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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-04-01
ALFALFA AND HOGS IN THE
ORCHARD.

j. w. Armstrong, Outlook, Wash
ingtou writes:
81 take pleasure in reading your
articles in The Ranch in discussing
the many problems which come to
fruit growers. have about three
acres which have been planted five
years. I am thinking of seeding this
tract to alfalfa and letting the hogs
run in it, Do you think that either
the alfalfa or the hogs would be
injurious to the trees?"
Mr.. Armstrong does not say what
kind of trees are planted In his
orchard but I take it for granted that
they are apple trees. 1t would not
make much difference what kind of
trees they are so far as the alfalfa is
concerned. l have found by actual
experience that alfalfa does not injure
apple, pear, peach. cherry, apricot
OF plum trees by growing among them
provided there is enough water to
supply both the alfalfa and the trees.
Let it always be borne in mind that
the class of plants known as legumes
make the soil richer in nitrogen.
Nitrogen is one of the chief elements
of fertility and the one that will be
soonest. as a rule, to be used up.
Where nitrogen in the form of nitrates
is abundant in the soil all forms of
vegetables will have green vigorous
growth; where it is lacking vegetation
will look puny and sickly. Alfalfa is
one of the best legumes for the gather
ing of nitrates. Where these nitrates
are abundant the trees will be more
vigorous and the fruit will be larger.
But If water is not abundant the
alfalfa may rob the trees of the water
they need.
Hogs may be pastured on the alfalfa
without injury to the trees. Too
many hogs may destroy the alfalfa
and this will be the more likely ii
they can root into the ground and get
at the alfalfa roots. There must be
rings in their noses. One of my sons
has five or six acres of apple orchard
seeded to alfalfa with hog tight fence
around it. Last summer he kept
from % to 30 hogs in that orchard all
summer. The hogs were not all full
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-04-01

grown or he could not have kept so
many. They did not injure the trees
at all. Of course they ate all the
windfall apples but that was no loss.
OF course if the limbs had been bent
down with heavy load of apples, as
is sometimes the case, the hogs would
have eaten up all the apples they
could have reached.
PROPAGATlNG GOOSEBERRY
PLANTS BY CUTTINGS.
In the February 18th issue of this
paper an inquiry was answered relative
to the propagation of raspberry,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-04-01
Buy Your Trees From Worlds G
Direct-at IS Per Cent Discoun
Don't You Paw Freight!

Let US do 1t. We pay freight on orders SIC
net or more. We box and pack free-the
Stark method of packing Is world-famous
for its thoroughness. We guarantee safe ar
RIAL. Free books explain this. See coupon.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
One of Natures Freaks.

Some of our youthful poultry fam ciers may have seen peculiar feather ed freaks, but, I dare say, few of them have seen anything to equal one that is owned by an English farmer. This is a cross between a duck and an ordinary cock fowl, and is owned by farmer living near Mill Hall Lon don, England.
 The bird resembles the fowl by it's comb as well as the tail. and it's legs also are extremely like those of fowl, with the exception of it's webbed feet. Both its bill and body are duck-like. It swims with the greatest ease and can quack as we'll as crow. A hen bird of this description lays eggs the shells of which are mostly of greenish color, and taste like those of an ordinary duck.-Pennsylvania Grit.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
Lumber Carried on Burro Back.

The forests of Mexico are situated chiefly in the mountains at attitudes of 5000 10 12,000 feet In the lowlands of the tropics there are scattered ma hogany trees and variety of other hardwood timber Owing to the inac- possibility of many of the tracts of timber in the mountains. comparative ly few railroads have penetrated them. The chief means of getting out the roughly hewed timber and bringing it down from the higher attitudes is by burros. These little beasts of burden have powerful strength and endur. anee. They follow the narrowest and most dangerous mountain trails even when their bodies are loaded with the weight of enormous timbers. It is upon the backs of these burros that thousands of railroad crossties were brought down from the mountains. thus enabling the construction of the more modern lines of transportation.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
Even the Flowers Have Nerves,

