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Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03
The Weapon.

Tommy What do jockeys beat
their records with?
WILLIE know! With their whips
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03

We know of no linimsnt that equals
Hanford's Balsam in it's healing prop
critics. Adv
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03
RUB-MY-TTSM

VIII cure your rheumatism and all
kinds of aches and pains Neuralgia,
Cramps, Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts,
Old Sores, Burns, etc. Antlseptle
Anodyne. Price 25c.-Ady.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03

To cool burns use Hanford's Balsann
Adv.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03
WOMEN WHO ARE
ALWAYS TIRED
May Find Help in This
Letter.

Swan Creek, Mich. cannot So ak
too highly Of your medicine. When
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03

Keep Hanford,f Balsam in the sta
BILE. Adv. JbiiA
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03

A mans sins usually finds him in;
his neighbors find him out
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09

OF course such plants as peas and
beans should be planted in rows only
and can not be broadcast. As a matter
of fact, It is always best TO plant In
rows rather than in beds, but lettuce,
radishes and vegetables for soups
and furnishings can be planted with
satisfactory results in beds, especially
when there is plenty Of water at hand
Succession Of Crops Possible.
II We watch the season carefully,
We can have a succession OF crops
through most of the spring. summer
and autumn, especially quite early and
late in fall. The mid.summers in Ken
lucky are so often hot and dry that
many vegetables do not thrive well in
that season. So ii is best to fall back
on the more certain seasons and make
good during that time.
As the size of the plot OF ground is
increased, so one can diversity their
planting accordingly. In a 3O-by3O.
foot garden one can have s fourfooi
rows. The first row can be planted to
asparagus; the second to rhubarb and
horseradish or artichokes> the third to
radishes. followed by tomatoes; the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09

IF. w. Holman, Assistant Horticul-
turist, College OF Agriculture. Ken
lucky State University, Lexington,
kentucky
One would be surprised TO know
what a fair return as well as a keen
pleasure can be procured from cot
tage garden. Gardens for convenience
here may be classed into truck. farm
and cottage gardens. This by no means
is an arbitrary classification, but 1t will
serve briefly and more directly In this
discussion.
In speaking OF cottage gardens, We
will perhaps think OF such gardens as
may meet or supply the needs OF the
average housewife. II carried on and
managed properly, a garden can be a
conspicuous money-saver. There are
times when there may be a long sup
ply Of a certain vegetable in the mar
ket and we can buy that vegetable
very much cheaper than II raised in
our cottage garden. We can not hope
TO grow some vegetables as cheaply as
the experienced and specialized vege
table trucker can.
Competition Not Advisable.
The vegetable trucker has more and
cheaper land. he grows on a larger
scale. he has special help. he has facil-
tiles and tools for cutting down labor
to a comparative minimum. With all
Of that competition staring us in the
face II would not be practical to grow
certain crops. This refers to certain
crops and to certain conditions. A
householder may. through some in
genuity or peculiar individuality think
out a very efficient scheme but we
will consider this matter from an
average householder's standpoint.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09
NOTES

Pine TO sow oats is rapidly pass
ing. Oats require damp, cool wealth
er 10 make q good crop, so IL you
do not get your crop in this week,
the probabilities are that you bet
ter not sow at all, but save the
ground for corn or cowpeas.
Grass and clover seeding like oats
must be done early to insure sue
cess unless the ground is prepared
especially for the grass and clover
and not sown with wheat or oats.
Grass and clover that were sown in
February and early in March are
now coming up fine. II you have
not already sown your grass seed
YOU should sow II at once and fol-
low with a light tooth harrow to
cover the seed.
Narrowing the wheat or rye in
early April is usually a good prac-
tlce, and so when you harrow in
grass seed YOU will probably in
crease your yield Of wheat or rye
several bushels per acre. Many
people fear II will injure the grain
cT put all who try il are well sat
lsiYM with results.
Plan To sow some cowpeas with
the corn at time Of last cultivation
this year They will pay big in at
least two ways. They will furnish
some very rich pasture for your
shoats till corn and mast come. They
will greatly enrich the soil for the
wheat or rye you expect 10 SOW
this fall. Many farmers raise big
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09

