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The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
ANCIENT ART OF IRRIGATION
Projects In intermountaIn States Not
Discovery Of Our Age. But Old
a. Man Himself.

We are talking great deal about
irrigation these days. now that the
government has taken hold Of the Job
of storing the waters and using them
for power. for transportation and for
irrigation. We are disposed to think
that this Is a new discovery OF man.
one OF the bright and shining sue
Cesses OF the nineteenth century. We
are prone to forget that the Indian
in the southwest practiced irrigation
hundreds Of years ago. abundant proof
OF which Is found In the remains Of ir-
rigating bitches. We are prone to
forget. even II we read our Bibles.
that irrigation was practiced In Egypt
In the days OF Moses. 1t may be .
surprise to some to know that civil.
zation has always begun In rainless
countries: that the ancient civilization
Of Media and Persia was sustained by
irrigation. It may surprise our read.
ers when We say that this land 10
desert now simply because the inhab-
itants have forgotten the art OF irri.
CATION. That country is full Of
the remains Of ancient irrigation
bitches: and It 10 likely to be
one of the great food supplying coun-
tries OF the world. The water 10
stored In a way quite similar to that
In which we are storing water In the
Rockies. and applied to the land. 1t
may be still more surprising to know
that as a matter OF fact the English
engineers are grinding up the actual
bricks In the old Tower Of Babel.
mentioned In the eleventh chapter OF
Genesis. for the making of concrete
dams. in order to store the food
waters Of tho mountains Of that coun-
try.
So It will be seen that our irriga-
ton projects In the intermountain
states are not a discovery OF our age.
but that the plan is almost as old as
man himself. Solomon once incidental
ly remarked that there was nothing
new under the sum-" and every year
we are finding verifcation Of the
wisdom of this remark.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
GREAT STADIUM AT TACOMA
Structure 10 Shaped Like q Horse
shoe and VIII Comfortably Seat
Twenty-Five Thousand.

Tacoma's high school, which plays
an important part in Pacific-Coast ath-
letics. is the only high school In Amer.
lea having an Olympic stadium. II not
the only one in the whole world. II
Is n ponderous mass Of steel and con.
crete. just completed at cost Of more
than 100000 in gulch at one side
OF the high school building. The gulch
happened to be just the right shape
for the stadium. so but little excava
tion was required. The structure is
shaped like horseshoe. with the open
end overlooking commencement bay.
II will seat twenty-five thousand peo.
pie. has center sufficiently large for
baseball. football. track and field
events. and will also be used for out
door musical concerts and entertain.
ments.
movement is already on foot to
secure the next Olympic games in
America. the people OF Washington
believing that in the Tacoma stadium
they have one OF the best arenas in
the. United States for such an event.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

A mule seldom gets sick more than
once, and generally dies then.
The collar is the harness; see to 1t
that the collar Ats. Collar boils are
caused by ill-fitting collars.
The levelness with which horse
walks is one Of the best evidences
that his legs work In harmony.
II the spring pigs are doing well
hold them steady until fall and then
push them hard to the market.
More small hogs have probably
been marketed In the past two years
than ever before during the same
time.
When the green corn comes along a
little later. do not stun young pigs
all they will eat, or thumps will be
the result.
All beef and mutton will hereafter
be raised on the small farms. and
farmers must learn how to meet the
new conditions.
Sheep don't do we'll without water,
and they are dainty about drinking.
Clean running water is Just as essen
tial as good grass.
The good fiat knee, the muscular
arms. the full muscular shoulders
the good hook. are all important
points in the horse.
So far as can be done the horses
that are expected to do the spring
work should have the greater part Of
their grain ration of good sound oats
A lousy pig is sure sign Of poor
farmer. Once thoroughly infested the
only way to get rid Of the vermin is
to dope the pig with some good dis
infectant.
II your barn and feed yards have a
proper system Of drainage, there will
be little danger Of rheumatism among
your pigs. II you have not worked
out such a system. do go now.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Utilize Space Under Trees.

