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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

The great agricultural labor OF the
corning years will not be devoted to
dev eloping virgin lands - much 3D.
conserving and restoring The fertility
of soils already under cultivation.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

1t is strange that the stock judges at
the big shows don't insist that animals
outside of the fat steer class ripe for
slaughter should come before them for
honors in normal breeding trim instead
Of the overstuffed, fat and logy condi-
ton which characterizes % many ami
mails i'm the show ring. Especially Is
this true of the heavier breeds of cat
tie, which have to be stuffed and pol
ished for weeks and put into an I'M
natural condition in order to fit them
for exhibition. The harm in the sys-
TEN lies in the fact that it gives
wrong impression and leads many a
breeder to believe that unless an ami
NAL has mountains of fat on it it is
not well bred. which is as far as can
be from the truth.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

"a hot soapstone wrapped in q flannel
cloth and put IT'D The foot Of The bed in
q cold room Is worth at least p cents
per application and l. about the only
thing that makes life endurable In q
below zero country.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14
coon LIME For LAND.

Replying to Il query relative to the
application Of the limestone byproduct
OF beet sugar factories to sour or acid
soils. the Illinois experiment station
states that such product will rs q
valuable for this purpose rs finely
ground limestone. provided the burnt
time used does not contain too much
magnesium. which element should rot
exceed ) Oh u per cent Where # does
not contain magnesium IN excess II
fias some advantages over natural
GROUND limestone I'D that II contains
much Of the phosphorus Of the sugar
beet. together with considerable guam.
titles of organic nitrogen from the
protein and albumenoid compounds oil
the beets
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

There l. probably TO factor in the
winter feeding of the flock Of poultry
that has more To Az in getting results
III eggs than In making the hens
scratch for what they get TO eat .
loafing hen stuffed chiefly with corn
never has laid to speak Of in the win
ter or any other time and never will.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

Every housewife should be in pos
session Of "Care of Food In the Home"
very practical bulletin Farmers No.
375) by Mrs. Mary Human Abel and
prepared under the supervision of the
Office of experiment stations of the de-
partment Of agriculture at Washing
ton. The publication contains world
OF information about q great variety
Of subjects. while. the subject matter
j. tersely put. and to the point 1T
may be had free by applying to ones
senator or representative at Washing
ton.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

The very poor are thrice handicapped
ln that scarcity or food Il usually &C
companied by shortage of fuel and
thinneSS Oh clothing.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

The grower Of spring or hard wheat
on land worth $50 an acre, with yield
that the past year averaged but fifteen
bushels per acre in the spring wheat
belt, is up against practical PROPOSE
tion-namely. his returns at prevailing
prices after expenses are paid don't
leave him fair return on his invest
ment. He must either raise variety
Of wheat that will yield more bushels
to the acre or quit raising wheat alto
gether except in a three or four year
rotation
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

The 1909 corn crop j. far and away
the most valuable ever raised, it, worth
being placed ut S1.72O.OOO,OOO. While
i'm quantity Ii j. less than the crop OF
1906, there was still total Of $751;
100000 bushels, which j. 3.5 per cent
greater than the average for the past
five years. The value Of the 1909 crop
exceeds by 36 per cent the value Of
the crops for the past five years.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

a Wolf river apple weighing twenty
five ounces and measuring sixteen and
five-eighths inches in circumference
took first prize for size mt the Spokane
national apple show. q Spokane Beau
ty weighing forty-one ounces and meas
uring seventeen and one-eighth inches
i'm circumference was exhibited, but it
was disqualified because Of bruises re-
ceived In harvesting or packing.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

While majority of folks banker for
a larger measure of leisure than is
theirs, the truth is that more people
die from too little exercise than over
work after they reach the age Of forty
five. Every person who can stand on
two feet and move his hands is better
off if he has some regular work and
exercise, If 1t isn't more than walking.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

