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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
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A Widows Hero
copyright, 1919. By Associated Literary Press
By JOHN r. ORTIZ

When the widow Collville received
a legacy Of $1,000 she sat down and
did some serious thinking. She had
bean widow for Ave years, but was
one Of the overlooked. That Is, be-
cause she had been left In poor cir
cumstances, she had not been sought
by any Of the numerous widowers as
q wife. The time had now come when
she would be.
Mrs. Collville had had plenty of
time during her widowhood to store
her mind. She had run to romance,
instead Of cook books and family al
MANAGES.
The widow didn't say to herself
that she wouldn't marry again, but
she said that If she did 1t would be
a hero. A hero might be slow in COM
ing along, but she had plenty of time
to wait.
1t WASH fortnight after the news
Of that legacy got around that Dea-
con Hindman made an afternoon call
on Mrs. Colville. He was all dressed
up and had his boots creased. For
five years he had simply nodded to
her when they met. For three years
he had been looking for second wife
looking right over her head and
beyond. And now he entered her
house with bland smile on his face,
and he gave her hand a hearty
squeeze, and without saying word
about the cash he complimented her
on looking younger and many other
things.
The deacon had a home, he said.
It was now desolate home, because
there was no wife there. Let bright
star step In there to cook, sweep,
bake. make the beds, put up the fall
pickles and be mother to the five
children with unwashed faces, and his
house would be a paradise on earth.
Would the widow seize the golden op'
portunity? The deacon held out his
arms, but the widow didn't see them.
Instead she continued to sit on a
cane-seat chair six feet away while
she replied:
Deacon, l feel that you have hon
ored me, but I cannot give you my
heart. If marry again it must be to
hero"
| do you mean the fellow who walks
the tightrope at the circus?" he asked
ooh, no. ! mean man who has
done a brave and gallant action and
has thereby won the praise of his fel
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
Different Now, OF Course.


civil service reform has given US
a splendid army Of civil servants. 1t
wasn't always So"
The speaker, Mayor Whitlock of To-
ledo, smiled.
when l was writing my first short
stories," he resumed, I'VE had civil
servants of a different stamp. An
elderly resident of my native Urbana
sought out, back in those days, his
congressman.
Congressman he said, I support
ed you at the polls, and now l expect
you to get my boy good civil serv-
ice job"
"'All right, friend;' the congress
man answered, what can your boy
do?'
"'Do?' snorted the other. What
can he do? BY crinus, man, If he
could do anything, do you think I'd be
bothering your"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
TRUST REPupIArED.
Tho National Grange Opposes the
Medical Trust.

In its last annual session the Ma
-4ional- Grange passed the following
resolutions:
WHEREAS, The resolutions adopt.
cd at the 43rd annual session Of the
National Grange, favoring the CONSOLE
dation Of the various federal health
bureaus, have been used by the Com
mittee Of One Hundred on National
Health as an endorsement Of the pro-
posal to create a new federal depart
ment, to be called the Department Of
Public Health; and
WHEREAS. The attitude of the Ma
tional Grange in this matter has been
misrepresented by the advocates Of a
Public Health Department.; and
WHEREAS. The creation of such a
Department would involve tho appoint
ment Of thousands of unnecessary Of
fee holders, and the expenditure Of
millions of dollars, which could be bet
ter devoted to establishing parcels
post, aiding the states in the work of
road improvement, and other reforms
in which the Grange Is Interested:
therefore
RESOLVED: That the National
Grange has not endorsed a Depart
ment of Public Health, and sees no
good reason why the farmers Of the
country should favor the creation OF
such Department, or any legislation
that might be construed as step in
that direction.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
POINTS IN SHEEP BREEDING
Results Of Experiments Conducted by
Wisconsin Station Regarding
Lamb Increase of Fiocks.

