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Evening star., 1916-08-13
WOULD END BRIDGE TOLLS.
Joint Commission May Buy Two
Delaware River Spans.

A joint commission, formed for the pur-
pose of abolishinS toll bridges in Penn
sylvaria and New Jersey, met recently in
Harrisburg. Sixteen bridges that charge
toll span the Delaware. An effort will be
made by the commission to buy two of
these with the 100000 appropriated by
the two states for this purpose.
The organization of the commission is
as follows: Gov. Brumbaugh of Penn
sylvania. chairman; J. A. Campbell Of
Darnelle, New Jersey, secretary.
1t is expected that the work Of the
commission will be completed before the
end of this year
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to the farmer daily in the form OF time
money and effort saved.
Travel Quick, Safe and Easy.

Concrete roads are country boulevards
They benefit a community in making
travel quick, safe, easy, clean and COM
Portable. They extend neighborhood
limits, bring more people into personal
touch with each other. increase social op-
portunities and thereby remove the mo-
notony of isolation; bring greater con-
tent to the youth on the farm. make city
and country near neighbors and increase
school attendance, thus cultivating a de-
sire for a broader knowledge and higher
standards of living
Concrete roads make daily rural mail
delivery fact, every home unit in the
community is put on the news wire with
the political, financial. industrial and
trading centers of the earth. The best
thought of the world in every line OF
human effort and human achievement Is
transmitted overnight to the breakfast
table of the community served by net
work of concrete roads. concrete road
saves more than it costs. 1t Is open to
maximum traffic all the year round. II
brings greater freedom and ease of move
mcnt in travel and transportation and
permanently increases land values.
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Auto Routes Are Marked.

Finding ones way along an unknown
road with the help of map or touring
guide is very much easier than the old
fashioned method of asking for guild
ance at farmhouses every few mites
But it is not so easy as following a
well marked route. and the Massachu
setts highway commission has accord
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ingly marked number of the leading
through routes in that state by paint
ing bands on the poles and bridges
along the way. even through the cities.
Blue bands with white borders are used
for routes running north and south. red
bands for east and west routes ard.
yellow bands for the others.
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Mitchell Deliveries.

Among the recent purchasers OF
Mitchell cars during the past week
were the following: Thomas +. Murray.
Henry T. Onterdinger. IL q. Machen.
Lena s. Phillips and L. +. Sanford.
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with the large polka dotted wells.
Elderly women who like the soft bon
nets instead of hats will find the new
pongee bonnets. with the soft. flaring
ruffle aroma the face. becoming and n
little more dressy than the stiff silk
band usually used.
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Cadillac Eight Sales.

An eight-cylinder Cadillac roadster
was purchased last week by Miss NJ. c.
Dove. and seven-passenger touring cars
by w. II. Harrison. w. J. ODonnell and
Dr. f. II. MertZ.
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line and discharging the water into q,
road cuIvert at a point where it will
drain away. This condition also em-
phasizes Sthe necessity of keeping all
the road culverts open and ready to
carry water"
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A Chandler Purchaser.

A seven-passenger Chandler touring
car was purchased and delivered last
week to Frank Wagner of this city.
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Sport hats are shown in a bewilder-
ing variety of materials to suit all
tastes, but the more exclusive designs
are the little tucked or stitched hats to
match the sweaters, or the wide-br;m-
med soft felt hats in solid coiors. Black
sailors are also popular and are worn
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Letters to the number of a,5ss.47s.
forming 1858 words. 31.737 verses.
1.18s chapters and sixty-six books
mako up the Bible. :,
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Two Paige Deliveries,

During the past week 6-46 seven
passenger Paige touring cars were de-
liyered to J. NJ Stein and ]. 8. Gruver.
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A Sun Car Purchaser.

touring cars was delivered a few days
ago to Edward Yeager.
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FOR THE MoToRIsT.

Goggles made in one piece with
nose hinge seem to be well liked. They
have the finest quality of yellow pebble
glass and are set in tortoise she'll
frames. They are concave enough to
protect the eye on all sides.
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with black satin 1t is in one of the
very full French models with three
quarters-lcngth front and back. with
deep pointed sides.
Many men are adopting the palm
beach suits for touring and camping
wear They are cool and no dust coat
is required over them. They are in
gray, tan or olive green. Some of the
suits made to order are designed in the
smock model instead of the familiar
norfolk style.
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Passengers who are called upon to
ride beside the chauffeur in touring
will find the new permanent foot rests
great comfort. The rests are covered
with the same material that the rug is
made of.
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HANDLE SWEET CORN FODDER
Care Must Be Exercised That Rough
age Does Not Heat and Sour
OF High Feeding Value.

