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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
NEED FOR ORGANIZATION.

Topeka, kans.-Writing in the Daily
Capital. Clyde O. ressner makes this
point:
How is this for prosperous Kansas?
Statistics show that in the canning and
preserving industries in this state 77.47
per cent of the employees receive less
than $40 per week, l5.4s per cent receive
less than SO per week, and of those who
receive less than SO per week 81 per
cent are men and 3s per cent are wom-
en- and children. Their working time
averages but little less than ten hours
per day. Are we not badly in need of
federal labor unions ?"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07

city, nesting in one of the most beautiful
give you an outing, free from the smoke
and CRIME of great city, chance to
get back to the country" and see the
likeness of the old-home town.
Do you want to take one of these
trips?
This is how you can do it without cost
to yourself
Popularity Contest.
The one obtaining the greatest number
of votes will receive railroad ticket
over any line he may choose, sleeping car
fare and $50 in cash to pay his incidental
expenses.
The one receiving the second highest
number of votes will receive his railroad
fare to and from Mansfield, O., and $35
in cash.
To the person receiving the third high
est number of votes will be given the
same railroad facilities and $25 in cash.
To the contestant getting the fourth
highest number Of ballots there will be
given the same railroad facilities and SIS
in cash.
Does this sound good to you?
Then this is the way to obtain for
yourself or your friends these coveted
privileges
Come to Room "a, Thoms Building,
Main and Fifth streets, and the details
will be explained. 1t will not cost you
cent to inquire, and it may mean one
of the most profitable and pleasurable
events of your life.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
DO You Want to Liue to Be
100 Years Old? Read This

Henry f. Swanback, the oldest Odd
Fellow in America, who lives at the age
of 100 at Greenwood, Neb., was a boy
hood friend OF Bismarck. His grand
father lived to be III. Following are
his rules for living to be 100:
Go to bed early and get up early.
Never sleep in heated room
Keep fresh air in the sleeping room.
Sleep out of doors in SUMMERTIME
ter, too, if it can be arranged
Drink plenty OF fresh water.
Use very little red liquor
AS old age comes on take, each morn
ing, small wineglass of one-thrd gly-
cerine and two-thirds good whisky.
Smoke as often as you please. but do
not nhale the smoke or blow it out
through the nostris
IF you are unfortunate enough to lose
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
Ballad of II Gay Cat.
Chicago News.)

I'm not regular out -and-outer,
Hope l-may die, professional crook,
But ridin' for JOY I'm an old through
reuter-
Just hunt up my record and have
And when | am out with giddy party,
Me at the wheel with lovely dame,
do what they like and do it hearty
To bore your guests is a measly shame.
SO when Clarice, as the day was dawn
ing,
Begins to droop at my side and sigh,
To keep the dear, who was bored, from
yawning,
| outs with my "gat' and holds up a
guy
1t amt of course, that we needs his
money,
But the girls must be amused, the
dears!
And they giggle and think it is awfuly
funny
To take the guys jools for souvenirs.
Well, one of 'em squawked, and I'm in
shady,
And it's over the road, | reckon, for
me.
But" anything to oblige a LADY,!
Says old Pal Adam-and you and me
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
TIPS FROM TEXAS.
dallas News.)

IDdIIdS NtWS.J
If you are really hungry, you do not
demand that the spoon be solid silver.
AS a general thing, the woman in the
case is the main victim.
Our guess is that when a rich man
dies his kin are more Interested in his
will than his obituary.
Our observation is that the sort of
ability that finds inspiration in a bottle
draws very little salary, nor draws that
little long.
Furthermore, the affinity is about the
only fool who thinks he or she can inter
fere successfully between husband and
wife.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
Suspicious.

MY husband is the most considerate
man." boasted the bride Il never find
the house Uttered up with cigarette butts
when | come home from visit to the
country
IF were YOU, said an older married
woman, I'D take immediate steps to find
out where he spends his evenings
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
Described In Detail.

What did Joan OF Arc wear?'
She wore," answered the girl at the
foot OF the class, "a suit OF steel, trim
med with sheet iron and cut along rath-
er severe lines. - Louisville Courier
Journal.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
Disappointing.

81 don't think much of Binks' sense
OF propriety.'
What the matter now
Last night after the thcater offer
ed to drive him and Mrs Binks out to
their home, ten miles in the country
"Well?"
THE chump accepted. .'-Richmon
Times Dispatch
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
VIII Share Profits with Men.

Bridgeport, Conn-Noticc was given
10 5000 workmen by the Locomobilc
Company OF America today that profits
would be shared with them The plan is
to increase wages proportionately with
the increase Of product
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
lrllp 10 Life.

whats all that noise upstairs?" call
ed the mother. 81 thought you were
playing house
I'VE are, mamma" the little daughter
replied. Johnny is the papa, and he has
just come home from the store. I'm
arguing with him about money matters y
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
An Opening.

