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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-02

Q.-Is an anonymous let
ter, in which are statements
blackening the character of
person, considered a mis-
use of the mails? Will the
postal authorities find the
writer and prosecute him?
ANXIOUS-TO-KNOW.
All the receiver of such a
letter reports Il to the postal au-
thorities, together with clues to
the identity of the sender, they
will investigate and try to bring
the offender to trial.. 1t is mis-.
use of the mails.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-02

concerts for the Woman's club
house will be given tonight with
a number of local artists on the
program.
The WOman's Auxiliary of the
Park Avenue Evangelical church
will meet with Mrs. l.. Nardo, 843
South 96th street, Tuesday,
June 6.
Phil Sheridan Relief Corps,
No. 33, will give card party in
the armory Friday evening. Re-
freshments. All G. A. RS and
friends invited.
The Monday Civic club will
meet next Monday at 2 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. A. B. Dan
forth, 1922 North Yakima ave..
fer an important business session.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-02

DIR. and Mrs. Ernest q. Wheeler
will entertain tonight for their
daughter, Anita Mary, ut dance
at the Tennis club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-02

The last of a series of benefit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-02

Grant p. II. A. has arranged
for a picnic tomorrow at Point
Defiance park. The picnickers
will leave the school grounds at
10 o'clock. Paper plates, coffee
and lemonade will be served.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-02
Girls of Annie Wright seminary

Circle No. 2 of the WOman's
guild of Bethany Presbyterian
church will meet today with Mrs.
Charles Lyons, 1929 North 9Srd
street.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
Up Through Difficulty.

Tell me the name of one man who
has really made good without hard
ships, struggles and suffering. Any
time you make up your mind that there
is no use in further trying, and that
you will wait for some opportunity to
come along, call out the reserves and
have the whole force club you into ac-
ton. If you have any idea that you
can make a success sitting down, while
men Of mental energy and great physi-
cal strength are working for all they
are worth, you have one more guess
coming. If you are not ready and
willing to fight, and fight hard, you are
in the middle of the stream, near the
falls. It's all easy with you now,
and will be-until you strike the rocks.
Silent Partner.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
TO PRODUCE BABY BEEF
First Essential Of HckIish Bust.
ness Is Quality.
Only Successful When Stock, Farm
and Man Behind Both Are Adapt
ed to Risky Undertaking.
Feed 10 Important.

The production of baby beef is a
very ticklish business. It is success
fully done only when stock, farm and
the man behind both are all adapted
to a very risky undertaking. The
whole object is to turn twelve to six
teen month-old calves OF as prime fat
steers, weighing 1000 to 1,400
pounds in much less time than re-
quired for general steer raising. The
whole thing means quality animals
to start with. It means offspring from
strictly beef strains, like Shorthorn,
Hereford, Angus or Galloway. Really
no other breed need apply in the pro-
duction of real baby beef, says a
writer in Baltimore American. Both
mothers and offspring must be abun-
dainty fed so as to keep these young
things steadily on the gain, eating to
their full capacity, from birth to mar
ket.
The calves must nurse their dams
and be given an abundance of nu-
tritious grain from the very start,
both while on pasture and when in
winter quarters. Concentrated feeds
in addition to clover and alfalfa are
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21

absolutely necessary during the win
ter months. Long nursing on the
dams or an abundance of milk or
skim milk with grain is necessary.
This all means that splendid, we'll
bred stock is to be used only. 1t
means also that you have got to have
ideal farm conditions, an abundance
of the very best pasture and legume
hays, silage and grain feeds.
Can BE Done in East.
There is no reason why baby beef
cannot be made in the East, except
that labor is expensive or that farms
have not been farmed to produce high
est quality 1egumes and other grasses
for pasture. Besides this, the produc-
ton of grain is more expensive as
a rule in the East, thus contributing
to high costs in making beef. You see
the regular average pasture, with the
regular average method of feeding,
will not produce topnotch baby beef.
do not mean to say that we cannot
reach point where raising baby beef
may not be profitable in the East; not
that, but we have got to get ready for
that sort of farming first.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
Oh! Shining Shoes.

