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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
FARMERS URGED TO PREPARE
chants Association Appeals to
Members of Organization.

In letter addressed to 10000 mem
bers Of the Cotton Merchants asso.
citation President R. R. Ellis calls at
tention to the opportunity presented
at this time to render an incalculable
service to the farmers of the South by
inducing them to plant ample food
crops. Part of his letter follows:
Never in the history of our coun-
try have the citizens of the United
States been confronted with a more Sc
rious' situation than is presented at
this time, and no man living can pre-
dict with the slightest degree of Ger.
tainty what the social, political or
business conditions will be in the next
six months.
Certainly it is up to us all, and
especially to the people of the South,
to prepare ourselves as best we can
for whatever may happen.
IF our individual members will
make it a personal matter and duty
to use their influence to the utmost
limit in urging the farmers to raise
foodstuffs this season to last both man
and beast for full year, they will be
doing a service for their communities
that will be well worth while in put.
ting the South in a strong financial DO.
sition, no matter what may happen, or
what may be the price of cotton next
fall.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

tPrepared by the United States DepartA
ment of Agriculture.)
A southern farmhouse for a small
family is shown on the accompanying
plan, prepared in the Office of public
roads and rural engineering of the de-
partment. The plan was developed
after extensive surveys in the South
to determine the household needs of
families with reference to local agri-
culture. climate, and domestic help.
The aim primarily is to provide: (a)
A cool and convenient kitchen and din
ing room for the housewife; OBJ bed
rooms and living room with the best
exposure; (c) facilities for outdoor
sleeping, and I'D an easily heated
house. cool in summer and yet with
sunny rooms in winter. The materials
selected are those commonly used in
the South. Local builders should have
no difficulty in carrying out the plans.
Description Of Plan.
With the house facing south, the
living room and bedrooms will have
the advantage of the prevailing sum-
mer winds, which, generally through
out the South, are from the south and
southwest. Where the prevailing winds
vary from the usual direction the plan
can be reversed il desired, or the
house so placed that il will have the
proper relation to the summer breezes.
The arrangement of dining room and
kitchen constitutes the chief feature
of the plan. The china closet, opening
into both rooms, saves a great many
steps between the kitchen and the
dining room. The clearing up after
meals can be accomplished with a very
few steps, dishes being passed through
on the wide counter shelf, washed at
the sink, drained, and returned to the
china closet, where they are available
from either side.
The kitchen is small, we'll lighted.
conveniently arranged, and cool, by
reason of the facts that the range is in
a separate room and the windows on
opposite sides permit cross draft.
The distance from the range to the
other fixtures is no greater than in
most farm kitchens; and, if 1t were,
the extra step or two would not Offset
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bush bridge yellow
picn and communicating
trolley and other vehicles machines wild
bridge leading the river highway toward New
At the bridge
halt looked
caused the automobile blankets
found supplied which
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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
IMPORTANCE OF HERD BULL
Easy to See That None but Best Bred
Animals Should Be Used In Build
Ing Up Herd.

So far as calves are concerned the
bull represents half the herd II the
cows are grades and the bull . pure
bred animal descended from a strong
line of parents, he will represent some
thing more than one-half of the herd
because Of the greater power such
well-bred animals have of stamping
their breed characteristics on their of
spring. This being the case, we can
easily see the importance Of getting
none but the best bred bulls.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
Floor Plan.

