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Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30

Fl. H. Longenbaugh and C. D. Guils-
ford returned from Nebraska last
night where they went two weeks ago
with the remains of their wife and
daughter who died very suddenly near
Lebanon on Sept. 12. This morning
they continued their journey home.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30

A. w. Dillon, the very courteous
gentleman who had charge of Monte
yuma county's exhibits, left for home
this morning. The cordial invitation
he extended to all La Plata people to
attend the Montezuma county cele-
bration was given with such warmth
of good fellowship that we would all
like to accept it.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30
PURELY PERSONAL.

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Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30

Mrs. Evelyn Goldworthy went ont
to Lebanon this morning to spend
soGe time with her mother. Mrs.
Hechtman.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30

Mrs. Richard Robbins, who in COM
pany with her husband, has spent the
summer in the section visiting the ma
icr portion of the time with Mr.. Rob
bins brother, DR.. A. W. Robbins, de-
parted this morning for her home in
Connecticut. Miss Anne Robbins at
companied her as far as Denver where
she Will visit with friends for {; eou-
pie OF months.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Wash Patrick arrived
from Denver Thursday night just in
time for the pioneers banquet and
dance. Business of Importance ne
cessitated Mr.. Patrick's presence in
Denver and he had to hasten home
ward this morning. Mrs. Patrick will
remain in the city for visit with
relatives and friends.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30

mrs. o. S. Galbreath is dispcsinp
Of nor household goods, pr.p,. ,ors
t' moving to Tacoma, Wash, whe' {
The family expect to l1ccre pcrma-
rcntly Her husband pr.scded ne,
several weeks ago.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30

Mrs. J. NJ. Fielding was return
ing passenger to Mancos this morn
ing after participating in the cele-
bration this week.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30

Nr. and Mrs. Charles Alien AID
cnnorcn were bound for onoir For,
ow,s mesa ranch this m,r ,ing, af'o,
cclet rating with the celeo- rcrs this
week.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30

Miss Charlotte Duncan was a re-
turning passenger to Cortez this
morning after enjoying the fair and
visiting her sister, Miss Edna Dun
can, who has charge of the Griffith
school.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. C. Fitzer and chill
dren, who have been making the Pal
ace their headquarters during the fair,
departed this morning for their home
in Chama.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30

Miss Marie Kolz, who is to teach a
Kline this year, left this morning
for that point where she will entel
upon her duties Monday. Miss k.l;
was a student at the ua.e teache, S
college last year.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-30

Miss Lucy Landweir departed for
her home in Taft, Cal, this morning
after brief visit with local friends.
The Landweir family have been on an
extended "trip to eastern cities. Mr..
and Mrs. Landweir are in the city and
will remain for some time longer re-
newing old acquaintances.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

To rid the poultry of lice tale
: Il pounds Of plaster Of par:s
and put in pan. Then mix to-
gether 5-4 pint gasoline and
pint oresol. Stir the plaster Il
Paris while adding the liquid.
When thoroughly mixed the mix-
ture should be rather crunb'v.
Then it should be dried and >itteI
then it is ready for use.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

If the farmer would cultivate
the garden better, and thus save
some of the many dollars he spends
for provisions at the store articles
he could easily grow-his field
products would come nearer being
clear profits than under the present
system.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

Kansas reports 5000 dairy COWS,
but experts report that their pro
duct is scarcely worth their feed.
One Of the causes for this discrep-
ancy is that too many beef cattle
are being MIXED and farmers are
urged to use the dairy breeds.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

What kind Of milk. as to purity,
cleanliness and sanitation, are vou
expecting from those COWS that eip
their water supply from stagnant
puddles, COW tracks. or some old,
hot, sloppy water tank Never
thought Of that Better think Il
little.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

