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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-25
Let Us Laugh a Bit.

]. M. Callwell in odd Irish Life"
tells a story of a young peasant wo-
man, Sally Sweeny, who used to walk
into Galway twice a week to do shop
ping for her family when they lived
in the country.
She could neither read nor write,
yet she never made a mistake with
any of the messages that were in
trusted to her once, however, her
memory did fail her. One of the la
dies of the family had ordered her to
bring back a yard of some color of
satin, and the unaccustomed word
slipped out of Sally's recollection. But
she did not allow herself to be beaten
without an effort to recall the woros
so she went into the principal shop
in Galway still thinking hard.
What is't that We call the divii.
she asked, "whin it's not divil that ye
say to him? p
as it satan YOU would be mean
ing?. asked the astonished draper
THE very wan.'' said Sally delight
edly An yell give me yard
Detroit Free Press,
Some time ago a New York busl-
ness man, who is blessed with an ex-
tremely pretty daughter, took his fam
lily to England for an indefinite period,
during which he was to establish
British branches of his mercantile
enterprises in this country.
- The .charpas o. his N2Ap susssw 22n2aa
Wrought much havoc in the rank and
file Of the men who met her abroad.
She was sweet and gracious to all,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-25
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY

AUGUSTA LODGE, NO. 141, r. G. A.
NJ Special communication, Tuesday eve
ming Nov. % Work in NJ Nj. degree
Inspection. All sojourning companions
are cordially invited TO be present.
ALBERT f.. FOLSOM, w. NJ
w. A. JACKSON, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-25
ROSE oE SHARON CHAPTER. Ne

Is. o. f. S. Stated meetings the first
Wednesday evening of each month at
730 All members sojourning In the city
are invited to attend
ELIZABETH T. MERRILL. w. NJ.
ELIZABETH A. THOMPSON. Sec.
aug2S. M w Il Ii
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-25

HoHlton was surprised Wednesday
evening, Nov. -. to hear many queer
sounds. and the people on looking
around found they came from hun
areds of Wild geese who We're travelling
south. It is thought that the bright
ness of the electric lights of the vii
lage somewhat bewiIdered them.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS EXCEL
Great Egg Producers and The Feath-
ers Are First Class.

Although the Indian Runners are
sometimes called egg machines, we
find they are of additional value for
feathers. by picking them at moulting
time, thus saving the feathers; and
so preventing them from being scat
tered over their lots or run, says a
writer in an exchange.
While they are great foragers IN
search of food, they never fail to re-
turn home at night
Taking everything into considera-
ton, there certainly is no other fowl
that affords greater profit than the
Indian Runner duck; and they are
not alone an all-round practical fowl,
but ornamental as well. Their alert,
lively nature. their graceful form;
beautiful colors and interesting hab-
its appeal 10 the artistic sense of ev-
ery one.
The work alone in raising them is
very interesting, because it is easy.
clean and hor orable, and, above all,
there is big profit in it. which is the
greatest incentive to all business.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
Knocking the Cow.

If the following dispatch from the
great dairy section of Wisconsin is
true, the COW is apt to lose her inn
portance in domestic economy.
The Milwaukee Svnthesis Company
has been incorporated to place on the
market a new substitute for milk, to
be known as "synthis," which in brief
is to be milk prepared direct from hay
without the intervention of the COW.
The new company is to operate un-
der a chemical formula, which per
mits of the transmutation of good
timothy hay into ash and milk, with
out passing through the seven stom-
achs of the COW, and being converted
bv sundry processes into fluid for
drinking :,
The advantage of synthis, it is said
is not only in simplifying the produc-
ton of milk. from which it does not
differ in taste, but in the fact that the
manner of its production makes it al
WAYS sweet, as it is free from the
souring bacteria which have to be pas
teurized to preserve natures milk.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
PLAN FOR SAVING RAINFALL
Pillow the Field Just as Soon as the
Crop Has Been Harvested.

