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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-20

annual reading of the marks and at
this time the medals and prizes includ-
ing the st. Mary's Gross, viii be given
In the afternoon will occur the annual
concert Of the musical department of
the school,
Following the annual commencement
exercises on Thursday, June 3rd, there
will be the annual reunion and ban
quet of the alumnae. It is expected
that the gathering of the alumnae viii
be unusually large this year as many
plans have been outlined for work
among the alumnae and it is certain
that there will be an unusually large
attendance. Members of the Milwau-
kee and Chicago Kemper Hall Associa-
lions have already announced plans to
send large delegations to the reunion.
The list of students to receive GER
tifcates of graduation this, year in
cludes, Dorothy Constance Barnaby,
Margaret Holmes, Mary Arnold Hood,
Lufrerry Willard Low, Katherine Kill
bourne, Margaret Cover Shaw, Gale
Ross, Catherine Marie Weller and Ruth
Auguste Wollaeger.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-20

M
6S5 for each one hundred miles of line,
or not far from the length of an
ordinary operating division. In 1913
there were 743 men on each of these
same one hundred mile divisions, or
So more men in what might be the
force of single division superinten-
dent. The mileage of the roads increas-
ed during the year by 4,527 miles, max
ing 45 more of these one hundred mile
divisions to be manned from 2 smaller
total force. Almost exactly the same
number of men-684--per one hundred
miles of road were employed in 1906,
notwithstanding the fact that traffic
has increasted beyond all proportion to
the increases in mileage.
Strangely enough, notwithstanding
this decrease of 1875 employees, the
compensation paid to railway employees
is almost exactly the same in the two
years; that is, 1873 ,830,589 in 1913
and $1,375,422,472 in 1914 The rail
roads saved only $3.50 per man per
year by getting along without them.
The wages that they would have earn
ed went to their fellow employees who
were left on the job. In 1910 there
were 1887 and in 1912, 20,S97 more
men employed than in 1914.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-20
Local Managers of Powder
Co. Deny the Story of a
Big War Order Here.
NO GUNPOWOER BEING MADE

A report sent out from the east that
the plant of the Dupont Powder Com
pany at Pleasant Prairie is to be great
ly enlarged in order to make it posi-
BILE for the company to take care of
big orders for high explosives to be
used in the war zone, is emphatically
denied at the Offices Of the company
In Pleasant Prairie.
There is no truth to such a story
so far as the local officials of the plant
know said Manager Brady this
morning. "We are making nothing
but black powder here and have heard
nothing of any change in the plans. 1t
would be impossible for the company
to manufacture gun powder at the
Pleasant Prairie plant without the in
stallation of large amount of new
machinery and SO far as / know there
is no such plan. 1t seems to me that
the local men would have been advised
If the company planned on any extern
sive changes III the mills here.o
It was declared that the Pleasant
Prairie plant had been rrmning decid-
edly light for some time and that the
demand for the product Of the COM
pany had not been greatly increased
by the war.
The story sent broadcast declares
that the DUPONT company is planning
to greatly enlarge the plant at Pleas
ant Prairie and that contracts were
now being let for new buildings to
make possible largely increased out
put to fill war orders. It was also
stated that the plant of the company
near Washburn in Wisconsin was to be
used for the manufacture of munitions
of war. At that point it was declared
that the company had completed plans
for the purchase of a large hotel for
the housing of additional employees of
the company. When shown the report
the officials at Pleasant Prairie laugh
ed and asserted that SO far as they
were able to state there was foun-
dation for the story. It is know sat at
some of the eastern plants of the com
pany considerable amount of powder
has been manufactured for export and
that most of this powder has been
shipped to London.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-20
BISHOP FRANCIS As SPEAKER
Nine Young Women Will Receive Ger
tificates Of Graduation and Usual
Traditions Will Be Followed in Cere-
monies of Commencement

Closing days are near at Kemper
hall and Monday morning invitations
were issued for the annual week of
commencement which will mark the
close of the most successful year in
the history of the lake shore school
under the direction Of the Sisters of
st. Mary. All Of the traditions of
commencement week are to be carried
out this year and it is expected that
the closing exercises will draw many
visitors from Wisconsin and surround
ing states to Kenosha.
The annual commencement exercises
will take place on the morning of June
third and the annual address to the
graduates will be delivered by. the
Right Rev. Joseph M. Francis, bishop
of indianapolis. Bishop Francis has
for years kept in close touch with KEN
per Hall and his address will on this
account be of unusual interest to the
members of the student body and ia
Guilty. A class of nine young ladies
will receive diplomas on commence
ment day.
Many festivities have been arrang
ed to mark the annual commencement
week at the hail. The ceremonies Of
the week will open on May Both when
the annual baccalaureate sermon will
be preached by the Rev. Frederick
Maryon, rector of Kemper Hall. On
Monday afternoon May 31st will occur
the annual commencement exercises Of
the preparatory department.. Tuesday
will be given over to the field day ex-
ercises and the annual drill of the
military department On the morning
of Wednesday, June End will occur the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-20

