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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
WEEDS CROWDlNG OUT WHEAT
W Hight Methods Are Pursued There
viii Be Little Occasion for
the Farmer to Worry.

tBy PROF. w. NJ. JARDINE. Kansas
Experiment Station)
A rev more or less preliminary tests
have been made in growing small
grains in rows and cultivating them,
but to date the practice has not been
round profitable. | am not in sym
pathy with the man who cannot keep
the land that he plants to wheat free
from weeds once the crop is started.
1t indicates that he has allowed his
land to become infested with weeds at
some time previous to the planting Of
the wheat.
If the right methods of dry farming
are pursued from beginning to end
there Will be little occasion for the
farmer to worry about weeds crowd
Ing out his wheat. The farmer who
allows weeds to crowd out his wheat
planted In the ordinary way is not
likely to cultivate his land sufficiently
to keep down the weeds III wheat that
Is planted In rows. l doubt the prac.
ticability OF planting small grains In
rows and cultivating it, except under
the most extreme conditions OF
drought
The practice Of planting alfalfa in
rows on the dry lands. both for hay
production and for seed production, ID
going to grow. 1t Is a crop that re
spends to cultivation, especially fos
seed purposes. Under a low rainfall
more hay will he produced and II IL
really the only successful way OF grow
Ing seed regularly. No definite infor
nation Is available on the amount oil
yield obtainable; this will vary with
the season, but one could expect, un
der average conditions. to produce In
the neighborhood of one ton of hay
to the acre, and possibly the same
year obtain crop Of seed-thougf
this will depend upon the length o.
the growing season.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
USING ALFALFA FOR A LAWN
Most Satisfactory Plant Of Drought
Resisting Grasses-No Manure
Must Be Used.
CBy f.. r. PARSONS)


While some have made a success of
some of the drought-resisting grasses
such as meadow fescue, Australian rye
grass. etc, l believe the most salts
factory is alfalfa.
This has to be grown in a mat and
cut with lawn mower. The ground
is first spaded about foot deep, and
the seed planted thickly on a nice
fined surface. No manure must be
used because it lifts the soil and let's
in too much air, which burns the
young plants.
The alfalfa must never be allowed
to grow so high that a lawn mower
cannot be used on it. The idea is to
keep it close to the ground. forming
a beautiful green mat. For this rea-
son it has to be planted very thick and
continually moved.
In consequence Of no growth being
allowed the consumption of moisture
is low and the alfalfa lawn will stay
green in the driest weather and also
late in the season.
A top dressing Of black corral dirt
In winter will keep the soil rich and
act as a mulch in summer.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

walk tho floor. could not lie down or
sit still sometimes for day and night
ut time. was nervous, and had very
little appetite, no ambition, melancholy,
and often felt as though l had not
friend in the world. After l had tried
most every female remedy without sue
cess, my mother-in-law advised me to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound l did 70 and gained IN
strength every day. l have now no trou-
BILE in any way and highly praise your
medicine 1t advertises itself. Mr.
S. T. HURLEY, Eldon, Missouri.
Remember, the remedy which did
this was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. For sale everywhere.
1t has helped Thousands Of women
who have been troubled with displace-
ments, Inflammation, liberation, tumor.,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache.
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all other
means have failed. Why don't you try
It? Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co,
Lynn, Mass.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

