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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-12

cross OF st, Andrew, and later with the
Of ST. Patrick, the very last 1ag to be sup
planted by the Stars and Stripes
'"The people of America, with growing contempt
for Old World flags, fabricated many of their
own. Some of these were very odd, and without
exception, all of them were very ugly. This was
true until 1920, when the Mayfower carried the
st. Georges cross but those stern old Puritans
protested against the use of the cross upon the
flag believing it to be sacrilegious and in every
way they could used other devices and designs,
only to bring down upon themselves the wrath
of the kings officers in the colonies. The first
evidence of this when a Mr.. EndicOtt, mu-
tinying against the cross, concluded to cut on
one end OF It, Roger Williams for some reason.
probably just To get whack at one whom he
disliked, complained of this The kings officers
took it up, and after long discussion, decided
that Mr. Endicott had been guilty of lese majestic,
although that term was not known in those days.
He was deposed from office and penalty i'm
posed that he should not hold office again for
one year, thus putting end to the flying of
any flag other than that bearing the st. George
Cross
For long time plain red flag was carried
by an organization called the Sons of Liberty.
Following this was blue flag with three cres-
cents, another with two and still another with
one. Washington himself in 1775 suggested
white flag with pine tree, and this Is only an
other proof that the story of Washingtons coat
of arms was false. About IT'S striped green
and yellow flag was carried by one OF the militia
companies. In. January, IT'S, the first red and
white-striped flag adopted. This was known
as the Cambridge flag, and consisted of 13 alter
nate red and white stripes, with the kings colors
then consisting of st. Andrews and St Georges
crosses blue field.
Later Colonel Gadsen proposed to congress
our first naval flag. This was great big yellow
flag, with snake coiled up in the center. It
hung over the head of the speaker for some years
and then went out of existence. Following this
came flags Of red and blue stripes, and red and
white stripes, each without field and each with
snakes in them. There we're pine tree flags
galore. There were flags with badgers, flags with
anchors; in fact, any old thing except st.
Georges cross seemed acceptable to the colonists
struggling for light in the darkness. In 1776 the
Rhode Island colony adopted a flag Of IL white
stars on blue field. This is the very first time
stars appeared In the flag.
From the date of the Declaration of indie
pendence and for year more afterward the
colonies used almost everything that flies In the
heavens or swims In the water or grows land
as a symbol for their flag Finally, bright
day in June, with no father and no mother, Old
Glory was born. There Is not word or record
Of any kind to show who designed the flag, who
presented the resolution, or how it ever got into
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-12

eagle in black for Germany, and Belgian lion
for Holland, the idea being to commemorate tne
countries from which the states had Deeh peopieu'
In addition it was intended to have three escutcn-
cons linked together by a chain, and each OF
these chains was to bear the initial OF eacn OF
the 10 Independent states. Then there was 10 pc
a Goddess Of Liberty in corselet and armor, WIN
spear and cap and shield OF the states, Win
goddess Of justice bearing sword in her right
hand and in her left balance In the corner
provision was made for the eagle of Providence
in triangle, with the motto e Pluribus Unum
On the other side of this unique seal was Pharaon
in open chariot, with cross and sword, pass
ing through the divided waters of the Red sea IN
pursuit Of the Israelites. Moses was there and
the pillar Of fire, with the motto Rebellion to
tyrants is obedience to God. This design was
not adopted.
I'm March, 1779, another committee was ap-
pointed, and the report they made, for great
seal worse than the first. On June f3, 1882,
however, a William Barty of Philadelphia pro-
posed practically the present coat of arms, which
finally adopted after being modified by an
other committee.
The story of John Paul Jones is intimately
associated with the story OF our first flag The
same congress that created the first flag APP
pointed John Paul Jones to command the Cont
mental ship Of Ranger at the same time.
When the flag prepared and the Ranger was
about to go forth her lonely adventure the
naval committee made the commander the first
official present Of the flag of the United States
The achievements of the Ranger are matter
OF the most stirring events of our history. All
the world knows how in 1777, Jones made such
gallant use OF the Ranger and kept the shores of
England and Scotland in constant terror.
The first military incident connected with the
flag occurred on August 2, 1777, when Lieu
tenants Bird and Grant invested Fort Stamwix.
The garrison without flag when the enemy
appeared, but the patriots supplied one very
much on the pattern just adopted by the CONT
mental congress. Shirts cut up to form
white stripes, bits Of scarlet cloth were joined
for the red, and the blue ground for the stars
was composed Of a cloth cloak belonging to Capt
Abraham Swartout, who then in the fort
Before sunset this curious mosaic standard, as
precious to the beleaguered garrison as the most
beautiful wrought flag of silk and needlework,
was floating over one of the bastions The siege
was raised on August %, but 1t is not known
what became of the improvised flag
In his statement to Governor Trumbull August
81 1777, of the occurrences at Fort Stamwix,
Colonel Willett mentions as one OF the results
of his sally. from the fort that he captured and
brought on five Of the enemy's colors, the whole
Of which, his return to the fort, were displayed
on the Flagstaff under the impromptu Continents
nag
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-12
GREAT DANGERS TO CHICKS
Chilling and Lice Cause More Loss 20
the PouItryman Than Any
Other Two Causes.
Ry w. E. vAPLoN, Poultryman, Colo
RADIO Agricultural Collegel

