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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-23
THE TREES ALONG OUR
STREETS.

+ A pamphlet issued by the spe-
{ ciai park commission of Chicago
! gives the following pointers
I about the planting Of street
s trees:
{ Trees are best when nursery
( grown.
{ Trees transplanted from the
+ woods should be seedlings.
+ A tree two inches in diameter
{ measured one foot from the
/ ground is large enough.
+ Trees should have a compact
+ root system, straight main trunk
+ and we'll balanced top.
+ The lower branches should be
{ trimmed to a height of seven
+ feet from the ground.
Trees should be free of fungus
( and insect diseases.
+ Tree holes should be larger
+ than required by the root sys-
+ tenn.
+ Trees should be planted with
( as large a root system as posi-
+ BILE.
Prevent drying, sunburn or
+ freezing Of exposed roots.
+ Plant the tree at the same
{ depth and exposure as it former
+ Iy stood.
+ Trim off all torn and broken
{ roots and branches with sharp
pruner before planting.
+ Plant no trees closer than
E twenty-five feet.
+ Arrange the roots to spread
naturally in loose soil.
+ lamp the soil we'll about the
+ roots.
+ Water the young tree freely,
. especially during June, July and
+ August, with one or two thor
& ough waterings each week.
+ Keep the soil cultivated around
+ young trees.
( A serviceabIe and strong tree
+ guard should be placed around
the tree.
Z
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-23
Her Opportunity.

Wife-l had better take that hat for
as shillings. H~usband-But I've only
got f2 with me now. I'll have to owe
them the odd 8 shillings. Wife-Oh,
then, III take this one for 3 guineas.
Five shillings is too insignificant a sum
to owe.-LOnd0n Telegraph.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-23

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner? Bit
ter taste? Complexion sallow? Liver
perhaps needs waking up. Doan's
Regulets for bilious attacks. 25c at all
store.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-23
The settlement Worker

The Settlement Worker.
Hoax-1 thought you said he was a
settlement worker? Joax - He Is.
Hoax-Why, he tells me he's a bill
collector. Joax-Well!- Philadelphia
Record.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-23

The rame-Doan's inspires confidence
-Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney ills
Doan's Rpgulets for a mild laxative.
Sold at all drug stores.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-23
Must Be Elastic.

J0hn-There is a stiff breeze coming
round the corner. Sim-It can't be so
very stiff If it can turn the corner.-St
Louis Globe Democrat.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-23
Just Like Her Money,

"She carries her age WE'LL"
eyes. She carries her age the same
way she carries her money!
"How is that?"
Carefully concealed."-Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-23

Any time is the proper time for say.
Ing what is just. Greek Proverb.
The daily Gate City., 1913-09-08
UPPER BERTH FOR
WILSON'S DAUGHTER
Not Passenger on the Car would
Exchange with Miss
Eleanor.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
WINDSOR, N. H.. Sept. S.-Miss
Eleanor Wilson. daughter OF the pres
ident, arrived at Harlakenden House
Cornish, NJ H., today, none the worse
for having spent the night in an up
per berth OF Pullman.
Coming from New York last night
Miss Wilson could obtain no.hsAN but
an upper. The conductor made per
sonal appears to all the men holding
.ower berths, requesting them to ex'
Change berths with the daughter OF
the president. but it was hot in the
Grand Central station train sheds and
not one of them was willing to take
the upper.
Miss Wilson had spent the week
end with her cousin, Mrs George
Howe, in New York and when early
Sunday she asked to reserve berth
all the lowers were taken.
The daily Gate City., 1913-09-08
Progressives Plan 1914 campaion.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. Progress
siYe party leaders from ~, over Mich
igan gathered today on Bois Blanc
Island In the Detroit river to lay plans
Tor a vigorous 1914 state campaign.
While the party chieftains talked
politics and ways and means. the rank
and file of Detroit and Wayne county
Dun mooEers headed for the famous
river park for the annual outing
The entertainment part OF the pro
gram today was in the hands of the
Wayne county progressive club. Vic
tor Murdock and Albert j. Beveridge
were on the program for the onl,
political speeches of the day.
The daily Gate City., 1913-09-08
SMELLING CITY
IN SAN DOMINGO
Americans Are In Danger During the
Trouble In the West
lndes.

United Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON. Sept. s.-Domini-
can gunboats are shelling the city OF
Puerta Plata, San Domingo, today and
American lives and property there are
in danger. according to dispatches re-
ceived by the state department. today
from Vice Consul Estava. The Amer
ican cruiser Des Moines is now en-
route to the little republic to join
the cruiser Nashville in protecting
Americans.
The daily Gate City., 1913-09-08
Killed by Auto.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
SPRINGFIELD, III. Sept. S.-Little
Robert Goodwin, aged four son Of
John Goodwin, was struck ~ an auto
mobile when he alighted from a street
car at crossing. He died at hos
pital. Fred H. Mayer, the driver Of
the automobile is held on charge OF
involuntary manslaughter. This charge
is that he violated a traffic regulation
In not stopping before he reached the
car at the crossing.
The daily Gate City., 1913-09-08
FUNERAL RECORD
Mrs. Rotchford.

Mrs. Rotchford.
The funeral of Mrs. Bridget Rotch.
ford was held at o'clock this morn
ing at st. Peters Catholic church.
The following acted as pallbearers
John Murphy, Frank Delany, John
McBain, Henry Dunlavy. Barney Conn
and Fred Schlotter.
Miss Jingst.
The funeral OF Miss Garnet Louise
Jingst was held at $50 o'clock this
afternoon at the residence of her par.
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry H. Jingst
1904 Des Moines street, the services
being conducted by Rev. Jacob Nuesch
of st. Pauls German Evangelical
church in the presence OF large at
tendance OF friends.
Roy Merrill.
The funeral of Roy Merrill will be
held at o'clock this afternoon a,
the residence OF his mother Mrs. Min
ME Merrill, 91s Orleans avenue, Rev
DR.. Sage OF st. Johns Episcopal
church conducting the services.
The daily Gate City., 1913-09-08

New York Faces "schooI Shortage"
L United Press Leased Wire Service. I
NEW YORK, Sept. s.-Because of
Inadequate facilities New York City
officials today were forced to order
100000 pupils to attend half time"
classes. Figures today were basis
for the calculation that this years en-
rollment in all FIVE boroughs of
Greater New York will exceed 500 900,
the greatest in the history of the
local public school system.
The daily Gate City., 1913-09-08
ADJUSTMENTS.
Moonlight Excursion.

The moonlight excursion given by
the First Christian church on the
steamer Sidney over Lake Cooper
Wednesday evening, September 10th,
is an excellent opportunity to visitors
as well as townspeople to view the
dam and power house in all the splen-
dor OF the beautiful moonlight. Boat
leaves Keokuk at Z p. m.-AdyeTt'se-
ment
The daily Gate City., 1913-09-08
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.

Taxes must be paid and receipts
therefore made out by the last of Sep.
tember, otherwise penalty must be ad.
ded.
On instruction Of State Inspector.
the TREASURER can not make a receipt
after September Both, without charging
penalty though the money had
been in his hands before.
Please take notice of this and come
in time so you can be waited upon and
have your receipts before penalty is
added.
H. ]. KENNENDY,
County Treasurer.
VIM. REIMBOLD,
Deputy.
The daily Gate City., 1913-09-08
PERSON AIS

Mrs. Joseph o'Bleness and Mrs
James Sims are house guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Haisch in ooin, Iowa,
for this week.
A. D. Dunlap has returned from
Minneapolis, whe~e he has been visit.
ing his mother.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Furlong left for st. Louis
this morning for weeks visit.
The daily Gate City., 1913-09-08
KEoKUK DAM
AND MIR. COOPER
How the Completed Water Power
and Minds That Created 1t Look
to Missouri Editor.

