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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05
Joke Wasn't on Him.

Several years ago Patrolman Gramp
Ike was detailed at circus that was
performing in Camp Washington. One
of the features of the show was the
falling into the ring of one of the
actors, who pretended to be drunk
He would then pick himself up and
finally would mount one of the most
spirited horses in the ring. One by
one he would then throw of his gar
ments until he stood forth resplendent
In pink tights.
The first night that Grampke was
on duty the stunt was to be pulled of
as usual, but no sooner had the appar.
emily drunken one gotten into the RING
than Grampke was in after him. He
jerked the performer to his feet and
hustled him outside, where he pro.
ceeded to administer a good beating
The other employees Of the show
rushed out and finally separated
'Grampke from his victim and rex.
planned that it was all a joke.
"A joke. is it!'' said Grampke, as
he looked at the disheveled man
well, it isn't on me."-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05
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not the man with the hayseed in his hair who
feels it first but the man with the pen behind
his ear. Month by month the price of each
separate commodity puts little large pune
ture in his salary, until by the end of the year
his savings, which began hopefully, as an un-
known quantity, have ended as * nothing -
He it is who knows the cold dread of middle
age; for unless the land can be induced to
yield abundantly prices will not settle down to
the point where the man on moderate salary
can live free from fear. Farmer and clerk
alike, We are all vitality concerned in this
problem of maintaining and increasing the fer
tility of the soil that is fertile, and Of restor-
ing soils that have been cruelty exploited.
Fortunately they can be restored. Intelli.
gence is more potent than avarice and can
undo the evil 1t has wrought. Even those soils
that have been exploited to the point of appar-
ent ruin can be nursed back to health. DR..
Cyril Hopkins head of the agronomy depart
ment of the University of Illinois, a soil spe-
cialist of national reputation and the author OF
numerous pamphlets and book entitled "Soil
Fertility and Permanent Agriculture" Is one
of the most enthusiastic workers along this
line. He is a man of hard facts and loves
pretty theories even as the devil loves holy
water. Every fact that he gives out must
prove itself over and over again in tests upon
his own farms or those belonging to the uni
versity or upon one of the various experiment
tai plots There are about thirty Of these plots
scattered through the state of Illinois, where
the soils are carefully examined and then
cropped according to their needs. could tell
YOU tales of what Mother Earth has done In
the way of corn, wheat, oats, or clover when
she has received proper treatment that would
set you to building castles in the air upon an
earthly foundation. The corn yield upon one OF
the university farms In 1909 was 81 bushels
to the acre. due to treatments with limestone
and PHOSPHORUS. But before we go farther
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05

of nitrogen Is may be seen from the fact that
a 1O0-bushel crop of corn takes from the soil
almost 100 pounds Of nitrogen In the corn and
about 48 pounds in the stalks Rich, wellbal-
anced land in the corn belt contains about
5000 pounds of nitrogen. Therefore, II the
process Of subtraction Of nitrogen goes on
year after year with never an addition, 1t can
be seen clearly that the farmers finances can
not multiply. Rotation plans for grain farm
ers always should include crop of legumes.
Wheat, corn, oats and clover is satisfactory
rotation; also wheat, corn and cow peas; also
cotton corn and oats and cow peas. The first
of these rotations should include catch crop
of clover seeded the first year and plowed I'M
der for corn as late as practicable the second
year. The other two should include catch
crops of Iegumes whenever possible. Legumes
when plowed under perform valuable services
besides supplying the soil with nitrogen-as
they decay they supply organic matter to the
soil which helps other elements of plant food
to free themselves from the earth and into the
farmers bank account
Now that the question of nitrogen has been
outlined. suppose we turn to the problem Of
phosphorus, the only element of plant food we
ever shall have to buy. AS to the Importance
of the use of phosphorus upon the common
soils of the United States, DR.. Hopkins has
this to say:
phosphorus Is the key to permanent ag-
riculture on these lands. To maintain or in
crease the amount of phosphorus in the soil
makes possible the growth of clover or other
legumes and the consequent addition of nitro
gen from the inexhaustible supply In the air;
and with the addition Of decaying organic mat
ter in the resdues of clover and other crops
and in manure made in large part from clover
hay and pasture and from the larger crops Of
corn and other grains which clover helps to
produce comes the possibility of liberating
from the immense supplies in the soil sufficient
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05

