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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

The Northern Pacific railway pro.
poses to give it's abandoned roadbed
and right of way between Tacoma ana
Vancouver to be used as part OF tie
permanent Pacific coast highway which
is to be built between San Diego. CAL.
and Vancouver, Il. c.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Where one group Of farmers have
made real success in the joint own
ership of q stallion of the heavy draft
breeds, half a dozen have failed. AS a
rule. an outrageous price is paid for
very mediocre sire. This makes bad
beginning. and the end is quite likely
to be as disappointing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Good prices that are being received
for bloOded cattle at numerous sales
seem to be due to the unusually high
prices that are being paid for beef ami
mails and to an increasing interest on
the part Of many stock raisers in the
raising Of pure bred cattle as a means
of increasing the farm receipts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

A California rancher who evidently
believes in the strenuous life manages
to work his land twenty-four hours a
day during the busy season. He Oper-
ates three shifts of men and teams
eight hours each and provides artificial
light for those working between sun
down and sunup.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

It is q tribute to the worth Of agri-
culture as a profession that 30 many
men manage to shin along and make 4
living with exceedingly poor and slip
shod management. The facts noted
tend merely to emphasize the truth
that there IL no vocation in which the
expenditure Of a given amount Of en-
ergy and brains will produce larger re-
suits than In farming.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Get boy or girl into the habit Of
reading good books and the chances
will be more than even that each will
develop into man or woman worthy
of the name. Equally true It Is that II
both acquire taste for trashy. SEN
sational stun the chances are that they
will fash In the pan before they ar
rive at maturity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

We don't hear great deal these
days about the great benefits accruing
to farmers or other folks from the
manufacture Of denatured alcohol.
There must have been a joker In the
bill. The folks who use alcohol lamps
and chatting dishes are about the only
beneficiaries.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

The onions will keep fer better in
the cellar il they are spread out thin
in shallow box so. that they will
keep dry. Left II the bushel basket
they are likely '. gather dampness
and SprOut.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Many folks in their relation to the
need of a comprehensive and sensible
program of permanent road building
are altogether too much like the Arkan-
sas philosopher who when it was rain
ing couldn't fix his leaky roof and who
pair entirely unnecessary.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

The English White Leghorns belong
lead at the international egg laying
contest which is being held at Storrs
college. Connecticut.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

The parcel post rate will have to be
lowered considerably before it Will
serve to decrease the gap between the
20 cents which the producer receives
and the IS or 40 cents which the COLI
sumner has to pay for a dozen eggs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

For clearing up piece Of brush land
there is nothing that will do the bust
ness more effectively or satisfactorily
than flock Of Angora goats. The
goats will not only kill practically ev-
cry shrub in the tract, but they will
gain enough in weight to more than
give interest on the money invested In
them while they are at work.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

A blanket thrown over a horse when
it has to stand out in the cold is a good
deal cheaper method Of conserving
body heat than giving extra feed In
the stable to make blanket of fat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

The supreme court Of the United
States has lately handed down de-
cision In the Patten case. in which 1t
was alleged that an attempt was made
to corner the cotton business Of the
country; that the attempt to get cor
ner on any commodity is essentially In
restraint Of trade, hence a violation OF
the Sherman antitrust law. The de-
cislon seems likely to have farreach-
Ing effect
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Scatter air slaked Hne everywhere
IN the poultry house during damp
weather and on the yards. too. and
1t will do much to prevent roup. Back
Of this. however. must be cleanliness
and dry quarters.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

When other kinds Of hay are scarce
there Is a temptation-to feed millet or
Hungarian to horses. The practice Is
not safe, and this Is particularly true
in case the seed heads were pretty
well developed before the hay was cut.
Millet Of this description may be fed
to milk cows. but not to the horses.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Fowls are obliged to throw OF much
Of the waste of the body through the
lungs. They do not sweat In the sense
that do other animals. but instead
breathe several times faster than
sweating animals when heated. TO
keep In good health hen requires
nearly seven times the amount OF
fresh air in proportion to its size ~
does horse.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Before long now plans should be
made for the hotbed. and pansy seed
may be sown in window boxes and
the little plants reset in other boxes
and later when the weather will per-
NIT In bed in the open ground.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

A good many Kansas boys and men
make a snug sum Of spending money
by trapping gophers. on which boun-
ty Of 10 cents is paid. One farmer i'm
proved the dull season by trapping and
gathering n bushel basket Of gopher
scalps, on which he received bounties
amounting to $50.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

