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Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

With the one notable exception of cotton, the acreage of which was cut down this year because of war con ditions, all of the principal farm products, such as rye, barley, pOta- toes, hay, rice, tobacco and sugar show marked increases over 1914
 The case of the latter crop is es- pecially interesting as year ago the growing of sugar cane and Sugar beets was on the decline, following the action of Congress in reducing the duty on foreign grown sugar, and providing it's free admission after May 1, 1916. The war, how ever, proved life saver temporarily to the sugar producers, locking up the export supplies of Europe and thereby increasing prices. Follow ing the lead of the American corn and wheat farmers, who started in to raise record crops with the Euro pean market in view. the sugar growers in the United States are raising a 1915 crop amounting to an estimated production of nearly a million tons, which is of record breaking proportions.
 One of the interesting features revealed by an analysis of the for eign trade of the United States made by the Department of Com merce is that in 1915, for the first time in over a decade food products exported by this country exceed the value of the same products import ed. Prior to 1900 the United States was a heavy exporter of foodstuffs, but from that date the agricultural imports exceeded the exports by substantial balance of trade. This year conditions are reversed and ex- ports of these products exceed inn ports by S3SO, 900, ,0OO in value Dur ing the preceding year imports ex- ceeded exports of food products by Sl1e. 100000.
 This favorable balance of trade could be still further increased if
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

ically pure carbon bisulphide at air temperature.
 5. Solubnity in Carbon Tetrachlo- ride:
 It shall be soluble to the extent of at least ninety eight and one-half (9S1e) per cent in chemically pure carbon te- trachloride at air temperature.
 :. Specified Gravity:
 The specific gravity of the asphaltic cement shall not be less than unity at seventy-seven C7D degrees F.
 $. Fixed Carbon:
 The A. C. shall not yield more than fifteen G5) per cent of fixed carbon on :. mineral free basis.
 g. Flash Point:
 It shall show a flash point Of not less than three hundred fifty (350) de- grees r. (New York State closed oil testerD
 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COM MISSION OF THE CITY OF PHOE- NIX As FOLLOWS
 That National Paving Specifications No. 33 as herein set forth be and here by are adopted as the official specifi- cations for all such National Paving laid or to be laid upon any of the streets alleys or public ways within the City of Phoenix from and after the passage of this ordinance.
 Passed by the Commission of the
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08
ORDINANCE NO.

Rules and regulations for the use Of roads, highways and driveways on Special Road District No. ?, Ma ricopa County, State of Arizona, for the protection of roads, and the life and property of those using the highways, driveways and roads of said Special Road District No. ?, and by authority of Paragraph 5109 of the Revised Statutes of Arizona of 1913.
 These rules and regulations are to be effective on and after September 11th. 1915.
 l. Motor driven vehicles shall not be driven on Mcdowell road between Third Street and the old Cross-Cu Canal at a greater speed than twen- tyy (20) miles per hour.
 ?. Neither motor-driven vehicles nor bicycles shall be driven on the sidewalks of said McDowell Road
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

For the first time in its history the United States now leads the world as an exporting nation. Dur ing the fiscal year 1914-15 it has outstripped Great Britain, which heretofore has held the leading place in this respect. Its favorable trade balance for the year exceeded one billion dollars, establishing another new record Exports of food prod ucts of American production for the same period exceeded one and one half billion dollars.
 This year the farmers of the United States will harvest bumper crops, which in the case of wheat and corn and oats run into billions of bushels. Keeping pace with the farmers the manufacturers have ex- ported during the past fiscal year manufactured products exceeding a billion dollars. War orders yet to be filled by American industrial concerns total over another billion and may amount to two billions be- fore the end of the present year.
 With these records being rapidly established, the year 1915 will be recorded in history as the billion dollar year" for the United States That such favorable era is at hand is borne out by the recent reports issued by the various federal de partments.
 THREE CRoPs-S4, ,O00, 100000
 The Department of Agriculture reports show that the wheat yield for this year will approach close to one billion bushels, with the value of the crop figured at sl OPS, 790 900 to the farmer Corn is credited with a three billion bushel crop, having farm value of $2,300 900, ,000. The oat crop will total l F billion bush els. These three crops alone when harvested will have brought the farmers four billions of dollars in round figures.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

