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Williams news., 1912-01-27
EDITOR JOHN DUNBAR, of the

EDITOR JOHN DUNBAR, of the Arizona Democrat, is claiming that Secretary of State George U. Young is trying to prolong the time for counting the votes so that he { (Young) will fall heir to neat little sum in the way of fees about the first of the month. We'll, what if he is. Does anyone in Arizona acquainted with lawn Dunbar think for a moment that he would hurry up any old count if thsere was any money to be made by stringing out the time?
Williams news., 1912-01-27
A Good Family Gone

w. J. Littrell and family, &C., companied by their married daugh-
 ter, Mrs. B. Paddock, left on No. 8 Thursday morning for Maxwell, N. M :, to make their permanent resi- dence. He has purchased ranch and cattle there. During their two and one halt years residence in Williams they have made many friends. MT. Littrell was in the employ of the Santa Fe. Mrs. Lit
 trell had charge of the Cummings rooming house. Their daughter, Alta, except when attending school, has been the obliging clerk at the Racket store. In the removal of the Littrell family we feel it loss to Williams welfare. and hope they may change their mind and soon again become residents here.
Williams news., 1912-01-27
I. o. o. F. Elect Officers

The following are the officers of I. o. o. F. Lodge No. Is for the coming year:
 Nels Holm, N. G.; Jas. Hughes. V. G.; G. N. Tucker, Treas; J. &. Campbell, Sec.
Williams news., 1912-01-27

IT cost Hoval A. Smith $236S. .32 and Ralph Cameron $170O to be defeated for the United States sen- ate in Arizona, according to their reports filed with the clerk of the senate.
Williams news., 1912-01-27

Ir is said Pop" Anson is trying to break into baseball this season. "Pop" is somewhat ancient, but he sure knows the game.
Williams news., 1912-01-27

THE friends of Senator Albert B. Cummings, of Iowa, have started a boom for his nomination for presi dent. The organization of gloom clubs are not prohibited by law.
Williams news., 1912-01-27

THE U. s. senate has passed a bill transferring to the new state of Arizons all furnishings in the capitol building at Phoenix.
Williams news., 1912-01-27

IT is said the official election re- turns will be on the way to Wash ington this evening, the count hay ing been completed
Williams news., 1912-01-27

Later reports from Flagstaff Wednesday night are .hat Sheriff Francis had succeeded in captur- ing John Smith, another of the prisoners that broke jail. Francis caught his man at Estancia, N. M., This makes three captured of the four men who escaped. The sheriff makes the statement that he knows where the fourth man is and it is only question of c few days when he will be behind the bars again.
Williams news., 1912-01-27
FIRST, of course, comes statehood. Then comes Williams countyhood.
WILLIAMS, Williams county. Ari- zona. How does that strike youf

SPRING will soon be here and the big building boom in Williams will be in full swing.
Williams news., 1912-01-27

Misses Ora Ritter, Rose Terry and Ellen Adelfson, who attended the masquerade dance at Winslow last Wednesday night, returned home Monday on No. 1. They speak very highly of the success of the dance.
Williams news., 1912-01-27

J. E. Jones, county superintend- ent of schools, spent Tuesday after noon'in town.
Williams news., 1912-01-27
Only Two Caught

The latest reports from Flagstaff report that two of the parties who broke jail there a short time ago have been captured and are now safely behind the bars.
 One man was a Mexican by the name of Morino and the other was John Sullivan, charged with bur glary of the Holmes Supply com pany, in Williams more than one month ago. Sullivan is believed by the officers to be the one who is responsible for the breaking. The officers are hot on the trail of the other fellows. but at last re- ports had made no capture.
 If prisoner is in jail charged with felony it is felony to es- cape, and if he be charged with a misdemeanor it is likewise misde- meanor to escape.
Williams news., 1912-01-27
ADMISSION Day February 12 is the latest.
Arizona,

WILLIAMS County. Arizona, sounds good. eh2
Williams news., 1912-01-27
SANTA FEE LIMITED
 GOES INTO DITCH

