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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-09
READING CIRCLE.

Reports from different counties In
the state indicate that an unusually
large number Of farmers reading
circles are being formed this winter.
Already in some counties many OF
these have been formed. In some in.
stances the county agent has started
the circles. but more frequently they
have been formed under the leader.
ship Of the local school teachers.
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History of Bench and Bar" G. W.
Atkinson.
Meeting of newly elected executive
council.
Miscellaneous business.
Appointment Of standing commit
tees.
General discussion-topic, "protec-
ton of Rights Of Persons and Prop
erty."
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Are the thousands
away by the aaog habit? Is there immediate family
is allowing this habit with him? So there work
This habit started than
has nted the growth Of of thas built
enormously large cities the allow
like this with Take the bn Investigate
for yourself Fndout Taovr with Carksburg merchant
your heads together That habit hurting both killing
you benefit yourself Children neighbors your community Spend
money in Carksburg
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-09

Chile and the United States prac-
tically produce all the borax uscd.
In ten days New Zealand subscribed
$685. toward the relief OF Belgium.
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a compartive sense. by the war. but
1t is mistake to say she ID. benefited
by It. No losses can be sustained
by her best customers without her
feeling this loss"
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hy 'u" way. might bee easily mistaken
for . ,rim stuccp bungalow of the
i.n., o. md shore type. pass in
'lp.H $40 rssiuu 4 hat dozen dwell
ing. sleek 'n ;heir stucco and neat IN
II sign. The" are the homes uf the
ftrm nfrl.,I- tu" department n,Ids of
this iurd' manufacturing plant.
f.. c,r., lighting. i"irpi'u ee. phono-
graphs aud uiu'T comforts which city
for Imagine peculiar To metropolitan
homes au.urI az n~,uduylrtors. Nor
p Is tine big farm without It's club and
clubhouse: 'I1i rs one 90 hig bust
nr,.'s pet IDEAS dong cmp,uyo" eff
Cheney lines It helps TO solve the
hired man Ju h.,m uu the hig farm
You wins lu the min which divides
tn. valley from M" nearest VILLAGE.
and There. dwelling itself away into
the distance. lies tine ruli black mack
,Nia -. Hummins with Tia" activity
of man and ncast lnd machine. II is
aUl too u.g 20 sc- from any one spot.
Thrrr m..s tp the north yult can
Just discern tie Couicll towers ~ the"
: ~i.ps. Wni,n store the winters supply
~ corn for tn, 900 castle ou the farm.
Away to the east, 81 far that u taxes
your eyes. '.as the az % diggors' coli
uny. "a separate community by Itself,
though IN constant communication
with n,nduuar'cr~ and All other out
lying stations 10, means OF telephone.
Two miles further north fl IN there Is
the iumh"riaoH camp
But this is not al'" Your guide
tolls you. e. -r beyond that little
cop,e. which used TO- be- an island, We
Doc. -r -.-- H.,a-,s.1 v..Haf.L fAV
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T ARROWROCKD DAM NEAR BOISE. THAT WILL RECLAIM 23 900 ACRES

The project will be officially .pe'sl
with the dedication. But the opening
does not mean there Will be any .r,a,
amount of public land throw open 10
be filed upon. In fact Their" vi he
less thar 1000 acres. settlers We"
early permitted to homestead 'hc,a
lands under the reclamation a,, n
eighty acre traCts or units. and they
nave been - content with their ,n-
tries that they have held AVID Inn.
proved their lands. OF the .i3 uuJ
acres. $4,000 acres of land uf rr, Now
YORK Canal Company is included and
5000 acres of SO called duuIr'u iIat
Excluding the $4,000 acres OF uu.,n''.
and there is left 2O7 600 acres. n7uur
acres of which has been entered "
hled upon. 49, acres withdrawn nom
eptry, 1921 acres of State >..oI
land II $4,000 acres Of private amos
The school lands wh,n sold Urrs
better than their appraised .t'."
they cannot be sold for less 'ri. $40
an acre and have been sold as n -H e
S35 an acre. They are considered OBJ,
the best and are purchased ou a. i.rr,
year payment plan, so down tie
alance payable in forty years w.
interest on deferred payments ~ .
per cent.
