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Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

Dear Editor-What is the matter
with my hens? Every morning ! find
two or three of them laid ont cold and
stiff on the hencoop floor. What treat
ment do you advise. POULTRY"
Your hens, Poultry, it is plain from
your letter, are suffering from death
This is a very common complaint
For it we would prescribe burial"
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30
SENSIBLE YOUNG WOMAN.

Miss Helen Taft is very sensible
young woman. 1t seems, and does her
duty without regard to any OF the
rules of society. She is not yet out
OF college and has not made her debut
In any formal way. but the other day
when her father entertained the Japa-
nese prince and princess at dinner.
she took her mothers place at the
table. and whenever she Is In Wash
ington attends social functions with
other girls Of her age.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
PRESIDENT RESIGNS

ALBUQUERQUE. June 29.-Dr. T.
Mcqueen Gray has resigned as presi-
dent of the University OF New Mexico
on account of i'll health His success.
SCR has not yet been appointed.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

that cigarette smoking is not harm.
full to man and womankind
Drought which threatened to become
the most serious for many years in
New Mexico. has been effectually
broken by general rains. which began
Saturday and which fell Sunday over
all portions of the territory, says an
Albuquerque dispatch to Denver Re.
publican. Disastrous crop failures in
the dry farming districts. which were
expected, have been averted and many
thousands of dollars viii be saved to
farmers and stockmen. The sheep
men were suffering In central New
Mexico, as the grass had almost dis.
appeared and the coming of the rains
win save heavy loss.
Frank Walters of Eaton. aged Az
years. one OF the best known hotel pro.
prietors in Pennsylvania, adopted
unique and horrible method of destroy
ing himself Sunday afternoon when.
before the gaze of passersby he Tx.
nited his clothing and walked to the
middle of the street enveioped I'm
mass of flames. AS the fire leaped IN.
wards and reached the top of the mans
head he fell to .le street with groap
ana before the panic-strickcn and hor.
flhed spectators could do anything to
he'p him he lay motionless. When the
flames were extinguIshed it was found
That the flesh had practically been
burned off the bones. The fierceness
OF the flames suggests that before ig-
hi.ing mis- clothing Walters had sat
urated them with oil or some other
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30
MARK TWAIN ON HENS.

When Mark Twain was the city edi
tor of the Virginia City Enterprise he
frightened up the paper in all sorts OF
quaint ways.
Thus, now and then, he would write
umn. filling 1t with paragraphs such
a. this:
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT
TO HOLD "ScHNEIDERFEsT

BOSTON, June 29-Arrangements
were made this afternoon for Roose-
welt and Taft to meet at Beverly to-
morrow and have long conference.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

Betting odds favor Jeffries about
10 to 6. The colored money through
out the country is going on Johnson
South Dakota Is holding a primary
election and there is n hot fight on
| between the regular and so-called In
surgents for control.
Dispatches say there was no dis
order in Mexico on account of the
election. Very good reason All the
opposition to Diaz was either in jail
or banished.
The appropriations made by the ses.
sion of congress just closed amounted
to $1.027 49, 46. according to an Off.
cial announcement made by the house
appropriations committee.
The New York Herald, Democratic,
says the people all over the country
are saying Taft has made good" You
btt uhb anu lib lb Will III DOLiti-
ing Democratic politicians and news
papers. They haven't anything to say
The Browne Jury stands eleven for
conviction to one for acquittal. This
acquittal juror must have received
some Of the Lorimer dough. A palmer
f,f hf+th
ed. In fact, the defense admitted that
White and others received money, but
made light OF IT,
| A man named BOstwlck, an armed
desperate. barricaded himself and SIX
| children In his home at Cecilia, Ga
| Sunday when melee was finished
the chief Of police, one deputy sheriff
and a member of the posse were dead
and two deputy sheriffs injured. Bost
wick was found shot to death Mon
day with his children huddled arount
him on the floor.
CharacterizIng the modern murder
trial as the 'lawless science of the
law" G. s. Thomas of Denver, ex
I governor OF Colorado, made stronj
plea for change In judicial procedure
before the Iowa State Bar association
last week. Mr.. Thomas declared thai
the legal insanity" established by
hypothetical questions favorably an
swered by medical experts was dis
play OF scientific balderdash. q trav
esty OF justice. and must give way t.
saner. sounder methods II the Law
performed its normal functions.
Miss Eleanor Sears, the foremos
exponent of outdoor sports. among tn,
society women Of Boston, leader II
every contest OF skill which interest
the richer set Of either sex, has com,
forward as a champion OF cigarett,
smoking. making the statement tina
she does not believe the use OF ciga
rettes by women does any great harm
After looking 1t some Of the pale an,
nogood boys hanging around Durang,
who are cigarette reads It will b
hard 70 convince any sensible peree
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

