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Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-15
VERY CLEVER, VERY CLEVER

The Bisbee Ore gives the following friendly "tip' to Aronans, which might be good policy to fOolw. pecally when under circumstances befell the Bisbee man:
 states that he recognized many times by utter srang CTS resident of Arizona and for long time could not discover why At last he found out that it by the way he down his case which he always did very gently if it contained bottles which might be broken This has become habtua with Arizonans who return
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-15
mExIcANs SENTENCED

Yesterday was a busy day for Jus tice of the Peace w. A. Fowler, clear Ing up the justice docket of the cases originating out Of the drunkenness of Friday night. when a number of Mex. jeans were arrested for being drunk and disorderly and charged with fight ing.
 Joe Contreras. Refugio Leon, and Jose Dominguez, wno were disturb ing the peace. and were intoxicated, received 50 days eacn. while Chico Martinez. who was charged with fight ing, got a similar sentence Eusivio Ybarra, who attempted to enter the residence of James McHugh Sunday night, and was also intoxicated, got % days. while Epiminio Cantu, who was charged with using vile and ob- sene language in the presence of wo- men, received a 20 day sentence. Pc trolino Saldivas. who was caught in he act of selling . bottle of whis. key to Ernesto Contreras. was held to answer in the Superior Court.
 Herculano Ortiz. who is charged with killing Manuel Morales will have lis hearing on Friday.
 Today Maria Lopez was brought be- ore Judge Fowler charged with using vile language in the presence of other gomen. and after . strong reprimand y the judge she was allowed to g. with warning that if she repeats the act she will be sent to jail. The af. fair grew out of . quarrel with neigh. bors.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-15
PATENTS RECEIVED.

PHOENIX, Oct s.-Hazard Berry md Miller, of Los Angeles. received
 2 wire from Washington. notice of he issuance yesterday of the fol lowing patents to Arizona inventors: Henry Kinney of Yuma, Arizona. musical notation; Earby H. McClel- iand. of Tucson. Arizona. cylinder ,wab: Cobra NJ. Stoddard. of Phoe- nix, Arizona. route indicator.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-15
ROOSEVELT WILL
 COME TO ARIZONA

CHICAGO, Oct. 10.-Theodore R. Roosevelt will leave New York Sun day. October Is, for his western speaking tour in behalf of Hughes and Fairbanks and deliver addresses at Louisville. Oct 1s. Albuquerque. Oct. 1s. Phoenix. October 21, Denver. Oct. 24. and Chicago. Oct 26. according to a revised itinerary given out tonight by the speakers bureau at western Republican national headquarters.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-15

In less than thirty days the election will be and politicians will be out of the lmeght After the cleo
 on the time will be proptious for revival of the road bond issue in this county. The road between Douglas and Bsbee should be paved and the road from Rodeo M, should be built permanently via Douglas, Bisbee, Tombstone St. David, and Benson, to the Pima county Gne-Douglas International.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-15

THE "EPITAPH" sos PRINTING DEPARTMENT GIVES PROMPT AT TENrIoN TO MAIL ORDERS. FIRST cLAss WORK AND Low PRicgs.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-15

A farmer in Western Kansas shaved off months beard took bath and dressed up his best clothes be- fore killing himself. He didn't know where he was go ing but determined to make good impression as possible on his new acquaintances.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-15

First publication Sept. r. 1916.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05
Keep Milk Sweet

It is no trick at all to keep milk
sweet in cold weather. 1t may stay
in the sun for half day in December
without any great damage, but In July
and August 1t must be handled very
carefully. Whether the milk or cream
Is intended for the table the creamery
or tho milk market, 1t must be sweet
If it is to bring the best price.
To keep milk sweet just two simple
things must be very carefully looked
after: % it must be cooled as com.
pletely and as quickly after milking as
possible. and Cd absolute cleanliness
of pals, cans and cows must be &C.
cured. If this is done, thunder storms
will no longer sour the milk. The
warm, damp weather which we have
just before thunder storms really does
tend to cause milk to sour If 1t has not
been properly cared for.
This souring- takes place because
little invisible plants called bacteria
get into it in dirt or by lurking in the
corners and seams of poorly cleaned
pals and cans. The remedy Is plain.
Keep the bacteria out by using seam
less pals and cans and seeing that alb
solutely no dirt or dust gets into the
milk In the stable or anywhere else.
Profits rom milk will be greatly in
creased by a good supply and proper
use of clean hot water and an ice
house or a good cold spring-Percy
Werner, Jr. 4 ..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05
Grating to Insure
Good Pear Trees

