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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-04-19
NEWSPAPERS AND THE WAR

OTHNG would add the newspapers
than and they should pay their share of its
penses declared blatant statesman the house represe
atves Friday There applause loud and prolonged Yet
the statesman completely off his base The fact that
publisher in this country who has finance
of breads future which holds war;
because will not add to his income but may the other
hand his business Only the strongest newspapers
and England have been able to survive the
country which has thus far been barely touched by the
hundreds of newspapers have been compelled suspend
hitero publications losing enormously
account of for everything used in their making We
know of in neighbong state which year
lost atho did 100000 of business not
large publisher this Coast who anxouy preparing to
the problems which actual Germany seems
certain to bring for him. The why will nure
publishers from the financial standpoint very simple
and anybody but readily understand War
which has already almost doubled the print paper which
they sell at loss in their publications. will
Sales and at the time down the advertising from which
is the practice of all publishers of large daes make up their
losses circulation It will increase the gathering the
and pile additional labor bills Advertising rates have
been raised everywhere the last year and thus the
exactons of the combine have met by manv b
shers but there is to of ADVERTISING
that will follow at when the country begins to do business
in the necessaries of life only will war comes home
people The publishers of newspapers should paw
the basis other czens but anybody has an ;d
that the country the that can no
from their profits times he sadly mistaken
ina Republic.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-07-21

A LOVE SUBLIME Wired Lucas
S featured in y Love Sublime" the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-02-21
Half Your Living
WHeisOsst MGnsey Cost

A right or wrong start in 1917 will
make or break most farmers in the
South. We arc all facing a crisis.
This war in Europe puts things I'm
such uncertainty that no man can
foresee the future with any degree OF
clearness.
The sure and certain increase in
cotton acreage means lower cotton
prices next fall. Cost Of all food ard
grain products is high, 80 high that
no one can afford to buy and expect
to pay out with cotton.
It's q time above all others to play
safe; to produce all possible food.
grain and forage supplies on your
own acres; to cut down tho store bill.
A good piece of garden ground,
rightly planted, rightly tended and
kept planted the year round, can be
made to pay half your living. 1t will
save you more money than you made
on the best five acres of cotton you
ever grewl
Hastings 1917 Seed Book tells all
about the right kind Of money say.
ing garden and tho vegetables to put
In 1t. It tells about the field crops aa
we'll and shows you the clear road tn
real farm prosperity. It's Free. Send
for 1t today to RI. G. HASTINGS CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.--Adyt.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-02-21
u. $. to Retire Gold Coins.

Washington, Feb. 17.-As one Of
the preparedness for war measures.
the government sh ,rtly will endeayor
to retire from circu al ton all the gold
coins II possibly can. If war comes,
big reserve supply Of gold in gov
ernment hands would be notable
asset. With this in view, the Fede-
raj Reserve Board outlined pl.u
which will soon be put into effect.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-02-21

All and singular that tract known
as the John Lochrie "Thomas and
Howell Carter Tract No. II, being
described in a deed from N. II. and
L. J. Carter to G. II. Ellison, record
ed IN Clerks office for Oconee Coun-
W, IN Book "GG", at page 101, and
In deed from Chattooga River Lum-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-02-21

All and singular that tract OF land
known as the John Lochrie "Deaton"
Tract (No. 10J, in Oconee County,
and State of South Carolina, on Mill
Greek, Of Tugaloo River, adjoining
lands of William ID. Deaton. b. G.
Rothell and others, being described
in deed from Chattooga River Lum-
Der Company to John Lochrie, re-
corded in the Clerks office for Oco-
nee County, in Book ILL, at page
420; therein stated to contain one
hundred and nincty-two (192) acres,
but containing one hundred and
eighty and $4,000 acres; the line
beginning at corner one, an original
corner on the edge OF Mill Branch, a
corner common to the John Lochrie
Thomas and Howell Carter Tract
No. 2" and "Deaton" tracts and the
Deaton lands; thence with the mean
ders OF Mill Branch to corner two,
stake with witnesses, corner COM
mon to the John Lochrie and the
Deaton lands; thehce leaving Mill
Branch to corner three, a pine stump
with witnesses. corner common to
the John Lochrie tract and lands Of
Deaton and James Lee; thence to
corner four, q rock marking corner
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-02-21

All and singular that tract OF land
known as the John Lochrie "Smith-
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
BIG GAIN IN POTASH OUTPUT
Production During the Calendar Year
1916 Reached Value Ten Times
as Great as In 1915.

