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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-07-21

Prof. =. u. Kennard, Agronomist
At the Crookston Experiment Station,
has prepared the following timely
article on winter rye. He goes on to
% say that winter rye is the hardest
IF all grains and should have a more
prominent place in the system Of
farming in Northwestern Minnesota.
The crop survived the winter of 1914
Is while winter wheat in great
many instances winter killed entirely.
There are great many very good
reasons for growing winter grain
whether it be wheat or rye. Chief
among these are distribution of labor,
both at sowing and harvest time,
when used as nurse crops for grass or
Glove, in the control of noxious weeds,
and as early spring pasture.
Or the average farm, winter rye
could be grown proftably for one or
all of the above uses. The labor pro-
blem is always a grave one on
grain farm. If portion of small
grain can be seeded in the early fall
and mature two weeks before the
bulk of the harvest the rush is avoid
ed to some extent.
No grain is better to be used as a
nurse crop than winter rye. The
grass or clover can be seeded in the
spring after the rye has started it's
Growth and as the crop has relatively
little foliage and natures early the
grass crop has not the struggle for
existence that it has with an oat or
spring wheat crop.
Because the seed bed for winter
rye must be prepared early the crop
Of weeds which usually occupies the
land after grain crop is removed is
necessarily killed in the preparation
for the rye. Then, too, after the crop
is harvested the farmer has an oppor-
tunity to practically summer fallow
the rye land and in this way can COM
bat quack grass, sow or Canadian
thistle. Early blowing followed by
repeated civilizations will do great
deal toward the control of such weeds.
For spring and early summer pas
ture winter rye is very good and on
lands that are sandy and subject to
blowing, makes an excellent crop to
pillow under for green manure.
AS indicated above, the seed bed
should be prepared early, blowing the
land as soon as possible after the
preceding crop is removed and har-
rowing or discing often enough to
make firm bed with a surface mulch
two or three inches deep. The seed
should be sown with drill early in
September The usual rate of seed
ing is to 6 pecks per acre.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-07-21
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Agric ultral Notes
FIELD DAY FOR BOYS.
BY Q. Neral,

Not very long ago the McCrea
Boys Corn Club held their annual
!. picnic. The weather was ideal for an
outing of this kind. Mr., T. "A. Erick-
SON. the. State leader of boys and
girls clubs, also was present to take
part in the sports. ,,.. .
Pole vault, so yard dash, peanut
race, hand over head, bean bag and
base ball, were some of the sports en-
gagged in. Club pins were given out
as prizes to those who were victorious
in the above mentioned games and
Anton Johnson, Andy Morkassel and
Ruben Rosendahl each carried off a
prize.
After having worked up a splendid
appetite the picnic dinner tasted fine
and it did not take us long to eat it.
While thus taking short rest, a
few ideas were exchanged and Mr..
Erickson made few remarks about
the work in general and congratulate
ed the boys on the SPLENDID attitude
that they were taking towards the
work. He was pleased to find the
prize acres in such good condition.
Some of the boys reported that they
had cultivated their corn fou: and
five times already. The Mimi. No. e
will have good show to win out this
year, when the season will be so
short
Chester McArther is the first town
BOY in the state who has taken hold
Of this work and he is doing well in
spite of the fact that he has difficult
les to overcome.
The club meets next at N. A. John
sons place, July 10TH, 10 a. m. to
Z p. m.
The Boxville boys are again invited
TO come to the meeting.
All members should aim to be
there. Important work is to be dis
cussed.
PRIZES
The Marshall County Fair board has
given $500
County commissioners $4,000
Boxville Farmers Club, One pure
bred pig. ..... --.
McCrea Farmers Club One pure
bred pig. -.
Viking Farmers Club, One prize.
A prize list will be out in few
DAYS.
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
Should Sport a Sian.


A man born with harelip is Of few
days and full of trouble. In central
Missouri town lives q man who pos
sesses a harelip end motor car. He
had been much interested in the
spread Of the jitney idea, and the
other day, when starting out to the
county seat of his county, he saw a
number of his fellow citizens waiting
at the railroad station for a trail to
the same place, and decided to do q
little jitneying himself. Driving up
to the station he called out what his
friends took to be cordial invitation
to joy ride to the county capital, and
they accepted promptly. On arriving
at the courthouse they were sur
prised-and grieved-by a demand
for so cents apiece.
PAY, nothin!" exclaimed one. you
never said a word about pay. You
just drove up and hollered: cit In
the cart"
81 didn't either say yit in the car, I"
walled the harelipped man. Il said
yitney car"
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
BROUGHT HOME TROPHIES
Aunt Mary Had Gathered Many "curI-
ositIes" During Her Morning
Stroll on Golf Links.

