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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

good way to improve water. Is to stir 1t
up and let the air get to It. But even
thon we may not have very good wa
ter. Now. let US let 1t stand In reser-
voirs. in the sunlight. for q while.
Algae may grow and cause an I'M
slightly scum. but we have an easy
remedy for that in copper sulphate or
blue vitriol. as 1t is called Tho small
amount needed to remove algao will
do no harm.
NO SUCH THING AS
ABSOLUTELY PURE WATER
Then we must take into account tho
good germs. the oxidizing bacteria that
oxidlze many OF the organisms in or
ganic bodies that remained In II. Some
OF these get in their work while the
watcr is in process OF filtration, and
others when tho water Is. as we might
say. at rest. Then we have the actinic
rays Of the sun. which are grand dis
infcctant; natures great purifier. With
the water at rest the suspended par
ticles gradually prccipitato and tho
sanitary chemists know how to hurry
this process also with n little alum or
aluminium sulphate. Now. as wc draw
the water off from the surface. IL we
add couple of pounds of liquified
chlorine or an equivalent amount of
bleaching powder to every 100000
gallons OF IT as it flows into the city
supply pipes. we get away from the
danger zone.
There is no such thing as really pure
water available for drinking, and II
il were we should find il Nat, stale and
unwh olesome. Our internal organs
are designed to meet water with n GER
tain amount of salts dissolved in II:
and we want air dissolved in it, too.
Good drinking water Is "a complex
thing. but the task OF Kidding il of the
germs OF disease is, generally speaking,
pretty we'll in hand. The sevcn-mile
Journey. however. will not turn the
trick.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
NEW FACTS AS TO WATER;
VALUE OF STALE FLUID
Professor Who Has Given Much
Study on Subject Finds Something
Worth Talking About.
TIE SAFEGUARDING STREAMS
They Do Not Purify as Much ms Gen.
orally Supposed-How the Air Can
Be Made to Make Stagnant Water
Good.

Professor Allen Rogers. Of Pratt In
stitute, Brooklyn. writes The Times
Dispatch on an interesting subject. and
brings out some facts and theories that
will strike the average reader as being
entirely new. He says:
There are n whole lot of things that
we know, and then when everybody
knows them we are likely to discover
that the very opposite is Il fact also.
Running water purifcs itself every
seven miles" is an old saw which a
moments thoughtful consideration will
diSprove. The volume of water and
the speed of its now must BIS reckoned
with, and then we want to know what
there was In the water at the Begin
ming OF the first mile Most OF us can
remember seeing dead horses and cat
tie floating down big rivers during
spring foods that have come good
deal more than seven miles without
being purified at all.
4 BRAND-NEw DOCTRINE
THAT WAS BORN
1t was about 1897 that br. scdgwick
advanced the theory that 1t was in
stagnant. rather than in running.
water that the greatest archaeological
publication takes place. In the April
number Of the Journal of Industrial
and Engineering Chemistry. OF the
American Chemical Society, S. T.
Powell. OF Baltimore, gives his OBJ
servations of the Improvement of
water by storage In reservoirs in con-
nection with the Baltimore water sup
ply. The water drawn from the sur
face OF the reservoirs after 1t has been
stored for several weeks is very much
purer than that which flows into II
from the living stream" that sup
plies it,
Let get the philosophy OF the
thing clear in our minds. What is it
that purines the water as ii flows
along; that turns the sewage Of Chi
cago. for instance. into something not
much worse than river water, after
travelling 100 miles? 1t is oxygen from
the air. The more the water is agl-
tatcd. splashcd and stirred about, the
more air comes in contact with It and
Ia dissolved in 1t. So we come TO the
conclusion. and. wisely, too. that 4
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
ANOTHER FEDERAL BOARD
TO HELP ALONG WAR PLANS
The Farm Organizations of tho Coun.
try to Cooperate Through Their
Own General Board.

