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The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28

low with the plank drag Here We
are firming as we'll as fining the soil
When over with the drag let the
soil lay two or three days and disk
In opposite directions and follow as
before with plank drag.
Here is where you can save time
by attaching sharp-toothed drag
harrow to the plank drag. This at.
tachment opens up little furrows in
which the seed will fall. have found
nothing better than hawthorn bush
for brushing in small seeds.
Some soils and localities favor fall
and some spring seeding
On high or rolling land where good
surface drainage is 10 be found,
prefer September for seeding.
On land where there is any doubt
as to the condition Of the drainage
system prefer preparing the soil late
in the fall and seeding as early in
the spring as the soil will do to stir.
II fall sowing is best you get the
start OF all weeds that come up be.
fore frost; the more the better. as
frost kills them down and they make
fine mulch for the young alfalfa
plants during winter.
II spring sowing is best in your
locality, you will have to contend with
more weeds; but do not clip the first
season, as the young plants need all
the nourishment they can get from
the air, and this they get through
their leaves which are their lungs.
Some will say; "Oh. the weeds
will take it," Sow enough seed to
take the weeds.
The proper time for cutting is after
the first blossoms appear. Ii il
stands longer the stalks become hard
and many OF the leaves are lost in the
handling.
If the sun is shining and drying
wind blows, cut In the forenoon and
rake into windrnws in the afternoon
and put into small cocks. Let them
stand till the dew goes off the follow.
ing morning, then put away in the
NOV.
During rainy weather caps for the
cocks are very good and will pay for
themselves the first seasons use.
Alfalfa does best without nurse
crop.
Sow only the best. new, reeleaned
seed.
Sow Is pounds or more seed pei
acre.
II there is only half stand. disk
and SOW more seed. DO not plow il
up.
Keep trying. 1t is one OF the best
paying things you ever took. Sow
only few acres at first, then more as
you learn how.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
EXPENSE BUDGET CUT
GOVERNORS CONFERENCE TO
SAVE TAXPAYERS $f4,633.
All Department Heads Aid Executive
in Making Reduetions.-Short
Appropriation Bill Passed.
Western Newspaper Union News Service,

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-A conference held be-
tween Governor Carlson and the
heads of different state departments
saved Colorado sli,s33.
Il am more than pleased with the
ready response the state officers and
department heads gave to my request
for general cut in expenses" said
Governor Carlson. Il hope they may
be given full credit for the manner in
which they have met the situation.
And especially wish to give credit to
w. b. Fraser, fish and game commits.
sioner, who has materially aided us In
our effort to reduce expenses to the
minimum"
The cut of $i4,63s is made in the
short appropriation bill passed by the
Assembly. The total amount provided
for in the measure was about 500, 900.
Among the reductions made were:
81 $50 from the governors contingent
fund of $1,000 made for the benefit
Of Governor Ammons during the last
six weeks OF his term; $500 from
Governor Carlson's contingent fund of
s2.5o0 for the period from Jan. IL to
April /; $500 from the travelling ex-
pense fund of $2,410 for the public
examiner in the state auditors office.
$500 from the salary list and 5000
from the travelling expense fund for
license inspectors in the state treas
urer's office; $533.33 from the s1,33333-
50 travelling expense fund OF the bu.
reau of mines; 5000, or the elimination
OF one clerk In the state engineers
office; 5000 from the travelling ex-
pense fund of deputy state engineers.
$500 from the $1,000 travelling expense
find Of the state tax commission.
sll0 from the travelling expense and
Incidental fund Of the secretary Of the
state board of charities and correc.
tions: $3.50 Sc from the travelling ex.
pense fund of the bank commissioner;
81 800 from the game and fish depart
ment; $333.33 from the minimum wage
commission travelling expense fund;
$3.50 from the state board of health;
$3.50 from the meat and slaughter
plant inspectors travelling fund; $50
from the oil inspectors travelling ex.
pense fund; $4,000 from the $4,000
fund appropriated for the payment Of
costs OF publishing departmental bien.
nial reports for the last two years.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
TRIUMPH
COMPLETE CIRCUIT FROM NEW
YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO. =.
FIRST MESSAGE BY INvEH0R
Line Officially Opened Jan. rs. 1915,
3,400 Miles in Length. Trans
mission Clear and Distinct.