One Of the chief drawbacks to sod
in the orchard or a mulching system
which involves a lot of dry litter about
the trees is the danger from fire. espe-
cially in the spring. when things have
dried out by warm winds and before
the green heritage starts. Where it is
deemed best for any good reason to
keep an orchard in sod this fire danger
should be guarded against by having
q strip plowed around the orchard.
which will stop a fire originating out
side, while occasional burrows i'm the
orchard will prevent the spread of a
fire from one part of the orchard to
another
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

Hood river apple growers received
the highest prices for their 1909 crop
than for any yet recorded. They were
bought by Steinhardt & Kelley Of New
York city and were handled through
the local apple growers union. Best
Spitzenburgs brought 1925 per BUSH
el box, fancy Newtowns 1925 to $40,
fancy Jonathans So, fancy Baldwins
$1.9O and fancy Ortleys 1925. The
choice fruit was sold to Portland deal
ers at from $1.75 per box and less.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

Careful Investigations which have
been carried on in California in con-
nection with the pear thrips show that
from 20 to Is per cent Of the thrips
may be destroyed by means Of deep
blowing i'll the fall and from 80 to 81
per cent of the remainder by proper
spraying under high pressure in q
downward direction with q combina-
ton spray Of dilute tobacco extract
and distillate oil emulsion.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

The grand champion fat steer of the
1909 International was King Ellsworth.
d two-year-old pure bred Angus shown
NV the Kansas Agricultural college and
weighing 1,75O. The same animal was
exhibited last year, when he weighed
VI Al 400 pounds. His ration the past year
hal been corn, bran and oilmeal, with
alfalfa hay. In the car lot exhibits
the Shorthorns had the best of AN. not
only winning the championships in the
fat and feeding classes, but The grand
championship carload. the first time ia
the history of the bic show. the prize
bunch being carload or yearlings.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14
KEEPERS
NEW PRICES.

Best Granulated Sugar, &c ID. cash.
Brooms 20, p, 80, 50 and 40c.
Oyster Shells Csc per hundred.
Flour so to 95c per sack.
Fresh Pillsbury and Gold Medal Flour.
15c Mixed Nuts 12lc per ID.
25c Oranges 19c per dozen.
Best Beef Scrap $500 per hundred.
WANTED
Fresh Eggs, Ear Corn, Shell Corn
and Oats.
VIM. N. KEEFER,
88 and go East Main Street,
Westminster, Md.
Both Phones. Free Delivery.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14
FrankHn'sL

Having bought the entire Livery out
fit Of Benjamin Dorsey, and improved
g. same by adding some frst-class
CO. horses and vehicles, would like
Nc+A, to serve you when a team of
any kind is wanted. Will board your
horses by the meal, day, week or month
at a fair price. Give me trial.
JOS. L. FRANKLIN, PROP,
At the Old Thomson Stand,
dec13 If Westminster. Md
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

Added to the fact that most corn
cribs are built too wide and without
chance for proper ventilation is anoth-
er cause which is responsible for the
spelling of much corn in the cribs dur
ing seasons like the past. whea the
ear does not dry out properly before
husking, and that is a slipshod job of
husking which leaves much silk and
husks on the corn as it is cribbed
serving to still further prevent proper
circulation Of the air.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

If the true status of all dairy herds
in the country could be known tu-
berculosis would be found one of the
greatest sources of no profit cows. The
dairyman who applies the tuberculin
test to his herd and eliminates af-
fected animals not only does the public
service by disposing of hotbeds Of
disease. but in the long run puts dol
lars i'll his own pocket. Should he add
to the tuberculin the Babcock test, to
tell him what his cows are doing along
the line IF butter fat production, he
will IL able to spot every undesirable
individual id the herd
Experiments which have been recent
ly conducted by the aricultural depart
ment show that fruit like oranges.
grapes and apples may have their
life considerably extended by cooling
to temperature Of 40 degrees before
shipment. Normally fruit is picked
and packed under warm conditions
and, while it cools during shipment,
does not cool rapidly enough to pre-
vent the rapid ripening of some fruit
and the decay of other fruit. 1t seems
clear that this preceding will not only
extend the area over which such fruit
may be shipped. but it will improve
its quality and reduce the amount OF
ice required in refrigeration.
Farmers bulletin No. $50, published
by the bureau OF plant industry, treats
OF loco weed poisoning and has been
issued largely in response to demands
of ranchmen or the western plain and
Rocky mountain states where the loco
weed - found. While investigations
into the matter have not been COM
pleted, some Of the findings are Of def
mite and practical value. The bulletin
states that of the two varieties of
loco weed. purple and white, the for
mer. although the more poisonous, af-
fects horses almost exclusively. as cat
tie and sheep rarely eat il. The white
is eaten by all three animals and pro-
| duces disease III MI of them. The
worst effects or the disease are noticed
Tn animals which acquire taste for
| the weed and eat 1T when other herb
\ nc i abundant LOcOed animals may
\ recover under careful feeding and by
being kept on a range from which the
\ weed has been eradicated. The cure
ls FASTENED by the use OR ,Fowler's %
luton for horses and strychnine FOR
cattle Loco weeds may he eradicated
from fenced pastures BY cutting the
| plant below the crown buds.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

