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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

threshers, wood saws and So on an..
10 per cent. The tractor is buIlt tu Of
all these things and does them bur 'r.
progressive farmer finds that It pay ,.
have one or more portable motors '.
pump water for house and barn and OBJ.
other chores so that the tractor may .
kept in the field or on the rpai. a.
small motor will furnish electric Dr.
for house and barn cheaper than krt.
senc, while the low voltage used elm.
mates the fire risk.
\ small motor is more help 200 ...
farmers wife than hired girl. l. s..
run the vacuum cleaner. bread uu\.t
and sewing machine, rock the ,ItI..
shoe the flies from the table and rI'
fans On hot days The cost Of 'u.-.
small motors is relatively slight when
| their wide range of usefulness t. tatrn
into consideration. Motors Of one aud
half horse power may be had from g..
up, while one of four horse power ,ta
| be had for 800.
Because they do so much to pru'un'
the lives of hard worked farmers " ,,-
| these little motors have been nicknam,i
life savers. In pumping water alpn"
the gasolene motor performs an in'Iu-
able service. The Department of Ayr
|
Board Of Health. examined sevrnty-n.u,
wells on Minnesota farms. FifY-u.nr
were found tn be polluted. while twenty
| three farms had typhoid fever records
| With good power pump the farmer
| can go far enough away from buildings
to make sure Of a pure water supply.
on wash days his wife need only turn
a tap 10 get water instead of Carryiu,
tubfu after tubful from cistcrn or Wei
| frequently In incemcnt weather At the
risk of pneumonia.
The possibilities involved in an al'-
quate power supply for all farms sta--
ger comprehension. The avoidance Of
waste thus rendered possible runs into
billions The waste Of the corn crop
alone amounts to more than a billion
dollars. 1t Is estimated that 60 per cent
OF the fond value Of ripe corn plant
is in the kernel and 40 per cent. in rh-
stalk one Of the reasons given for
the high price Of beef is the disappo,'-
ancc Of the ranges and the conS"Iu'r
scarcity Of feed Adequate power wound
enable the farmers to shred and Store
in barn or silo all the corn plant wh.'
would add To their resources NOR 'n"
81 900 600 600 worth Of feed
In another way the corn L. Nl~''l
Government experts found that to feel
hogs whole corn required il2 pounds
Of grain for each pound in"rca~" 10
weight. while only 80 pounds Of corn
ground with the cob was needed 20 pr'.
duCe a gain of one pound. Grini,rs 'h'
portion of the corn crop used for ~in'N
fatscning purposes, which would '',
feasible If adequate power were avn r.
able. would add $3.50 600 10000 m'r' 80
the value of the corn crop.
Twenty-Five million horses and m1'-
are now employed ON the farms W..
four-ffths of this number replaced ''
mechanical power the 100000, Ooo acres
required to provide forage for 'H"u
would he released To he devoted Co i''i
purposes This is more than hf,N 20
the total area under cultivation. II OH"
product of this vast new acreage '''N'
up to the present average the farmer s
income would he increased by stu '''
other 81. 100000 900
Taking them by and large the p'>S
Utilities of gasoene farm NJ are Ia
mating.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

senior Hay farmcd with horses and Dor
ruwed money To- pay his taxes and
stayed at home all his dreary life, His
son farmed with gasolene motors and
tractors and lent money al the best in
terest he could get and sent his children
to college and spent part of each year
abroad.
To avert the suspicion Of attempted
deception. likewise 10 avoid undue
strain on invention. The confession may
as we'll he made right here that the
Farmer Timothy Hay We have with us
on this suspicious occasion Is not an in
diVldual portrait. nor YET "A fancy sketch,
hut "A composite photograph true to type
Of "A great many thousands of farmers in
these United States.
So, without going into further details
about how Farmer Hay went in his mo-
tor runabout Ia the orchard To see how
IN" peach gathering was progressing. or
how he afterward took his wife and
daughters to Dsmalburg in the family
touring car, or how he incurred and
would not be comforted because he had
TO choose between accepting only AZ
per cent on the proposed loan or letting
some of his eager neighbors have the
chance, the conversation Will now he
led gracefully up to The subject of gaso-
lene farming
For an opener the assertion is here
made that the Introduction of mechaui-
cal power on the farm ON IA large scale
has begun the most tremendous ecb-
monte revolution in the worlds history,
This is said because. in tn" first place,
it sounds impressive, incidentally it is
true, AS shall he proved if | have Ia
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
Tractors run threshers as readily
as they plough.

