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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-08-05
Experiment Designed To test Long
evity of Grass Nuts.

In interesting experiment to cover
10 years has been begun by the weed
specialists of the United States De.
partment of Agi iculture to ascertain
how long the nuts of nutgrass can
stay in the soil and still retail their
viability. Many almost unbelievable
stories are told by farmers and 9TH
ers in the Southern Coastal States re-
earding the length OF time nutgrass
nuts remain viable IN the soil Some
stories tell of grass nuts being dug up
after 20 years buria AMI still sprout-
ing. A seemingly authentic case has
been found by the Government weed
specialists where a house built in
1912 was removed from its site
eight years later and grass nuts
sprouted on the spot from which it
had been removed.
In order t. get definite informa-
ion on this point, four galvanized
ron cans. each about 2 feet square
md feet deep, without rottoms,
we're sunk ito the soil at the Ar
ington faru. near Washington, and
$50 pounds Of soil well filled with
he grass nuts was placed in each.
The cans were covered against light,
nd it is planned to open them ch the
st of June 1898. 1926, 1881 and T.
936, respectively, 10 test the viabil- /.
ty of the nuts
Velvet bean vines are known to .
mother NIL, gra5-, but if the nuts .
rill remain viable IN the soil for an
Indefinite period, it is seen that
ther means of determination will be
ecessary.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-08-05
500 CONVERTED IN
TWENTY-DAY REVIVAL

Madisonville, KY, Aug. IA 20
day revival conducted by the Rev.
Burke Culpeppcr closed Sunday, and
il was announced that 500 CONVEX
sions were effected.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-08-05
FARM DEPARTMENT.

ening and sugar are added. After
the fruit is put in the shell and the
edge moistened, the raw top crust is
added and carefully tucked in, the
pie is baked in the ordinary way.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-08-05
Pimiento-Pepper Growing Success in
Girls Clubs.

One of the aims in the club work
among the boys and girls of the is
Southern States, conducted by the U.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-08-05
RELICS ARE FOUND
IN SWISS LAKES

AS a result OF a prolonged drouth IN
Evening star., 1921-04-07
Vesuvius Active Again.

'Vesuv," as they say in Naples. is
again In active eruption. the most vio-
lent that has occurred in fifteen years.
No reports, however, indicate the like
lihood Of a continuance or a serious
development. The inhabitants Of the
villages on the slopes Of the perennial
troublemaker will probably continue
where they are, with no move for safe.
ty until an actual lava flow starts their
way. That has been the case in all
the eruptions Of Vesuvius. The people
have remained till the last, hoping
that each day the danger would pass.
Usually they have escaped, but some
times the volcano has been too quick
for them.
Vesuvius is one Of the most active
Of the worlds volcanoes. Without
going into ancient history 1t is sum-
cient to note that 1t has been in &C.
ton seven times In the last fifty-six
years. These manifestations have not
been regular. occurring in 1855. 1855.
1872. 1878, 1880, 1895 and 1905. Not
all Of these eruptions have been of a
grave character. but they have served
to show that vesuvius is one Of the
most dependable Of the earth's vents.
For some months past there have
BEEN seismic demonsHations indicst.
Evening star., 1921-04-07
More Mail Robbery.

More frontier stuff in Chicago. A
little after noon five men parked a
motor car in q vacant lot across the
street from a railroad station and
started to play a game Of base ball.
They kept 1t up for several hours. At
4:30 a mail truck backed up to the
station loading platform. The men
pulled revolvers. ran across the street.
covered the mail truck attendants,
Transferred the registered mail sacks
to their own machine, and in about a
minute and a half were on their way.
The car, later identified, had been
stolen q week earlier. There il no
clue to the robbers.
So much mail has been stolen dur.
ing the past few months that 1t would
seem that one Of Mr.. Hays most i'm.
portant tasks is to arrange for a mill
tary guard at every point where val
liable postal matter is exposed II
this sort OF thing keeps on it may be
Necessary to have the mail transported
In armored cars with rapid fire guns
installed. The mails must be made
secure.
Evening star., 1921-04-07
Flooding the Mines.