In one way the municipal clean up
days have failed Of their object. Too
many people evidently regard them as
the beginning and the end Of any kind
of clean up spirit for this year; they
fail to grasp the idea that these special
days were only starter for work that
it was expected would be carried on
throughout the year. These people
should be informed by the street COM
missioners that it is still too early in
the season for them to begin throwing
all of their refuse and litter in vacant
lots and in back alleys in the expecta-
tion that it will all be taken care of
on the next general cleaning days in
the spring of 1916
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-20
MARRIED AT wAUKEGAN.
Honeymoon Dinner Held at Home of
Andrew Anderson Monday Evening.

Out at the home of Andrew Ander-
son on Monday evening there was a
honeymoon dinner at which time
announcement was made of the marri-
age of Miss Margaret Nienstadt and
Henry G. Anderson, and Miss Erma
Malzahn and Arthur Andrews. Both
Of the couples slipped away to Wau-
kegan on last Saturday afternoon and
the ceremony uniting them for life
was performed there. The announce
ment of the two marriages will un.
doubtedly come as a surprise to friends
of the brides and grooms.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-20

Marian Chase Schaeffer Of Chicago,
gave very interesting reading for the
benefit Of the alumnae of the Kenosha
hospital at the Guild Hall on Monday
evening. The entertainment was well
patronized by the friends of the hos
pital.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
MRS. emma BUTLER
DIES SUDDENLY
Death of Well Known Local
Lady Comes as Surprise
to Many Friends

The sudden death of Mrs. Edmund
Butler about midnight Sunday night
came as a surprise to her many friends
and relatives here.
Emma Willis was born March %,
1878, near Lincoln, Nebraska. When
three years Of age she moved with
her parents to Woodbine, Iowa, where
she lived till her marriage to Edmond
Butler nine years ago, when she came
Immediately to Ontario, Oregon,
where she resided until her death,
May %, 1915.
She finished her education at the
Normal School at Woodbine, Iowa,
and united with the Christian church
when still young girl, and has lived
faithful christian life. She was the
mother of three children: Nellie, aged
seven years; Ollie, four years; and
a little son who preceded her beyond
two years ago.
Mrs. Butler was a good neighbor,
a kind friend and dearly loved by
those who knew her best. Besides her
husband and two little girls, she
leaves father and mother, two bro
theirs and three sisters to mourn her
loss.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

awarded Common School Diplomas:
Lola Jenson, Lillian Davis, Ross
Thompson, Miriam Chester, Gladys
Dell, Maize Hope, Helen Mueller,
Lewis Zornes, Dewey Zornes, Maude
King, Rose Jensen, Vale, Oregon; Is
abella M. Howard, Louis Albert Az
cuenaga, Albert Eugene Robinson,
Samuel r. Scott, Louise Ann Young,
Edith Scott, George Malcolm Palmer,
Eugene Francis Shea, Oral York, Jno.
Ashley Wroten, Cecil Wayne Mccain,
Jordan Valley, Oregon; Harry X. Bill
ups, Weiser, Idaho; Howard Ander-
son, Payette, Idaho; Jessie Seward,
Cord, Oregon; Ruth I. Kleinfelter,
Weiser, Idaho; George Robert Ridg-
ley, Jameson, Oregon; Henry, G..
Terwilleger, Jameson, Oregon; Ruby
Morehead, Virgil Fogle, Victor Mar
shall, Carl Fem, Ida Ray, Albert Ire
dale, Elsie Ray, Vera Green, Pearl
Morehead, Charles Hale, Charles
Canham, Florence Macdonald, Nyssa,
Oregon; Lorain McWilliams, Lee
Moore, Charles Homan, Jack Taylor
Cora Bender, Gladys Field, Minnie
Bailey, Thel Lampkin, Bernard Darr,
Roy johnson, Paul McCulloch, Ange-
line Shriner, Dora Plughoff, Ray Win
terowd, Wendell Holland, Amy Can
field, Viola Hustled, Bella Parker. Ma
mie Stewart, Francis Zimmerman,
Myrtle Stewart, Irene Pratt, Fred
Butler, Lucille Biggs, Bertha Sevey.
Helen Caldwell, Pearl Arneson, Fraul;
Lawrence, Jennie Hodson, May Asher,
Hazel Bull, Violet Campbell, Ontario,
Oregon; May Donnelly, Bonita, Ors.;
John Donnelly, Bonita, Ore; Hazel
10y, Nyssa, Ore; Ralph Masterson,
John Hoffman, Goldie Mutt, Ursula
Marie Rachow, Fred NJ. Gray, Juntu-
ra, Ore; Donald Patch, Esther Patch,
Weiser, Idaho; Edmund Butler, A;v.
Amidon, Ontario, Ore; Foster I.
Swigcrt, Parma, Idano; Mary ellen
Ontario, Ore.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
GATHERING DATA
FOR POWER HEARING