Moisture conservation is not a sure
cure for crop failure. Every farmer,
though, knows what three or four
inches of additional rain during dry
season will do. and when it is real
lied that it is possible and feasible
to conserve moisture to that extent it
begins to look as though the saving
OF moisture for one year to another
would help some in the case of short
rainfall.
Three or four inches of rainfall car
ried over from one season to the next
means three or four hundred tons of
water an acre in the subsoil-water
enough to carry growing crop
1t is possible to carry even more
than this from one year to another.
How can this rainfall be saved? Pillow
the field as soon as the crop has been
harvested. If il is spring or summer,
follow the pillow with a drag The
rains will soak into the soil instead
of running off the surface or evap
Grating.
Fall blowing should not be dragged,
as there is danger of the soil either
packing or becoming dry and blow
ing The extra expense of following
such plan ought not to cost more
than 81 per acre at most. Many places
it could be done at a much smaller
cost. 1t pays big interest on the in
vestment even at the higher figure
A. II. Leidhigh, Kansas Agricultural
College.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
MARKETING TURKEYS
Don't Feed for Is Hours Before Put
ting Birds to Death.

Before killing turkeys for the holi
dav market / keep them for eight
cen hours in clean, airy place with
out any food. They are allowed to
have water up to within eight hours OF
killing time.
When a bird is to be killed it should
be suspended head downward, with its
feet in a moose of strong cord, far
enough from the walls of the house
and other objects SO that it cannot in
lure its wings when it struggles After
stunning the bird by dealing a sharp
blow at the base of the skull with a
club, pass the left arm around the
body of the fowl under the wings and
hold the side of the breast toward
you. Grasp the head in the left
hand. opening the bill with the thumb
blade in through the mouth to the re-
gion just back of the brain and make
a sharp cut directly across the roof
Then hold the bird firmly with the
left arm and hand and begin at once
to remove the feathers with the right
hand, beginning at the juncture OF
head and neck and working up over
the breast and body. Give the bird a
turn that presents the back to the OPP
orator and begin at the neck or be
tween the wings and pluck toward the
tail The short feathers OF the wings,
TAIL shank and neck are removed next
As general rule the feathers of the
last Joint of each wing are left on, and
the long feathers of the tail are re-
moved or not. as the market requires
The thumb and forehnger do most of
the plucking by firmly grasping few
feathers and removing them by a
quick jerk, which begins upward to-
wards the tail and terminates outward
and is accomplished by quick twist
OF the wrist. This motion first loosens
the feathers in their sockets by start
mug them the way they grow and
then removes them at the angle least
liable to tear the skin Careful hand
ling after picking is very desirable,
for a bruise will cause discoloration.
which is detrimental TO appearance.
In my experience cooling is best ac-
complished by hanging the picked bird
in the open air out of the sun long
enough to allow the escape of all ami
NAL heat. but not long enough FOR
them to freeze or become stiff
Country Gentleman.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
SWEETEST OF ALL PLANTS
A South American Shrub Has Sugar
Laid Away in the Shade.

1t has been suggested that what
may turn out to be the great sugar
producing plant OF the future is a
dwarnsh shrub found in South Amer
lea. Its botanical name is Eupato-
rum rebandium, and it is said, the
results OF careful experiments indi
cate that 1t yields sugar from twenty
~ to thirty times as sweet as ordin-
airy cane or beet sugar One advan-
tage claimed for the sugar derived
from this plant is that it occupies, in
proportion to its sweetening powers,
less than twentieth of the bulk
OF ordinary cane sugar
The world uses today more than
twice the amount of sugar that it did
a quarter of century ago The peo-
pie of the United States consume a
great deal more sugar, in one form or
another. than those of any other ma
ton. 1t Is surprising to learn that in
Europe sugar was used at first only
at feasts and for medicinal purposes.
AT the close of the seventeenth cen
fury the sugar industry of France was
monopoly controlled by the apothe-
carries. Its introduction as an article
OF table use was vigorously opposed,
eminent authorities declaring it "a
poison" Boyle and other scientists
OF his day averred that sugar induced
congestion of the lungs, apoplexy, dis
eases of the stomach and even CON
sumption. By far the sweetest sub
stance known at this time is the coal
tar product called saccharine. 1t is
two hundred times the sweetness of
cane sugar.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
APPLICATION FOR PATENT
SERIAL NUMBER o743s
United States Land Office
Carson City, Nevada,


