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The Arvada enterprise., 1913-07-31
W. @. VS. are
Stirring things.

The w. O. W'shave been more
than stirring things this week in
Denver and Colorado, Springs
The Grand Camp of the Pacific
Jurisdiction is in session at Colo.
RADIO Springs this week, to which
Arvada sent a delegate, this be
ing the first time Camp No. 66
has been eligible to send dele
gate to the Grand Camp. Chas.
Wheeler has the distinction OF
representing the local camp and
left for the Springs Monday.
The session is scheduled to
last all week and the supposition
is that the business will be SO
heavy that it will be compelled
to break over into next week.
The head camp which is locat-
ed in Denver, assisted by the
local camps, made ovations to the
delegates that assembled in Den
yer Saturday enrOute and show
ed them the time Of their lives.
They wined and dined them at
the Adams and Savoy and WhirI-
ed them about the city in auto
mobiles. They were also shown
through the quarters Of the head
camp to- let them see how the
business of the great order is
carried on.
Saturday night the Auditorium
was turned into one great camp
and degree work was conferred
upon a thousand candidates
which were contributed by the
different camps within the juris-
diction as a representation of the
growth Of these organizations ii
the recent dispensation. ArvaCa
sent down a class of nearly thirty
and carried off the honors OF haV-
ing the largest per centage in
growth Of any camp in the jur-
isdicJion.
The initiation ceremonies were
presided over by Organizer Pol
lock who conducted the recent
campaign in Arvada and will be
remembered as wideaWake
booster for the order.
He has the distinction of hay
ing been Camp Commander OF.
No. l in Denver which was he
only obstacle in Arvada's way OF
winning the contest recently.
His work was very fascinating,
and those who witnessed it felt
highly paid.
Following is the list of candi-
dates contributed by Arvada
Camp &C, who were accompanied
by fifteen or twenty OF the lay
members and officers of the local
organization:
Roy E.. Adams, John E. Bald
win, Robert E. L. Black, Ira
Bird, Harry Brandon, Robt. b.
Broad, Clarence V. Cochran,
George f. Cochran, Thos. A.
Crouch, Eos. A. Crowfoot, Rees
7. Davis, Jas. C. Gilman, Geo.
w. Hines, Jas. L. Hinton. Ralph
Hunt, Chas, V. Medley, Ernest
Pearce, Arthur Schoech, VIM. NJ.
Spencer, Geo. w. Stewart, Jr.,
Bert Streeter, Horace NJ. Tanner,
A. F. Wadsworth, Raymond P.
Warren, w. Scott WiImore,
Howard D. Williams, Jay Bee
Whitney, Rudolph Zchnder.
- Some Of the residents in the
vicinity of the High school build
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-07-31
ArVada Has Gen.
ter of Stage. y

most attractive suburban cities
anywhere to be found about
Denver. 1t has not only the
scenery but the resources. 1t
has beautifully laid out streets
in each direction, streets that
furnish the eye of the traveller a
view of grandeur rarely found.
GrandvieW and Ralston avenues
are staunch rivals in scenic
beauty, the one overlooking his
toric Clear Creek Valley and the
mountain range south as far as
Pixies Peak, while the other
overlooks the fertile fields and
gardens of the northwest and the
snow covered peaks of the Great
| Divide. While the view to the
traveller is transitory, to the man
who is fortunate enough to own
a home along these great thor
oughfares, the vista is ever in
spring, and the poets dream.
Gradually the hand Of man is
transforming this diamond in the
rough into the polished stone.
The homes are being improved
each year by dint OF strict econ
omy OF natures resources and
careful husbandry.
The Town Board is expanding
the road fund in a judicious
manner, and with a fund of four
or five hundred dollars to draw
from each year these streets will
be converted into beautiful
boulevards that will be the envy
Of our neighbors.
There are many things to be
done before the goal of perfec,
ton is reached, and the Enter.
prise while not desiring to crit,
else, believes a hint Of sugges.
ton would not be amiss.
1t is an undeniable fact that
good sidewalks and well Lighted
streets are as essential to the
progress Of a town as gasoline is
to the progress Of an automobile.
Arvada has several miles OF
good walks, but it needs -anC
needs badly several miles more,
II cannot escape notice that those
streets best equipped in this re.
spect, are the best improved ir
other ways. 1t is on those streets
that most of our inhabitants live.
The other streets have equally
as good advantages in all othel
respects. Some of them have
even better locations for desir.
able homes.
But why are they not so thick.
ly settled? Simply because the
people have been lax in regard
to these improvements. The
people who own the property
have not been converted to the
sidewalk theory. They have
said they cost too much. " As
a result some of their rentable
property is standing idle. They
have figured that it was cheaper
to let their houses stand idle two,
three or perhaps six months out
Of the year than to invest $50 in
a good walk. Others want these
improvements but would not
make them because their neigh.
boris would not. Now, a sidewalk
100 feet long and three or -four
feet wide would cost about $44,
or II cents per square foot.
A house renting at $l2 per
month will pay the whole bill in
less than four month. Take q
careful inventory of your prop.
erty and figure out what your
net income from it would be il
you had it improved in a way
that would make it rentable and
yes, much more saIable, as
compared to its present condi,
ton.
A stroll or a ride down Ralstor
avenue should readily convince
.auy If one Of susceptible mine
.pr the wonderful possibilities ir
store for the property owners or
that street.
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u. s. Has Plan to
Aid the Farmer.

