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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23

n1ch care or little, it will do it's very
best to bloom early and often, and it
will succeed most remarkably we'll
bid you ever know any persons who
did not like the perfume of the Sweet
pen? We do not, and we are sorry
fol them if there be any such.
h variety Of tints the most fastidi.
nj, can be suited, as there are 40 or
80 different shades and mixtures to
choose from. They range from deep
pansy purple through all shades and
mixtures of blue and red, to the purest
vivid white. The colors are not mere
" surface colors. They are deep
colors that actually live.
The proper way to grow sweet peas
to their greatest perfection is to dig
a trench foot wide and a foot deep,
as early as possible in the spring. Fill
In six inches with rich, loose loan and
plant the seed three inches apart and
onehalf inch deep after soaking them
in water. As soon as the seedlings
are six inches high fill in with earth
around them until only two inches of
the plant shows. This treatment will
insure more extensive root develop
ment and more resistance to drought.
FIJI in from time to time until the
bottom Of the trench is level with the
land. Furnish a support for the vines,
either woven wire, branches, or a
fence, and they will run up several
feet.
Be sure that you pick all of the
blossoms as soon as they are perfect
and the plants will bloom from early
su inner until frost If allowed to 60
to seed the plants will promptly cease
blooming.
The Sweet Pea might we'll be our
national flower. May it bloom for.
ever.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
Answer to Query.

The act of uplifting the hand during
the taking of an oath is so ancient
that it would be futile to even attempt
to say when it started. Homer at
tempts te say when it started. Homer
mentions it as common among the
Greeks Of his time, and it is also found
In the earliest biblical time. For in.
stance, Abraham, the father of the
Jewish people, says: Il have lifted
up my hand to Jehovah" showing that
even at that remote period the prac-
tice was existent. It was from the
Jews, Of course, that the practice
found its way into christendom, where
1t has ever since held its place in ju-
dicial trials.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
HER "BEST FRIEND"
A Woman Thus Speaks of Postum.

We usually consider our best friends
those who treat us best.
Some persons think coffee a real
friend, but watch it carefully awhile
and observe that it is one Of the
meanest of all enemies, for 1t stabs
one while protesting friendship.
Coffee contains poisonous drug
caffeine-which Injuries the delicate
nervous system and frequently sets
up disease in one or more organs Of
the body, if its use is persisted in.
II had heart palpitation and nerv.
BUSINESS for four years and the doctor
told me the trouble was caused by
coffee. He advised me to leave it of,
but l thought l could not" writes q
Wis. lady.
"On the advice of friend I tried
Postum and it so satisfied me did not
care for coffee after a few days trial
Of Postum.
"As weeks went by and I continued
to use Postum my weight increased
from ss to 11s pounds, and the heart
trouble left me. have used it year
now and am stronger than ever was.
l can hustle up stairs without any
heart palpitation, and l am free from
nervousness.
my children are very fond Of Post
UNI and it agrees with them. My sister
liked it when she drank it at my house:
now she has Postum at home and has
become very fond Of 1t. You may use
my name if you wish, as am not
ashamed of praising my best friend
Postum" Name given by Pustum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum now comes in new concen.
trated form called Instant Postum. Il
Is regular Postum, SO processed at the
factory that only the soluble portions
are retained.
A spoonful Of Instant Postum with
hot water, and sugar and cream to
taste, produce instantly a delicious
beverage.
Write for the little book, 1.-THE Road
to MELVILLE"
There's a Reason" for Postum
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
Garden in Hot Weather.

