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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09

With double -headers on the slate In
the Jefferson Ward League Saturday.
it's an even bet which of the first four
teams in that league will be on Top
when the dust of the second scrI
rolls away.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
RAISE ROSES BY THE TON.
cities, During Winter, Cultivate
Flowers Under Glass.

How flowers are grown in winter Is
as much of a mystery to many intelli.
gent people as is their high price and
scarcity just when they are most
wanted. Spells of extreme cold. with
dull and cloudy weather, is to them
only an incident, while to the rose
grower it is II serious handicap.
Very few people realize how much
money Is invested in the business Of
growing roses or cut flowers. In the
infancy of the business a greenhouse,
100 by 20, was considered very large.
In many establishments houses are
now seen 500 to 600 feet in length.
with a width of fifty to seventy-flve
feet. In fact. houses covering an
acre of ground are now quite common,
as one large house is found to be
more economically managed than q
number of smaller structures cover
ing the same area Of ground.
Roses were first forced for winter
cutting in Boston, Mass, which city
for time supplied the country with
Eonsilene and Soffrano roses. New
York and Philadelphia were, however.
soon in the work, and before long not
only supplied their own market, but
enjoyed large shipping trade.
Chicago has now the largest supply.
more acres of glass being devoted to
the business there than in any other
city of the country.
Many cities and towns within a
radius of 1000 miles Of Chicago de-
pend on that city for their supply.
One of the largest growers for the
Philadelphia market is the Joseph
Deacock Co. of .Roelofs, Pa. The
greenhouses of this corporation cover
about two acres Of ground. They are
up-to-date in every respect, OF iron
frame set In concrete. made light In
structure. to admit all the sun possi
ble and properly ventilate.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

The ideal husband exists chiefly In
the minds of women who never mar
ried.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
1T ONLY TAKES AN HOUR TO
MAKE OLD TIRES GOOD

Any time you are coming into To-
ledo bring your worn-out tire castings
with you and leave them at the tire
doctors. The Double Tread Tire Com
pany. iii Adams street, and they'll
have them reclaimed into good SER
viceable tires within an hour. The
convenience of this service Is greatly
appreciated by out-of-town motor
lists. as it gives them the opportunity
to leave the old tires when they first
come into the city and take them back
when they have finished shopping or
driving about town. Hundreds of old
tires are sent in by express every day
from Michigan and Ohio and they are
sent back to their owners ready for
5000 more miles and are practically
puncture proof and blowout proof
Nor can they rip, on account of the
lock chain stitching which makes
each stitch independent of the rest
You can save the price of several new
tires If you save your old castings.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
FROM MULE DRIVER TO
SuPT. OF CAR SYSTEM.
$4,000 Year Man Tells How He Rose
From Job Paying but $3.50
n, Dav
"7lay Straight and keep at it."


"Piay Straight and keep at IT,"
This is the only formula of success
followed by William w. Weatherwax,
who rose from mule driver" at $3.50
a day to be a $4,000 a year street car
superintendent of transportation.
Weatherwax told the story of his
remarkable rise to Chcago's street
railway board of arbitration at a re-
cent session.
He entered the service of the Chi
cago City Railways Company as boy
of 20. His work was driving horses
hitched to cars. His pay was $1.50
a day. He was known as mule boy"
From that beginning, by steady, per-
severing work, Weatherwax worked
steadily upward. Today he is in
charge of the operation of the surface
lines of Chicago.
Asked to account for his success,
WeatherwaX said he guessed it just
happened"
81 worked hard and played straight
that was all there was to it," he
said. 81 left school when l was 13
years old. I got job with street
car company at Troy, N. Y, my home
town. started with the Chicago COM
pany in 1856. / have been in its em-
ploy ever since"
WeatherwaX's progress from the
bottom up ran through these stages:
Driver, horse tender, hay hoist, oper-
ator in car barn, cable car conductor,
| assistant barn foreman, division su-
perintendent, general superintendent
of transportation.
Today he is operating head Of the
greatest street railway system in the
world, with two assistants, thirteen
division superintendents and thou
sands of men under his control.
1--WE are already too good to the
men," said Weatherwax. "They work
on ten-hour day scale now. They
should work eleven hours. We give
them too much liberty in lay-offs. To
hold them closer to their work would
keep them out of mischief.
"My formula of success Is - play
straight and keep at it."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
AIR QUELLS BREAKERS.
Breakwater Device DissoIves Waves
on Coast Of Maine.

