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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-22
BACTERIA OF THE SOIL

monia into nitritc a third group changes
the nitric into nitrate which J. the most
valuable plant food known. On the other
hand. if conditions be bad, the process can
be reversed; for there j. "a group known as
dcnitrifving bacteria. They unite with or
work on the nitratcs and make nitrogen gas,
which escapes into the air and l. lost. In
that way the soil is impoverished, robbed
of is fertility. There are still other organ
isns. the function OF which j. 20 take nitrogen
from the air and feed II, so 10 speak, into
plant life.
Agricultural scientists found that in some
localities straw would not decay. The first
characteristic Of q scientist IS the desire 10
know why. Accordingly they started out
~ find out why straw in those localities
acted differently from any well regulated
etraw. which decays readily Patiently
with the aid Of test tubes, microscope, and
All apparatus Of the laboratory, the inrcstl-
cation was carried on, and II was found step
hv stem that the cellulOsc in the straw could
bc broken down-rottcd, in ordinary terms
nv the action of certain bacteria. But
none Of these bacteria were found in the
straw that would not decay. When the bac-
terra were planted there, the straw decayed
;,,et Ike anv other normal straw
Some problems on which the soil bacterl-
oloqists are working are: What IS soil'
W6at makes fertility Do different crops
have different groups Of bacteria that are
ncccssarv for their GROWTH What condi-
t;ons are necessary for the growth Of good
L,ctcri, and the destruction OF bad oncsI
Francis John Dyer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-22

DTSSIA isn't quite so hopeless as the
IN others In Odessa the men are inclined
not al Of them, by any means o. get "a
t-ifc qav. Their method OF attack, how
ever. is different. They DO not stare So sug-
qestivelv, and scarcely ever speak unless
spoken 10. The touch Of the Mohammcdan
estimate Of women seems % have lmprcg-
mated there q trihc; hence crudcness IS
tempered with q certain lurking indifference.
They have an exhibition ground there,
beautifully situated on q bluff above the
Black Sea. An English sea Captain took
his wife there one night last season, when a
man spoke 70 her The doughty mariner
turned on him, and compelled him % apollo
qjzc. and the police, interfering and learning
The cause. promptly assisted the skipper, a
philadelphia policeman could do scarcely
more.
ST. Petersburg has different atmosphere
than anv other city in Europe. II IS almost
Partisan One is impressed with the tact
that in the medium-priced cafes men chatter
Al women. but do not address them. At
the AQUARIUM. which IS the best music nah,
or at the Villa Rhoda, another expensive
place. there are always a few men-and TO
Russian credit let the word few be en-
phasizcd- who have the pretty little custom
Of lifting a glass Of wine 70 pretty woman
i her escorts head is turned. If they are
Given the slightest encouragement, even by
the flicker Of an eyclash, they Will carry II
further. % the point OF causing trouble
and trouble in Russia IS no April Fool Joke.
On arrival in Russian town the traveller
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-22
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

ss,bA MADE $4,000 M FIVE YEARS WITH A
u f.ss'aI Order Business began With s Send
shss gnok.rt Tells how. Heacock 90 Charles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-22
CORPORATIONS

d. cCAfOAATi YOUR BUSINESS ~ ARIZONA.
e., go liansar' l.uess keep book anywhere Pres
49, and Form. Reference ANY Bank On Arizona
- 'neofporaf-r 'ompaul, Boz eco, Ihoeaix, AuIona
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-22
FOR THE DEAF

n S.' 'nCSL HARD or HEARING An EFFICIENT
s,,ey m 'oi uia So expense no risk no contract, no
81 ,.isss device b. kept Address S., G Temann
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-22

Co. tlss1 Y. r.e
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-04-11

The Climate is Extremely Healthfu and SUI
perior to that Of California or Florida-Winter
or Summer-owing to the Constant Gulf Breeze.
Our Contract Embodies Life and Accident In
surance, and should You Die or become totally
disabled, Your family or anyone else You
name, will get the Farm without the Payment
of Another Penny. If you should be Dissatis-
fed, we will Absolutely Refund your Money,
as per the Terms of our Guarantee.
Write for our Free Book, which contains
nearly 100 Photographs of Growing Crops,
etc. Fill Out the Blank Space below with
your Name and Address, plainly written, and
mail it to the Texas Gulf Realty Company,
1905 Peoples Gas Bldg, Chicago, III. Read
it Carefully then use your own Good Judgment.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-04-11


