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Alma record., 1913-10-30

equipment. The floor must be dry,
windows and doors must be SO located
as to allow a maximum amount Of sun
shine on the floor during the winter.
and the fowls must have actual out
door conditions, as far as fresh air
Ii concerned, night and day, winter
as well as summer You cannot give
them too much air, If it is not drafty,
and the roost is protected by muslin
curtain during very cold weather.
The old idea that the whole south
side Of the hen house should be glass,
forming sort of a sun parlor, has
been permanently exploded. 1t is a
better plan to have 1t all open to the
weather. but the ideal arrangement
opening beside 1t, which is guarded
by chicken wire and may be closed
by a hinged frame covered with un-
bleached cotton cloth, during stormy
weather. Whether closed or open, this
curtain frame permits Of free circula-
tion of air and the fowls are much
healthier and lay better. The walls
should be perfectly tight, but they
do not need to be more than one thick
ness. Whitewash them inside twice
year, putting some good insecticide
In the whitewash-
The floor should be either cement
covered with earth, or earth alone.
Wooden floors rot If covered and they
harbor rats If they are raised
The roosts should be 2x4 timbers,
fat side up, edges rounded, and all
on level to prevent hens from crowd
ing on the top one. Place them over
tight board platform to catch the
droppings, and clean 1t OF at least
once week. Hang the nest boxes In
a row under the dropping platform,
Alma record., 1913-10-30
EAST COE.

Willard Collier went to Crawford
Monday for load of apples.
Many from these parts intend to &c
to the celebration Wednesday to take
the doings.
Mrs. +. T. Fowler and son, Els
worth, visited at the home of w. T.
Ross Sunday.
VIM. Keefer and family are going
to move on to the farm of his mother
in-law in Chippewa.
The L. A. S. and Y. p. c. Z. will
have halloween party at Will John
sons Friday evening of this week.
O. s. Fowler and his sister, Ketha,
visited at the home of Charles Dutt
in Alma a week ago Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Mabel Wood, who was in the
sanitarium at Alma for four weeks,
is now with her aunt, Mrs. Arthur
Baldum, in St. Louis.
Clifford Burlingame, who has been
on the Thomas farm for some years,
is going to St. Louis where he has
bought place. and Homer Teegar-
den of Forest Hill will take his place.
John Converse and wife of Alma
and c. Howe and wife of Jasper, and
Mrs. A. Converse of Shepherd, visit
ed at the home of A. L. Converse
Sunday.
Alma record., 1913-10-30
GREAT FIELD MEETINGS.

In nearly every state big grange out
door meetings are being held thi,
summer, that are bringing together
thousands Of people in helpful way
Most Of these gatherings have live
speakers on practical topics, a dis
tinct social element is introduced ant
the whole occasion is filled with bene
fit, intermixed with great deal O.
pleasure for the dwellers in rura
communities. AS a modern factor In
progressive grange work, the summer
field meeting is fact becoming one oi
the most influential as well as mos,
popular
Alma record., 1913-10-30

Fair Proht IN Poultry.
Properly conducted, the poultry bus
iness will give fair pro0t, steady
work. and q good living for the aver.
age man.
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GOOD CHICKEN HOUSE
Proper Shelter for Fowls Has
Much to Do With Success.
Building Must Afford Protection to
Hens From Thieves and Predatory
Animals-Guard Against All
Dampness and Drafts.

By PROF. JOHN WILLARD BOLTE.)
Success with chickens depends upon
the house as much as any other one
factor. Feeding and proper founda-
ton stock are the other two great fac
tors, but a poor house. or a good
house improperly handled, will effec-
tually cut down the egg yield, If it
does not actually kill the chickens.
In modern poultry keeping the
house has but two functions to per-
form. 1t must protect the hens from
thieves and predatory animals. and 1t
must protect them from drafts, damp
ness, and the direct rays of the sun.
Any house which does this is a sat
isfactory hen house if it is handled
right and has the necessary interior
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FEEDING THE ORCHARD TREE
Ono Central Thought-We Cannot
Continually Take From Soil With
out Giving Back Something.
(By BESSIE l.. PUTNAM.)

