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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-08-12
THE ALLIANCE NOTES.

The August meeting of the Peoples
Sunday Alliance brought out many in
teresting features concerning the Har-
ris case. The review of facts and
progress to date, as given by Attor-
ney w. B. Townsend, were interest
ing and instructive to those who
heard them. The attendance was not
what had been expected but the
speakers were listened to with
marked attention. Rev. Ford's re-
marks were helpful and encouraging
as they always are; the address OF
Mr.. Gildersleeve was good.
The financial statement to date Is
as follows:
Previously reported ..........$ S1.23
Received from Mr.. Thos Bailey
(sollcited) ................ 1866
Received from Mr.. C. A. Frank
lin 1l.OO
Received from Mr.. S. H. Tar
bet (solicited) ........ 1.50
Received from Arapahoe Lodge
No. 1886 U. o. o. F. 1000
Total to date .$110.3S
Added to correct miscalcula-
ton last week ...... 80
Correct total .$1111S
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene return today
fro ma vacation trip to Leadville and
Glenwood
o. l. Boyd left last week for Santa
Fe. Mrs. Boyd will leave about the
first
Fine watch repairing and clock re-
pairing a speciality. A. P. Williams,
2027 Stout street.
The Pride Of the West Cleaning
Works does all kinds Of cleaning,
pressing and repairing Of mems and
Women's clothing. Phone Main 1929.
1916 Arapahoe st. Skinner and
Grimes, Props.
Call on Mrs. @. W. Anderson at
2555 Clarkson street for Hair Goods.
Of all kinds. Pompadours and Switch
es made. Phone Blue 2954.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-08-12

The National Negro Educational
Congress. which was invited by the
governor and by the immigration bu-
reau to hold its annual convention
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-08-12

DR.. Ford left Tuesday for Navajo
Cottage accompanied by Rev Ford,
Mrs. Libbie Clifton and Mrs. Helen
Carter.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
HANDY FOR SPREADING LIME
Distributing Machine Can Be Made
by Any Ingenious Person at Very
Small Expense.

The accompanying illustration
shows a homemade machine for dis
tributing lime, ashes. etc. The six
cornered box is hung on a AKA scant-
ling hewn down so it will run through
wheels about four inches, as bearings
for the frame to draw by. says the
Homestead. A tongue is not needed,
although one could be used. Any old
wagon or moving machine wheels will
do. Make the ends to fit ankle, both
ends alike, doubled crosswise of the
grain of the wood, with one-inch
boards, twelve inches wide. Fasten
one end of the box and axle to a
wheel, and let the other wheel turn
or the axle A support may be put
in the center the same as the end.
but it is not necessary unless the box
Is made longer than ten feet, as 1t is
very strong and the axle breaks the
fall of the contents and prevents
packing The feed is regulated by
using two threeinch strips. with one
bolt in the center and a heavy screw
through the ends into the long strips.
Leave the center cross strip long
enough for the handle to close While
filling. tack the strips to hold exact
while boring one and quarter-inch
holes ten inches apart. opposite the
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
CARING FOR
NOTING HENS
Require Large Amount Of Feed
Containing Nitrogen, Such
as OIL Meal and
Protein Eeedo.
CBy ]. BAILEY BRUCED

Most people believe that If they
can force their hens to mott early they
will lay more eggs during the season,
but this is not true. Hens that have
molted late will lay more eggs during
the winter than the early molters
This has been shown by the most
careful experiments, but the facts are
net generally known.
Noting hens require large amount
of feed containing nitrogen such as
oil meal. meat and other feeds rich
In protein. Noting can be forced by
cutting down the feed of hens as it
has been shown by experiments that
scantily fed hens begin melting ear
ler than those on full feed. but the
former do not finish moltin6 much
earlier.
Starved hens mott more uniformly
than others and this Is particularly
noticeable in hens two or three years
cid.
In an experiment conducted by the
Cornell experiment station ii was
found that on a basis of 100 hens the
fed flock produced eggs to the value
of S29.27 more than by the starved
flock
The total income from all the birds
was s27S for the starved flock and
$3.50 for the fed flock, difference In
favor of natural Noting for the year
of abou. sos.
A western poultryman of long ex-
perience gives his method of controll-
ing melting as follows:
AS soon as the hens are through
laying he turns them out In alfalfa,
feeding them dry bran only. In addi-
ton. Under this treatment they get
thin. Then he feeds them a mixed
ration o. grains and meat, giving a
light feed in the morning and all they
will eat at noon and night. Under
this treatment they finish Noting
quickly. get new feathers and begin
laying in September. BY October l
they are all in good laying condition
and make profit through the fall
and winter.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
JAPAN FORMS AN ACADEMY
New Board Has Been Created for Pur-
pose of Crtcisng Novels
and Plays.