II was at st. Andrews in Scotland,
the home of golf, where the links
stretch along over the moors by the
sea, and dear, quiet Aunt Mary had
gone up from London to visit a golf
ing family of nephews and nieces. At
tea the first afternoon someone man
aged to stop talking golf long enough
to ask. well, Aunt Mary, how did
you pass the morning?"
"Oh, enjoyed myself immensely,
my dear. / went for walk on the
moor.
"A good many people seemed to be
about, and some of them called out 20
me in a most energetic manner. But
/ didn't take any notice Of them. And,
oh, my dear, found such number Of
curious little round things! / brought
them home to ask you what they
are"
Hereupon Aunt Mary opened her
work bag and produced "a golf balls.
Youths Companion.
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
UNHEALTHY LIFE in CITIES
Statistics Show That DweIIers in "Hu.
man Bee Hives" Have Shortened
Days Of Existence.

Forty years will soon be the old ag0
mark for business men if there does
not come a change in the manner OF
living In cities, according to deduc"
tions of DR.. Louis B. Welsmiller, physl-
cal director of the New York West
Side Y. M. C. A. These deductions are
based on the examination of more
than 1000 men during the last year.
Notwithstanding all that has been
said about the advantage Of a sound
mind in sound body, the tendency
in large cities, Doctor Welsmiller says,
is to go on demonstrating excessive &C.
tivity Of mind. The condition is said
to be peculiar to hustling business
men. Observation-Disclosures, because OF
the campaign against 1t, has been on
the decrease, while diseases of the
heart, arteries and kidneys which be-
long normally only to old age, have
been on the increase, until there are
more deaths from the latter than from
tuberculosis.
We are told that life is too tense
and this tense condition is allowed to
hold on too long. A more general re-
gard for the advantage of play that
will cause complete forgetfulness Of
business is suggested as the only so
luton of the problem Of insuring rs-
tional health conditions.
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
czARINA ESCAPED THE CROWD
UnweIcome Popularity Forced Wife Of
Monarch 70 Climb Ladder When
Recognized.

The czarina's popularity in Russia
has been enormously Increased since
the war on account of the work that
she has been doing for. the Russian
Red Cross.
It is interesting to recall that her
majesty once had an extraordinary ex-
perience for q royal parsonage while
on a visit to Germany. She was out
shopping one day, attended only by
one lady companion, and she had
hoped to remain unrecognized by the
people. While she was making some
purchases in a jewelers. shop, how
ever, the news of her identity got
abroad, and in very few moments
there was a large crowd outside the
premises.
Exit through the front door was out
of the question, so the czarina asked
the jeweler to let herself and her COM
panion out Of the back of the shop.
The jeweler replied that that was
impossible, as the back yard was In
closed by very high boarding which
would effectually cut on their re-
treat.
THAT does not matter" said the
empress. "Get ladder and we will
climb over it."
A ladder was brought and the car.
ina and her companion rushed up 1t,
climbed over the boarding, jumped into
a quiet street, and made their es-
cape as quickly as they could.
A minute later the jewelers. shop
window was smashed to atoms by
the surging and excitable crowd.-Re-
hoboth Sunday Herald.
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
Maxine II Unanimous.

It was married mems night at the
revival meeting.
'Let all you husbands who have
troubles on your minds stand up!"
shouted the minister at the height Of
his spasm.
Instantly every man In the church
arose except one.
"Ahl" exclaimed the minister, peer
ing out at this lone individual, who
occupied a chair near the door. "You
are one in a million"
Il amt that" piped back this one
helplessly as the rest Of the congrega-
tion gazed suspiciously at him; Il
can't get up-I'm paralyzed!"-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle Telegraph
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
Harytes lndustry 1.hrlvlng.

