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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
KILL OFF TH|sTLEs
: Plant Abounds Throughout Cen.
trail West States.
OF Late Years Weed Has Been In.
ereasingIy Troublesome In Grain
Growing Sections-Renders
Soil Unfit for Farming.

From the United States Department OF
Agriculture)
In the states north of the Ohio
river, probably no plant bears such a
bad reputation as the so-called Canada
thistle. This marvelously prickly
plant abounds in grain fields, pastures,
and meadows throughout the central
west, and is common in the northeast
ern states. 1t is found in parts of
West Virginia, Kentucky, and MIS-
souri,, and of late years has been in
creasingly troublesome in the grain
growing sections of the Northwest.
Canada thistle, or simply thistle
has been condemned in the laws of 25
states, and at least 100 local commu-
mites. Certainly no plant is more
generally and heartily disliked, unless
it be the sand bur of the southern
coastal plain.
The unpopularity of Canada thistle
is due largely to it's unsightly appear
ance and exceedingly spiny leaves, and
to its persistent resistance, to at
tempts at eradication. Under ordi-
nary cropping systems and with rea-
sonable care, the thistle is at worst
disagreeable nuisance. Generally
speaking, it does not injure the quail
ity or quantity of farm products, ex-
cepting hay, as much as do quack-
grass, wild onion, or wild mustard:
nor is it as destructive to the grass
in pastures and meadows as are a
number of almost insignificant little
weeds whose very existence is often
unsupported. When left to itself, how
ever, the thistle spreads rapidly, un-
til in a few years it will more or less
completely occupy the land. rendering
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
LIVED HARD LIVES
WOMEN OF EARLY WEST EARNED
THE BIG CROPS.
Few Of Their Descendants ReaiIxe
How Much the Wives Of Early Set
tiers Went Through When
Country Was Building Up.

When q little frail instructor from
the Kansas Agricultural college came
to our town and was able to tell me
the reason why my bread had been
souring all summer and how to pre-
vent it, and got 1t through my head
that she knew what she was talking
about. woke up to lot that had
missed. Elizabeth Sears writes in Har.
per's Magazine.
Our problems of trying to do the
york Of three with nothing to do It
with has filled many q sanitarium.
The hospitals are crowded with us.
And how full the cemeteries were Of
US In the old days-the price we paid
for the big crops and the prosperity
OF the state! And Kansas is not the
only state that is full of the unwritten
records of the women who paid for the
crops with their lives. They are still
paying for the wheat.
My mother died because she was too
tired to try to make an effort to live
any longer. Looking back on it now Is
cannot remember ever seeing my
mother sit with folded hands. They
said little of their hard lives, these
brave women who helped build up the
plains. They accepted 1t uncomplain.
ingly. When our country club met at
our house last week. my aunt was
there as a guest. We have 80 members
In our club. Ten Of them drove their
h,,s L.
modern houses with heat and water.
We buy the latest thing In foot gear.
which Is the one sure sign of progress
IN a farm woman. One of the men,
bers was humorously relating the
trials Of having q frozen water pipe
mended. and Aunt Kish told of the
days when she had to carry water q
quarter of a mile from a creek. My
aunt Is gay old lady, and all the
weight of her seventy years has not
smothered her resilient disposition.
Her husband died after their third big
wheat crop-drank himself to death
celebrating it In Kansas City-and she
had the first real time of her life ever
since.
When she came to Kansas in the
early 'fifties. she drove q team herself
from st. Louis. with q ten-month-old
baby on the seat beside her. She and
her husband took up q claim 40 miles
from the settlement. Wandering In
dams were their only neighbors, and
terrified her daily by their company.
When they had been here less than q
year her husband returned to Illinois
and remained three months. She was
left alone to look after the crops,
shuck the corn. and take care of the
place. While he was gone her third
baby was born. Her only help was an
Indian sQuaw, who had CHANGED In
to beg loaf of bread and remained to
help the young mother in her ex.
tremity.
I'VE didn't think anything of it,"f
said my aunt. I'VE were too busy,
while 1t was happening to think
about It We went through a, lot those
days; but, land of Goshen! we are
making up for 1t now. with our fur.
naces. and our gasoline engines for the
churns and washing machines, and our
automobiles"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07