! c. P. Dorsey, editor of the Weekly
Bee. published at Braymer, Mo-, and
/ formerly associated with a Keokuk
newspaper. prints the following edi-
torial in the Bee which is pertinent
! to the water power celebration and
| valuable In that it pays tribute to the
minds that made the same possible.
| The Bee says:
1 With all that has been printed re-
Gently concerning the gigantic water
power dam across the Mississippi
river at Keokuk and the celebration
of its completion, there has not come
under our notice SO much as one
thoughtful editorial from either local
Tor metropolitan press summing up the
mastery of the achievement and pay
| ing rational tribute to the men and
minds that made 1t possible.
Biazarre news stories sell we'll To
talk OF Mr.. Cooper, chief engineer of
the project, with the easy familiarity
that would be assumed in dealing with
/. a time clerk, sounds breezy; to re-
fer to his present outing in Germany
as running away to keep from max
Ing celebration speech" may be con-
sidered by newspaper correspond
ent as "a hit" But it all appears
cheap, tawdry and effervescent when
set over against the massive wall of
stone standing with immoyable shoul-
/ der against the rivers waves, or over
against the even more massive char
acter who fashioned it in his brain and
j planted it there.
Mr.. Cooper has the courage OF q
Napoleon. He would meet unflinching
any circumstance, face undaunted any
condition of his life or business But
he did not build the dam at Keokuk
for personal glory. A suggestion that
his name be emblazoned upon its
i crest would be repugnant to him. A
brain that can conceive the engineer.
ing features of such a project. and
beyond it the economic benefits to q
people and locality. has larger
thoughts than self-laudation in a
celebration.
Mr.. Cooper is not a wizard, as he
has been pictured, no more than
Washington was a wizard when he
wrested the colonies from England's
iron grasp, or Grant when he crushed
the southern confederacy and cement
ed the broken sections Of a nation
Rather he is great general, master
of men and affairs and OF the forces
of nature
Back of him, as Lincoln at Wash
ington supported Grant, Judge Logan
sustained, enthused and supported
Cooper. Without him, Mr.. Cooper
would have tagged in the almos,
superhuman struggle. To these two
belong above all others appreciation
and gratitude for the work accomp
lished.
1t is not selfish work that has
been done The years Of toll In
financing and the months of toll in
building are to be followed by genera.
tons of benefits The electrical force
radtatfng from the dam and power
plant will mean better living to many
people. Not merely bigger cities, tut
better cities in which to live; and
outside the cities reaching to the
farms, the natural home Of man, bring
ing more comforts there. And still
farther reaching. setting an example
for people along other streams where
light and heat and power lie dormant
In waterfalls.
The daily Gate City., 1913-09-08
PROMPT SETTLEMENT,

The policy OF the Degree of Honor
life insurance held by my wife was
promptly paid upon proof OF death
filed August 90, 1913. Settlement in
full payment, paid me September 1st
ED. WILSEY,
307 South Eighteenth.
Advertisement.
The daily Gate City., 1913-09-08
A Hard Smash.

ST. LOUIS. Sept. s.--oscar Everett
struck William Brissel SO hard with a
spade that three small pearl buttons
were 30 firmly imbeded In the han
die that they could not be picked out
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29

George neero. I.
Piaintif,
W In Chancery
Annie B. Petro.
To Annie Il. Petro: Take n.tics.
that On the 9Th day az sept 1913. a.
the Law fiee at A g. FIRE., Ia the
city of Welch,- County of Men..~el.
and stste of W -. bt~..n tho
hours eff = o'clock - IN. ant -. IN
~ that day. l shall pr--erd ." tax.
deposisions of NV >rsf anc others. l.
ne Rad IA -v'sisnse la "a, b<hsli ln y
certain suit la ehsnrery p~esls"s ir ~
Circuit Court of NcDo~-ll count,
state of w Va. in which . am .ia.n
IN and you are defendant. snd ~ from
any Cause the taking q" said dspo-i.
''rns sse not commeEced "n that day
81 n c"nrn- need. n they De- ut can,
'leted on that day. the t<king "f said
iepositions ~iil be- adi.,nrued frnr
lay ~ dsy, At the same place and -
tween the same hours until they ~.
completed;
George I tro
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29
LOCALS

