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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-01
COOK, LIGHT and HEAT With GAS
STATE TEACHES AGRICULTURE
A School for the Country Boy or
Girl Who Can't 60 to College

There are hundreds Of boys and girls
in Colorado who can spend but limited
time in training above the eighth grade.
Circumstances of one kind or another
will not permit them to go to either high
school or college and they will be com
PEELED to return to the farm home and
prepare to take hold Of the plow handles
when Father" can no longer guide the
plow. or take the place Of Mother"
when she can no longer effectively cope
with her household cares and duties.
These young people need special
preparation for their future. The ordi
nary high school is highly efficient and
eff ,etive in its prescribed fied-the
preparation of young people for college
but it really has little of value to the
young man or young woman who is
going back to the farm. They need
training in in agriculture. animal hcsbar
dry, the mechanic arts, domestic science
and household arts. and .they should be
provided with this kind of educate n
during the years which they ordinarily
spend in high school.
We are just in receipt of the annual
catalog and other literature OF the
Colorado School Of Agriculture, an in
stitution established and maintained by
state for the very purpose we have just
outlined. Boys and girls from the
eighth grade are received at this school
and a persual of the oatalog convinces
US that Colorado is certainly doing her
duty by those Of her young people who
cannot get a college education. The
courses are complete and carefully Sc
lected with view Of giving just enough
Of subject without giving too much.
This school is located at the Colorado
Agriculture College at Ft. Collins and a
oatalog will be sent free to any who ask
it. II your boys or girls cannot go to
college. YOU cannot do better than send
them to your own School of Agriculture
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-01

Buy Prince Albert every
rDhere tobacco is sold in
foppy red bags, Sc; tidy red
tins, Zoe; handson1e pound
and haif-pound tin humi-
dors-and-fhaf corking fine
pound crystai-giass huni-
dor rDifh sponge-moistener
top that keeps the tobacco
in such clever frim-oitpaysl
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
Ruffed Grouse
(Bonasa umbeIlus)

Length, seventeen inches. The broad
black band near tip of tail distin-
cuisines this from other grouse.
Range: Resident in the northern
two-thirds of the United States and
in the forested parts of Canada.
Habits and economic status: The
ruffed grouse, the famed drummer and
finest game bird of the northern
woods, is usually wild and wary and
under reasonable protection we'll with
stands the attacks of hunters. More
over, when reduced in numbers, II
responds to protection in a gratifying
manner and has proved to be we'll
adapted to propagation under artificial
conditions. Wild fruits, mast. and
browse make up the bulk Of the vege-
table food of this species. 1t is very
fond OF hazelnuts, beechnuts, chest
nuts, and acorns, and 1t eats practical
ly all kinds of wild berries and other
fruits. Nearly 60 kinds of fruits have
been identified from the stomach con-
tents examined. Various weed seeds
also are consumed. Slightly more
than 10 per cent of the food consists
Of insects, about half beetles. The
most important pests devoured are
the potato beetle, clover-root weevil,
the pale-striped flea beetle, grapevine
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
Water With Meals.

Most people are better off for TAX
ing some water with their meals. Wa
ter Is an aid to the chemical activities
of digestion, and is furnished by the
body itself in large amount. The gas
trio Juice, of which the stomach
makes about a pint and a half per
meal, is made up of nine hundred and
ninety-five parts of water per thou
sand. BY drinking water with our
meals we help to furnish a part OF
the digestive juices. Whether the
amount should be part of glass or
several glasses can be determined only
by the experience of it's effects by the
individual. Such water should not be
taken ice-cold not very hot. A healthy
appetite, the appetite Of hunger, like q
healthy mental appetite. needs nt
sensational drinks.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30

ly indeed is the creeper seen at rest.
1t appears to spend it's life in an in
cessant scramble over the trunks and
branches Of trees, from which ii gets
all its food. It is protectively colored
so as to be practically invisible to it's
enemies and, though delicately built.
possesses amazingly strong claws and
feet. It's tiny eyes are sharp enough
to detect insects so small that most
other species pass them by, and alto
gether the creeper fills a unique place
in the ranks Of our insect destroyers.
The food consists Of minute insects
and insects eggs, also cocoons of
tineid moths. small wasps, ants, and
bugs, especially scales and plant lice,
with some small caterpillars. AS the
creeper remains in the United States
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
WAS MYSTERY NO LONGER
Brldegroom's Admission Satisfied
Small Boy as to the Disappear
ance of the Jelly.

