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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

pens, or at least in such a position
that the surface drainage from all pos
sible sources OF animal and vegetable
contamination is away from the we'll.
The location should also be as far re-
moved from these sources as conven-
ience will permit.
To properly safeguard wells against
outside contamination first, all sources
OF contamination should be removed as
far as possible. If local conditions and
prices Will permit. 1t is good idea TO
provide impervious floors with water
tight drains for farm buildings and
stock pens. Under the same conditions,
concrete manure pits might we'll be
provided TO not only prevent the liquid
manure from polluting the neighboring
soil. but to save the manure. No gai :
bage, manure or rubbish should be
dumped into sinks or basins in the i'm
mediate neigh borhood. and these should
be fenced off and kept free from pol
Outing matter. The house should be
provided with some safe method OF
sewage disposal, while slops and gar
I,age from the Kitchen should be put
into tightly covered garbage cans and
disposed OF by burying III the fields,
burning or feeding to pigs The use
of privy vaults and teaching or over
flowing cesspools should lie absolutely
avoided. since they are likely to be
sources of the worst contamination.
Every farmer should become acQuaint-
ed with the various types of wells and
the best methods of protection. and the
we'll should he so protected as to ex-
clude filth from all those sources OF
contamination which il has been. i'm
possible to remove or have been over
looked.
In the selection, location and sink :
Ing of a well, IL is always q good idea
to consider permanence in addition to
safety. This viii depend on the kind
of well used. and one should be ac-
QUA inted with well types and methods
OF sinking. The well should penetrate
to levels below that of the ground :
water surface in the dryest seasons.
E,s Dug wells are generally circular ea-
cavations three to six feet In diameter
They are adapted to localities where
the water is near the surface, especial
Sly where 1t occu,/ In clayey material
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

dies OF old ago. The minute details
OF how the worm gets into tho ca bbage
heads and other vegetables can NOT
be gone Into here. but the worm IL
II well-known and well-recognized
member OF the animal Kingdom, and
is known not to possess any poison,
nor to be imbued with any unusual or
mysterious power or effec, s5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

cred. thu fruit is taken at once to the
packing shed, where 1t is graded and
packed. The most rigid standards
should characterize the asserting and
packing of grades. One misShapen,
soft or understood specimen may spoil
the whole package. Any deception,
either intentional or otherwise, in the
selling of the crop is sure at last to
bring loss.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19
Care of the Colt,. Feet.

Do not neglect to level the colts
feet when they are brought in from
pasture.
The feet may be worn uneven. es-
pecially IL the colts have been running
in stony pasture.
Nippers and rasp should be used.
IL this task Is neglected. the, colts
are liable to develop biemishes or be-
come crippled.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19
A Virginia Product.
VETCH AS A FERTILIZER

The greatest value of vetch lies in
its fertilizing powers, due to the fact
that. like other legumes. 1t is able to
use the free nitrogen of the air
through the aid of bacteria which
live In tho nouuleS on the roots When
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19
TYPES OF FARM WELLS
AND THEIR LOCATION

Types of deep md shallow wells.
Professor r. w. Truliinger writes to
The Times Dispatch as follows: The
farm we'll especially u shallow dug
we'll should be located somewhat above
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

There is no life more ideal than the
life of prosperous and liberal minded
farmer. There is no life more mar
row and more prison-likc than that of
the farmer who is both narrow minded
and short of money.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19
BRIEF NOTES THOUGHT
OUT BY THE WAYSlDE

To get good price for eggs they
must be clean as we'll as fresh, but no
one wants eggs that have been wash ed
They don't look right.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

The man who fails to profit by his
mistakes is losing one OF the best les
sons taught by experience.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

Let the boys take down and assem-
BILE all machinery on rainy days. They
will soon know more about 1t than
you do
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19
sEABoARD AIR LINE RAILWAY. J

