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Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
BACK TO METALLIC EFFECTS
Metal Flowers and Faneles Latest Fad
Noticed In Fashions Of
Season.

One might have imagined that there
was nothing less likely to happen than
the return to metallic effects, for 1t is
not so very long since they were suf-
ficiently in the forefront of fashion to
make their return a most unlikely
forecast. Yet here we are glittering
as much as ever with cloth Of gold
for our evening attire, and brocades
richly shot with gold making some of
the most elegant Of the toques and
draped hats that are worn on the
street. Gold lace is also a millinery
feature that seems worth mentioning,
and one thing in favor of metallic ef-
fects remaining among the more ex-
elusive of the seasons details is that
they are chiefly confined to the more
expensive ornaments.
Silver as well as gold is to be seen,
especially in the form Of large plain
buckles or Of full-grown roses.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

water Plants require a moist soil,
but cannot grow in a saturated soil
where roots come in contact with
standing water below the water table.
Plants obtain their moisture almost
entirely from capillary water, that Is,
the water which is held in the small
openings between soil grains as oil in
q wick. Since capillary water is only
available in the unsaturated soil above
the water table, drainage, by lowering
the water table. makes room for more
capillary water, thus increasing the
supply of water available to plant
roots, and making possible the storage
of large quantities of moisture during
wet season against the time Of
droughts. With drainage comes also
the more favorable condition for the
formation Of mulches and consequent
prevention Of waste of moisture by
surface evaporation.
By the downward percolation Of
water toward the drains, the plant
food, Of the fine surface soil and the
manures, is carried downward to be-
come thoroughly incorporated in the
soil, rather than to be washed away by
surface overflow. Moreover, the deep
ening OF the soil increases its capacity
for water, and prevents the overflow
which washes away the saturated.
muddy top soil.
Vegetation can use only plant food
Of finely powdered soil easily soluble
In water. The passage of air and heat
into and through the soil, made pos
sible by the removal of the standing
water, and the interchan.e of air
through the soil between the bodies
of air in the tile and the air above the
soil, disintegrates the soil particles
hitherto unavailable, to plants, and pro-
duces that fine. crumbling, workable
condition of the soil known as fine
texture, in which is found the maxi
mum amount Of soluble plant food and
the most favorable conditions for plant
growth The toughest clay soils are
in this way made friable. res ponding
with increased crops. The increase
Of heat and air provides favorable con-
ditions for the increase In the num-
bers and activity Of bacteria, the min
ute plants whose function 1t is to set
free plant food and change the form
of the constituents Of soil into food
for plants. Moreover. the constant
passage of surface water into soil. car.
ries in chemicals which act vigorously
to set free plant food bound in various
chemical combinations.
Since 1t is very difficult to heat
water from above, a water-soaked soil
is very slow to become warm in the
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

~roo late" sometimes means "neV-
good home is the makin's OF a
eood man. oa
The road to success is not bordered
with roses.
Thouph a man may lose his temper
he still has It.
un,er a man unmarries his real
troubles begin -
arbitration is always satisfactory
20 the arbitrator.
A woman is generally older than she
thinks she looks.
A creased hat and cigarette never
made q real man.
n Is easier to set a hen than 10
compel her to sit y,
!, 4 easy TO run into debt, but hard
vork TO walk out.
life with some fellows is simply a
ease of meet and drink.
The bore would always get a gOou
.ond-of II he would only 60
The fellow who is always on the
,srce does the most Growing.
Every dog has his day, but IT isn't
svsry dog who knows when he is hav-
ing It
No Young man should sit In a ham
,oek with a girl unless he knows the
ropes.
EVERY man who carries watch
ought to have plenty of time for all
things.
He who has a rent in his clothes is
not likely to be able to pay the rent
hat be owes.
Discretion may be the better part
Il yalor, but it is also the greater part
Of cowardice.
The sun is a maker of divers colors.
II turns a potato green, a leaf red and
man brown.
The main trouble with the fellow
VINO knows 1t all is that he has SO
much to learn.
Strangely enough it's when a fellow
can see his finish that he has the most
difncult- in keeping his end up.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
DAINTY BAG FOR THE FAN
IS Suspended From the Waist and
Completely Hides the Fan When
Not In Use.

