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Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
JUNIORS APPRECIATE
THE HERALD PRIZES

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Please accept my sincere thanks for
the two splendid book prizes. ] have
seven honorable mentions, five being
back numbers which l suppose would
be submitted too late to be entitled
to prizes. Nevertheless, l am always
pleased to get prizes, as 1 am to see
my stories in print. That in itself
should be pleasing to the Juniors, as
it shows the story worthy of a place
In the columns of the Junior. ] find
the writing much the easiest part of
these contests, as compared to the
thinking one has 70 do beforehand.
If / am not presuming too much,
would like to say that for a topic, IF
You Were Aunt Laurie or WHO
Reads the Junior in Your Family"
would bring out some interesting facts.
Your affectionate niece,
MAUDE EDWARDS.
Hobart boulevard school. 3027 West
Tenth street.
/ am SO glad indeed that you liked
your books. / know you like to read
will look up your honorable mentions
and see what can be done about
them.
Lear Aunt Laurie:
The book you gave me for second
prize is just fine I have almost fin
ished it and enjoyed it lots. I forgot
to ask you whether we may call for
our prizes any day within two weeks.
Thanking you again for the book
PEARL JOHNSON.
Dear Aunt Laurie.
/ am reading the book now and
thinks it's just fine
l can't thank you enough for award
ing me first prize in the limerick con-
test today. 1t will make me feel proud
to wear one of those pins.
] am sending you my Halloween
picture, and a few extra ones. They
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13

Margaret II you wish, it can be
changed to a two months subscription
to The Herald, then you can have it
for yourself all the time. 1 hope that
you will give me all the time possible,
for like to get your letters SO much.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13

anxiously into the faces of passing
men, hoping to find her father. OFTEN
she thought he was just ahead ana
ran after more than one man, to be
disappointed when reaching him. AT
last a kind man took her by the hand
and said:
Hello! So You thought I was your
papa? Well, / wish / were, Toddle-
kins. But tell me about your papa;
where is hep"
She told him all about how she had
lost him and could not find him and
that she did not know where he home
and mamma were. She told him her
name was Dumpy Doc, not Toddle-
kins.
So he said "Well, I will take you
to a nice, kind policeman, the kind
that little girls are not afraid of; he
knows just how to find papas.
So she stopped crying and told him
she knew policeman across the street
from her home and was not afraid OF
him, cause he had a little boy named
Benny, and they played together some
times and the policeman was named
Big Ben.
The gentleman gave her into the
care of the first policeman they met
and told him all he could about her,
then left her. But not without many
wishes for her safety, and said he
would come in the morning to see her.
She felt much better now, for she
believed she would find her papa and
home, but she was tired and getting
sleepy. So the policeman picked the
little tot up and carried her to the
station.
He thought he knew who the child
meant by big Ben," SO he teIephoned
for Benjamin Denally to come and see
if he could identify the baby, and sure
enough 1t proved to be his neighbor's
child and his Bennie's playfellow.
He telephoned out to his wife, tell
ing her what had happened and told
her to go across and tell the parents
Dumpy-Doo was found. And it was
none too soon, for the Door mother
was sick and worried most to death
and the papa was in search of his
girlie. But that was the last time
Dumpy-Doo was allowed 10 go to meet
her papa by herself until she was
older. LUCILLE v. RENSHAW.
1874 West Twelfth street, grade AS,
Tenth street school
Poor little Dumpy-Doo went on and
on until he met a man with a star,
brass buttons, 8 club and blue suit.
Why are you crying?" he asked.
coming up to her.
I'm Iost,' she sobbed.
What is your name," he asked.
'Dumpy-Doo," was the child's reply.
What is your fathers name?' he
asked.
MIR. Brown was the reply.
Where do you iiye?''
"In the suburbs
MY, that is long way off, and it
will take long time to get there" he
said. Her father, in the meantime,
came to the railroad track and looked
around and didn't see her anywhere;
he thought she must have forgotten
to come to meet him. So he went home.
Dumpy-Doo and the policeman soon
passed the barber shop across the rail-
road track and in sight of her home.
The mother had become alarmed by
the child's absence. So her father start
ed out to find her.
So when they met you never saw
two more happy in the world.
Il knew you would find her." joy
fully cried her mother. The policeman
and Dumpy-Dco became good friends.
Dumpy boo can go all over town
now without getting lost.
RAMON DAVIS.
243 East Adams street. Age IL. B5
Thirtieth street school.
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Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
FRANCISCO, OUR LITTLE
ARGENTINE COUSIN
BY EVA CANNON BROOKS