the marked advantage of GOODNESS Of
the workroom where the greater part
of the kitchen work is done. This is
a matter of considerable moment,
since so many farm wives in the
South are now doing their own house
work.
The cookroom ceiling has a large
opening which permits the heat and
cooking odors to escape through a
ventilator in the gable. Near the stove.
to give light and air, is a double-case-
ment window. A grated opening near
the floor, in the wall between the cook
room and the kitchen closet, draws air
from below the floor and promotes cir
culation from the floor upward and
helps to keep the lower part of the
room cool. In winter, If it is desired
to keep the heat in the house, the door
between the cookroom and kitchen
can be kept open and the ventilator
and grating closed when needed to
carry off odors. The separate and well
ventilated cookroom will insure a din
ing room which is cool and free from
odors.
The fuelroom, filled from outside, is
right at hand, obviating the necessity
of carrying in fuel every day.
The bathroom is readily accessible
from all parts of the house, and can be
used for washing up by the men of the
family coming from barn or fields
without going through other rooms
The closet on the rear gallery is in
tended for boots, rubber coats, etc. AS
this house was designed to meet con-
ditions prevailing in the South, no pro-
vision was made for the washing I'D of
the farm hands. who. as a rule, have
their own quarters.
Heating System.
Instead Of open fireplaces for heat
ing purposes, the drawings for this
house provide for a hot-air furnace
installed in a pit beneath the bath
room. The cost of installation would
not greatly exceed that of the two
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amount in the ime
Very the response, elsewh
About he m reappeared
ha |
telephone
his address.
Why the said Broadway.
You can get me there time"
What arr in? wasask
"Oh,
kid
building
Wall
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
VALUE OF BABC0CK TESTER
Wonderful Factor in Development Of
Dairying in Texas-HeIps Weed
Out Boarders.

(By ]. W. RIDGwAY. College Station.
Texas.)
The Babcock tester has been a
wonderful. factor in the development
of dairying in Texas. 1t has enabled
the dairy farmer to weed out unprofit-
able individuals. 1t has placed the
creameries on a practical buying
basis and has given the colleges a
method Of solving the more important
economic problems of dairying."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
Heating System.
A Few. Good Hens.

1t is probably a fact that the aver
age suburbanite with few fowls in
his back yard makes more than the
farmer with his numerous scrub fowls
and ideal range. Farmers of this
class should learn that a dozen pure
bred hens with good care will yield
far greater profits than several times
this number of scrubs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
To Remove Moisture From Cana.

No matter how good the quality of
your coffee the beverage will not be
up to the standard unless the coffee
can be sweet and clean. / have found
that by dropping lump Of sugar into
the coffee can, after it has been thor
oughly cleaned, and keeping it there
until again used. the sugar may
absorb every trace of moisture in the
can and keep 1t sweet and fresh. OF
course. fresh lump of sugar must be
used each time.-New York Evening
Sun.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
Protect Farm Machinery.

Keep the farm machinery new BY
paint and protection from weather
Have new plows each spring out OF
the old ones. 1t costs little to paint
the farm implements. Ordinary car.
rage paints will serve excellently for
this purpose. They are inexpensive
and can be bought in every town.
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hot
the enthusiastic crowd that lined the saccharne shores
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
Chores ana School Credits.

Schoolmen everywhere are coming
to realize that their duty to their pu-
pills does not begin with the school day
nor end with the school yard. They
have learned that the quality OF q
childs school work and school deport-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

tIIdt tuHIDIeU OH ] dHh ImIHUHS q uCh
and burst.
For fully an hour Miss O'Leary
stuck there, firm as a porous plaster.
while the plot and the molasses both
thickened. Stranded in midsirup. look
ing lust too sweet for anything" Miss
O'Leary got GUNNER and gummier in
her efforts to be loose, while hero after
hero, bound to star in the sweetest
story ever told" stamped in boldly.
one by one and-stuck.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

ment depends. in a large measure, up
on the nature of his home environ
ment; they believe that the child
ought not to be handicapped in his de-
velopment and education by the mis-
fortunes or shortcomings of his pa
rents; and they know that. II the
school Is to accomplish its object, 1t
must. in many instances. supply the
deficiencies and counteract the i'm
proper tendencies Of home training. A
very interesting instance OF the tend
ency to extend the influence OF the
public school is the policy. now In
force in the schools OF Los Angeles, OF
granting school credit for home chores
done under the supervision Of teachers
and parents.-Thomas ]. Davis. In
Countryside Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
The One Thing NeedfuI.