There goes the chap who broke the
worlds record for the hundrcd-yard
dash.
81 wonder il we could get him to
come ont to our suburb and coach us
in sprntlng for trains"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
In Despair.

Don't you find it an awful expense
to have three marriageable daughters on
your hands,"
yes, and the worst of it is I'm be-
ginning to think they're not marriage
able"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07

Hartford Conn,-The Colt Firearms
plant here gave notice today that a bon
us OF l2H per cent OF all wages paid
since May 1 last will be divided among
the employees.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
All on.

How aoout little game of freeze
out asked one of the gang who had
dropped in on Jones while his wife was
in the country,
Nothing doin,, boys said the host,
THE ice box is empty
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-07
Customary.

Congratulations. Kate! | hear you
became engaged while you were at the
seashore.'
"Of course. | always do"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

canning equipment, grading, methods
of marketing. They also agree to
make an exhibit of at least 10 varie-
ties of canned products at some dis
trict, county, or state club festival or
fair. The basis of judging the work
of the mother-daughter team is ~
quality and variety of the canned
products, (2) quantity, (S) appear
ance, (4) profit on investment, and (5)
records or story of home canning
work. Each of these divisions carries
weight of 20 points, making total
score of 100.
Some very profitable as well as in
teresting work has been done by men,
bers of the home garden and canning
clubs. The following table of cost of
production and receipts shows that
Myrtle Mann of Nebraska cleared
$63.40 in canning tomatoes, or a net
profit, on an acre basis, of 1854.
Club plat, ITO acre.
Cultivated crop once a week, hoe oil
cultivator.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

An innovation in canning club work
is the mother-daughter home canning
club, which is'to be confined entirely to
the canning Of fruits and vegetables.
The age requirements of the daughters
joining the club is 10 to 10 years, in
elusive, but there is, of course, no age
limit placed for the mothers. These
two, the mother-daughter team, work
together to bring into the home better
methods of canning, and to utilize the
waste products of farm, orchard and
garden. Oftentimes, however, it is
possible to purchase at local markets
some fruits and vegetables in large
bulk at very low price, thus insur-
ing for the family larger and better
winter supply.
The definite objects of the clubs,
which are in charge of the United
States Department of Agriculture and
State colleges Of agriculture cooper
ating, are to cultivate closer co-opera-
ton between mother and daughter in
the home interests and activities, to
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

have been $1,155.70. Besides the re-
suits of her work as shown on the
following table, she gathered ~
pounds of tomato seed for the next
years planting. Her net profit was
strengthened very materially by the
fact that she selected an early variety,
started seed for plants early and was
able to place her fresh tomatoes on
local markets in advance of the gener-
al tomato crop of her section.
Date of first bloom, June 20.
Date of first ripe fruit, July 9.
Date of last gathered, Nov. 6.
Cost of Production:
Rent of land LOO
Expense of labor, seed, planting,
fertilizer and cultivation. -. 800
Cost of picking, cans, labels,
supplies, canning work and
Total cost of production. .$15.61
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12
,YtJk
Our PoULf Try IMPAIRMENT
ERNEST 3 '''''a GRAND RAPIDS ''''

value. | do not wish to leave the i'm
preston not to feed any corn to the
growing stock, but what l wish to con-
vey to the amateur poultry raiser is
the danger in feeding too much corn,
or, for that matter, too much of any
food which contains too much fat
forming substances. Farmers rely too
much upon corn as a food, and the
price, compared with other grains
grown upon our farms, offers an in
centive to use it more freely. To feed
lots of corn because it is cheaper will
in the end prove to be poor economy,
and such policy of saving is con-
demned by every experienced poultry
raiser.
Strength and vigor must be in the
chick when it is Matched, but that
strength and vigor must be encour-
aged and must grow with the devel-
opment of the fowl. No matter how
healthy and strong the chick may be
when Matched, the strength will soon
disappear when not given the proper
feed and attention. 1t is much easier
to run a flock down than to build
it up, and nothing will run down a
flock of chickens quicker than improp-
er feeding.
Oats and wheat contain good per-
centage of the elements necessary to
build bone and muscle. The former
especially is one of the best poultry
foods to be had. To the oats and
wheat may be added kaffir corn, mil
let, and some cracked corn, all of
which combined form an excellent
grain food for the growing chickens,
A mixture of bran, middlings
ground oats, mealed alfalfa to
which may be added when fed some
high grade beef scraps makes an ideal
dry mash for the growing chicks, and
although this is not forcing food it
assists materially in building up the
birds and developing them as quickly
as nature intended them to advance
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