The utter stupidity Of the British
coal miners in insisting upon the
stoppage of the pumps in the collieries
is beyond understanding. When the
pumps are stopped the mines fill with
water. 1t takes weeks, even months,
to empty them, and it costs enormous
ly. Sometimes valuable machinery is
ruined. A flooded colliery cannot be
restored to productiveness in some
cases for over half year.
These men are striking because
they want better pay and better con.
work. but they are deliberately max
ing it impossible for themselves to
work for any pay in any conditions
for a long period. If they are aiming
to "socialize" the mines-which means
to turn them over to joint workman
control-they are spelling the very
property they seek to acquire. II they
should win the strike at every point they
are winning doubtful asset. II they
were to take over the mines flooded by
reason of their own conduct. they
would have to pump them dry before
they could work them. And If they
do not win and the mines continue un-
der private ownership and control the
owners surely should not bear the cost
Of restoring them to working condi-
tions and not count the cost as an
item of maintenance in the wage reck.
oning.
A more intelligent view of the mat
ter would surely call for the niainte-
nance Of the mines as potential work
ing plants throughout the struggle. so
that whoever wins, whatever the out
come. the collieries are in shape for
speedy renewal Of operation. If, of
course, this strike is but move in a
revolutionary game, a destructive en-
terprise, the flooding Of the mines
can be regarded as a phase Of the in.
sensate reaction. As an economic
move it Is blunder from which the
miners themselves will be the chief
sufferers.
Evening star., 1921-04-07
Metropolitan Mysteries.

New York police reports are giving
the novelists a hard run for their
money. Time was when the thriller
writers. the mystery mongers and the
detective dopesters got their inspira-
tion from the occasional items of crime
and confusion. But now the fictionists
are in danger of losing their market.
than the story books. Take the case
just reported Of the wealthy Mrs. Ran
kins. Last Friday evening she, the
widow Of highly prosperous pro-
moter. stepped out Of her limousine
near the approach to the Greensboro
bridge and 1t is believed entered sub
way entrance, leaving the chauffeur
waiting. Since then nothing has been
heard Of her. Monday her family.
thinking she was possibly the victim
Of a robbery. notified the police. Now
Mrs. Rankine is being searched for
high and low, and all sorts Of theories
are being advanced by the real, near
and amateur investigators of crime"
who swarm in the big city.
Then there was the Elwell case Of
nearly a year ago, not yet solved. That
was a seven-reel feature. Scarcely a
week passes without some sort Of
fantastic crime or complication. The
six million people comprising the big
town constitute all the possible ele-
ments of drama in large and small
combinations. The blackhanders are
no longer as fiagrantly active as they
once were. but italian feud and black
mail murders are committed almost
with regularity. Now that bootlegging
has become business with a certain
class. a new type of crime has been
evolved and the ramifcations Of the
criminal game are infinite.
Whatever the opportunities and
whatever the morals Of headquarters,
the lot of the New York policeman is
not a happy one. He is up against
tough proposition. There is not a beat
in that big town on which a veritable
dime novel tragedy may not develop
at any time.
Evening star., 1921-04-07
The Genesis of Protection,

On the eve Of tariff legislation, which
b to be fashioned on protection lines
for protection purposes, the press
story Of the genesis of the protection
policy comes as something interesting
and valuable.
In enacting the first tariff law. July
&. 17s9-observe the appropriateness
Of the day Of the month-the Congress
declared:
TT 10 necessary for the support Of
the government. for the discharge of
debts Of the United States and for the
encouragement and protection Of
manufacturers that q duty be laid
upon goods. wares and merchandise
Imported"
We started with protection, and for
= definite purpose. The object was to
build up the nation by making it in
dependent in the matter Of producing
agencies. As far as possible. It was
to Be prepared to supply its own needs.
That object, in large part, has been
attained. We have grown to be a
great producing nation. In many i'm.
portant things We ara not only inde.
pendent Of tha- outside- world. bat In
Evening star., 1921-04-07
Conferences and Congress.

There Is no sign Of tame or brief
session. but probably no previous
Congress ever assembled with the
leaders Of the two houses 30 familiar
from personal conferences with one
another's views about the business
awaiting attention.
Mr.. Penrose. chairman Of the sAnate
finance committee, and Mr.. Fordney,
chairman Of the ways and means com.
mittee. have repeatedly canvassed to-
gether the questions Of taxation and
the tariff. Each understands the
others position. and the line he will
take when measures covering the two
questions are reported. The one will
have charge in the Senate, the other
in the House. 9
Tuesday Mr.. Knox and Chairman
Porter Of the House foreign affairs
committee conferred together about
the Knox peace resolution. Mr.. Por.
ter favors the resolution. and viii give
1t support in the House.
This il all to the good It does not
argue that any Of those measures will
go through either house or both houses
like blue stfeak." Naturally. there
win be some sharp differences Of opin-
ion and some sharp debates on them.
The questions are Of 30 much impor.
tance they will provoke differences Of
opinion in assemblies composed in
Ia rya m ~ ~ In ry1,ar~ auA ,-,o- <,os~~a
in discussion. >
But it will make for both order and
speed for the session to open with this
state Of case. No time need be con-
sumed in jockeying for position. or
cropping for light on where this, that
or the other man Of importance in the
contests stands.
Evening star., 1921-04-07
some things have made the outside