sary by the directors of the Y. NJ. c. A.
association of Grand Junction to col
leet $4,000 in subscriptions to the
new building fund which have not
been paid. There has been considera
Bile dissention in the local association
and as a result there was difficulty in
collecting the amounts which had been
subscribed for the building.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

Pueblo officials are considering some
kind of gravity water system TO save
expense of pumping.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

Canon City's water plant has at last
been completed at cost OF over $500,
900.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

Yeggmen are busy in Denver. three
safes having been cracked in broad
day light the past ten days
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

Montrose ball club visited Telu-
ride Sunday and rubbed 1t on the local
team by score of 10 to 4, although
Telluride Bailey, the Denver university
pitcher, was in the box. After the game
n couple of toughs from Montrose pull
ed off a smuggling match at so cents
per head and about $50 people bit.
The journal says 1t was rotten af-
fair. There were 125 excursionists
from Montrose to witness the game.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

Two men were killed almost
simultaneously in accidents at
sawmills near Clifton last week. Ell.
mer RAIDER, while working at the mill
OF Beder RAIDER, was almost cut in two
by a huge circular wood saw. None
OF his fellow employees saw the acct.
dent. lie leaves wife and two chill.
dren. The second victim was William
Dawson. the son of James Dawson,
rancher, who was struck by a tree
which he was attempting to fell.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

Among the attractions at Lebanon
on the Fourth will be glove contest
between Rube Smith of Denver and a
in Durango Monday. continuing to lie.
banon Tuesday to do some local train
ing. Lebanon is putting on style.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

Dispatches say there was no dis
order in Mexico on account of the
election. Very good reason. All the
opposition to Diaz was either in jail
or banished
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

Young Saul Halyve, the Moqui In
dian who won the Marathon race in
Denver year or SO ago against some
of the fastest men in the United States
and who won the race in Durango, Is
out with challenge to all Corners.
Salyve made a remarkable run In Den,
yer at the Marathon race. His OPP
ponents since then have ignored him.
Denver Post of Monday says South
Denver citizens have given the Den
yer Water company forty-eight hours
to provide water or they will ask for
a receiver A great many homes are
completely without water, or were
Monday. And this is the plant the
Denver Republican wanted taxpayers
TO dig up sl4.Oo0O0O for.
ers of Routt county was naugurated
Sunday at the Perry mine of the Oak
Hills Coal company, ten miles north
OF Yampa, when 100 men ceased work
following the formation OF a miners
union at meeting at Oak Creek Sat.
urday night when It is claimed 400
members were enrolled. The mine
has been shut down.
Legal steps will be taken. II neces-
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

The appropriations made by the ses.
sion of congress just closed amounted
to $1.027, 133,446. according to an Off.
clal announcement made by the house
appropriations committee.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

South Dakota Is holding primary
election and there is n hot fight on
between the regular and so-called in
surgents for control.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

Legal steps viii be taken. il nsces.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-30

that cigarette smoking is not harm.
full to man and womankind.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