Notice is hereby given that F. ID. Woodruff
4 Salt Lake City, Utah, through his duly au
horned agent, p. b. Ellis, whose postoffice
address, is Carson City, County of Ormsby
tate of Nevada, has made application for
United States patent for the Grey Day lode
aiming claim, situated in the Mason Mining
district, County of Lyon, State of Nevada
leing Survey Number 40+8 and described in
With magnetic variation at seventeen degrees
nd thirty minutes east, as follows:
Commencing at corner No. l. whence sec
ion corner between sections and IL, I. Is n.
T. 20 f., NJ. ID. b. & NJ. bears n. 20 degrees
md 40 minutes w. 632S5 feet: thence S. 9
legrees and Is minutes F. 561.3 feet to cor
,er No,2; thence n. 81 degrees and SO min
ties +. 1900 feet to corner No 3; thence ~ 9
legrees and 10 minutes w. 561.3 feet to cor
ties w. 1900 feet to the place of beginning,
containing 1897 acres exclusive of conflict
With Survey Number 1880 Copper Ridge No.
J. 0.7l7 acres and Survey Number 1889 Copper
Ridge No. 4, 0l59 acres. Total acreage APP
lied for 1881 acres.
Total acreage applied for. 1881 acres
Adjoining claims as shown by plat and sur
yey are:
Survey Number 35l4-Grubstake.
Survey Number 39S9-Copper Ridge No. 3,
Survey Number 39S9-Copper Ridge No. a.
direct that this notice be published in the
Yerington Times, published at Yerington,
Lyon County. Nevada.
LOUIS J. COIN, Register.
Claimants Attorneys,
Dickson. Ellis. Ellis & Schuder. y
Date of first publication, Oct 20, 1912
Date of last publication. Dec 81, 1912
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
WAnTOITX JOnE

Beginning at Cor No. /. whence the NV
corner OF Sec. 7. r.. IS N. r. % F., NJ. d. B
x NJ. bears N. 34' 49, 80" +. l699.57 feet
So 0S' w. 59580 feet thence n go So L
1441 10 feet thence S. 51' 0S E. sos. 80 feett t.
corner No. /, the place of beginning.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS.
Growing Interest in Good Roads in
the Mississippi Valley.

Country wide interts in the i'm
provement and maintenance of public
highways is nowhere more pronoun-
ced than in the middle west There
are under consideration by legislative
bodies and motoring organizations III
the Mississippi Valley several projects
for the betterment OF road conditions.
One of the m ,st formidable of these
undertakings is that by which It Is
hoped to link Chicago and Milwaukee.
A gift of $1,000 toward 100000 fund
to be devoted to the building aHd
maintenance of roads in kenoshl
county, Wis, was the first step toward
this project. The gift was made by
Charles I. Jeffrey in behalf OF the
Thomas B. Jeffrey Company, OF which
he is president. With the completion
of the proposed Chicago Milwaukee
highway will be established the first
lew in route that will take the mo
florists from the hills and lakes OF WIS
consin over the prairies of Illinois to
the Mississippi river at St Louis.
THE gift was made by this com
pany," said Jeffrey, because we are
interested in the building of good
roads in Kenosha county and because
we appreciate the demand tor I'M
provement that is being made by
those who have occasion to use our
roads We are hopeful that the move
ment will be general one, Tor we
are in hearty sympathy with those
who advocate the cause of improved
highways"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
Notice Of
APPLICATION FOR PATENT
SERIAL NO. o7453.
United States Land Office,