Ivan r.. Hoff, Attorney.
Elias N. Davis, Auctioneer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-21
RAILROAD TRAVEL HEAVY
Report of Northern Pacific for Oc
tober Business Shows Increase
Over 1909

According ~ the reports of rail
way officials the volume of passeng
er business done over the Grays Har
Dor branch of the Northern Pacific
in and out of Aberdeen will greatly
exceed that of October, 1909, and SO
far this month the same healthy in.
crease is noted. All of the three daily
trains to and from the Harbor are
well patroniZed and now firmly estab.
lished on schedule that is proving
satisfactory in the main, it is declar.
ed. During the month of October g.
400 passengers were carried out of
Aberdeen while approximately 5000
were brought in, and this in face of
the fact that in October. 1909, the en-
position was open in Seattle. A gen.
eral falling off in passenger business
was expected after the close of the
exrc si1ion but it is stated that it ac-
tua''y increased. There is a demand
for a train from Montesano to the
Ha hor leaving the former place at
) lock but, while nothing has been
dol 10 it, it is possible that motor
car se"viee may be inaugurated in
the spring.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-21
NEW TIME CARD
New Schedule on Northern Pacific
Does Not Affect Time on
Aarbor

A new time card went into effect
on the Northern Pacific lines at noon
yesterday without. however, affecting
the time of arrival and departure OF
trains in this city, or on the Harbor
Train No. 366 leaving Aberdeen at
$50 a. m, will reach Tacoma at 1
o'clock p. M, instead of 1:20 as form.
erly.
There are several changes on the
main line between Tacoma and Port
land, especially with Great Northern
trains, although the time of one n
P. train which leaves Portland in the
morning has been shortened % min
utes. This is the train that makes
the Harbor connection at Centralia
and the reduced running tine will, it
is hoped, result in bringing the Grays
Harbor limited into Aberdeen more
nearly on time in the future.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-21
WOMEN MAY VOTE
Right Of Suffrage Came to Them
When Amendment Carried at
the Polls, Nov. 8.

OLYMPIA, Nov. 19.-For days the
attorney generals office here has
been flooded with queries as to
whether or not women will have the
right to vote at municipal elections
this year. The reply has been that
women have no rights not granted
to men. Since it is announced that
they have a right to vote they must
register and comply with the regis
tration laws the same as male voters.
The only thing found in the law
that looks like a serious impediment
to women voting before the legisla-
ture would change the law, is the
section of the registration law re-
quiring a person presenting himself
to make oath that he is a male per-
son above the age of 81 years. This
is the only place where the sex of
the electors has been specifically
mentioned. The attorney generals s
office holds that when Governor NJ.
E. Hay issued. proclamation grant
ing women the right to vote that the
registration law is necessarily
amended by implication and that
women will be allowed to register
the same as men.
Attorneys and politicians say that
the voting of women will serve at
least one purpose, namely. to bring
the moral issues to the front more
orOn1 inpDr1V
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-21
MARRIED WOMAN
GETS NEW RIGHT
Is Given Equal Right az Settler on
Public lands-Discrimina
Done Away With

