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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

trees bordering the road should be uni
form in size and shape and placed In
row parallel to the boundary fences.
A space Of 40 or SO feet should be left
between trees.
In the towns 1t is better to grow a
certain variety Of tree the full length
Of street. 1t gives formal appear
ance and makes the street more at
tractive. Other streets should be lined
with other varieties Of trees. In this
way an insect pest will not destroy at
one time the shade trees Of the entire
town.
Instead of placing irregularly
shaped punches Of shrubbery all over
the front yard and along the walks,
Professor Scott believes that the best
showing can be secured by massing
the shrubbery around the house or by
using it to break square corners in the
walk Shrubbery should be used to
fill in the corners at the end of the
porch, as a banking to hide the
foundation wall, or to fill In the curves
of the walk.
This belief is shared by all promin-
emit authorities on this subject. The
following Is quoted from D. IeCSAl III
cular issued by the University of 1lli-
OILS and written by Mr.. Wilhelm Miller:
mo money that you can invest IN
planting will add so much to the SAL
ability of your property as money
spent to hide the foundations Of your
house. People commonly plant flow
ers against foundations, but flowers
die down in winter and consequently
for half the year they cannot hide the
foundations. Even at their best, flow
ers are too weak to harmonic house
with Nature. 1t takes shrubs and
permanent vines to do that. And 1t
IS bic thing to accomplish, for a
house without foundation planting
cannot possibly look at home amid
its surroundings; it looks bare, ugly,
uEcomforta BILE. The shrubs must not
grow 50 high as to interfere with the
windows, and they must be compact.
not sprawling or leggy; for this is
the one place on the farm where
something like dress parade is de-
sirable."
The costliest and least satisfactory
way to make your home look differ
emit" is to load the house with orna-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

A neat, we'll planned front yard
gives a cosy appearance to a home. IT
is important that the trees be Well
arranged within the yard. They
should be placed where they Will not
obstruct the view from the house to
the road or shut out the necessary
sunlight.
TO secure the best effect, fast grow
ing or temporary trees may alternate
with the long-lived trees. The trees
should never be planted closer than
16 or IS feet apart. Temporary trees
will grow up quickly and give the
much desired shade while the slower
trees are developing. When the per-
manent trees begin to fill in the va
cant spaces, the temporary ones can
be cut down, making room for the
full development of the permanent
foliage trees. But quick-growers are
nearly always a bad bargin; they are
soft-wooded, and therefore easily
broken by storms, after which they
fall an easy prey to insects and dis
eases. Quick-growers are the cheapest
at the start, but the dearest In the
end, because they cost more to main
tain. Just when you need them most
they fail you, and the cost Of cutting
down big trees is very heavy The pin,
the red, and the scarlet oaks will
overtake most Of these quick-growers
in twenty years, and they will last for
centuries after the quick-growers are
dead. Temporary trees get less val
liable every year after they reach
good size, while permanent trees grow
more valuable. If you want the
greatest increase of value for your
property, plant permanent trees.
Quick growers often kill sales Of prop
erty because prospective purchasers
are getting to hate temporary trees.
In Cleveland, it is against the law to
plant poplars. Try to solve your
shade problem without quick-growers,
Planting trees too closely gives rise
to irregularly shaped trees. Often,
moreover as a result of too much
shade, the grass on the lawn Is de-
stroyed.
Fruit or nut bearing trees should
never be planted in the front yard, for
the fruit or nuts from these trees litter
up the lawn. Professor Scott of Kan
sas thinks that Cor the best effect the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