CBy W. E. VAPLON, Poultryman, Colo
RADIO Agricultural College.)
The greatest enemy of the chick,
and that which causes more loss than
any other one cause, is chilling; che
second enemy in Importance because
of amount of loss is lice; both lice and
chilling are the indirect cause OF bowel
troubles, because both sap the vitality
and life of the chick, making it impos-
sible for the little fellow to resist the
organisms of disease which are always
ready to attack it.
busting the setting hen helps, but
some lice are quite sure to escape, ann
can later be found on the head OF the
chick; rub a little dab Of lard on top
of the chicks head, getting it into the
down thoroughly, and you will get
these; repeat the dose in week. ana
if the hen is furnished good busting
place, the lice are not likely to give
any more trouble; but whenever you
see chick that seems unhappy eyes
closed, droopy, look for lice.
The brood coops should be- thorough
ly sprayed before using with some
coal tar preparation, sheep dip white
wash, or mixture of four parts coal
oil and one part crude carbolic aclo'
it pays to be ahead, and that explains
why so few Of us are making anything
on our poultry; we neglect these h'''o
things; because Of neglect disease
gets the start of us, we become olS,
couraged because of the losses anu
give up and blame our luck, when VII
the bad luck might have been pre-
vented by a little careful preparation,
Give the chicks clean place, Sli
the heat they can stand. keep tneM
free from vermin, and you can sal0u'
count them before they are ralseu'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-12
Front Elevation Of Poultry House.

used as entrances. Framed wire
screens, hinged on the west side, keen
the fowls in when the windows are
open.
Battens.-These are five-eighths bv
four inches, and are nailed securely
over the perpendicular joints of the
boards. Bats either one-half inch or
one inch in thickness may be used.
FIoor.-The house has an earth
floor, which is kept well covered with
litter. This is raked aside and the
ground spaded up, whenever desired,
for the fowls to scratch in. The
ground did not freeze beneath the
litter in the winter of 1909-1910
Division.-The house is divided into
two pens or compartments by cen
ter partition of boards and ruuslin.
as shown in the sketch.
Roosts and Nests.-The construc-
ton and arrangement of these are the
same as in the houses already de-
scribed and illustrated. The roof and
sides of the roosting chambers are
covered with several thicknesses Of
building paper, for winter protection.
The paper is removed in the spring..
Not fowl had a frosted comb in this
house in the winter Of 1909-191O.
GeneraI.-When treated with sew
eral coats of government whitewaah,
the house presents a neat appearance.
Thus far it has been very satisfactory;
and if one wants a cheap poultry
house it can be recommended as one
well adapted to Minnesota conditions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-12
USING INCUBATOR ON FARMS
Valuable Substitute for Hen ana oS"'
trary to Common Notion "a"
Be Easily Operated.