When boy within seventy miles OF
the Colorado line can grow seventy
eight bushels Of corn on an acre It
ought to make thousands of farmers
living in the great belt east OF him
hang their heads in shame at producing
all the way from ten to thirty bushels
per acre. and that, too, with abundant
moisture and fertile soil.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

If a fellow has the money he can tie
up in it there would seem to be some
good money to be made by baling a
good quantity Of this fine bright straw
that Is going begging at low price.
If It is dry when baled it will keep
indefinitely and is bound to fetch a
higher price In the next two or three
years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

The worlds consumption of petro-
leum is 100000 barrels per day. The
United States produced as its share Of
the worlds output 22O.OOOOO0 barrels
In 1912, ana Of this large amount the
state of California furnished 100000
barrels
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

The good roads agitation, which Is
becoming country wide in its scope,
ought to result in such disposition OF
the expense Of good road building as
will put fair share Of the tax upon
The owners Of motor vehicles along
with the owners of land abutting on
and In the vicinity of the improved
highways. No vehicles are harder IN
the wear they infict on highways than
automobiles. and the owners OF these
machines should bear their share OF
building and maintenance. In several
states this is already being done
through use of the license fees assessed
on automobile owners.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Some Of the ills from which the pres
ent generation Is suffering seem to be
In part traceable to the fact that folks
are consuming altogether too much in
the way Of premasticated and predi-
gested foods. when the fact Is that
their health would be better II they
consumed coarser foods with their own
teeth they would have more Of these
II they had chewed coarser foods and
digested these foods with their own
gizzards (stomachs) instead Of some
mechanical contraption designed to do
the same Job.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

It is a pretty good idea for parents
and other school patrons to visit school
frequently enough SO that neither
teacher nor pupils Will consider such
visit an unusual thing. Then. too, WIS.,
its tend to make the teacher and her
boys and girls feel that the patrons
consider the school rs an institution
worth while.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Mad dogs have been responsible for
but four human deaths in Chicago in
the last FIVE years. Tubercular cows
have been responsible for hundreds Of
cases Of tuberculosis in the same Pc
Rod.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

A Jefferson county IN. " farm
er last year applied 1900 pounds Of
ground limestone per acre to a sour
meadow. and the result was an in
crease Of $500 pounds Of clover hay
per acre. It was we'll worth while.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Blackstrap molasses Is a crude prod
uct made from sugar cane. and Is
considered a very good feed for dairy
cows. There is similar product made
from sugar beets that Is usually consid-
cred less desirable than that made from
sugar cane. on account Of the fact that
1t is bitter, rendering 1t less palatable.
Beet molasses is sometimes mixed
with dried beet pulp and other materi-
ais forming comparatively desirable
combinations. In some Of the Euro
pean countries 1t is mixed with peat
and used as COW feed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

A cough in hogs may be the result of
sleeping in dusty quarters. in which
case the trouble should he removed by
giving bedding that is clean.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

That both young and old in the aver
age family wade into savory dish OF
pork and beans with brown bread
and boiled potatoes may be taken as
pretty good evidence that they consider
the ration outlined we'll balanced one.
And chemical analysis shows that 1t Is
giving ginger to the boys and girls to
study and play and the men and wom-
en- who work.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Sheep cannot eat sllage in as great
proport!onate quantity as do cattle.
though no one seems to know why.
However, they do well on 1t, and It
saves a great deal Of hay and other
feed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

In an instance that came to the writ
er's notice the other day saddle horse
collapsed with his rider, with severe in
jury to the latter, as the result OF an
acute case Of azoturia brought on by
a brisk gallop following a period OF al
most complete inactivity in the stable.
While the instance referred to Is not
unusual, 1t points to the wisdom OF
having small yard in which the horses
may tramp about and get exercise
whenever the weather permits. Many
a valuable horse is lost through failure
to observe this simple precaudon OF
providing opportunity for needed exer-
else.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

For the rapid removal Of small trees
IN grubbing the writer has found 1t an
excellent plan to use a team and a
hundred foot rope. The larger side
roots which will be found on most
treeo except hickory and bur oak
should be cut on number Of the trees
10 be removed. One man should then
take charge Of the team and the other
with ladder tie the inch rope well up
IN the top Of the tree. Fastened at a
good height. this gives big leverage.
una every stroke Of the Ak while the
team is pulling will dc double and tri-
pie execution and make the job Of re-
moving the stumps much easier.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