Mis- Mary Rohinson - confined TO b. !
bid SUFFERING from peritinisis Her man,
friends wish foe her q speedy recovery
Miss Mamie Watkins. of Alsoms, ws.
shopping in this city Thursday.
Col. W. j. McClsren. of welch. Coun.
ty Road Engineer, Was looking owe the
right 81 way for the proposed street rail-
way Thursday.
Mesiame~ George. mother and wife al
Jsme- Ges,rne Of Northiork. were shop
pans in Keystone wednesday They
called at the Times offic-
Prof W. w. Sanders. the new STATE
Librarian, MAS business visitor 70 the
city. "Wednesday.
Miss Alice Rausferry and ms. Mary
Mes~ain-Upp~rmsn are guests OF DR.
and Mrs q. Marshall this week
Mrs- D. p. C.Ie-. Of WEIGH. Was visit
ing in this city Wednesday.
Misses Ola and Thelma Calhoun are
spending few weeks at Evergreen. Va
''"r o'N fctuIhihk Va tle
West Virginia Colored Institute.
Mrs- Phyllis Brideeford. Miss Rosa b.
Brislgrforsi and litte Madeline Marshall
returned from Raleigh, y. G Saturday.
j. r. Sutton, of Pomeroy, Ohio, is in
Keystone this week. He is in charge OF
tile repair work on the Keystone-Eck-
man graded srhool.
Stacey Boyer, az Athens, Ohio, Was in
Keystone Monday He has been visiting
at the Harper tarm in TazewelI, Va. for
the past two weeks.
Miss Ail-en Harper returned from her
home in Tazewell Sunday night and j.
attending the Institute at WEIGH.
Mat Roger, the town Turnkey" wa
very painfully bruised and beaten up lat.
Tuesday evening by couple Of women.
Mat claims To be an officer Of the Law
bnt when he goes to make an arrest il
S~em- that he generally gets in troubl.
himself
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29

Notice y hereby gwen that the under
signed viii spply 10 the cirruit court Of
Mcdowell county st the September term,
1913, for o licens TO carry zpistol in
accordance With section q, chspter las,
Of the code Of West Virginis - amended
and reen>ctsd BY the legislature of 1903.
8. A. WHEY.
Physician and Sorseon.
Northfork, W. We.
Aaensx y. 1913.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29
Pay Day

Pay lay u now a very tsme affair in
Keystone. Hundreds Of people came into
the city Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
paid their debts. pnrchaScd supplies and
enjoyed th-bl-s-l,ss. utnrniny q, tlp-ir
LOmes 1t night With pr,eticsIly ~. dis
order. A few ESpckets werr picked AMI
the p"cket Pickrr- picked mp Ny the ~
lice, AMI a lev Who drank to- deeply had
TO ~ assisted L, the hck-up and were
cared f'r Nv KID" james until they
were als Ca 20 h"ue
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29
Bluefield Police Affairs

Chif % Police P.-tlrxa ait has rendered
h. ''~'v'ati.'.. WHICH WAS accepted ia
tshe Effect September lst
Otiier IIarnsn r.signe.i ~ night sar
y AIT ri.'i ~ NOW d"ing dnty ~ patroll-
man
Lilly - %" l.ngrr on the Iolice force.
Cater will li~~ly answer charges at the
next term OF the criminal court.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29
Notice to Take Dispositions

no VI YER PETKOVITCH:
Take notice that on the sab day OF sept.
1919. ~ the Law Once OF A. O. Froe In the
town u WEIGH. In Mcdowell Co.. West W.
<inia. between the hours Of O'Clock A. NJ. and
sc'clock p. NJ. Of that day. shall proceed 10
take depositionso % myself and others. To be resd
In evidence In my behalf In q certain suit I'm cha n
Gerry pending In the Circuit Court Of Mcdowell
County and State Of West Virginia. In which I am
plaintiff and you are defendant: and II from amp
caase the taking Of said dispositions b. not com
menced on that day. or n commenced. II they b.
not completed on that day the taking 81 said dep
ositions. viii be adjourned from day 10 day. Al
the same place and between the same hour an.
al they completed
Mike PetkOvitch.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29
DO YOU KNOW HIM?