No longer does the small fancy fan
faunt it's presence in ballroom and
opera house. When not actually in
use it Us hidden in a narrow, oblong
and perfectly fiat bag suspended from
one wrist by long hangers which pre-
vent it from getting in the way of
the hand. By its texture, it is easy
TO determine the character of the
bags contents. for If of white. mauve.
green, maize or pompadour-tinted bro
caded silk or satin with shirred top
drawn taut with white satin narrow
ribbon. the fan has a spread of match
ing hue. and ivory, mother-of-pearl or
celuloid sticks.
A bag of pearl, crystal, rhinestone
or coral-beaded net yelling white or
colored satin, is likely to conceal a
fan having a beaded gauze spread.
For the very costly small fans with
gold or silver mounts and spreads of
rose point or duchess lace, there are
40 ready-made bags. But 1t is Is easy
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
WAYS OF SECURING NITROGEN
Very Costly Substance to Buy In ArtI-
fetal Fertilizer, Yet Most Soils
Need More Of II.
(By L. r. NEEL.)

(By L. r NEELL)
Their is lack of sufficient nitrogen
in the average soil to supply all of
the demands of grain or grass crop.
Sometimes this need is very great, so
that good crop cannot be harvested
without supplying nitrogen artificial
ly. This element is very costly in a
commercial form, costing most farm
ers 20 cents a pound or more. So that
a fertilizer with only 1.65 per cent Of
nitrogen is made much more expen-
sive by its presence. At 20 cents per
pound for the nitrogen the cost per
ton for this element would be $3.50.
II 200 pounds of this mixed fertilizer
were used to the acre. only 3.3 pounds
Of nitrogen would be applied. and this
at a cost of not less than Sc cents.
This small amount of the element un-
der consideration would only be
enough to start growth over the acre.
Nitrogen is very costly substance
to buy in an artificial fertilizer. and
yet most soils need more of 1t. For
tunately it can be secured without
buying it. ALI the plants belonging
to the order commonly known as
legumes can get their nitrogen power
from the air (4-5 of the air Is nitro
gen). by the aid of very small plants
or bacteria living on their roots. So
this class of plants is independent of
the nitrogen in the soil. If there is
plenty of other plant food in the soil.
they will make luxuriant growth
where nitrogen is deficient This
nitrogen that the legumes draw from
the air is stored In root, stem, leaf and
seed. II the crop is allowed to decay
on the land or is fed to stock and the
manure returned. the nitrogen content
of the soil will be increased and bet
ter crop of corn, wheat or grass can
be grown. So it is evident from this
that there is practical way of sup
plying the corn, cotton, tobacco and
hay with nitrogen without paying 20
cents per pound 70 It. And It should
be mentioned that nitrogen accumu-
lates in land In pasture or when shad-
ed by some crop, or by straw or
boards. etc. Both of these natural
ways Of securing nitrogen are very
important, but It should not be
thought that the latter win be sufi-
cient without the former.
The legumes are the beans. peas,
clovers. alfalfa. tetches. peanuts. beg
garlice. the locust tree and some 9TH
er plants not so well known. There
is scarcely one among them but that
is valuable as farm crop. so that
they can be grown at a profit inde-
pendently of the nitrogen they gather
for the farm.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
MODES OF MIDWINTER
BARGAINS FOR WOMAN WHO
KNOWS GOOD CLOTHES.
inexpensive Freshenlng viii Make
Shop-Worn Garments Look Like.
New-Pretty Design for a
Velvet Frock.

The best that the season has to
offer is being shown and being worn
now, and one really does get admirable
bargains now in the shops If one
knows how. to buy and can freshen up
handsome models a trifie shop-worn
from handling. Many women who
know good clothes, but can never
afford to buy early in the season the
imported frocks which they covet,
make point of waiting until the bar
gain sales for these purchases.
They usually make a point, too, of
buying such things as may be made to
do duty all the year around, and that
is an easy matter in this day when
sheer fabrics are used for winter as
for summer
Naturally frocks of the kind are not
so reduced in price as are the regula-
ton winter garments whose tenure is
limited, and whose lines may be out
of fashion before another winter; but
one can pick up pretty afternoon
frocks and evening gowns and coats
at great reductions, and though these
may be a trihe shopworn, a very
little inexpensive freshening will
make them look as well as any frock
would after single wearing. And
one does get the modishness. and,
above all. the line, the cut, which the
frock or coat cheap from the start
does not have.
The velvet costumes and frocks are
among the best of the seasons bar
gains. This winters lines are so IN
Gvidual, and, in many cases, so ex-
treme, that holding winter models
over to another season would be haz-
ardous business for the merchant.
Yet women hesitate to buy exclusive
winter models for the same reason
and the prices must be made low
enough to tempt customers into buy
ing for the three-month service still
ahead. Both in the small shops and
in the large department stores excel
lent bargains in velvet and velveteen
are offered, and in fur-trimmed gar
ments as well excellent opportunities
are presented at this time.
Buying cloth costumes ct a sale
is an art. One needs to go about 1t
according to a system, and not be led
away by fancy. If one is buying
merely for this winters use. one has
liberty; One buys what is modish and
becoming and of suitable price. The
very extreme models ars usually the
most reduced for obvious reasons, and
certain type of woman revels In
spectacular effects.
But, as has been Indicated. there
are frocks that are not spectacular
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
No InduIoence.