Why does the sun-dew not put it's leaf-tentacles in operation when rain- drops fall on them, and yet is quick to capture fly? writes Andrew Will son in the Illustrated London News. The only possible reply is that the plant has learned to distinguish be- tween contact which means food and that which implies only the needed rain.
 The sensitive plant (Mimosa) droops it's leaves on the slightest touch, but not when it is watered Placed in a carriage, such plant lowers it's leaves at first when the carriage moves, but soon, accustomed to the motion. ex- pands them. You can give sensitive plant ether and abolish it's sensitive ness, just as you rob the animal of it's consciousness when you administer the anaesthetics.
 Clearly we have to revise all our notions of plant nervousness if we would explain the actions even of the daisies which shut up their petals when the wind blows and open them under the influence of sunshine.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
FOR AMENDMENT NO. l3. AGAINST AMEND MEET NO. 13.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Arkansas:
 That Sec Is. Art 5. Constitution of the State of Arkansas, be amended so as to read as follows:
 Article ,. Section Is. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive six dollars per day for his services dur ing the first sixty days of any regular session of the General Assembly. and if any regular session shall be extended, such member shall serve without further per diem. Each member of the General Assembly shall also receive ten cents per mile for each mile travelled in going to and returning from the seat of gov ernment, over the most direct and Bfae- tieable route. When convened in extra ordinary session by the Governor. they shall receive three dollars per day for their services during the first fifteen days. and if such extraordinary session shall extend beyond fifteen days they shall receive no further per diem. They shall be entitled to the same mile age for any extraordinary session as herein provided for regular sessions. The terms of all members of the General Assembly shall begin on the day of their election. and they shall receive no com pensation, perquisite or allowance what ever. except as herein provided"
 Filed in the office of tho Se'
 retary of State on the 18th day
 of April. 1912.
 Each eleetor may vote for or against the above amendment
 Witness my official si~ature,
 this 20th dav cf May. tot'
 EARLE ". HODGrS
 Secretary of State
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4. The State Text Book Commission shall be governed by the following policy: It shall hasten the publication of text books. beginning with books for the primary grades, as fast as approv- ed manuscripts can be secured and pub lication facilities are afforded by the State, and the Commission shall make no contract with any publisher for longer period than six years. and no contract shall be made for any book which shall interfere with the publica- tion of a substitute by the state at any time.
 Sec 12 That members of the State Text Book Commission shall receive a s full compensation for their services the sum of $500 per day for each and every day they are actually engaged in the performance of their duties. and actual railroad fare to and from their places of residence. The amount of time each Commissioner shall devote to the work of the Commission shall be de- termined by a majority of the Commis- sion. and for the purpose or supplying the Commission with printing, stationery and other incideptaI expenses there is allowed said Commission a contingent fund amounting to $60000 per year.
 Sec 13. That to cover the per diem, railroad fare and contingent expenses of said Commission for biennial period, beginning December 12, 1912, and ending December 12. 1914 there Is hereby ap- propriated from the state treasury from any money not otherwise appropriated the sum of $10.006.o0. or so much there or as may De necessary. ana the CI1dlT- man and secretary of the Commission shall file with the auditor of state vouchers for the per diem. railroad fare and contingent expenses. herein pro vided for. and the auditor is authorized to draw his warrant on the state treas urer therefor.
 Sec. IA. That the text books. the pur chase or production of which are pro vded for in this Act shall be distribut ed in the following manner: Where books are purchased or contracted for from publishers other than the state. they may be sold by regular dealers. whose margin of profit shall be fixed by the Commission. where the books are printed by the state they shall be dis tributed by the county examiners and county superintendents or public instruc- tion under such terms and limitations as may be prescribed by the State Text Book Commission
 Sec. 15. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed and this act snail take effect and be in force from and after the date of it's adoption by the people.
 Filed in the office of the Secre-
 tary of State on the 9th day of
 May, 1912.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above Act.
 Witness my official signature
 this goth day of May, 1912.
 EARLE w. HODGES,
 Secretary of State.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
SOLEMN RITE OF SHAWNEES
Adoption Dance" Taken Very Seri- ously, and the Best of Order Ai-
 ways Maintained.