address from his relatives OF the soil
for fear they would bring their earthly
smell into his new residence.
With quiet Indifference old Mother
Earth endures this ingratitude, butt
the time comes when she has nothing
for his greed. What happens then?
Look to India for one answer. Ten
million of our own Aryan blood starve
there in single famine year-starve
upon a soil that once was, and still
could be, almost inconceivably fertile.
Russia offers another reply, where
with stomachs empty men enter a
world that never fills them. Yet an
other answer, centuries old, may be
found in the Tigris-Euphrates valley,
which, once marvelously fertile, now
scorches uselessly in the tropic sun.
The necessity of man forged weapon
that brought him plenty; but the greed
of man forged a weapon that brought
him perjury. For do you think there
can be prosperity when the earth no
longer yields? Do not forget that the
shame of Rome was coincident with
the time when one bushel of seed re-
turned but four in the harvest. When
the soil exploited, that Is when It
is SO farmed that the essential ele-
ments are taken out in crops and moth
ing returned to build it up. the result
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05

of the stream, but some fernlike name
that was easily traceable to some
shocked feminine taste from the outer
world. Half mile on I got a dinner
of cold beans and cold cornbread, and
joined by a 20-year-old school teacher
on big black mule, turned my face
toward Jackson. This young school
teacher was making money in his ma
tive mountains in order to study law
outside; he had gone to school In the
Bluegrass and he knew my books.
Just then he was electioneering for
his brother, who was running for a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05
The Roar Of china's Ducks,


Tourists in China are always sur.
prised by the number of ducks they
see. There are more ducks in China
than in all the rest of the world. Their
voices are familiar sound In every
town and country spot of the sea
coast and the interior of the vast en-
pire. Even in the large cities ducks
abound. They dodge between the
coolies legs. They fit squawking out
of the way of the horses. Their in.
dignant quack will not unseldom drown
the roar of urban commerce.
Children herd ducks on every road,
on every pond, on every farm. on
every river. There Is no backyard
without it's duckhouse. There is no
boat, little or great, without its duck
quarters.
All over the land there are great
duck Matching establishments, many Of
them of capacity huge enough to
produce $4,000 young ducks every
year. Duck among the Chinese is a
staple deHcacy, it is sailed and
smoked like ham or beef.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05
On HeH-Fer-Sartan Creek

Sartian through an avenue Of cucum.
Der trees. Never had / seen so many
cucumber trees In my life as were on
that one rocky road, and had they
only been starred with their great
creamy blossoms they would have
been compensation for the whole toll
some trip. Disappointment awaited
me at the mouth of the creek. The
church there was closed, and above
its doors was not the picturesque title
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05

Apparently it is not safe for brides
to giggle when the prospective BRIDE
groom dislikes giggling-at least 1t Is
not safe until after the bridegroom
has been landed" Because his fancee
snickered when the two applied for a
license at Taunton, Mass, the man
In the case refused to have the mar
rage ceremony performed. Probably
the girl had a fortunate escape. A
fellow who Is such churl as that was
not likely to make very agreeable
chubby" anyway.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05

had been to Hell-fer-Sartain, and
had heard preaching there. II l
went back now the way l had come
should save six long weary miles. l
was tired, as was Old Faithful, but l
had not been to the mouth OF Heller
sartain and had not seen the church
there. and while my curiosity was sat-
fsfied, my conscience wasn't, and SO
from sheer stubbornness saddled Old
Faithful and rode on down Heller
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05

