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Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-16
ALASKA A LAND OF BEAUTY
Traveller Tells of Its Many Attrac- tions, Calling lt Country Of
 Entertainment.

Cooks inlet. with it's arms and reaches. has many bewiiderinS chan nels. resulting from the numerous rugged islands. The forbidding and emhattled shores rising into lofty mountains. and at present swathed in white almost to the waters edge, possess n yirility. a grandeur and sub umity which require the most poetic imagination and most facile pen even faintIy to portray. The grand pano- rama reaches it's climax in Mount Me EInlev. monarch of the North Ameri- can continent. With its altitude of 20 IGO feet il stands alone in lofty bride and i.; distinctly visible from the vessel, notwithstanding the very great distance. The fact well establishes the quality of the clarified and inviG- orating atmosphere of this far north country.
 "A careful reading of literature per taIning to Alaska prepared me in part.
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LOTS OF COMPANY FOR PcOR
Statistics Show s2 Out Of 100 Leave No Wealth at Death-Records
 of Surrogate Court

It may astonish you to know that if you are forty-five years old you have a better chance to live ten years longer than you had of living ten years when you were only twenty-five years old remarks "G:rard" in inc Philadelphia Ledger.
 From a great life insurance com. pany I have the mortality figures for 100 healthy men at twenty-five. In the first decade after that age five of the 100 die. In the second decade. or from thirty-five to forty-five years of age. II die, showing that to be the critical period in human existence.
 Between forty-five and fifty-five only four pass out. while in the subsequent decade Is fall. Of the little army of 100 there still remain 37 at the age Of seventy-hve
 This company says that of 100 men who start a business life at twenty. five. five will become rich and four wealthy. Surrogate court records show that only three out of every 100 men die possessed of an estate of more than s10.00O. Eightytwo out of the loo leave no income-yielding estate.
 Obviously if one loves lots of com pany one should remain poor.
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Front View of Single Compartment.

