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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
GIVE HARNESS BEST OF CARE
Leather Becomes Brittle and Some
times Breaks Very Easily.

Many farmers hang their harness
In the barn Just behind the work team
so that it win be handy when wanted.
OF course it is convenient and can be
thrown onto the backs of the horses
in few minutes, but there is a con-
siderable loss in hanging the harness
at the back end of the stall.
There is a constant passing off of
ammonia from the manure behind the
harness and this has bad effect on
the leather of the harness. This is
the reason why a harness that Is al
lowed to hang in stalls cracks and
dries out, becomes brittle and some
times breaks very easily. One would
have to keep the leather thoroughly
soaked with oil to prevent injury from
the action Of the ammonia.
Then there is danger of harness be-
ing thrown down into the manure of
the stable by the constant passing of
the horses from the lot into the stalls.
When it Is thrown down and tramped
into the manure 1t is filthy to handle
and is injured by the action of the
damp manure.
The best plan is to have a room in
the barn in which to hang the har-
ness. 1t is even better to hang it In
the hallway than over the manure.
The room need not be large. Every
thing in it may easily be kept in
proper order, and all repair material
VI
room should be free from mice and
rats, for these rodents are destructive
to leather.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22

GENTLY matured, too much acid de-
velops. If too ripe, it does not settle
properly and the air is not excluded.
Corn should not be cut until the
ears are out of the milk and most of
the kernels glazed and hard.
The corn should be cut with a corn
binder, as it is much more easily
handled when bound in bundles. II
the silage cutter is large and the work
is done with a good force of men, the
corn binder should have start Of
half day. II enough horses are used
on the binder to keep it moving at o
good pace the corn can be cut down
as fast as 1t can be put into the silo.
Using small cutter with large en-
CINE is dangerous unless great care Is
exercised in controlling the power.
II silage is to keep we'll it must
settle evenly. To this end the leaves
and the heavier parts of the corn
must be kept thoroughly mixed and
evenly distributed in the silo. Owing
to the great pressure of silage, fric-
tendency to make the silage less COM
pact at the edge, and for this reason
it should be thoroughly tramped next
the side. Every time three or four
inches of cut material is added to the
silo it should be tramped thoroughly
around the edge, taking short steps
and packing the silage as much as
possible next to the wall These pre-
cautions must be observed during fill
ing to obtain perfect silage.
After filling, the top six inches
should be wet once and the whole sur
face tramped every day for a week to
obtain thin, compact layer Of we'll
rooted silage which viii exclude the
air.
Properly prepared, corn silage is,
as rule, the most economical succu-
lent food that can be obtained for
dairy cows at season when pasture
Is not available. Although not bal
anced ration in itself, it tends to
heavy milk production and economical
milk can be made by feeding corn
silage and legume hay without the
use of much grain.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22

The food in Scandinavia is SO differ
ent from that in America that many
Americans become sick when they try
to live on the same things that the
natives do. They don't eat fruit and
vegetables, but live on bread, fish and
meat. The Danes are like the Nor
wegians, for they adore fish, and even
eat fish sandwiches for breakfast An
American lady we know here in Copen-
hagen went to dinner party and she
was served with cold boiled Goldfish,
and cold fish gravy tough as leather.
She was polite and ate it, but as re-
suit she was sick all day.
The Copenhagener likes to think
himself very Bohemian, especially in
his cafe life. The women also boast
of being Bohemian, and great many
of them smoke cigars and drink whis-
ky. One can often see young wom-
an enter cafe, hang up her hat, flop
into a chair and order absinthe and a
cigar. The Danes are great drinkers
and the wine they drink takes the
place of the fruit we eat in America.
The Danish women are not nearly
so attractive as the Swedish and Nor
wegian girls, and the women of Copen-
hagen are not so stylish as the girls
of Christiania. In Christiania one sell
dom sees a fat man. There the men
are all big and rather angular. Here
in Copenhagen TIE men are inclined to
be fat, and they are much shorter
than the Norwegians.
Things are not very expensive here
in Denmark, except the things that are
imported from Germany. We paid SO
cents for small leather strap and the
salesman said that all the leather
goods sold in Denmark were imported
from Germany, and that the manufac-
turers of Germany were so busy maxi
ing war material that they had no time
to make straps. Fruit is, of course,
very dear. A bunch of grapes costs
a dime. In one window we saw dis
played American Cornmeal." 1t cost
10 cents for cupful. The people
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
SWEETEN SOIL FOR ALFALFA
sourness Can Be Corrected by AppIl
cation of Air-SIaked Lime--Test
With Litmus Paper.