with some advantages in favor OF Al
RIGA.
Life is simple, placid, calm, and not
so complex. The work life Is not
strenuous. The people do not rush
and drive as they do here at home.
If you try to hurry a man who is
working for you, he will calmly tell
you: "One day be not all de days,
daddy" And you stand rebuked, for
you know he is telling you the truth.
Liberia Most Attractive.
Four and half years ago the New
York Colonization society sent me TO
the west coast of Africa to study the
conditions of life in Americas little
colored child over the sea, Liberia.
Morocco, Algiers, Senegal, Bathurst,
Konakry, Sierra Leone, Togoland,
Nigeria, Kamerun, East and South At
RIGA are beautiful and attractive, but
the little struggling republic of LII
IBERIA is to me the most attractive spot
in Africa.
Monrovia, the capital city of the re-
public, is picturesquely situated on
Cape Mesurado, and is a city with
abou' $4,000 inhabitants, many of
whom live in beautiful homes, some
very costly. The cape and river were
named by the Spaniards, who, in the
early days of the slave trade, landed
g. squad of armed marines there,
searching for slaves. The natives at
tackled them. A furious conflict took
place, and the Spaniards were over
come by the bold and warlike Deys.
During the battle, the Spanish, who
were beaten. cried 'Misericordial
Misericordia," (mercy! mercyD. Sc
the cape came to be called Mesurado
a corruption of the Spanish Miseri
cordia
Liberia has a number of fine settle
ments. peopled by either colored
Americans or their descendants, who
have done remarkable work in plant
ing farms, building homes and estab
fishing a civilized community and q
decent government on the west coast
of Africa. They have been greatly
condemned by both Europeans ant
some short-sighted Americans, whose
actual knowledge of Liberia could cas-
lily be printed on one single sheet o.
paper.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Resembled Dining Car.

Jim Sullivan, typical American
tramp, carried kitchen cabinet under
his coat, and when arrested In Red
found: Eight large, raw potatoes,
weighing seven pounds; one quart bot
tie Of sweet milk one ten-cent loaf Of
wheat bread, one-half dozen tea bis
cults, one-half dozen rolls, fresh; two
one-pound packages of ground coffee,
two aluminium salt and pepper shak-
ers, glass cruet filled with vinegar, one
raw onion and two Japanese paper
napkins.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
1 qn|b RR3x

The rivers of Liberis abound with
hsh, and were it not fot the series OF
line falls or rapids. from ifteen to
twenty miles back from tlie sea. the
rivers might be navigable for hun
dreds OF miles. The woods abound
with game of many varieties-the vi
cious bush-cow, deer, leorards, ele-
plants, civet cats, golden cats, mon
Keys In almost endless varieties. and
other game. In the far interior ;ions
and other big game abound.
About twenty tribes mako their
home in Liberia. Tribal wars which
depopulated certain districts. are be
coming things Of the past. Stfange Sc
cret societies, which were at one time
a menace to all, are now losing their
power and hold upon the people a.
education and commerce are going
forward. This also means a lessening
OF one of Africa's greatest curses
household slavery, or nbying, selling,
loaning or giving wives and will d.
ninish the numbers held by one man.
l am acquainted with one man who
has more than one hundred.
On recent trip to the hinterland,
where l had been invited by King Mo-
nah, son OF the powerful King Pom
oporah, as we sailed up the river In
the little boat, with our serious friend.
Solomon Hill, the owner and captain,
= clerical and solemn-looking little
man In frock coat SO long that 1t
reached to the tops Of his shoes, and
whose collar and garb stamp him az
a preacher, came to me and intro
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
WONDERFUL HOW RESlNOL
STOPS SKIN TORRENTS

The soothing. healing medication in
etrates the tiny pores of the skin.
clears them of impurities. and stops
itching instantly. Resinol positively
and speedily heals eczema. heat-rash,
ringworr., and similar eruptions, and
clears away disfiguring pimples and
blackheads, when other treatments
have been almost useless.
Resinol is not an experiment. It is
a doctors prescription which proved
so wonderfully successful for skin
troubles that it has been used by other
doctors all over the country for TWEEN.
ty years. Every druggist sells resinol
ointment and resinol soap.-Adv.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
From a Sinners Diary.

