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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-12-12

In making pens for winter use,
do not build on too big a scale.
A few hogs in a pen will do
better than too many.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-12-12
The Enabling Act.
Bristol Herald-Co,,r;r.

Bristol HeraId-Courir:
1t is being quite freely pre-
dicted by the friends of TEMPER.
ance in Virginia that the Slate
legislature which meets next
January will pass the enablino
act, which was defeated at the
last session. The measure passed
the lower house of the last leeis-
lature, but met defeat in the
And it is evident that the
Whlskey people of Virginia fear
the fulfillment of this nred;ct;o,,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-27
VOICE OF
THE -
p e O PI e
THE corroNY MAPLE SCALE.

Hammond, Ind, June 26.-Editor THE
TIMES: Next to. the San Jose scale the
Cottony Maple scale has done more dam
age than any two scale insects put to-
gether. 1t occurs all over the state and
Is found mostly on silver maple. but
has been found on hard, red and nor
way naples, linden and elm trees as
well. In the past few years this scale
has killed many trees in Indiana Little
or no attention has been paid to ii
in spite of it's deadly character Jsu-
ally the tree does not dies for several
seasons after it becomes infested. The
badly infested leaves will turn yellow
and fall during midsummer. If an
infested tree is allowed to go un-
treated it is only a matter of a. few
years until 1t dies, the most infested
branches dying first. Thus healthy
looking tree may have dead branches
in the top. Sometimes tree will all
be killed with the exception OF a few
branches which for some reason cs-
capes the effect of the insects.
The adult female scale hibernates on
the under side of twigs in the winter
In May and June she lays large quan-
titles of eggs which are surrounded
with great masses of cotton padding
making quite a conspicuous appear
ance. This cottony substance is per-
sistant on the branches through tho
summer and until worn off by the wind
and rain. The eggs. however hatch and
the young make their way to the un-
dersides of green twigs and leaves and
attach themselves. There is onry one
brood in a season AS summer advances
the males and females differeditiate,
the males developing wings. At the
approach of winter the fortified fe-
males go into Information on the un-
dersides of twigs and the males die.
The fact that the scales attach them
selves to the undersides of the twigs
makes this a comparatively easy in
sect to control being in position to
be easily hit with spray solution
Winter spraying with the lime-suphur
wash is the best means of controlling
it. This solution cannot be used on the
foliage because of it's strength hence
should be applied just as soon as the
leaves fall from the trees. If the
trees are badly infested several appIi-
cations will insure success. The com
mercial solution is obtainable in con-
centrated form and should be diluted
with nine volumes of water. A home
boiled solution can be made by using
fifty pounds of lime and so pounds of
sulphur to $50 gallons of water. Add
enough water to the lime to Stake 1t
thoroughly and Immediately add the
sulphur Boil for an hour or so with
only water enough to keep the mass
liquid until 1T becomes a deep amber
color. Then add water to make the $50
gallons. Use as soon as possible. Better
results are obtained IL applied warm
When a smaller amount is desired use
proportions as above
In conclusion / wish to say that
spraying for any scale insect must be
very thorough in order to be effective
These insects will be found far out to
the tips of the smallest branches and
VIII be very difficult to reach even by
the most thorough work. This can be
met by cutting back the small branch
es- When tree is badly infested the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-27

top is so weakened that it is best to
give 1t merciless trimming.
A new vigorous top will then grow
from the remaining stumps. A tree thus
treated can be more readily freed from
the scales also. All branches which are
taken off of the tree should be burn
ed. In spraying always work with the
wind even If 1t necessitates two spray
ings from opposite directions in order
to fully cover a tree
ERNEST S. TILLMAN.
Head Dept Biology. High School.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-27
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

HAMMOND.
Lot 10. blk IS, Eschenberg's
State Line add, George A Car
penter TT. to Charles Burns. 100
EAST CHICAGO
Lot .. blk 8, E. Chgo Land Assn,
East Chicago Co. to East Chi
caso Lana Assn 1
Lot "a, Champion add, Clarence
C. Smith to Frank Such ...... $50
Lot Ss. blk %. u 29-37-s,
East Chicago Co. to wojciech
WIKI ..-....-........ ......... ESQ
MILLER
Lot 16. Stems & Moore's sub,
Thomas j. Storms to Elsa Wet
tengel --.-..- .. 200
HOSFORD PARK.
Lots 80, 33, blk 2. Rosie Sebesta
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-27
HuzzIne Sounds Made bv Insects.