ing on the nitrogen in the soil. 1t
would have been interesting had
some Of the beans been inoculated
as test but as | was not here
when they were soWn | had no
chance to suggest 1t. There are
two tenants on the place. One OF
them has soWn the mixture and
the other sowed soys and eowpeas
in separate plots. His peas look
thriving. but his soyS are very pale
and poor 1t seems evident that
the peas do help the crop associated
with them.
Readers ask about planting
onion sets. 1t has only been a few
weeks since | had over a column
in The Progressive Farmer about
onion growing. Look this up In
fact, read the paper and you will
be saved the trouble Of asking
many questions and me the labor
Of replying. | plant this month
sets Of the Norfolk Queen onion
for green onions in February and
March, Sets Of the yellow Potato
onion can also be planted and the
young offsets used as green onions
and the main bulbs left to ripen.
In the far South SOW seed this
month Of the Prizetaker onion and
transplant the young plants when
the size Of goose quill to we'll
manured rows fifteen inches apart
and three inches in the rows and
these will make the big yellow
globe onions often imported in
crates under the name of Denia
onion from Spain
Il was in Texas lately and no
ticed that they planted corn about
three by FIVE feet apart and said
that it was necessary to do SO to
give it air. IS this correct" Il
was formerly the notion all over
the South that corn needs wide
planting, and probably in land toe
poor to grow corn on at all these
are about all the stalks it Will carry
But get the land into high con
ditlon and YOU can plant corn q
great deal thicker and get stalks
enough on the land to carry 3
profitable crop. It is simply mat
ter of rich land and poor. | saw
; this week in Mecklenburg county
North Carolina, field Of corr
standing in rows not over four fee
apart and less than ten inches il
the row, and the growth on tha
, field promised a crop Of 65 to x
: bushels an acre. With stalks stand
ing sx5 feet you cannot get !;
profitable crop if every stalk Dor,
a good ear, and so far as I hav,
observed the average corn field IL
:, the South will. owing to bad see>
selection, have 10 per cent or NOR
stalks with no ear on them, ever
on good land
{
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

An Ohio genius has invented a
new plow that will stir the soil to a
depth Of u or even I6 inches. with
out requiring any more power than
is necessary to run an ordinary
plow 7 inches deep.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24
WHAT WAS THE TEXTo

i select my text. began the young
layman, from the Book Of Nature.
IT is inscribed on every leaf. whichI
clings to every tree. in the library OF
the forest-the latter clause Of tho
fourth branch, and the third wig -
Judges Library.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

Don't make fun Of the man who
has some new way Of doing things.
The automobile is quite an i'm
provement over the ox-cart
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

4 small flock Of healthy heu~,
given the best care and attention.
will give a yearly profit Of 81 per
hen, after paying for the food con
Sumed.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

For the sake of wealth and
health. for the accommodates Of
the overflow of people. the reclama-
ton Of desert lands is a topic Of the
day.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24
Prof. Massey's Views
.FRoM THE PROGRESSIVE

favorable and there was no rot.
But it will not do to depend on
this every year and the Bordeaux
mixture will be used again next
season. Generally the rose bugs
come here IN sWarms and destroy
the grapes if not sprayed off. This
summer they failed to appear, and
perhaps the hard winter had some
thing to do with their absence.
I am at home again and find the
garden suffering from the pro-
tracted drouth. In fact, it IS hard
to see how things survive and grow
in so dry soil. | have had les
son with egg plants this season,
For two years did not try to raise
the plants, but bought potted plants
from scotsman and each year
thev were diseased and dwindled
with only one or two really healthy
plants. But last summer | found
neighbor was growing remark
ably fine egg plants and last spring
| got seed saved from his best
fruits, and the result has been that
my egg plants have grown like the
green bay tree, and are SO loaded
with fruit that my wife has been
selling them, as there are far more
than we can possibly use. So much
for getting seed from a healthy
stock. Then, too, | had been stuff
fng them with stable manure, and
that perhaps favored the fungus
growth This season I used high
grade fertilizer only. This is all
right where one has his soil we'll
stocked with humus from previous
manurlng.
when is the best time to SOW
Johnson grass" This grass should
be sown in the spring. 1t is val
liable hay grass, but if it IS not al
ready common in Your neighbor-
hood, YOU should be rather cautiou:
about sowing it, for if you allow
it to seed, as it will inevitably, i
will soon be all over that section
and your neighbors may not wan
it. 1t IS rather a pity that SO val
liable grass IS SO aggressive. bu
/, | would hesitate about sowing i
: Unless | was ready to give it m,
; whole farm ard tie Ieighbors di(
!, rot object.
5 There IS great deal Of com
t plant that the fall-planted cab
: bages are running to seed. Thi
t is caused BY too early sowing am
too large a growth in the fall. an,
also by the setting on the southsid
4 of the ridges where the plants ar
5 excited into growth in warm spell
1 and then checked. From southeas
: Virginia southwark, the plant
y should always be set on the mort
:. side Of ridges, and deep enough t
S cover the entire stem. They ar
d then kept dormant all winter.
e make several sowings of the see
e in the fall from middle Of Septen
n Der till early October, and tn
/ early-sown plants may get to
y large and are rejected, and only til
medium-sized plants set. | woul
set in the fall only the Wakefield
/ varieties. for any Of the hat-heade
e succession cabbages will be NOR
o apt to run to seed. These | so
l. in frames in late winter and set
o spring.
1t | was out on the farm | take q
< interest in few DAYS ago and
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