Rewarded with Rich Realzations, and 1t Shall
Follow as the Night the Day.
How Much Better Off You than Last
Year, or the Year Before That? Perhaps
Your Wages are a Little Higher, but Have
not Your Expenses More than Kept Pace
with That Increase? Aren't You Paying a
Little More for Your Clothes and Your
Meals, and don't You Smoke More Expen-
sive Cigars and more of Them than Formerly?
If 1t isn't Cigars, 1t may be Something Else
Some More Expensive Habit.
Man Begins To Go Down Hill at Forty,
and the time may come when a Younger
Man~-perhaps Cheaper Man-wll fill your
job. The Man Who-Looks-Ahead will pre-
pare himself for that time by getting Home.
My advice to You, Therefore, is to Get
Home while you are able to do so-and Be-
gin Now. I would further advise you to Get
a Home in the Gulf Coast Country of Texas.
Since Investigating Conditions in the Rain
Belt of Gulf Coast Texas, have no Fear of
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-04-11

Old Age or Poverty, because I know I can
Take Up Few Acres down there and be
Absolutely Independent. l am Firmly Con-
WINGED that with Average Intelligence and
Average Industry, any Man who is Work
ing His Head off in the North to make a
Bare Living, they Snatch One Crop
between Snowstorms and Billiards, can, soon
Lay Up Nice Bank Account in the Winter
Garden of America. Come to the Land of
Least Resistance, where You Grow Three
Big Money Making Crops Year the Same
Soil and Without a Dollars Worth OF EX
pense for Irrigation or Fertilization.
1 believe you could save Twenty-Five Cents
a Day if You Tried 1 know you would Try
if you Realized that our Growers of Figs,
Strawberries and Early Vegetables clear a net
profit of $500 to $500 an Acre. Men Have
Realized more than $1,000 growing
Oranges in Country. Remember that
our Early Vegetables get to Northern Mark
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-04-11
Reaping
Rewards from
Resolutions
By FRANKLIN o. KING

Do You Remember That Old Story about
Robert Bruce and the Spider? Robert was
Hiding in Cave. His Enemies Had Him
"In the Hole" Temporarily, So to Speak, As
1t Were. While Rejecting the Rocky
Road to Realty, Robert, the Bruce, Espied
a Spider Spinning His Web Over the En-
trance to the Cavern. Nine Times Did the
Spider Swing Across the Opening in Vain
Attempt to Effect Landing, but the Tenth
Time he Touched the Home Plate, and Robert,
admring the Persistence of the Insect, Cried
Out Loud-"Brave" Two or Three Times,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-04-11
OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City, Okla, April e.
Caution has been given in an opinion
by Attorney General West to officers
against tnwarranted seizure of intoxi-
eating liquors under the Webb act.
Under the law liquor may be seized at
any time without court process where
there is evidence or reason to believe
the goods are to be used in violation
of law, but, the attorney general says,
no interference should be made with
those shipments made in good faith,
and the quantity comes within the
legal restrictions as outlined in the
Oklahoma statute as recently made eff
fective.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-04-11
Many Webb Bill Complications
KENTUCKY

Greensburg, KY, April Green
Circuit court began its March term
with almost sensation. Judge Thur
man delivered vigorous charge %
the grand jury, and called special at
tention to the Webb bill, passed by
the federal Congress and which re-
Gently took effect. He explained the
effect that legislation has upon the
local option laws of the state of Ken
lucky. Green county is a local option
county, but has suffered much from
the importation of liquors from other
states. Judge Thurman emphasized
that indictments should be returned
against all common carriers for each
and every package of liquors they
have delivered in Green county since
the Webb bill became law.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-04-11

