davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
In Venezuelan Forests.

mere We're many good rubber for
ests In the interior of Venezuela in the
old days. and for several years was
engaged, sometimes alone and Some.
tunes In partnership, in QUILTING
grubstaking native rubber cutters
and then buying the crude rubber upon
their return to my camps. writes an ex.
plorer. My own profit on the rubber
was about 500 per cent, but this did
not as you may think. represent an
imposition on the natives. since nv
own posts were far in the interior. ana
| mad lot of trouble in getting the
product out to transportation. One of
my routes of travel was by the MANY
lagoons and rivers which indent the
Venezuelan coast, by means OF which
men In canoes can penetrate far into
the interior of that wild region. The
Guawoona country was at the end OF a
considerable chain of lagoons. and
where the ground rose rather abruptly
into the billy and almost inaccessible
forests. This was good rubber country
and, though the Guawoonas themselves
never brought down any rubber. they
were exceedingly jealous of anybody
invading their chosen domain.
| had several bands OF halfbreeds
working for me who would hunt rub.
Der as a miner does gold. No chances
were too great if they promised a good
haul OF rubber. Several sanguinary
conflicts had occurred with the Qua
woonas, and ! almost decided to forbid
my men entering their territory. al.
though there was little hope of con.
ironing these resolute natives or
knowing where their trails would lead
once they plunged into the tropical
jungles.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26

have kept the unique wonder of
Seville waiting too long already for
my recognition. though in it's 500 years
II should have learned patience
enought for worse things.
From its great antiquity alone. IL
from nothing else. II is plain that the
Giralda at Seville could not have been
studied from the tower of the Madison
Square Garden in New York. which
the American will recall when he
sees it.
III the case must be reversed and we
must allow that the Madison Square
tower was studied from the Giralda.
we must still recognize that II Is mo
seryile copy. but in its frank imitation
has grace and beauty which achieves
originality.
Still, the Giralda is always the Cir.
aida. and. though there had been M
Saint-Gaudens to tip It's summit with
such fiying-footed nymph as noises
on our own tower. the figure of Faith
which crowns 1t is at least a good
weather vane, and from it's Office of
turning. gives the mighty bell tower
its name
Long centuries before the tower was
. belfry it served the mosque. which
the cathedral now replaces, as a min.
aret for the muezzin to call the faith.
full TO prayer. but II was then only
two-thirds as high.-Harper's Maya.
zine.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
he FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS
Pat Had Been Taught to Do Things on
the Combination Plan.

A gentleman in want of a coach
man had an Irishman apply for the
situation. when the following CONVEX
sation took place between them:
You know, Pat, il l engage you, l
shall expect you to do things by COM
bination. For instance, If | tell you
to bring the carriage round at a given
time l shall expect the horses with it.,
Ind driving gloves, etc.
Yes, sorr." said Pat.
He was duly engaged, and gave sat.
isfaction. One day his master came
to him in hurry, telling him to look
sharp and go for a doctor, as his mis-
tress was i'll. Pat was gone for a long
time, and on his master grumbling
at him for his delay, he said
Sure, they're all here sorr."
All herei" said the master. What
do you mean"
Didn't you tell me to do things by
combination?
What's that got to do with it?"
said the master.
"Well,' said Pat, I've got the doc
tor, the parson and the undertaken
Tit-Bits
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
SOW ALFALFA IN FALL
Much Depends Upon Amount oil
Moisture in the Soil.
u Conditions Are Favorable Three
Cuttings Can Generally Be OBJ
tanned Following Season
Much Seed Wasted.

