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The Delta independent., 1911-08-04
\ Natural Inference.

The teacher had been telling the
children of the North American In
dian, and during the course OF her
remarks stated that an Indians wife
is called "squaw."
Now. children she continued,
IF an Indian mamma is called n
'squaw" what do you think they
call the little Indian babies?
A sober youth in the rear OF
the room replied:
IF the mammas are called
squaws, 1 guess they call the babies
sGuaw kers."
The Delta independent., 1911-08-04
Draining Out the Alkali.
C. F. Brown.

The secret of protection against
alkali is to be able to tell just when
and where to drain the land. II
the ground water does not rise to
within four or five feet of the
surface, and irrigation and cultiva-
ton are being carried on the lands
are generally safe. With no irriga-
ton to carry salts down and no
cultivation of the surface, constant
heavy evaporation will go on, even
with the soil water to this and
greater depths. One alkalied farm
and another free from its effects,
with just road or fence between
them as so often seen here in the
West, may thus be accounted for.
AS rule, lands subirrigated should
be drained at once, especially IL
there is any alkali in the country.
An unusual rank, luxuriant growth
of vegetation nearly always pre-
ceeds a failure from alkali.
In no case should drainage be
undertaken without thoroughly pros
pecting the soil and subsoil forma-
ton. AS a general principle, seepaGs
water should be intercepted at a
depth sufficient to prevent injury
from four to six feet. Drainage is
just a chance game if undertaken
without knowing how the seepage
gets into the soil. Soil augers and
probing rods from five to ten feet
long will often locate the source OF
the water. Upon the findings de-
ponds the general plan OF drainage.
inc hnripU and nrnhln q
show an underlying stratum of
gravel carrying water under pres
sure and forcing it up through the
soil at almost every point, evident
ly the thing to do is to dig down TO
IL If it is within reach.
The drain should also. in this
instance, be cut in the low place. II
the gravel lies at uniform depth
and follows the fluctuations of the
surface and the drain be put upon
the upper side or upon the higher
ground, the lower part may still be
sufficiently under pressure to force
the water well up into the soil. If
| the gravel or sand carrying the
water is out of reach of drain,
lit should be put four to six feet
ueep and well curb openings should
/ connect the drain with the porous
stratum. 1t is evident that such a
drain would be far-reaching in its
effect and need considerable capac-
ity.
This is case in which water is
| brought into the soil in much the
same way as artesian water is
brought to the surface by internal
pressure and requires particular
treatment There are such places as
this on the river bottom soils of
the Western Slope. If water comes
from a higher source, as seepage
from canals. etc. ii must be inter
| oepted at the point where it comes
into the land-that is, where il
| shows. 1t may also be necessar,
fere to dig cuts or wells into tn,
| porous stratum. The water ma!
he lateral seepage of ground waite
and cross-cut bitches open or tileC
would intercept it. In some part
CT the San Luis valley there is s,
much subbing of seepage waite
that it is picked up in trenches
and used for irrigation after havin,
once served the purpose under
ground.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27
A Governors Private Secretary.

The announcement that Gov Osborn,
of Michigan, is to appoint woman for
his private secretary is another rec
ognition of the capacity of women to
occupy positions supposed to be solely
within the jurisdiction of the masculine
sex Not long ago a woman was ap-
pointed to a most responsible place in
the Treasury Department, and it is
well known that a woman is the eff
cient clerk of the Senate Committee on
Appropriations. Hundreds of other in
stances might be cited where women
have not only been appointed TO i'm
portant positions, but have acceptably
performed their responsible duties
The development of the business
sense in women is one OF the milestones
which mark the progress of civiliza-
ton. In the schools which fit pupils
for a commercial or financial career the
same curriculum is applied to young
women as to young men. The woman
who earns her livelihood does not as
in the olden days, lose caste thereby
On the contrary, experience has shown
that she is efficient. painstaking, and
industrious, acquiring also a spirit of
independence which develops the best
traits in her character.
it so happens that in Washington
there is very large proportion of fem
inine employees. In the government de-
partments they are an important and
stable factor. while in business. thanks
to the excellent training of the high
schools. they are equally valuable AS
the years progress it will be found that
women, whether they vote or not. will
be accorded the recognition which their
talents and industry deserve. 1t seems
as if in the near future no position will
be beyond their reach.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27
Home Economics.

