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The Ordway new era., 1915-02-05

Open New Office

Greene and Dean who recently
leased the building formerly occupied
by the First National bank, have
entirely remodled the interior of the
building making a very attractive
of1ice. one Of the best to be found In
the country. They are now we'll
located and are. open to do a general
real estate and insurance business
Tho we'll known Paddock ranch
located between Ordway and Rocky
Ford on the north side Of the river
was placed on the market Monday.
to be sold either In part or as . whole
and during the week several pieces OF
the ranch we're sold as IL had heen
plated by them last month.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-05

Crystal Flour always Ut The Ordway
Trading Co.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-05

3uy your oil meal at Tiedemann 9.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
VALUE OF STRAW FOR STOCK
Comfortable Stable and Good Bed Is as Necessary for Animals as 1t
 Is for Human Beings.

All stock should be given a thick bed of straw, leaves or sawdust A comfortable stable and a good bed is as necessary for animals as it is for human beings. If straw is wanted for feed, forest leaves may be used in. stead.
 Leaves contain a large percentage of ash. and though not so valuable as straw for filters, are very good. Sawdust makes an excellent litter for all stock. 1t not only adds bulk, which is of value, as thus the manure is divided, and is more easily and evenly distributed. but it decays both in the heap and in the soil, thus af- fording organic matter and ash to the plant, while 1t retains all the valua- ble qualities of the manure.
 Sawdust absorbs the urine, and when this saturated sawdust is thrown out into a pile in the yard. 1t will soon ferment, and if the ma nure is not kept moist and well plas, tered much of the ammonia in the manure will evaporate into the air.
 The better plan is to mix the horse manure with the COW manure, using plenty of plaster and woods earth. A layer of each kind of manure mixed with few shovels of woods earth will add vegetable matter and pre- vent the loss of the urine, which is the most valuable portion of the ma nure.
 Straw is worth fully $2.50 per ton for bedding alone. and if dry and of good quality. worth twice this for feed. In cold, frosty weather plenty of bed ding is a great comfort to a work horse. and, in fact. to any animal. Bed the sheep pens with little straw once a day. Most of the straw will be eaten if of good quality
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Rufed Grouse.

pheasant in some other parts of its range. is one of our most widely rang, ing game birds. It inhabits wooded regions from Canada and Alaska south to California Colorado, Tennessee and northern Georgia. It responds to pro lection in a gratifying manner and has proved to be we'll adapted to propagation under artificial conditions. On account of these qualities and it's desirability as a game species 1t is a good subject for game farming.
 Wild fruits. mast. and browse make up the bulk of the vegetable food of this bird. It is very fond of hazel. nuts, beechnuts. chestnuts and acorns, and it eats practically all kinds of wild berries and other fruits. Vari- ous weed seeds are also consumed. More than 10 per cent of the food con. sists of insects, about half of which are destructive beetles.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
GROWING SUGAR-BEET SEED
Outbreak of European War Has Cut Off Supply From Germany-Farm-
 CT Must Find New Source.

The greater part of the sugar-beet seed sown each year iA the United States has formerly been imported from Europe, principally from Ger many and Russia. The outbreak of the present war has cut off this sup ply and now the problem is to find new sources for obtaining seed. The growing of beet seed has been neg lected in this country due to a de- creasing sugar content In beets from native grown seed and also to the scarcity of the hand labor necessary in harvesting the crop. But now it is up to the American farmer to grow his own seed.
 Although most of the factories have sufficient seed on hand for the 1916 sowing, yet a considerable acre age has been set to seed beets. The beets are set out early in spring in rows four feet apart. the crown of the beet being just level with the sur face of the ground.
 First large thick cluster of leaves grows up to about IS inches in height and then the seed stalks appear. Some beets send up but one large branching seed stalk but the major ity have several four to ten. of the tall branching stalks.
 The beets are cultivated both ways similar to corn until about the first of July when the seed stalks get so tall, in some cases reaching up five and six feet, and bending over pre- vent cultivation. When viewed near by field of these plants does not present very prepossessing appear ance the tall. struggling seed stalks greatly resembling large plants of the narrow-leaved or curly dock
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
BIG VALUE TO FARMER
Prairie Chicken Is Efficient De-
 stroyer of Farm Pests.
Nearly IS Per Cent of Birds Food Consists of Insects, Bulk of Them Grasshoppers-Destroys
 Many Beetles.