A few years ago the Wisconsin ex-
pertinent station published the result
Of series of experiments it had been
conducting in regard to the lamb in
crease of farm flocks. With the in
terest now being taken in sheep breed
ing, these will be worth recalling.
The summary of conclusions is as fol.
lows:
L. From the breeding record of 514
ewes at this station we conclude that
for such animals and conditions as
ours the normal period of CESSATION
ranges from la to $50 days after the
date of service and that more ewes
will lamb 146 days after service than
at any other time.
2. There Is no appreciate differ
ence in the period of CESSATION for
male and female offspring In sheep.
8. There Is an apparent relation be-
tween the duration of the period OF
CESSATION and the period required for
reaching maturity. Quick maturing
breeds appear to carry their young for
shorter period than those breeds re.
curing more time to mature.
4. Large lambs are on the average
carried In utero for an appreciably
longer period than small or medium
lambs.
S. Lambs dropped before the 144th
and after the 149th day of pregnancy
are lacking in strength and vitality at
birth.
6. Shropshire ewes were more pro
| life than any of the other breeds and
crosses except the fourth cross Of
| Shropshire rams on a Merino eve
| foundation.
Z. From the data presented 1t is
apparent that twins are the nor
| NAL increase for ewes of the mutton
type.
8. One year old rams are not Sc
prolific as those two or three years
old. Ewes also average larger per
centage of increase in lambs afte
they reach full maturity at three year,
of age until after they are six years
old, when the rate of increase di
minishes.
9. The amount of service required
Of the ram in breeding has an inf1u
ence on the percentage increase In of
spring of the ewes that produce lambs
Ewes bred early in the season of mat
ing to single ram, dropped a large
percentage of lambs than those nea
tho latter end Of the season.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
A Change for the Better.

A 9-year.old boy Of Baltimore fam
lily, who is compelled by his parents
to practice daily upon the piano. may
not be clever performer. but he has
a pretty shrewd notion of the worth
Of an instrument, as we'll as a rather
mature wit. as is evidenced by an in.
cident in the household not long
since.
Ills father, upon returning home
from weeks absence, heard the lad
plugging away at the piano.
when did you learn that new
piece, SOM" asked the parent.
ut isn't a new piece. dad" an
swered the boy. 1.-THE piano has been
tuned. "-Lippincott's
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
LIVESTOCK
G$NOTES ~

Skim milk is good feed for colts five
pr six months old.
Do not attempt to raise colt with
out giving the mare care.
The mutton produced by the chev
lot is of very superior quality.
After the lambs are weaned, the
ewes should gain steadily in condi
ton.
Oats are too bulky to be an idea
hog ration, and especially for young
pigs.
Gifts bred to farrow the first time
at IL to Is months of age will dc
we'll.
Sometimes old sows become very
cross, as Is most always the case Will
aged boars.
Ewes for breeding purposes shoule
not be overly fat but in a strong
vigorous, thrifty condition.
The ewes intended for breeding
purposes should be sorted as early
as possible and be put on good pas
ture.
Two filters of pigs may be raised
each year from good sows providing
the sows are given the best of fee6
and care.
In buying a boar, however, never
get an old one. Get an carly far
rowed pig or a yearling at most, anG
do not be afraid to get good one.
The man who bores auger-holes in
his stable floor to allow the liquid
manure to escape, is the man who
is always hard up anu in bad luck.
Do not neglect to keep the feet OF
the driving horses sharply shod. |,
may save bad wrenches anq viii
greatly add to the comfort OF the an
| imals.
| A flock of so sheep kept in connec
zion with a few good cows make:
ideal stock for the small farmer, O.
for the man who has few hands Il
help at milking time.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
Use Of Wheat Straw.

Grain fed COWS and cattle will eat
large quantities of wheat straw II 1t Ia
dry and clean. Most of the straw will
be eaten, and what is left should be
used for bedding BY feeding most
all the coarse forage grown on the
farm and using the straw for feed
and bedding, large quantity OF rich
manure having quantity of carbon
aceous matter that will bring the crop
planted to which it is applied, and
at the same time, improve the land
for succeeding crops.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02

ten colony houses, built and fenced
off, as shown in the drawing.
These houses were built out of lum-
Der that came out of an old frame
building, once used as a saw mill.
We bought the old mill, the frame
of which was 80 feet wide. 100 feet
long, and two stories high; all the
framing timbers were as good as
when put in the building. The scrap
lumber we worked into the hog-hous-
es and the frame and the best lum-
Der will be used in the building an
up-to-date feed barn.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
Motherly Advice.