More trees are harmed than helped
by pruning. This Is a broad state
ment, but we believe II Is true.
In planting mixed sweet peas, you
can tell whether the flower will be
light or dark by the color Of the seed.
To set apple trees of the standard
sorts closer than 30 feet is giving them
less soil and air room than they should
have.
The quickest fruit to give returns
Is strawberries. and II comes early in
the season. Nowis a good time to set
out the plants.
No man should attempt to prune a
tree until he has learned what is to
be accomplished by pruning, and how
to do 1t properly.
In the south, crimson clover sown
in the fall and turned under In the
spring has proven to be an excellent
orchard treatment.
Every bright day spray forcibly any
plants that may be ever SO slightly
attacked by red spider and any doubt
full places near the heating pipes in
the rose house.
The spikes Of odontogloesum citros'
mum will soon be showing in the tips
Of the new growth. When this occurs
give the plants thorough soaking Of
water, but not before.
1t is useless to put most seeds into
the ground until It Is warmed up and
dry enough to work up light. Corn
planting time is about the average
time for most flower seeds.
Where there are herbaceous plants
in protectors look over them on mild
days and remove anything Of a decay
ing nature. From now on they must
have air. except during the very cold
est weather.
The sweet pea is a notable excep'
ton. The earlier It can be tucked into
the ground the better. Do not wait
for fine weather, but In the first pleas.
ant days work up the soil as well as
possible and plant the seeds.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02
POPULAR FLOWER OF WINTER
chFySanthemum, Because Of Immense
Size, oraoSfuIness and Long
Stem, Makes II King.
(BY n. n. aHEPARDN

(By H. II. 9HEPARD)
The chrysanthemum stands az tho
most popular flower of early winter,
and with some It Is the most popular
and best loved flower Of the season.
Its immense size. gracefulness OF
petal arrangement. and exceedingly
long stem make II beyond question one
Of the most regal Of all cut flowers.
It is flower with distinct character,
and stands in class by itself with no
competitors. Coming at q season
when all garden flowers have been
killed by frost. and just before roses.
carnations and violets have started to
do their best under glass, 1t bounti-
fully and superbly fills a gap in the
cut flower season that no other flower
could possibly do.
November can be said to be the
month for chrysanthemums. Few
blossom before and few after this
month.
They have only one season for
blooming, and when this. season is
over the parent plants are worthless
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02
Packing Apples.

The German government has issued
a decree which in effect permits Amer
lean apples packed in barrels in the
head of which excelsior or paper is
placed to prevent damage in shipment
TO enter the country without the pay
ment Of the tariff rate provided. Hith-
erto apples so packed have paid the
increased duty applicable to fruit
doubly wrapped" The removal Of the
extra duty viii relieve a burdensOme
duty on American apples.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02

except for cuttings for the propagation
Of new plants for the next years
blooms.
There are early and late varieties,
Just as with other plants, yet the sea-
son for blooming never expands be-
yond certain limits.
No manner of care or forcing will
make them blossom before cool wealth
err, and no manner Of retarding will
hold the blossoms back till later than
Christmas, provided the young plants
are started at the same time in late
winter Or early spring.
On the other hand, they respond to
rich soil and good treatment, but the
result Is strong. long stems and tiny
blossoms, rather than a gain in the
time Of blooming.
Length OF stem is one Of the great
marks in the measure of value for cut
flowers as viewed by the cut-fiower
loving public Of today.
The longer the stem, the higher the
price, other points being equal. Nor
is this a mere within Of public taste
but a rational choice, since flower
with long stem, full Of sap and crude
or elaborated blossom food. will last
longer than the one with short stem
or no stem at all.
Flowers with stems foot long or
more will last from one to three weeks
or more In vase of water, while those
with very short or no stems do well to
last a day or two.
The chrysanthemum as grown today
with single terminal blossom has the
longest stem Of any commercial flower
that is generally sold in our country.
The illustrations shown herewith are
from q photograph accompanying an ar
ticle on debudding, by G. H. Taylor. pub
lished in the Garden Magazine. Copy.
righted by Doubleday, Page & Co.
The best quality Of chrysanthemum
blooms are generally produced by
terminal buds, but crown buds give the
larger flowers. Figs 4 and crown
buds; figs. /, 2 and 10 terminal buds;
figs. 8, 6, Z show methods Of pinching
and when to do it. Fig a terminal
cluster after debudding. Figs. 8 and
10 show how debudding makes the
solitary bloom larger than when sew.
eral buds are left on the stem. Fig 8
development Of Fig. z.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02
Care Of Cane Fruits.