NORTH YAKIMA, Nov. 2O.-A
married woman is no longer discrimi.
mated against in the homestead laws,
according to the circular for 1910
which reached the local land Office
yesterday. Previous circulars have
contained clause excluding a mar.
|ried woman from entry except in
those states which give women right
to acquire and hold title to lands.
In the new circular the clause is cut
out entirely.
The law was felt to be unjust since
it made it possible for married wo-
men in some states to acquire land
while women in the same circum-
stances in other states were denied.
A married woman now has equal
chance with her unmarried sister or
her husband or brother, for taking
up government land, provided she in
laws conditions.
Another important change in the
circular provides that Ia months of
actual and substantially continuous
residence" is necessary, instead of
actual continuous residence and cul-
tivation," as it was previously phras-
ed.
An addition relating to homestead
entries for coal lands provides that
the entryman must comply with all
the requirements of the homestead
laws as to improvements. and fur
ther. with the enlarged homestead act
of 1909 as to residence and cultiva.
tion. This means that he must cul-
tivate at least one-eighth of the area
of the entry to agricultural crops
other than native grasses, beginning
with the second year of entry, one
fourth of the erea the third year and
continuing to the date of proof.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-21
GARDEN PRIZES DISTRIBUTED
Aberdeen Children Receive More
Than $40 for Growing Flower
Beds.

More than $40 was distributed tt
the children of Aberdeen at the Ter
race Heights school building las
Thursday afternoon by Mrs. J. r
Walker and Mrs. S. B. Linn on be
half of Mrs. Jean B. Stewart, who
offered the prizes last spring for the
best specimens of flowers grown by
children in Aberdeen. The prize
prizes follows:
Garden Prizes.
Dahlias: first, Irwin Pinckney, and
Lester Pinckney, each So; second
Harvey Wedin, So; third. Francis
Bloomquist and Kathryn Moir, each
$1.5O; fourth, Diantha Weatherwax
81; fifth, Nellie Myers and Francis
Lutte, each 81.
Sweet peas-first. Margaret Kaif-
er, So. Nasturtiums-first, Bruce
Ellis, SO; second Marjory Van Ripper
50; third Fred Arnold, $1.5O; fourth
Weir Allen. 81; fifth Ruby John
son, 81. Asters-first, Russell Linn,
SO; second, Ruby Morehead, 50; third
Sammy Smith, $3.50.
Cut Flowers
Sweat peas-First. Irwin Pinckney.
81; second, Margaret Kaifer. Is cents
and third, Lester Pinckney, so cents.
Dahlias-tirst, Harvey Wedin, ST.
second Margaret Van Ripper, IS cents
Asters-first. Irwin Pinckney. ST. Sec
ond. Russell Linn, IS cents: third
Sammy Smith, 80 cents Nasturti-
Weir Allen, 81; second,
Bruce Ellis. IS cents; third, Freder-
ick Arnold, so cents.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-21
END OF TOLSTOi
Noted Russian Author and Phiosoph-
er Succurbs to Old Age
Yesterday

ASTAPOVA, Nov. 20--Count Leo
Tolstoi died peacefully here this
morning.
1t was recognized that his case was
hopeless and at 5 o'clock this morn
ing after the countess had been sum
moned and the other members of the
family had gathered in adjoining
rooms the physician announced that
the activity of the counts heart had
almost ceased and his condition was
extremely dangerous.
His heart beat its last apparently,
without a clear moment to enable
him to say farewell or to cast one
feeling glance on his wife and chill
dren.
An attack of heart failure occur
red at 3 o'clock this morning and two
hours later came another attack and
death occurred.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-21
BIG LUMBER ORDER
TO BE LET SOON
M IImen Hear That Burlington Road
Will Make Awards This
Week

SEATTLE, Nov. 19.-The 100000
foot Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
lumber order, which has been held
up for several weeks, will be award
ed next week, according to private
advices that have been received here
from Chicago. Much mystery has
been attached to the big Burlington
order. The bids We're opened about
three weeks ago, but up to yesterday
nothing had been heard from the Bur
lington offices.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-21

