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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

Why do we cultivate? In the
primitive days of any agricultural
experience | never heard of the
conservation of moisture" The
"making available of plant food
for the growing crop was then
just a dream and the wood bac-
terra was yet in the hands and
mouths of so-called great ply
sicians. The object i'm culture in
those days was To swat the
weeds !" No one hates weed
worse than does the writer, and
no one works harder to keep them
in check yet the best index have
as to the physical condition Of
any soil is the weeds and the
number thereof that il will grow /;
in fact, ! am afraid of that portion
of any field that refuses TO grow
weeds, and let me state further
that that portion of any orchard
that grows the rankest weeds
produces by far the best peaches,
appels and other fruits for which
! am striN ing. Thirty-fiNe years
ago the state of Michigan was up
in arms against the Cncroachments
OF the deadly Canada thistle that
had made its appearance here and
there. Laws were enacted against
the thistle, and the man who toll
Grated their growth and prosecu-
tons were frequent, all ending in
enmities that only death could
settle; yet some Of the best
fruit growers in Michigan are
saying today that they would he
greatly pleased II thcr y. ea'ds
were covered with thistlcs-and
| am one of that class Why, be-
cause of their persistency; their
exceedingly deep root growth and
their annual appearance as humus
producers. Remember that 1 do
not advocate thistles i'm field crops
or along road sides, nor any
where else in fact where their
presence is an eye-sOre or a blur
on beauty, but l am simply show
ing up the silver lining to this
seemingly formidable cloud. Now
back to culture.
Orchards as whole are grass
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
STATE WARNED
TO NAB LEPER
Health Officials Seek Man Who Escaped From
Ann ArbOr Hospital.
is HIS HAVEN IN DETROIT?
Believed lie May Haze Come Here. Rela.
tives in This City.

LANSING, Mich.,-Samuel lien,
the Bay City leprosy suspect, has
escaped from the University hos
pital at Ann Arbor. DR.. Robert l..
Dixon, secretary of the state
board of health, has announced
from Saginaw that general
warning is being sent to all health
officers in the state to be on the
watch for lien and apprehend him
on sight.
Or Dixon, who left Lansing in
search for lien, visited Bay City
and Saginaw. lien formerly re-
sided at Gaylord, where his wife
is now visiting, and the author
tiles OF that city have been noti-
fled. DR.. Dixon believes len may
have fled to Detroit, as ii is
understood that he has relatives
in that city.
lien can be easily detected. Ac-
cording to the authorities he is
suffering from the advanced
stages of the disease, the entire
body being affected.
lien came To Michigan six years
ago from Russia. He worked as "a
Junk dealer and made Gaylord his
headquarters About one year ago
he moved to Bay City. Three
weeks ago he was examined by
Bay City physicians, who de-
clarcd he was suffering from a
hereditary disease. Later h. was
sent 10 the University hospital at
Ann Arbor.
lien, it is stated, never was en-
ployed or dealt with Herman
Hirschfield, the former Bay City
alderman and leprosy suspect,
now in Centerville, Iowa.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
PLANTING TREES
ON PIXIES PEAK
Al the Rate OF 10000 a Day, Work on 200.
900 Is Nearly Finished.

DENVER-The work of planting
200, 900 young trees, which has
been progressing for the past
month on the slopes of Pixies
Peak, is practically finished
Fifty men, under the direction of
trained experts, have been plant
ing about 10000 trees per day.
Following the planting of 100000
trees the work of sowing seed will
be taken up, and about LOO acres
of land will be reforested in this
manner.
To the visitor at the scene of
these operations the work seems
futile because of the immense
areas, which have been stripped OF
their forest cover by forest fires,
and because many years that must
elapse before these small seedlings
shall be come mature trees, for
the average forest tree requires
at least a century to reach mer-
charitable size.
Another way in which the young
forests influences the stream
flow is through the covering of
vegetable mould which forms on
the ground from the needles and
twigs which are continually
dropping from the trees. This
covering acts as "A large sponge
which catches up the surplus
water in the spring and allows it
to seep out gradually and affords
steady supply of water for the
streams during the summer
months.
Added to the protection fea-
ture is the increased scenic beauty
afforded by the forests on thc
mountain slopes.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
Tablet TO Honor Pioneer.

Hastings, Mich-The members of
the Barry County Pioneer society
will unite with the members of the
Emily Virginia Mason chapter,
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, of Hastings, in unveiling,
on June ~, a boulder and tablet
marking the site of the first house
built in Hastings by Slocum II.
Bunker in the summer oil 1886. The
tablet will be placed near the
Hotel Barrq. Over 40 of the de
scendants of Bunker have been
located and invitations have been
issued for them To attend Ac-
ceptances have come from Cali
fornia, Kansas, Alabama, Illinois
and many places in Michigan. Each
branch of the family will be rep
resented.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
REP. M'LAUGHLIN
GETS THE MONEY
Michigan VIII Share in Farm Management
Extension Work Appropriation.