His Wife, don't think the Neu-
rich family dates back very far.
Her Husband-Well. the family tree
is old enough to bear golden fruit. any
way.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

Chinese. For weeks Inspector Wiley.
aided by revenue officers and the local
police. had a net spread about Albany
for Chinese smugglers. The arrests
sent to Jail four Chinese, together with
William Carpenter of Lewiston. Ky,
and Charles Baker of Hamilton, Cana
da. The white men are accused of
trying to smuggle the yellow men into
this country.
Stepping from the Federal build
ing, at Broadway and State street, jus
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

The timber and other lands owned
by the United States are source OF
profit which 10 growing yearly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
Moasses Clues Girl and Rescuers to Street

NEW YORKMiss
Twentyfh
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

The Importation of locked horses
into the Philippines mas been prohib.
tied by law.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

N OHTUGAL, the most recent Ma
- ton to be drawn into the mael-
strom of the European war.
was once a part of the ancient
Roman province of Lusitania, says
a bulletin issued by the National Geo.
graphic society.
With a population scarcely exceed
ing the combined population of New
York city, Jersey City, ami Newark.
and an area in Europe less than the
state of Indiana, Portugal has not
played a major role in the politics Of
continental Europe in many years.
not, in fact. since Wellesley, after
ward the Duke of wellington. land
ed his English forces and, with the
aid Of native troops, defeated Soult
and Massena, Napoleon's marshals. in
the two peninsular campaigns.
But the colonial empire of Portugal
is out of all proportion to the i'm
portance of the home country. In
fact there we're, at the beginning of
the war, only three other countries in
Europe-Great Britain, France, and
Germany-whose flags floated over
more territory beyond the boundaries
Of the home country. The combined
area of the New England and North
Atlantic states would equal less than
-one-fourth of the territory under the
dominion Of the tiny republic occupy
ing the western edge of the Iberian
peninsula, whose navigators in the fif.
teenth and sixteenth century were the
wonders of the world. Yet all this
vast territory is held by 5000 colo
NAL troops. supplemented by native
armies.
Peasants Are Poets.
A curious anomaly is to be found
among the peasants of Portugal, who
are classified as among the most IL.
literate of Western Europe. yet among
the most intelligent. Many of the
farmers-three-fifths of the population
is devoted to agricultural pursuits
have a remarkable gift for versifica.
ton, and many Of the poems of the
country are handed down from gen
Grafton to generation without being
recorded. The peasants also are noted
for their sobriety, and yet the annual
production of wine exceeds rs gallons
for each inhabitant. So great, in fact
is the product of the vineyards that
In the cities the various qualities OF
water are discussed with keener in
terest than the grades of wine.
While Portugal's maritime glory IL
a thing of the past, large number
of Portuguese still follow the sea fol
a livelihood, and the fishing industry
is important. The Portuguese sar
dimes, however, are preserved in Ital
ian olive oil, although one-hfteenth Of
the cultivated area of the nation Ii
given over to olive groves, for the pro
duction of oils of a cheap grade.
The Portuguese peasant woman II
an important bread winner, but she
receives for her days labor of II
hours in the field only q shilling OF
less, while the men get two shillings
One of the profitable and extremely
popular industries" Of the rural pop
ulation is . placid laying in wait fol
tourists who attempt to motor through
the country on the less-freQuented
and often impossible public roads
With an ox-team the peasant waits al
a favorable spot until motorist
travelling on an automobile on which
an import tax of $120 has been col
lected by the Portuguese government
sticks in the mud. To haul out such
an unfortunate is often more profit
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
New Orleans Beauty Wore the Struggled Aigrets

Anew calamity beus pleasure in
IN Of
Orleans
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
Double Cause for Tears.