A sinner can't lose. Some Of his
ships are always coming in.
| know man who would spare no
pains or expense doctoring an enlarged
or otherwise out-of-tune liver. Yet he
treats aching, aspiring, longing. loving
hearts with scowls and sneers and
sharp discouragements.
know woman who Is for letting
you have what you want when you
want it. who favors vacations before
you have to go on the stretcher.
Love-something that makes you
want to surround and be surrounded
by.
There's never a time when It's safe
for doctor to eat onions.
So take your pick-die of ana b.
mourned, or live on and be cursed
Lynette Fremire In Judge.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

duced himself as a presiding elder.
having a large number of churches I'M
der him
He asks very cordially: What
might your name be?''
My name is Norris
Where you be from?'
The United States" | answered.
81 live at Louisiana
Where is THAR" | ask.
"On the St Paul river" Just then
everybody jumped up at the report OF
a gun and heavy splash was heard
as a large alligator, badly wounded.
Topped into the water
Rev. Presiding Elder borrows my
fountain pen and begins to write Wig
when he gets into theological boxing
match with several men, who l learn
are "Revs" also. This title has pc
culiar fascination for many in Africa.
Everybody loves a title, and If one
who has Rev" to his name can raise
eight dollars and send to Texas or
some other place and get a ID. d.,
he adds six inches to his coat-tails,
and his Importance and egotism grow
to the proportion of foot to the inch.
In Revival Meeting.
Friends meet me at the headquar-
tiers of the river, and an invitation is
extended to attend a revival meeting
in little church near by at night. A
serious young man was preaching
from the text, Strive tc enter in at
the strait gate etc. We were late,
and missed part of his eloquent SER
mon, but we heard him say: What
| TO you dun cum heah? Why yo
| gwine cum to dis meetin'? Is 20 po'
wanderin' fleets in de way dat leads
| TO distraction? Is yo' fleets on de
| Rock oh Ages? Whar is yo' gwine
| TO lib fo'ebber? In de place whar de
Good Book say de saints am gwine !
! Or is yo' gwine to be shut up in de
fire an de flames?
"Yo' must git all combusted toged'
der and seek de Lawd wifi all yose
hearts, an bring yo' piccan (children)
an yo' frens to de Lawd Do 1t one
time lat once) befo ii am ebberlastin'
too late"
| thought he was sound In the faith
What do you thinkt
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
A Legitimate Excuse.

What excuse have you for not sup
porting your family?" asked the
Judge in stentorian tones-whatever
that may mean.
Il have to support an auto" ex-
claimed the culprit, and the judge,
knowing how it was himself, gave
him the price of a gallon of gasoline.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Interested at Once.

my dear, you ought to pass up friv-
olous things and take an interest in
deep subjects. Take history, for in
stance. Gessler, the tyrant, put up
hat for the Swiss to salute" The lady
was a trif1e interested. How was it
trimmed?" she nquired.-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Horrors of War in Russia.

The Governor-And what report do
you bring us from our provinces?
The Subordinate-Your honor, since
the abolition of vodka the hardy peas
antry are unable to pronounce the
names OF their villages.-Puck
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

sion. 1t is believed that the
name is derived from the Latin
word "aprica' tmeaning
sunny, or from the Greek word "aph-
rika" without cold.
The nickname Dark Continent
has lost much OF it's significance. the
Bible long ago called Africa the Land
Swallowed with Wings" Mr.. Henry
M. Stanley stamped 1t as the DARK
Continent. Another man called 1t the
Land of Binding Sunshine AS have
traversed Its 1ungles and pathways,
many times | have called 1t the Land
OF Winding Ways, writes james H.
Morris in the Christian Herald. When
the Precipitation has flowed down over
my face and body until every thread
upon me has been drenched in the
the country tho Land of Natural
Baths"
Africa Is \ remarkably beautiful
country Its coast lines are pictur-
esQue, graceful, fascinating, alluring
It's seaport towns and cities are usual
ly clean, pretty and reasonably
healthful. Equatorial Africa has. I'M
til the last two decades. been called
the White Mans Graveyard. but clean
living, quinine, mosquito netting, So
briefly and sanitary improvements
have made Africa a place where one
cannot only exist. but live in as much
comfort, take it all in all during the
year, as in the city Of New York, and
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

weakness. For two
years | could not
stand on my fe eft
long at a time and I
could not walk two
blocks without en-
during cutting and
drawing pains down
my right side which
in ere ed every
month. l have been
at that time purple
in the face and would
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
CLEAR YOUR SKIN
BY Daily Use Of Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Trial Free.