New York.-From the fifteenth
floor of New York skyscraIer, In the
Office OF Theodore N. Vail, president
Of the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company, Alexander Graham
Bell Monday afternoon telephoned to
Thomas A. Watson in San Francisco.
sending the first message ever tele-
phoned across the continent.
Although engineers and scientists
have worked for nearly forty years
perfecting transmitters, receivers.
lines, cables. switchboards and various
telephone apparatus that all COM
bined made transcontinental tele-
phoning possible, John J. Carly, chief
engineer Of the Bell Telephone Sys-
TEN, insisted that the inventor Of the
telephone should have the. honor Of
sending the first ocean to ocean mes
sage. and thus it was that DR.. Bell and
Mr. Watson were at either end Of the
line Monday afternoon.
In little workshop in Boston. June
2, 1875, it was Alexander Graham Bell
who spoke and Thomas A. Watson
who heard the first message ever sent
by telephone. Come here Watson, |
want you." were the first words ever
conveyed over a wire That wire was
only sixty feet in length The line
used Monday is 3,4O0 miles long.
A bit OF sentiment that entered into
the celebration of the opening OF the
transcontinental line was that the
sixty feet q wire used in the first
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28

talk In Boston was spliced into the
line Monday. thirty feet of it at New
York and thirty feet at San Francisco
Ever since the telephone was dis
covered, America, the land Of its
birth. has kept the lead, using more
telephones than all the rest OF the
world. More than twenty-one million
miles Of wire In this country now
unite nine million telephones in 10000
cities, towns and villages. All the rest
of the world has less than five million
telephones.
In 1876 the longest telephone line in
the world was from Boston to Cam
bridge. two miles; in 1884 1t was ex
tended to New York. 235 miles. Chi
eago and New York were connected in
1895. and in 1911 New York could say
Hello" to Denver.
In the forty years since the tele
phone was invented nearly a hundred
types Of transmitters, and numerous
repeating instruments and other de-
vices have been used and discarded
for something better. but It is asserted
that no single new discovery has been
responsible for this latest and great
est achievement In the telephone art
In the two circuits Of the transcon
tinental line there are approximately
six million pounds Of copper wire. OF
about two hundred carloads. Mi
wire is stretched on 10000. p2 IS.
which II they were loaded on railroad
cars would make twenty trains OF
thirty cars each.
The route OF the transcontinental
telephone line is from New York to
Pittsburgh. thence to Chicago. Daven.
port, Des Moines, Omaha, Lincoln,
Denver. Salt Lake City and to San
Francisco
II Is understood that the rate will
be about s2l.00 for a three-minute talk
from New York to San Francisco.
Stationed along this great stretch
of telephone line the day 1t was open
ed were repairmen every few miles
in the big centers, In the little towns,
on the prairles. in the mountains, and
out on the desert, ready to splice the
wires in case they we're torn down by
sleet or wind, to solder a break or re-
place an insulator broken by storm
or mischievous boy Like soldiers
on picket duty, these repairmen will
be kept on constant vigil, night and
day, in good weather and in bad. for
1t Is advertised that this line is soon
to be opened to the public for con
slant use.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
NV ! WEsI.GG sRtfF1Nj