Japan is Going in for sort of acad-
envy on the French model. A few
months ago the department of educa-
ton organized two commissions, enc
of literature and art, the other of pop
ular education. 1t is the former which
is 10 initiate the French acadamy,
though it is to have features of its
own.
1t is TO be composed Of 16 men of
letters. with Vice Minister of Educa-
ton Okada as eX ofIicio chairman. The
authorities state that the work of this
commission will be to criticise contem-
porary literary works, mostly novels
and plays; to offer prizes for special
literary excellence, TO collect literary
works in prize competition and to un-
dertake the translation of western lit
erature.
The government eensors have re-
Gently suppressed many works of fic-
ton deemed prejudicial to the public
morals and this has resulted in much
bitterness by the literary world
against the authorities.
Shukotsu Togawa, a magazine writ
er, is quoted as saying that there was
a literary boom imm ediately following
the Russo-Japanese war, but that now
literature seems to be in the depths of
depression, due to the interference of
the minister of northumberland
Review.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
New French Art Match Boxes,

Art in France is hereafter to be con-
nected with match boxes. The minis
try of finance, having to renew the
supply. decided some time ago that as
not every Frenehman has leisure to
study the pictures in the Louvre. the
opportunity should be given him of
admiring them on his match boxes.
Some of these have hitherto been or
namented with the heads of the ia
nous generals of the revolution. The
generals will now have to retire and
make way for the Rembrandts, the
Van Dycks. and the Watteaus OF the
Louvre. Foreigners and travellers
generally will also find it an advant.
age. Instead of spending hours and
days In the museums and getting foot.
sore in front of miles of pictures they
have only TO buy matches. or, rather,
boxes with few sulphur sticks inside.
1t is quite assuring TO know that, with
all its concern for art. the state mo-
nopoly will not forget to give us a
few matches with the Rembrandts.
The price also Is to remain the same
as before. and the quality of the CON
tents-well. the officers of the govern.
ment regie themselves assure us that
it cannot possibly be worse.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
BACTERIA ON
ROOTS OF CORN
supply s efficient Nitrogen to
Serve Abundently Their
Purposes When Soil
Is Exhausted.
Uy WALTER h. LEUTZ)

How the clover acted as fertilizer
was NOT known until about fifteen
years ago. Since that time our
knowledge upon the subject has very
considerably increased and every year
now something more is learned,
Leguminous and pod-bearing plants
uuaidcd have no more ability to help
themselves to the nitrogen of the air
under any circumstances than have
other green plants.
Certainly bacteria existing in the
soil penetrates the soft tissues OF
Young roots OF legumes and multiply
within these lively tissues so as to
form a little mass of gelatinous sub
stance Responding TO the irritation
produced the plant builds nodular
structure about the bacterial invaders.
not unlike the formation of a gall
consequent upon the sting ef an in
sect.
Numerous nodules may be formed
on the roots OF one plant and they
have characteristics peculiar to the
species of plant on which they occur
In some way not well understood
these plants with nodules or tubercies
are capable of getting sufficient nitro
gen from the air to serve abundantiy
their purposes when the soil has no
supplies. and when other plants must
die from the want OF il.
Either the bacteria are the direct
agents in the process or they aid the
Plant itself to do what. without such
aid. It cannot do May there leg
umes organisms or some of them be
made to form tubercles or other
plants for instant maize? Here Is a
matter of the greatest moment. Tn
Cioubtedly they have some times in
the past become adapted 70 legumi-
nous vegetation. There is nothing TO
prevent corn from gathering tubercles.
We know now that corn can be
very decidedly modified in its chem
teal composition by processes OF
breeding. Types Of grain can be pro
duced in which for instance the nitro
gen percentage is greatly increased
and so a long way improved as food
Tor man and beast.
II. in addition 10 this. Indian corn
can be made 10 furnish itself. through
accommodating bacteria, with this
higher nitrogen content directly from
the exhaustless storehouses OF tho air
the agricultural miracle OF the age
viii have been wrought
No one can predict whether or NOT
this will ever come to pass, but from
hat is now known, the endeavor to
brlng il to come to pass seems az
east worth while
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
SURE CURE FOR SEASICKNESs
Experience of a Cargo of Deal Mutss
Sets Ships Doctor to
Thinking.