steps were taken to enable the United States to grow at home all the food supplies it's soil is capable of producing. Taking the single commodity of sugar as an example, government figures show that by growing at home the sugar needed by the American people the trade balance in favor of thS United States on the exchange of food products would have been increased to over $500 .000,0
 According to the Department of Commerce figures, approximately $163, 3,000,000 of American money was expended during the past fiscal year for foreign grown sugar i'm ported into the United States. As S25 1000, 900 worth of this sugar was exported from this country the net amount expended on this score was S13S, 100000. During the same period the United States exported 300 0,O00,000 bushels of wheat, which had a total valuation of S382 ,000,- 900, at an average price cf SIPS per bushel, the highest price at which export wheat has ever sold
 
 Even with this unusually high price of wheat, however, over 35 per cent of the whole sum received was required to pay the sugar bill. To grow this wheat required, at the av- craze yield for the past ten years, over 100000 acres, or practically one-seventh of the normal wheat acreage of the entire country. If it were impossible to grow sugar in the United States 1t would be excusable to use this large proportion of the wheat crop to pay the annual sugar bill This, however, IS not the case, as the United States has according to the Department of Agriculture 278, 900, ,000 acres adaDted to sugar growing and all the sugar imported into this country during the past fiscal year could have been grown on less than 2,OOO,OOO acres of this land
 Not only does the policy of i'm porting sugar and paying for it in exported wheat involve a practical waste of nearly 6,000,000 acres of American farm land but it also in- f1icts losses in other ways inas- much as wheat takes away a large amount of nitrogen, the most valua- ble element of the soil, while the conditions of sugar culture involve no such loss. In view of the atten- tion now being devoted to the sub ject of soil conservation it is antici- pated by those familiar with the subject that Congress will take steps to preserve and develop the sugar industry of the country by continu- ing the duty on imported sugar in order to eQualize wage conditions here and abroad and to enable American farmers to expand he production of this important crop.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

City of Phoenix this 14th day of August A. D. 1915. Approved this 14th day of August A. D. 1915.
 GEO. L. YOUNG,
 Mayor. Attest: FRANK THOMAS,
 City Clerk.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

sengers. Brakemen, engineers and switchmen fall frequent victims to their hazardous calling. They sacrifice themselves with heroism so that the
 traveller may journey in security Farm Life.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

3. Motor driven vehicles shall not be driven on any roads in said Special District No. ?, with mufflers open.
 f. Loose horses, cattle, or any other class of livestock shall not be driven lengthwise on Mcdowell Road, between Third and Sixteenth streets. and in crossing said road, persons in charge nf such stock shall use extra precautions in di- recting stock across same.
 5. No person shall post advertis- ing signs in Mcdowell Road.
 Loaded vehicles shall not be driv- cn lengthwise of Mcdowell Road be- tween Third and Sixteenth streets, unless the tires conform to the fol- lowing schedule:
 WOodap AyIe Iron Axle Tire Width
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08
VulcanizInQ

TIRE HOSPITAL OF PHOENIX
 VulcaniZing and welding done promptly and guaranteed; out of town work solicited. Arizona Vul. caniZing Works. POT West Washing ton: phone 626- If
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

'. Traction engines or motor trucks with steel studded dres or bars on tires, shall not be driven on McDowell Road between Third and Sixteenth streets.
 s. No person shall allow irriga- tion water to flood any roads within
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08
Sweeping Compound

PHOENIX CHEMICAL co. MAN UFACTURERS OF SWEEPING COM POUND AND FLOOR OILS 1OS F.
 ADAMS ST. PHONE 5O6 If
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08
Transfer and Storage

