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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
CONCRETE S|L0S.
Fewer Failures In This Type
Than With Others.
THEY HAVE LONG LIFE.
Some Known to Have Been Used Sue
cessfuIIy Eleven Years Without Any
Sign Of Deterioration or Loss Of ST.
lage Through SpoiIage.
prepared by Colorado station.1

Prepared by Colorado station.]
Cement is coming to be used more
and more for construction work on the
farm. This is only in keeping with
progress made in concrete construction
along other lines. \ great many OBJ
jections are made to concrete as Il suit
able material for silo construction. Be
side a number of others, the following
are some Of the most common: Con-
crete walls allow mold and decay
around the walls, are affected by the
acid Of silage, and they cannot be
built to keep them from cracking and
thus leak air. These statements, of
course, come from competing builders,
mostly stave silo people. Observation
of concrete and stave silos standing
side by side shows that the freezing Is
no greater in one than the other. By
coating the walls with a wash Of neat
cement or tar pitch they can be made
perfectly air. water and acid proof. If
properly REINFORCED and made Of suit
able material they should not crack
any more than does other concrete
NOlh. 1lcle lave Dctll lilIuleS VI lll
types of silos, but it is safe to say
that the percentage of failures is less
in concrete silos than in most other
types. That they are a success has
been demonstrated beyond a doubt by
those built not only in this state, but
other states as we'll. Silos of this type
are known to have been used success
fully for eleven years without the least
sign Of deterioration or loss Of silage
through spoilage.
The common causes Of failure in con
crete construction are, first, insufficient
reinforcement; second, dirty sand and
gravel; third, too lean a mixture or
insufficient amount Of cement used;
fourth, poor mixing of cement with
sand and gravel; fifth, poor placing of
mixture within the building FORMS:
sixth, washing out Of cement by ex-
cessiye water.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
Hoaainq Down Corn.

The Iowa station bulletin 143 found
the practice of hog%ing down corn
profitable. Farmers to the number of
1873 reported an average saving of $50
cents for every bushcl hogged down.
The Iowa station advises feeding some
protein with the corn. This Is provid-
ell by seeding rape in the corn or by
feeding tankn2e or oil meal in troughs.
In 1917 gains at the Iowa station cost
to the hundrcdweight, on standing
corn only. S3.l4; on standing corn and
soy beans. S2S7; on standing corn and
t;lnkagc. SAB.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
A PAIR OF SH0EsTRINGS.

A shoestring is "~six-fourths" long
when n does not specify the length
required. "Six-fourths of what:' is
likely to be the question put by the
layman.
When a nan buys a new pair of
shoes the strings in them are just long
enough. When he buys the next pair
of shoestrings they are too long. The
strings that come with the shoes are
~four-tourths long, the next pair will
be siX-fOurths unless the purchaser
asks for and can get four-fourths.
These lengths have to do with mems
high shoes. There is not the same
trouble in the CASE of low shoes.
Some shoestrings will wear a long
time, but they will become brown. 9th
ers will not wear so long, but vii
retain their original blackness. The
linen or very strong cotton. The 9th
ers are of mixed 1ibers that hold theil
color.
Many people prefer the less durable
shoestring, not only because it holds
its color, but because being of a less
hard fiber it stays tied better than
shoestring Wearers know how to tie 4
the other. A few of the millions OF
bowknOt that won't come united. The
method can he explained without a dia.
gram.
Instead of tucking the bow once
over before drawing the knot tight
tuck it twice over. A fiddle string used
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
Hudson Bay Islands Rediseovered.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 2~7.-ThrOugb
the accident of shipwreck on a barren
reef, enormous islands in Hudson bay,
believed to have been discovered by
Hendrix Hudson himself in 1919, and
which appeared on charts printed as
late as 1862, but which apparently be-
came lost to geographers and cartog-
raphers for more than two centuries,
have been ~rediscovered, says the Min
neapolis Journal, by Robert ]. Flallcrty
+. X. &. S., leader Of the Sir William
Mackenzie expeditions to Hudson bay.
He told this story:
"Clcaring st. Johns on Aug. II, 1913,
we reached the entrance to Lake har-
bcr, Batiin land, at midnight on Sept.
9, where we We're stranded by the fall
of n forty-eight foot tide. After a day
we got off and made for Wakcham
bay. From there we stood out into the
met by thick weather. with snow, and
we decided the season too far advanced
to continue on to Repulse island. which
was still 1000 miles nOrthwestward.
SO we recrossed to the Fair Ness coast
of Baffin land. sailed to a point a little
| northwest of the Isle of Gods Mercy
and fixed on .Amadjuak bay as our
wintering base.
ION Sept. 8. While cruising, we
| sighted the land mass to the eastward,
! running north and south for nine
points Of the compass. and about thirty
miles away. The following day we
found a secure harbor eight miles to
the southwark. We spent a week in
explorations. We made out three big
islands. The part We explored is not
inhabited by Eskimos. but on an island
to the westward we found old stone
igloos. partly in ruins. and elaborate
stone wind blinds. used by the Eskimos
| in goose hunting"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
Arizona to Be Completed Early.

