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The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

The worlds fastest runner will never
race again, if physicians who are at
tending him are correct.
Howard r. Drew, the colored ath-
lete, who holds the worlds record of
9 3-5 seconds for 100 yards and has
equaled the mark of 81 1-5 seconds for
220 yards, is suffering from stroke
Of paralysis ut Los Angeles. His left
side is affected and it was announced
that he may recover partially, but that
the affection Is certain to bar him from
fast competition for the rest of his life.
Drew Is n Springfield, Mass. boy
and 1t was as member of the high
school track team of that city that he
first gained fame. He was on the
American team at the Stockholm
Olympic contests and has retained the
national championship for years.
Drew completed in the Lake Front
Olympic games at Chicago, and defeat
ed the best of the athletes in that
dty.
For the past two years he has made
his home on the coast, competing for
California school. He is married and
has family.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30
AERO.AMER|CAN cULL|NCS


Thomas e. Taylor, secretary of the
colpred mems branch of the Young
Mems Christian association, whose
resignation was rendered some time
ago. will become secretary of the New
York branch, and left August 20
10 tnke up his work there. H. K. De-
Frantz. who has been physical director
OF the cOlOred branch for the last
three years. has been appointed acting
secretary until the position can be
filled permanently, reports the Indian
apolis News,
The branch in New York is in Fif-
ty-third street and the property Is
valued at $4,000. The board of man.
agement recently bought lot In One
Hundred and Thirty-fifth street, and
woEk on $4,000 building will be be-
gun in November.
Mr. TaylOr's resignation has been
deeply regretted by those interested in
the success of the Y. NJ. G. A. branch
here. He came here in 1905 when the
association had its headquarters in
rented property in North California
street. and there were only II mem
hers. Doctor Hummons was president
of the board of management when Mr..
Taylor came here. During the IL
years Mr.. Taylor has been secretary
the membership reached 1000. Mr..
Taylor said he attributes much of the
success of the association to the in
terest of George L. Knox, now presi-
nj thr.u e..-I 30 T.
speaking of the association here three
years ago when the new building was
dedicated. Booker L. Washington said
its work was not surpassed by that of
any like. organization he knew of.
and that 1t was filling one of the
greatest needs in the community life
os the city.
MIR. Taylor said the relations of the
Central Y. M. @. A. and the colored
mems branch always have been friend
~. and that too much cannot be said
of the interest of A. ii. GODDARD, sec
retary. whose advice has always been
available and whose influence has been
exerted in the interest of the colored
work whenever it was needed.
Mr.. IaylOr was born and reared In
London. Canada, and for six years be-
fore coming to this city was letter
cnrrier there. He attended the first
meeting called for boys by the Cen
trai association in London, and held
many responsible positions in the boys
department, later becoming member
of the board of directors.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30
increase In Liquor Shipments.

There were thirty nine. more liquor
shipn ents .nto er during the
month of August than during the
month o. July and the ship ,ents
we're larger in bulk than any previous
month sine pro blton went into eff
feet, according 10 ". S. Lail, deputy
clerk and recorder for the city and
county of Denver. The total ship
ments for August were S.144, against
S,105 for the previous month.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

The annual encyclopedia of Negro
progress issued at Tuskegee contains
a list of towns and settlements in the
United States populated and governed
almost entirely by negroes. Most of
these towns are small. Buxton. Ia,
with 5000 population, 1000 of whom
are whites, being the largest, and
Boley, Okla. the next. 1t will be in
teresting to witness the results of this
experiment.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

the wide employment of electric pocket
lamps by the fighting men of Europe.
According to recent statement in the
Daily Mail, 1t is learned that two Lon
don firms have produced between
them no less than 100000 batteries
during the last year. Prior to the war
only about $4,000 such batteries were
made in the entire United Kingdom.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30
$1,000, 900 VIII Be Reclamation Plea.