OOupiC Sduoc toS tSoie'
A favorite limerick is brought to
mind by the following tale from the
Orient:
Timur-lenk, the Tartar invader, was
very ugly and, catching glimpse OF
himself in the mirror, he burst into
tears. The court jester began weeping
also and kept it up long after his mas
ter had stopped.
Timur looked at him in astonish-
ment. 81 wept with reason" he said.
"at beholding my own ugliness-I. the
lord of so many lands. But do not
understand why you should thus de-
spair."
III you, my lord" replied the Jester,
event for two hours after seeing your
self In the mirror for an instant. is 1t
not natural that l. who see you all
day long. should weep longer than
your"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
Sharp Albany Woman Traps Struggled Cinnamon


Albert Wiley Chinese Of the United
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

OIIlcer IN the building Tor maHy years
and knows almost all of the big men
in the financial district by sight.
stepped up to the visitor.
What did you say your name
was?" he asked.
why. don't you know me-" the
man asked in surprise.
Il ought to-" admitted Byron,
"but-"
why, I'm John d. Rockefeller and
l want to draw this small amount
as a matter of convenience"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
Water for the Cow

The cows should have plenty of wa
Ter available at all times IL possible.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
Fertilizer for Meadowa-

II you are short Of fertilizer for the
meadows, try so pounds Of nitrate Of
soda to the acre.
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o a
won't O please"
he
Bounding n
In al he tears,"y ou ma AXE
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23
He Wanted to Draw Out Only Hundred Million

NEW YORKA short heavset dressed the Wal
~ the subreasuy the afternoon
possible specia
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authorities
landlords by both
opportunity to itself
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

Miss Zetta Hawkins. blonde and beau
tiful. who lives with her parents at
1929 Canal street.
The captain bowed and said;
Madame. l regret 1t most intensely.
but I've come for those feathers; they
were struggled"
"Oh, my darling little bonnet;
won't you just let me try it on once
more. officer" the young woman plead
ingly cried.
He consented to her slight request.
Four girl friends came in and they.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

To help physician make close examination of patients
holds his tongue and
mouth with a glass shield
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

a
played striking
Indians
these
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

When a loses his temper singing reort
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-23

Electrical taking from light
French scientist purify the air in by literally
reservoir washing it.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-05
State Library

Attorney General VIM. r. Pattangall
in an opinion rendered Saturday rules
that a church organized and incorpor-
ated purely and simply as church
cannot be regarded as a charitable in
stitution.
The opinion Of the attorney generals
Office was asked by Hon. Irving E. Yer
nor Of Portland. the State bank COM
missioner, who wrote as follows:
will you be kind enough to give us
the opinion Of your department as to
whether an organized church may be
regarded by savings banks as a 'charit-
able institution for the purpose Of de-
termining whether an excess Of $4,000
may be entitled to interest as de-
posit?'
Attorney General Pattangalrs reply
was as follows:
Replying to yours Of recent date, I
do not think that church organized
and incorporated purely and simply as
a church can be regarded as a charit-
able institution. Our statutes and the
decisions of our courts distinguish re-
ligious organizations and in the mean
ing of the banking law. 1 should not
suppose that a church would be regard
ed as charitable institution"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-05
Fish and Game

Curator Thomas a. James, who has
charge of the State of Maine exhibit
at the Exposition at Portland, went
to that city on the early train Satur-
day morning with the balance Of the
exhibit to be taken from here, includ-
ing the wild foxes and a few Of the
fish from the aquarium at the State
museum. The fish included two chubs.
two suckers, two Of the albino SAL
mon, the "old man" cusk, a lanpher
and common eel and eight or 10 Of
the year-old salmon and trout. This
will be, Of course, but small part Of
the exhibit at the Exposition, as it
was not deemed wise to take too
many Of the Ash from the aquarium.
Another lot Of big trout are expect
ed early this week for the aquarium.
Among the recent visitors at the
museum were the following: Miss LII
Ian Cummings, Mrs. Alice Perry, East
Livermore; Mrs. Susie Storer, Mrs.
John E. Mitchell, Mrs. Kate Boyington,
Ruth Mitchell. Eugcnia Mitchell, Nor
Tidgewock.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-05
National Guard