A remarkable expansion in the Amer
lean potash industry has resulted from
efforts to make the United States inde-
pendent of foreign sources for the pot
ash used in munitions and for other
purposes, and although the boom did
not get under way until late in 1916,
production during the calendar year
reached a value ten times as great as
that of 1915.
The 1916 production is estimated, in
preliminary report published by
Uncle Sam at 10000 tons, worth $780,
600.
1.-THE largest output" the report says,
"has come from the Nebraska alkali
lakes, but the natural saline deposits
elsewhere are now just beginning to
make important contributions. A great
deal of publicity has attended the ef-
forts to obtain potash from kelp, but
similar organic source of high-grade
potash has been quietly developed,
which has proved more productive"
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
SUNSET ON LAKE SUPERIOR
Writer Enthuses Over Beautiful Pic.
ture Painted by Old Sol at the
Close of the Day.

A sunset on Lake Superior! Match
it, in its resplendent beauty on late
November day, if you can. The clouds
that had darkened the sun as the
Transcontinental Limited sped along
the precipitous shores, melted away,
leaving narrow streaks, like ribbons of
gray floating above the waters rim.
Dappled gray clouds in masses clung
to the zenith. The slowly setting sun
began to paint its own heroic picture.
The ribbons of clouds changed from
gray to pearl, from pearl to amethyst
and then to richest gold. The convo-
luted masses overhead vividly reflect
ed these changes. The quiet waters of
the lake shone like a mirror of pol
ished bronze. The sun was sinking
fast. While the passengers were voic-
ing their delight, the last ray Of the
sun disappeared and lake and rocky
shore sank into the shadows of night.
AS the train climbed above the lake its
waters were left out of the range of
vision, but, strangely enough, the lake
seemed to appear again in the dis
tance, with low-hilled islands outlined
in a faint glow of red. We discov-
cred that what seemed to be islands
were floating clouds, and what seemed
to be the water in which they rested
was an illusion. 1t was caused by the
clear atmosphere lit by the gray light
of fast-falling eventide. 1t was beau
tiful and impressive, but an illusion
that quickly disclosed itself and melt
ed away as the train sped on.-John
A. Sleicher in Leslie's.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
Becomes U. S. Citizen
Again to Aid Uncle Sam.

The solution of the paradox,
"When is an American not an
American" has just been discov-
cred by Benno Weller, born in
Nebraska, and more recently en-
gagged as farmer in Canada.
Weller went to Canada some
years ago and, in order to obtain
patent on farm there, became
naturalized citizen of Great
Britain. A few weeks ago he re-
turned to this country and tried
to enlist In the United States
Marine corps but was rejected
as an alien. The secretary of Ia
Dor was appealed to and decided
that Weller would be required to
go through the same procedure
as a foreigner in order to again
become a citizen of the United
States, which he did and then
was enlisted.
Weller said he would not
change nationalities for farm.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
PLAN YOUR GARDEN NOW
BY E. VAN RENTHUYsEN.