picked up here and there, one sweater
that was bought for five dollars at a
department store and one hat, II any,
that did not represent much of an out
lay in money.
But today the prophecy that sports
clothes will rule for the next four
months brings q look of ecstasy into
the faces of all who sell woman's ap-
parel. for along this path lie riches.
Sports clothes are de luxe this sea-
son. No woman will content herself
with one such costume; she will buy
as long a. her money holds out This
Is the reason for the smile that the
dressmakers and the shopkeepers
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
| Althea's heart huttered with, keen

Althea's heart fiuttered with keez
interest.
Not at ALL" replied the young doc
tor decisively. He sent for ma II
time. His only worry has been hisiso
lation. and. / fancy. his absence from
a young lady he particularly adores
But he is free today. and"
Then they hurried to the car. leaving
Althea shaken, in doubt, tormentet
with a thousand nameless fears. She
ran out to the letter box. She fell
like tearing it from it's staple holdings
She strove to read the hours of mai
collections, but time and CRIME had
effaced the surface of the information
card.
Il must wait" she breathed, nc
matter how long, until the postman
comes to collect the mail"
Althea was so engrossed that she
stood rooted to the spot. Within her
stirred a mighty conviction that she
had misjudged Mr.. Blinn.
Il must get that letter back-oh.
must!" she painted fervently.
Hi. there, LADY,"
"Out Of the way-see what's com
ing!"
Althea heard the shouts. She turned
at roaring, crashing sound. She al
most tainted as she saw dashing to-
wards her a great loaded truck. The
horses were rushing forward with ire.
mendous speed. Paralyzed with sud-
den terror. Althea could not move. She
felt faint. Her eyes closed. She
swayed.
Someone clasped her. She was lifted
back with swiftness. There was q
frightful contact. The wheels of the
truck had struck the supporting stand
ard holding the mail box. This was
shattered into thousand pieces.
She paid no attention to the voice
of the deliverer. She never looked at
him. she never recognized him. She
saw only the contents Of the shat
tered box flying wide-three or four
letters, her own among them.
She identified her own. 1t was COW
cred with the mud of the street. but
she secured 1t and thrust 1t into her
dress with q half-audible cry of hys-
trical relief.
Miss Kendall-Althea!" spoke q
voice that thrilled her. Turning, she
roroOpi,od Tho vAop uyho hod ooyod hor
Roscoe Blinn!
Althea was mute. The reaction of
the excitement again overpowered her.
Don't be alarmed" spoke the dear.
near voice. "All the danger is over.
How lucky that CHANGED by in time
to see your PERIL"
You saved me! It was you!" fal-
tered Althea, helpless in the strong
arms of the hero, whom the crowd be-
gan to cheer.
Then she found herself in an auto
summoned by this thoughtful
and he solicitously seeking
to calm her frantic excitement.
II just got out suppose I must
call It," he volunteered. II very in
entered a contagion-af-
fected house in the slums in taking
help to some poor sufferers. and the
doctor guaranteed me until my danger
was past. You need not shrink from
mel" he laughed jokingly-"the conta-
gion. period Is positively past"
Shrink from you!" fluttered happy
and he read that in her eyes
that overcame all his prudence.
He clasped her in his arms.
And held her there.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
Be SURE Gloves Are Correct.

