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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-06

shops, diaries, stores, butcher shops
and even home kitchens.
Colored housekeepers were fright
ened into cleaning up; business men
were dubbed into doing the same
thing by the doctors potent ultima
tum: Clean up or shut M"
One town advertised the fact that
DR.. Bowling said IL was all right.
The doctor said they had misunder'
stood him. He had said that II was
"a sight"
Finally he came TO beard the lion
OF profitable uncleanliness" In New
Orleans. Here big business interests
politicians. lawyers, all the powers
that made New Orleans dirty, com
bined TO fight the doctor. but he took
advantage Of the sanitation code, and
when they refused to clean up ne
closed their doors with an injunction
key.
Business men soon began advertis-
ing the fact that they had been
passed by DR.. Bowling" and custom
ers began trading more with such
stores.
People who had howled about the
constitutional rights OF every persons
to be as dirty as he pleased and the
extra expense In keeping their places
clean subsidized.
The whole state, New Orleans In.
cluded, is now like the dirty-faced
little boy who was scrubbed-t feels
better and VOWS that II viii KEEP
clean hereafter.
But before DR.. Bowling could get
the state feeling like that he had to
deliver $50 lectures to 10000 people
make $500 sanitary inspections and
show, $4,000 visitors through his
"microbe cars"
DR.. Oscacr Bowling Is a big, rudy
man, built on the architectural lines
of that other eminent health presery
er, DR.. Wiley.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-06
~ 8 Gone!
<~A>s\N~ o. 1ERTon1 RALes.

Oh what las OF the creations
That used to be In each home In the land?
The horrible pictures OF buried relations
features forevermore smiling and bland2
the what-not in frames that
the graft OF the agents. that's ALL,
Alb gone the parlor stuny and olden
And gone is the crayon that hung the wall;
The cold clammy crayon the gray ghostly crayon
The horrible crayon that hung the wall.
It's gone from sight with the ugly flowers
The chubby old album the bright tinted shells
he photos e looked for
The wanuts (a gilt which memory dwelIs
parlors good places O
They dreary in winter nd fall.
Yet sometimes + look for the od-fashioned crayon
The funny old crayon that hung wall;
The stih, ugly crayon the hshy-eyed crayon
The horrible that hung IN WALL
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-06
CARCASSES OF WHALES
MENACE NAVIGATION

Knafish. OF the power schooner Bender
BIOS. which has arrived from Bethel
Alaska said that carcasses OF whales
adrfft In Behring sea and Akutan har-
nor were a menace TO navigation
whales we're slaughtered by humid
reda in Behring sea this year. Capt.
Knafisch said and the carcasses were
set adrift after the oil had been taken
There were nearly 200 carcasses in
Akutan, harbor and 100 adrift In Beh-
ring sea when the Bender~Bros. sailed
they average 100 tons In weight and
might sink Q small schooner in coils
sion.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-06

type, funlent Of the peoples
hope justice
hand In
There enough these words for this
Consistency compelled
really Woodrow Wilson for the opportunity
fight principles person and for the privilege share
in tho glory Of the peoples victory.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-06

Eight wagons and eight automobiles
were demolished by railroad trains at
highway grade crossings throughout
the state during the month. The num-
her OF children killed In the 10 months
OF the year was IFS for the Greater
City alone.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-06
WAGON RAN AUTO CLOSE
SECOND AS DEATH DEALER

NEW YORK. Nov. s.--Wagons were
found to be more deadly TO pedestrians
than trolley cars in October, according
to the report OF Col Edward s. Cor
mel! of the National Highway Protect
i've society. Wagons were responsible
for the death OF 10 persons and injury
TO %. while trolleys killed l6 and In
jured as
Automobiles killed "a persons and
injured H. and one person was killed
by a bicycle. The total OF persons
meeting with accidents on the streets
OF the Greater city, due 10 vehicular
traffic was so killed and Isl injured.
Outside the city on highways, the
following tabulation was prepared;
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-05
Cultivation of Potatoes sas
By H. J. EUsTAcE Professor Of Horticulture Michigan Agricultural
College
College

