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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
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GARDENS TURNED INTO PARKS
Movement Started In Baltimore That
If SUCCESSFUL Will Make Real
CITY Beautiful"

Two years ago there was inaugu-
rated in Baltimore a movement, or
perhaps it might be better termed a
propagandism, which aimed at the
pulling down of the fences which
hedge the back lots that extend from
the rear of dwellings to the midway
alleys, relates the American of that
city. Each householder was expected
to beautify his particular back yard
by the planting of flowers or shrub
berry, or. at least, by raising carpet
of grass. When all the householders
in block act upon this suggestion
the result will be to create a small
park in the rear of their homes.
When the scheme is realized fully
the back window outlook will be upon
a spread of flower gardens-a bloom
ing small paradise.
The idea has not yet materialized
in way to make Baltimore city OF
flower gardens, all over and every
where, but about in spots there are
evidences that coed many house.
holders have had their imaginations
touched by the poetic suggestion. The
home garden committee, which has
its headquarters at S12 Fidelity build
ing, is doing much to promote the
backyard garden movement.
Scattered over the city there are
thousands of back yards that are now
| beautiful with blooms and green
shrubbery. In the majority of In
stances, however, these are boxed-ir
affairs-each little garden is care
fully segregated from the neighbor
ing gardens on either side. The pull
| ing down of the division fences would
at once enlarge the yistas. and if al
| the division fences on both sides the
midway alleys were pulled down there
| would be the effect of a diversified
| garden park. There may be obstacle:
in the way of pulling down the bacl
fences. but they are generally obsta
Giles that can be removed The con
vincing evidence that the difficulties
can be obviated is that, in instances
| they have been obviated.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
SAW OPPORTUNITY FOR JOKE
President Taft's Reply to Request
Had Secretary Of War on the
Anxious Seat.

William H. Taft, when he was
president, never overlooked an oppor-
tunity for a joke. In the closing
months of his administration Henry
l.. Stimson, then secretary of war,
wrote Mr.. Taft very urgent request
that he give a friend of Stimson a
certain federal position.
Mr.. Taft wrote to Stimson as fol-
lows:
My Dear Stimson: l am very
sorry | cannot do anything for your
friend in response to your letter of
today. l would like to accommodate
you, but it is impossible. Sincerely
yours,
WILLIAM H. TAFT"
Under that he wrote:
Turn over"
Then Mr.. Stimson read on the 9TH
er side of the paper:
Il couldn't do it today because /
gave the fellow the Job yesterday. =
Popular Magazine
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
SCALP TROUBLE FOR YEARS

26S Harrison ST., Elyria. Ohio.-"My
case was scalp trouble. / first no
ticed small lunches on my scalp which
commenced to itch and / woule
scratch them and in time they got
larger, forming scale or scab with
little pus, and chunks of hair would
come out when l would scratch them
of. 1t caused me to lose most of my
hair. 1t became thin and dry and life
less. | was troubled for over ten
years with it until it got so bad was
ashamed to go to barber to get my
hair cut.
I tried everything could get hold
of, and -, but received no
cure until commenced using Cuticu-
"a Soap and Ointment when the scale
commenced to disappear. The way |
used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
was to wash my scalp twice a day
with warm water and Cuticura Soap
and rub on the Cutfcura Ointment. /
received benefit in a couple of weeks
and was cured in two months. +"
(Signed) F. j. Busher, Jan IS, 1913
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston ADV.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25

