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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
EXTRA HEADS ON STALKS
Government Becomes Interested In
Grain and Orders an Inspection
OF Method.

Chico, Cal.-Barley and oat-growing
experiments by G. W, Overton of Chi
co have developed grains that may
be adopted throughout the United
States.
The experiments are considered 80
remarkable that the government a
ordered an inspection Of his process
with a view Of establishing his meth
DDS throughout the country.
The feature of the new barley Is
that from two to Ave heads grow on
each stalk, the principal head ripen-
ing first and becoming easily twice as
large as the others, which are OF
normal size. The combined heads are
about nine inches long, while the
stalk Is tough and about as large as
an ordinary lead pencil, standing
against a heavy wind.
His tame oats has an average OF
three heads to the stalk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Minnesota Young Woman Seeking
Lost Cows Has Thrilling En-
counter With Bruins.

Kinney, Minn.-While hunting for
a lost COW In the woods adjacent to
her fathers homestead, seven miles
north of Kinney, Mary Mclnnes, ff-
teen years old, encountered a black
bear with two well-grown cubs. She
was almost upon the animals before
she saw them.
Screaming, the girl scrambled over
fallen logs and dead brush, the en-
ragged bear coming after her. Coming
to q small tree she grasped the lower
boughs and drew herself up until out
of immediate harms way. The bear
hung around the tree and made sew
eral attempts to climb 1t, but Its ef'
forts we're failures, owing to the small
girth of the trunk, which prevented
the brute from getting a solid grip
The weather was very cold, and as
the evening wore on 1t became almost
impossible for the girl to retain her
hold on the boughs through cramps
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
CREW OF OIL BOAT DESERTS

usual types Of prisoners. Most OF
them wore vivid colored handker-
chiefs on their heads; some were
CARRIED In wide trousers which extend
ed only to the knees, and others were
half naked One MAI wore a yellow
'turban.
According to the testimony, the
men were shipped in India, signing
papers which stipulated that they
were not to have any shoro leave I'M
less upon express permission Of the
captain. All said that the men had
been deceived when these papers
were signed, as they understood at
the time that they were to be permit
ted ashore at all ports.
After completing their work yestery
day the men demanded shore leave
for the evening. The captain refused
and the Lascars threatened to desert.
There was a wrangle on the deck, n
orc of the men jumped to the wharf,
calling upon the others to follow him.
Meanwhile the captain sent word to
the seventeenth district police station,
and before the men could follow their
leader Sergeant Duffy, with a detail
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
PROFESSOR FLEES FROM BEES
Lodged Beneath His Undea-hirt Make
Him Do an outdoor3
Marathon.

San Rafael, Cal.--Bees. not OF the
presidential kind. turned DR.. W. II.
Dudley, one OF the towns most digni-
fed citizens, into an Olympic athlete
to the great establishment Of his neigh.
bors.
DR., Dudley had come home from a
tour Of duty and thought to refresh
himself at a shower bath. So he
spread his underclothing on the lawn
to bleach in the sun and retired to
the shower. Later he gathered up the
garments, unaware that adventurous
bees had meantime crawled inside
their folds.
1t was then the doctors was seen to
leap through his front door and make
elFcles around the house with Mara
mon speed while divestiEg himself of
Ais shirt in total defiance of the mu-
nleipai ordinance regulating the pro-
prieties.
aat he outraa the bees.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
PAIR MUST MARRY AT SEA

Kono, who has been In America
twelve years, speaks English tluently.
He explained that the girl was %
years old, although she was just a
little girl of II when he left her IN
Japan. Kono will bring his bride to
Spokane when he complies with all
the immigration requirements.
Kono will not be allowed to bring
the girl to this country until he mar
ries her. To overcome legal obstacles
he will meet her ship outside Amer
lean waters and the ceremony will be
performed on board ship. The mar"
rage ceremony will have to be per-
formed ia least three nautical miles
from shore.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Lascar Sailors From india Say Stencil
Of Cargo Was unbearable, So
They Quit.