The first or second crop of fruit will
show the quality, some which may be
undesirable. Some varieties are pre-
disposed to cracking, some to soften
ing of the core, while others are knot
ty. and of poor quality-not as gem
eral thing, but under present condi-
TONS
From the varieties that are most de.
sirable, those showing inferior quail.
ties should be top-worked as follows:
Scatter the CRAFTS through the tops
inserting SO many that leach form
Ing small branch by .itself) the.
whole taken together will make full
top in few years..
Select six or eight Of the main scat
folding limbs. and trim off the greater
part of the side branches. but If the
tree is large one, only part of the
top should be removed the first season
(the remainder to be taken off the
second year,. and this part of the tree
grated. In these six or eight limbs
there should be twenty-five or thirty
gratis set
Care should be exercised that the
gratis are evenly distributed over tho
top. SO that there will be well ball
anced head of the new variety.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05

lest season Of the year. "A box IA feet
long, 10 feet wide. and feet deep
will hold the manure produced by two
horses during about five months.
About 2 cubic feet of box space should
be allowed for each horse per day.
The bin should be made Of concrete
or heavy plank. When the latter Is
used the cracks should be battened to
prevent the escape of flies. The bin
may have floor or it may be set In
the ground several inches, and the
dirt closely banked around the out
side. For the admission Of the M
nure a good-sized door should be
provided in either end of a large bin.
A portion Of the top should be made
easily removable for convenience In
emptying the box, Or one entire end
Of the box may be hinged. On account
of the danger of the door being left
open through carelessness, 1t Is ad-
visable to arrange lift door which
can be opened by placing the loot on
a treadle as the manure Is shoveled
in, The door should be heavy enough
to close automatically when the
treadle is released.
In many cases fly trapping has been
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05
Extent Of Forest
Fires in 1915

Forest nres burned over not quite
1o0,O 900 acres Of national forest land
Iii 1915, according to official reports
Just compiled, or less than acres per
thousand. Out Of total of 1924
fires, 346, or 81 per cent, did dam
age to the amount Of 500 or more.
Tho timber loss was 56,000,000
board feet, valued at $4,000. AL
tholgh the season was regarded as
one of unusual exposure, owing to de-
layed fall rains, the loss was material
" below the average of the last five
years. Over 81 per cent of this loss
occurred in the States of Oregon,
washington and Idaho, while more
than u per cert was in Oregon alone.
7 Besides the timber loss, fires de-
stroyed reproduction, or young tree
growth, Of an estimated value Of
100000, and $s,407 worth of forage.
Tho loss per fire in 1915 was $60.41.
which is $14.o3 less than the five-year
average, while the cost Of fighting
each fire was $20.s3 less.
lightning figures as the chief
cause Of forest fires in 1915, as it does
In the average year. Twenty eight
and half per cent Of the fires were
due to this cause. Campers caused 10
FER cent. which Is IN per cent higher
than the average. Eleven per cent
were caused by brush burning. Nearly
1 per cent were of incendiary origin.
Railroads were responsible for nearly
. per cent of the fires in 1915, as
against IAN per cent due to this cause
In the average year. The causes Of
over Is per cent were unknown. Lum-
bering operations caused less than 3
per cent
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05
Homemade Shower Bath