Colon, G. Z.--If you wish to hear
language" just say "Cucaracha' to
one of the engineers engaged in build
ing the central division of the Panama
canal.
Cucaracha in Spanish means a
cockroach. In the Canal Zone it
means the greatest of the numerous
slides that have made the completion
of the Culebra cut so different and so
expensive. Why that slide was named
the cockroach l could not discover.
Certainly even the Panamanian cock
roach is not so large, and he moves
much more swiftly.
Before the first French company
quit operations in 1889 the Cucaracha
began to slide, and it first gave the
Americans trouble in 1906, the second
year of their work on the canal. Be
tween then and July 1, 1912, nearly
100000 cubic yards Of material was
removed from the canal because OF
it. The slide had broken nearly 1900
feet from the axis of the canal, and
covered an area of Al acres. Last fall
the engineers were congratulating
themselves on having the cockroach
stopped, but In January it started
moving again, and nearly covered the
bottom of the cut
What is going to be the cost OF
| that slide to the United States?"
| asked Colonel Goethals as we stood al
| the edge of the Culebra cut and look.
ed across the chasm to where the
steam shovels and hundreds of men
were laboring to remove the vast
mass of earth and rock.
WELL" the chief engineer replied, 'oul
estimate is that by the time 1t is al
cleared up it will have required The
expenditure of about s5,000,000 more
than the cut would have cost if the
slide had not occurred. 1t is still NOV
ing, and has broken so far back tina
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
TELLING a Secret.

4 1t is doubtful whether the person
who asserted that secrets we're made
to tell, foresaw, even in his most cyni-
cal mood, anything like the following
conversation in Das Echo:
''Lottie tells me that you told her
the secret that | told you not to tell
anyone"
"Oh, isn't she mean! / told her not
to tell you that told it to her"
Yes, told her that | wouldn't tell
you if she told me, SO please don't tell
her that | told you!''
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
How Simple.

MY DEAR said Mrs. snaggs to her
husband, what is canard?"
Don't you know what canard is"
queried Snaggs, rather sneeringly.
why, the word itself conveys its own
meaning"
Does it? Well, really, can't see
it, What does it mean, dear?"
Why. canard is something one
canardly believe, of course"
ooh, to be sure! Why couldn't
think of that?"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
Stuna.

Il want my money back for these
here socks" said the man as he hand
ed the clerk a package. THE sign you
had up said the socks was guaranteed
fer three months
well, what's the matter with the
socks?" asked the clerk.
Il only wore them three weeks, and
| had to take them off and buy another
pair because this pair had holes in
the toes" replied the man.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
Made a Difference.

Darn those cats,'' Don't shoot
Abner. / think the one with the con-
tralto voice is our Tabby. w Washing
ton Herald
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
For Aching. Persplrina Feet

use Tyree's Antiseptic Powder either
sprinkled into the shoes or used i'm
solution Never fails to relieve 25c-
at all druggists or sample sent free By
]. S. Tyree. Washington, D. C.-Ady-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25

AS means of grace. prosperity hag
never been brilliant success.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
DAISY FTYKUIER

The blossom of the magnolia and the heart
Of the rose not more fair TO the eve EElzns
the complexion of the who uses
Ideal Liquid Skin Beautifier. 1t keeps t1sx-
skin soft white. clear. Transparent anE
Trash with joyful, healthy, vigorous. lovely
charm, II gives the complexion rhe yoRih-
full beauty that every woman and 40.
few possess Let me send YOU a trial pack
age OF this prepare ton which costs Zoe eafna
prepaid and which l will mail TO yoa a
once. all charges prepaid on receipt of kf1fss
amount. MRS. SIDONIA OBERTO. BOX
ESQ. WINDSOR. NO.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
sure.

Gabe-Does absence make the heart
grow fonder?
Steve-Yes, of your creditors.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25

When put to the test. some virtues
are found to be thinly veneered.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25

tinted States Army Regulation Shoe-SenEs
for catalogue describing shoes adopted by u
S. Govt Guaranteed as represented money
refunded. The Haynes Shoe Company. Lew
isfnD. Me. Ref 1st Natl Blk. Auburn. Na-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
Game He Likes.