A good way to utilize the space
under shade tree on the home
grounds where grass will not grow
and where the soil looks bare and
ugly Is to utilize the space for potted
house plants. In arranging for this.
circle OF bricks or natural stone
may be made about equal in diameter
to the top OF the tree. Within this
rocky circle the potted plants may be
placed. with the shade-loving plants
nearest the trunk Of the tree In dens-
est shade. and the sun-loving plants
toward the circumference OF the cir
Gle. where the light Is strongest. The
circle Of potted plants. too. may be
arranged according to size. the larger
and taller ones being to the center
and the smaller ones on the outer
boundary.
In this position the potted house
plants may be easily and safely car
ried through the RUNNER. and they
will add materially to the outdoor
decoration. The shade will prevent
them from drying out. and drainage
water will help the urrounding lawn.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Actino Animals.

This Is game called acting ami
mails. One child pretends to be some
kind of animal and acts just as that
animal would act. Then the other
children guess what he is trying to
be. The child who guesses correctly
may be the next one to represent an
animal. 1t Is really very funny. espe.
cially If you try to initiate something
like a stork standing on one leg or a
rhinoceros or turtle or even n
mosquito. for insects are included as
veil as animals. Sometimes 1t is we'll
10 allow the guessers three questions
that may be answered by yes" or
no"
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Children Making Merry.

she pleases. ana s.y!l.S, ...e word OF
the following rhyme to each as she
touches her:
"Please-good - farmer - cut - the
corn,
keep-the-wheat- eat-and-burn-t the
thorn.
Ehut-your-gate-a -and-turn - the
lock.
Keep-the - i've - geese - in a
flock"
As soon as she says the word
''nock." the one first touched jumps
up and runs away. The market wom-
An pursues her But while she is
catching her. the other geese have
fed, and she has to catch each play
er and reseat her in her place before
the game can begin again. The one
FIRST caught becomes In her turn the
market woman.
Den" is a good out.of-doors game.
Each boy takes the name of a wild
beast and has tree to himself. which
represents his den. Any player who
leaves his den is liable to be tagged
by the next one out. The best runner
generally starts out first, second
pursues him. and SO on until all may
be out at once. II a player can tag
any one he has right to capture.
he takes him home to his own den.
and the latter must help him to take
the rest The pursuer cannot be
tagged while bringing home a pris-
oner.
The children sit In row with hands
folded to play Button. Button. Who's
Got the Button?" One takes n button
and. holding It between both hands.
pretends to give 1t to each one OF the
players. who open their hands as II
TO receive It.
As she does this the leader says
TO each one. Keep all I give you"
When she has finishe,' she puts the
question to each one In turn. But
ton. button. who's got the button?"
The answer is Next door neighbor." "
When she returns to the head of the
line and asks Who's got the but
ton?" the player mentions the name
of the one she thinks has 1t. The
successful guesser takes the leaders
place.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Milk Bottles In Denmark.

MIX cans In Denmark are sprayed
with cold water then thoroughly
sprinkled inside and out with hot
water. They are then fastened to a
revolving wheel which turns them
through solution of lime water, and
they afe finally sprayed with steam.
The milk bottles are usually washed
with soda and water and the inside
cleansed by means Of a mechanically
worked revolving brush and are then
washed out with cold water. The
bottles are then filled and corked by
a mechanical process. sealed and
tied down with thread. The bottles
are then put into racks and packed
In Ice ready for distribution the fol-
lowing morning.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Starting Alfalfa.

In starting alfalfa better start on a
small patch and learn how to do 1t
before experimenting on a large field.
Use plenty OF manure. Plant on corn,
potato, or summer fallow ground.
Introduce the germs. Sow without q
nurse crop. In the more northern
states SOW the last OF May or first Of
June. DO not use too much seed. Re-
member that the alfalfa is delicate
till 1t gets its partner on its roots
look for the nodules.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Dress.