Crutch Island, Maine, is protecting
its sea coast with breakwater of
air, which has, SO far, proved COM
at the bottom of the sea some dis
tance from the shore line. Air Ia
pumped into these pipes from plant
on shore and it escapes, In turn,
through perforations in the pipe be-
low the surface. The rising bubbles
of air form a wall that seems to dis
solve the largest breakers. On one
occasion, when the spray was dash
ing to the tops of the trees on shore,
the air was turned on and in fifteen
minutes it was possible to paddle in
a canoe, in the area affected, with
perfect safety.
The fight of man against the sea Is
age old and not marked with great
success. Expensive breakwaters, and
cheap structures, designed only to
save a beach from consumption by
the breakers, have failed to do their
work. II air can do it on large
scale, a tremendous problem will be
solved. The power of bubbles to
| overcome the action of waves was
noticed at the time the Hudson tun-
| nels were built in New York, when
escaping air from below made a dis
turbance on the surface of the river,
and every wave that came in that
neighborhood was dissolved as though
by magic potion. Some observing
persons noticed this, and as a result
we have the air breakwater.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

thawing of the soil. This mulch
should be gradually removed in
spring, as soon as growth appears
above ground. The bulbs are quite
hardy and are not injured by severe
cold il the soil is well drained.
Lifting and Dividing.
Tulip and narcissus plants are per-
ennial, and if given proper care and
grown under suitable soil and climatic
conditions will increase and multiply
from year to year. The bulbs may
remain in the ground two or three
years. or until the clumps begin to
crowd. After blossoming in the
spring, from six to eight weeks should
elapse to allow the foliage to die
partially down, when the bulbs may
be lifted with spade or fork. Shake
the soil from the roots and store the
bulbs in cool. shady place where
they will ripen and cure. When the
old leaves and roots are thoroughly
dry they may be easily rubbed off and
the clusters of bulbs divided. The
bulbs may then be planted in the
same manner as the original bulbs
In this way the stock may be increas-
ed in few years.
Naturalizing the Narcissus.
The narcissus often becomes natur.
allied when planted in the sod or par
tial shade. where it will continue t
grow, blossom and multiply for many
years without further attention. Sim
ply make a small hole in the soil ) Of
q inches deep, insert the bulb pointed
end up. press the soil over the top
and nature will do the rest. For nat
uralizing. avoid planting in rows o.
rigid geometrical figures. A goot
plan is to scatter the bulbs like seet
and plant where they fall. Thi
method of planting is extensively fol
lowed in the home grounds and park,
of England and other countries il
Europe. In portions of North Caro-
lima, on large estates along the Jame
river in Virginia. and in old gardens
in New England, narciSsuses tha
were planted over half century ag
are still growing vigorously and ever,
spring produce beautiful displays o
blossoms.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
PLANTIN OF BULBS
PLANTING TULIP AND NARCISSUS
BULBS FOR NEXT SPRING
Office Of Information. L. S. Dept. of
Agriculture.