Margery was playing school with
her dolls. The class in physiology
was reciting.
"Now, children" she said, what are
your hands for?"
ITO keep clean," was the prompt
reply.
"Yes," repeated the little teacher.
hands were given us so we could
keep them clean, and member. too."
she added, I'VE must keep our feet
clean, cause there might be an acct
dent."-Metropol Magazine.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
Back, Then, to the Farm.

Richard Croker, during his visit to
New York last month, discussed with
a reporter the high cost of living.
1.-THE farmers are all right" said
Mr. Croker. ut is the people who in
sist on living in the towns who find
everything too dear. In the towns,
you see, the expenses are as bother.
some as the children.
"A little boy in tiny fiat looked up
from his drum one day and said:
Mother, Adam and Eve lived In
Paradise. What was it like there?"
Like what it is here his mother
answered, when you eight children
are all at school,"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
"lf You Were Only a Hero, Deacon"

III you WeFo OHIy 57SIo1 0S0So"'
low men. You have never saved
maiden from being carried away by
villain, have you?"
"Of course not. What chance have
I ever had?"
"Have you ever rescued child as
1t was about to be swept over the
falls?"
There's nothing in the way Of falls
around here"
But have you led men in battle?
Have you controlled a frenzied mob?
Have you put your back to a rock and
defended a pass? Have you dashed
into the ranks of the enemy with
your trusty sword and put q hundred
men to flight?"
Look here. widow" said the dea-
con az he rose up. "1m plain man.
/ raise wheat, corn and Eaters.
mind my business and let other folks
act the fool. Is it yes or no to what
l asked you?"
IF you were only hero, deacon"
And the good man stamped out and
slammed the door and the gate be.
hind him. His tracks were hardly
cold when the sewing machine agent
came along. He was man who had
never married, because the girl he
had been engaged to at twenty got
lost in huckleberry swamp and died
of exhaustion. He vowed to be true
to her memory, but when he heard of
that legacy it occurred to him that the
huckleberry girl, as an angel up above,
would be only too glad to see him get
ting along in this world below. He
therefore called on the widow. He had
meant to call years before. but that
VOW had kept him from 1t. Would
she be his?
"Mr. Matthews, are .'ou hero?''
was calmly asked in reply.
mo, l wouldn't go to say was"
''yHar II II useless to talk further
on the subject. If I marry 1t must
be a hero.
"But I'm selling more machines
than any other man on the road"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
BUILDING COLONY H0G.H0UsE
Excellent Manner Of Using Old Scrap
Lumber Is to Put II Into Pens
for the Swine.
(By ]. w. GRIFFIN.)

(By J.. w. GRIFFIN)
One OF the best ways to use scrap
lumber is to build Lighthouses out OF
1t. If there is no old lumber lying
around in the way, 1t will pay to buy
new, even at the present high prices,
and build the Lighthouses.
If 1t pays to take care of the little
pigs when the butchers stuff is bring
ing four and five cents pound, it
is doubly profitable when they are
eight and ten cents.
We have ten Jersey brood-sows and
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02