Mrs. Alec Tweedie Of the Eugenics
Education society Of London, said at
q reception in New York:
"Eugenics will save the son from
paying for the sins Of his father: Eu-
cenics shows us that there has been
no escape heretofore from these PEN
alties. In the matter of eugenics 1t Is
not as it was with Spence.
"Iet bygones be bygones.' Spence
indulgently said to his old debts, as
he started in to make some new ones"
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
Foot MuHs.

For those who sit outdoors in cold
weather-and. of course. for the mo-
torist-a foot muff is indeed a COM
fort. These are usually of leather,
fur lined. Some are fitted with an
electric or hot water foot warmer.
There is an opening just large enough
so the feet will slip in easily, and
around this opening is a border of
long haired fur. which is a decided
help in keeping the ankles warm.
These foot warmers first came into
popularity at Saranac and other re-
sorts where life in the open is advo-
Gated even though the thermometer
is far below the zero mark.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
VOGUE for Net.

One of the latest novelties among
the lovely laces and the dainty robes
of broderie Anglaise for the slender
pocketbook is the coarse net. The
wardrobe can have nothing prettier
than one of the pretty slips Of string
colored fisherman's net and lace. The
course net may be mounted over a
color, but it Is really smartest when
it's foundation is of the same tone.
and this serves as a relief for last
summers washed out gown. The trim
ming must be heavy Venetian or
guimpe of filet lace, and there may
be a girdle of black or colored rib
bon.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
BENEFIT OF DRAINAGE
Has Influence That Nothing Else
= Can Accomplish.
Soil Has Usually Been Enriched by
Deposits From Higher Lands and
VIII Therefore Become Nest
Fertile and Valuable.
(sy c. P. NoRGoop.l


There are in general three condi-
tons of soil needing drainage: First.
land which is wet and marshy because
of lack of surface drainage; second.
that which has so large an amount OF
organic matter and such heavy clay
that water cannot well penetrate 1t;
third, soils with heavy, compact clay
subsoils and hardpars. Upon such
subsoils, the attack of the air from
above and beneath flowing drainage.
and deep plowing or subsoiling, made
possible by drainage. has loosening
and mellowing influence that nothing
else can accomplish.
One OF the most obvious results OF
drainage, from which all other bene-
fits accrue, is the removal of surplus
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
Buying on Credit.

Consumers who trade on the credit
system always have to pay dearly
for the privilege. 1t is wrong to heap
the sins of the consumers upon the
middle-men or blame the high cost of
living upon the farmers. They are
both innocent of the crime. Elimin-
ate the buying on tick and the whole
thing is solved Money talks.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
Longevity Of Dairy Cows.

Prof. c. H. Eckles of the Missouri
experiment station sums up its inves-
LEGATIONS along the line of the profit
able longevity of dairy cows in part
as follows:
Probably the majority Of dairy cat
tie are rejected from the herd on ac-
count OF failure to breed or from nd.
der trouble before the effect of ad-
yancing years can be observed to any
marked extent 1t is a fact often OBJ
served that a COW may make her best
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
Red Letter Day.

Inc farmers institute and educa-
uonal rally is a red-letter day for the
county In one of these rally days in
ne south last fall the audience was
imposed OF over a thousand people.
.neiuding farmers, teachers. patrons,
puplis merchants. mechanics. preach
sls ani lawyers. A fair sample of
zoe profession interested in the far
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
Water in the Cow Pasture.