Washington,-Aided in the sem
ate by Senator Townsend, Con-
gresham, j. c. Mclaughlin, of
Muskegon,l Mich, has had the APP
preparation for his pet agricul-
tural measure, farm management
extension work, increased from
1921 900 to 100000.
But for the quickness of Con-
gresham Mclaughlin and the en-
ergy of Senator Townsend, the
increase would have been granted
by the senate in such way as to
debar northern states from all
participation in the use of the
added money.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
SEARCH FOR CHEAP WAY
TO EVAPORATE POTATOES

Methods of evaporating potatoes
III the cheapest possible way, SO
that they may be shipped without
having more weight than their
actual food value, are being made
the object of experiment by the
Department of Agriculture. The
potato is rated as firstclass
food article and can be raised
cheaply, but when it has to be
shipped a long distance, as is
often the case, the freight charges
greatly increase it's cost to the
consumer.
AS potatoes are about three
fourths water, it is apparent that
this cost could be greatly reduced,
if the water could be extracted
from them without injuring their
food value, and provided the
cost of extracting the water plus
the freight on evaporated potatoes
were less than the freight on the
untreated product.
Dried potatoes are used extern
siVeiy in foreign countries, both
for human consumption and as
animal food. They are sometimes
mixed with various flours for
making bread and cereal foods
The same apparatus which is used
for drying the potatoes in these
countries is also used for drying
sugarbeet pulp, beet leaves and
similar products, which are con-
served and used "a stock food. In
Germany, which is leader in
this industry, two methods, known,
respectively, as the roll system
and the drum are used for doing
this work
In the first-named system the
potatoes are steamed until
softened, then passed be-
tween large revolving cylinders.
which are heated by steam. The
potatoes form a layer on the roll,
and this layer is scraped off as it
dries during the revolution OF the
roll. The dried product has a
flaky appearance, similar to that
of some breakfast foods.
The drum system is used for
making stock food only and il can
be operated for about half the
cost of the roll method. The
essential part of this apparatus is
an iron shell, ~ #. in diameter
and about 20 #. long, into which
cut potatoes are fed as il slowly
reyolves, while a strong current of
air, at a temperature of about 600
deg. FAIR, is drawn into it by
means of fan. The approximate
cost Of running this machine is
S1.30 per ton of potatoes. Four
tons of raw material are needed
TO make one ton of the dried pro-
duct.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
MICHIGAN LEADS
ALL WARSHIPS
Trophy for Excellence in Gun Practice Is
Awarded TO the Big Battleshp.

WASHINGTON-The battleship
Michigan leads the battleship
fleet in all forms of gun practice
this year, according to scores COM
puted at the navy department. The
Michigan will receive the trophy
for which the ships were compet-
ing and will hold it for one year
The standing of the various
ships i'm the order of their excel
lence is: Michigan, Utah, Delaware,
Virginia, North Dakota, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio,
Rhode Island, Maryland Conn
ecticut, Louisiana, North Caro-
lima, Mississippi, Kansas, South
Carolina, Minnesota, Nebraska and
Georgia.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

Michigan established her agri-
cultural college over half a CEN
fury ago when such institutions
We're practically unknown and
from that day to this has con-
stantly been leading the pro-
cession of states toward higher
and better education for those
who wish to specialize in the
knowledge of Agriculture.
The College is situated at East
Lansing on farm of 64S acres,
and at present comprises fifty
seven buildings. The Legislature
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
BIBLES, SEVEN TONS
OF THEM SHIPPED
Missionaries Are Getting Ready TO Operate
on Panama Canal Sailors

New York,-Seven tons of bibles
and none of them printed in
English was the shipment record
of the American Bible Society r.
Gently. They went from the
Spanish and Portuguese with some
in Indian dialects. The transport
tation companies charge freight
on bibles as on other things, but
they make a favorable rate. The
bible society is getting ready for
bible work among the sailors who
will pass through the Panama
canal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

OF 1857 appropriated 100000. At
each succeeding session since, APP
preparations have been made for
buildings or current expenses on
both, until the present value of
the college buildings and equip
ment is S1,263, 11O.89, Of which the
former represents $3.50, 10000.
The sources of income of the
Agricultural College are as fol-
lows: Interest paid by the state
on funds derived from the sale
of lands granted by the general
government in 1862; appropriation
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
STATE NEWS
New Candidate for Senate.-Foss.