Considerable interest is centering
in the hearing June 14tth before the
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
when the power rates for irrigation
purposes will be threshed out in an
attempt to secure a reduction. The
Lower Snake River Valley Power Us
ers' Association is taking the initia-
tive in the move and is securing ex-
haustive data in regard to the amount
of power used in this section, the num-
ber of acres irrigated from electric
irigating plants, and also the num-
ber of acres that would probably be
brought under irrigation should the
power rate be reduced.
Secretary Lattig Of the association,
with headquarters at Payette, has pre-
pared blanks upon which to furnish
the data, and sent them to some two
hundred power users in the district.
Much of the data has already hen Sc
cured, and additional reports are be-
together with a formal application
for a reduction in rates. vii be laid
before the Idaho Commission June
14th., and the matter will be argued
out thoroughly by representatives Of
both sides. 8
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
RAsPpxaRus ron THE MARKET.


Where formerly attention seemed
everywhere 70 10 given 70 tho black.
cap variety tho growers now are pro
ducing more and more OF the Colum-
bias, or purple caps" and Cuthberts.
or red caps" The reason for this
change lies largely In tho fact that
Columbias aud Cuthberts are hardy
bushes and are endowed with long
life, whereas the black varieties at best
last only three seasons.
The Cuthberts ordinarily bring the
grower from 10 10 IL cents per quart
In the fresh fruit. 30 Il Is hardly prac-
ticable under usual conditions 10 put
this variety through the evaporator
process. However, there may be local
instances where the eyaporator would
AFFORD the only feasible outlet. but the
bulk OF red raspberries Is taken by can
neries and fruit dealers ut quotations
not varying far from 10 cents.
With the Columbias the course Is
slightly different though great quaint
ties are put up every season by the
canning factories. The grower can
count on the fresh fruit price OF the
purple caps as averaging from 20 D
cents per quart What this variety
lacks In market quality as compared
TO the Cuthbert II makes up In prolific
production. being hardy grower.
This variety Is eyaporated on a large
scale and brings. In the dried product
from 25 10 30 cents per pound The
shrinkage I'm the berries will require
from three and one half 10 four quarts
for the pound. dried product
The fruit Is dried ON wire racks, and
where kiln driers are very common In
handling apples the racks are placed
IN the kiln ON the fioor The fruit Is
not handled after being placed on the
racks, and no turning" OF the racks Is
made. Sometimes burlap Is used on
the kiln floor, with the berries spread
out on the burlap. In districts where
the kiln drier has not made Its advent
the old wire rack system VIII DO found
adequate.
Another increasing outlet for the red
and purple raspberries Is through the
favoring. preserve and bakery estab-
lishments In the large centers. Every
year men are In the held picking up all
available yields These are given
usually "one-tenth OF
per cent OF benzoate OF Soda" and
shipped IN pals. half barrels and bar
rels TO the large cities. there likely 10
And a slasf analy sis" I'm tam and Die
stock
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
Scientific
Farming
ERADICATlNG WEEDS.
Different Methods Suggested For Keep.
ing Down the Top Growth.