New York.-The picturesque Lascar
sailors, clad In outlandish costumes,
such as is commonly supposed to be
the garb of pirates, are taken before
Magistrate Mcfarland Of the night
court and sentenced to 30 days each
on the charge Of attempting to desert
the British oil steamer Indra, which
Is lying at Point Breeze, Captain
Cram, master of the vessel, and Chief
officer Kennedy appeared against
them, declaring the men started a row
because they were refused shore
leave. NOLAN Ali, the only one of the
ten who could speak English, was
spokesman for his companions. He
defended their action, saying that the
captain ordered them to remain In
the forecastle, whefe the stencil OF oil
was so i~ntolerable that they could
hardly breathe.
Arraigned In the dock, the prison
ers presented a novelty IT. the night
court, so different were they from the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

of tho boil weevil. In Arkansas and
parts Of Oklahoma they hunt for their
food among the tangles Of the dead
cotton stalks, and they kill out thou
sands Of weeyils,
Their presence Is never harmful to
crops at any time In the season, as
they are inject eaters, rarely bother
ing with grain. At the saason when
the cotton ground Is being broken
they are especially busy among the
dead bolls and stalks Of the cotton
patch.
Purple martins, cliff swallows, bank
and barn SWALLOWS, Quails and 4
score Of other birds are tremendous
helps in keeping the prolific weeyii
from smothering the cotton fields oct
Of existence. During the periods OF
spring and fall migration, millions OF
birds cross the southern states on
their way from and to the. north, and
they reduce the weeyils ty the mil.
lion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
GIRL IS TREED BY BEARS

in her arms and the stiffness from
cold.
When darkness came on the par
ents and elder brother became alarm
ed and started out with lanterns to
find the girl, calling loudly as they
proceeded through the woods. Miss
McInnes heard the calls and endeav.
ored to answer them, but at first
found 1t impossible to make ever the
slightest sound because Of the cold
and nervousness. As the searchers
drew nearer, however, she was heard
calling family. The bears must have
been frightened off by the lantern
light, as nothing was seen of them by
the rescuing party.
Miss McInnes collapsed when taken
from her perilous position, She had
been In the tree six hours.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

Young fat cattle are now in great
Gemand. The trouble with most TAR
mers who raise yearlings Is that they
do not feed them the first year, only
let them run on pasture, and the first
winter carry them over on dry fodder
and hay. The fact Is, this is the time
the calves should be fed all they Will
eat.
The fact Is, from the time they are
weaned from milk they should be
taught to consume all they will eat,
the idea Of trying to get them along
on as little as will support them re-
suits only in a stunted scrub. A calf
should be taught to eat grain before 1t
Is weaned, and the ensuing summer
1t should have a regular and full al
lowance of grain, corn, oats, bran or
cottonseed meal, so as to develop the
whole frame, and at all times should
be what Is called fat,
Most farmers would call this a waste
of feed, but a good trial would change
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Famous Dormitory at Harvard
Was Built in 1912.
Money to Put the Mall Up Was
Raised by a Lottery, Which
Made a Profit of
$4,000.