1t was happy day for Algy when,
after a courtship of many years, he
sat ut the wedding breakfast beside
his wife.
Unfortunately, he was of very shy
temperament, but on this momentous
occasion his nervousness was painful
to behold. The long table was lined
with the usual large number Of adj
miring and criticizing friends, one of
whom proposed the health of the bride
and bridegroom.
But the climax came when che
bridegroom rose to respond.
"On this-er-this-er- sus-
picious - suspicious occasion" he
jcrked out, II feel"-a long and en-
barrassing pause-'I feel too full for
words" Having concluded this bril-
liant bit of oratory he sat down again.
''Great Caesar! l told you so, )"
piped Algy's newly-acquired brother
to his school chum, in q voice audible
to all. That's where all the jelly
went to ~
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
Chauffeur Had Overlooked Natter
That Really Was of the Grav-
est Importance. /

AS he buttoned up his overcoat be-
fore setting off on motor tour, Jones
asked his chauffeur a few questions.
"Car all ready? Have you put the
spare inner tubes in the tonneau?" /
"Yessir."
"Are the repair tools in the box, and
plenty Of petrol in the tankT' !
"Yessir," replied the man again. pa<
tiently. :
"Oiled it thoroughly !;
"Yessir." And this time he reeled
off list Of places to which he had
applied the oil can.
The motorists face grew black
when he finished. -
"Why, you fool" he broke in. you
have forgotten the most important
place Of all !"
The chauffeur stared at him in SUR
prise. !;
you've forgotten the number plate.
at the back" snapped Jones. Take
the can and squirt some oil on it.
Then the dust will stick to 1t. Never
forget to oil the number plate!"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and told my husband about it. /
said / know nothing will help me but !
will try this / found myself improv-
ing from the very first bottle, and in two
weeks time was able to sit down and
eat hearty breakfast with my hus-
band, which | had not done for two years.
am now in the best of health and
did not have the operation. Mrs.
JOHN A. KoENIG, 502 Flushing Avenue,
Astoria, N. Y.
Every one breads the surgeons knife
and the operating table. Sometimes
nothing else will do; but many times
doctors say they are necessary when
they are not. Letter after letter comes
to the Pinkham Laboratory, telling how
operations were advised and were not
performed; or, if performed, did no good,
but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
poundwas used and good health followed
If you want advice write to
Lydia Il. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
. Orchard .
Inflammation
TRY SOME SUMMER PRUNING
Practice Tends to Produce Fruit
Spurs by Checking Flow Of Sap
Size Of Fruit Increased.

CBy r. p. sANDSTEN, Colorado Agricul-
tural College. Fort Collins. Wyo.)
Summer pruning should be as regu-
larry performed as winter pruning.
After the shape of tho tree has been
obtained through winter pruning, the
filing out of the branches and the
trunk should be accomplished by sum-
mer pruning. This is especially true
during the fourth and fifth years after
planting. AS rule, most fruit grow
ers prune their young trees too heav-
lily during these years. Growth be-
comes excessive, especially in length,
and the branches do not become prop
erly braced at the crotches of the
tree. II summer pruning is done be-
tween the middle and the latter part
Of June, when the growth in length
has reached from ~ to Is inches, by
cutting off the terminal buds, it will
invariably check the growth in length
and increase the thickness of the
trunk and branches. Further, 1t tends
to produce fruit spurs by checking the
flow Of the sap.
Summer pruning may also be prac-
ticed on older or bearing trees In con.
nection with the thinning Of the fruit.
In this case there is very little occar
sion for cutting and pinching off the
terminal shoots, as older trees make
little or no wood growth. Cutting out
number of fruit spurs will give
larger food supply for the remaining
ones, and the size of the fruit borne
is greatly increased.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
EASY TO GROW STRAWBERRY
Quite Another Thing to Sell Crop
Profitably-Must Be Carefully
Packed in Boxes.