The prairie chicken, now common only in Kansas. Nebraska, Minnesota, the Dakotas and Manitoba, is one of the birds which formerly occurred over a much wider range than at pres ent and in far greater abundance. It has been reduced principally by hunt CTS, as have so many of our finest species of birds. Many sportsmen de clare allegiance to the highest prin- ciples of game preservation yet fail to practice these principles.
 Like birds of it's family the prairie chicken is very prolific, and if ade- quately protected would soon become numerous in it's old haunts. The bird is easily domesticated, hence is emi nently suited for propagation on pre- serves.
 The prairie chicken is valuable not only as game, but as an efficient de. stroyer of farm pests, and any farm CT would profit by having these birds reared on his place. Almost 15 per
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
TO APPLY ANIMAL MANURES
Fertilizer Should Be Spread on Top of Flowed Ground and Then We'll
 Narrowed Under.

Manure for spring crop should be well routed and fine. It should be spread on top of the plowed ground and well narrowed in. Harrow the field three times across the furrows. the full length of the field. and then diagonally.
 A thorough mixing of the manure with the soil acts quickly. and less manure will be needed Long. coarse manure should be spread over the sod and plowed under. The proper time to spread fresh manure and long stalk and straw manure is during the winter and early in spring.
 When coarse manure Is plowed un- der late in the spring it will take some time to rot, and is sure to make the soil too loose, allowing the free entrance of air and the loss Of a great amount of moisture, which is needed by the corn. If this coarse manure is plowed under, roll the ground; if it is dry as soon as plowed, then harrow and roll to compact the ground, and just be- fore it is time to plant harrow the field both ways with the spring tooth harrow. followed with the smoothing harrow. By this method the coarse stalks and straw will rot by June, and will be in condition to be taken up by corn roots in midsummer. Put the corn in with 250 pounds of some good bone fertilizer to the acre to promote quick. vigorous growth
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Prairie Chicken.

cent of the birds food consists of weed seeds. including those of such pests as foxtail grass. smartweed, and ragweed. The prairie chicken eats a great deal of grain. but takes most of it from stubble. The bird is fond of such mast as hazelnuts and acorns. Nearly 15 per cent of the birds food consists of insects, the bulk of them being grasshoppers. Among other pests eaten by this species are the Colorado potato beetle, cucumber bee tie, May beetle. cotton worm. army worm, cutworm and chinch bug.
 The ruffed grouse, called par fridge" in the northwestern states and
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Magic Washing Stick

This is something new to housewives something they have wanted all their lives but never could get before. It makes 1t pos stble to do the heaviest, hardest washing in less than oue-half the time 1t took by old methods, and 1t eliminates all rubbing and mus cular effort. No washing machine is needed Nothing but this simple little preparation, which Is absolutely harmless to the finest fabrIcs white, colored or woolen. It makes the hardest task of the week a pleasant pastime-- c delightful occupation. You will be de- lighted at the clean, spotless, snow-white clothes that come out of the rinsng water and all without any effort on your part. The Magic Washing Stick does Il st-and remem Der, without injury to the most delicate goods colored or white, woolens blankets, lace cur tains, etc. Contains no acids, no alkales, no poisonous ingredients to make its use dan gerous. Is 1sshngs 2s cents
 Sold by all Druggists and Grocers every. where. If yours doesn't handle 1t, show him this ad-he'll get 1t for you. Or send 25c in stamps to 4 B. RICHARDS co., Sherman Ierss
 Arkansas Distributors
 huEkETI JsREll GRO. CO.,. tfis Rock Arkansss-Adv.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Lime Sulphur and Potatoes.

Lime sulphur is not a good spray mixture for potatoes. This is the de cision of the New York experiment station after a series of tests, Where lime sulphur was compared with bor deaux mixture as a remedy for potato blight it was found the time sul- phur decreased the yielG about 2s bushels per acre while the bordeaux increased the yield 20 bushels per acre
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Sure of That Point.

