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The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-09

while to develop her mental faculties
or to take advantage OF opportunities
within reach to ft herself for a su.
perlor position Thousands OF girls
Unexpectedly thrown on their own re.
sources have been held down all their
lives because OF neglected tasks in
youth, which at the time we're dis.
missed with careless Il don't think
1t worth while They did not think
II would pay to go to the bottom of
any study at school. to learn to keep
accounts accurately. or fit themselves
to do anything In such a way as to
be able to make living by II. They
expected to marry, and never pre-.
pared for being dependentent on
Themselves contingency against
which marriage. In many instances is
no safeguard.
The number OF perpetual clerks is
constantly being recruited By those
who did not think it worth while as
boys TO learn to write a good hand
or to master the fundamental
branches of knowledge requisite in
business career. The ignorance com.
mon among young men and young
women in factories. stores and OF.
fices, everywhere, in fact. in this land
OF opportunity where youth should be
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that Is. the soil must slip from the mold board
evenly leaving the surface bright and clean
Poor securing is due to many causes The mold
board may be too soft to take a good polish or
1t may be mperfectly ground. or slight imper.
fections may have been left in the surface
To test a good mold board is an easy matter
By running the fingers over the surface from
the bottom TO the top one can easily tell whether
the plow has the right shape. and whether its
surface Is perfect A plo" SHOULD have a hardened
edge and point-the harder the better-because
upon the wearing qualities OF the plow depend
success or failure to very large degree
For breaking sod plow with long
slopng share and mold board should be used, but
for stubble or welltilled ground the pow with
short. steep mold board is better The breaking
plow turns the sod over evenly and covers all
growth so that II rots and forms humus in the
soil
Upon the shape OF the pillow also depends the
draft pillow unsuted to tie soil on which Il ia
used will cause much greater draft than is
necessary. wearing out the strength OF the team
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~ell educated, Is a pitiable thing.
How often stenographers are morti.
ned by the use OF some unfamiliar
word or term. or quotation, because
OF the shallowness OF their prepara.
tioa! 1t is not enough to be able to
take dictation when ordinary letters
are given. not enough to do the ordi.
nary routine of Office work. The am
bilious stenographer must be pre-
pared for the unusual word or expires.
sion. must have good reserves OF
knowledge to draw from In case of
emergency. II she is constantly slip
ping up on her grammar. or is all at
sea the moment she steps out OF her
ordinary routine. her employer knows
that her preparation is shallow. that
her education is limited. and her pros
peEs will be limited. also.
Everywhere We go We see men and
women, especially from twenty-five to
forty years OF age. who are cramped
and seriously handicapped by the lack
OF early training. | often receive let.
ters from such people. asking II 1t is
possible for them to educate them.
selves SO late in life. or course Il ia.
There are SO many good correspond.
ence schools today, and institutions
like Chautauqua. so many evening
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schools. lectures. books, Libraries and
periodicals, that men and women who
are determined to improve themselves
nave abundant opportunities to do so
One trouble with people who are
smarting under the consciousness Of
deheient education is that they do
not realize the immense value OF util.
izlhg spare minutes. Like many BOYS
VINO VIII not save their pennies and
small change because they cannot see
now a fortune could ever grow by
the saving. they cannot see Eow little
studying here and there each day will
ever amount to a good substitute for
a college education.
People who feel their lack Of educa.
tion, and who can afford the outlay,
can make wonderful strides In a year
by putting themselves under good tu.
tors, who will direct their reading and
study along different lines.
There is one special advantage in
self-education-you can adapt the
studies to your own particular needs
better than you could In school or col.
lege. Everyone who reaches middle
life without an education should first
read and study along the line of his
own vocation. and then broaden him.
self as much as possible by reading
on other lines.
Every well-ordered household ought
to protect the time of those who de-
sire 20 study at home. At a fixed
hour every evening during the long
winter there should be by common
consent quiet period for mental con.
centration. for what Is worth while in
mental discipline. a quiet hour unin.
terrupted by the thief callers. There
is a divine hunger IN every normal
being for self-expansion. a yearning
for growth or enlargement. Beware
OF selling this craving OF nature for
self-unfoldment. There is untold
wealth locked up In the long winter
evenings and odd moments ahead of
you. A great opportunity confronts
you. What will you do with ii?
Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure Newspa.
per Syndcate.l
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Universal Demand Is
for Experience
By ED cITZow. celu.b~, oh;o


