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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-05-28
KEEP CHICKENS IN GARDEN
They Eat Innumerable Insects and
Tiny Legs and Bills Do No Harm
to Growing Plants.

Chickens will do no harm but a large
amount Of good to the garden when
the broods are but a few weeks old.
They eat innumerable insects, and
their tiny legs and bills do no harm to
the young plants and it is an easy
matter to fence them from the few
beds and rows that they may injure.
Have a long. narrow, wire covered
run to attach by hooks to the coop
The coop and the run can be set
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-05-28

. THE firing line in central Mexico.
in peril from canno fire and mus
kerry, stands the oldest living thing
In the world-the famous cypress in
the churchyard of the village of
Santa Maria del Tule, in the intend
ancy of Oaxaca, two and a half
leagues east of that city. The dis
turbances In Mexico have postponed
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-05-28

curtsying with a natural grace that dehes even
exhaustion.
They have learned the dance. maybe. on the
bare boards OF a single room where they live.
sleep and eat, and to that room they will return
when the last Of the crowd has gone. Wet. tired
and hungry. they will sleep heaven knows how
or where. and their chance OF supper depends
upon the success Of their dancing. This is Sack
VILE street. the finest thoroughfare in Ireland
London Mail.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-05-28
OLD CHURCH is RESTORED
DEL, Resumes Position Among
Places Of Worship.

Dover. Del. - Christ Episcopal
church, one of the oldest colonial
church edifces in the United States.
has been restored to its condition of
the seventeenth century, when Epis-
copalians of the East made pilgrim
ages to worship within its walls.
Situated amid beautiful greenery,
the church Of quaint structure revels
in historic lore. At one side, In a
graveyard, lie dozens Of men and
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-05-28
SUCCESS IN SQUAD RAISING
Filth and Nests Renewed often
Rules for Killing.
CBy ALTER B. EUTz.)

In SQuaD raising sanitary cOnQlllOnS
have much to do with success We
do not advocate running through the
plant all the time looking for filth.
The manure from a pigeon pen is
worth about sixty cents a bushel as
fertilizer. In cleaning two rounds are
made of all the pens. In the first the
manure is all gathered, care being
taken to keep it as free from feathers
and tobacco stems as possible. 1t
should then be bagged up and sent
away. On the second round the nest
and all are cleaned and the floor thor
oughly swept.
Where the squads are very young
or there are eggs the nest must not be
disturbed. If a nest has squads in 1t
old enough to get along by themselves
the nest is cleaned out and a handful
of tobacco stems arranged in it again
and the squads replaced.
After a thorough sweeping spray the
inside of the pens covering every crack
and crevice with a solution of n part
carbolic acid and two parts water.
There should be regular days for
killing. Before feeding in the morn
ing every SQUAD of the size fit to kill
should be gathered up and taken to
the killing room. If any of the birds
have a little feed left in their crops
make an incision with a sharp knife
and wash the crop clean.
AS a rule squads are ready to dress
at Jour weeks old, but some parents do
not care for their birds as we'll as
others and their squads will therefore
take a few days longer to mature.
If the breast is we'll filled out and the
feathers under the wings have started
to break open and split at the points
the SQUAD is ready for market.
The wings of each squad should be
locked behind 1t by crossing them
twice and the bird hung by the feet
head downward, between two nails
driven closely together. A sharp
pointed knife inserted in the mouth
up to the base of the skull severs the
jugular vein and the squad quickly
bleeds to death.
The bird must be thoroughly bled be
fore picking or else the blood will con
geal in spots under the skin where the
hands of the picker touches it and the
bird will become clustered" as the
breeders term it and its value greatly
reduced.
Wing and tail feathers should be
pulled first, then the neck, back and
breast, care being taken not to teal
the skin anywhere as torn squads spoil
the appearance of a shipment. L..
After picking the bird it should be
allowed to cool in ordinary cool water
for half an hour or more. 1t mus
then be thoroughly washed. the croI
cleaned out, and placed in a tub of ic'
water until frozen; then it is ready
for packing.
Pack in a clean box or barrel. Line
the sides and bottom with clean white
paper. In the bottom place a layer O
two inches of ice, then a layer o.
squads, then another layer of one incl
of ice, alternating until within si'
inches Of the top and the remaining
space should be filled with ice.
Place clean white paper over the
top and cover with burlap, mailing |
firmly to the barrel.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-05-28
Coop in cornfield.