Cto III NIlp- w liltSi anu
Early Spring, when they
command Top Prices.
One German Truck
Grower on adjoining
lands last spring real
lied nearly $500 from
three-fourths of an acre
of Strawberries. You
could do as we'll if you
only Tried, and on a
Ten-Acre Tract Find
Financial Freedom.
The Biggest Price
paid for a car of water
melons on the Houston
Market last year was
$40. The car was
shipped by the Danbury
Fruit and Truck Grow
ers' Association.
We are situated with
in convenient shipping
distance of Three Good
Railroads, and in addi-
ton to this have the in
estimable Advantages of
w alter Transportation
through the Splendid
Harbors of Galveston
and Velasco, so that our
Freight Rates are Cut
Practically in II alf.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-04-11

One Right Alter the
Other. Shortly After
That Bruce Got Busy
and Captured a King
dom.
All of This Preamble
is Intended to Point a
Moral, which is eff
At First You Don't
Succeed, Slap on More
Steam, and Sand the
Track" In This Con-
nection 1 want to In
quire about Your New
Years Resolutions, and
to Ask If You Have
Kept the Faith, and If
Not-Why Not? 1 Be-
lieve the Pathway to
Prosperity is Paved with
Good Resolutions
Therefore, let Us Re-
solve, and Keep Resolv-
ing until Victory is
Perchsd on our Banners.
Remember, You Have
Fought Many a Victor
ious Waterloo that the
World Knows Nothing
About. The Man who
Gets Up Every Time
He Falls Down VIII
Some Day Cease to be
a <'Fall Guy" Good
Peco1IIfionS Will Be
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-04-11
Palmyra Went Dry

Palmyra, Mo-, April I'm the local
option election just held, Monroe
county went dry by majority of 265.
The vote in Paris was wet by thirty
seven votes, and in Monroe city by
three, but most of the other precincts
were dry by small majorities. There
are now two saloons in Paris and one
at Madison which will close business
in May, but the two in Monroe city
will run until August.
The man who stands on his dignity
never gets so tired as he makes other
people.
The man who stands on his dignity
never gets so tired as he makes other
people.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-04-11
MINNESOTA.

Warren, Mimi, April AT the city
election Warren went wet by twenty
nine votes. This city has been dry
for two years. An entire corps of
vets was elected to fill city offices.
This is now the only wet town on the
St. Vincent line from Crookston to
the boundary line.
81 want to ask one more question
before I go to bed, pa"
"Well?"
"When the hole comes in stockings
what becomes of the piece of stocking
that was there before the hole Gamer"
"A Stray Joke.
81 wish to complain" said the new
ly married wife, hotly, about the -four
you sold me. 1t was tough"
Tough, madam" asked the grocer.
eyes, tough. I made cake with it
and my husband could hardly cut it"
Los Angeles Examiner.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
PLAYING 1T BOTH WAYS.

Two senators were watching prep.
arations for an aviation flight at the
army training school at College Park,
Md. One of the army flyers was hav-
ing difficulty in starting his machine.
Reminds me of the old farmer and
his wife who first saw a train of cars
standing at the depot" said one of
them
What do you think of it, pa?'
asked the old lady, after her husband
had looked the engine over carefully.
"'Shell never start. said the old
man with conviction; she'll never
start!'
Presently the engine gave a pre-
liminary snort, got slowly under way
and the train began to grow small in
the distance.
"'Well, now, what do you think of
it?' demanded the old lady.
Her husband watched until the tail
of the +-9in had disappeared around
a curv-
"SheH Ayer stop he declared,
she'll never stop"
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
MEETS BUSIEST MAN.

