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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

feet long supported on the ends Of
the tires at a distance of % inches
from the rail. This ramp slopes each
way from the center. the center being
three inches higher than the ends.
Each locomotive operating on this
section of the road is equipped with a
contact shoe that engages the ramp
and is mounted on the lower end Of
vertical rod, the whole being sup
ported on the crosshead guides. AS
the locomotive passes the ramp this
shoe is raised three inches. The shoe
operates a piston and through this
q pneumatic mechanism that closes
the throttle and sets the brakes If
the rear end of the ramp is not cleo
trically charged, while il it is cleo
trically charged, magnets are ener-
gized that hold the mechanism and
prevent it from operating. The con-
troll consists of electrical connections
so arranged that the rear end Of the
ramp is charged only when the block
is clear. The forward end is always
charged, so that trains are not inter
fered with when backing.-Popular
Mechanics.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

nTOWNVt
80 HELPS
DECIDUOUS TREES IN LAWNS
Some Reasons Why They Seem to
Thrive Better There Than
Elsewhere.

An observant correspondent writes
to ask why deciduous trees and shrubs
planted in lawns seem to thrive better
than those planted under other condi.
tons, more especially during the sum-
mer months, remarks the Los Angeles
Times.
Our dry summer atmosphere is very
trying on deciduous trees and shrubs
for the reason that such dry air causes
the leaves to transpire faster than
the roots can take up the necessary
moisture. Such conditions during the
hot weather put the trees, figuratively,
in the position of gasping for breath.
Trees in lawns have the advantage Of
being in a moister atmosphere than
when in soil with dry surface, and,
therefore, have to labor less and may
breathe" with greater comfort The
soil moisture in lawn is also more
evenly distributed over the entire root
system than could be the case where
water is applied to trees by irrigation,
either by the furrow system of in
basins. Deciduous trees always thrive
best in lawns.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

necessary to complete a repair job on
a farm implement or machine. There
is oLiy one kind of red paint for a
farmer to buy, and that is pure red
lead. It penetrates better when mixed
with pure raw linseed oil, but boiled
oil is better for some purposes. The
word pure" in this connection means
a good deal to a farmer. BriCe dust
resembles red lead very close ', but
brick dust is not much good to protect
either wood or iron from Tusting. Cot
tonseed oil resembles linseed oil, but
it won't make good paint.
A farm implement shed. built and
equipped i'll this way, is strong in
ducement to keep the tools and ma
chinery in good working order. 1t
means a great deal at seeding time
in the spring, when every minute
should count, to have the tools all
ready to hitch on to and to have them
in condition to do their very best
work. A farmers time in winter is
well spent by getting things ready
for the busy season in the spring.
Farming is largely mechanical. A
farmer to be successful, must under
stand his machines and have mechani-
cal ingenuity enough to keep them in
good proper condition to do their work
as the manufacturer intended.
The illustration shows how the shed
is built of light timbers with plenty
of large doors to get the machinery
in and out easily.
A word of caution in regard to the
front Of the building may be neces-
sary. When a front is all doors, there
is little room for bracing. 1t is a
good plan to make the door posts
three or four feet longer than the H.
Illustration indicates, and to extend
them down into the ground. This
should be done by digging holes larger
than the posts, then set the posts with
concrete to make them solid and to
preserve them from rotting. 1t takes
the place of stills. This makes a very
solid building and one that will stand
plumb and square for a great many
years.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
LOCATING THE NEW HOME
Points That Should Be Considered Be-
fore Permanent Residence Is
Decided Upon.