Climatic conditions are Ideal urr
the entire proieCt-plenty Of sunshine,
for which South Dakota is famous,
and rain for maturing crops 70, tie
will of the farmer, for Idaho ram =
artificial, through irrigation bitches
All ~ the lands have an ,.,Et'.nn ~
1000 feet above the sea level TIE
average annual rainfall is 10 IUr "-
The average range of Temperature is
from 2S tn ~ degree and 1"'"
weather is very rare. The irrigation
season is from April / 10 october 81,
PA days.
The soil is clay loan, lfrl' SANDY
loan and sandy loan. II - ,u"si'
cred very rich. formed as Dr. IS from
a volcanic ash ana having TN" u'c's'
sary qualities to make crop yea
abundant, The principal crops are
alfalfa ,three cuttings, what oats
barley, rye, potatoes and all 'el"'
tables. together with fruits, inc.Hi..G
apples, prunes, peaches. pears ''
cots and small fruits Of all va'"'''S
Trans Nlclu from tnlrtN 10 Ittf
els TO the acre for wheat, Will" t''S
often go higher than that.
The lands in the project avs '''
older lands bordcrng ON - i.'" ~
extensive fruit belt, whcr" apples ''
the choicest marketable varieties ''r
specialized. as the Joud'hd'. I.ns
Eeauty, Grimes Golden Sc To'' are
a stable crop each year, the 'i''-
bearing abundantlN. Iruuc~ wave
never been known to fan Hn' ''''
made this section famous l.' iH.
fruits produce remarkably ."'
were a3,l3O acres of land
project under cultivation tins '''
This year the crop had a toto. F.a."
tion of between s. '0o,ooo and s. '.''
900.
AS a dairy section IN" rr"n.' ".'
and western Idaho ~ RAPIDLY .'.'
ing one Of the hc-t nuuNr
the favorable climatic c"ud '". INV
! alfalfa yield. while other stogh '''.''
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its regular channel by "A tunnel bored
through solid rock at the side; "A
cottrrdam was built, leaving the river
bed dry, and excavations were made
for a solid rock foundation, to which
the dam was anchored, 1t was COM
pletcd at the price of a modern bat
tlcshlp, The dam Is l,l00 feet long,
2l0 feet wide nj the base and tapering
Ia III feet at the top. Arrowrock, the
Government town, has faded into his
tory, hut Arrowrock dam remains n
monument To engineering.
The impoundcd water is stored in
the fall, winter and spring, when the
floods can hc collected. II is held
until the latter part of the irrIgatinu
season, when it is allowed t. pass
back into the river below the dam
and is carried on To the diversion dam
fifteen miles below, There II Is run
into the New York canal ana taken
on down to the lands below.
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r y the formal dedication in Boise,
Idaho, on October 4 OF the Ar
rowrock dam, the highest in the
world, there will he added To agri-
cultural America one Of the largest
irrigation projects in the United States.
The total area is 2i3, 900 acres, IN EN-
pire in itself. tributary 10 and in close
proximity OF Boise. Appropriate cere-
mony will mark the dedication, in
which all Idaho will Join.
The construction Of this massive
arched wedge OF solid concrete weigh
Ing owe 1000. 900 tons to a height of
ISL feet between mountains a mile
high is the browning feat Of scientific
engineering accomplished by the
United States reclamation service un-
der the direction of +. l.. Weymouth,
supervising engineer of the Idaho dis
trict; Charles II. Paul, construction
engineer. and James Mum, superin-
tendent OF construction.
This important epoch In the history
Of irrigation. no longer in its expert
mental stage but which yet presents
problems in Harvesting rivers and
overcoming natures obstacles worthy
Of the brains of the most scientifically
schooled, marks another stride IN
progress, a tribute to American con
struct!veness in striking contrast TO
European dest]ructiveness.
Twenty years ago IA proposal to build
such a gigantic structure in the Boise
River, controlling its normal and Hood
water fow completely, would Fave been
regarded as visionary. But the men
with compass ana chain, backed 10y
energy of the West, have seen their
dreams come true, and ArrOwrock dam
Ia a reality. The dam was begun four
years ago and six years We're allotted
TO the work. The cost was Ia he 81
500 900. To-day It stands completed
two years ahead of time at "A total
cost OF $4,000, 900. From thirty to
sixty miles below II lie the rich, fertile
valley lands, whose reclamation 1t has
made possible.