A hardy garden is the garden for the
busy woman. 1t will last for years
and be delight to you and to your
neighbors with very little care.
Take a careful survey of your re-
sources and make study of your own
Individual problem. ''Book-taught"
gardeners may be all right up to a
certain limit but one seasons experi-
ment along your own lines will give
you an insight into plant life that
aside from being a most fascinating
study will teach you more than years
of reading. .
Those who wish to plant roses and
not bother with them more than to
prune and fertilize annually and keep
the ground mellow about the plants
should plant hybrid perpetual roses.
The hybrid perpetuals are the hardest
of roses and will stand more cold
weather than any other species.
The following are desirable speci-
mems: Anne de Diesbach, bright car
mine; Baroness Rothschild, an ex-
quisite pink; La France, blooms all
summer; Frau Karl Druschki, snow
white, has splendid buds, immense
flowers, 4 to 5 inches across and is
delightfully."- fragrant; General JAG
queminot, a popular rose of brilliant
red; Paul Neyron, lovely dark pink;
Gruss an Teplitz, strong, vigorous
grower, of richest crimson; Killarney,
both pink and white, are hardy, and
Mrs. John Laing, rose of delicious
fragrance and of rich satiny pink
color.
This list could be extended indefin-
ltely but these are all tried-and-true
varieties that will give you world Of
bloom and be a picture worth look
Ing at.
A hardy border that is a triumph of
beauty and has been enjoyed for years
contains, hollyhocks, phlox, larkspur,
fox glove, Iris, Columbines, pinks and
sunflowers.
Hardy roses require good garden
soil enriched with well-rotted manure.
They must have an open sunny posi-
ton clear of the roots of all trees and
shrubs. 1t is well to prepare the bed
u Lew uuyS DS1okS PioitihS ~ ehO"
for settling. Ever-blooming roses
should be plaGted 1S inches apart and
the hybrid perpetuals two feet apart.
Roses should be planted with the roots
diverging and at least nine inches be-
low the surface of the ground. The soil
should be made firm about them and
literally watered. Best results will be
obtained from ever-blooming roses by
severe pruning. The stronger roots
should be cut back to about II inches
In height and the hybrids to about is
inches, while all weak, thin wood
should be removed entirely.
Hollyhocks succeed best in rich,.
well-drained soil, and should be light
ly protected during the winter months
with coarse straw or spruce boughs.
Larkspur seed can be sown in the
open ground before the close of April.
1t will produce Towering plants by the
beginning of July, If given this early
start, and will give continuous sue
cession of bloom from them until
frost. 1t Is excellent for cutting and
very ornamental. 1t produces in a
great variety of forms and colors some
of the most beautiful flowers in cult.
vation. All varieties are easily cult-
vated and adaptable to most condl-
tions, but in a soil deeply dug and well
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
GREAT SAVINGS SHOWN
Patents Issued in Year Remark
able in Number and Character.
Among Inventions Reported Are Sew
eraI Greatly Decreasing Coal Con-
sumption in Power Plants.

Invention in this country reached
high-tide during the calendar year
1916. Forty-two thousand separate
patents were issued to inventors by
Uncle Sam. 1t is not the number, OF
patents issued, however, that is worthy
of note, but the character of the In
ventions. The patent office deals with
all the efforts of the world in every
field of industry to advance the useful
arts. Great interests are involved, not
merely of private, but of public con-
cern, In the discoveries that are listed
with the patent office.
As an illustration of what the dis
coyeries of the II months mean, refer
ence may be made to the fact that one
concern in Chicago reports that it has
effected a reduction in coal consump-
ton from nearly seven pounds .kilo-
watt hour to 2.7 pounds a kilowatt
hour, as a result of a new invention.
A New York rapid transit company
introduced improvements in the year
which, according to the patent office,
have caused a drop in coal consump-
to 11s pounds kiIowatt hour.
An electric plant, through some new
invention, it has shown, is now able to
generate electricity from coal more
cheaply than can be done from the wa
ters of Niagara falls. These great
economies are due in large measure to
new inventions relating to automatic
stokers and regulators attached to
furnace construction, to forced draft
and to coal-handling machinery.
The year brought new and valuable
inventions that had to do with wire
less telegraphy, telephony, the control
of torpedoes, searchlights and gun
pointing, vacuum cleaning, X-ray ap'
paratus, iquefaction of air to produce
oxygen and nitrogen for commercial
use, flying machines, the moving pic
ture and mercury vapor lamps.
For a period of some five years an
industrial fellowship maintained by
trained scientists have devoted theii
time to the study of methods of bread
making, with the object of producing
better bread. In the last calendar
year, certain of the processes devei
oped through this study were patented
and put into operation.
Better nourishment of the yeast has
reduced the amount required in rails.
ing the bread and maturing the dough
with the consequent lessening of the
amount of flour and sugar used up by
the yeast and converted into carbon
dioxide and alcohol. The savings OF
these and other economies to those EN-
ploying the novel processes patented
during the year are estimated tc
amount to more than 81 100000 year
This estimate is based on the present
high scale of prices, but on any scale
of prices would, 1t is asserted, be enor
nous.
The patents in the electrical fele
during the year were numerous. Ir
the field sof farming implements there
came the improved tractor engines
better apparatus for digging, irriga'
ton and drainage canals, improved
beet harvesters, etc.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
Music Also Loaned.