New York. July 26.-1t usually takes
about two years after a Dreadnought
is launched before she is ready to go
into commission. 1t is said. however.
that the super Dreadnought Arizona,
which recently slid down the ways at
the New York navy yard, will be com
plctcd and ready for any possible even
tuality i'll a little over a year. The Ari-
iona is the thirty-ninth battleship built
for the American navy since 1897.
Compared to the first American battle
ship, the Indiana, launched in 1893, the
Arizona is nearly twice as long, half
again as wide and of three times as
great displacement. Against the In
diana's four thirteen-inch guns and
eight eight-inch the Arizona will carry
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06

Minorcas belong to the Spanish
section of the Mediterranean class.
though, as a matter of fact, they
are, in their modern form, largely
the result of English breeding. Mi
norcas are of two colors. black and
white. single combed and rose comb
ed subvarieties of each. They were
long called Red Faced Spanish.
English fanciers who breed for
shows developed the comb to such
an extent that it became an imped-
iment. The American standard
calls for a bird larger than the
Leghorn. showing more straight
lines and angles, more docile, less
rugged birds and less able because
OF their excessively large combs to
stand low temperatures. The bird
shown is a Black Minorca cock.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
PicKlNGS.

At ten weeks Of age. or when
the tips of the wings reach the
tail. geese are ready for market
and should weigh between eight
and ten pounds.
The egg with a dirty shell is
one Of the most Objectionable
factors of the egg industry.
1t is not a good plan to have
chicks of different ages running
together. The little ones get the
worst of it every time.
Proper management is more
than half the battle in the BUSH
ness of raising chickens to ma
turity.
Most breeders dress their Cos
lings for market or sell them to
fatteners in June or July.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
Gather Eaas Often.

AS the weather gets warmer the
eggs should be gathered oftener than
during cold weather, for incubation
starts very quickly when the eggs are
left in the nests and hens are allowed
as eggs are no longer needed for hatch
ing purposes the ROSTERS should be
taken away from the hens, and the
chances Of bad eggs will be diminished
greatly.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
"Psychic Knockout" From Battle.

New York, July 27.-Sir William Os-
Ter, regius professor of medicine at Ok
ford. gives another interesting side light
on England as seen from the medical
viewpoint. His letter is published in the
Journal of the American Medical as
ISOLATION. Types of nervous disorders
seen very rarely in this country or in
Europe have manifested themselves as
q result of the extraordinary stress
and strain of trench fighting. One Of
these disorders is a temporary paral-
ysis without actual injury due to close
proximity Of an explosion. This is
known to military surgeons as "shell
shock paraplegia."
Another is the psychic Knockout" in
which the victim remains in Il stu
porous state, with loss of memory and
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06

