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The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
CBv CLARENCE M. WEED)

The Fall Webworm is the most
conspicuous orchard insect in August
and September. These insects hatch
about midsummer and begin feed
ing on the green surface Of the leaves.
AS they move about they spin filmy
silken web under which they always
remain. AS they grow they extend
the web, carrying it over all the
leaves they attack, so that the whole
branch will be webbed up by single
colony before the caterpillars mature.
There is generally, however, some
one part of the branch where the In
sects retire between meals and dur
ing periods of molting. Here the
web becomes thicker and when in au-
tumn the leaves fall, taking with
them most of the gauzy web this shell
ter tent generally remains on the
leafless branches.
The webworm shelter is very differ
ent from that made by the common
Tent Caterpillar in spring. There are
probably various reasons for this. In
the first place the webworms are
born during the hottest season Of the
year so they do not need to huddle
together in a narrow room to keep
warm as the Tent Caterpillars do in
early spring In the second place
1t seems probable that a caterpillar
that eats only the green surface of
the leaves as webworms do must take
a longer time getting it's meals than
does a caterpillar that devours the
whole leaf, so the period of exposure
to natural enemies during eating
would be greater in the case of the
webworm. And in the third place,
the webworms are developing at a
period when parasites and predaceous
insects are most abundant. The over
head web must save the lives OF
many webworms that otherwise would
be destroyed by their enemies.
But if the web protects the worms
from these insect foes it makes them
easy to see by the orchardist, so that
the only excuse for leaving the pests
to defoliate the tree is dire neglect
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21

teach us soil culture; he is endeavor-
ing to teach lot of childish chumps
TO cultivate the soil Systematically and
intelligently by actual demonstration
And some Of the chumps refuse to be-
live even the testimony Of their eyes
because it conflicts with tradition
taught by men suffering from en-
balmed ideas.
Now when Campbell tells me that
can take a field that has been farmed
for twenty years without fertilization
Of any sort; that has ceased to pro-
duce crops of any value; that Is, ac-
cording to all the accepted tenets OF
soil physics, worn out and depleted,
and that by certain system of manip-
ulation l can restore that soil to its
virgin fertility in one year, / natural
ly am skeptical, because it does not
correspond to tradition and previous
experience But if | throw aside my
prejudices and try that system and
thereby grow fifty bushels of wheat
on such a field in a favorable year
and follow it with a thirty-five bushel
crop in the second of two of the dry
est years ever experienced in this
desert, as my brother and myself have
done, and where wheat under common
tillage on a contiguous field produced
only five, then as an intelligent man
must say Campbell is right and tradi-
tion Is wrong.
In our Colorado soils that have been
embalmed and protected for ages by
the desiccating power Of the desert
suns and winds, we have an inexhaust-
ible store of fertility awaiting to be
unlocked. In the airs that blow over
our fields there is an unlimited sup
ply of the elements that compose
more than one-half the dry matter in
all plants and to utilize this bound
less store of fertility in the air and
the soil we are dependent entirely
upon the wonder working powers of
the sun in this marvellous thing of
den in the using of the implements
common to all modern farmers, but
with a scientific precision made pos
sible by exact soil knowledge. The
disciples of this new soil culture are
showing us exactly when and how to
so manipulate the soil that the sun
shine may best exert it's wonder work
ing power in our behalf in making the
soil moist, mellow and fertile. These
men have taught us that the sunshine
aided by the plow can create these
conditions, but that the plow alone
often causes exactly the opposite con-
dition. Their science lies in the when
and the how of plowing learned by
long observation and experimenting
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
Success After Years Ofh

On or about Jan. l, 1904, ID
Power decided that he cOuldn|
a wooden hen that would h|
envy Of every other hen thatI
attempted to hatch a chick
cordingly he got an expetI
bill of lumber from the A.. l
7. Co. and got busy. 0nJa
1914, the hen was completed
sat on 60 eggs. On the
every chick was matched.
them had wooden legs and
others were wood pecH
Wouldn't it make you See
dust?- Coconino Sun.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
OATS RECOGNIZED
AS ANIMAL FOOD
Plant, Like Wheat, Seems First
to Have Been DomeSticated in
Europe or Asia Minor.

