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Deepening the Farm For Bigger Crops
The Third Dimension of the Farm an Important Factor to Greater
Crops and Bigger Dividends.

taking a Of increased horizontal or
surface acreage are all right in their
way, but to 90 deeper into the farm,
to increase its fertility and productive
ness by Increasing its depth, Is a mat
ter that the practice Of vertical farm
ing accomplishes quickly and econom-
ically. and very often 4 single car
fridge Of explosive will convert several
yards Of otherwise useless subsoil into
half an acre of new root feeding ur-
face. Thus. instead Of spreading out
and embracing more territory, vertical
farming enables the farmer to really
concentrate and by intensive methods
conserves In both labor and expense.
At the Same time the resulting in.
crease in crops emphasizes the profit
able features Of the process.
And there Is 4 practical reason for
this. BY breaking up the subsoil oxy-
gen l. admitted into the ground, and
the pent up natural ferhlizing elements
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MEET TO PAY
Off OLD DEBTS
ALL DISCUSSION. OF CANDI-.
DATES AND MEASURES WAS
MERELY INFORMAL.

The Progressive Republican league
of the state held something of an in
formal meeting at the Leland Hot i
today for the purpose of providing
ways and means of paying the debts
of the organization incurred during
the last campaign in this state. They
discussed informally a number of mat
tiers in which the league will be inter-
estcd in the coming campaign, but no
conclusions were reached in any of
them. In fact, they were not regular
ly before the meeting. They were
merely talked about among the men,
bers who are here to dispose Of the old
question of Indebtedness.
Among the prominent people who
talked over the possibilities of the sew
eral presidential candidates who will
come before the people for their suf-
frage at the primary next spring.
There were two candidates for gov
ernor present, but the members took
no action on who would be supported
for that office.
Among the prominent people who
We're present from a distance were H.
N. Tucker, of Courtney, A. G. Dewitt,
of Wahpeton, A.. M. Baldwin of Coop
erstown, U. l.. Burdict of Williston,
George j. Smith, of Plaza and D. V.
Brennan of Devils Lake.-Minot OPP
kio
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of the lower soils are released and
utilized. A reservoir for the storage Of
water is created. and a good home for
the roots Is produced. Good. roots
are essential to good plants. Men
who look below the surface realize
these facts. They know also that Z
plant produces only in proportion to
the extent Of air, water and nourish-
ment given its roots. Thus is the new
er method Of vertical farming both
logical and profitable.
This method Of farming vertically =
in itself easy, simple and labor saving.
A half cartridge charge Of farm pow
der placed well down into the tight
subsoil at intervals Of about q rod,
tamped properly and 6red carefully
will do the work quickly and econom.
icaily. Subsoil blasting. however. can
be done successfully only when The
subsoil is dry.
Few tools are required for the wesk
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the stump out Of the ground. To se-
cure best results the charge should be
placed in the soil well under the base
of the stump. at the, point where the
resistance offered to the force Of the
explosion will be equal on all. Sides :,
Where the soil. is Of a heavy clay or
plastic nature a slow acting powder is
preferable. such as farm powder or
stamping powder. Where the earth is
sandy or loose and is apt to permit
the easy escape of gases a fast explo-
sive. such as 40 to 60 per cent dyna-
mite should be'used The condition Of
the soil with respect to moisture also
has a great influence upon the amount
OF work that a certain quantity Of pow
der will do. After heavy rains when
the soil is saturated to the base Of the
and the subsoil is just damp is
a most favorable condition.
No set rules as to the amount Of
powder necessary to blast a certain
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kind or size Of stump an be given,
since different conditions govern al
cases. Two stumps Of the same size,
kind and age Of cut, when one IS grown
on we'll drained soil where the roots
must penetratea great depthsfof,water
and the other IS grown On soil whero
there is always water near the surface,
will demand different treatment for
extraction. The older stumps, especial
~ If from timber free from resin, re-
quire less powder. The exact amount
necessary for set conditions can, how
ever, be readily determined with a lit.
tie experimenting.
Few tools and supplies are required.
A n and one-half inch wood auger
with a shank about four and one-half
feet long, a medium sized crowbar. a
round pointed shovel and a wooden
tamping stick, together with the pow
der, fuse and caps. will serve to fill
the bill
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UNIVERSAL PEACE