Tho Progressive Hallway Of tho SOUTH
mond daily: 500 A. NJ. local to Soriina i:ts
r.. NJ, sleepsrs and coaches. Atlanta. Biz
m!ngham, jacksonville: ilp:t5 r. M, sleeper
to Hamlet and coaches TO Atlanta and Bir-
mlnGh1m: l2:i5 A NJ. sieepers. Atianth, Bir-
mingnain. aiemphis, Jacksonville, TAMPA.
and coaches jacksonville.
Northbound trains scheduled to arrive In
Richmond daily: SOS A NJ. 500 A. NJ 5:ay
t. NJ. 5:t5 Z. II. Local l1s+t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

A good orchard. we'll cared for, vii
pay better than any plat of ground o
it's size on the farm.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

1t is impossible to produce 100.
bushel crop of corn on ffty-bushel
land.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

Careful scientists tell us that IL all
the insect-eating birds were destroyed
the whole continent would, within three
years, become un.nhabitable by reason
thing,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19
Norfolk & Western RAILWAY

ONLY ALL RAIL LINE TO NORFOLK
Schedule In Effect May 10. 1914.
SsoMFoLk: 300 A NJ. $500 2, a.. .t:is
FOR LYNcHBuRa AID TaE. wEsT.
'6:!5.A. NJ. 1852 A. 81. $500 T.. NJ. .9.2) p. n.
Arrive Richmond from Norfolk: .n:is A.
81. e6:35 = 81, sl130 r. 81. From the west:i
,9:e5 a: 81. ts:lo p. NJ. fi:4o p. a. '6:oJ p,
Sally tDaily except Sunday Sunday
only
W 3. BEvILt, w. C. SAUNDERS.
+, :. r. 4, ~, ;,G Roanoke; q Pa. Roanoke.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

Pure air and plenty of It Is an ab
solute necessity for turkeys. They will
not bear confinement.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19
RAILROADS.
Chesapeake & Ohio RAILWAY

T:ls A. Local Daily Newport News 3
Z TAO Observation-Disclosures Ex sung
3 .Thnrmond. 81 49, 4o i 49, -
1900 A-Exprcss,-pai iy--Norfolk. Old Point.
1870 A.-Locai--Dai1y-I;ch6 q. Lex. C. sForrs
'l2:55 Noon /. Express = DAILY = Norfolk Old
Point..5 ~ y * a. lslH b 80 80
1900 P.-Express--Daily--rN orfoik.t Old Poin.
3 90 P.-Locai-Daily--N. News Old Point. :
5:is Pc Loeai-Ex Sun. Gordonsyllle.
,2:lQ p.-Exprcss-D aily-Cin.. Lyiiie
:s%S -Limited-Dniiy-Gin ch,go. st. L.
'll:oo p. -Express-Daily-Cin louisville.
! TRAINS ARRIVE RICIiMoNp-Locai from
East East 9:l5 4. a.; ga! $40 . 3; M Through from
from West: $3.50 A. N. '.i0:90 a. ii. and 7;t
r. M. Through: $3.50 "A. H.. 1880 noon and
$3.50 e. ST. ts ei'sse5 B s -
James River Line: $3.50, a. NJ. 500 p. Al
Daily. SIS. st 10 4. !,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

Strawberries do not need lime; In
fact they seem to thrive best on acid
soils. An experienced grower says he
finds that Strawberries do best for him
where he cannot start clover without
a heavy application OF lime.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

Special methods for Graduating
thistles are the growing of alfalfa, the
seeding down of fields to perennial
grasses, sailing the plants or apply
Ing gasoleHe or carbolic acid.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

Carefully pick and grade all apples
before putting them on the market.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

Modern farming is an occupation
which calls for the highest type OF
intelligence, pride and systematized in
dustry.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

responsiveness means not being
caught standing still when everybod,
else is moving.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19

ACCOMMODATION TRAlss-WEEKDAYs.
leave Byrd st. Sta. 400 P. N. fer Freaeriehsburs
LsaIo Eiba Sta. 30 A. n, g 30 p. n. for Ashland
Arrive BYRD 81. bta. 8.26 An. from Erclerfeksb'S
Arrive Eiba Sta. $50 Al, s<f Pm. from Ashland
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
It Means More Taxes.

