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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-09-01
ESSENTIALS TO GARDEN SITE
Certain Amount Of Sunlight, Fairly
Fertile Soil and Cool Drainage
Other Points.

There are three essentials to the
garden site, experience has shown.
They are:
Sunlight at least six hours a day
soil sufficiently fertile for weeds to
grow upon It; sufficient drainage.
either natural or artificial. to prevent
flooding or excessive moisture.
If site Is notably deficient in any
of these three essential characteristics,
1t is not suited for garden purposes I'M
less the fault can be corrected.
II one IL fortunate enough to be able
to choose among several pcsCible loca-
tions.. the New York state college at
Ithaca suggests It may be well to con-
slider the following points.
|, Nearness to the house for con-
vcnience in working the garden and In
gathering the products and, in the
case of town garden, for protection
against trespass and theft. n
A water supply to insure against
drought. y Aes," So
A gentle south or southeast slope.
A windbreak to the north. ~
A good, rich loan, that IL, q mir
ture Of sand and clay with plenty or
humus or decomposed plant material
Fertility and abundant humus are gem
orally indicated by a dark color Of
the soil.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-09-01
GRAIN SAMPLINe
DEVICE is MADE
Anyone In United States May
+ Make and Use It Without
Payment Of Royalty.
QUITE EASILY CONSTRUCTED
Sample Of Grain 10 Evenly Divided
and one-Half 10 as Representative
OF Whole Original Sample
a. the Other.

A device with which sample OF
grain. to be used in grading given
lot, can be evenly divided so that one
half Will be as representative as the
whole original sample. has, been de-
signed and patented by the United
States department Of agriculture. and
anyone In the United States Is free
to make and use 1t without the pay
ment of a royalty.
A representative sample Of given
Tot or shipment Of grain which is Sc
cured by means Of q probe. usually has
to be divided into smaller portions for
one or more Of the tests to be applied
in determining Its grade. Haphazard
reduction Of the size of the sample has
been found wholly unreliable, and con-
seQuently the device shown In the ac-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-09-01

companying photographs, known as q
Modified Boerner Sampler, has recent
" been put. out by the bureau of mar
kets Of the United States department
of agriculture. It is similar in prin-
eiple to a sampler designed by the bu-
Seau a year or two ago, but is SO de-
signed that It can easily be construct
ed of block tin or brass by any tin
smith at about one-third the cost Of
the original.
Working Of Device.
The sampler is cylindrical and
stands about thirty inches. The sam
pie to be halved Is poured into hop
per mt the top, which is emptied by
pulling a lever that removes a cap
over the lower end of the hopper. As
the grain flows downward it strikes
the apex of battle, in the form Of a
cone.
Encircling the base Of this cone are
a series Of small chutes whose dis
lance apart is exactly the width of
these openings. Half Of the grain
flows in these chutes, and half be-
tween them. The latter portion flows
directly into the uppermost of two
pans placed one above the other at the
base Of the sampler. The half fall
ing into the chutes is diverted into
funnel, the lower end of which leads
to protected opening in the center
of the upper pan. thereby permitting
this half of the grain to flow into the
lower PAN. In this fashion the origi-
nal sample is evenly divided into two
parts, one Of which is certain to be as
representative of the original lot as Is
the other.
Standard Equipment.
One Of the duties Of the bureau of
markets. United States department Of
agriculture, Is to administer the United
States grain standards act. and be-
cause II desires to make standard
equipment for grain grading easily OBJ
taihabie By all dealess, country as well
n city. the bureau has devised this
comparatively inexpensive apparatus
to take the place OF the more expen-
sive Boerner sampdng device. The
sampler and few ether pieces Of APP
paratus are all that are required for
grading grain, according to practice
recommended by the United States de
partment Of agriculture.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-09-01
TOMATO TRELLIS IS USEFUL
Nothing Better Than Hinged Arrange
ment Shown in Illustration
Is Easily Made.