out what the prospects We're for getting
some of the farmers money. Even the
most optimistic members of the associa-
tion knew that the electric motor could
never supplant the sasolcnc motor sun
the committee found electricity in use
To- a limited extent ON farms in twenty
two States. Several hundred farmers
in California. Washington and Colorado
use electric power to pump water for
irrigation. finding it cheaper than the
water supplied through the bitches of
the irrigation companies. Several hun
dred farmers in other States use cleo
trIc light and power to drive various
machines about house and barn, buying
current from central stations.
Prices of tractors and their cost Of
operation vary. In general way it
may be said that the first cost of "A traC-
tor is about the same as the cost Of the
horses, with their harness. that would
be required to do the same amount Of
/ work. That is. a twenty horsepower
tractor with a gang of five ploughs costs
about $500. As tractor Will outlast
two or three teams of horses it costs
less in the long run.
The great saving is in expense of
amount of work for about one-third the
cost of doing the same work with
horses, with the additional advantage
that the tractor costs nothing whatever
when at rest, while horses eat as much
when idle as when working.
one farmer who used tractors in COM
| petition with horses on his own place
found that 80 horse power tractor
would do about the same amount of
work in "A day as eight teams OF three
horses each. But two men were re-
uuired TO run the tractor and the
ploughs II drew, while eight men wero
needed to drive the horses. Charging
up interest on investment and depre-
citation, the farmer found that plough
ing with horses cost sl55 an acre, while
ploughing with "A tractor cost only 81
cents an acre. Similar tests under vary
ing conditions in widely separated To-
calitles show that the cost of doing farm
work with tractors is approximately
one-half the cost Of doing the same
work with horses.
The tractor has the great additional
advantage that It can do work that can
not he done at all with horses. An Iowa
farmer using "A disk plough hauled by
"A 80 horse power tractor ploughcd d
heavy black loan when 1t was 50 wet
that the disks threw up great chunks
He had to haul harrow behind III,
plough to keep the ground from clod'
ding. Under these conditions h,
p.oughed twenty-five acres "A day eigh
inches deep. Had he used horses an'
mould board ploughs it would have beer
| killing work for the animals, while tn,
l ground would have caked so that i
4,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
Baker tractor driven with lines.

the belt to a vacuum pump in the COW
barn to have his tireless tractor milk
two COWS at once at the rate of twenty
an hour. In short the tractor not only
gives the farmer command of the power
of thirty or forty horses and the en-
durancc of hundred, but, with the
machinery it drives, replaces three or
four mon and hired girl to boot.
II the manufacturers carry out their
promise To- put the gasolene tractor
within the reach Of every owner Of a
fifty acre farm they have a pretty big
job ahead. for IL is estimated that the
American farmer needs an additional
| 81 900. 900, 900 worth of machinery and
81, 900. 900. 900 worth of motive power to
drive 1t. This golden prize has reused
the cupidty of the electric light and
power companies.
| The National Electric Light Associa-
J ton set a committee at work to find
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
Two thirty each pulling five havesters
Tractors Doing the Work OF Innum-
cradle Horses and Thousands of
Men and Doing 1t Better--Gasolene-
Electric Farming Development of
Recent Years

kept just right, as testified by Their
mumcter. 10y an ahund' nee of ice made
on the premises. The place was care
fully screened ana 81 clean you couldn't
nnd speck of dirt with a search war
rant
Farmer Hay concluded not to "a t.
the stable that morning. In he frs
place there wasn't any stable. Since ih,'
arm work was done exclusively by
gasolene tractors and all the hauling 10y
motor trucks and all the passenger
transportation 10y automobiles, and since
everything else around the place, from
running the washing and sewing ma %
chimes. meat chopper, potato parer and
coffee mill in the kitchen. To pumping
water. making ice and furnishing cleo
trio light was done by stationary gasO-
lrnc motors. here was no need for sta
blcs because there Were ITO horses.
That explains why Farmer Hay was
able To put ON all these frills instead oi
drudging eighteen hours "A day wearing
a hickory shirt badly in need of soap
ana oNrralls held up 10y one suspcndrr
a. his father had done before him. Tn,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
Bruins Ways