What are you doing in that cup
board, Bertie?'
Hush" said BERTHE. digging y
spoon into iam-pot, "Im pretending
to be a thief. ''-Pearson's Weekly
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
ed Laek,

This is very queer"
What is queer?'
They have no hasty pudding at
this quick lunch place
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-28
HOW TO GROW ONIONS

Last year | told about all that 7
know about onion growing, and
now almost daily | get letters from
farmers wanting to know all about
growing onions. Doubtless some
OF these are new subscribers who
did not get the article / wrote last
year, but there are also many who
do not read or preserve their pa-
pers. Still / am always clad to
he'p IN any way that | can. and T
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-28
will try here to tell what | know
about onions.

same season from seed, and think
that it is essential to use sets In or
der to get onions. But there are
many varieties that can be easily
grown from the back seed the first
season, and it depends on what the
crop is to be used for as to whether
seed or sets shall be used. There
are two varieties of onions that are
always grown from sets, since they
make no seed. These IRE the Vel
low and White Potato onions.
These onions increase by offsets at
the root and the grower of neces-
sity raises his own sets.
The Yellow Potato onion is a
very early onion to ripen. A good
sized set will make a large onion
and a number of offsets that are
kept and planted again in the fall.
This onion is rather a poor keeper,
and the ripe onions should be sold
early in the season, when they gen
orally bring a good price, before
the Northern seed-grown crop
comes in.
The White Potato onion is small
er than the Yellow one, and is
more generally grown for bunch
ing green. While the Yellow Po-
tato onion is a poor keeper, the
white n is an excellent keeper.
have kept them in piles on the
barn floor, u%nsprouted, for a year.
For the earliest green onion for
punching or early use, I sow seed
of the Norfolk Queen in April on
sandy soil of only moderate fer
tlllty, and SOW the seed very thick
~. these make sets about the
size of a marble. These sets ripen
n June or early July and are cured
and replanted in September, and
usually are large enough to bunch
tor market in late February. With
the exception of the Potato onions.
these are the only sets l use. It IS
always better to grow ripe onions
from the seed.
The large Spanish onions. known
as Prizetaker, Denia, and Giant
Gibraltar, a be sown on a rich
border III September, and when
large as a lead pencil be trans
planted in rows sixteen inches
apart and three inches in the row.
In transplanting I clip the roots
slightly, and the tops, too. and set
them firmly but not deeply. If not
sown III September, the next best
plan with this class of onions is to
SOW the seed in a coid-fran.e in
late January, under glass sasi,es.
and transplant them in early
spring. these make the large VEL
low onions often seen imported at
the stores in crates. and they fire.
quentiy grow to weigh more than
a pound. |
The ~so-called Bermuda onions
are Hat-shaped bulbs, white and
red. The seed of these are nro-
duced IN the island of Tenerife
and the crop has become . ,e-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-28

fact, this should be done in sow.
ing any onion seed of the varieties
usually grown from the spring.
sown seed. The New England "a.
rieties are always grown from
seed sown in spring and thinned
to a stand.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-28

Onions need a light soil and a
rich one. l use only commercial
fertilizers for this crop, as manure
brings in weeds and makes more
wedding necessary. Then, too.
onions can be grown on the am
land a number of years in success.
sion and improve, if the soil is kept
highly fertilized and the land put
in peas after the onions are ripe
and the peas left on the land. High
sandy soil is the best for the early
green punching crop, grown from
fall-planted sets, but for the main
crop from seed, there is no sol,
equal to the deep reclaimed soil Of
the swamps, provided it is supplied
heavily with phosphoric acid and
potash, especially potash, for this
kind of land is always very def
cient in potash. This reclaimed
swamp land, when we'll drained is
ideal onion soil if supplied with
the mineral fertilizers in a lavish
way.
For growing the early punching
crop on sandy soil l use 1000
pounds an acre of a fertilizer hay
Ing 7 per cent ammonia, 6 per cent
phosphoric acid, and 5 per cent pot
ash, applied broadcast. If | was
growing the ripe crop from seed
on black swamp land, | would use
a fertilizer with but ? per cent am
mo11la, 8 per cent phosphoric acid.
and 10 per cent of potash, getting
the nitrogen from nitrate of soda
merely to give the plants an early
start.
Early sowing of the seed for the
ripe onion is important, for if sown
late the bulbs will ripen up in the
hot weather before getting the best
size. Foo punching green, the
Norfolk Queen is the earliest. but
the Yellow and the White Potato
are both useful for this Dur.
pose, as the offsets a be pulled
and punched and the main bulb
,e'' to mature Several years ago
| planted a plot of ground in INV
about forty by fifty fee1 in
Yellow Potato onions, a little over
the twentieth of an acre. From,
this plot | sold $24 worth of green
punched onions, a barrel Of rim.
ones for S. and had sets e,o,,ah
lett to plant twice as much ,,,d :,
the fail.
nc pest varieties of onions to
gro" ripe onions from seed COW,
~ ','e open ground in spring are.
'"e New England varieties. South.
port White Yellow and Red G,oh-
onions. and the Danvers yellow,
o'ooe. Globe or round onions
up faster than fiat ones
and will give the larger crop.
some like stronger onions. and
.se can use the Red Wethers-
''ela. 'hese are all fairly good
eepe's. he Southport White
continued on Page six,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-28