The following description of sup
port for tomato vines is taken from
Suburban Life. For supporting to-
mato plants. in the small suburban
garden, there is nothing better than
the hinged tomato trells-a tent
shaped structure. easily made at home.
Take four wooden strips, 2 by / inch
and about four feet long. Place each
pair Of them together, at one end, and
hinge them with two strips ten feet
long. These two long strips form the
ridge-pole Of the trellis. SO to speak.
Nail several other ten-foot strips
across each side Of the tent-like struc-
ture and the trellis Is completed.
The hinged top of the trellis, as
shown on the diagram and marked
H, permits 1t to be spread the exact
width Of the row, or 1t may be spread
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-09-01

of IL commissioners as follows: Three persons to
be appointed by the president OF the Uniteu
States; four senators by the president of the SEN
ate; and four members of the house OF repre-
sentatives by the speaker Of the house or repre-
sentatves. The commissioners shall serve With
out compensation and shall elect a chairman from
among their number
Section .. (a) That there is hereby authorized
TO be appropriated out of any money In the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated the sum OF $780,
-0G0 to be expended by the commission In accord
ance with the provisions Of this resolution.
% One hundred thousand dollars Of such ap-
preparation may be expended under the direction
of the commission and in cooperation with the
Provncetown tercentenary commission, the town OF
Provncetown Mass, and such other agencies,
public private, the commission may deter
mine, for the purpose of completing and improv-
ing the approaches to and the grounds Of the PHI
grim monument at Provincetown, Mass; of erect
ing suitably inscribed tablets markers In the
towns OF Provincetown, Truro, Wellfeet and East
ham, and for other work in connection Herewith,
in accordance with plans adopted by the Province
town tercentenary commission.
(c) Three hundred thousand dollars Of such
appropriation may be expended under the direc-
tion of the commission and In cooperation with
the Pilgrim tercentenary commission the town or
plymouth, Mass, and such other agencies, pub
lie or private, as the commission may determine.
for the purpose OF restoring and improving
Plymouth Rock and the shore line Of the locality
adjacent thereto. OF protecting and improving the
burial grounds upon Coles Hill and Burial Hill in
Plymouth Mass. Of erecting tablets or markers
at appropriate places in the Old Colony, and for
other work in connection Herewith, in accordance
with plans adopted by the Pilgrim tercentenary
commission.
Section 3. That expenditure shall be made
or authorized by the commission until the Com
monweath of Massachusetts, has, as determined
by the commission. expended or contracted to ex-
pend the sum Of 100000 for the same purposes
for which the commission may under the provi-
sions of this resolution make expenditures.
Massachusetts has already Appropriated the
lmpney specified In the resolution and Plymouth
land other cities and scores Of organizations nave
raised additional funds. SO the resolution Is ef-
ifective
Heretofore the nation has participated IN com
memoratng great historical events by contrib
uting sum OF money 10 states and associations
which have conducted fairs and expositions. The
people of massachusetts,, however. have decided
through commission appointed by the legisla-
ture rather TO celebrate the tercentenary by max
ing public improvements. OF course. there viii
he ia wide ceebration--internntional, In fact-by
historical, exercises, parades and pageants. These
with be held for the most part, as was set forth
In the debate with the house. during the summer
Of 1921, The sMassschusetts- commission. began
it, swerk Ave hut the Great war IN
terfered with in plans for 1920 celebration
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-09-01
DEEP PuLvERIzINe OF SOIL
.plants MIL Not Thrive II Soil V
Coarse and Lun,py just Below
IN ~ the Susface. "a

Few gardeners n4alIze the impor-
lance of'pulveriEine the soil as deeply
as II is piowed. Nc matter how per-
fectfy the surface " prepared, II the
soil II coarse and lumpy below the
plants will not thrive. Large air
spaces q. the soil are z detriment, but
large humber Of very small cir
spaces IL The soil are . benefit
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-09-01

ONGRESS has passed joint res
olutlon authorizing an appropria-
ton for the participation of the
United States In the observance
OF the three hundredth anniver-
sary of the landing Of the PHI
grims at Provincetown and Plym-
outh, Mass. This joint resolu-
ton is substantially as follows:
Resolved, etc., That there is
hereby established a commission
to be known as the United States
Pilgrim Tercentenary commission
Hereinafter referred to as the
co,nnission, and IN he COMPOSED
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-09-01
MlLKWEED SHOOTS ARE GOOD
Cut just ~as They Come Through
Ground They Are Crisp and Tender
Make Excellent Dish.