1~engthwise between the rows-espe-
clally the rows of corn-as suggested
" the cut. The hen can be given the
use of the run or both chicks and hen
can be confined to it. even when the
chicks are very young, by using inch
mesh of the netting. Such methods
Nill add a great deal of fertility and
Aelp keep down the weeds and insects
besides growing a fine crop of chick
ans.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-05-28

To set a hen with scaly legs, OF
18th mites or lice on her, is inviting
eisaster-and there is no need OF 1t
PIP the scaly legs up 20 the festh'
RS In kerosene and the cause Of tbs
Eales will be no more.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-05-28
CXR2<JJ Ct oEzTZN N2H del ZZZk-

hopes to find a mayor Of more scientific sympathy.
He is awaiting now a cessation Of revolutionary
troubles in Oaxaca.
Prof. Alpbonse de Candolle, an il~lustrious botan-
list, calculated that the Santa Maria del Tule cy-
press might be 5000 years old. Prof Asa Gray.
under one computation. estimated that 1t might
be 5,124 years old, and named It the Nestor OF
the cypress race, IL not OF the whole vegetable
kingdom"
Both these computations would make the Mexi-
can cypress older by from 1000 TO 1000 years
than the giant sequoia tree OF California In the
bole Of which John Muir. the famous ~geologist and
archeologist, counted more than 1000 rings. The
sequoias, however, being trees OF more rapid
growth, greatly surpass the cypress in height
In Louisiana, according to Dr.. Won Schrenk. are
cypress trees which were 500 years old when Jesus
was horn at Bethlehem. Some Of these are in the
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-05-28
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thing he pos
sessed was at the
disposition of the
distin g 1 s b e d
United States Of
fetal. But touch
ID e tire 9 b g
&ould not.
S o Dr.. V o n
S C b T e n k W a 8
compelled to con-
tent himself with
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18
EIGHT IN AUTOS KILLED
Six Persons in One Car Die When Hit
by Pennsylvania Passenger
Train in Indiana.

Scottsburg, Ind, Sept. 11.-Six per-
sons were killed at Austin, about four
miles from here, when their auto was
struck by a Pennsylvania passenger
train. The dead are: Ellsworth Belch,
fifty, Dalton, KY; Mrs. Ellsworth
Belch, Miss Amelia Belch. twenty. a
daughter; Mrs. Mary Belch, sixty, Aus
tin, relative of Ellsworth Belch; Beu-
lah Robbins, fourteen. Austin; Laura
Truleek, twelve, Austin. The engine
of the auto went dead while the ma
chine was on the railroad track, ac-
cording to bystanders. The engineer
made every effort to stop his train
without avail.
Danville, Ill, Sept. Hilary Bird.
prominent business man of Ann Arbor,
Mich, t~hirty-seven, and Stella, his
wife, thirty-three, were instantly killed
one mile south of Yeddo, Ind, when
their heavy touring a driven by
Bird left the pike and turned over at
the bottom of a six-foot embankment.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18
PLAN TO TAX FREIGHT
WAYS AND MEANS BODY AGREES
ON REVENUE BILL.
Beer and Wine Also to Help Make
Up Deficit Caused by the
European War.

Washington, Sept. 12.-Taxation on
beer. wine and railroad freight in
transit will be provided in the mer
gency evenu bill, according to an
agreement reached by the Democratic
members of the ways and means com.
mittee.
President Wilson finally agreed to
accept a tax on freight, to which he
had made a previous objection.
The Democrats plan to raise $685..
100000 by an additional tax of so cents
a barrel on beer, making a total OF
$3.50 a barrel.
They plan to raise $4,000, 900 addi-
tional by a tax of 20 cents a gallon on
wines and $65,000, 900 by a tax on
freight in transit, the tax to be three
per cent of the freight bill.
These items, it Is estimated, will
raise slightly more than the 500. 900;
600 necessary for emergency revenue
purposes.
Following their agreement, members
of the committee telephoned the White
House and were informed that the
president would accept the bill as pro-
posed by the house committee. The
bill will be introduced by Chairman
Underwood.
Chairman Underwood said that the
tax on freight would be collected by
the railroads when they collect the
freight bills, and instead of collecting
a bill of 81 the railroads will take
$1.03. For the expense of collection
the railroads are to be allowed one
per cent of the amount actually col
lected; that is, for collecting 500 in
internal revenue taxes, the railroad
will receive 81 for its trouble, and the
government will get 500.
THE tax will be easily collected
said Underwood, "and will hardly be
felt. A merchant with freight bills Of
$4,000 will pay a tax of $500, but the
volume OF business represented by
10000 in freight bills would approx
mate more than a million dollars, sc
the $500 tax would be spread very
thinly over a wide area and large mum
Der of persons"
The tax on domestic wines will fall
solely upon the manufacturers and moi
On wines made for home consumption
nor on wines already stored in cellars
of the consumers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES

Montpelier, vt, Sept. 10.-Senator
William P. Dillingham; was unani-
niously nominated for United States
senator at the Republican state con-
vention in session here.
Lawrence. L. l., Sept. 9.-Mrs. Rus.
sell Sage celebrated her eighty-sixth
birthday. No special observance
marked the day as Mrs. Sage has not
been in her accustomed health re-
Gently.
While suffering from no malady, the
aged philanthropist is constantly un-
der the care of physicians to ward of
the infirmities Of age.
Paris, Sept. ga Havas agency
dispatch from Zurich, Switzerland,
says that the newspapers there an
nounce that Germany has rejected
Austria's request for a loan and that
the bankers have taken similar ac-
ton.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18
BENNETT WEEDS BARONESS
Proprietor of New York Herald WEEDS
Widow Of George de Ruter
la Paris.

Paris, Sept. 11.-Baroness George
de Reuter- and James Gordon Bennett,
proprietor Of the New York Herald,
we're married here. The civil service
was performed at the city hall at the
sixteenth reimbursement and was fol-
lowed by the religious service at the
American Protestant Episcopal
church. Rev. Samuel N. Watson off,
ciated.
The witnesses for the baroness were
viscount Breteuil and Duke de Cam
astra of Italy. The bridegroom's wit
nesses were the American ambassa-
dor, Myron T. Herrick, and DIR. Albert
Robert. The baroness was formerly
Miss Maud Potter, daughter of John
Potter of Philadelphia. Her former
husband was a brother of Baron Her
bert de Reuter-. managing director Of
Reuters Telegraph company of Lon
don. He died November %, 1909. Mr..
Bennett was baptized by Rev. Watson
in the church before he was married.
MI. Bennett is seventy-three years
old. This is his first marriage.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18

L
At a recent meeting held at a South
side church for the purpose of pro-
testing against the advance in food
prices a woman took exception to
some things which had been said
about the wastefulness Of wcmcn IN
the kitchen and their disposition to
serve expensive foodstuffs. The wcm-
an was a ~heavy-set. elderly matron.
and she made a strong plea on behalf
Of the housewives.
The women she said, edo not set
expensive tables for themselves. They
would be satisfied to eat simple food.
It is for the benefit OF the mon that
they get up elaborate meals. Why,
most women When their hus5ands are
away get UP the simplest kind OF
meals for themselves. When my bus
bard is away I ofte. cat --.h1 b.
a piece OF bread AID bulte- I'd 80
potatoes. 1t is not the wcmen who
desire to Ell up on expensive foods"
The speaker SGT down Ehile LOUD
applause came frorl The INT
That was a coed Speech" a male
member of the congregation conn
nented, addressing the chairman. But
it would have come more appropri-
ately from a thin Observation-Disclosures
lis News. esvs
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18
TIMELY HINTS
FOR FARMERS USE
Handle All Fruits GentIy-SoWs
Pay Well on Money Invested
Raise More capons.

Never throw fruit of any kind into
a basket or box. Lay it in gently.
Fifty. dollars invested in two good
sows will earn five times as much as
the money would in interest on a mort
gage.
The man who works himself to
death commits suicide in the most
painful way and dies owing/a debt
his estate will never be able to pay.
Don't overlook the fact that n of
the fastest and surest ways in the
dairy to make money is to keep al
ways wedding out the poorest milk
ers and badly doing cows.
Science has discovered that the
white ant lays $4,000 eggs a month.
A fortune awaits the genius who can
cross the white ant with the Plymouth
Rock hen.
Take a lot of straw from that old
straw stack to the barn for bedding;
it will improve the bedding; it will
improve the N wonderfully.
which is so valuable to the land.
The man who keeps his nose on
the grindstone" seldom gets rich. He
may accumulate a lot of money if
he lives long enough. but mere money
does not mean riches in the things
that make people happy.
That more capons are not raised is
practically due to the fact that few
people like the operation necessary to
produce them. However. this is quick
ly learned and easily performed. and
capons are big money producers.
1t is a poor system of feedisg that
does not provide an abundance Of
roughage. The experimental farms
and agricultural colleges have shown
that a great success in the economi-
cal production of beef consists in utii-
izing corn stover, alfalfa and clover
in connection with the grain foods
used in f~attening.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18
WHEAT CROP LARGE
TOTAL PRODUCTION OF CEREAL
WILL REACH ~ss6,ooo,ooo
BUSHELS.
REPORTING BOARD ESTIMATE
Department of Agriculture Issues Its
Totals for September I on Condi-
tions and Production of United
States Crop.