two hundred members were in
tensely interested in the eXplana-
ton made to them of the work
being done by the Farm Manage
ment Branch of the department
of Agriculture. Prof. C. Y.
Smith, the general director of
the work, gave a very illuminat-
ing and interesting history Of the
work done by the government
along the line Of improving farm
ing conditions and crop produc-
ton in this country.
Fifty years ago, he stated, the
first agricultural station was es-
tablished. This was an expert
ment station. The work of its
staff being to get at the funda-
mental facts regarding agricult-
ure and crop production. After
the establishment Of the expert
ment station came the model
farm, so-called. Professor Smith
stated that the model farm as an
institution for spreading know
ledge regarding successful agri-
culture had not proven to be a
success. In the first place few
farmers found it possible to
travel long distances to view the
work being done at such institu-
tons. Many Of those who did go
and who made investigation,
would almost invariably conclude
that if they had all the resources
of the United States government
behind them, they too, could pro-
duce unusual crops.
The policy now being carried
out, is to have the successful
government farmer go over the
country and visit the farms anc
farmers, the idea being that or
the ground an expert can anal,
we conditions, ascertain facts
regarding localities, grade of soil
and determine what would be the
best course to be followed by the
owner of that particular farm,
1t is the aim of the government
to have one expert, high-class
farmer located in each county of
each state in the union where
agriculture is carried on. This
mans mission being to constant
ly travel over the country and
devote his time to informing
farmers in his particular section
regarding what would be the
best and most paying crop that
he could put in, all things being
considered.
The different state legislatures
are being approached by govern
ment officials who solicit that the
states join with the government
in making appropriations for
I this work. Professor Smith
stated that the Chicago Board Of
Trade realizing the importance
of this work had contributed
500, 600 to help carry it on.
Professor Smith in his talk said
one Of the most important things
for the government officials to
do was to see that the farmers
were able to obtain the very best
quality Of seed. Then to recon-
mend or point out the kind and
character Of fertilizer needed on
any given piece of ground.
There is a branch which the
State Superintendent has estab-
lished in the City Of Denver, hay
ing jurisdiction over three states.
1t is proposed to give special at
tention to Colorado and to have
one expert in each Of the agri-
cultural counties Of this state.
There are OF the present time en-
gagged in this work, as govern
ment officials, between 1000 and
600 men. This force is being
constantly added to as appropria-
tons for the work are increased
and the right men are found.
Prof. O. II. Benson, specialist
in boys and girls work on the
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-07-31
Arva da Won as Usual !

