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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19
E sPUDs IN BARREL.
Wonderful Example Of Intensive Pota.
e. Cultivation Reported by Farmer.

Wonderful Example Of intensive Pota-
e. Cultivation Reported by Farmer.
A few years & an ingenious gar
dener near one of our eastern cities
was inspired to test the possibility
Of growing potatoes in a barrel. The
barrel had formerly contained lime.
but not much of this remained.
The experimenter placed in the bot
tom of the barrel. from which the
head had been taken out. five OF six
inches Of rich soil and embedded in
this a single whole potato. AS the
vines grew fresh earth was added
from time to time and the plants were
wutered whenever the soil appeared
dry.
No insects or blight troubled them.
and early in the fall. when the vines
seemed to be dry. the contents of the
barrel were turned out and 1875 large,
fine tubers were found. all attached
to the dead stems, besides a half peck
of small potatoes not Of marketable
quality.
The experiment was claimed to be
a great ucces and 1t was said that
5000 barrels were Immediately order
ed for the production of the next years
crop.
For this very little seed compare
lively would be required. very little
labor in preparing the bed. no weed
ing or cultivating except the occa-
sional addition o. a few inches of
fresh soil. no paris greening for po-
tato bugs or bordeaux mixture for
blight and the harvesting done by
merely picking up the tubers from the
overturned barrel.-Farm Progress.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19
CLEANING STONE WALKS.

LfHHENt.
allow / > Make cobbisstone Paths and
Drivsways Look Better.
In some sections ~cobblestOnes are
becoming 80 uncommon and In such
demand that they are mined or tax
en- In whole or part from beneath the
coil. These too often are soil stained
to an extent that largely spoils their
natural beauty. a
2S Sand blasts are most effective II
cleaning such stones. but II this meth
Cd q moi practical a washing with
commercial muriatic acid will prove
quite satisfactory. After washing
clean with acid. liz an etched Or bnsh-
hammer surface y not desired. fhe
rocks should be washed with a 10 per
cent solution OF carbonate OF soda and.
{ finally Einsed wtthssciean water
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19

+ Making the
.LittleFarmP Pau:
/ Bu C. C. BOWSFlELD

NJ N :" city y awe v':
shown in re-
cent years that
they are capable
Of running Il farm.
In the numerous
little farm enter
prises which are
observed around
e large city
women are con-
%spicuOuS as OWL
CHS anu lAAAudSClo.
1t is evident that
they are determin-
ed to grasp the
new profile $
W b | b surround
agricultural life.
A number of Chi
cago women have
Civ practical
demonstration of
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19
RESULT OF TOWN PLANNING.
Vital Statistics Of Lstchworth, In Eng
land, Show Low Infant Mortality.

Vital Statistics Of Lstchworth, In Eng
land, Show Low Infant Mortality.
Charles G. Reade. writing In the Lon
don Town Planning Review. shows
how the Garden City idea reduces in
FAINT mortality among its many bene-
fits:
The vital statistics for Letchworth,
now available. once more confirm the
claims of the Garden City as n herald
in pointing the way to q better age of
housing. health and human happiness.
The figures contrast grimly with those
Of other towns. For instance. consider
this table compiled from the registrar
generals annual summary:
MANTLE NOR
tally rate per
4 mn hirtha
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19
To Find Your Collar Button.

Here are two sure ways to lind a
collar button that has dropped on the
floor and rolled away where you can't
see It:
Rule l.-WaIk around the room in
your bare feet. You will soon find the
collar button embedded in your heel.
Rule 2.-Put on a pair of heavy boots
and walk around the room. You will
soon step on the collar button and
mash It fat. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19
Puzzled.

HALF an hour after Mrs. Richly had
given her new maid an order she be-
came uneasy and went to Investigate.
Well. Mary. what has detained you:
Have ynu found my Keats. as request
ed 2. .IOr'. num-" Mary apologized.
II was just COMM hack to ask what is
1 Keats" Y
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19
Honor 10 a Pionssr.