Cambridge, Mass.-Not only every
Harvard man but every visitor who
has crossed the classic yard Of the
old university will be interested In
the fact that HolWorthy hall, n Of
the dormltories facing on the elm
shaded quadrangle, celebrates its CEN
tenary this year. For a full hundred
years It has been occupied by success
siye generations Of students.
The history of Holworthy is inter
esting. Before 1t vas built the col
lege had faced out over Cambridge
common, turning its back on what Is
now the yard. The three oldest build
ings, Harvard ~(1672-82), the original
stoughton (1699) and Massachusetts
hall (172O), formed three sides Of a
square open to the west. Later (1763)
Hollis was built in line. with Slough
ton and with the help Of Holden
chapel, three sides Of another square
were thus formed, this one also open
Ing TO the west.
These western faces were the front
Of the building. Behind them In what
Is the present yard were wood houses,
the brewhouse and other outbuildings.
S~toughton was finally taken down in
1850 and a different plan of arrange
tnent then became possible. Still the
present St~oughton, built In 1903, was
placed on a line with Hollis and 1t
also faced the west.
In 1911, however, another dormitory
being needed, 1t was voted in the first
place that the corporation will pro-
coed to erect a new college for the
habitation of students on the site of
old Stoughton hail." and Mr.. Lowell
and Loammi Baldwin were appointed
o committee to make necessary CON
tracts and superintend the erection of
the building. If this plan had been
carried out 1t would have effectually
blocked the development of the pres
ent college yard.
Fortunately better counsels prevail
ed, says the Harvard Graduates Mag
a2lne. On March II, 1911, Mr.. Bald.
win presented a plan for the new col
lege, and it was voted that the COM
mittee appointed to contract for the
erection Of the new college be res
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
BOIL WEEVIL
Birds Assist Greatly In Holding
Down Cotton Pest.
Meadowlark 10 Vindietlvs Enemy Of
insect, Hunting fer Prey Among
Dead stalks-Never Injurious
to Growing Crops

Birds of the woods and fields can
not be expected to kill out the boil
weevIl and prevent its spread, but
they can, and do, help greatly, Amy
help that planters and the small cot
ton growers may receive from bird
life will aid in controlling this pest Of
the southern agriculturist.
The United States bureau Of bio
logical survey has found that there
are fo~rty-three species Of birds that
devour millions Of boil weevils, The
experts of this bureau have issued a
bulletin announcing that these birds
are one of the most important checks
upon the spread Of the weevil.
During the fall migrations of the
swallows, the orchard and the Balti-
more orioles I have watched these
birds, feeding by the hour on the
weevils that are then flying freely,
says a writer In the Farm Progress.
Some OF the birds shot at that time
had as many az thirty-seven weevils
In their crops, and the cliff swallows
that we're examined averaged nine
teen weevils to the bird. In a week |
have seen at least $4,000 birds pass
on their fall migration. and these
must have destroyed millions OF these
pests Of the cotton grower,
In Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma
and Tennessee the black birds can be
depended upon to help the planter
greatly in his fight against the weevll.
The crow,blackbird, the red-winged
variety, the cow-bird and the brewer
are fairly common In all these states
Last fall, while l was raking up the
cotton stalks and getting the ground
ready for fall blowing. hundreds OF
blackbirds followed the rake, picking
up every boil weeyil that was dis
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

lodged from his h!aing place. They
destroyed thousands every day,
When the plows began to Il over
the soil. the birds were on hand again
gorgIng themselves with the weeyils.
Every insect destroyed at that time
cut down greatly the spring Matching.
In the north, among the corntieids
and the meadows, the common
meadow lark is valuable in killing
out the field worms. the cutwor1ns and
other enemies OF the grasses and
young corn plants, In the northern
part OF the southern states the
meadow lark is the vlndictive enemy
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

their minds. 1t is the best form OF
utilizing feed. nen after p~asturing
and feeding all summer the calves
should be put in a close feed lot and
fattened on clover or alfalfa hay, corn.
cottonseed meal and silage II one has
the silo. In this way a yearling can
be made to bring twice what It would
otherwise be worth.
This method Ia worked out by many
farmers in the Northwest, where the
summers are short and winters se"
we're. In the Central West and South.
where the climate is mild, the prob"
lem should be easily solved. 1t Is
practicable, and the money and time
spent are we'll Invested. Instead OF
marketing thin yearlings. weighing 600
or TOO pounds, and bringing 3h cents,
they should. be fitted to 1000 pounds
or more, and fetch six to seven cents.
The market for baby beef will never
be overdone. Young cattlD always
bring good prices.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Girl Watched Lover Suicide.