This nation Is now in the midst d
A-controversy ~ to how best to pro-
mote universal peace. That question
We Will leave for diplomats to dis.
cuss, but peace within nations 10 no
less Important than peace between
nations and It Is heavily laden with
prosperity for every citizen Within
our commonwealth.
Many leading politicians and Outlines
political platforms have declared war
upon business and no cabinet acrtsla
svsr resulted. Many mso :havostoo4
h7:hishFFplleaae.snd, hurled gas bombs;
4 Industry: thrust: bayonsts. into 1rs,
hess enterprises and bombard9d Is:
sfcu1tale WITH i~a6i6efenes. Parry;
leaders have many umbsI brokSn zip.
tomato relations With Industry: cent
political eyiators spying through III
'attaift Of business. and poliucAl s;aib,,
marines havS 5snt torpedoes crttshing
Into the destiny Of commerce Dur
Ing the past quarter Of = century we
have fought many . duel with. prog,
ress. permitted many politicians "a
carry on . guerrilla warfare against
civilization and point . pistol ct the
heart Of honest enterprise.
No man should DO permitted to cry
out for universal peace until his REQ.
ord has been searched for explosives.
for no vessel armed or laden With
munitions Of wal should be given Q
clearance to sail for the port Of UNI
versal Peace. Let us by all means
have peace, but peace. ike charity;
should begin at home.
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At THE SHADOW

No man-especially IL hs b mar
risd-would deny woman any right
she demands. Take the earth and
Give 10 peace. but why docs woman
long for thu >ballot7 1l
When all IL said and done, l. nxot
the selection Of the butcher more I'm,
portant to the home than tho election
On mayor: g not tie employmsnt' Of
tbs cdairyman . far more important
event in the lie Of, dc children than
the appointment Of : postmaster; ID
not 'the selection Of books for the
family library moro important than
voting bonds tor Jail and court housed
Why does woman lay aside tho i'm,
portant' things In life? Why leave the
substance and grasp at the shadow3
Be it said to the credit Of woman.
hood that It IL not, a. . rule, the
woman who rocks the cradle that
wants to cast the ballot; it is not
the mother who teaches her children
to say Nov I lay me down to sleep"
that harangues the populace; tits not
the daughter who hopes to reign az
queen over a happy home that longs
for the uniform Of the sufragette. It
Is, as q rule, the woman who despises
her home, neglects her children and
scorns motherhood that leads paradss
and smashes windowA
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USED ACID ON:
THE MINNESOTA
ENGINES WE'RE PUT OUT OF
COMMISSION BY LEAKS IN ALL
OF TUBES.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 6.-Acid
taken aboard the steamship Minnesota
and put in the water that was turned
into the boilers was what caused the
ship to be disabled $50 miles out of
San Francisco, according to kilograms
reaching the Twin Cities today. One
of the men who shipped as u sailor is
accused of taking the acid aboard.
He made a statement that involves
men higher up.
The telegram said: "All Of the 1G
boilers We're put out of commission by
leaky tubes at various times since the
Minnesota left Seattle Nov. ID, for
London, with a cargo of 10000 tons OF
foodstuffs. Five hundred extra tubes
were carried for replacing any Of the
$500 tubes in the boilers, but the sup
ply has been practically exhausted.
Needs Aid.
San Diego. Cal, Dec. 6.-Uuless as
sistance reaches her tonight, the Great
Northern freighter Minnesota, still
drifting h~opelessly off the Lower Cali
fornia coast, the big vessel may be in
danger of running aground, off Cedros
Island, according to the opinion ex-
pressed by shipping men here, follow
ing the receipt late today of radio
messages from the steamer.
The last radio message received from
Capt. Thomas Garlik, of the Mime
sofa, gave here position as about $40
miles south of San Diego, and less
than SO miles from Cedros Island.
Nothing has been heard from the
steamer Luna, which, with the tug
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Getting the Dollar From Under the Stump
How Up to Date Farmers Are Easily and Economically Realizing
on Land Hitherto Impossible of Cultivation.
ABOUT 4oo.ooo.ooo acres Of land