A number of years ago Uncle Joe"
Cannon and a party of congressman
made trip down through the West
Indies. Representative ]. Hampton
Moore of Pennsylvania was historian
of the expedition and the late Vice
President Sherman and Representa-
tive James r. Mann of Illinois, now
Republican leader of the house, were
two of it's most active members.
At San Juan, Porto Rico, they found
the local legislature in session, and
were warmly received.
"One of them seemed very much in
terested in Mr.. Manu." said Mr..
Moore, ''and told him he had read
every one of his speeches in the Con-
gressional Record.
AT this Sherman gasped, and,
grasping the colored member warmly
by the hand, exclaimed:
Allow me to express my pleasure
upon meeting the busiest man in Por-
to Rico"
1t was on the same trip that Can
non, then speaker of the house, got
off his famous epigram on how to
build a Panama canal"
What do you think of the canal?"
he was asked
MY boy, it's simply a matter of
diggin' and dammin'," he answered.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
ADVANTAGE in Throwing Straight

Advantage IN iHIoWilS oe' aiSHe''
Mr.. Knox had what his fastidious
wife called "a most annoying habit"
of letting the handles of his knife and
fork rest on the table cloth with the
useful ends on the edge of his plate.
OLIVER" she said quite meekly over
the dinner, 81 wish you would not do
that-it is very uncouth, and you know
better, too"
Mr.. Knox WINGED at the correction
and looked off into space. My good
ness, Amy, l wonder how 1 ever got
along without you to tell me every
thing | sometimes marvel that they
ever allowed me to live among civil
lied people at ALL" and he gently lift
ed the errant silver handles up on to
the rim of his plate.
You speak as If l were nagging at
YOU, Oliver, and l don't mean it that
way at all, but l do like to have a
husband | can be proud to exhibit in
public. Never mind, dear, you will
miss me when am gone" and little
look of satisfaction stole over her
countenance as she said it, for she
well knew that Oliver Knox was q
very dependent person.
YES" he agreed vaguely, but
when l learn to throw straight l won't
miss you so much"
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
Taylor in Fourth District; keatins,
Third; SeIdomridge, Second;
kindel, First.

Denver.-The new congressional re-
apportionment, passed by the General
Assembly, eliminating congressman
at-large and making Denver a dis
trict by itself, was signed by Governor
Ammons.
By the terms of the new apportion-
ment, Edward T. Taylor becomes a
resident of the Fourth district, Con-
gressman Edward Heating of tine
Third. with H. H. Seldomridge in the
Second and George ]. Kindel in the
First.
While the measure virtually goes
into effect Immediately, Colorado's
the law did not become operative be-
fore their election. The reapportion-
ment makes the following divisions:
First District-The City and County
of Denver.
Second District-The counties of
Adams, Arapahoe. Boulder. Cheyenne.
Larimer, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan. Phil
lips. Sedgwick. Washington, Weld and
Yuma.
Third District-The counties of Ala
fnOSd oeHt Sletl Sieeh' Sohc
jos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Fremont,
Gilpin. Huerfano. Jefferson. Kiowa,
Las Animas, Mineral, Otero, Park,
Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Sag
uache and Teller.
Fourth District-The counties of
Archuleta, Chaffee, Delta, Dolores, Ea-
gle Garfield, Grand, Gunnison, Hins-
dale Jackson, Lake, La Plata, Mesa,
Noffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray,
Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, San Juan,
San Miguel and summit
The division was made with refer
ence to population, and all districts
with the exception of the First are
practically the same in population.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
AN EXPERT NEEDED.

Representative Kahn of San Fran
cisco tells story upon Luther Bur
bank an da certain congressman high
in the councils oe the Democracy, but
whose name is not revealed because
of his size and fighting reputation.
1t seems that this congressman two
years ago toured the state of Cali
fornia. At Santa Barbara he met the
wizard of plant life and the two dined
together.
According to Representative Kahn,
Burbank Immediately returned to his
experimental gardens and began the
culture of peculiar variety of pea.
1t was to be square pea in order that
it might not roll off Oh off of the
Democratic congressman's knifel
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
oUANAH PARKER's WIT.