and profoundly desiring to avert this calamity have sought vain
for opportunity enter specialize and develop in the automobile
industry With this end have planned with sincerity of purnn6e
enthusiastically and Systematically devote leisure to &
acquisition of knowledge and skill with the object of enhancing the value
Of services both employer and myself and with the ultimate
aim of becoming sales representative
One of the mountainous obstacles impeding the realization of this
aspiration the universal demand for experience and the seeming equally
universal lack among employers of volunteers contribute the novice
the first opportunity for its acquisition Vending his from door to
door futile and dcoragng Search the prospective specialist must
accept employment of whatever himself and pos
sb dependents With this acceptance unongena employment
his opportunity for further search cuad His enthusiasm damp
ened, Indifference finally results.
Vocational training obligation which society its younger
members because of the highly technical and complex of modern
industry Well organized federal employment bureaus cooperating with
such schools would solve this problem at least partially
One cannot blame the young man. whether contributor
he cognnt not Of the danger Just floating through
life and the ganfuess planning with his Gdgen bent in mind
fework At least until offer r field and favor Oppor
tunite when made available will find of eligible applicants
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Siberian Pea Tree
Of Early Onigin
By J.P. PEDERsEN. ch;e.so

shrubs old acquaintance The date of its discovery given Mich
oon Dictionary Of Gardening the year 752 No
cultivated Europe about that me being introduced to this
country not much later
In 1910 planted seeds of the city nursery the Gage
and have them present. about five thousand plants besides
couple of years ago from the government.
1t rather useful plant of its good qualities being hardi-
But though have handled for the last twenty years Chi
cago parks don't believe flower on it here although
in Europe it flowers very freely
Its botanical name is Caragana arborescens
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CHATS WITH THE
AMBITIOUS FOLK
BY oRlsoN SWEET MARoEN.
NEVER TOO LATE FOR SElF.iM
PROvEMENT.