Washington, D. C.-If you would
have rich beds of tulip or give the
beds or the corners of your lawns a
beautiful spring-like yellow or white
glow of narciSSuS. dafTodil and jon
uuil. Won must begin to think of the
early spring appearance of your gar
den in the fail. for the bulbs of these
two flowers must be planted in the
fall before the ground is frozen. In
fact. this work should be undertaken
as suen as or before an early frost
has begun to make the annual flowers
IN the beds look weakened. In deal
ing with narciSSus. which Is the fam
ily to which the datfodil and jonquil
belong. il might he well to think of
irving 20 naturaliZe the narcissuS to
grow and blossom on the lawn much
as do the wild howerS. How TO plant
and handle the bulbs as well as the
hest method Of getting them TO be-
come spring residents of grassy cor
nerS, are described in the following
directions issued by the bulb special
ists of the United States Department
of Agriculture.
These bulbs should be planted In
light. rich soil that has been dug to
a depth of at least 10 inches. Ihe
tulip bulbs should be set inches
apart and 4 inches deep and the mar
cissuS bulbs about 10 inches apart
and ! inches deep.
If they are to be grown In pots oi
window boxes, light. rich soil shoulC
be used. Place / To = inches OF en-
ders or broken pots in the bottoms ol
the pots or boxes to insure good drain
age. After planting, place the pots
or boxes out of doors and cover then
with about inches of ashes or sand
or they may be placed in dark, coo
room or cellar for a few weeks unit
the bulbs have formed quantity OF
roots. They may then be brought In
to the light and heat for towering
Keen the soil well moistened from
time of planting. but avoid over
moistening, for if kept too wet the
bulbs will decay.
Cultivation.
If planted in beds, the surface Of
the soil should be loosened after eacl
rain and the bed kept free from
weeds In the late fall or early winte
months it is well to cover the beds
with Il light mulch straw or leaves tt
prevent injury to the young root!
from the alternate freezing ant
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
international
SundaySchool.
Lesson
Comments by
PROF. o. E. SELLERS
Chicago, Ill,

LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER IL
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
AN ENEMY OF LOUISE
PEA APHIS AND LEGUMES
Office of Information, L. S. Dept. of
Agriculture.

Washington, d. C.-The pea aphis,
small green plant louse, is rated
among the important injurious in
sects of the world, because of the
damage it does to the leguminous
crops especially the red and crimson
clovers and vetches, in which it win
ters and from which 1t spreads to field
and garden peas and sweet peas. The
pea aphis prefers the young. tender
clover leaves and stems. but event.
ually covers the entire plant. Gar
den and sweet peas readily succumb ;
clover. particularly red clover. is able
to withstand considerable injury, but
mt times entire fields are destroyed.
Not infreQuently this plant louise at
tacks alfalfa. In addition to the
weakening of the plant. the louise de-
posits honeydew to such an extent
that the plants in badly infested
field will be discolored on account OF
being covered with this sweetish fluid
The infested fields are not always
killed outright, but heavy infestations
apparently have weakening effec,
and probably much of the winter kill
/ ing of clover can be traced back to the
pea aphiS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
Every man may have his price. but
not every man finds q market.
Only to Serve.


Chaplain Silver of the United States
Military Academy tells this story:
A wind was blowing the sand about
down at the maneuver camp at Tex
as City, and coed deal of it sifted
into one of the kitchens. or course.
some got into the food.
A lieutenant, inspecting during the
mess hour, heard one man grumbling
"Did you enter the army to serve
your country or to grumble?" he
demanded sternly.
The man stood up, saluted, and re-
piled: 81 enlisted to serve my coun-
try, sir, but not to eat it."
The only thing some women lay up
for a rainy day is silk hosiery.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
Method of Artificial Control.

The entomologists of the Depart
ment of Agriculture who shortly Will
publish Il bulletin on this subject,
make the following statement as to
artificial control:
In the clover field the pea aphis
is ordinarily held in check by its nat
ural enemies. If it is apparent that
this aphis is becoming unduly abund-
ant. the clover should be cut as soon
thereafter as possible. since the cut
ting and drying of the clover will kill
most of the insects. Glover when
becomes coated with the honeydew OF
; the aphides will not cure property
Spring pasturing or early cutting PACK
of the clover will check the multiple
! cation of this plant louise"
Fortunately. this species of plant
louise has a number of natural enc
mics. One of the most important OF
these is fungus which thrives under
moist conditions and may appear aftel
few days of rainy weather i'll th'
summer. This fungus spreads witt
remarkable rapidity among the lice
and frequently eradicates them. re;
aphides when attacked by this fungus
first turn brownish and later become
covered with the fungus threads.
Ladybirds also are an enemy o.
this pest. as no less than nine dlf
ferent kinds are known to prey upol
| 1t. There are also other insects. som'
of them internal parasites. which nell
to keep the pea aphiS in control.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