You may rely on these fragrant
your skin, scalp, hair and hands. Moth
ing better to clear the skin of pimples,
blotches, redness and roughness, the
scalp OF dandruff and itching and the
hands OF chapping and soreness.
Sample each free by mail with 32-p.
Skin Book. Address postcard. Cuticura,
Dept. Y. Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Finesse.

What was the subject of your
commencement essay, Jane?"
What Astronomers Know of the
Inhabitants of Mars"
why such queer subject?"
II didn't have time to write much"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Corrected.

THE heavy explosions of battle
always cause rain. 1t rained after
Waterloo. 1t rained after Fontenoy.
1t rained after Marathon"
But Marathon was fought with
spears and arrows, my dear"
There you go again. Always
throwing cold water on everything l
have to say"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Diplomacy.

Magistrate-Why did you beat your
wife SO numerically?
Prisoner-Well, yer honor, she ag-
gravated me by sayin' she'd have me
up before that bald-headed old fool,
meanin' you, yer honor
Magistrate = You're discharged. -
Boston Transcript.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
ExcitabIe.

'Blinks is the most excitable man
ever met"
why this sudden outburst?"
Last night he heard an amateur
actor recite Hamlet's soliloquy, via
photograph, and he threw eggs at the
machine"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
w. N. w., Salt Lake City, No. 27-1e1S
Too katA.

June wedding in Fort Dodge on his
eloquence, smiled and said:
We'll, let us admit frankly that the
gift of the CAB is, after all, a good
thing.
For my part, | have never found
silence golden except at a wedding on
a funeral-when it's too late to say
anything"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Drink DenIson's Coffee.
Always pure and delicious.

Few women would care to be angels
II they couldn't talk out loud to each
other while the heavenly choir is sing
Ing.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

Some of the scenery" is employed
in the theatrical business and the bal
ance of 1t is worn by women.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Req, Weak. watery
isis ana Srsnniatea hyeias NO smsnirE-
BY mail Free. Murine Rye Remedy Co. Chicago
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

I'm glad we didn't get any dupli
Gates" said the bride as they inspect
ed the wedding gifts.
81 wouldn't mind if somebody would
duplicate that check your father gave
us" replied the bridegroom.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
DAISY FLY KILLER
A Fighter.

A Fighter.
FlAtbush-My wife wants to go to
Europe this summer
Bensonhurst-Wha with all the
trouble over there?
Sure thing; she loves a fight"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

But poet doesn't necessarily dwell
in an attic for the sake of the view.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

placed anywhere. at
tracts and kills all
dies. Eeat, clean, or
namentAl, convenient,
cheap. ka0t9 ell
season. MADE OF
metal, can'tspill or tip
over, will not soil or
ipjure anyth ing.
Guaranteed effective.
All dealers orc sent
express paid for sl.o
Ave-, broohlys, n. Z
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
WOMEN CAN
HARDLY Believe
How Mrs. Hurley Was Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Eldon, Mo. -" was troubled with
displacement, inflammation and female
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

'Of course she does. That's the
reason she's trying to square the
circle"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

A kiss may be reward or punish
ment
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Can't Be Done.

MRS. Giddy has invited all the mem
bers Of the sewing circle to luncheon
and matinee party"
Doesn't she know they have been
ful 2"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

- HE very name of Africa has
been a subject of much discus
sion. 1t is believed that the
name is derived from the Latin
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-09
NEW ELECTRIC LIGHT
AND POWER Co. N AIR
Understood Corporation Is Contcm-
plated to Go Into Commercial
Current Field Here.

