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Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
wARr DISEASE OF THE POTATO.

wART DISEASE OF THE POTATO. [The back masses are tubers thoroughly
 routed by the disease.l
 lime and sulphur. sOOt and soot and sulphur with equally unsatisfactory re- suits
 Better results are claimed to have been obtained by testing different va rieties of potatoes. A number of va rieties have been found to be resistant in England, but one authority main tains that "all the best varieties of potatoes-i. e.. all those most proftabl to grow. are excluded as susceptible" |" He also states that one variety said to be immune is very susceptible to late blight. None of these varieties are of commercial importance in America.
 At present crop rotation Is the best method of dealing with the disease. Unlike late blight, which is checked some years by climatic conditions, the wart disease when once in the soil grows worse each year on land that is planted to potatoes. Since the fungus has been known to live in the soil for eight years. potatoes should not be planted in that soil during that period. Fortunately. so far as known the fun gus attacks no other crop.
 A vigorous effort should be made. if found in the United States. to eradi- cate the trouble All infected tubers should be boiled or burned, and no more potatoes should be planted on that field for eight years. Stock should not be allowed to run over infected areas, and no part of any lot contain ing diseased potatoes should be used for seed purposes.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
Eorcina Crops by Electricity.

A British immigrant to Canada pro- poses to force his crops by heating the soil by underground electric wires spaced about five feet apart and one foot under the surface. twenty five miles of wire being required for twen- ty acres of ground. The effect sought appears to be the equivalent of con tinuous strong and penetrating sun shine on glass house system, but with the further advantage of ability to reg ulate the heat to nicety.-Scientific American.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
Old Steel May Be Converted Into 2
 Useful Garden Tool.

The hoe made thus gives better re- suits as a cultivating tool than any
 manufactured tool have been able to procure, says a letter in the Home and
 Farm. The blade consists of the short est leaf of an old buggy spring. Such springs are usually found laying around country blacksmith shops. and the work of converting 1t into this useful hoe is a matter of but a few minutes or an hour at most The spring will be found to have a hole in the center at the place to insert the shank. but it will be necessary to ream 1t out larger with a drill. which the black smith can do. The shank may be
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
DISEASE
 ENTERS TUCSON
Two Cases of Infantile Paralysis; In One There Is No Theory as to the Possible Source of Infec- tion

Two cases of infantie paralysis have developed at Tucson One is that of a Mexican child who is not known to have been exposed to the disease and so far as known could with it by travel The other patient is an American child which was lately brought back with it's parents from Huntington Beach where they had spent the earlier summer Both cases were promptly isolated and the health authorities are taking ener- getic means to prevent a spread of the disease
 Dr. Crepin, the city health officer. says the Arizona Star, states that no cases of infantile paralysis has been reported at Huntington Beach, hence it is his belief, he said. that the child became affected with the dis ease or the train en route home. The disease germs are carried by dust and. consequently, trains out of the Los Angeles territory are, or can be. more or less places of infection, said the doctor.
 The Tucson health officer suggests that parents take precaution to pre- vent a spread of the disease here by refusing to allow their children up to fifteen years of age to join other groups or assemblies. at play or in public places.
 The southern California authorities are active in the suppression, or rath- CT in the repression of infantile paralysis. A dispatch to the Times from Riverside says:
 "Following the examples of other cities in southern California where efforts are being made to stamp out infantile paralysis, the Riverside board of health has taken measures to prevent the disease getting foot hold here.
 An order has been issued forbid ding children under Is years of age to congreate in parks or other pub lie places, to enter any playhouse, public park or swimming pool. or to attend Sunday school or church ser vices. The suggestion is even made that parents see to it that there are no gatherings of children at their homes. The police will be instructed to diSperSe gatherings of children on the streets.
 This city has but three cases of the dread malady and those have been quarantined. Mayor Peters states that in his opinion its will not be necessary to establish a shotgun quarantine. since there have been no attempts to date to break the rules.''
 Long Beach where there are prob ably more Phoenicians than at any other resort on the coast has not vet been visited by the epidemic. and is taking the most vigorous measures to prevent it's entrance according to the following dispatch to the Times
 Despite the strong protests made by Pike cOncessionaries the city coun- ciI at an adjourned meeting this morning passed an emergency ordin- ance preventing children under the age of 15 from attending any of the amusement places in the city or at tending school or Sunday school or private picnics and parties
 ''The Pike business men made the plea that Long Beach had not a single case of infantile paralysis in the city. that every precaution was being taken for perfect sanitation and that if infection was feared from outside the city should quarantine against those places and not legislate against the children now in the city.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
T arm ano
 Garden
DANGEROUS POTATO ILL.
Fungicides of No Use In Controlling
 Foreign Wart Disease.