Town planning in England has been
honored. as well as an individual per-
sonality. In the granting Of q pension
from the civil list to Ebenexer How
ard, the author Of Garden Cities or
Tomorrow" which has resulted IN the
construction Of many towns and sub
urbs on model lines It also resulted.
in the English town planning act e
1909.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19
wac Awh;ls.

"ls she very much in loye with.
him??''
Very. She still believes 1t is the
other fellows fault when he stays out
late at night. Detroit Free Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19

DEATH.
prove II most expensive undertaking.
and AZ Il result 1t is planned to give
Ave yenrS IT, the work. having all cross
ings abolished at the expiration of that
time.
Such crossings are especially dan
gerOus for automobiles who race
through the country ut a terrific rate
OF speed at night ard do not heed the
warnings Of approaching trains. Many
Of the railroads have already expended
millions of dollars in abolishing such
crossings. and the work is now being
pushed with much energy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19

The medical officer of health for the
district in which Letchworth Is stu
ated In his annual report says:
plumbers of the children coming
from large. populous towns were an
aemic, poor in physique. and large
! numbers were suffering from adenoid
growths and throat affections. This
state Of things is fast disappearing
| with the new conditions under which
they live"
While these figures may or may not
be taken as absolutely correct. the dis
parity Is such as to make the claims Of
| Letchworth and its methods unchal-
lengeable. Garden City. 1t must be 70
membered. ia a busy manufacturing
town containing forty industries and
with a population Of over 5000. drawn
largely from crowded industrial CEN
ters.
The extraordinary difference In the
infantile mortality rate may largely be
ascltbed to the fact that the smallest
cottages do not number more than
twelve to the acre. whereas self con-
taincd working class dwellings In most
Industrial districts number thirty. for
ty and V fifty to the acre with
what results the returns from Burn
ley. Liverpool and other places show.
The social effects of Garden City
are not confined to Tetchworth.. They
are common to all communities which
adopt the Garden City method Of de-
velopment. such as Hampstead and
elsewhere.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19

the success which may be attained by
their sex in the lighter class of farm
ing and country home management.
The tendency which Is now so ap-
parent toward rural life Is likely to
reverse the flow of population. This
has a sociological as we'll as a COM
mercial aspect, and the results will be
largely credited to woman. Her work
is of ever increasing Importance in
farm life. 1t is her province 81 to
shape social conditions in the country
that young people will be attracted to
agricultural pursuits rather than re-
PEELED therefrom.
Women are showing that there are
large profits to be made from honey.
poultry, onions, cucumb=rs. sweet corn.
flowers as MANY other cor mOdities
which they are capable of handling In
a manner demanded by the best trade.
The certainty that prices sill remain
high for such products from the
rapid growth of towns and cities. The
market for flowers and general pro.
duce seems to be unlimited, and salts
factory returns are assured where
proper attention is given to cultivation.
Choice asters are selling III the
wholesale market at 81 per 100, and as
this has become the favorite product
Of many of Chicago's women 1Oricul-
turists 1t is worth while to consider
what one can earn on an acre of land.
An aster is distinctly an out of door
plant. 1t is hardy and the most free
from insects of any garden product.
1t is exceedingly prolific. With land
fairly we'll fertilized an acre will pro-
duce at q moderate estimate $1,000
! worth Of asters. A yield of $1,4OO
! would not be at all phenomenal. Gar
den produce may seem more practical
BILE Us q family enterprise.
On q tact of twelve acles which she
is handling with the hope Of enabling
her husband to give up city employ
ment a woman makes this showing:
Five acres of onions. net. ".....,..... S7Oo
Eggs from 200 4o
Seventy-five buslie!a, of cherries....... f5
One acre OF cucur:iucis, net........ rs
s1,lO.
The five acres of onions brought IN
market upward of $1,000. but there
was a large item Of expense. chiefly
hired help.
Still another example is given in the
following table:
Six hundred pounds of honey.......... 800
Butter from eight $50
Cherries from forty trees............. 10
SQUADS 20
Eggs and poultry I'M
Twenty hogs $50
Horse and young 10;
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19
%Yellowed Handkerchief.