some things have made the outside
world dependent on US.
No national policy. with the exception
of that of keeping ourselves free from
entangling foreign alliances, has had
a triumph the equal Of 1t.
The policy has not yet performed its
perfect work. 1t IL still essential, WISE
ly adjusted, to our national life and
health, and while It remains 80 should
be applied with the same frankness
of purpose as characterized its origi-
nation and application under the
founders Of the government.
Evening star., 1921-04-07

It. Is evident that President Harding
does not intend to be denied the privi-
iege OF enjoying a most beautiful and
convenient golfing ground because it
Is accessible to ali people. His knowl-
edge Of human nature is sufficiently
accurate to assure him that no one
win venture to intrude public business
or personal politics on a man whose
mind is for the moment centered on
hitting the ball.
Evening star., 1921-04-07

ing . state Of unusual strain beneath
the earth's surface, and q volcanic ex-
plosion Of magnitude would not be at
all surprising. Indeed. such an erup-
ton has been predicted. though with
out definition Of locality. Vesuvius,
however. is always q good guess. as.
Faithful It Is still a steadily going
concern.
Evening star., 1921-04-07
SHOOTING STARS.
By pHrLAxpER JOHNSON.

A Startling Sentiment.
A man with q most determined air
Said, Lets get busy and get some
where!''
I said to him. "Oh, fearless man,
You're starting most surprising plan!
Quite brief is the time you would al
low
When we set ourselves for big pow.
WOW.
Don't you know that you might get
things in shape.
Where they'd lack ,the refinement Of
bright red tape?
Oh. fearless man, say to you,
You'll have us looking for work to do
II the motto to which we give our
care
II, Lets get busy and get some
where"
Evening star., 1921-04-07

For those who cannot understand
the astronomy involved in his theory
Of relativity, DIR. Einstein has, some
other ideas which will appeal with
direct lucidity both to the mind and
heart.
Evening star., 1921-04-07
Grasping an Idea

I sometimes fail to comprehend
The language Of some wise old friend
His knowledge makes him, in the end,
Appear the gamer.
For dullness seems to be my lot
Yet Of suspicion there's a jot
That. after all. perhaps he's not
A good explainer.
Evening star., 1921-04-07
Utilizing Space.

Cant we go touring in our fiivver?"
said Mrs. Chuggins. "All we'll have
to do is to put a kitchen in it,
tWell." replied her husband. II sup
pose q proposition ought to work both
ways. Last winter you were advising
me to keep the flivver in the kitchen" :"
Evening star., 1921-04-07

It is too much to hope that sugar
VIII become cheap enough during the
canning season to compensate for the
high prices attendant on a frost-bit-
ten fruit crop.
Evening star., 1921-04-07

Possibly one reason for the i'm.
mense popularity Of base ball is its
demonstration Of the American idea
Of coordination. A team has no chance
at the pennant unless 1t co-ordinates.
Evening star., 1921-04-07

German sentiment, in a less i'm
passioned mood, now desires to efface
as far as possible marks Of destruc-
ton in which her soldiery once pro-
fessed to take SO much audacious
pride.
Evening star., 1921-04-07

Many statesmen are still inclined to
attach great importance to whether 1t
Is referred to as "the" league or "a"
league.
Evening star., 1921-04-07
Mr.. Hughes Upholds the Treaty.