A very simple, convenient and
cheap arrangement for a homemade
shower bath has been built by the
members of a woman's home dem
onstration club in Covington. Va, and
1t Is considered especially useful in
homes where there are many chill
dren. This device was made by using
a 2 or gallon tin bucket. A hole
was punched in the bottom and a
piece of pipe about ~ to inches
long soldered in the opening. A piece
of rubber hose 4 to feet long was
attached to this and sprayer from
the watering can or nozzle placed
on the end. A rope was tied to the
handle of the bucket and run through
a staple which was driven in the joist
beside the window sash, making a
pulley by which the bucket could be
raised or lowered to suit the conven.
ience Of the person taking the shower.
A hook was placed below this staple
SO that the rope could be fastened to
hold the bucket in place, and a
clotfiespin used over the rubber tube
to cut off the water. A large tin tub
was placed underneath to stand in.
Estimated cost of this convenience
was as follows:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05

ouite different. The flies are attract
ed into a cage, as it were. by going
through a passage the entrance OF
which "a large and the exit small. so
there Is little chance Of the flies. once
IN. finding their way out again. This
principle Is modified to fit different
conditions.
The attractant used to induce f1ies
to enter traps may consist OF CD 1000.
as in baited traps; (2) odors, as IN
window traps placed In windows from
which odors are emitted; and 80
light, as in traps on manure boxes.
OF course light is an important fac
tor In the success Of all traps, for as
IL we'll known. flies have marked
tendency to go toward the light, and
they usually enter the trap by flying
toward the light after having been at
tracted beneath it by bait or after en-
tering a room in search Of food.
A number Of traps Of this general
type are on the market But most #
these are Of small size. Nearly all
are constructed with dome instead
of u cone, and on this account the
catching power is reduced about one
third. Moreover, the farmer, dairy
man. or anyone with a few tools can
construct traps at a small fraction OF
the sale price of ready-made ones.
Prof. C. F. Hodge has adapted the
cone trap to use on the lids Of gar
bage cans. A hole is cut In the lid
of the can and a small balloon trap
attached over the hole. Practically
speaking the garbage forms bait for
this trap, and when inside the can the
flies are attracted to the light admit
ted through the trap. 1t Is really ad-
visa Bile to have the garbage cans fly
proof, so as to prevent danger Of fly
breeding within them, rather than to
depend on traps on the lids, which
necessarily allow odors to escape.
Manure pits or boxes are desirable
for the temporary storage Of manure.
especially in towns and cities. These
have been widely advocated. but the
difficulty has been that manure often
becomes infested before 1t is put into
them, ard flies frequently breed out
before the boxes are emptied and
often escape through the cracks. To
obviate these difficulties a manure box
or pit, with a modified tent trap or
cone trap attached, is desirable. Mr..
Arthur Swain. of Florida, has de-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05
FRESH VEGETABLES THE YEAR
AROUND.

Greens. roasting ears, beans, peas
and all the other farm grown vegeta-
bles can be canned as successfully as
gooseberries If the directions given
for canning by Miss Bah Bell and Miss
Addie D. Root of the Agricultural Elk
tension Service Of the University Of
Missouri are followed. Extension Cir
cular 9, describing the cold pack"
method Of canning, has Just been is
sued This will be distributed free to
Missouri housewives, the members of
the Girls Canning Clubs organized by
the Agricultural Extension Service,
and any others interested. T.
The cold pack" method described
in this circular is easy but sure. No
failures will result if attempts are
made to can the ordinary farm veg
etables according to directions given
in this circular.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05
DAMAGE FROM THE CLOVER LEAFHOPPER
Tn
Pest-sm Measures nmendedF For Cnronn