Yes, its the Same old story,
the rabbits foot is still with the
Arvada baseball aggregation.
Seventeen games straight to
their credit which is two ahead
of any other team in the league.
They have ten more to play in
the series, so they could lose one
and still be to the good"
But they will take no chances
say the boys. Sundays game
with the San Soucis resulted in
a two to five score in Arvada's
favor of course. 1t was another
pitchers game eighteen strike
outs. 1t was a clean shut-out up
to the ninth inning, but some
thing happened. There were
two down and there was high
tension on the nerves of the
players, and the very air was
charged and surcharged with eX-
element, everyone believing it
would be a shutout.
There was a man on first and
a man on second and two strikes
had been called on the man with
the big stick. Then, sad to say
something happened a ground
en- which was hard to get wasn't
got and the result was that two
runs were marked up to the San
Souci's credit.
Mr.. Fcriott is much improved
in health and is able to be brought
up town in his wheeled chair,
which his father carefully manip-
.uIates. His many friends are
glad o not4the decided improve
.ment and hope soon to see him
strong again.
Mrs. ". G.. More'and Of TelIu-
ride and her sis months old
baby arrived Wednesday and viii
visit with her parents Mr.. and
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-07-31
A Communication.

he report OF our ROAD ONSGSGSl
on building for the month makes
a very good showing but | think
our road builders lose sight of
the needs Of the people. All
their energies seem bent toward
building scenic roads for the
automobilistS, and to encourage
Tourist" travel, at the same
time entirely neglecting the
country roads. Some of the
roads Of the north end Of the
county are in frightful shape, as
| know from observation. Only
yesterday | saw an auto truck
stuck in the mud on one OF the
main roads Of the county.
Now, ! claim the agriculturists
pay the large end Of the taxes, in
this county and are entitled to
decent roads over which to haul
their products to market, some
thing they do not have now.
notice that as soon as 4 man
is able to run an auto he begins
to talk good roads, and the less
tax he pays, the louder he hollers
but the farmer or fruit grower
is kept too busy earning a living
for his family and making the
money to pay his taxes to say
much about his needs, and the
result is, he gets the worst end
of the deal right along.
| believe our road system sail
wrong. The people should elect
their road overseers by Districts,
and each district should have
control of their own road tax.
Under the present system the
county road overseer can take
all the men and teams to a dis
tant part Of the county and use
up all the money and other com.
munities are left to shift fol
themselves. | am opposed to The
payment Of a large salary t.
one man 10 boss the bosses. Tha
plan was tried out aut
abandoned twenty years ago
though at that time the salary
was only $1,000 year Our pres
ent commissioners are more pro
gressive in the art OF spending
the peoples money.
Yours for a square deal.
Taxpayer.
f. c. Sccrest has ordered Ium.
Der from the Ralston Lumber
Co., for a fine chicken house.
The lumber for the Bayers house
is also being delivery in pre-.
paration Of building.
+ viii Benson and his wife ne.
turned Monday from Kremmliup
from which place they drove.
Mr.. Benson has taken a job or
Lookout Mountain road. The
work on the road is being push.
ed in preparation for the Con.
clave week.
Christian Stoke and wife re.
turned Tuesday from TolIaud,
where they spent a week visiting
their daughter, Mrs. WeibeIl.
Services at the W. T.. church,
Aug. Bird. Sunday school 10 "a.
m. Preaching ii a. m. and 7:45
/ p. m.
Epworth League GH5 p. m.
Good music at each service.
A hearty welcome TO all.
Miss Elizabeth VarVcuh.s
and her grandmother Mrs. Rock
well are spending the summer in
/ their collage ON Bear Creek.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-07-31

= Some Of the residents in the
vicinity of the High school build
ing are complaining Of the tall
weeds on the premises. They
take a pride in their own homes
and they think the trustees Of
public institutions should c%"r-
else a reasonable amonlo. pride
in those properties. TIE Enter
prise has consulted Mr.. Jreher.
the president OF the school board
on tie subject and he iuloraa US
that an order was given q week
ago to Mr.. Goodman to cuL>the
weeds, and that he was taken
sick and thus the delay Ifh he
does not get able to do the work
before the weeds go to seed,
someone else will be employed.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-07-31

Miss Elizabeth VarVcuh.s
and her grandmother, Mrs. Rock
well are spending the smmcrin
their cottage ON Bear Creek.
Mrs. Van VOORHEES, will. Join
them Monday and 8pcudamo1lh.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
or,oin al kn,ves,

The first knives. according to the con
illusions Of u scientist who has made
a study Of the subject. we're fractured
stones that happened to have a sharp
cutting edge. But the vegetable king.
dom also furnishes very keen cutting
edges In the leaves and stalks Of GER
tain plants. which might have been
availed Of before artificial knives were
made. The fractured stone knife easily
suggested the shaping of faxed stones,
like flint, into the form Of blades.
Among the Seri Indians on T1buron Is
land, in the gulf Of California. the
primitive custom Of utilizing fractured
and water worn stones for knives still
exists.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
compradors In China.