uiy ]. WESLEY tikffFTS-l
not all soils WILL grow alfalfa.
Neither will all soils grua wheat and
many other grains and grasses. Al.
i,iia viii grow where corn win make
a good crop. The maiH requirement
Of alfalfa IL good drainage. Alfalfa
reselS in sunshine when there Is suffi-
cient moisture present
On the plains and In the valleys of
The West ii gets the sunshine 1t needs
w'iiio tho moisture is furnished from
below. frequently IL comes from a
depth Of rs feet or more
u has been proved that alfalfa does
well under the cloudy skies OF Ohio,
Pennsylvania and New York There
are some points to eaFelsily watch in
growing alfalfa in these states.
Some ot che soiI is acid aud re-
nnires lime TO overcome this.
. Ground linfs-roek n She rate Of
1000 pounds per acre aay be put on
With safety. but II caustie lime Is
applied ESQ or TOO pounds per acre
th enough AZ the causttc properties
arc liable to iniure the young plants.
Another danger Is the liability Of
the plants 10 hclVe out OF clay soils
when there ia a succession OF freezes
and thawa.
"a.
The richer the sol tae sooner the
tap root la established aud the dan.
ger from heaving ls past
There II close relationship be
tween the alfalfa plant and tine sweet
clover plant tmelilotus atbai Alfalfa
vii grow and make fine crops on any
iand where sweet clover ~ found.
There are three very important
points to keep in view tt You are go.
lux 10 plant alfalfa Good drainage
artificial IL not natural a thorough
preparation OF the soil plenty Of
good nuIe seed,
hse whatever implements son have
at hand. but ! have found disk har.
row, No. 4n Oliver Chill turning
Tiow. a plank drag or loat, aud a
hharptoothed drag harrow to be all
that is required in preparing for seed.
ing
Set the piow TO run ls deep as the
sn1 has been broken heretofore and
p'0w close and even We don't want
rny cut and cover when breaking for
alfalfa
Follow each days breaking with
the plank drag, This levels down all
'nIass and prevents the escape of
moisture
Alter the soit has laiH IN this state
for several days. use the disk harrow
again SET Il 80 v val cut down to
the mellow earth turned under
When over once with the disk. FOL.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
Senators Alter Workmen's Act.

Denyer.-Important and far reach.
ing alterations in the proposed INDUS
trial commission act to be presented
to the Twentieth General Assembly
and originally drafted by committee
of attorneys working under direct in.
structions from Gov. Geo. A. Carlson
have been made In redraft of the
measure by the Senate industrial com.
mittee, OF which Senator William r.
Eaton of Denver Is chairman. The re.
draft was made after the Senate com.
mittee had considered the administra
tion measure from all angles; had
considered communications and criti.
cisms submitted by employers and EN-
ployes. and had made careful study
Of possibly conflicting constitutional
provisions and statutes and similar
laws In force in other states of the
Union. These changes modify the
measure to considerable extent.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
WEDDING OUT THE
DEFORMED CHICKS
Fowls Possessing Undesirable
Characteristics Should Be
Thrown Out.

There must naturally come a time
ln poultry raising when q wedding out
process has TO be carried on. and the
tanger 1t IL delayed the greater the
loss. All chickens hatehed are not fit
70 occupy a place in the flock There
u always a percentage that will show
some deformity. and on no account
should they be tolerated In the flock.
Rut today there are many breeders
who will not kill any birds they have
tired. especially females, even though
,hey show pronounced deformities.
Such system OF breeding hinders
very materially the highest develop.
ment Of flock
Possibly one bird will have crooked
toes. another may be knock-kneed,
soach.backed. wrytailed or crooked.
breasted While some Of these de-
sor,nlties may not interfere with a
hird's immediate usefulness. they are
very undesirable characteristics to per
pe,uate In a flock. and some OF them.
at least are usually a result OF. or
combined with, some weakness of con
ehtution. Such being the case, every
possible kind of deformity should be
considered physical weakness, and
u Ia only by careful discrimination In
this direction that a healthy. prndue.
tive flock may be obtained The best
live stock breeders practice severe
discrimination against faulty oenfor-
nation and poor production. and there
fs just as much need for the poultry.
raiser to follow out the same system.
II pays best in the long run.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
Value Of Trap Nests.

Some men have said they could moi
bother to use trap nests. that 1t tool
too much time. They have never tried
them. hence do not know how little
extra time it takes-and they do moi
stop TO consider that they are losing
more in the food consumed by the non
layers than they would put into TINA
spent on the trap-nest records.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
Millet Seed for Eggs.

Millet seed is an excellent egg pro.
ducing grain. Beans being highly nj.
trogenous are equally beneficial. Sor.
ghum and broom corn seeds will do to
add variety to the bill of fare. Barley
has about the same merit. Popcorn con.
tains more nitrogen and phosphate
than does the regular Indian corn
Buckwheat is an reproducing food
but must be fed sparingly as 1t is
overwhelming.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
Stumps.

No farmer can afford TO allow his
fields TO be ohstrueted with stumps
Kansas land is too valuable. There
are efficient machines that may be
used to remove stumps If one has
many to contend with, and II there
are just a few they can be removed
by hand. 1t will pay well to get rid
OF them in either case.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
TREES SHOULD BE
CAREFULLY PRUNED
To Prevent Pear Blight All Mum.
mled Fruits and Dead Patches
Should Be Burned.