A large number of our successful al
falfa growers are sowing their alfalfa
IN the fall. This fall seeding some
years depends on the amount of mois-
ture In the soil. In some localities
during the last few years there has
not been sufficient moisture in the
ground to justify fall seeding
II the alfalfa can be sown in the
fall under favorable conditions, three
good cuttings can generally be gotten
the Following season, says Twentieth
Century Farmer. II this seeding Is
done on stubble ground, the disk is q
splendid tool to be used in preparing
the ground.
The amount of seed to be sown
and the manure in which the seed
Ing is to be done have a lot to do
IN the way of getting a stand. 1t Is
claimed that II one had a good
strong stalk OF alfalfa every six
inches square there would be a good
stand. Do you know that II every
seed would produce q plant and every
plant was placed six inches from the
next 1t would take q little less than
q pound OF seed per acre? II this is
true, we are throwing away lot of
seed every year.
OF course. ideal conditions can't
prevail, and a certain amount of seed
is always lost. Some seed won't ger.
inmate; some of it starts and dies
before making a plant just because,
on account of insufficient moisture.
1t hasn't the strength to hold out.
The usual amount Of seed sown is
from fifteen to twenty-five pounds an
acre. One OF the best stands of alfal-
Ia we ever had was from seeding ten
pounds per acre.
In considering the amount Of seed
to be sown, we must take into consid-
Grafton the manner in which the
seeding Is 10 be done. II 1t is sown
broadcast and narrowed in, more
seed must necessarily be sOwn than
If 1t Is drilled in. We have always
favored seeding with a drill With
the drill all the seed is covered. and
1t stands to reason that more of it
Will terminate and produce plants
than If broadcasted and narrowed.
The ideal conditions would be to
get this seed sown and covered yet
spread as evenly as possible or, in
other words, broadcasted under the
surface. 1t is advisable sometimes to
use wheel behind the shoe in the
drill and pack the soil slightly. AL
falfa seed sells at a good price The
man seeding field must put on suf-
fcient seed for a stand; at the same
time he does not want to put on more
than is necessary. He should investi-
gate the different drills and methods
OF seeding and adopt such a plan as
looks to him most advisable.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26

He was a shy young man. For two
long years he had been paying her
attention and had not yet even
squeezed her hand.
One evening as they fingered in the
shadow of the trees by her gate he
asked timidly:
Florence, would you-might Ter
would you mind if l placed one
reverent kiss on your fair hand to-
night when l leave your"
Florence thought he wanted speed
ing up. So she dropped her head
coyly on his shoulders, lifted her face
temptingly to his and replied:
We'll, George, should think 1t de-
cidedly out of place."
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture)
Wheat growers in this country not
infreQuently experience serious losses
caused by preventable diseases. Wheat
is preyed upon by a number of para.
site fungi, three of which are classed
as smuts. Two OF these smuts are
common pests in the wheatfields of
North America, the other, commonly
known as flag smut, is thus far I'M
known to this continent, though 1t is
fairly common in Australia and certain
other parts of the world where wheat
culture has been in progress for cen.
turtles. says the department OF agri.
culture.
OF the two smuts, bunt or covered
smut of wheat, sometimes referred to
as sinking smut, is found wherever
wheat is grown, sometimes resulting
In losses to the farmers of the United
States of $2O,O00,0O0 or more annually.
Not infrequently fields planted to un-
treated seed and giving promise of
yielding 80 to 40 bushels per acre of
good wheat. will produce a crop of
covered smut amounting, in some
cases, to as much as 40 to so per cent
of the crop.
This smut disease is caused by a
parasitic fungus which attacks the
growing wheat plant before the first
leaf appears above ground Once in
side the attacked Seeding it continues
It's growth and by the time the wheat
begins to head the diseased plants pro-
duce crop Of smut. II we examine
the heads of such a plant we find in
stead OF normal wheat grains only a
lot of smut balls. In other words, the
materials produced by the living plant
tor the purpose OF building up sound
wheat grains have been consumed by
the parasite In forming it's masses of
smut spores which finally occupy the
exact position in the wheat heads that
you'd have been filled by the kernels
mad they been allowed to develop.
These smut balls consist OF nothing
out millions of spores inclosed in each
case by thin enveloping membrane.
When the smut balls are crushed the
spores give of an odor not unlike that
of herring brine. The liberated
spores become attached to the seed.
which, IL planted without previous
treatment. may produce another crop
of smutted wheat.
Treat Seed With FormaIin.
Blunt or covered smut of wheat is
one of the most easily prevented of
any of the cereal diseases. The fol-
lowing procedure is recommended:
Run all seed wheat through a tanning
mill in order to blow out the unbroken
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
USE OF CARBON BIsULPHIDE
Anords Rather Cheap and Simple
Treatment for Graduating Grain
Moths and Weeviis,