"In a democracy it is fitting that a
man should sit on a throne to have his
shoes polished or, to use a brighter,
gayer word, shined. We are all kings,
and this happy conceit of popular gov.
ernment is nicely symbolized by be-
ing, for these shining moments, 80
many kings together, each on his sim
flar throne and with slave at his
feet. The democratic idea suffers q
little from the difficulty Of realizing
that the slave is also king, yet gains
a little from the fair custom Of the
1ivelier monarchs to turn from left foot
to right and from right to left, SO
that, within human limbs, neither shoe
shall be undemocratically shined
first."-Ralph Bergengren, in the Cen
tury.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
GOOD AS VEGETABLE MATTER
Refuse Hay, Straw Litter, and Other
Rubbish Can Be Utilized In Or
Sss: chard and Garden.

The value of refuse hay, straw lit
ter and other rubbish for vegetable
matter on orchard and garden soil
has hardly been realized. Much of this
material goes to waste every year that
might be used to enrich the garden and
orchard soil.
Now is the time to apply such ma
terials to the soil, as. it will take some
time for it to decay and be of use to
the soil. By applying this fall and
turning it under the soil will be re-
vived and enriched and hence made
ready for preparation and planting
next spring.
Is3t gardens could be made far
more productive than they have been.
To do this it will be necessary to
begin on time. Humus is the greatest
need in most instances, for without
it little can be done in good prepara-
ton and ample cultivation.
Barnyard manure is better than
waste litter, straw, etc., but manure
is generally scarce, not enough being
available to improve the soil on most
farms. To supplement manure all
waste vegetable matter should be used.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
Specific Terms Not Named.

Washington, Dec. 13-The absence
of any specific terms for peace in the
German note or in the German chan
cellor's speech was in a measure a
disappointment to those who expected
some concrete expression of basis
on which negotiations might begin.
Advices from Berlin to the German
embassy indicate. however, that Ger
many's peace terms, in general meas
ure, propose the restoration Of the
status quo before the war, with the
exception of the establishment of in
dependent kingdoms of Poland and
Llthuania.
They are understood to propose the
complete restoration of the occupied
portions of Belgium and France in re-
turn for Germany's captured colonies
and to dispose of the Balkan situation,
because Of its extremely complicated
nature, in the peace conference.
I'm the note the four allied (centraD
powers propose to enter forthwith on
peace negotiations. The propositions
which they bring for such pegotiatons
are, according to their firm belief, ap-
propriate for the establishment Of a
lasting peace.
1.-THE governments at Vienna, Con-
stantinople and Sofia transmitted
identical notes and also communicat-
ed with the holy see and all neutral
powers"
The German peace offer was almost
the sole topic of discussion at the din
ner to the Cabinet given by President
and Mrs. Wilson.
Eight On" Kaiser Orders Armies.
London.-A Central News dispatch
from Amsterdam says 1t is announced
officially in Berlin that Emperor Will
liam has notified his commanding gen.
erals OF Germany's peace offer and has
informed them 1t Is still uncertain
whether the offer will be accepted.
Until that uncertainty is ended, the
message says. they are TO fight on.
Germany's move for peace comes
just two years and 133 days after she
declared war on Russia and two years
and 129 days after England declared
war ON Germany.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
Aarbor Of Rotterdam.

Rotterdam harbor in some ways is
more picturesque than the harbor Of
New York. There are no fringine
skyscrapers, but there Is as much life
and movement, more color and con-
trast, a finer sweep Of line and group
ing of detail. The many canals that
surround 1t, the quaint craft that ply
up and down, the flying bridges that
close many Of the distant vistas. all
these combine with the rich color Of
sky and water to make a whole that
smacks more Of the seafaring Of ro-
nance and les Of the seafaring Cd
commerce that is the keynote OF oul
hArbors today.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
I HOW eALFouR MISSED THE
MAIDEN.