In the glittering summer evening a
pretty girl in white paced the prone
made deck of comfortable White Star
liner.
az perceive" said a pale passenger,
chat you have cotton in your ears.
May l ask why?"
She blushed and frowned.
Yes, you may ask" she said, IF
you don't mind being impolite. But,
lmpolite or not, I'll answer you. have
cotton in my ears to ward off seasick-
ness"
The pale passenger gulped. "You
don't say!" he cried, hopefully.
Yes, do say. Many years ago a
ship conveyed a cargo OF deaf mutes
from Boston TO Liverpool, and not one
of the deaS mutes got seasick. This
caused the ships doctor to put on his
thinking cap. He stuffed the ears OF
a seasick voyager with cotton, and the
voyager, thus deafened, got right up
from his sick bed and ate a seven
course dinner. Since that time it has
been realized that the stomach nerves
and the nerves of hearing are in sym
PATTY, and by dulling the hearing OF
the seasick their illness in many cases
has been made to disappear.
where's some cotton? It's worth
trying" said the pale one, as he hur-
ried away.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27

wise a shed over tank, on six by six
inch concrete supports, REINFORCED
with a three-eighths-inch iron rod In
each corner, and inserting half-incn
bolt and washer In each for tying down
rafter plate.
The sides are REINFORCED concrete,
4 cheap foundation for which can De
made by breaking field rock In the
trenches for the first four-inch layer,
grouting same with cement groutlng'
then continuing to fill in the layers
with roughly-broken rock, and grout-
ing solid Each layer should be set
tied lightly. The walls should be
made from fairly rich mixture, say
one part cement, two sand and four
of screened gravel.
The most satisfactory bottom for
this tank will be a layer of clay, thor
oughly puddled, and about four inches
thick The seepage will not be ma
first cost. If of concrete. there is dan
ger of the bottom heaving during win
ter, unless it is kept covered with ma
nure. Anyway, it will be well to try
the clay. as the concrete bottom can
be added at any time.
The labor of handling the manure
on place where many animals are
kept is a much heavier and more cost
ly job than many would believe who
have not kept an account. and It
should be lightened in every way pos
sible One method is to use manure
carrier, and unload direct from this
into the manure spreader. Where a
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
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.!A.5tNUHES

Push tho pillow!
When in doubt build a silo.
Conservative marketing always pays
best
Lime may be applied 10 the soil at
any time
The best seed corn is that grown
on ones own farm.
Early fall blowing is the cheapest
and best crop insurance known.
Sixty tons of water a month are
needed to produce an acre of wheat
Plow early and plow deep but pillow
deep whether or not you plow early,
Toads rank next 20 birds in value. as
destroyers of harmful insects about
the garden.
Turn UP a little OF the subsoil It
will increase the watcr-holding capac-
ity of the ground.
Hairy or winter vetch may BIO sown
IN the fall aud IT will be a very useful
early spring forage.
Cut the clover or alfalfa Just as soon
as the buds are well set at the crown
for the next growth.
No matter how ambitious you may
be 20 begin to cut the hay. wait until
the dew Is entirely of.
Let the neighbors do what they viii,
keep matches away from your straw.
pile Roughage is too scarce this sea.
son to use ii tor a bonfire.
Many farmers now pasture their
corn fields which is the most eoonom.
ical method of harvesting the crop,
and. under favorable conditions, the
, most profitable.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
BULLETIN ON DUSTlESS ROAD
Department Of Agriculture Issues
Statement Giving Methods Tor Ex.
aminlng Materials.

