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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11
Roundabout TOOn
This Home Garden Is More Than a Success
Fort Boulevard Garden An Example To Others

IF you don't think q war garden"
IN the yard can be made TO pay,
= take a trip out 10 $500 Fort BOule-
ward and see what Mrs. Lucy Bender
has been able to accomplish in a few
months.
with but two lots, she has grown
enough vegetables for herself and ser
want and four children and has been
able 70 sell enough to buy considera-
BE other foodstuffs for the house
The popular tal-acy that irish po-
taroes VIII not grow here has been
dfspelled BY Mrs. Bender, also the
general belief that nothing will grow
on rocky land" for Mrs Bender has
some Of as fine Irish potatoes as you
viii see anywhere with big potatoes
at the roots and she has grown ner
garden IN "a bed OF rocks for all
that section along Fort Boulevard IS
rocky.
Mrs. Bender is the wife Of an army
sergeant, who is now on duty at
Princeton, n. j. and when he was or
dered away, she decided that she
would stay here and keep her house
hold intact until the war was over
and her husband again had perma-
nent station. She decided that the
best thing she could do was 70 start
in growing food, so, with her own
hands, mostly. she spaded up her en-
tire yard and covered il with manure,
after carrying off the largest of the
rocks Then she worked in the ma
nure. laid the yard off into patches
front and back-selected seed care
fully for the various patches and
planted them
She Is growing corn-and every day
the family is eating roasting ears
wax beans. Mexican beans, lima beans,
beets, radishes, onions. lettuce, spin
ach. turuips, tomatoes, Irish potatoes,
wareruelOus- cantalOupes, cucumbers
and other vegetables. She waters them
all with 2 hose and cultivates them
with g hoe 10 keep the weeds down.
From her onion patch alone. she sold
over SO worth Of stuff this season
and she still has some onions left for
family use She has found her rad
ishes and lettuce ready sellers, in fact,
has had no trouble selling to her
neighbors any Of the vegetables she
did not need. This fail, she expects
20 can 2 lot Of her tomatoes and have
them for use during the winter. She
Is already having new Irish potatoes
and expects to have them clear into
the fan when she viii dig what she
has left and save them for winter. She
IS going 70 plant a fresh patch Of po-
tatoes In a few days, as these, she
says, viii have ample time to come up
and mature before cold weather.
These VIII be planted in the corn
field" when the roasting ears are out
OF season. She has already sown
radishes and set out tomatoes on a
patch from which she gathered spring
peas. BY rotating her crops, she ex-
poets TO get several crops off Of some
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

JOurnal, lis the science of distribut-
ing-j Jobs among party friends" That
paper must have been keeping closely
Up with proceedings down here IN
Texas for some rime.-W axahachie
Light
II some women had to wear a
wooden leg they would want about
four OF them in different shades
one for house wear, one for evening
wear. one for Sunday wear and one TO
wear down tOwn.-Cincinnati En-
quIrer-
II is requested Of the press that no
speculation or rumOr be published
other than those given out by the
war departmeut-FrOm a war dsnart-
mcnr statement Secy- Baker should es-
tablish special days for issuing his
speculatiOus and rumOrs.-Philadel
phia North American
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11

OF the ground Not an inch Of space
is wasted. In the place allotted TO
Watermelons and cantalOupes. for in
stance, she has planted radishes and
they have done exceptionally weM
her vegetables are not all that Mrs.
Bender is growing for her family. She
has fenced of a part OF the back yard
she did the work herself-and Is
raising chickens and rabbits. She has
already sold number Of the rabbits
and the family has had several meals
from the years product
Women can do a great deal TO low
er the cost Of living" said Mrs. Ben
der, i they VIII 60 at IL right and
use common sense. OF course, a gar
den takes work and attention, but
there IS no reason why IL should not
be success ] have seen the Chinese
and the japanese cultivate their gar
dens and know what can be done
A Jap VIII feed an entire family from
a garden no bigger than the house
they i've IN Jap viii save d chick
ems blood and make soup from IL; he
viii save the feathers and make post
al cards from them to sell 20 the
Yankee suckers, as he calls US /
have seen Japs support a family on a
garden up on a mountain side, where
water and dirt had TO be carried Up
They are successful because they
study the needs Of their plants and
are not afraid to work them.
"Of course, there are many failures
IN yard gardening, but in most cases
il is for lack Of proper care and fall
ure TO apply common sense princi-
pies TO the work I'd rather work
in my garden and raise food for the
family than 20 do my homework, so
I hire a servant to do the homework
and look after my garden. I like
il and il Is healthy. ] believe every
woman should have a garden. We
do not know whose husband viii be
called 10 war next and all OF US
ought TO be as self supporting as
we can"
Il IS impossible to follow the die
tates OF breeding and etiQust and not
be rude sometimes; some people sim
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11