Washington now collects $3144 TO,
every man, woman and child. Every
taxpayer wants reduction rather
than an increase. Yet practically ev.
cry one of the proposed initiative
measures means increased taxes, d.
rectly or indirectly
The proponents of No. s to abolish
employment agencies say it is cor
receive measure. For one minute
grant that it is. Those who vote for
this measure are naturally in favor of
free public employment agencies.
they would not leave the working pee
pie without medium to assist them
in procuring employment. Abolishing
employment agencies-the good with
the bad-means that the state will
have to carry on the work.
On the basis of Illinois experience,
18th annual report, pages IS, it will
cost the state of Washington not less
than S250,000.00 to do the work now
done by the employment agencies. H.
lnois maintains a number of free en-
ployment agencies and it cost II cents
for each position or job secured, and
yet by the official report the fee agen-
cies do SO per cent of the business.
Unless you are prepared for in
creased taxes you will vote NO on In
itiative No. s.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
Elimination by Taxation.

An authority says: when we want
to limit the supply of something we
don't like, without altogether abolish
ing it, we tax it.
"In every case the tax, unless evad-
ed, has the desired effect" Those
whose special business it seems to
fight all industries of Washington
have proposed a burdensome tax I'M
der the alluring and misleading title
of First Aid" 1t is embodied in Ini-
tiative Measure No. 8. The tax it i'm
poses is unlimited and may reach
enormous sums, but we do know that
it's provisions would cost the manu-
facturer of Washington $2SS more
than similar case would in Michigan,
and 1913 more than in Massachusetts.
1t is a dangerous measure, proposed
by men who know nothing of the sub.
ject. Further than this it would stop
the work of industrial experts who
have devoted several years to investi-
cation of this very complex subject
with a view to presenting fair and
sensible measure to the legislature Of
1915. A pretty safe way is to vote
against all of the initiative measures
that affect the industries of Washing
ton.
Everybody should vote to reduce
taxation burdens, rather than increase
them.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
WHY TAKE A
MsKESHIF7?
When Capable People Are
Framing a Fair Deal
Measure.

Initiative Measure No. g. known as
the First Aid is a drastic measure
and every manufacturer and lumber
man in Washington who has given it
any investigation denounces it as un-
fair and as burden which the manu-
facturer and the industry of Washing
ton can hardly bear. The principle OF
First Aid" is good, but this particular
measure invites chicanery and penal
ICES the employer on an average OF
$3.50 more than is provided by similar
laws in any state in the Union and
$3.50 more than in the state of Massa-
chusetts, which has an average law.
The Industrial Insurance Commits
sion of Washington, which is strongly
in favor of the First Aid" principle
asked the Legislature of 1913 to lay
the matter over for two years until
they might investigate this complex
problem in other states and in foreign
countries and be armed with suffici-
ent data at the Session of 1915 to pro-
This investigation has been carried on
conscientiously by not only the In.
dustrial Insurance Commission, but by
numerous other interested people, and
there is no question but what the Leg
islature will take this matter up and
pass a law based upon the experience
of other states and countries and one
that will be fair to both the employer
and employee.
The adoption of this crude measure
is but the first step in this sort Of leg
islation. The next will be, il the ad-
vocates succeed, to place every sort
of labor, farm, store and household,
under this law just as being now at.
tempted by the proponents Of the
eight.hOur measure.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
$250,OOO WORTH
What the Taxpayers Assume in Voting
Fer No. 8.

Initiative Measure No. is for the
abolishing of Employment Agencies.
A great many people are thoughtlessly
accepting this as good measure with
out giving any considerati ton to the
fact that should this law pass, the
functions now performed by the pri-
vate agent would have to be taken
over by the state and upon the basis
of Illinois experience for 1913, as
shown on page 2 of the 18th Annual
Report of Labor Statistics, Illinois
Free Office, it would cost in excess of
$25O,000 per year for the state to in
any way attempt to perform the work
now done by the employment agen-
cies. This money would have to be
provided by taxation. Added to this
is the fact that under the present sys-
tenn employment agents in Seattle,
for instance, are under cash bond
of $1,000, each license is separately
granted by vote of the Council and
they are under rigid inspection. This
bill is sample of one that the aver
age person accepts as being a pretty
good idea and fails to investigate it
thoroughly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
NO MAN HIS OWN MASTER
Everybody Fears the Law Against
Work, Except the Lazy Man.