WASHINGTON, July 28.-Formatfor
Of tho Federal Board OF Farm Organi-
cations marks the elimination OF sev-
oral days meetings hero of agricul
tural leaders from twenty-four States
In this board are represented associa-
lions having n total membership OF
moro than 100000 farmers, for whom.
for the first time. comes true long held
dreams OF n national federation OF
farm bodies.
Active In organizing this board arc
the Farmers Educational and CO.
operative Union OF America. Farmers.
National Congress, Pennsylvania Rural
Progress Association, National Dairy
Union. National Agricultural Organize
tlon Society, National Conference on
Marketing and Farm Credits and tho
National Council of Farmers CO.
operative Associations. Representa-
tiVcs OF several other large farm or
CARNATIONS were present at the meet
ing and VIII report to their respective
bodies on tho work OF the board.
Objects of the Federal board, which
came into existence as Il result OF tho
present national emergency. are to co.
ordinate the work OF the farmer with
that of the nation and to give tbe
farmer greater influence and recopni.
ton in national affairs.
The board will keep constantly In
touch with national Legislative mat
ters, passing on to the farmers what
ihey wish to know concerning Con-
grcss and Keeping the Legislators in
formed OF the wishes of tho people
on the farms. Permanent headquarters
Will be maintained I'm Washington with
a general secretary In charge Fol-
lowing the organization OF the board
the executive committee elected Charles
W. Holman. OF Madison. Wis, to thi.
position. Mr.. Holman has already
made arrangements for the Immediate
opening of national headquarters In
Washington.
Members OF the executive committee
are Charles S. barrett. OF Georgia: Gif-
ford Pinchot. Of Pennsylvania; w. T.
Greasy. OF Pennsylvania: Charles Nc
Carthy. OF Wisconsin. and ]. w. Short
hin. of Nebraska
Officers are to consist Of a general
board composed of one member from
each OF the uniting organizations; and
an executive committee Of nvo mem
bers chosen by the general board, no
two OF whom are chosen from the
same organization. Both the general
board and the executive committee. sc.
lect their own chairmen. j. H. Kimball
OF Port Deposit, Md. was elected chair
man OF the general board, and r. Il.
Bower, OF Campbell, Va. secretary.
Upon a three-fourths vote of the
general board any organization Of ac-
tual farmers may affiliate with tho
Federal board. Each of the separate
organizations contributes to the sun
port Of the board
The first regular meeting of the or
ganization Will occur In Washington in
January. 1913. at which time permanent
organization will take pia,e.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
AFTER VIRGINIA MARI
Northern Capitalists Promoting in
King md Queen md King
William Counties

WEST POINT VA. July 2S.-A
representative OF New York capital has
recently been all about Walkerton. In
King and Queen County. looking for
peat and sand mari beds on or near
the Mattaponi River. DR.. Thomas, OF
New Jersey, has recently been in West
foiht and this section looking for
green sand mari. several samples OF
which "crc found near West Point
that have becn found to analyze from
to IL per cent potash. DR.. Thomas
says he can change. at very small
cost. this insoluble potash to soluble
potash. which Is now worth about $50
per ton. He represents n million dollar
corporation. and great things should be
expected. Many enterprises are ma
terializinS III West point, but 1t Is
deemed best to keep safe silence for
the present.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
SALES OF sHoRTHoRNs
cattle Rnisers of Southwest Virginia
Getting Much Interested in the
Great Industry

BRISTOL. VA, July 2S.-With a view
10 increasing the production of short
morn cattle in Southwest Virginia and
East tennessee, sale was held in
BRISTOL Wednesday. which was at
lenued by a large number Of farmers
and stock breeders. including members
OF the shorthorn association of South
west Virginia and East Tennessee.
Ihe sale was we'll patronized and re-
suited in renewed determination among
breeders to increase this particular
breed. Shorthorn cattle are now bred
in many of the counties in this sec
ton. Bristol merchant farmers are
adopting this breed of cattle and graz
ing lands near Bristol will be well
stocked
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
A LIttlc Too Much Raj.