Office boys being scarce, a certain business man determined to try an office girl, and was interviewing appli- cants for the job.
 He eyed rather suspiciously fair young thing who wore a somewhat flimsy silk blouse. and almost, if not quite, a dollars worth of jewelry.
 '1-er-hope you were carefully brought up?" he stammered nervously.
 "Oh, yes, thank you sir," replied the >damsel; T came up in the elevator
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With cutlcura, the Quick, Sure and
 Easy Way. Trial Free

Bathe with Cuticura Soap. dry and apply the Ointment. They stop itch ing instantly. clear away pimples. blackheads, redness and roughness, re- move dandruff and scalp irritation. heal red, rough and sore hands as we'll as most baby skin troubles.
 Free sample each by mail with Book Address postcard. Cuticura. Dept. l., Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Ipcredihte

Nero fiddled while Rome burned"
 "1 don't believe it." replied the man who likes to disagree. No violinist with Nero's political pull would have permitted pyrotechnic display to go on as rival performance"
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
To Fortify the System
 Against Winter Cold

Many users of GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC make it D practice to take n number of bottles in the fall to strengthen and fortify the system against the cold weather during the winter. Everyone knows the tonic effect of Quinine and Iron which this preparation con tains in n tAsteless and acceptable form It purihes and enriches the blood and builds up the whole system. SCc.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Dainty Touch.

And her mean husband thinks she's extravagant."
 "Why?"
 Just because she insists on having Fidos monogram stamped on his dog biscuits Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
A Respite.

"Why do you wish my daughter sir, would practice on the organ in- stead of the piano?"
 Because the organ does have some stops about it."
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Her AdVantaQe.

Women cant fool me. l can make every one of them show her hand" How do you manage it?"
 I'm a glove filter"
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Even More improbable.

You'd never dream he had money "Oh, dunno. I even dream that have money sometimes"
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
A NEGLEcTEpc COLD

tls often followed by pneumonia. Be fore it is too late take Laxative Quini- dine Tablets. Gives prompt relief in cases of Coughs, Colds, La Grippe and Headache. Price 25c.-Adv.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Brief, But Pointed.

The Parson-Life is made up of trials.
 The Lawyer-Well. I'm glad of it.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
One Mans Wisdom,

Said She-What do you think of that singers note?
 Said He-I cant indorse it.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
CalfMiIked Cows Go Back.

Cows milked by the calf from year to year go back in their milk produc- ing -apacity instead of Improving it.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28

tice what he breaches it is time to quit preaching.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
STOP THAT HACKING COJGH.

Mansfield (formerly Hungarian) Cough Balsam heals the infiamed and lacerated membranes and quiets the tickling nerves that lie underneath the infected portions. Invaluable for ba- bies. Price 25c and 50c.-Adv.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Certain Prospect.

Do you think the football season will be lively this year."
 'I know it will start in with rush.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
DEATH LURks IN A WEAK HEART

so on first symptoms use "Renovine" and be cured. Delay and pay the awful penalty. ''Renovine" is the hearts s remedy. Price $l00 and 50c.-Adv.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28

Ever notice that boys never tie tin cans to bull dogs tail? A bull dog won't stand for such foolishness.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28

For genuine comfort and lasting pleas ure use Red Cross Ball Blue on wash day All good grocers. Adv.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Prevent Vegetables wIltlno.

Cover carrots, beets, and other root crops lightly with dry sand to pre- vent wilting.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28

Why is it that married woman never has any use for a pretty female servant?
The Spectator., 1915-12-28

WoMAN's BROWNING GLORY Is her hair If yours is streaked with ugly. grizzly. gray hairs. use La Gre ole" Hair Dressing and change 1t iA the natural way. Price $l.00.--Adv.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Two of a Kind.

"The sun is setting
 "Well, what of 1t? Sos my hem Baltimore American.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Not Gray Nairs but Tired Eyes

make us look older than we are. KeeI your Eyes young and you will look young After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Go. Chicago. Sends Eye Book on request.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28

Happy is the home where Red Crosi Ball Blue is used. Sure to please. Al grocers. Adv
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Not Satisfactory,

George kissed me for the first time last evening"
 He told me it was the last time"
The Spectator., 1915-12-28

They say an old fool is the worst fool; still, I know some young ones that would be hard to beat.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28

cooked foods have an uncooked ap- pearance.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
To Prevent the Grip

Colds cause Grip-Laxative Promo Quinine rt moves the cause. There Is only one 'Brom
 Quinine." E. w. GROVES signature on box. zsG
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Marshy Land for Geese.