Argentine customs, fiestas and car
nivals are told about in a delightful
manner which will keep the young
people interested from the time they
open the cover of the book until they
close it on the last chapter.
Little Francisco is a boy of whom
we will grow quite fond in spite of
ourselves and his life is described in
such a way that will be instructive
to our little friends who are studying
history and will make it intensely in
teresting, rather than a great bore.
There are several delightfully."- in
teresting illustrations by John GosS.
Francisco, Our Little Argentine
Cousin. By Eva Cannon Brooks. L.
c. Page & Co., publishers, Boston.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13

tests. Try, try again, is good motto,
and if you don't at first succeed
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
SMILE

Attune your mood
To the jungle brood;
When others are smiling, smile.
Add with the busy adder,
Chatter with chimpanzees;
If porcupines
Have fretful spines
Be tactful, and strive to please.
Clean the spots 3 3m the leopard;
Return the bnRrs fond hug;
When tsre tigers bound,
Lie on the ground
And act like tiger rug.
With zebras wear striped clothing;
With camels a camel s-hair shawl;
Adapt your tone
To the beasts own
And you'll have no trouble at all!
Carolyn Wells, Harper's Week.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
LETTERS TO AUNT LAURIE
FROM NEPHEWS AND NIECES
Continued from Page Three)

ed with her and now she is my best
friend. Your niece,
NEVA WOODSON.
1881 National avenue, San Diego. II
years. Logan school. 5A grade.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13

one) I win get to see you Saturday,
October 90. Your obliged niece.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Be sure that the bull Is in good
health.
Barren sows are a dead loss to the
pig grower.
The important thing with sheep Is
plenty Of rape.
Learn to shear your sheep and don't
hire others to do It.
Be careful as to the place where
you keep your sheep.
The hogs should always have an
abundance Of bedding.
Raise good lot Of turnips, rutabag.
as, they are splendid for sheep.
A leg OF mutton may be hung up In
cool, dry place and kept for weeks.
In spite Of the hog having a thick.
skin. he Is easily affected by tempera.
ture.
AS soon as the lambs are weaned 10
a good time to Gull out the undersir.
ables.
Barley is very good food for the
production Of prime pork and espe-
cially for prime bacon.
All bulls should be dehorned; some
bulls should be beheaded and their
heads made into toilet soap.
Hogs sleeping on bare boards are
not only uncomfortable. but are losing
much OF the heat Of their bodies.
A bull on rampage Is more danger.
GUS than a man In love with another
mans wife, and quicker than weasel
lodging hornet.
The ewes and lambs should be put
upon rich pasture somewhat re-
moved from the quarters where the
ewes will be kept later.
The pig is like the colt, II the moth.
er Is fed heavy milk.producing foods
when they are young they are apt to
take the scours and become overfat
and die.
In the colder parts Of the United
States hogs are too often neglected in
the matter Of quarters and are forced
to occupy drafty situations.
The sheep knows the least Of all
the domestic animals, but has the
keenest sense Of smell. and avoids all
dirt, and would die Of thirst before It
would eat dirty snow.
Many growers make the mistake Of
letting the SOW and her brood aleeb IN
a dusty bed. The pig breathes this
dust and 1t causes cough, and also
sore mouth. which sometimes causes
death. r
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15

Kindness kindles the fires Of friend
ship and love.
There are many good farmers who
are poor statesmen.
Our mistakes often serve good
purpose by enlightening others.
Be benevolent; bury all chickering's
In the bosom Of forgetfulness.
Sometimes those who endure &C.
complish as much as those who strive.
! Neighborhood scandal travels Is fast
p lightning-over the telephone wire.
An unbalanced temper will spoil the
results of an ordinarily we'll balanced
ration.
In preparing for winter don't forget
That stock-and humans. too-reQuire
ample supplies of fresh air.
II the country boy could only know
Of the heartless indifference Of the big
city he would be slow to face It.
Judging by the effect "unfriendly
Legislation" has had on railroads. It's
q wonder they don't pray for more
of It.
Less highfolutin' and more business
like curvature of the spine has a do.
pressing effect on the motgage busi.
mess.
The well-bred farmer Is not content
with poorly bred stock. but circum-
stances may force him to tolerate Il
for = time.
Talking about our "shiftless" neigh
bors does not help them. Perhaps .
bit Of encouragement delivered straight
at their hearts would.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
SYSTEM OF DRY FARM LAND
New Mexico Farmer Gives Two Excel.
lent Method Of Raising Corn,
Maize and kaffir.