There are three main groups of
sheep breeds-namely, the middle
wool, long wool and fine wool
breeds. The middle wool breeds
have practically all been bred pri-
marily for mutton production, but
considerable attention has been paid
to the fleece as we'll. The most fa-
miliar Of the middle wool breeds
are Shropshires, Hampshires, OK
fords and Southdowns. The Shrop-
shire is proha bly, the most widely
grown and is a splendid farm
sheep. The sheep shown is a
Shropshire wether.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06

United States on board italian war
ships. Before he retired from the navy
he became a full admiral and ranking
officer of the fleet. Il post now held by
his nephew. the Duke of the .AbruZZi.
1t is said that the Duke of Genoa cares
he has assumed. prcfcrring to remain
ut Turin With his Eavarian wife and
his six children. His father was IL
brother of old King Victor Emmanuel
H., and his mother was Princess Eliza
beth of SaXony. The Duke of Genoa
is said to he very democratic and SIM
pie natuyed. 131 Al
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
Bronze Grass.

Bronze grass is n Of the best pas
ture plants. Its good points are that
1t has a good root system; therefore
stands tramping we'll, starts early and
grows late, is leafy and makes a fine
pasture. It does we'll on poor as we'll
as on good soil, but responds splendid
~ to good soil and manuring.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
AGlance atCurrentT Topics and Events

to make arbitration obligatory instead
of optional was certain OF adoption at
the end of the European war.
There are many who are inclined to
believe the movement visionary" said
Mr.. Hammond. ''These do not COM
prehend the information at the dispo-
sal of the men fostering the idea.
assurances have come from all
sides. including representative men Of
the nations now at war, that support
of the plan for a world court is sure to
come nee the carnage in Europe has
ended. These assurances are authori-
tative.
while the congress has been in ses-
sion we have received pledges of in
tended support to our plan from indi-
viduals and organizations all over the
country. 1t is certain that public opin-
ion in the United States will crystalline
speedily into Il determination that will
make this country Il leading signato4y
to a league of nations"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06

complete speechlessness or stammer-
ing. Recovery follows in a few days,
as a rule, but extreme ervou irrita-
bility may persist for weeks.
In many cases the walking gait is
changed in all sorts of curious ways.
One remarkable case is described in
detail by the patient himself. Here
the effort at balancing the body when
walking resembled a tight rope walk.
er's efforts.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06

1t is claimed for Mulefoot hogs
that they are harder, have greater
vitality, mature earlier and cost
less to fatten than n other breed.
The sows are gentle mothers and
are usually prolific, raising large
filters of pigs. which thrive we'll
on pasture. The pigs are free from
disease, hustling for themselves at
an early age. The SOW shown is a
pure bred Mulefoot.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06

fo- a shoestring would not cume UNI
tied if the knot We're made in that
way. This knot can be united in the
same way as the other, by pulling ut
the ds.-Philadelphm Record.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
New Way to Amend Constitution.

Washington. July 27.--A movement
launched by the committee on the fed
eral constitution for a revision of meth
DDS of amending the constitution of
the United States would make it easier
to secure needed amendments in the
future. \ resolution by Representa-
tive Bryan of Washington e%mbodying
the committees plan will possibly re-
ceive the attention Of congress when
it r%cconvenes in December. A two
thirds vote in both houses of congress
and ratification by three-fourths of the
state legislatures will be necessary to
| the adoption of this resolution.
The changes provided for in the res
olution would reduce the vote by
which congress proposes amendments
to the constitution from tWO-thirdS to
a simple majority and of the number
! of the state legislatures required for
| the ratification Of amendments from
thrce-fourths to two-thirds. In addi-
ton to this an entirely new plan Of
revising the constitution is proposed.
This new plan calls for the submits
sion to the voters every twenty years
of the question whether Il convention
ments to the constitution. and when
decided in the affirmative delegates
are chosen and the convention assem-.
bled on the 4tl Of March two years
aftcrward. while amendments prOpOs-
ed by the convention are voted on al
the ensuing presidential election, Il
two-thirds vote being required for rat.
itication. This plan is almost identical
With the convention system of amend
ing state constitutions as followed ii
New York and other states.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
Lincoln Highway Memorial to Colonel

Washington. June 2S.-One mile Of
the Lincoln highway. the grand boule-
ward which it is planned to carry across
the continent. will be Il memorial to
Colonel Albert \. Pope. the father Of
good roads in this country. according to
a recently announced project of the
Lincoln Highway Woman's Auxiliary.
Funds are now being raised for the
construction of this mile. Graced by
memorial arches and shade trees, it
will make one of the most charming
sections of the great highway.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-06
New Types Of Warships.