:. A BEAR never gets tired. '..t q
~ Pike county man fun 81 100
subject that has mad "'
corner of the keystone State somr" .'
famous mo one ever saw tr'd "'
A bear will travel "A hundred mic' "''
the toughest kind of ground
through swamps and thick"ts ".
ever thinking of resting If hard li'--'.'
and be just as fresh for another ''.
dred miles as he was when he '."
on the first.
IF he has time he will sit down '".
in a while to take bite of sonnet .-
To eat. as the hunter can see u '' DIS
following bruin in tracking sno" I',
and the curious custom the bear has '
turning off his course when trat'.''- 80
whether the dogs and hunters az. '''''
him or not, and going to certain '''''
on one side or the other Of IN" '.'.-'
where he bites Viciously n tho ~ .''
until the splinters ny. are the "nN ''
gressions he makes from his route
The habit of biting trees in lh.~ ~
while travelling has never been So $50
| factorily explained. The trees W't DO
two rods or they may he half u..' ~
| more off from the bears line Of ~ '
hut no bear passing that way ever '"'
to sheer off to them and bite of a
| unless he is too closely pressed '. '
dogs or hunters. ANY old W"'i-.' ''
can take You to trees of this klNd
are almost bitten in two by hear
have stopped and chcwed them .-
! dienCe to the custom.
THE bears must have some r't- .
purpose, of course, in picking '1'
to be visited and bitten, but
can be no one knows, any IN Dye
why bears never fail on CONF
OF their winter sleeping places
spring to rise full length asalu~
particular tree. reach up as tar Or
can along the trunk and scratch 3"
in the bark with their claws,
"Nativrs Of the bear country say
hruin does this to see whether nee
grown any since he holed up IN '''
While others declare it Is ChaI'hI
other bears as test Of their high r''
ing powers in competition. l'l'
neither Is right"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

cry is to provide the small farmer with
one man outfit.
Some tractors have au' omatic steering
devices So that one man can run the
tractor and the gang OF ploughs 1t pulls.
Onc Minnesota boy operating a 30 horse
power tractor and ploughs Jingle handed
ploughed fifty-scvcn acres in day.
Another manufacturer accompllsh"s the
same end by the use of "A power lit and
automatic drop for the plouShs. boy
with this outfit can do more work in "A
day than four pr five men with teams,
and do it better.
Having prepared the ground with the
aid of his tractor the up To date farmer
runs his seed potatoes through power
driven cutter. plants them with power
drawn planter, cultivateS them by
power. feeds the potato bugs Paris
/ green from "A power driven sprayer,
! harvests the crop with power drawn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
Ploughing a strip IA feet wide at
one trip across the field.

vote and all the other collective votes
numerous enough To be worthy of con-
sidcratiun. You did not observe any
farmers hanging over the gallery rail
wigwagging death signs down AT trem-
bling Representatives, did you? OF
course you didn't, The American farmer
was at home. So busy making money
that ne didn't know whether Congress
was for him or against him And
whats more. he didn't care.
While the law givcr~ not without
apprehensiuns regarding the condition
If their fences back home. dutifully toll
and moil tn provide frankahle copy for
the congressional record the gasolcnc
tractor Is blotting ait the vast cattle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10

In the of the
liquid
birds twinkled
Ia gentle
breeze that blew softly the fragrance of
hay and awoke of happinesses
he song abru
twisted side beneath in
woods
clumsy numbering sensation of fear Of
Suddenly appeared breath
in short wheezy his disted with terror M
charged down
with his
back
o beast of
fugitive a stumbling Then his
his hands I'm a appeal for
met bright flashed in
a fled the hOrseman
huddled something had
a
striving check his
smoke
slipped the riders hands
fell nerveIess his side the fierce light died in his and
gioEed the
Therew and the
looked
inquisitvely the silent things the road
quiet peaceful
vanished and the from the
the round of boy scarcely out of his teens
a woman's The eyes
an chidlike.
ACE was o a older IL must
cheerful
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10
AND THIS is WHAT THEY CALL WAR;

dark
passionate. pleasure-lovfng soul
and wa But therewa
ITS OF
the boy waving shouting
directions
of in her
.
q a of
Victory she another column which
single Casualties"
Hers shaking of Ii stopped.
a a
and and %
Ously.
A a OF
village pscard his hand which he
snxtousfaced
the outskirts of
We way
I'm Of
m say anything about Carl"
heed They looked from o an
breath
defeated did hsppen?"
drted away nrees
the
Tell
mother" he said softly
He Ia To before she
OF a dull intending ache
herself:
baby Carl is dead my baby Carl is dead
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10
J. H. DEGE, DEMOCRAT, FILES
FOR SENATORIAL NOMINATION