In answer to the question: what
do you consider the best poor mans
system for dry land farming?" ]. A.
Watson of Field, N. NJ, writes in
Texas Stockman:
For corn. or maize, and kafir,
break the land as early in the fall
as opportunity offers, or circum.
stances permit. Harrow thoroughly
before the land gets dry. List with
a two horse turning plow. leaving
four to six inches in the water furrow
unbroken-that will give you more
soil to plant in. When you plant run
tne unbroken streak out with a keen
shovel plow on a Georgia stock and
follow with the planter. As soon as
the corn begins to come up, com.
mence narrowing lengthwise and con.
tinue as long as 1t will do any good.
Inen cultivate with a cultivator,
stirring the ground about three
inches deep, then harrow again and
nnish with fiat sweeps.
Another good system is to lay the
rows out with q shovel plow ten by
twelve inches. as deep as you can
plow. Plant with a two row press
wheel planter. That will crush all
tne small clods and press the soil
nrmly on the corn and hold the mois.
ture until the corn terminates. When
the corn Is we'll up, harrow both ways
until the corn is ten inches high.
tnen cultivate three inches deep with
the cultivator. Then harrow again
and finish with fiat sweeps. have
farmed with the above system rs
years and have never failed to make
feed stuff for the farm stock, fatten
flve or six hogs. and have something
to sell. wet or dry. | have farmed
IN Texas. Oklahoma and New Mexico.
II the above systems will make
feed enough for the farm stock and
some to sell In the driest years there
Is no doubt that the dry farming
methods scientifically applied will
make enough to supply the family
also. 1t Is far better and less expen.
sive to prepare and cultivate 20 acres
properly and have something to sell
than 1t is to butcher 40 acres and
not have enough to feed the farm
stock.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
Makes Bull Run. Separator.

At the Springfield IN. state fair
last year we asked a woman who was
watching the work In the dairy sec.
tion what power she used to run her
separator. I'VE make the bull do the
work." she replied. I'VE have a tread.
mill and as our bull Is gentle and kind
we just have him step along till the
work is done. It Is good for him be.
cause It gives him good exercise. The
power is even because he 10 az steady
as an engine. We hand him a bite
Of something good to eat occasionally
and be is satisfied. We milk 20
cows and the separator takes care Of
all the milk In about half an hour. but
It would be long and hard Job with
sra!l hand separator"
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
PEANUTS GOOD HOG RATION
Southern Farmers Beginning to Ap.
preelate Their Value and Guilt.
walton 10 Increasing.

Peanuts as a hog ration are begin.
ming to be recognized. and the cult.
walton Of the crop In the south Is In.
creasing rapidly. 1t .s not only a
money maker as a hog ration. but the
vines make hay that cannot be beat,
and besides It is fine soil fertilizer.
Every farmer who raises hogs should
have patch Of peanuts. The bunch
varieties can be cultivated level and
Just before frost the vines moved Of
and the hogs followed on the nuts
which they will root up themselves. In
this way the farmer can get the very
best hay, crop Of the sweetest fla.
vored pork and the soil will be greatly
enriched by the stubble and the roots.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
Shortage Of Food.

There is no danger Of q shortage Of
food supplies In this country II the
farmers can get remunerative prices
for their crops. Under the regime Of
20 years ago the railroads were devel.
oping farm lands and transportation
more rapidly than the demand for
farm products would warrant hence
corn and wheat and oats and beef fro.
quently sold in the west below cost
Now that the population has 70 far
Increased as to equalize the supply
and demand and reduce our exportable
surplus, creating better home markets
and better prices, we may be sure Of
more farms and better cultivation.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
Spraying cuoumbers.