ABOUT 4O0.OO0.000 acres Of land
"a included In farms throughout
~ the United States are unim-
proved. Figuring that each
acre could'be madesto produce at least
$25 worth Of produce per year, there
Is approximately $10!00O,O0O.000 pro-
duction being lost annually. Quite a
tidy figure. And when We take into
consideration that in many cases it re-
quires only the removal Of sundry
stumps and boulders to make this land
profitable, it certainly looks as though
something might be done to save the
waste. "Stumping with dynamite" is
both an economical, quick and labor
saving method as we'll as one that is
growing in popularity daily.
The method involved in the blasting
OF q stump is to conline a quantity Of
explosive In such a manner that when
exploded The expanding gases will lift
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TA71sE farmers are beginning to
Nv realize that a farm goes
w farther than length and
breadth. Depth is a vital
factor, and incidentally this third d.
mension has 4 clearly identified inau-
ence upon the producing value Of the
earth's surface.
Thus vertical farming" a newer
method Of agriculture, is rapidly de-
veloping. Merely to scrape the bris-
ties from a hogs hide Is not enough.
Deeper cutting is essential in order to
reach the bacon. And experience has
shown that to simply pillow or turn the
top soil is very often only the scratch
ing Of the surface when 1t comes to
bumper crops.
Often the productivity Of 4 farm Is
limited by the tight clay or hard pan
underlying the top soil. Costly imple-
ments for dlllng this upper soil and
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TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES

Paris, Feb. ia report is current
here, but not confirmed, that a mutiny
occurred at Client in the beginning
OF the month In which about 5000
men, including thirty officers, were in
volved. According to this report the
mutineers were bound two and two
and sent in the direction of Brussels,
Malines, Antwerp and Namur.
Berlin, Feb. 20.-The German sub
marine U-2, which sank the British
warship Pathfinder and also some
British merchant ships In the Irish
sea, has returned unchanged to the
base at Wilhelmshaven. The SUBJ
marines commander, Captain Lieuten-
ant Hersing, has been decorated with
the Iron Cross for bravery.
Des Moines, Ia. Feb. 19.-The house
Thursday passed the senate bill re-
pealing the Mulct law by vote OF 70
to 20. This makes Iowa statutory dry
January 1, 1916.
The final vote came only after a
desperate attempt on the part of vets
to tack an amendment to the bill
which would force it tc go back to the
senate.
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Strict Neutrality of Brother Wack.
rs plumb nootral bout de war, and
abomnably abuses to 'scuss it wild no
bodyi" declared Brother Wack IVY,
tudder day l say to muh wife-good-
lookin' yallah lady dat powdahs her
face twell she 'magines she's most
white-I says, Blame If don't b'lieve
dem Frenchmen is gwine to win,
uh-kase dey's got de Turcusses fun
Af-ica wild EN-. Dem niggers is sho'
huff fighters, and rs kindah prejudy
to'a'ads EN-
Hob! says she. Dem black apesi
| thinks de Germans will win, and
certingly admiahs dem big po'tly
gentlemen dat looks so much like
bishops. | sho'ly thinks whole lot of
a bishopl'
"Uh-well, I'm skinny, muhse'f. and
as black as a load o. coal, but | was
plumb nootral bout it, all de same.
dess says, 'Yass'm, been nodicin' dat
fact for sometime!' an rotehed ont
and slapped her lat."-Kansas City
Star. ss5gss4s6
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-02
PRESIDENT ILL; TAKES REST
gress on the Shipping Bili-To
Seek Views of Public.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-There will be
no immediate extra session of the Six
ty-fourth congress. The president has
settled all doubts. The president is far
from well. His nervous system is for
time DIT least impaired. Occasional
headaches have drifted into periodical
neuralgia and this now shows symp-
toms of becoming chronic. Mr.. VIII
son will welcome the rest and change
which he will find in the trip to Cali
fornia and the exposition. The presi-
dent will tap the wires of public opin-
ion at every stop between Washington
and San Francisco on the shipping
bill in an endeavor to get his cue for
future action And when Mr.. Wilson
returns to Washington he will have
made up his mind between two courses,
whether to call his extra session of the
Sixty-fourth congress on May or on
September Is. This IS the presidents
schedule to date 1t Is authentic.
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SEND REPLY TO KAISER
WASHINGTON CLAIMS GERMAN
ORDER VIOLATES TREATY.
Conference to Consider Answer
to Germany.