The different humming or buzzin1
sound In insects is caused by the vi
bration of the wings, and the more
rapid the vibrations the sharper the
sound. Scientists have estimated that
the common house fly vibrates it's
wings about 3S5 times second and
the honeybee 400 times, though a
tired bee moves it's wings more slow
ly and makes a different sound from
a fresh one. The butterfly is content
to move more slowly and makes no
noise
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-27
Glow Protector

To ward off hole in a kid glove
where the fingernails cut through, fas-
ten a small piece of kid of the same
color to the seams on the inside of
the finger and the glove win last for
weeks.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-27

A st. Louis man made $64, 900 as a
ragpicker. Lots of men have made
more than that out of rags-chewing
them on the lecture platform---Mil-
waukee Sentinel
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-27

Novotny to Charles A. Smith 100
WHITING
Lot 2, blk 2, Forsyth's Sheffield
sub, oliver Q. Forsyth to Cath
crime schaaf ..-........... $50
CROWN POINT
Lot 40. Young's srd add, John
Brown to Ellis G. Dillabaugh.. To
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-27
Nothing poina at All.

Hokus-"So she didn't return your
love, eh?" Pokus-sReturn my love?
Why, she didn't even return my pres
ents. Town Topics.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-27

THE TIMES IS TRYING HARD TO
MERIT THE SUCCESS TT HAS
ACHIEVED
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-27

OF b IL ~ OF the fac tina Boy Scout
- OF
ny than nmem
In than members heorartn
60 r nnd udm
craft df hy and hitsm.
IF Is my best o o nc m
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-21

Sherbrooke, Que, Aug. 21,-Har-
.ry X. Thaw, escaped slayer of Stan
ford White, showed signs of fearing
a return to Matteawan asylum for
the criminal insane for the first time
today.
The millionaire spent practically
the entire day walking nervously up
and down the big hospital ward of
the jail. At times his walk became
so fast that it was almost a run.
At the same time the feeling to-
ward Thaw here is rapidly becoming
more and more favorable.
Sherbrooke is taking on the gem
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-21

proved by the bankruptcy proceed
ings involving me recently in the
courts of that state. I think it the
duty of the governor of Pennsylvania
to come to my aid"
Thaw today gave cut statement in
which he said it was the action of
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in returning to
her old life on the stage that had
driven him to seek escape from Mat
teawan.
He intimated that he still loved
her and that it hurt him to think Of
her living the old Broadway life.
Thaw's attorneys today success
fully blocked the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings despite the urgent Objec-
tons Of District Attorney COnger of
Duchess County, New York.
Charles D. White, K. c., chief of
Thaw's counsel, said that delay so he
might prepare his case was absolute
" necessary. COnger protested to
Judge Arthur Globensky, but the
court pointed out that Thaw was I'm
der an eight days commitment and
could not be brought into court be-
fore the expiration of tnat period ex-
cept on a writ of habeas corpus ap-
piled for by himself.
This probably means that Thaw's
counsel will not bring him into court
for a week or so.
There is little doubt but that Thaw
viii be released on the habeas cor
pus proceedings, but the moment he
is he viii be rearrested on the sup
Elementary warrant under the imni-
grafton law.
OttaWa.-The surrender of Harry
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-21

lum when she returned to "the
degradation" of the Broadway life.
Harry Thaw love He?" she cried.
THAT is the worst yet.
'cDo any of his actions tend to
show he loves me? It is nonsense.
If he loved me would he have left me
here in New York among strangers
to shift for myself, to starve if
could not find some means of earning
my own living?
Il am really frightened now. The
news from Sherbrooke is frightful.
What shall l do if that man gets back
to New York? The situation is get
ting more serious every minute. If
he should go free l would be driven
desperate.
"HarTy's controlling impulse is his
egotism. 1t has been that which al
ways has got him into trouble. It
was his egotism that caused his ar
rest Monday. When he learned
had made a success on the stage it
made him furious. He wanted to see
me in the gutter, and to know that.
could get out only by his aid. When
he found that could stand alone and
live by my own efforts, he determined
to get out and kill ne.
81 know that man so well l pre-
dicted what would happen when he
escaped from MatteaWan. l forsee
exactly what will happen if the law
relaxes its grip on that crazy man.
81 shall stay right here in New
York. 1 am safer here than 1 would
be elsewhere"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-21