Alfalfa with not do well on sour or
acid soil. Before growing alfalfa, the
soil should be tested with blue litmus
paper, which can be secured from O
druggist. Take a handful of moist
ened earth from few inches beneath
the surface Of the ground and press
into ball Break this mud ball in
to halves and place a strip of blue lit
mus on one of the halves and cover
with the other. After five minutes ex-
anime the litmus paper, and If 1t has
changed color from blue to distinct
pink or becomes spotted with pink
spots, the soil is acid and needs lime
for successful alfalfa growing.
On sour soils from two to four tons
of air-slaked lime or ground lime
stone rock or mari or lime refuse
should be applied. Whatever form is
used it should always be applied to
the surface of plowed land and har-
rowed or disked in. 1t may be put
on in the fall or early spring-prior
to seeding the alfalfa. Lime distribu
tors are desirable when large areas
are lined, but with small acreage it
can be conveniently spread with a
shovel.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
PLAN TO STORE VEGETABLES
Bruises Form Place for Decay Germs
to Enter-Dry In Sun Before
Putting In Storage.

(By H. o WERNER. North Dakota FIX
pertinent Station)
Vegetables must be stored under the
conditions that will keep them in the
best condition for use
In the first place they should be
handled carefully. Bruises form a
place for decay germs to enter. The
vegetables store best If little imma-
ture. Cabbage, celery and rooi crops
keep best at low temperature, with a
fairly moist atmosphere and good ven
tilation. Onions keep best Just above
freezing in dry atmosphere. Squash
and pumpkins need dry atmosphere
at about fifty degrees. Celery when
dug is really transplanted as it has
to be kept growing when in storage
Dig it with a good deal OF soil on the
roots and plant closely in sand or
loose damp soil in a cool cellar or pit.
The root crops keep best when buried
In sand or soil in a cool place. The
vegetables, excepting celery, will keen
better If well dried in the sun before
being stored.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
Remarkable Dental Work.

A dental achievement of most re-
markable nature was recently de-
scribed at lecture in London. 1t
was stated that during the battle of
Neuve Chapelle a young officer, a
lieutenant in Highland regiment, had
his face half-turned upward, when a
piece of shell struck the left side of
his face and blew away most Of the
lower jaw. Incredible though it may
seem, the doctor put new floor to
the mans mouth, actually induced two
inches of bone to grow on the lower
jaw, fixed complete artificial teeth
and healed the remains of the lips,
with the result that now the man is
as normal as ever, and the only re-
suit Of his mishap is slight scar on
the mouth.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
CHANGED HER VIEWS
Aunt Emily Saw Things in a Diff
ferent Light.
Ready to Xiii Driver Who Had Almost
Run Her Down, But Had No
Mercy When She Was in
the Auto.

In street in Richmond stood Aunt
Emily, with her hat askew upon her
woolly old white head, and large and
vicious-looking cobblestone in one
hand. She had every appearance of
staid colored nanny of the antebel-
lum strain, who had determined to
break somebody's jaw and was about
to begin the assault. Amid wagons,
taxicabs, traffic of all sorts dashing
madly at auntie from all sides, she
held her ground valiantly, evidently
determined not to fire that rock until
she saw the whites of her enemies
eyes.
While thus engaged, and while the
fire shot from her outraged eyes, gen.
tleman drew up to the curb in finely
equipped roadster and called out to
her:
What in the name of common sense
are you doing there, auntie?"
To which the belligerent one re-
piled:
"Lawsie, Mistah John, one o. these
yer autovillains come long jes' now
and lax to knock me down. An All
jes' gwine stay hyeh tell he come back,
and All spects to brek he haid wifi dis
yer rock"
Look here" said the man, 'Miss
Lou is waiting for you to come home
and get luncheon ready. Step into
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
DIG HOLES BY HORSE POWER
BY Use of Soil Anger Farmer Is En-
abled to Avoid Much Manual La
Dor and Twisting of Back.