Farmers who raise sugar corn either
for the market or for canning factories
will do well to take special care of
their fodder. 1t makes remarkably
good roughage feed for winter and is
more easily kept free from rot and
mold than other fodder. Stock will
clean up this ration, butts and all. The
sugar which it contains makes 1t both
heating and fattening. Then. too, when
the crop is harvested for factory use
there is left on the stalks large nsIfl-
Der of immature ears which as RUE
ripen, thus adding to the feeding value
of the fodder Mature sweet corn is
not much, If any inferior to field corn
for feeding.
Sweet corn fodder is not so rank and
heavy as that of Indian corn and there
fore not quite so much difficulty is
experienced in keeping it in good con-
dition. Still, it must be handled care
fully to give the best results. Like
other fodder it will heat and sour
when stored tightly under cover but
1t lends itself advantageOusly to being
put up in the round stack similar to
the method pursued in preserving fod-
der in the South. In such cases it is
stacked about center pole. Special
care Is taken to make the center of
the stack solid and compact. If 1t
settles it will, of course, more easily
take water. Recapping the top of the
stack few weeks after it is built will
help to overcome this. If care is used
in building the round stack 1t will
turn out fodder in winter which will
be clean and sweet and of high feed
ing value. The round stack for this
crop Is likely to do better than the rec
tangular rick, as it will bear up better
under the elements.
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..l,,f,,,. wandered 1 made uut in the dimness of
the organ loft the figure of tiny woman. She
WAS leaning forward and 1 could tell by her alert
watchfuness that she, too, was waiting WIN me
and the quiet church for breaking of the silence.
'The seats about us were filled now with Off
GERS and their families. The midshipmen OF the
choir sat motioness in the chancel Zinmer-
man, the band master, slid silently along the
organ bench. There WIS turning of heads an
instant's heavy pause and then the quick. sharp
crash of marching on stone, an thrush or
sweet air through the open doors, short, high
commands. and TO the triumph Of Onward, Chris
tian Soldiers in they marched youth and lie
ambition and hope, courage and discipline
81 had thought to see them through the eyes
of a girl. for was only twenty-five, but the
blurred sight of those 900 shining young heads.
the straight. strong bodies in all their bravery
of full dress uniforms, the knowledge that dlsci-
pine had marched them to church when most OF
them wanted to he free and out of doors, wakened
in me n sense of them / have never since lost
They needed n home and mother, and but few
of them realized how the iron arm of the navy
department would separate them from both
You'll understand presently but first let me take
you of the quiet chapel into the earnest busi-
of Sunday liberty.
THE broad shallow steps mnssed with uni
forms crowding up to meet the frocks and flowers
coming down and far out under the splendid
trees and along Love lane the midshipmen wait to
be Joined by friends family. All too many
hnve neither living near enough to come to them,
and these stand in groups off toward
Bancroft hall. which is quarters for the entire
brigade. There goes my little lady of the organ
loft completely swamped by 20 or more young
giants and come hurrying toward her along
Chapel walk l do not remember seeing in all
my life so happy face as hers
1.-THE gay picture breaks up, the people scatter
and presently the streets of Annapolis are
thronged with hurrying, lettering, laughing
Youths all moving dinnerward. 1t is n pathetic
thing in Its very joyousness, these young men
children trying to make the most of few short
hours of liberty. Many homes are thrown open
to them on liberty days, both out in town and
among the officers, but comparatively few boys
are reached in this way.
Annapolis has Y. NJ. G. A.. no club, no place
of amusement place of any kind where free
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FUNCTION OF CORN SUCKERS
Seem to Perform Useful Office in Abb
sorbing Nutritive Elements for
Benefit of Ear.