Estimates were ma1e at the closing
session of the three-day conference
"a Denver of managers of government
reclamation projects calling for an
expenditure of sS,000.000 on thirty
projects during the fiscal year begin
ming June 80. 1917. Reports made at
the conference showed that there
would be great gain in the dairyiny
and general farming industries in
Colorado following the completion of
the Uncompahgre and Grand Valley
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

Trainmen put off two young men
who had boarded a boxcar at Wealth
erby. Mo. Between that place and
Maysville the train had a wreck and
that particular car was badly smashed.
When the boys later walked into Mays
Vile they hunted up the brakemen and
thanked them for saving their lives.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30
Little Response to Strike Call.

New York.-Labor unions in New
York Wednesday were stending by
contracts they have with employers,
and there was little response to the
call for a general walkout in sympa-
thy with the striking employees of the
traction lines.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

The 1916-1917 NEGRO Yearbook"
estimates that the colored race is now
raising S1,500,000 yearly in this coun-
try for the support of schools-most
OF this probably going to denomina-
tional colleges and academies, but
much being expended in rural dis
tricts upon primary schools. The
Rosenwald fund for building country
schOolhouses, for example, offers con-
tributiOns only to communities which
have themselves raised an equal
amount. For private and higher
schools for the Negro in 1914-15, the
United States, the states and the cit
les spent S703,356. For colored pub
lie schools the 16 former slave states,
the District of Columbia and Okla
homa spent $10,665 900, which is a lit
tie more than one-ninth the amount
expended for white public schools.
Taking all schools and the country as
a whole, to Negro education was given
less than $15,OOO,OOO-as against
nearly $S20,000,0OO spent for education
of the whites. The combined budget
of four or five of our largest universi-
ties would equal the amount spent on
the separate education of our Negro
population The spectacle of a none
too prosperous Negro population CIV
ing (for it large sums ought to in
spire more generosity among the
whites-New York Post.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

Two blind men have started a bas-
kct-making business near Worcester
Mass. They are Axel Carlson and Au-
gust Kellstrom, each of whom lost his
sight two years ago. They are raising
their own willows and have half an
acre now about two feet tall, In the
rear of their little workshop.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

The seven principal engineering so
cieties of Germany have combined into
a new association called the Deut-
scher Vereine. German Association
of Technical Scientific societies).
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

The harbor of Hamburg has been
equipped with floating docks of two
types, which permit them to raise
from the water vessels longer than the
docks themselves.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

An automobile built for the czar can
be converted into motor sleigh by
replacing the front wheels with run
ners and placing chains on the rear
ones.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30
MANY MINES REsuMINo.
Precious Metal Output in 1916 to Beat
Records by 25 Per Cent.

Records by rs Per Cent.
the greatest mining boom in the his
tory of the state, according to M. B.
Tomlin, state mining commissioner.
Mr.. Tomlin has ascertained through
inspection trips over the state and re-
ports from mining centers that Colo
radios metal output for 1916 will be
more than rs per cent larger than in
1915, the greatest in the history of
the state; that new mines are being
located; old mines are being re-
opened; every miner in the state has
work, and there is an unprecedented
demand for labo. at the mines.
Leadville has greater tonnage out
put than ever before and when the
old downtown mines there begin op-
erations the output will be given ad-
ditional impetus.
In Boulder county the production
of gold and silver ore is more than
20 per cent greater than ever before
known and the present output for
1916 has surpassed that of 1915 al
ready.
In Cripple Creek there is not much
fuctuation, the output there being
lbout to capacity always.
Throughout the San Juan district
the Leadville district and all over the
southern part of the state there is
scarcity of miners and common labor
Commissioner Fred Carroll and In
spectOr A. F. MOnyhan report this
true wherever they have been.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

An opening extends through new
rubber hot-water bottle into which
glass bottle can be inserted to keep
the contents of the latter warm.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

Three of the most enthusiastic mo
ton picture fans in Atlanta. Ca. are
sixty-fve years of age and go to the
movies in roller chairs. One of this
trio Is a woman.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

rye audience at the Auditorium on
Wednesday evening. He left Thurs
day for Colorado Springs. where he
spoke in the evening, after address
ing meeting at North Park in the
afternoon
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30
FAIRBANKS IN DENVER
Republican Vice Presidential Candi.
date Addresses Large Crowd
at the Auditorium.