GRACE was not to be put of by
TOMS failure 20 answer her
question
Didn't Auntie say that Daddy had
gone 10 Connecticut she repeated
Yes Tom replied CURLY. she did"
Il had to run up on business" Mr..
Norton said by way OF explanation.
You asked, darling. II It was pretty
up there suppose It was pretty
out at Hillcrest, but I was not there. "
Where were your she queried.
an big business building" he told
her. Then. as II to change the sub
5ect, Returned 20 Tom.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11
BY DUNK Bolts

THERE are a lot Of smart men
working all the time for the per
lection Of every kind Of conyen-
lent apparatus for use in the human
family, but nobody has yet invented a
way that corn on the cob can be sue
cessfully eaten without resorting to
hand power.
Though It is sumner time a good
many mud holes remain in the road
between here and Gander creek. While
these holes were used considerably last
winter and consequently are frayed
around the edges, they could be i'm
proved a little and covered over with
planks and saved for use next winter.
x
It was 50 cloudy the other morning
the Old Miser Of Musket Ridge had
to raise his eyebrows.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11
Burbank To The Fore
r OTwITHSTANDNG that the United St

= 7 NOTWITHSTANDING that the United States is soon
N to harEest what is expected 10 De the largest
\ y crop grown than 5000 OOOO 900 bushels,
and notwithstanding that the crop Of wheat is expected
until the 1918 crops be harvested and possibly there
after for the that crops many parts Of the
world unfavorabls and that millions Of men
been withdrawn from the producing class and merely
consuming.
IN view Of this fact and considering the exacng meas
ures being taken to avert world famine by close
conservation OF grain supplies, peculiar interest attaches
TO statement Of Luther Burbank that he has perfected
super wheat" which he believes VIII 90 toward end
ing the void shortage Where IS bushels per the
grow 40 to 20 bushels Of the wheat Burbank says
this wheat combines the best qualities Of So varieties
or wheat gathered from various parts Of the earth and
represents ten years experimentation Il described as
hardy, barbless milky wheat which sill grow anywhere
IN the temperate zones
If Burbanks wheat is all that he claims for it. and
II substituted generally for the kinds Of
grown in the United States, this years all wheat
yield Of 67OOooO0 bushels would be increased to about
272OOooo0 bushels enough to satisfy all the needs Of
ourselves and allies and probably most Of the neuras
Let II be hoped that the who gave the world the
Burbank potato 1873, and the Burbank plum and pune
since then, has again achieved real creation It
could come at a better time
If the late Hetty Green's son could have accepted al
those 1000 offers Of marriage Just think he would
have outshone Solomon At that, MI Green may be
boasting Just little.
Having successfully IePulsed Austrian attacks upon
the PiccolO Lagazuoi Italy ought to be able defend
the Trombone FOrtissimo and the Cello Obigato.
Profits, not patriotism and strikes for revenue only
form the / " ". program.
The jail viii be the summer resort Of lot of disurbers
before long
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11
"Tba Tneida,.0 By Virginia 7erI5une Van
4 ~ A4lol4C1 De Water
Mr.. Parker Is Engaged To Tutor Tom and Miss Dart
Rejoices With Mr.. Noron's Son.