Washington, Feb. 22.-In note
drafted by the cabinet at a nomentous
meeting at the White House on Friday,
President Wilson will tell Germany
that her war zone" decree is in viola
ton of treaty stipulations entered into
with the United States, which guar
antee to the United States noninter-
ference with its sea commerce when.
Germany is at war, and which grant
the same privileges to Germany when
the United States is belligerent.
The treaties specifically set forth
that If either nation is at war the neu-
trail nations commerce and inter-
course with any nation at war with
the other party to the treaty shall
not be interrupted" and ION the con-
trary" "the vessels of the
neutral party may navigate to and
from the ports and on the coasts of
the belligerent parties"
The first treaty, to which the at
tention of Germany will be drawn, is
that made under the direction OF
Frederick the Great, and signed by
his representative and by Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John
Adams.
The second treaty is that signed by
John Quincy Adams and the repre-
sentatives of the king of Prussia.
Both these treaties expired by their
own limitation, the first in 1895, the
second in 1910. But the provisions
which guarantee immunity to Ameri-
can ships and American citizens, and
which the government authorities in
sist apply in the present instance,
were continued by the treaty of 1928.
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Barbed Wire Workers in War.

The men who spend their nights
working on the barb wire enta1gie-
ments in front of the trenches have
one of the most perilous tasks 0f the
war. One of them, member Of the
British Royal Engineers, writes.
I'm a trench one has a sense of Sc
curity in being below ground level,
and there is collective courage due to
the knowledge that one has compan-
ions. In putting up barb wire one is
working perhaps 300 feet in front of
ones own trenches, and fortunate. in
deed, is the working party If the en-
emys snipers do not hear the sound
Of the muff1ed mallets driving the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-02
TURK FORTS ARE BATTERED
British and French Fleets Engage In
TWo-Day Fight on DardanelIes'
Defenses.

London, Feb. 23.-The Turkish forts
on both sides of the Dardanelles have
been subjected to a constant lombard
ment lasting two days, in which the
united British and French Mediter-
ranean fleets were assisted by large
squadron of seaplanes and aeroplanes.
The British official report issued on
Saturday said that the forts on the
European side of the straits were
silenced and that only one of the forts
on the Asiatic side were still firing.
while none of the warships had been
damaged. Many of the defenders
were killed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-02
ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP EXPL0DES
Report From Copenhagen Correspond
ent Tells of Accident Off Coast
Of Jutland.

Copenhagen, via London, Feb. 49,
The correspondent Of the Politiken re-
ports that a Zeppelin dirigible explod-
ed over the Danish island of Fanoe,
off the west coast of Jutland.
London, Feb. ia big airship. be-
lieved to be of the Parseval type. ap-
parently damaged by gunfire, few over
Amsterdam. The airship was flying
at height of about six hundred feet.
Assuming a vertical position the air
craft drifted in the direction of the
Zuyder Zee. The air vessel was later
sighted minus its gondola.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-02
PROHIBITS AFTERNOON TEAS
Functions Are Unnecessary Extrava-
gance-Maximum Price of Pcta-
toes withdrawn.

London, Feb 20.-A news agency
dispatch from Amsterdam states that
the authorities in Berlin have prohib-
tied afternoon teas in the cafes on
the ground the functions are unneces-
sarily extravagant. 1t adds that the
price of potatoes has advanced so
greatly that the fixed maximum price
has been withdrawn.
The Bavarian minister of the in
terror has entered an agreement with
agricultural banks and societies to
purchase corr and other supplies
German taxes are increasing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-02
BELGRADE "0USES FIRED ON
Serblsns Reply by 6ombarding SemIIn,
Doing Heavy Damage to
Austrlans.

Belgrade, Feb 10. via London.-The
Austrians carried out the heaviest
bombardment of Belgrade since their
evacuation of that city. A monitor and
the Semlin batteries participated.
Several houses were wrecked and
many persons were killed or injured.
The Serbians replied by bombarding
Semlin for the first time. They did
much damage and forced the monitor
to retire. Sir Thomas Upton. with
Prince Paul. witnessed the lombard
ment from the royal palace.
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TWO SHIPS SUNK
ALL CHANNEL TRAFFIC Is CAN
CElED FROM ENGLAND TO
FRENCH PORTS.
WILMELMlNA TO PRIZE COURT
British Government Announces Amer
lean Vessel Bound for Germany
With Food Cargo Mus. Await De-
cision of Tribunal.