ALEXANDER BALFOUR was born
"a at the seat of his father, Lord Bur-
leigh, near Knross, in the year 1887.
and in all Scotland there was no infant
with fairer prospects. His father was a
great man, there were great people
among his uncles and cousins and
aunts. Among his distinguished and
powerful relatives were the duke Of
Argyle and the earl of Stair. So Al
exander, as he grew up, Draw gal
liant, dreamed dreams Of glory.
In the fullness of time he went to
the University Of st. Andrew, where
he distinguished himself for intelli-
gence and zeal. His teachers admired
him SO much they predicted great
things for him, and said he would
have been destined to greatness, even
had be been born q plebeian. Then
one day the university shut down for
a brief season, and Aleck went home
for a vacation. And, having reached
his ancestral hall, the first thing he
did was to fall in love with Anne Rob-
n ,Rtson, the governess Of his little SIS
ters. The chroniclers say that Anne
was passing fair, and as wise as SER
pent. She tried to discourage Alexis
infatuation. She handed him the ice
tongs in every way she could, but the
young man was determined to marry
her.
Then his father, old Lord Burleigh,
got wise to what. was going on and
put in his oar. He discharged Miss
Robertson and told his son to pack
up his traps and take tour abroad,
staying away until summoned home.
This was a standard antidote for love-
sickness in those days. Foreign travel
was a cure for many ills which now
are reached by patent medicines. AL
exander went away, imagining him
self broken-hearted. But he wrote q
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
BIG TRUTH IN 4LoAFER LAND"
Job OF Clearing Fields Of stumps Can
Be Done on Days When Other
Work ls Not Pressing.

Everybody hates q loafer around
who consumes without giving any
thing in return. United States agri-
cultural department, in naming stump
land '1oafer land" has struck upon a
big truth that every farmer should
take into consideration.
Men who have made careful study
Of the situation claim that every 12-
inch stump on your place wastes 100
square feet Of land. At first this state
ment may seem somewhat surprising
and many farmers seem to feel that
by pasturing their stump land there il
no waste at all.
This is poor figuring. says California
Cultivator. In most stump fields
there is an average Of $50 stumps to
the acre, some much larger than II
inches. With an average of 15O. stumps
to the acre you are simply wasting
$1,000 square feet Of land to each
acre, and as there are only $4,000
square feet to the acre, you are vast
ing one-third Of your land. Suppose
someone were to propose to you that
of each 30-acre pasture you shut OF
ten acres for the pure joy Of seeing
it wasted. You would think him ut
terly absurd, but it is no more absurd
than to continue letting your land
lie in q stumpage.
And after all it doesn't take long
to clear OF the stumps. The job can
be done on the days when you can't
work at anything else and by own
ing a good stump puller or being ready
with dynamite you will find a surpris-
ing lot Of 'loafer land' converted to
usefulness for the years end.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
STATECAPITOL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ONE QUART. ONE MAN, ONE
MONTH.

That Will BE Whisky Limit II Pro
posed Law Goes into Effect.
Denver-One quart of whisky and
twelve quarts Of beer will be the to-
tai amount of liquor allowed to any
one individual for a months consump-
tion, If the incoming Legislature
adopts an amendment to the prohibi-
ton law proposed at conference be-
tween Leslie e. Hubbard, attorney
general-elect, and representatives Of
"dry" organizations.
In families of more than one adult,
each would be allowed that amount
More than the stipulated quantity
would be illegal, according to the
terms of the proposed amendment.
and would be prima facie evidence
that the liquor had been shipped in
for other than legitimate consump-
tion.
A permit to import liquor would
hove to be obtained from the county
clerk and placed on record. A check
ing system would be devised and ev-
cry precaution taken to see that no in
dividual got more than the amount
specified.
The consensus of opinion at the
meeting was that such limitations
should be adopted, rather than an
amendment prohibiting entirely the
shipment of liquor into the state in
any quantity.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
HemmInu Estate Pays $1o,ss7 Tax

HemmIns Estate Pays $1o,3s7 Tax.
A state Inheritance tax of $10,337.7t
was paid by the executors OF the estate
of the late Charles c. Hemming. presi
dent OF the Ell Paso National Bank of
Colorado Springs. The total value Of
the estate was $405.730.
Executors Of Miller Estate Removed.
Another contest in the much liti-
gated estate Of the late Mrs. Anna
Miller ended when District Judge Al
len upheld the decision Of County
Judge Rothgerber in summarily re.
moving Mrs. Hanah Schultz. Mrs. Jen-
ME r. Becker and Albert o. Johnson
as executors of the last will OF their
sister, Mrs. Miller Unless the ousted
executors appeal to the state Supreme
Court. the decision of Judge Allen will
result in the three executors being
compelled to turn over the estate to
Public Administrator Woodward.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
LABOR AND FERTILITY SAVED
Excellent Farm Practice to Haul Ma
nure Direct to Field Where It Is
to Be Utilized.