Gallup, N. M. Jan. 22.-The wreck of the Santa Fe limited near Manuelito Saturday night was not as serious as at first reported. The engine of the limited was ditched and the engine of the freight train rolled down an embankment. Both were damaged, but the repairs will not be as expensive as at first be- lieved. The crew on the limited engine escaped serious injury in miraculous manner. Engineer NcCr uley had both legs painfully crushed, but it is not believed he will lose them. He was sent to the hospital at Winslow His fire man, F. c. McMartin, had badly bruised knee and other minor bruises He was sent to the coast lines hospital : at Albuquerque. Luther M. Stone and Harry Latin rop, postal clerks, were cut and bruised from being tumbled about in the mail car. They also went to Albuquerque. Leo St. Amant, another mail clerk, was bruised but remained on duty until relieved at Ash Fork.
 A wrecking train was sent to the scene from here and traffic was delayed four hours. The damaged locomotives will be sent to the shops at Albuquerque for repairs.
Williams news., 1912-01-27

Traffic was delayed about ten or twelve hours by the accident. No. 8, which should have passed here at 10:20 p. m., did not get in until 8 p. m Sunday. Other overland
 trains followed shortly after No. 3.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17

important. the amount of grain is of
equal, if not greater, Importance in de-
termining the economy of grains. 1t
has been shown at different stations
that the best forage crops are little
more than a maintenance ration.
If gains are to be made, then, 1t is
necessary to feed some grain in addi-
ton to the forage. Experiments indi-
cate that the greatest economy OF
grain through the use of forage Is OBJ
tanned when one and one-half to two
pounds of grain are fed daily for each
100 pounds of live weight. The best
general rule is to feed enough grain
to cause the hogs to make a daily
grain of three-fourths of pound for
each 100 pounds of live weight.
Where alfalfa can be grown success
fully there is probably no crop that
will give better results for swine feed
ing. An acre of alfalfa will pasture,
during the grazing season, from ten
to twenty shoats. The important point
to be observed is not to pasture too
closely. Best results are obtained by
so pasturing that one or two cuttings
of hay may be taken of the field DUR
ing the season in addition to the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
EFFECT OF FLOWING
ON YIELD OF WHEAT
Results Given of Experiments a,
Oklahoma Experiment
Station

An experiment was conducted al
the Oklahoma station for the purpose
of determining the effect of early me
dunn and late blowing upon the yield
of wheat. AS an average for five sea
sons, July blowing gave return OF
27.1 bushels per acre; August blowing
yielded 24.2 bushels per acre; while
land which had turned about the mid
die of September brought only % bush.
els per acre as an average.
If the wheat fields are plowed in
July and are then worked down with
tillage implements SO that they do not
present rough, open surface, any
rain which may fall throughout the
simmer will be absorbed and subse.
quent culture will enable the grower
to save this supply for his crop. The
same plan can be followed in prepar-
ing fields for alfalfa seeding.
Where 1t Is intended to prepare the
soil early in September, officials of
the station recommend that special eff
fort should be made to pulverize the
seed bed thoroughly after blowing so
that in the event Of autumn rains be-
ing abundant, the crop will come
through in good condition.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
HOE is MOST HANDY
OF FARM Implement
Most Useful Tool in Equipment OF
Gardener or FaIner-Should
Be Kept Sharp.
,Rv r. @. wEATHERsTONE)

On MANY people have a horror CT
using a hoe. 1t is the most comfort
ohle implement to be found In the
equipment Of a gardener or farmer
and it is handy to use for so many
nurnoses that one cannot get along
without It,
probably one reason that people do
not like the hoe is that most hoes ex-
nlain at once how dull as a hoe
came into proverbial use.
A dull hoe is certainly not pleas
ant implement with which to work
The good gardener will keep his ia
vorite hoe filed to sharp edge all the
time. It is impossible to grind a hoe
on a erindstone because the bevel
must be on the upper side of the blade
when It is in use In order to make
the hoe "bite" into the soil.
File YOUR hoe, making the bevel
about twice as wide as the thickness
of the blade. Then keep it bright and
when Won go out after weeds the hoe
slips through the soil so easily that
hoeing is not much like hard work.
In hoeing long slow movement
should be made, If the soil is in good
condition. Simply "scuffling" half an
inch of the top soil is enough to Kill
weeds and one can go over lot OF
ground In one day If the hoe is sharp
and bright and the strokes long and
smooth.
With sharp hoe one can cut
thistles. dock, dandelions ano other
noxious weeds with quickness. dis
patch and ease. 1t is light to handle
easv tn use and more effective than
any other implement for many pur-
poses.
In choosing hoe select one the
blade of which lies not quite fiat on
the floor when you are standing erect
with the hoe handle extending from
your hand when in working position to
the floor. The heel Of the hoe should
not unite touch the floor from this
position.
Such a hoe will bite into the soil
easily. when it is bright and sharp
and will work smoothly and effectively
Sharpen the hoe as soon as it gets
noticeably dull This will be hard on
the hoe, but it saves muscle and hoes
are chean. Carry small fiat file in
your hin nocket and do not allow 9
nick to stay in the hoe a minute
after it is made.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
ONE LuNAfIc TO EVERY 2ee