hero. This is my ironing day, and
am very busy"
Next day there came Mr.. Griggs,
the village grocer. He was red-faced,
red-haired and fat, and he was a
widower. He was man Of business.
With that five thousand dollars he
could enlarge his grocery and buy for
cash. The widow Collville looked
good to him as she opened the front
door in response to his knock. He
had left the grocery in charge OF
clerk and must hasten back. He there
fore led off almost at once with:
"Widow Collville? am q Wild
over"
"Yes?"
II either want to get married again
or don't"
II see."
"You are widow, and you either
want to get married again or don't
Exactly, Mr.. Griggs."
LAS for me. / want wife. l am
here to ask you to marry me. You
know who am. You know what my
grocery is. You can realize the hap
piness of being able to send to the
grocery for anything wanted in the
house without having to pay cash
down. Is it yes or no?"
"Mr. Griggs, you are an abrupt
man." was the reply.
II am, widow. When farmer drives
up to my grocery with potatoes to
sell call out the price I will pay.
That settles it. He takes me or he
leaves me.
Il undersell all other grocers in the
county. I've got Goldfish down cent
box below them all, and kerosene Is
to take another drop next week"
"Have you ever fought duel with
villain?"
mo, ma'am, and l never shall.
Groceries are my line, and l stick to
EN-. Is it hero you want?"
ut u.s."
Then our little deal is off. and
bid you good-day Remember the
cash-down grocery when you have an
order to give"
The next caller was wire fence
man, who had job of fencing for q
farmer two miles outside the village
He heard the widow Collville and hel
$4,000 talked about. and it occurred
to him that Providence was at last
backing him for a good thing. He
attended church of Sunday to get
good look at her. No fault could be
found with her looks. In the after
noon he called to see her. She divinef
his errand, and when he began tt
preface his remarks with words O
praise for the way she Joined in thu
morning hymn Of 1.-THE Sweet Bye ant
Bye" she interrupted him with:
"You probably have matrimony II
view?"
"Y-yes. am a man who"
"But are you hero?"
IL hardly know what you mean.
Have you done anything brave
gallant-great?"
why. 1 licked an autoist who a
most ran me down.
"That Is mere nothing, sir. Havt
YOU handled sword and lancer
mot that I know Oft"
"Have you rescued any one? Hav
you taken a motto and upheld it wit
battle-ax? Have you, sir-hav
you-"
But the wire fence man had fade
away. He wasn't the last by FIVE o
six. A fair-looking widow with $500
in the bank can't sink out of sigh
like stone thrown into pond. Blu
there came slack at last, and tn
widow was asked If she didn't despai
of finding her hero.
But l have found him." she r,
piled. 1T is Mr.. Graham, the sho,
maker. We shall be married In tw
} months"
But what great thing has he eve
donew
MADE me pair of shoes that too
away a corn that had bothered me II
, FIVE years!"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
Satisfaction Of Sound Harness.

The harness should be kept in good
repair If for no other reason than to
preyent so far as possible runaway
fracases with the green horses, which,
if they once have a run, are never
again so reliable and steady. More
than this, the precaution referred to
may save repairs at the wagon shop
and funeral expenses,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
Fame and Fate.

Fame came to the man.
II will have a five-cent cigar named
for you," she said, sweetly.
Fate followed on her heels.
"I'll make you smoke the cigar!"
Kissed Fate.
Hastily the man turned down the
byway to obscurity-Life.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
For a stock pen dig nine holes In
the ground Il feet apart by IL. This
will give you a pen "a by % feet

Set posts, leaving s feet above ground,
says writer in the Farm and Home
Cut trees with natural crotch, lay in
poles, then put rails or poles across
the top. Be sure to set good posts.
so they cannot fall in. You can
board up front and sides. leaving
door in front, or leave 1t open. Put
in managers If you wish to feed inside
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
OXEN STILL USED ON FARMS
In Parts Of New England and In South
Animals Make Excellent Team
for Small Farmer.

In some parts Of New England and
some localities of the south OK teams
are still used on many farms. A pair
Of we'll broken oxen will do q tre-
mendous amount of work and at
about the same expense that it takes
to keep a team of horses. Thorough
ly broken when young, they become
very gentle, and are usually tractable
under trying conditions. They are
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02

Mrs. Stoskson Bonds-StocKson, that
stenographer of yours is whistling!
Is she in the habit of whistling when
alone?
Stockson Bonds-I don't know. I
was never with her when she was
alone!
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
Easy.