But this il like gingerbread ornam en-
tation and fashy paint on a house-all
Tor show. and without any appro-
priateness to the country. The better
way is to keep the center Of the lawn
open. Moreover. the open lawn costs
less to maintain. since you can NOW It
by horsepower, or, at any rate, with
out forever lodging around trees and
bushes. The most artistic things are
those which cost the least to maintain
in the long run.
The worst bargain you can make IL
to get cheap" lawn, for It means
yearly worry and expense. It Is q
popular falacy that the cheapest way
to cover ground Is to SOW 1t with
grass. Shrubs will cover the same
area at less cost In the long run, since
they are cheaper to maintain. The
only true economy in lawn making Is
to spare no expense In blowing, pre-
pairing. and feeding the soil once for
all at the start, instead Of spending a
lot OF money every year of your life
for fertilizers and weed killers. The
making of lawn is usually the most
expensive item Of ornamental planting,
but If it is we'll done it gives the deep
est satisfaction Of all, for nothing else
does so much to make a farmhouse
look happy. The lawn Is the canvas
on which the home picture is
painted. You can get free bulletin
on lawns by writing to the United
States Department Of Agriculture,
Washington, D. c., for Farmers Bulle-
tin No. 1876.
Arrange to plant the boundaries Of
your farmstead in such way that the
same trees and shrubs will do four
jobs: First, provide windbreaks; Sec
ond, screen unsightly objects; third,
frame the views from porch and liv-
ing-room; fourth provide year-round
interest and beauty. If so, your prop
erty will increase yearly in value far
more than If you merely plant a
hedge.
Illustrations in this article published by
courtesy of Landscape Extension Division OF
University of Illinois.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

One place will have Virginia ~creeper,
trumpet honeysuckle, and bittersweet.
The next place will have wild grape,
wild clematis, and Illinois rose. Both
will be beautiful the year round. and
neither need cost cent because you
can dig the plants from the open.
While you are. waiting for the per-
manent vines to grow, you can cover
your porch the first year. without
spending a cent by sowing seeds OF
wild cucumber vine or collecting seeds
of morning glory in regions where 1t
runs wild. In the garden cities OF
England, such as Bournville and
Letchworth, which are the most beau
tiful of their kind in the world. many
thousands Of dollars have been saved
by building very plain houses, and
providing different sets of vines for
every house.
And there is one evergreen vine that
ought to be planted on every brick and
stone house in America where English
ivy is not hardy. This is the evergreen
bittersweet-not the common climb
ing anonymous (Euonymus radicans),
for that has faint Of variegat1on,
but the round-leaved variety, which
the nurserymen call vegetus. 1t is
free from the weakness and nuisance
of producing white leaves. and years
before the ordinary type 1t bears red
fruits about the size of holly berries,
which are brilliant all winter.
1t is a fundamental principle Of
landscape gardening that the open
lawn, with shrubbery grouped at the
sides, is more valuable than lawn
peppered with plants. even If they are
rare and costly. There is no doubt
that you can make every dollar stand
on edge and scream louder If you
scatter plants over your lawn, but you
can not make beautiful home picture
in that way. The gaudy style Of plant
ing which will always appeal strongly
to a beginner until the crack of doom,
is to scatter over the lawn foreign and
artificial kinds Of trees and shrubs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08
COVERED PAIL AIDS in SANITARY MILK PRODUCTION

and In Europe. One of the simplest
and most practical Of these is a milk
ing pail with q cover which reduces
the area of the surface exposed during
the milking. In order to test the
efficiency OF such pail for keeping
out dirt that would fall into an open
pail, experiments were carried on at
the Connecticut Experiment Station
which resulted in the following: The
amount Of dirt In the milk from tho
covered pail was only 81 per cent OF
that in the open pail. BY the use OF
the covered pail an average OF 20 Fer
cent of the total number Of bacteria
and Al per cent of the producing
bacteria were excluded from the fresh
milk rs
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08
BY w. A. STOCKING, Jr.

