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The Parker post., 1911-12-16
In a Lumber Camp,

Louis D. Brandeis was being con-
graduated at the Union Club in Bos-
ton on the rejection of the Cunning
ham coal claims.
You and your friends" said bro
ker, worked hard You must now be
pleased at the successful outcome of
your hard work"
yes" said Mr. Brandeis, frankly
some of us did work very hard. None
of us, not even the least of us, SOL
diered''
He smiled and added:
"The thought of soldering reminds
me of an anecdote. A c1assmate of
mine at Harvard went in the summer
of '76 to a Canadian lumber camp. He
was lean, pale, stringy chap, and he
hoped the rough life would do him
good.
well, the first day they put him on
a cross saw with an experienced saw
yer, and he did fairly we'll But the
second day he was stiff and sore and
there was less vim in his cross-saw-
ing The third day, quite done up,
with hands blistered and every mus
Gle aching, he sawed wretchedly-
wretchedly
His partner at the other end said
nothing for some time. Then the old
fellows patience became at last eX-
hausted, and, letting go the sac ham
die. he Strengthened up and said quiet
ly:
"'Sor, | don't mind yer ridin' on
this here saw, but l surely would be
obleeeed if ye'd keep yer feet off the
ground"
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
CUTS A SMALL FIGURE
BRIDEGROOM AMOUNTS TO BUT
LITTLE AT THE WEDDING.
He Must Assume Neutral Demeanor
and Dress for Ceremony, and
Then 10 Made to Feel Like
Brqand.

To realize the small figure cut by
a bridegroom at his own wedding, one
need only peruse the pages OF book
of etiquette having to do with the
marriage ceremony. There are reams
of Instructions for the bride, from
how to carry her veil to how she
shall greet the business acquaint-
ances of her father. But how about
the poor, neglected bridegroom?
There are no pages written, for his
enlightenment. He does well to get
a paragraph or SO tucked down near
the end OF the story. No one tells
him how to carry his hat or cares
whether he has hat at all He is
supposed to efface himself-to ell
ter into the scheme of things only
when the ceremony cannot 60 along
without him.
There is only one occasion upon
which the bridegroom is absolute J
necessary, and that is when the min
lister must have someone to pro
nounce the husband of the fair bride
Even then the poor harassed man
has a propensity for slipping the ring
into the wrong pocket, so that he is
compelled to tumble for it. In the
end he drops it, whereupon it prompt
ly rolls out of sight and is rescued
only after much conrusion and con-
siderable embarrassment Men with
out number have been known to for
get the golden circlet of sweet bond
age altogether.
Not only must the man in the case
assume a neutral demeanor during
the festivities, but he must dress the
part. His clothes are black and sol
emn to behold; he is allowed to dis
play absolutely no partiality in the
choosing Of his wedding garments
He looks very much the same as he
has dozens of times when attending
formal affairs. The bride may be
veritable Flora, wreathed with gar
ments, yelled in mist of tulle and
filmy lace The only festal note al
lowed the bridegroom is single
blossom or boutonniere of white
against the somber blackness or his
coat.
Another thing-he has always been
led to believe the woman of his choice
loved him devotedly, that her parents
approved of him as a son and that he
was generally persona grata. Yet
when the day of happy consummation
arrives every one weeps over the
bride, who thereby endangers her
own loveliness by wiping the tear
drops from her shining eyes with a
wisp of lace masquerading as a hand
kerchief Every tear is like stab
to the man standing by wondering
what it is all about and feeling very
much like brigand caught in the act
of stealing away a beautiful young
maiden.
All this sentimentalism and panoply
of love is very dear to the heart of a
girl, dreaming, as she has, over the
most wonderful, the most eventful
day of her life. Yet when the loneli-
ness of the bridegroom, despite the
fact that this is his wedding day and
one quite as momentOus to him as to
the bride, is taken INTO considera-
tion, small wonder then that so many
pairs of lovers wing their way Sc
cretly to some quiet nook and take
the vow of eternal constancy away
from the sig ut and sound Of cere-
mony.-Pittsburgh Sun.
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
INFLUENCE OF A FO0R SITE
Improvement in Types of Horses Bred
on Our Farms of Greatest I'm.
portance to Farmer.