NlClC IC uNCS 1 VIII dllSWOI HE
letter to which he put no date, anC
the post mark on his envelope i:
undecipherable.
When is the best time to apply
nitrate of soda on spring oats?'
As soon as they are a few inches
tall. Apply only when the leaves
are dry, Is to 100 pounds an acre.
A reader asks for information
about a grass called Billion Dollar
grass" This is a name given by a
Western scotsman to the barn
yard grass, Panicum crus-galli. 1t
is a rank-growing annual grass,
common in moist lands every
where. 1t will make a good coarse
hay, but you will not make any
more billions out Of it than from a
better grass.
have a few early Irish potatoes
in my garden, to beat my neigh
bors by giving them extra care. l
place them in trays in a warm
sunny place in early February, and
get the sprouts started short and
green. They are cut and planted
in March, and soon get above
ground, and it pays to sprout a few
in this way. If they get up and
frost threatens, go out and pull the
earth over them.
Several farmers have sent me
samples of a greenish-colored
aong-staple cotton that has appear
ed among their long-staple cotton,
and want to know if it has special
value. am not an expert in judg-
ing cotton, and it would be best to
submit this to a skilled buyer for
an opinion. | rather think that
while the staple is fine and long,
the color will be against it, but
an expert buyer can tell better
than | can.
A subscriber writes: Il have
long been looking for a pea form
erly grown here and called the Red
Tory Crowder, which will often
stay on the vine till the next plant
ing time. Can you tell me where
to get it," | do not know a pea of
that name. There is a Red Rip
per, and the Iron pea will stay in
the ground all winter and grow.
But if anyone has the pea named
he should advertise it in The Pro-
gressive Farmer.
CutwOrms are bad in my truck
tarm. You say that fall blowing
and kainit will kill budworms in
corn; will that do for cutworms?'
1t might have some little effect
hut 1t IS comparatively easy to de-
stroy cutworms. Dampen some
wheat bran slightly and then mix
one part of Paris green to 80 parts
or the bran. Scatter this around
tue plants or along the rows ant
Inc cutworms will eat it and be
rapidly destroyed.
What amoun of potatoes is be
Tag carried over in the North? =
- tHrillor nsl-r
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-28
Prof. Massey's Views
FROM THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER

If Mr.. w. A. COnnell will tell me
where he lives | will answer his
letter to which he put no date, and
the post mark on his envelope is
undecipherable.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-28

ing Will not be as profitable as the
one last year.
! From western North Carolina :
Il am thinking of planting more
largely of apples. What do you
think of the market by the time
these trees will come into bear
ing" I do not think that there is
any serious danger of an overpro-
duction of good apples. Many
thousands of trees are being plant
ed and a large percentage of them
will never make any effect on the
market, because the owners will
not give them the attention de-
manded for good fruit, and the
trees will be destroyed by scale and
the fruit damaged by insects and
diseases. This season there was a
cry OF agreat crop and low prices.
But | find that l cannot buy fine
apples at the grocers for less than
sixty cents a peck, and they say
that tor the best apples they have
to pay as much as ever. Those
who raise poor fruit, and pack it
in a dishonest way, putting in culls
between good apples at the ends of
the barrels, are not going to make
money in apples. Those who plant
good varieties and attend carefully
to spraying will always make ap-
pies at a profit, if they pack them
right and honestly.
| have been setting one to two
acres IN tomatoes every wear for
canning writes a friend. Il have
a piece of land that has been in to-
ilatoes two years. Can | grow to-
matoes again on this land success
fully?" l hardly think that it
would be safe or wise to plant the
same land in tomatoes the third
year, as you will be apt to have
more rot and other diseases, and
especially the Southern bacterial
blight. | never plant tomatoes Or
any other garden crop twice in
succession on the same land with
the exception of onions which
seem to improve on the same land
tor several years if we'll dosed with
commercial fertilizer to prevent
weeds. as manure would encourage
them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-28