The oat rSant, like wheat, seems
first to have been domesticated in
Europe or Asia Minor. The Greeks
knew it and evidence is not lacking
that it was plentiful in the south of
Italy during the time Of Roman EN-
pire. It has been found in the Swiss
lake dwellings Of the Bronze Age. 1t
seems that the Hebrews and Egyp-
tians did not cultivate the oat plant
but that it's ancient domestication was
largely confined to the country north
of Italy and Greece.
This plant has not been found in a
wild state and indications point to its
origin from a single prehistoric form,
a native of eastern temperate Europe
and of Tartary.
Oats have always been recognized
as a feed for domesticated animals,
and in times of scarcity as good food
for man. While the crop is still
largely grown for horse feed, its use
as human food has largely increased
in recent years.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
hired girl

Scores of foreigners were be-
ing examined for naturalization
in the Kansas City courts recent
ly. One Irishman got along all
right until asked to tell what the
constitution is. He replied it
is the ten commandments" +" A
German hit an iceberg when he
said the constitution is what dis
covered the United States.
What a fortunate thing it is for
about 80, 900, of us that we
are not asked the same question!
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21

busy laying their eggs. If you
see beetle looking like the drawing
herewith, with nearly cylindrical body
and long feelers, kill it, for it is
capable of much mischief. To pre-
vent egg-laying, clear away all weedy
growth from around the base Of apple
trees so as leave the bark freely ex-
posed to sunshine.
Other boring insects are also busy
now laying eggs for grubs that will
work havoc with fruit trees. The
peach tree borer moth is one of the
worst of these. This is small day
flying moth that lays it's eggs about
the base of the trees. The eggs soon
hatch into grubs that bore into root
and bark and often kill the tree. 1t
is a good plan to wrap paper around
the base of the trunks and then cover
the paper with tanglefoot. This has
a tendency to prevent the moths from
laying eggs. Another way is to place
lot of refuse tobacco stems around
the base of the tree. Still another is
to mound up the tree with loose soil
to a height of six or eight inches, so
if any eggs are laid the grubs will
be easier to dig out.
All of these methods are to be sup
plemented in fall by careful examina-
tion and digging out Of any borers
found.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
Too Many UnenforCed Laws

A short time ago our neighbor,
The Sun, published an editorial
headed, TOO Many Laws. We
would amend that to read, "Too
Many Unenforced Laws" We
Americans do have a great many
laws on the statutes that are con-
stantly being broken and ignored,
much to our discredit. Some of
these are good laws and some are
not. A wave of law enforcement
thruout state and nation would
soon separate good from bad, for
there is nothing that will secure
the repeal of a bad law sooner
than it's enforcement, and nothing
will permanently establish good
law more quickly than it's strict
enforcement. Let us not sit back
and complain indefinitely of over
loaded statutes as tho the whole
list of laws were better repealed,
but let us initiate a campaign for
law enforcement and thru this
enforcement purge the statutes
of poor and bad laws. Williams
News.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21

Along the line of practical
charity, that is the charity that
helps the man to help himself, is
the Dawes Memorial hotel built
in Chicago by Charles G. Dawes,
former comptroller of the cur
rency, in memory of his son Ru-
fus F. Dawes, who was drowned
something over a year ago. The
hotel which cost something over
100000, furnishes good clean
beds for 5 cents. A wholesome
and sustaining meal can be had
for from five to ten cents. A bowl
of soup can be nau Tor TWO cents;
2 Gun of coffee for two cents, a
doughnut for one cent or a piece
of pie for three cents. The board
er can therefore get bowl of
soup, a cup of coffee and a large
doughnut for five cents, or he can
get a cupof coffee and a hunk of
pie for the same money, or for
eight cents he can have soup,
coffee, doughnuts and pie. In
connection with the hotel Mr..
Dawes has worked out a system
for getting employment for those
who want employment. The hotel
is kept in touch with all the con-
Germs that employ men and mott
fies a boarder when there is a
place ready for him. The hotel
is we'll built, is Finished with
shower baths which are not only
free to every guest, but as mat
ter of fact the management in
sists that the boarders shall take
a daily bath. 1t is not the pur-
pose of Mr.. Dawes to allow men
to board at the hotel permanently.
The hotel is for the men who are
down and looking for work and
who have little or no money.
When they get fixed with per-
manent job they are expected to
give room to others.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
MAN WHO KNOWS SOIL
Moisture and Fertility Main
tanned by Cultivation.
Condition That Confronts Farmer 20
to Know Exactly How to Go About
TiIIina to Get ResuIts-What
Campbell Teaches.