Many farmers are possessed with
the idea that the suckers or enrless
stalks which grow from an ear bear
ing stalk of corn are a hindrance to
the best growth of the latter, and valu-
able hours are sometimes spent in re-
moving them. But, according to Wal
lace's Farmer, actual experiments dur
ing two successive years on Nebraska
farms demonstrated that corn with
the suckers left undisturbed outyield-
ed that from which the suckers had
been removed. Their leaves, like the
others, would seem to perform a use
full office in absorbing nutritive ele-
ments from the atmosphere for the
benefit of the ear on the main stalk.
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slaughtered in November and Decem-
ber would pay profitable returns if fed
few months longer.
In steer-feeding experiments to de-
termine the effect of heavy and light
feeding it was found that the daily
rate of gain was considerably high
er and the greater profit was real
lied from the lighted lots. Grain was
profitably replaced by molasses when
used in only limited amount. Mo-
lasses appeared to have a more bene-
fetal effect when fed to good stocker
than to good butcher cattle getting the
same amount of grain. Molasses
showed profit over II full-grain ra-
ton.
Eight steers fed 40 days and given
freedom in box stalls made gain of
$5G17 as compared with 1923 from
eight steers tied. In comparison of
corn silage and dry corn for fodder as
roughage for fattening steers fed five
months, the former made an average
daily gain per steer of 1.S6 pounds, the
latter of 10 pounds. Four lots of
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proaches me- .,,,, can't talk to that there
,a,,,. 49, ,aJn orders She sets there ana WHITES
and there amt no one to disturb ,., ne ,,r lady
m.;ut, 7 began. Friend dog ptrheu, my -
looked across Mt us. ana cou'u ., ta called ont
".Did YOU want to speak TO me se ,, .ho
..t,,ary wan wants to speak to err saiu the
departing and disguised Jimmy iess. ,ao-
1--WE were friends before had sat Gown uiiueI
her tree, and, would you believe !Ii,sa r and Ned
nil my life because she wrote DENSE anu ~
roodIas, in St Nicholas, and think that make,
her partly belong to me.
"'Have you any children l asked.
"Yes my dear she replied crispiy, one uausn
ter and about 900 sons in uniform.
$50 here was the mother of mdsmpmeh'
,inv alert figure, young eyes, face lined by years
of physical pain and the heart and soul OF her
in every tone of voice and expression OF her
screwed-up forehead.
.sThnt was the beginning. Since then, all down
the years have been Gabrielle Jacksons honored
friend and watched her work for her boys against
the odds of delicate health, constant physicai
suffering and slender means. Her little sitting
room in Carval hall, dubbed Sky parlor In its
carly days. is the meeting place for all her sons
plebes and irst-cass men alike. There are no
rates" there, and all she asks is that they shaii
come TO her and let her be their little mother.
There is an open fire to stoke. big chairs, q
tea table to mess with warmth OF love no
boy should ever miss, matter how good for him
the discipline all through the week may be- Mid.
shipmen of the first class have only 20 hours of
liberty in n whole week and plebe but five and
n half What wonder that they long for n home
place in which to spend the precious hours
"For nine years Sky parlor has been home to
all who wish to come with or without introduc-
ton or invitation, and only three times has Mrs.
Jackson been forced to say Son, am sorry, but
remember the open sesame to Sky parlor must
be clean living and high standards, and having
forgotten this l think, for the sake of those who
have not forgotten, it would be wiser for you to
give up your visits here
"Commandant and officers are glad of her CO.
operation, for discipline and drills, strict orders
and hard work may turn out many fine officer.
but It does not always reach and help naturally
fine but hiEh-strung nature.
"This is Gabrielle Jacksons work"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-10-13
PHYSIC FOR ALFALFA BL0AT
Successful Stockman Has Used Sal
Hepatica for Several Years With
Much Satisfaction.