The number of lunatices in England
and Wales on January last showed
an increase of 1854 over the total a
year before, according to recently Is
sued reports OF the commissioners In
lunaoy 6H. la
The total s1urfper o. certified s2sane
under care on January 1 was 1861.
The Increase of 1884 compares with
an increase of 1904 for 1910, with
1,766 for 1909 and with 2,7O3 for 1908.
Last January the insane were reck-
oned at one to every 269 of the pop
ulation; in 1902 the proportion was
one to 29S.
On the question of distribution the
report shows 46.5 per cent. of insane
are male and 53.5 per cent. females
In the population there are As males
to So females in every 100 persons.
In cases of hereditary insanity the
proportion of the females is SO per
cent, which bears out fact noted by
d.. Mott, of the London county asy-
Iums, that in the offspring of insane
parents daughters are much more nu-
merous than sons. In cases with a
family history of alcoholism the fe-
male proportion is So. Sudden mental
stress accounts for 65 female insane,
compared with 35 males; in pro-
Icnged stress women also FREEDOM
mate, but in alcoholic intemperance
the male cases are twice as numerous
MS the femafe-6S against 80.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17

let il reach height Of 10 to IL
inches before turning onto it.
The best results with annual forage
crops at this station have been OBJ
tanned with rape in which have been
sown few oats. The Dwarf Essex is
the variety of rape used. If 1t Is not
pastured too closely it will come up
again after the first growth, in favor
able seasons. The data in this series
of experiments with rape showed that
an acre of it is worth $2284 for pork
making. At the Wisconsin station
better results were obtained with It,,
surprising even the clover.
Bluegrass requires the feeding OF
more grain than do these other crops,
and it is only available in the early
summer and after the fall rains. In a
number of trials at the Missouri sta
ton the average return was found to
be S1518 per acre.
In general the mount of grain re-
CURED to make a pound of pork in
the dry lot was ell pounds, and the
amount required on forage was 3.49
pounds. Thus there was saving OF
about 80 per cent. of grain, which is
replaced by the cheaper forage.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
THOROUGHLY Urlta-pate.

"Halloa!" Jellison erred. as he en-
countered his acquaintance, Earwood,
In the street. Thought you were get
ting married today. Postponed?"
Altogether" said Barwood, firmly.
mot even engaged now, then?" pur-
sued Jellison.
mo. The lady I was to have mar
ried was too modern-too up-to-date
for me-"
"Up-to-date!" The excuse astonish-
ed Jellison. "How on earth"
Wrote her last Monday, saying
was coming to see her on Wednesday.
You see, although we'd been engaged
for some time, never formally pro-
posed, and she seemed to want 1t. SO
/ went on Wednesday-just to satisfy
her within, as I thought. Got there
and found she had sold the rights or
photographing me at the moment OF
proposing to a cinematograph com
pany.
"That settled it!"-Tit Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
WELL THAT is B0TTOMLESS

One of the most curious and most
interesting nataral wonders to be
found in Arizona is Montezuma well.
This strange lake is located about the
center of the state in somewhat
isolated community. All about it are
great quantities of malapai rocks, for
this is q most decidedly volcanic com
munty The we'll itself is some 200
yards across, and as far as it has ever
been possible to determine It is bot
tomless. The water in the we'll is abb
solutely clear and pure. 1t maintains
a certain level all the time, which is
unaffected by the dryness or wetness
of the season. The walls that rise
precipitously above these clear wa
tiers and reflect themselves in them
were at one time the homes of pop
ulous community. For this is the very
center of what was once the cliff
dwellers' stronghold in Arizona.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
PORK GROWN MOST CHEAPLY BY FEEDING
SOME GRAIN TOGETHER WITH FORAGE
1t Has Been Shown at Different Experiment Stations That the
Best Forage Crops Are Little More Than Maintenance Ra-
tion--Afafa EXCeIs.