BAY CITY-Letters being sent
from here to republican workers
about the state indicate that +
b. Foss, wealthy lumber dealer
coal operator and vessel owner,
will be in the list of candidates
for the United States senate to
succeed VIM. Alden Smith.
The letters are not going out
from Mr.. Foss office and he is
not in the city, SO that it cannot
be ascertained whether they are
authorized or not, but it is well
known fact, locally, that Mr.
Foss has had senatorial ambitions.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
Saws Routes Have Good Features.

MAINSTEE, Mich-The report of
the committee of investigation of
the two prosposed Muskegon-
Nanistee interurban route will re-
port the western route will pro-
vide greater passenger traffic.
while the eastern route promises
more freight business.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
State Closes Two County Lock.Ups.

LANSING, Mich.,-The state
board of corrections and charities
have closed the county lails in
Arenac and Midland counties.
They have also ordered the Jail
of Newaygo county closed. The
steps were taken because OF the
unsanitary condition of the
jails and because prisoners were
not properly separated and classi-
fled.
Midland county will transfer its
prisoners to Isabella county, and
Arenac to Ogemaw. other jails in
the state will receive similar or
ders if conditions are not rem
edied, the board states.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

may, we see nothing in it but
shiftlessness, and i'm the majority
of cases, a plainly visible excuse
for laZiness. 1t is a stubborn fact
that he who tries to dodge labor
in the fruit business will dodge
dollars as well. The cultivated
orchard is the one that looks well
and pays well; SO don't try to
dodge the issue with any other
makeshift.-The Cleaner.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

from the United States Treasury
under the Morrill, act of August 80,
1890, S25,O00.00 per annum; a sub
sequent act has increased this APP
preparation by $4,000 per annum !;
until the total sum shall reach
$4,000; Hatch Experiment Station
act, for experimental work, $4,000
per annum; Adams experiment Sta
ton act, for experimental work,
$4,000 per annum; appropriations
by state legislature and receipts
from farm, garden, orchards and
students fees.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

Why do sheep resemble fast
oyung men? Because they gamble
(glamboD in their youth, are
always on the turf, are very fire.
quently blacklegs, and are uni
versally fleeced.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
THE ONLY ONE

al want a license to marry the
best girl in the world" said the
young man.
The clerk nodded smillingly and
<rf3lied ,"Sure. That makes 1900
licenses for that girl this season.
Puck.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04
CIVIL SERVICE A DEAD
LETTER in TACOMA

The civil service commission is
at last convinced that the civil
service of the city charter as held
by the curt is a joke. The COM
missioners are now looking into
the law with a view to drafting
charter amendment that will
give the city real civil service.
AS a matter of fact even the ap-
pointment of employees has been
largely a farce under the civil
service thus far. In the police
department when the administra-
ton wanted a particular man it
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04

had him examined and the chief
Of police was on the board of ex-
aminers and it was a picnic.
The same has been true in the
light and water department. The
city electrician or some other po-
litical appointee of the commits
sioner goes on the examining
board and the man wanted always
passes.
A change in the charter cannot
be made until the next general
election which will be year from
next spring.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04
GOVERNOR BLEASE
DEFENDS LYNCHING

(By United Press Leased Wire
RICHMOND, Va. Dec. Al
will never order out the militia
to shoot down the neighbors and
protect a black brute who COM
mits the nameless crime against
a white woman"
This declaration was made by
Gov. c. L. please of South Caro-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 4.
100000 less than
the amount recommended by
Secretary McVeagh, the executive,
legislative and judicial appropri-
alton bill was reported to the
house today from the committee
on appropriations. The bill calls
for $34,000,000.
The presidents salary remains
at $4,000 and that of the presi-
dents secretary $4,000.
The committee eliminated a
provision providing that future
ex-presidents be made congress-
men-at-large with salary of
$17,500.
No appropriation was provided
for the Commerce court, the mint
at Carson City, New, the assay
offices at Boise, Idaho, Salt Lake,
Helena or Charlotte, N. c.
The bill provides that hereafter
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04

lima before the governors con-
ference in session here today.
Blease warmly defended his use
of the pardoning power, declaring
that in % months he had par
doned about 400 persons, and ex-
pressed the hope that before the
end of his second term the num-
Der would reach 500.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04
APPROPRIATION BILL
REPORTED TO HOUSE

congressman will get an allow
ance of $125, a month for sec
rotary. 1t requires that the clerk
of the house pay these secretaries
directly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04