1t is an easy matter to grow crop
of strawberries, but quite another
thing to sell them profitably. Straw
berries, to sell we'll, must be packed
carefully in boxes and placed on the
market soon thereafter. Few towns
are well equipped with strawberries
during the strawberry season. Any
individual who will plant one to FIVE
acres will find a ready market for
all his product at home. For home
market strawberries should be very
nearly ripe when picked; but for
shipping they should be picked q
little greener. 1t is an easy matter to
pick small area, but when several
acres have to be picked over every
day 1t is not easy. Shortage Of help
is the main trouble. When picking
for shipping a field should be picked
every day If possible, but for homo
market, to pick over the same ground
every other day is often enough. 1t
is well to see that the boxes are well
filled.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30

known Of all our birds Of prey, and is
a widely distributed species of great
economic importance. It's habit of sit
ting on some prominent limb or pole
in the open, or flying with measured
wing beat over prairies and sparsely
wooded areas on the lookout for it's
favorite prey, causes II to be noticed
by the most Indifferent observer. AL
though not as omnivorous as the red
shouldered hawk, it feeds on a variety
of food, as small mammals, snakes,
frogs. insects, birds, crawfish, cent?
pedes, and even carrion. In regions
where rattlesnakes abound 1t destroys
considerable numbers Of the reptiles.
Although it feeds to a certain extent
on poultry and birds. it is nevertheless
entitled to general protection on ac-
count of the insistent warfare It wages
against field mice and other small ro-
dents and insects that are so destruc-
tive to young orchards, nursery stock.
and farm produce. Out of $50 stom-
achs examined. Asst. or SIS per cent,
contained the remains of mammals.
pests such as field mice, pine mice,
rabbits, several species of ground
squirrels, pocket gophers, and cotton
rats, and only 81 contained the re-
mains of poultry or game birds.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
TIME TO PICK SMALL FRUITS
If Strawberries, Raspberries and
Blackberrles Become Overripe
They Become Worthless.

Strawberries, raspberries and black
berries are of very perishable ma
ture. They must be picked when Just
right, and IL allowed to become over
ripe they become soft and are re-
jected by customers. This is a loss
to the grower.
The strawberry must be reset every
three or four years for the best sue
cess, while the raspberry and black
berry should be reset every FIVE or SIX
years. This always means large
amount Of careful and painstaking
work.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30

leaf-beetle, May beetles, grasshoppers,
cotton worms, army worms, cutworms.
the red-humped apple worm, and saw
fly larvae. While the economic record
of the ruffed grouse is fairly COM
mendable, 1t does not call for more
stringent protection than is necessary
to maintain the species IN reasonable
numbers.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
Barn Owl
(Aluco pratincola)

Length, about seventeen inches.
Facial disk not circular as in our 9th.
er owls; plumage above, pale yellow:
beneath, varying from silky white to
pale bright tawny.
Range: Resident in Mexico, in the
southern United States, and north to
New York, Ohio, Nebraska, and Cali,
fornia.
Habits and economic status: The
barn owl, often called monkey-faced
owl, is one of the most beneficial OF
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
Surprisingly Ungracious.

'Germany's reception Of President
Wilson's last note was ungracious."
The speaker was Joseph III. Choate,
diplomat and lawyer.
Germany in this instance" he con-
tinued, reminds me of the chap whose
office a beggar entered.
"'1 amt had nothing to eat for
two days, boss said the beggar. Cant
you help me outY
I'D like to, my man. was the re-
ply, but l sprained my foot on bill
collector yesterday"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
PRUNING GRAPES IN SUMMER
Only Time Cutting Is Necessary 10
When Room on the Trellis is
Not Sufficient.