Results of Investigations at the Mis-
souri, experiment station indicate
clearly that pork can be produced
most cheaply by feeding grain in COM
bination with forage.
The kind of grain depends, of course,
upon the forage crop. In the work
done at this station, in general, when
the forage was legume, such as al
:alfa, clover, cowpeas or soy beans,
straight corn was the grain fed. With
non-leguminous forages, such as blue
grass, rape and oats, sorghum or rye,
The cora was supplemented with lin
seed oil meal, the ration being made
up of six parts corn to one part of oil
neal.
While the kind of grain to feed is
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17

The turtle is one Of the slowest OF
creatures in it's movements and pos
sesses little brain. Yet a well-knowD
American naturalist has succeeded IN
training three of these creatures to
do a number of little tricks. He
places them, one above the other, on
spools, as depicted In the photograph
given above. II piece Of cabbage
or other green stuff is held out In
front Of them they will make com
plete circuit, ali moving in unison,
keeping their balance and not tum-
bling off. The bigger turtle will also
ring a bell. This 1t grasps in one
Of it's forefeet. jerks it off the ground,
and then gives it shake. 1t is quite
amusing to watch the slow, deliberate
manner in which this is done. The
turtles live in their owners house,
spending their time In the kitchen
hunting down the vermin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17

Thunderstorms never occur In the
Arctic regions. Nearer the equator
the more severe the electric manifes-
tations. In certain parts of Central
Africa the average run of thunder
storms is ESQ days year, yet there
are some very curious exceptions. In
Sumatra and Java, both very hot eli
mates, there are only so storms year
ly and in Borneo only about so. The
gold coast of Africa has only about
60 a year, which is less than occur
in Florida, though the latter country
is outside the tropics.
In Java there is thunderstorm ev-
cry day for five months. Perhaps the
most astonishing fact in regard to
thunderstorms is that the island of
Mauritius, which is only $50 miles
east of Madagascar, has on an aver
age only one thunderstorm in 80
years.
Yet in Madagascar the lightning Is
more destructive than anywhere else
in the world, the annual number OF
deaths being more than 800
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
FIRST PICTURE POST CARDS

In Nuremberg, Germany, they have
been making arrangements to cele-
brate the thirtieth anniversary of the
picture post card with a congress and
exposition. Unfortunately for their
plans, however. 1t has been discover
ed that the first picture post card was
not made in Germany or sent from
Nuremberg, nor was 1t born in 1882,
as they had supposed. The distinction
of making and mailing the first is now
claimed by Leon Besnardeau, book
seller of Sille-le-Guillaume, near Con-
lie, department of Sarthe, France. In
1870, during the war with Prussia, he
printed pictures on postal cards he
was sending to clients. M. Besnar-
deau is still alive, and there are many
of his old customers in France who
have the cards he posted them. The
Germans adopted the idea for the
Nuremberg exposition in 1882.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
HUMAN PUMP OF THE DESERT

& In the desert of Kalahari, in Africa,
is seen the human pump. Though
there is no water found on the surface
in this arid region, there are places
where veins are struck several feet
underground. A bamboo tube is run
down to the water supply and when
any enc comes for water the well ten
DER who - Usually a woman, puts her
mouth over the Da2sboo and by Wig
orous intake of breath sucks ~ q
quantity of water This she then dex-
trously squirts from her mouth into
the shell of an ostrich egg. These
Alells when furnished with corks Of
pith make very good water bottles and
they will stand considerable rough
handling.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17

amount foraged off by hogs. AT
this station, with half feed of grain,
alfalfa was found to carry twelve
head for 1853 days.
While it took five or six pounds or
grain to the pound of gain, in dry lot
feeding, only a trife over three
pounds was required when the hogs
ran on alfalfa
Red clover ranks next to alfalfa as
forage crop for swine. 1t will not
carry SO many head per acre, nor fnr'
nish pasture for SO long period as
will alfalfa. In two different trials
it was found that the value of an acre
of clover for hog feed is more than
$34. Care should be taken with clover
not to pasture it too closely, and to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
FLINT MlNERALlZED BODIES