(By j. q. HALPIN, Wisconsin E~p'4'
ment Station) avn.
The better types of incuba1ors o.
rapidly finding a place upon gen0I 10
farms and in most cases proving 70 ~
advantageous in raising larger n ,.oh.
bers of sound, healthy chickens Nc, 10.
will be strong and nicely grown ~
fore hot weather comes and wen IN n
tured and laying before winter s0 nat
In addition to this, the fact 1 ~
many Of the modern farm breeu s.,c 10
poultry are more inclined to pIou q
eggs than to hatch them MAKES 20
more advisable for many farmers
purchase good, reliable incuoasol9 ling.
It is easier to keep hen l"s lid
than it is to start her laying ~ o goa..
weather. For this, if no otnei ,o1,l.
son. the modern incubator IS zoo.
able substitute. Contrary TO oner.
common notion it can be eaashy 1oss
ated by anyone who is more u
careful and methodicaL
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-12

through the Civil war and she nunhers among
ner relatives many OF the heroes Of hoth wars
MANY years ago Mrs Ball became convinced that
the real history Of flag was unknown She
determined to unravel the Tangled skoin and
give to posterity the true history and evolution
of the American flag
IL was suggested by early writer's that George
Wash1ngtons coat Of arms was the model for orr
nag OF today, said Mrs. Ball. These statements
are supported only by tradition and legend as
all my search has proved that Washington was
not egot1stical enough to present his coat of arms
TO the nation as model for its flag / have
delved into history as far as it is possible to GO
nave examined many manuscripts, and have
separated tradition and legend from facts and 1t
is my belief that Washington never thought Of
his coat of arms model for the flag In fact
there is grave doubt that Washington had any
thing to do with the designing Of the flag at all.
"A sentence from of Washington's own
letters seems to me to clinch this statement.
Sir Isaac Heard, an eminent writer Of the early
days. wrote to Washington concerning his coat
Of arms, which appears upon the doorway and
mantels of the old Washington manor house in
England. To this inquiry Washington replied
on May 2, 1922
This is subject to which confess / have
paid very little attention. The arms inclosed in
your letter are the same that are used by the
family here AS will be seen, this was a letter
written decade after the close of the Revolu-,
tionary war and nearly two decades after the
adoption OF the Stars and Stripes by the congress
of the United States. If Washington, at that late
date, had paid little attention to his coat of arms
he certainly paid less in his younger days, and
especially at time when he was surrounded by
enemies, Indignantly prosecuted by them, and
was naturally deeply engrossed in the army and
the preservation of the newborn nation do not
find in all of Washington's writings single allu-
sion by him of any of his contemporaries that his
coat of arms was used model for the flag.
The evolution of the flag gradual and IN
doubtedly grew out Of the desire of the people
who had come to this country to get away from
the tyranny of Old World monarchs. or course,
the first flag in this country was the red and yell
low flag of old Spain, brought over by Columbus.
The Cabots, with other discoveries OF England,
planted the cross Of ST. George up around New
foundland. Pedro RENAL, for the Portuguese,
planted the fve-spotted blue flag OF that then
great maritime nation. Henry Hudson coming
here for the Dutch, brought the yellow white and
blue flag, under which he sailed up the Hudson
river. This flag the flag OF the Dutch East
India company. These may be considered the
four discovery flags.
England dominated the country, and the Eng
lish colors really the last well as among
the first to dominate the destinies of the evolving
pation. The cyoss Of st. George with the added
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-12