The following members Of the Ma
tional Guard participated in the ex-
animation held Friday at the Senate
chamber for the purpose Of qualifying
candidates who shall be eligible to a
further examination at Boston next
Tuesday in connection with appoint
ments to West Point: Victor w Hesp,
18th Company. c. a. G., kennebunk;
Sewall L. Flagg, Hospital Corps, Wa
terville; Thomas w. OConnor, Hos
pital Corps, Waterville: Carroll A.
Priest, 2nd Company, c. A. c., Port
land; Perley Sampson, Company NJ.
Augusta The last named took phys
ical examination only.
The examinations were conducted by
the State educational department. j..
w. Taylor, agent for secondary schools
presiding. Out Of the candidates who
presented themselves. Governor Cur
tis will select not more than three to
go to Boston to take examination on
Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-05
Agricultural Department

Assistant HortlcultUrist Samuel H.
Eaton Of oxford will go to Norway
Monday to Investigate an infestat.on
of San Jose scale in that vicinity. From
there he Will go to Limington and
Limerick to investigate two infesta-
tions which are more or less serious.
After he gets through there he will
complete the campaign against the
San Jose scale IN the vicinity Of Eliot,
which has already been begun by State
Horticulturist Clyde L. Wilkins. In
his final visit to Eliot Mr.. Eaton will
see that the lime sulphur spray has
been properly applied and that trees
that are infested beyond remedy have
been cut and burned.
State Horticulturist wilkins will
start in Monday upon federal inspec-
ton work at Portland, inspecting a
large quantity of rose bushes and or
namental shrubs from Holland After
the San Jose scale work is completed
State Horticulturist wilkins and Ae-
distant Horticulturist Eaton will start
in upon state nursery inspection work.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-05
SKOWHEGAN NEWS
Officials Rounding up Delinquent Automobile
Owners for Licenses Selectmen Complete
Valuation Census Junior Prom Success
Some Property Transfers Store of Fred Av-
erv Entered and Goods Stol e n-lnterestlng
Town News and Personal Notes

Traction Company's line Friday for the
first time this year.
George W. Larrabee Of Wilton, Maine,
once a member of the Dyer Dry Goods
Company, has been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Dyer this week.
Principal r. w. Leighton Of the
Skowhegan High school is to build a
bungalow this summer on the lot he
recently purchased on Dyer street.
r. F. Washburn has a position with
c. T. Huff in his Photographic studio,
taking the place Of Leslie Grundy who
resigned to take up pastoral work at
North Paris and Greenwood
Gerald Marble, University Of Maine
1917, has a position with the B. F
Sturtevant Company of Hyde Park
Mass, in the drafting Office for the
summer.
Wallace Crooker of Skowhegan has
filed a petition in bankruptcy and the
first meeting of his creditors will be
held at the office of Daniel Lewis, Esq
June Is.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-05
New Corporations

The following corporations have had
their articles of incorporation approV-
ed by the office of the attorney gener-
al Of the State of Maine:
White Cafe Co., Inc, organized June
1 at Biddeford, for the purpose of own
ing and operating places Of amuse-
ments, hotels, cafes, etc, the corpora
ton being located at Old Orchard
Capital stock, $4,000, all common; par
value $40; nothing paid in. President
and treasurer, VIM. L. White; clerk,
Rena G. White: directors, VIM. L.
White, Rena G.. White and Catherine
A. FitzGibbons, all of Old Orchard
Approved June 8.
Hewett Bottling Works, organized
May q at Rockland, for the purpose of
conducting a general mercantile and
real estate business. Capital stock,
$4,000, all common; par value, sloo;
paid in, $1,000. President, Edward l..
HeWett, South ThomaSton; clerk and
treasurer, Parker 7. Fuller, Rock
land: directors, Edward L. Hewett OF
South Thomaston; Parker t. Fuller OF
Rockland and Roscoe l. Hewett OF
South Thomaston. Approved June :.