a. a. Doors having two shutters, one opening inward covered with No. 10 mus In. and tho other opening outward. COW cred with chicken wire: b. ventilator, with nuslin-covered shutter hinged at top. and which can be propped open. c opening between pen and yard for passage of irers: d. sliding cover for c.
 raiser. but only one will be mentioned in this article and that is the poultry buildings. The houses described are for laying hens only. The breeding pens are similarly constructed. but are not so large, since fewer hens are kept together.
 While the poultry houses op this farm are not expensive. they are emi- nently practical and have been de- signed with view to convenience in management. comfort and cleanliness of the fowls, and protection against enemies of all kinds. There are no losses from weasels or other small ami mais, for these pests of the poultry Iuan are completely fenced out of the laying, breeding and brooder houses.
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the bluffs became covered with grass. and. with the advent of the white man, became the grazing ground of great herds of cattle. The grass on the hills is more nutritious than that in the valleys. so the hills were graZed closely. Then in dry season the grass was killed. the tramping of many hoofS broke up the turf. and the sand began to blow. always from the southwest to the northeast. covering UT everything in its course and bury ing fertile land.
 This was the situation faced by NIT. Abbott when he came into possession of his farm. and for long time those Greary sand dunes were n thorn in his side. Acres of land were going to waste. and, what was worse. every year saw the sand encrOaching still more on cultivated land.
 Then one day he had an idea. Stand ing on the summit of one of the sand hills. as if to accentuate the utter bar rcnness of it's surroundings. wns solitary gigantic cottonwood tree, with a girth of at least 16 feet. How the seed from which it spranc got there, and by what miracle It had outstripped in growth any other tree in the county was something to ponder on. But
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the Hon. A. Barton Hepburn writes in Leslie's, 'for what the journey was bound 10 disclose, but seeing is the only sense that can give knowledge and secure appreciation of the gran deur. the sublimity, the fascinating beauty of mountain. sea. stream. ford falls, islands, forests, clouds and the glorious color effects which the dag Zling rays of the sun bring into ex- isteuce. In connection with all these is land of entertainment for all who love and can appreciate nature.
 The Thousand islands with all their beauty would scarcely serve as n pre- Jude to the surpassing grandeur and lovelineSs of the many thousand is- lands that adorn the 5000 miles of Alaskan coast. The fiOrds of Nor. way. the far-famed glaciers of Swift zeriand cannot compare with their counterparts to be found in Alaska in number. variety, size, color effect and all the qualities that give charm to these works of nature"
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tained in the runs. the space being in tended more for exercise than for pas ture
 In the end of the building the feed room is located
 Dirt floors are used in the compart. mcnts or pens. The self-feeders and the drinking pans are placed in ap- propriate openings in the partitions between two pens. The doors are 1 feet wide and feet high and swing both ways. The upper half of each door is of chicken wire. the lower half Of boards. The two perches are on a level with each other. so that there will be no crowding on the top perch. They are placed 15 inches above the dropping board. The perches do not touch the walls of the room at any point. This is important, as it aids in keeping down vermin.
 The perches and next boxes are sup ported entirely by suspension from the rafters. The supporting frame does not touch the walls at any point The hens enter the nests from the rear. where the next boxes are board ed up only half way The board on which the boxes rest extends six inches beyond the boxes at the rear to form a platform on which the hens alight when they fly up to the nests The bottom of the nest boxes is two feet from the ground.
 These houses are not artihcially heated at any season of the year. Or
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nfst of all as \ farmer. nvtwilirstahd ing that for a score of years he has represented his district in the state legislature. As president of the Ill., nois Farmers institute and director of one of the states demonstration farms. Mir. Abbott has done q notable work. In the midst of this work he has found time to cultivate hobby. which Is. not to see how many bushels of corn or oats or wheat he can produce on given amount of land. but to make something grow where absolutely nOth- ing grew before. The 60 or 70 acres of sand hills on his farm which he has reclaimed in few years, clothing them with luXuriant forest of locust. cot tonwood and walnut trees. speaks elo- quCntly of the practicability as well as the success of his scheme. More than that, these trees. acting as sand binders. have increased many fold the value of the rest of his land. for they protect his growing crops on the rich soil from the inroadS O. the shifting sand.
 The presence of the sand hills on Mir. Abbott's farm makes m interest ing little story. The land lies three or four miles east of the Mississippi river In western Illinois. on the edge of what is known as the River bot toms. When in geological ages the channel of the Mississippi was changed. the sand In the river bed was blown upon the bluffs on the east side of the channel. ID the course of time the growth of vegetation in the old bed, aided by the silt depos- tied by flood waters. made the river bottoms exceedingly fertile farm lands. Eventually, too, the sand blown up on
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cry leaking tip and pot in the cup board. He fitted new keys tC the doors. He set a new latch on the gate He ground the tools ie riveted some broken links in the well chain. Then he set the new hitching post as a final token of his appreciation of the kindness of his good friends.
 That was not all of it. For long time Seth Greene. working on farm two miles away. had been dropping in on the Bingham folks once or twice a week. HuIdah liked him. Her ia ther was taken with his steady. manly ways. The kindness of Huldah to the poor tinker was the final evidence Of a good heart to the already smitten Seth. He proposed and was accepted.
 Although there will have to be waiting spell, young folks" Jared had announced You see, I had to mortgage the old place here when settled up brother Williams claim Soon as I can pay of that two thou sand dollars and clear the farm, I'll feel I've got start in the world for all hands round"
 A year went by, a golden. happy year for Huldah and Seth. Then the old man called it a waste of time and money to have Seth working for some one else at small wages, when his sery- ices would count with all working to- gether on the old homestead.
 You can have the wedding soon as you like, Huldah," he said animat- edly one day. I'm within a few dol lars of the mortgage money. and that means independence, hey?"
 But Seth has no idea of living on you. fstherg
 Who wants him to? Here's my plan: The farm goes to you. clear It's agreed that have a home for life Seth can be boss and manager. All in the family. isn't it, and the whole problem settled, long as we live"
 You good, dear soul!" enthused Huldah. Tt shall be the object of our lives to make you happy"
 It was with supreme felicity that Huldah and Seth settled down to a peaceful. happy married fife. The sec ond week after the wedding NIT. Bing- ham started for town to draw the 5000 that wac to pay on the mort gage. He had enough saved up now tO hQuidate the same He had notified
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most satisfactory growth. The locust in particular did exceedingly we'll he- ing q Ieyume which secures its nitro gen from the air through the minis tratiOn of the bacteria on its roots Moreover. q loose. sandy soil permits both air and water to enter, instead of the rain running off as in the case where n tough sod covers the ground thus making ideal conditions for the development of the bacteria.
 Having discovered the right kind of tree, Mir Abbott entered into the work of planting them with enthusiasm. For deciduOus trees he soon discovered that yearling plant was preferable to an older one. being easier to plant, costing less, and standing a better chance to live. Year-old deciduOus trees can usually be secured from reliable nurserymen for s or less per thousand. while the cost of planting them is relatively small. as two men can easily plant 5000 trees day.
 The result of the first planting was apparent in q little over year. as the trees. which were then three or four feet high and in a fiourishing con dition. successfully checked the sand blowing In a couple of seasons more the leaves falling to the ground formed a forest mulch which helped retain the moisture. and grass began to creep in, eventually giving to the land value for grazing which it did not possess before.
 Altogether MT. Abbott has planted some jO.OO0 trees on approximately 5O acres of land. or at the rate of 1000 trees per acre. the spacing being about 6 by feet. These trees have not only increased the value of the land on which they stand about faur-foId. but have proved most ef- fective barriers in protecting culd- ,ated fields from the few remaining blowholeS The heat In these blow holes during the summer sometimes reaches lJO degrees. It is rather re- markable. however that even at such a time. moisture may be found in the sand at a depth of n few inches.
 An idea of the rapidity with which the sand drifted before Mir. Abbott began his tree planting may be gained from the accompanying photographs. which show the original fence posts surrounding some of the fields now almost covered. NIT. Abbott Is now. after a period of five or six years, cut ting considerable timber from his for est plantations.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-16
The Hitching Post
 9
By VICTOR RADCLIFFE
Ht&SGGNtt5N((<5 Copyright. 1916. by W. G. Chapman.)

