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The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-26

The Pack Train is now selling a big lot of Good Goods at reduced prices ss they are getting too old to bold and sell at a profit, Yours.
 9 Herman Grimm
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-26
SRlGHlY WHETHER REPORT
+4+4+4444++444

Results of the observation taken at Moors's Wharf ct midnight, Aug, 25, 1911, Is as follows
 Temperature time observat'n 50 above Max, temp. preceding 24hours 60 above
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

and cabbage. OF these winter rye
was first In season and was the onl,
variety that furnished early pasture
Rape provided pasture for longe,
period than any Of the other plants
and, taking 1t all in ALL proved the
most valuable plant But the creates,
amount of pasture per acre was OBJ
tanned from cabbage.
Rye. as stated above. was first ir
season AS soon as it ceased to pro
vide pasture abundantly. the land was
plowed and sown with corn. sorghum
or rape and in some instances it was
sown again in the early autumn With
the winter rye after one or the other
of these crops had been grazed down
As soon as the rye pasture was gone
the oats and barley were ready, and
when eaten down this crop was fol
lowed at once with corn or rape. In
some Instances oats and peas were
sown and with satisfactory results
Sorghum was usually followed by win
ter rye. Corn was sown at any time
occasion offered after the weather had
become sufficiently warm. Rape was
also sown any time from the opening
of spring until the middle Of July. II
was the chief reliance for fall pas
ture and cabbage was the last food
grazed down.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
CEMENT FLOOR
Is SUPERIOR


In response TO query regarding =
cement floor for saving manure, Mr.,
SIS, Staley OF Ohio. makes the follow.
ing reply in the Breeders Gazette.
Bulletin No. 1873 of the Ohio Expert
nsent Station says that the saving of
manure from SIS head Of cattle. % on
hard earth floor and "A on cement
door, was $50 more on the cement
than on the earth door. It Il stated
also that half the cost Of the cement
floor was saved in six months feeding
So one sees it is not only practicable
but viii pay big returns IN saving ma
nure. to say nothing Of having the cat
tie wading knee-deep in the mud
A concrete yard floor can be put
down directly on the earth. after
scraping on the top-soil until hard
level floor Is obtained; but II Is best
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
FATE AND THE FLEIeSEss
Intervention That Made Il certain
Hour for se1ater's Death Had
Not Struck.


senPfot Duncan b. Fletcher Of Flor
ids sought bis berth one night on a
sleeping car on the way south from
Washington. pulling back the cur
itains Of tower nine..he saw thai his
bed was already occupied.
HI there" called the senator.
shaking the stranger by the shoulder.
The sleeper awoke and protested
angrily.
my names Fletcher, explained
the statesman. and this is my berth. >
You've got nothing on me. an
swered the other MY names Fetch
er, and this is my berth.
MY full name Is Duncan U. fetch
er. the senator elaborated.
Sos mine,r agreed the intruder.
All. L see. said the senator. po-
litely There must have been q mis-
take in reserving the same berth for
two men Of the same name. I'll go
into the next sleeping car
The stranger, by this time, was fully
awake, and- proceeded to apologize,
and to offer to give up the berth This
the senator would. not do. butS went
into the car ahead. and found a place
to sleep.
An hour later the train was wreck
ed. The car in which the stranger
occupied the lower nine fell through
d trestIe,s ana that Fletcher was
killed. The senator's car was not
damaged at all. Popular Magazine.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

