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Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-05-31
O STRAWBERRIES EKHAHATzOW 0 GRA1NS
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Plan for Small Garden.

ous gardeners, ready to seize the first warm spell as favorable opportunity to go out and work the heavy clay soil before it is dry, are not only vast ing their energy but are doing dam age to the soil from which it will take years for it to recover. To determine when heavy soils are ready for plow- ing, a handful of earth should be col lected from the surface and the fing- CTS tightly closed on it. If the ball of competed earth is dry enough for cultivation it will fall apart when the hand is opened.
 A garden spot near the house Is of ten more desirable than plot which Is in better tilth but located at an in- convenient distance. A garden which Is near the house will receive many spare hour of care from adults and children which would otherwise be wasted. Where there is ample room for the selection of a garden site, the slope of the land should be carefully considered. A gentle slope toward the South is most desirable for growing early crops, while it Is decided ad- vantage to have the plot protected on the north and northwest by either hill group of buildings, or board fence.
 Drainage of the garden Is of great importance The land should have sufficient fall to drain off surplus wa ter during heavy rains and yet not be so steep that the soil will be washed or gullied. The surface should be nearly level so the water will not stand in hollows. Where the natural slope of the land does not provide sufi- cient natural drainage, ditches may be dug or tile drain put in. This will prevent waste water from the ad- joining land from washing over 1t. Such water may carry weed and grass seeds into the garden, which are later culled out with difficulty,
 How to FertiIize.
 The soil in the average back yard is Inot only lacking in plant food but also has been packed until 1t Is hard and
Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-05-31
KEEP GARDEN BUSY
Small Plot Will Produce Enough
 Vegetables for Family.
If Land Was Not Flowed Last Fall 1t Should Be Broken In Spring as Soon as Frost Is out-Manure
 Is Best Fertilizer.

(From the United States Department of Agriculture.)
 Even the smallest back yard may be made to yield supply of fresh vegetables for the family table at but slight expense if two or three crops are successively grown to keep the area occupied all the time, according to the garden specialists of the de- partment. People who would discharge clerk if he did not work the year round will often cultivate garden at no little trouble and expense and then allow the soil to lie idle from the time the first crop natures until the end of the season Where a two or three crop system Is used in connection with vegetables adapted to small areas, a space no larger than 25 by TO feet will produce enough fresh yege- tables for a small family. Corn, mel ons, cucumbers, and potatoes and oth. CT crops which require large area should not be grown in garden of this size. Half an acre properly cul tivated with a careful crop rotation may easily produce $100 worth of vari ous garden crops in year
 When to Work Soil.
 If the garden was not broken in the fall, it should be plowed in the spring as soon as the frost is out of the ground. Small areas may be worked with 8 spade, pushing the blade in to it's full depth and turning the soil to break up the clods. Heavy soils should never be worked when wet Overzeal-
Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-05-31
DOUBLING VALUE OF MANURE
Treatment of Acid Phosphate Is Sug- gested by Ohio Experiment Sta
 tion-Cost Is Small.

A suggestion that seems worth while comes from the Ohio experiment sta tion. It Is this: Treat your barnyard manure with acid phosphate and dou- ble it's value."
 Manure is good fertilizer, but it is not sufficient on the older farm lands which are deficient in phosphorus.
 The expense of treating the manure to make it well-balanced ferti- lizer Is not great, only 40 pounds of the acid phosphate being used to the ton of manure.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-05-31