Denver-Charles Warren Fairbanks,
Republican vice presidential candl-
date, arrived here Wednesday after
noon from Omaha and addressed a
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

All the steam railways in New Zea-
land are owned and operated by the
government. There are about 5000
miles of road In operation, and new
lines are under construction.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

Pure food advocates in Japan re-
Gently discovered that much rice was
adulterated with quartz sand to In
crease Its weight.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

The public farewell rendered by
the committee of management of the
colored Y. M. G. A, in the association
rooms, in honor of Thomas e. Taylor.
secretary who left for New York,
where he is. to become head of the
New York branch, was evidence of
the high regard in which Taylor Is
held by the colored citizens. The oc-
casiOn was also a welcome to r, f..
DeFrantz, former physical director,
who is becoming acting secretary of
the work there. DIR. ]. Fl. Ward, for
many years chairman of the member
ship committee, was master of cere-
monies.
number of white and COL
ored citizens participated in the
program, all of whom praised Tay-
lor for his self-sacrificing spirit.
his courage, faith and optimism. The
belief was expressed that few men
could have accomplished what Taylor
had in the II years he has been con-
nected with the colored branch.
q. e. Stacy, state secretary of the
Y. M. G. A. the first speaker on the
program, spoke in the highest terms
of what Taylor had accomplished in
the state, referring to him as pio-
neer in the Y. NJ. G. A. movement
among the colored people of Indiana.
He spoke of the genuine friendship ex-
listing between Taylor and all the
Y. NJ. G. A. workers, how his enthusi-
acsftn nd f.tt 81. IL
ored branch had inspired workers of
the central association and the field
of workers to larger interest in the
success of the colored work.-Indian-
apolis News.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30
Coal output Gains by 1,2ss,1so Ton,


Coal production in Colorado for the
first seven months of 1916 showed an
increase of 1,253,1G0 tons over the
same period in 1915. Figures just
compiled by Mrs. Ada Tibbits. clerk
of the State Coal Mining Department
how the total number of tons mined
from Jan. to Sept. l this year was
G,253,4S1. For August alone the pro
duction was S46,706 tons, an increase
of 113,444 tons over August last year.
The biggest increases for the year
are shown in Las Animas county,
which has produced 2,644.376 tons, an
Increase of S42,246 tons over the first
seven months of last year. and Huer.
fano county. where the mines have
made a gain of 133,24S tons in the
same period. the total production up
to Sept. being 1.057.7O4 tons Other
increases for the seven months are in
Routt county. $3.50; Fremont, 49,
1888; Gunni on. 3G,677; Boulder, 49,
III, and jefferson, 1871. The aver
age number OF men employed in the
mines has been II 935 with | 81 as
the total number of days worked.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

California has several fine sea-level
highways. They skirt the shore of
the Pacific and are built of concrete.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

Apparatus to sterilize air and medi-
cate 1t for the use of invalids has
been invented by a Pittsburgh man.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

Tuberculosis among the miners in
the South African gold fields h,ss been
reduced by the use Of electricity for
light
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

A new trap to be attached to a re-
frigerator drain pipe permits waste
water to flow out, but prevents the en-
trance of warm air or vermin.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

Mrs. Eliza Ward Of Asbury. Nd. has
three sons and seven grandsons in
Company L, the Crlsfleld unit of the
First Maryland regiment.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-30

A large industry in Christiania.
Norway, has leased its idle land mt a
cheap rate to its employees, who will
erect thereon individual suburban
homes of their own.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-05-19
Farm and
Garden
PLAN BACK YARD GARDEN.

A Small Patch Can Supply . Family
With Fresh Vegetables All Season.
Prepared by United States department
OF agricultural
"Plan your back yard garden on pa
per In advance Is the advice Of the
vegetable garden specialists Of the
United States department Of agricul.
ture. A little indoor gardening Of this
sort will enable you to have fresh veg.
etables throughout the season and will
make the same ground. with little ex.
tra labor and expense, yield two or
three crops instead Of the single crop
commonly raised in small gardens.
Where two or three crops are grown
instead Of one comparatively small
garden will supply the average family
with fresh vegetables all season. More
over, such planning in advance will
enable you to get the ground ready in
time for planting and to secure your
seeds and plant them at the dates
which give each variety its best grow.
ing conditions. For example, If you
will thus plan the plot to be devoted
to peas by the time your first crop Is
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-05-19
PLANTING CORN.