Whether done Understandings or
lot, all efforts at cultivating the soil
are primarily for the benefit of the
hing in the soil, rather than for that
above it. Air and sunshine in which
the higher orders exist need no culti-
vation. Therefore just in proportion
as we cultivate the soil understand
Ingly does the profit from soil culture
PASS from uncertainty to certainty;
from being gamble to an investment.
writes Eugene D. Smith in the Den
yer Field and Farm No matter what
may happen to the crops above the
soil the moisture and fertility are not
lost when true scientific soil culture is
continued. 1t simply becomes case
Of deferred dividends to be realized
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21

through future crops Not that it is
necessary for the farmer to await the
result of the scientific controversy as
to what order of life the micrO-organ-
lsms belong to till the soil under
standingly. The thing that really con-
Germs him is to know exactly how to
go about tilling it to get results.
And just here is where H. W..
Campbell has rendered service to
the man In the field through his work
in the field, which his opponents and
detractors, working chiefly in the lab
oratory and the library, have not
equalled and apparently cannot grasp.
While it is merely interesting and
helpful to know the things learned in
the laboratory about soils and soil or
ganisms it is imperative that the
farmers know what Professor Camp
bell and the new soil-culturists have
proven as to the when and the how
of accomplishing laboratory results on
a commercial scale in the f1eld-in
other words the Campbell system of
scientific soil culture 1t is mere child
ish quibbling to say that because soil
manipulation or culture was practiced
by the ancientS. Campbell has taught
us nothing new. Books and schools
also are as old as civilization, but
systems of education are originated
frequently. Campbell is not trying to
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
THE MEXICAN SITUATION

1t can be hardly said that the
situation has materially changed
in Mexico since last week. The
tide seems to be still running
strongly in favor of the follow
ers of Carranza. After winning
the decided victory at Ojinaga,
Villa turned south and joining
forces with another constitution
alist leader and his forces, had a
total command of some fifteen
thousand men. 1t was rumored
that Huerta would take personal
command of his troops, but so
far he has not done so. That he
is losing ground is evident but he
.1-----oa--, oo~DD0I my. ICo-
ident Wilson held a conference
with the members of the COM
mittee on foreign relations last
Monday, presumably to discuss
the Mexican situation but what
conclusion was reached has not
yet been made public.
Considerable foreign pressure
is being brought to bear to force
the United States to take a more
active part in the settlement of
affairs in Mexico, but President
Wilson has given no indication
that he has changed his mind.
1t is evidently his purpose to let
the Mexicans fight it out among
themselves. He believes that
Huerta must soon have to get
out. What he will do then will
probably depend on what Car
rama and Villa do after they
have driven out Huerta. If they
show a disposition to establish a
real constitutional government
President Wilson will do what he
can to aid them in restoring
peace and prosperity in Mexico.
If they simply establish another
dictatorship as tyranical as that
of Huerta he will probably re-
fuse to recognize their govern
ment just as he has refused to
recognize that of Huerta.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
Recognized Advantasl

You will find that Chani
lain's Cough Remedy has red
nized advantages over mOSt1
icines in use for coughs anda
1t does not SUPPRESS a cough
loosens and relieves it. ltd
expectoration and opens the
cretions, which enables the
tenn to throw off a cold. Ito
teracts any tendency Of a col.
result in pneumonia. ltcolH
no opium or other narcotic,
may be given to a child as
fidently as to an adult. FG'
by all dealers.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21

The Corporation Commission
has worked over time the last
two years regulating the rates of
all lighting systems in the state,
but as yet we have no set rule
established by it for the distri-
tuition of moonshine; but since
I'll three members Of the COM
mission are candidates for re-
election, we may expect our fill
# it before voting time.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
A Paper for the Home Circle.