!The"big army maneuvers in France.
participated in by 10000 troops, have
ended, and the experts are summing
up results. Among the conclusions
reached is one to the effect that air.
ships are highly valuable auxiliaries
in military service, and special
mention is made of the work done by
aeroplanes, which hereafter are to ac.
company armies and carry trained
military observers. This means new
and important feature In the event Of
actual war.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05

county Office and he shouted his slo-
gan to some native playing baseball
up the creek, to the porches of the
houses as we passed, and when we
met a voter in the road he stopped.
while I rode discreetly on, and he new
er failed to overtake me with a wink
of success. I'd like to wager that the
brother won. Hell-fer-Sartain Creek
had once deserved its name, he said,
for there had been heap Of devil
ment" done up there. There had been
several fights In the schoolhouse
where where / had heard preaching,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05

that onlve Improved seed, improved macnln
erv irrigation even crop rotation. all are
meana for extracting, from the soil the Rich
moss that is in it. not for returning any of the
food elements of grain building. All q these
methods of soil stimulation are excellent In
their way. If used in connection with methods
Of returning the elements Of plant food; but
II used without them they are means OF
fastening the impoverishment Of the soil.
To return to the question of limestone one
ton to the acre finely ground will correct the
acid condition of most soils. It is, however,
in the end cheaper and easier to apply more
and to apply it less often. AS much as ten
tons to the acre was applied to the soil of ona
of the experiment fields in southern Illinois
and the crop yields there have been greater
than upon any other fields in that district.
question that has been given mach at
tention lately is the question Of crop rota.
tion Undoubtedly it is absolutely essential
for successful grain farming but 1t Is NOT
the universal panacea some would have us be-
neVe. For instance, group Of theorist9s
have declared that fertilization is unnecessary
that crop rotation will keep the soils in per.
feet condition. The idea is that plants do NOT
injure the soil because they use it's plant food
elements but because they throw of poisonous
excreta as animals do. Therefore so-cailed
WORKOUT soil simply has become saturated
with this excreta. Plant crop which win
neutralize the poison of the last crop and tina
soilsoil Will be sweetened and the breasts "A
Mother Earth kept dripping with plenty for.
ever Ihls ls very attractive-as theory. III
has, however, no foundation in fact. A IN.
Hopkins has said. the rotation of crops has iust
the saline effect upon wealth In the soo,l -
the rotation of the check book among the
members OF the family has upon the wealth
in the bank. Plant food elements cannot ba
used up and not returned without sresu1t,ns
in impoyerishment Of the soil. NJ
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05

out everything had quieted down
mere as 1t was quieting down an
through the mountains, except over
. .owaro jackson. Yes. the good old
Scribner. ssAs'T -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05
First and Foremost.

First and Foremost, d
ny wlie mas great deal to say t.
me ABOUT her first husband
nonsense; you're wife was never
married before - 1aos =
I know it. That's what makes M,
renections SO paiaful..-puck
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05

potassium. magnesium and other es-
sential abundant elements supple
mented by the amounts returned 40
manure and crop residues for the pro-
duction of large crops at least LOT
thousands of years; whereas II the
supply of phosphorus in the soil -
steadily decreased in the future ID acsS
cordance with the past and present.
most common farm practise. then
poverty is the only future for tns
people who till the common agricuitu'
raj lands of the United States"
Phosphorus may be applied In lid
eral amounts-as much as 1000 pounds
to the acre every three or four years
and it costs about 81 ton.
After the problem OF returning the
elements to the soil has been solved
the farmer may find another condition
of the soil which must be corrected
before his farm will produce as 1t
should. This is the tendency OF GER
tain soils to acidity. Glover, alfalfa
and other valuable legumes cannot
thrive upon soil that is sour. Some
times ON acid soils when applications
of farm manure are made. the legumes
will seem to grow we'll, but examina'
ton reveals the fact that the nitrogen
gathering bacteria fail to develop
properly. Hence the most valuable
contribution the legumes have to make
to the soil is largely lost. Upon Ger.
tain fields belonging to one OF the
most famous agricultural stations IN
the world, that of Rothamstead, Eng
land, applications of natural limestone
were made century ago. They are,
still moderately productive. although
other fields near by, which have never
received the application. are extreme
ly unproductive.
Care should be taken that lime.
stone is used for the one and only pur.
pose of correcting soil acidity.
And while we are upon this
subject of soil stimulation, have you
ever thought that most of our i'm
or.roon+s have that In view and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05
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is exactly the same as when men are
exploited In workshops and nothing
returned to build up their bodies. You
cannot haul phosphorus and nitrogen
in oats and wheat and corn from your
farms year after year and maintain
the fertility etsthe soil, if you give
back no. phosphorus and nitrogen in
return. Twelve thousand abandoned
farms in the state of New York alone
testify to this. After sixty years of
cultivation the lands of the corn belt
are beginning to hint at the same
thing '.:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-05