(Sopyright. lSl6. by W. G. Chapman.)
 ''I say, neighbor,' hailed old Jared Bingham. bringing his horse to it's launches with a resounding whoa" pears to me you're swinging some style. aren't you?"
 on. that retorted Bingham, with a careless nod Of his head toward the hitching post. It's not my doings Huldah and a protege of hers, as she calls him. All the same, We needed the post. Old one was of soft maple and the hosses had nibbled it away until there was nothing but a stump left. They won't nibble that iron post. I'm thinking"
 With quite spice of pride old Jared viewed the improvement in question. It was simply a piece of hollow iron pipe three inches through. A hole had been bored near it's top and through this a steel ring had been driven.
 Durable and convenient" com mented the neighbor; but you'll be getting an awning next"
 The new hitching post had been a donation, or rather the humble offer ing of a grateful recipient of the soul full charity of the old mans daughter, HuIdah Bingham.
 A travelling tinker had met with mishap with his trundling cart in the road near the Bingham place He had sprained an ankle and could not proceed on foot. Gentle, plying Hull dah had ministered to him. and fur nished liniment, and when her father came home he found the tinker en- sCOnced in the old rocker in the kitchen.
 Dunno about taking in free board CTS, Huldah,' he had observed. but she had her way. For week the suf- ferer was comfortably housed in an attic room. nursed and fed. and finally was able to get around again.
 He showed his fervent gratitude in a score of ways. He mended up ev-
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Front View of Perehes, Nest Boxes,
 Etc

a, Perch. E inches above platform. and a' inches below rafters. not touching wall al either end. b. hinged shutter to cover front of nest boxes. C. sloping board tc facilitate raking out droppings from plat form: q. d, q. nest boxes. boarded up half way In rear c, e, supports attached to rafters.
 aration. This is applied full strength with a brush. The whole inside of the nest boxes is thus painted This treatment keeps the vermin in subjec. tion.
 The dirt floors of the pens are usu- ally covered several inches deep with straw. which is changed about every ten days. In summer the floors are swept clean about once a month; in winter. less often-usually twice dur ing the season.
 The owner estimates that with houses constructed as these are one man could take care of 1,50O to 2.OO0 hens.
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PROPER GRAIN FOR POULTRY
!, -Ayoid Trouble by Cutting Of
 the Long Points.