by T. j. TALBERT Missouri College of
Agriculture.)
"A stltcn In time saves nine, but even
the time may not remedy the damage
one would have prevented Usually
late threshing has left the grain in
the stack or shock exposed to the
attacks of the grain moth and the
weevil this year. Fortunately, a rath-
er simple, cheap treatment with car
bon bisulphide will destroy all the
weevils and moths that infest stored
grains. This liquid looks very much
like water but when poured on rags
or into shallow pans on the top of
grain, rapidly forms a gas so much
heavier than air that it goes down
among the kernels, destroying all
weevils and moths.
Ihe temperature, size, shape, and
tightness Of bins or granaries are i'm.
portant factors. 1t is not worth
while to fumigate when the tempera-
ture is below go degrees F. More
bisulphide is required and even then
unsatisfactory results are obtained
One pound of liquid for every 80
bushels of grain will be enough If the
bin is tight and the temperature
above 10 degrees. Another pound
should be used for every 200 cubic
feet of space above the grain in the
bin
The liquid may be thrown directly
on the grain without injury, but bet
ter results will be secured by pour
ing it into shallow pans, scattered
over the surface, or if these are not
available. it may be poured upon old
rags or cotton waste. One-half pound
or at most not more than a pound,
should be poured into each pan The
liquid may be poured down through
a gas pipe in order to get it near the
center and bottom of very large bins.
Plug one end of the pipe with cotton
or old rags. push it down through the
grain and then remove the plug by
pushing rod down through the pipe
The granary or bins should be
kept closed as tightly as possible for
SO hours. and if the seed is not to be
sowed, for 4S hours. The grain will
DC just as gOOu TOT Ieeu after treat
ment as before. but if it is to be
sowed. care should be taken not to
use too much bisulphide or to fumi-
gate too long. 1t is often convenient
to apply the liquid Saturday afternoon
and fumigate until the next Monday
The gas is very explosive and no
lighted cigars, pipes, lanterns, or
should be allowed in or near
the building until it has been thor
oughly aired. The work should always
be done in the daytime Cost may
be kept down by securing commercial
instead Of the more expen-
sive chemically pure liquid. often kept
by drug stores. Storekeepers will
doubtless to glad to order the more
economical form if it is not already
in stock.
For directions in special cases,
write to the College of Agriculture.
Columbia. Mo Be sure to state the
size of the granary or bin TO be flu
migated.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26

smut balls. This being done. the grain
should be soaked ten minutes in So
luton consisting OF one pound of com
mercial formalin (obtainable at near
ly all drug stores) added to 40 gallons
OF water. The seed thus treated is next
allowed to drain and is then piled on
the floor and stirred frequently until
sufficiently dry to SOW IL. during this
process, the kernels have swollen very
much. the drill should be set TO SOW a
little thicker. else the quantity sown
per acre will be less than was in
tended
Rotation in Severe Gases.
Recent experiments nave shown that
In certain sections OF the country the
soil of field producing a crop of
smutted wheat this year NAV harbor
enough smut spores to cause the. ap-
pearance of smut In neIt years crop
if'the field be reseeded 10 wheat. This
sometimes occurs. where smut is very
bad, in spite OF the planting of treat
ed seed. and shows that in such locali-
ties crop rotation should be practiced
in addition to seed treatment. Blunt
or covered smut Of wheat attacks no
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
DRAINAGE Neglected

People usually appreciate the value
of irrigation. but because they can
grew crops of sort, neglect drainage
Such people, if they have land with
a surplus of water, should get a pam.
phlet from the United States depart
ment of agriculture on THE Economy
of Farm Drainage"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26

DON'T ANTAGONIZE.