In experimental work In growing
pasture for sheep at the Minnesota
Experiment Station about 100 sheep
and lambs were pastured on 10 acres
Of land from May / to November
Almost two-thirds. OF the entire num-
Der were sheep and one-third lambs
In addition to the pasture fraction
over 10 tons Of fodder and over 10
tons of green food were taken from
the same land Nearly as much food
was taken from the pasture the prev
ious year. says the Agriculturist On
q single acre six sheep and 10 lambs
were pastured FIVE months The land
was sandy loan. not half as good as
the average soil in Minnesota 1t was
not high in fertility having been fer
tilted only once with farmyard ma
nure during the six previous years, al.
though cropped every year. The Sc
cret OF this wonderful return lay in
keeping the land at work.
Two and one-half acres of land
were kept in grass. Onsthis the sheep
were grazed when the weather was
wet and when other pasture was not
ready The pastures we're grown so
that. II possible. some variety would
always be in season. Movable hurdles
were used to inclose the plat or plats
that were being beaten down. The
sheep were grazed on these In the
forenoon and in the afternoon. and
were given the freedom Of the shed
and of the adjoining yard in the mid
die of the day and also at night
The foods grown that proved most
useful were winter rye. oats and bar
ley sown together. corn, sorghum, rape
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
,Raisino Calves,

The future usefulness of the COW
depends a great deal upon how the
calf is brought up during the first
year. 1t should have plenty OF water
and salt presented In clean vesseIs.
sudden changes of diet avoided and
regularity of feeding practiced Warm,
dry quarters are necessary If rne
weather is damp. Plenty Of roughage
should be fed and not too much gram.
for then a large capacity for handling
food, SO desirable in dairy animals.
will be developed. When six months
old milk should be omitted from the
calf's ration and a full roughage and
grain diet substituted -
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
JUST BEFORE IHE TROUBLE
How Could the Listener Know What
His Friend Was Trying
IL 55s to Say? -

If any man ever admired his wife,
that man was Howler. And when the
Ftzboodles asked Mrs. HowIer to get
up and sing, There is q Garden In
My Face" the husband glowed with
pride.
No matter that she had a face like
hippopotamus and voice like an
elephant, he sat beaming as she sang,
and could not refrain from bending
over to his neighbor and whispering:
Don't you think my wife's got fine
voice?"
Whats" said his neighbor, who
was little deaf.
Don't you think my wife has got a
fine voice2' repeated Howler.
"What?'
Don't you think my ewife's got a
fine voice?" roared Howler.
Sorry" returned the neighbor,
shaking his head Cant hear a word
you say. That awful woman over
there is making such frightful row
singing
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

to excavate 10 or 10 inches and ill
in with or inches Of gravel or Gin
ders. so that water win not stand I'm
der the concrete and cause it to heave
by frost A curb or wall Of koncrete
is inches deep should be built al
around to keep out rats. and also from
being undermined BY hog wallows
For cattle the floor had best be {
inches thick and for the hog floor !
inches. A mixture Of cement. 2 sand
and parts of crushed stone passing
through an inch mesh. viii make )
good door. II pit Or creek gravel is
used. which has about that proportion
of sand and gravel. our custom here
Is to use one barrel a sacks) to one
yard OF gravel All this work can be
done by the farm help. II some one
with some knowledge or experiences
can be had to superintend it
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Boosters In Winter.

Our hens lay more during Decem.
Der, January, February and March.
the months when the eggs are high.
says a writer in an exchange. We
sell eggs and fowls at fancy prices;
others go to market. Our neighbors
sometimes come for ROSTERS in the
spring, but go away disappointed, as
our roosters are all killed in the fall
We tell them that If they want some:
thing to keep for nothing they muse
get them in the fall and not expect
someone else to keep them all winter
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

10 years ago and the floods have been
over it many times, yet when a dry
spell comes and the owner is com.
PEELED to resort to well water. he
cleans tie sand from around the lid,
prizes it up and goes to drawing water
Every other device to keep well in
the bottom OF the creek bed has
failed
Around the barn lot and for stock
well there are no boards or timbers
to rot. and let the stock fall into the
well. nor to harbor rats and snakes
A well drawn in and covered in this
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Manaoino Ducks.