A New York millionaire-a prince
among merchants-took me over his
palatial residence on Fifth avenue
every room OF which was triumph
of the architects, OF the decorator s,
and Of the upholsterer's art. ! was
told that the decorations OF a single
sleeping room had cost 10000 On
the walls were paintings which cost
fabulous prices. and about the rooms
we're pieces of massive and costly fur
niture and draperies representing a
small fortune, and covering the floors
we're carpets on which II seemed al
most sacFilege to tread. He had eS.
pended fortune for physical pleas.
ure. comfort, luxury and display, but
there was scarcely book in the
house.
1t was pitiful to think OF the physi-
cal surfeit and mental starvation of
tine children of such a home az that
lie told me that he came 10 the city
a poor boy. with all his worldly pos.
sessions done UP in little red ban.
dana Il am millionaire" he said.
but | want to tell you that would
give half have today for a decent
education
One Of the sad things about the
neglected opportunities for self.im.
provement is that they put people of
great natural ability at disadvan.
tage among those who are their men.
tai interiors.
know pitlabIe case OF born nat.
uralist whose education was SO ne.
elected in youth that later, when he
came to know more about natural his.
tory than almost any man OF his day,
he could not write grammatical sen.
tence. and could never make his ideas
live in words, perpetuate them In
books. because Of his ignorance OF
even the rudiments of au education
Think OF the suffering OF this splen
did man. who was conscious ol pos.
sessing colossal scientific know ledge,
and yet was absolutely unable to ex.
press himself dramatically, II is
difficult to conceive of a greater mis-.
fortune than always to be embar.
rassed and handicapped Just because
OF the neglect OF early years
Many a girl OF good natural ability
spends her most productive years as a
cheap clerk or in a mediocre position
because she never thought 1t worth
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and the patience OF the plowman The more
abrupt the curvature OF the mold board the more
pulverizing the action upon tile furrow slice
lhe use OF Golfer reduces the draft materially.
particularly on tough soils clover sod and the like
Some farmers claim that the only hrst-class
powing that can be done is with the walking
plow. but | have seen some OF the best plowing
done with sulky plow. There is not much dif-
ference in the draft sulky pillow carrying a
man will be about as easy team walking,
because the friction of the mold board OF the
walking plow is eliminated to some extent
The draft OF the walking plow depends largely
upon the way in which II is set. II properly
adjusted with steady pull so that the heel or
wing does not press too heavily against the
soil, the plow will easily, smoothly. and with
very little attention from the plowman have
seen the men follow the pillow round after round
without even touching the handle except at the
turning point
Another important thing in plowing is to have
the width OF the furrow Just right II the pillow
is set to take larger land than II can turn
over properly. 1t will leave much vegetation un-
covered and the field will be ridgy. The pillow
should be set to exactly cut and cover all that II
enters, and no more. When plow runs properly
1t should set exactly level.
No man is a good farmer unless he is first OF
all good powman. Upon the skill with which
he pows his fields depends TO considerable
extent the facility with which he can cultivate
his crop, and in fact. its yield
The question of deep or shallow plowng is one
which must be studied by every man, and
adapted to the needs Of his soil and his crop
Deeply powed soil contains moisture longer
affords better home for fertilizer and all kinds of
plant food. is more easily cultivated. and is al
ways to be desired
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Specifically Is Great.
est of Sins
By c c. ReynoId. Dayton. Ohis

and things the joke Of it. that the universal attention This ua
ton Is destructive of character and sacrifices understanding which the
basis of wisdom
Many think this oense that innocent he only super
hca We take to the frivolous and laughing side things just
take narcotics and ntoxican pleasant
relieve from the anxet and duties of the hour person thus slips
away faldera from the realities of le
The Bible enons upon be sober-mindd This admontion
wholesome and exacng the Decaogu II upon
the idea that superfcialy is destructive of mind and soul
The frivolous person character purpose in life no respect
for wisdom and understanding
The evil effects everywhere shownn church. school, in court
legislative hail. hops there insistence upon truth
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YlHelp Rather Than
Hinder One Another
By if. KNOX. Birmingham. Al.

people of Birmingham and other communities disposed
ally wish to help rather than hinder example
recently employed in taking of of downtown
windows 1t rush order and the work had be performed the
busy part of the day.
ten minutes without interruption The stationed the edge
the sidewalk have the distance and politely
requested pedestrians pass before the One would
psd the number people who will pass given point when business
brisk suppose there several hundred But with the exception
two instances there ready acquecene friends request
This incident think will show that greater portion
the people of Birmingham at least all practical purposes
s and kindly disposed and prefer help rather than hinder the
worker
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No Longer Room at the Tor,

Prof. Scott Nearing nays the motto,
there is plenty Of room at the top"
is no longer true IN this country on
account Of me fact that In every great
industry only 'hrae Of Every one thou.
sand employees have chance to rise
to the top. The professors statement
Is no doubt literally correct. but he
will probably not deny that the motto
still applies to those spheres OF activ.
ity which cannot be considered under
the head Of industry. Washington
Herald.
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Many Have Strange
| Ideas Of Liberty
BycR RElcHow. B,ootlyu. NY.