LET YOUR MOVE BE OUR MOVE CHAMBERS TRANSFER co. PHONE 1928. IS South Gen. tral Ave. If
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08
SAFETY OF RAILROAD TRAVEL

We never stand alongside the rail- road track in the country and see giant train go laundering by without wondering. It seems so dangerous and yet it is actually so safe, It looks as if a wheel would break or the track spread, or that the engineer would grow careless. or that some thing imminent and awful might hap pen at any minute. There is an oc- casional spectacular disaster. il is true. but there are few places in the world where a man is more secure than on a train.
 The Pennsylvania system. for in stance. announces that during the year ending July 1st, it carried one hun dred and eighty million passengers. and not a single one was killed in a train accident That record must be unique, yet that such a thing is pos sible shows how notably man may tri umph over inanimate things.
 Unfortunately. railroading is not so safe for employees as it is for pas
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

said Special Road District No. ?. Violation of any of these rules and regulations is misdemeanor and punisha ble by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, (S30000) or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months. or by both such fine and Imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
 By Order of the Board of Trustees of Special Road District No. 2, Mari- copa County, Arizona.
 VIM. CREIGHTON,
 Chairman. W. K. JAMES, Clerk. First publication Aug. 11-30 days. Hire a little salesman at The Re publican office. A Want Ad will see more customers than you can.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08
Osteopath

DR. A. C. GRAVES-Osteopat physician and surgeon; over Mc- kee's. First Ave. & Adams St; phone 1895. tf
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

Umbrellas
 For umbrella, parasol covering and repairs See Van Haren, PA East Adams. If
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

Veterinary
 -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~ ~~~~~~~s~S~~~~~~~~~~~~ DR- II. F. GERDES, veterinary sur geon. dentist Ph- 1452. 30S N. 1st Ave. If
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08
Paint and Wall Paper

YOURS for the lowest prices. See us first. Arizona Paint x Paper Co, 1OS F. AdCms St. Pho. 506. If
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08
Cleaning and Pressing

Sl-oo SAVED is a $1.00 made. The Arizona Cleaning Works gives 10 per cent on each S1.0O. worth of cleaning Phone sos, Mrs. l.. Wilson. tt
 THE PALACE TAILORING co. Clean and press: Palm Beach trousers @5c. suits soc. trousers S5c, flannels soc. Called for and delivered % North . St. Phone 1942. If
 WHY NOT TRY "NOT' (tinghamO :? THE SERVICE CLEANING WORKS
 25 w. ADAMS ST: PHONE 176s
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08
Restaurant

EAT AT THE
 COMMERCIAL CAFE Open day and night; a restaurant for ladies and gentlemen; we feature quality and service. q South Central Avenue. If
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08
Furniture
Hand Laundry

SANITARY I4AUNDRY-An hand work Rough dry. 35c dozen. 1st class ironing also. Phone 3540, 502 ". Ad- ans. If
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08
Patent Agencies

HAZARD. BERRY X MILLER Oldest Agency in Los Angeles Hazards Book on Patents Free. If
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08
Corsetiere
Dressnaking

Dressmaking
 THE ART of children's sewing. also other branches taught. Tuesday and Friday. zoe to 9:0O P. NJ. Rates 25c for class lessons. private. by appoint ment- SI0 N. Center St. al COMPETENT DRESSMAKER by day Nan evenings. Phone 2650 Mrs C. r. Wing r COMPETENT DRESSMAKER - Phone SI57 If FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKING by the day Mrs. Stroud, Phone 26S3. If
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

GARDEN CITY RESTAURANT
 The best in eatables
 21-23 East Adams St. If AMERICAN KITCHEN
 Regular Meals 35 cents
 Short orders all night
 8 North Center St.
 YEE SING, Prop. If CAPITOL CHOP HOUSE - Open from 5-SO a. m to 9 D. m. Regular meal 25C: short orders at all hours; best meal in city. Try us. Rear of Capitol Pool Hall. 90 E. Washington St- Tuck Hing. Prop. If
Arizona republican., 1915-09-08