A dance which lasts all day and all night. the performers eating nothing during that period, is known as the Adoption Dance" among the Shawnees. This Is quite diff rent from any one of the festive dances. The Indians como from many miles around and camp: their faces are painted and their persons decorated with beads. A bonfire is built in the center of the camp and they dance around this. The fire is kept burning uni ornly all the time. This serves also as their light. The adoption dance is rather quiet, more so than the oher dances The women do most of the sing ng, and in a very low tone. They dance around the circ.e in twos. T.-e men dance to- gether in front, and the women togeth- CT in the rear. The two leaders in front are usually the ones who are adopting the child. They carry tin pals; in these are rubber balls, whicl bounce and keep time with the drum mer. This is all the music they have to dance by. If large crowd is as- sembled they may have two or three drums. At these dances good order Is kept. No drunkenness Is allowed The dance is in n grove. and if anyone does not behave decently they tie him to a tree tor the rest of the dance. After the performance they hold a great feast which lasts all day.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
Biologist Says Fishes Remember.

The tact that fishes will return time after time to bite at the hook by which they have been caught Is often cited as proof that fish have TO memories. But Yzes Delage, the great French bi- o,ogist. has been making some exper- iments which seem to prove the con- trary. He says that fish return to the hook because their greediness Is great CT than the influence of their mem- ory. If you place bright red disk upon hook the fishes will cease to take 1t after being caught seven or tines. If you change the color of the disk the fish will return indefinitely. The red disk made an impression on tae fish's nemory-slowly, it is true and when it recognized the danger signal it avoided It.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
Ienten Masks,

The mask makers ot Paris are now working at high pressure in view of the Lenten Carnival. Many celebrated artists at one time or another have been glad to design masks ito make both ends meet The design for masks is said to be less easy matter than would be supposed, and some of these caricatures, especially those rep resenting political celebrities, are works of art. There are n the French capital IT hoses. engaged from January to December-with no dead saason-in the preparation of masks. The personnel. men. women and chil- dren, is numerous. and their earnings. fair. Their occupation Is one of the very few which have never known a strike. Of course, the demands ot the Lenten Carnival do not require the whole output of these factories. The worlds sunply of masks may be said to be drawn from them.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
Snakes In India.

Last year 22.478 deaths occurred in India from snake bites, and 2,400 per sons were killed by wild animals. Tho deaths caused by snakes and wild ani- mals in the province of Burmah in 1910 amounted to 1,273 and 80, respec. lively. The number of cattle killed in India amounted to 93,074 by wild ani. mals and 10,900 by snakes. Of the deaths of cattle in Durham 1851 were caused by wild animals and 6.5SS by snakes. Tigers and leopards were the most destructive animals; elephants. bears. wolves, hyenas, etc, being also responsible for fatalities Rewards amounting to s47,725 were paid by tha government for the destruction in all India of 91 ,104 snakes and 19,2S2 wild animals.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
The First Postage Stamp.

A French aRtiquary Is trying to rob England of one of its glories by the announcement of discovery that postage stamps were French inVen- tion of the seventeenth century. He quotes the following notice, which was posted on the walls of Paris in 1653: Persons who wish to send messages from one quarter of Paris to another may rest assured that their letters will be safely and speedily delivered if they are careful to affix to them tickets in- scrlbed carriage paid.'" Such tickets, 1t was added, might be procured at a charge of one sou each at the Law Courts or from the doorkepers of Col leges and Brotherhoods. It was also possible to prepay a reply by afflxing two tickets instead of one.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
TcS Az1Er--w--T- TO. II. kGA1c.sT ANEyoKE1gT NO. fl.