buggy. and drags Immediately behind
the wheel. smoothing the track and
inclining loose dirt toward the center
OF the road-bed. At the outer end of
the drag Is a disk which serves to
cut down the sides Of the track.
Mr.. Taylor has one Of these ma,
chimes attached to his mountain hack.
and It attracts a great deal OF atten-
ton. Good road advocates In south
ern Idaho are enthusiastic about the
machine; II has been proposed by
them that the county commissioners
buy them In large lots and let them
out to every farmer who will agree to
use them. rebating the user on his
road tar.
Il n q well-known fact that the
roads Of southern Idaho are In q
frightful condition for nine months
out OF twelve; from the time they dry
up in the spring until about June they
are In fair condition. but after that
they are SO full Of chuck holes" a.
TO render them Encouraging to q light
rig driving fast. or to heavily loaded
wagon. BY the use Of Mr.. Taylors
chuck hole filler this can be eliminated
1t fills all holes. leaving the road
smooth after the passing OF The -
hials.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09
Monuments in Poor Locations.

Tie recently issued report OF the
New York art commission contains
the following
From time TO time there have
been submitted to the commission de-
signs OF monuments (chieny statuary.
fountains and the likeD completely eX-
ecuted. with the bronze parts cast. the
marble or granite cut and the entire
monument ready TO be set up. Often
the entire work has been completed
In a foreign country. with utter dis
regard to the location in which II is
proposed that the monument shall be
placed. They are designed for an
abstract location. that is to say. for
any location. but search for a suitable
location nearly always results In fail
ure :
Most persons seem to have lost
sight OF the fact that many OF the beau
tiful monuments OF the past were de-
signed for particular sites. and conse-
Queptly that the monument was made
to nt into It's surroundings.
Our American cities. having In
most cases no important civic or re-
ngious oenters. have grown without
any intelligent or comprehensive plan.
and monuments have been lodged here
and there in streets and parks like
driftwood In only a few instances
are they definitely related to anything
In their vicinity. 30 as to form part OF
4. commemorative arhama Thara u
no more forlorn looking object than
a granite monument placed in the mid
die Of q green lawn. II 10 q foreigner
to all its nearest neighbors. Recently
II has come TO be recognized that cit
les should be built according TO a dis
tinct plan. and that the various parts
and objects In the city should bear .
direct relation not only to one an
other. but to their surroundings
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09

The trouble is, We often become a
little too enthusiastic at the beginning
We order all kinds of seeds and want
TO have a regular truck garden out OF
small place. We buy nickels
worth OF this and then OF that and so
on until We have enough to plant. out
good-sized truck farm. Plant less
and conserve your enthusiasm through
out the whole season. Get as much
out OF a plot OF ground as you can,
but don't try to put bushel In peck.
Early Planting Advised.
It is advisable for every grower to
plant such crops as bring quick re-
suits. There is nothing more whole
some and nothing hailed with more
delight than nice early, fresh lettuce
and radishes. Don't be afraid to get
these crops in early. Just as soon as
the soil is workable In the spring.
Even II a spring freeze should come a
little later, these crops will ward on
these apparent checks.
This reminds one that the soil
should have been fertilized and spaded
or plowed the previous fall. The soil.
II treated In this manner will be In a
good. friabls. physical condition. Then
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09
TREES HELP PUBLIC HEALTH
ossIdes Purifying the Air. They Heip
TO Make Cooler Summers and
Warmer WInters-