As a testimonial Of the wise policy of
the Government in building this great
dam the saving OF crops IN "A wide
territory in Idaho, in this, the driest
year almost in history, has in its first
season Of usefulness paid back the
totQl investment.
anchored on solid granite 90 feet
below the normal river bed, the dam
stands like Gibraltar, To the eve
II rises n sheer concrete arched pier
261 feet above the river. The con-
0ete in It II piled in a column 10
feet square would rise to a height
Of 20 miles. The interior contains
three complete galleries running fun
length from mountain side to u
tain side in which possible leakage
will he Jared for and from which its
20 outlet gates are controlled,
There are moro steps IN it than in
-" large hostelries In many cities,
. Oue spiral stairway alone is So feet
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farm buildings, orchards ana fences
which on clear days are visible from
and under the surface.
The city of Boston would be covered
to a depth of eight feet could the
waters Of this reservoir be flowed over
1t, for its capacity is Pa, 300 acre feet,
In other words, II this fluid was
spread over level ground it would
cover ga 300 acres a foot deep,
The iio.sc project proper was segrc-
gated from the public domain some
years ago. An idea of the topography
of the southern Idaho country should
be gained to appreciate the task the
reclamation service had before II IN
successfully working out "A plan hv
which its lands could hc irrigated.
The great Snake River finds its source
in tho Teton Mountains On the border
elevations of the Idaho Montana line.
II flows in a southerly direction into
the eastern Idaho basin, makes a
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upcratiuu what no thirty horses and
as many M II could do. OF al your
right sou see "A complex machine.
with shiny tubes that stab the earth
at every revolution of the wheels,
You ask the Why OF II ali.
"Our oni,n and lettuce plant is
the answer. beats planting by hand
ly several huudrei per cent. in eff
cheney. lUu simply pour he seeds in
thaSp hoppprs AT the back II the ma
cline and drive u ong: the seed Is
planted autumatical.y. And far more
systematicaliy too than human hands
could accomplish It,"
Truly the old order changeth. In
farming it is impressed on YOU
tremendously by the twentieth cen
fury appearance of the organization
which tii's tn farm. The old things
are passing. What YOU have always
associated with a farm-horscs, mules.
rail fences. We J., rambling barns and
red checked plough boys behind Dob
hin-gonc or going are all these
things III the great valley farm which
has come" under the guidance Of cor
|purat.ln control.
But in their places You VIII find
lev and perhaps more interesting
things.
Certainly there : a romance 10 the
steel mule-the metallic snoring
craw'cr tractor .ess than a year OH
IN the farm world that has sup
planted the live mules and horses on
this modern farm. II is hard on
faithful Dobb!n. one must admit. but
the new mules are more efficient. The
steel mule. with n single plough boy
t. shif, the gears and steer it, can
haul loads along the highway and drag
pluughs and harrows through the
muck which would pul the tendons
Of any eight horses ever foaled.
And a. for fences. YOU can hardly
expect them To waste any of this
precious muck and by putting up the
old fash .ncd fences. With land eX-
pcctcd 10 yield up to $500 an acre 1t is
not deemed efficient by the corpora
ton in charge tn spreal miles Of fenc-
ing over the farm. Which X another
twentieth century idea.
on you push n your automobile
straight through the muck fields, "ve
roads hult 10y the farms own road
gang. They suggest hat YOU try out
the knee boots in "A stride over the
super rich soil. You do 81. II is tke
walking on deep ve.vct.
You pause and pick mp "A handful Of
the back earth and squeeze it in your
hand and the water runs from II as
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hIry,s uf lettuce was gathered.
From wooded swamp O." a small ranch
Of head lettuce IN a single Ntar That
is one If the records that hig business
exploitation uf The soil has set + he
farmers ~ the land
com" ana see this great country
factory for yourself. Step into knee
boots. come uut over the farm tHd
see how j.; scales 10 your garden patch
yes. Frs, borrow one Of the farms
autum"hI'os hey Keep "a number TO
TIE fu;cmru and officials ,u Use IN th"
days wug, fur YOU probably wan, 10
s"r something 10 4 $. glo day We
are deal NJ .n miles. remember, N.u
would 10" quite lost On the farm Ituut
The completeness uf Oh" layout a.
;nni~hr. yutI starting from tn" head
quarters Co., office e 'lrr firm. winch,
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MAKES A HUGE EXPERIMENT IN MODERN FA
Principles of Manufac.
turing Efficiency En-.
ployed in Wringino
$500 an Acre Out Of
Hitherto Waste Soil

from a sponge. leaving a dry. loan,
mass in your fingers. Then the aecr..
of its fertility is unfolded 10 vo,
II is chock full OF old vegetable mai.
ter and holds vast stores of tho nitror
enous deposits SO necessary 10 nlos.
life. Garden stuff %luxuriatls in NV.
sort of ground.