New York.-Mrs. Evelyn Nesbft
Thaw laughed bitterly today when
told that Harry K. Thaw had intimat-
ed that he still loved her and only
had escaped from Matteawan asy-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-21

OttaWa.-The surrender of Harry
K. Thaw to the New York authorities
was demanded today in a telegram to
the immigration authorities from
Acting Governor Glynn of New York.
lie immigration officials say no ac-
ton will be taken until the present
proceedings are concluded.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-19

.t,a Won maintain business men
its failure OF tne same
Tho success and bappns citizen community lie
community and the gooa ne can
~ NcEMESr OF YOUR OWN THAT
MUCH TOWARD OWN PERSONAL SUCCESS NO man can
and prosper unto and realizing
@ a GOOD cizens together for the common
good doing and as individuals
NO TOWN CAN sTlLL IT MUST EITHER GO FORWARD
AND IT IS UP 70 YOU TO BAY WHICH ~ witt
Some towns hustle hustle and the town
boosting until citizen becomes ooos
pretty known far and
Of nnouous easy
rock along dead
complaining stop Nothing hurts town more
cannot something good dont say ans'nns' a ~ " wv
depends the bis home
largely on the OF ms nome
likewise OF ALL while the sue
depend the the men,
injuries 40 your nome to"n OF
anage to order
order houses patrone merchants IN other towns
community to mail order mouse gu
trely from interest both whereas
merchant Immediately into crcuauon
and n back to you
THOUSANDS ANNUALLY ARE BEING SENT TO MAIL
ORDER HOUSES COMMUNITY, THUS oEPRviha HOME
MERCHANTS THEIR RIeHTFuL PATRONAGE
And vet home merchant depndent on the
people he give and to ad
the and he being oten
demands his fearing onnd tne
becaus Of fear Of loss Of their patronage
UNLIKE MERCHANT MAIL ORDER HOUSES PAY NO
TAXES LICENSE 20 BUSINESS IN YOUR CON-
MuN,Ty THEY CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR CHURCHES
SCHOOLS PUBLIC CHARITIES OR ANYTHING ELSE AND
THEY GIVE NO EMPLOYMENT TO ANY o"e !" w"
HOME TOWN.
streets kept
poced protected by good hre ngntne
md the peope to happy ARE SENDING
YOUR MONEY OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN OTHER CITIES AND
TOWNS you ARE DEFEATING THE VERY OBJECT FOR WHICH
STRIVE.
Now big proposidonand
undermining the foundation OF your wen onk
THE FARMER AND the MeRcHANT
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-19

and no foreign substance to bind 1t.
Nearly every remedy had been tried
on the road but proved of very little
value on account of the yielding char
acter of the road bed. Finally the
Perry Commercial Club took hold Of
the proposition and made an agree
ment with the county supervisors.
Messrs. BlackmaD. Della and Clark,
whereby the county was to pay ST.
800 provided the balance necessary
to build a mile CT pavement would be
raised by the sonnecial club. Sew
eral thousand dollars in private sub
scriptions were secured by the Com
mercial Club through the activities Of
the committee, Messrs. E. d. Carter,
Geo. Gardner and w. w. PHILIPPE
who then advertised for bids.
The lowest bid received was SIC
per square yard for SIX inch one
to four mixture and this did not in
clude the grading. The price was be-
yond the funds available and all OF
the bids were rejected. About $4,000
more was raised by the committee
and contract let privately to w. g.
Birdsall Of Perry at SOC per square
yard including the grading. The work
was superintendent " Fred Maiden.
county engineer and an eighteen foot
roadway with expansion joints every
twenty-five feet was built The Illus
tration shows the concrete work when
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-19
IOWA coNvIcTs TO WORK o
ROADS.

The law passed by the last genera
assembly permitting convicts to b,
employed on the highways under Ger
tain regulations, has not attracte!
general attention throughout the state
but will probably prove to be of great
value in coming years.
The act provides that the board .
control of state institutions with thu
advice of the warden, may perm!'
prisoners to work upon the higa
ways, such prisoners to be under thu
custody of the warden at all times
even when they are performing serv
ices under the honor system and
without any guard or officer in thei,
immediate presence.
The State Highway Commission
shall supervise the work but the board
of control shall prescribe the condi
tons under which prisoners shall
work while awev from the institu
ton. County bo,r1s desiring con
victs of this charat.e for road wort
may apply to the highway commission
The matter of wages is to be agreed
upon between the supervisors and thu
board of control and such portion d
their wages as Is deemed equitable
may be allowed by the board of con
troll to be paid to the prisoners or t.
their families.
The law contemplated working thA
prisoners wholly on the honor system
without uniform or conditions thai
would make them conspicuous or sub
ject to ridicule and only prisoners
whose character and reputation arr
such that the warden feels that they
are deserving Of confidence will b
permitted to take up the work.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-19
D, WARD KING on DRAGGING.
More Interest Being Taken A. the
r Farmers Become Converts To
The Automobile.