Nobody asks you to shelve your In
dependence or to forget your indi
viduality. You have a right to YOU
opinion, and there IL no reason WIN
you should not express II and live w
to your convictions There is a vasl
dinerence, however. between display
ing manly courage and carrying a chiT
on your shoulder.
If you are in business, your success,
will be dependent. not wholly upon
your trading ability. but upon your
personality. and the way you trea,
your customers and those with whom
you come in contact.
Millions of dollars worth OF trade
has been lost because statesmen have
vented their spleen upon their custom.
| ers, have annoyed them In little as
well as in big ways, and aroused in
them feeling of antagonism, which
is sure to react against the store, as
well as against the salesman in 1t.
A great many people will tell you
that they avoid certain stores and cor
tain salespeople, simply because they
are not treated with common courtesy,
and because the sellers do not seem
to be interested in them as buyers.
Few statesmen seem to realize that
courtesy-plain and simple politeness
lis one Of the greatest selling assets
and that 1t contributes larg Ely to sue
cess.
One may not be by nature good
seller OF goods. and he may be def
cfent in many other respects; but, II
he is uniformly courteous. II he shows
a marked interest In the customer and
is obliging. he is likely to sell more
goods than is an exJert salesman who
fails to realize the importance of
courtesy.
The popular salesman not only
makes, but holds. customers.
Thousands of buyers will wait a
quarter of an hour, or even longer. in
order to trade with their favorite
salesman. They feel at home with
him. He meets them with a smile. and
Is, or appears to be- interested in their
AFFAIRS, although he is not obtrusive.
Inc customer instinctively feels, his
friendship.
Courtesy is valuable in every walk
or life, in business and out of IT, The
polite man or woman is always popu-
lar, provided he does not carry his
courtesy into flattery.
The popular man is not always the
man of great intellect, but he knows
how to make friends, by charm OF
manner, by kindness of shirt
which is readily felt, by real or an,
parent unselfish interest in those with
whom he is associated.
Popularity counts in business. and
counts nightly. Popularity makes
friends. and friends in the mart of
trade mean customers
Those little things, which NAV seem
10 De OF no account, frequently stand
between success and failure.
The great trouble with people now.
adays is that they look into the clouds
and prepare themselves to handle mat
lers OF importance. forgetting that
things of consequence are but co,,oc.
lions OF little things, and that nothing
great can be accomplished until the
accomplisher has perfected himself
N the small matters which collective.
y produce the finished product.
Not what you do. if you are on the
1ring line of business, but how Won
10 it, counts.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
Determine Value Of Cow.

To determine the value of a COW il
is necessary to measure her milk
flow and also to test her milk for but
terfat. A COW producing 40 pounds
of 3 per cert milk and one producing
20 pounds of per cent milk give
equal amounts of butter.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
GETTING A BETTER POSITION.