Funaicides of No Use In Controlling
 Foreign Wart Disease.
 ! In bulletin on Two Dangerous I'm ported Plant Diseases issued by the United States department of agricul- ture. it is stated that the wart disease of the potato has not yet reached the United States. but has been introduced Into Newfoundland from Europe.
 Extensive experiments have been conducted in England with various fungicides and variety tests of pOta- toes. There seems to be a consensus of opinion that fungicides are not eff f1cacious in controlling the disease The following chemicals have been used on the soil with unsatisfactory results: Sulphur. soot, quicklime, ground lime. formalin, ferrous sul- phate. calcium bisulphate, potassium bisulphite. calcium sulphite. sodium bo- rate potassium sulphid. copper sul- phate and lead acetate, Experiments were also conducted by sprinkling the sets before planting with sulphur, lime.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
Tn reply Dr. A H. Hamman of the

Tn reply Dr. A H. Hamman of the board of health remarked on the mysterious nature of the disease and the difficulty in safeguarding against it. therefore the board judged it best to use every possible precautiOn against a malady which might break out even in this city. He told of a meeting in Los Angeles Sunday night of health officers from every city be- tween San Diego and Santa Barbara at which steps were taken to safe guard against any spread and to stamp out existing cases. He said that in all the cities represented Santa Barbara, Long Beach and Santa Ana were the only cities free from the malady and that emergency laws were being adopted by all cities
 The council discussed and listened to arguments for three hours but finally decided to be guided by the views of the health board and adopt ed the ordinance which was published an is now in effect. Pike merchants say it means the end of the season to them and heavy loss. The adoption of the ordinance makes it effective for sixty days and will postpone the opening of the grammar grades of school until October
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
WHERE SEDAN CHAIR IS USED
The 3Century- Old Vehicle Is Stil
 Seen on May Day in knutsford

The news that there is woman still living who rode in Sedan chair is one town in England where a Sedan chair is still used. It is at Knutsford in Cheshire-the "Cranford" of Mrs Gaskel Every May day Knutsford arrays itself in gala attire. Sports are held on the village green, the May queen is elected and crowned and in order that no aspect of antiquity should be mssing-the Sedan chair is produced.
 Whatever may have been absolutely the latest date at which a Sedan chair
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
COST US MANY MILLIONS.
Insect Pests That Might Have Been Kept Out of the United States,


 Kept Out of the United States.
 That the United States stands con stantly in danger of having some agri- cultural pest or disease introduced from a foreign country, just as the San Jose scale was introduced from China about thirty years ago. that will abso- lutely ruin certain branches of agri- culture was one of the significant statements made by Edward A. Sea ton of Minot, N. D.. the speaker who represented the students of the college of agriculture at the commencement exercises of the University of Wiscon- sin. The only way to ward off this peril, said MT. Seaton. is to provide a strict system of quarantine which will rigidly exclude all diseased plants from the country and a good domestic quarantine system that will confine destructive insects and plant diseases to the localities where they are dis covered.
 "In no other country in the world do insects and plant diseases impose a heavier tax on farm products than in the United States" declared MT. Seaton. They take fully 20 per cent of our crops and entail a loss to agri- culture of $1.OOO,OOO.0OO q year.
 This situation has been brought about simply by the introduction of diseases and pests from foreign lands" continued the speaker. Three fourths of our pests and diseases are of foreign origin. and the number is constantly increasing. The San Jose scale. the codlin moth. the Hessian fly, even the common house fly, are all of foreign origin. and they all could have been excluded by proper quarantine measures.
 The United States is the only i'm portant nation of the world which does not provide for such quarantine. Even Turkey will not permit the i'm portation of American nursery stock, and Germany will admit no American potatoes.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
Animal Talk.