Well son. and what have you been
doing
Nothing especial the boy replied
You were not out late last evening
were your his father observed. II
saw your hat on the rack when ]
came in about 1880"
NO, sir went to bed early" Tom
rejoined.
Then why are you so pale this
morning. the parent asked Don't
you feel well2''
yes, sir, I feel we'll enough" the
boy answered.
Catching his eve. 7 raised my brow
Significantly he must make more
effort TO be pleasant to his father.
Tom, seeing my signal shook him
self out OF his self-absorption
You know. father" he ventured,
that am going back 20 school to-
morrow"
Yes" Mr.. Norton said. q know it
and I want to have a little talk with
you some time today or this evening
At this moment Julia brought in
the mail and laid It by her MASTER
plate As he finished his breakfast
he pushed his chair back from the
table and began to open his letters
and glance through them Suddenly
he looked up at me and started 20
speak. then thought better Of 10.
4 Recommendation.
But as we left the dining room he
said-
Miss Dart. I would like a moment
with you. Kindly step over into the
library"
He followed me as I did his bidding
He held an open letter I'm his hand
You were kind enough" he began.
without further preliminary. Ito be
interested in Tom. so I thought you
might like 10 know that ] have here a
letter from the principal OF Tom s
school He has known Hugh Parker
for years and speaks very highly Of
him"
'.I was suro OF that started to
say. Them am glad"
so am J." he went on I had a
little talk with Parker himself the
other night and am pretty sure you
can get him to tutor Tom next sum
mer."
Il am glad" I said agair Then
the matter IS virtually settled
Yes. I may as well tell Tom so"
he replied.
Ny heart gave q glad throb. Mrs.
Gore had forgotten, in the stress Of
other emotions, TO complain OF Tom.
II the arrangements for the summer
could be completed at once. her OBJ
jetcions would be useless
Tom" Ir. Norton called. stepping
to the door. Come here. pleaser'
As the lad entered. I slipped out Of
the room and left father and son
alone.
But before my employer went down
town. 7 heard him call my name from
the foot OF the hail stairs. I hap.
pened TO be in Mrs ores room. talk
ing over some new froczs she and I
were planning for Grace's spring out.
fit
started to the door as I heard
the summons. I noticed that Mrs.
Gore stood still. listening.
Tom Il Delighted.
Miss Dart" Brewster Norton said. ]
remember YOU are to dine with Us
at seven-thirty-the usual dinneri
hour tonight That is 20 lie an es-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11
DrFrNDs THE RrTtTUR.


Editor FL PasO Herald
Ira your issue Of July (. I notice an
article which slaps at the careless
ness Of the people. questions the hon
esty Of the retail grocer and butcher.
assails she credit system, and bangs
around in general
Go 10 some successful grocer in
YOUR own town doing a credit busi-
ness and ask him whether he loses
s percent. He viii tell you he doesn e
lose one percent
7 did business in Pennsylvania and
California and did not lose one half
Of one percent. yet three fourths Of
my business was credit. In FL PasO
I have only a little shop I do credit
business and even here my losses
have been less than half Of one per
cent on the total volume OF business
and 1 am not a member Of any pro-
rective association
No doubt IL would be better for the
buyers TO go TO the stores 10 select
their goods. know the retailer would
like il: IL would mean better satisfac-
ton and more goods sold, but this
eternal rant about the fellow who
paws his bills paying for the fellow
who doesn't should never enter an
intelligent mans head. That is a
personal loss TO the retailer. Who
fixed the retailers wa yes for conduct
ing his business2 If they are not
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11
The Soldiers

SAD from all they know
where vars beacons buIni and pognauty the while
-
who went to face the Pussn guns in ynder endless ray
Engsh1nen
cannot truly a with foreigners ocean lies between thin and
when vy tempest Now behold dPar through
o. to
all stricken
noble
pray may
peaceful urgent
co7vr1rht by George Adams WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11
Roundabout Town
Has the Kaiser a Use?
Some Think He Has

Everything, they say, was put
into the world for a purpose. The
question is, Of what use is the
kaiser The Cincinnati Post put
this question up TO its readers
and asked them TO write their
views Among reasons assigned
by Cincinnatians for the kaiser's
being put on earth were these
To teach America, through war.
the ADVANTAGES Of thrift 70 show
the United States that IL picks
leather-heads as congressman; TO
make possible the success OF rev.
olutionary Russia
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11
ONE BOY KILLED BY MOWER;
ANOTHER BOY LOSES A FOOT