teach economy and thrift, in connec-
ton with the home and the food prod
ucts available to that home, to teach
the use Of labor saving devices, the
utilization of all by-products and sur
plus fruits and vegetables, and to sug-
gest methods of correlating the home
canning interests with the work Of the
school, as especially related to agri-
culture and home economies. The
club will also encourage the use in the
home of liberal supply of fruits and
vegetables for the entire year, thus
balancing the ration for the winter
months as well as during the summer.
An accurate account is to be kept
of all expenses, receipts, observations
and experiments in connection with
the mother-daughter home canning
work. The team, the mother and
daughter, must agree to attend the
meetings Of the local club and partici-
pate in the discussion of the programs
and to follow the instructions, espe-
cially those relating to containers,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12
NMNaeSs3NNSz\

storms will continue during Mon
day and Tuesday, the 21st and 22nd,
in the sections named, but much of
the country east of the Mississippi
river will be fair, especially by the
middle of the week.
About Tuesday, the 22nd, baromet-
rio conditions will begin falling in the
west with threatening and windy con-
ditions in the Missouri valley. Storms
of rain and electrical storms will cross
the country during Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, the 23rd, oath,
and 25th. Following this storm eddy
temperatures will drop much lower,
reaching Lake region and Ohio val
ley about Friday the 25th.
On the Pacific coast the tempera-
ture will be rising and the barometer
falling lower about Friday, the storm
area reaching western states at the
close of the week. Electrical storms,
heavy June rains in Illinois, Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas, Arizona, Missouri
valley and upper Rio Grande valley.
Rains above normal in Texas. Tor
nadoes in Kansas, Iowa and Missouri.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

the framework first before going on
with the superstructure. A chicken
with properly developed frame, well
formed bones, and good muscles will
take on fat readily when the time
comes for such development.
Do not attempt to crowd matters
along the line. Go about it systemat-
ically, build up from the bottom, and
put on the finishing touches when the
time is at hand to- do so. 1t is pos
sibIe to force chicken, but that fore
ing must be done first on the bones
and muscles, and then the fat. Re-
member the frame must first of all
have the carrying capacity, or there
is sure to be some kind Of a break
down. Sometimes these breakdOwns
will not be in evidence at the begin
ming, but later on they will surely
crop out.
Many broOds are started with too
much corn meal and later too much
cracker corn in their grain foods. Corn
contains a small percentage of ash or
mineral matter, little protein, and a
large percentage of carbohydrates.
As fattener it is excellent, but as a
bone and muscle builder it has little
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

The Carolina rail bird, or sora, has
small, short wings apparently ADAPT
ed to protracted flight, and ordinarily
when forced to fly, does so reluctantly
and alights as soon as possible. 1t
flies with such awkwardness and ap-.
parently becomes so quickly exhaasCc
ed that at least one writer has been
led to infer that most of its migration
must be made on foot; the facts are,
however, that the Carolina rail has
one Of the longest migration routes
of the whole rail family and easily
crosses the wide reaches of the Carri-
bean Sea.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12
-ML.N.P2ITCHARD
GRAND RApIpS, MICHIGAN
Summary for Summer Quarter.

Summary for Summer Quarter.
During this week the sun reaches
its farthest point north giving us our
longest day and shortest night-the
summer season technically begins.
With the new season the atmos-
phere will release more of the mois-
ture which it contains than was in
evidence during the spring quarter.
As was stated in the March forecast,
the summer quarter will be moist. The
crops and land will benefit and prom
Use good yield at the time of the har-
vest
The western states will not receive
quite as much rain as the eastern
states, but crops and farmers will
prosper. u
June Goth to 26th
As this week begins the storm wave
detailed for last half of the previous
week will be passing over the eastern
half of the country with rain, mist
and fog in the Lake region, Ohio val
hey, middle Atlantic and New England
states. 1t is probable that local
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

The attractive arbor shown in the
picture below is so simple and easy
to construct that it should appeal to
farmers who are interested in making
their premises beautiful as well as
profitable.
The arbor consists of four octa-
gonal cinder-concrete columns sur
mounted by undressed timber. 1t was
built by Mr.. ]. Fletcher Street, a
Philadelphia architect, at his subur-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

ban home in Beverly, New Jersey.
To construct the columns required
three cubic yards of cinders and three
barrels of cement The work was
done by one man in four days. This
mixture, however, is too lean and I'M
safe for the unskilled worker to use,
and the proper proportions of cement,
sand and stone are given below.
The arbor is 8x12 feet. The col
umns are 71a feet high, 2 feet at the
base and 1S inches at the top. Each
has a foundation of concrete 2 feet
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12
Construction Details of Form for
Casting Concrete Columns.