Men and animals have good reason
for their fondness for trees. II 10 not
only because the trees add 80 much to
the beauty OF our streets. or because
the attractiveness OF rivers and lakes
and even OF the seashore depends
largely upon the trees that we look
upon them as silent friends. They
help us In a more material way than
with their beauty. great as that help
may be. They add TO our physical
comfort and TO our health.
Paris T. Farwell. in his Village
Improvement" urges the necessity Of
planting and caring for trees for the
sake OF the city's or villages beauty
and healthfuiness.
The side OF the street having the
most trees 10 the popular side In sum-
mer. That 10 because II IL the coolest
by about 20 degrees. Mr.. Farwell tells
us. for "A full grown tree sends out
1877 gallons OF water through It's
leaves into the air" Shading the
ground also serves to moderate the
heat. And the air around the trees
10 more pure. The foliage takes In
carbonic acid gas. which is poisonous
70 US. and gives out oxygen. which 10
heaithful. indeed. Indispensable to
u.s." Medical authorities recognize
that trees promote the healthfulness
of a community.
The tempering effect OF trees on the
climate Ia not confined to summer
In winter they actually radiate heat.
IN addition to their benefits as wind
breaks when planted In clumps and
groves
That II pays to have trees In the
town and city and on the farmstead Is
shown by the fact that real estate on
shaded streets and that on which
trees are growing sells for 4 better
price. No little Of the welfare and
prosperity OF town. city or country
depends upon its trees. "and there 5
. direct connection between the at
Effectiveness OF the village or OF the
home on the farm. and the love OF the
citizens for their village or OF the
children on the farm for their home. ="
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09
BREEDING FOWLS

ct. r. Bryant, Superintendent OF Agri-
culture Extension. Kentucky Expert
ment Station)
Many disappointments have come to
amateur poultry raisers or to farmers
who have attempted to improve their
nocks by buying a few fowls or eggs
of breed that is supposed to be made
up OF fine layers. II should be remem,
bered that the strain is OF more i'm.
portance than the breed. For example,
an extra good laying Brahma will lay
more eggs that a poor laying Leghorn.
In buying eggs or fowls We should in.
quire into the record Of the ancestors
and should purchase from poultrymen
VINO have used the trap nest and as
certained that the stock sold is from
parentage OF high producing power.
The observance of this rule will save
much expense and disappointment
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09

In spring the soil will need only y
thorough raking and leveling.
One should prepare a garden bed
very much as a florist does his benches
or his fats. The lower subsoil is
somewhat loose and coarse. Then the
soil should be frmed as IL gradually
comes to the surface.
Firm Foundation Necessary.
The florist often uses brick OF
foater for firming the soil. Next
he spreads his seeds upon this
pressed or irmed soil. Then he takes
soil sitter and spreads a light coat
OF soil upon these seeds until they are
sufficiently covered. The depth OF this
dressing depends upon the size OF the
seeds. the smaller the seeds. the more
shallow the dressing. This operation
works well especially for smaller seeds
such as lettuce and radishes when
broadcasting the seed Is desired.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09
GOVERNMENT AID FOR ROADS
Committee Of Congress Expected to
Make Favorable Report on
Highways Measure.

The question OF federal aid for good
roads looms large. A joint committee
Of the senate and house, with Senator
Bourne, Oregon (the father Of the
parcel post bill chairman, Is nov In
vestigating the entire subject with
every likelihood Of a report being sub
mitted favorable to the general pro-
ject. The main subject under inves-
tigation at present is the manner In
which federal aid when finally forth
coming shall be distributed, whether
to the states according to their popu-
their highways. In a recent magazine
article Senator Bourne expressed hirn-
self as favorable to plan which
shall combine all three of these ele-
ments, inasmuch as II would not be
fair to grant more aid to Rhode Island,
for instance. than to Iowa, although
the population Of the former state 10
much larger than that of the latter;
or more aid to Nevada, for instance.
than to Nebraska. although the former
state is much larger In area than the
latter; or to some state which has
already solved the good roads prob
lem by thousands Of miles Of good
roads. leaving a state with impossible
highways suffering because Of lack Of
the necessary aid.
With federal and and state aid both
imminent, an impetus is being given
to road building greater than ever
before. The statement Is made that
$780, 900 a day is being spent for good
roads in this country. but the general
consensus Of opinion is that until
within the last year or two results
commensurate with this immense ef-
penditure have not been secured
There is a feeling all over the country
that road building must be made as
systematic and as scientific as rail-
road building. hence the movement
for state highway commission with
plenary powers and scientific super
vision by expert engineers. Congress
has already appropriated S500,OO0 to
be distributed $4,000 to each state,
for improvement of stretches of road
over which rural free deliveries
operate regularly. The results of
this appropriation will 60 a long way
to show whether or not the federal
government will be justified In max
ing still greater appropriations and in
going still more extensively into this
important subject. The secretary of
agriculture and the postmaster-gen-
eral have both been ordered to loan
their influence to the investigation, to
the end that actual facts may be Sc
cured SO that road building may be
carried on In a practical manner.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09
MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE.
Conducted by Prof Frank g. Montgomery Animal
Husbundfy, and Special Investigator.