There's the orchard gang at work
your guide says suddenly. pc n,inr "a
a large patch Of orchard on a nc,rs'
boring slope Of uplnnIs.
You look and behold a strange Sigh,
a small yellow c.ondburst has s'rucy
The hillside-the farms orchard doc.
tors are spraying the apple trees W..
insecticide. The men are swa,hnd .,
their eyes in watcrproonng 90 Keen ~
the pungent drizzle that spurts from
their miniature water tower appara,g.
In dollars and cents this rnea.,
much to the farm. for up-n Jus. su,t
scientific treatment Of The health al,
the trees depends the Yield ~ aprs
groves. And the yield, remember n,
these trees and Of every other w.sp -
plant life in the valley Is being s'ud.ei
and watched and Sjimu.a'cd ur ,r.
great corporation farm with s',or' III.
mlnuteness and traditiona' curuu~a,. p
thoroughness. Big business is c,.
plotting Mother Earth ar.r ,.
fashion Of It's " successful cNp,.
rience in other lines.
They take YOU all over tho ,.-.
plains and the orchard d ted u~riarts
They p-int out their modest .t''o .,..
hundred acres of waving whca' The.
lead you to great gaIarcs and Ma.
ChinerN maintenance shop ami pfoldy
exhibit the stores OF gnslicne VII y
slake the thirst of the T,Wcrfu' ira.
tors whose coming has done ava,
with the necessity of a ranch O.,
horses for the big farm.
They tell You of the solcro.gn'v ~
system in the valley how a cumrre.
hensive and lucid cos dcculu;aa %
plan has been evolved which wl, eli,
the big farm. when tine harvos..a
days are over. a nicely approximate
cost per acre of each girt.cu ar crop
that has been raised. Aul then they
wh!rl you back Ia headquarters on ~
brow Of the h i-tremendou,'l inn.
pressed with the farm and It's forward
looking methods ana fun ~ wonder
at the influence II viii all have upon
the future Of American agriculture.
Ii may be, you reicct-looking down
into the valley humming with the eN.
hausts OF the steel mules and glowing
green with great squares Of vcge,a.
tion-it may be that We are approach.
ing corporate farming.
Already along many specialized line.
the farmers of the United state a-s
facing the necessity Of CHI osing he.
tween cooperative effort on the ore
hand and corporate farming on the
other. Every important eCouoml
tendency Of the twentieth century is 10
the direction of larger units of farm
operation. and every month passing
sees the business Of filling the sol
being put on a sounder MANUFACTURING
basis.
Big business has put its hand to ne
plough. a IL were-and the farm jour
nal editors are watching this SPECIAL
farm with peculiarly interested eyes
For this corporation farming IN dead
earnest and on an immense scale has
important potential results.
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game is much simpler.
one thing ] know about 1t is that
it gives the players about as much
exercise as tennis does. To explain:
Tie same is played on IA smooth earth
surface, 12 feet wide by 40 long,
though these figures may be varied
to suit available space, This Is di-
yided in the centre by a chalk line and
at six and twelve feet from this on
either side the court In further di-
vided, The implements Of the game
are ordinary wooden rolling hoops
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four feet in diameter and the player
drives from the end space with the
hand to the opposite player, who must
take 1t on the roll and send II back,
Both players occupy the end spaces
at the start and The driver must send
the hoop tn his opponent on the first
drive or lose his point.
After the first drive they may close
in TO within six feet of the centre line.
The player getting n hoop past his
opponent counts a point, as he does
II his opponent fails to return Il. As
many players may engage as desire.
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Methods of Big Business
Being Applied to IT,
900 Acre Tract in a
Former SwampinNew
York State

|ApITAL has busted itself with
railroads and ships md Oorns
and ore and lathes for many
years, but the plebelan occupation
of filling the soil IL something that
1t has let alone for the most part.
OF late, however, capital has become
adventurous. 1t has taken to looking
afeid for Its exploits. And as a re-
suit there Ia under way IN Genesee
farming undertakings in the world.
owned and operated not by "A coopera-
tive association of rurallsts but by
New York city CAPITALISTS.