Spraying muskmelons and cucum.
bers with Bordeaux mixture 10 not an
absolute preventive Of the dreaded
blight. but It helps to hold the disease
In check. It must be remembered that
spraying is a preventive measure and
not cure. 80 the first application
should be made about tie time the
plants begin to throw out runners.
Several applications should be made
before It is impossible to drive through
the fields. Four pounds Of copper sui.
phate. six pounds Of unslacked lime
and so gallons Of water Is a desirable
formula for this purpose.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
CIRCLES GLOBE IN AN AUTO

Mrs. Harriet Clark Fisher Of Trenton, N. ].
holds the unique record Of being the only woman
who has girdled the earth In an automobile Mrs
Fishers trip In her 40horsepower machine make,
new history IN the automobile world. and particu
larly in the realm of women. With her on the
trip were her secretary, Harold Fisher Brooks
who drove; man and maid servant and Honh
Honk her pet bull terrier. who was taken alona
as mascot. In addition. the car, which wa.
especially built for the trip. carried complete
stock Of tires, parts and cooking utensils.
The party landed in France. toured lelsurey
through It: thence through Germany and switzer
land crossed to Italy, where a brief STAY was
made at Como. Thence they visited Vienna
Rome, Naples and Port Said, taking shin from
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
Don't Ruin the Colt.

Many good horse Is spoiled In the
training. Very many people still
think they must break" colts and
thus they are ruined. Colts should be
trained, not broken. and one Of the
important. the very important, lessons
in this course Of training should be
that Of teaching them to work with
open brides. In driving strange
horses the writer never feels no safe
as when he is behind a team with
open brides. This means that the
animals have been trained. not "bro.
KEN" and that their intelligence is at
your service In doing their work.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
Facts About Duck Raising.

Never set duck eggs under duck
they are poor mothers. Put them un.
der large hen.
The water troughs should be deep
enough to allow the ducks to plunge
their heads entirely beneath the sur.
face. !.
Duck runs should be kept perfectly
clean.
Provide plenty Of shelter for the
youngsters to which they can run
during sudden storms.
Round up the young ducklings be.
fore the storms. Sometimes they will
sit on the ground with their bills open
wide. pointing upward during heavy
storms.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
ENGLISH LACKING IN UNION
Weak Spot In British Agriculture 10
Failure Of Farmers TO Perfect
an Organization.

In an article on "The Newest Phase
Of the Oldest Industry" Sir Horace
Plunkett gives some novel news on
the transfer Of the land to the people.
He says:
"The cry Of back to the land has been
heard loud enough and long enough to
be taken as evidence Of a real public
opinion. The state Is now giving to
the country side Of our national econ.
ony degree Of attention which can.
not be explained by the mere party
pursuit of the agricultural vote, though.
Of course. this inevitable factor in all
public questions will make its normal
contribution to the confusion Of issues.
1t Is the agreed policy Of all parties
to settle larger number Of the popu.
lation upon the land. and this not In
order to placate or benefit the land
less 80 much as to strengthen the po-
sition Of the nation. The back to the
land movement Is not the result, Of an
agrarian agitation: It Is a redirection
of national ideal and aim.
England not only prospered might.
ly in industry at home. but was en-.
abled to seize the cream of the worlds
unoccupied agricultural lands. In
these newly settled countries there
was. Of course. no urban predominance.
But this day rural life in the United
States and the British dominions Is af.
fected by the economic thought which
had dominated the ear Of England's
industrial and commercial supremacy.
Agriculture came to be treated
much more as an investment than a.
career. This tendency has reached
it, extreme manifestation in the waste
full. almost pronigate, farming in many
Of the richest portions Of the western
hemisphere. Mr.. Roosevelt has not
only used his powerful influence to
correct this extravagance Of natural
resources, but In bis country.life pol.
icy he has declared for preventive
measures against the neglect Of the
rural population In the supposed in.
forests Of urban development which
he foresees.
"On the continent Of Europe agri.
cultural depression and rural back.
wardness are not unknown, but they
are generally due, not, a. with US, to
the downward drift, but to the oppo.
site cause, rural congestion. More.
over, where the danger Of invasion
did not pass after the Napoleonic wars
military considerations forced gov.
ernments to realize the Importance Of
maintaining the physical, as we'll az
the moral. well.being Of the rural pop.
ulation. Their welfare was recognised
as essential to the safety of the nation
as was the growth Of town populations
and the development Of their msnufac.
lures.
ITO my mind. any comprehensive
treatment Of rural conditions In these
islands will have to proceed. az we
are doing in Ireland. upon similar
lines. Unquestionably the weak spot
in English agricultural economy is the
failure of farmers to combine for busi.
ness, social and political (using the
term In the nonparty sense) purposes.
The first lesson to be learned from the
continent is that you cannot help farm.
ers who do not help themselves."
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
Warehouse System.