crops Of corn on the same land year
after year by sowing cowpeas in the
corn and rye in the fall for winter
cover crop with the addition Of acid
phosphate fertilizer.
About % of our farmers are spray
ing their orchards this year. As far
as ! know only three did so last
year. Next year a hundred or
more will spray and have good
marketable fruit IL they do their
work faithfully.
Many have pruned orchards and
vines this year who never did so
before. Pruning, spraying and Gull
tivalion Of the orchard are all nee
cssary for success.
Don't get in hurry and turn
ground when IL is wet.
How deep are you blowing this
spring? Set your clevis a couple Of
holes higher and go an inch or two
deeper than ever before.
Don't you wish you had plowed
last fall or winter so you would
have time to clean up the orchard
and do lot Of other things you will
have to neglect?
How glad the poor cattle are to
see spring coming with the green
grass. Will your COW have to wait
tlll Japan clover comes or have you
some good rye, orchard grass, blue
grass and clover? Raise twice as
many cowpeas This year and better
corn and you will be able TO put
up sIlo in few years and do bus
mess worth while.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09

A cottage garden averages less than
100 by $50 feet. some being less than
ten by ten feet. but seldom over an
acre. On a ten-by-ten-foot plot We
would not think Of raising any crops
such as potatoes, sweet corn or cab
bage. II would be more profitable to
raise a smaller and quicker crop, such
as lettuce, radishes, beans. peas and
some parsley for garnishing.
Sense OF Proportion Needed.
Such vegetables must be grown az
will be IN keeping with your plot and
your facilities. II you have small
plot, then you must plant such vege-
tables as require less room. As your
plot is larger, so you may plant pro
portionately those plants that require
more room
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09

fourth lettuce, followed by okra or half
peppers and half egg plants; the fifth
bush beans, and II the season permits.
both early and late: the sixth peas,
both early and late. IL season is good;
seventh onions sown thickly and
thinned out for fresh onions, leaving
some for dry onions, at 3 to 4 inches
apart. and the last row to butter beans.
Map for Larger Garden.
In a plot 100 by $50 feet the follow.
Ing vegetables may be grown: First
row, asparagus; second row, rhubarb
and horseradish, allowing feet be-
tween the first and second row; third
row. winter onions; fourth row, rad
ishes with onions; fifth row, lettuce
with caulifower; sixth row, beets;
seventh row, carrots, parsley and
satisfy; eighth row, string beans, both
early and late, II seasonable; ninth,
peas, both early and late, II season per.
mits; tenth. butter beans; eleventh,
okra; twelfth, peppers; thirteenth and
fourteenth, early tomatoes; fifteenth
and sixteenth, late tomatoes; seven.
teenth, early potatoes, followed by
turnips; eighteenth and nineteenth.
early potatoes, followed by late cab
bage; twentieth, early potatoes; TWEEN.
ty.first. early sweet corn and summer
squash (plant the squash every eighth
FOOT; twenty-second, early sweet
corn, and twenty-third. early sweet
corn and winter squash.
All rows except the first and second
should be four feet apart.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09

minor crime, then into the world OF
graft and gangs So-called reforma-
tories and prisons under the present
system operate to keep him there.
once he has been convicted.
The remedy is Fairgrounds. and
more Fairgrounds. Philadelphia 10 do
ing some work in this field. with its
recreation centers and Fairgrounds
and gymnasiums. But the work can
not now reach half OF those who need
H. Money spent for its extension is
a splendid investment. bearing inter
est In useful citizens rather than loaf
ers and lawbreakers
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09
GOOD R0AD-MAKING DEVICE
Machine Invented by Idaho Man 10
Simple In construetion-FiIis
Holes, Smoothing Road.

A road-making' device for road
building has been invented and pat
ented by Hugh G. Taylor Of Bull,
Idaho. The machine is simple in con-
struction; 1t is a drag constructed of
piece of sheet metal four feet long.
four inches wide by a quarter Of an
inch thick. says a writer in the West
ern Farmer. II is attached by means
of rods to either axle OF a wagon or
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09
KEEP BOYS OFF THE STREET
Authority on the Subject Points Out
How Fairgrounds Help to Develop
Useful Citizens.