milk with both filth and the, bacteria
of the dirt. 1t is necessary, therefor,
to secure some means whereby the dirt
can be originally excluded. '=
It has been found that II the stables
are we'll cleaned and ventilated and
exposed to sunlight, If the cows are
kept well brushed and cleaned; If, just
before milking, the parts of the COW
Immediately above and around the
pail are washed or wiped with damp
cloth, and If the mixer is clean, wears
clean clothes and uses sterile utensils,
the quantities Of dirt and bacteria
which get into the milk are greatly
reduced. ID
A number Of devices for excluding
the dirt have been tried in this country
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

carpenters level to set the outside
form. The inside shape Is given by
a core made by lacking together two
boards along one edge. Bevel these
boards at the joint. SO as to give a
round shape to the bottom Of the
finished trough. Make the top edge
of the trough at least three inches
thick.
|, One method of building hog
trough requires an outer form only.
Mix the concrete dry enough that it
may be tamped against the side Of the
form into the shape desired. Paint
the inside at once with cement and
water mixed to the stiffness of cream.
Use 2-foot lengths Of 1-inch gas pipe
across the trough, to keep the hogs
out of it. For holding the pipe in
position, set " Inch bolts in pairs,
heads down, In the soft concrete so
that the pipes will fit between them
and can be held firm by a strap iron
over the bolts. For this purpose
choose " Inch bolts of sufficient
length to extend inches into the con-
crete. Space the cross pipe IL to 16
inches apart.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08
WORK WITH THE BEES.

The duty of the beekeeper in IL >
spring Is to get plenty Of bees in tin, ;
for the honey flow If this Is no:
done his work Is failure. The popu
lation of the colony ID reduced during
the winter, especially where winter
ing conditions are not the best, anu
this must be corrected If the colony
is to get the full honey crop. 1t -
poor beekeeping to have weak col
onies at the beginning of the honey
fow from which the surplus crop IS
obtained. r.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08
Concrete Troughs for
Hogs

Watering and feeding troughs for
hogs are, as rule, merely long, shall
low concrete blocks, followed out to a
V-shape or U-shape.
The outside form Is a heavy box
with vertical sides and ends. To get
the full capacity of a trough, use a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

Just because man is rich Is no
reason why he Is not a good man.
Poverty and good citizenship do not
always trot in double harness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

II is we'll to close down the hotbed
sash early in the afternoon, SO that all
the heat possible may be retained for
the night. II mats are used. they
should 20 on early.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

Don't begin to milk cow with a
wet tail until you have tied 1t.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

Trees Will Make Your Place More
Salable.
This house cost no more than the one shown
below and was better in some important ways,
but it had no trees in the yard. We wanted
our children to have shady playground before
they grew UP. So
look just like every beginners in every
city the world over. The best way to
put personality and brilliancy and
color into home grounds is to have a
different set Of vines for every house.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

It is hopeless to advise dairy farm /,
ers who are opposed to silos, dairy
papers and things that cost q little
time and money.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

Poverty makes some men great. and
wealth makes monsters Of others.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

Are you content to live in this way? Or do
you want permanent country home? Do you
wish to become Wall Street milionaires and
live the feversh life of big, artificial city!
Or do you think that the finest way to hive is to
have permanent country homer
mentation. The next poorest bargain
Is to scatter all over your lawn flashy
trees and shrubs. especially the cut
leaved, weeping, and variegated
kinds, for this will make your place
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08

1t 10 not true that cleanliness in the I
dairy costs nothing lit costs elbow
grease, and to the lazy man that 10 4
more precious than the mazuma."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08
Good Pasture and Forage Crops Make Pork Profitable

Common sense, reinforced by
thoughtful experience, issues into prao-
teal knowledge. ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-09