Why not try a physic for cattle
shich bloat on alfalfa? A success
full stockman has tried sal hepatica
satisfactorily for several years. A
dose of two tablespoonfuls is given in
pint of warm water rs soon as the
bloat is discovered, and it gives relief
in few minutes. This looks like an
honest effort TO mitigate the great evil
of bloat and is well worth a trial, for
all dairymen have lost valuable cat
tie from this complaint. which may
have its origin in dyspepsia or indi-
gestion; but all require at least tempo
rary relief to first save the COW and
then cure her.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-10-13

.e uepar rtmeht OF mathematics and / set valiantly
10 WORK TO make our quarters at least habItable.
government furniture has an exasperatng way of
representing the combined tastes of long line
Of former occupants
we were assigned to top floor fiat in Colds
Doroueh row, the one where Admiral Theodore
Forters daughter wrote her with da-
ulohu on II window pane when she was child
and he but lieutenant Admiral Benson nur
present chief of operations lived in the same fiat
ana dohbtIess endured remnants of the same fur
nture when he was an ensign. The midshipmen
called the old place the COrrals and sometimes
the lncubators-young devils The whole row
Is gone now to make way for a green lawn. but
Its memories Will go out only with the last of the
souls who peopled the shabby rooms
81 think It must be this succession of people
facing at different times the same problems and
difficulties, stepping actually into each others
footsteps in work and play which gives us that
splendid spirit of the service the warm brother
hood of thought and action that outsider may
really understand 1t begins with the plebe class
in the academy and goes on down mans life till
he is struck off the list forever and Its warmth is
his chdren's heritage. 1t is the unspoken gene
rosty of the upper-cass men at the academy TO
lend n hand to youngsters (third-class men) or
plebe alike. 1t begins in discipline and ends in
Justice.
at Is the cooperation of officer with men. 1t
stands behind guns and sweats in the stokers
hell II Is the chap who stays aboard to tnlie
another fellows duty that some waiting wife
may be happy, some child discover that the pho
tOgrann ne Is UNEnl 10 chll lltneT lSn l JuSl II
makebelicvc 1t is, more than any other one
thing, fleet efficiency. Its steady, unchanging
Istence is the armament against which politicians
errors break like froth. It is safeguard for
protection and against militarism.
MY father had never let visit the naval
academy as girl for fear l might marry naval
officer, so l looked forward to meeting my first
midshipman with curious bareback of youth,
almost as If I were TO them through the eyes
of girl | had determined when we went TO
duty at the academy to have a home place for
the boys who were not invited out very much.
NV husband told me once long years ago, when
had gone all the way from Boston to Gibraltar
TO be with him for four days. that no one had
ever asked him out to single meal at the time
he was at the academy
"I never forgot that little confidence or the look
in his eyes and when picked my first mdship
man to invite to quarters it was because he
said Yes ma'am' to me and didn't know what to
do with his hands.
''The Sunday after s. reported we went to
chanel in the academy. We were seated well
back and In the shadow of one of the side bal
conIes 1t was Infinitely quiet there, the very
light held n quality of silence and the rows and
rows of empty pews beneath the splendid dome
seemed to be waiting tensely with me for some
expected sound.
aI looked up into the rapidly flling balconies.
So many girls. so young and eager, men ana
women, town folk and visitors Then as my
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ASZZL LE22Y A.alZL

in the grounds navy In efnDrso hieh' 10
heels pulls down Its dress jacket and is geherahy
uncomfortable. -.
bright and early of a Monday morning. nat
less and happy, l went exploring. oomelinhs
Io,alv always happens to me when explore. I've
nroyed it from Hongkong to the Bahamas anu
back to New York. A.,
"E'irst of all l inspected the quarters OIL the
ranking officers. Some day II my heuteiiuht
,,as tho exoIted rank of commander we might
live in one of these houses. l sat on the
bench sacred to hrst-class men, where my nus
hand had been as n boy of nineteen. saZeu
upon the academic building where at thae ,iol.en @ ~
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-10-13
FROM STEERS
Results Secured From Various
Breeds and Types.
Lioht-Fed Lots Make Considerably
Higher Gain and Greater Returns
Grain ProfitsbIy Replaced
by Moiasses.

At the Canada experiment farms,
according to n report received recently
by the department of agricnlture,
steers of various breeds and TYPES
were fed from so to 100 days, lit be-
ing found that steers fed quickly gave
good margin of profit, that the Hairy
type of feeder may be profitably fin
ished in from three to five months,
according to age, and that many steers
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Feeding Young Steers.

steers Sad 40 days, lot l receiving
oat straw, mixed hay, oats and barley,
fed outside; lot the same as lot l,
but fed inside; lot 3 the same as lot
l with the addition of silage, and lot
fed mixed hay, silage, roots and grain
(hran, peas, oats and barley, fed in
side. made average daily gains per
head of 195, 1.93, 2.4T and 80 pounds,
respectively.
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KEEP FARM FACTORIES BUSY
Cows Make Cream Out of Grass
Hens Utilize Waste.