Easy.
Does it cost much to clothe
,amily?" asked the economical man.
Not mine," replied Mr.. Sirius
Barker "My only daughter is bare
loot dancer and my only son is a mar
kthon runner"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02

Modern life pushes man into the
mud and then chides him for mate,
lalism.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-02
Excellent Team.

easily managed by a boy and while
not exactly fitted for all-around work,
make an excellent team for the small
farmer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-20

vades; and must risk all sorts OF personal mis-.
haps in grasping his prize. even after the quest
has been successful. since most OF the rare
orchids of the tropics flourish only at the
tops of the tallest trees The hunter must
either climb the trees, or more likely he VIII
cut them down. but he dare not trust any
hands save his own to undertake the task OF
gathering these fragile flowers.
An energetic orchid hunter will forward
great numbers of plants, some rare and others
cot so rare to the orchid consuming centers
of Europe and America every year, but 1t Is
no easy matter to get the orchids to the coast
after they nave been found and wired into
boxes by skillful packers. and on shipboard.
even though the temperature OF special cab
ms be regulated to sustain these floral natives
of the tropics, there are other perils to be
passed. and many plants perish during the
ocean voyage. Indeed, 1t Is claimed that on
every large consignment of orchids from Bra
al or Madagascar or other orchid producing
paradise there Is loss amounting to thou
ss.ads of dollars through the demise OF plants
that cannot Withstand the rigors OF an ocean
voyage and In consequence pass from their
dormant condition into a sleep from which
they cannot be awakened.
The roots which come safely to market are
usually put up at auction. and since there
are no flowers on tie plants. and no means
OF positively Identifying them-not even the
orchid hunter having seen them In bloom-it
not infrequently happens that what are sold
for orchids Of common variety. and conse
quentiy bring low price, turn out to be rarities
of great value. In this way one unidentified
orchid plant that brought half dollar at an
auction sale In London was, when 1t bloomed
after a lapse OF two years. discovered to be
such a novelty that the very firm that had
disposed OF It at auction bought II back for
$4,000. This price is by no means record
breaker for rare orchid, notable speci
mems have been sold for sums as high as
$3.50 Nor Is It necessary that an orchid
shall be what the layman would regard as dis
tinctiy different from all others in order to
command fancy price. II It merely has
markings distinct from those on the orchids of
the same class which have come to light pre-
vieusiy. II will be eagerly sought by collectors
who take account Of all such minor differences
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-20

nurtured and cultivated In the civilized en-
vironment OF the temperate zone. 1t goes with
out saying that It is no easy task to duplicate
the conditions which produced the species
To do so at all necessitates the construction
OF the special greenhouses above mentioned.
with varied equipment including steam heat
ing plant big enough to heat buildings many
times the size of these greenhouses
The lure of rich reward attracts many dar-
ing and resourceful men to the orchid bust
ness. although may be surmsed. the rich
prizes of gold come to the men who discover.
or at least the men who bring back TO civiliza-
ton heretofore unknown varieties OF this nu-
merous family. The leading firms engaged In
the orchid trade retain at large salaries men
of wide experience whose sole occupation 10
to trail the orchid In the almost inaccessible
haunts where there Is ever the magnet OF
possible unheard Of varieties to beckon one
forward.
Sometimes an orchid hunter will search for
a year or more, facing the almost intolerable
conditions of an UNEMPLOYED land In order to
capture IL the end some heretofore unknown
variety. During his quest be It long or short.
he must brave foul disease at almost every
step: must be ever alert against the hostility
of the tribes which inhabit the region he In
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-20

of bird with the very best vigor and
size.
The reason that the average farm
flock is so poor is that there has been
no system used In breeding. Perhaps
one can safely say that In no other
line of stock is the weakness OF the
sire so quickly noticed. The breeding
pen is made up by the first of Febru-
airy and by the first Of April we have
the offspring. II we have weak male
1t is noted before the chick Is ma
tured. A weak male In the flock al
ways means large number Of infer
tile eggs and poor hatch Of the eggs
that are fertile. The chicks have a
hard time piping the shell and ex-
posing themselves to the light. After
Matching they linger along and take
fully two months longer to mature
than do the chicks from the strong
parents. There is also higher NOR
tality among them during the first
three weeks.
One way to avoid this weakness IL
to select the right kind of male birds.
In selecting the breeding cockerels,
pick for the wide, thick-heshed breast.
strong. broad back. carried evenly to-
ward the tail. Choose birds with
short thick thighs. short clean yellow
legs and shanks. as this indicates q
meaty. healthy bird. Birds with long.
rough. off-colored legs are better In
some one else's flock.