ArtFeSs Dicker~on = wanted at sim
m"ndl~ by bis father and mother. An,
information concerning hIm will h. very
greatly appreciated. Addr-s
SIMON DICKERSON
Il Freeman, W. Va
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29
Sells Coal Lands

A land deal OF considerable importance
was made between Hon. r. Howard
Harper and tine Flat Top Land Associ-
alton. Mr. Harper, for himself and
brothers negotiated sale for coal lands
owned by them with the Flat Top Land
Association IL is reported that 1900
Is the sum 10 IL paid the Harper broth
ers for about l25 acres Of coal land in
Tszewell county, Va.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29
INSTITUTE AT WEIGH

Tho M"h"~'ri County Institute opened
M.'-si*3, NJ -. ~si, 80 - ro.lsn~nt
81 l7Oteschers The following instructors
took their place NJ l. u. Hill. princi-
PAT OF Conc.'.i "a, e. " Robertson a
Charleston. y -. lila E'l~ arb. Il Welch.
Instructor n.'f~ir anil Mi-~ Blanche
1oney Of y 'ld sk. pianist Under the
supervision a g.. Snpt. W. q. Cook, q
Successful week IL anticipated.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29

Dolphia Wolley
Dtfen.ialit
To Dolphia W0iley. You viii take no
tioe. thai ss1.sih DAP ~ zept 1919 ths Pi.intir
h<io~ ss'..'-i ~iii tale siep--itis'ns 90 him-rn
sundsy .sh-s ~ifnf-~s~. - ~ a-sd evit~sos
IN IN ftisi . ~ sh o. t~issf q plain
I'm 81 - off.t 80 ,. -ssitn. k~y-tofe IN ne
Counts Nsfs.~,u .fsfs .r w. VIZ
gina hvt~een tn~ iseus 90 si<ht o'ciocs I. M
and an O'Clock .. m. q aid dag. Ard n. from
any c.u-s. thing - I'D d<po-itioss shall nos -
commenosd or being commenced. shall not -
oomDi~t>d on The dag aforesaid the t.klns q the
sane wiil ~ -djourned from dsy today or fsou
time " time. ~ the sane pl@ce and b>t->eu the
sane hoars. until tley are comDleted.
Lis>y worley
Jas X smith. D a
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29
CARD OF THANKS.

Mr. and Mrs- James Smith, of Key
stone, wish To extend to their friends
their most sincere thanks for the many
favors and acts Of kindness and sympa-
thy shown in their late bereavement.
Especial gratitude is felt toward Mrs. +.
T-sHutson and Mrs Ira j. Partlow for
theiriuncessipg faithfulness and stten-
ton.
Mr.. AND Ms. JAMES SMITH.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29
Order of Publication.

WEST VIRGINIA:
At Rules held i'm the Clerks Ofice % the Cir.
cult Court Of Mcdowell County. ON the IN :,
Monday In August 1913
Mary A Douglass.
PLAINTIFF.
John Douglass.
Defendant.
The object Of this suit l. TO obtain from the de-
PENDANT By the plaintiff a divorce
AvINCULO MATRIMONII
And II appeal ing from An AFFIDAVIT on file
With the papers in this Gauss. that the defend
ant II nonresident Of the STATE Of West Viz
<lnla: II IL therefore ordered that the said DE-
fendant do appear NJ the Clerks Office Of the.
Circuit Count ~ Mcdowell County within one
month from the date OF the FIRST publication for
this order. and do what Il necessary To protect
his interest heIein-
And IL IL further ordered that q copy % this
order be- published once = ~-<k Cor four surrr---
I've weeks In some newspaper published in Nc
Do~el County for twenty days lsfoIe decree ~
rendered
copy Teste:
b. HAMPTON. GRAY. Deputy
fot W. Burbridge Payne. Clerk.
iIO4t b. f. Cater. Pa
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29
Notice for Pistol License

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, who Is a physician and surgeon.
will apply To the Circuit Court Of Me
DOwell county at the September term,
1913, for a license To carry q pistol in ac-
cordsnce with the Pistol Toting Law
G.. y. MARSHALL.
Keystone, W. Va
August 22, 1918
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29
Notice for Pistol Licenss