While home building is not specu-
lative investment, it is wise plan for
the home seeker to consider one or
two points in this connection For ex-
ample, could he sell at a profit it.
through business changes or some 9th
er necessity, he should be obliged to
sell?
It is a well-known fact that immense
fortunes have been made by people
buying on the great highways Of
travel, where the increasing popula
ton of some large city, ever pushing
out from the center, pays more and
more for land.
Since Unborn in the heart Of most
men is the love of making money, to
have tidy sum laid If for old age
or a rainy day." the home builder
looking forward to the time when
he might wish to sell will wisely To-
cate on a main line of travel, for as
the adjacent city grows, land values
must increase, and the holder of such
property correspondingly increases his
income.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

is nearly 20 feet, which is sufficient
for binder in field condition or for
a two-horse spring tooth horse rake.
One end of the building is intended
for machine shop, to be partitioned
off by enclosing the first bent. This
gives shop Is feet square for black
smith shop and general repair work.
The machine shop part of the build
ing will be arranged according to the
mechanical inclination of the farmer.
A real, genuine, sure-enough farm re-
pair shop is a rather elaborate me-
brick chimney to carry off the smoke
and gases from the blacksmith fire,
and the chimney should have a sepa-
rate fiue for heating stove. Farm
repair work is done mostly during the
winter months, when a fire in the
shop is necessary for comfort and eff
cheney. A person cannot work to adj
vantage with cold fingers. Paint re-
quires moderate heat to work to ad-
vantage. Painting farm implements
is a very important part Of repair
work.
A good shop arrangement is to have
an iron work bench across the end,
lighted by a wide window, built in
shop fashion. In the far corner
against the back wall is a good place
for woodworking bench. 1t is too
mussy to have the blacksmith work
and the carpenter work mixed up.
Also different styles of vises are
needed. A high, heavy iron wise for
blacksmith work and a low-down wise
that is flush with the top of the bench
for carpenter work. Besides the forge
and anvil, the farmer needs a good
drill press. The upright pattern that
bolts to a post is most satisfactory.
Room is needed in the front and at
the right and left-hand sides of the
drill, with the post at the back. 1t
often happens that farmer wants to
drill holes through a long piece of
iron, and this arrangement permits
passing it through from end to end.
Quite a number of hand blacksmith
tools are needed. A partial list would
include about four pairs of tongs of
different shapes and sizes, a black
smith hammer one lighter riveting
hammer with a fiat peen, a sledge
hammer, an anvil hardy, one pair of
horseshoe nippers, and small assert
ment each Of drills, cold chisels,
I, VI, Il
not be expensive and it is sufficient
to do great many jobs of repair
work, 1t may be added to at any time
when other tools are really needed.
The farm carpenter tool outfit may
be less expensive, because fewer tools
are needed. A good crosscut hand
saw, having nine teeth to the inch,
will be found useful for farm work.
A good hand rip saw is more neces.
sary on a farm than in town, because
power woodworking machinery is
within reach of the town workmen.
A farmer needs two or three nail
hammers, together with the hard and
fast rule that one belongs exclusively
in the shop and must be left there.
The farm shop should also be sup.
piled with good brace and a set of
bits 5-l6ths to l inch. Pod bits are
better up to and including q inch.
A jack plane and draw shave, with
some smaller odd tools, will complete
the necessary carpenter outfit to start
with.
A supply Of red paint and two or
three brushes of different sizes are
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
ChuckaMalLa Is Her Pet

With hideous chuckawalla for a
pet, Miss Bernice Youngblood is the
cynosure for all eyes as she strolls
along the ocean front walk of Venice
or with her pet takes dip in the
ocean.
Miss Youngblood arrived at Venice
from Albuquerque and brought her
queer, cold-blooded pet along with her.
CHUCK, that's the name of my
pet, and raised him from wee lit
tie fellow and he knows me WE'LL
said Miss Youngblood. They say he
has no brains, but l know better, for
he knows when | call him and he will
follow me around the house just as "a
kitten follows child. He is five
years old and have had him all the
time. Los Angeles Dispatch New
York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
OBSERVATION.