It is absolutely essential that sheep be provided with the very best of drinking water. A sheep does not like filthy water. and it will suffer thirst a great while before drinking it
 Unshod colts need inspection of the feet occasionally. as they Ire likely to grow more on one side than the other or to develop too much toe. A little rasping will keep the feet leveled
 One of the common mistakes be- ginners make in feeding brood sows is feeding too much corn. Corn is a splendid food for hogs, but it must not be fed in too large quantities to brood sows or pigs.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
PROTECTED

The late Thomas B. Reed when q lad. was requested to bail out a small boat that had been leaking badly. and was almost full of water.
 T can't do it." replied Tom. Its unconstitutional"
 What do you mean?" inquired the owner of the boat.
 The Constitution of the United States says" replied the future statesman. that excessive bail shall not be required of any man. - Youths Companion.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
Diamonds $115 a Carat WUERKER's, 22e South Spring St., Los Angeles

was used. the chair, at any rate. had a longer life than most forms of public conveyance. For it appeared in Eng land as early as 1881, and in London fifty years later. when Sir Francis Duncomb obtained the sole privilege of letting and hiring them. Thus the Sedan chair was in use for roughly three centuries, and how many hand sons are likely to be carrying pas sengers in 2133. which will be the tercentenary of their introduction?
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
TWO SIDES OF THE STORY.

Ut got so toward the middle of the shipping season." said one disgusted grower, that I just turned my melons over to the distributors and forgot about them. I didn't even inquire to find out what had become of them. l knew it was no use"
 You get busy and create a market" said another distribu- tor. Don't wait for orders to come in. Get move on. Get out and see the trade. Tell 'em we've got melons to sell at a req sonable price. Show lem the goods. Hustle"-Country Gen. tleman.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
UNDAUNTED.

hotel that failed because the place was so unhealthy?
 Ned-Oh, he's running is now as a anitarium-I.ondon Telegraph.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16

Some farmers are born special ists and some have their special ties thrust upon them, and some escape being specialists to their everlasting disadvantage. - Ma tiOnal Stockman and Farmer.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16

There is great promise in the fact that whole classes of grad uates of agricultural colleges go back to the farms. having learn ed how to make them profitable. Secretary James Wilson. Unit ed States Department of Agri- culture.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-16
HOLLYWOOD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-02
Shared Food With Birds.

Kansas City, Mo.-In front Of the
Hotel Baltimore q newsboy shivered
the other morning. One hand was
busy making frequent trips to his
mouth with large hamburger,
from which he was taking hungry
sized bites.
poor little rat. He must be near.
~ frozen" a travelling man remarked
as he sat in a large leather chair
looking out upon the snow and ice.
Just then some snow birds lighted
q few feet away. They hoped about
as If half frozen. The newsboy
tossed them a piece Of his sandwich.
They pecked at it eagerly. Then he
tossed the remainder down and
watched the birds peck at It 80
eagerly. m
No. The travelling man didn't 60
out and give tho newsboy a dollar
or buy him new overcoat. He light
ed another cigar.
s'rd like to do something for that
lad" he remarked. "But It's just
too cold to move"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-02

neighbor of the statue is solitary
monk who inhabits the deserted Bud.
dhist monastery of Suk Kool Am near.
by.
Professor Starr and his companion
in all his travels, Manuel Gonzales,
left the United States Aug. 20, sailing
from Seattle on the same vessel with
Admiral Togo.
"Japan's problem is to make the
Koreans realize that their interests
are those of Japan said Professor
Starr. The Japanese administration
is doing well, but the Korean feeling
is one Of sullen dissatisfaction. The
Koreans have better government
and better facilities of every sort than
ever before, but the situation still is
most difficult
'The japanese and Koreans are
more closely related than the Koreans
and Chinese, yet geographically and
culturally the Koreans have been pro-
foundly affected by the Chinese.
Korea was a center of illumination
1900 years ago. The Buddha in the
temple near Kyong Ju is part of this
beautiful flower of development where
now all is squalor and meanness."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-02
Real Woman.Hater.