CORVALLIS, Ore, Dec. A.
The regents of the state agri-
cultural college are today prepar-
ing an appeal to the state legisla-
ture for $4,000 for buildings
and equipment and $4,000 fer
maintenance next year
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04
YOU'LL FIND IT HERE

Three weeks ago Mrs. Amt
HUSKY, 2315 South l. street, put
up $500 insurance against her
husband breaking the peace with
the prosecuting attorneys office.
Today he's lin again" for assault
upon his daughter Mabel.
The Milwaukee exhibit car has
gone to Grays Harbor.
You may celebrate on New
Years by walking across the new
18th street bridge unless some
thing unforeseen happens mean
while.
Dan Corners, Frank Rafferty,
and Pat Townsend sold their
shoes to buy whisky and were ar
rested. Their actions were de-
clared in accordance with the
law and they have been released
by order of court.
Torpedo boat destroyers Fox
and Davis have been assigned to
the Washington Naval Militia
for an instruction cruise. These
two crafts are the fastest in the
navy.
DR.. r. B. Glover, missionary to
China, will speak this afternoon
at 2:30 O'Clock at 900 South G
street, and this evening at 10S
South 18th street.
The C. NJ. & p. S. railroad has
filed an affidavit in federal court
declaring there was no undue in
fluence used in settling the claim
of A. ID. Kerr for $4,000. They
say he agreed to settle for that
amount before he had filed suit
against them.
The Northwest Forwarding
Company is completing a carload
of household furniture intended
for Chicago and other eastern
points. If you have anything call
up Main 397 or come to our Of
flee, 2019 Pacific avenue.
Advertisement"
Tom Hankerd, a laborer, aged
so, is in the Northern Pacific
hospital today suffering from a
broken leg and probably internal
injuries due to being struck by an
engine yesterday.
Mrs. Marie Bernard Russak of
India will lecture tonight on
Theosophy in the Tacoma Music
hall, South Third street and Ia
coma avenue.
Alright heaters, $3.50 and up.
Ewing Hardware Co., I'LL c st.
Main 1850. Advertisement"
The Fern Hill Improvement
club has candidates for school
board positions to speak before
their assembly tonight.
Mrs. Emma Ratkewicz has been
given a decree of divorce from
William Ratkewicz on the
grounds of alleged non-support
and desertion.
"There is no better sausage
than Diamond T. G. Brand Pure
Pork Sausage, made fresh daily
by Carstens Packing Company"
Advertisement"
The school board will let the
contract for wiring the Central
gahAnI o.
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HE INVITED THE REGIMENT.

BUDA PEST, Dec. 4The government having forbidden
&. the mention Ausroungaran mill
connection with their provin
ca the difficulty inserting the follow
o ing in it's society column:
1.-The colonel charge of the garrison city
take the cure in the mountains along the
border He had the kindness invite his entire regiment
him. the have all gratefully
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04
MINISTER'S TO PROTEST..
(By United Press Leased Wire

SPOKANE, Dec. 4.-The inter
church council has called a mass
meeting Sunday in the First
Methodist church to place the
blame for the Spokane diggins,"
a wide open" time given for the
entertainment of the delegates to
the recent mining convention.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04
HOW TO DETECT TUBER-
CULOSIS.

o Early signs of tuberculo-
@ sis often are: loss of weight,
o loss of strength, lack of ap-
o petite and a little fever in
9 the afternoon and evening.
{. A cough caused by tubercu-
9 losis of the lungs or the pres
9 ence of tubercle bacilli in the
g discharges shows that the
I. disease is we'll advanced.
sa
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04

Richard Lewis has filed appli-
cation for divorce from Elizabeth
Lewis, alleging she used intoxi-
cants and profane language.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04
SHEPERD SAYS u. S.
SHOULD INVESTIGATE
BY w. G. SHEPHERD.

BERLIN, Dec 4Dr. Frederick Friedman convincing
cabed Monday.
the ani-tubercuos Christmas
ought to be expended by the
Friedman
victims IL what it be.
of the hands medicine
=. the globe
American taken action
Anti-Tuberculosis which
cure, a ife-sa wing station.
apparently miraculous reported in Berlin
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04

Judge Chapman has continued
indefinitely the case of NJ. john
son, charged with selling liquor
to an habitual drunkard.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04

Books of the Tacoma Automo-
mobile club show the organiza-
ton with $500 surplus treasury
money. A rousing meeting at
tended by $50 members was
held last night in the Commercial
club rooms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-04

James Wagner was arraigned
yesterday before Judge Chapman
and entered plea of not guilty
to the charge of first degree as
sault upon Sumner Cogswell. The
affair took place in the Tourist
hotel a short time ago, Cogswell
having been struck with an iron
bar.