The coming OF the American Home
Economics Association to Washington
for its fourth annual meeting is an
event OF large public interest. The con-
vention brings to the Capital many dis
tinguished men and women who have
made the subject one Of study and who
are striving to systematic and Tighten
the labors OF the housekeeper.
Many Of these advocates of better
knowledge of home economies have
sought earnestly to make this science
one Of the regular subjects for instruc-
ton in schools, and in a measure they
have succeeded, for schools, especially
in the big cities, are now giving more
attention to it.
Discussions before the association will
take a wide range. including such mat
ters as the purchase and preparation of
foods, the comparative nutrient value of
various kinds of foods. care of the
house, furniture and many other topics
which have confronted housewives from
time immcmorial The speakers will
utter much OF interest. and the WASH
ingtonians who may be fortunate
enough to attend the meetings will gain
! instruction.
Changed conditions Of living have oc-
casioned household problems which
were unknown a generation ago. 1t
has been found that the average man
and woman know little concerning the
true principles of economy in building
their homes or keeping them afterward.
1t is the province of this newer branch
of economies to make available and
practical the best knowledge and cx-
pcrience of mankind regarding home
comforts and the care and conduct of
the family abiding place
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27
Science Week at the Capital.

The annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement
OF Science in Washington this week is
an event of great importance to the
city. Many of the foremost scholars OF
the world will be in attendance, ad-
dresses OF absorbing interest will be
delivered. and some announcements
will probably be made of discoveries in
science or Investigations completed
which will have an important bearing
upon the learning Of the future.
The American Association for the
Advancement OF Science was formed
in Philadelphia in I84o and at first was
confined largely 10 the field of so-called
natural sciences. Since then the scope
of the society has broadcned. until it
now includes all the field of knowledge
and investigation indicated by the word
science. Many years ago the scope OF
the society became 50 large that It dI-
vided into sections, and while the large
NCllll dl ODuN >tl!I assemblies, IIC l4llIC OL
the convention IS largely taken up with
The consideration OF matters affecting
departments OF science in the affiliated
bodies For example enc section Of the
association IS made up OF a group OF
scholars who dcNo;c their time to an
thropology and kindred departments,
another takes up astronomy and as
trophysicaI research. while another is
concerned with economies; and so on
10 the end Of the great subdivisions of
science In al these subsidiary asso-
ciati2n> Of the main body the latest
word in tho Investigations of scholars
j. set FORTH 50 that these annual meet
ing~ become in effect a gathering in of
the facts "f knowledge for the year
since the last meeting.
Washington extends TO the visiting
scIcutis,, cordial welcome, with the
knowledge that in no city in the coun-
Try would their deliberations command
a more apprcciatJvc or more intelligent
audience
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27

the title and the third to meet a violent
death. His great-grandfather was killed
while hunting, and his father, after be-
ing crippled in a hunting accident, shot
himself at Curraghmore in 1895. The late
marquis was born in 1915, and two years
after the death of his father married
Lady Beatrice Frances Fitzmaurice.
daughter of Lord Lansdowne. He leaves
three sons and three daughters. the heir
to the title being John Charles de Ia Poer
Beresford. who was born in 1901 Lord
Waterford was a noted sportsman and
had travelled extensively in search Of big
game. On one occasion he narrowly es-
capped being mauled by a lion while trek
ing with Lady Waterford in South Africa.
The animal dashed out OF a thicket,
knocking down the marquis and badly
wounding two natives who went to his
assistance. Lord Waterford served in the
South African war as captain OF the
ThIrty-seventh Battalion, Imperial Yeo-
manry. FLANEUR
Copyright 1911, hr Court Gossip syndicateJ
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27
The Surrender of Reeves.