Quanah Parker, until his recent
death, chief of the Cherokee Indians
down in Oklahoma, won the reputa-
tion of being the wit of his race. An
occurrence in Washington a year be-
fore his death illustrated the peculiar
laconic wit of this representative of
people that is supposed to have no
sense of humor.
Quanah had appeared a few years
earlier before the committee, and its
chairman had given him some very
definite instructions to the effect that
polygamy on his reservation should
be stopped. He was told that his
bucks SHOULD be made to send their
surplus wives back to their parents.
Two years elapsed and Quanah
again appeared before the committee.
Senator Clapp asked him If he re-
membered the injunction to make his
followers dispose of all but one wife.
Yes. Me tell EN-" said Quanah.
Did they send all their wives home
but one?' asked the senator.
Yes. Bucks got one wife. no
more, said Quanah.
Now, Quanah," asked Senator
Clapp, II am told on good authority
that you yourself have six wives"
Yes. Me got SIX" said Quanah.
This will never do" insisted the
senator. You must go home and
send those wives away. You must
tell them to go back to their ia.
thers"
You tell EN-" said Quanah.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
Lane Extends Time to Water Users.

Washington. - Senators Shafroth
and Thomas and Representative Tay-
lor have been notified by Secretary
Lane that he has revoked the order
of the Reclamation Service requiring
Gunnison project water users to sign
up for their entire holdings, before
water would be furnished this season
for any of their lands. Water will be
furnished this year, the same as last
season, but the land ow ners will be
obliged next year to contract for their
entire holdings, in order to receive
any water.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
Physicians Advise Early Marriage.

Colorado Springs-On the advice of
physicians who stated that his health
would be improved by an early mar
riage, William Whitall Morganthau
of New York city, son of Miximilian
Morganthau, a Wall Street financier.
was married to Miss Jessie Goodwin
Douglas, proprietor of multigraph
shop here. The ceremony occurred at
Morganthau's bedside, the groom be-
ing too i'll to stand and only the ply
sician and the presiding clergyman.
the Rev. Floyd Van Keuren, of All
Souls church, Denver, the bride and
groom were present. "The marriage
had to be done quietly as Mr.. Morgan
thau is very ill.," his bride said. 1.-The
physicians advised the marriage stat
ing that Mr.. Morganthau would re-
ceive better care and that it would
buoy up his hopes
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
HIS ONLY SOLUTION.

Senator Golf of West Vidginia, who
has been transferred from the bench
to the senate by the legislature as
the only solution of the senatorial tan
gle, has been casting over his ac-
counts to find how much money the
senatorship cost him, as he is re-
quired to make statement to the
senate.
The senator discovered the election
cost five cents This was the price
of a telephone call from friend at
the state house informing him of his
election The friend paid the five
cents.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
No Flies on Them.

The teacher was intent on the les
son, and continued impressively:
And vast swarms of flies descend
ed on the land and came into the
houses of the Egyptians and covered
their clothing and their tables and all
their food, but (emphatically) there
were no flies on the children of
Israel
A small boy from the rear of the
room interrupted:
please, ma am, there amt now,
either."-London Opinion.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
House Protects Unions.

Washington The House passed the
sundry civil appropriation bill with
provisions to prevent the use of funds,
appropriated to carry out the anti
trust law, for the prosecution of la
Dor unions and farmers cooperative
organizations. The Indian appropria-
ton bill, which failed the last Con-
gress, also was passed.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
viii of J. p. Morgan Probated.

New York.-The will of J.. P. Nor
gan was admitted to probate. Legal
formalities were dispensed with upon
waivers which the heirs at law and
next of kin signed when the will was
presented to the surrogate.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
Mrs. BRYAN Speaks at Meetino.

Washington. = Mrs. William Jen-
nings Bryan was the principal speaker
at the council of the General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs in session here.
She made an appeal for a closer fed
Grafton of all religious denominations
and declared there was a strong ten
dency in this direction.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
wife Who Killed Husband Held.

Shreveport, La.-Mrs. Della Stroud
alone will be held for the murder OF
her husband, whom she killed recent.
ly in the presence of her admirer, Ed
ward Beeler.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
Daughters Racing to Fathers Sick ee'

Greeley.-Jared L. Brush is gradual
ly failing at his home while his daugh'
ter. Miss Ada Brush, and stepdaugh-
ter, Miss Margaret Doolittle, are racing
from Los Angeles in an effort to reach
bis bedside before the end comes.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
Bryan Planning Peace Movement.

Washington. = Secretary Bryan's
preliminary plans for a worldwide
peace movement will be laid before
Senate foreign relations committee.