Handkerchiefs which have become
yellow IAN be made snow white by
soahng4them in pipeclay and water for
t~wsnty-f0ur hours.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19
a land Mark.

Your land will never again be what
It was IL you do not do something to
keep It what It is.-Farm and Ranch.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19
ABoLlsHIMe CROSSINGS.
Millions Being Spent to Make Aooi'
dents on Roads Less Frequent.

Recent deaths caused from accidents
at grade crossings Of highways and
railroads have started q crusade that
has gained much momentum favoring
the abolition of all grade crossings by
the railroads. aided by the various
states. 1t is realized that this WOULD
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19

In this case $500 was paid out for
wages. and the increased value Of
stock almost equaled this sum.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19

The five acres of onions brought In
market upward of $1,000. but there
was a large item of expense. chiefly
hired help.
Still another example is given in the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-12-19

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
The President May Be Trusted.

Ten days people who for either personal or professional rea
sons make point keep touch with the business pulse Of the
country reported almost universally the existence Of better sen
world This did not manifest itself in larger
cearng increased orders for manufactured goods indeed
any practical material But for all that improved sen
perfectly plain and the also absolutely un
because early In that week nearly daily news
paper land printed prominently tie statement emanatng from
what declared to be authoritative at Washington that
every prospect the passage Of bill at the pres
of Congress satisfactory alike the admins
aon the eoun banking and business interests 10 put the
plainly the prospect revealed that the pending Glass
Owen currency bill would be amended that for the most
wegh objections brought against merchants and bankers would
removed that would be proposed not only OF work
able from the point of view of but that would receive
almost enthusiastic popular support.
In the week just ended good deal of this hopeful eng
disappeared and again for the fact obvious People have
begun hope for compromise the GlassoWen DILL
such compromise viii for the measure the ap
prov the eoun business and bankers becoming some
dmmed The general impression to be that the admins
holding for substantially the full number Of regional
banks originally planned for undimnshed political control o
the new banking system be established for the practical Gre
alton of fiat money.
this portuny of stating that in our humble
opinion proved by the event that this impression mas oen
wholly unwaanted Apprehension to the attitude OF the
this matter be safely dismissed For him to act IN
way boadminded nconocvab and We are mpa
suggestion We believe that the President and the
members party while naturally anxious to get currency bill
the present session. possible not SO anxious TO 90 SO
they improper bill passed. bill that Will NOT De sup
ported by the bsnker economists and by the
p large believe that the President has laid before
Congress willing should be amended or changed
any particular We believe that the President has assumed
to arrogae intelligence and integrity Of the land
and that he is not willing credit share of this intelligence and
integrity members of his party Congress- and
particularly in the Senate
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
When Dana Failed to Read His Paper

tel Washington Head)
confidential associate OF
in
established
intensified
sociahsic
and
Hall while
eriouslys some phas editorial
anecdoaI editor
telling
m
one evening speaking of
or public
Of a
in
something
which
to to to
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newspaper copy the duel
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The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

cerned. More people will ride, prop
erty outside the present thickly built
up section will be in demand, there will
be more detached and real homes,
more lawns and gardens, cheaper
rents because of the increased area
reached for one fare, and numerous
other benefits.
Street cars will be patronized more,
and revenues will not be decreased but
rather increased as soon as the new
conditions are thoroughly understood.
At the same time such action on the
part of the two big public utilities
companies would remove or at least
abate that feeling of antagonism which
of late has grown more acute against
them.
Six tickets for a quarter with uni
vcrsal transfers given voluntarily would
put off for a long time TO come the
agitation for a 3-cent fare, like Cleve-
land demanded and secured. 1t will
also be well to remember that Detroit
has 3-cent fares on its belt lines and
other cities are falling in line.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
Of Mutual Benefit.