London, Feb. 22.-The cargo of the
American steamer Wilhelmina viii be
held by the British government pend
ing decision of the prize court.
And British merchant vessels will
continue to use the American flag, or
any other flag, whenever they think 1t
necessary to do so to escape destruc-
ton by the Germans.
II this results in destruction of an
American vessel by German sub
marine, the United States government
must look to Germany-not to Eng
land-for redress.
This announcement was made on
Friday by Sir Edward Grey, foreign
secretary
In memorandum relating to the
controversy between Great Britain
and the United States over foodstuffs
1t is made clear that Great Britain
intends to declare all foodstuffs for
Germany contraband
The foreign Office transmitted to
Ambassador Page its reply to the
American protest against g general
use by British merchant vessels of
the American flag
The note admits that the Cunarder
Lusitania on her most recent voyage
from New York to Liverpool raised
the American flag, but only ito save
the lives of noncombatants, crew and
passengers"
1t denies that 1t is the intention
of the British government to advise
British merchant vessels to use for
eign flags, but makes 1t clear that the
use of foreign flags will be permitted.
The note defending the practice cites
the fact that the United States used
the British flag for like purpose
during the Civil war.
Two ships were blown up in the
Germans war zone, one of them a
neutral vessel
The Norwegian tank steamer Bel
ridge arrived in Walmer with the fore
part of her hull full of water. She
either struck a mine or was torpedoed
in the west part of the English chan
mel. Eighteen men with the pilot
took to the boats Nothing has been
heard from them.
The French steamer Dinorah was
torpedoed without warning by Ger
man submarine believed to be the
U-16, few miles from the French
port of Dieppe. The torpedo failed
to sink the Dinorah, but stove in a
plate below the water line. The
steamer was toWed into Dieppe A
feet of French destroyers was dis
patched from Cherbourg in search of
the submarine
After the torpedoing of the Dinorah
it was announced by the admiralty
that sea traffic between England and
the continent would be discontinued
Immediately. Sailing of passenger
boats were cancelled, although mail
service continued.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-02
KING ADJ0URNS PARLIAMENT
Move of Spanish Ruler Due to Eco
nomlc and Financial Crisis Which
Requires Attention.

Madrid, Feb. 19.-An economic and
financial crisis has developed in Spain.
King Alfonso Thursday signed de-
cree adjourning parliament indef1-
nitely, despite the fact that important
bills are pending. The premier an
nounced that the government is COM
PEELED to devote ali its attention now
to applying the law recently passed to
meet the domestic crisis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-02
ART TREASURES ARE HIDDEN
Many of the Masterpieces in Great
British Galleries Have Been Put
in Secret Places.

Visitors 70 the British national gal
lery in London who remember it as
second only to the Louvre halt with
bewilderment when they enter 1t now.
looking in vain for their favorite mas
terpieces. an exchange remarks It's
walls are still plentifully hung with
paintings. but the whole collection is
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-02
is WORLDS GRATEsT CHOIR
Cathedral Of Alexander Newski, in
Petrograd. Said to Have Finest
Body of Singers

In many departments Russia has
proved herself the greatest Of all coun-
tries Her dancers are the world
finest, her novelists are certainly
among the worlds greatest noyelists.
her CossaC.ks-ask the Austriansl -
are the wei'id's fercest fighters
She also possesses the worlds fin
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-02
POTATO RIOTS ARE REPORTED
Officials experimenting Sale at Schon-
berg, Germany, Beaten, and Build
Ing Partly Destroyed.

London, Feb. 19,-Potato riots in
Schonberg. Germany, are reported by
the Exchange Telegraph company's
correspondent in Amsterdam. Officials
experimenting the sale were beaten
and the municipal buildings partially
destroyed, he asserts.
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ously as an opera singer. and their
whole duty at the monastery is TO as
sist at the music at c1ass in the morn
ing and yespers in the afternoon
When too old for service they are re-
tired on pensions.
Unlike most monks. they are ex-
ceedingly fastidious about their ap-
pearance, and every night put up
their hair and whiskers in paper
Montreal Herald
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est choir This is in the cathedral of
Alexander Newski. in Petrograd, and
is attached to a convent erected in
donor of the patron saint Of Russia
II consists Of about thirty members.
all monks. chosen from the best sing
ers in all the Russian monasteries-
Their voices are amazingly sweet
and strong, and every member of the
choir can. it is said. shatter an ordi
nary glass into fragments merely By
singing into it, so powerful are the
vibrations Of each voice
These monks are trained as rigor-