In no detail of dress is the knowl-
edge of fine discrimination In sartorial
things more evident than in the choice
of gloves. Yet q surprising number
of women, otherwise well-dressed.
make mistakes In glovewear. For in
stance. white glace kid gloves are not
correct In the morning. unless one is
on the way to a luncheon or some
other formal affair; yet how many
women one meets on mornings
shopping expedition gloved in formal
white? Fawn-colored or bisque gloves
are now more fashionable in Paris
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07

It unfit for farming purposes. The soil
upon which Canada thistles flourish is
apt to be of good natural fertility,
and 1t usually pays to reclaim thistle
infested fields.
The cause Of the remarkable vital.
ity of Canada thistle and the point
that distinguishes 1t from other prick
ly plants that are commonly mistaken
for it, is the long, cordlike, perennial
root. This root penetrates the soil
at a depth Of eight to fifteen inches.
or more, and gives rise at frequent in
tervals to leafy shoots. Thus It will
often be found that an entire patch of
thistles is attached to one root, and
is in reality but one plant. The root
is exceedingly hardy, and can live over
winter or through a prolonged drought
in a dormant condition. Pieces that
are broken OF by a pillow or cultivator
and carried tc other places will await
a warm, moist period. and then begin
to send out leafy shoots, thus estab-
fishing a new patch. II the leafy
stems are cut down, others will be
sent up to take their place, and this
process may be repeated from two to
eight times before the root becomes
exhausted. In most localities the
Canada thistle does not produce many
good seeds, as the male and female
flowers are on separate plants, and
not all of the female flowers produce
viable seeds. Nevertheless, the seeds
are frequently hidden away in straw
and hay. and are sometimes present
In grass and clover seed and in seed
oats. AS each seed is equipped with
a feathery plume, q small patch Of
thistles may serve to infest a whole
neighborhood.
The point that must be kept in
mind, however, in fighting Canada
thistles is that 1t is the roots, rather
than the tops, that must be killed.
Simply cutting off the tops a few
times has much the same effect as
pruning an apple tree. But IL the
tops are cut of deep and frequently,
the root must eventually suffocate
through lack. Of leaves. Bearing this
in mind, any of the following meth
DDS of eradication will be found eff.
fective:
/. Summer Fallow.-Most suitable
for one-half acre or more of thorough
ly infested land, from which little rev.
enue could be expected anyway. Pillow
deep in the fall, exposing the roots to
the frost Harrow in the spring to
kill seedlings Of annual weeds. Let
the thistle grow until the first bios
SONS appear (about June u or until
there is danger of other weeds going
to seed. Pillow shallow and from then
until frost use disk harrow often
enough to prevent thistle leaves from
making over four inches of growth.
II the thistles get over six inches high
at any time. all the previous work will
be undone. This applies to all meth
DDS. Follow during the second year
with a cultivated crop. giving it lit
tie extra cultivation and hoeing out in
dividual thistles.
2. Partial Fallow-(D For grain
fields or old meadows. Cut the crop
early for hay, II necessary, to prevent
thistles from seeding. Allow thistles
to grow for four to six days, then
plow. and proceed as in for remain
der of season.
(2) For cultivated ground-Allow
thistles to grow until first blossoms
appear. Plow shallow. When thistles
are about three inches high disk thor
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07