Initiative Measure No. 13 is the com.
pulsory Eight-Hour Law, which ap-
plies to every sort of help and pro-
vides:
ut shall be unlawful for any person,
corporation, company or joint stock
association to cause, require or per-
nit any male or female employee in
his, her, or its employ to work more
than eight hours during any day of
twenty-four hours, nor more than for
ty-eight hours during any week of sew
en- days"
This law applying to domestic help
in the household, to skilled and un-
skilled labor alike, denying to every
person the right to market their labor
to the best advantage, needs little
comment, other than to call the at
tention of voters to it's provisions.
Interviews with men engaged in ev-
cry sort of business, farmers, mer-
chants, anufacturers-agree that
such a drastic measure would do three
things:
Increase the cost of production and
consequently the cost of living.
Decrease every mans earnings
whose hours are decreased.
Prevent the Washington farm fac
tory, lumberman and Gamer from com.
peting in the open markets of the
world.
Take from the employee the right
to realize the most from his labor;
rob his family of comforts by increas
ing his expenses.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
Hurting Big Business.

Those who claim the initiative
measures are directed at "big bust
ness" have not stopped to think that
big business" is never hurt that little
business is not crippled.
Suppose numbering is the "big bus
mess" of community Does anyone
imagine that numbering can be ham,
pered without hurting the dozens of
small business enterprises of that
community?
There are numerous communities in
Washington that will today prove this
statement. The little business man
is nightly interested in the defeat of
any measure that will hurt the big in.
dustry of his town. That is why bus
mess men generally, farmers and pro-
ducers, are opposed to Initiative Meas
ure No. 8, (The First Add and No. 13,
the Compulsory Eight-Hour Law.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
Abusing a Good Principle.

Very many real friends of the init
alive principle propose to vote against
all of the Seven Sisters" and the COM
pulsory Eight-Hour Law, for the one
reason that they believe the law is be-
fng seriously abused by the initiation
of unnecessary and harmful laws that
win disturb industrial conditions and
increase taxation. People represent
ing no property, no organization, no
potent factor in either property or Ia
Dor, have framed bewildering mass
of laws, regulating everybody and ev.
.erything except taxes. Washington
has reached that stage where non-tax-
payers are proposing and urging tax
legislation.
Friends of the initiative principle
are alarmed at the use to which it is
being put.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
Victor Huqo's Prophecy.

This is what the inspired eyes Of Vic.
tor Hugo saw when the book Of the
future opened at his touch:
THE day will come when the only
battlefield will be the market open to
commerce and the mind opening to
new ideas. A day will come when a
cannon will be exhibited in public mu-
seums, just as an instrument of tor
ture is now. and people will be aston
ished how such thing could have
been. A day will come when these
two immense groups. the United States
of America and the united states OF
Europe shall be seen placed in pres
ence of each other extending the hand
of fellowship across the ocean,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
False Economy.

They tell a story about country lad
who went to New York and tried for
a job on the police force. He passed
the physical tests hands down, but the
written examinations gave him a lit
tie trouble. One Of the questions was
"a man buys an article for $12.25 and
sells it for 1915. Does he gain or lose
on the transaction" After bordering
over the question our rural friend FINAL
~ answered in this way: HE gains on
the cents. but loses on the dollars. -
BOSTON ADV ertiser.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
Lure Of the Opera.

The music Of operas always has
been and always will be the lure
Of its millions of patrons; the sing
ing. too. is frequently brilliant and
perfect, but the presentment Of scenes
from life upon the stage where every
thing, however commonplace and
banal, is sung, however beautifully.
will always sadden the soul by the
very impossibility and inappropriate
ness Of the spectacle. Fat tenors and
sopranos expire in fights Of high
notes. choruses express various quite
unnecessary sentiments with what vo-
cal skill they may, and the average
person who likes music and little
logic. too. is thrown into ecstasies Of
wonderment.-Music Standard.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16

Contentment is the pearl Of great
price. Few persons are satisfied with
their lot No matter If they have plenty
of work and good wages. they envy
some one else who is doing better. The
boy with the toy cart envies the lad
with the bicycle. and the latter looks
with cOvetous eyes on every mOtorcar
that passes by. So it goes everywhere
The poor envy the rich. and the rich
ditions the preacher Of a gospel Of
envy finds it easy to gather a c0ngre-
gation.-Leslie's Weekly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
Peruvian Sugar.