Santa Fe. y. ", July 11.-As the
result Of being hurt by a ditchinE
machine Of the Lama Construction
company. near Greenfield. Ed 8Iorri-
SON aged Is years, died at St 1Iary's
hospital Roswell HIS mother lives
i'm san Francisco
The five year old son OF Joseph
L1pn. az Miami. had his left foot cut
off at the ankle by the sickle bar OF a
moving machine
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11

fixed. who stands the losses but he2
The telephone Is abused by the 10
and Is cent 'riEht away" calls. but
We have TO stand it,
After 80 years mack Of the counter.
am satisfied that there is Just as
much honesty back Of il as in front
and that retailing is as honorable as
preaching the gospel
J. ". Parker. grocer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11

I ply force you to be not only rude
Yes, William. this Is our RAM
season. regardless.
The standard IS not according tc
Hoyle' any more, but according Il
Hoover writes an Fl Paso house
foods.
The more they become Hoovsrized
the more We viii have to save for
cur soldiers IN the field.
4 Dde IS alUays suspicious of her
husbands bunch of Keys.
Officially. the women so objection
able 10 the secretary Of war may
have been driven from FL Paso." but
unofficiauy you run into a mighty
lot Of perfumed suspicious ones In a
brief walk about the city almost any
time
He talks a lot" said the first man.
Does he ever utter any thoughts
asked the second
Don't you know a number OF men
have been said about2
some Of the "traditlOns Of the
service are being smashed
rather inElOriousIy by the men
with ~, ;. RI on the collar.
System is . cOmmendable thing. but
il seems to most Of us that every time
we get things systematiZed, we find
that they need further systematic
ton. until finally there is so much
system it takes a secretary 10 keep
track OF It.
You don't need to join the army
to be n soldier. I know n lot Of
'em out Of the army who will
soldier on anything they are
put at.
Avlators are high flyers, that's
true. but all high flyers can't be
aviatOrs.
FOURTEEN YEARS AGO
Tom Lea was clerk in
woodward; William G. Roe was
running a bowling alley, and Bob
Erakauer didn't admit being the
leading citizen of the city.
The galley boy says he knows a
man who goes around town
regularly and openly with married
woman
shes his wife.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11

Uncle Ez Pash has Joined tn Slaves
O. Catarrh beauty contest after takin'
SIX bottles. Ny experience has been
that nobuddy wants Z hear about your
children but Their grandparents.
Copyright National Newspaper service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11

Having successfully repulsed Austrian attacks upon
e PiccolO LagsZuoi Italy ought to be able to defend
e Trombone FOrtissimO and the Cello Obigato.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11

If the late Hetty Green's could have accepted al
hose 5000 offers Of marriage Just think how he would
AVE Outshone Solomon. At that, Nj. Green may be
,oasting Just a little.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11

can communications must bear the sig
nature OF the writer. but Jhe name viii be
ref- o. hold IL ~ar1aaraH
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11

Profits, not patriotism and strikes for revenue only
DIN the I. W ". program
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11

The jail VIII be the summer resort Of lot of disturbsrs
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
GLAD TO TESTIFY
Says watoga Lady, aAs To VIA,
Cafdui Has Done For HE, So
As To Help Others, :,


Watoga, w. Va.-Mrs. S. w. Caldwell,
Of this town, says: "When about IS years
Of age, l suffered greatly -. Sometimes
would 60 month or two, and had
terrible headache, backache, and bearing
down pains, and would Just drag and
had no appetite: Then. =. it would last
two weeks, and was so weakening,
and my health was awful.
My mother bought me 4 bottle Of
cardui, and | began TO improve after
taking the first bottle, so kept # up till |
took three sol gained, and was well
and strong, and owe it all TO cardui.
am married now and have 3 children
=. Have never had to have a doctor for
female trouble, and just resort TO cardui
i'll need tonic. I am glad to testify 10
what 1t has, done for me, so as to help
others"
If you are nervous or weak, have head
aches, backaches, or any Of the other
ailments so common 10 women, why not
rive cardui trial2 Recommended BY
many physicians. In use over 40 years,
Begin taking cardui today. 1t may
,e the very medicine you need.
Nc-lso
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
PERSONALS