(By BESSIE l.. PUTNAM)
Said a successful farmer recently:
81 have lots of nice apples, and be-
lieve that my success is largely due
to the fact that / do not neglect to
feed my trees. There is Blank, with
q large orchard next to mine. But his
soil has run out, and now he wants to
buy the fruit from two or three of my
trees"
This man had his own ideas. too,
about the renewing of the soil. De-
testing the nuisance of cornstalks in
the stable, he used the orchard for a
feeding ground In the late fall. and
the result was that the added fer.
tilking element keeps the ground in
good condition.
This year." he says, II overdid the
matter Look at the nice crop of rag
weed started" We wondered why so
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A GOOD RECORD.

c. B. Kegley of Palouse, Wash, who
has just been elected to his ninth year
as master of the Washington State
Grange, thas an enviable record Of &C.
complishment to his credit. When he
became master. eight years ago, there
were 81 subordinate oranges In the
state of Washington, with about $500
members. Today there are 322 oranges
and more than 10000 wide-awake
members.
Alma record., 1913-10-30

careful and observing a man had al
lowed the weed crop to mature. But
he hesitated, fearing that the stalks
would pierce any apples which chanced
to fall. And now, at picking time, he
finds that the weeds act as cushion
protecting the falling fruit and rem
dering 1t scarcely less perfect than
that which Is handpicked.
Each individual should work out his
own problems for himself, as this man
has done; but in any case there is
still the central thought-we cannot
continually take from the soil with
out giving something in return.
Alma record., 1913-10-30
Practical Houses.

Narrow poultry houses are more ex-
pensive to construct for q given
amount Of floor space than are wide
ones. besides compelling the birds to
roost near the open or muslin front
Breeding pens are sometimes built
only eight feet wide, but no house
should be less than twelve feet wide
unless for special purposes.
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Y. M. c. A. NOTES.

The big event of the week in Y. NJ
C. A. was series of relays by which
about one hundred twenty-five boys
took a part in carrying messages OF
congratulation from the officials OF
Alma, Ithaca, North Star, Brecken-
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state Master R.lns Recovered.

State Master c. o. Raine of Missouri
has been seriously Ill this spring. bu,
has nearly recovered and is preparing
for a fall campaign of Grange work
in hts state. more energetic than eve.
before.
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IS PARDONED
BY TAFT
EIGHTY-YEAR-OlD ElATHEAD,
CONVICTED OF BOoTLEGGlNG,
WILL NOT SERVE.

Helena, Jan. 2.-(Specia .)-Michel
Yaktelame, an S~0-year-old Flathead In
dian who recently pleaded guilty in
the federal court at Butte to bootleg
ging, has been pardoned by President
Taft, according to a telegram received
by District Attorney Freeman. The
court deferred sentencing Yaktelame
when he plaeded guilty until a later
date, which now will never come.
Apparently the certificate stated that
because of h Indians age, confine-
ment might result fatally for him.
Yaktelame amassed a comfortable
fortune in the stockgrowing business.
He entrusted 100000 to Colonel Nc
Gowan of Plains for safe keeping.
Half-breeds and young bucks worked
upon his fears SO hat he asked Colo
mel MCGOWAN for the money, and re-
ceived it all in gold. Yaktelame put it
in a trunk and stored the trunk in an
unused cabin. Some half-breeds ana
bucks visited him one night. got him
drunk, and when he awakened and
looked for his $780, 900 it had disap-
peared.
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immigration
XXV.-How the "NeW' Immigrant Lives.
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