sUSSOp sHas WIN W. SstC 0SSt0C0s
Il shall send it. l am mad all
through! l shall never speak to Mr.
Blinn again."
You mean Roscoe, dear"
81 don't. Oh, II he dares to ever ap-
proach me again!" and there Althea
broke down, the tears came. and she
ran into the house precipitately. leav-
ing her friend without warning. and
had a good cry.
"Oh. 1t was shameful" she told her
self, when vexation and the womanly
caprice of feeling abused succeeded
to the first outburst. True, they were
not engaged-true, further, he had
spoken no word of love, but for nearly
month she and Roscoe Blinn had mu-
tually realized that they loved one an
other. Even to observing outsiders
this had become unmistakable.
Althea sat down with great delibera.
ton. She felt herself as hard as steel
and immovable as marble. Half dozen
times she wrote and tore up a note,
formal in its tone, then cutting, then
fairly cruel.
There, that will do" she decided,
with flashing eyes. but dewy, and her
pretty lips set firmly, but quivering
"Oh. it's all over-the beautiful, beau
tiful dream!" she walled. and threw
herself face down on the couch-and
wept again as though her tender but
rebellious heart would break.
Then came gloom, 1t might be called
desperation. She felt herself to be q
somber executioner of love. She did
not read the note of dismissal, disdain
and severity again. She sealed 1t, ad.
dressed 1t, affixed a stamp. put on her
wraps and left the house like some
heroine going to her doom.
It was at a busy corner that Althea
came across the first mail box. How
her heart fiuttered as she opened the
slot of the iron receptacle and held
the fatal missive poised. Even there
she debated.
II believe I'll wait till morning.
Then / will be gone, before he knows
of my plans" she cheated herself into
saying.
BEG pardon. miss"
But Althea only uttered q little cry
of concern and dismay, as a man hur.
rying for a car jostled against her. He
had vanished by the time she had fair
ly realized that the letter had slipped
from her fingers into the box.
IL wish ! hadn't" she gasped.
"Oh, dear!"
She stood there, her troubled pose
attracting the attention of passers-by.
She became conscious of this, and, en-
barrassed, crossed the pavement to
the shelter of an embrasure in the wall
of the nearest building.
Oh. that she had the letter back!
She knew not why. but all of a sudden
her heart had melted. To think that
she had severed all interest with the
man she loved overwhelmed her. Two
men waiting for q car took up a po-
sition not half q dozen feet distant
from her. Althea recognized one of
them. She did not know him person
ally, but she recalled that once on that
street Roscoe had pointed him out az
q young and rising physician who was
q very close and cherished friend.
you have no apprehension concern
ing Blinn?" his companion asked. and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
SIL0 IS SAFEST INVESTMENT
Il 10 Practical Insurance ADAMS,
Shortage Of Feed-suppIements
Pastures In Summer.

A silo is the safest investment q
farmer who keeps stock can make. It
ID q practical form of insurance
against shortage Of feed at = critical
time.
1t maintains the herd and flock In
better condition and more economical.
ly In winter and supplements pastures
during summer drought.
1t may also save a corn crop hit BY
an untimely frost, for frosted corn can
be utilized in this way which would
otherwise be almost q total loss.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
B0B0LINK BEING WIPED OUT
"Sportsmen" Accused Of Practically
DISCRIMINATING This sweet-sIneing
Friend Of the Farmer.

Years ago the bobolink. was o not
uncommon summer resident and nest
ing bird in suitable sections Of north
ern New Jersey. Today there is lit
tie evidence that its status in the state
embraces more than semi-yearly visits
during spring and fall migration
periods.
The reason is not far to seek. Un-
der the name of reed bird" II has
been classed as game bird and its
shooting permitted under the laws of
the state during the months of Sep
TENDER. October, November and De-
cember. The present regulations I'M
der the federal migratory bird law
shorten this open season to the months
of September and October, but they
are subject to change at any time at
the behest Of the gunners.
The wonderful song Of the bobolink,
that prince of songsters. therefore. is
rarely heard now hereabouts. The
demand of few marsh gunners for
the legal right to shoot this bird of
valuable insectivorous habits out
weighs the agricultural interests and
the esthetic pleas in its behalf. That
Incompatible rollicking melody IL
hushed over all the New Jersey mead
ows, because this bird, without q
single attribute OF Q game bird. ID
claimed by q few pseudo sportsmen
as exclusively their own.-Exchange
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
Wear Costumes Much Alike

some imported frocks. One Bernard
tailored suit Of tan gabardine has two
OF these folds Of the cloth placed
touchings. These cover the four.inch
hem top OF the skirt edge. Six but.
tonholes are outlined by slightly mar.
row folds shaped something like the
hook of hook and eve.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
Unique Suit.