When hot weather visits us the fate
of most gardens hangs in the balance
At this time, the garden needs oul
care more than at any other and we
feel less like giving it the necessary
care. The weather is hot and the all
is still, and a hammock in a shady
nook looks better to father than any
Man With the Hoe" tableau, especial
ly after hard days work. Remember
that the kind of weather that gives
you a very tired feeling, makes the
weeds grow rank and bold and dries
the garden soil until it Is almost wa
terproof.
Probably you feel that you don't
need the exercise nearly as much as
you did in the spring, and probably
you are right; at the same time it will
do you good if you take it properly
and you cannot afford to have the
garden 60 to pieces just when a little
work will pull it through in grand
shape.
Get up half an hour earlier thar
usual and do your garden work then
instead Of waiting until the tired even
tide or trying to lump it all into &
weeks end job. A little daily worl
in the cool of the early morning viii
send you to your regular bread-and
b2tts4Sah~ fssling many times better
than that little extra sleep would.
Gone is that brown taste-gone the
dead-alive feeling that the long sti
fling summer night brings.
Nature is at her loveliest while the
dew is on and half the fun of garden
ing is getting close to nature. Do your
gardening before you are tired out ant
enjoy it to the utmost.
We have previously told you what
to do for the weeds, which, like the
poor, are always with US. Unlike the
poor, however, they need no assist
ance, but the strongest possible re
sistance, because they are altogether
too we'll able to fend for themselves
Cut off their heads, cut off theiI
feet, burn their middles, and do it be
fore they have any offspring. Their
start in and do it all over again, be
cause they resurrect mighty fast Il
given the slightest opportunity.
Keep the soil surface in a dry, pull
verified, NEEDLESS condition, and never
let It harden. Pull the weeds out Of
the rows, where the hoe cannot reach
them. because they do more harm
here than between the rows.
II the garden shows lack of moist
ure It must be furnished, and the best
way to do this is to irrigate at night
This is better than sprinkling, be
cause the water soaks in deeper ant
evaporation is much less at night thar
in the daytime. A thorough soaking
| once q week is plenty and the sol
should be cultivated the next morn
ing to hold the water.
This then, is the time when sol
full 81 manure is appreciated. II
holds more water and does not bake
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
Sweet Peas.

No flower is more generally beloved
than the old fashioned Sweet Pea, It
was dear to the hearts of our great
srandmothers and their great.grand.
mothers as well, and for no telling
how many generations back of that.
1t belongs to a large family whose
scientific name is taken from the pe.
culiar butterfy.like form of the bios
SONS. The garden varieties Of green
peas, string. wax, navy, pole and lima
beans and the ornamental beans. are
Its first cousins. Some Of our most
valuable field crops, notably alfalfa
red, crimson, alsike and white clover.
are first cousins once removed, and
every wild flower that has the butter.
ny blossom Is more or less distantly
related.
Really. we have immense cause to
be thankful for many members of the
leguminous plants. AS field crops
they form the finest kind of hay and
pasturage, and they are the only cul.
tivated plants that possess the power
OF transferring nitrogen from the air
70 the soil. Without them it would be
practically impossible to keep our soil
productive.
IN the floral field, this family is not
so numerously prominent as some
other groups, but the Sweet Pea
makes up for any shortages in num-
bers by its rare merit.
NO flower will grow better under as
many varying conditions as this one.
Light soil or heavy, fertilizer or no
ief'iiizer, deep trench or shallow,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
Conquest Of Disease,

The wonderful achievements
wrought by bacilli cultures and the
preparation of preventive serums
place modern physicians in a position
surprising that of the ancient magi or
medieval alchemists and render their
services to mankind more striking
than the proudest exploits of Alexan-
der or Cyrus, In the campaign against
virulent diseases the quiet miscrosco-
pist in his study, be he Pasteur,
Fiexner or Carrel, is unostentatiously
warning with armies the conquest of
which 0utmatches the military feats
of Caesar or Charlemagne.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
Foods for Brood Saws.

Rrood sows should have bulky and
succulent foods. Grain feeds do not
fnrn,.h these elements. Roots, vege'
tahles and forage should be given In
abundance.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
Value Of Salt.

saN not only promotes digestion
and assimilation, thus keeping the
da,rv herd in good health, but 1t Is a
biz f,ctor in causing the butter 10
como at churning time.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23

Be thrifty on little things like bluing. Don't
accept water for bluing Ask for Red Cross
Ball Blue, the extra good value blue. ADV.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
To StreNothen Glassware.

Boiling a piece of glassware in a
weak solution of salt in water, and
allowing it to cool gradually will make
It less brittle.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
nio Price for Hen,

Tba prize Missouri hen which laid
oo1 aIos in the contest last year re-
Gently sold for $500.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23

When it comes to work in the spring
almost anybody is willing to pose as a
total abstainer.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
Tonic for Hogs.

Common coal Is an eA'e'''n' ''''>
for hogs.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
Make More Prof.