II man prefers the kind OF clothes
he can jump into and wears another
only under compulsion;
While a woman prefers such clothes
as she cannot put on without toll and
trouble and the expenditure OF time
and will unless under compulsion
wear nothing else;
Then what Of permanent equality is
1t going to avail for the law to call the
sexes back to the tape and start them
all over again?-Puck.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Historic Event Celebrated.

Australia recently commemorated
the one hundred and forty-first ami
versary Of Captain Cooks grst land.
ing. 1t was In ITO that II. NJ. 8. En-.
deavor. a barque of $40 tons. entered
the inlet first called Sting Rays Har-
Dor. but afterwards Botany Bay. from
the beauty and variety Of the plants
growing about its shore. The vessel
remained eight days. and before she
left the British flag was hoisted. As
is the custom on each recurring ami
versary. the flag was again unfurled
upon the spot where 1t was first dis
played. and was saluted by the guns
OF the warships in the harbor.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Babv on Its Hind Lens.

Little Bessie was so accustomed to
seeing the baby crawl around the
room that she thought 1t was his
natural mode of travelling. One day
when he succeeded in standing ep
with the aid of a chair she was much
astonished and. running to her moth
er, exclaimed: "Oh. mamma, come
quick! Baby is standing up on his
hind legs"
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Old 9unoratltlon.

1t was prescribed by an old super.
stition that II those who were affected
with ague would visit at dead Of night
the nearest crossroad five different
times and then bury a new laid egg.
the disease would be buried. II the
experiment failed. they attributed It
to some unlucky accident that may
have befallen them on the way.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Hoods
SarsaparilIa

Eradicates scrofula and all
other humors, cures all their
effects, makes the blood rich
and abundant, strengthens all
the vital organs. Take it.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolatcd tablets called 6areatabs.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Give Trees Plenty Room,

Might as we'll give the trees plenty
Of room at the start. because II you
don't they will have to be cut out
later. Thirty feet apart is the right
distance for apple trees, although forty
would not do any harm.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Movable Fences Handy,

There Is nothing more useful on the
farm in the pasturing Of sheep than
movable fences. They do not cost
much and any part of the pasture can
be enclosed by the use Of them in
few minutes
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
Raw.

Raw.
Bore-Do you believe oysters have
brains?
Bored-Certainly I do. since they
know when to shut up.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
al toafer" In Dairy Hard

The actual loss in the handling of
one "loafer" In the dairy herd In the
course Of year will often more than
pay for Babcock milk tester which
can be bought at between four and
eve dollars.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23

Mrs.. wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teethinE. softeus the gums, reduces innammA.
tioA, AllAys pain. cures wind collie, Nc . bottle
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23

Garfield Tea will set the liver right,
purify the blood and clear the complexion.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23

God pays. but not every Saturday.
Alphonse Karr.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23

In this world one must be a little
too kind to be kind enough.-Mari-
vaux.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
USE ALIHN.s Foor.rAsy

USE ALIENS FOOT-EAsE
the Anuseptio powder TO be shaken Into tho shoea
for tired aching feet It takes the sting Of
and bunions and MAKES walking . delight. Sold
everywhere. nc. Rsfuss stibstttutss. For FREE
trial paekass address A. 8. Olmstsd. Le Roy. ny.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23

Love is selfishness in two persons
-Bouffiers.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-23
"FIVE GEESE IN A FLOCK"
Particularly Amusing Game to Play
When Your Little Friends Como
to Pay Short Visit.

When your friends come to see you.
play Five Geese In a Flock" The
children sit on the grass. or on a
bank or bench. side by side. One
stands AZ Market Woman opposite the
row OF players.
She walks along the row and
touches each child. beginning whore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02