Addressing a Philadelphia audience.
Ernest X Coulter. who can qualify as
an authority on child problems. de-
clared that more than half the cases
brought before the childrens court
grew out OF thwarted desire for play.
Very frequently the craving for ex.
element and adventure. which more
fortunate youths may crafty in ath-
letic contests. drive the street boy TO
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09
COTTAGE GARDEN
Possibilities
Money Saving Can Be Coupled
With Abundant Yield
of Pleasure
CROP SELECTION IMPORTANT

Many Beginners Disregard Limitations
In strainino After variety-Prosres-
sIve Harvest Of Vegetables 10 Pos
sibIe Where season is Watched and
Planting studied-Adviee on Putting
In Seed
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09

St Peters. Rome, was three and a
half centuries IN construction. and dur
Ing this time fortythree popes reignei
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09

First Things to BE Considered.
Health. beauty. and comfort stand
higher than do the rights OF Tie land
Speculation.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09
INTERNATIONAL
NJNDNSQlOOL
LESSON
(By r. O. SELLERS. Director Of Evening
Department. The Moody Bible Institute,
ChicagoD
LESSON FOR APRIL II
THE JOURNEY TO EMMAus.
Easter Lesson.)

LESSON TExT-Luke a:13-B
GOLDEN TEXT--who Ia he that shall
condemn IL - Christ Jesus that died.
yea rather. that was raised from tho
dead, who is at the right hand OF God.
who also maketh in:ercession for Us"
Rom. SA
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-06
Cattle Thieves Are
Sent to Prison

SIOUX FALLS, S. d., July 5.-(speciaL)
A gang of youthful cattle 'rustlers'
which operated In the northern part OF
Clark county all last winter and the
greater part of this spring has been et-
fectually broken up by the lodging OF
Otto Schmidt, aged 2l. in the Sioux Falls
penitentiary to serve a term of two years
on his plea of guilty to the charge OF
grand larceny.
His brother. Carl Schmidt. aged 16, who
also entered plea of guilty to the same
charge, was sentenced to the state reform
school at Plankinton for five years, or
until he reached the age of 81 Herman
Huebsch, another iself-confessed member
of the gang, was sentenced to term OF
one year in the Sioux Falls penitentiary,
but sentence was suspended during good
| behavior and upon his carrying out a
promise to pay by November /, 1914, TO
the clerk of courts of Clark county the
costs of his prosecution. amounting to
si1O, and the payment Of the additional
sum of $50 to Griffee g. Jones, whose
| cattle were stolen by the gang.
The stolen cattle were taken 10 the
hiding place OF the gang and cut up and
the meat taken to the village OF Crocker.
where it was in part divided with certain
persons and the surplus sold
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-06
Wilson Put in the
Class of Late Tom
Jeff by Navy Chief

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, July 5.-The
Administrations tariff, currency and an
ti-trust measures are the three declara-
tions of independence that will unfetter
American business life and make pos
sible an era of unprecedented prosperity.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, declared
in an independence day address here
The secretary, speaking before the Uni
versity of Virginia summer school. said
congress had during the last year. listened
to the peoples mandate, and the writing
of the three declarations had been the
concrete result.
When congress began writing its 'de-
claration Of independence against unjust
tariff taxation of the many for the benefit
of the favored few and it's declaration
against the money trust. there was a lion
in the path" the secretary said.
THAT lion was a pernicious and invis-
ible lobby Before any reforms could be
accomplished. before any pledge could be
kept, the lobby had to be uncovered and
destroyed. Woodrow Wilson has done
nothing that will free legislative bodies
from the mIasma that affects them equal
to his victory over the lobby, won in the
first days of his administration. That
fight not only destroyed the evil OF the
lobby, but ended the ability of selfish
interests to prevent the enactment of
other declarations of independence.
Characterizing Thomas jefferson as the
Original progressive" Secretary Daniels
said President Wilson, with the except
ton of Madison and Monroe, was more
like jefferson than any other man who
had occupied the White House.