Except In rare cases 1t is not alb
solution necessary to give grapevines
any pruning in summer. The only time
when summer pruning is necessary is
when the trellis room is not sufficient,
and in that case II might be well to cut
out some OF the new wood.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
Red-T Hawk
(Buteo borealis)

Length. about two feet. One Of our
largest hawks; adults with tail red
dish brown.
Range: Breeds in the United States
Mexico, Costa RIGA, Canada and
Alaska winters generally in the Unit
ed States and south to Guatemala.
Habits and economic status: The
red-tailed hawk, or "hen-hawk," as II
is commonly called. is one of the best
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With cuticura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial Free

Battle with Cuticura Soap, dry and
apply the Ointment. They stop itch
ing instantly, clear away pimples,
blackheads, redness and roughness, re-
move dandruff and scalp irritation,
heal red, rough and sore hands as
well as most baby skin troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30

tones. i was get
ing worse every day.
/ had chills, my head
would ache, / was
always tired. ! could
not walk straight
because Of the pain
in myback and / had
pains in my stom-
ach. / went to q
doctor and he said I
must go under an
operation, but / did
not go. / read In
the paper about
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
HOE FOR MULCHlNG PLANTS
Upturned Flanees Of Tool Tell oper-
ator Its Depth and Exact Posi-
ton Of Sharp Edges.

The sharp upturned fianges of this
hoe tell the operator the depth of the
hoe and also the exact position Of the
sharp edges. This latter feature Is
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
Her "DotU

Mrs. Youngwed Ca doctors daugh-
ter-Did papa say be would do any
thing for you?
Youngwed-Yes; he said he would
operate upon me at any time free of
charge.-Pickings.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
Brown Creeper
(certhla famiIiarIs americana)

Length, five and one-half inches.
Range: Breeds from Nebraska, In
diana, North Carolina (mountains)
and Massachusetts, north to southern
Canada, also in the mountains of the
western United States. north Ia
Alaska, south to Nicaragua; winters
over most of It's range.
Habits and economic status: Rare.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30

The race isn't always to the swift
Sometimes it goes to the wise chap
who knows how to fix things.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
Mulch Hoe.

Of great Importance when the opera
tor is mulching near plants which
might be cut undergraduates
sin Agriculturist.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30

Health is the condition of wisdom
and the sign is cheerfulness--an open
and noble temper."-Emerson.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30

Every man has his train Of useful
ness. Some fellows make first-class
pallbearers
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30

None are so ignordnt as those who
think they know it all.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
Taking Her Seriously.

"I've begun TO think that fellow 10
really seriously In love with me-"
"What makes you think SOP"
Hes tnken me TO the theater three
times now and not once has he ever
tried to kiss me good night"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30

Some people avoid grand opera be-
cause of their fondness for music.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
Difference Is Intense.

Gyer-rm going to spend my vaca-
ton in the Michigan woods this sum
mer.
Myer-Is there much to see VI
there?
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30

Use Of Llme-SuIphur.
Lime-sulphur should not be used
during a period of excessively hot,
dry weather
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
WOMAN AVOIDS
OPERATION
Medicine Which Made Sur.
geon's Work Unnecessary.

Astoria, N. Y.-"For two years I
was feeling i'll and took all kinds Of
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30

One liar never attempts to correct
another; he tries to outlle him.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
The Effects Of Opiates,

HAT INFANTS are P peculiarly susceptible to opium and its various
smallest continued these opates changes in the funo
iec mental craving for alcohol or narcotics in later life
result Of dosing with ope narcotics keep children quiet
ops in the smallest doses for than day at time, and
only then if unavoidable
The administration Of AnOdyne Drops Cordia Soothing syups and
children
dced and the druggist should not be Children who ill
physician nothing
wilfuly with
~
Chas II. Fletcher. ~ <NyN-A
LL[[z<l[
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-30
Every Woman w ants
FOR ACUTE ACHES OF The FEET