The fact that the sire Is concerned
with so many more individual or
spring in a given season than sin
gle mare. makes it readily seen that
his influence is much more extensive.
To improve the horse stock of G: -en
community through the female line.
for instance, would require the use
OF fifty or more superior mares to ac-
complish the same results as might
be secured by the use of a single stall
lion
Purity of breeding insures prero-
tency and since, in the grading-up pro-
cess the purebred parent is usually
the sire, 1t is essential that he be OF
such character that the impression
which he stamps uron his offspring
shall be only of the best
Defects in structure cannot be off
set by type or breeding of the high
est degree of eXcellency A horse may
be a superior individual in class by
himself, but he must conform closely
to the specified requirements of the
type with which he should class.
The influence of well-bred sires in
any community can readily be seen
by observing the horses used in the
fields, on the road and particularly in
the horse markets of the cities.
Certain states that have paid at
tention to horse-breeding, now pro-
duce animals that can almost be tod
at a glance by dealers, without know
ing in advance where they came from.
so superior is their quality Other
states have exactly the reverse repu-
tation and as soon as lot Is an
nounced as coming from such state,
dealers will desert the sale ring
Horses coming from such localities
where farmers are averse to paying a
decent service-fee, but prefer to use
scrubs, are of poor type, vary widely
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
Boat That Fits Suitcase.

A boat which is so light and COM
pact that it can be folded up and
hacked into a box no bigger than an
ordinary suitcase, is the clever in
vention of Paris man. The case
part unfolds and joins together to
form the main framework or hull of
the boat, which is of the catamaran
order The two cigar-shaped floats
are made of waterproof canvas When
packed up they occupy little space
and when in use trey are blown up
with a bicycle pump. The frame
work is fastened between them by
means of ribs and straps, and when
one has fixed a threejointed, double
bladed paddle together and put a fold
ing seat in place one is ready to set
out Oh marine travels.
The Parker post., 1911-12-16

To be profitable, sows must be sure
breeders.
Examine the collars OF your work
horses often.
Don't let the nursing sows run down
too much in condition.
Do not disturb the sow for at least
"a hours after narrowing.
Don't feed the young pigs intended
for breeding purposes altogether on
corn.
Ashes have good effect on the pigs
digestion, besides killing intestinal
worms.
Your horse may intend to please
you, but does not understand your
wishes.
Don't neglect to commence feeding
the colts some grain before they are
weaned.
The pure-bred draft breeding mare
will do as much work as grade.
and her colt will be worth much more.
Cold. exposed sleeping quarters
that compel the sows to pile up in
order to keep warm are usually re-
sponsible for the dead pigs at this
time
If you are suspicious that some Of
your cattle are affected with tuber-
culosis, the sooner you have your herd
tested and made free from the trouble
the better 1t will be for your pocket
book
When you get good brood SOW,
one that always farrows a fair-sized
litter of strong pigs and raises large
per cent of them, better hold on to
her as long as she continues her good
work
The Parker post., 1911-12-16

Many merchant thinks he cannot
afford to advertise when he looks at
the big space used by big advertis-
ers. He forgets that those same big
advertisers had to start in a small
way-had to creep before they walked.
No man should be discouraged
about starting advertising in a small
way. 1t is the only way he should
start, and it will pay For example:
way he should start, and it will pay.
For example:
Two advertisers started using two
inch advertiser ents in two newspa-
pcrs in big city some twelve years
ago. The ad yertiGements ran three
tines a week. and they paid for posi-
ton Their announcements alwa.i
appeared d ON the cane rage a-d they
were there regularly, fall and win or,
spring and summer.
Today both advertisers are doirg g
very large business ard each is wosc
more than million d1llars>
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
Beyond Words.