Ending in utter collapse. the rcvOlu-
ton in McAico promulgated by Gen
Bernardo Reyes gives significant proof
that the people OF the republic arc work
ing for peace under the sway OF NIadero
Gen. Reyes was, during great part OF
the Diaz regime. MeNicos most con-
spicuou> military leader About him
Clung the attributes of a hero, and his
popularity was almost as great as that
of President Diaz
In the declining days OF his former
masters rule Gen. Reyes came from,
his retirement in Europe to his native
land in order to advance his own. for
tunes upon the runs of the old regime
Reyes was reactionary, and in power
would probably be a military ruler with
an iron hand With these weIl-knowr
traits. the Mexicans appear to have giver
him small sympathy. and his army OF
invasion proved to be only tattered
mob that ran before the bullets of the
hrSt attack.
Reyes failure to gather about himself
y following that could make an i'm
preston upon the power of Maderc
promises, well for the tranquility ot
Mexico during the trying days of es-
tablishing a new order of things. Rev.
olution will not now be popular in
Mexico. The example of Reyes, who
has not only wasted his own fortune
but has seriously involved number oi
his friends, in the hopeless undertaking
of marshaling the forces of reaction
will have its deterrent effect.
Mexico, a land of great resources and
unrivaled possibility of development
needs peace and a stable, progressive
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27
THE HARTMAN FUND.
Politicians Want to Know why
Subject Was Revived.

Politicians Want to Know why
Subject Was Revived.
From the New York Herald.
Statements of discussions which have
grown out of the publication OF the let
ters written by Theodore Roosevelt and
George r. Sheldon concerning the Harri-
man campaign fund of 1904 appear &c
have started a controversy in political
circles regarding the reasons for reviving
the old question at this time.
Instead Of discussing the fund itself
and the question as to who asked Mr..
Hartman to act and how the money was
spent. the politicians who gathered in
large numbers yesterday in all their
clubhouses spent much time in trying
to puzzle out the probable results of the
controversy and what part It may
play in the developments of the near fu-
ture.
Two views were expressed. Friends of
Mr.. Roosevelt declared that the apparent
attempts made to discredit the sincerity
of giving out the letters at this time
might have the effect Of forcing Mr..
Roosevelt to re-enter the political arena
even against his wishes in self-defense.
And those opposed to Mr.. Roosevelt pro-
fessed to see behind the letters a plain
declaration that Mr.. Roosevelt is a candi-
date for another nomination. Instead OF
ending the old controversy. the politicians
say, the recent letters and statements
have only served to lend additional COM
pl!CatiOns and to stir up bitter feelings
1t was stated yesterday that in addi-
tiOn to Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr.. Sheldon and
William l.. Ward. there are at least two
other men who knew all about the fund.
There is no doubt as to the identity Of
the two and the part they played in
raising and distributing the money.
Judge Alton B. Parker, who was the
Democratic nominee and who made the
charge in the last days of the campaign,
has declined to make any statement. but
II is believed he may have something to
say in the near future. There was a
report yesterday that additional facts re-
gardtng the sum and its distribution may
come to light at any time.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27
STATESMEN, REAL AND NEAR.
By FRED C. KELLY.

standing on the floor Of the House most
Of the time and trying to make things
unpleasant for Speaker Champ Clark.
When Asher ceased to be the Speakers
parliamentary clerk and took his seat IN
the House, he felt as care free as a
haberdasher's apprentice from Kokomo
on a two weeks outing at Atlantic
City. He was so sick and tired think
wanted to forget there was such
thing. Since then when any OF his Re
publican colleagues have tried to egg
him on to bedeviling Speaker Clark.
Asher has firmly but politely lodged.
and the Republicans have had to figure
out parliamentary law. for them
selves. Asher Kinds has been working
away diligently enough, but so far as
public utterances from the floor are
concerned. he has conscientiously made
himself as inconspicuous as book
keeper.
Masanao Hanihara, first secretary Of
the Japanese Embassy. was asked re-
Gently If he had read one OF the new
American novels.
No: 1 have not read an American
novel for a long time. I like them very
much.' replied Hanihara, all in the same
breath
1t sounded like a paradoxical statement.
and the inquirer asked him to elucidate.
why. I don't dare read them ex-
planned Hanihara II like your American
novels SO much that If l started TO read
one I wouldn't get any work done. Nearly
all the men at the embassy have decided
to let them alone, for that very season.
Former Ambassador Choate. while IN
Washington recently, was recalling an
incident in connection with the celebra-
ton of his golden wedding.
Among the guests was a Frenchman
who was unfamiliar with the import Of
the celebration. He stood the curiosity
as long as he could, and then grabbed the
first opportunity to ask somebody about
II all.
Whats the idea?" he inquired. is 1t
that these people are just getting mar
ried, after living together happily for
fifty years.
Although Nevada is not a populous
State, Congressman E E. Roberts, Rep
resentative-at-large from there. has to
make more post-ofice appointments than
any other man in Congress The mining
business in Nevada causes post-ofices 70
grow where none grew before. Roberts
never feels certain when he goes to bed
at night that ere morning dawns another
post-office will have sprung up for him
to fill with a good, willing patriot. Take
a map Of Nevada and stick a pin in 1t
at random, and there would be fair
chance of impalng the location Of bud
ding post-oftice. Not long ago Carroll.
Nov could not show so much as
wagon rlt. a souvenir post card, or a
moving picture show. Now 1t is getting
nearly 100 letters a day.
Representative Roberts Is kept busy,
too. with appointments following resis-
nations. A post-office will spring up
then the mining boom there will hattCu
out and the postmaster who had hopes
of the office bIossoming into the 2oO
class will resign rather than bloom there
tCouyriEht, 1911 by Frpd C Kelly. All rights 70
seTTed)
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27
OFFERS TEN WISE
"DON'TS" FOR MEN
Masculine Decalogue by a
Massachusetts Minister.