Keep all the factories you can afford
running day and night. Hogs will turn
weeds and waste grain into pork; cows
will transform grass and other rough
ness into cream, and poultry will man
ufacture eggs out of much that would
otherwise go to waste.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-10-13

ILL.,, in Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The gate was fitted into place in the
ordinary way, the ground in front of it
was smoothed and leveled to give
good bearing surface for the wheel,
which was taken from an old wheel
barrow. 1t was fixed to the lower
corner of the gate with sheet-metal
straps, bolted through the boards.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-10-13
THERE is PROFIT IN CALVES
Have Rouehage Going to Waste
They Are Money Makers.

Don't sell the young calf for some
one else to feed and grow 1t into
money while you have roughage going
to waste.
Better by far buy up the calves that
others offer even If you do pay few
dollars more than they are worth. They
will soon be worth all you paid and
more.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-10-13
SHEEP ARE MUCH NEGLECTED.
Many Farms Where They Have
Not Been Encouraged.

Sheep would be source of profit on
many farms where they have not been
given attention. They are close-graZ-
ing animals and as such will thrive on
short grass and rough land where 9th
er animals would find it difficult to
live. Why not get a few sheep and
give them a chance on your farm?
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-10-13
BEARING WHEEL FOR A GATE
Wheel Arranged So That Weight Is
Carried on the Ground Instead
of on the Hinges.

Fitting n wheel to the lower edge of
a gate so that the weight is carried on
the ground instead of on the hinges,
rs shown in the sketch, will prevent
the breaking of the hinges as well rs
jarring the supports out of plumb,
writes Arthur Anderson of Batavia,
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dom from routine discipline
may be had openly and In or
der and with the sanction OF
the authorities. Carvel hall,
the one possible hotel, the
Peggy Stewart inn and n few
boarding houses must be the
meeting place for friends and
family, and perched on
chair arms, overfiowing Into
halls and onto stairs. lining
balconies and filling benches
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Love lane and watcneu sec
tIon after section march by
to recitation and thanked my
Maker l did not have TO
study what they did.
"a nice yellow dog joined
me. and we wandered of to
look at the old statue OF Ie-
cumseh, god of two-five, OF
passing mark, who must De
kissed by all plebes II they
hone to get through the ncau-
cmy, There was a Hight OF
stone steps leading over 'he
terrace to the tennis courts
haIow. Dog and l went
down and there under the
single great willow tree SAT
my very tiny lady OF the
organ loft. A watchman ap-
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"THE FARMERS INCOME"

A little pamphlet has recently
been issued by the government,
entitled, "The Farmers Income
In this bulletin it is shown that
the average farmer has an an
nual income of 5000. The street
railway man has an income OF
S674. The ordinary factory
worker has an income of S46o.
1t is also stated in the 5000 In
come from each farm only 5000
of it is in cash. The S40O is rep
resented in milk, pam, veGeta-
bles, etc, obtained from the
farm. There is an opportunity
for the farmers to have a much
larger income than 5000 cash.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-10-13

Spiit anu swing OF
the service back of
us and through the
eyes of the boys
who nre among the
least appreciated of
ur tional re-
sources but who
constitute the back
bone of our poten-
tial preparedness ;
for preparedness is
not TO bring on war.
not TO preserve the
peace; II is for the
purpose of giving
the country n reson-
able surety of sue
cess in war.
Our first shore
duty was at the
naval academy. My
husband. then n lieu
tenant, reported I'm
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cheney of the fleet, but whose lives and traditions
are less understood by the people than almost
any group of men in the country" Thus writes
M. Keton in the New York Sun. She continues:
The American people unrepresented be-
fore congress by the brains they taxed to
train and upon which they must rely to protect
the national honor
Come with through the Maryland avenue
gate OF the academy, past the midshpmen of the
guard and let us look out at the world with the
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-10-13

HERE is no more important unit of
preparedness for our national de-
fense than the United States Naval
academy. The American people
are today making no better invest
ment for the future, come peace or
war, than in the education and
training of the men whose profess
sional ability and personal integrity
we must one day trust for the efii-