Did you try to comfort that friend
who sent word that he was in great
distress ?"
No replied the chilly philosopher
Il didn't try to say anything. II
wasn't a case of mere loss of friends
or fortune. This fellow had tooth
ache
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
A Reproof.

when | was young man." said
Mr. Cumrox, Il thought nothing OF
working II or IA hours day"
Father" replied the young man
with sporty clothes, 81 wish you
wouldn't mention it. Those non-union
sentiments are liable to make you un
popular"
The Parker post., 1911-12-16

in color, form, size, and weight. and
possess few qualities which fit them
for long and useful service
So important has been the influence
of scrub sires in some states, that the
legislatures have been prevailed upon
to pass laws to improve the situation.
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
Serve Facts AttractiveIy

The f,cts, it is tue, must sell your
The facts, it il; true, must sell your
goods. but h. offer them cold? They
can be made very tempting by warm
ing them up i ard serving them
attractively.
''It never hurts any busineGs to
quote high prices on high quality
Profitable Advertising.
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
Job Printing

This is the time Of year when the
merchant begins thinking of laying
In next years supply of stationery,
such as letter heads, envelopes, state
ments, etc.
The Post has just received fine
line Of bond papers with envelopes to
match. Everything from medium
priced bond to the wellknown- Old
Hampshire bond Assorted colors to
choose from
Get our figures on all kinds of sta
tionery. We can do the work just
as cheap, If not cheaper, than send
ing outside for it.
We use the best stock. For typo
graphical appearance our printing
cannot be surpassed. Start the New
Year right by ordering full line of
office stationery.
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
Advertising
Nuggets

A hen is MT su posed to have
much common sense or tact, yet ev-
2r. time she la. :, al egg she cackI,
firth the fact.
A rooster hasn't goc lot of intel
lcct to show, bat none the less moct
rooGters have enough good sense to
crow.
The mule, the most despised of
beasts, has a persistent way of let
ting people know he's around by his
insiStent bray.
The busy little bees they buzz,
bulls below and COWS moo and wa.ch
dogs bark, and gandors quack and
doves and pigeons COO.
The peacock spreads his tail and
squawks; pigs squeal ard robins
sing, and even serpents know enough
to hiss before they sting
But Man, the greatest masterpiece
that Nature could devise, will often
stop and hesitate before he'll
advertise!
ADVERTISE!
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-05-12
KEEP BOYS ON FARM
English School Plans to Arouse
Interest in Farming.
Twenty Youngsters Selected to Work
on HaIf-Acre Plot Are Happiest
and Proudest of Whole
institution.

Ripley, England.=with view to
keeping them on the land and pre-
venting their entering the overcrowd-
ed clerking and allied professions in
towns, the school children of Ripley
are being taught to work on the land
as part Of the school course
The happiestt and proudest boys in
Ripley at present are the 20 who have
been chosen out from the rest of their
fellows to work on the half acre OF
land which the Dowager Lady Love
lace has let to the local village school
authorities.
Twice week these sturdy, bright
faced youngsters-al of them between
the ages of eleven and fourteen-take
their spades and forks and measuring
instruments and go out and work on
their plots under the superintendent
of their head master, William Blax-
land.
These embryo farmers and garden
ers have already fenced in their
ground. dug most of it up and pcr-
toned part of it off into square rod
allotments. have sowed the seeds and
planted the roots which will hence
forth be their special pride and care.
This work has been made a regu-
lar and serious part of the school cur
riculum." Mr.. Blaxland said, land its
object is to give the boys an intelli-
gent and, we hope, useful interest in
what should be their true sphere in
life.
We want to keep them on the land.
to prevent them further overcrowding
those already hopelessly overcrowded
occupations OF clerking and serving
in shops.
ITO boy taught young enough and
properly trained there is more money
and better life in farming and gar
dening than in the town work into
Which he would probably drift.
II think we shall succeed in our
aim, too. At any rate. all the boys are
tremendously keen on their digging.
and when they begin to see some
thing coming out of that digging they
should be keener still
But II Is not so much the how of
farming that l hope to teach them. but
rather the why
Most OF the fathers here can teach
their sons the donkey work. but what
few of them can teach is the why and
wherefore of things.
The reasons of seasons, the science
of manuring, the rotation of crops
these and similar matters are what
few parents can touch on to their
boys. Indeed. most of my pupils al
ready know more about the theory of
farming than their fathers do.
AT first we shall devote most of our
attention to vegetable growing-road
beans. runners. peas. onions and SO
on.
Then there will be flowers and
fruit boarders to attend to and. later
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-05-12
WILL TRANSFER ELK