1t In understood that the Streets
Committee of Council will be called
upon at the next meeting OF that body
to pass upon proposition to grant
a franchise for a company to furnish
electric light and power.
While the proposition is being kept
quiet. II Is known that such a plan
IL to he submitted to the committee.
1t was learned yesterday that
Messrs. Fulton, O'Fiaherty & Byrd.
3. l. Kelley and william Jenkins
were interested in the proposal
When member of the firm OF
O'Flaherty, Fulton q Byrd was asked
about the proposition, he said there
was nothing he could say.
He did not say. however. that there
was rot such a proposition.
Members OF the Street Committee
last night declined to commit them
selves They und erstood that such
proposition woulG be brought up at
the next meeting of the committee,
but they knew nothing about the pro-
posed plan.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-09
CA MET OFFICERS
IN CONSULTATION

WashinrtcT Dec Secretary
sfsans.ns called into Conference today
NALL cabinet officers whose depart
snents are directly az Indirectly con.
sterred in the foreign relations OF the
government, with Ii view of working
s0iit some plan for the selection OF
central authority 70 deal with the pub
lltstty side of 0renses against the
snentralily laws.
i Those who attended the conference
.iaesid-s MIR. Lansing were Secretary
@McAeoo. ..GurEeyss General Gregory
Secretary Garrison rpStnla sEer-Gen-
frai Bprieson and Counsellor Polk.
SIR. Lansing informed his cabinet col
leagues OF his belief thar steps ought
-----tt, he taken ~ avoid the POSSIBILITY
stof confusion III the matter eY pub
seIscjty which might res Il from the
departments In dealing w.th cases tn
4voivfng the neutrality laws.
81 Mr.. lansing enlarged on the pos
xtbiiitics of such confusion.
1t was Mr. Lansing iea thai the
Sesretars of stare might properly be
given the sole authority FOR giving
out Information relative 10 such cases.
The secrecy with which several Of
the cabinet officers surround the con-
ferences gave rise 10 "A report that
lit forshadowcd sol4e isnport~nt de-
relopment with respect 10 the pro-
Teutante activities Ia this country. In
~Fiew OF the fact that Attorney General
fsrekary Is about 10 prepare special
report TO Congress smDodying sug-
sxeEtsons for legislation designed TO
vsroteet the couEtTs's industries, and
Ito punish such uffenses against our
ss5entraitAy, H. have been involved in
HhH G%rrsan Campaign to tie up mu-
aisiSns s@puftatscns. /. was thought
staaa different cabinet officers had.nist
ss'*&0 @xchArRe Ideas as to what legis-
3Mftpn 1f THE character In necessary.
41tAks atr reasons for believing, how
tsiAt tSls matter was tsken ap
sFaai1entalss. * n ali,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-09
FORD PARTY ATTACKS
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS

New York. Dec. S.-~Henry Ford
H., and at his own expense, a lengthy
attack on President Wilson's message
and Its call for national preparedness
made by Ellis Jones, one of the dele
gates. in speech before the as
sembled argonauts. The Ford mes
sage Is as follows
| Oscar H., radio Cape Race Dee. 8.
AT mass meeting held aboard
Henry Ford's peace ship Tuesday even
/ ing December :. S. S. Mcclure, the
eminent magazine publisher and pub
''cist, read important extracts from
! President Wilson'S message. After
the reading Ellis Jones. one Of the
delegates. spoke as follows:
Il certainly don't believe this
message should he received in silence
by this assemblage. This is a reac-
tionary message. 1t may be true
but it is not true that every paeificist
is mollycoddle. and that we are 60
ing TO show President Wilson and the
armament trusts OF the United States
of America before we are through.
Germany has spent great amount
of money upon its fleet Now, how
does II go about to protect that fleet =?
BY the very simple provision of hav-
ing mined the harbor a very simple
and inexpensive matter. But mines
in the harbor offer very little profit
to the steel trust---but little profit
indeed. There is vastly more money
| in battieships."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-09
NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS.

Esta biished architects are invited
to participate In a competition for
plans for Virginia State ONCE
Building, proposed to be erected
within the Capitol grounds, In the
city Of Richmond.
Applications to compete must be
mace tn writing to tho undersigned
on or before IL O'Clock noon, Monday,
December 19.
Necessary Information for tho plans
can he obtained from tie secretary,
Legislature having made no appro-
prlation to cover this competition,
all plans are subject to nnal approval
by the Legislature, ana compensation,
II any, must be allowed by that body.
JULIEN GUM,
Secretary State Once Building Com
mittee, lla1 Mutual Building. Rich
mOnd, Va.