Play ball, boys. We have the best line of sporting goods in town. Glover Hdw. Go.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
SPEAKER CLARK URGES
SPEED IN THE HOUSE
Favors Less Oratory, Use Of
Voting Machines and a
Much Shorter Session.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Speaker
I Clark said today that If congress
wanted 10 clean the legislative slate
ana go home next March he gladly
would join In "A movement to eliminate
useless Oratory By cutting down gal
lefy space and abolishing the Con
gressional Record and to introduce
voting machines
"lt is not difficult to see that the
galleries and the Record cause an
awful waste Of time and money" the
y cakCr declared today as he paused
I'm lis efforts to outline plan where
by sessions work can be done in SO
leg 'slatiNe days
ANY time that the galleries are full
The orators on the floor are posing
and wasting time. And everybody
knows there are any number Of con-
gre ssmcn who talk for the Record a
great deal more than is necessary.
The Record is not necessary. The
English house of commons has none.
A Journal is kept. Doctor Johnson
used to write IT after the days pro-
corded who spoke and which side they
were on.
II haven't much hope, tho, that I'd
receive much support If | started to
make a fight for SIN lller galleries and
no Record, SO I won't start It. l'ut
thorc is hop" that the present method
of taking roll calls viii hc abolished.
II is irchaic and I time wastcr."
The speaker also f1vors reducing
the house from i35 to 300 members
ana holding it to that number.
Minority Leader Man Ioday OK
i'osscd the view ana offered figures
to suhstantiatc II that under no cir
.cumstances could the Democrats have
Ia majority IN the next house. but that
there was "A chance for the Republic
ans to have 21S members lie further
said that ne was not worrying about
the speakcrship and thot II would
he much more fun to remain on his
present job.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02

no take tho bank clenrings ls their
barometer Of prosperity for Tulsa
They had expected a wonderful snow
ing. but II was not believed that tht
gam would be moro than l10 per ccnl
over November Of 1913.
Altho the clenring9 for the past
year have been showing "A steady gam,
not only In percentage over the cor
responding months Of 1913, but over
Tho preceding months, the gain over
October ot this year was ever better
than had ben anticipated. During Oc-
tohcr "A mark for the year was cstab-
liahcd and stood until the recent an
nuuuccmcnt Of November business.
During the month of october the
,lcdringa reached above Sl6,pOO.O .OOo'
which was a substantial gam over bc-
tobcr of last year. The nearest that
Octobcr's figures were ever threatened
WAS during the month of June. 1915,
when t17215,231 was the mark at
tanned.
Weeks Record Good.
The week which closed Thursday
brought the monthly record up by the
addition Of S4,O12.1l1. or Il gain OF
SNS pcr cent over tho corresponding
week of November. 1915.
Taking the building permits as Is
sued for the month just closed, and
division by the number Of days the
office was open for the issuance or
permits an average daily business OF
$1iIN2 WAS established, Of which Ii
c,nccs 10 erect 80 new residences at
am average cost of i3,000, together
with permits for larger structures
brought the total up 10 S3,533,223 for
{ he year
As prosperity indicators the building
permits and bank clcirlngS for the
month Just closed have Il striking siS-
iificancc. especially when II Is noted
that the two records were "stabllhhc"
i'm months which usurlly create I'ttlc
comment because OF their record
smashing ability In these department.
of city growth.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
odd Fellows Elect Officers.

ALTON. Okla. Dec. THE Alton
lodge OF the |. .. q. +. elected on.
GERS Tuesday for the ensuing year.
The local lodge OF odd Follows at AT
ton is a very live chapter. the MEM
horship is large and good attendance
Is on hand AT every meeting. 1he odd
Fellows own their lodge han, which
consists of two-story brick building
In the heart OF the business distric,
Of Alton next to the post office. Re
sides having this building paid for,
the lodge is now accommodating a sur
Plus in its treasury account The oft
GERS elected were. John Mitchell.
noble grand; w. L. Smalley, vice,
grand; w r BYRD, secretary; Il. G..
King, treasurer, and j. L. Owsley,
trustpp
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
INQUIRE HOME IS SOLD
TO PROMINENT ATTORNEY
Ben Rice PURCHASES First Residence
Erected In Mtpl, Ridge
Addition.

Former CONGRESSMAN BIRD Mcclure
ycstci day sold his beautiful home in
MpplC Ridge to Bcn Rice, prominent
attorney The pric" was S21 800.
The McGuirc home was the first
bis residence erected I'm Maple Ridge.
Since that time some If the most cN-
pcpsivr homes In ,he city have been
built In that section Of the city.
The house is two stories IN height
and the exterior Is finished trruout In
native stocn.
home the plans for which have not
yet been completed.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
SAVING FOOD IN ENGLAND
American society Docs Away Win,
Thanksgiving Dinner.