II there is anything known that
will start hens to layinglit is cooked
lean meat, chopped fine An ounce
daily to each hen is sufficient, with
half an ounce Of chopped, scalded
alfalfa and one ounce Of bran.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

The peanut IS coming to its own
as hog feed. It has been given
a good fair trial and 1t has stood
the test most satisfactorily.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

ltV IN the SOIL ana ilfnelnS VIII ud1Il-
age the crop. Never lime land for
strawberries.
The secretary Of agriculture
gives warning that the seed OF
hairy vetch are now very common
ly adulterated with spring vetch
and other sorts. and the seed IS
higher in price than ever. Better
SOW crimson clover and let vetch
alone till they send US good seed
at fair price.
use double glazed sashes, the
two layers of glass about 3-S Of an
inch apart. This dead air space
keeps out all frost and | grow let
tuce and radishes and beets in Win
ter. and flowers from the bulbs Of
Roman hyacinths and Paper White
narcissus and many other flowers.
How shall ! save cowpeas over
for seed t." Get some moth balls
at drug store and scatter them
through the sacks of peas and hang
them up. These will usually keep
out insects and this is what seeds
men use in keeping seed over sea-
SON II weevils get in then the
carbon bisulphide is the remedy as
we have told a dozen times or
more.
Several ask what they can sow
for the fall and winter garden.
Read my notes in the issue for Sep
tember 7. Now if you have a cold
frame and some sashes you can
SOW seed Of Big Boston lettuce and
later transplant them to the frame
eight inches apart and can have
good head lettuce in winter if YOU
attend to airing and watering the
frame.
DO YOU know of any method of
saving sweet potato vines over
winter for early planting?' No,
and if | did | can see no advantage
in doing it. for YOU can get plants
from bedded roots as early as they
can be set out. 1t would be per
fectly easy to carry over plants
from cuttings in greenhouse just
as other plants of the same fam
lily are carried over in pots but i
would not pay to do 50.
At the Farmers Convention il
Raleigh | stated that corn wa:
helped by peas sown among it, ane
that the Kansas station, the Cor
nell station and the New Jersey
station had found the same thing
DR.. Hopkins stated that in lllinoi
they found that the peas injured
the corn. 1t is evident that in tn
rich black prairie soil there tn
peas did not gather nitrogen from
the air. but simply used the abund
ance in the soil and hence drew
material from the corn
Il have been told that full
blooded Holstein COW will not Civ
milk fit to drink. As | am about t
buy a COW | would like your opir1
ion The Holsteins, as rule, d
not give milk as rich as Jerseys 0
Guernsevs, but to say it IS not f
to drink is a mistake. for it is eS
ccllent milk for drinking and II
ther better for children than tt
ovcr-rich milk Of the Jersey, an
YOU will get great deal more {
H. # YOU want butter mainly u
the Jersey or the Guernsey COWS.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

Why not try crop of peanuts
next season. Some Of your neigh
bors made good money last season
on the crop.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

1t doesn't cost any more to be
cleanly than otherwise. And
there's more profit and satisfaction
in it too.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24
AGE OF HORSES INDICATED
BY THE TEETH.
Continued from Page One.

the corner teeth become obliterated
at the age of from seven to eight
years; the same process takes place
in the fore teeth of the upper jaw
more slowly, and when these
changes have occurred in the up
per teeth the horse may be looked
upon as ten years of age or older.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