II may not be known to many farm
ers that the young miIkweed shoots
are edible. that when cut just az they
come through the ground while still
white, crisp and tender and cooked
tlhs asparagus they make AZ esesl
lent dish.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-09-01

widely so that the plants in two rows
may be supported. When not In use,
the trellis may be closed up and kept
with the garden tools.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-13

way and with indifferent success from the growers point of view.
 Tn 1910 however, lavish Nature, looking ever after the welfare of her children, took matters into her own hands, and in a single development did that which the long staple cotton grow CTS of Arizona had been unable to do for themselves; produced a cotton plant not enly the equal, but, many declare, the superior of the Egyptian cotton, and particularly adapted to the soil water and climatic conditions of the semi arid southwest.
 The government agriculturalists in that year, while going through a field of the Yuma cotton at Sacaton, discov . shape of leaf, size of plant and quality of fibre from the Yuma variety. This mutation was found to have a fibre longer, stronger and flatter than the Yuma variety, and the yield was heav- fer From this single plant, produced by Natures own alchemy in ways be- yond the ken of man. was secured the seed that has resulted in the present Pima, or as it is now officially known American variety of Egyptian long staple blossoming on thousands of acres of Arizona lands.
 Attracted by the governments work in developing this new, or Pima variety,
 
 rancher, secured sufficient seed from the Sacaton station in the season or 1911 to plant five acres to this variety on his ranch near Glendale. This is Ge- clared to have been the first commer- cial planting of the new variety in Arizona, and results were so far ahead of those previously achieved with the Yuma variety that the following sea son Atha planted 200 acres to the new variety. neighboring ranchers putting in small crops, the total reaching. 400 acres, from which government records show the yield to have been approx imately 240 bales, and for which the growers received an average price of 20 cents per pound.
 By 1914, however, acreage in this variety had increased to an extent that permitted the picking of 6,s00 bales, but as the crop was marketed at about the time Germany set the world aflamr the average price received dropped to l6 cents per pound, resulting in sucn Encouragement to growers that in 1915 but 1,150 bales were produced. In I9Iu the world demand for cotton, brought on by the war, strengthened the mar ket to such an extent that the price averaged 43 cents per pound, resulting in the production for the 1917 season or an increase of 13,000 bales ove~ IyI6 and an average price of 69 cents Der pound. The long staple cotton indus try was on a firm foundation in Arf- zona- Production again doubled i,l 1918 the S4,0O0-bale crop of that season averaging 64 F 1s cents per pound. and in 1919 a total of 45.000 bales were marketed from some S2,000 acres. the price average being S2 cents per pound"
Arizona republican., 1920-08-13
N O R TH SID Fl l Department | Glendale pecris DYAS GIVES EARLY
 HISTORY IF COTTON
 CULTURE IN ARIZONA

GLENDALE. Aug. 12.-That one of the first commercial plantings of the present American variety of Egyptian long staple cotton was made on a Glen dale district ranch seems apparent from a recent magazine article by Ray mond DyaS, secretary of the Glendale District Commercial club who in set ting forth the early history of long staple cotton culture in Arizona says:
 While irrigation and the culture of cotton in Arizona go back unnumbered centuries, to and even beyond the days of the cliff dwellers, according to scientists, the modern irrigationist did not become particularly interested in cotton as commercial crop until the introduction by the department of agri- culture into Arizona of a variety or Egyptian long staple cotton, and not then until the price for this variety, which has shown steady and remark able increase since 1914 reached an average of 69 cents a pound in 1917. And when, in 1919, the crop sold for an average of S2 cents a pound, and as write this is quoted in eastern markets at from S1.25 to $1.40 per pound, the boom in cotton growing began to as- sume balloonic proportions.
 Although long staple cotton had been grown in the valley of the Nile for many years, and though it was known that soil and climatic conditions in cer- tain valleys of Arizona were similar to those prevailing in the cotton growing districts of Egypt, it was not until 1900 that the bureau of plant industry of the United States made any effort to introduce the growing of Egyptian cor- ton in the United States Tn that year experimental paintings were made ay the government experimental farm fin the Yuma, valley, there being deveIopeo what was termed the Yuma variety of long staple cotton. Later this exper- imental work was transferred to the government station at Sacaton, some 4u miles from Phoenix, and here the Yuma variety was brought to a we'll defined standard. Commercial plantings in the Salt River valley were made from seed furnished by the government exper,
 mentalists at Sacaton, but in a smaI,
Arizona republican., 1920-08-13
Glendale in Brief