Mary Smith-that isn't her name,
but it will do-was a junior stenog-
rapher for manufacturing concern.
Her prescribed duties were limited to
taking dictatiOn and to transcribing
the result upon typewriter. She had
! two eyes, and she used both of them.
The headquarters of the company
are in a large office building. There
is mail chute on every floor, and the
mail is collected hourly. Most of the
letters of this company are dictated in
the morning, and large proportion of
Comparatively few of them, however,
are mailed until the close of business.
The company has large branch
house in Western city. If letter is
mailed before noon, it catches a linn
tied Western train, and will reach it's
destination the next day in time for de-
| livery in the early afternoon. If it is
mailed later, it catches the train
reaching the distant city too late for
its delivery on the following day.
Miss Smith discovered this, and, of
her own volition, saw to it that all let
tiers directed to the branch house were
mailed before noon, provided. of
course, that they were ready.
The advantage is too self-evident for
comment.
| The president learned what she was
| doing. From that moment she was a
marked woman in the office, and, to-
day, she is at the head of the steno.
graphic department and assistant office
manager, drawing a salary of about
$4,000.
| John Smith-and that isn't his name
! either-a few years ago was office boy
for a wholesaler. He, too, used his
eyes. One day he was obliged to wait
| in the post office. Instead of gazing
| into the street, he pOked his head into
| one of the windows which overlooked
| the mailing rack. He noticed that let
ters enclosed in envelopes of ordinary
size were Immediately placed in the
| pigeOnholes, and that the distributing
! clerk usually dropped the larger en-
velopes onto the mailing table, because
they did not fit into the pigeonholes
| and because it was difficult to tie them
up with the ordinary envelopes.
John made inquiries, and found that
not infrequently the large envelopes
missed the earlier mail, and, therefore
were not delivered as promptly as
/ in, ~
ordinary size. He reported this to his
employer
! The incident, insignificant though il
may seem, placed John in the eye Of
the man for whom he worked. Today
he is chief clerk.
Your employer expects you to be or
time, to be faithful, and to do the
work allotted to you. For this serv
ice he pays you the regular market
price. He does not ask you to do more
and SO per cent of employees do not dc
more.
The fellow who uses his brain is al
ways observant, and he is pretty sure
to discover something which will bene
fit his employer. 1t may be a little
thing, or big one, but it lifts him Out
of the ranks and is the beginning Of
his success.
Doing what you have to do, or what
you are told to do, means livelihood
Taking the initiative, and doing wha
you are not told to do, or expected t.
do. stand for promotion and a liberia
salary.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Nations Wealth,

The nations wealth in 1912 (the
latest year considered in the report 4,
was $1S7, 1901, 900. OF this amount
$2,09S, 613,122 is invested in privately
owned central electric lighting and
power plants, $4,596, ,252 in street
railways, $223,252,516 in telegraph
systems, and $1,OS1 ,433,227 in tele-
phone systems, making a total of ST.
500 ,S63,15 in electric utility proper
ties
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Do the Work.

OF the little details that attract ones
attention in well designed house,
none are more important than are the
flower boxes. These should be de
signed by ysur architect, and may be
simple or pretentious, as the style Of
your house demands. Built up from
the ground, of brick or concrete, they
are source of pleasure the year
around, if filled in the winter with low
growing evergreens. This is an espe~
cially pleasing treatment when used
at the sides of the entrance steps.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

A paragraph is going the rounds of
the Eastern newspapers to the effect
that there are more than a hundred
girl students weighing more than two
hundreds pounds each enrolled in the
University of Kansas. 1t has prompted
the Toledo Blade to remark that it
constitutes the answer to the old
query: Whats the matter with Kan
asY-Kansas City Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Dutch New Guinea Mapped,

A Dutch expedition has recently fin
ished mapping Dutch New Guinea,
which is about fourteen times as large
as the Netherlands and includes the
greater part of the Island of Paqua in
the South seas. Primitive men,
equipped with crude weapons and i'm
plements of stone and flint, were en-
countered. Some were wild and war
like, while others were peaceable and
offered no resistance to the eXpedi-
tons Investigations.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
EXPLANATION.

WILTSHIRE last time ! was here
you you were puzzled over peculiar
mark which you found on the wall.
Did you solve IT." Gillis-"Yes. 1t
is evidently the place where the rain
coming in from the roof meets the
water which Is leaking up from the
cellar. Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Hour-GIass Auctioneer.