perfect twentv-fve-nch glass be made; and the
the Job is often a failure. Changes o. structure due.
Earring, to unequal pressure, or 70 temp -aure M
ruin the result.
The glass is used for no other purp. Ian TO ben.
the light rays and 10 bring them % focus al Ok
point 50 that the eye shall be able ~ g-. them. Why
then might it not be practicable % q. away with q.
glass entirely and 10 replace II with .' j. arrange.
electric feld3 The Is that this may yet be AZ.
complished when we have solved the theoretical Prob
lem involved. When can DO this. 80. may be ab.et
arrange an electric field fifty feet IN diameter, who
will be better and more ideally accurate ~ focusing
purposes than the most perfect glass r- . equa! SIX
imaginabe-even suppoSing that such lens could a
made.
What then? Why, if this shall De l.-. we may b
able unless unexpected difficulties arise .o look pr
the moon 50 close at hand as TO discover males de-
tails Of its topography. We shall know IS, as fn11
about it $50 far as the side It turns toward us CO..
cerned) as if we were able actually p. ".i upon IS
surface. Nay, more, we might be able . orlng Ma,
and the other nearer planets OF the solar an 10 s
seeming ncarness as TO ascertain definitely whether u
are inhabited or not
One possibility, worth mentioning r INCLUSION
that electricity when obtainabc cheap 20 urinlo
quantities, may be utilized on a large IT.. 20 procra
ozone for sterlizing milk and even the ' '.- supply
cities Most people have noticed thar ...r tiundc
storm there is peculiar smell in the arr. b. Is ne Sn
of ozone, which is electrified oxygen. o. IS me m1s
effective of all germ killers, and Is easily 1uced ar
tcially by electrical discharges. There ven pos
bity that the sick in hospitals may be- @ by lo@lf.
the atmosphere Of the wards with cnou- Zone TO a.
all the mSchicvouS microbes on the promises.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JULY D 1911

than the private dwelling In its cellar will be one huge
electric furnace which, through network OF wires, Will
illuminate and heat the entire establishment incidentally
doing the cooking, ventilang the rooms operating the
refrgerating outfit and running the laundry machinery
In like manner the department store and the great
Office building will be supplied with cheap current tor
all purposes one very important advantage of cleo
tcitv being that it can be readily handled and applied
for every imaginable use Even the ocean, the trans
atlantic greyhound Of century hence may be driven by
single electric furnace which will light the vessel heat the
cabins cook the meals and the wireless apparatus.
Suggestion has been made of the possibility that at
no very distant dav-say, a century from now-rneans
NAV be found whereby power be transmitted over
long distances by wireless for driving street and
even railway trains Such thing may come to pass;
is theoretically conceivable at all events. Yet my
own imagination hardly carries me 50 far In this brief
discussion am trying contine myself to that which
is not beyond the bounds of reasonable probability.
Among the lines along which electrical discovery
seems likely to undergo important development is that
Of optics. To illustrate this remark, may refer to
the we'll known fact that electric field will bend
rv Of light Thus it is that light ray reflected from
the polished pole # a magnet is twisted.
Now let us see how this fact applies TO the possible
future development Of the telescope. The pupil Of the
eve is onc-fh Of an inch in diameter, and can grasp
only a small amount Of light. \ cny-ivc-nch object
glass of telescope enables the eve take in fiji
teen thousand times light, and brings the moon
70 within an apparent distance Of eighty miles. We
could bring the and other celestial objects much
nearer Of course if could make bigger lenses; but
mechanical difficulties in the way Only after years
Of patient work by the most highly skilled experts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02