The Time to Plant Varies With the
Season and the Locality.
When the ground becomes sufficiently
warm to start the leaves on the deep
rooted trees. like the oak, the walnut
and the Usage orange. it is time to
plant corn. according to c. @. Cunning
ham. assistant in cooperative expert
ments in the Kansas State Agricultural
college.
1.-THE time to plant corn varies with
the season and the locality. The grow
ing season in southern Kansas Is from
two to three weeks earlier than that in
northern Kansas. In the western part
Of the state the altitude is factor in
fluencing the time Of planting. in that
the season is shortened as a result of
the greater elevation.
"Under average conditions there Is a
period Of about three weeks during
which corn may be planted with equal
chances Of success, although some
times. because of peculiar climatic con-
ulIAOuS, very curly VI very tdte pAduI'
ings are best. In the northern and the
northeastern portions of the state
from May to 20 is. on the average.
the best time to plant corn. while in
southern Kansas most of the corn is
planted in the last three weeks Of
April"
The time required to mature the va
riety Of corn grown is factor to be
considered, points out Mr.. Cunning
ham. Early maturing varieties may be
planted comparatively late with good
results. while late maturing ones must
necessarily obtain an early start in or
der to ripen properly. Since the top
soil becomes warm earlier than the
subsoil. the surface planted corn may
be seeded earlier than the listed corn.
A wet soil warns up more slowly
than a comparatively dry one. Corn
consequently can be planted in the
dryer soils earlier than in the wet ones.
For this reason early planting is safer
In western than in eastern Kansas. be-
cause Of the naturally drier condition
Of the soil in the western part Of the
state.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-05-19

harvested the second crop will be in
bearing and the plants Of the third
well advanced.
Next study your garden bulletins or
books on horticulture and the seed cat
alogues to determine what can be
grown In your climate under the con-
ditons Of exposure. soil and drainage
In your back yard. This study may
lead you to plan bitches to improve
drainage. show you that your soil
needs finely sifted ashes to break up
its sticky character or that you must
add rotted manure, dried blood. bone
meal, wood ashes, lime or other fer
tilizers to make it suitable for vege-
tables.
Then comes the consultation with
the family to determine the sorts Of
vegetables the different members like
and which, therefore, they personally
will be interested in raising. Confine
your selections to the standard we'll
tried sorts. Finally, and this is most
important. is the conference between
the garden force and the housewife as
to what vegetables really are worth
Id1SluS Tic OuCA ydIus ~ WILL uuIu'
ly pay to raise in small space pota-
toes. corn. cucumbers, squashes or
melons, which occupy a large area in
proportion to yield and which can be
bought cheaply in nearby markets.
In general the aim Of the back yard
gardener should be to raise those veg
etables which are either expensive or
in which the flavor or quality depends
Importantly on absolute freshness. Peas
and string beans or lima beans. to be
at their best. should be cooked almost
Immediately after they are gathered.
Peas kept even for day lose their
delicate bloom and sweetness. Conse-
quently as much space as possible
should be devoted to such vegetables.
and other vegetable in which fresh
ness does not count so Importantly
should largely be used as filters to
keep the ground at work. Effort also
should be made in a garden to have
special vegetables, such as Okra, of
which the family is fond and which
are difficult to obtain In local markets
or are commonly high priced. The
housewife probably will want little
bed Of parsley. chives or other herbs.
not because they are expensive to buy.
but because Of the convenience Of be-
ing able to pick sprig just when it is
needed
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-05-19
Forcing Frames.