1t does not pay to plant onions
in rows wide enough to work With
horse implements. With the heav,
fertilization needed, we must plart
closely and cultivate entirely With
hand implements.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-28

by the farmers. In some sections
North there has been Il great deal
of loss from rot. | have not heard
that any potatoes are being import
ed this season, as the Northern
crop was larger than usual, and l
fear that the chances are that the
early crop from the South will find
the markets full of old potatoes.
Many in the South are rushing in
to early potatoes because of the
profitable crop last year, and the
chances are that the season COM
ing will not be as profitable as the
one last year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-28

When is the best time to apply
nitrate of soda on spring oats?"
AS soon as they are a few inches
tall. Apply only when the leaves
r dry, Is to 100 pounds an acre.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
Conversational Church.

At the recent communion service
of the church there were thirteen
persons received into the member
ship. A fine class of nine adults
and four from the Sunday school.
The services for next Sunday will
be as follows: Preaching at IL
o'clock, at which time the choir will
render special music. Subject for
the sermon, why Go to church,"
Subject for the evening sermon,
Morality VS.. Religion" Special mu-
sic by the male quartet, art Thou
Weary?" arranged by Parks, and
Onward, Christian Soldier" ar
ranged by Parks.
A very cordial invitation is extend
ed to all. Good fellowship. Good
music. Good services.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
ANNIVERSARY MEETING.
Local w. c. T. U. Will Celebrate
Tuesday Next.

The w. c. T. U. will hold its
twenty-ninth anniversary meeting at
the Presbyterian church on Tuesday,
April %. A program will fill the
hours from 10 to IL in the morning
and to in the afternoon. Visit
ors are invited and can bring their
lunches with them and thus dine
with us and enjoy the social part
during the intermission.
The whole program will be devot-
ed to the problems of the growing
generation. The discussion in the
morning will be on the following
topic: rs the average mother care
less of her child's environment"
AS DR.. Blumenthal of Australia is
now lecturing in our country and ex-
plotting the idea that bad mothers
make good sons, it belongs to us to
decide whether he has any founda-
tion for the theory he brings forth.
During the afternoon various
prominent men of our city, who are
in position to know, will give their
ideas on training children and the
dangers that menace their welfare
morally, spiritually and physically.
Good music by good singers will in
tersperse both programs.
Ashland citizens in many ways are
above the average. With splendid
work from their instructors for and
with them, they measure up well in
books and athletics. They are al
ways a matter of comment from
strangers because of their mannerly
behavior abroad. But still there are
problems which will face us all the
more when the great tide of foreign
immigration shall reach us, and it is
up to the parent to study the well
fare OF his growing child. Men and
women are both invited to be present
at our conference and are assured
hearty welcome.
MRS. M. M. EDMUNDS, Sec.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
THAT DUMPING GROUND
Residents Near IL Object to Further
Use by City-May Build
CrematOry.

The dumping ground question bids
fair to be one of the big ones which
the present city council will have to
solve. Residents in the vicinity of
the present grounds have been put
ting up a vigorous protest against
the conditions of the ground for
some time. These conditions, ac-
cording to all accounts, have been
greatly bettered, but the residents
are not yet satisfied and their repre-
sentatives were before the council at
ITS regular meeting Tuesday evening
urging the council to discontinue the
use of the grounds. They offer to
purchase the tract for 5000 as it
stands or for $4OO if the garbage is
removed.
The matter of garbage crematorv
Vas discussed and plans were pre-
sented by the city engineer. After
considerable discussion the matter
was postponed to permit the obtain
ing of information from other cities
regarding garbage disposal.