A will of a confirmed woman-hater,
writes Virgil M. Harris in Ancient
Curios and Famous Wills" is that Of
rich old bachelor who had endured
much from attempts made by his
family to put him under the yoke Of
matrimony, and who wrote: 81 beg
that my executors will see that I am
buried where there Is no woman in
TERED, either to the right or to the
left Of me. Should this not be prac-
ttcable in the ordinary course Of
things, I direct that they purchase
three graves, and bury me in the mid
die one Of the three, leaving the two
others unoccupied."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-02
BURN BUILDING TO KILL GERM
Only Way to Get Rid of Them, and
Occasion Was Made a Good
Object Leseson.

A ramshackle building in Winston
Salem was recently burned at the re-
quest of the local Anti-Tuberculosis
league, because it was said to be alive
with tuberculosis germs and could not
be PROPERLY fumigataed.
For days before the building was
burned huge placards announcing the
hour of destruction were hung about
in prominent places. Among other
things the placards said: within the
past Is months two men who sold
fruit, etc., here have died Of tuber-
culosis, but unconsciously left millions
of tuberculosis germs by careless
splitting. The building is so open that
1t cannot be effectively fumigated.
The only practical means of dsin-
fecting is by fire."
At the appointed hour, while null
lions Of tuberculosis germs were be-
ing burned, 5000 pamphlets telling
how to prevent consumption, were dis
tributed to the crowd looking on.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-02

shaft Of the driving turbine SO that the center
line of the silver cOatings comedies with the axis
Of the shaft. The mirrors set that when
there is tension on the spring, the light beams
produce a luminous spot stationary at the zero
of the scale But as load is put on, the
beam is DETECTED through angle which indi-
Gates directly the tension. The scale and spring
are so proportioned and adjusted that the horse
power can be read directly from the reflections
noted The indications of this device are very
accurate and have shown that when the turbine
is running at 5000 revolutions under an inlet
pressure Of 125 lbs to the square inch, and with
free exhaust, 200 brake HIP. are developed. The
consumption under these conditions of maximum
of output is 38 lbs. of saturated steam per HI
per hour-a very high efficiency when we con-
slider that the heat-drop, measured by thermome-
ters is only 100 BTU and that the energy trans
formation is effected in one stage. Since three
times the number of heat units are available IN
modern plant with superheat and high vacuum
the above means consumption of less than IL
lbs per H P hour in such turbines adapted to
take up the full drop. Under certain conditions,
however very high thermal eftlciencies have been
obtained which demonstrate that in large ma
chimes based on this principle, in which very
small clip can be secured, the steam consump-
ton will be much lower and should, Mr.. Tesla
states approximate the theoretical minimum
thus resulting in nearly frctionless turbine trans
hitting almost the entire expansive energy OF
the steam to the shaft
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-02
The Hounded Deer