II ia most important that the dairy
herd have plenty Of pure water. II
water is not abundant and pure the
nrofits will be cut in two or cut out
altogether Keep the spring holes
IN the pastures clean, and make the
annroaches safe. Water is a neces-
sity in aiding the digestion and assim-
ilation of solid food.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

Paris fashions fastest edict is an
evening cap of green taffeta covered
oyer with heavy lace, which in turn
is studded with scintillating beads. At
the sides, above the ears, lace and
beads are gathered into rosette from
which are suspended three clusters
of beads to represent the long droop-
ing earrings now so much in vogue.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

nor extreme, but merely of distinc-
lively cold weather materials, which
are marked low.
In the one1piece frocks for after
noon wear there are many pretty de-
signs, both in silk and cloth, though
velvet plays a conspicuous role. A
velvet frock, which is to be worn un-
der fur coat, should be selected with
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
After the Grazing Cattle.

The droppings from the cattle will
oenent the pasture more IL they are
spread or broken up with a spike
'ooth harrow with the teeth set we'll
sslant This prevents the grass from
es'ng killed out and weeds coming in
"nefe the droppings have laid.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
DON'T Hide Knots.

In basting work for stitching do not
hide away the knots, but put them on
the right side of the sewing. so that
bastings threads may be easily re-
moved. For the same reason never
place machine stitching directly on
top of basting, but just outside of It.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

,ecord when 10 or IL years old. al
though as a rule. she does her best
rather earlier. II a dairy COW con-
times TO breed she usually shows no
marked decline until at least 12 years
old Occasionally a COW continues to
breed until she is IS or Is years OLD.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
Silo Is Money Maker.

The dairy farmer who does not
build a silo thinks he is justified in
following his policy, but the longer he
puts it of the less money he wiz
make.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

"You never thank man for giving
you a seat in a street car" Not any
more," replied Miss Cayene. Il used
to until l noticed that almost inyaria-
bly, he was going to get out at the
next corner anyhow"
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
For Obvious Reasons.

Dawson-I hear that Blank has
dropped a hundred thousand In the
stock market. 1t must be hard to
lose so much money.
De Broke-Hard? Impossible for
me.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
Depletion Of Humus.

Continuous cropping to corn. man
gels and wheat causes depletion OF
humus: on the other hard. field peas
increase the amount of humns
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

ITCH Relieved In 30 Minutes.
Woolfords Sanitary Lotion for all KINDS OF
contagious itch. At Druggists. Adv.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

Mrs. winsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces innamraar
tion. allays pain. cures wind collie, 25e bottlek
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

to trim one of the plain receptacles
with narrow frilling of real lace, and
for it's ribbon hangers substituting ?
gold or silver link chain.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21
whInned chIId's protest,

Mamma whips you only when she
has reason for IT,"
'T won't stand it any longer, papal
I'm not married to her"
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

Adam lost out when he parted with
one OF his ribs.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

a bodice almost entirely of sheer ma
terial. Under the long fur coats
which are so much in vogue this win
ter, the frock of charmeuse, meteor,
taffeta or other lightweight silk is the
most comfortable and practical for
dressy wear, with the useful 1ne serge
one-piece frock for rougher morning
wear. Such frocks are being offered
at reduced prices in all the shops.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

THAT howwid Miss GiggIes really
Iaughed at me lawst evening. doncher-
known
"well. never mind her-she often
laughs at nothing"
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

II takes more than a halter to put
a cap IN a chimney or to cap a climax
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

a lawyer can draw a mortgage a
<0oo deal easier than he can pay one.
Tensas gazette., 1913-02-21

When fools are glad wise men are
coI
The Delta independent., 1913-04-25
COFFEV OF AUSTIN BOOSTER
FOR THE MIDLAND TRAIL

real live booster for the Midland
trail is Z. r. Coffey of Austin. Colo,
a brother of Mrs. John +. Moore Of
this city. who arrived in his machine
from Austin Saturday. Mr., Coffey is
n man who has retired from active
business and has spent much time in
studying the various transcontinental
routes. and has decided TO push for
the Midland trail.
Mr. Coffey. once frontier Indian
trader. who has heard more bullets
sing past his head than most hard
ware stores have ever sold. invested
his money In cattle In the panhandle of
Texas with such success that he now
buys gasoline for his speedy Il. NJ, +.
He Is glad to tell everyone about the
Midland trail and its beautiful possi.
blities. and says when the weathe:
gets warmer he will bring his shovel
down In his car and fix up the road
AS Tar as the state line himseif.-Daily
Sentinel. Grand Junction.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-25
women for Peace,