A lady reader Of this department who
somewhat more than year ago began
taking the exercises and diet prescribed
by well known health specialist has
increased In weight from ITO to 14O
pounds and is now haunted with the
fearsome specter Of overweight. 1t
looks very much as II she would have
to consult THIS same beauty specialist
Tor a prescription for reducing weight.
It seems to be case where the health
expert gets 'em coming and going.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

A reader Of this department with
whom the writer was talking the other
day reports having cleaned up a nice
sum on a bunch of lean cows which
he bought two or three months ago.
He didn't dare to tackle young STUN
with the price 30 high. The cows he
got cheap, and they made rapid gains.
with the result that he had q nice
margin Of profit
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Some men get ahead or get started
by means Of SO called pull. but the
sensible young man will not wait for
this kind Of assistance. The kind OF
pull that counts more than all else 10
that which II the fruit Of faithfulness.
persistence, energy and devotion to
the task in hand. This is the kind OF
pull that has put more boys and young
men to the front than the influence of
all the rich fathers, uncles and aunts
in four states.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Foul air IL invariably heavier than
pure air and hence seeks the lowest
levels Of the Enclosure in which 1t IL
confined. This holds alike Of churches.
school buildings, barns, hoghouses and
poultry houses. With this fact In mind
1t will be seen at glance that at least
one part Of every effective ventilating
system must be ventilator shaft rum
ming from near the floor or ground to
some point in the roof, through which
this foul air will pass.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

The best time to dehorn an animal IL
within the FIRST ten days after its birth.
This may be done easily and painlessly
by cutting the hair away from the kerr
mel or germ Of the horn and rubbing
the skin Immediately above and about
it with a piece of moistened caustic
potash until it shows red. This comes
in stick form and may be got at any
drug store. 1t should be wrapped with
a piece Of paper to keep it from burn
ing the fingers. A calf treated in this
way will be perfect polled animal.
with no horn scar showing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

Snow is one of the best natural COW
erings for vines and plants that can
be had, and its only drawback is the
likelihood of its disappearing entirely
during midwinter thaw. The writer
well remembers rosebed he had some
years ago which contained several
varieties Of tender roses. such as the
Kaiserin Victoria and La France. A
heavy snow came much earlier than
usual and covered this bed. which al
ready had blanket of leaves. to a
depth Of three feet or more. This
drift stayed until melted by the spring
sun, and the result was that the tender
roses came through the winter nicely
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07

The Highland breed Of cattle, de-
scendants Of the wild cattle Of an early
period, are still bred to some extent in
the British isles. The breed is priced
particularly for its hardness and fine
quality of beef. The hair grows to a
length of six inches, and the animals
have long, spreading horns. Individuals
sometimes attain a weight of 1900
pounds. Attempts have been made to
cross the Highland breed with other
beef types, but they have not been sue
cessful. as the cross seems to lack the
hardness of the Highland parent.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-01-25
COTTON CROP SHORT
OVER One MILLION
Number OF Bales Ginned I'm 1918,
1901 ,284-South Carolina Crop
Shows Decrease.

Washington, Jan. 23.-The ninth
cotton ginning report Of the census
bureau for the season. issued at 10
o'clock this morning, announced
that 13.O91,264 bales of cotton,
counting round as half bales, of
the growth Of 1912 had been ginned
prior to Thursday, January 16, to
which date during the past seven
years the ginning averaged 95.3
per cent of the entire crop. Last
year to January 16 there had been
ginned 14,515,799 bales, or 93.3
per cent of the entire crop; in 1908
to that date, 12,666,2O3 bales, or
96.S per cent, and in 1906 to that
date 12,l76,199 bales, or 93.S per
cent.
Included in the ginning were 49,
S92 round bales, compared with
1854 bales last year, 11,O79
bales in 1910, 146,37S bales in
1909 and 232,51O bales in 1908.
The number of Sea Island cotton
bales included were 7O,76O, com
pared with 1O9.S67 bales last year,
92,191 bales in 1909. and 9O,287
bales in 1908.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-01-25
Greenville AutOists Inflicted for
Murder for Killing Wrenn.