Oats are one of the best grains for poultry. but the long points often make trouble. Clipping off these points, as is done in many cases, re- moves this objection and makes them an ideal grain for both winter and summer feeding.
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In great state in the West one of the most successful poultry farmers is a woman. She began with common hens of no particular breed, but it was soon found that well-bred fowls pay better than scrubs. So the breeding ct purebred fowls was begun and is still practiced on this farm.
 There are great many lessons we could learn from this Oregon poultry
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Ground Plan of Compartment Of Poui.
 try House.

the coldest nights during the winter the openings tdoors. windows and pas. sageway for hens) are all closed. the ventilation being entirely through the muslin doors and the muslin-covered ventilator. In cold weather the fowls must not be exposed to drafts.
 Vermin tmitesD are the bane of i'm. properly managed houses. They con ceal themselves on the undersurface of the perch. in the corners of nest boxes, under the dropping board. and in crevices wherever convenient to the roasting places of the fowls. In these places of concealment the yer min deposit their eggs. Once every year every possible hiding place for yermin is painted with a coal-tar prep
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EXTRAORDINARY INDICTMENT TO HOLD OUT.

a 0 the
  willing a  better than his  My fellow citizens Roosevelt and will lead led us-like slaughter"
  Mir Roovet's chances-Chicago Sleep is the final stage in the process of nutrition
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Culinary Continuity.

George, deari Cook wants a book .o read. wh.r shall give herr
 Give her long one by Arnold Bennett. and perhaps she will stay with us until she has finished reading It--l.ondon Opinion.
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Little illusions.

'This investment will pay better than 10 per cent"
 You will not miss the easy monthly payments"
 "One bottle will greatly improve your condition and three will cure you"
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The houses for the laying pens cost about one dollar per hen.
 A building 12s feet long and 10 feet wide IS cut into eight rooms 10 by 15 feet and a storeroom for feed by 10 feet. One of the runs on this side extends beyond the end of the build ing. This arrangement was made nee essary by the nature of the space available. In each of the eight com partments with runs attached 30 hens arc kept. The floor space in the build ing is 5 square feet for each hen. and in the runs 135 square feet. Some good poultrymen give each hen only four square feet within doors, so the
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Accomplished.

RandaIl-After twenty-five years of married fife she loves her husband as much as ever.
 Rogers-Yes. and she annoys him In other ways, too.-Life.
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I Q W ye a rs through tn e efforts of one man. his ad- miration for [ h a { mans a b ility be- comes us great as his bodily relief.
 In Whiteside c O u n [ y, Ull- nois, A. J. Ab- bolt is known
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Corsets that can be loosened by mov- ing a single lever on the steels have been invented by Paris woman.
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A Compartments or pens. 1c1ls feet, TOT .g hens each. There are pens-the bulid- s.s. is ,ss feet bong b, Yards or runs. one ~. escb t,en, Five of the yards are situ- ,ted on one side of the building and three a, the other; C, feed room sx'e feet.
 allowance in this respect is liberal. Even with I35 square feet of outdoor .nace for each hen not much of growth of green stun can be main-
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4 RL0EROLE GlES XD 70 yO REGYEEsS

if one tree wpulI grow in the sand, why not others? W h y couldn't they be made to gr0g there?
 No sooner Was t'ie plan conceived than Mir. Abott began to experim ent. Not knowing any better. he at first planted many trees not adapt ed tu ii sandy soil. bur soon found that the black locust and cot tonwOOd made the
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The thought came to me as I rested in the shade of big cottonwood tree, one of long line bordering the edge oi a miniature Sahara which glistened white and fOrbidding under the rays oi noonda! juis sun. When G2c has toiled for three hours through scorch- Ing sand into which his feet sink to ms shoe tops every step packing camera and outfit weighing some 70 bounds, any spot that affords :. bit of shade seems q haven of rest But when
 after such an experience, he enters the protection "f n veritahla oasis of trees. ana grass and flowers, he is ready to admit that this is pretty good old world after all. And when he realizes that the said oasis was created in Il
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F HE Is a benefaCtor of man. kind who makes two blades of grass grow where only oue grew before. what shall be said of the man who transforms a waste of bar ren sand into a beautiful. useful forest?
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-06-30
Roosevelt Completes His
Plans for Enlisting
-Four Regiments.
WILL OFFER TO u. S.
IN CASE WAR OPENS
VIII Ask for Commission of
Major-Gencral; Depends
on Wilson.