The comprador is an important fac
tor in the treaty ports of China. Many
large foreign firms are engaged In the
import and export trade at these ports.
and each employs a comprador, q
wealthy Chinese. whose business It Is
to keep himself acquainted with the
Chinese merchants In the various lines
of trade in which his house is interest
ed, in T%ientsin. Picking and the other
cities Of north China. He receives a
commission on all that he buys or sells
for the firm. In return. II credit be
given to any Chinese shop or firm, the
comprador guarantees the obligation,
and If the shopkeeper does not pay at
the appointed time he must pay out
Of his own pocket. -Argonaut.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
Legs Of a GaMopins Horse.

Thousands Of pictures exist In our
galleries showing horses at full gallon
with the front legs extended forward
and the hind legs extended backward,
and no one eve suspected anything
wrong with the representations of gal
looping horses until instantaneous pho
Biography made visible movements quite
beyond the power of the human eye
A series of cinenlatographic photo
graphs Of a galIoping horse, II shown
slowly on the screen. would astonisE
most people. Each time all the leg.
were seen off the ground they would bt
actually folded up under the animals
body, and the artistic full stretch gal
lop would never once materialize. Pal
Mall Gazette.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
Tho Qnal.

It was Sir Walter Scott who helped
In "Anne of Geierstein" to arouse the
fears of the superstitious concerning
the wearing Of that very beautiful
stone, the opal, and 1t was a German
dealer in gems who fostered that feal
very successfully for other ends then
those Of romance. He came to Eng
land years ago. we are told by a jew
eler, to Gil an. order from n Of the
royal families in Germany-a wedding
order. If l remember rightly. Opals
were then high. He had printed the
story that opals were unlucky and
spread the report diligently. In a short
time the price went down, and he wal
enabled to all his order and make
handsome profit. London Mail.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
A~nln.ultino oner.

A well known but broken down De.
troit newspaper man who had been a
power in his day approached an old
friend the other day in the Pontchar-
train hotel and said:
what do you think7 l have just
received the prize insult Of my life. A
paper down in Muncie. Ind. offered me
q job"
do you call that an insult?"
"Not the Job, but the salary. They
offered me $12 a week."
WELL" said the friend. twelve a
week is better than nothing"
Twelve a week-thunder!' exclaim-
ed the old scribe. II can borrow more
than that right here in Detroit DE
troit Free Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
A Rjno Island.


Many coral reef islands In the Pa
cilc are In the form of more or less
perfect rings or ovals. tnclosing Ia
goons. The ring island of Ninafou.
halfway between Fiji and Samoa, Is
not a coral reef. but a volcanic ring
inclosing a crater containing a lake two
miles in diameter. Toward the sea
the ring is bordered with walls OF
black lava. and on the inner side these
break down in cliffs 200 to 300 feet In
height. An eruption in 1886 formed q
peninsula on the eastern side of the
lake, While the ocean outside Is trem'
bling and laundering under a heavy
wind the lake remains smooth or Is
simply wrinkled with ripples.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
An ualy Clan.

The late DR.. Andrew Wilson had lee
tured in Greenock. and q man who had
heard him met a friend on his way
home.
Where were you tonight. sandy?'
asked the friend.
"Weel, I was hearing that man VII.
o frae Edinburgh" replied Sandy,
land he said that all the mischief done
to mankind was by those Macrobbs'
(microbes). II. can well believe that
said the friend. '4They were always q
dirty clan!"-Dundee Advertiser.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
Senator Vest. Pledge.