The bureau Of labor stAtisthsa,
through Commissioner John a. H4tz-
patrick. makes the announcement that
Missouri still holds first rank for an
nNal production Of barytes, q valuable
metallic substance used as paint pig
ment, and In the manufacture of white
rubber goods, asbestos cement, artif-
cial ivory, boiler compounds, peroxide
OF hydrogen, insecticides, fertilizers,
and other commercial articles. Fig
ures just completed show that the
1914 production of the crude variety
was 3S,317 tons, valued at $112,231,
this quantity being 64.63 per cent Of
the total production Of the United
States, the remainder, 35.37 per cent,
or 5000 tons coming from Alabama,
California, Georgia, Kentucky, North
Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina
and Virginia,
Two refineries, one at Mineral
Point, Washington County. and the
other in st. Louis, converted the 1914
barytes into commercial product
worth $450, 900, the process of refining
quadrupling its market worth.
In 1914, fifteen barytes mines were
operated in Missouri, they being 10
Gated in Washington, st. Francois.
Jefferson, Moniteau, Cole, Miller,
Franklin and Morgan counties.
Wage earners were paid from 5000
to $1S week, the toiIers consisting of
sack busters, sludge men, packers,
screen men, boilers, ore men, mill
men, truckers, dryers coal passers,
bleach men and firemen. Salaried en-
ployes such as managers, superintend-
ents, foremen, clerks, stenographers
and bookkeepers, drew from $50 to
$3.50 a month each. No serious acci-
dents were reported during 1914 by
the refineries.
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
No More Public Land.

There is no more government land
IN Missouri subject to homestead en-.
try. This announcement was made
by Secretary of State Roach after he
had certified to the clerks of counties
alfected the fact that II, ,7S1 acres of
land to which title had been perfected
recently has been added to the tax
able wealth of the state.
The land is in small parcels and is
distributed among 40 or SO counties,
ali south of the Missouri with two ex-
ceptions. Nodaway county has one
small tract on the list and so has
Lincoln.
The bulk OF the land to which indi-
vidual title has been perfected lies in
the Ozark mountain counties.
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
Ruffum Issues Road bulletins.

6uHum ISSUES hoao Bulletins.
Three important bulletins dealing
with various phases of road building
in Missouri, have been issued by Col.
Frank w. Buffum, state highway
commissioner.
One of these bulletins, copy of
which was sent to each county high
way engineer and the presiding JUS
tice Of each county court, deals with
the subject of filing acquisitions and
preparing plans to obtain state aid
Attention is called to the fact that
requisitions for state aid should be
sent in at once. August / is the last
day for fling them.
In order that there may be no
hitch, Commissioner Buffum suggests
that all plans, specifications, proflles
and the requisitions be sent direct to
the auditors office.
There is $4,000 to be divided be-
between the counties fling plans and
acquisitions.
The second bulletin relates to the
time for dragging roads and clear
ing highways Of weeds and brush.
The plan as set forth will result
in a uniform condition Of the inter.
county seat roads.
The third bulletin is addressed to
all of the commercial clubs in Mis-
souri,, and calls attention to various
plans for road betterment.
Several suggestions win meet the
unqualified Endorsement of automo-
bilists who have made tours of the
state during the last three months Of
rainy weather, as it deals largely
with the elimination Of the mud
hole"
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
WALNUT TIMBER MOST vALu.
ABLE CROP or MISSOURI
FORESTS.
NOT NEAR so MANY SAWMILLS
Approximately 10000 Men Find EN-
pIoyment in Factories Making
Timber Into Lumber--Many
Kinds Of Forests.
Jefferson city.

JemerSon City.
Missouri is dealt with as lumber
state in a bulletin of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, issued by Commits
sioner John +. Fitzpatrick of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tenta-
tive figures indicate that the output
for the year 1914 amounted to 42O,-
100000 feet which, at an average
value OF $40 a thousand, was worth
$S,4O0.0O0. The production of walnut
lumber amounted to about 1000, 900
feet, it being the most valuable timber
Missouri placed on the market. In
addition there were many thousand
feet of walnut shipped out in the
form of logs This species of timber
is in great demand at the present
time in Europe where it is used to
manufacture stocks for rifles and for
other war purposes.
The 1914 Missouri output Of oak
lumber amounted approximately to
175,O00,O0O feet; of maple, 100000
feet; red gum, 6O,OOO,OO0 feet; poplar,
100000 feet; birch, 100000; beech,
10000 feet; Eastwood, $4,000 feet;
hickory, 14.30O,00O feet; elm, 15,5O0,-
900 feet; ash, 9,5OO,OOO feet; cotton
wood, 11,500,O0O feet; .tupelo, 100000
feet; sycamore, S,650,OO0 feet; yellow
pine, about 75,000,000 feet; cypress,
22,500,00 feet; cedar, 100000 feet;
and other species not already men
toned, 100000 feet.s These figures
are not final being subject to change
before they are used officially in the
1915 Missouri Red Book.
There are not as many saw mills
in the state as there were in 1909,
the year that the lumber production
of Missouri amounted to 650,169,O0O
feet, the output of 2.076 plants. The
1914 lumber production was turned
out by LOO mills which gave employ
ment to approximately 10000 wage
earners, foremen, superintendent,
and owners who actually did manual
labor.
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30

Il Is reported IN Democratic circles
that Governor Major has informed
close friends he has about decided
the contest for the United States
Senate against James Reed. the pros-
oni incumb1nL
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
Major Praises Wilson.