ct doesn't make any difference now" said
hunter Of long experience in the woods in an after
supper talk at an Adirondack campfire "inasmuch
as the deer hound is no longer permitted to be a
part of the hunt but it is a fact that one long
cherished belief of deer hunters is simply a
backwoods fable. That belief is that deer pur-
sued by hounds when it is taken to stream Will
invariably go down with the current instead OF up
stream it's instinct teaching it that If 1t goes up
it's scent will pass down with the water and the
dogs will be enabled to follow it just as they
did on dry land.
81 long ago satisfied myself that water doesn't
carry the scent of deer with it, but that on the
contrary it destroys the scent.
eff the water is deep enough for the deer to
swim it suits the fleeing animal best. If it is not
the deer trots lopes along through it, 1t does
not bound as on land, for it must drink, and must
drink as it goes In the bounding days the hunt
er who believed that the deer always went down.
stream and acted in accordance with thai belief
might recover the trail and he might not While
the hunter who knows better than to take stock in
that belief would not be great while in getting
his dogs on the scent again.
"Of course l am speaking of deer that took to
the mountain stream and not those that found
pond or lake more convenient it being the
ture of deer to seek water if possible, when the
dogs are on their tracks. In none of the streams
where deer sought to throw the dogs OF the scent
could person go many rods up down without
coming to some obstruction in the of the
deer which the animal would have to get over.
"The hunter who knew would in the first place
satisfy himself that the deer hadn't gone straight
across the water, and would then go in one d.
rection along the stream until he came to the
first log rock or other channel obstruction. If
the deer had gone that way the obstruction in it's
path would be wet top from the water that
dropped from the deer as it climbed over it. If it
was dry the hunter would know instantly that the
quarry had not passed in that direction and the
discovery of the spot where the deer had left
the stream would be only matter Of time.
"But the deer doesn't have to take to water any
more to elude the hounds, and it can make no
difference to old time believers in that fable
how many of deer they have lost through
that belief. Maybe there wouldn't have been so
many deer in the woods today If more of the
hunters contemporary with deer bounding hal
known better
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-02
Cremation Amonu the Franks.

An interesting archaeological dis
covery was made lately near Brecht
(Belgium), where the remains OF what
was evidently Frankish cemetery
have been found. The main interest in
the discovery lies in the fact that
clear traces are to be seen in the GEN.
etery Of cremated remains, as we'll as
of bodies buried in the ordinary way,
whereas hitherto it has always been
believed that cremation was not prac-
ticed amongst the Franks.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-02
CLUE TO BUDDHISM
Professor Starr Prizes Into Sc.
cret of idol.
Similarity Of Works Found in Oriental
Temple With Monuments Of Gen.
trai America 10 Evidence Re-
IIalon Existed In America.

Chicago.-After 1900 years Of cross
legged meditation in heather tenn
pie Of Korea, something exciting has
happened to the giant stone Buddha
of Kyong Ju. The idol has been meas
ured, poked in its sacred ribs, and
made the center of a new theory by
Prof. Frederick Starr, the University
Of Chicago anthropologist, who re-
turned recently from trip of oriental
exploration.
In the seated Buddha, which has
stared at the eastern sea In compare
tive neglect for many centuries, Pro-
fessor Starr believes he has found the
masterpiece of an ancient fully devel-
oped Korean art, the prototype of the
famous bronze Japanese Buddhas Of
Nara and Kamakura, and traces of
sculpture and architecture analogous
to that of Yucatan and Central Amer
lea.
The similarity Of the works of art
found in the temple with the Buddha
to the monuments of Central America
Starr to be striking. He will make a
careful comparison of the data he has
collected in the widely remote places,
and he believes his evidence will be
the strongest yet produced to prove
that Buddhism formerly existed on
the American continent.
The Chicago scientist asserted that
the examination of the idol was one
of the most impressive Of his expert
ences in the Orient. The Buddha il
ten feet in height, and sits in semi
subterranean temple twenty feet in
diameter, surrounded by fifteen slabs
of stone, each bearing sculptured
figure. The temple crowns high hill
fifteen miles from Kyong Ju, the an
cient capital Of Silla, one of the three
ancient Korean nations, on the east
ern side of the southern half Of the
Korean peninsula. The only living
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-02
Anger Causes SUGAR Blood.

Baltimore, Md.-Anger, according e
DR.. w. B. Cannon Of Harvard, causes
more sugar in the blood than serenity.
This, he said, explained the great do
mand of the muscles for sweets.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-02

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diseases. 1t instantly stops the pain of
burns. Cures without scars. Csc and Soc
by druggists. For free sample write to
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