London. July 24.-That the yards on
the Clyde in Scotland are building war
ships of entirely new type for the prob
lens of the North sea and the Dardn-
nclles was revealed in IN address to
business men by Captain ]. j. Harttclot
Of the British admiralty. In urging the
necessity OF recruiting several thousand
skilled workmen for the shipbuilding
works he said:
"Our main concern on the Clyde Is
the fleet. These yards are building
ships of new types, and great issues
depend on their arriving ut their sta
lions. ,s
ITO get these ships ready there are
wanted many more men. especially
iron workers. In order to beat the en-
envy we shall have to pool the whole of
our resources of skilled labor and put
them on government work."
Thinks World Peace Court Certain.
New York, July o6.-John Hays Ham
mond, the mining engineer, predicted
with confidence that the plan for a
world court with a punch" behind it
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-24
LIQUOR Law
IS AIMED At
INDIVIDUAL
So as 10 ForestalI Any Decis-
ion Allowing Shipments
into tf1e State.

The fun text Of the bill adding
another section to the Yost law.
which is before the legislature az
Charleston, follows
BE it enacted by the legislature
of West Virginia:
That chapter thirteen. acts OF the
legislature of one thousand nine
hundred and fifteen. REGULAR session,
relating to prohibiting the manufac-
tupe. sale and keeping for sale OF in
toxicating liquors. and the enforce
inert of the amendment of section As
of article VI Of the state constitution.
ratified on the fifth day OF November.
one thousand nine hundred twelve,
be amended by enacung. as addition
al thereto. one section. as part there
of. numbered thirty-four. as herein
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-24
WASHINGTON NOTES

wASHINGToS, D. c., May IL
The finishing touches are being put on
the palatial residence being built fo-
former United States Senator Nathan
Bay Scott in fashionable section Of
the northwestern part OF the city, sew
eral blocks beyond the famous resi-
dental pie known as Henderson
Castle The site is on a lofty eleva-
ton and from the new Scott homeare
in ali directions. the one that embraces
the cleaning Potomac and the blue
hills of Virginia in the distance being
especially fine When the landscape
artists complete their work and the
furnishings are installed, the splendid.
costly home will pe ready for occu-
pancy, and ready for its first season
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-24
HoucE TO coxrzAcroEs.

Sealed proposals WIN be received By
the Town Council OF The Town OF
until twelve o'clock noon May Goth. The
proposals shall be IN accordance and
made out on blank 6ocl attached TO
SPECIFICATIONS. wnlcn VIII he on file ar
the once OF Horror Brothers. Engineers.
Hornor Building. Nam Street. Clarks-
burg, West Virginia. and NH include
all brick paving and concrete curb on
the following streets: Hartland Avenue.
North Street. SteaIey Avenue. Duff
Street and Baker Avenue. as are fully
set Forth In the said specifications.
c. T. STEALEY, Mayor.
81. 3. NEWIoN, Recordec.
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set ont

set out-
Sec. 81. It shall be unlawful for
any person in this state to receive.
directly or indirectly, intoxicating
liquors from a common or other car
rier. It shall also be unlawful for
any person in this state to possess IN
toxicating liquors, received directly
or indirectly from a common or other
carrier In this state: This section
shall apply to such liquors intended
for personal use. as web as otherwise.
and to interstate. as well as intra-
state, shipments or carriage Any
person violating this section shall be
guilty OF misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars nor more
than two hundred dollars, and in ad-
dition thereto may be imprisoned
not more than three months: Pro
vfded, however, druggists may re-
ceive and possess pure grain alcohol,
wine and such preparations as may
be sold by druggists for the special
purpose, and In the manner as set
forth IN sections four and twenty
four
The bin is designed to meet condi-
tons which viii arise In the event
that the United States supreme court
will hold that the Webb-kenyon law
does not prevent common carriers
from bringing hauors into the stare &c
when intended for personal use II
the court holds that the carriers
must accept such shipments they can
be brought into the-state, but under
the new bin ft VIII be unlawful Tor
the consignee to get them at the sta
ton. or even be IN possession OF
liquors SO brought The idea IS that
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-24