Farmers and scientists are pretty
well agreed that under ordinary farm
conditions the best place for manure
after it leaves the barn is spread on
the field where it is to be utilized.
More and more farmers are building
their barns now with view to driving
through the barn, loading the manure
directly on to the wagon or spreader,
and taking it out to the field each day.
This is excellent farm practice. It
saves labor and soil fertility.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21

EAREf5NOTES.
Study the capability of your soil.

Study the capability of your soil.
Keep the pigs growing all the time.
Marketing is an art, and a speciality.
What did your heaviest lamb weigh
at birth?
Keep the lambs growing; stunted
lamb never makes q good sheep.
Plan the seasons work during the
winter months. 1t will pay you.
Celery may be banked with earth or
boards to cause 1t to bleach well.
The manure spreader Is not a pass
ing fad. 1t Is q labor-saver and has
come to stay.
Get standard breed and see the
difference 1t makes in your poultry
keeping experience.
Clear the garden of all weeds and
refuse. This material only harbors in
sects for next years trouble.
It Is estimated that the man who
ships 20 cars Of grain containing 20
per cent Of moisture pays freight on
one car OF excess water. using 15 Der
cent moisture ~ q basil
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
'very Calmly Alexander BaIfour
Aimed 4 Pistol and Fired"

letter to Miss Robertson, telling her
not to marry before his return. II she
did so, he would make it his business
No kill her husband. Then the young
man sailed away to foreign parts, and
the months rolled on, and eventually
Mr.. Syme came wooing Miss Robert
son, and found favor in her eyes.
She went with him to the altar, and
the twain settled down to live happy
ever after. Alexander's threat caused
no uneasiness in Anne's gentle bosom.
, Doubtless the young man had forgot
ten her by this time. The threats Of
iovelorn springalds are as idle as the
winds. So the months kept rolling
along, and it came to pass that one
day Anne was seated by q window
nursing her first-born, and shadow
fell upon her. Looking up, she found
herself face to face with Alexander
Balfour. There was murder in his
eyes. She read his fell intention Mt
a glance, and shrieked. Her husband.
who was in back room, rushed to her
side to see what distressed her. Very
calmly, Alexander Balfour aimed a
pistol and fred, and Syme fell dead.
Then was Balfour taken to q jail,
and shortly afterwards he was tried.
and sentenced to death. All the pow
er and pull Of his influential relatives
could not avail him In this evil case.
There came an evening when he knew
that the next sunrise would be the
last he'd ever see. From the bsrred
window Of his dungeon he could see
the instrument Of death, the maiden,
which had been erected that afternoon
by whistling workmen. 1t stood upon
o knoll, so TINT the plain people would
be able to see every detail Of his exc
cution.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
TOAD IS GARDEN POLICEMAN
Seventy-Seven Per Cent Of His Diet
10 Composed Of lnseets-Should
Be Welcome Guest.