Different Methods Suggested For Keep
ing Down the Top Growth.
Prepared by United States department Of
agricultural
In fighting weeds It Is extremely i'm
portant to know how long they nat
urally live and their habits of repro
duction. Weeds are divided into three
classes, according to their length OF
life-annuals, biennials and perennials.
Some Of the most persistent weeds
are perennials-weeds which produce
each year underground parts which
live over to the next year and produce
top growth. These underground parts
may be OF various kinds. They may
consist of long, more or less horizontal
roots. as in the bull nettle, milkweed
and Canada thistle, or the underground
parts may consist Of root stocks or un-
derground stems, as In the case or
quack grass, Johnson grass and peren-
NAL SOW thistle.
Among the ways that may be adopt
ed for keeping down top growth Of per-
ennial weeds are the following: Clean
cultivation, pasturing, growing smooth
er crops, frequent cutting with hand
hoe, spud or mower, and smothering
small patches with building paper or
other material.
In most cases cultivation will have
to be relied upon TO destroy perennials.
The work mny be done either with or
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
BOULEVARD ITEMS.

Ontario High School having clos
ed Friday, May 2i, Misses Hortense
and Theodosia Wells packed their
light housekeeping outfit and moved
from j. s. Milliken's in Ontario, where
they have spent the last schol year.
to the home Of their parents on Dead
Ok Flat near Payette where they will
spend their summer vacation.
The Grangers' annual ice cream So
cial will be held on V. v. Hickox's
lawn Saturday evening. May 20. Ice
cream, cake. and other dainties will be
served by pretty maidens. Everybody
is cordially invited TO attend, Please
10 not forget the time, the place and
date or your pocketbook.
Miss Jean Conklin is spending the
week visiting at the home of Misses
Hortense and Theodosia Wells near
Payette.
Mildred Conklin Is having a siege
of scarlet fever, but only in a light
form, being in bed a day or so. II
is not know where she contracted the
disease, but II was probably at school.
Mr.. Conklin and the boys have moved
to house nearby to escape quaran-
tine.
Sunday school and church were held
in the Boulevard schoolhouse last
Sunday and Mr.. Koenig came from
Ontario to deliver the sermon. Much
interest is being taken in the Sunday
school this year and it is hoped the
same interest will remain throughout
the summer.
Miss Helen Wells returned 10 her
home near Payette, after weeks
visit with friends on the Boulevard.
Several new teachers have been
found recently on the Boulevard. Miss
Edna Won Readen has been elected to
teach the lower grades at Valley
View. Mrs. f. b. Conklin will teach
the Boulevard school while Miss Jean
Conklin has been elected to teach the
school on Alfalfa Heights.
Edward and Richard Wells were ON
the Boulevard Saturday visiting with
friends.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
WALTER pierce
ADDRESSES CLASS

The address delivered to the High
School graduates by Walter Pierce
of Union county at TIE Commence
ment exercises last Thursday evening
will no doubt be remembered by the
students and parents as one of the
most interesting and instructive talks
ever given to the students here.
Prof. i. s. Bailey introduced Mr..
Pierce as one of the most practical
men he had ever known and while he
had never held any especially high
offices in this state he regarded him
as one of the influential men of the
state.
After complimenting the class of
1915 on the program already render
ed by the Seniors and other classmen,
Mr.. Pierce made the assertion that
while he had addressed number of
graduating classes he had never be-
fore had the pleasure of addressing
one IN which there were an equal num-
ber of young ladies and young men.
He expressed his hopes that all these
young people would strive to attend
high institutions of learning but as
first step to choose n profession and
TO stay with it, this being specially
emphasized. Mr.. Pierce said that he
hoped number would ft themselves
for teachers especially the girls as he
regarded this as the pleasant and
interesting occupation, especially
for young women. The fact that ev-
cry one could and should be indepen-
dent nowadays was brought out very
strongly by Mr.. Pierce and he urged
that every young person acquire the
habit Of accommodating n bank account,
be IL large or small IL would grow and
enable them at some time TO be thank
full for II. To be able TO go through
the world with light heart, always
with n cheerful word, and make the
best Of opportunities, is n trait that
should be developed and while money
is the goal Of many in this modern
world, said Mr.. Pierce, what we are
gradually striving for and what
counts more than all else together Is
"Charactcr."
The High School auditorium was
filled TO overnowing with friends and
relatives Of the graduated and the
program was we'll appreciated.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

eve should keep clean to keep the
body strong and to keep the disease
from Matching"
"Bathe once day, change clothes
two or three times week and wash
the neck and ears every other day."
In answer to the question, "Trace
a mouthful of of bread until it be-
comes a part of the system" the fol-
lowing was given:
"The food goes from the mouth to
the stomach through the auditory ca
nal"
"Adulteration of foods is when
anything is mixed with something else
which is not the same"
"The nervous system is composed
of a heart, liver, lungs, kidneys and
BRAIN"
PLENTY of food belonging to the
mineral kingdom, such as bread and
potatoes, should be eaten"
"A map is an outline of landscapes" !"
"Two kinds Of of sentences are in
terrogatory and derogatory."
Cattle, horses, sheep grain and
hay" are the chief agricultural pro-
ducts of Oregon.
In comparing adjectives, one pupil
gave as the three degrees of the adjec-
tive "little," little small and more
small.
An explanatory sentence is one
that expresses sudden joy"
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