Arriving in Tacoma at 10
O'Clock Saturday morning. after
an extended trip through the
east, James II. Dege, prominent
merchant of Tacoma for many
years, added pyrOtechnics to the
political situation by setting out
for Olympia to file his name as
candidate for United States sena-
tor Just one hour and 10 minutes
before the nomination books
were closed. Leaving Tacoma in
a fast automobile at 1870 a. m,
Dege arrived at the capitol build
ing at 1910 D. m. and had Just
signed his name and paid the fIl-
ing fee when the time for filing
closed at / O'Clock.
Dege Is the only business man
in the race on the democratic
ticket for all the other candidates
are professional men. They are
Judge W. w Black of Everett.
Judge George Turner of Spokane.
George F. Cotterill of Seattle.
and Hugh c. Todd of Seattle.
Dege and his advisors believe
he has an excellent chance to
land the nomination.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10

LONDON, Aug. 10.-That EN-
peror William has left Berlin in a
motor car for the Alsatran from
tier is the substance of a message
from Rome today to the Daily
Mail. According to dispatches
from Brazil, Switzerland, the
Germans have evacuated Sankt
Ludwig. in Alease. four miles 10
the northwest of Basel. Forty
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10

thousand Austrian troops have
concentrated near Basel and
German and French troops are
also near the scene. That a great
battle may occur at any moment
is certain.
A strong Austrian fleet is re-
ported off Pola. Austria, accord
ing to a message to the foreign
office from the British vice con-
sui at Venice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10
WAIT
FOR MORE AID

PARIS, Aug. t0.-An official
statement issued today says the
Germans apparently are waiting
before Liege for achievements
with which they may flank the
Belgian position, probably to-
ward Huy to the southeast of
Liege on the route to Namur.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10

Better telephone lEain IL
and order the Times TO
come to your home regu-
larly. You'll get four high
class novels complete, with
the Times, each month
hereafter. A novel will
start each Monday and
finish each Saturday. Ne
long waiting. You get q
complete novel each weak-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10
Closing Out Sale
of All Summer Footwear

Il goes without saying that this
Is the greatest money-saving
SHOE SALE ever given in Taco
ma. The same bargains continue
this week, with others equally
as good. Our entire stock Of
men 5, women's. boys and girls
Oxfords at 0ne-half price, q lit
tie more than the cost Of half
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10

soleing. Our entire stock of
women's. misses and childrens
Colonials, Pumps and Sandals
one-fourth off. Many lots of
mems and women's Shoes at one
fourth off The sale closes this
week. Mcdonald Shoe Co, cor
ner 18th and Pacific ave.
ADV
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10

Huy is defended by a single fort
which is well armed and situated
on a spur of rock detached from
Mount Picard, on the right bank
of the River Meuse. The fort
dominates the town of Huy and
the bridge and the roads to Ma
muir and Liege.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10

VANCOUVER, b. c.. Aug. 10.
The two submarines which
sailed from Seattle recently have
put to sea under sealed orders
presumably to seek the German
cruiser Leipzig which is some
place on the Pacific coast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10
FRIED CHICKEN
FOR BAPTISTS

Religious hervices at the Bap-
fist Young Peoples Union meet
ing at Burton, on Vashon island,
were interrupted at noon yester-
day by a delicious fried chicken
dinner. supplied by the farmers
living near Burton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10
TROOPS OF
NATIONS JOIN

of the German advance. The
troops Il is understood will act
together in future operations
against the Germans.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10

LONDON, fOTbe admiralty confirmed
damaged
urred I'm the North sea-.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10

BRUSSELS, Aug. 10.-Bel-
gian, English and French troops
have effected a junction at some
place in Belgium across the line
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10
ITALY'S NAVY USELESS
WITHOUT ENGLAND COAL