NJ, 'r D. '-'.',y gwen that the un Ter
-ign'ri HIl apI''y o. to- eir,.uit conn o.
" lowell r. Hinty 1T tlie september term
i'i'.i'r = li'' 20 g. t'ei rry pi.t d 81 ~ arror
Ian - "iri - fi,n q. clitpfrr lfS. II a. .
cole 81 W.T. Nrxinia ~ AMENDED an i
r'r'iiEte.i - to- leyi-lafnreOi 1901
o. q HARRIS On.
Physician anil ~ rgeon.
kiml,all. ". Va
Ang1l-t 80. 1913
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29

Notice Is hereby given that the under
signed, who u Justice Of the peace IN
Northfork district, Mcdowell county. "
Va, will apply % the circuit court II
said county at the sept. term, 1913, for a
license 90 carry pistol in accordance
with the Pistol Toting Law.
Wv. HOWARD.
NOrthfork, W. Va
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29
Notice for Pistol License

Notice Is hereby given that the under
signed, who il the Business Manager Of
The Mcdowell Times. will apply u the
Circuit Court Of Mcdowell county NJ the
September term, 1918, for a license o.
carry q pistol i'm accordance with the
Pistol TOting Law
Il. EDWARD HILL.
Keystone, W. Va.
August p, 1913
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-29

Dcte10 eub
To Eugene Androsch:
Take notice that on
the sth day Of September, 1913. at the
Law Cffice Of A. q Free,
in the town Of WEIGH, Mcdowell Co.
West Virginia, between the hours of a.
clock, n m and q O'Clock p. M, Of that
day shall proceed to take the dep.~iti",i-
of myself and Others. to lie read IN evil
denee i'm my behalf in certain suit in
equity penning i'm the Cirrut Court Of
Mcdowell County and state Of West VIr-
GINA, in which | am pls;atih and you
are defendant; and il from any can-e th..
taking Of said dispositions IT, not com
mencsd."n that date. or, if commencs~i.
II they be not completed on tina, day. the
taking Of said dispositions will he adjeur-
ned from day to day, at the same place
and between the same hours until they
are Completed
Rosa Andro~ch
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-12-15

crew ces with small brushes or feath-
ers, or by injecting with small syr-
inges. (Care should be taken not to
use bepzine near f1ame.) Corrosive
sublimates(a poison) is also of vaule,
and oil of turpentine may be used
in the same way. The liberal use of
boiling hot water, wherever it may
be employed without danger to furni-
ture, etc., is also an effectual method
of destroying both eggs and active
adults.
In the case of rooms containing
books, or where liquid applications
are inadvisable, a thorough fumiga-
tion with birthstone is an effective
means of destruction. The mehod is
as follows:
Place in the center of the room a
dish containing about four ounces of
birthstone, within larger vessel, SO
that the possible overfiowing of the
burning mass may not injure the car
pet or set fire to the floor. After re-
lie surfaces as might be affected by
the fumes, close every aperture, even
the keyholes. and set fire to the
birthstone. When four or five hours
have elapsed the room may be enter
ed and the windows opened for
thorough airing.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-12-15
METHOD OF ERADICATION FOR
BEDBUGS.

A pest that is dreaded by all house
wives, but the presence of which is
not necessarily an indication of care
Iessness, is the Clmex lectularius, or
bedbug. The bedbug, though nor
mally feeding on human blood, may
subsist on much simpler food. No
other explanation would seem to &C
count for the fact that houses long
unoccupied still are infested with
this pest. The insect, however, is
quite capable of leaving any quarters
where it is unable to thrive, and will
often migrate to an adjoining house
if the residents leave its present hab-
itation vacant.
From it's habits Of concealment this
pest is usually beyond the reach Of
powders, and the ordinary insec
powders such as pyrethrum are of
practically no value. The eradication
of the Insect is comparatively easy
from iron and brass bedsteads, but
wooden bedsteads offer much more
difficult problem. Very liberal ap-
plications of benzine or kerosene,
or any petroleum oil, is the most
practical way to meet this difficulty
This must be introduced into all