/ mothers protest that there is some
good in dirt and vermin. But the
sweet cleanliness of the visitor comes
in and the parasites go out. She
teaches them how to feed their chill
dren, and then invites them TO little
meetings which she holds. They come
washed and neatly dressed, n from
month to month their homes grow
better kept and their burdens grow
lighter.
High rents and a desire to save pro-
duces oVcr-croWding among the poor,
native or immigrant, but especially
among the latter. In a small house in
omaha 4G Greeks lived and ate and
slept. In an eastern city a Ruthenian,
his wife, two children and seven
bOarderS occupied one room. In an
other house Az foreigners lived in four
rooms, each room l3 feet quare while
in another place "A foreigners lived in
n room 15X1S feet. In some board
ing houses the beds are used in two
shifts-by day workers at night and
by night workers in the daytime.
one of the most interesting phases
of the investigation of the immigration
problem made by the immigration
commission concerned the condition Of
the homes of immigrants in cities.
Perhaps tho most striking result was
the showing of the large percentage
Of clean homes among immigrants. in
spite of their being forced so often to
reside in districts where proper stand
ards OF cleanliness are hardest TO
maintain. The investigation covered
more than 10000 households. in which
lived upward of so, 900 people. These
households were located in New York,
Chicago. Philadelphia, Boston, Cleve-
land, Buffalo and Milwaukee. Four
llithS of these households were in
apartments of four rooms or less. A
third of them were four-room apart
mcnts, and nearly a third We're three
room apartments. While nearly all of
the households of the new immigration
had about five people for every two
sleeping rooms, they still managed to
keep things fairly clean in a large ma
1orlty of their homes. In more than
half of the households of the foreign
efS lhey nave but one room outside Of
the sleeping rooms, and in one-eighth
OF them they had no rooms except the
sleeping rooms.
'''iN tih hilt-iDttTtn OF me 1OT-
elgh households buarders were kept,
WINE IN one-tcnth Of the native house,
holoS were boarders found. AS is the
RUE IN most things, the children of inn
n'iSfahts seem to be about half Ameri-
can ana halt foreigners in this respect.
o"e-siNlh OF their households have
poar"ers. The equipment of the aver
age foreigners home was only about
HAIL as s"od as that of native Ameri-
cans IN such matters as water supply,
loiiet accommodations and other facili-
= ties All Of these conveniences are
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FEED THE BIRDS.

There are a good many birds that
spend the winter in this valley. Most
of them are feathercd friends who arc
Industrious i'll the destruction CT in.
scots and grubs which would be harm
full to the gardens and the trees, dur
ing the winter season these birds
should receive consideration from
those Of US who have yards and trees.
There are some robins who spend the.
winter hero; there arc hlucbirds and
chickadecs, goldfinchcs in sober winter
garb, nuthatches and Woodpcckcrs.
along your street and see how many
there are Of these winter sOjourners.
You will be surprised, if You have not
already made their acquaintance,
In our yard there is a mountain-ash
tree. Last fan it was heavily laden
With the red clusters Of berries which
i! bears. There is a family Of blue
lirds whose winter home is near and
there are two or three robins who arc
regular visitors. They had comc TO re-
gard this mountain-ash tree as their
own, special storchouse for the winter.
1he berries We're holding out finely.
One day a flock Of finchcs discovered
tho tree and swept down upon it in a
berry.
Now thor" has to b" a box of crumbs
and a chunk of meat paced Wh1r the
rofins and the blu"hirdS can get al
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AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY.

1t appears that the trouble in Tur-
key is practically settled; it seems GER
tain that the London conference dele
gates will be able to agree and that
that there will be a vast region OF rich
territory pass into the hands of the
allies. The passing of this wonderfully
rich country from the indifferent
Turk spells opportunity. That much
of this opportunity will be Americas
is the opinion expressed by a prom
inent correspondent in a dispatch to
the Chicago News.
1t is not too much TO say that an eN-
Ccllent foundation has been laid for
American enterprise in the Balkan
countries through the training that has
been received in American mines,
workshops and transportation agencies
by thousands of Bulgarians, Serbs and
Greeks who have worked in this coun-
try for years and who recently re-
turned to fight in the ranks Of their
home armies. One-half Of all the Bull
garianS who resided in the United
States before the beginning of the
balkan war are reported to have re-
turned to take part in that conflict.
Fourteen thousand Bulgarians have
been enumerated on their return for
war service. 1t is the belief in Sofia
that in nearly all instances these men
will remain permanently with their
relatives, thus becoming an important
asset in the industrial awakening to-
ward which Bulgaria is hopefully
striving.
Workers VINO have gained knowledge
of modern Industrial methods in the
United States cannot fail to have an
important influence upon the future of
the awakened Balkan countries. 1t is
OF no small Importance to the United
states that American enterprise and
native Workmen trained in America
are highly regarded by the govern
mcntS that are soon to take up in
earnest the task of developing the re-
sources Of the Balkan peninsula.
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PLANS FOR DANCE
ANNOUNCED
ALL MONTANANS INVITED TO IN
AUGURAL BALL At HELENA
NEXT WEEK.