eve lend music on the same condi-
tion as books. We do not, however, al
low musical scores so lent to be used
for public performances.
"We exclude from material that may
be loaned that which is in constant use
at Washington, the absence of which
from shelves of the library of con-
gress would be an inconvenience to
congress, or to the executive depart
ments of the government, or to refer
ence readers. These Conditions exclude
from the loan system, as rule, genea-
logies, local histories, newspapers and
periodicals. Only in exceptional cases
do we send out material which, be-
cause of its size or its character, re-
uuires expensive packing or high insur-
ance."
Doctor Putnam seems to be more in
terested in the library as an institution
serviceable to the whole country than
In the library as a literary treasure
house. He showed the reporter files
of letters from all parts of the country.
requests for the loan of books sent by
scholars through their local libraries.
And he explained in detail the service
rendered by the library of congress in
sending out lists of authorities and
answering questions through the mail.
"This has developed" he said, "into
very significant part of the library's
work. The library issues numerous
lists which, If they are not contribu-
tions to science, II. the sense that they
advance knowledge of the subject mat
ter, are something more than mere ac-
cumulations of titles. They are lists
of books, documents, and magazine ar
ticles having to do with subjects of
current interest. They are distributed
widely to libraries throughout the
country"
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
Copyright by J. W. Muller
by j. M. MULLER

A warder ran to the knight, who was
wan and broken from long hours of un-
availing grief. "Oh, sirI" cried the
man. There is before the draw-bridge
a mostewondrous lovely woman, clad
richly in scarlet and gold. Never have
we seen any so slim, so dainty, so
sweeti And, lord, she rides on your
horsew
The knight bounded down the stairs
and through the portal. He lifted down
the bride, kissing her a hundred times
and more. Then he sent for chaplain
and led her to the chapel of his house
where they were married forthwith.
In the meantime, there was wild
trouble among the wedding party. The
old lord and the old bridegroom tore
their boards and laid Justify with whip
and boot on the guards, who made mad
clamor, blaming each other. To them
at last spurred rider sent by Messire
William with this message:
"Sir, my master sends you assur-
ance of his great friendship. He also
charges me to say to his uncle, who
betrayed him SO shamefully, that he
pardons him the more easily for the
reason that your daughter has given
herself to him as gift this day."
The old lord listened with wonder
and anger. But he took thought to
himself, and concluded that since she
was married, nothing he could do
would undo it. Therefore, presently,
all the company rode peacefully to the
knights castle, where the old noble
embraced his undesired son-in-law with
all courtesy, while the graybeard of a
bridegroom who was not q bridegroom
tried in vain to discover few crumbs
of comfort that might console him.
Failing in this, he went home and
died, which was a favor to Messire
William, since all his wealth went to
the knight. And there is no trouba-
dour in Champagne who ever has told
or sung this story who was not forced
to add, in accordance with the truth,
that there never was horse in all the
world that was so honored and beloved
as the horse that stole the bride and
brought her to her bridegroom.
The famous stories of the middle
ages aOere preserved by three agen-
cieS-the trouueres, Who lived uslt-
ally among nobIemen, and often
were poets and originators;; the trou-
badours, who were wandering min
strezs and generally recited other
mems tales and verses;; and the
learned monks, who set the more
important legends down in Driting.
One of the latter Was a monk of
Soissons, Gautier de Coinci, Who did
a great service by setting down tales
in French instead of Latin. Shake
speare, Montaigne. Browning. Ana-
tole France and many others haze
used these tales to make Uersions of
their OWn.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24