Snowflake is town of TOO population
with over ], 500 surrounding population,
ranchers, farmers, stockraisers. 1t is
the home of Snowflake Stake Academy:
Just built at cost of $4,000. And
home office of Supervisor of Sitgreaves
National Forest, containing the largest
body of standing pine timber in the
limited States
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21

How the world changes! A
Missouri country town paper
says that a woman is putting on
airs when she refers to her hired
girl as a maid. 1t was only a
few years ago that woman was
putting on airs when she hired a
hired girl.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
SALE OF STO(K
In the Navajo Southern Kan"
Co., and the Navajo Lu"
Der & Timber Co.

| will sell one hundred shares o.
personal stock in each of the "
companies at its par value Of one
dred dollars per share. This p0s'l
is all the stock that will be sold ID 4
er of the above companies in AD
parties desiring to purchase Will
their checks or money orders pay1I
the undersigned and state IN u
company they wish their stock ISOl
Address all communications TO-
w. H. CLARK
Holbrook, Anl'I
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21

According to the Jewish chron-
icle of London the total number
of Jews in the world at this time
is little more than thirteen
million. From the hold they
have on things it seems as if
there must be more of them than
that.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
Colds and Group in Children

= Many people rely upon Cham
berlain's Cough Remendy impli-
city in cases of colds and Group,
and it never disappoints them.
Mrs. E. H. Thomas, Logansport,
Ind, writes: Il have found
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to
be the best medicine for colds
and Group have ever used, and
never tire of recommending it to
my neighbors and friends. l
have always given it to my chill
dren when suffering from Group,
and it has never failed to give
them prompt relief. F" For sale
by all dealers.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21

BY looking over the trees once a
week one can easily find the nests.
Each should be cut off, taking the
branch when necessary and burned.
Do not try to burn out the nests on
the tree with torch. 1t hurts the
bark and large majority of the
worms fall unharmed to the ground,
and crawl up again and continue feed
ing.
Several other caterpillers live in COL
onies on apple trees late in summer
without making a conspicuous web
The large striped-called Yellow-necked
Apple Caterpillars are common. These
hatch from eggs laid during June or
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21

The cedar post has been sup
posed to be the most durable and
popular on the farm, but it isn't
one-two-three with the parcel
post.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
To Whom 1t May Concern.

1t will be the earnest endeavor OF
The HERALD never Intentionally to
wound the feelings of anyone. Should
an erroneous statement appear In the
columns of this paper, call our atten-
ton to it, and if an error, due correc-
ton will be made and ample justice
cheerfully accorded.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
ERADICATION OF INJURIOUS PESTS
IN ORCHARD is OF MUCH IMPORTANCE
Fail Webs.. 5 Most Conspicuous Insect During Montns OF
August and September-Trees Should Be Carefully Exam
ned at Least Once Week and Nests Destroyed
Look for BorerS.

July by good-sized brown moth
The caterpillars feed in colonies, TAX
ing the leaves clean as they go. They
reach full size in about six weeks and
then burrow into the soil few inches
and change to the pupa state.
The Red-humped Apple Caterpillar
is often more abundant than the yel-
low-necked form. 1t Is easy known
by it's reddish appearance and the
hump back of the head 1t feeds In
colonies also, giving the branch a
bare appearance that is very notice
able.
Whenever a colony of either OF
these pests is found it should OF
course be destroyed. Cut the twig
off and burn or crush the caterpillars.
During these weeks Of late sum
mer the large white-striped beetles
Of round-headed apple tree borer are
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21

Railroads caused nearly
the forests fires in COlOraoo'
Wyoming last year, and sIa
one-sixth were set by llgnD
In California lighting s'S
more than half, with raiIr0'.
comparatively insignifcantC''
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21

Receipts from the use national
forest resources were greatest ir
Arizona last year.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21

Subscribers not receiving their paper
regularly will confer favor by report
ing the fact.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-02-21
ADVERTISING RATES.

Circulation guaranteed the largest
in Navajo county. Books open to
inspection as proof at any time.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-17
Sympathy With Sufferers.

Probably nothing Is more stimulating
and genuinely tonic to sufferers. espe-
cially those with chronic ailments. than
the feeling that In spite OF their own
helplessness they themselves can still
be helpful to others, The Shut-in so
ciety in this country has made life
more beara BILE for many persons who
are confined TO their rooms or their
houses. Nothing disturbs certain
class of patients so much as to be con-
stantly In contact with those who are
in good health and strength and whom
they can scarcely help but envy. To
be brought into touch with those tor
whom they themselves can feel IL a
precious source or consolation and mp
lift. Pity is a luxury TO be enjoyed.
but no human being likes to be plued
or to feel that he Is an object OF pity
To be conscious of some ADVANTAGE IN
ones situation over that OF Others is OF
itself an alleviation for many sick.
nesses.-Journal American Medical AS
6OciatiOn
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-17
Eliqht of the Housefly.