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING SPECl- LEGATIONS FOR NATIONAL PAVEMENT
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-17

matters IL makes no difference how
large the potato tops grow.
You will have big potatoes, too. In
my garden spread stable manure an
nually, and after turning IL under
add a dressing of a mixture of eight
per cent phosphoric acid and ten
per cent potash for my soil is sandy
and needs potash This mixture Is APP
piled broadcast at rate of half a
ton an acre, and / find that any crop
grown fhrives better with manure and
the commercial mixture
While the Malakoff and Port Ches-
ter corns are the earliest sweet corns
plant, they cannot be planted as
early as the Norfolk Extra Early.
which is an early Dent.
This can plant in late March. and
| have had 1t pass through two or
more white frosts. but when there is
q frost | always make sure by turn
ing the hose on the plot and washing
the frost OF before the sun rises.
This has never failed to protect the
corn, and | have even saved string
beans in April in this way. but in
the case OF beans that are mp when
the frogt threatens. | usually take the
garden plow and throw burrows over
them from each side This is certain
TO protect them
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-17
PASSED UP THE INVITATION
Sinister Significance in Occupations of
Men Who Had Invited Politician
TO Address Them.

A political speaker who had received
an invitation from the leaders of his
party in a distant village. before re-
plying. sought to discover what sort
of reception he would be likely TO re-
eeive, and placed the letter Of invita-
ton before friend whom he knew
came from the same district.
Think I'd better accepts" inquired
the politician.
I wouldn't, if I were you" replied
his friend, shaking his head gravely.
Why?
WELL" replied the other. Il done
like the signatories of the letter of IN
vitation."
Aren't they men of influence?"
Eyes, decidedly they have influence
in the party" replied the friend; but
Of the four one is the local under
taker, the second is the monumental
stonemasor. the third is a dry goods
dealer who makes a speciality of
mourning orders, and the fourth is
known to gamble largely in life insur-
ance policies"
The politician did not accept the
invitation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-17

posed of early on that account
The New England varieties are the
best keepers. They are pulled when
the tops fall over and lie In the sun
during the day, but they are stored
before night in hot loft for curing
with the tops left on.
When perfectly cured they are
stored in cold DARK place with the
dry tops still on, as they lie more
loosely in this way ard do not sprout
so readily as when the tops are cut
off.
In the cultivation of garden crops IL
always pays best to manure and fer
tiliZe heavily and plant in close rows
and work with hand implements. OF
course, in the large trucking opera
tons the crops like early potatoes
cabbages and peas are grown wide
enough apart to use horses in the cul.
tivation
frequently have letters from peo-
pie saying that they have been manur-
ing their gardens for years Till the soil
is so rich that potatoes make immense
tops and no tubers. This is not be.
cause the soil is too rich. but because
the plant food in 1t is one-sided.
The annual application of stable ma.
nure only has put an excess Of nj
trogen into the soil and in order to
make tubers on the potatoes there
must be an abundance of phosphoric
acid and potash. for the presence of
potash in due amount is necessary to
the formation OF starch to points
where growth is being made or 1t is
being stored in the tubers.
Nitrogen promotes the vital activ.
ity of the plant and If 1t is balanced
by due percentage OF the mineral
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-17

homework or attend to my baby was
soweak. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did me a world of good, and
now / am strong and healthy, can do my
work and tend my baby. / advise all
suffering women to take it and get
well as / did. Mrs. FANNIE COOPER,
RED, Bridgeton, M.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful
drugs, and to-day holds the record Of
being the most successful remedy for
female ills we know of, and thousands
of voluntary testimonials on file in the
Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass,
seem to prove this fact.
For thirty years it has been the stand
srd remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, inflammation
liberation, tumors, Irregularities. etc.
If you want special advice
write TO Lydia T.. Pinkham Med
feline Co., (confidentialD Lynn
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-17
'CASCARETS' FOR
SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, sour stomach,
biIiouSnesS or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box now.