Forcing frames will be found useful
in starting vegetables early in the open
ground. Cabbage. caulitlower. lettuce,
corn, cucumbers. tomatoes. melons. egg
plant and other vegetables can be plant
ed out or seed sown several weeks ear
Tier when protected with frames than
when no protection is afforded. They
are also useful for starting seeds of
Towering plants early in the garden or
for protecting plants set out early.
A frame placed over rhubarb or hardy
plants. either flowers or vegetables. will
hasten maturity considerably. Placed
over bulbs in the spring in small gar
dens, blooms Of greater perfection may
be had much earlier than usual. The
heat Of the sun is trapped. so to speak,
during the day and held overnight. the
frame at the same time protecting the
plants from cold winds and the cold
night air. Small forcing frames can be
purchased of seedsmen and florists or
can be made. They are really minia-
ture hotbed frames
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-05-19
STALKING FARM BOYS.
Bankers and Business Men Of Okiahe.
ma start Youngsters In Hog Raising.

Bankers and Business Men Of Okiahe.
ma Start Youngsters In Hog Raising.
Bankers and business men through
out Oklahoma are starting hundreds
Of farm boys into the hog raising bust
ness by either furnishing a free pig or
lending the money necessary to start
In the business. Although many per-
sons have expressed willingness to
provide certain number Of boys with
foundation stock at no cost. the most
popular plan now seems to be busi-
ness arrangement by which the boy
shares responsibility practically
equivalent to that Of business trans
actions he may enter into later in life.
Three county agents in eastern Okla.
homa recently held a conference and
adopted a contract form to be used in
their counties in the Pig club work.
Following are the terms Of the con.
tract as agreed upon in these three
counties:
That the party Of the first part fur
nishes to the party Of the second part
a registered SOW pig.
That the party Of the second part
agrees to receive the pig above men,
toned, to make all reports required,
feed it, care for it and house it as
directed by the party Of the first part,
provided that all pigs shall be housed
In hog house such as described In
Farmers Bulletin 566, on pages II, u
and Is, or a hog house of its equiva-
lent.
1t Is further agreed that the party
Of the second part shall breed the SOW
when not less than eight months Of
age to a registered sire Of the same
breed.
It is further agreed that the party
of the second part shall keep all breed
ing stock registered.
1t is further agreed that the party
Of the first part reserves the right to
purchase the choicest pig Of the first
litter at from six to ten months Of age
at SIS II INBRED and at $40 II bred, to
be sold in turn to another club mem.
Der.
~ - AOA VuCI 0Sl ECU tudt SAC RuA ~
Of the second part shall sign promis-
sorry note, which shall bear 10 per cent
interest from date until paid, for such
an amount as party of the first part
may have spent for the pig that was
delivered to the party Of the second
part.
It is further agreed that payment Of
above note shall be made on or before
the expiration of one year from time
Of entering this contract and when
same shall have been paid by the par
ty Of the second part that the original
SOW mentioned, together with all Of
her increase. shall become the property
Of the party Of the second part.
It is further agreed that in case the
party Of the second part is unable to
carry out the provisions Of this con-
tract or willfully violates them the pig
with all her increase shall be paid for
at once by the party of the second
part or returned to the party Of the
first part to be delivered to some other
club member. In such case the party
Of the second part ceases to be a club
member.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-05-19

any one to find just what you want in
hurry. If painted dark the numbers
can be marked with chalk and easily
removed or changed If desired. All
drawers have piece of strap for pull.
ing the drawers open.-H. H. In
Farmer.
Setting Bush Fruits.
The extension specialist in fruit
growing Of the New Jersey agricul-
.ural experiment station recommends
that raspberry and blackberry plants
should be set about three feet apart in
the row. Six feet is the minimum dis.
lance between rows. and blackcap
raspberries and blackberries will often
do better if the rows are seven feet
apart. Such strong growing varieties
Of blackberries as Ewing Wonder or
Black Diamond are easier to cultivate
and handle when set at minimum of
four feet apart in the row. Dewber-
ries are usually set with the rows six
feet apart. Currants and gooseberries
should be set four feet apart in the
row. with six feet between rows.
Early planting of bush fruits is very
important. IF the buds and shoots are
broken off after starting the second lot
does not develop Immediately and the
plants therefore do not get a good
start. The blackcap raspberry re-
quires more care in planting than the
red raspberry or blackberry. because
its roots are developed in cluster.
similar to those Of the strawberry. All
plants bearing root gall. most de
structive disease. should be thrown
out.