In managing ducks for market it has.
been found highly desirable to empna-
size cleanliness. pure drinking water.
good ventilation and to provide ample
feed consisting OF three parts corn
meal. two Of bran and one OF meat
meal or beef scrap In two to four
weeks this ration and way OF manag.
ing has always proved satisfactory IN
fattening the birds.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Tre,e p,e.stFojere,

Porcupines are good climbers: and
when unable to get enough apples
wind-blown to the ground, swarm a
tree and cut down the finest bearing
limbs as quickly and neatly as q beav-
er can sever the trunk of q Young
hemlock. Besides that, when other
food is scarce they nibble the bark
on young apple trees. and can destroy
a newly planted orchard lin a short
time. They also are great enemy to
the young spruce, but why they cut
them is mystery, as It. is not found
that they even eat the tenderest
shoots. ri
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Explanatlons.

Miss. Fullosoul.(o poetical turn)
Which are you of opinion one should
say. professor: Summer flies" or
Summer f1ees?"
Absent-Minded Professor (great on
entomology 1.-The two species. my
dear young lady, are entirely distinct.
Now, the common house fy- Then
he wondered why she suddenly open
ed a conversation with the young
man on her right-Lcrdon Sphere.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16


Representative James T. Lloyd Of
Missouri was discussing the presi-
dents belief that the extra session Of
congress- would not try to revise the
whole tarin law.
He had about as much to go or"
said Lloyd. as the man who APP
preached a banker with request to
lend him money on note. He want
ed Ave hundred dollars.
Can you get an indorserg asked
the banker
Sure, replied the prospective bor-
sroWer. mentioning the indorser's
name.
But has he got any money!
Lots OF it, answered the other.
He wins it at poker The Sunday
Magazine.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Value Of Farm Prosperity.

q In striking contrast with the slow
growth in the number and acreage Of
farms and the area of improved land
during the ten years is the enormous
rise which has occusred in the value
of farm property.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Since Teacher Did Not Know.

Since Teacher Did Not Know.
1t was in the primary class OF q
graded school in western city and
the day was the I'D Of February.
Now, who can tell me whose birth
day this is?" asked the teacher.
A little girl arose timidly.
Well, Margaret, you may tell us.
said the teacher
Mine" was the unexpected reply.
--Everybody's Magazine.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
DIsFlGuRlNG ECZEMA CURED


MY nephew nrst showed signs OF
eczema on the middle finger, and It
came out like blister. He must have
rubbed his face with that hand, as 1t
then broke out on. his nose the same
NAV when the blisters broke. thew
sh.;na,,ad ~ ond formed scahs H,a
=. 80 sa,,s,.,a ,s,th sa.hs and !
PISS "aS $500 -. 80 1920 49, 49,. ~. =
was very lcny. - "aS pauiy ul
ngureo Win unsisn'iy sssaDss - niS.'
MS. ,5. nose was sore, anu ~ stauuaily
became worse ~ nls ~, ln1lnel eoon I - Z
=t9 the doctor. ne tolu ner ~ lup .ne
scaps on every uay' anu onnn. VIC
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Producing Winter Eaas.

The chief essentials for the produc,
ton OF winter eggs, are pullets. that
have had the best OF care from the
very beginning. and have been pushed
from the time of Matching until they
are fully developed.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
How Eido Lost Out.

my girl used 10 think a lotsof her
pug dog. but I've managed to get the
edge on him since we married
How did you work It
"Fido wouldn't eat her cooking, and
4 did.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

Now % Make Weak Back Better.
Women who suffer with backaelie,
bearins-down pains, dizziness, COM
slant, dun. tired feeling. VIII md
hope in the advIcs Of Mrs: W. B. Con-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

A wife, says the sage brush sage.
has to have lot more patience to
let the cat in and out than she has for
her husband. because ii she didn't the
cat would leave
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Could Hardly Hear

Senses Of Taste and Smell Were Also
~ Greatly Impaired.
IT was afflicted with catarrh," writes
Eugene Forbes. Lebanon, Kansas. Il
took several different medicines, giving
each a. fair trial, but grew worse until
could hardly hear, taste or smell. /
was about to give up in despair, but con-
Guided to try Hoods Sarsaparilla. After
taking three bottles of this medicine I
was cured, and have not had any return
Of the disease"
Hoods Sarsaparilla effects radical and
permanent cures of catarrh.
Get It today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