Be 1t Eenactn' Ny the People of the
 State of Ar'iarsas:
 Every e'ertivn pubic o+eicer ir the State of Arkansas may be re7nHvei fror office by tho electors entitled tp vote for successor Of such incumbent, through the proce lure and ir the man ner herein provided for which proee l. ure shall he known as the recall anl Is in addition 10 any other method of re- moyal provided hy law.
 a. To effect the removal Of m elee- tive state officer. petitinn s'cned by the electors entitled to vote for 9 s;ic- cessor to the incumbent snu~ht to he removed. equal in number to twelve DOT centum of the entire vote cast at the preceding election for all ranii 'ates for the office which the encumhert sourht to be removed occupies denla niine the election of a successor to the officer named in said petition. shall he address, ed to the state board of election com missioners. provided said petition shall be circulated in not less than five cnun ties in the state and shall be slened in each of such counties by electors erual in number to not less than one per cen, tum of the entire vote cast in each of said counties at said election as above estimated. Such petition shah contai n a general statement of the grounds upon which the removal is sought. which statement is intended solely for the in- formation of the voters. and the suffi- ciency of which shall not be open to re- view.
 b. When such petition shall be filed with the state election commissioners they shall submit the same. together with a statement of it's sufficiency. to the governor. who shall immediately order and fix a date for the holding of the election, which shall take place not less than sixty days and not more than eighty days from the date of filing the petitions and certificate with the gov ernor. If. by the prayer of the peti- tionerS it is the governor whose removal is sought the petition and certificate before mentioned shall be filed with the auditor of state who shall proceed in the form and manner as prescribed for the governor.
 c. In the event the officer sought to be removed is the governor. secretary of state. or attorney general. officials now comprising the state board of election commissioners. either official sought to be removed shall be disqualified as a member of said state board of election commissioners for the purposes herein provided and such vacancy or vacancies on said state board of election commis- sioners shall be filled by other state of ficials in the order named following: l. The auditor of state
 2. The state treasurer
 3. The commissioner of mines, man. ufacturers and agriculture.
 1. The superintendent of public in
 struction.
 B. The justices of the supreme cour | in the order of their seniority as such d. The governor shall make or caus, to he made publication Of notice for tn, holding of such election. and the cleo | tion commissioners of the various coun 1 ties of the state shall make arrange l ments for such election. and the sam | shall be conducted. returned and the re
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01

western frogs are the most delicate, but the biggest are the southern bull frogs. The latter are not so sweet or tender as the former.
 Frogs are caught at all times of the year. but the greatest catches are in the spring and tali in the winter frog catching is difficult, because ice, often two feet thick, must be seut through in order to reach their nests.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01

q. This article is self executing but legislation may be enacted to facilitate it's operation. but. in no way limiting Or restricting the provisions of this arti- ele or the powers herein reserved
 ., Filed in the office of the Sec
 retary of State on the 9th day
 of May. 1912
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment.
 Witness my official signature
 this goth day of May. 1912
 EARLE W, HODGES tSeal.1 Secretary of State.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01

years ago nave
 now become so popular an article of diet that no fewer than 5000. c00 frogs a year are killed in Min uesota alone to supply the de- mand. The Mort h.
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PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
ACT NO. 4.

AN ACT creating a popular educa- tional committee. creating a text book commission; prescribing the manner Of It's election and it's duties. and providing for uniform text books for the public schools of this State. and for furnishing the same to the school patrons of the State at actual cost of production and delivery.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
EXT ensive Conversation.

Homesick for the sound of her par rot's voice. southern woman, while visiting in the north, resorted to the long distance telephone to hold con- versation with her feathered pet. Polly lined up to the situation as to
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01

etry, give college yells, initiate ani- mals, and can hold a pretty intelli- gent conversation. He pronounces his words correctly, and can spell many of the simpler ones. Whenever he spells the name of an animal he always gives an imitation of it afterwards.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
BIRD OF RARE INTELLIGENCE New York Man Has Educated Parrot for Which He Has Refused Offers
 of Much Money.