largely upon the physical condition Of
the soil, the moisture content ay well
as proper drainage and cultivation.
Planting.
Where the planting is done by hand
burrows may be opened with team and
one horse plOw, and II any chemical
fertilizer Is to be used 1t can be spread
In the furrow by hand. On light W
loose soils it is desirable to plant the
seed about four to six inches deep, II
shallow planted some Of the potatoes
will become exposed and sunburned.
The seed pieces are dropped the dis-
lance desired, covered with O. hoe
and the whole field smoothed over with
a harrow. ~"SA
1t would be profitable to use machine
planters upon large acreages lover ten
acres), and with these fertilizer at
tachment Is often used to distributes
the fertilizer. If the planter H. noe
equipped with such an attachment the
fertilizer may be drilled In with an Or
binary drill before the field Is planted
or can be spread by hand.
The distance for planting depends
upon the fertility Of the soil, but rows
three feet apart and from eighteen ia
twenty-four inches In the row have
given good results on an average soil,
With intensive cultivation and rich
soil they may be planted as close as
one foot In the rows.
Cultivation.
Frequent cultivation will greatly
help to produce good crop and keep
the field free from weeds. A. splks
tooth harrow is usually used once, og
twice before the plants come up and
again just as they appear. "A weedcr
Is often used at this time and about
once week afterward until the plants
are several inches high. During this
time It may be advisable to go, over
the field once or twice with a cult.-
vator. After the plants are five or SIX
inches high cultivate about oncesIe
week or every ten days until there Ii
danger Of injury to the vines. shc,
' Spraying.
Potato plants are sprayed with Dor.
deaux mixture (six pounds Of copper
sulphate. five pounds Of stone lime and
fifty gallons Of water to protect then
from blight and rot Phytophthora m
festans) and with poison (half a pound
Of paris green or two or three pounds
Of arsenate Of lead added to the Dor
deaux) to kill bugs. The blight and
rot are not present every season IN
Michigan, but in tests made at the col
lege during several recent seasons ~
has paid to spray the plants when
blight has not been present. The ap-
plicatiOn Of bordeaux mixture IN some
way stimulates the plant, and It grows
longer in the fall, is freer from sun
scald, tip burn and other troubles.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-05
Diseases of Bees.

We have but recently awakened 70
the fact that new disease of bees.
one called European foul brood, lihax
gained foothold in our state. . TYAx
new disease in addition to the better
known American foul brood is THREAT.
ening the bee industry with serims
losses. Furthermore the two discpsp,
while quite different are becoming cor
fused.
There has recently appeared bu,.
letin, Special No. 90, from the Mlch-
gan experiment station which deals
with the detection and treatment, of
bee diseases. This bulletin "A, tntes
almost wholly from one written, nv
DR.. Il. Il. Phillips of Washington
by his permission. The reason for re.
printing this bulletin is to get &c be
fore every bee keeper in the state. T.
being impossible for the bureau to sun
ply us with sufficient copies for send :
ing out by the station, 1t was decided
to reprint II.
This bulletin dealing with foul brood
can be had by directing a postal card
to the Michigan experiment station,
East Lansing. gs-+
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-05
Profitable Onion Culture
From Farmers Bulletin 1884, United States Department Of Agcuu
THE essential requirements OF a
soil upon which to grow on
ions prOfitably are high state