An ancient custom has just been OBJ.
served at Chard, Somerset, England,
when meeting of the burgesses con-
Quoted the annual letting of the mar
ket tolls. An hour-glass was set. and
while the sand trickled from one half
to the other bids were made. The
buyer of the tolls was determined by
the last bid before the sand ran down.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Fruit Trees Alonu Roads,

The habit of planting fruit and nut
trees by the roadside has long pre-
vailed in parts of Europe. 1t should
be cultivated in the United States
Hickory and walnut trees are as beau
tiful as elms and a great deal more
useful. Salem's streets have been
planted with hundreds OF walnut trees.
Those set out along McMinnville's
pavement years ago produced ton
and a half of nuts this season.-Port~
land Oregonian.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

now being tested
on an American
railroad. This ap-
paratus is intend
ed to be used in
connection with a
double-track block
system, and auto
matically sets the
brakes and stops
the train at the en-
trance to a block
if the block is not
clear. The track
part of the ap-
paratus consists
Of q steel ramD 100
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

life of nation. If we think i'll of war.
while some other nation thinks we'll of
1t, let us show our national pride by
living without war, whatever tempta-
lions the other nation may put in our
way to live according to their ideals
rather than according to our own
Bertrand Russell in Atlantic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

]. c. Mohler, secretary of the Kan
sas state board of agriculture, has
estimated the cost of Kansan seed for
field crops at more than $14,000,00C
year, wheat leading with $9,45S, 432
followed by forage sorghum at S1,2O5,
S14, and oats slightly less. Corn is
fourth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
LIVE ON ALF0NSO'S PENSION
termed Hungarian Musician in
Most Practical Way.

The king Of Spain has way of re-
Numbering people when they are in
trouble. The celebrated Hungarian
gypsy violinist and orchestra conductor
Bold, who played daily and nightly at
the Ritz, Meurice and Cafe de la Paix
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Two Rirds Had Occupied Nest.

A North Westmoreland (Eng) farm
err in the course of his rounds through
his fields found nest with 25 eggs in
it. The large number was not the
only marvel, for on examining the eggs
he found that Is of them belonged to
"a pheasant and the remaining 10 to a
partridge The pheasant, as the
stronger bird, was the probable, in
truder.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Importation of Birds.

The department of agriculture is
SUES about 500 permits annually for
the importation of birds; the number
Of birds imported amounts to about
100000, and as many as 1900 birds
arrive in q single day.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
MAKING a Place in the World.

The world is no longer clay, but
rather iron in the hands of its work.
ers, and men have got to hammer out
a place for themselves by steady and
rugged blows.-Emerson.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Comfort.

It's the mems hats that make them
bald, they say; and it must have been
the haloes that did the same for the
hallowed patriarchs of old They wore
naught else on their heads.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
SHED FOR HOUSING
FARM IMPLEMENTS
Building That Is of Vital Impor-
lance in the interests of
Real Economy.
INCLUDES A MACHINE SHOP
Farmer Who Keeps His Working I'm
pIements in Trim Is the One Who
Succeeds, and With Such an
Arrangement as This He
Can Do II.
BY WILLIAM A. RApFoRD.

Mr.. William A Radford viii answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
subject of building work on the farm, for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
Ill, and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
new AUTOMATIC STOP
DEVICE, 1T is CLAIMED, CHECKS
TRAINS SPEED AT ONCE.
Men of the Rail viii Recognize the
Simplicity of Its Construction and
Method of Workins-Elec-
tricity &c Employed.

1t is claimed that a train going 60
miles an hour can be stopped within
1000 feet by means of an apparataa
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Times for Dlsapnearlnn.

A man ought not only to go into his
closet to pray, but also to eat corn on
the cob and fried chicken.--Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Excellent Motto.