The pear blight was quite prevalent
on the western slope last summer and
few pear growers lost considerable
both in the destruction OF trees ant
fruit
The season of the disease is past
and the fruit growers efforts should
now be directed toward the cleaning
up process. Trees should be CAREFUL,
gone over and all diseased twigs and
branches should be cut off and burned
The cuts should be made few inches
below the seat OF the disease and o
knife or tool used in the cutting
should be disinfected by dipping ii
into a solution OF corrosive sublimate
on, part to 1000 OF water. The ground
under the trees should be carefully
searched for mummied fruits CT fruits
that were infested with the blight and
dropped to the ground. The trunk OF
the trees should also be examined and
all places showing depression with
an area Of dry or dead wood and bark
should be scraped clean and cut out
until the live wood is reached after
wards carefully painting over the sur
face with a solution Of copper sulphats
to two gallons of water,
The mummied fruits and the cancer
or dead patches on the body OF the
tree and in the crotches of the
branches are hold.oyer places for the
blight and from which the disease
starts in the spring. All portions re
moved from trees including fruitimum
mics should be carefully gathered and
burned,
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
Ayiesworth at Gateway Hearing.

Denver.-M. H. Aylesworth, the
new member and attorney of the
Colorado public utilities commission,
will go TO Washington to represent
the commission before the Interstate
Commerce Commission at a hearing
regarding the proposed closing of the
Ogden gateway to Denver and to at.
tend preliminary conference for the
establishment OF national electrical
safety code. An appropriation for the
expenses OF the commissioners trip
was included in the short appropria.
tion bill sigaed by Governor Carlson.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
Sheen Like Rouqr Food.

Owing to the roomy character Of
the first stomach Of the sheep and the
great strength anu vtgor It's diges-
tive system. It can utilize large guam,
titles OF rough food perhaps better
than any other domestic animal. Nc
matter what fooa Of good quality is
available. considerable coarse food
should be available anyway.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
Pack Poultry SruuIy.

II is very important that you pack
your poultry snugly. so 1t can't move
around and get bruised before II ar.
riyes. Pack in barrels or boxes, but
be sure they are well secured and
strong packages. SO they won't be
broken open in transit, causing loss
to you.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
To Improve inspection Of Meat.

Denver.-A bill requiring that the
state meat inspector shall be gradu
ate veterinarian is being prepared by
the attorney general at the request OF
DR.. W. w. Yard, state veterinarian
and will be introduced in the Legis
lature.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
Governor Probing Two State Boards.

er-Inyestigations which have
been carried on by Governor Carlson
into the affairs OF the State Board OF
Health and the State Board of Capitol
Managers may result in the resigna
tion Of several members of these
boards.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
Glenn NAmed Assistant Examiner.

Denver.-M. W. Glenn of Pueblo
was appointed assistant state ex-
aminer by State Auditor Mulnix. This
is the third appointment which has
been made by the auditor since he
took office.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
To Punish Fake Advertisers.

Denver.-Punishmen for fraudulent
advertising is provided in a bill intro
duced in the State Senate by Senator
Robert f. Winbourn. The measure
according to its sponsor, was designed
to put an end to fake medicine and
other advertising and compel mer
chants to tell the truth in appealing
to the public to purchase their wares
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
Ex.radited on Forgery Charge.

Denver.-Goyernor Carlson granted
an extradition for the return to Arkan-
sas of Herbert 7. French, who is
charged with embezzlement in that
state.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-21
Domestic Science Exhibit.

The domestic science pupils of Mrs
Clark at the Institute gave their an
nual exhibit Friday afternoon from
four to six o'clock.
The members of the class were ex
amined in the presence OF the ladies
of the executive board of the Insti
tute by Mrs. Clark. After Mrs. Clark
had subjected them to a rigorous ex
animation, the ladies asked them A
number of questions to test their
knowledge of practical domestic sci
ence. Needless to say, the ex
animation but showed how thorough
ly and carefully the young ladies had
been taught by Mrs. Clark
After the examination the visitors
were served with delightful refresh
ments, which had been prepared by
the members of the class.
The medal for proficiency in the
class was awarded to Miss Mary Tenn
pie Weber
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-21
DELIGHTED WITH
CITY OF HOUSTON
COL. 6RoWNLoW, JUST BACK
FROM CONVENTION, CHARM.
ED WITH TRIP.