Sprinkle one ortwo Aliens Foot-Ease powders
in the Foot Bath and soak and rub the feet. II
takes the sting out of Corns and Bunions and
smarting, aching feet. Then for lasting comfort,
shake Aliens FootEase into your snoes. All
dealers sell IL, 25c. Sample package FREE.
Address, Allen 5. OlDsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-10-04

metal market, which Is SO reDresen- tattYa of industry as . whole
 The national political campaign i. beginning to attract attention as q market factor of importance. Tnc tariff is being accepted from the market sandponit as the chief feature of contention, and the pros pecr of the rival candidates, SO ta- as many of the industrial stocks are concerned, acquire importance in proportion as they suggest the election or a high or low tariff advocate with a National legisla- I'll Q so prCportioned as to support hin Our country Is very forum a. . this year in haVing choice be- awtpn two such good candidates, taen who already have served the oeorIe and who are weN known by the'r acts. It also Is pleasant to recall that the campaign Is not oce o" freak issues represented by various "isms'' that have been oucl disturbing features Of presi- d.attal campaigns in the past.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-10-04

yNr wa least eight thirtyfekno battle cruisers wo divi
 gon of four each armed with sixteen inch guns) the Atlantic
 and equal ass AS & Ps g S9s 4og% 2R3 eS2St2 % W s T RY TIE SWIFT BATTLE CRUISER DIVISIONS OF HOSTILE POWER No MATTER HOW MANY BATTLESHlPS WE MAY HAVE. ..1 " e>2G sslt=-. ap,, if. powerful and battle cruiser feet each ocean sine qua non for our and for the safeguarding o our extended coasts from ruinous and humiating attacks and raids
 No number of baleshpa within will protect our coasts from raid damage by battle cruisers unless we nave Suce number of battle cruisers ourselves. .s,.z, ,,,.
 No h country aga? attack can object to building bathpS they built in addition to SucenF num- Der of battle cruisers. . ,,
 But submit for the consideration whether it not
 most upwe at present build bsthps at the of battle cruisers We now considerable number of baesp We lave no battle cruisers. .. .. ..t.,... a...... ....
 BATTLE CRUISER DIVISION WILL BE DEADLY MEN ACE rAg ONLY ANSWER TO IT SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF BAT TIE CRUISERS OF OUR OWN.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-10-04
Joss Sticks.

The composition of the candles called joss sticks. which are used in all the religious ceremonies of Buddhism, for q long time remained q mystery, the preparation of the sticks being intrust. cd to certain persons chosen from a limited class. A French chemist, how ever, learned the manner Of making joss sticks in Indo-China. 4 stem of bamboo is rolled in a preparation con- taInIng fourteen different odoriferous drugs, two of which are significant as showing a knowledge of chemical and physical properties. These are aco- mite, which serves to protect the sticks against the attacks of rats and mice, and camphor, which causes them to burn steadily without being periodical. ly extlnguished.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-10-04
GREEN sHE[LE0 FLEkS
Tiny Psrasitss That Attack Nearly Al
 Fresh Water FiSh.

Fresh Water Fish
 Scarcely any species oS fresh wateE ash Is free from the attacks ot the nt' tie diskllke fish flea, It's hattened, green lsh body. being pressed close AgainsG the skin of the hsh. .-....
 The 80 called fish louse fs peItheS aeS nor louse,. but g member Of 8. simple group of. CrustaccsRs,. well known to naturallsts for the parasitic ha6k Of most of It's members.
 It Is far from having reached the ulh mate degenera tIoil of tho chronic par aslte. however, aud often forsakes Its victim to enjoy the pleasures of the free. ..~. !. ..S T,
 have watched the. fish aeas during chese excursions Into the, open water, apparently engaged in thelr. .gambolS-- tiny greenlsh disks. dashlns hlther and thither in direct course. diyluE sudden ly downward or upward or turning over and over in a series of rapid somer. saults. which have been reckoned to number some hundred a minute. ;,
 Should a fish 1ea wish to rejoln a host 1t approaches until It is caught up in the swirl of water which accom- panies the movement of the 6sh, RRd. so soon as It touches. it lays quick hold upon the skin of It's victim by a pail of peculiar sucker organs. placed on the under surface near the mouth. London Tlt-Blts.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-10-04
Al tho Home Plate.

Tho Catcher-And how do you like married life, Jerry2 ShortstOp (newly ved)--WelL, Jake, she's just like an umpire. She never thinks I'm safe when I'm out.-Puck.