A soil auger by means Of which the
farmer may make his horse do the
heavy work of post-hole digging, in
stead of twisting his own arm and
back muscles, is here shown. The out
fit is simple to operate. The horse
pulls rope through grooved pulley,
this action revolving the auger. All
the auger operator has to do is to
press downward on the handles. When
the auger is full the horse is stopped
and the earth shaken out This is re-
peated until the hole is of the desired
depth. From 35 to As feet Of rope is
pulled out to complete a three-foot
hole, nine inches in diameter In MAX
ing the first hole, stake is driven
into the ground to fasten the anchor
cable to. After the first hole is bored,
an anchor post is used, the anchor
cable serving to measure the distance
from hole to hole, as well as to keep
the auger upright during the boring.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
Aluminium in War.

Austria and Germany use more
aluminium for war purposes than all
the other warning nations combined.
1t has been known, in fact, that Ger.
many has for some years been collect
ing and storing the metal for war
uses.
The great majority of the drinking
mugs, cans and cups of the German
soldier are made of the light metal.
The frames for Zeppelins and the
fuses for shells are made from alu-
minum.
One of the difficulties the Ger
mans have had to face is the short
age of copper necessary for the rings
around shells. Many of the German
shells are now provided with alumni
UNI rings.
Although aluminium does make a
substitute, even in cartridges as we'll
as shells and fuses, 1t is not so good
as copper. The French authorities ex-
perimented with 1t some years ago fer
artillery purposes, but rejected it.
The Germans are using it in such
large quantities because they're forced
to do so on account of the shortage
of copper.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
4 T is impossible now to go from
Christiania to Copenhagen by
boat, writes Mary Ethel McAnley

4 T is impossible now to go from
Christiania to Copenhagen by
boat, writes Mary Ethel McAnley
from Denmark to the Pittsburgh
Dispatch. All lines for passengers
have been stopped on account of the
mines, so one must go through Sweden
by rail and then cross the North sea
trains are taken over on a ferry, one
carload at a time. AS the ride is 16
hours long we stopped all night at
Gothenburg, the great Swedish seaport
town and second largest town in Swe-
den. 1t is a great, bleak sort of a
place, not interesting, but evidently
progressive, for it is the first place in
Europe where l have ever seen any
extensive building going on, and large
houses were going up everywhere.
This town is where the great Gothen-
burg system of controlling the liquor
traffic first sprang from. l expected
to see a very model place, but, alas!
we met six drunken men in three
squares. Perhaps they were only
sailors off duty.
The first thing we saw when he
landed in Denmark was the Kronberg
castle where Hamlet lived. 1t is a
wonderful old place, standing right on
the sea. The people around there say
that on dark and moonless nights the
ghost of HaIllet's father comes out
and stands on the ramparts, and waves
his long white-robed arms.
The ride from Helsingborg to CO.
penhagen takes about an hour and on
the way is Fredriksborg castle, where
Queen Alexandra of England stays
when she is in Denmark. Her suite
of rooms is shown to the public when
she is not in Copenhagen. Denmark
is country of palaces and the Rosen-
borg and Amalienborg are among the
most beautiful.
Copenhagen is absolutely full Of WIS.,
itors, and when we arrived we went
to eight hotels before we could get
place at any price, and the prices at
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22

don't buy it, and they would not know
what to do with it if they did.
We asked If there were many peo-
pie going to Berlin and the bureau
said that the trains were crowded all
the time, mostly with business men,
who had been in Copenhagen trading.
The trading that is going on is enor-
nous, and the boats and trains are
loading and unloading all the time.
There is work for everybody, for be-
sides the trade created by the war,
they are turning a big boulevard into
canal. The people are not so gay
as in other years with SO much to do.
The war has sobered them down.
Copenhagen is full of soldiers, off,
GERS, privates and generals, and proud
is the maid that goes swinging along
hanging on to the arm of an officer
While the officers are not so absolute
ly enchanting as the Viennese officers
some of them look very nice. We
passed the barracks at dinner time
and we saw the privates down in the
cellar of the building eating. If that
is what they get in time of peace
wonder what the poor fellows would
get If Denmark should get into war.
They had the toughest kind of food
which they seemed to be eating with
a relish. Everywhere soldiers are
training, but Denmark does not be.
lieve that there is any danger Of her
being dragged into the war.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22