Turn the rascals out--the headache,
biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom-
ach.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
remove the sour, fermenting food;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means clear head.
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-17
SAGE TEA DARKENS GRAY
HAIR TO ANY SHADE. TRY It'll
Keep Your Locks Youthful, Dark,
Glossy and Thick With Garden
Sage and Sulphur.

When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur. no one can
tell because it's done so naturally, so
evenly. Preparing this mixture,
though, at home is mussy and trouble
some. For so cents you can buy at
any drug store the ready-touse tonic
called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy" You just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it ana
draw this through your hair. taking
one small strand at time. BY morn
ing all gray hair disappears, and, after
another application or two, your hair
becomes beautifully darkened, glossy
and luxuriant. You will also dis
cover dandruff is gone and hair has
stopped falling.
Gray, faded hair, though no dis
grace, is sign of old age. and as we
all desire youthful and attractive APP
pearance, get busy at once with Wy
eth's Sage and Sulphur and look years
younger. Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-17
School and Bad Habits.

Charles A. Van Matre, former super
intendent of the Delaware county pub
lie schools, says that in Anderson the
other day small boy got into some
kind of difficulty with the teacher and
the latter sent a note to the boys
mother to come to the school building
and talk the matter over with her.
The mother, who is a Woodworking
woman whose time is well occupied.
not to be outdone in the note-writing
business by mere teacher, wrote the
following:
Miss Blank have to work and
amt got no time to be running around
to schoolhouses. Besides they amt
any use of it. Johnny is good boy
and couldn't have any bad habits be-
cause this is only his first year in
school. "-Indianapolis News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-17
HER DIVISION or THE SHAME
Aunt 0inah, Caught in PiIferlng,
Would Not Ever Apportion
II Equally.

Representative G. W. Taylor of Ala
bama tells good story about col
ored cook who presided over the des-
TIMES of the kitchen of a neighbor.
Aunt Dinah was fat and forty, even
If not fair. Her waffles were poems,
her bakeS ham a symphony, while
her fried chicken would have beguiled
a st. Anthony himself from his an
chorites cell
But Aunt Dinah possessed not only
a most correct taste in culinary mat
tiers. but also large brood Of grand
children of various ages and sexes
a brood whose wealth of appetite was
eaualed only by the poverty in its sup
plies
But Dinah was fully up TO the coca
sion. Every time the mistress was not
looking she would annex small pat
Of butter, half a cake. a few chops or
-undrv other things not likely TO b.
,dssed.
The Gaistress knew Of this petty
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-17
the holy ground about the mystic cit!
All Seek Burial There.

Each member of the Shia sect must
make the pilgrimage to this hottest of
his shrines, the city toward which
throughout life he bows in worship,
the unnatural city bound up in the
deserts spell, into which the treasures
of all his fellows in faith are flowing
for their spiritual welfare. Each men,
Der of the Shia sect expects to be
buried in the sacred earth without the
city's walls, where millions upon mil
lions of past Shias have turned the
sands to clay. This enormous grave
yard about the city is not the least
part If its weird fascination. The des-
ert trail to the sacred city is empty,
barren and dead It is an unattrac-
tive trail whose silence Is broken only
by fanatic pilgrims and by caravans
transporting corpses to the Shia Nice
ca of the dead.
Nedjef is a great city. Not a green
thing-a plant, shrub, or tree-lives
within its dry, hot limits. 1t is built
on a high plain of soft sandstone. The
narrow, crooked streets. in many
places mere passages three or four feet
wide, wind like Jungle paths. One of
the strange features of this strange
city is it's cellars. In summer the
fierce heat drives the painting people
deep down into the earth, like rats in
a hole. Beneath every house is a cell
lar, burrowed mine-like to amazing
depths; one explored reached an as
toundingly low level, being more than
one hundred feet below the street.
Cellars as Refugees From Heat.
Into these damp, dark holes the
Shias fee when the scorching desert
air sizzles above and imported Ger