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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-09
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Argus Branch Offices

For the Gooomm odHtion OF its patrons
n various parts Of the city, The Argus
nas Established q system Of branch Of
nces, where subscrf ptions and want sd-
vartbsinE may be received and any in
formation left that may pertain TO any
department. OF the paper, news or bust
ntaA II IS also planned TO have Gt each
% Gsse branch ohioss every evening q
supply OF copies OF The Argus OF the
gay. % That any subscriber who may
have failed under any circumstances 10
raoetvs his paper. will be supplied free
q charge.
The Argus chain OF branch ofrces
tDc4udea the following:
J. J. Kipp'S notion storA lboT Fifth
avenue.
II z, Rowss pharmacy. GIIs Four
tosnth avenue
EissE drug store T1enty-ssvsnth
Btr0et Seventh avenue
UllsmeyOrs drug store, Eleventh ave-
nue., Fifteenth street
George W. Millhouae oonfsctiousry
soc Fourth avenue,
Mrs. Iondon'S notion store, Seventh
UFeot Fourteenth avenue
AslInbSck's pharmacy. sl1 Third ave-
s.eEsrs grocery. 'lS Eleventh
AOdsrt drug store TAirseth street
and Fifth avenue
College pharmacy. Seventh avenue
and Thirty eighth street.
Olson Eroosry. thirteenth avenue and
Thirtieth street
steiner drug store. corner TIftn ave-
noe md Twenty-third strooG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-09
GASOLINE TANKS AND PUMPS

BOWSER underground outfits from 800
and up 100000 In useJ. r 81. King.
agent l5llIz Third avenue. Rock Is
land. Ill Phone west 2OSi n b
Bury your gasoline: It's safer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-09

AL the news ali the ume-The Argu..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-09
E1PFEss AND STORAGE

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RELIABLE STORAGE-On frat floor:
wagon covers. etc. Tents FOR rent;
also manufacture OF awnings, tents
RosssIsr & Co. sos Fifteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-09
SWEDISH MOVEMENT.

SWEDISH MOVEMENT Miss 4 EID-
aTsen, graduated Swedish TnasseIIge.
gives treatment in private homes
Phone west 639-L Address Sis mir
ty-EiEth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-09
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wANrED-MALE HELP.

WANTED-SeVsrAl all around machin-
1873 FOR automobile work. Weston
Mott CEN psny, No. I, Flint Mich.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
CARE OF DAIRY HERD
Eliminate Animals That Run
Dairyman Into Debt.
Cows Must Have Best of Care and
Comfortable Quarters II They Are
to Give Best ResuIts-sunIight
is One Essential.
By R, G. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Wy II u. WEATHERSTONE)
10 increase the profits from our
herds or decrease the profits of pro
duction We must eliminate the cows
which individually run us into debt
In the second place we must feed
our cows more intelligently. The feed.
ing of dairy herd to produce profits
more economically is a hard propo-
sitlon to put to man at the present
time. Under the present conditions
the only way to produce butter fat at
less cost than We did last year is by
increasing the efficiency of our home
grown dairy foods.
The feeding value of our home.
grown foods will depend largely upon
their palatability. BY feeding a
variety of feeds we make our rations
more appetizing and palatable than a
few foods.
Ensilage and roots are more palat-
able than dry folders. Cows that
are fed these appetizing feeds with
clover hay will eat more hay than
when confined to clover alone.
Early cut hay is more suited. to the
ration than late cut hay and the cows
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
Profitable Milk Type.