Brockton, Mass. Dec. 26-Dr. Albert
Marion Hyde, whose ten "don'ts' for
women have been spread broadcast. has
formulated Ten Don'ts for Young Men,"
and here they are in all their pristine
glory:
Don't speak of the old gent and the
old woman Fathers and mothers are a
necessary evil in the present system of
things. They have spoken respectfully
Of you when outsiders could not see any
thing on which they could hang even a
small. compliment"
Don't give all your attention to the
education OF the brains on the outside
OF your head. Football hair and a let
ter on your jersey are not a sufficient
training for life. The young fellow who
is old-fashioned enough to go to school
for study still has place in the world"
Don't invest your nickel in a glass
Of beer, then afterward criticise the
other fellow who has invested his nickel
in a savings bank. Beer checks and saw
ings bank checks as investments are not
in the same class
Don't put the money OF your tailor
and your washwoman in S opera seats
and 81 theater tickets. They may prefer
to spend their earnings in some other
way
Don't measure Your job entirely by
the size OF the pay envelope and the
length of the vacation. Highway robbery
is an ideal vocation measured in these
way"
Don't try to get rich quick: smarter
men than you. who have come to town
without a cent, have tried it and lost
all they had"
Don't wrong a woman. Every woman
is some mothers daughter. The white
life you ask from your mothers daugh-
ter you have no right to take from the
daughter of another"
Don't defle your tongue with profane
and vulgar speech. revealing ignorance
and showing the coarseneSs of your soul. +"
Don't think you have sounded all the
ocean Of truth when you have let out all
your little line. The ocean on whose
shore Newton had gathered only a few
pebbles can never be all in your lineup"
Don't be a stranger to the church OF
your father. The old pew looks lone
some without you. Your father went to
his honor and his prosperity straight
from the church door. The path is still
there. You need the church and the
church needs you"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27

government. This has been promised by
the Maderists from the beginning. The
Reyes fiasco appears to indicate that the
people of Mexico are intent upon Civ
ing the new government a chance TO
prove its wisdom and capacity before
engaging in further attempts to plunge
the country into confusion and blood
shed In this purpose, it is needless to
say, Mexico will have the good opinion
and the sympathy of the outside world,
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27
THANKS DUE THE HERALD.
tor The WashInEton Herald,

Editor The Washington Herald,
At a regular meeting of Washington
Aerfe, FraternaI Order OF Eagles, held
Thursday evening. December Fl, a res
oIution was introduced and adopted
thanking The Warrington Herald for
its generosity and kindness in aiding
the widows of the two fremen killed at
the IRE of the Warrington Tobacco
Company'E building.
The two widows, Mrs. Brown and
Mrs. DOwnes, are deserving OF every
consideration by the citizens of Wash
inEtOn, as the sacrifice their husbands
made to save from destruction the
property Of our citizens left them with
out protectors, and the small sum they
are entitled to receive from the spen-
sion fund II not sunlcIent TO keep them
from want. J. ID. BRITT,
Secretary Warrington Aerie, No. I25,
Fraternal Order Of Eagles.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27
The Christmas Mail.