United States Land Office
Carson City, Nevada,
November |. 1912.
Notice is hereby given that f. d. Wood
ruff, of Salt Lake City, Utah, through his duly
authorized agent. P. B. Ellis. whose postofiict
State of Nevada, has made application for
United States patent for the Coyote, Coyote
Number |, Coyote Number 2 Coyote Number
3, Coyote Number and Coyote Number
lode mining claim, consolidated. situated in the
Mason Mining District, County Of Lyon,
State of Nevada being Survey Number 1910,
and described in the field notes and plat on
IT, so east, as follows
Commencing at Cor: No ] of Coyote No
lode, Survey No 4046, from whence the NJ
a f. 42s2. g feet; thence N So IS E. 1900
feet to Cor. No. of Coyote No. 2 lode, which
is identical with Cor, No. of Coyote No, 3
No. of Coyote No. 3 lode, which is identical
With Cor. No. ! Of Coyote No. lode; thence
y. 79' 229' f. 500 feet to Cor. No, OF said
eel to Cor. No Of Coyote N. lode; thence
tie No. ) lode; thence S % 9 r: 1867 feet 70
% So w. e0y 1853 80 feet to cor So
2f Coyote No. lode, which is identical with
Cor No. of Coyote No lode; thence S. So
)5, w. l+48 feet to Cor. No. 4, Coyote No.
tie lode: thence S. So Is w. 1900 feet to Cor.
No of Coyote lode, from which Cor. No. 4
survey NO. 1914 Copper King lode bears >.
TO- 90 f. 5000 feet; thence n. 90 o. w. 5o8
Get to Cor. No / Coyote lode, which is iden-
ical with Cor. No. a of Coyote No. lode ;
hence n. 100 OF w. 1888 feet to Cor No. /
Coyote No. 2 lode, the place of beginning, and
located in the SWH of Sec. IL the NWA of
sec. TO- and in the unsubdvded portion of
(. 10 ~, r. 20 F.. NJ. d. B. & NJ, containing
IN area of 1890 acres. exclusive of the con-
lct of .005 with Survey No. 1914 Grub
take lode claim; and 7.190 acres in Section IL,
he same being the Homestead entry patented
Xavier ii. Martnent January 30th, 1885.
Adjoining claims as shown by plat of survey
ire Survey Number 35l4 Copper King lode ;
survey Number 35l4 Blue Jay lode; Survey
Number 1914 Grubstake lode.
f. ID. WOODRUFF,
By P. b. ELLIS, his Agent and
Attorney in Fact.
Claimant.
LOUIS J. COIN, Register.
1aimant's Attorneys,
Dickson. Ellis. Ellis & Schuder,
10000 Kearns Building.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Date of first publication, November 2, 1912.
)ate of last publication, December 20, 1912.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
Valuable Fertilizer.

The suds from the wash tub is
valuable fertilizer and no better use
can be made of them than to pour
around newly PLANTED trees or sprink-
led over the lawn or grass plots.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
KEEPS HENS AT WORK.
Simple Continuance Cures Them of
Desire TO Set

Owners of hens are frequently
greatly annoyed by the persistent de.
sire os their fowls to set in season and
out, on eggs, stones or other objects
at hand But a western man has evol-
we'd a plan to circumvent the hen in
this respect
The cure consists of cheap watch,
with a loud and clear tick. inclosed in
a case that is white and shaped like
an egg. When one OF the hens belong
ing to this westerner manifests de
sire to set out of season he gently
places the bogus egg under her shelf
cring breast The egg ticks cheer
fully away. and soon the hen begins to
eviuce signs of uueasiness and stirs
the noisy egg around with her bill,
thinking, no doubt, that II IS already
time for il to hatch. She becomes
more and more uneasy as the NOISE
continues. and soon jumps off the nest
and runs about awhile to cool off.
Soon. however. she returns to her self
imposed task Matters get worse and
worse; she wiggles about and cackles,
ruffles her feathers and generally
shows distress. Finally, with wild
squawk, she abandons the nest for
good and all, and the incubating fever
is broken completely.
The westerner has found use for
half dozen of these noisy eggs, and
he claims that they pay for themselves
again and again during the year by
holding the hens to their business OF
laying and preventing them from vast
ing the golden hours in useless incu-
batting.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
CALAVERITE LODE.

corner of Sec. 7, r. 10 N, r. 2S F., NJ. ID. b.
& NJ. bears n. 20 81 +. 1l7l.s5 feet thence
S. So - w. 653.sS feet: thence n. 81 0S'
feet thence s. $40 So +. 6S450 feet thence
S. AZ 81 +. 1880 feet to corner No. /. the
place of beginning.
Variation at all corners, lSo 80 +.
Containing a total of 37.775 acres.
The name of the adjoining claim as shown
by the plat of surveys is u. S Survey No. 1881,
Capatola Lode, on the southeast.
CALANERITE MINING COMPANY,
GEORGE w. WINCKFIELD,
Attorney in Fact.
LOUIS ]. COIN, Register.
Date of first publication, November 10, 1912.
Date of last publication, January IL, 1913
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
Notice of Application for
UNITED STATES PATENT
SERIAL NO. 074S2.
SURVEY NO. 4l07.
United States Land Office,
rarcof, Ct.u NayaJ =

United States Land Office,
Carson City, Nevada,
November 9, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance Of
the Act of Congress approved May 10, 1872
ITO promote the development of the mining
resources of the United States that the Caav,
critic Mining Company, Nevada corporation.
by q. w. Winckheld, its attorney in fact
whose postoffice address is Schurz Nevada
has made application for patent for l401 80
feet and l44l.l0 feet on each of the Calaveritt
and Nadloux lodes, respectively, bearing golG
800 feet on each side thereof and situated If
Mountain View Mining District. Mineral Coun
ty, Nevada, as more fully described by official
plat and field notes now on file in this Office as
foows
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-12-07
Grading Potatoes.