The enormous production Of sugar
cane to the acre is one of the surprises
Of Peru. Where it is grown the land
is level and planting is an easy mat
ter. When the cane reaches the height
Of two feet further attention in regard
to cultivation is said to be unnecessary.
and in from eighteen to twenty-four
months maturity Is reached. That the
growth is luxurious may be seen from
the fact that an average crop Of forty
rons an acre is obtained. while sixty
and even seventy tons is not uncom-
mon. In other sugar growing coun-
tries, including Cuba, twenty-five tons
per acre are considered good aver.
age according to sugar experts.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
$1,639,669.Os
Net gain for Taxpayers
through work of Bu-

Net gain Tor Taxpayers
through work of Bu-
ISdu ~, 41S, 4fS.
The bill proposes to place upon one
office, now overburdened, this added
task and ask him to perform it with
three clerks. who are to be paid less
than the average bookkeeper receives.
Initiative No. Z, invites fraud, care
lessness and illegally in public Of.
fices Of Washington and provides no
adequate check on public money or
official conduct. The taxpayer who
demands economy and efficiency in Of.
ficials will vote this measure down
emphatically.
The Taxpayers Association Of Ia.
coma in its official statement said:
For every dollar that the Bureau has
cost in Pierce County the members of
this Association pay more than half.
This association devotes all it's time
to the problems of reducing taxes"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY PLATFORM

1.-THE democrats of Chehalis county,
n convention assembled. renew our
faith in the principles of democracy
as enunciated by Thomas Jefferson
and as more recently interpreted by
President Woodrow Wilson.
I'VE congratulate the country up
on the achievements Of the national
administration. which has brought
about more beneficial constructive leg.
tslation in the past is months than
was accomplished by republican ad.
ministrations in 16 years.
I'VE point with pride to the REQ
ord Of Governor Ernest Lister In
striving to reduce the burden of tax
alton in the state Of Washington.
whose judicious use Of the veto pow.
or has prevented the addition Of un-
necessary burdens Of taxes upon the
people Of the state.
I'VE favor the calling of . con-
stitutional convention for the purpose
Of Incorporating recognized progress
i've principles into the fundamental
law of the state.
I'VE favor the non-partisan elec-
ton Of county and city officials.
I'VE favor a secret primary ballot.
similar to the ballot used at the gen.
eral elections.
I'VE pledge our legislative candi-
dates to support Governor Lister in
his efforts to keep appropriations
within reasonable limits and to re-
lieve the state from the injurious
stigma Of being Tax Ridden
eve pledge our candidates for
county offices to the strictest econ
omy compatible with efficient SER
vice and to continue the efforts to
secure and maintain an equitable
rate Of taxation upon all classes Of
property as required by law"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
A Whistler Story.

While a craftsman in the coast sur
vey from November. 1854, to February.
1855. Whistler. the artist. boarded at
the northeast corner of E and Twelfth
streets. Washington. He is remem-
bered as being usually late for break.
fast and always making sketches on
the walls. To the demonstrating land
lord he replied:
Now. now. never mind! I'll not
charge you anything for the decora-
TONS"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
Scientific Research,

Philip. who had received as birth.
day present a beautiful new micro
scope. presently astounded the cook
with the exclamation. Hey, cook, lend
me flea. will you? I'll give it you
back in three minutes.'-London Tele.
graph.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
fhat'a So.

Patience-She says she hates to see
her children grow up. Patrlce-Of
course she does. Then she'll have to
pay full fare for them.-Y onkers States.
man
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16
Puzzled.

Parke-Is your house insured against
fire? Lane-l don't know. I've just
heen reading over the insurance policy.
Life
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16

II you think you are wise take day
of and observe how little people care
about your wisdom.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-10-16

A convention of hoboes has condemn.
I'd war That Is to say. they put It In
the same class rs work.