The number Of generations of the
leafhopper produced annually In a
given locality varies from year to year,
depending on weather conditions, and
1t also varies in different ATTITUDES and
climates. For southern Missouri and
nc rthern Arkansas there are usually
three distinct broods, covering ap-
proximately az April and May, ca
June and July. and (s) August and
September. Farther south or under
subtropical conditions 1t is probable
that, there are four or more.
In the Northern States the clover
leafhopper hibernates in the adult
stage. at the base of clumps Of grass
and weeds and under dried leaves and
trash. Throughout the Central and
Southern States 1t could hardly be
said to hibernate; instead, the adults
merely keep in hiding and under cover
during cold weather, coming out on
warm days to bask In the sun and
feed upon such green foliage as can
be found. In Missouri, for example,
the adult insects have been observed
feeding upon wheat during January
and February, but not in any album
dance. Nymphs cannot long survive
cold weather, and 1t Is not probable
that eggs survive over winter. In the
extreme Southwest, where conditions
are radically different, the leafhopper
is active throughout the entire year.
The adults are quick of moveme
and jump from plant to plant when
disturbed. When strong winds pre-
vail they remain in hiding, as they
, seem to dislike windy weather. Their
most characteristic habit Is that Of
(congregating in great numbers on one
plant, frequently to such an extent
that they crowd one another. This Is
what causes the concentrated attacks
in spots throughout a field. The
clover leafhopper does not seem to
seek shady or damp places, rather
preterring the heat of the midday
sun.
The Eymphs are much less active
than the adults and are not easily dis
turbed. When one brushes against
the plants they cling fast to the stems
and leaves instead Of jumping to an
other plant. Like the adults, they
have the habit Of crowding together
along a stem or upon a leaf.
| For direct control the hopperdozer
Is, recommended. Any form of this
device that is suitable for grasshap-
pers will do for the clover leafhopper
as well; but much lighter and less
expensive one can be made for the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05
A Prize Winning Sow Owned by Mis-
souri, Agricultural Station. ~

stead Of corn. Results obtained show
that when corn is worth 70 cents or
more q bushel, wheat may be profit
is worth 90 cents or less. Likewise If
corn is worth 80 cents per bushel,
wheat is worth $1.03 bushel as hog
feed
1t has been further shown that pork
may be produced more cheaply by
adding a snall amount Of tankage to
a mixture Of corn and wheat than by
feeding these feeds without such a
supplement.
For example, the cost of producing
100 pounds Of pork with corn and
tankage was 60 cents less than when
corn alone was used. This would
mean an additional profit to the pro-
Queer Of 500 or more on each car
load of hogs fed.
Extensive tests have proven that
tankage added to the feed increased
the rate Of gain and reduced the
amount of grain required to produce
a hundred pounds of gain. This in
crease In gain was much more pro-
nounced, however. during the first IS
days of the 120-day feed than during
the last AZ days. Results indicate that
it would be profitable to supply tank
age to fattening hogs for the entire
feeding period when corn was used,
but only for the first 7S-day period
when wheat was fed While the ad-
dition of tankage to the wheat ration
increased the rate Of gain during the
last An dayys Of the ~ 0-day 10 dins
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05
VALUE OF HAIRY VETCH,

About ten years ago, on a piece Of
poor clay-loam soil at the North Caro-
lima station, vetch was used in rotation
with corn and cotton to build up
productivity. The soil was In a run
down; humus-def1cient condition md
would produce only meager crops, as
it tended to run together and cement
after each rain.
Within five years, by the use of
vetch in the rotation and the judicious
application of commercial fertilizers,
the productivity Of the land was in
creased more than 200 per cent, and
the soil was brought to loose and
friable condition. The vetch was sown
each fall after the corn or cotton and
,plowed into the soil during the follow
ing spring after It had about co: :
plated Its growth. .s s .a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05

bernating insects az we'll as the leaf
hoppers. b..
During the growing season close
cutting or pasturing OF grass lands Is
recommended. Cutting alfalfa crops
from a week to ten days earlier than
usual will often check the ravages Of
the insects and may be advisa BILE when
there is evidence that the leafhoppers
are causing sufficient injury to justify
the risk of loss through premature
cutting. E'
Each year this leafhopper, by less
eninE the vitality Of it's food plants.
occasions more or less damage over
its entire range Of distribution, caus-
ing a positive, although not easily
estimated. decrease in the clover and
alfalfa hay crops Of the country.
Continued attacks often result in the
loss Of considerable percentage Of a
single cutting; especially Is this true
in some Of the Central States. The
leafhopper causes the greatest dam
age during the spring and early sum-
mer months, as the foliage is then
most succulent and the tissues very
tender, enabling even the immature
leafhoppers readily to pierce the skin
Of leaf and stem and suck the Juices.
The incessant drain from concentrated
attacks causes the clover plants to
wither, and although they may not
die, the new growth which is put
forth is very apt to be thin and spin
ding. With alfalfa it is the first two
crops which appear to suffer most.
The drain upon alfalfa plants does
not show as markedly as with clover,
especially during drought, since the
alfalfa roots go deeper into the
ground and the plant is better able to
Withstand adverse conditions r.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05