Helena, Jan. 2.-(Special,)-All ar
engagements have been perfected for
the inaugural ball and reception to be
held e Monday, January 6, at the
capitol building for the new state Of
ficers and their wives. No invitations
have been sent out, but every Mon
tanan is invited and will be welcomed.
The reception will be held in the gov
ernor's reception chamber, while dance
ing will be held in the law library on
the floor above.
In the receiving line will be Cow
ernor and Mrs. S.. V. Stewart; Con-
gressman-elect and Mrs. Stout; Con.
gressman-elect j. M. Evans; Senator
and Mrs. r. J. Walsh and Mayor and
Mrs. R.. r. Purcell. Both the incom-
ing and retiring justices of the SUI
preme court and their wives. the lieu-
tenant governor and the state senators
and their wives will also be in the re-
ceiving line.
On the reception committee will be
the speaker of the lower house, the
members and their wives and the Of
ffcers and their wives from Fort Will
liam Henry Harrison.
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\ study of the conditions under
which the new immigrant hVes alter
coming TO America, serves to convince
the student that he is often something
of a hero. lie often lives in 1ilth ana
%suualor, but frequently it is necessity
that compcls him to do 50. lie IS
sometimes found in camps where con-
ditiOns are so bad that they would
make the best of us Indifferent, but he
lives in this way 50 that he may pro-
vide for his family, present or pros
pcctivc. If he has a family with him
in America, he shows himself provi-
dent of heart by bearing u~ncomplain-
ingly the hardships of today in order
that his family's needs may be met to-
morrow.
The hundreds of thousands OF imlnl-
grants who live in camps lead an lSp-
lated life. Their daily existence is lit
tie more thar working, eating, sleep
ing in endless round. They 1--we IN
shackS, ave about as few of the crca-
turc comforts as men MAJ have, and
their only diversions are drinking and
gambling. Here is a picture Of camp
life on a great engineering project
the New York barge canal-draNn by
Peter Roberts:
"ltnlians formed tho major part of
the labor force, and the accommodate
tions furnished most of them were
shameful. We saw men crawling into
pens which few Americans would have
their dogs occupy. The cooking these
men did was not elaborate; it was
| easier and plcasantcr to get a loaf d
bread, a piece Of bologna and Il bot
tie of beer at the cnmmissarN. In these
camps the commissary boss is supreme,
and the mon must buy of him If they
wish to retain then jobs. He has both
wet and dry goods for sale, II be-
licvos in charging all the traffic will
bear. The coarse, vulgar elements OF
human nature come to the fore; the in
decent story, the vulgar joke and the
immoral picture are passed around
Conditions of this kind can only be
duplicated III some towns in southern
Italy. The WOrkmen are removed
from all agencies that mold and shape
coming Americans; deprived of the re-
filming influences Of women and the
soothing touch of childhood"
The women OF the immigrant com
munity appreciate the help and Gu
enlargement of American women
something they do not often get. TIL,
life of these women is seldom easy
and often hard and dreary. Thcil
homes have many births and many
deaths. They are as meek and sub,
missive in the home as the men are a
work. An instance of what a goot
American may do is that of a Penn.
~sylvania woman Who visits the houses
of the poor immigrant women in nel
community n carries to them thu
gospel Of cleanliness, Often these
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TAFT AND HIS BROTHER
ARE M|RED IN THE MUD

Washington, Jan. 2.-President Taft
took his brother, Henry W.. Taft, for a
ride yesterday in one of the White
House automobiles and the story Of
the sightseeing trip became noised
around today. The president chose a
New Virginia road, but before he had
travelled far, mud made the way i'm
passable. The president and his
brother decided to walk back to the
White House, but before they had
gone far, the machine overlook them,
having been pulled out Of the mud by
q farmers team.
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A