Two types of forms for construct
ing columns are shown in the line
drawing. The form at the left is the
more economical where it is the pur-
pose to use it many times, but for a
single operation, such as the arbor
described, the form at the right with
braces nailed instead of being fitted
with bolts would be more economical.
The concrete could be mixed in the
proportion of one part Portland ce-
ment, two parts sand and four parts
stone or screened gravel, as cinders
are not always available on the farm.
1t is important to remember that
cinders do not mean ashes, so it would
be better to use the stone or gravel.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12
An inexpensive and
Picturesque ArbOr

and inches each way-in other
words, a concrete cube of that di-
mension. A square form of boards
was erected and corner pieces in
serted to form the octagon. 1t was
intended to give the columns a finish
ing coat of plaster, but they looked so
we'll in their crude state that it was
never applied.
Simple designs of this type compare
favorably with the most costly and or
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

FORMING lOOu, Coutoiii-
ing a small precent-
age of ash and pro
TEN. The growing
fowls must have the
frame, bone, and mus
Gle to carry the fat.
Without these the re-
suit will be leg weak
ness and other all
ments, and in many
cases the retarding of
growth. 1t is only
reasonable to build
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

An eastern paper says the remedy
for the Hessian fly is simple. Put the
soil in condition as near the mellow
ness of an ash heap as possible, and
drill the field just before corn husking.
Hession flies and slipshod farmers are
fellow tenants.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12
ERNEST 3. BLETT

In raising chickens for the market
1T is absolutely necessary to build the
frame before putting on the fat. mex
perienced poultry raisers often start
their chickens with too much fat
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

nate conceptions, and are made at
greatly reduced cost. Had the col
umns shown been elaborate in design
and surmounted with dressed timbers
it is questionable whether the arbor
could have been built for less than
500. Moreover, many people of good
taste would prefer the more rude and
simple patterns. These columns take
their place in the landscape with the
unobtrusiveness of a tree, while their
rough surface is better adapted to
the growing of vines than columns
possessing smooth surface. In fact,
the columns on the world-famous ter
race at Amalfi are even more simple
than these octagonal forms.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

. Date of first bloom, June 10.
Date of first fruit, July %.
Date of last picking, Nov. /.
Cost of Production:
Rent of land ................. $1.O0
Labor, seed, fertilizer. ........ $50
Picking, crates, cans, labels and
canning work ............... S.25
Total cost for season. .$15.75
Receipts:
From fresh vegetables sold =. $46.70
From canned vegetables ....... 32.45
Total receipts .$79.15
Net profit, for season. ........ 63.40
Net profit, on acre basis. $50. .634.00
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

Eloise Parsons of Iowa, 16 years
old, having plot of Ito of an acre,
and who lost part of her crop due to
an attack of flock of ducks, made
net profit of $115.57. When figured
at the rate of an acre, her profit would
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12
Mother=Daughter Canning Clubs
Cooperation i'm the Household i'm Canning the
Orchard am Garden Produce How the Club
Operates Examples of Success

prepared by the U. S. Department of Agriculture)
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

The above itemized accounts, show
ing the amount of money expended
and the cash returns on growing to-
matoes, are typical. Some club mem
bers have made more than the amounts
named above, others less, but the care
full manner in which the record of
preparing the land for the crop, its
growth, harvest, and the cost of can
ming as itemized, gives good idea of
what will be required in the mother
daughter canning clubs.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-06-12

Receipts:
From fresh vegetables sold :. .$45.16
From canned vegetables .... $50
From other by-products canned,
not grown on Ito acre. $50. 5.25
Estimated value of vegetables,
both fresh and canned, re-
tanned for home use ......... 75.47
Total receipts .$131.38
Net profit ................. .$115.57
Net profit on acre basis .1155.70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
BRING MANS REASON
BACK BY TELEPATHY
Family Concentrate Minds on
Victim of Aphasia, Who Comes
TO Senses as Sol iier.
~ TeI,sraph to ne rnbun- J

Syracuse, May 26. Wandering about
the country since March :. victim Of
aphasia. Purley D. Bailey, Of Cazeno-
via. suddenly regained his mental fac
ulties two days ago to find himself a
private in the Canadian Royal ORA
ICONS. i'm Toronto, under the name %
lanes Douglass Accompanied By his
brother. he returned home to-day on
furlough.
The members Of Bsiley's family are
deem students Of psychology, and after
a two months nationwide search they
adopted mental means Of finding MN.
All his relatives concentrated their
minds upon the missing man, and by
means of this thought suggestion
caused his reasoning powers 70 re
turn. Bailey himself believes this he
said to-day.
During his furlough efforts are being
made 10 secure his release from the
Canadian army. in which he had served
several weeks and was about 10 be sent
20 France Bailey j. the son OF Frofes..
,or George u. Bailey and a member OF
= well known Central New YORK family