One of the fruits of sex equality
will be the decline OF war--interna'
tional strife. industrial strife and sex
strife. declares the Twentieth Cen
tury Magazine. Women may not
know how to play fair. at first, but
they will be more apt pupils than the
men. In masculine contests the rules
are often more important than the
game. What is fair in war? Murder
but not torture. What is fair In indus
trial war! Starvation. but not muir
der. Dynamiting is not fair. but
blacklisting ia. evicting Is, monopoliz-
Ing food is. maintaining tuberculous
tenements is. These rules won't pass.
boys. when the girls learn to play the
game. The tyrsnnical employer will
have to go. syndicalism and sabotage
(the logical answers to arbitrary cap
ltalism) will have to so. We already
have the children's bureau with .
real statesman. Julia Lathrop. at the
head. We are getting the beginning
,t engenics. When the instinct OF
motherhood is allowed free play We
hall become constructive, synthetic.
peaceful
The Delta independent., 1913-04-25
THRIFTY TOWN OF AUSTIN
FURNISHES NOVEL SENSATION

An operation was performed in Aus
tin the latter part OF last week-at
least an appendix or an appendage
was remoyed-and death resulted al
most Immediately thereafter. The
funeral Grafton was delivered in choice
language telling in every detail OF
the subjects birth. life. health, dis
ease and death. The funeral services
were extremely quit-as such things
usually are-and there was nothing ir-
regular or sensational in the entire
affair until the corpse refused to be
dead
The Austin Journal was dead only
for a dav and tells its own story with
the assistance of Geo. o. Blake, as
follows:
.Once when Mark Twain was abroad
cable dispatches to this country gave
an account of his death. Learning
CT il. Mark in his characteristic man
nery ucabled his solictous friends ''the
account of my death greatly exagger
ated" Last week the editor of this
paper had bad case of funk and pro
ceeded with elaborate obsequies with
out the formality of consulting the
corpse. Although the editor jumped
his Job and pronounced a funeral ora
ton without consulting the owners OF
the paper The Austin Journal is very
much alive and arrangements are be-
ing made to place it under competent
management of an experienced news.
paper man and good printer. Not only
is The Journal alive, but it is pro-
posed to make it one of the brightest
on the Western Slope.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-25
DELTA COUNTY FULL slooOS
SHIPPED OUT MONDAY

Another bunch OF fine cattle were
bought of Delta county stockman
and shipped out last Friday morning
further evidence of what is being
and can be done with blooded stock in
this part of the Western Slope.
This recent deal consisted of sixty
head of fine shorthorns purchased OF
James Barnard by Thomas Mostyn
which We're shipped to the latter's
Dallas stock farm south of Montrose
last Friday morning. Mr.. Mostyn is
one of the breeders of fine stock in
this section. and is said to have the
biggest herd of full bloods on the
slope.
Last year Mostyn sold seventy-tive
head of young blooded bulls to stock
men In various parts of the West and
stated to an Independent reporter that
his demand was much greater than the
supply.
The Delta independent., 1913-04-25
Study Western Slope Water

The federal government through
+ the Denver branch OF the United
States geological survey. will this sum-
mer make an exhaustive study OF the
sources OF water supply in the west
ern slope OF the Colorado Rockies for
the purpose OF determining the vol
ume OF water that can practically b.
diverted TO the eastern slope. says the
Denver Times:
The fact that the government is to
take this step on it's own initiative,
is accepted by irrigationists as an
indication of the intent OF the depart
ment OF the interior under Secretary
Lane to let down some OF the bars
that have been set up by the same
department under preceding admins
trat,ons.
1t is planned that the major por-
ton of the research work of the To-
cal branch of the survey during the
summer shall be devoted to the study
of water diversion to the eastern slope.
At least 100000 acre feet of water
it has been estimated. can be diverted
to the eastern slope without in any
way impa.ring the rights of water u.s.
ers on the other side of the mountains.
The government. however. proposes
to arrive on conclusions that will be
based on actual measures OF stream
flow
The work will be confined TO the
supper reaches of the streams that have
their sources on the western slope.
because of the necessity of having
elevation for the successful diversion.
and the further fact that unless the
proposed point OF diversion is near the
crest of the water shed. the cost of
tunneling renders diversion impracti-
cable from the standpoint of cost.