The grading of potatoes is quite as
;mportant as the grading of fruits
Large and small tubers should not
he mixed in the same barrel. The
pickers should be taught to gather
the large and merchantable tubers
in one basket and the small ones in
another, and these if placed upon the
market should go in separate recep-
taclcs and be clearly marked, so as
TO represent the grade.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-02-14

On Friday afternoon. beginning
ton contests will be held between
grades 3 to s inclusive. The con-
test covers every number COM
bination up to is and pupils who
can do .his work well should be
ready for most anything in the
line of addition.
The latest request for a night
school class is for class In
household chemistry. This would
be a fine course for people who
have cooking 30 Go. Ten enroll
ments will guarantee the organiza-
ton of the class.
The high school freshmen and
sophomore classes are working on
contest that is scheduled to oc-
cur on March / between the two
classes on forty knotty points in
Latin grammar. Each class claims
that 1t will be returned WINNER.
the freshmen being especially con-
fident that they will be in the
lead when the score is counted.
rhe winning class will receive free
admission to the Denver University
Glee Club concert on March 8.
Batavia. New York. has for years
followed unique plan of con
Quoting its schools. In addition to
the regular teacher OF each grade.
to give personal help to students
during the studying period. In
Lamar. this plan is being carried
out to a certain extent without ex-
pense to the district by permit
ting members of the high school
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-02-14

Head Consul /. l. Boak of Den
yer. Head Clerk c. v. Benson OF
Denver and Head Manager +. p.
Hawke of Pueblo were visiting Of
ficials in attendance. Uncle Billy
Hamilton of Denver was also pres
ent and proved continual source
of entertainment with his big fund
of amusing stories and incidents.
The new members were given
the full benefit of the best team
work in the initiation and all were
glad even to be victims of such
impressive ceremonies. There are
still a number of applicants to l.
taken in and the large addition
of new blood has infused new life
into the order here.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-02-14
Woodmcn Glass
Sixty-fivc New Members Taken In
ut Big Meeting

There was a big meeting of the
Lamar Camp w. o. w. tnoight at
the Temple in which the big class
of new members were initiated in
to the mysteries of the order. In
all sixty-five members were taken
in and the ceremonies lasted until
two O'Clock after which fine
banquet was served and 1t was most
daylight when the festivities were
brought to a close.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-02-14

psy ehology class to do certain
routine work under the direction
oil the grade teachers. This sets
the teacher free TO do personal
work with pupils. gives the prospee-
tive teachers practice. and oppor-
tunity to observe the school in
operation, is entirely without eA-
pense to the school district, and
aecompllshes very much the same
things that are accomplished at a
great expense BY the Batavia plan.
The Pioneer eighth grade start
ed the base ball season OF 1919
Oy defeating the Lincoln eighth
grade last Saturday BY a score OF
TO 4.
The Pioneer school Is quite proud
OF It's building song and poem. For
tnese it is indebteded TO AIR. w.
D. Fry for the song and to Profess
sor Jones Tor the poem.
The sixth grade. Pioneer. mas
received some very interesting let
ters from the mayors OF several
OF the large cities In the MISSISSIPPI
nj valley, ansW ering two questions,
Why has your city grown 10 be so
iarge!" and Where do you g
your water supply?'
The opera ''Pinafore" will DC
en Dy ABOUT seventy oil the Pho
boys and girls Tuesday. e
ing, February 20. at the high SCI q.
auditorium. Admission viii De 800
Tor reserved seats. zoe for seats
not reserved. Seats may be re-
.oryed at the Up-tO-Date. begin
ming Monday. February /. Watch
Tor the programs.
Miss Esther Bowen OF Bristol
enrolled in the high school CONNER
ciaI department last week. and
is studying typeW riting and book
keeping.
The Prowers County Teachers
Association will be held in La
mar Saturday, February "a. The
public is invited 10 attend the
sessions. No charge is made Tor
any session excepting the ban
quet Saturday night. Read the
programs as they appear in the
papers this week and set aside
a portion OF the time Saturday
for attendance at the sessions.
The school was grieyed wednes-
day morning to learn OF the be-
reayement that had befallen Mrs.
Otter in the death of her mother.
is extended to her and to the sor-
rowing ones in her home.