El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-30

this plant. and there are man
that get their heat by turning Il
Just as in the flats Of an apaN
building. The fuel that runs the
trail plant is wood. which is cut
the neighborhOOd and sells at from
to SIS a cord The plant is a success an1t
il keeps the houses perfectly comfort
able. although the temperate drops
Al times 30 to 80 degrees below zero
The houses outside this heating ar
ranEement are warmed by large stoves
and their fuel is wood. When the rail-
road is completed the people expect 10
have coal Al cost of about s. a ton
Has Attractive Homes
The most picturesque feature OF Fair
banks is the homes Of the people The
residences are chiefly log cabins rang
ing in size from those Of two rooms TO
some of a dozen or more The cabins
are built Of cyprus and birch logs, with
the bark on or off. at the taste Of the
builder. The logs are chinked with
arctic moss. and their corners are
Joined, now in notched snaps now dove
tailed and now with the logs extend
ing out like a doll house built OF corn
cobs Nearly every home has its porch.
roofs extend far out at the front. cover
ing the Longing place Of the family,
during the hot summer days
some of the houses are half log and
half frame Some are rooted with
boards. some with galvanized iron
painted green, and others with poles
covered with earth The latter have
grass and flowers growing upon them
Most Of the houses have cellars. and
all have their walls set deep in the
ground and banked up for warmth
Some are Of bungalow shape. and in
the larger houses there are living
rooms with wide windows artistic7;ly
set They are quite as spacious as our
rooms at home.
Log Cabins With Conservatives.
Many Of the log cabins have couser-
vatOries or hOthOuses. and some have
pretty lawns of green grass with beds
OF beautiful flowers. All have gardens
and nearly everyone has its patch OF
potatoes and turnips Hedges Of sweet
peas. the vines Of which grow TO the
height OF man. may wall one side Of
garden, and great beds Of peoples
line the walks through the center.
Nearly every home has its pansy bed.
and many have geraniums. nasturtiums
and other brilliant hued flowers
Rivalry Among Gardeners.
Most Of the people Of this cold part
Of the world are dollhouse gardeners.
and there is a strife between families
as to which shall have the best and
earliest vegetables. 1 called upon q
woman last night who showed me one
of her dollhouse tomatoes. Weighing
three pounds and a cauliflOwer from
her garden whose head was as big
around as the largest dinner plate. She
had lettuce as fine as any raised i'm the
south. and rows Of peas six feet in
height with pods as big around as
mans thumb. This woman has the
earliest potatoes in Fairbanks She
cold me how she raised them. said
she
Il start my potatoes in the Kitchen
week or so before the frost goes OUT
oft the ground I take a store box and
put layer OF earth on the bottom
then a layer OF potatoes cut as for
planting, and over that another LAYER o
earth TO the depth Of three inches. Then
comes another layer Of potatoes and
another Of, earth and so on until the
box is full The potatoes sprout and
grow roots At the time for planting
separate them carefully and put them
out in the garden The vines keen
green all summer long. and the frost
comes before they are dead our peas
keep bearing until the first frost. and
our sweet peas bloom until then Phu-
barb and horse radish only live
r. T. rtslls-ilout ltse- winter
Freezes chickens For the Winter.
Leaving the garden. / went 10 the
chicken yard As We looked az the
fowls the woman said: Il expect 10
freeze 20 chickens for the winter. ana
shall have 20 or 90 10 put out 10 board.
They VIII cost me a dollar apiece from
october until spring. The 20 I keep
VIII be killed scalded and picked.
VIII then lay them outside. and within
a night they will freeze as hard as a
stone and keep until April As a re-
suit, / shall have fresh chicken on tap
at any time in the winter. They are nor
bad I assure you