I enriched with fine old manure, their
blooms are the finest. Set from one
to one-half to two feet each way.
Iris (heur-de-lis), the national flow
er of France is another perfectly
hardy plant. They grow in any ordi-
nary garden soil luxuriantly and bloom
In June.
Perhaps the most snowy and gor-
geous of the Iris family is the Japan
ese Iris. The flowers are often ten
inches in diameter and bloom in July.
There are many beautiful colors among
both Iris. White family tinged with
lavendar, light bronze, yellow and
bright blue, royal purple, grayish
white and a pure white are among the
colors shown.
Phlox, another plant on our list, can
not be surpassed for brilliant coloring
and continuous bloom. Sow phlox, out
of doors, in May in n situation well
open to the sun. They will flower in
July and continue until late in the au-
tumn. If earlier flowers are wanted
sow the seeds in a hotbed in March
and flowers can be had in June.
The old-fashioned Glove pink like its
more elegant relation the carnation
flowers so easily as an annual that it
has attained q most popular position
among garden plants. The beautiful
flowers make an attractive display
with their world of color and are
greatly to be desired as a table decora-
ton and also as border plant.
Pinks grow easily from seed and
come true to color. Sow out of doors
when danger from frost is over. If
the seed is sown early enough the
perennials will bloom the first year.
Few hardy perennials are so easily
grown from seed, as columbines
(agilegia). They make a most desir-
able border plant, bloom early, long
and abundantly. Sow the seed in the
open ground in the spring, if possible,
where the plants are to grow, and thin
to about foot apart. They thrive
well under ordinary garden culture.
Sow in the fall for Towering the fol-
lowing season.
Sunflower, remarkable for its bril-
liancy of color, and its stately growth.
makes very good effect among shrub
berg. 1t is also excellent for screens.
They are said to be good for absorb
ing the miasma of low grounds. Plant
the seed in the open garden in spring
and thin the plants to stand two or
three feet apart. The poultry love the
seed of sunfiower and it is well to dry
1t for the birds.
Foxglove (digitalis) is particularly
handsome when grown among the
shrubbery. If they are used for
background for other plants they give
fine effect. Though hardy perennials
they are most satisfactory when treat
ed as biennials, sowing the seed every
year in rich, deep soil and partial
shade. When the center spike begins
to fade 1t should be cut out and the
side shoots will grow more vigorously
and keep up q profusion of flowers for
long time.
Seed may be sown out of doors in
the spring, and the seedlings trans.
planted where they are to go, or ii
possible, to a cold frame, where they
make extra strong plants that will
flower in magnificent spikes the next
season.
There are a great many other plants
that are hardy and desirable-this is
but q mere beginning. Choose the
flowers you are fond of and the work
will be more successful and more pleas
ant. But have a garden, no matter
how small.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
That Settled Him.

The; Husband-You're not econom-
ical.
The Wife-Well, If you don't call a
woman economical who saves her we'd
ding dress for a possible second mar
rage, I'd like to know what you think
ecOnOmy is.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
Similar but Different.

'Did you get out and stretch your
legs when the train stopped2" asked
the passenger with the long beard.
"Same thing" rejoined the passen-
ger with the polished pate. Il had
them pulled at the lunch counter"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-27
U. s. Considers Big
Purchase of French
Bonds, Says Lansing

Washington, March 26.-Represen-
tatives Flood, Harrison and Ragsdale,
members OF the house foreign affairs
committee, discussed the international
situation today with Secretary Lans-
ing.
During the conference Secretary
Lansing indicated that one plan to aid
the allies is to help France finance
the war, and that another involves
the sending of military force to the
French front. 1t was said the presi-
dent had not finally determined what
to recommend in his message to con-
gress.
Secretary Lansing made it clear
that the plan which probably will be
urged most will be authorization by
congress of large bond issue, whose
proceeds would be devoted to pur-
chase of French bonds. What amount
of bonds, whether billion dollars,
more or less, Secretary Lansing sug-
gested, was matter within the prov
ince of Secretary McAdoo.
The legislative program which Sec
rotary Lansing indicated he would
favor includes a declaration that a
state of war exists; enactment of the
bill which passed the senate at the
last session, but failed in the house, to
punish espionage and unneutral acts
and an appropriation of possibly
100000 for employment of secret
service agents.