,to,a alfalfa and less nigh priceo
feed n0 jill make more profit
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
.,.,nd Bio Prices

,, sstched teams are the ones
.,.. o.mmand the big prloes'
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
X9ze
A Soluble Antiseptic Powder

as a remedy for mucous membrane at
fections. such as sore throat, nasal or
pelvic catarrh, Inflammation or ulcera.
ton, caused by female ills? Women
who have been cured say "it is worth
its weight in gold" Dissolve in water
and apply locally. For ten years tho
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. has
recommended Paxtine in their private
correspondence with women.
For all hygienic and toilet uses It has
no equal. Only SOC large box at Drug.
gists or sent postpaid on receipt OF
price. The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston,
Mass.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
M.anjnu Of VentiIatio

Ventilation means fresh air-no' a
draft
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-05-23
SPECIAL TO WOMEN

Do you realize the fact that thousands
of women are now using
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-02-12
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Buy Ford. Geo. C. Coverston
local agent.
Buy a Ford. Geo. c. Coverston
local agent
ed Mclean is driving a new Ford
auto, recently purchased from Geo.
Coyerston.
Why not buy an auto? 1t is more
economical than a horse and buggy.
Geo. c. Coyerston is the local agent
for the Ford, which sells at from
s660.00 to S735.00, (. o. b. Falllon.
George Baker was brought in
from Eastgate yesterday by Frank
Hoy, suffering from what appeared
TO be rheumatism. He is under the
care of DR.. j. c. Ferrell.
Mrs. Anna Brown has petitioned
the district court on behalf of her
self and two minor children for a
partition of the j. p Brown estate,
in which they each hold one thirty
sixth interest.
Miss Alice Streeper arrived In Fal-
lon the last of the week and is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. c. M. Hoover
for a period. Miss Streeper only
lately returned from soiourn in
Honolulu and is on her way to the
home of her parents in Utah.
The county clerks marriage license
book is dusty with disuse, the
leaves are getting diseolored with
age, the Office force is not suffering
from writer's paralysis and there
seems no valid excuse for promising
and moral young men like Johnny
Post, Harry Robinson and a host OF
others we might mention remaining
single.
S. r. Marean has petitioned the
district court for letters of admins
tration upon the estate of Herbert
w. Marean, deceased, avering tha
the real property is worth less thar
$4,000 and the personal propert,
less than $500. The heir at law IL
alleged 10 be Delzene Marean, the
aged father, resident of Chev!
Chase, Nd
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-02-12
WATER USERS MET SATURDAY
And Decided to Protest The
Maintenance Charge On
Our Project.

The water users of the project
filled the court house Saturday after
noon at a call meeting of the associa-
tion, the chief object of which was
to arrange to stay the project main
tenance charge. AS a result of the
conference kilograms were sent to
the three members comprising Ne
vada's delegation in congress, urg-
ing them to use their good Offices to
hold departmental action in abey-
anee pending a decision of the Unit
ed States supreme court that will
either sustain or reverse the decis-
ion of the United Circuit court of
appeals when it held recently that
government project maintenance ex-
pense must be borne by the general
fund and not come from assessments
against the water users.
Should the secretary of the inter-
ior refuse to withhold the mainten-
ance charge while awaiting the SUI
preme courts conclusion, the local
association leaders announce their
intention of taking the matter into
the federal court at Carson.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-02-12
Sets OF Gas With Lighted Candle.

Anders Henriksen has a multitude
of gray hairs. They came In with a
hop, step and jump, and when we
have finished our story, you will
agree that most of them came in
with jump. Mr.. Henriksen is in
terested in the Linder gas we'll; his
interest is intense. Witness a staid
mechanic such as he Is exploring the
barrel covering the well for apparent
leakage with lighted candle in his
hand. Now there are certain mex
orable laws of nature, one of which
sets down the mandate that gas plus
fame will result in combustion. The
barrel went skyward some hundred
feet and the explosion forming the
impelling force started Mr.. Henrik
sen hot footing it in another direc-
ton and the only thing that stopped
him was the refusal of his lungs to
continue to furnish an oversupply of
wind.
IN. b. Mr.. Henriksen is sure that
the Linder we'll is the unadulterated
article when 1t comes to gas and is
rightfully entitled to the $1,000 state
bonus.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-02-12
THE TRUDKEE-CARSON FAIR
May Get Appropriation From
State To Defray Its Annual
Meetings.