Geese do well on wet or marshy land where hens and turkeys would not thrive.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
Piles Relieved by First Application

And cured in 6 to I4 days by PAZO OINTMENT, the universal remedy for all forms of Pilea Druggists refund money if 1t fails. soc
The Spectator., 1915-12-28
INTERNATIONAL. SUNINSCnOOL
 LESSON

By 7. O. SELLERS. Acting Director o' the Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago)
 Copyright, 1915. Western Newspaper Union.
The Spectator., 1915-12-28

STOP THOSE SHARP SHOOTING PAINS "Femenina' is the wonder worker for all female disorders. Price sI .oo and SOC Adv
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-06-19

who, too, worked for peace by
overawlng a world.
Napoleon wo Id tell him that
the allies did it. And the allies
lie in wait for every nation that
thinks itself invincible, just as
fate crouches around the corner
for the man who prides himself
on beng supreme.
Uobson S navy would be a vast
storage house full of dynamite. 1t
might explode itself any day.
Heavily armed men do not live
content in peace. If there is no
one else to kill they turn on each
other. Read history.
Supremacy through the power
to destroy has been tried since
the days of the Pharaohs, and
history teaches us that it's end is
madness and the grave.
There is something better than
the ability to waste, consume,
destroy and intimidate.
Why can't we get our satisfac-
tion in life out of useful effort in
stead Of destruction
Pericles, in single generation
made Athens the wonder Of the
world by simply turning the
funds gathered for war into art
and beauty
This country raises for our pub
lie schools, two hundred million
dollars year. And the appropri-
alton for war and war appliances
were, for the year just passed
(19O3) over four hundred million
dollars.
Hobson's desired appropriation
would double the pay of every
school teacher in America for ten
years, and place manual training
apparatus in every school house
from Cape Nome to Key West.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-06-19

Now suppose we quit talking
about war and set ourselves the
problem Of educating our boys
and girls. Educate them to be
useful-one session a day for
bOoks-the morning for study
and the af,ernooh foe work--what
say you then? Would there be
danger III that think your To have
school gardens and school shop.
No overworked teachers and no
yellow frayed out pupiIs-and pay
enough to secure only the biggest
and best men and women for
teachers suppose we try that.
We have the money-we can do
it it we have the will.
This is a plan the world has
never tried-supremacy thru use
full activity.
Why not help us Richmond p.
Hobson7 Yon are neither fool,
knave nor hypocrite-you are an
honest man self-deceived, just an
Saul was when he was on his way
to fight the Christians. And You
are fighting Christ, too, while all
the time you profess to follow
him.
You are the victim Of a wrong
system of education-a barbaric
idea-the falacy that the work
ingman needs a soldier to protect
him.
We need you Richmond, not to
protect us, but to get under the
burden and help lift-come, Rich
mond, come over and help us. =
Who can say we would not
now be in the midst Of the world
now devastating
Europe, had we been as Hobson
would have had us, wholly pre-
pared for war.
Josie Thorpe-Price.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-06-19

continue to be red as long as an
hour and half.
1t is safe TO say, we think, that
if the clothes line and been found
by the two officials to be In dis
connected sections. they would
not have gone to the trouble OF
an autopsy. and a test of the volt
age, but. rather, if experimenting
& sult in dama es, would simply
have procured witness to view
the situation. 50 as to be prepared
10 esta blish IN co rt beyond con
troversy the act of disconnection,
and thereby put a quietus upon
all thought of law suit.
This woman in the discharge
of her household duties on her
own premises, was suddenly done
to death. Whose the responsible
ity2 If her hr Stands, or her
own, or that Of any one of her
young children, or Of the colored
girl who raised this pole, then
people such as they need set about
at once informing themselves
about the ways Of electricity The
law imposes no such duty; but
imposes upon those who make it
their business to deal in this dan
geros agency to see to it, as far
as the utmost care will make pos
sible. that it does not escape and
do harm.
We think that Judgment of
one thousand dollars for each of
the children, or Ell hit thousand
dollars in all, will satisfy the ends
Of justice.
It is therefore ordered, ad-
judged and decreed that the iudg
ment appealed from be affirmed
in so far as it rejects the suit Of
the plaintiff in his own behalf
and that it be otherwise set aside;
and that there now be j d9ment
in favor Of Edna, Elias, Victor.
Harriet, Valentine. Bernard. Ma
RE and Edward, Elias in the sum
of one thousand dollars to each
or eight thousand dollars in an
with legal interest from this date.
against the City of New Iberia
defendant herein, and that the
said defendant pay the costs of
this suit"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-06-19
WAR PREPAREDNESS.
Continued.