Commercial On manlin of the CoastIi of the Santa Fe System Connected with Phoenix by anda lines Population, 1920 growng fast valley having GlendaeI 'son Modern electric light
  educational buildings fresh Accredited High School with nfaciite of the domestic in Well equipped with modern etc. financial institutions and a project Surrounded by 10000 fertile similar the Great Southwest.
   0 ble of the mountains and desert from staple
Arizona republican., 1920-08-13

The present retail price of potatoes in Phoenix is from 5h 10 6h cents a pound, according to quality The drop Tn price of from 55 to 75 cents a hun dred Tuesday was unexpected here as the potato market had apparently just settled down to a stable condition.
 A car of potatoes and onions and a car Of mixed fruits and vegetables which were scheduled to arrive from California yesterday will be unloaded today.
 Following is the local produce mar l. af
Arizona republican., 1920-08-13
NEW LADDER IS RoUNDLEss

new ladder has no rounds, only two steps. one for each foot, which slip up and down in slots along the sides of the ladder. Ascent is made by dragging one foot after the other. Ratchets hold the steps in whatever position they are pressed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-01
INSTRUCTOR AT u. OF W.

Samuel Lepkovsky, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Lepkovsky of 80 N. Pleasant
street, who has just completed his four
year course at the University Of Wis
consin, will return to the school in the
fall to assume the duties of assistant
instructor under Prof. Hart, dean of
the agricultural school,
Mr.. Lepkoysky did much laudable
research work while a student at
the university. His commencement
thesis was entered at the University
Chemists convention at st. Louis.
Mr.. Lepkovsky is active in the Zion
ist movement and his study Of agri-
culture and chemistry has been done
primarily with the intention of aiding
materially in the restoration of Pales-
tine. He was president of the univer-
sity Palestine Builders association in
his sophomore year. He does not
know just when he will enter the wider
field of work for the Zionist movement
but in the meantime his assistant in
structorship at the university will en-
able him to do much preparatory work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-01
LAST SUMMER AT ST. MARYs.

The last summer-season at st. Mary's
on the Lakeshore opened Monday
morning when more than a hundred
hungry kiddies took possession Of the
grounds and cottages that are to be
their homes for the next eight weeks.
Despite the warm weather they romp-
ed and played all afternoon until the
vesper-hour when brief but impressive
services were held in the chapel of the
school. Added interest attached to
this gathering by reason of. the fact
that the building in which it was held
is destined to become an Episcopal
Mission on the south side of Kenosha.
It has been given to st. Matthews
Church and will be moved to a conven-
lent site somewhere south of the
bridge as soon as the children from
Chicago leave their paradise for the
darker streets of the city and its
suburbs. Sister Mary Alice, who is
in charge of the school, has arranged
a program for this year that will make
the last summer at St. Mary's one of
the most memorable events in the his
tory of the order.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-01
DANCER SCORES AT DINNER.
Miss Margaret Ball Trips Her Way In
to the Hearts of Allen Agents.

Miss Margaret Ball Trips Her Way In
to the Hearts of Allen Agents.
Monday evening was made memor-
able for Allen a statesmen in attend
ance at the annual convention now in
session here by the dainty pirouetting
and toe-dancing of Miss Margaret Ball.
The young danseuse charmed the Wis
itors with her Pavlowa like whirls and
Municipalities manner. Her offerings
featured an invitational dinner given
to the Allen Agents by George l..
Dyer, advertising counsel of the firm.
After dinner a recital by the Since
band and Miss Balls dancing, Mr.
Dyer, appropriately presented by G. G.
Allen, president of the company, out
lined campaign Of. intensive adver-
tising and craftsmanship for the COM
ing year, At the conclusion of this
talk q. Goodenow of Houston, Texas,
proposed that the statesmen vote Mr.
Dyer thanks for his hospitality and
unqualified Endorsement of his pro-
gram for the Allen A. The vote was
unanimous, Thereafter the convention
adjourned to meet again this morning
at the Country Club where today's
lectures and luncheons were held,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-01
NATION MOURNS
FOR FUNNY IMAM
All America Regrets the
Death of Cowboy Wits
Youngest Son,

"The column is done," the ftmnS
man said; the nurse, coming in, said
"The baby is dead"
The old tragedy in the life Of COM
edian has been repeated at Los An
geles, California. Instead of being at
the Democratic convention at San
Francisco today, making millions laugh
as he did from the Chicago conelave
through the Evenings News and as
ISOLATED papers, Will Rogers, famous
cowboy humorist and Goodwin motion
picture star, is mourning the death of
his youngest son and is torn with anx-
iety for three Of his other children
dangerously i'll with diptharia.
The word Of VIII Rogers bereave-
ment came form his home on the eve
of his departure for San Francisco
where he was to continue his now fam
Gus "Will Rogers Says, the most
humorous press feature Of the Repub-
lican convention.
During.the interval he had been "on
location" near Sacrem ento, CAL, for a
new picture. 1t was there he received
Mrs. Rogers message that their
youngest son, one of family of five
children, had died. He found little
Jimmy, his four-year-old son and
daughter seriously i'll.
Rogers had his heart set on attend
ing the Democratic assembly, there to
swing the lariat OF his comedy about
the heads of the prominent and less
prominent figures whose doings create
laughter as well as history.
Tragedy has Of course altered these
plans.
Friends and family are Rogers dear
est possessions in life. He is an usual
ally devoted father and husband. And
his home life is enlivened with much
the same stage film drollery that has
made the cowboy comedian national
figure.
It was just few days before death
and sickness clouded the sunny life
Of the family that a correspondent
sat at lunch with Rogers in Chicago
discussing plans for the Fisco conven-
tion service. The illness that was to
result in the death of the youngest
had already made its appearance, and
Rogers was beginning to feel slightly
anxious. Constantly the talk which
was about what the Democrats might
do and how they would do it, ran back
to little Jimmy, chip of his father,
and to the other tykes who have help
ed Rogers make the world chuckle.
An Hour of No Laughter.
Today the Rogers house is under
quarantine, and what Will Rogers says
comes over the phone from the hush
of a bereaved home.
The thousands who laughed at Wills
jokes from Chicago and Somewhere in
Philadelphia" and who expected the
play of his wit from the Democratic
convention, will mourn with him in an
hour when there is no laughter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-01

since teachers seldom have the same
ideal or standard, one teacher might
call q child's writing poor which an
other teacher had called good.
The Ayres' scale gives specimens Of
writing graded from poor to good to
each CT which is given a certain value
ranging from 80, which is very poor,
to 80 or go. These specimens are ar
ranged on long card which the teach
er uses to make comparisons Any
piece Of writing is placed in COMPARE
rson with successive standard speci-
mems until one is found that it is most
nearly like. Perhaps it is nearest like
a specimen valued on the standard
scale as 40; then the child's writing is
marked 49,
Next standard for each successive
grade has been fixed; thus fourth
grades should attain certain average
mark and fifth grades higher aver
age. All the children Of grades Alb
and GA have been measured three
times by Miss Robinson; September
1913, February 1919 and February 1920.
Graph Showing Results.
Miss Robinson has drawn a graph,
showing the results of these tests.
This graph reveals the following:
THAT the last measure,nen t show
ed considerable Improvement over
the second, and the second over the
first.
2-That fourth grades are still about
six points below the standard.
3-That in the last measurement the
5B grades were within IA points of
the standard.
THAT in the last measurement the
"a attained an average Ia points
above the standards and the 6B grades
are nearly3 points above the standard.
Miss Robinson's records show which
grades are doing the best work in
writing as judged by this standard, so
that the superintendent is able to
make comparisons for example of "a
grade in one school with the same
grade in another
The results Of Miss Robinson's work
in the Frank Junior High school have
shown the need Of the teaching of
writing in those schools. Next year
there will beea teacher in the Wash
ington and the Lincoln Junior High
schools, to do similar work to that re-
ported as being done by her in the
Frank. Miss Alice March has been as
signed to the Washington and Miss
Wayne Parent to the Lincoln school.
Miss Robinson will have general SUI
pervision Of the elementary writing
and continue teaching at the Frank
school three days week.