YRScE now TURNED INTO A LAwx-oxx
WAY OF SOLVING THE wKEp PRoDLRM
without n cultivated crop growing on
the land. Many farmers have eradi
Gated perennial weeds by giving thor
ough cultivation TO a crop. Cultiva-
ton Is especially effective II the crop
has been planted In check rows. 10 as
20 permit working In two directions.
The ordinary shovel and tooth cult.
yntors permit many weed stems TO slip
through unframed. II Is often best.
therefore. TO use cultivators Of the
sweep or weed knife type. These
sweeps skim along under the surface
OF the soil and cut on all weed stems
On many OF the modern cultiyators
sweeps nine 10 eighteen inches wide
may be attached IN place Of the shov.
els.
No matter how thoroughly the tops
have been kept down during the period
or cultivation, most well established
perennials will continue to send up
tops after cultivation stops. This situ
alton may be met by frequent chop
pings with a hoe. Hand hoeing In
such cases Is not as tedious as It may
seem. since most perennials do not oc-
cupy the land solidly. but occur In
patches. IL the top growth Is thus thor
oughly kept down one year Is usually
sufficient to eradicate even the worst
OF our perennials. This plan Is espe-
cially effective against Canada thistle.
bull nettle and bindweed.
Perennials may often be attacked
most effectively by clean cultivation
without growing a cultivated crop-in
other words, by bare fallow. II Is
seldom advisable 10 fallow for an en-
tire year, since this does not permit
the farmer TO get any use OF his land.
A better plan Is TO use the land during
the early part OF the season and TO fal.
low II the latter part For instance.
the land may be pastured up till mid
summer, or a crop OF hay or small
grain may be taken or before starting
the fallcw. This plan has the addi.
tional advantage of starting the work
OF eradication by following at period
when nearly all weeds are In their
most susceptible stage. Under this
plan the work OF following should be
started as soon after harvest as posi-
BILE. The land should be plowed and
then narrowed or disked at frequent
intervals during the remainder OF the
season to prevent top growth
Thick stands and vigorous growth OF
smother crops may be depended on TO
keep down the top growth of peren
malls. The most commonly used smoth
er crops are alfalfa. buckwheat. SOY
beans. millet. sorghum aud bur clover.
Some weeds are more susceptible 10
this treatment than Others. Nut grass
may be eradicated by continuous
succession OF smother crops. including
soy beans or cowpeas In the summer
and bur clover or winter grains for a
winter crop.
Cutting on repeatedly the tops OF per
ennial weeds with mower. scythe or
other tool may sometimes be used TO
advantage. This is OF mos, use ON pas
lures. roadsides and other uncultivated
places. II has been found that now
ing twice year for two years will
eradicate the fern brake. one OF the
bad weeds of pastures In New England
and New York.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

The following answers, wise and
otherwise, were among those given by
pupils in the recent eighth grade eA-
animation in Malheur county:
"The chief occupations Of France
are fighting and silk"
1--WE should exercise to keep the
body warm, strong and limber."
In answer to the question, "Give five
rules II would be well to observe with
regard to cleanliness" the following
variety Of suggestions were offered:
"Never comb your hair with a pub
lie comb"
"Use plenty of water externally,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
Making the Little
Farm Pay
BY c. c. B0wSfIELD


Raspbcrries naturally belong In any
scheme OF mixed farming or gardening.
They return large acreage earnings
and can bo made to nli up odd corners
around the premises II there In n bit
OF rough land ON tho place Il can DO
mado profitable by covering II with
raspberry bushes ut tho rate Of 800 to
1000 per aero
Where growers have good market
facilities raspbcrries ought to pay $500
an acre above tho cost OF picking. A
fair estimate Of tho average value Is
500 to $500 an acre. allowing for un-
favorable market conditions. The crop
is reasonably sure and Is easily handled
by amateurs.
Tho conditions OF berry growing have
changed somewhat In recent years.