakes. Hence the operators
who sit at the electric machines and
pour the silver stream into the hop.
pers are Of the female sex.
But there is one place in the life of
the coin where it must be counted by
hand, and that is when it comes back
to the treasury for redemption.
The money then must be gone over
by hand to separate the foreign, mu.
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-10

WASHINGTON has a good laugh at
W the story from Glenwood Springs,
COL, about the bath President Taft
didn't take, knowing how the people
do some awfully funny things in their
efforts to entertain the nations chief.
At Glenwood Springs, on his trip west,
which station he reached at six o'clock
in the morning, there were several
thousand people who greeted the STOP
page Of the train with whoop. Cap.
"Allie" Butts, the presidents military
aid, landed on the floor with one
bound from the bed, and speedily ap-
peared upon the rear platform Of the
train, wrapped in military coat and
not much else, excepting just straight
mad. His cream.colored pajamas pro-
jected about a foot below the great
coat and his shoes displayed the lack
of hosiery as he faced the reception
committee, headed by the bishop of
the church and the mayor of GlenWOOd
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-10
Friends Amused by Taft Bath Story

Springs. He Informed them that the
president would be out presently, and
then, as the mountain breezes were
spreading his coat-tails out so that you
could play checkers on them, he hiked
to summon the presidential valet. The
president finally appeared on the plat
form, and explained smilingly but has.
ttly that his program hadn't any no.
tice of six o'clock reception. The
crowd stated that whether it did or
didn't he was there, and they were
going to have him, and off they rushed
him to the Glenwood Springs hotel to
show him the wonderful public bath
with the towns famous warm springs
Now, bath before breakfast is very
pleasurable thing to take, but the way
the president was to take this did not
suit him in the least. The thoughtful
people of Glenwood had prepared a
specially reconstructed bathing suit for
the president, and dozen or so for
the members of the party, and the pro
gram was that the president was to
patter down into the pool on one side,
while the multitude watched from the
other side. The president positively
declined this courtesy, and reluctantly
the people of Glenwood Springs gave
up their promised presidential pleas
ire
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-10

NJ EW YORK.-While few men would
~ be willing to change places with
camels because Of the known propen-
sfty of that animal to go eight days
without drink, there are many who
might willingly change into horses,
with jobs in the park department.
Comptroller Metz some time ago
reached the conclusion that the city
should pay horses whisky bills, which
had been held up for months pending
an Investigation. The comptroller so
informed the dealers who supply the
department., and stated:
1T seems to me that whisky at
four dollars a gallon is pretty high
for horses. We have not questioned
the quality. and have ordered the
bill paid. will take rp with the
park commissioner the question of
what kind Of whisky is to be kept for
the horses.
Horses must have whisky the same
as men. sometimes. and it has to be
Just as good" declared Park Commits
s1oner Smith. who failed to see any
thing funny about the comptroller's
action.
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-10

CAUGHT between the floor of the
~ electric elevator and a steel beam.
with the certainty of being crushed to
death it her rescuers moved the car
up or down by the slightest inadvert.
ence. Miss Margaret Daily, a green
horn" doorh,aid, had a thrilling half
hours experience in the Baby's hos
pital. at Lexington avenue and Fifty
fifth street, New York city. It was
necessary to chisel the heads of the
bolts in the steel beam and take the
beam out of the elevator shaft before
the young woman's life could be saved
Miss DAILY, who is 10 years old, has
been in this country but few weeks
Snd got her position in the hospital
only recently, owed her perilous pre-
dtcament to her irrspressible curiosity
to find out how the elevator worked
She had never seen an elevator be
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-10
Chickens Adopted by a Police Cat

From time to time their pitiful chirps
could be heard, and as night came on
these increased in frequency and
plaintiveness. The chirps came from
under a stable in the rear of the sta
tion, where the two little foundlings
had sought shelter.
Members of the precinct command
say that during the evening the cat
appeared to be acting strangely. In
stead of roaming about the squad
room, as was her usual custom. she
wandered about the rooms on the
lower floor of the station, and occa.
sionally made visits to the basement.
No significance was given her queer
actions. but many of the policemen
wondered why their feline mascot did
not visit them and get her usual even.
ing pettings.
The next morning the cause Of the
cats strange actions was explained.
when the strange little bundles of
feathers were discovered, but within
a few minutes she put in her appear.
ance.
She Immediately started to attend
to her motherly duties. The little fel.
lows were true to their adopted moth.
Or from the very first