some of the hotels were as bad as in
America. Ever since We have been
here we have seen taxicabs full of
strangers frantically driving around
trying to get place to sleep.
Copenhagen is a very dirty town.
The city evidently tries to keep things
cleaned up, and everywhere you see
the sign "Spytning formudt." This
does not mean spying forbidden as it
at first seems, but merely splitting for
hidden. Everybody here rides the BIZ
cycle, from the boy of six to the wom-
an of seventy. The bicyclers take up
all the street room and part of the
sidewalk. They are very much like
the taxis in New York city-they don't
care whether they run over you or
not.
Are Partial to Phones.
Next to bicycle riding the most pop
ular exercise is telephoning. Every
body telephones all the time. and the
little bells jingle everywhere. Every
street corner has a telephone booth.
These booths look like cupboard
standing on table. When you want
to telephone you step inside the ia
BILE, put your head in the cupboard,
close the doors and none of the out
side noises can be heard. If you see
fine building in Scandinavia, it is
not a bank, nor hotel, nor yet a
palace, but it is telephone building
central.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
Chase's Valuation.

William NJ. Chase figured amusingly
In a transaction concerning himself
and an unartistic congressman who
owns bad painting.
isn't that grand?" the latter re-
marked when pointing out his pur-
chase. "a great bargain, too. Got it
for four hundred dollars, and William
M. Chase says it is worth ten thousand
dollars"
A friend of the painter heard this
statement and took it to Chase, who
smilingly explained:
HE cornered me one day and want.
ed me to fix value on it, but told
him couldn't do it. He then came at
me with question couldn't dodge:
"'Well, Mr.. Chase, how much would
you charge to paint picture like
that?'
Il assured him most earnestly that
wouldn't paint one like it for ten
thousand dollars
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
BRIDGE is A WONDER
QUEBEC STRUCTURE SURPRISES
ANY EVER ERECTED.
Only the Famous Firth OF Forth
Bridge In Scotland, Constructed In
the Same Manner, Approaches
II In Magnitude.

In its general dimensions as well as
In the enormous size and weight of the
structural members composing 1t, the
Quebec bridge, now in an advanced
stage of construction, surpasses any
other structure of the kind ever erect
ed, says Popular Mechanics. The one
bridge structure In the world that ap-
proaches 1t In magnitude is the IA
nous Firth of Forth bridge in Scot
land, the main channel span of which
is nearly one hundred feet shorter
than that of the Quebec bridge. Both
structures are of the cantilever type.
The channel span of the Quebec
bridge, measured between centers of
towers, is 1900 feet. The design and
fabrication of the steel for the struc-
ture therefore presented engineering
problems for which no presidents ex-
listed, and the first attempt to build
the bridge made by private company,
resulted in a collapse of the structure
In which many lives were lost Fol-
lowing that catastrophe, the Dominion
government took over the work, and
O year later undertook the construc-
ton of the bridge. The present bridge
is on the same site as the original
structure, but owing to an increase OF
twenty-one feet in the width between
trusses and to a considerable increase
in the weight of the superstructure,
new piers were necessary, and these
wero built Immediately south of, and
adjacent to, the original piers. The
two main piers alone contain approx
mately 10000 cubic yards of masonry
and cost in the neighborhood of ST.
100000. One of these piers goes to
a depth of sixty feet below the bed of
the river, and the other to depth of
eighty feet.
In the erection of the bridge the an
Choir arms, which lie between the main
piers and the shore, were constructed
on steel falsework, while the canti-
lever arms are being built out over the
river without falsework by the canti-
lever method. The 640-fcot suspended
truss to connect the cantilever arms
will be built on shore, fioated into po-
sition on pontoons, and then raised by
powerful jacks and connected with the
cantilevers For the erection of the
heavy bridge members two travelling
cranes, one working on each side OF
the river, are used. Each traveller
weighs about one thousand tons, and
is equipped with two hosting ma
chimes each capable of lifting one hun
dred tons. The principal feature of
the travellers is tower that stands
200 feet above the floor of the bridge.
Supported on top of the tower are
cranes through which the lifting lines
are worked. All the machinery on
the travellers is electrically operated.
To avoid bringing uneven stresses on
the partly completed structure, SINH
lar members on the two sides of the
bridge are lifted by the cranes and
erected simultaneously. The total
length of the bridge between abut-
ments is 3,239 feet. AS now planned,
1t should be possible for trains to cross
the bridge by the end of the year 1916.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
A Large and Vicious-Looking CobbIe.
stone In One Hand.