will consume larger quantities OF II
In feeding homegrown feeds we
must feed such foods in a practical
way, as will induce the cows to eat
more.
The more easily digested the ration
the larger the milk flow. A certain
amount of energy is required to pre-.
pare these foods for assimilation. In
feeding coarse fods we find this is a
large per cent
Tender pasture grass is more easily
digested than dry fodder. Again we
see that succulent foods are more
easily digested than dry folders that
early cut hay is more easily digested
than tie cut hay and that grain and
conce Tates are more easily digested
than Fay and coarse folders.
We an make a balanced ration
from corn ensilage and alfalfa hay.
but such a ration contains an excess
of coarse fiber and requires too great
an expenditure of energy to digest and
assimilate it.
Such a ration may be greatly i'm
prov. by the addition of a few
pounds of concentrates.
Cows that are giving milk must
have an abundance of protein. The
more protein We feed up to a certain
point the larger the milk flow. 1t is
the amount of food over and above
that required to maintain the body
that goes to stimulate the milk pro-
duction.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
EXCELLENT STRUCTURE FOR
ALL KINDS OF LIVE STOCK
BY Proper Constructions Barn and Other OutbuiId
inxs Farm Enabled Save Services OF One
Man-Arrangemens Designed by Mis-.
Is illustrated.

pen, to keep out any odors. dust or
dirt.
The box stalls in both the COW and
horse barn are so constructed that the
inmates can have a good view of the
other animals. They like company
and will do better If they can see
their neighbors.
The floors of the COW stable, the
milk room, feed room and silo, are Of
cement, the gutter being formed in
the floor, with 4our-inch drain at
the rear leading to the manure pit.
The stalls are made to fit both long
and short cows. The first stall, In
front, is four feet wide and five feet
long. The rear stall is three feet six
inches wide, and four feet eight inches
long. The stalls slope from the front
to the rear, each stall being slightly
shorter than the one next to n.
The floor of the horse stable may
be made Of cement or clay; but the
writer prefers clay for horses, and we
quite agree with him, for horses con-
fined on cement floors are apt to in
jure the joints of their legs by contin-
ual stamping; besides, we do not be-
Eeve that any animal should be al
lowed to lie on a cement floor that is
not covered with boards.
The barn, as shown in the illustra-
tons, is 50x60 feet, IL feet to the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
NEVER COUNTED THE GIRLS
Princes Answer to Question Typical
of Life in the Countries
OF the Orient.

The big punkah Topped and tagged
between the columns, as we sat and
talked. Mem-Sahib, who was born In
the Caucasus amid Georgian and Cir.
cassian dignitaries, and so had a hap
Ply way with Oriental princes, took us
all aback by suddenly asking the good
gray prince how many brothers he
had. His highness looked at her with
a queer little smile. half tolerant.
half amused. and began, with great
show of seriousness, to count them on
his fingers. first of the right hand.
then Of the left; after going once or
twice round, he halted, started again,
then stopped and said:.
Il am afraid I must ask my secre-
tary!"
The secretary replied, with dignity:
Your highness had a hundred and
nineteen brothers!"
Mem-Sahib, not whit abashed, then
asked this good Oriental nobleman
concerning his sisters.
He smiled very charmingly, saying:
Il am afraid l do not know; we
never counted them!"-Charles John.
ston in the Atlantic Monthly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
KILLING INSECTS
DURING WINTER
Nothing Is Quite So Effective al
DIGGING Out Heart Of Ant
Mound and Flooding
With Water.
CBy G. H. GLITzKE.)

(By G. H. GLITZKE.)
The common red ants do a great bit
OF damage to the alfalfa fields in some
sections of the country. The spots
where they kill the alfalfa are usually
only about square yard or two
where they build their mounds, but a
great many of these in the field count
for quite large patch where no al
falfa grows.
Some people try to destroy them by
sinking bottles into their mounds SO
that the ants fall into them.
This system is not always effective
as it is hard to trap them all and as
long as few remain the trouble will
continue.
There is nothing quite as effective
as the winter killing which consists
in digging out the heart OF the
mounds in the winter and then pour
ing water into the excavation thus
made so it soaks into the ground and
freezes those that may still be living.
This method usually proves very
satisfactory. Out of large field
where they were killed In this way
during the last winter only very few
OF the many ant hills had any ants
remaining in them by spring and it is
quite evident that If the work had
been done more carefully every one
OF them would have been killed.
The work should be done very
thoroughly. 1t does not take much
digging at each mound, but it should
be done In the winter time so there is
no chance for them to rebuild and
the weather Is SO cold that they must
freeze.
Where other methods have failed
this has done the work.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20