vised form of manure trap consist
ing Of a series Of screen tents with
exit holes along the ridges OF these,
over which is a screen box. The lat
ter retains the flies as they pass
through the holes in the tents. The
entire trap Is removable. Y
In order to retain the fertilising
value of manure to the greatest ex-
tent 1t is advisable to exclude the air
from 1t as much as possible and to
protect it from the teaching action of
rains. This being the case, there Is
really no necessity for covering large
portion Of the top Of the box with q
trap, but merely to have holes large
enough to attract flies to the light. and
cover these holes with ordinary con-
ical traps, with the legs cut off, so
the bottom Of the trap will fit closely
to the box. The same arrangement
can be made where manure Is kept In
a pit. In large bins two or more
holes covered with traps should be
provided for the escape OF the flies.
Manure boxes should be used by all
stock owners in towns and cities, and
they are also adaptab BILE to farms. The
size Of the manure bin should be
governed, by the individual needs, but
for use on the farm 1t Is desirable to
make it large enough to hold all OF
the manure produced during the bus
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05
FARM LANDS INCREASE IN
VALUE.


The value Of farm lands of the
United States is estimated at S45.55
per acre, as compared with $40.S5 a
year ago, $40.31 two years ago, $3.50
three years ago. and $36.2S four years
ago. The census reported the value Of
farm lands in 1910 as $32.4O, and in
1900 as 1851 per acre. %r
In recent years the value Of farm
lands has been increasing at the rate
Of about per cent year, or approx
imately 50 per acre per year. The ea-
ceptional increase Of the past year
may be explained partly by the reac-
ton in the southern cotton States fol-
lowing tenn porary depression last
year, and partly by the stimulus given
by the war to prices paFticularly Of
sc II n E
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-05
1t may be said that there are two

1t may be said that there are two
main ways in which hytraps are valu-
able: (1) Catching fies which come
to clean premises from other places
which are insanitary and ca captur-
ing those flies which invariably escape
in greater or less numbers the other
means of destruction which may be
practiced. Furthermore, the number
of flies caught in traps serves as an
index of the effectiveness Of campaigns
against breeding places
The various species of flies which
are commonly ann, ying about habita-
tions or. where foodstuffs are being
prepared may be divided roughly into
two classes: G) Those which breed In
animal matter. consisting mainly Of
the so-called "blowf1ies"; and (2) those
which breed in vegetable as we'll as In
animal matter. In the latter group
the house fly Is +. far the most i'm
portant. The stable fly is strictly a
vegetable breeder, as are also certain
other species which occasionally como
into houses and may in rare cases con-
taminate foodstuffs. The stable f.
which breeds in manure or decaying
vegetable matter. and the horn fly.
which breeds in cow manure, are
blood-s :cking species and can be
caught In ordinary nytraps in COM
paratively small numbers only. TIE
kind Of flies caught depends to a con-
siderable extent on the material used
for bait. In general the housefiy and
other species which breed in vegetable
| matter are attracted to vegetable sub
stances while the blowfiies will come
| most readily to animal matter.
This rule, Of course. is not absolute,
as flies are less restricted in feeding
than In breeding habits, and, as is
well known, the house fly is attracted
: to greater or less extent to any moist
material, especially If it has an odor.
! The same general principle is in
volved IN nearly all f1ytraps in use,
though superficially they may appear