The warehouse system Of the Farm
ers' union Is the solid rock upon which
the business interests Of the member.
ship are based. Any effort upon the
part Of any one. be he member Of
the union or an outsider. to injure It
or obstruct Its progress will only make
the day Of Its success more Ger.
tain
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
Slaughter Of Birds Costly.

H. r. Walmesey Of the Missouri
Audubon society Of Missouri declares
that the slaughter Of birds has cost
the United States over $500. 900. 900.
He says the English sparrow Is the
only bird that 10 Of no value to the
farmer.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
Profitable Dairy Cow.

The mont profitable dairy COW 10
one that has no tendency to put on
flesh. has good appetite and large
stomach. Indicating great consuming
and asslmIlating capacity. A COW with
this conformation 10 said to be OF the
true dairy type.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
Tree Statesmen Coming.

Soon will come the advance guard Of
the army Of tree salesmsn. Be sure
you buy Of . well-established house
and one that does mot promise too
much. Take written guarantees from
every agent and notify the arm,
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
The Fam Fence,

Some people Judge farmer BY the
fences he maintains. The wise man
looks over the fenco and sees the
crop In tho tleld. Therefore, put your
work on your fields though the fences
have to groan and croak.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
Selecting Breeds.

ID selecting breed Of any kind Of
stock, the matter Of vitality 10 . thing
which should be taken Into considers.
tion.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
Care for Hoo Pan.

Have everything fast in the hog
pen. II you don't the hogs will have
a lot Of fun with such things as they
can move and shuttle around.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
AN ENGLISH PRISON EXPERT

At the invitation Of the United States govern.
ment Thomas Holmes comes from England to at.
tend the International Prison conference. Mr..
Holmes is the secretary Of the Howard associa.
tion In London. which is devoted to the double
work OF reforming prison administration He In
admittedly the foremost Of practical English
crimnologists He has made lifelong study OF
criminals. Before he became the secretary OF
the Howard association he was for many years
court missionary.
For long time Mr. Holmes has been advo-
eating the right OF offenders to pay their nnss by
installments and thus. in measure eoualizine
tho glaring disparity in treatment which the law
makes between the rich and the poor. At pres.
ent the poor man or youth who commits eor,.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15

cannot Immediately
misdemeanor which blind justice
with weined
Of the hardship the gnomy mprsopneu
altogether
Now be within measurable
few
Howard he obtained Official interview with Winston Churchill
secretary special
Justice Churchill then has intention oa
nauguaing this reform.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15

experiences are Inter-
esing in the extreme.
The party met with several exceptionally exciting that came
sending them back After landing
Fishers
rest in Sandusky, o, for exceeding the
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15

The 100000 and the hen
rushed to completion has
flooring electric ncubators Mr. Peacock
received the first supeatve fresh recently
Peaoks life like oriental He clerk al
the linen when in the his du
ties he with The ronmase took liking
to the aided his thence
forth
Peacock married daughter Brooklyn police captain Bede
They three hdrentwo the oldest whom twenty
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15
A PICTURESQUE PITTSBURGER

The most picturesque millionaire in Pitts.
burg and one of the most bizarre in the country
Is Alexander R. Peacock, who recently came into
public notice on account Of bad egg. Because
he got one for breakfast he spent nearly $4,000
to start hennery with which to supply his table
with eggs fresh from the nest. He has the repu.
tation of being the most irascible Individual In
Pittsburg. What happened to his chef when Mr..
Peacock tasted the cold storage egg that caused
all the trouble may be imagined After he had
relieved his feelings he called up real estate
dealer.
~ want a farm" he said, "a farm that is big
enough to raise lot of chickens"
Before night the real estate man had the farm:
within two days a chicken house 200 feet long
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-15

n the strawberry bed hau borne
two crops pillow Il Up and yet out late
cabbage.