ifNcliBCJsG. VA. July 2S.--Much
complaint is heard here on account OF
'hr very wet season. which has pre-.
Nh'lc" ior Two weeks. Farmers have
been prevented from WORKING tbe,r
corn crop. and some damage has been
sustained by wheat still in the field
Local gardeners report tina. tomatoes
are beginning to rot on the vines badly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
What PROMINENT
Kline KAR
owners SAY
From a Large Richmond
Contrncfor.

purchased last spring a Kline car.
ana my wife has driven this car herself
most or the time, and is very much
Pleased with the car because of it's
easy riding. easy control and its being
perfect mechanically for a lady to op-
crate The gasoline and the tire mile
age nave been most satisfactory"
From Prominent Insurance
Mant
nave not spent penny on the
engine or in keeping the car in repair,
rms is the third roadster / have had.
ana Is decidedly the best ever"
From North Carolina
Hotel Man,
consider 1t the best car for the
money now sold in the State OF Vir-
gina. The best point I'm connection
win thls car. in my opinion, is that
IL VIII take one out Of the mud in it. I"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
.WEsTMORELAND COUNTY,
LAND OF GOOD FARMERS
Industrial Development Hardly Wis.
ible to the Naked Eye, but the
People DO Not Need 1t.
NATIVE COUNTY OF GREAT MEN
Inhabited by Folks Who Make Plen-
ty to Eat and Have Much Left
Over to Sell-Numerous Small CO.
Operative Canneries.

One of tho oldest shaped counties
in the State of Virginia is one of the
very old ones. being Westmoreland, in
the Northern Neck. The county was
slipped off from Northumberland 264
years ago. 1t was originally settled
by the sons and daughters of real Eng
lish aristocrats, and to this day the
people have in a measure maintained
their aristocratic ideas and their cx-
elusive and seclusivc bearing. Tho
county has not progressed industrially
very much in the past forty years or
more for two reasons. First. the peo-
pie have not cared much to progress,
since latter day industrial activities
are well calculated to change the or
der OF things that has become a part
of their life. In the second place. the
lack of railway facilities has naturally
kept back progress. even if the people
were ever SO anxious to plant work.
shops and other industries at every
croSSroad.
PEOPLE MAKE ALI THEY
EAT AND SELL MUCH
The surface of the county is gem
orally level. with now and then
bunch of minor hills here and there
On the river bottoms the soil is a
light loan. and on the so-called up
lands il is stiff clay and all of it,
whether in the bottoms or higher up.
is rich and very productive The
products are corn. wheat, rye. sweet
and Irish potatoes peas, millet and
clover. Orchard grass and timothy
are extensively grown for hay. and
fruits. from apples down to straw
berries. grow we'll all over the county.
The people make all they want to eat
and use for cattle feed of all of these
products and then have quantities of
them to sell. which they get TO market
by the water route, shipping by the
Potomac, bordering the whole northern
edge of the county. and the Kappa
hammock. which is the southeastern
boundary line for nearly half the length
OF Westmoreland. The inlcts of these
rivers. some of them extending ten
miles inland. are navigable, and af-
ford shipping facilities to large sec
tions. By these streams the people
are enabled to reach the outside mar
kets. principally Washington, Balti-
more, Fredericksburg, Alexandria and
Norfolk. with the products of their
lands.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