When you read it in the Herald, you
know it's so.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-21

(Contlnued on page FOUR
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-21

The Ladies Aid society of the
Methodist church will hold their an
nual sale at the church on December
and !.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-21

The Herald sent TO your eastern
friends for year would prove an ac-
ceptable Christmas present.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-21

The fiercest blizzard to strike
Fairmont this winter came whirling
nfrom the north last evening at $40
o'clock and lasted about 40 minutes.
Much snow fell and the winds had a
velocity Of fully5o miles an hour. At
the worst period. lasting about 10
minutes, it was almost impossible to
walk along the streets on account Of
the heavy gale. The wind certainly
blew hard, for while. frame buildings
lightly constructed were shaken and
1t is reported that the blizzard was
something fierce in the outlying dis
,tricts, but 1t is not known that any
particular damage was done. The
winds could not be.notlced by one in
a we'll constructed stone or brick
building, but on the outside it could
be well felt.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-21

v j. & u u tFaa
ele &eql leul lqnopE slllIl 81 eIeVl
puu qsnI ssBunsflGy sq, 5aIIap old
-oedselps Isg9o 70. PUB llls. doAs eql 10
seIqnoll sql lhoqe Ntul SeqI- n
forced TO exert themselves ito their
very limit in ordersto keep up with
their work Other people have to
hustle. too. but. when It comes to that
the mail carrier he has Just about as
hard a time as the next one. II not
just a little, bit harder, This year
Postmaster General Hitchcock, seek
ing to abolish, IL possible, the Postal
deficit, has refused to allow Offices ex-
ira help and consequently, the regu.
lar forces MI over this country, as
well as the Fairmont Office, are strlg-
Cling with "a volume Of business not
less than three times that which they
are called upon 10 handle during the
ordinary months. The local mail car.
riers have been loaded down with SO
many packages and letters that they
look like old 81. Nicholas himself.
All Of the Christmas trees to be
bought by local dealers for this sea.
son are now in and on sale. Almost
any Kind of n tree one wishes may
be had, from bush of pine only a
few feet tall 10 one big enough for the
largest family of children. The prices
range from dollar to as high as one
wishes 10 so. Several Fairmont deal.
ers have bought quite largely OF
Christmas trees and Judging from the
sale yesterday they will. soon dispose
OF their stock. Several wagons were
out yesterday afternoon laden with
pine trees Of all kinds. These men
went through the residential sections.
disposing of many trees to mothers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-21

/ = "a Is & "
mable Christmas displays, trees light
cd by candles and Illuminated signs.
The added warning Is given that any
hazard not pernittkd W thesinsuranec
companies is liable to; yitiate policies
OF insurance. ~ 4. ',,s,l5 4
Fire Marshal Beers went through
the records at Fire Headquarters
from 1905 TO the present time and
found that during that period there,
have been overweight Christmas
tree fires"
I'VE have no record OF any loss OF
life through this cause said M. Beers
and ! find that in New York the high
est0umber OF Christmas tree fires in.
any one year is eleven and the lowest
four. The money loss runs from $435
during a year to $4,000 for the same
iperiod. 5I
THE few fires originating from
this cause generally occur, a week aft.
er Christmas and early In the new
year. The trees get dry and conse.
queutly very lnflammable, so that the
danger from fire, should lighted ia
per or match be brought III contact
with the tree, is greatly increased.
| agree with the underwriters that
more precaution should be used IN
putting up Christmas decorations.
Care in this direction would reduce
the hazard from fire. which 1t is the
duty of the department to look after"
Here Is an instance which illus
trates what may happen and shows
what the children should avoid. 1t is
taken from a news report of Deem
Der 30, 1908. e
Guy Bolton oflNo. 800 West, Seven
ty.second street had Christmas tree
party the night before and many OF
his young friends were there. In an
effort to take something Off the tree
one of the young folks pulled too hard
and the tree toppied ercagainst the
window curtain. lighted taperSset
fire to the curtain and this started the
Whole tree blazing. It fell against
two valuable paintings,S both. of which
We're destroyed. & Thesloss WIS IS 900.