Experience is a great teacher. but
there are some conceited men who I'M
asine they can give experience cards
and spades and Beat 1t at the teaching
same.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

To foil milk thieves two Phlladel-
phians have patented receptacle that
automatically closes and locks itself
when a bottle is placed in 1t.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

Men may come and men may go, but
the chigger is no respector of per.
sons.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

Frank L. Polk, a prominent law
yer, has been appointed counselor Of
the state department, the position
formerly held by Secretary of State
Lansing. Mr.. Polk will resign as
corporation counsel Of his native city
of New York and take up his new
duties at once.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-06-24
SANE FOURTH G
Mayor

Insurance Commissioner Stablein has
sent out the following appeal to the
citizens Of South Dakota:
"The Fourth of July, 1914, records
the loss Of 300 lives, burning of 700
buildings, including in the days work
Of distress and destruction several
thousand disfgured and manned chill
dren through the loss of eyesight and
fingers. Will the people Of this state
be aroused to the danger incident to
the use of or permitting the use Of
dangerous explosives, with its disas-
trous death dealing results? Let us
not lose sight of the meaning of this
great day. given us by our f%orefathers.
Bursting shell and roaring cannon did
not represent the real struggle Of the
revolution; they were but the ultima
tum, the elimination of the heart
struggles, the self sacrifice, the in,
justice endured by the weak, Cypress
ed by the strong.
"The toy pistol, the frecracker, the
numerous devices to burn powder, fail
to give to the boy of today (who will
be the man of tomorrow a profound
understanding Of the words Liberty
and Patriotism
"On the Fourth Of July, when the
dear flag, never dearer than today, un-
furls to the breeze help us to impress
upon the minds Of our boys and girls
that this flag and this day does not
stand for noise. burning gunpowder
and selfish pleasures alone, but foi
strength, union, loyalty and freedom.
This generation has forgotten the hor-
rors of war. Emphasize to them the
awful meaning of the lannon's roar.
help them to understand the explos-
ives that give 80 much Joy are in COM
memoration Of intense suffering, DESC
lation and death.
Let us SO memorabilia the Fourth
Of July, 1915, that it shall signalize in
the states history, not a day Of suffer
ing, waste and destruction, but a day
that shall mark a contrast OF preseva-
ton and sanity with the awful devas-
tation of life and property brought by
those horrible days to our unfortunate
brothers on the other side of the great
waters"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-06-24

of the heat before it will be turned on
this fall. On roll call. Anderson
Beals, Cole, Gaukel, Hoy. Johnson vot
ing Aye, motion carried.
On motion council adjourned until
1880 p. m, Monday, June 21st, 1915
City council met as per adjournment
with Mayor II. B. Mathews, Aldermen
Anderson, Beals, Conklin, Hoy. John
son and Pilmer present.
Committee on light and heat pre-
scented plans and specifications for the
rebuilding of the power house.
Moved and seconded plans and speci
i~cations be accepted and Auditor be
instructed to advertise for bids or
same, bids to be received until s
o'clock p. m, Monday, July 18th, 1915
On roll call, Anderson. Beals. Conklin
Hoy, Johnson and Pilmer voting Aye
motion carried.
On motion council adjourned.
G. II. Stoddart, II. B. Mathews,
Auditor. Mayor
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-06-24