No wonder of nature is more star
Ting than the fact that flint stone con-
sists of the mineralized bodies of ami
mails, just as coal consists of miner
allied vegetable matter. The ami.
mails are believed to have been in
fusorial animalculae. coated with 81
locus shells. as the whe~' straw of to-
day is coated with glasSae covering
of silica.
Biologists are not agree. as to
whether the flint is formed by dense
masses of the minute animals or
whether the flint forms a sepulcher
Tor the countless millions of tiny
creatures. @ lr
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
CAT AND TURTLE ARE CHUMS

Turtle Dove is the name of the fam
lily pet in the homo of Mrs Catherine
Dillon, 13 Blocker street, New York
city. 1t is a mud turtle, which has
been in the family Go years, and Is
said to be $50 years old. Wrinkled
skin, broken shell and twisted claws
are the indications of old age with
Turtle Dove. The turtle and the Dill
Ions cats are bosom friends. and night
finds them under the stove, with the
turtles head on the cats paws, and
thus they peacefully sleep.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
ROSE GROWS in A CHICKEN

An almost fully blown small Mar
tina Washington rose was discovered
encased in double sac of protective
tissue in a Plymouth rock hen killed
by Mrs. Florence Matthes of Cinema
wa, Ore Despite that several weeks
must have elapsed since the swallow
ing of the bud to enable it to have
become coated, the flower had ncs un-
dergone decay. lt
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
Heaters for Orchard.

Last year j. J. Hazelton, large or
chard owner near Springfield, Mo-.
placed 10000 crude oil burners in his
apple orchard and as a result sold
over 200 barrels of apples, while 9th
er orchards in his immediate vicinity
yielded nothing. Early this spring he
installed 10000 additional heaters and
again saved his apple crop.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
GIANTS SNEEzE BREAKS RIB

Joseph E. Flynn, assistant master
at the Union railroad station in Wash
ington, who stands 6 feet 2 inches in
his stocking feet, weighs more than
200, and was formerly football play
er, sneezed the other day with all the
force that a man of his size and vigor
usually puts into such a performance
and broke one of his ribs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
HOLDS PLANE STILL In AIR

The Tagliche Rundschau of Berlin
says it learns that German engineer
has made a remarkable invention, per-
hitting an aeroplane to remain sta
tionary in the air at given point for
an indefinite period. The form Of
aeroplane for which this amazing ac-.
complishment is claimed is said to
differ radically from any heavier than
air machine hitherto constructed
The military authorities are said to
be enthusiastic ever the new inven-
ton, as It opens up incalculable pos
gfbilities in observation and the
dropping Of explosives.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
Cause of Spoiled Eous.

A. B. Lee, a special agent of the
government, is going to establish an
egg experiment station at Frankfort,
to see why eggs spoil so quickly. and
to work out plans whereby eggs may
be kept in better condition on the
farms than at present. 1t is estimated
that about 10 per cent. of all the eggs
received by the egg dealers are bad,
and the government is doing all pos
sible to find the cause.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
cAnseruinn the Shows.

To conserve the SHOWS of the Blue
Mountains, in the Wenaha Forest Re-
serve, the government forestry bureau
is planning to treat thousands of
acres with shrubbery and develop dor
mant springs. There will be double
the water supply in the summer, it is
believed, when the treatment OF the
mountain forests is completed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
Whx He Sorrowed,

"And then Nero had Rome set atire
In every quarter"
"Alas, how terrible!" murmured III
tie Moritz, with an expression of SUCH
deep anguish that his teacher asKeo
why it affected him 80 much.
why" said Moritz, "just think OIL
the poor insurance companies!
Fliegende Blaetter
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
Lie Mushrooms.

AS they emerged from the subway
station they were confronted by a
giant skyscraper rising into the blue.
"What building is that?" she asked
not being an habitue of the downtown
district. 'T don't know" he replied.
She looked at him in surprise, this
quarter of New York being his daily
locale. NO" he insisted YEARLY. Il
don't know 1t wasn't there yester-
day."-New York Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
A Valuable Cow.

A Holstein COW, years old, owned
by E. Lamunion of Salville,'N. Y, is
reported to have averaged over sc
pounds of milk per day, from which
was made 20 pounds of butter for
seven days.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
Profit in Geese.

Geese are profitble to raise where
one has pasture to turn them out on.
They will require almost no grair
food and are nearly clear profit whep
marketed at Thanksgiving or Christ
mas times.