New York.-Enrico Guida, twenty.
two years old, shot and killed himself
in his room, while Elsie Bogiski, a
pretty girl, eighteen years old, whom
he was to have married in a few days
looked on. He had been Respondent
of late because of long working hours.
The girl had eloped with him and the
pair was stopping at g. boarding house.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

Kittery, Me.-A laborer has for
more than a year been sending month
ly contributions to the federal treas
ury at Washington, D. c, for deposit
In the conscience fund. In a letter
to President Taft the man said he
was anxious for the money to reach
its proper destination, as he had hard
work saving 1t.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Hen Boarders.

Hen boarding.houses are growing
less popular each year. Farmers are
finding that the hens that pay their
board bills are more profitable than
those which scratch up the garden,
but do not lay.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

of policemen, was on the scene and
arrested them all. According to the
police, the men submitted to arrest
peacefully The magistrate said that
he had no option but to sentence the
men, as their act had been plainly
Illegal, IN view of the papers they had
signed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

Florence, Ala.-John Legg is in jail
charged with a murder committed
twelve years ago. A month after the
crime Legg reached the Ozark noun
tains, In Missouri, where he made
his home in a cave, subsisting by
trapping and shooting, and clothing
himself with the skins Of the slain
animals. Confiding his story to a
stranger resulted in his arrest.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Succession OF Crops.

Be sure to plant a succession Of all
the vegetables best liked by the fam.
Ivy az well as those intended for ma
xuet, thus prolonging the season when
they may be enjoyed at home or sold.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Damage by Birds.

Birds do more good In destroying
insects In the field and garden than
they do harm in the orchard, except
perhaps where the orchard ia large
and the neighboring greIn fields
scarce,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
When to Cut Soy Beans.

Tho Tennessee station advises that
soy beans be cut fpr hay about ten
days out Of bloom. At thai time the
pods win be formed, but there will DO
no beans In them.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Nut-Pickinq Aid.

Place pecans in a pan, and pour
boiling water over them; let them stay
for a while, then crack. The meats
can be easily removed from the shella
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Plq's Quarters Too Small.

PhilaGelphia.-For keeping a pig
confined in a small chicken coop,
measuring three by three feet, Ro-
man Roblinskl was fined $lo ana
costs.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

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digestion III pIE9.
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any me cause oI nee.
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26
Peas enrich the soil.

Sow haono mako good siIare
Mora dairy products are wanted.
A sod mulch protects the orchard.
Give thc COW nothing but fresh wa.
Cleanliness Ia one Of the essentials
IN ~nouItrv work
Ara vo,r ~raighhor's crona looking
halter than vorr owp7
means Of better roads
While charcoal ia not q food, fowls
progrees In dairvlnr IA greatest
whore +harc ia tho most interest.
Tho or1v honest wov to water milk
Ia to give pnra wafer to the cows.
No part Of Inc farm work is more
Throw your ashes into the poultry,
bouse and watch them enjoy them,
selves.
Trouble with weeds has caused
moro alfalfa failures than any other
one thing
milk must be n large consumer of feed
and water.
For grinding purposes alfalfa hay
SONS appear
When the horse ia in normal condi
ton he should have all Of the water
1t Is possible to milk in comfort II
the stables are kept in a clean, SAM
larry and light condition.
To the good dairyman 1t Ia import
ant that the exact age Of every fow
on his premises Is known.
tinuous source Of satisfaction from
early spring until frost comes.
Alfalfa should be raked and cocke'
where conditions are favorable.
Indiana produced 26,000,000 wortf
Of poultry and eggs In 1903, year o
the last Ccnsus-tigures Just out
In the rush, don't forget those od'
corners that are growing up TO weed
and seeding the farm to these pests.
Where milk Is get IN ans II !
the pans with clean paper after COO
ing,
A good farm paper Is the very bes
machine on the farm, and will be tn
you.
The three essentials for a success
full dairy cow are Wgor, capacity 10
food and well-deVeloped organs 10
Corn silage Ia no less valuable 10
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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-06-15
Silver May Go Higher