Governor Major gave out long
statement prasing the work of the
Democratic state and national admin
istrations.
The statement follows in part:
The Democratic party in the state
and nation can confidently submit it's
fortunes to the people on the records
made. Never before in the history of
the republic has there been such a
unanimous endorsement of president
and his administration, in his policies
at home and abroad, as has been
given to President Wilson.
If he renders no service other than
to conduct the ship Of state safely
into the harbor of peace. he will have
rendered service to the American
people which no sextant can measure,
and for which the present and future
generations will ever bless him. In
his grasp of human affairs he has
been able to face and meet every sit
uation.
He also lauds the president for his
new currency law, making panics inn
possible.
Aside from this, he has brought
about the enactment of the Under
wood tariff bill, trust legislation, and
many other pieces of constructive en-
actments which add luster to his ad-
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30

5ighWay Commissioner BuIum ls
convinced that convict road building is
bound to accomplish = tWo-foId end,
one is the betterins Of roads and the
other r. the eood done TIE men By
ogtdoOr work
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
Generous,

II want to buy a phonograph. What
are your terms?"
"a dollar down and dollar a
month until you get tired"
"And then?"
"Then we take the machine away at
our own expense"
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
Road cOnvicts Thank Huffum.

Col. Frank Buffum, state highway
commissioner, who was instrumental
in establishing the convict road camp
in Usage county, where good work is
being accomplished by a party of 25
convicts, has received letter from
the men expressing their appreciation
of his kindness to them.
The men deplored the recent escape
from the camp of the two men who
later were caught near Leslie, Frank
lin county. The letter is dated state
Road Camp, Westphalia, July 15' and
was written for all of the inmates by
mo. 1866" 1t is signed Faithfully
yours, the State Road Bunch, Usage
County. The letter follows:
Eve wish by this means feeble as
it is) to express to you our gratitude
and our hearty appreciation for the
kindness extended to us.
I'VE fully enjoyed the July 4th fes-
tiyities and each one of us were more
than delighted. We also wish to thank
you for. the reading material and more
than all we thank you and appreciate
the interest that you have manifested
in us. It inspires us to do our best
and we feel that we are making good.
'We were more than sorry and deep
ly deplored the escape of the two men
who were later recaptured The kind
ness you have shown and the kind
ness of the citizens here almost
makes us forget that'we are prisoners.
eve wish to assure you that we
also have an interest in this project
and will do all we can to assist you
in making this state road camp de-
cided success"
The latest inquiries come from Lin
coin, Marion and Camden counties.
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
Tho Wrong Thing.

Il can give you a few wrinkles
about keeping young"
That's where wrinkles won't do. !"
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30

II woman is young and thin she
is slender. If she(is old and thin she
is skinny"
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30

Physically Impossible.
Can you square that policeman"
"Of course not. Don't you see he
8 q round sergeant"
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30

Montclair, N. j., has school for
domestic servants.
The Laclede blade., 1915-07-30
MakIno No Mistake.

He was an urchin Of the streets, but
did not lack wits.
One day he saw a well-dressed
woman with benevolent face coming
along. At once he dropped in a mis-
cradle heap on the curbstone and be-
gan to sob pathetically.
The kind lady paused beside him.
What are you crying for, my boy?"
she asked, gently.
Sitting his sobs with ease, the
youngster looked up and replied:
Dunno. What have you got?"
Be just to your neighbor. Some
day he may be on the jury that is
irving vour case.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1915-12-16
Boy Scout Movement ~
Started in Arvada