Blackberries are easily raised in Il
linois soils. The fall is the best time
for planting. Set in rows about nine
feet apart, three feet in row. Com
mence cultivation as soon as ground
Is in proper condition in the spring
Cultivate deep in the early part OF the
season. Later practise shallow cult
walton with a harrow. Dust mulch IL
better and cheaper than straw. The
latter also tends to harbor mice and
insects. Bushes should be trimmed
twice a year, being cut back the sec
ond spring to a height Of to 81
feet After picking is oyer cut Out
old canes and all small and veal
groWths.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02
e, fast Of Cream.

A creamery patron writes the UNI
versity Of Wisconsin:
1--WE are selling our cream and are
not satisfied with the test. We can
make ten pounds of butter out OF 81
mounds Of cream. What should the
test Of our cream be?
II the butter contains 50 per cent
fat which is the usual amount in nor
mai butter. then ten pounds Of but
ter would contain 81 pounds Of but
terfst. and since this amount Of but
terfat was contained h 81 pounds o.
cream. the cream would test az Per
lont az fnt@-Prcl. n. q. FarFingt1n.
Dnlvsrniiy q Wisconsin,.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02
GASOLINE ENGINE FOR DAIRY
Its Use Is Recommended Because Of
Its Convenience and Economy
Put to Other Uses.
CBy WILLIAM H. UNDERwooD) =

(By WILLIAM H. UNDERWORLD
A person operating q dairy OF 10
cows or more should have two gaso-
line engines. l have two engines In
use in my dairy, one seven horse
power and one two horsepower.
The seven horsepower is used for
grinding feed and the two horsepower
for separating, washing, churning and
pumping water.
once used a sweep mill for grind
ing, but 1t was unsatisfactory, be-
cause just at the time work was slack
SO we might grind rs or q 100 bushels
Of feed ahead It would be sure to rain
or snow so we could not work out OF
doors.
But with the engine under cover
we can grind at times when we can't
do anything else. With the old horse
power machines, the track was usual
ly worn in deep bitches which made
it difficult to carry grain in and out.
The horses would not make the cir
cult many times before they would
get to Sinking and the longer we
ground the slower 1t went.
A seven horsepower engine Is
plenty large enough to run two hole
shelter and feed mill at the same
time, but 1t is a little light to crush
cobs unless set pretty coarse.
My engine will crush from Is to 20
bushels an hour, and consume about
one.half gallon gasoline per hour I'M
der full load.
I have never tested 1t to see how
many bushels shelled corn 1t would
grind, but from the way 1t crowds
through would think 40 bushels
would not be an extravagant esti'
mate.
This engine could be put to other
uses as well as grinding, but have
never used It for anything else. The
small engine is used daily at present.
The dairy is producing so gallons OF
milk daily and this is separated with
this little engine. It is set at 300 rev.
olutions. is fitted with six inch pull
ley, drives a large pulley on the line
shaft Is inches in diameter.
The separator pulley on the line
shaft is six inches and large wooden
pulley on the separator IA inches IN
diameter.
This set of pulleys runs the sepa'
rator at 55 revolutions. In order to
figure out the velocity you desire q
machine to run It is necessary to have
a speed indicator.
First. ascertain the speed Of the en-
CINE. Then, If you do not wish to
change its speed you will have to use
pulleys which will increase or dimin'
ish the speed of your machine as you
wish.
This can be figured out by finding
how far a given point on the circum'
ference of the engine pulley win traV-
al in a minute and from this basis as
certain the sizes Of the wheels needed
along the line by dividing the length
Of their circumference into the dis
lance travelled by given point on the
preceding wheel.
This division Is necessary except
the pulleys on the shaft where they
ali make an equal number of revolu'
lions. whether large or small.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02

a small hole, double the roots up any
old way, jam the tree in, ram down the
soil as hard as II one were setting a
fence post.
The result Of these experiments
show that 50 per cent. Of the trees
planted in this way showed in favor Of
the ramming, 81 per cent. showed no
difference at all and II per cent. were
against this method and in favor Of
planting in large hole and spreading
the roots out carefully. Trees that
were jammed into the ground showed
q coplous development Of fibrous roots.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02