Washington, Sept. 10.-The crop re-
porting board, department of agricul-
ture, made the following estimates of
the condition and production of the
crops on September l.
Winter wheat, preliminary estimate.
yield per acre, 1911 bushels; five year
average, 1876 bushels; total produc-
ton, SIS, 900, 900 bushels; August fore
cast, 675,000,000 bushels; 1913. final,
523, 100000 bushels.
Spring wheat = Condition Sept. 1,
&c; last year, 1858; yield per acre, 12.2
bushels; five yea average, 1873 bush
els; total production, 221, 600, 900 bush
els; August forecast, 236, 000, 900 bush
els; 1913 final, 100000 600 bushels.
All wheat Yield, per acre, 1873
bushels; five year average, 14.7 bush
els; total production, 100000, 900 bush
els; August forecast, 1000, 900 bush
els; 1913 final, 763. 900, 900 bushels.
Price, Sept. 1, 93.3 cents; last year,
I'll cents.
Corn-Condition, Sept. l, I'll: last
year, 65.1; yield per acre, 24.9 bush
els: five e average. 2S.9 bushels;
August forecast, 1854, 600, 900 bushels;
1913 final, 2,447, 900, 600 bushels.
Price, Sept. l., 61.5 cents; last year,
75.4 cents.
Oats-Condition. Sept. 1, 75.s; last
year, TAO; yield per acre. POI bush
els; five year average, 1916 bushels;
total production, Lis, 900. 900 bushels;
1913 final. 1.122,0 900, 600.
Price. Sept. l, 42.3; last year, 3s.s
cents.
Barley - Condition, Sept. 1, s2.4;
last year, 1874; yield, per acre, 20.s
bushels; five year average, 1913 bush
els; August forecast, 203, Oo0. 900 bush
els; 1913 final, ITS, 000, 900 bushels.
Price, Sept. 1, 52.5 cents; last year
55.2 cents.
Rye-Preliminary estimate yield pei
acre, 1913 bushels; five year average
1S.1 bushels; total, 43, 0oO, 900; Angus
forecast, 5000, 900; 1913 final. $1,000.
900.
Price, Sept. 1. 1874 cents; last year
SO cents.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18
BUILDERS OF CANAL H0NoRED
House Passes Bill Extending the
Thanks of Congress to Colonel Goe-
thais and His Associates.

Washington, Sept. 9.-The house
unanimously passed a bill extending
the thanks Of congress to Col. George
w. Goethals and his associates in the
construction Of the Panama canal,
Brig. Gen. William c. Gorgas. Col. H.
F. Hodges, Lieut.. Col. William L. Sic.
bert and Commander H. H. Rousseau.
The bill advances Colonel Goethals to
the rank of major general of the line
and General Gorgas to the rank of ma
ior general of the medical department.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18
EXCELLENT HINTS
FOR FALL GARDEN
Select Seed for Sweet Corn From
Growing Plant-SoW Spin
ach During September.

Select your seed sweet orn from
the growing plant, noting not only
the size and evenness of the ears and
grains, but the number produced on the
stalks. Turn the husks back. using
them to braid the ears together. You
then have a convenient package for
hanging up to dry.
Keep the hoe going in the oabbages
and caulifosyers and celery. These
do well wnen the nights are coel.
Winter onions for punching next
spring may lie planted now.
Sow spinach in September for the
early spring market.
Select only the best seeds CT every
thing and tie up in bags and label.
Cut all the old wood of the black
cap raspberries and blackberries.
Should have done this a little earlier
but not too late.
Potatoes should be handled as
gently as apples, as bruises cause de-
cay.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18
HARVESTING Ensilare cron.

Fer crops like clover. millet or
grass the early ~blossoniEg period
seems to give the best grade of sill
age. In the case of corr it is we'll to
allow it to stand until the kernels are
fairly we'll glazed, but not to allow
the grain to become hard. II the corn
is allowed to ripen, there is danger
that the fodder will not pack sufl-
GENTLY close to exclude the air, while
the hard grain may not be readily d.
gested by the animal.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18

- q d1s-| -~-T : ~ NJ
Round-the-Wcrld Teiepncnc.