By N. C. CHAPMAN. Minnesota Agri-
cultural College.)
The house described is cheap, COM
modious, comfortable, convenient and
clean. 1t gives sufficient floor room,
and ample air space, for from SO to
Is fowls, according to breed. Its
construction is such as to reduce to
minimum the time required to feed,
water and care for the fowls. All
the internal furnishings are movable;
all the crevices in the walls, etc., run
up and, down; thus the daily work of
cleaning is greatly facilitated and
complete disinfection made easy.
It's dimensions, IL by "a, are such as
to insure economy in material. 1t is
five feet high at the rear and seven
feet in front 1t can be put on post,
stone or cement foundation, with
either earth, wooden or cement floor,
as desired. The simple frame Of
two by fours is covered with well-sea-
soned pine boards, IL inches wide, set
up and down on all sides. The joints
are covered with battens fye-eighths
by four inches, well nailed on. Other
12-inch boards, covered with rubberoid,
form the roof
Material IL feet in length is used
throughout. The long sills, plates, CIR
ders and rafters are made by placing
two 12-foot pieces end to end and
joining by mailing a three-foot piece Of
scantling on the side.
Sides.-To construct the north side,
sill and plate we're laid on edge, five
feet apart on the ground, with the
girder laid f1atwise equidistant be-
tween them. twenty-five boards were
cut, five feet in length, and nailed as
closely as in laying a floor. One
board was left off at each end, for
convenience in making joints at the
corners.
The south side was put together in
the same manner, using only plate
and SILL and mailing thereupon the
requisite number Of seven-foot boards;
emitting the shorter boards which
were to come below the window. The
front and rear sections were then set
upon the foundation and stayed in
position.
End Frames.-The stills, cut to II
feet 2 inches in length were joined
to the longer sills by a short tie
nailed on top of both stills. The end
rafters, IL feet in length, on edge,
and notched at the ends to fit the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-12
End Elevation, Showing Partition Sep
arating the Two Pens.

arating the Two Pens.
plates, were nailed onto the 24-foot
plates. The girder on the west was
IL feet 6 inches long, while the one
on the east reached only to the door.
Rafters.-Three rafters, running
lengthwise Of the house, were cut to
% feet inches in length, and were
nailed to the end rafters at equal
distances apart. They were support
ed in the center by upright two by
tours, making frame for the center
partition,
Enclosing Ends.-In saving each
board to fit the pitch of the roof
1.-TWO inches to the foot), the shorter
piece was nailed at the lowest point
of the slope, and the longer one at the
highest Thus six boards IL feet in
length suficed to enclose each end.
On the east a door was made, three by
six, as indicated in end elevation.
Roof.-The roof was covered by "a
boards; the two outer ones being laid
flush with the ends, and all securely
nailed to the plates and rafters. A
four-inch cornice was then run around
the edges, flush with the roof, and
the rubberoid roofing brought down
to the lower edge Of the cornice, MAX
ing practically an alright roof. Di-
rections for putting on roofing accom-
pany every package.
Front.-The front has two sliding
windows and two fresh air" openings,
covered with wire netting of one-inch
mesh, and closed by frames three by
four feet, hinged at the top and COW
cred with muslin on the inside. A Sec
Ond muslin curtain is tackled at the
top of each frame, on the inside, and
can be let down when severe wealth
or demands. The windows contain
Is lights, each 10 inches by IL inches.
They slide to the east, and may be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-12
Az5ZyzR HazzDQvY Hz.Hz3T

the congress of the United
States. The fact is SIM
ply recorded as follows:
Resolved, That the flag
of the 13 United States be
IS stripes, alternate red
and white; that the Union
be Is stars, white In a
blue field, representing q
new constellation
so far as the vote Is
recorded in congress 1t
was unanimous, and that
is how the flag was born.
"About this time the
great seal of the United
States came into exist
ence. On July 4, 1776,
Benjamin FRANKLIN, JOIN
Adams and Thomas Jeffer-
son were appointed a COM
mittee to prepare devices
for a great seal OF the ma
ton. This committee re-
ported on August 10 of the
same year and recon-
mended a design to con-
sist of a rose of red and
white for England, a this
tie for Scotland. a heart
for ireland, a fleur-de-lis
for France, an imperial
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-12