Of awful European drama is
of
N world
of promptly declared
TO
IngIan will German and
will movies"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10
THORN In GERMAN SIDE

thoroughly
talk moth
in Asace would
therefore
the Asace border In
a centuries until 1870
when n
sorrow OF as a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10
CAVALRY TAKEBACK SEAT

of us the imposing cavalry great fighting
efficiency becoming
/ $ will effective
gexcep other cavalry
A tofc a regiment infantry
practically horse and man The
in
forward being made or to attack In
accommodating is being decreased daily
by of ArslIps
Of the twofo reconnaissance
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10
ONE SAFE SPOT CERTAIN

Switzerland which
Is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10
ENCH FRONTIER is A
STRING OF HUGE FORTS
BY W. II. PORTERFIELD.

n Europe)
We a rubberneck tourist Nancy,
wler asked where
French
said:
closer only eight miles
picked miles and miles
of merely
disappearing carriages.
forts com
I his but sampl q frontier.
passed before the German
a nance to beyond.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-10

AND THIS Is WHAT THEY CAL WAR.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-21

ton had taken step in the right d
rectiou in ahoIishing its segregated
district Through tho new power
which this law gives it should moan,
that the official liberation Of cont
mcrciallzing vice is 1T an end in the
National Capitol aud that Washing
ton, which has set other standards for
the cities of our country viii thus also
set higher standard Of public NOR
ais =
So little has been said about the
real cause Of the uprising against
the white slave traffic and national
wide movement for social reform that
/ few people realize that Vermont 5
senior senator, w. p. Dillingham;, as
chairman Of the immigration commits
sion is responsible for it. Under has
direction full investigation of con
! ditious OF this abominable tra1c was
made and such parts Of it as were
printable made public. This iufor.
ma ION has enabled those who desired
better conditions to wage IN effective
campaign against the vice. This is
IbGt enc OF the results of the senator 5
work on the immigration problem.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-21
Where Admirais Come From.
philadelphia Public Ledscr)

philadelphia Public Led9crD
by some strange law Of contrast
the sea fascinatcs the man Of the
mountain and wins those who live far
away from the sound Of the waves.
Vermont is modest little state with
out a seaboard, but she has had Il part
in the making OF naval history, Rear
Admiral Mayo, the chief figure in the
Tampico affair. is q Vermonter. Ad-
miral Dewey distinguishes himself by
the simple qualities Of rock and oak,
and lie is from Vermont. Rear ADJ
miral Clark, another figure of the
Spanish-American war. came from the
Green Mountain state, which from
the begun Gg has been the cradle OF
the soldier. Rear Admiral Converse
captain during the Spanish war
should not be omitted from the list Oh
Fermonters who have written THEN
names on the navy's log of renown
! The stage driver was right, when IN
answer to the ironical query of a pas
scneer, What DO you raise here - h,
said. d" Mem
Strong men are more 10 stat,
than wheat lumber. or potatoes. e.
pecially when in a sudden crisis tn
flag is threatened Great men from
little states arise as oaks from
Z areFnS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-21
GOOD WAY TO DO BUSINESS.
Wilfrcd F. Root Sells Reliable Remedy
at Half-Price and Guarantees a Cure.

Wilfrcd F. Root Sells Reliable Remedy
at Half Price and Guarantees Cure.
When one can buy gold dollars for
fifty cents, it is a good time TO pur-
chase.
In ordering 19e bottle of Ds How
ard : celebrated specific for the cure
of constipation aud dyspepsia at -
cents. Wufred +. Root Is giving one Of
the greatest trade chances ever offered
to the people OF Brattlehoro.
Even though offered at half price for
Introductory purposes the specific is 80,
under a guarantee to cure OF the mon
cv will be refunded.
If food does not digest well. II ,h,ra
is gas or pain in the stomach. II the
tongue is coated and the breath bod,
if there Is constipation and s;rainir"
Dir. Howard : specific will cure YOU II
it does not, you~ have Druggist Roof $
personal guarantee to return your mon
e..
Dr. Howard : specific gives quick
relief and makes permanent cures OF
constipation, dyspepsia aud all Hyci
troubles.
These are strong statements, but Mr.
/ Root is giving his customers chanc,
I to prove their truth at just half tn,
! regular price-sixtv doses for - cents
/ If they are not found true. all you hav,
to do is to ask for your money.