I ~
some bodies of that character in the
| after.
correspondent from Virginia
town offers a suggestion. He writes:
I'VE are hearing all kinds of war talk,
and within the past week or two we
have been hearing lots of politics.
Naturally. under the circumstances. we
hear less business talk. and when We
do hear business discussed we get sug-
Eestions that business activity must be
lessened in war times and no new en-
terprises should be undertaken. The
very opposite seems to me to be the
proper caper. War naturally opens up
avenues to new business and new en-
tcrprises. and now is the time for our
Virginia towns to be going for the
location OF some that are seeking loca-
ton where the best climate in the
world is an induccmcnt"
Another correspondent writing on a
subject near akin TO the above. says:
In some parts of Virginia continued
rains have played havoc with public
roads. and yet some of the thousands
TO them tina: work on roads should be
suspended in war times L.: order that
every energy may be exerted in making
foodstuffs for the armies Of the country
and for the allies. In my judgment
this is all wrong. We ought to do
more work on the roads than ever be-
fore. l have heard some old Confed-
crates say that bad roads in Virginia
nd M
General Lee in the sixties as did the
guns of the Fcderals"
a Richmond man asks: us Richmond
doing her best to get some OF the war
industries established in our midst, and
if not why norI Most of tho conven-
tons have been called off on account
of the war, and there are none of these
for Booster Daoney Of the Chamber
of Commerce, to hustle for. and he and
his brother boosters might catch UP
with an airship factory or two, or
something like that"
Let me suggest TO the town garden
ers of Richmond and the small farm
crs in the suburbs and nearby" writes
another Richmond inan. that they
have done good part for their coun-
try and their fellow ultimate consum-
crs, and at the same time they have
learned great deal. They will be
better prepared TOR this kind Of work
for another year because of their ex-
perience of this year and it is not too
soon TO begin the plans for next year
AS soon as this years crops are gath
cred they ought to begin work In get
ting the gardens and small fields ready
Tor another crop. a sti CHI in time
saves nine is the old saw"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

although previously I have always
been entirely satisfactory. both in easy
iidlng and dependability. and in ability
where" ""y
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CANNING
AND OTHER INDUSTRIES

Grazing facilities in the county are
good especially for sheep. and the
shecp-raising industry is INDUCED in
to quite an extent. while beef cattle
sufficient for home supply and some
for shipping are raised, and the same
may be said OF poultry. The can
neries OF the county constitute the
leading industry outside of farming.
The farmers grow more vegetables
and fruits than required for homo use
and more than the short season per-
mits them to profitably ship at the
time OF ripening to other markets
and SO canncries became necessity
They were found to- pay, and the in
dustry has been growing RAPIDLY every
year for more than a decade past. In
every neighborhood there may be
found one or more of these establish
ments. mostly on the small order. and
many of them are operated on kind
or cooperative system. The fishing
industry along the Potomac and the
Rappahannock also amounts to con-
siderable. and some oysters are caught
and shipped to the markets eyery
season.
Pretty much all of the timber has
been cut out except the pine, and that
Is being cut down and shipped out by
poats or all Kinds to be used as fire
WOOD. Ihere is great deal of mari in
the county. and two plants are in
operation for blasting and crushing
this fertilizer for shipment to regions
where the lands are not so rich and
need fertilizers more than do the lands
OF Westmoreland
The people of Westmoreland. that
is to say, the farmers. and the vast
majority Of them are cultivators Of
the soil. have caught on to modern
farming. and there are many large
plantations upon which all of the
modern farm machinery is in use and
are made to do their full work.
Montross, the county seat. ia a
pleasant little village OF not over 2o0
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
VIEWS AND NEAR-VIEWS,
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
An Object Lesson-wsr-time Business.
bad Work of Ind Roads.
Hint TO Gardeners.

Here is an industrial news item
clipped from an exchanges:
Manufacturers of silk will establish
silt-spinning mill at Parkcrsburg.
w. Va. installing an equipment Of ma :
chinery costing 100000. The board OF
commerce has arranged for this enter
prise. and. in order to secure its loca-
ton. will provide two-story 300X50-
foot brick building with water supply
and heating system. costing $4,000"
That tells good story in a nutshell.
Evidently ParkcrsburE has wide
awake Chamber OF Commerce. one that
some bodies of that character in the
old mother State may do well to copy
after.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-03
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Delightful Lecture and Concert Planned for Sol
diers' Leisure Fund-Nancy Wynne Talks
About Number of Things