ANS best friend is his
mother-the earth. All
she asks is the oppor-
tunity and she will
yield him the wealth of
an account that has
been growing for ages.
And he has treated her
as he usually treats his
best friends. He has
taken all she had to
give, bought an auto
mobile and a house in
town and then hid his
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-06-24
COLFAX'S CELEBRATION
WILL Be A HUMMER
Arrangements Complete to Care
for Big Crowds.
American Eagle Will Scream at Sun
rise on Morning Of Fourth, and
VIII Flap His Wings Till Long
Into the Shades of Evening.

At sunrise Monday morning, July 4,
the people OF Cofax and their guests
will start the big celebration going, and
it will continue as far into the night as
long as any one desires to be up and
doing. 1t is the purpose to give all a
chance to vent their patriotism.
The committee in charge is making
arrangements to take care of the largest
crowd that ever came to Colfax. Ex-
cursion rates have been arranged on all
railroads, fare and one-third for round
trip tickets. good from July 2 to 6. An
excursion train has been arranged from
Spokane, leaving Spokane at a. IN. and
returning at IL p. M. All regular trains
will carry extra coaches.
George Palmer has been named az
grand marshal aud Mrs. n n Carroll as
his assistant. The parade this year will
be a dandy. Miss Lunette Pocock has
charge of the Liberty Car and promises
something new and novel. The commit
tee expects Colfax's A automobiles to
be in line that day. These, with the
floats, G. A. R., civic societies, band,
etc, will make one grand parade.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-06-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Spokane is not the only burg that has
water famine. Some people are be-
ginning to believe that municipal owner
ship of water works s delusion and q
snare.
The Glorions Fourth will soon be here.
Colfax and other Palouse towns are
making preparations for the annual
event.
The exodus to the lakes and streams
of the mountains will be great this year.
Many are planning to hit the most re-
mote places, it being surmised that it
is necessary to go "way back" in order
to get good fishing and hunting.
Sixteen members Of Colfax Lodge No.
4, Knights Of Pgthias, went to Pullman
Monday and assisted Eastern Star lodge
OF that place in putting on the second
and third degrees. A banquet followed
the degree work.
Roy Crane of Potlatch, who was dis
covered carrying concealed weapons at
the ElbertOn picnic ground, was haled
before Justice Dooittle Saturday and
fined $40 and costs and given 10 days in
Jail
Data for the 1910 edition Of Polk's
Whitman County Directory j being
gathered in Colfax and other county
towns.
Friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. R H. Kipp
will be pleased to learn that they are
parents of a son. born at Portland last
Friday, June II. Reports are that
mother and son are doing well.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-06-24
ANTON FEHRENBACHER
VS.. COPPER COMPANY
Case Is SummariIy Dismissed.
Jury Discharged.
Plaintiff Was Blinded and Otherwise
Manned by Explosion in Mine :
Working for Contractor, Not De-
fendant Company, Is Contention.