Good barns cost money, but when
the farmer once knows that by the
proper construction Of his barn. and
other outbuildings, he can often save
the work of a man. 1t will readily be
come clear to him that the invest
ment will pay big interest in the long
run
The barn shown herewith was de-
signed by Missouri man.
The building will accommodate IA
cows, IL horses, has box-stalls for
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20

The German standard OF feeding
calls for one and one-quarter pounds
of protein to every ten or twelve
pounds of milk
Another principle Is that feeding
mineral matter increases the value OF
the manure and much of the profits
from high feeding must be made
through the fertility brought onto
the farm by the increased value Of
the manurial fertility.
But. high feeding is not always the
most profitable. This is matter that
must be worked out by the man him.
self according to his farm and con-
ditions. Conditions are not the same
on two farms. The difference in cows,
the kinds and amount of available
homegrown foods. the market prices
of dairy products and dairy foods,
compel each man to work out the
problem as 1t applies to his own par
ticular farm, always watching the
milk flow. increasing the foods and
protein until point is reached that
yields the most profit.
Cows must have good care and
comfortable surroundings II they are
to respond to intelligent feeding. The
great problem in connection with the
stable is to keep it warm and well ven-
tilated at the same time. Pure air Is
just as necessary to the COW as food.
Sunlight Is another essential. Dark
stables where sunshine never reaches
breed disease. Sunlight is tonic.
stimulator and invigorator. to all
animals.
There seems to be wide diversity of
opinion among dairymen as to how
much. exercise the dairy cow should
have, and wish to say that l am
not member of the class who believe
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
Some Free Bulletins.

The following list of free bulletins
on fruit culture may be obtained by
writing to the Secretary of Agricul.
ture. Washington. D. c.:
No. lib. The Apple and How to
Grow 1t.
No. 11S. Grape Growing in the
South.
No. 154. The Home Fruit Garden.
Preparation and Care.
No. 156. The Home Vineyard.
No. 1S1. Pruning.
No. 1913. Strawberries.
No. 213. Raspberries.
No. 23S. Citrus Fruit Growing IN
the Gulf States.
No. 243. Fungicides and Their TJse
in Preventing Disease of Fruits.
No. 2S3. Spraying for Apple D,s.
eases and the Cooling Moth in the
Ozarks
No. 1884, Insect and Fungous Ene-
mics of the Grape.
No. POI. Evaporation of Armies
No. 1872. Nuts and Their Uses al
Food.
No. 440. Spraying Peaches for tho
Control of Brown-Rot. Scab. and Cur.
culio
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
proteetina Roses in Winter.

After mild summer and fall, a
severe winter is very hard on both
utility and ornamental vegetation, as
the growth is very green and unripe.
Amongst the first to suffer would be
varieties of roses, and their protec-
ton should be attended to before
the slightest frost occurs.
Take wood rammer and ram the
soil as hard as road all around each
plant; then place forkful or two of
stable or COW manure round the stem.
Let this come up a little way under
the branches, but not far, as 1t is the
neck or collar that wants wrapping.
and II this Is protected, there is little
danger Of the plants being injured.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
Exterior View.

both the cows and horses, and also a
large calf-pen.
Manure and hay-carriers can easily
be installed, and these are great labor
savers.
The arrangement of the feed room
and silo Is excellent The fourfoot
chute extends the entire length of the
silo, 1t has small windows for light, a
tight door below, separating the same
from the feed room, and keeping out
dust and odors.
The silage is dropped down this
chute, and from there shoveled to the
mixing boxes-one for the cows, and
one for the horses. There are two
bins in the feed room, and two more
may be located on the floor above.
and connected by small spout for
drawing on the grain. These spouts
may be located directly over the mix
ing boxes.
All hay is supposed to be fed from
above, one hay chute being provided
for each two stalls.
The milk room is so located that
the milk may be taken to 1t at once,
and 1t contains plenty of clean water.
running water, II possible. Here, Of
course, should be located the sep
arator.
The work shop is one of the neces-
stiles Of the farm. as with few tools.
many bills for repairs can be saved
here.
The harness room is located In the
center Of the horse barn, and the two
box stalls provide room for both male
and female animals. as wen a. sick
ones.
The hay-bay Is open to the roof.
but this can be arranged differently.
The partition separating the cows
from the center section is boarded or
plastered up tight. except the calf
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20