gested is to have the vast herd sur
rounded by a Gordon of troopers on all
sides, save the one in the direction
1t is desired to drive the elR. with two
additional lines of cavalrymen strung
out along the course. IA closing In OF
this circle must start the elk on the
course-and the unique race would be
on.
At given signal the outriders
along the course would also move for
ward, keeping well in advance of the
fleeing herd. Detachments to serve as
relays for. these riders would have to
be stationed at intervals along the
proposed route. and the surging, strug-
Cling mass kept moving until the goal
was reached
Picture 10000 wild elk In full flight.
pursued by mounted cavalrymen firing
their revolvers into the air to further
terrify the fleeing animals. a score or
more of the riderless mounts-for
many bold horseman will be thrown
in that wild flight, with broken bones.
II not loss of life,
A telegram from Washington says:
Senator Warren's amendment to the
agricultural bill appropriating $40, 1000
for feeding and removing elk from
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-05-12
In Danger of Starvation in Jack
sons Hole.
Government Will Furnish Cavalry for
Removal Of Animals to Better
Ground-Scene Will Be Spec
tacuIar

Salem. Ore.-At least 10000 elk
must be moved from Jackson's Hole
or they will die of starvation. For the
last few years the state of Wyoming
has been appropriating large sums for
hay to keep these animals from starv-
ing. and each winter finds conditions
worse. 1t is estimated that at least
$4,000 elk winter in the Jackson's
Hole country. large area south of
the Yellowstone National park. The
elk scatter during the summer months.
many of them grazing in the park. but
as winter approaches they converge
toward their old winter quarters.
These quarters were ample before the
homesteader came to fence the lands.
The elk would feed on the rich grass
of the valleys in the fall. work I'D on
the sheltered hillsides in the winter,
and. when necessity urged, descend to
the creeks and browse among the
young willows and other foliage until
the spring grass came. The home
steader's fence has made this impos-
sible now, and each year lessons the
amount OF open range. The result is
ehoe uSopite tht idISt amount Oh Ieeu
furnished them by the state, each win
ter sees an enormous death loss of
this fast-disappearing game animal.
Driven to desperation by hunger,
the elk will break down the strongest
barbed-wire fence surrounding a hay
stack. and during portion of the win
ter the settlers must guard their hay
night and day. The elk have been
known to mount upon the fallen bodies
of their companions and thus climb to
the top of thatched-roof shed, where
they would voraciously devour the rot
ten hay or straw used as roof cover
ing.
To attempt to drive them anywhere,
and in band numbering thousands,
seems an impossible task, yet the gov
ernment appropriation is sufficient evil
dence that this feat will be underta-
ken. Senator Warren has also se-
cured promise from the war depart
ment for sufficient cavalry men to
herd the elk. A tentative plan sug-
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-05-12
People Of Fort Worth Send Appeal to
New York Charitable Associa-
tions-Childless Anxious.