to the oppressed of all lands The Union CLEANS
out through the world gigantic monument OF
freedom, and the lowly and prosecuted of all ma
tons have their eyes turned toward America with
the hope that some day they may reach the prom
ised land.
The American flag is the oldest flag among the
nations of today 1t antedates even the present
emblems of the ancient empires of China and ia
pan. The Star-Spangled Banner has history
Ike the flag of any other people, It is older than
the present flag of Great Britain which dates from
1901: it is older than the German empire standard
OF 1870; older than that of France-1794-or that
of Spain--1785.
The first legislative action of which there is
any record concerning the design and adoption of
a National flag taken in a resolution Of con-
gress at Philadelphia on June IA, 1775, but it
not until October November of that year that
a committee Of three-Benjamin Franklin, John
Adams and Roger Sherman-met in the old city Of
Cambridge and entered upon their duties. After
long elaboration, this committee adopted design
consisting of the kings colors-the crosses of St.
George and st. Andrew-with IS parallel horizontal
stripes, alternate red and white. A most strange
and unfortunate selection it would seem.
The flag was unfurled for the first time over the
camp of the Continental army at Cambridge, on
015
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-12

fehO GAO Ooy vi Jdl udI y,
1776. When the ensign
was first displayed at Cam
bridge, the British regu-
lars assumed 1t was in
tended as an indication Of
submission by the 10
states to the king, whose
speech had just been sent
to the Americans. The
comment of the British
Register of 1776 on the
new standard is interest
ing: "The rebels burned
the kings speech and
changed the flag from a
plain banner to one bear
ing 1S stripes, as a SYM
boil Of the number and
union of colonies"
Isabelle Worrell Ball is
the woman who made the
American flag her life's
study. She is the daugh-
ter of a veteran of the
Revolutionary war and
the founder of Flag day,
which is now observed all
over the country. Her IA
Their was Capt. James p.
Worrell. who served
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-23
Matty Pounded Hard in
First Inning by Cubs,
Who Gain a Com
handing Lead.

craA heave to head him of ne came
home.
There wGs little action in the rest OF
the game. Only one Giant saw third
base, and he made the trip in the hrst
inning. Snodgrsss was the explorer.
He received a bsse on balls. and went
all the way TO third while zimmerman
vas throwing out Doyle after re-
markGblc one-hGnd stop. The travels
Of Snodgrass we're curtailed when
Burns struck out and Fletcher fled to
Leach.
Larry Mclean did not reach the
grounds until 4 o'clock. He thinks
transportation conditions in New York
are abominablc. McGraw thrust him
into the game Immediately. With two
out in the seventh inning Merklc sin
glcd. and reached second when Leach
made d clean mutf of McLean's drive:
Merkle could easily have gone TO third
and perhaps further, but he evidently
forgot that two were down and waited
to see if Leach would make the catch.
Bescher batted for Matty and forced
Mclean, from Zimmerman to Corriden.
DaYev Robertson, who began his
major league debut like a Cobb, has
ceased the imitation. He struck out
three times yesterday, and twice he
did not even take swing at the last
ball. Cheney famed eight men in all.
The score follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-23
One RUN ENOUGH
FOR The TIP TOPS
With Tom Seaton in the
Box, Brooklyn Feds
Beat Kansas City.

Tom Scaton. the iron-armed star Of
the Brooklyn Tip Tops. won one of the
bitterest pitching dueIs Of his career,
against the Kansas City Packers at
Washington Park yesterday afternoon.
Seaton faced Nick Cullop, and while
the spois of victory were his, honors
rested with the visitor, six hits to
three. The score was to D.
Gov boy" Tom allowed six hits. They
were scattered hits, except in the third
inning. when a double and single were
punched to no effect. He was rarely in
any distress, and had the skill to ex-
tricate himself from any tight situa-
tons which arose. Alright fielding.
moreover. counted and he himself
handled his several chances perfectly.
Cullop in the main WAS even more
effective. He allowed only three safe
ties, but he had the misfortune to allow
two in the same inning. One of these
was double by Steve Evans, while the
other, a single By Westerzil sent Evans
across the plate with the lone run Of
the game. Seaton gave one base on
balls, Cuilop gave none.
Evans made a spectacular catch of a
line drive by Rawlings in the fifth in
ming.
The score follows: