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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
CRYSTAL BASKETS.
Easy to Make Handsome Ornaments
With an Alum Solution.

With an Alum Solution.
Water will, especially when boiling.
dissolve large quantities Of various
substances, which when the water has
cooled are left behind in the form OF
most beautiful crystals, the shapes of
which may vary with the substance
employed One may take advantage
of this fact to make very handsome
ornaments, says a contributor to the
Electrical Experimenter.
Boiling water will take up a much
larger quality of alum than cold wa
ter If we dissolve as much alum as
possible in the former as the liquid
cools crystals of alum will be deposited
on any object placed in the fluid.
piece Of coke or cinder allowed to
stand in boiling solution of )alum will
become coated with numerous glisten'
ing crystals as the liquid cOols. Ii
will have the appearance Of natural
ly formed neurological specimen.
Ornamental baskets, ETC.. may be
formed in this way by covering wire
or willow baskets. The baskets coy
cred with wire and then cotton ar.
the most successful, as the surface tt
be coated with crystals must be some
what rough. Take twice as much wa.
ter as will be sufficient to cover the
basket, boil it in saucepan and add
as much alum as will dissolve in the
water. A quart Of water will require
about eighteen ounces of alum. Strain
this through muslin or blotting paper
into large jar and hang the basket in
the boiling liquid. Stand the jar on
one side to cooT and keep free from
dust. In few hours the basket will
be completely covered with white .crys-
tails Of alum. Should it be desired to
color the crystals add the requisite
dyestuff TO the alum solution before
straining it. A few drops Of cheap
dye will serve the purpose well.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
Our Potato
Column
Article No. 8.
SPRAY POTATOES EARLY.
First Danger Period Comes When the
Vines Are Six Inches High.

When potato vines break through the
six inches the flea beetles appear by
the millions. They riddle the leaves,
"shoot them full of holes" and so
weaken the plants that they fall an
easy victim to early blight. The beetle
can be controlled and at the same OPP
GRAFTON early blight can be prevented.
Early spraying, however, is necessary,
for spraying is a preventive rather
than cure.
It is difficult to poison the flea beetle,
but for some reason or other he shuns
the vines which have been sprayed,
and becomes SO discouraged that little
or no damage is done. Perhaps he is
starved out, but be this as it may, a
combined spray, containing some poi
son for those of the flea beetles that
stay, and fungicide to guard against
the blight gives magnificent results.
The best fungicide for the purpose is
bordeaux mixture, either commercial
or home prepared. AS the spores of
the blight strike the leaf they are
killed by the copper in the spray COW
ering, and as long as the vines are
covered the blight cannot gain head
way.
Perhaps you do not know the early
blight, but the chances are that you
have seen it and thought it was extra
early ripening.
This blight usually comes shortly
after the potato is set, and when the
growing tubers cause a great strain on
the plant. Small brown spots appear
on the leaf; these later run together,
the whole leaf turns yellow or brown,
and the plant dies. The crop is cut
from 10 to % per cent, and the result
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
Orkney islands In PSwn.

The Orkney islands, says Pearson's
Magazine, do not really belong to
Great Britain in the sense that they
were ever coded by treaty or acquired
by conquest. They were simply trans
ferred by Denmark to Scotland In 146S,
in pledge for the payment Of the dowry
of the Princess of Denmark, who was
married to James Ill, king of Scot
land In the deed Of transfer, which, Is
still in existence, it is specially men,
toned that Denmark shall have the
right to redeem them at any future
time by paying the original amount
of the dowry with interest to date.
There Is no likelihood, however, that
Denmark will ever attempt to exercise
her right of redemption, because Co.
600 forms, the original amount of the
dowry, plus compound interest for AS
years, would amount to perhaps IT,
OOO, 100000 and that is bit more
than the islands are worth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
She Wanted TO Know.

Food economists who delight in tell
ing the American people what excellent
dishes they can make out of odds and
ends usually thrown into the garbage
can remind us of the London society
woman who went down into the slum
districts teaching the poor folk how to
make nice soups and stews out OF
bones and meat scraps SO often thrown
to the dogs. The coster women listened
patiently for long time, but at last
up jumped Sal Grogan-or was 1t Mrs.
Emery 'Awkins land said:
"Now, look ere, Idly, hits mighty
nice O. yer to come down ere and teal
us wot ter do with old bones and little
bits O. cats meat, but wot ] wants to
know is wot becomes O. the rest o the
hanimal Who the ole boy gets that,
and why should they ?'-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

AT THE coming meeting OF the City
council a resolution will be intro
duced which provides for the estab-
fishing of the curb grades through
out the city, where the property
owners ask that the same be estab-
lished. A resolution which pro-
posed an established grade tor Ger
tain streets in the east part OF the
city was presented at a previous
meeting but failed of passage be-
cause of the fact that the entire city
was not included in the resolution
and this has now been modified to
cover the principle section OF city.
The establishing of a curb grade
and boulevard is very important to
the development OF the beauty OF
the city. In past years boulevards
and grades have been established ny
individuals on the hit and miss
method with the result that no salts
factory work has been done along
these lines and many people have
failed to beautify the premises IN
front of their property for fear that
che city would come along at some
future date and undo the work which
had been done by changing the grade
and curb line.
With a uniform grade line estab.
lished and with the curb and boule.
ward laid out by a competent city
engineer the work can then DC
carried out in uniform manner.
Many cities throughout the coun
try have seen the folly of trying tt
build up beautiful city without do
ing this very necessary work and the
city council of Washburn will prob
ably try and avoid this mistake by
acting favorably on this resolution.
The resolution provides tina
where property owners agree to pa!
for the curb and gutter the city viii
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
SAVE THE LABOR IN GROWING
POTATOES.

There are but two ways of saving
human labor In growing potatoes; one
is to use more horses per pillow, two
row cultivators instead Of one-row
cultivators, and the like; the other is
to make labor produce more bushels
per hour, and in this way reduce the
labor cost per bushel.
In certain New York counties some
five years ago 1t was found that it
took about 65 hours of human labor
to grow an acre Of potatoes, as fol-
lows: Ii.
Man Hours Per Acre. a5 or
PIOWlng s.....s.s.ss..s..s.- o.9
f1ttlng ...........s..... 90
Planting COMMUNICATIONS. LA
Cult1vatlng .................... lob
Harvesting and hauling ......... .27.5
The average yield of the farms stud
led was about 103 bushels per acre, so
that every hour man put in in raising
potatoes brought back a shade more
than one and One-half bushels Of po-
tatoes.
This production per hour can be In
creased in several ways. Fertilizer
can be used to increase the yields. 1t
will do this without particle Of ex-
ira labor until it comes to harvesting.
Even then it takes little more time
to pick up 20O-bushel crop than to
harvest crop producing only 100
bushels per acre.
A poison spray may be used to kill
the Colorado beetle. This adds but
slightly to the labor cost Of growing
the crop, but very greatly to the size
of the crop.
Instead Of the poison spray a COM
plete spray or combined insecticide
and fungicide may be used to protect
the crop against bugs, beetles and
blights, and to insure the potato grow
er against the loss Of the time and the
money which he puts into the crop.
Finally, as fully as important as any
Of the foregoing, the grower may make
use Of better bred seed which will.
with a given amount of labor, produce
more potatoes by far than the mongrel
stock so often planted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
The Ambitious Bride.

Bill-Hello! Home from your honey
moon trip already?
Gill-Oh, yes.
Rather short, wasn't it"
ooh, yes. My new wife seemed rath-
er anxious to, get home and try her
cooking on me."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
Her Excuse.

Mother-Alice, was very much sur
prised and shocked last evening when
l passed the parlor door and saw Mr.
Woodbe with his face close to yours.
Daughter - Yes, mamma; isn't it
shame? The poor fellow is so awfully
nearsighted!-Lon Telegraph.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
Just a Step.

"You may not believe it, mum, but
l wunst knelt at de feet Of queen"
"And how did you fall so low as to
become tramp"
ut wuzn't much of a fall, mum. You
see, was super In de movies. "-Ex-
change.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

To feel strong, have good appe tite
and digestion, sleep soundly and
enjoy life, use Burdock Blood Bit
ters. the family system tonic. Price
1925. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
Always In the Lead.

The Morning Star announced the
death of William B. Jones when he
was not dead, writes Simeon Strunsky
i'm the New York Evening Post. The
next day it printed the following no
tice:
yesterday we were the first newspa-
per to publish the news of the death
of William B. Jones. Today we are
the first to deny the report. The Morn
ing Star is always in the lead"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
The Pessimis+ Saws:

Seeing is believing" but that does
not alter the fact that some men see
things which have no real existence
and therefore believe things which are
not true.-Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
Top and Bottom.

The chiropodist is humble individ-
ual. In the profession he begins and
is content to remain at the foot. The
barber, on the contrary, is ambitious.
He begins at the head and stays there.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

Never can tell when you'll mash
finger or suffer cut, bruise, burn
or scald. Be prepared. Thousands
rely on DIR. Thomas Eclectic Oil.
3Oc and Coo. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

Haste makes waste, and waste makes
want, and want makes strife between
the good man and his wife.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

To what CULTS a single deviation
from the track of human duties leads!
Byron.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

establish the same on uniform lines.
This will make all property fronts
alike on each street. 1t is a move
in the rig hit direction.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-20
PLANNING TO BUILD
A RED CROSS HOUSE
For Restoration of Convalescent Sol
diers Juniors Asked
To Helm.

The American Red Cross is plan
ming TO build at once IN connection
with the base hospital attached to
each cantonment convalescent home
to be called the Red Cross House. In
order that this house may effectively
serve its purpose-the restoration of
convalescent soldiers to full vigor of
body and mind-it is desirable that it
be furnished in an attractive manner.
Junior Red Cross members are 60
ing to be asked TO undertake this
pleasant and patriotic task They are
going TO be invited not only to make
the furniture but also in some measure
to design it. Through chapter school
committees. school boys will be asked
to submit designs for certain typical
pieces of furniture to be used in one
of the Red Cross Houses, from these
designs the best will be selected by
a local committee appointed for that
purpose, and forwarded to the Amer
lean Red Cross National Headquar-
ters through the Division Manager
All designs accepted will be ap-
propriately acknowledged in the Red
Cross Bulletin or Red Cross Magazine,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-20
HOT SCRAP OVER AN
ANNE ARUNDEL SCHOOL
First District and Eighth District Squab-
bling as to Location Of Proposed
New High School

The lower part of Anne Arundel
County is almost rent in twain. 1t is
all over the proposition Of a high
school for the section embracing the
First and Eighth Districts. There is
now before the Legislature a bill pro-
yiding county bond issue for the con-
sruction Of such a school The bond
issue is for not more than $4,000.
The Eighth District wants the school.
so does the First District. If it is
built it will only be furnished with
pupils through the closing of a num-
Der of secondary schools in the two
districts.
With the tangle a regular" one in
which both sides are accusing the
other of unfairness, there has been
proposed a compromise whereby two
schools be built, each to cost about
$4,000, and one to be located in the
approximate centre of each of the two
districts. Whether this compromise
will be accepted and the bill so amend
ed, is one of the keen points about
which more than usually keen inter
ests is being manifested throughout
the county.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-20
NAVY ORDERS DOZEN
MORE DfSTROYERS
Marine Corps to Be Increased TO
$4,000 Men
$3.50, 100000 IS SUM SOUGHT
$3.50, 600 For Indian Head Included
Deficiency Bill Passed BY
House.

The billion dollar urgent efficiency
appropriation bill. carrying half bill
lion for the military establishment
and large sums for the navy and other
branches Of the government, was pass
ed yesterday by the House without
record vote In direct appropriations
and in authorizations for obligations
during the remainder of this fiscal
year the total of the measure. is ST.
107.220,Q00 II now goes 10 the Sen
ate, where Is will be given prompt
consideration.
Congress was asked by Secretary
Daniels for s2S0,077,152 TO further ex-
pand the navy's great building pro-
gram, provide for more ordnance and
ammunition, cover additional pay for
an expansion of the Marine Corps
from 10000 to $4,000 men and meet
other expenses not contemplated in
this years naval appropriation bill.
OF the total. $1OO.OOO,OOO is for ad-
ditional construction and to speed up
construction now under way. MIR
Daniels said most of this amount
would be spent for vessels smaller
than cruisers" and explained that the
unparalleled rapidity with which some
yards were turning out destroyers had
made it possible to place more con
tracts for these boats than had been
thought possible About a dozen new
contracts already have been placed.
half OF the number going to the Mare
Island Navy Yard, which recently
launched a destroyer Go per cent cont
plete four months after her keel was
laid
Some of the money will be spent for
more of the chaser-destroyers being
built by Henry Ford in his Detroit
plant.
The exact number of destroyers now
under construction never has been
announced, but it is known TO run into
b the hundreds.
\ The Secretary also announced that
the navy contemplated doubling the
capacity of the Pelham Bay (New
York; Naval Training Station to 90
600 men Most of the $12,000,000 ask
ed for training stations would be spent
on the Pelham Bay and Hampton
Roads Stations.
The Secretary also asks an increase
of $25, 900 in the limit of cost of sub
marine authorizde in the naval act of
1916. Supplemental estimates for the
next fiscal year include reserve ord
nance supplies, $l7,OOO,OOO in addition
to $33OOO,OOO; previously estimated,
ammunition for vessels, $4,000, 900, i'm
addition to S32,6S6,120; new batteries
for ships of the navy, $l0,00O,0OO addi-
tional; for an advance to some rail
road to build a line from Washington
to the naval proving ground at In
dian Head, Md, $3.50, 600; pay for the
navy, $16.1OS,S12, in addition to $21S,-
229,557; navy provisions, $11 ,497, 900,
in addition to $64,4S5,OO0 quarter
masters department of the Marine
/ Corps, $22 2,261,0OO, in addition to
$39, 100000.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-20
GREEN'S NEW LIQUOR LAW
BILL OFFERED IN HOUSE
Measure Drawn By Local States At
torney Would Materially Improve

Drawn by States Attorney Nicholas
H. Green, along the same lines as a
similar measure he prepared two ses-
sions ago, upon which was later based
the so-called Hartman Law of Balti-
more county, there was introduced in
the House last night, by Mr. Linthi-
cum of Anne Arundel, stringent
liquor licensing and regulating meas
ure applying to this county.
In addition to increasing the license
the bill would throw about the whole
question of saloon regulation string
ent requirements to insure the break
ing up of so-called straw men" Ii
censee which has caused so much
trouble in Anne Arundel.
There are twenty-three sections
to the bill which covers the whole
field of licensing saloons in the Fifth
District. To obtain a license, applica-
ton has to be made to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court The application, in
writing, must show that the applicant
has been a resident of the State for
at least two years, that he is natural
lied if of foreign birth, must give the
name of the owner of the property
where the saloon is to be located, that
no one but the applicant is financially
interested in the place, that no for
mer license has been revoked. Sun
day selling is, of course, made a vio-
lation, and in addition to the provision
that only one bar shall be conducted,
employment of women to serve drinks
is forbidden. Nor are women allow
ed to gather about the place for i'm
moral purposes. The application
must be endorsed in writing by ten
reputable citizens of the neighbor
hood All applications for licenses
must be published in a paper printed
in the county for two weeks before the
license is issued Where objection is
made the license shall be passed upon
by the Circuit Court, which has the
right to deny to permit its issuance.
Much heavier fines are provided and
in every instance Jail sentence must
also be imposed upon conviction of
violation of the law. 1t is further pro-
vided that convictions will revoke the
license and not only the licensee but
the place shall be denied another Ii
cense for five years.
A further provision of the bill pro-
hibits clubs and social organizations
from selling or disposing of intoxi-
cants without having secured
license.
Two hundred and fifty dollars is the
annual license fee provided in the
bill
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-20
ANNAPOLITANS TO MAKE
SOLDIER COMFORT KITS
Red Cross Headquarters Have Sent Out
Call For This Work Along With
Other Local Activities,

Comfort kits for soldiers and sail
ors are needed by the Red Cross.
This is the word which has been re-
ceiyed by the local chapter of that or
ganization. In the Potomac Division
Bulletin, weekly paper issued by
the American Red Cross, and sent to
all of the local chapters. there is this
interesting item this week:
There would seem to be some
doubt among many chapters as to the
real need for comfort kits. / am
therefore instructed to advise the
chapters of this division that not only
is there a constant need for comfort
kits because of the arrival from day
to day of fresh troops at the various
camps to replace those who have been
sent abroad, but also because it is de-
sired to build up a surplus stock of
these comfort kits which, thus far,
has been impossible | beg to call the
attention of our chapters to this cir
cumstance."
This item is signed by Henry White,
chairman of the Potomac Division.
1.-The Blood of his Fathers" story
Of unusual interest Colonial, We'd
nesday adv.2tf19
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-20
NAVAL BOARD TO TEST
NON-SINKABLE SHIPS
Rear Admiral Winterhalter Will Head
Investigation OF New
Device,

a board of naval construction and
engineer officers, of which Read Ad-
miral Ebert G. Winterhalter will be
chairman, was designated yesterday
by the Secretary of the Navy Daniels
to investigate and report on the prac-
ticability of the non-sinkable ship
which has been proposed by William
l.. Saunders, of the Naval Consulting
Board, as the solution of the sub
marine problem.
The Austrian steamship Lucia,
which was taken over by the govern
ment, has been fitted out with the
bouyancy boxes designed to keep it
afloat in the event of torpedo attack.
The Board will make a study of the
method, which has been patented by
New York engineer with view to
improving it, If possible, and determ-
inc to what extent it encroaches upon
cargo space and interferes with load
ing and unloading. 1t probably will
make a test trip on the vessel from a
South Atlantic port to New York. In
addition to Read Admiral Winterhal-
ter the Board will consists of Captain
o. X Koester, Naval Constructor
Robert Stocker, Naval Constructor
William G. Du Bose and one other
member to be appointed by Rear Ad-
miral Gleaves.
1t is asserted that the method which
has been applied to the Lucia will rem
der transports reasonably safe against
submarine attack. Even if a vessel
equipped with the buoyancy boxes
were struck by torpedo the damage
would be limited to the effects of the
explosion. The vessel would remain
afioat unless the hull were shattered.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-20
INTEREST CENTERED
ON APPOINTMENTS
Governors Green Bag Coming
Down Tonight or Tomorrow
NO CHANGES LOCALLY
Harrington Denies That He Has Made
Amy Offers of Patronage To Help
Kill City Extension Bill

Sometime before tomorrow night.
probably before midnight tonight,
Governor Harrington's green bag OF
appointments will be sent to the SEN
ate for that body's confirmation or re-
lection. Pending the arrival of the
appointments there will be no action
on the Annexation bill, if the friends
OF the measure can possibly continue
the delay.
Throughout the whole State there
is keen interest not alone in the To-
cal county lists of civil appointees, but
also in the bigger appointments to the
Baltimore City boards and other
Statewide positions.
Practically all incumbent officials
will be re-appointed except DR.. George
Heller to the Board of Liquor License
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-20
Maryland Ave. Church Supper

One of those delicious suppers, for
which they are famous, will be served
tomorrow night in the lower rooms of
the Maryland Avenue Methodist Epis-
copal Church. The supper will be a
roast beef supper" Other good
things besides roast beef, however,
will constitute the menu.
Proceeds for the church. Liberal
patronage solicited.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-20
REPUBLICAN LEADERS
CONFER ON ANNEXATIt N
c. e Weller And Chairman TAFT Busy
About The State House This
Morning

o. E. Weller and Republican State
Chairman TAFT were here this morn
ing in conference with Treasurer
Jackson and annexation was one of
the subjects discussed The G. o. p.
leaders are optimistic over the
chances of passing the Greater Ralti-
more bill through the Senate un-
amended.
They are awaiting, however, with
keen interest the coming of the Gov
ernor's green bag in view of reports
that the Executive is playing politics
among the Republican legislators with
minority places he has to fill
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-20
Postoffice Hours Friday

Friday, February 22nd, being Wash
ington's Birthday and a legal holiday,
the postofiice will be closed in all di-
visions after 1870 a. IN. There will
be one delivery and collection of mail
by all city carriers at 900 a. m All
mail depositd in the postoflice will be
dispatched as usual. There will be no
service on the rural routes on this
date CEebruarY o. 1851