EquivocaI.
Gladys can't hide the fact that she
dyes her hair yellow
You don't suppose, do you. that
she could keep it dark ?''
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
German Eqns small,

The eggs Of the German hen are be
low the average in weight, running as
low as 10 to the pound.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

The public has an inconsiderate way
of remembering the prophet when the
prophecy falls. and of forgetting him
when 1t comes true
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
COVERING FOR
A FARM WELL
Practical and Economical Method
For Keeping Out Leaves
Duet and Undes4r.
able Things.

Here In a sketch OF how l=coyer my
well on Redwood farm. says writer
In the Farm and Home The 1S-inch
tile makes q most excellent curb
Then lid cut out of boiler iron to
just fit within the fange of the tile
win keep out all leaves. dust and
other undesirable things. A handle
can be placed on the upper side OF
the lid. and a hook on the underside
on which to hang the bucket and rope
will make most complete arrange
ment
If your well is in the branch or
creek bottom and the floods get over
1t they cannot damage it, for the wa
ter cannot get under the lid to raise
1t. fixed one in the bed OF creek
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

manner seldom freezes over in winter
and the water Is kept cooler in sum-
mer than in an open well or one over
which only boards are laid
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

Mrs. Windows Eoothing Syrnp for Chlldren;
teeshfng, softens the gums, reduces iniamma-
tioo Allays pain. cures wind collie. Csc bottle.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

The Bronze Age man chnckIed
IF was steel, suppose they would
dissolve me- he cried. ss
Herewith he rejoiced he didn't live
too late.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
SenaraItlnn MINK.

The best time to separate milk ii.
Immediately after it Is drawn IRON
the COW. before It gets cold.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

4 practical joke is never what its
cracked up to be.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

People who take the will for the
deed never break into the millioNire
class
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
squeLehed.

Geraid-What do you think Of this
recall idea.
Geraldine-one call will be enough.
thank you.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Special Talent.

Can your boy read The Had in
the original
mot very well. But he can make
ten yards around the left end almost
every time"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

Marriage is a contraet--and there
are lots of contract jumpers,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

This is one of the highest COM
pliments ever paid to the leyelhead-
ed, common sense of Americans
who cut of about two hundred mill
lion pounds of coffee when they
found by actual experiment Tin the
majority of cases) that the subtle
drug caffeine. in coffee, worked dis
comfort and varying forms of dis
ease.
Some people haven't the charac-
ter to stop habit when they know
it is killing them, but 1t is easy
to shift from coffee to Postum, for.
when made according to directions,
it comes to table a cup Of beverage,
seal brown color. which turns To
rich golden brown when cream is
added, and the taste IS very like
the milder grades Of Old Govt Java.
Postum is veritable food-drink
and highly nourishing, containing
all the parts of wheat carefully pre-
pared to which Is added about ten
per cent OF New Orleans molasses,
and that is absolutely all that
Postum is made of.
Thousands Of visitors to the pure
food factories see the ingredients
and how prepared. Every nook
and corner is open for every visit
or to carefully inspect. Crowds
come daily and seem to enjoy 1t.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

Hicks CAPuDINH Is the best remedy--re-
heyes the nchIns and feverishnees-eiires the
Cold and restores normal eondfAons It's
ijQnid-enects Immediately. 10c-s 2ic.s and Soc.
- drug stores
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Forca,. of Hahit.