The people Of Arva1a Will
have an unusual opportunity to
sec Tor themselves just what the
scout movrmagJ Is ike next sun
day evening, at the Baptist
church when Commissioner John
L. MaIm Of Denver, aad l. s..
Dale, formerly National Eeld
secretary will give an illustrated
lecture, sixty slides chosen from
several hundred to show Bow
Scouts OF the United States and
IN Europe in action. MIR. Malm
is in active charge of all the
work in Denver, and MIR. Dale
has travelled all over Europe to
study the work. You will see,
King Alphonse of Spain tasting
the cooking Of d scout, the Seax
Scouts aboard their ship, scouts
trailing, hiking, bridge building,
signaling, cooking, assisting in
civic campaigns, etc.
The Denver officials are com
ing here simply to afford every
one an opportunity to become
better acquainted. There will
be no admission charged.
The scout movement is not
military in thought, form or
spirit, although it does instil in
boys the military virtues, such
rs honor, loyalty, obedience and
patriotism. The uniform. the
patrol, the troop and the drill!
are not for military tactics; they
are for the unity the harmony.
and the rhythm of spirit that
boys learn in scouting. 1t is in
the wearing of the uniform and
doing Of things together. as
scouts, that they absorb the
force and truth of the scout law
which states: "A scout is a
friend of all, and a brother to
every other Scout. "
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1915-12-16
Commercial Club To
Meet Monday Night

There will be a special meet
ing Monday evening to consider
matters of Importance of our
town.
Among the most prominently
considered will be the lyceum
course to be given next fall and
winter for the benefit Of a puplic
library for Arvada.
Those who know anything a
bout these courses and particul-
arly the Ridpath lyceum course
know that they furnish a class
of entertainments uneXcelled
anywhere.
Mrs. Day, formerly of Broom
field, but who now is associated
with the Ridpath lyceum bureau,
has been in Arvada several times
recently with the purpose of
putting on a course of four or
five entertainments in Arvada
and has met with some encour-
agement from those she has APP
preached. Aside from giving
the Arvada people the opportun-
Ity Of hearing these splendid, tai
,nted people it is possible to do
something for the young people
Of the town by raising funds for
the library which has recently
been launched in the City hall.
Besides bringing the best class
of entertainments to Arvada and
benefting both young and old in
this way there is a chance to do
some permanent good by build
ing up good library.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1915-12-16
Mrs. Williams Dies
After Long Illness.

At 5 O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing at the home Of her daughter,
Mrs. W. ?. Greene, occurred the
death OF Mrs. Benjamin c. Viii
hams after having been in poor
health the past ten years, but
whose serious illness dates from
December A Several months
ago Mrs. Greene made a trip to
Lower California and brought
her mother back to spend her
last days with her knowing that
she could not live long.
Mr., Williams, her husband
came also and was at the bed
side when death came.
The deceased was born May ).
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1915-12-16
Sophomore Gossip.

There are at the present time
about thirty-siX Sophomores at
tending the high school. The
members are the same as last
year with the exception Of Helen
TownsIy of Fort Lupton, Bever-
ley Evans of Denver, and Grace
Cochran of Broomfeld.
AT the annual election of class
officers Sham" O'Brien was
chosen president, Carlisle Miner,
vice-president and Myrtle Miner,
secretary and treasurer.
We are well represented in the
high school basket ball teams,
having Sham" O'Brien and
Bert Graves on the first team,
Robert Bilbrouph, George Red
ford and George Graves on the
second team, and Iuez Nicholson,
Ruth Plattner, Beverley Evans
and Grace Cochran on the girls
team.
Katherine Chinn, who began
this term at North Denver High
school recently decided that
there is no place like old A. II. 3.
We all extend a welcome hand to
her and are glad to see her back.
Elwood Cooper took Il trip to
New Mexico shortly after school
commenced, and reports the In
dian maidens very beautiful, in
that part Of the country.
For reasons unknown, Clar-
ence Swanson quit school a
couple of weeks after it COM
menced and is now engaged in
the Longmont Sugar Factory.
Several members of our class
have been on the sick list lately.
Myrtle Miner ha~been absent
for a week with the grippe.
Bert Graves was injured in the
game with Westminster, but is
now able to be at school again.
Carlisle Milrer ran a large spin.
ter in his back at practise
game. He returned to sch9o
again soon after this but is now
sick with the grippe.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1915-12-16
A Card.

We, the members of the La
dies Aid Society of the Catholic
church, wish to thank the people
of Arvada for their generous help
in making the bazaar Of last week
a success.
A liberal cooperation Of a num-
her Of our non Catholic citizens
was especially gratifyin%,and is
highly appreciated by us.
Catholic Ladies Aid Society.