blame them for wearing the clothss.-
heaven knows they're wonderful looking
In thenl-but why the mannerisms? They
carry their heads a few feet in advance
OF their shoulders and their feet never
by any chance get within speaking dis
tance Of each other, either north and south
or east and west. There was one of these
habitually sport-clad girls in Biddeford
POOL one year when one Of our best
known illustrators, by name James
Montgomery Flagg was spending the
summer there. She was stunning but
you felt as If you ought never to use n
feminine pronoun in connection with her
She was invited to a dinner one evening
and by chance James Montgomery Flagg
was also invited. She appeared in riding
clothes-everybody else in conventional
dinner dress She stood about with her
rect wide apart and discussed the affairs
of the universe with the rest of tho men
striking a match on her riding--or.
clothes to light her cigarette. James
montgomery, leaning with one elbow on
the mantelpiece, took his other hand out
OF his pocket to stroke his chin sugges
lively.
MARY, I'm going to shave before
diqner-are you?" he remarked.
NANCY WYNNE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-03
DEVON MANOR
OPENS TONIGHT
EX-President Taft the Orator.
Senator Knox Will Preside at
School Inaugural

Former President William Howard Taft
will be the speaker at the opening Of Devon
Manor, the girls new school at Devon, to-
night. Senator Philander G. Knox will
preside at the opening exercises, which
begin at s:15 p. m. He will be introduced
by Bishop Thomas J. Garland. chairman Of
tho board Of directors of the school
The school is destined 70 open under the
most promising auspices. according to those
In charge. The school itself is the old
Devon Inn, which has been entirely re-
modelled. In addition to the usual pre-
paratory college music and art courses,
social service, secrctaryship and other spe-
cial courses have been put in the currlcu-
lum.
The directors include Powell Evans, Ed
mund y. Mccarthy, J. Clifton Buck, DR..
Edwin L. Graham. DR.. J. Packard Baird,
DR.. George g. Stout, Frank Graham Thorn-
son and William II. Wilson.
Among others identified with the manage
ment are T.. T. Stotesbury, Thomas Dolan,
George MacFadden, Joseph II. Steele and
William H. Barnes.
The patronesses TO act with the directors
and their wives who will be hostesses on
the occasion OF the reception following the
opening address, are;
Mrs. Charles c. Harrison, Mrs. Archibald
Barlile, Mrs. Thomas Leaning. Mrs. Ed
ward i. Beale, Mrs. John Hampton Barnes.
Mrs. John A. Brown, Jr.. Mrs. Edward
Roberts. Mrs. C. Emory McMchael, Mrs.
William G. Bulitt, Mrs. J. G. Cassatt Mrs.
Francis Forbes Milne and Mrs. Charles M.
Lea.
Special trains will leave Broad Street Sta
ton tonight at 6;45 and 7:l5.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-03
WEDDING TAKES
PLACE AT NOON
Miss Elizabeth Reath Marries
Lieutenant Appleton Today in
st. Martins Church, Radnor

\ fashionable wedding of wide social
Importance uniting two prominent families
was solemnized at neon today, when Miss
Elizabeth Roberts Reath daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Reath, became the bride
Of Lieutenant John Adams Appleton, L. S.
n, son of Mr.. and Mrs, Robert Appleton,
of New York.
The ceremony took place in st, Martins
Protestant Episcopal Church, at Radnor,
and was performed by the rector, the Rev.
George w Lamb, d. y.
The bride, who was given in marriage
by her father wore q gown of white satin,
veled in net, with a long court train of
net edged with satin. She carried a shower
bouquet of lilies of the valley. Miss Nir-
ginia Roberts, n cousin of the bride, was
her only attendant. She wore q dainty
frock Of pale pink crepe do chine and a
large pink picture hat trimmed with
flowers. Her bouquet was of pink and
bluo flowers.
Mr. George T.. Stevens. Of New York. at
tended Lieutenant Appleton as best man,
and the ushers were Mr.. L. Brannan Reath,
Cd. a brother of the bride Mr.. Edward
Stevens, Mr.. George Dixon and Mr.. Averell
Hartman.
owing to Hiss Reath's family being in
mourning, the wedding was an exceedingly
small and quiet one, followed by a small
reception at Donithistle, the Reath summer
home at st. Davids