The most valuable parrot in the world is King George, rare bird own- ed by a wealthy New Yorker. This man has refused three offers of $5,00O each for Polly.
 King George is one of the rare Afri- can gray parrot, with a gray
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION

Constitutional Amendment No. 15, providing for the issuance of Bonds by Municipal Corporations for certain pur- poses when authorized by majority of the qualified electors of said munich palities
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01

Constitutional Amendment No. IS, limiting the amount and per diem and mileage of members or the General As sembly.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01
PROPOSED cY INITIATIVE PE-1roN

cnrstitvttnnal Areensr,ert &o II. p-o- vit7irr for tho reca'l of a'l elective puh- iie officers. anl prescribing the proce- lure.
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01

body 1ecked with scarlet, and a scarlet tail. He W a s captured when but a year old, in a nest in the heart of Af- rica. His owner bought him, and since then has de- voted from one to two hours a day to his education.
 The bird can si n s several songs, recite po-
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01

We Are Nation of Frog-Eaters.
 Frogs legs. at which people turned up their noses in disgust only few
The Huttig news., 1912-06-01

the manner born, when a servant held
 the receiver to her ear, responding volubly to all her mistress had to say. Incidentally, the connection cost $50.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Good Times Really at Hand

AT last there unmsakabe signs of that general revival
of business which has been long expected and postponed
President McCea of the Pennsylvania railroad denies
prosperity coming He says, cts here Everybody
that The pulse of the whole country beating the
rhythm of happier times We just entering the of
prosperity
Mr. r. S. Lovett the executive head of the Union Pacific
the Southern Pacific the Illinois Central and the other Harr
man lines returns from five weeks inspection trip ranging
from the Gulf to the Pacific and says:
81 have known crop conditions in the
better don't how they could be better Business through
out the West and Southwest for that The
look is excellent great deal of retarded for
lack of labor much of construction in particular be-
ing delayed So with fine crops and demand for labor
much IN of the supply times ought very good
Mr.. Lovett thinks that the opening of Panama Canal
will insure long lease of life the prosperity
that 1t will rapid development Pacific Coast
region and that loss of through to the continental
railroads will be compensated by traffic all
along the lines.
For the present least may breathe once more the air
OF confidence and high expectancy.
once more Nature has men The incubus
OF trusts and tariff has been lifted by growing corn The
e1toron Of monopoists and the fraud folly of politics
I nave been cancelled by the crops
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
A PERTINENT QUESTION.

hulCOr Inc Georgian:
Reading your account of the sor-
did tragedy in which one of At
lanta's policemen met his death at
the hands of his drink crazed com
rade, 1 am particularly impressed
with one feature of the case, in
which 1 think the municipal honor
of Atlanta is at stake.
Your issue of the 21st inst. states
that the author of 1his shocking
murder, one of our city's guardians,
had been drinking heavily during
his vacation, and was intoxicated
at the time of the shooting. OBJ
viously, the man has been a habit
ual user of intoxicants for several
years. Drunken murderers are not
developed during the debauch of a
ten days vacation. Yet you also
tell us that this man has been, con-
tinuously. member of the police
force for the past eight years.
In the light of these facts, At
lanta, who highly prizes her good
name, may with propriety ask of
the police board and the chief of
police this very pertinent question:
Why are men, known to be not only
habitual users of intoxicants. but
frequent victims of their excessive
use, retained on the police force? Is
place among Atlanta's "preservers
of the peace" OF so little honor and
significance that men who have
the progressive paralysis of whisky
in their brains and the fruitful
seeds of murder in their hearts are
to be made welcome there? We
wait for your answer, gentlemen
And While you formulate il NAV we
suggest that a thorough house
cleaning" in the home of Atlanta's
boasted finest" might not be
amiss.
Our sincerest pity, as well as
our Mortified condemnation. must
extend to the unhappy perpetrator
of this awful deed. our heart
felt sympathy goes out to the reIa-
tlVes and friends of his victim
But for those responsible for the
personnel Of our police force We ex.
press our indignant censure that