eight feet apart, they were fastened to
the side wall Of the wagon shed,
with three large hinges for each
hanger.
When not in use they may be held
in position by means of two large
hooks, and when not in use. they fold
back against the wall and occupy only
about three inches of wall space.
The manner of making same is plain
ly illustrated.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
Justly Punished.

why have you discharged Rich
ards? Do you think because he has
reached the age of forty-five that he
is no longer useful?"
mo. that isn't it. When was COM
ing into the city on my car the other
morning he got in front of it at a
crossing and was SO slow that in or
der to avoid running him down / had
to lose nearly half a minute"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20

| in shutting in the cows from October
until June without turning them out
for exercise.
There is a muscular tone and vigor
that must be kept up to maintain
health. With all our present-day
methods of ventilation and improved
methods of tieing the cows, we must
give the cows some outdoor exercise
II We secure the best results of pro-
ductoin and procreation.
If we look upon the COW as a milk
producing machine alone and do not
place value upon her ability to bring
strong and vigorous calf it may be
more profitable for us to keep her
inside all the time where she can turn
all of her energy toward the produc-
ing of milk alone and be discarded in
two or three years and another COW
take her place.
Such practice may pay the milk
producer but not the man who is try.
ing to build up a herd of economical
butter-makers
II any man thinks a little exercise
waste of energy let him shut him.
self up in close room kept at the
right temperature all winter and con-
fine himself to just such kinds of food
and see If he comes through the win
ter in condition to start hard
springs work
If the experiment worked well by
himself why then he might be justi-
fed in trying it on the cows.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
Bio Yield Of Wheat.

A wheat field owned by a Russian
farmer comprising 20 acres at Chero-
kee. Okla, yielded 1921 bushels, an
average of AZ bushels of 81 pounds.
The farmer sold this wheat for $1.02
per bushel, the crop bringing $685.,
exactly 1885 more than the entire
quarter section comprising his farm
cost five years ago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
MADE nm DIXIE I
BY DIXIE PEOPLE

For the AILMENTS Of DIXIE and
good anywhere. For Headaches, Sour
Stomach, Constipation. Biliousness
try ONE Bonds Liver Pill. Keep your
Liver and Bowels right and you keep
well. ONE little PILL at bedtime will
usually relieve nine-tenths of all all
ments. You wake up well. All drug
gists. rs cents. Insist on BONDS
PILLS. No other "just as good"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
A Simple Saddle.

where there is no other saddle left
in the barn in time of emergency.
1t is simply pair of stirrups buck
led to a strap. Put a blanket on the
horse, throw the strap with the STIR
rups over this. and get into the sad
de- It's good sight better than
riding bareback. Try 1t and see.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
Production of Rice.

A few years ago the rice produced
In the United States was less than
100. 100000 pounds per annum. In re-
cent years 1t has reached coo. 900. 900
pounds. Like bread. rice is the staa
Of life-the more Of It the better.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
Beware Cheap Bills.


An examination of paper currency
by Warren H. Hilditch of Yale showed
an average of one hundred and forty.
two thousand bacteria on the bill.
Twenty-one bills were examined. and
while some were relatively clean. car
rying only trifle of fourteen thou
sand living things, others swarmed to
the figure of five hundred and eighty
six thousand. And, strange to say. the
bacteria did not seem to swarm to
the $1,000 bills in preference to the
81 bills.
This shows that it is far healthier
to carry $1,000 bills about than it is
to tote 81 bills. Here is valuable
financial hint
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
Care Of Earrowinu Sow

During the narrowing hour, the SOW
should be kept quiet and should sell
dom be approached by any person.
Sne will not need the attention of
man and as she is extremely nervous
and irritable at this time, all causes
OF excitement should be removed az
far as possible
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
GOOD SUPPORT
FOR WAGON BOX
Portacular Advantageo Of Ons IIlua-
txofed Il That It Folds Bach
Out of Way When
Not An Use.