The stagnant pool is useless and 9
menace to health. It's water is unfi,
to drink, and its sluggishness will mo-
turn a water wheel. 1t either drie.
up or 1t remains a blot on the land
scape.
The man who stays where he Is
without thinking of lettering his con
dition is like the stagnant pool, for
sooner or later. unless he attempts to
create current, he win, like the
pool, dry up or else remain an unwel
come member of society.
Conversely, however, there is al
ways as much danger in attempting
to rush as there is in remaining placid
me mountain torrent. although act
I've, docs not have the body or the
quantity ct energy necessary for util.
tzation
However profitable your position
may be, you have q right to consider
advancement, but when you carry this
consideration beyond the lines of or
binary caution, and plunge, leap and
run, you are likely to dash yourself
to pieces and to be no better off--per-
haps worse off-than you would have
been had you remained at a stand
still
Do not be dissatisfied with your lot
TO the extent OF making yourself mis-
cradle. Be dissatisfied only in so far
~ 1t will encourage you to look ahead
and to attempt, with the use OF your
common sense, to better your condi-
ton.
Do not make a move until you are
reasonably sure that 1t will lead to
Improvement; and, further, do not
take undue chances
II you have family or others de-
pendent upon you. you have no right
to jeopardize their interests and your
own by taking speculative chances.
Plant yourself firmly upon the rock
OF your present position. Reach out
into the unknown with both your
hands. Look for opportunity. When
you think you have found it, subject it
TO every reasonable test. for half of
that which masquerades under the
name OF opportunity is no firmer than
the idle wind which seems to come
from nowhere and to go nowhere.
Half of the failures of the world
are due to stagnation, to placidty, to
q refusal to move when opportunity
suggests it, and the other half is made
up OF those men who are forever dis
satisfied, discontinued, and over-ambi-
tious; who, without thought, Jump for
the first line that bangles before them.
without waiting to see whether the
other end is firmly fastened.
Thousands of young men have
thrown up present positions because
something else ceemed better They
knew how badly off they were where
they were. and they lid not investi-
gate the future or attempt to analyze
apparent or real opportunity. They
plunged ahead, leaving a good founda-
tton, that they might reach what ap- !
peared to be higher ground, and many |
of them fioundered In the quicksand |
between.
Keep your feet firmly planted upon
the foundation of the present. always |
looking ahead and upward But look.
and keep on looking. for days, and
weeks, and months, and years, before |
you allow this looking to influence
your action, o. until you have reason. |
able proof that what seems to be is a
reality.
The ship without an anchor is as
unsafe to navigate as one with torn /
and battered rigging
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
His Awakening.

The sick man had just come out Of
long delirium.
Where am II" he said feebly. as
he felt the loving hands making him
comfortable. Where am 1? In
heaven?"
No, dear. cooed his devoted wife,
4 am still with you. kansas City
Journal.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
Easily Satisfied

What do you think of the new
state constitution"
Il haven't read it, but I'm for n
provided there's nothing In 1t to pre-
vent me from going out to play golf
on election day"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
Some Sneeze.

Poor old Geezeeks. He's got an
awful cold, but he's determined to 20
to see the widow tonight"
He sure is"
He'll sneeze his head off,"
No-worse than that"
What -
he'll sneeze his wig of. "-Florida
Times Union.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
Ought to Be.

The street cars haven't been an
crowded lately as usual"
That so?"
"Oh, yesl Why coming down town
this morning, l had only one person
on each foot. Kansas City Star.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
Feed La Most Essential

II is wrong to expect the COW TO
Yield large profit simply because she
is well bred. She must have feed and
care or the breeding will amount 10
nothing.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
lnfertile Euos Best.

lntertile eggs produced by nocks IN
which there is no male bird are the
only kind that can reach the con.
sumner in good condition during the
hot summer months.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
Some Difference.

Now, dis am de question. pahson 4"
stated Brother Shinpaw. when de
minimum comes will folks quit work.
ing"
No, sahi" replied sage old Parson
Bagster. Der will quit bein' worked"
kansas City star.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
What a Cow Ia polnn-

The amount of milk in the pail ma :
give you an idea of what COW is do
ing. but you never can tell without
actual scales. actual weighing in each
case.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
Cost Of Chick Feed

Ten cents should feed a chick ten
weeks. and 1t should then weigh two
pounds. II highly fed. the ten cents
covering the greatest abundance of
food.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
Siuns Of Tuberculosis.

A COW that stays thin in spite OF
good feed and has a cough. shows
pretty sure signs of tuberculosis. Lci
the veterinarian ties. her.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26
PaW'a Xenion.

Wiilie-Paw, is it proper to say that
man was given in marriage?
Paw-No, my son. A girl is given in
marriage. The man always gets sold.
Maw-Willie, you go out in the back
yard and stay there.-Milwaukee SEN
tinel
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-26

Don't nurse opportunity too long
take II into active partnership with
you at once. lest it leave you for otbe,
company"