NEW YORK. June 29.--It was
~ learned today that Colonel
Roosevelt is going to ask the govern
ment for permission to raise a divi-
sion of volunteer soldiers for service
In Mexico the minute that war Is de-
clared and a call for volunteers sent
out.
According to this information,
which came from "A reliable source
and confirms rumors that have been
In circulation for several days, the
colonel has completed his plans for
raising the division and waits only
upon the calling of volunteers to
make his offer to Washington. He
viii ask for n commission rs major
general.
Colonel Roosevelt has made his
plans after consultation with high
military authorities. and they call for
a special division of 1900 men. con-
sisting OF four regiments-one Of in
fantry, two of cavalry and one Of
field artillery. supplemented by aero
planes. and including engineers. signal
corps and hospital corps
For months the colonel has had
these plans in his head, for weeks
he has been working them out to the
smallest details against just such an
emergency as is expected now across
the border, and for ten days quiet
recruiting has been going on IN all
parts of the country by men TO whom
the former president has entrusted his
task.
Such Of the greater details as the
providing Of horses have been looked
after and a declaration OF war with
Mexico and a call for volunteers will
be the signal for an office to be
opened in or around this city for re-
cruiting and clerical work. and for di
vision headquarters TO be established
probably in Texas. whore the troops
would be assembled.
All OF the coloneps plans are de-
pendent moro or less upon President
Wilson. His request for a commits
sion as major general commanding "a
volunteer division can be granted or
refused In Washington, but his
friends say that President Wilson
would not oppose IT, 1t was pointed
out that the colonel as gn officer
else the adminstra ton.
Colonel Roosovelts friends are in
a quandary as to the exact statas OF
such a request. as to whether CT not
the granting of it depends upon the
president or upon congress, and as to
the coloneis age, g. being a barrier
to his re-entrance into the army at
the head of a body OF volunteers.
II has been known for a long time
that Colonel Roosevelt was anxious
to get into the fray. II was known
weeks ago. when he made the dec
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-06-30
TROOPERS BODIES
RETURNED TO U. S.
Men Who Gave Their Lives In Mexico
for Flag TO BE Inferred in
HOric Soil.

COLUMBUS. n NJ, June 29.-The
hodies of eight American soldiers and
civilians who died in Mexico as a re-
suit OF fever or wounds received in
battle since the entry of the American
punitive expedition, were brought here
last night ty undertakers sent into
Mexico by the war department The
bodies were embalmed and will be
shipped today to relatves for inter
lnent.
The dead are Sergeant Benjamin NJ
McGheo, Thirteenth cavalry, killed
during the Parral attack: Theodore
Bagley. q motor truck driver, killed
by Mexican civilians near El Vale
carly this month; Private William II
Hayes Eleventh cavalry; Charles II
Smith. company Fl, engineers; Cor
poral II. Marksbury, machine CUR
troops Seventeenth infantry; Corporal
Charles Smith, troor A, Tenth cav
airy; Private Edward Merrill. Fifth
cavalry, md William Kelly, company
NJ. Twcnty-fourth Infantry.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-06-30
CONGRESSMEN CAN'T FIGHT.
VIII Lose Seats II They Answer Call
to Fight for Uncle Sam.

WASHINGTON June a9.-In re-
porting its decision that members OF
congress who enter the federal serv-
Ice with the national guard will lose
their seats, the house judiciary com
mittee cited many laws and prece-
donts and reached this conclusion:
"lt follows that tho seats OF those
Representative who accept commits
sions In the national guard under the
army reorganization act will at once
become vacant. The only action
necessary would be TO declare such
vacancy by resolution ns matter OF
convenience and to aid the speaker
and others in disoharstns their public
duties II would not change tho legal
effect OF accepting such an offiQe in
tho national guard"