Heavy pruning tends to increase
the wood growth and stimulate the
vlgor Of fruit trees.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

Trees are the work Of time ani
are not to be dealt with lightly
{. P. Powell.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

Ten varieties of grapes bore a
splendid and perfect crop though
no spraying was done in my abb
scncc. Weather conditions were
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

\ storage place for eggs should
be tree from any bad odors.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

Start right by. getting better
hens; end right BY keeping them
better.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

\ wise man never boasts Of his
wisdom. He wouldn't be wise if
he did.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

Individual excellence IS bett,
than lengthy pedigree.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

tlOa OF desert lands IS topic OF the
day.
lhe peanut IS coming to its own
as hog feed It has been given
good fair trial and it has stood
the test most satisfactorily
Why not try crop Of peanuts
next season. Some Of your neigh
bors made good money last season
on the crop
1t doesn't cost any more to be
cleanly than otherwise. Anl
there 5 more profit and satisfaction
IN it too.
Heavy pruning tends to increase
the wood growth and stimulate the
vlgor Of fruit trees.
Trees are the work Of time ani
are not to be dealt with lightlv.-
L. p. Powell
Start right by getting better
hens; end right BY keeping them
better.
\ wise man never boasts Of his
wisdom. He wouldn't be wise If
he did.
\ storage place for eggs should
be tree from anv bad odors.
| Individual excellence IS better
than a lengthy pedigree
Sit on the milk stool don't
pound the cow with it.
WHAT WAS THE TTXTo
i select my text began the young
/ layman, from the Book Of Nature
IT IS inscribed on every leaf which
clings to every tree, in the library Of
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

Sit on the milk stool-don't
pound the COW with it.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-09-24

| was out on the farm I take an
interest in a few days ago and l
was interested in noting the fact
that each kind Of legune needs a
special bacteriun. We have field
sown with cowpeas and SOY beans
III mixture The soil is evidently
we'll inoculated for the peas for
every plant we examined was
crowded with the nodules on the
roots. but not nodule could we
ind on the SOY bean roots and it
was evident that they are grow
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26
POLITICS OR EFFICIENCY?

The precisely what the public expected him to
sustaining Dr. Pratt in his decision keep politics out OF the
of Health The attempt put politics in to our mind con-
genta shorghted in the Territorial Republican committee and
the two examples the vital difference between the saemnhke
motive administration and the political But do not partc-
blame this committee blame the system Ihecom-
mttee of its kind the system which puts all
such committees favorable frame of mind towards
rnt by expency faults American plan and
produces an hereditary stain in politics. 4." ,n
Look the two The President of the Board Of
Health argued his make the sanitary inspectors
They expected to get people to keep Honolulu
telling how they could their homes and yards in
If the inspectors did not know the themselves
they couldn't anybody else his ommonsense De- Rra
went about teaching and make that the inspectors had
learned he started in to hold examination He meant to
make sure that veabe that each knew his duty
Those who did know and wouldn't learn he intended to drop
in duty bound. This pure business ,sa"@.
Then in the politicians with protest They said that no eX
natons ought been held that who failed pass
to keep even fellows the public payroll than give
whether kept clean and heafu whether the nspe
their pay the only thing worth thinking about
the integrity party This cheap politics. and it is theknd
applied by the counties bodybuilding and the like
which S driving Hawaii to the verge of bankruptcy
could anything like that H
his public duty and performs it and viewing the matte
with political he that profit by cnnvng at bat
through nefcenC graft other ntracon OF the
The who his party best his country best
Republican party stand deserve to stand 1t
noerabe think of keeping any party by making itself
popular ignorant and the vicious Under such circumstances
it would not deserve power even life.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26
THAT KUHIO COMMISSIONER.