Greenville, Jan. 23<In the court
of general sessions~yesterday morn
ing David f. and Clyde Jenkins
were indicted for murder" follow
ing the grand jury's investigation Of
charges OF criminal carelessness"
brought against the father and his
son by the coroner's jury which held
an inquest into the death of Irwin
Wrenn, who was run down and
killed by the accused in their auto
mobile on Augusta street the after
noon OF December 14th 1912.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-01-25
What Former Lancasterian is Do
ing for Union County, IN. CO

What Former LanCaSterian is Do
ing for Union County, IN. C.)
The following editorial from The
Charlotte Observer OF Thursday will
be read -pfeasure~bY the friends
of Professor Nesbit in Lancaster
county. He was born and reared in
this county and has frequently visit
ed his brother, Mr.. ]. F. Nesbit, vat
this place, all of which goes to
show that Lancaster Leads" The
Observer says:
Mr., r. N. Nesbit, superintendent
of education for Union county, has
arranged for a county commence
ment" to be held in Monroe on
March %. All the schools in the
county are to participate and the
opening feature will be a parade of
the teachers and children through
the streets of Monroe. 1t will be per-
haps the first assemblage of a
county school as a whole ever held
in the state and will prove an in
spring sight. There will be school
exhibits, county spelling match,
debates, addresses and the award
ing of diplomas and prizes of various
kinds. The state superintendent of
education will have a part in the
proceedings. This county com
mencement is a capital idea and Fill
be calculated to give materiaR in-
spiration to educational woJk/in
Union. Superintendent Nesbh is a
mano.who no doubt esrns>hiS salary
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-01-25
SENATOR TILLMAN STRIKES
BACK AT GOVERNOR BLEASE
Replies to Attack and De-
fends His Course in the
Campaign-Claims Right
to Write Confidential"
Letters-Text of Charges
Brought by Blease.

Columbia Special to Charleston
News and Courier, Jan. 21: BE
ing a low type OF man himself, he
does not realize and cannot conceive
how anyone else can be honorable,
clean and above board" writes SEN
ator B. r. Tillmap to the general
assembly of South Carolina, In reply
to the attack upon him by Governor
Cole L. Blease. 1t is recalled that
in his message to the general as
sembly last Thursday transmitting
certain facts in re conduct Of news
papers, Senator B. r. Tillman and
w. E. Gonzales, and urging restric-
tions upon newspapers, Governor
Blease made charges against Sena-
tor Tillman which, as summarized
by Senator Tillman himself, are:
(D With writing secret letters
stabbing him in the back. (2) Hyp-
rocisy. 90 With conspiring with
w. E. Gonzales. (4) Jealousy. (5)
Feebleness of mind, and (6) with
having lent himself to signing an ar
ticle dictated by an "astute Big
Ex."
The basis of the attack by Cover
nor Blease and the reply by Senator
Tillman is the part the Senator took
In the campaign for governor last
summer, particularly in reference
to the writing of number OF letters
in which Senator Tillman expressed
his preference for Judge Ira B. Jones
, for governor, when, as claimed by
Governor Blease, he had promised
to be hands off'' in the race.
AS to writing secret letters
Senator Tillman claims that they
were not secret but confidential, and
because / said i would be hands
off,'" writes he, did not mean, nor
is 1t reasonable to claim, that il
meant 1 would be dumb"
The charges against Senator Till
man are made in connection with
the governors recommendation that
restrictions be placed upon the
newspapers of this state.
In concluding his recommends
tions the governor in declaring it his
opinion that the people of the state
should be protected against the
newspapers and urging the general
assembly to apply the remedy, and
apply it at once, expresses the
solemn belief that If it does not act
and later somebody is killed by
somebody else that is aggrieved
"then upon your heads will be the
blood of that man"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-01-25
Turkish Losses.

Constantinople, Jan. 22.-Turk-
ish losses in the naval battles with
the Greek fleet off the Dardanelles
on January IS totalled four officers
and thirty-six men killed, while 164
others were wour ded.
During the fight Greek shell ex-
ploded inside one of the turrets of
the Turkish battleship Torgute Refs,
killing and wounding every man in
IT and disabling both of the 1l-inch
guns, The Turkish battleship
Assar-i-Tewfik was badly damaged.
The Turkish gunners declare that
they inflicted important losses on
the Greeks.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-01-25
Three Hundred and Fifty Drowned
by Flood in Arabia.

Suakim, Egypt. Jan. 22.-Three
hundred and fifty Mohammedan pill
grims from India to Mecca, were
drowned today by a food which
overwhelmed the entire caravan at
its encampment midway between
the sacred city of Medina, Arabia,
and the port of Yembo,, on the Red
sea. A sudden avalanche accom-
panied by torrents OF water swept
down the mountain near the camp,
carrying away people, animals and
tents.