For several years The Herald has
demanded universal transfers. 1t has
kept up this fight and will continue to
do so until the people of Washington
are given what is due them, and that
happy occasion now seems nearer than
il ever has before.
This paper is not a trust or corpora
tion batter and does not believe in ad-
vocating measures that viii cause a
depreciation in the value of the prop
srty of any company whose business is
honestly conducted, as the Washing
ton street car companies are, but the
people have certain rights that cannot
and should not be ignored.
When these rights and the interests
of the other side are benefited by
granting them, we can see no reason
for the present delay.
Universal transfers, in the years to
come, viii be good thing for all con-
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
Rubber Paving,

From the London Globe.
In the course of q recent lecture Prof.
Wyndham R. Dunstan, F. R. s., dt-
rector Of the Imperial Institute, said that
artificial rubber could be produced by
the chemists by elaborate processes
without the aid Of the living plant, but
Il could not be produced artifctsIly as
cheaply as it could be grown. With the
prospect of rubber being produced short
ly at less than a shilling a pound the
chances Of synthetic rubber competins
against the real product commercially
were becoming more and more remote
In his opinion. there is a big future 70:
rubber. which, he believes. viii In tn
near future be utilized for the hoorinl
of churches. chapels. halls, and othe
public buildings, II not even for stree
paving purposes.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

A run was started on a Philadelphia
bank by false rumors circulated by a
drunkard who had overdrawn his account.
Tip to bankers: Let a drunken man have
all the money he wants.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

II know; but am desperate. Why do
you prefer him?''
We'll, he lets my dog bite him. It is
such q pleasure to Fido."
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

notwithstanding the troubled condition
in Mexico, 1s7 new government schools
for the native population have been or
ganized in the various states, according
to statement on Latin-Ameriean re-
publies IN the annual report OF the Com
missioner Of Education.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

A sulphur plant in Texas has just
doubled its output 1t is TO be hoped
that the State's output Of fire and brim-
stone will not be increased.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
Might Work.

wife. why don't you hire a better
cook?"
We can't offer enough salary to get
one away from our rich neighbors"
Well. can't you draft one from the
minors?"
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

We notice that no member OF the Pro-
gresslve party boasts of a resemblance ID
Col. Roosevelt.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

Judging by the newspaper reports, New
York pastors will be neglecting their
duty if they dc not start revivals at once.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
Open Season.

The careless hunteTs now cummenoe
To do their Worst
By dragging ShotSuns Though q fencs
Mux1les frst
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

Mrs. Pankhurst has dwindled down to
four lines on one Of the inside pages OF
the paper.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
Maybe.

"All the worlds stage, they say"
Is that why so many OF the women
are trying to look like chorus girIs?'
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

And If the New Workers are to be al
lowed to govern themselves, why not the
Filipinos?
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

Oscar Underwood is almost as big a
man in Alabama as Ty Cobb is in
Georgia.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

Now that Huerta has thrust Felix DIaz
on us, We will have to do something to
get even.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

messy would be a militant suffragist II he
were a woman
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

The collection Of the income tax at the
source is not worrying US, and we have
no suggestions to offer.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

1t is a poor town indeed that can't COM
pare its government favorably with that
of New York.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

The vote in the recent Mexican election
might have been bigger if the standing
army had been larger.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

How would you like to be a parcel pos
carrier during the approaching holiday
season?
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

People hate a quitter, but they are no
filed with admiration for Huerta.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

President Wilson knows what he wants,
but he doesn't know Just how to get it.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
A LITTLE. NONSENSE.
wHITEwAsHED.

W III -hSAA-@Ds
Tho Agricultural Department has decided that the
crow Is the farmers friend.-Recent Bulletin
For years the farmer chased the crow.
Would daily at 1t grid.
He never failed to aim a blow
At that unhappg bird
But experts nov uphold the crow;
Want Us TO lift the ban.
They say il Is the cutWorm's foe
And quite a help to man
There Is a moraI here for men.
No matter how things 90;
There's hope for everybody xhen
They vtndicate the crow.
Uncle PennyNise Says;
You never know what a good family
a man comes Of until he gets pinched for
something
still in Use.
How about that garden hose loaned
you last summer
II still have II, old man..
Can't ] get II back?"
"Yes, but not now. I had it all coiled
TO setting in It"
All Eyes on Her.
They say she's pretty"
Let me tell you. When she gets on a
street car the advertising is a total loss
Had the Inside Track.
81 send you as many flowers as Alger-
non."
"Very likely"
"And take you to as many places"
"You needn't remind me of it." shifted
the girl.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
UNDAUNTED.
,cowasA.. nR,