The court was assembled 20 try An
tonic cell an inhabitant OF the ltai-
ian quarter i'm New York. He was aC-
cased 81 having murdered Otis Camp
bell q settlement worker who had en-
daaVgred 70 elevate the condition or
Italians Antonio was Of the lowest
class. had uo education and had come
30 America from Naples WhoeVertha
visited that cifE Is aware az the con
diHon Of the lower classes there But
they are not responsible for that cons
a#tou Hundreds Of years of Tyranny
exercised rs foreign nations have
made them what they are Happily
they are now free and are beginning
tg improve
Campbell during his Samaritan ia-
hoFs had met Marina Dorinl. q little
girl 3 years old born tn America af
italian parents Marina made aFt
fetal flowers Antonio who was
double her age. had asked her parents
for her but they had not consented r.
give her 20 him. since he Was not en-.
gagged i'm any regular work and tneE
distrusted him Nevertheless Antonio
determined 10 have the girl and hoped
10 persuade her To marry him when
Campbell appeared on the scene.
Though Campbell Wae perfectly cir
rumFpect ta Marina fu hits efforts IN
her behalf and that of other persons Of
her class this did not prevent her giv-
ing him her heart. One day when An
tonic went 60 the house where she was
making artificial flowers he saw Camp
bell standing before the table at which
SHE was working At the moment she
was putting tu the 1uttouheIa Of
gaunheIIs a-ar an artificial flower.
What kind is i.z asked Campaa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-09

The devil sat - the lake NJ fire on
pile or sulphur kegs. bis head was
bowed upon his breast and bis tail aaa
between his legs a look 0f shame was
on his faee-th sparks dripped from
his eyes he had sent his resignation
~ the throne up I'm the skies. "Tm
down and Out the devil safd=he said
# with a sob there are others that
0utclass me. and 7 want 10 quit my
job hell ism IH il with the land that
lies along the Rhine Iu has-been
piEer and therefore ! resign an ammu-
milton maker with his bloody shot and
shell, knows more about damuati0n
than all the imps Of hell Give my job
to Kaiser Wilhelm. or rs the Russian
car. or King George or j. 7 Morgan
or some such men Of war hate to
leave the old home the spot ] love So
we'll but I feel that I'm not up-t0-date
n the ART 0f running he'll. and the
devil spi5 q squirt Of steam at brim-
stone humhlebee and uutferef that he
guessed had go and hunt up old john
D--Tft0uka Topic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-09
CE0RDg AND.
ID 7 s G o r ID S
ArrIMN sINsHTNE.

no the Autumn sunshine,
gutverfng keen and sweet
on sna barren iilsfdee,
Down the thronE- swept street
Krudfna bright and glorious.
Radiant fine and true.
Making Young hearts happy
And The old hearts new
He the Autumn sunshine
Dream 81 wood and Wel1
In the gorgeous armor
OF red dreams and gold
As sine IS to the body
IT'S beams are to the SOUL
.. what 0lTmpiau teddy
To make IFS reel and roll
Ho the Autumn sun shine
At eve adown the west
a silver new moon sailing
with spanElss on its crest
and round the world the huEses
of harvest and IF home
Sounding the song ri Neptune
Upon the Began foam
Hor che Autumn sunshine.
ON castle and ON cot
The =p1eudOr ~ its laughter
Through dreams of things forgot
a bubble iu the blood now.
& crystal in the brain
And down the Earuered valleys
Loves music and its pain
-FDLGER H.KINsEN-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-09
LEARNING FROM MOTHER
NATURE.

Mother Natupe seldom does things
By halves N0t emily aid She provide
the sheep with warm coat " wool
bat she finished Tire foh hy wafarurn
ing 1t as well Esca wooI-HbTe IS q
hollow raperlnE cE Under vAicr.
when on tha saeen's back. ii constant
~ exuding grease which serves to shed
the rain and Incidentally go aaisart
quantities os Girt Those Hao have
manufactured wooIens well kHow that
a fleece. loses Pc per cent la weight
when II IS secured
when 'in the grease wool has 8
distinctly unpleasant odar. hich
leaves I. together with is water
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-09

Mrs Narcont. wife Of Signor Mar
cont of wireless teisgraphy fame. is an
irish girl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-09

To Read Paper ~ Convention
nansr- Nationally Advertised Goods
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-09