A unique coat suit Of white serge
seen recently at one of the winter re-
sorts had a collar. revers, wide cuffs
and wide belt Of black kid. The re-
vers and cuffs were edged with hunt.
er's green suede. and the belt was but.
toned with green suede buttons
through large buttonholes piped with
the green.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
When the AGE Of Dudes p...sd-

When the Age Of Dudes Passed.
In dress President Jefferson was
governed by comfort rather than BY
elegance. Pride costs more than
hunger. thirst and cold" he used 20
say. and as he lived in an epoch that
witnessed q mighty revolution in
mems clothing az well as in men's
government. monarchy's queues and
velvets giving way to short hair ana
the useful, ungainly pantaloon. only
the watchfulness Of his body serva. {
saved him from unbelievable ana,
chronisms OF costume. Indeed, IN
later life, at Monticello. where this
democrat ruled absolute king, he
often wore the garments of several
different periods together. like super.
imposed geologic strata, or the hie.
toric remains in the Roman forum
Century Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
DECREE IS THAT SPORTS
CLOTHES ARE TO RULE.
For the Majority Of Women II Means
an Increased Expenditure for the
Wardrobe-Gay coIors to
Be In Order.

In other days dressmakers did not
smile when women insisted that they
would wear informal clothes through
out the summer. This meant a num-
Der OF white duck skirts made at
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
Pleasure Shared.

Pleasure Shared.
Visitor lat private hospital)-Can
see Lieutenant Baker. please?
Matron-We do not allow ordinary
visiting. May / ask II you're q rela-
tive?
Visitor (boldly)-Oh, yes. I'm his
sister.
Matron-Dear me! I'm very glad to
meet you. I'm his mother.-London
Punch.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
Twin Pettlcoats,

Quite new this season IL the twin
underskirt. This Is made with a we'll
fitting yoke. from which two circular
skirts are suspended.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
What q Minister'S wife Must Do.

What . Minister'S wife Must Do.
In the Woman's Home Companion
IL an article entitled Would You
Went Your Daughter to Marry a Min.
ister?" in which q minister's wife
says:
Il bake all my own bread. cake,
cookies. ETC.: cure my own bacon and
hams; pot beef: make marmalades,
pickles, preserves; can fruits; make
soap; wash. iron and sew for the fam.
lily, and do all the Homework all the
year around. teach an organized
Bible class, take part in every mis-.
sionary meeting: attend hospital aux.
Hilary. and every meeting connected
with the church. II is a seven-roomed
house: we have four stoves going all
winter, and three children In school
The only drawback to our happiness
II that I suffer terribly from varicose
veins, and have been under a special.
lists care for IS months But nothins
can he done II I cannot get time 70
relax every day and take exercises"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
Trlne Haxy.

Trlfie Haxy.
What we need in this country ID
more big guns" said the pompous id.
vocate Of preparedness.
How big?" asked the inQuisitive
man.
"Why-er-larger than any other m,
ton has, of course"
Il thought 30. You don't know any
more about the situation than do"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
HATS OF VARIED DESIGN

than pure white for dressy wear. and
the informal glove is of washable kid
or heavy glace kid in mannish style.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-07
Unusual Modesty.

II am firm believer in the uplift. "
said the indefatigable moralist.
$50 am l." replied the citizen of in
different worth.
But l don't hear you making
speeches, you don't work with our COM
mittees, your name does not appear In
the newspapers as . leading light of
reform"
THAT is quite true. Early in life
discovered that the necessity of COM
batting my own shortcomings would re-
quire all the time I could reasonably
spare, 80 / have been compelled to
leave the reformation of my neigh
bors in stronger hands,"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-09-19
HUNTERS RETURN SAFELY
 AFTER HOURS OVERDUE

TREADWELL, Sept. 19.-With the safe arrival shortly before noon to- day of Wm. Baltoff, O. E. Bennett, Tom Judson and George sPasseur the party which left here Sunday morn ing on a duck hunting expedition for the vicinity of Aux Cove consid- erable anxiety on the part of rela- lives and friends has been set at rest. The four men left Treadwell in the small gas boat belonging to John Brahm early Sunday morning with the intention of returning home Sunday night. Failure to arrive late yesterday afternoon. their friends be- came alarmed and notified Superin- sendent p. R. Bradley. who sent the Company boat Amy down the Chan ael this morning in search of the overdue hunters. The party was sighted near the end of the Island and when offered assistance, de-
 Jared they could come in under their own steam. They had waited for the storm 10 abate before starting nome early this morning.