this car and I'll drive you home"
Auntie pondered for a moment be-
fore replying:
"Ah nevah road in one dose contrap-
TONS"
"11l take care of you. Hurry up
now"
So auntie gathered her voluminous
skirts, and with many evident misgiv--
ings took her seat in racing road
car that could touch ninety miles an
hour and never feel the strain. She
chung to the seat tightly as the car
started off, and hung on for dear life
as 1t swung a corner. She grabbed
"Mistah John" by the arm in her fright
and begged him to let her out as they
threaded neatly through the crowded
Richmond thoroughfares.
She was in utter and abject misery
from fear and the tears rolled down
her cheeks.
But Mistah John took to the straight
road soon and set forth for the sub
urbs. The way was clear and he let
out few links in the engine and the
engine hummed like bee and sailed
down the path like bird. Auntie
began to feel like she was flying, and
her fear gave way to a sensation of
grand delight, and by the time she
had gone ten miles she was singing
softly to herself and settled back on
the seat like an oldtime racer.
"Ratch-atch-atch atch" went the
raucous horn Notice they don't say
''honk, honk" any more).
What you do dat To- Mistah John?"
asked auntie.
81 wanted to warn the colored boy
to get out of the way"
And then auntie replied.
"Shucks, Mistah John, jes' yo' run
ovah dat fool niggah. What right he
got in de way nohow?"
Which goes to show, as Winfield Lar
ner says, that practically everything
depends on the point OF view.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
Perpetual Restraint.

when was boy said Mr.. Cum
rox, my father used to reprove me
for reading dime novels
1T was meant for the best
But a person ought to get beyond
that sort of discipline sometime. Now
my daughters reprove me for wanting
to see all the moving pictures"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
Table Scraps Good Feed.

The table scraps should be saved
and fed to the hens. Table scraps
make rather rich feed, and there
fore should not be thrown indiscrimi-
nately before the fowls, but should be
prepared and cooked and fed to them
regularly once a day.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
HARVESTING OF SILAGE
Corn Must Be Cut at the Proper
Stage of Maturity.
Most Economical Succulent Food That
Can Be Obtained for Dairy Cows
at a Season When Pasture Is
Not Available.
cBy WILBUR ]. FRASER. Illinois)

CBy WILBUR J. FRASER. Iilinois)
1t is of great Importance to know
at what stage corn should be cut to
secure the best results, how rapidly
nutriment is stored up in the corn
plant as it approaches maturity, and
when the maximum amount is reached.
To have the silage keep well the
corn must be cut at the proper stage
OF maturity. II cut before 1t is suffi-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
Don't Tolerate Weakllnns.

IN your culling weaklings should
never be tolerated. Kill and bury the
runts and crowheads. Roup is infec-
tious and the weaklings are the ones
to first become infected.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-22
The Masculine View.

His Wife-Isn't my new gown quite
becoming to me, dear?
Her Husband-Sure thing. And
suppose the bill for 1t will soon be
coming to me.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-10-13
Dunn-D0nalds0n.

Miss Grace Donaldson, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Donaldson. al
this place. and Mr.. oleve Damn
were married last Saturday evening
in the study oi Rev. Georse Eubank
on Elliott Avenue, Nashville.
The ceremony was followed by a
supper and reception at the home
OF Mr.. and Mira. Pat Newland. who
were attendants at the ceremony.
Other attendants were Miss Gladys
" alsh and Mr.. Parker Swope.
The bride wore a smart street
suit OF blue cloth with hat Of the
toning shade. Her bouquet was OF
brides roses and lilies Of the valley,
In entertaining. Mr.. and Mira.
Newland were assisted by Mr., and
Mrs. Robert Monroe. Their .home
was attractive with many flowers
and evergreens that developed a
color scheme Of pink and green.
The supper table was prettily ap'
pointed and the flowers used we're
pink roses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn are making
a visit TO rcla,ives 10 Kentucky, and
on returning TO Nashville will make
their home in the Kenilworth apart.
ments.