Dust prevention and road preserva.
ton are almost inseparable subjects
in the study of good roads, so insist
emily demanding the attention of road
engineers and chemists interested in
modern road construction. Therefore
the bulletin of the United States de
partment of agriculture on methods
for the examination of Bituminous
road materials. prepared by the office
of public ro0ds. aud issued as No, IS
of that series. which contains com
piete descriptions OF The methods of
examination for that class of materi-
ais. as employed at preseut by that of
Ace. should materially further the
adoption of standard Methods. mat
ter which is OF The utIuost Importance
AZ this time
These methods are presented in
such form that any Intelligent per
son may, with little practice and the
proper equipment, make such eXami
nation. With this object III view. the
bulletin describes the various tests
In greater detail than would have been
necessary for the use of chemists. and
illustrations are presented of practi-
cally all the apparatus required. Also
a list of tho necessary equipment for
a small laboratory about 10 engage in
the routine testing aud inspection of
bitumens is given The maximum
cost. exclusive &C platinum ware, soly-
ents and chemicals. would not exceed
$500. aud probably could be purchased
cheaper 10y securing bids ON the entire
equipment from several drug supply
houses Fer the extraction OF bitumi.
nous aggregates. the recovery of the
bitumen and examination of the aggre-
gates, an additional outlay Of S125
would be necessary, but this expense
seems 60 be entirely within the means
OF most road commissioners charged
with the construction and mante'
nance Of public roads
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
italian Officers Wives.

Recent regulations bearing on the
question OF marriage in the Italian
army are worthy OF brief mention.
Henceforward. officers, whether % ac.
tive service or half pay. will not ae al.
lowed to marry till they have reached
the age of twenty-five and have OBJ
tanned the sanction of the king. The
bride will no longer be required 10
bring a specified dot, but she will. OF
course, have to give satisfactory evi.
dence as TO her social fitness for the
position of an officers wife. II will
be remembered that the dot reggie.
mentaire' was abolished some years
ago in the French army by General
Andre. other social requirements OF
course. remaining as before-Tbe
Queen
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE
TANK FOR STORING MANURE
Making Receptacle
Farm Where Six al Kept Most
Satisfactory Bottom CIay-Tank and
of Vail

We give a plan of concrete ma
nure tank. and also section through
George F. Weston in the Country Gen
tleman. In response to query. This
is designed to take care of the manure
from six horses on a farm. Since
nothing is said about any neighboring
residence or dairy. we have not con-
sidercd I: advisable for so small a sur
Plus as is likely to accumulate from
this number OF head to suggest going
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
A City in a Receivers Hands.

The municipality of Tinls has been
allowed to resume business opera
tons after being bankrupt four wears
Its revenue from taxes was cut off
because the property owners had
counter claims for losses through rob.
berry and brigandage which they said
ne city should have prevented
eventually the city could not pay the
city employees or the police their
wages and the national government
aad 10 police and administer tho
Town under a receiver.
The treasury has this week SAM.
Toned the raising by the new mnpiei.
panty OF loan of fifteen million
taoies wherewith to resume the nor.
mai working of local government
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27

side holes Intermediate. Use three
strap hinges and three hasps with
hooks on enc side for door Any
amount can be put on By using a
button to stop lever, one can adjust
amount wanted. Turn the button to
stop the lever the same every time.
Any handy person can make one in
two days. The cost of material will
not exceed five dollars anywhere. new
and dressed.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
Plan cf Concrete Manure Tank.