The Advertiser has hint that the Washington
pendent denied that there be an Of
of the merely wanted be contrary
Mr. Bkon nothing be contrary about He told of
what the other local papers had printed the subject instructed
He simply asked direct questions line with the
Star query published Wednesday, and he answered them directly i'll the
given the Stars readers We have think they
the letter and cite the confirmation given in
cabegram from Mr. Tmmon who in Washington and ere
will be official investigation of Frear If Mr. Tmmons
from correspondent he of before sending
that had from official
The Advertiser however that t few
the the and the probable his
arrival the Islands, In another of the article he
President has announced that the investigator be special
missioner This quite explicit but unless daring gener-
azaon contemporary ought produce try
settle the matter The Associated Press which the closest
with administration in and politics. has limited
interesting could
missed it if had been announced either from the White House
the Interior Departments and would have valued
ser correspondent have done the empty and boau
tons of kuho and Ashford The Governor received no
such though the Department of the Interior would probably
been courteous enough tell him of merely
getting written answer from him. Kuos charges-especiav in
of its and the Presidents alleged announcements other people
And try cannot an announce
ment the Advertiser the President received M
the great business here from correspondents are intent
upon the slightest executive hint regarding Hawaiian policy
Finally there today the news favorable to Frea that
Kulos mission home to work Taft delegation
publican national convention 1t follows that not do this i'm
due who had either refused heed his charges against Fre
or was altogether likely to do 81"
However shall wait eagerly for the of that conmis
oner whom the Advertiser in few days and les
contemporary meanwhile will remind now
and then OF the state of public anxiety
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26
KUHIO's CAMPAIGN PLAN.

One effect of Kulos investigation hzze Washington shown
which the Star prints today about his mis-
One of these dispatches from Correspondent BonS
the Delegate coming unnucted delegation to
t national Republican and the other from Mr. mmon
states Kuho will work against Taft delegation The two mes
sages dovca and they bear out the current that HUI OF anti
this whose well known will try to contro
the primaries play the Kuho the convention Inns
rumor quite definite the plan do politics with the
of Health which the Star the first and which only
a day needed to confirm.
The issue which Kuho policy raises whether Hawaiian Repub
lcan propose the national convention for Hawai- and
the Republican party for Kuho and his political revnge Should
be held here which would pass OF want OF conh-
rear and then elect either instructed or un
delegation anta the outlook for Hawaii would be
sorry indeed Taft and elected he would be more
nfricndy PRESIDENT not and rival other than Roosevelt
he would be expected take the advice OF the uo-sho
coalition about appointments Then might have wait until
administrative things had bad prompt strong movement
here for commission military rule That might become the only re-
of the friends of good government
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26
LITTLE INTERVIEWS


DIR. E. v. WILCOX-The tenement
problem is a serious one in Honolulu,
but one that must be solved.
DR.. PRATT would rather resign
than be under the thumb of politicians
who would destroy all discipline.
w. PFOTENHAUER-The weather
is extremely satisfactory for the plan
tations. All the mills are grinding
steadily.
JOHN WATERHOUSE-Sugar is
opening strong this year and every.
thing points to excellent prices for
our product
ALEXANDER HUME FORD
agree entirely with BONNIE as to the
hula. It's a shame, though, that the
Cleveland passengers had to put up
with such an exhibition instead of
seeing Bunines volcano pictures.
PURSER MACPHERSON (Persia) -
Everything was quiet in Hongkong and
Shanghai when we were there. Bust
ness people were respondent at the
lull in trade, and all were looking for
a speedy ending to the revolution so
that the prospects might improve.
DIR. NORGAARD-I look to a great
improvement among the dairy COWS
of the county, and the 1912 test for
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26

tuberculosis should show very little
of the disease in the city.
FRANK STUMP-Several of my
friends on the Cleveland were very
enthusiastic about the way in which
Captain Dempwolf handled the vessel.
They say that he is a wonder.
A. H. FORD-The Public Service
Association is doing some great pro.
motion work now and accomplishing
many things, but We hope to accom-
plish a great deal more before we are
through, as we are receiving promises
of cooperation from all sides.
CAPTAIN RILEY-The Cleveland is
not as long as the Mongolia or the
Manchuria. The Cleveland is fifteen
feet shorter. The Mongolia and the
Manchuria are six hundred feet long,
and the Cleveland is 5S5 feet. Actual.
lily, though, the Cleveland is bigger
ship.
A. e. MURPHY-The Cleveland
tourists were the most appreciative
and enthusiastic crowd I ever met.
They were all grateful for the atten-
lions shown them and every one of
them was delighted with Hawaii.
Many of them expressed the determi.
nation to return some time in the f,l-
ture when they can stay longer