00nNtor V0BI0 pJOo3os
Just before his first election to the
United States senate the late Senator
Vest went to a caucus of Missourians
who were members Of the general as
sembly. Following a competitor who
had talked three mortal hours. Vest
spoke for three minutes, concluding
with these words: "As for myself. l
have to say, with the full knowledge
that the pledge I now make will inf1u'
ence your votes tomorrow, that If l am
elected to the United States senate dur.
ing my entire term l shall draw my
pay regularly like a gentleman and
spend it like a thoroughbred" BE was
elected and served the state for TWEEN
ty-four years.-Kansas City Star.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
Old Age

Old age as it comes in the orderly
process of nature is a beautiful and
majestic thing. It stands for expert
ence, knowledge, wisdom. counsel.
That is old age as it should be, but old
as it often is means poor digestion,
torpid bowels, a sluggish liver and q
general feeling of i'll health, despond-
ency and misery. This in almost every
instance is wholly unnecessary. One OF
Chamberlain Tablets taken immedi-
ately after supper will improve the d.
gestion. tone up the liver and regulate
the bowels. That feeling Of despond'
ency will give way to n Of hope ant
good cheer. For sale by all dealers. .
Adv.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
Puzzle In Chronology.

The profound truth that tomorrow
never comes and yesterday. although
It is always passing. has never been
with u.s., has led a puzzled thinker to
the conclusion. "Although yesterday
today was tomorrow and tomorrow to-
day will be yesterday, nevertheless
yesterday tomorrow would be the day
after tomorrow. because today would
be tomorrow yesterday. and tomorrow
will be today tomorrow or would have
been the day after tomorrow yester.
day."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
Are You a Cold Sufferer?

Take DR.. Kings New Discovery. The
best cough, cold, throat and lung med
icine made. Money refunded if it fails
to cure you. Do not hesitate-take it
at u risk. First dose helps. ]. R
Wells. Floydada, Texas, writes: "DE.
Kines's New Discovery cured my terri.
bic cough and cold. Igained Is pounds
Buy it at all druggists. Adv.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
AIwavs Hits,

Il suppose your wife misses you a
great deal?" inquired a lady Of a COM
mercial traveller.
swell, no. For a woman she has a
remarkably straight aim," was the re-
ply.-London Express.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
odor Of = Dead Stymie

George lwho is putting at the last
hole with the score "aIl square"D-
Great Scott. a dead stymie.: Aunt Jane
ian interested spectator Of the game)-
There now: thought ! noticed an I'M
pleasant smell.-London Bystander.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
Morse Than He Felt.

Cutting-l suppose it did make you
feel mean. Dubbs-- Well, l should say!
Why. ! felt like a plugged nickel!
Cutting-Ah! But what u blessing it
is that We never feel quite as bad as
we look!-Philadelphia Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
Name, Of the Grapefruit.

WsssS
The grapefruit is simply a variety of
the shaddock. How it got the former
name is a question. but how it got the
latter is a matter of history. The tree
was named. after a Captain Shaddock,
who early in the eighteenth century
took 1t to the West Indies from the
Malayan and Polynesian islands, of
which it is a native. Perhaps no other
tree or fruit has so many names or so
many queer spellings Of a single name.
Besides its full dress lame Of Citrus
aurantium decumana and its common
name of forbidden fruit" it is called
pompoleon. pampelmoes. pompelmoes.
pompelmous and pompelmoose.-Bos.
ton Transcript.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28

Lost-a gold bracelet with a lions
head on it. Lost at the dance on the
Holznagel farm on Feb. 9Th. A reward
will be offered. Mrs. John Barlow,
Washburn, N. D..
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28

Evidences Of II.
''1'hat man In a broker"
Il thought he had Il stock-y build.'-
Baltimore American.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
Draw Any Wagon.

At a drawing recitation Tommy was
called on to sketch u horse drawing a
wagon. He walked slowly to the
blackboard. and while the entire class
was watching his artistic movements
be sketched Il horse.
AS he turned back to his seat the
master sang out. Tommy. have you
done what I told you to-"
Sir" said Tommy recklessly. lis
anything the matter with the horse?"
NO." said the master coolly. moth
ing seems to be the matter with the
horse. Now draw the wagon"
let the horse draw the wagon.
am no burden bearer" was the imme.
date reply National Monthly.
Our Language.
"He's the coming man
Eyes. He's one ut the hest fellows
GOING Exchange.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-02-28
"Bitumina" Coal
cHAs. HUNTLEY
Methodist Church

The regular services at the Methodist