ions proftably are high state
of fertility, good mechanical
conditions In order that the crop may
be easily worked, sufficient drainage
and freedom from weeds. If the SOIL
has the proper mechanical properties
that is. If it contains sufficient land and
humus to be easily worked. is retentive
of moisture and fertilizers and Is capa-
bile of drainage-all other requirements
can be met The three types OF SOIL
being most extensively planted TO on
ions i'm this country are alluvual loans,
sandy loans and muck and peat soils.
CLAW soils which bake and run togeth-
or after rains are injurious to the seed
liugs and do not permit proper early
cultivation. Well drained sandy loans
are especially adapted to onions, but
require heavy applications OF fertiii-
zers. lime and the growth Of leguml-
nous crops to keep them In good conoi-
tion. Muck soils are among the best
for onions when fortified with manure
and potash and made free from weeds.
The onion belongs to that class OF
crops which give best results under
verv intensive culture, and the greatest
yields are secured when moderate
acreage is PLANTED and the work con-
6ucted in n most thorough manner.
Onions should not be planted on the
same niece Of land year after year,
and some system Of crop rotation
.bould he maintained. Care should be
taken. however, to use crops In the ro-
tat,on that will not be exhaustive OF
the high fertility necessary In the onion
land. During the years when the land
ia not devoted to onions 1t can be
nlonted to some truck crop that will
Give a return that will justify the APP
nl,cation of large quantities Of fer
tilizers or, better, to leguminous crop
m he turned under as green manure.
The methods Of preparing the soil
will depend somewhat upon Its char
acter. but tillage must be continued
until the soil Is smooth and mellow to
the depth of four or FIVE inches. 1t Is
essential that the fertilizers be well
mixed with the soil.
There is perhaps no fertilizer so well
sadapted to the production Of onions
as well composted stable manure, and
II should be spread on the land sew
eral months before planting to onions.
A fertilizer adapted to the growing OF
onions should contain to per cent
of nitrogen. to per cent Of phos-
phoric acid and 8 to 10 per cent Of
potash.
The following mixture can be mixed
at home and uniformly distributed
over the land shortly before sowing
the seed:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-05
WELL drained sandy loan is
ideal for potatoes. Such a
. soil should, If possible, be in

IN ideal for potatoes. Such q
e u soil should, If possible, be in
o 3! cluded in regular rotation
and the potato crop follow a clover
sod, which should be turned under In
the fall or early In the spring. When
fall plowed the sod will partly decay
by spring and there will be an oppor-
tunity to work the soil several times
with both disk and harrow before
planting, which is very important. 1t
has been demonstrated many times
that much better crops can be pro-
duced upon soil that has had this ex-
ira working than when 1t has not been
given.
The Seed.
Whole tubers about the size of a
hens egg are very satisfactory for
seed, especially DO In dry season.
II such seed is not available use cut
pieces about the size Of q hens egg
and have at least two good eyes on
every piece. Larger seed pieces may
give larger yield, bit not enough to
pay for the extra amount Of seed re-
CURED, especially If 1t is expensive.
II any of the seed is "scabby" even
to very slight degree 1t should be
treated by soaking for two hours In a
solution made up in the proportions Of
one pint of fOrmalin to thirty gallons
water. FOrmalin can be procured from
any druggist. Do this shortly before
planting and before the seed is cut.
DO not put the treated seed back into
crates or bags that held the tubers
before treatment unless the crates are
washed and the bags soaked in the
solution.
Fertilizers.
The best fertilizer for the potato crop
Is undoubtedly stable manure spread
upon clover sod before blowing in the
fall. If spring plowed, spread the ma
nure on during the winter or early
spring. The plowed under clover will
In itself make good fertilizer.
If it is desired to use chemical fer
tilizer our experiments made during
the past few years indicate that
"home mixed" fertilizer containing 4
per cent nitrogen. Z per cent phosphoric
acid and 1913 per cent potash used at
the rate Of 500 pounds per acre Is the
most satisfactory. A ton Of this fer
t.lizer is made by mixing:
Pounds.
Nitrate OF soda containing 16.6 per
cent nitrogen Observation-Disclosures. us
Dried blood containing II per cent
nitrogen OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES co1
cent nitrogen ...................-....... 1000
Sulphate OF potash containing lS per
cent nitrogen ........................... $50
"Home mixed" potato fertilizer....... 1900
It should not be overlooked that the
value of a chemical fertilizer depends
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-05

2.cU
The seed should be sown as early liz
the spring as the soil can be brought
into the best possible, condition, The
hand drills, which SOW one row at q
time. are extensively used, but larger
growers use a gang of drills, which
seed five or seven rows ut once. I'D
Where hand cultivation is to be prac-
ticed the usual distance between roSs
Is twelve to fourteen inches. For
growing the standard market onions in
rows fourteen inches apart about, four
and one-half pounds Of seed will he
required per acre. Thinning should be
done at the first wedding to a uniform
stand Of eight to ten plants to the foot.
1t Is always well, however, to aIIow
for considerable loss Of plants, and I'm
less the plants are so thick as to NC
tually crowd the thinning Will not b.
necessary. n In
The cultural requirements of the on.
ion are frequent shallow stirring of the
soil and freedom from weeds. Az soor
as the plants are up and the rows, cnp
be followed the cultivator should b.
started to loosen the soil which Ia
always more or less compacted sIurins
seeding. There are many wheel Koex
and hand weeders on the market whfth
greatly assist in the tedious weedlhs
and thinning Of onions. 4tisia.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-05
Flood Prevention.