mate the cost at a figure which makes
the effort impracticable. Ship and
cargo would represent probably a
weight of. say, 10000 tons. No such
large vessel has ever been raised even
from less depths, hence, the problem
presents difficulties which have never
been solved in actual practice.
That we have no precedent. how
ever, does not in itself, establish an
impossibility. Given apparatus of suf.
ficient size and strength, theoretically,
Of course it could be accomplished.
Whether or not it would pay in an.
other matter.
The bare possibility, however, Is
one which cannot fail to interest en-.
gineer and layman alike.
Much would doubtless depend on
the ability Of divers to descend to a
depth which must establish new re.
cords by at least 100 feet, and to per
form n useful work after getting
down. Considerable advance has been
made Of late in diving work. and a re-
cent invention consisting of a hollow
metal sphere, now under construction,
claims ability to put two men down
1000 feet, with control OF the vehicle
to permit the occupants moving 1t
about, or %anchoring 1t to a ships side.
Through windows the divers could
observe the work Of placing chains or
cables and by means Of telephones d.
rect the work of those on the surface.
Instead of cropping in the dark as form
erly, the men above would practically
observe their own work through the
eyes Of the divers, in this way not only
greatly facilitating operations, but
making the effort effective where
otherwise 1t might be largely expert
mental.
1t has been suggested that an effort
Of this nature would probably consist
In raising the hull a few feet and drag.
ging 1t inshore until 1t struck bottom;
then raising and moving forward
again, until 1t reached shallow water
where ordinary divers could work for
several hours at a time.-H. II. Wind.
sor in the July Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-06-24

Bushnell is going to have a gala day
tomorrow and is advertising a good
program of sports.
Watertown has voted down an ordi-
nance prohibiting Sunday amusements
at a special election called for that
purpose. The majority against was
rs.
While most of the teachers who were
enrolled at the institute have left for
their homes there are still 200 attend
ing the six weeks summer school. This
is over double the enrolment of last
year.
Mrs. ollie Hendricks and family ar
rived the last of the week from AL
coma, Iowa, and have taken possession
of the Mrs. Nelson house on Eighth
street which they purchased. Mrs.
Hendricks is a neice of ]. A. Hege-
man.
Some time ago the Register men
toned the arrest here Of a party
charged with %defaulting an insurance
company and a dispatch from Sioux
Falls tells of the outcome of the case.
The dispatch says: Appearing be-
fore Judge Elliott of the federal court
in this city, William Metlock. a former
resident of Brookings county, entered
a plea of guilty to an indictment charg-
ing him with using the mails to de-
fraud a hail insurance company, and
was sentenced to eight months. Met
lock was arrested at Kenmare, N. d.,
and brought back to South Dakota. His
crime was committed in Brookings
county while he was employed there
in 1914 as agent for a hail insurance
company. Officers of the company
made the complaint. While soliciting
the sale Of hail insurance, Metlock
sent in fictitious names to the home
office of the company, representing
them to be bona fide purchasers of
policies, and received his regular com.
missions On such policies which the
company presumed to be genuine until
payments failed to come in"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-06-24
RAISING THE "LUSITANIA"

At this writing the "Lusitania" is
supposed to rest on a fairly hard bot.
tom in from 300 to 400 feet of water.
AS a salvage prize, the ship and some
of it's cargo are worth recovering II
they can be raised within a reasonable
length Of time. So far as we can
learn, no intention to attempt recov.
cry Of the ship has been announced
and val conditions, of course, render
any possible attempt unusually diff
cult.
And yet it cannot be finally said
such a raising is absolutely impossi
BILE, although the engineers may esti
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-06-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Nm. Pickett spent a
few days at Mankato on business last
week.
Mrs. Chas. Wright of New York City
arrived Monday for a visit at the
home of her sister, Mrs. w. H. Leighty.
H. Christofferson went over to AS.
toria Monday to spend the week. Mr..
Christiferson is now doing missionary
work for the Lutheran church.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-06-24
Local and Personal

Prof. H. c. SEVERN departed Thurs
day morning for Milwaukee to visit
relatives.
Mrs. d. H. Campbell has purchased
a Grand Six from S. H. McCarl the
local agent.
Fred Cole departed Monday morn
ing for Chicago to spend some time
buying new goods for the Hub depart
ment store.