tCopgr,ght. iatSl
Once out upon a lonely way.
Upon q cold and wintry day.
I saw a small bird tempest-tost.
And sore beses by chilling frost.
Now hither blown. now hurried thsra
BY rushing currents Of the air,
A picture fun OF sad regrst
That worried. winged thlngi and yet
He'd light betlmez upon some tree
Where his green playground used to be
To rest his wearied little wing,
And there, despite his. woe, he'd sinGl
He'd sing the only song he knew.
Hie note was clear, his note was true.
And then back to the night he'd ~,
undauntsd. hlithe. and hriEst e ags,
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
Uncle Penny,yise Says;

You never know what a good family
a man comes of until he gets pinched for
something.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
still in Use.
All Eyes on Her

They say she's pretty"
Let me tell you. When she gets on a
street car the advertising is a total less
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
Had the Inside Track.

These P sf y and f sa BsfaFs ssREs G Mi As
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
The sherman Law.

The storm center OF the next session
will be the Sherman antitrust act This
famous bill, now twenty-three years old,
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

Who shall say that politics doesn't
pay" when each day discloses a polit-
clan who has prospered in his private
affairs and gives politics credit for dis
closing the way to do IT,
Politics brings men together, puts them
at work together, and business proposi-
tons develop, with prosperity the result
Only the other day here in Washington
Miss Chase, the daughter Of a millionaire
theatrical manager, p. B. Chase, was
welded to B. F. Keith, another theatri-
cal magnate with millions to the good.
Yet this joining of millions would never
have happened had IL not been for good.
Cld-fashioned politics. Not so very many
years ago, when Harry n. Dougherty
vas chairman of the Republican State
committee in Ohio, he sent P1ympton B.
Chase from the banks of the Kokasing
to Washington for the sole purpose Of
collecting campaign funos from Ohio Re-
publicans on the Federal pay roll That
was but two years after William Nc
Kinley and Mark Hanna had brought a
big bunch OF appointees to town and
besides there were a few hundred Ohio
once holders who had slipped along
many years without chipping in for the
election Of Republican Governors or Con-
gressmen at home 1t was the Dougherty
idea, backed up by Hanna, an extremely
practical man in politics, to make these
cid Federal employees ''come across" and
IL was not much trouble to collect from
the new appolntees, who went on the
pay roll mighty soon after the inaugu-
ration.
Chase had been running modest little
theaters In the State, and dun season
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-12
NcwIywods Entertained.

Tho NeWIyWeds Bridgo club met
THIS afternoon at the home OF Mrs.
Jack Austin and enjoyed an unusual
ly delightful session at their favorite
game OF auction bridge, A daintily
appointed and delicious lunch was
served at the conclusion of the
games
Members present were Mesdames
j, u. Billings, George NahstoI l.. Il.
storm, Fred Campbell, Bert Strawn.
WIN Orr Silmon Smith. Fred Coe.
Jack Austin. Coy Klinger. Clarence
Dillard, w. G. Baylls, A. E. Baylis,
X. w Todd and Reed Miller.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-12
Associated Press.

Washington, Feb. 12.-Prepara-
tions have been made to move APP
proximately $500 marines from the
Atlantic fleet and Guantanamo to
Vera Cruz. to be held for landing in
the event that it becomes necessary
to relieve the foreign legations in
Mexico City.
Ambassador Wilson's report to the
state department is confirmatory OF
the news dispatches received last
night. Wilson estimates that both
sides have 1000 men,
After a brief conference this fore
noon with President Taft. Secretary
Stimson said: The situation is the
same as last night"
Secretary Meyer this afternoon an
nounccd change in his plans by or
dering Admiral Fletcher to go to
Vera Cruz with the flagship Yer
mont. This puts two admirals on
the gulf coast of Mexico
Secretaries Knox and Simpson re-
sumed their conference with Presi-
dent Taft at the White House after
luncheon. Later II was announced
that there was nothing new in re-
gard to the situation.