The Mississippi river is the nations
drainage ditch. It's flood waters
gathered from thirty-one states and
the Dominion of Canada, constitute
On overpowering force which breaks
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-24
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Shepard of
Mechanic street.

ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. n Shepard of
Mechanic street
Miss Frances Richards, student
at the North Adams Normal school,
is spending the Christmas holidays
with her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. John II. Cushman
aud children of Irvington-on-the-Hud-
son are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
T. Cushman for the holidays.
There will be a Christmas tree
and entertainment at the Baptist
church Tuesday evening at 1880 o.
clock. All are cordially invited.
Miss Henrietta Walbridge, of
North Adams is the guest of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert S. Wal
bridge of Prospect street for the holt
day season.
Miss Nella Cole of North Adams
called on friends and relatives in
town Monday on her way home from
a visit with relatives in Arlington.
Miss Clara Boynton, who is attend
ing school at East Hampton, Mass,
has been spending a short time with
friends in town en- route for Manches
ter where she will spend the holi-
days.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-24
MARRIAGE BY PROXY.
This Curious Ceremony Is Purely
Dutch Institution.

Dutch Institution.
Some time ago Boer In Pretoria
was married to girl In Amsterdam, in
Holland. the ceremony constituting
what the Dutch call handschoen. or
glove marriage.
In spite of the fact that a distance Of
5000 miles lay between the bride in
the Netherlands and the bridegroom
in the Transvaal they were just as eff
fectually married under the Dutch law
as IL both had been present in the
same church.
The bridegroom sent TO his friend. OF
best man. in Amsterdam power OF
attorney to represent him as his proxy
at the ceremony and at the same time
forwarded his glove. which at the
proper moment. when the two were
made one. was held by both the bride
and the proxy.
The wedding was duly registered at
Amsterdam and at Pretoria. where the
bridegroom flied an affidavit with the
ianddrost. or magistrate.
This curious form of marriage is
purely Dutch institution, the custom
having originated, 1t Is said, in the old
times of Dutch-Batavian rule. 1t il,
however, a dead letter in the Trans
vaal since the English took over that
coiony.-New York Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-24
What Il Cost.

In a little town In England not long
ago the entire family had been at
church ana the young minister was
coming home to dine with them. While
at dinner they were discussing the new
stained glass window a member had
given. ut is a most beautiful piece OF
workmanship said one. land must
have cost a great deal of money" DC
you have any idea how muchY Il
really do not" replied the minister,
but far into the hundreds, ! should
imagine" NO. II didn't" said little
Harold 81 know how much 1t was. II
cost las l0d.' why, Harold, how dc
you know anything about it," BE
cause mamma. it says at the bottom
OF the window. Job II. TO- London
Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-24
Warning for Special Village Meeting

The legal voters of the village of
Bennington entitled in Village Meet
ing to vote are hereby notified and
warned that a special meeting of
said village will be held at Free Ii
brary hail in said Village Of Ben
nington on Tuesday the 31st day of
December 1912, at one o'clock in the
afternoon for the purpose of tran
sacting the following business.
Article l To see if the Village
will vote to accept in its entirety
from the Bennington Water Com
pany the system of water works of
said Company by its deed of the
same to the Village as already pre-
pared by said Company, the same to
be in full compliance with the pro-
posal of Henry w. Putnam to tn,
President and Trustees Of the Til-
lage of Bennington by his letter dat
ed October 1912; and to see If the
Village will also accept the provis-
ions of an act of the General AS
sembly of 1912 entitled AN Act to
enable the Bennington Water Com
pany to donate TO the Village OF
Burlington its system OF water works
and the Village to receive the same"
and also the provisions of an act of
the General Assembly of 1912 en-
titled IAN Act to incorporate the
Henry W. Putnam Memorial Hospi-
tai"
Article .. To see IL the Village
will vote to accept the proposed
amendments to its charter as set
forth in a bill entitled IAN Act in
Amendment of and Addition TO the
Charter of the Village of Bennington.
now pending before the General As
smbly, IL and when the same shall
be passed with incidental amend
ments. IL any there may be, and be-
come a law.
Article 3. To transact any other
business found necessary when met.
Dated this Goth day Of December,
A. D., 1912.
ID. A. Ward.
Village President.
William p. Hogan.
Village Clerk.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-24
NORTH BENNINGTON

Miss Ruby Rockwell is spending
the week at her home in Troy. Penn.
Leland Hall is at his home here
from Norwich Academy, Northflclo,
VT.
Miss Katie Welch of Rutland is the
guest of her mother, Mrs. James
Welch.
Mrs. Thomas Burke and Miss May
Burke spent a portion of Saturday il
Troy.
Miss Belle Durkee is spending
Christmas with her sister in Sche-
nectady.
Frederick T. Huntington of New
ark. n j., is at his home here for the
holiday season.
Miss Edna Walbridge Of Benning-
ton Falls was calling on relatives in
the village Monday.
Paul Baker, of Oneonta, N. Y, is
spending the Christmas holidays
with his sister. Mrs. James Scarey.
There VIII be a concert auS Christ.
mas tree at the Baptist caurrl to-
night, a good time ALI are invited.
Miss Eva Slocum Of Oneonta, N.
Y, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
James Scarey Of Bank street exten-
sion.
E. Leslie White Of Norwich Univer
sity is spending a week with his par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r. White
Of Main street
Miss Gertrude B. Shepard Of Water
town, Mass, is the guest OF her par
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-24
Hnma PietY.

John" said the minister of Scotch
parish. Il fear you are growing remIss
in your religious duties. / have not
seen you I'm the kirk these three Sun
days.
'No," answered John. ITS no that
I'm CROWN Temlss; I'm just tinkerin'
away wi my soul masel. ''at
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-24
NOTICE.

Members OF Board OF Trade are re-
quested to send in their annual dues
s1.O0 to the Secretary. f. s. Harris,
before Jan. LIST, in order to save the
expense Of sending around a collec-
tor. and facilitate the making out
the report of the officers.
W. II. Nichols,
Chairman Board Directors
r. Z. Howe. President
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-24
OEFIED POLICE
Gyr Shot Women and Then Barrlcad-
ed Home

Louisville, Ky, Dec. 23.-Barricad-
ed in his home near Mount Washing
ton, Dominick Gyr, who was accused
of shooting his wife and another WON
an. was fatally wounded by posse
of officers today. Gyr took refuge in
his home after he had shot the wom-
an and when officers came he declar-
ed he would not be taken alive. In
the battle that followed Gyr was hit
by several bullets.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-24
A Compliment.

what did he say when you told him
he was the worst liar you ever knew
-He merely remarked that he had
been hattered before."-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-24
croupy Coughs and wheezy Colds

The quickest simplest way to rid
the children Of dangerous croupy
coughs and wheezy stuffy colds is
to give them Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound. II gives almost instant
relief and stops a cough promptly.
II soothes and heals. Contains no
opiates. Coles Pharmacy. Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-28
DANCER in Watercrsss.

The tempting punches of fresh green
watercress that are now found in mar
ket are never more welcome than at
this season. but great care should be
taken to wash them thoroughly; the
brook from which they came may have
been infested with typhoid germs,
says a writer Experts tell us that
much typhoid fever comes from vege-
tables that have been improperly fer
tilted or from plants watered by pol
luted streams Wherever possible
vegetables should be boiled, but in the
case of lettuce or watercress this is
usually impossible. The only thing one
can do If one does not want to give
up eating them is to wash them thor
oughly in several waters. One can
even make the first water coapy one
without leaving any disagreeable taste.