as one Of the centers OF society and
sociaI-polittcal life OF the nations
capital That It VIII be The scene
next winter OF many notable gather
tng of people famous II socety ana
public life. not only in Snis capital
but in the CAPITALS Of the world, =
expected for Senator and Mrs- Scott
are OF that position themselves. and
it is the gossip OF Their close friends
that they hare planned season 81
notable entertainments in their new
home.
The Scott house Is an attractive one
of the Spanish type OF archltectnre,
on an dr-eSu1arshaped lot having
frontage on Belmont street, Ontario
Road and Florida ayenue, and It vas
planned by Kendall and Smith. archa-
tects OF high professional Shading:
The lot is over 200 feet In depth and
street The house has been erected
near this frontage, this part OF the
property being about seyenty-1ye teet
higher than the Ontario Road and
Florida avenue frontage. From this
high elevation view Of the entire
city Is obtained. The space between
the house and the Florida Avenue
frontage is to be arranged as gar
den, though which there viii be wind
ing waIkways.
The house is of hollow tile coastTuc-
ton. surfaced with stucco. The trim
ming is of limestone and the roof Of
he'd tile The most interesting feature
of the residence is an arcaded portcn'
twelve feet wide, extending across
the south side, and terminating at
either end in a pavilion From this
porch double staircase leads down to
the garden
At the north side. or front OF the
house. there is an attractive entrance
crnamented at either side By carved
stone work and sheltered by a mar
quise Within the entrance there IS
an entrance hall and stair hall. to
the right of which there is a living
room, which extends across the west
end OF the stair hall. The dining room.
kitchen and serving rooms occupy the
eastern end of the house, and between
the two portions and adjoining the
stair hail is library. From the din
ing and living rooms doorways lead
out on to the pavdllions at either END
of the house All the rooms on this
floor are finished in mahogany and
have beamed ceilings. Large fire
places have been provided in the Nv
ing and dining rooms.
On the second floor there are seven
bed chambers and three baths. From
the hallway on this floor there is
doorway leading on to a logic at the
south side of the house, which can be
utilized as sleeping porch. -Four
bed chambers. storage room and
bath are on the third floor On the
roof there is an observation deck.
Servants rooms. furnace and storage
rooms are located in the basement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-24

D. ". Gall: the president of the West
Virginia Society in Washington, as at
present in San Francisco, where he
Went as a. delegate TO the meeting Of
the supreme tent of the Order OF
Naccabees. Mr. Gall went to the
meeting armed with invitations from
that The 1916 meeting be held
IN Washington. a telegram re-
cefved by officers of the local
trade and other local orsaniZations
that the 1919 meeting be held in Wash
gram received by officers of the local
lodge advises them that the invitation
was accepted. The quadrennial en-
campment of the Uniform rank will
also be held here at the same time.
The meeting VIII bring, it is estimated.
about 1900 visitors to the capital up
on that occasion
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-24
ADarnrsrEAroR,s NoF1cE.

.Au persons having claims against the
estate OF George AdeSander deceased.
payment TO the undersigned admtndsrra-
tor at his ONCE. .01 Con- Building.
Ciarkebu-r West Virginia And All per
sons knowing themselves to be indebted
70 the estate OF said George Alexander
deceased. Will call upon said adrtn3sra-
to- at his said odce and Settle such
6. c. DENHAM.
Adnrdnistrator OF the Estate Of George
Alexander. deceased
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-24
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