\ word OF commendation for Post
master Merritt and hi, force for the
thorough and efficient manner in which
the Christmas mail was handled
Through foresight which planned for
the holiday rush. and by laboring beyond
the ordinary hours of a days work
the great mass Of postal matter was
dispatched with admirable prompttudc
When an official does his work in,
tcllgcntIy and cxncdlrously he is en-
titled to the credit which is heartily
accorded i'll this case for task vel
performed
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27

Soon after he had been elected TO Con-
gress the first time, Oscar Underwood
now chairman of the House Ways and
Means Committee, made a trip back to
| the University OF Virginia, on a visit.
He had been receiving so many congrat-
ulations on the honor that had come to
him that he was anxious to hear what
his old preceptor, John B. Minor, dean
of the University Law School, would
have to say.
But the old law professor was strangely
silent on the subject Of Oscars rise to
fame. Oscar was deeply distressed. He
had supposed that everybody on this con-
tinent knew how signally he had been
honored. They talked about other pro-
fessors, old times, the Supreme Court.
agriculture. things they liked to eat.
evolution, the weather. and matrimony-
pretty much everything. in fact, except
Oscars election to Congress.
Oscar tried to switch the conversation
around to politics in a general way and
taper 1t down to a point where he could
consistently make casual reference to the
House of Congress. and maybe make
some excuse to name over certain new
members. But 1t wasn't any use.
At last Oscar gave up subterfuge and
said right out: We'll. since I saw you
last the people of my district have picked
me out to represent them in Congress"
so heard" was the professors quiet
response
Yes, I'm a real live Congressman, /"
ventured the crestfallen Oscar.
We'll. l had great hopes for you"
sighed the professor. II think you might
have made a good lawyer"
Without a moment of warning, Sena-
| tor Bob" Taylor, of Tennessee. sud-
denly began to talk eloquently about the
luxuries of our modern civilization.
He seemed so earnest and intense about
| it all that the group of friends he
was talking to ceased all frivolous con-
| versation and listened in respectful
silence.
You see people leaning back luxuri-
| ously in their automobiles, that cost
a small fortune" he said, speeding DER
the high priced asphalt paving on their
way TO dinners. where handsomely
gowned and bejeweled women mingle
with the youth and beauty OF the re-
public. They go home at night, have the
doors of their costly vehicles opened by
footmen in spotless livery, are ministered
TO by maid servants. and recline on
downy cOuches in bed-chambers that
rival in splendor that OF an Oriental
princess. But there is no luxury-not
even in these eXtravagant times, when
the things that once were luxuries have
become necessities
The Senator paused a moment to cut
of the corner Of a plug of tobacco, and
the group OF listeners waited soIemnly
to hear his tribute to the solar system,
health, clear conscience, or whatever
he was getting at.
There is no luxury, say" went on
Senator Bob that compares even in
mild degree, to that acme OF luxury
that would come II one might only live
in house with brass cuspidor in every
room"
Asher Kinds. the Maine Congressman,
who knows more about parliamentary
law than any other human on the con-
tfnent has surprised everybody nv not
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27
The South and Underwood.

From the St. Louis Republic.
One objection to the Presidential aspira-
tions of Oscar w. Underwood with which
we have no patience is that he is a
Southern man.
II the lives and money that were sac
rificed to preserve the Union were not all
wasted, 1t is high time to regard this
country as a nation Of equal rights and
equal opportunities.
We believe that the South itself has
been too ready to accept and act upon
the idea that Presidential candidates
must be taken exclusively from the
North. It cannot in self-respect maintain
this attitude much longer
The Washington herald., 1911-12-27
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

They wouldn't seem like holidays without
a bit OF snow;
They wouldn't seem like holidays without
some mistletoe.
They wouldn't seem like holidays without
a lot OF cake,
And fearful noise and broken toys and
endless stOmaChe.
They wouldn't seem like holidays without
some pumpkin pie:
They wouldn't seem like holidays without
the house awry.
They wouldn't seem like holidays without
a handsome tree
And lots of lights and childish fights. as
you will all agree.