Practice with science" is the motto
of the Royal Agricultural society of
England.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

A shed to hold farm implements
may not look as important as some
of the other buildings, but it is neCes-
sary to prevent waste. The depreci-
alton in the value of farm imple-
ments and machinery is about 10 per
cent per year under good care. When
the machines are left to weather ard
rust in the rain and wind the loss
Is simply ruinous. More machinery is
required on farms than formerly. and
1t is not a question whether a farmer
can afford machine shed or not; the
only problem is to find out how to
build it and how large to build it.
In the first place the implement
shed should be big enough to hold all
farm tools and it should be we'll built
and tight enough to keep out the wind
and small animals, including chickens.
The plan shown herewith is 16 feet
in width and so feet in length. The
width is all right for any length shed.
1t may be built shorter and the length
continued at any time if more room
is needed. The doorways provide
headroom sufficient for the highest
machines, and the width of the widest
opening when the double doors are
opened and the center post removed
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-22
Public trustees Sale.

Whereas. Leon T. Osborn. grantor. by
his trust deed, dated I'D November, 1914,
and recorded in the office Of the clerh
and recorder of Elbert county, Colorado.
III book e1 at page 2s5. conveyed to th.
public trustee Of said county. the follow
ing land ip said county. towit:
The northwest quarter fNW15) OF sec
iion three f3l. in township ten tl0l. range
s,xty-two l821, west of the sixth Z. M.
160 acres. more or less. IN trust, TO secure
one principal note OF even date with said
trust deed for $4,000, payable to Hsr-
land Il Dawson or order, three years
after dste. With interest thereon from
date at the rate of 8 per cent per an.
NUN, paysble semi snnuslly, and evi-
denced by six interest notes.
And whereas. default has been made
by the said Rrautor in said trust deed,
in the performance NJ the covenants and
conditions imposed upon him by the
terms OF said trust deed, in this, to wit
That said grantor has failed to pay said
principal note when due. aud failed to
pay the semi annual iuteref due on SAID
principal note on May %, 1915.
And whereas. the legal holder Of the
Indebtedness Represented by said notes
has filed with said public trustee notice
and demand IN writing, declaring said
default, aud electing to declare the whole
debt represented 10y esid notes, and in
terest thereon to date Of sale. due and
payable, aud demanding the sale of sale
land under said trust deed
Now. therefore. notice is hereby giver
that pursuant to said notice. election
and demand. and under and by virtue
Of the authority vested in me 10y said
trust deed aud the law. !, Tom Buruelde
publin trustee OF said county. will sell
the above described land FOR cash, al
public auction to the highest bidder. al
the south front door Of the county court
house in said county, on Monday, ths
18th day 81 November, 1918. at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, for the purpose OF paying
said notes. interest and expenses OF thin
sale and will give to the purchaser there
Of certificate Of purchase therefor az
provided 10y law.
Dated October q. 1915
Tom BuRnsIpB,
Public Trustee Of Elbert county, Colo.
First publication Oct 10; last publ
cation Nov. IL. 1915.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-22

Mrs. w. D. Watts of Monu-
ment visited her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Alex. Brazelton. a few days.
Real Estate Loans. If you want
a real estate loan see
J. E. MAYER.
We have been having som e
real summer weather. the ther-
mometer registering from II TO
rs in the shade.
Mrs. Ed Dietrich brought one
of her children in to see the doc
tor. today, and it was found that
the child's leg was broken. altho
the accident occurred several
weeks ago when the little one
fell off of a hay stack.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-22
Additional Local

Dora Renken, daughter of VIM.
Renken. is quite i'll with an at
tack Of bronchitis.
E.S. Clark is back on the Polly
train for the winter campaign.
Ed is always pleased to get o.
this run and the patrons are just
as happy to see him.
Mrs. AL Carnahan and children
are living in Denver to take ad
vantage of the excellent schools.
They come home on Friday even
ing and remain until Sunday when
the roads are suitable for auto
travel.
w. II. Jones and Sherm. Epler
have purchased livery barn in
Littetop. Sherm. is already on
the ground and Mr.. Jones and
family viii move the first of next
week. That their venture max
be successful one is the wish ot
the Tribune.
There were two fires in the
Cherry creek vicinity Tuesday
One on the Barrett place near
Greenland. the house and con
tents being destroyed, and va
cant house on the old Ed Wilson
place was also burned.