LONDON, Dec. l.-(5:i5 p. m)-
The American society has abandoned
reunion which had been arranged
for December 12 because 1t was feared
that in view of the governments de-
mand for economy in the consumption
of food the dinner might make bad
impression. The society has waived
the customary Fourth of July and
Thanksgiving dinners since the begin
ming of the war, but decided to hold
n quiet reunion dinner with a plair
menu instead of n Thanksgiving cele-
mration, but 1t has now been thot best
to forego this.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
MAY DISMISS RECElVERSHlP
Kansas Natural Case Brought Up by
iuOrrcy- General.

INDEPENDENCE. Kar. Dec. L.
Attorney General :. NJ. Brewster. on
behalf uf The state Of Kansas. filed ~.
the district court here TO-DAY motion
TO dismiss the receivership OF the
Kansas Natural Gas company The
motion also asks that the suit filed in
the federal court by John NJ. Landon,
receiver for the gas company, against
the public utilities commission, be
withdrawn
The statement points out nat. IN
accordance with an agreement. COM
uittce Iepresesting the Kansas Nat
ural Gas company delivered to the
Henry l.. Doherty interests sixty thou
sand shares OF the capital stock of
the Kansas Natural Gas company and
that therefore the stockholders OF tho
gas company have no further interest
in the company.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
Alton SO, Lone Star !.

sNTVNTNI " T TN NVFTW'
ALTON. OKLA. Dec In the first
basketball game of the season playeS
here last night Alton defeated Lone
Star SO to I. Lone Star, tho only a
small school, has good basketball
team aud has been practcing since
early fall not trying to pot out n foot
bail tcam this year and instead devot-
ing all OF their time to basketball. The
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
Over $4,000 Nmns savings Money.


AITCN. Okla. Dec. within the
next two weeks the FIRST Nationa,
bank Of Alton viii pay out over
$4,000 to the people of Alton. tho
same hcinE the mono" deposited and
held In the Christmas savings ac-
counts at that bank The Farmers
state bank also has several thousand
dollars to pay out, tho this bank did
not enter into The Christmas savings
business last wear. For the first year
cf the Christmas savngs plan in 4.
town the size of Alton this amount on
money sayCd is considered an cXCop-
uunally good record. This year the
Farmers state bank will start a new
and different Christmas savings CLUB
and, with the First National bank run
ming its club again, IL Ia estimated that
ut least $l5.00O viii I've saved during
the year 1917 in the two banks OF Az
ton, ready for distribution next Christ
mas, 1917.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
NAVY EFFICIENCY IMPROVES
American Sea Gunncrs Shoot Better,
Report Shows

WASHINGTON. Dec How tn.
American navy has improved its bat
tie efficiency by great strides in the
last few years was detailed to the
house naval committee toda, bv capt.
Charles Il. pluukctt, director of gun
merry exercises.
Rut while there has been constant
Improvement in many ways, lie said,
much remains to be done.
The Atlantic fleet .'huwcd an i'm
rrovcmont OF 90 per cont in target
lracucc last fall At the short range
firing, which Is the only method of
determining individual efficiency
Target practice is 80 per cent crew
and | per cert material" he said.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
Contractors TakeNOtice

Hosting Engineers Local Union
Goa OF Tulsa, Okla, hereby notify all
contractors that on and after January
/, 1917. our scale OF wages will be
65 cents per hour. j. l.. Murphy,
secretary, DreXel hotel
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
CANADIAN REVENUE GROWS
War Fails 10 Hold Down Industry In
the Dominion.

OTTAWA, Dec, Notwithstanding
the war Canada's revenue continues
To grow. according to figures made
public here today. For the eight
months ending November 80 the rove
nue. of the dominion totalled sl+4,-
Sl2,570, which is the largest eight
months period in the history of the
country, IL was stated.
There Is TO be further curtailment
of expenditures on Canadian public
works, IL also was announced.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02

Alton players were Russell Harris
(coptair). Osborne Hitchcock. Leo
Scott Otis Rule and Clinton Worley.
The high school boys have fixed up a
good court in the Gillespie building.
With n coed cement floor and plenty
OF room, the boys now have good
basketball court.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
A Mutual Wish.