The case OF Anton Fehrenbacher VS.
The Oakesdale Copper Co, which has
been on trial in the superior court, com
mencing June IA and lasting until
Wednesday, the 22d, came to an abrupt
ending by Judge Garfield ordering the
case dismissed, On motion Of counsel for
defendant, costs in the case being taxed
to plaintiff. The tax bill of defendant
for witness fees amounted to $39S So.
Challenge of defendant to sufficiency of
evidence was sustained.
The case was a peculiar one. Stock
holders of the O3kesdale Copper Co. are
mostly Oakesdale people, although the
mine is located in Montana. Plaintiff
had his eyes put out and was otherwise
badly MANNED by an explosion OF dyna
mite while working in the mine. It ap
pears, however, that he vas not working
for defendant company at the time OF
the explosion, but for a contractor, who
had taken a contract to do certain work
in the mine. The contention of defend
ant company that it was not responsible
for what took place under the direction
OF the contractor was upheld by the
court.
Plaintiffs counsel moved to set aside
order Of non suit and for a new trial,
which has not been heard at this writing
1t is understood that defendant com
pany offered to give plaintiff $1,000 be
fore suit was commenced, which offer
was refused. The president of the com
pany stated, so it is said, that if the
prospect ever became paying property
he would be in favor of giving plaintiff a
liberal allowance. Fehrenbacher ie in 6
pitiabe condition. He is young man
about q years Of age, and was accom-
panied during the trial BY his sister, be-
ing a single man.
It did not appear from the evidence
that those working in the mine we're
experienced miners.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-06-24
CITY LEGISLATORS AT WORK
Several Building Permits Granted
Toy Pistols, Etc, Barred.

Council met Monday night, Mayor
Lippitt presiding, and all councilmen
present but Tiff, who is absent from the
city.
Coryell & Butcher were granted liquor
license for ensuing year.
FL Willis asked permission to con-
struct sidewalk and steps 23 feet wide
leading from Mill street to Nixon, on
south side of Rock street; also cause tC
be removed woodehed from south side
of Rock street which now occupies said
street. Referred to street committee.
E. r Barrol asked for permit to erect
a building next to BarrOll L MOhney
brick block to be used as plumbing and
tin shop, 20x4O feet, roof to be fire proof
paper, sides and ends corrugated iron
lined inside with asbestos paper
Granted
W. A Denker was granted permit to
build kitchen 1Ox12 feet in rear of resi-
deDce on Mill street.
John Eisinger asked permission tC
construct oue,story residence 24x24 feet
on Ida street Granted.
Matt johnson sought permission tC
build one-story residence 30x43 feet,
outside walls Of brick, on block g.
James street Granted.
There we're no remonstrances to james
street Improvement, this being the night
to hear such if any were made.
Ordinance relating to south end i'm
prOvement was read first and second
times and referred to judiciary commit
tee.
The matter of sale of local improve
ment bonds WAS referred to finance com
mittee for investigation and to place
such bonds.
On motion the police we're directed tC
prohibit the firing Of toy pistols and ex-
ploding of dynamite canes, as we'll af
the throwing of confetti on the streets oil
Cofax at any and all times.
The application OF c. W. Evan for
liquor license at $500 was referred to
finance committee for investigation
This is the Hotel Whitman. It was
stated that Mr.. Evan could not pay the
$1,000 license fee. Ii compelled to do SO
he would have to close.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-06-24

A great pile Of seed field peas was seen
in one ear, put in 10-pound sacks, 10
sacks being given out at each station.
Those authorized to receive and dis
tribute them at Colfax were: s r.
Aeschiman, j G. Baird. Charles Chest
nut, j. NJ East, Henry Hickman, Morts
Bros, Henry Arrasmith, II. n. Carroll.
g. A. Davis. J. P. Hale, W. W. Hubbard
and II 2 Ripley.
Another interesting demonstration
was farm electric lighting plant, which
can be used not only for electric lighting
but for power as we'll. They are not ex-
pensive, and we look for them as part
OF farm life in the near future.
Concrete fence posts and other uses OF
concrete we're made il the presence OF a
car full of people, showing one OF the
best things that is coming to farm life
of the lasting and substantial kind.
This is simply glance at the subject
matter. In the "swing around the
circle" many will visit the demonstra-
tion train and see all that is to be seen,
showing the people the good work the
Washington State College is carrying on.