Eleven thousand acres Of growing
fruit and vegetables Is the potential!
capacity OF the nine mile by two mile
farm which the application of BUSH
ness methods is bringing under sci
entfic cultivation. A valley which
three years ago was a desolate swamp
bristling with poplars and forty foot
maphs-end laughed at by the u
t~ryrAde-has been converted in phe-
nomenally quick time into a mighty
outdoor hotbed of rich black muck
iavish in fertility. II is a triumph
of big business energy and versa
tility.
Nearly as large IA Manhattan
Island. the valley stretches away be-
tween two parallel rows of hills. sad
de bag In shape. and dotted with rhe
camps OF It's hundreds Of workers.
More than a hundred miles OF drain
age canals thread their way across
its expanse. and to pay off the farm
hands. they will tell you. a sixty mile
automobile trip Is required. It is a
very large proposition. this brisk ex-
p~icitation Of the soil by big business.
But more important than mere size
are the progressive methods that are
turning the farm into what Is really
a country produce manufacturing
plant. That Is exactly what they in
tend to make ~ 1t, n factory which
will produce lettuce. celery, spinach,
beans. peas and many other vegetables
In quantities for the mar
kets not only Of the Atlantic sea-
board hut OF the West and Canada az
well.
All the principles Of manufacturing
efficiency. Of manufacturing cost ac-
counting and manufacturing book
keeping. all the ~f1rsighted and well
tried methods used by manufacturing
enterprises in handling men. Installing
labor saving machinery and selling
products are being worked out by
officials Of corporation experience on
the farm.
When the first engineers pitched
their camp on the slope Of the neigh
boring hills a few years ago with the
TASK of draining the great swamp be-
fore them they saw "A vast marsh COY
cred with dense underbrush and in
some parts with heavy forest. There
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but only two play 1t the same time.
'"rhese are only the outlines of the
game and the game may seem 10 he
not much more than children rolling
hoops, but let me tell you from my
W experience that If YOU haven't
been taking much exercise YOU had
better take hoop tennis with mudCra-
ton until YOU get used to it, or YOU
will he a physical wreck for a week
at least.
And If YOU are fat well, begin 10y
playing three minute rounds at inter-
walls of an hour
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direction they We're travelling 10
others of their tribes. Tests were
made 10y reclamation engineers and
the site declared feasible. An appro-
priation was secured to carry on the
construction. a large Government
camp was installed, together with ma
Chincry. Including steam shovels, and
a railroad built to the. camp. Like
magic the Government town of Ar
ruWruck sprang mp,
The Boise River was diverted from
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north Of the city by that name.
BOISE itself is backed against the foot
hN Of these mountains The river
after cutting its way through deep
canyons flows onto the valley below,
which spreads out 10 the south at the
feet of 'H" city, This plain Is made
1p "' Tia" boise Valley proper and a
series Of bench lands rising aud drop
pins away 20 the Snake River Valley.
r. is this urea that forms the Boise
project. dotted with several important
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stT WAS up in Connecticut i'm the
Bethel n|cighhorhood over
Labor Day" said a New York
man who usually works on Labor
Day, land | ran into a new kind OF
game, so new in fact that It was a
Bethel girl who had devised Il, and it
precincts, hut | believe it will become
popular as soon as it Is known. She
called IL hoop tennis because II Ia
played with hoops ON u court re-
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twenty miles above Boise. The rock
gained It's name from the habit of
early Indian tribes shooting arrows
into the high pinnacle To Indicate the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-14
EATING BETWEEN MEALS

Do you know that the stomach needs
rest regularly and that eating between
meals is common cause OF indigestion?
Do you know what happens when you
eat more than you can digest? What re-
lation biiousness has to overeating?
Do you know that when the blood gets
thin the digestion becomes weak, that
good digestion is impossible unless the
blood is rich and red, such blood as
comes from the use OF DR.. Williams Pink
Pills?
These tonic pills and proper care in
the diet will change dyspeptic, despond-
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hungry, cheerful men and women because
DR.. Williams Pink Pills build up the
blood, making the stomach able TO secrete
the needed digestive fluids, and strengthen
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cesses Of digestion.
After you begin taking DR.. Wi11iams
Pink Pills the first sign Of returning
health is usually IN increased appetite
Then you find that what you eat causes
no distress and if you exercise q reason.
able amount of care in the selection OF
your food you viii have no more trouble:
Your own druggist sells DR.. Williams,
Pink Pills and diet book called "What
to Eat and How to Eat will be sent free
on request by the DR.. Williams Medicine
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