The accompanying Illustration and
this short description will explain
how a writer in Michigan Farmer
made wagon box hanger. or sup
port. The particular advantage of
this hanger over others is that it
folds back out Of the way when not
in use.
Two-inch by six-inch timbers were
used to make the hangers, two OF
them being used as shown, placed
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
New Work 70

New Work for the Audubons.
Some birds are plucked alive to get
the feathers for women's hats"
so are some husbands"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
Floor Plan Of Barn.

caves. So feet to the peak The silo
10 80 feet high.
The construction of the foundation,
may vary, according to the material,
and can be more easily and cheaply
secured, but the man who builds any
barn, on q poor foundation, is maxi
ing bad investment. The founda-
ton should be made to stand for all
time.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20

The miserablest day we live there,
many a better thing to do than dying
barley.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
Profit in Camphor.

The department of agriculture. after
suitable experiments, decides that the
production Of camphor may be made
profitable in Florida.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20

Red Cross Ball Blue, much better. zoe
farther than liquid blue. Get from an
grocer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
Horses in Winter.

The horses will get through the
winter in better shape IL given a IN.
tie exercise on the manure spreader
occasionally.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
STIRRUP- SADDLE is USEFUL
One of the Most Convenient Things
to Have About Farm-Handy
in Case of Emergency.

The stirrup-saddle is one of the
most convenient things to have about
the farm, as it comes in mighty handy
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20

A mouse is afraid of man, man
is afraid of woman, a woman IL
afraid of a mouse-and there you are.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
Different Feeds.

Corn makes fat and heat. Oats
cheat. bran and middlings make eges
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
The Exception.

The Exception.
Take my advice and mind your
own affairs. No man ever got rich
fighting other peoples battles"
IT don't know. How about law
yer7"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
His Suspicion.

his suspicion.
well, whaddy you want?"
II am the man who was married In
the cage Of wildcats"
Il asted We whaddy you want?"
II thought would like to look
into the cage again. fear left
my wife there and took one of the
Wildcats"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-20
TO DRIVE OgT MALARIA

Take tho Old ;.tandard GROyES TAsTELESs
CHILL TONIC. 70 no what you are ta..iug
The 'rr1rlo is .,lainl printed o.. e-ery bottle
showi Z 1t is simply puininc and Iron in tasteless
FORM and the most effectual form. For grown
people and children. 50 cents
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-07-18
The State the Real Criminal.

GatAolic Temperance Advocate
Out in Denver, Colo, Oscar Cook and
another man committed double
murder under the influence of alec.
hol which had been sold to these
men in a saloon legalized by the
State to do business. Cook bad his
trial, was convicted and sentenced
to death. In passing sentence On the
condemned man Judge Hubert Shat
tuck, with trembling voice and tear
filled eyes, told in these words who
was really to blame for the murder:
Before God the people of this
State are guilty. The people of Col
orado must one day answer for per-
hitting that to exist which sent you
here. The people must answer for
your crime and for your DEATH
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-07-18
Worthy of Commentator.

The Catholic Temperance Advo-
cate: Many countries have curious
legal provisions for the protection
of intoxicated persons wandering at
large In Holland for instance: "A
regular tariff has been draWR up,
according to WHICH a roysterer who
can manage to walk is escorted
home-Within any reasonable dis
tance-for Is cents, SAould port
able chair be required, SO cents ex-
ira is charged. IN Denmark any per-
son found drunk in the street is
placed in o cab, taken to the police
station, examined by a doctor and
then sent home in a cab. The next
day a bill TO rthe doctor and the cab
is sent to the publican who served
the victim with his last drink"