The fractional reaction In silver metal
prices is only to be temporary, accord
ing to the best information obtainable at
this time. Metal merchants in London
have advised western producers that
everything now points to Q steady and
increasing demand for the metal, which
is sure to result in much higher prices.
Silver will probably not sell below 60
cents an ounce again this year. and the
Indications are that the average price
for the remainder of 1912 will be in the
neighborhcod Of So to IS cents. The
statement that the white metal may
command as much as 70 cent? an ounce
will no doubt come as a great surprise
to western mine owners, and especially
to those who have not made a careful
study of the Oriental situation.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-06-15
The Men Who Know How"

It makes no difference how high a salary a mine superintendent,
a mine manager, a foreman, o r N engineer is paid, If he does not
"know how" lis services T practically valneless, or even worse
than nothing, says the Salt Lake Mining Review. To "know how"
does not entirely depend upon a mans education. He may be al
graduate from one of our leading mining schools. and yet be abso-
lutely unified for the work he has in hand. Or he may have
scarcely passed through the common schools and yet be exceedingly
proficient in his chosen occupation or profession. A mine superin-
know how to take out ore economically or proftably; and he may
not know how to handle men to the best advantage. A foreman
NAV be a poor Judge of rock and formation, and fail to take adyant-
age of a change in formation which might lead to the uncovering of
ore. He may not know how to catch up caved ground, or he may
follow prehistorical methods in mine development. Such being the
case, he is a poor investment for the company, as also is the super
intendent who is over him, and the manager, who takes still higher
rank. They may all be good men, but they do not know how
And, because they do not know how, the company employing
them is virtually throwing away its money; the mine owner makes
slow and unsuccessful progressin the way of development and opera
ton, and many valuable properties are eventually abandoned as
being worthless, while the mining industry is given another black
eye.
"Knowing how" is everything in mining, as we'll as in other in
dustries, and its importance cannot be better illustrated than in the
recital Of an incident wherein a mining company was compelled to
because the mine pump was out of order. and no one about the
sent for an expert engineer and pump man. In half an hour after
his arrival the pump was working as good, # not better than be-
fore. The company was pleased with results, but Mortified at the
size of the bill, which was $2525; and requested an itemized bill
When it was received it read as follows: "For fixing the pump rs
cents; for knowing how, $25'"
The bill was paid without the slightest objection.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-06-15
TOnOpah- -N6Vada'S
Leading Camp

Tonopah is the greatest silver. gold
camp in the world to-day.
1t produced last year 50. 818, 100.
Equal to 10 per cent of the total silver
production of the United States.
1t paid in dividends last year So. 200.-
600 from three mines.
It has produced to date $51 ,527, 263.
1t has paid in dividends to date 3d.
COS. 559.
Tonopah has seven steadily producing
mines, Tonopah Mining, Tonopah Bel
mont. Montana Tonopah, Tonopah Ex-
tension, West End Consolidated, Mac
Namara and Midway.
The first six of these are operating
six mills totalling $50 stamps.
Tonopah mines give employment to
1860 men.
The monthly pay roll averages $780,
970.-Exchange.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-06-15
NOTICE OBJ FORFEITURE

To the Heirs Of Patsy Patterson. deceased;
You are hereby notified that we the under
signed have expended during the year 1911
the sum of Three Hundred Dollars (s300.O0l
In labor and improvements upon the Ida
No. !, Ida No. 2, and Higgins lode mining
claims situated in the Buckhorn Mining Dis
trict, County of Eureka. State Of Nevada,
the location certificates of which are on record
in the Office Of the County Recorder of said
Eureka County. in order to hold said mining
claims under the provisions of Section 1924 OF
the Revised Statutes OF the United States,
and the amendments thereto. approved jan
uary ~, 1880. concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount required to
bold said claims for the year mentioned. And
il within 90 days from the publication Of this
notice you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as oo-owner,
which amounts to One Hundred Dollars,
tslOO.Ool your interest in the said claims will
become the property Of the undersigned.
your co-owners, who have made the required
expenditure under said section.
Dated Beowawe, Nevada, Feb. 10, 1919.
j. NJ. HIGGINS,
NJ. II. BERTRAND.
First publication February II. 1919
Last publication May 25. 1919.