to the expense of roofing over or
screening from flies. The proportions
or area are to be modified TO meet
the special demands of the farm
1t is expected that the usual custom
will be followed OF hauling direct TO
the field, and that the tank is used
simply for storage during bad weather
or press of other work Allowing that
The manure is removed from the stalls
In wheelbarrow. a three-foot en-
trance for same is shown, which should
be located at the most convenient cor
ner.
The longest diameter should be in
the same direction or parallel with the
most convenient road for the teams
to travel, and each corner should be
protected from the wheels by sinking
a conveniently shaped stone in the
ground at points of probable contact,
As economy is insisted on, diagonal
corners are shown. but the general ap-
pearance of the tank will be improved
by rounded corners, at an increased
labor cost for making the forms. If
the horse stalls have drainage for
urine, this can proftably be conducted
to a small concrete cistern built just
inside the wall of tank, entirely below
grade, and covered with slotted plank,
so as to also drain from manure The
contents can then be pumped over the
manure, should 1t appear to be heat
ing unduly. With this We should ad-
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
USEFUL IN THE CORN FIELD
BY Aid Of Horse Shown in Illustration
One May Make Shocks That VIII
Stand Till Husked.

BY the aid of the corn horse Illus
trated herewith you can make trim
looking corn shocks that will stand
up until husked. says a writer in the
Farm and Home. The small pole
marked b can be pulled in and out
through hole. C, in pole. a.
The horse is set In position and
tho cornstalks stacked against the
place where poles a and b meet until
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27

Que OF the worst leaks on many
farms comes direct from the manure
heap. by leaving il piled up uear the
barn. exposed to storms, so that the
better part teaches out and goes 10
waste The first principles of agrieul-
ture demand constant and liberal fer
tihzation of the SOIL and rs the aver
age farm il never oFes-supplied. no
man should neglect Go apply the man
uro as fast as made 20 those soils
whore IL win do the most good
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27

a shock of the size desired is reached,
then it is tied near the top and the
snort pole is pulled out. The horse
Is then pulled straight ahead to
where the next shock Is desired. NO
saddles are made when this corn
horse is used and at husking time
the stack can be pulled over without
having to cut the saddle stalks.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
ONLY Penpermint Raiser.

The only successful peppermint
raiser In the United States is said to
be Miss Mary Clark of Berrien. Mich.
She has twenty-eight acres of the herb
and runs her own distillery. which
produces from three to four hundred
pounds of oil every year.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27

hillside. site can be secured for the
storage pit or tank. gravity sys-
TEN of loading may be put in by scrap
ing out a road on the lower side. that
will allow the top Of the bed of the
spreader to be little below the level
of the bottom of tank.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
oid-Tlrne Gravity Method May Be
Used to Advantage With Seeds Of
Egg Plant, Tomatoes, Etc.
EGG Plant Fruit.

bottles shown here. the one on the
left contains pure water. upon which
many seeds are shown as floating and
a larger number at the bottom. In
the bottle on the right 1t is 20 per
cent solution of common salt in which
egg plant seeds that sank in pure
water were placed. with the result
that many remained at the top,
All seeds that swim in water should
be rejected. and further separation
can be made as shown In the illustra
tion by placing the seeds that sink in
water In weak solution OF sugar or
salt
The percentage of seeds. large or
small may be determined by the dens-
Ply OF the solution employed,
Those that float may be removed.
This gravity method IS simply the
pld-time practice of "briniug" wheat.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
Care OF Onions.

I Onions should remain in the sun
until thoroughly cured and the tops
so dry that they will not add moisture
To the mass when they are put under
cover
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
Produce Fine Meat.

With alfalfa pasture. corn is the
only thing needed to produce the
finest OF beef and pork.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27

barley. oats. etc. but can be applied
with advantage to seeds of much
smaller size.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-27
A Psalm Of
Deliverance
Sunday School Lesson for Oct. 20, 1911
Specially Arranged for This Paper
LESSON TEXT-Psalm IS.

LESSON TEXT-Psalm IS.
MEMORY yERSES-10-11.
GOLDEN TExT-'"The Lord hath don.
great things for US: whereof we are glad :"
--Psa. 1858.
PLACE IN HISTORY-Just when tbi.
Psalm was written is unknown, but In its
spirit 1t belongs to the return from tha
exile. the times OF our last two lessons
Paalms 121, 122. 12s, 100 are among the
Pilgrim Psalms.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-09-07

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