First Suffragette-Do you think
Miss Lazybones will carry her dis
tTict?
Second uffragette--Not If she can
get porter to carry 1t.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

Few Hens 10 England.
England has one hen to the acre
Of territory.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
-Bipks s just crazy about "a "

How does be show Il?
He Is tryinE "a gel hts parrot a
wireless cage.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

Then the article proceeds to de-
nounce Postum and works into a
fine frenzy, because we have pub
lished facts regarding the effect of
coffee on some people.
The narrowing tale goes on.
Where a few years ago every
body drank coffee, several clips a
day, now we find in every walk in
life people who imagine they can
not drink it. eThe underscoring Is
ours.) Burly b1acksmiths, carpen-
tiers, laborers and athletes have dis
continued or cut down the use of
coffee; as there is not person
who reads this and win not be able
to find the same conditions existing
among his own circle of acquaint-
ances, is 1t not well for the Brazil
ians to sit ,Sp and take notice?"
Isn't it curious these bur
w strong men should pick out cof-
fee to ''imagine" about? why not
imagine" that regular doses Of
whiskey are harmful, or daily slngs
of morphine?
If ssimagination. makes the CAT
feline in coffee clog the liver, de-
press the heart, and steadily tear
down the nervous system, bringing
on one or more Of the dozens Of
types of diseases which follow
broken-down nervous systems,
many people don't know it.
But 1t remained for the man who
has coffee. morphine or whiskey
to sen, to have the supreme nerve
to say You only Imagine your
: !. = : :.
me-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

PUTNAM EADELESSS DYES
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16


VIII the reader please remem-
Der, We never announce that coffee
hurts all people"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

badly swollen.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Lei, us continue to quote from his

Notwithstanding the enormous
increase in population during the
past three years, coffee shows an
appalling decrease in consumption. ;"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-28
ENCOURAGE TREE PLANTING
F. o. Lutz Dry Goods Company
Will Distribute 5000 Maplee
to School Children

Setting out Of 1000 trees in Logan
county Is to be proyiaed for by the
f. o. Ltuz dry good company The
greater number OF the pupils in the
schools OF the city and county will
be given tree each at the close
OF school on April 5, and they are to
set the trees wherever they choose
the only condition being that each
ch4d shall care for the tree set.
+ 0. Ltuz, In making the announce
ment, said he was corresponding with
the forestry department OF the Init
ed States. Instructions for talking
care Of the trees will be secured from
the department. he trees to be
given out here are generany naples
from Is 70 "a baches high. They,
should be set In holes rot less than
a foot deep
ii Is expected the trees VIII arrive
about April 4 County Superintend-
ent Humphrey ami Clty Superintend-
ent Calvert have undertake. to over
sec the distribution They are anx
ious to have the trees thoroughly
scattered and well cared for. The
undertaking Is an object lesson in
conservation Il Is likely that from
this q dertaklag will grow a decided
interest in forestry The care OF
approximately 5000 trees will call for
special instructions in the schools.
and teachers will be requested to
regularly read forestry literature to
their pupils.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-28

Meridian last evening after :ew
days visit with her brother John
Embry and family Miss Embry is
teaching school at Meridian ihis
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas Z. Winters, Of
Kansas City, who have been visiting
Mrs. Winters parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. B. Jackson, Of South Broad street,
went 10 Oklahoma City this morning
to visit with friends
Miss Lillian Vickers, Of the United
States marshals Office. went to Okla
homa City this morning 10 attend
federal court this week.
Mrs Bierer's cafateria luncheon on
Thursday was notable for the nunl-
Ter Of brilliant guests. Besides her
house guests, who were Mrs McKiGs-
try, Of Oklahoma City and Mrs. FOB
be OF Perry, the honor guests were
Mrs II p. Myton OF Salt Lake City,
who is a sister of Mrs Judge Coteral
and one OF Mrs. Bierer's Old time
friends OF Garden City, Kas., Mrs
Noble Prcntiss of Topeka, Kan, who
in her well known able and charm
ling manner spoke Of the fGe GItn-
me hospitality and gave tne ladies'
lpleasing suggestions along the lines
Oh social and club life.
Mrs Kneisley Of Dayton Ohio, who
is finished musician of rare talent
delighted all with her numbers, and
Mrs Gooaell, Boles and Seeley also
contributed to the entertainment in
most enjoyable selections. The other
out OF town guests were the Misses
Haisell Of Kansas City and Miss
Hamil OF Oklahoma City.