The toad is garden policeman.
Seventy-seven per cent Of his diet is
composed Of insects and the remain
der consists Of spiders and worms of
all kinds.
The toad is in a position to capture
his daily bread" with his tongue. In
this respect he is like some who get
their living by talking.
A toad should be welcome guest
In a garden or flower bed.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
GERMAN PEACE NOTE
TEXT OF MESSAGE WHICH U. 8.
WILL PRESENT TO ALLIED
POWERS.
Governments at Vienna, Constants.
nopIe and Sofia Transmitted Notes
Making Similar Proposals, Which
Were Communicated to Neu-
tral Powers.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Berlin, Dec. 13.-Following is the
text of the note addressed by Ger
ernments:
"To His Excellency, the Ambassador
of the United States of America to
the German Empire:
"The most terrific war ever expe-
rienced in history has been raging for
the last two years and half over a
large part of the world-a catastrophe
which thousands of years of common
civilization was unable to prevent and
which Injuries the most precious
achievements of humanity.
"Our aims are not to shatter nor
annihilate our adversaries. In spite Of
our consciousness of our military and
economic strength and our readiness
to continue the war (Which has been
forced upon us) until the bitter end.
If necessary; at the same time.
prompted by the desire to avoid fur
ther bloodshed and make an end to
the atrocities of war, the four allied
powers propose to enter forthwith
into peace negotiations.
1.-THE propositions which they bring
forward for such negotiations and
which have for their object guaran-
tee of the existence of the honor and
liberty of evolution for their nations
are, according to their firm belief, an
appropriate basis for the establish
ment of lasting peace.
"The four allied powers have been
obliged to take up arms to defend JUS
tice and the liberty of national evolu-
tion. The glorious deeds of our armies
have in no way altered their purpose.
We always maintained the firm belief
that our own rights and justified
claims in no way control the rights
of these nations.
"The spiritual and material progress
which were the pride of Europe at
the beginning of the twentieth cen
tury are threatened with ruin. Ger
many and her allies, Austria-Hungary,
Bulgaria and Turkey, gave proof OF
their unconquerable strength in this
struggle. They gained gigantic advan-
tage over adversaries superior in
numD6T ana war IhdlcIldl. OuI AuCo
stand unshaken against ever-repeated
attempts made by armies.
"The last attack in the Balkans has
been rapidly and victoriously over
come The most recent events have
demonstrated that further continuance
of the war will not result in breaking
the resistance Of our forces and the
whole situation with regard to our
troops justifies our expectation of fur
ther successes.
"If, in spite of this offer OF peace
and reconciliation, the struggle should
go on, the four allied powers are re-
solved to continue 10 a victorious end.
but they disclaim responsibility for
this before humanity and history. The
imperial government, Though the
good offices of your excellency, asks
the government of the United States
to bring this communication to the
knowledge of the governments of
France, Great Britain, Russia, Bel
GUM, Japan. Serbia and Rumania.
"HOLLWEG."
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
Recently Adopted Laws in Effect.


The two initiated and one referred
measures adopted by the people at the
November election became laws when
Governor Carlson issued the proclama-
tion as required by law. The new
laws are the medical practice act,
which was passed by the last Legisla-
ture and later referred to the people,
and the bills providing for the humane
care of the insane and for the invest
ment of state school funds upon i'm
proved agricultural security. The
medical practice act provides fr re-
organization of the State Board Of
Medical Examiners, which will have
charge Of the issuance of licenses for
all medical practitioners. The board
will be composed of nine members,
appointed by the governor for terms Of
two, four and six years.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
Roads Must Make Crossings Safe.

Roads Must Make Crossings Safe.
Adequate grade crossing protection
within the corporate limits Of Colorado
Springs must be furnished by the four
railroads operating in the city, under
an order issued by the State Public
Utilities Commission. The city brought
a case against the Colorado Midland,
Santa Fe, Denver & Rio Grande, and
Cripple Creek & Colorado Springs rail-
roads as the result of number of ac-
cidents which occurred at grade cross
ings. Besides the installation of gates,
red lights and wig-wags at a number
of the crossings, one crossing will be
eliminated and a subway put in, one
fourth Of the cost being borne by the
city of Colorado Springs. All present
projections in addition to the ones or.
dered must be maintained by the rail.
roads.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
WEED IS MOST UNDESIRABLE
quires knowledge and Perssver-
ance on Part Of Farmer.

A good deal has been said about
weeds and all will agree that they are
most undesirable. No one cares to
grow them In crops and yet they grow,
and that luxur.antly. II unrestrainet.
Keeping ahead Of the weeds requires
perseverance and q correct knowieigs
of tne best way to keep them down.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
Rotary Spadins PIow.

recent patent Of a Sacramento (Cal.)
man. The blades Of this spading plow
are cleared by means of the push rods.
which have scraper plates mounted on
them and are movable over the blades
of the spades. Thus, the plow is made a
self-scouring affair.-Farming Bust.
ness.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
railroads Would Raise Coal Rates.

The Colorado G Southern, the Colo
RADIO Midland and the Santa Fe rail.
roads have petitioned the Colorado
public utilities commission for permis.
sion to raise their rates on coal from
Palisade and the South Canon dis.~icts
to Denver.
Cheyenne record., 1916-12-21
Women May Act as Jurors.

An amendment to the state law
which would permit women to serve
on juries in bootlegging cases has
been suggested as a remedy for the
condition which resulted in Judge Ira
c. Rothgerber having been forced to
dismiss jury in trial in which vio-
lation of the prohibition law was al.
legged.