Mrs. James Thompson has returned
from an extended visit In Richmond,
Lexington, Va. and New York city.
Mrs. H. C. Colbert, of Huntington. is
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. John
W. Mason, Jr.. in this city.
Miss Bess Mason has returned from
Sn extended visit at Wodestown.
Attorney E. c. Frame and sor,
James, are spending few days in New
York and Philadelphia.
M Mrs. Lon Hall and son, Harry, who
had been guests Of the formers sister.
Mrs. ]. L. Beach, at Morgantown, have
returned home.
Brooks Hutchinson, w. W. Fergu.
son and Miss Ruth Ferguson are men,
toned in The Philippi Republican as
recent visitors there.
The Tyler News.Star says: "Princi.
pal and Mrs. H. D. Groves and chill.
dren returned Saturday evening from
Fairmont after visit with Mr.. Lively
and family through the Thanksgiving
holidays. Mr.. Lively formerly taught
IN the county high school,"
The Grafton Sentinel says: Mrs.
Rose Burns Burchinal, of Fairrort, IL
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James P. Burns, on East Main street,
havin CARVED in the city on the noon
train Thursday"
Mrs. Will Hunsaker has been Ill for
the last several days at her home at
Hsngmont Her sister. Miss Dayinna
Brown. was called there yesterday by
Der Illness. Her condition was I'm
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
SH0NALI[R TENT
WANTS TO Be FIRST
Straining Every Nerve Ia
Lead in Maccabee Mem
bership Honors. .l,;s

I, Straining every effort to be the big.
gest tent in the state OF West vir.
ginia, Showalter Tent, No. z, Knights
Of the Maccabees, have twenty applt.
cations Of the twenty-five expected
fromit in the Marley campaign. which
closes on February 1. The tent ex-
poets to surpass that number. Show.
alter Tent has membership Of 800
and at that II is third to the largest in
the state with Clarksburg and Park
ersburg first and secopd respectively.
but almost nip and tuck for those
places at that. Showalter Tent hopes
To crawl above both when the figures
lire compiled.
At last nights meeting Showalter
Tent received three applications. Fiji
teen Of the twenty applicants thus far
y received have been initiated.
The following officers were elected
at last nights meeting:
Commander, w. N. Amos; lieuten.
ant commander, James l.. Hall; keeper
Of records, e. G. Rowand; finance keep.
or. s. B. Kopp; chaplain, H. L. Carter;
sergeant, 7. L. Fenton; master at arms
e. D. Gall; first master Of guards, S. l.
Merrifeld; second master Of guards
\ E. w. Carpenter; sentinel, S. G. Ash;
picket, II. L. Satterfeld; past com
nander, W. G. Hill; trustee, 8. B
Kopp eleven months). The officers
/ will be installed on Friday evening
January 4. by State Commander c. C
Showalter OF Parkersburg. A banque,
viii be served incident to this meet
ing. ,s
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08

ana Mn. LaMrence Beatty, M. ana
Mn. Nat Leigh and Everett Beatty
were aniong those who attend Love
o. Mike, IN Fairmcnt last evening. Z
Miss Marie Nonbeau has returned
from . visit at her home In Montreal,
Canada.
=. r. Timms was q business visi.
tor IN Wheeling yesterday.
Norval Shock has gone to Browns
vile. Pa, where he has accepted a
position.
FraIcis Boutwell, bhs returned
from visit in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mrs. Fred w. Bartlett left yes.
terday for visit with friends in
Wheeling.
Miss Martha smalley Of Mounds.
Vile IS the guest Of her grandpa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ransom
in Howard street.
Charles r. Meanwhile left Thurs.
day for a visit with his parents, in
Newark, o.
Seymour Stevens has returned from
business visit in Wheeling.
Little Vincent, son Of Mrs. Ida
Clayton is I'll at his home in Clarks
burg street.
was here on business yesterday
Earl Mackey Of McKees Rocks, Pa
is here for visit with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. s.. F. Mackey.
Mrs. C. j. Wilson and sister, Mrs
Mrs. James Morgan, have returned
from visit with friends in Wheel
M Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. H. shaub OF
Port Allegheny, Pa, are here for Q
visit with relatives. Z. ,