much wdfre wrapped up in themas liberty equality fraternity
How who "bawl for freedom" conund with license!
republic preuppo high state of morals but how can this be
possible without the habit OF bodnon respect can these
exist without humility
The true freeman not only jealous of rights but respects
and for the rights of Others and indignant man. ,n
the meanest, is wronged or trampled under foot
The who is always boastng freedom probably sav,
the meanes and most yranneal vices passions preuices
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stlck drawn Dy oxen. with straight stick
bound to their horns to which grass rope was
attached
This kind OF implement was in use for thou
sands Of years afterward and even now In Old
Mexico. within a hundred miles of the border
land OF America. the crooked stick Is still used
About hundred and fifty years ago plow
with wooden mold board was devised and this
held sway for nfty years when some genius of
blacksmith put an iron edge on H. and II was
then thought that the perfection OF plow making
had been reached, Their came the plow with
the iron mold board and wooden frame This
was followed by the all-steel plow. which now
relgns supreme
lhe aFistocratfc offspring OF the allsteeI plow
Is the DISK, and this implement. In connection
WIN tie hlow itself, IL doing such good work that
y ooe" hot seem possible that shall see any
decided Improvement in this instrument for soma
time
Good nowing depends as much upon the kind
Oh plo~ used as upon the man who directs il A
great many farmers have yet to learn tina, one
p,o" VIII not do satisfactory work in all kinds
OF soil and under all conditions
Perhaps the best plow to use s the o,a ,f,,
the chilled share and point | think IL is n mis-
take to use plow point that has to be con
Sfantiy renewed; for every time blacksmith
tinkers with II he turns out a difYeren, hind a,
Prov. and this Is one reason why there is so
much poor plowing done In this country. When
man gets a plow which does the work 70 his
entire satisfaction he should stick to IL and
never permit Its shape to be changed II nos.
SINE with soft point that has to be con.
slahtly renewed this is not possible. and that ia
why prefer the chilled point
Daniel Webster once essayed to be a nIow
maker After years of deep thinking and expert.
mentng, he turned out most wonderful imnIe
ment II was over twelve feet long buil, q,
wood with an iron point, and required four yokes
oil oxen TO pull IL, II turned furrow eighteen
inches wide. twelve inches deep which resem
bied the irrigation bitches OF today This did
not last long. however. and was never used out.
side of Massachusetts
To do good work the plow must scour we'll.
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In a recent article on
"City Gardening" the Sibe-
rian pea tree is mentioned
as a late introduction by
the United States govern
ment. This is a mistake.
The tree-or, rather, large
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One Of the great sins of
the age is superficiality-
an indifference to the deep
er meaning of things; an
indisposition to think. 1t
is the dusty outside, the
frivolous glimpse Of events
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What strange ideas many

What strange ideas many
persons have of liberty.
What an amount of mis-
chief has been done to soci-
ETY. by such "rabble charm
ing words" as South calls
them-words (which have
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| have often heard it re-
marked that people of the
new South were not so cour-
teous as was the case in
antebellum days, and per-
haps this is true.
But, nevertheless, the
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Kecnly conscious of the
tragic fate certain to en-
gulf the pnrposeless, shift
ing and subsequently un-
skilled individual con-
seiousness bred of personal
experience and observation
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0v S: N. CLINTON

LTHOCGH the plow is the first i'm.
plement used by man in field
farming. real progress in its devel.
opment has come only within the
last fifty years First mention OF
the plow In the Old Testament
is by Job where he says: THE
oxen plowing and the asses feed.
ing beside them" In Jobs time
the plow was probably a crooked
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-18

Miss Otto Bathe lives at on Springs Ky.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-18
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN THE EAST
lrncnmn Lndrarl