There Is a reason
Why Grape-Nuts does correct
A weak, physical, or a
Sluggish mental condition.
The food Is highly nutritious
And IS partially pre-digested,
So that Il helps the organs Of
tie stomach
To digest other food.
It's also rich In the
Vital phosphates that 60
Directly to make up
The delicate gray matter
Of brain and nerve centres
Read The Road to WeIIviII
81 rips sTheres 4 Reason.
Fnr cnnukt oorlFaEEs ~
nrl1 Owe. 11.1
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02
Abolish the KIssf

While It is generally asserted BY the
serious that there Is an excess Of kiss
ing IN this world. this little act Of ten.
derness goes steadily on. Although
InvsTs protest that there is too much
wasted sweetness (when Miriam be
slows Just one on father). hearts ksey
On beating and pulses thrOb the sans
q ever.
Much has besn said against the hab
a and science has stormed itn danuR
c|afons against q mechanical duty-
go aiasaminateS disease. but she sso
uiil, hoDs q abolishing ne kiss.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02
WllIInn to Paw for Rammer.

When the British square at the bat
tie Of Abu Klea, in the Nubian des-
ert. was penetrated by the dervishes,
one Of them attempted to spear gun
ner who was in the act Of ramming
home a charge. The Briton Drained
the Sudanese, but the rammer head
split on he'man's hard skull. Next day
the gunner was sent for. Mistaking
the reason, and knowing from expert
ence that soldiers are charged for
government property which they
break, he led or with: please, sir,
I'm very sorry l broke the rammer,
but / never thought the fellows head
could be SO hard. I'll pay for the
rammer so as to hear no more Of
the case"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02

The illustrations given herewith give
some idea of the action Of the roots un-
der the different methods.
Experiments further show that the
fibrous and small roots produced in
the nursery before digging play no
great part as roots during the subse-
Quent life of the tree.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02
II Mada No Difference.

Congressman Ransdale Of Louisiana.
recently told a story Of Alec Trimble,
the valet and factotum Of a physi-
clan in New Orleans, who took fan
cy to one Of the summer shirts Of his
master, and finally went and bought
one exactly like 1t. He showed 1t to
his mistress, who said that he had
done wrong, as the two shirts might
get mixed in the washing; and Alec
answered:
It'd make no difference, missus.
cause deys both alike in size an
price"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02

turn sits in the top Of the milk can.
C, writes A. L. Uphan, in Farm and
Home. The pail. a, is set about two
feet above the strainer, and as the
milk drops slowly into the strainer 1t
Is cooled and aerated.
OF course, this device must be used
only in a room where the air is COM
paratively pure. II It were used In
the milk stables where there are plen'
ty Of undesirable odors, the result
would be disastrous instead Of bene-
fetal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02
Thav surelv Would.

! A little American boy with his "a
Their was visiting a market in q Mex
lean city. He saw a little native girl
with a small basketful Of red peppers,
Of which she was eating one. His "a
Their was about to say: "She thinks
she is very smart" as the son called
his attention to it. The boy spoke up
quickly. knowing what was to be said:
''Pa, would those red peppers make
you smart If you eat all Of themI" His
father replied: Eyes, SON."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02
PROPER WAY TO SET TREES
Interesting Experiments In England
Show That Most Successful
Method Is by Rammlne.

Some interesting experiments have
been made at Worburn farm and other
places in England to demonstrate the
proper way to set trees.
According to these reports from Eng
land the correct method is to make
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-02
The codIInq Moth.

Get ready TO fight the cooling moth
which causes wormy apples. IN the
meantims. fruit growers should pre-
pare themselves for the campaign b.
ordering . ilr1tclass spray pump and
TIE necessary attachments.