II the United States were a sigma
tory to the treaty of Versailles. Sec
retary Hughes admirable note to the
German government in respect to the
payment Of reparations would be
highly important definition of Amer
ican policy. Inasmuch as the United
States is not a party to the treaty. the
Hughes note can be nothing more
than the expression of a pious hope
that the Germans will be sensible and
make some sort Of settlement with the
It is the fault Of false situation
created by his party in the Senate.
Mr.. Hughes does not say and he
could not be expected to say. because
the United States has forfeited the
right to express an official opinion.
His task would be comparatively SIM
pie If the treaty had been ratified: for
the United States. seeking nothing
for itself. would be in a position to
determine the issue according to its
merits. In the circumstances Mr..
Hughes is trying to preside over a
Senate will not allow him to be pres
ent.
What shines forth clearly in the
Hughes note, however, is the futility
of the pretense that the United States
can stand aside and refuse to concern
ItScIl WIFI lHc cAGCutlOn tue IIcdly
of Versailles. Even in the matter of
reparations. in which the United
States has no demands Of its own to
enforce, the Harding administration
is compelled to recognize the fact that,
no matter what the Senate may say
or do. this country is vitality concerned
In just and equitable settlement. and
that it cannot abandon the treaty Of
Versailles.
1t may do so technically and Con-
gress may adopt the Knox resolution
for separate peace, but all the issues
Of the war are still bound up in that
treaty: all that is recognizable in the
law of nations is still involved in the
treaty, and there is no escape from it,
New York World (democratic).
Children. shut your eyes! Discards
Evening Dress at Otflc.ai c..
Headline.-Buffalo Express.
China is away ahead of tho r'-'-na
States. for she has recently opened
war on bandits.-El faso de-.
Some people manage to keep their
meanness hidden. and some seek pub
lie office or divorce. - Baltimore
Evening Sun.
Petrograd is developing factories
for the manufacture of cloth out of
old rags. Raw material ought to be
plcHtlIuI.-SedtLIe IlmeS
If the prodigal son had lived in the
day of short skirts he wouldn't have
become so excited over the fatted calf
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Greek troops lately took Afioun-
karashissar, which is not what you
probably think it is. but a city over
yonder somewhere.-Kansas City Star
Statesman: A man who resorts to
solid geometry and q study Of the
fourth dimension when required to
add two and two.-Baltimore Sun.
A man who fails at selling used cars
either becomes a champeen horseshoe
thrower or else goes to the legisla-
ture.-Minneapolis Journal
A Chicago dancer who is said to
have invented the "shimmy" wants
divorce from her pianist husband and
calls him a nonentity. You see. he
can only wigEle his hngers.-Lansing
State Journal.
Evening star., 1921-04-07

There Is naturally some surprise
that SO energetic a poet as D'Annunzio
should have allowed SO many books to
beat his new history in getting to the
market.
Evening star., 1921-04-07

Occasionally the logic employed in
the discussion Of foreign relationship
looks slightly like a case Of entangle.
ment on a small scale.
Evening star., 1921-04-07

A large amount Of the hostility be.
tween Greeks and Turks is based on
an instinct Of hereditary aversion.
Evening star., 1921-04-07

The coal bill has become an exceed
ingly important item In the affairs Of
the British empire.
Evening star., 1921-04-07
Consistent Position.

Have you always been able to main
tain a consistent position in politics?"
There is one position" replied SEN
ator Sorghum, that I congratulate
myself on having maintained very con-
sistently. indeed. I have always map-
aged to remain on the upper surface
Of a landslide"
Evening star., 1921-04-07
Information First Hand.

whats the hardest part Of the
work Of a postmaster"
The man who was sorting mail
paused long enough to reply:
Getting the job and holding on
to IT,
Evening star., 1921-04-07

Jud Tunkins says a mans noblest
and most philanthropic efforts often
fail to attract as much attention
among his friends as the fact that he
has bought q new hat.
Evening star., 1921-04-07

Statesman: A man who resorts to
solid geometry and study of the
fourth dimension when required to
add two and two.-Baltimore Sun.
Evening star., 1921-04-07

A man who fails at selling used cars
either becomes a champeen horseshoe
thrower or else goes to the legisla-
ture.-Minneapolis Journal,
Evening star., 1921-04-07

Greek troops lately took Afioun-
karashissar, which is not what you
probably think it is. but city over
yonder sOmewhere.-Kansas City Star
Evening star., 1921-04-07

A Chicago dancer who is said to
have invented the "shimmy'' wants a
divorce from her pianist husband and
calls him a nonentity. You see. he
can only wiggle his hngers.-LAnsing
state Journal,
Evening star., 1921-04-07

If the prodigal son had lived in the
day of short skirts he wouldn't have
become so excited over the fatted calf.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Evening star., 1921-04-07

Petrograd is developing factories
for the manufacture of cloth out of
old rags. Raw material ought to be
plentiful.-Seattle Times.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-03-01
LAND IRRlGATE1 BY INDIANS Before the Advent of the Spaniards the System Was in Vogue Among
 the Aborigines.