That city of Houston, Texas, is a
great city. was delighted with my
visit there" said Col. Jos. F. Brown.
low this morning, who made quite .
reputation as an "impassioned and
fiery orator" at the great Baptist con-
vention in the progressive Texas
city.
1T is the cleanest city that | have
ever been in. A man can wear a palm
beach suit there until he gets tired
OF 1t and it will not get dirty. They
have no smoke, for they burn oil in
stead of coal, and they have no dirt
because they have fine, clean streets
They have certainly built up a great
city there in the past five or ten
years. Houston has grown and grown
fast. Furthermore, it is going to be
whole lot larger than it is now It's
not a boom town like some Others
which | have visited"
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liant and dashing performance of her
piano numbers and her singing was
also warmly applauded.
Miss Ruth Inman, of Sewanee, play
ed a group of numbers, which showed
a variety of styles, with a fine must
eianly appreciation and rare dynamic
power unusual in student. She also
played the spinning song from THE
Flying Dutch Maid" in most artistic
manner. The brief synopsis of this
number was read by Miss Susie Par
ker.
Miss Irene Sowell, who is certifi-
cate pupil in piano this year, gave
splendid performance of her number,
a Weber duo with Miss Ashton, her
teaches.
The vocal duet by Misses Margaret
GreenIaw and Minnie Shannon was
exceedingly well given, and the dOub-
lie trio sung by six girls was most
pleasing.
The Moszkowski quartette valse
brilliante was given as a closing num-
Der.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-21
SEVEN DOLLARS A
HEAD FOR LAMBS
HENRY cHEAIRs OF SPRING HILL
SOLD THREE HUNDRED
AT TEN CENTS.

M. E. Allen this week bought from
Henry Cheairs of Spring Hill 300
lambs that averaged sixty-seven and
a fraction pounds for which Mr.. AL.
len paid ten cents pound. Mr..
Cheairs check for the 300 head was
$z1S4. This is pretty near the rec.
ord for Maury county lambs at this
season, An average of sixty-seven
pounds the first of June is consider
ed good and ten cents per pound for
the middle Of May is about the best
price that has ever been received
locally. Mr.. Cheairs has about 800
more lambs that will go out later
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-21
Recital by Miss Days Pupils.

Wednesday afternoon the music pu
pills of Miss Fannie Day appeared in
their annual recital, giving a delight
full program, which was enjoyed not
only by the parents of the
pupils, but a number of friends The
young people acquitted themselves
with unusual credit displaying the
careful and thorough training that
they had received from their very
proficient teacher.
Among those appearing on the pro
gram were Master Marvin Roberts
Ara Dillehay. Ruth. Vera and Virgin
IA Sowell and Ruby Jones. At the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-21
FINAL CALL FOR
ESTIMABLE LADY
MISS MAGGIE poWELl WILL BE
INFERRED HERE IN THE
MORNING.

The body Of Miss Maggie Dowell,
who died in Nashville Wednesday
night, will be brought here in the
morning at 9:45 o'clock and taken
directly to the Williams grave yard
on the Santa Fee pike for interment.
The funeral services were held in
Nashville this afternoon.
Miss DowelI was a daughter of the
late E. F. DowelI, who was known to
many of the older inhabitants of this
city and county. She is survived by
two sisters, Mise Lena and Nora
Dowell, who make their home in
Nashville. She was a first cousin of
Frank D. Chafin, Of Columbia, and
Miss Lizzie Chaffn, of Birmingham.
Carriages from Cakes and Nichols.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-21
SOCIETY.
Aiumnae Dance and Reception.

Aiumnae Dance and Reception.
The members of the Alumnae AS
ISOLATION of the Institute entertain
ed with a dance and reception Mon
day evening in the parlors and recre,
alton hall of the historic old school.
The affair was in compliment to the
members of the graduating class, who
soon are to leave for their homes
To the tuneful strains furnished by
four pieces from the orchestra of
Prof. Haskell the young people dane
ed from nine o'clock to one. About
fifty couples participated, the guest
list among the ladies being limited
to the girls of the Institute and the
members of the Alumnae Association
in the city, while the young men were
from the city, the Columbia Military
Academy, and a number of the near.
by cities and towns.