Il wish | Were an ostrich" said
Hicks angrily as he tried to eat one
of his wife's biscuits. but couldn't.
II wish you WERE" returned Mrs.
Hicks. I'D get few feathers for
my hat"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02

"What church does your new
ucighhor belong to?" the caller
asked.
she's utiitarian. understand"
responded old Mrs Elundcrby
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02

Tho increase II more than $50 per
cent in bank clcarncs Of November
l!lG. over the corresponding month
ot 1915 came as "a surprise to those
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
Dress Goods Section

Dress Goods Section
A-woo granite cloths inches wide in brown wisteria
black and blue. Regular 81 % value. Saturday 90
Awoo granite and Ottoman cloths 45 inches wide green
brown wiSteria, blue and black Regular $3.50 value
6l.GO
French and Storm Serge 81 inches wide in black only. rs
IL
Plain Taffetas in all coors black inches Regular
I'LL
Black Taeta, 36 inches wide. Regular $35 value Spe-
Tafeta in all coors and black. Regular $l75 value Spe
ca .4S
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-06-08
BURR AND BURTON NOTES
Reading and Debating Contest

On the evening Of Friday, the 9tn
of June. at 8 o'clock there will be
held in the Gymnasium the final read
ing and debating contest of Burr and
Burton Seminary for the year 1876
Through the year there have been
weekly debates in the four divisions
based on the English classes. Repre-
sentatives from these sections met for
a preliminary contest in May and
those who were victors at that tune
will appear to compete for prizes on
Friday night. Miss Edna Graves and
Daniel Mclaughlin will debate the
question: "Resolved that military
drills should be required in secondary
schools" against Miss Edith Pike and
Arthur Gilbert. The readings will be
taken from 1.-THE Tale of Two Cities,
and will be read at sight without pre-
vious preparation Of the selected pas
sares. The competitors in this part OF
the program are: the Misses Irene
Perry, Mildred Doane, Marceila Nc
Dewitt, Erald Benson, and Messrs
Waldo Race, Benjamin Levin, Harold
Bennett and Dewitt Doane.
To add to the pleasure Of the even
inc Miss Jeanne Jackson will open the
nrogram with music and Mrs. VIII
Griffith will sing.
Everyone interested in this import
ant phase of the Seminary work Is
urged to lend his support and sym
patty by his presence. An admission
fee of ten cents is charged.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-06-08

the meantime the fish will be hopping
in the Battenkill as Il wends its way
though MIR. Bradley's broad acres
The Orchard Park Hotel opened for
the season on June LIST, under the man
agement Of Jos. V. Newman, as usual
and is already well patronized, several
OF the court officials making their
headquarters there. Mrs. Willard, the
owner of the hotel, has made improve
ments every year and the present one
is no exception, as large addition mas
been built on the north side of the
structure on the front, front hall made
larger and stairway changed, steam
heat put in and bath rooms added.
The old wooden bridge between Mr.
Wilbur's farm house and Mr. Lincoln ;
property on the east road, has been
replaced by reinforced concrete
structure and when the walls Mr.. VII
bur is constructing are finished TINS
approach to the village on the east
road from the south will be one OF the
finest approaches in the state. Mr..
Wilbur has spent thousands of dollars
in the identifying of his property and
now has beautiful stone walls the en-
tire length Of his property and prac-
tically on both sides of the road for
the good part of half mile in length
He has also recently put a pair OF
swans and several varieties of ducks
and geese on the two ponds alongside
the road below the Cascades.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-06-08
Aaron Boggs, Freshman