Irrigation began in Texas many years before the lands embraced within it's boundaries became a part Of the United States, years before those same lands made up what was known as the Lone Star republic, writes James R. Freddy in the Amerl- can Forestry Magazine.
 To bring the time down to a more tangible date, the first irrigation work was done-accOrding 10 tradition when the Pueblo Indians constructed the peculiar ditches about Fl Paso and the PccUS country, which author ities of today claim were built for irri- gation purposes. Another tradition coming out of the past tells that these dItches were built by the Yuma h. dians when they were driven west ward by the COmanches and Apaches, and not by the PueblOs.
 When Coronado, the rowing ex- plorer, opened this country to the Snaniards he found well-wOrked irrl- gatiOn systems among the Indians; this was in 1540 when he was pushing toward the north. The practice of irrigation was continued under the Franciscan fathers, who constructed the five mission ditChes that were found near the present city of San Antonio. Even under Mexican rule the work did not stop, and grants by the Mexican government often read as follows:
 "In the name of the Mexican na- tion, grants him one day of water with its corresponding labor of land"
The daily Alaskan., 1921-03-01
Is Capitals Best Sp=IIer.

Frank B. Willis, Ohio's successor to Warren C. Harding in the United States senate, qualified as Washing tons ,hampiog. spel!er during his term in the house. The National Press club staged an oId-fashiOned spelling bee at the Willard hotel, with the na- don's famous statesmen and rising young journalists as cOntenders for first houorS. Senator Miles POindex- ter of Washington, then, like Willls' a member of the house, stood to the end. groggy but dogged. "Ogee" was the word on which he finally went down. He thought it meant something like touch" and he couldn't define it nor spell it.. Willis years at Ada had taught him much, among other things how to spell "ogee." He bowled Volndcxter out and stood alone.-Gus ]. Kargc~ in the Cincinnati Times Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-03-01

Portland; Ore. Feb. 24.-tSpec- iaD-Porland is preparing to b. host to the third annual intcrnation- al mining convention to be held here April 5-gtb. Ftfte,n huud- redj delegates exclusive Of their families will attend and will re'ros- ent a territory covering Alaska Brit ish Columbia and the six states oi Montana, Idaho, Washington, Ore son, California and Nevada, Eve rylhing pertaining to minls and min ing will be discussed; and eTe"E mechanical equipment used in min iag and every ore and mineral "a l-
The daily Alaskan., 1921-03-01
EaIirf in Pictures.

Following an idea which first de ye,onpd in France, pictures have been printed which, when viewed through spccrayles, appear in stereoscopic re- lief. Tie object pictured is first pho- tu.raaned irrm two points like an or G.ngry strrcoscopic view. Then the two pictures are printed in two com DlementaTy cOlors nearly but not quite overIapplng. The glasses of the view ing sprctaclc5 are also of complement tarv cg!ors corresponding to those used in. the printing, and when the picture is seen through these glasses, il stands forth with startling appear Qgce y- soliditE ...--.-----
The daily Alaskan., 1921-03-01
FROM L0WLY TOLL ID FAME
Edwin DaI'ir. Ranked as Great ScuIP- tor, Was Once Wheslbarrow Boy
 in Mine in Utah.

One oC Amer.ca's greatest Sculp- inrs. Edwin DuIlin. was once wheel barrow boy in mine in Utah, where l. ,u.,ed all day for less than a dollar. T.a miners uncovered stratum of wsie clJy one morning, and Dallin, t.--e-.tng hIs work. sat down and be- ... to model u likeness of one of the ,,..eu.au. So lifelike was it that his ,..ruer. when he returned to school lu Ju, full sent iJ aud some of his ug.wf.-s 10 a state fair being held tr Sa.r Lake City. A rich mine owner n... l.s attention called to the little rry bust and he offered to furnish the boy transportation to Boston whore he could enter an art school.
 Tne hoy worked long and hard, and by the time he was tweuty-one he had a studio of lis own, the Detroit News Igc.Ils. He went to Paris shortly a.lerward and began a series of h. G.au poses, using the Indians from the Buffalo Bill show at that time in France. His first masterpiece, "The Signal of Peace" was finished at that amr aud he was recognized there after as one Of the worlds greatest y.u,Dtuvs. His Ann Hutchinson" made for thc Boston state house; The Medicine Man" in Falrmount park, Philadelphia, and the great golden an -.l Ou the Mormon temple in Salt L.'.n City are among his best known