motion We h?ve reason to believe that it IS trans
ited by the ether that fills all space; but we do not
know what ether Nevertheless we seem at last to be
on the verge of discovering something about ether that
greatest OF all mysteries in physics.
LIGHT travels one hundred and ninety thousand miles
second We presume that it is transmitted by ViDra-
tons of ether Electricity moves at exactly the same
speed What does this suggest: Plainly 1t suggests
that the same medium transmits both. In other words,
we NAV fairly assume that electricity is transmitted by
ether The experiments OF Hertz and other eminent
physicists all show intimate relations existing between
electricity and light Indeed II is not going too Tar TO
say that electricity NAV yet large part OF the
domain Of optics.
Is it not reasonable to imagine that within much less
than a century from the present time we shall discover
means whereby produce light by setting ether IN
notion Wireless apparatus transmits messages over
great distances by causing vibrations OF ether; why
should we not set it moving for the making OF arcaI
an excellent counterfeit Of daylight at ready dis
Dosal We can turn it and flood dwelling WIN H.
or great building, in instant Perhaps 1t may not
be cheap enough To illuminate a city; though some
cities such as Cleveland and Detroit have already Iled
TO produce imitation moonlight by uplifting powerful
arc lights on lofty poles m m
ent metals are sodcrcd together and heat IS applied 10
the point OF Joining electricity is produced mat IS
to say the heat is converted into electricity direct
without the Intervention OF a steam engine. lliierent
pairs of metals may be used for the purpose but the TWO
best Welding the greatest amount OF electricity IN pro-
norton to the heat consumed are bismuh and anthony.
1t appears, then that We have here the germ OF
practical solution of a much veXed problem. Physicists
and engineers all over the world have been racEu1g
their brains TO find means whereby electricity could
he obtained directly from heat This accomplshes the
fcat-the trouble being that it works only on a very
small scale Nevertheless, ii is possible 10y this means,
taking number of pairs of metals, to make battery
and get current; enough current, that is to say for
a small installation.
How shall we find a way to accomplish the same re-
suit economically a large scale making electricity in
great quantities from heat direct at low cost; 1t is
the biggest Of all questions from the viewpoint Of the
electric engineer If We knew what heat was and what
electricity was it might be comparatively to discover
a means for Transforming one into the other but we
don't know either of these things. Our understanding
of the matter is that both are forms Of motion The
problem is to convert heat motion into electric motion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
The Homes Future

WE are bound to solve it some day, perhaps before
w very long Our descendants a century from
will surely have worked it out. If we could enjoy the
privilege of walking into OF their houses and looking
about us we might at least thing that would at
tract our attention novelty. In its simplest form
il might be nothing but sort Of pot hanging in corner
Of the kitchen with an alcohol burner beneath it, and
couple of emerging from kind of fluid inside
The owner Of the house might thcrcupon explain that
this simple apparatus produced all the electricity re-
quired for illuminating the dwelling. for the cooking
and for running the family sewing machine. Made
somewhat larger, and with suitable notifications ii
would heat the house. Provided with such an outfit
the householder is independent OF the coal merchant
and the gas company. All the conditions of living are
rcvolutionzed by the cheap and practical electric
furnace The Electrical Age has at length arrived
BE il understood that electric furnace, convcn-
icny placed in kitchen cellar Eliminates and warns
the entire dwelling, and heats the apparatus used for
cooking purposes. An ordinary servant no matter how
ignorant clumsy, is able TO take care Of it, Bildv
does all that the great installations and high priced
electrical engineers able nowadays 10 do She simply
starts fire. which produces electricity for every kind of
employment Wires pass from the central station Uhe
furnace to every room in the house. the chandeliers
to the fans dor summer usc), and 10 the radiators
Even the machinery in the Laundry run by the cur
rent. There are no electric bills and no bills for gas
The cost IS nominal.
Indeed the cost Of the outfit and the expense of keep
ing 1t in operation will be 50 small that even the hum
best home and the poorest family will have an ndcpcnd-
cn electric plant. But think of the revolution accom-
plishcd III matters industrial 10y such discovcrv No
more steam plants dy namos. Electric motors will
displacc all other motors perhaps for flying ma
chimes In factories, the great engines and huge boilers
81 today VIII bc replaced by an electric furnace with
the requisite equipment Of wires and motor for each
machine BY the help Of The steam engine. we now
obtain from coal only five per cent Of the energy stored
i'll such fuel under the electric dspcnsation we shall
obtain perhaps nncty-tvc per cent.
This implies enormous cbcapening Of cost Of produc-
ton where manufactured articles are concerned Great
chcapcning must come also from the smplifcation Of
plants which will be applied wherever power is used for
any purpose Whatsoever. Necessarily, chcapcning OF
products will follow Whatever we eat or wear or use
in any other way, will become cheaper.
The hotel will be no less a gamer by cheap electricity
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-01
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