The play selected by the class OF 1910
for presentation was an experiment
Aaron Boggs, Freshman" is a de-
parture from the type Of Senior ORA
MATES presented in the past, and is a
response to a demand for a popular
play in place of the heavier drama Of
more permanent worth.
Aaron Boggs" was presented on
Friday evening, June End, to crowd
cd house. The enthusiasm Of the au-
dience indicated that the experiment
succeeded.
The opening scene revealed wood
N hl. n campus, evidently favorite
stamping ground for college men and
.aidcns: its trusty fence supported
aas { alma Mater" and Our
University" Against this background
II greenery and song Bean Carter and
pcuper Jcryis introduced their audi
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-06-08
MANCHESTER DEPOT

Walter Perry has returned from
Granville, N. Y.
Miss Hazel Crossman spent Mem
orial Day in Pawlet.
Miss Harriet West is employed at
the home Of r. B. Ford.
The Dorcas Society will meet with
Mrs. M. S. Childs, Tuesday afternoon,
June 18th.
Mrs. J. Henry Hicks was in Rut-
land last week. Mrs. Chas. Drohat
accompanied her.
Mrs. John Raymond and Mrs. Jen-
ME Cook spent a few days recently at
Harold Taylor's.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Long are re-
ioicing over the birth of little daugh-
ter, Winnie Edith.
Mrs. C. N. Crossman, Mrs. Lovett
and Mrs. E. l.. Taylor were in Rut-
land shopping last week.
About 80 persons went by automo-
biles from here to Waterford, N. T.,
to attend church Sunday
George r. Schlieder and family have
returned from Carthage, N. Y, where
they have been visiting relatives.
Mrs. Bush, mother of S. B. Bush, is
seriously i'll at his home. A nurse
from Burlington is attending her.
Joseph Bushee has added an auto
mobile truck to his trucking equip
ment. 1t was purchased from Ira A,
Glover.
Leslie Jacklin was in Rutland Sun
day to visit Mrs. Jacklin, who is re-
covering from a recent illness at the
Rutland Hospital
Mrs. Herbert S. King is in Detroit
Mich, at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Henry Marley, where she viii
make an extended visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. l.. Staples of Dix
on, ILL.,, and Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Nichols Of Dandy were at E. l.. and
Harold Taylor's Sunday.
On June 18th, ncxt week Thursday
"The Mysteries of Myra" will COM
mence at ARGUS Motion Picture Ar
cade. Admission 10c each night ex-
cept Saturday when it is l5c. adv
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-06-08
Selections from The Spoon River
Anthology.

RilNHNtNks'
Mrs. Gichrist has chosen her read
ngs, with one or two exceptions, from
lesser known poets who are now liv-
ing, and writing better things all the
time" Her comments upon the life
and writings Of each were most inter
esting. Mrs. Gilchrist took her audi
ence into her confidence in saying that
she wanted to do two things-one
was to sing, the other to write; and
that she could do neither. We, who
listened as she revealed to us hidden
beauty in the creative work of others
felt that she had created beauty in
another way. Her reading was so ex-
quisite in Interpretation that 1t set
forth the creative thought, and gave it
to our thought Her reading was 50
musical that in our hearts it set cords
of music vibrating in purest harmony,
We extend to Mrs. Gilchrist our sin
cere expression of thanks, with the
hope that she will sometime lead up
farther intothe realm of verse.
We take the liberty of quoting from
a letter written to Mrs. Gilchrist by
William Stanley Braithwaite, publish
cr of 1.-THE Anthology Of Magazine
Verse for 1914 and 1915" Cambridge,
Mass. The quotation is apropos of
Mrs. Gilchrist's word Of appreciation
of our town poet, Miss Cleghorn, of
whom we are so justly proud.
Mr.. Braithwaite writes
"Tell those young people for me
that | say Miss Cleghorn has one OF
the purest strains of lyrical verse of
anyone writing to-day. Her power to
visualize external beauty it not sur
passed to-day. The very essence OF
natures beauty is in her song. Her
deft and subtle rythms are always
appealing. A very ardent nature, her
imagination transfgures any theme
with lovely glow Strong as her
feeling is for nature, she has a warm
err feeling for humanity. Vermont
ought to feel proud Of so fine a poet"