Editor, Observation-Disclosures question
Of sewers on the south side has been
before the public a number of times
and it appears from the various dis
cussions that a vast majority of the
owners of property on the south side
desire to see sewers built. The only
objection that seems to De urged is
the uncertainty of the cost of building
said sewer
Now then, what is the solution?
l would suggest that the people on
the south side form a Protection Con-
struction company with a capital stock
of 100000 or $4,000.
Let two or three hundred Of the
property owners IN the south side
form a corporation, each one taking
one share of the capital stock by pay
ing into said corporation 800 n
thus make the capital stock 20 or 80
thousand dollars. This will enable us
to buy all necessary machinery and
would furnish us a working capital.
This company could hire experts in
this line of work and could perfect an
organization equal to the organization
Of any construction company.
Enter into competition with other
contractors in the bidding on the work
to be done. In this way We will get
the eve on the south side and all
other improvements built at actual
cost by the concerted action of W
or three hundred property owners.
Surely we can trust ourselves.
Charge up the actual cost of build
ing the sewer and guarantee to turn
back into the city treasury upon the
completion of the work every dol
lar of surplus, thus making the
actual cost of the sewer the true
cost to be paid by the property
owners.
The books of the corporation could
be audited by a public accountant and
a square dea guaranteed to the prop>
erty owners within the improvement
district.
This company could hire our home
people to do the work and every dol
lar outside of the actual cost of the
pipe would be kept at home and we
would thus add a large portion of the
$500, 900, estimated cost of the sewer.
to the payroll of the city.
When the work of building the sewer
is completed this construction com-
pany could possibly take up other
lines of work of public improvement.
All that this will require is a proper
display of public interest in a pub
lie enterprise that has a right to de-
mand of every good citizen his time
n his ability in this behalf.
Very respectfully,
ELMER E. HERSHEY.
Missoula, Jan. 2, 1919.
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but of the friendly discussion, held
last night under the auspices of the
MisSOula Chamber Of Commerce, has
come a better understanding among
the active men of western Montana as
to the plans for legislative action
which will be for the benefit Of this
whole region. The p~ull-together pol
icy III this respect is just as effective
as in any other line of endeaVor. We
feel certain tina the result Of last
nights informal discussion will b. a
course of action helpful to all. There
are 50 many matters in which all west
crn Montana has a direct interest that
it is well to have an understanding
regarding them at the start. There are
many other questions which concern
the whole state and which should be
discussed thoroughly by those who
really wish to sec the coming session
of the legislature do something besides
mark time.
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A FOREST L A

Madison, Wis, Jan. "A tax levy
of one-tenth of a mill yearly for 20
years for the benefit of the state for
est reserve is to be recommended to
the legislature by the state conserva-
ton commission. The announcement
was made today by the commission
which has estimated the fund thus
raised would amour to more than
$5,000,O00 in the two decades and
would permit the state to make land
contracts and add to its forest re-
serve, which now covers 400 acres.
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MiSSOULA OFFICE
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supply should be renewed; 1t doesn't
90 to disappoint the birds: they are
sensitive little fellows.
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Yale has the largest membership of
socialists of any American college, &C
cording to an eastern report. But Pro-
fessor Taft's lectures will soon begin.
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Boss Murphy was again amongst
those not present when New York'S
governor was ~inaugurated. 1t is get
ting to be a habit with Charlie.
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st. Pierre, Miquelon, Jan. 2.-The
British schooner Mary Smith is a total
wreck on the sand dunes at Port
Langdale and two members of her
crew are dead
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Montana will miss the Inter Noun
tain. but will welcome the editor ot
the Post upon his return to activity
in newspaper work.
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Mayor Gaynor in his new role of
iccnoclast says that George Washing
tens face was pitted and he had poo"
teeth. But Mayor GaNnor must admit
that George made a great little father
of his country.
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Jeffersonian simplicity has suffered
Il jolt. The pictures of Or. Wilson's
birthplace show it to be u two story
instead of a log Chain.
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The. harvest of sowing wild oats is
usually Il big yield of vain regrets
which is merely a belated New Year
suggestion.
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We can think of a good many places
Of lIocAjn i'll the LcaNcnWorth prison.