DR.. Hindle of London finds that
housefie5 tend to travel either against
or across the wind. This direction
may be directly determined by the ac
ton of the wind. or indirectly, owing to
the flies being attracted by odors
borne by the wind. Fine weather and
warmth favor dispersal. and flies
travel further In the open country than
in towns-probably because the houses
offer food and shelter. In thickly
housed localities the usual maximum,
fight is about quarter of mile, but
in one case single fly was recovered
at a distance Of ITO yards-partly over
open fenlaRd. When set free in the
afternoon flies do not scatter so well
as in the morning. Liberated flies Of
ten mount almost vertically to height
of forty-five feet or more.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-17
EANnUtJ .ai.llpALa.
A Belgian konso Savage Tribe Thai
Cannot Be Subdued.

The cannibal Bankutus of Belgian
kongo make a practice of removing
the upper incisors. Their dress con
sists of plated skirt, which does not
quite meet on the right thigh But the
women OF the south wear hide girdl.
with deep fringe of palm fiber string
Among this tribe the slaves are com
PEELED to wear IL special dress. which
is, in fact. the ordinary costume OF
the Akela. to which tribe most OF then
belong. The Banllutus are great canni
balls as far as the male members o.
the tribe are concerned, and the vic
tins are always slaves. In fact al
slaves are ultimately eaten, since ii is
believed that if a slave were buried
his ghost would kill his master
Their chief weapon is the bow. poisor
being used on the arrows. Shields are
now obsolete One of their most inter
esting points is their use of a conven
tional throwing knife as currency. The
Bankutus are almost the only tribe of
this region who have been successfui
In resisting the advance of the white
man. This fact is due to their skill IN
forest warfare. The way leading TO
their village is defended by poisoned
spikes hidden by leaves. They use
bows and arrows set like traps in the
form Of primitive spring guns and are
quite ready if white man is expected
to bait such traps with live baby
unable to resist the temptation to pick
up an apparently abandoned child. The
poison they use is absolutely deadly.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-17
ELECTRICITY IN RAIN.
ThO Drops of Moisture. az Rule. Con-
tain Positive Charges.

ThO Drops of Moisture. az q Rule. Con-
tain Positive Charges.
Rain drops are almost always charg-
ed with electricity. The charge is OF.
ten positive. rarely negative. Many
observers have measured the charge
approximately and made Il from
100000. 900. .OO0. .OOO.01 to OOO0.OOO.0OO.
OO0,OO1 amperes per square centimeter
Professor r. Herath of Kiel describes
In the Revue Electrique the expert
ments by which he has measured them
He received the rain on fine me
tallic cloth twenty-five meters square.
insulated and attached to a galvanom
eter in cellar. The galvanometer reg
istered photographically. Among the
facts he proves are these:
Rains with constantly positive
charge are much more frequent than
those that change TO a negative. The
passage from a positive to a negative
charge corresponds to mOmentary
cessation OF the shower. The quantity
of positive electricity brought by the
rain is fifteen times greater than that
OF the negative. The positive currents
In steady rainfall are about 0000.
00O,OOO,O00.000.1 amperes per square
centimeter. The negative currents
never exceed O.OOOOOO.OOOOO am,
peres per square centimeter.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-17
An ornitholonioal curiositx Y.

Jane Ann had called, on het after
noon out, to see her friend Natida.
The latter's mistress had JUS pur-
chased d parrot. and Jane Ahn was
much interested in the bird. Hlrds
As very sensible" she said; 'you kin
learn them anything | used TO work
for a lady that had biru 10 clock.
an when il was tine 10 tel. dc time or
day it used 10 come out an say
Cuckoo jest as mauy tines as rh-
time wasr' "GO long. I"u don't SAY
so!" said Matilda iDcredui"'SIy. ~ -
replied Jane Ann Airs the m"Si
wonderful part was that II was uniy II
wooden bird toor"-London Gtout.