The matter of securing a state ap-
| preparation for the annual Truckee-
| Carson Fair is engrossing the atten-
tons Of our leading citizens, who are
termined that this county shall
have the benefit of state aid in the
laudable attempts to promote the in
terests of agriculture-state aid that
shall, If secured be meted out in
modest portions and not smack of
graft or misuse in any sense of the
terms. 1t is proposed to ask the
will contemplate the reimbursement
of the local fair association in sums
not to exceed $1,000 annually, all of
which will be paid out for premiums
of farm products, none to go toward
racing meets or sporting events of
any kind. Under the terms of the
proposed bill the reimbursement by
the state would follow the fair meet
ng5, when duly authenticated
vouchers have been filed with the
state controller by the proper fair
officials, the local businessmen the
meanwhile, conducting the fair on
funds secured on joint note, which
would be taken up when the state
funds are at hand.
The question that disturbs local
minds Is just how to set about in the
framing of the bill that will make
the plan, If enacted into law, legal
and in eonsonanoe with the states
constitution, which after all is a
thing of beauty and a JOY forever.
This constitution stuff that the franz
ers pulled off on us several genera
tions ago is about the simon pure
article OF assininity. 1t provides that
any tampering with the handiwork
shall extend over a period of six
years and the time lock thus i'm
posed has safeguarded the old docu-
ment pretty well so far But a rain
bow of promise is contained in a pro-
posed constitutional enactment that
has been voted upon once and pass
ed and will in due course of time
become law. providing easier means
for the changing of the constitution
than are now at hand.
Appropos this important subject,
the states financial condition is call
ed to mind, which could be easily
remedied, II it were not for the con-
ditions imposed by the constitution.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-02-12

c. J. Fisher, manager and one of
the largest stockholders in the Iona
Mining Company, whose assets COM
prise valuable property in the Terrill
district, was in Fallon Saturday. Mr..
Fisher was exhibiting a slug of gold,
valued at s45, which was derived
through assay tests made from ore
developed on the Iona group of
claims. The tunnel is now driven
to the 400-foot point and from time
to time tests to the number of 964
have been made of the ore encount-
cred, with no negative results. In
other words every foot of develop
ment work has been prosecuted amid
values, values that are paying in
their proportion, leading naturally
to the conclusion that the Iona is
real mine.
All necessary mine working ma
chinery has been installed, and de-
velopment work is being prosecuted
with vigor and without ado. Mr..
Fisher is authority for the statement
that ore shipments will be in pro-
gress within a short time and that
Terrell will be a real producing
camp.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-02-12
BEET ACREAGE INCREASES
Is Mounting up Into Encourag.
ing Figures Assuring Profit
able Year.


The assured sugar beet acreage
that will contribute to the Fallon
factory is now beyond the 3000-acre
mark. All the while it keeps mount
ing up giving rise 10 the belief that
when the growing season is on us
again it will approximate $500 acres.
Half of the acreage subscribed up to
now comes from this immediate val
ley. though farmers from every part
of western Nevada are signifying
their intention Of engaging in the
culture OF beets and many have come
forward with signed contracts. The
LoVelock ranchees, not wholly OBJ
sessed with the mining fever will ex-
ert greater efforts than ever TO DEM
onstrate that real factory in their
vicinity is not an unreasonable even
tuality, while the farmers around
Reno. Gardnerville and in the Mason
valley will contribute largely in su-
gar beet tonnage. The Altnras, Cal,
section is 10 be abandoned by the To-
cal factory management as a source
o. supply BY reason of the fact that
the beets delivered at the factory
cost too much to allow of a profit in
the process of conversion to sugar,
though beets to a considerable
amount will probably be raised in
the Lassen county section.
Il is announced that the Fernley-
Lassen railroad will be completed
into susanyille long before midsum-
mer in which event the farmers
there will be afforded easy and eco
nonical means of transportation for
the product.
Messrs. Fred Hinze, l. Fl. Kent
and c. S. Knight returned Friday
morning from an auto trip that took
them to Reno. thence to Carson and
back to Fallon by way of Gardner
vile and the upper Carson valley.
Little effort beyond arousing a gen.
eral interest in the propaganda was
attempted, though the Cardelli
brothers of the Gardnerville section,
signed up for 35 acres. Further eff
forts will be directed towards seeur-
ing acreage from the farmers in the
fertile sections west of US, many of
whom have addressed letters to the
factory management asking for con-
tracts. Particularly does this ap-
ply TO those residing in the vicinity
of Yerington and Mason, where the
papers have public spiritedly espous-
ed the cause of the Fallon factory
and urged their readers to engage
in the raising of beets.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-02-12
APPORT|ONMEHT OF MONEY
Amounts Due Churchill County
Districts From State for
School Purposes.