Fort Worth, Tex.-Because the stork
is making few visits in Fort Worth
there is big shortage in the local
baby market. To relieve this short
age the United Charities association
the other day announced that at the
request of many young married
couples charity associations in New
York had been written asking that a
car load of infants between the ages
of two months and three years be sent
to Fort Worth. A carload of 66 New
York babies passed through here in
charge of nurses to Houston. where
homes already have been found for
them.
The United Charities association
tried to obtain few OF these, but the
demand in Houston was greater than
the supply, so Fort Worth has ordered
a car of its own. Four months ago
several carloads of New York infants
were distributed at New Orleans.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-05-12

The illustration given herewith
shows the various uses to which the
disk may be put In preparing the soil
for a crop:
Fig. No. representes hard. cracked
open soil that has not been titled,
showing how clod formation takes
place and the depth at which mois-
ture can escape from the ground.
Fig No. represents ground plowed.
showing air space between the turned
over slice and the ground beneath.
This air space prevents firm and
compact seed bed from being made
and stops capillary attraction with the
subsoil.
Fig. No. 3 is plowed ground disked.
Note that the air spaces still exist.
This is what happens when corn stalk
ground is plowed without first being
disked. Corn stalk roots and other
trash prevent the ground from becom-
ing compact and firm.
Fig. No. 4 is ground eisked before
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-05-12
LICE INFECTED
FARM ANIMALS
Insects More Troublesome During
Spring When Live Stock
Kept Inside Until Warm
Weather Arrfves.
CBy R. G. wEATHERsroNE)

fBy r. G. WEATHERSTONE.)
Lice seem to be more troublesome
during the spring when the farm ami
mails are kept inside until warm
weather comes than at any other time
during the year and as soon as an
animal is discovered to be lousy, the
lice should be destroyed at once. We
have. found a strong decoction of to-
bacco an excellent wash for the pur-
pose of destroying lice, but during
recent years we have been using a
mixture of crude oil and crude car
bolic acid mixed so parts crude oil to
one part crude carbolic acid, and find
that this does the work in very
thorough and effective manner On
the cattle we apply it with hand
sprayer. but for the hogs we prefer
to use a brush. or to saturate few
gunny sacks or old blankets and wind
them around a post in the hog yards
and allow the hogs to make their own
toilets by rubbing against these posts.
They will soon learn how to apply
the mixture where it is most needed
and will keep themselves free from
these pests IL their beds and houses
are kept clean and disinfected.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-05-12

1t is plowed. The mulch of dirt breaks
up capillary attraction so that mois-
ture cannot escape from the top of the
ground. This permits what moisture
there is in the ground to come close
to the surface.
Fig. No. is the disked surface
shown in Fig. plowed. Dlsking the
ground before 1t is plowed leaves a
mulch OF fine dirt which fills up the
air spaces left between the furrowed
slice and the ground beneath, thus
making the foundation for firm and
compact seed bed.
Fig. No. illustrates disking before
and after blowing. When the ground
is treated in this manner the seed
bed becomes compact and firm In a
much shorter time and forms a means
of capillary attraction. This treatment
puts the ground in such condition that
whether the season be wet. dry or
normal. the farmer is not taking any
chances.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-05-12

Jackson's Hole to better feeding
grounds in Wyoming" passed during
the last hours of congress, was the
prelude to what must Undoubtedly
prove the most interesting and ex.
citing spectacle of the kind ever wit
messed in any country
The Warren amendment means that
some time next summer government
troops will attempt to herd 10000 or
more wild elk from the crowded
ranges of Jackson's Hole to better
feeding grounds on the Big Horn
range.
When the range cattle business was
in its palmiest days in that section OF
the west it was not an uncommon
sight to witness immense herds OF
half-wild cattle. numbering 5000 and
even 10000 head. being driven a hun
bred miles to the railroad. But even
the widest conception of the most
enthusiastic cattlemen of the Golden
West fails to grasp the immensely OF
the problem of herding more than 80.
900 of these wild, fleet elk a distance
of almost 100 miles over rough for.
est country.
The elk can outrun a horse, has
greater endurance. is surer footed and
will travel over precipitous trails over
which the most venturesome horse
man would hesitate to follow. In
stinctively perfected in the art of
lodging the hunter. he is only caught
during the hunting season by stalking.