CTacoma Ledger)
 Tho defeat of Woman Suffrage in the Eastern states which held elections this year. is not as over ,yhelming as the early dispatches indicated h turns out that the cause came near winning in popuous Penn. sylvana where the affirmative vote was approximately 46 per cent Of course the suffrage workers are ds- appointed but when they examine the figures deliber- ately they will find reason to be discouraged.
 Oregon defeated woman suffrage at three consecu- tive elections but the fourth the carried by
 good majority In the three elections at which Ore gon rejected suffrage. the affirmative vote was approximately 89 per cent Woman sufiragiss Of the East surpassed this figure in all of the states except Massachusetts where the affirmative vote was only about 33 per cent.
 Taken as whole the states of New Jersey, New York Pennsylvania and Massachusetts gave political equality about 42 per cent of the vote this year.
 Woman suffrage headquarters in New York city summed up the situation In simple terms in the state ment that f man opponent out of nine were con- verted victory would be So success of woman suffrage in the East is not as far off as may have seemed from the early reports
 But because of provisions of che constitution of some of the win be impossible Go get the ques- ton before the again for five years Meantime sentiment for political equality is likely to increase be- cause of the more active Interest woman s taking In public affairs
 One of the greatest obstacles with which the sui- fragsts had Go contend with in the East organiza- tons Of women opposed to Che extension of suffrage These opponents had campaigners n the field who urn- ished plenty of excuses for men who were disposed against political equality Then too the op position oi themselves gave ample foundation for assertions by that thousands and thousands or wamen do not desire the vote With that sort of sit- uaton to meet h is remarkable that the political equal ity forces did well at the polls.
 Incomplete figures show that woman suffrage re- ceived than 50000 votes in the four states pass ing the question this year while the opposition boiled more than 100000 votes The difference is not SO great discourage future efforts to overcome t In pres- dentia elections about 14O0OOO0 votes are cast n the entire United States In four states of the East alone, more than 100000 votes cast this year for wo- man suffrage.
 Though the cause defeated, 1t must be admit ted that n is progressing remarkably when 42 per cent states is In favor of n and when in Pennsylvania poiu cal equality received about 46 per cent of Che vote
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-18
rHn Bnsr $ NoNa roo aooD
CKetchlkan Progroaaivc-Mlnorl

(Ketchkan Prosressivc-Miner)
 There some who contend that Alaska should have Territorial government with al the incidental powers thereto There are others who contend that nothing short statehood win do and there the Issue is joined. Next in order is the fight to be wased to obtain result
 To the Progressive-1liner it Is mmaterlal whether Alaska gets Territorial Statehood long o8 we have our inherent privilege to govern ourselves granted This under our present organic act is denied us But sup pose we would be granted the privilege to govern our selves either under Territorial Statehood form of government without a separate division of the Terri tory into distinct parts with their respective powers de- fined we would be just much hampered to govern ourselves in the First Division of Alaska is by Con- gress The difference would only be that our shacdes would have their anchorage foundation closer to home From what t would that the first thing for us to do is to break the bond that holds to the toher D vision and just as soon this is done just 80 soon shall we be able to demand larger power from Congress- The other divisions i consistent would keep on retard ing our progress as their representatives did less than year ogo Then t follows that the first thing to do Is to break away from the other divisions and then tcke up the other matter "One thing at the tme' and "the best is none too good" should be our slogans.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-18
No POLITICS IN n

There Is absolutely politics in the question of fui Territorial form of government" for Alaska It Is not only favored by Democrats. but prominent Repub cans have been committed to 1t for years. The full Territorial government memorials In the last Legsia' ture were athered by Senator Willard and Representa- tive shoup both Republicans. and they received the support of the Democrats President Taft declared for
 full Territorial form of government in his last mes sage to Congress- and President Wilson urged it in his first message. Gov Clark declared for 1t in reports and Gov Strong has urged 1t strongly. The Democrats made it part of their last party platform and the Non Partisan Legislative convention held at Juneau held for it Even the Frame convention which nominated Dele gate wickersham declared for h There was no Repuo- lcan convention last year. doubtless the Republicans would have gone on record for M also Only Wiekersham and those who change their tunes every time he changes his mind arc opposing it.