Following is the statement of the
first semi-annual apportionment of
State School moneys for the calen-
dar year 1913 Amount of money
to be apportloned, $113.74S.17. OF
this sum, $4,000 is apportioned to
the Emergency School fund for aid
to new school districts
OF the amount distributed to the
school districts of the state 20 per
cent is to teachers on the basis of
| S132.243473 to each teacher for 80
school census children or fraction
thereof; and 80 per cent to the
school census children on the basis
of s2.727925 for each child
Churchill 600 census children. 20
teachers, s5,471.81; Clark 673 cen
sus children, 30 teachers, s5,8O3.20;
Douglass 334 census children, t.
S-22 teachers, $3,045.06; Elko 1922
census children, 70 5-s teachers,
$14.1S3.96; Esmeralda 951 census
children, 81 teachers, s7,4S727;
Eureka 307 census children, 10
teachers. s3,350.10: Humboldt $40
census children, 47 teachers, sS,-
1924; Lander 81 census children,
Is teachers, $3,228.7s; Lincoln 537
census children, 80 teachers, s5,-
1920; Lyon 705 census children,
8 3 teachers, s6,28722; Mineral 127
census children, teachers, $1,536.-
Ga; Nye 996 census children, 50
teachers, $9,42999; Ormsby SIS
census children, 20 1922 teachers,
s4,335.82; Storey 463 census child
ren. II 5-6 teachers, s3,621.37;
Washoe 3,019 census children, 119-
Is teachers, s23,994.62; White
Pine 1902 census children, 54 9-s
teachers. s10,087.79. Totals: 12.715
census children, 612 teachers, S115,-
74s.17. Apportioned to the Emer-
gency School fund, 100000. Total
apportionment $118,748.17.
OF Churchill eounty's apportion-
ment of s$4,S79.60. forty per cent
is divided among 19 teachers, max
ing s1O2.72S for each teacher and
sixty per cent among 600 children,
making s4S796 for each census
child. The districts enjoy the bene-
fits of the last apportionment ae-
eording to the following figures:
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-02-12
Government Auto in Hoodoo Glass.

Fate has relentlessly pursued the
project touring car, first struck by
a motor car on the Maine street
railroad crossing while being driven
by Project Engineer d. w. Cole some
months ago. 1t was later picked up
piece by piece and re-assembled at
the Coverston garage, where it was
made as good as new mechanically.
Ready for the paint, the car was
headed for Reno Saturday by L. d.
Coverston, where it was to be made
spick and span by the painter pre-
paratory to being turned over to the
government authorities. But alas
and alack, while nearing Sparks on
the county road, crossing of the
railroad track was attempted ahead
of the Overland limited and in the
melee the car was totally demolish-
ed
Mr.. Coverston was accompanied
by |. l.. Davis and son Floyd, the
three escaping death by the narrow
est margin. They were thrown many
feet to one side of the track but es-
capped with few minor bruises.
The pieces were again re-assembl-
ed and loaded on an auto truck and
headed for the local garage where
an attempt will probably be made to
again place it in fit condition for
project use.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-02-12
Indians VIII Raise Beets.

General Manager Fred Hinze, of
the Nevada Sugar Company drove
out to the Indian reservation Sunday
and met with the Piutes residing on
the allotments midway between Fal-
Ion and Saltwater. Through the
good offices of w. A. Vanvorhies,
superintendent of Indian affairs,
the redmen have been eyincing con-
siderable interest in beet culture,
Git will be remembered that the
beets raised last season, except of
course, Senator Dolf's beets, were
raised by an aborigine), and some
thing like 20 acres were signed up
in tracts of from one-half an acre to
three acres.