A distinguished French Engineer.
says the Temps, has invented a sys-
TEN Of telephone relays which will en-
able the human v~oice~to be carried
from one end Of the world to the other.
The inventor. who has already to his
credit some Of the finest discoveries
in the domain Of electricity, hopes that
by extending the use of re enforcing
currents, it will be possible rot only to
beat all records, as the A~.nericans
promise to do at the opening of the
Panama Pacific exposition By speaking
from New York to San Frsncisco.
more $500 miles apart, but to con
verse between Paris and Cape Town
The present record in long distance
tclephoning in Europe by overhead
wires is between 1000 and 1,l09 miles.
In America, by employing underground
cables, it is possible to telephone from
New York to Denver. a distance OF
1850 miles.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18
Record Coal Output.

The total production of coal In the
United States in 1913. according to
the figures collected by Edward w.
Parker, statistician of the geological
survey, was 5T0.04S.12s short tons.
This is S5,5S1,5 45 tons more than in
1912. and is the largest output ever
reported. Coal was mined in 20 states.
nearly all of them showing gains over
the previous year. About As per cent
Of the total came from Pennsylvania.
-Coi,ier's Weekly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18
MADE MAlDENS GIGGlE
s. s. MCCLURE NOT A GuccEss As
AN ORATOR.
Noted Publisher (onIy once1 Attempt
ed to Deliver a commenecment Adj
dress to a Class of Sweet
Girl Graduates.

Current Opinion relates an anecdote
about the much-discussed career OF
s. S. Mcclure, the publlsher-an nee
dote which came originally from tina
pen # Marion Macmillan. writing for
the Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The story reads much better in the
extended form and with the -atmos
pheric' details employed by Miss Mac
MILAN. Anyway, it seems that Mr.. Me
Clure accepted, about six years go, an
invitation to make a commencement
address before the graduating class
Of a woman's college in the middle
West. 1t was a very hot morning. and
Mr.. Mcclure get his hands all tan
gled up between attempts to mop the
Precipitation of his face and efforts
to consult the elusive notes with
which he had burdened a large manila
envelope.
After several trial shots at quota
tons which didn't sound cry appro-
pirate to the occasion, he finally
launched into happy statistics relative
to the increase of crime in the coun-
try. The stout president and the stout
member of, the college board. who
were on the stand with the speaker.
began to wear looks of CONSERVATION.
and the girls began to giggle, wonder
ing what Mr.. Mcclure would say next
Providentially, he hit upon the sub
ject of his own career and everything
went smoothly for a while. It was
h,,& natural fhat he chorr1d hrauph fntQ
the story of his magazines fight
against adversely in it's younger days
He was at home on THIS subject This
heat was forgotten. So was the au-
dience. But the president and the
member suffered from the unprece
dented character Of the commence
ment address.
He had Just reached a thrilling de-
scription of the wonderful increase
in circulation upon the publication Of
Ida M. TarbelTs Life Of Lincoln
when he heard a kind of hoarse groan
behind him. In the midst Of a SEN
tence he turned and asked: Obi Is
my time up?'' With compressed lips
the president bowed her head three
times, like a nodding elephant. Then
said Mr.. Mcclure:
Young ladies', I got switched on
my subject. / was going to talk about
Joan of Arc; but it is too late now
| am very glad to have met you. ]
am not in the habit of making
speeches, but / did what I could. II
is a warm fncrEinz. ySuaI ldGies.''
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18
(By W. r.


This term is applied to leaves when
they are 81 thoroughly decayed as to
readily separate into small particles.
Leaf-mold is a valuable anu in
many instances, especially on heavy
soils, and one of the most important
ingredients for the soil used in the
successful cultivation of the majority
of plants.
1t may be used freely, particularly
with the tender seedlings and cuttings
of soft wooded subjects, provided it be
of good quality and free from injuri-
GUS fungoid growths.
The production of roots in young
plants of this description is induced
and accelerated with more certainty
by planting in this material than by
the use of any other.
The quality of leaf-mold depends
very materially upon the sort of leaves
composing it and in the manner of
preparation adopted.
1t is found from experience hat the
best leaves are those collected from a
wood or other place where the princi,
pal trees are beech and oak, and
where their leaves fall over a large
surface each year, and naturally decay
slowly, until those beneath the surface
become changed into a light mold.
In many instances such leaf-mold
cannot be obtained on account of the
necessary removal Of the leaves to pre-
serve tidiness; but on the other hanl
its Importance and additional value
over that artificially prepared is no
sufficiently recognized in many place:
where quantities might be obtained il
woods.
Leaf-mold of good quality may b;
used to the extent of about one-third il
composts Tor azaleas, greenhouse
rhododendrons, and many 1ne-rooted