AS more farmers become converts
to the automobile and the work of the
good roads boosters becomes more no.
ticeable the road drag comes more
and more into prominence. D. Ward
King, inventor of the famous King
road drag is one of the most enthus
iastic boosters for good roads in the
country and in Q recent pamphlet is.
sued he answers some of the questions
that have poured into him from all
parts of the nation.
The following are some of the Ques.
tiens and answers:
Would it not be better to plow the
road before dragging?
No blowing gives soft foundation.
Flowing the middle Of road is relic
of the old dump-scraper days.
What do you do when there are deep
ruts in the road?
Drag them. II you drag when the
surface is quite loose and soft, you
will be surprised how soon the ruts
disappear. :
How do you get the dirt to the mid
die of the road? .......as =
BY hauling the drag slantwise with
the end that is toward the center Of
the road little to the rear of the
other end. ,.
But suppose the road is too narrow1
First drag the wheel tracks. After
three or four rains or wet spells, plow
shallow furrow ju.t outside the
dragged part. Spread this over the
road with a drag. Only plow one fur
row. You may pillow another furroW
after the next rain. At each plowtna
you widen the roadbed two feet.
y, How many horses do you use? ~,- =,
Two, generally; three If it is just a.
handy; four when breaking COLTS
good solid team in the center and .
colt on eali side; two men on the drag
one to drive, the other to. control
the colts. ... - ]
How do you drain the road?
If the earth is pushed in the middle
Of the road continually the road will
drain istelf. I'll q 81 y49ss. 81 -t&
Why not make the drag out Of plank!
You can and do good work. But the
split log 10 the best The plank dral
ts not SO sti6. ~ = s,7sg.c 2 b
Why not make the drag Of .hsav,
>awed timber? -, -.
Because the drags 90 made have .
y
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-19
RETURNING TO UNITED STATES
eody Of Mayor Gaynor Placed on Board
Liner Bound for New York.

Liner Bound for New York.
Liverpool, Sept. 1.-THE body Of
the late Mayor Gaynor of New York
was removed from the Liverpool town
hall, where it had been accorded I'M
precedented hOnors by Great Britain,
and taken to the Cunard line steam
er Lusitania. 1t was placed in the
special mortuary chapel on the for
ward deck of the steamship. The LUIS
atania is due to arrive at New York
on Friday Sept 10.
A special guard of six policemen
watched over the body in the town
hall throughout the night.
Later the body was re-embalmed.
A death mask of the features of the
mayor also was taken in accordance
with instructions received from Mrs
Gaynor The Liverpool clergy, head
cd by the bishop of Liverpool, per-
suaded Rufus Gaynor to consent to
the holding of a religious service.
In the dim light Of candles and In
the great fog which enshrouded the
hallway Rev. Theodore A. Howard,
vicar of st. Mathews, conducted an
impressive Church of England funer-
nj rights over the remains.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-19
HOW GOLD PENS ARE MADE
Platinum ORE the Ingredient, and the
Process 10 Something Of . Com
plicated Matter.

Metallic iridium, used 20 extensive.
~ for the points Of gold pens, is made
from the powder obtained In the wet
way from platinum ore by heating to
q high heat in q sand crucible and
then adding stick phosphorus. The
iridium. which cannot be melted alone.
is thus fused In the form of an irid-
ium phosphide. To remove the phos.
phorus the phosphide is heated with
lime and the iridium is left In the
form of hard, white mass. 1t 10 now
30 hard that it cannot be filed or cut,
and is broken up into small pieces for
soldering to the points of gold pens.
These small pieces are ground to the
right size on copper disk wheel with
emery or carborundum. 1t is said that
an ounce of iridium will make from
5000 to 10000 pen points. 1t has
also been found that the iridium thus
prepared is practically as hard as the
ruby. No steel tools can make any
impression upon 1t. At one time much
less expensive than platinum, irtde
um now is worth more on account OF
the demand for hard platinum. in
which the iridium il the hardening
AGENT
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-19

would be a privilege that would b
sought for by all ard is the most
humane law of this character evel
placed upon the statute books of thii
country. That it will be given tria
goes without question for labor prob
lens in road work are apt to become
quite serious before the season Il
.,ver.
More than twenty states now EN-
ploy convicts on the roads to a great
sr or less degree and in Colorado
where the honor system has prevail
ed and where perhaps the most sat
isfactory work has been done, Wardel
lyman reports that the average cos
to the state for convict labor hal
been thirty-two cents per day pc;
man and practically all of the con
victs who could be depended upol
have worked steadily during the pas
two or three years accomplishing
wonders in road work. &
The illustration herewith. shows Z
part of the splendid road built by tn.
convicts through Ute Pass on the linz
81 the Lincoln Highway near Colo
RADIO Springs Reports would indicate
that! these men perform; more worn
than free labor aud Warden Tynas
has demands from oouatiss for nvs
times las many f4s 20 10 can iss
nish Tor hishway 9t0DsovssoAA
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-19
tendency to slip over the bumps.

tendency to slip over the bumps.
Dont,you grade up the road first? 4
No. The grading is done with the
drag, gradually. BY SO doing, the road
is solid all the time and is built on q
solid foundation. t
What does it cost to drag mile Of
road year?
The cost is variously estimated al
from one to three dollars.
How do you keep the drag from
lodging around sidewise?
BY not loading it too heavily. If .
drag lodges around the earth you are
moving, it is because it is overloaded.
Will the dragged road stand heavy
hauling? Us E
Yes and no. A dragged road will
stand more heavy hauling than an I'm.
dragged road, but not so much as
macadamized or well-kept gravel road.
Will a drag help a sandy road?
A sandy road 10 . very different
proposition from the black soil, clay
or gumbo. An entirely different meth
cd must be adopted. Three things may
be done to sandy road to make ii
better: First, keep it wet; second
haul clay on to it; third sprinkle il
with crude oil, az they do in Calf.
ornia and some parts If southern Kan.
sas and Texas. The drag will be bene
hcial in keeping the.sand road perfectly
fiat so that it will absorb moisture and
keep it long time. >a-
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-19
GOOD ROADS ITEMS
Great Activity in Highway Building
Throughout The Whole Country
IOWA MUST GET IN LINE AT ONCE
RECORDS OF IMPROVEMENTS BE-
ING DONE IN OTHER STATES
PLACES THIS GREAT AGRlcUL.
TURAL COMMONWEALTH NEAR
BOTTOM OF LIST.

One hundred and fifty thousand
dollars will be spent on the Midland
trail through Colorado this year.
This Illinois Association OF High.
way Commissioners will hold q meet
ing at Bloomington in September.
Two million five hundre. thousand
dollars is the amount available for
road improvement in Colorado in 1913.
In California elections for county
bonds aggregating more than $4,000.
900 for road purposes will be held
this year.
The road from Barkdale to Texas
Creek, Colorado will be completed
this year and IL expected to prove one
of the most popular scenic drives In
America.
The Silver Bow County Road Az.
ISOLATION has incorporated for $4,000.
The incorporators are A. J. Davis. J.
P. O'Neill and Oscar Rohn Of Butte,
Montana.
The distance BY automobile be-
tween San Diego and Yuma, California
has been shortened thirty miles by
the completion Of the road between
Calexico and Andrade in the Imperial
Valley.
The county commissioners at Terrs
Haute, Indiana, estimate the damage
done by the recent floods to their
gravel roads, at $4,000. Through.
out the state the damage done
amounts to many hundred thousand
dollars.
. The highway camps have been
erected for the construction Of the
Crest highway along the top Of The
San Bernardino Mountain range. The
grades will be reduced, making per-
feet automobile road and one of the
most beautiful scenic drives in Calf.
ornia.
Montana's new highway commission
will have about $4,000 for this years
work. 1t is composed Of State Engfn-
eer A. w. Mahon, Prof. T. D. Neale
and G. r. Metten, of Dillon. They
have authorized the issuance of two
thousand copies of q leaflet on the
split log drag and will d. all they
can to aid the counties in construc.
ton work. II .-. -s7t'
Gary. Indiana IL making strong pro-
test against the action Of the. coun;
ty in building county roads at the
city's expense. The claim is made
that 446 miles Of county roads. have
been built within the city limits at
total cost of $7S2,157.7S. This 10
being done under the law which per
mits the cost of roads to be assessed.
to all of the property in the township.