/ submit herewith one of the
most impressive protests Elbdrt
Hubbard ever penned against this
age-long fallacy. 1t appeared in
the Philistine in 1904.
What tragedy that one who
said and did 50 much to lead men
out of this delusion, should with
his devoted wife, have fallen
victims of war on the ill-fated
Lusitania:
Richmond P. Hobson, who
sank the Merrimac, now wants to
sink two billion, five hundred dol
lars in "a navy.
The Merrimac was sunk all
right, but the channel was not
blocked. and the !hlk lies there
still a danger and menace to
commerce. individuals like Hob
son are a danger and menace to
civilization. as much so as is that
hulk, around which men who go
down to sea have to carefully
guard and steer.
While the better part of the
Christian world are talking about
disarmament, this man wants to
saddle upon the toilers of Amer
lea the biggest and most costly in
strument Of death this tired.
blood, stained earth has ever
seen.
Hobson is not producer. He
consumes, but his living is sup
piled him by the State. He is a
pensioner-a remittance Man.
His business is death and destruc-
tion. He had his way in sinking
the Merrimac that lies rotting in
the sands of Santiago; the gulls
roost on her ribs that blister in
the sun. and down below. the
sharks circle in and out. and the
barnacles gather and wax fat on
the tide that comes and goes.
If Hobson has his way in this
(which God grant he never may)
his magnificent navy will rot.
blister and decay as surely as did
the Merrimac. and the end will be
as futile and inept.
But no pen will write Of the
sweat and blood and work and
worry Of the men and women who |
sow and reap. who dig and delve.
who toll in factory and mill until
they become deaf to all sweet |
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-06-19

music thru the ceaseless Whlr o1
wheels. and blind to all beauty
through the sight of flying
shuttles- all that America may
dominate the seas. No man will
tell of this tragedy, because no
man can-its terrible truth balks
the pen, and De Quincy is dead.
But let these simple facts stand
War is waste.
Where men waste. men and WO-
men must work to ma ke good this
waste.
To prepare for war is to have
war. We get what we prepare
for, and we get nothing else.
This country is not endangered
by a foreign foe, and never will be
until we adopt policy that seem
ingly endangers the welfare of
Europe.
When we have a navy that OFT
classes any one navy of Europe,
there will be a combination of
European powers, and they will
evolve a navy that will outclass
ours.
Bullies all get basted-the wal
lop waits them all John L.,
Corbett, Fitzsimmons, all get what
they ask for-they are accommo-
dated with the sedative.
The danger to this country is
from within-it lies in idleness,
ignorance, superstitution, and the
false education of individuals like
Hobson, so that they are experts
in the inutile. Hobson does no
useful thing, and yet demands
honors in inverse ratio to the
square of his inefficiency. This
is the warrior idea, and traces a
pedigree straight back to Caius
Marius, Sulla, Cato, Pompey and
Crassus.
Hobson's Argument is exactly
the argument of Pompey who
said, "If Rome has an army large
enough and well enough trained,
peace is assured, for no country
or nation would make war on us.
And Pompey never saw peace
afterward. He died, choked in
his own gore. and his statute set
mp in the forum at Rome, was bap-
tized by the blood of julius Gaze
sar. the greatest fighting man the
world has ever known.
An army is for army officers.
A navy is for sea captains
And death awaits them all.
The size of Hobson s navy stag
gers Imagination, but Russia.
Italy. Germany and England
could turn to and sink it. and
send Hobson in chains to st. He
lena, where he could commune
with the ghost of the Corsican