Marriage Licenses Harry Andrew
Allen 81 Paul. Mimi and Nora Wcr-
fhan. Cedar Rapids Edward TT Heb
oeln ami Faleria y Arp both 81 Dav-
export. Philip Wagner and Elsie s.
Etenrzelmann. both Of Davenport r.
r Page. Washington. Iowa and Ina
Wood ward 0tumaa
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-04-26
MIR. MARTIN ROWE DEAD
REMAINS BROUGHT HERE,

Mr.. Martin Rowe died at his resi-
dence in Bowling Green. KY, last
Friday of bronchial pneumonia. His
remains were brought 20 Center
town, this county, and after funeral
services conducted by Rev. J. A.
Bennett, interment took place in the
Centertown cemetery Sa :urday af-
ternoon at O'Clock in the presence
of large circle of friends and rel
atives. His remains were accom-
panied by his two daughters and o
brother. The deceased. who was in
the 69th year of his age, had been a
member of the Baptist church for > :
years. having Joined the Waltons
Creek Baptist church when -
years Of age.
He leaves surviving him one SON
two daughters and three brothers.
the youngest of whom is Mr.. Alvin
Rove, cashier of the Farmers Bank
Centertown. His wife, who was Q
sister Of Mr.. Virgil Renfrow, Dun
dee, this county, preceded him sew
eral years. She, too, was buried in
the cemetery at Centertown.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-04-26
Mrs. Emaline Chinn Dead.

Mrs. Emaline Chinn, widow of The
late Elijah Chinn. of near Echols
this county. died last Sunday al
noon. After funeral services con
Quoted by her pastor. Rev. Tuck, her
remains We're inferred in the family
burying grounds Monday afternoon.
The deceased. who was in the S5th
year of her age, had been a member
of the Christian church for many
years. She leaves 4 children. seven
sons and four daughters. surviving.
Three children preceded her in
death. A good christian woman has
been called to her final rest.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-04-26
J. II. WILLIAMS DEAD
PNEUlIONIA WAS FATAL

Mr.. J. H. Williams, better known
as Harya Williams, mention OF
whom was made in The Herald Of
last week, died at his residence
about three miles south of Beaver
Dam at 1:15 O'Clock last Friday af-
ternoon OF pneumonia. His remains
We're inferred in what is known a,
the Sam Paxton buryipg grounds
Saturday afternoon. Burial services
were conducted by the Masonic o.
der of which he was q member In
good standing.
The deceased, who was born Aug
ust 2S, 1870, was elected and served
one term as Justice Of the Peace for
Beaver Dam MGgistcrial District,
some years since. He leaves sur
viving a wife and four caildrcn--
two sons and two, daughtors--mauy
other relatives and friends TO mourn
his sad taking away.
The deceased was a ,brother-in-
law to eX-Circuit Court Clerk e. G,
Barrass, Of Hartford.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-04-26

~ and fined $50 by the Jucy. Judge
V on suspended the fine for two
weeks with the admonition that
jos heon so back home and make
suitable preparations to take cas-
CT his family.
Al order was likewise made di.
recting the wife and five small child
rem to be taken TO the aimshouse UNI
I'll such time as the husband and
father Is prepared to care ,or them
or be brought back to settle the fine
and costs IL he fails to comply with
the courts order.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-04-26
Frank johnson Fined $50.

Frank Johnson. who was arrested
at his shantyboat near Rochester
on Green river, Monday. charged
with failing to provide for his fam
lily. was brought to town by deputy
sheriff S. A. Bratcher and jury
was summoned and trial heard in
County Judge Jno. b. Wilson's court
yesterday. After hearing the evil
dence the defendant was found gull
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-04-26

Frankfort, Ky, April 22.-The
sentence OF twenty days in Jail and
$50 fine imposed on Bruno Frey in
Ohio county for selling liquor was
affirmed here by the Court of APP
peals, which also affirmed a sentence
of one year and one day imposed on
Thomas Singleton in Mercer county
fer malicious shooting.