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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23

are four large bedrooms on the second
floor of this house. And most impor-
tant is the modern bathroom with COM
plete fixtures. Water is supplied from
a water supply system. There Is cleo
trio light throughout in this case, per-
haps, supplied by feed wire running
near the house. Light and power can
also be obtained by private electric
lighting plant. The bedrooms are es-
peciauy light and cheerful, having
windows on two sides.
There is something quaint and ap-
pealing about this type of home. 1t Is
ideal for the farm because 1t Is roomy,
comfortable and not pretentious at all.
Moreover, it is economical to build. 1t
Is 40 feet wide and "a feet deep. The
side porch Is 20 feet wide. The two
side bedrooms have doors opening out
onto the balcony.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
keep AN ACCOUNT
Writer Points Out Value Of "Put-
ting It Down."
Inevitably Leads to Efficiency and
System In the Management Of
Ones Personal Affairs.

Too much emphasis cannot be
placed on the value Of keeping an &C;
curate record Of all personal expen-
ditures. To the average busy person
L may seem needless waste of time
to keep an account of every penny
spent Yet some of the most success
full men and women of our day find 1t
item of personal expense. ~
Every business concern keeps an ac-
counting of all pennies received and
spent. To do otherwise would be to
invite failure, for it would mean the
introduction Of careless, slip-shod
methods.
If such rigid care Is necessary to the
success Of a business organization,
there is even more need of efficiency
and system In the administration OF
ones personal affairs, for with the in
dividual, thrift means not only the
saving Of money, but 1t means the de-
velopment of character, clean morals,
wholesome living, education, progress
and the fulfillment of human destiny.
The foundation of thrift is system.
Hence it should not be practiccd in-
termittently.
If you are endeavoring to save
little money and you have not adopted
the rule Of keeping an accurate daily
record Of your expenses, you will find
that by the adoption of a budget sys-
TEN your success will be made doubly
easy and you will be amazed at the
difference II will make in the amount
Of money you can save. A few pen
MES or few dollars wasted here and
there do not seem to amount to much
at the time they are spent. But when
the record of these unwarranted ex-
travagances goes down In cold figures
SO that you can thus look back over a
period of time and trace the black
Is presented In much more graphic
and impressive manner.
No man in the history Of our coun-
try has done more big things than
Benjamin Franklin. In the realms OF
craftsmanship, finance, science and lit
erature, he has occupied position OF
the most profound importance. His
influence Is felt by each of us in our
daily lives today. Yet Benjamin
Franklin, by his own testimony, owed
much of his success in life to the fact
that he worked Systematically and
kept an accurate account Of all his
personal transactions, no matter how
trivial.-By w. S. Straus, President
American Society for Thrift.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23

en- her burden. He built laundry In
his new home, a Mushroom and mod
ern kitchen.
This house shown here is a good
example of the modern tendency In
farm home construction. 1t embodies
ell the comforts and beauties of the
city home. Colonial In design, 1t has
large open porch at one end where
the family can gather on warm eve
nings, read and mingle with real com
fort. Above this porch is large bal
cony with artistic white railing. Side
seats add to the hospitable appear
shce Of the quaint front entrance Of
true colonial design. The door opens
into a small reception hall which In
turn opens into the dining room on
one side and the large living room on
the other. This room Is 10 feet 8
inches by % feet, easily as large as
two ordinary rooms, and an ideal rest
ing place for q large family. There In
the side wall Is the old-fashioned yet
modern open brick fireplace that burns
ana on each side of this fireplace are
French doors opening out onto the
porch.
The dining room IL slightly smaller.
y feet 9 inches By Is feet, and con-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
Reconstruetlno War Areas.

Alfred Fl. Wagg, developer and
former president of the New York
State association of Real Estate
Boards, who recently returned from
Europe after a long stay, says that the
efforts being made by the French and
Belgians to reconstruct the war areas
are wonderful I'm view of the seem
ingly insurmountable difficulties that
are being overcome.
Cities are being built under scientific
town planning, and the evident
purpose Of the people is to build finer
and more substantial towns and cities,
superior in plan and construction to
those that were destroyed.
The housing of the European work.
Ing class is poor and woefully made
quate, Mr.. wagg says. The American
standard Of housing for Its workers Is
very superior to that of Europe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
Crop Reports Indicate Difference
Few Showers Make in Human
ity's Scheme Of Things.
Big PART PLAYED BY NATURE
Takes About 2,26o Tons Of Water to the
Acre to Grow Food Crop-Process
Of Evaporation Yields Chemicals
Valuable az Fertilizer.

Washington, ID. C.-"Rain might be
looked upon as the oil which lubricates
the worlds economic machinery" says
a bulletin issued from the Washing
ton, ID. c., headquarters Of the Ma
tional Geographic society In connec-
ton with recent reports Of worldwide
drought damage to crops.
"With the smallest estimated cotton
crop since 1893" continues the bulle-
tin, with spring wheat In poor con-
dillon at home as well as In many Of
the other wheat countries of the world,
with other important crops below their
average, and with drought east as the
villain. or mt least as an accomplice,
in each case, the difference that few
showers make in humanity's scheme
Of things is strongly emphasized.
Depends on Rainfall.
"While everybody realizes in gen.
eral way that the world depends on
rainfall and fertility for food, there
are very few, perhaps, who even ap-
proximately appreciate how compare
lively little the farmer actually does
in the great process of crop-growing.
To pillow millions of acres furrOw by
furrow, to spend millions of dollars
on fertilizers, and to reap and gather
and thresh, is no mean task. And yet
compared with the part that nature
plays In the process, mans work
seems very slight labor. For in
stance, 1t takes about 20 inches Of
rainfall to grow food crop under our
general farming methods, which means
about 2,260 tons Of water to the acre.
That seems a preposterous figure, but
the doubter can easily demonstrate
its correctness. Suppose the Ameri-
can farmer had to haul the water his
ground must have to give him good
crop, and that the distance and freight
rate were the same as the average
railroad haul and rate In the United
States. On that basis 1t would cost
him more than $4,000 an acre to wa
ter his place.
But not only would his water bill
be nearly half a million dollars on
1OO-acre farm, but his fertilizer bill,
also. would amount to neat little
sum. 1t Is estimated that In the proc
ess Of normal evaporation. soil wa
ter presents the rootlets of its neigh
borhood with about fourteen pounds
of ammonia year to the acre. Al
so, II gives them some 81 pounds Of
potash. With sulphate Of ammonia
costing only 2 cents a pound Git cost
81 during the war; and hundred
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
HANGMAN OBJECTS TO SLURS
Declares He is Perfect Gentleman
and That His Calling Is Honor
able and Useful. {

Budapest.-The hangman Of Hun
gary has risen to indignant defense Of
his calling and denounced those who
cast slurs upon 1t. He was prompted
by sneering references made In the
Hungarian national assembly. Friends
Of former Emperor Charles and the
anti-Hapsburgs are always quarreling
there, and In some cases have shouted
at one another, "The hangman is your
friend"
Michael Ball, the official hangman,
has resented such slurs
my vocation" he writes to the
president of the national assembly, sis
as honorable and useful as that of
judges, lawyers, ministers or kings
Why should the old superstition hold
In modern times that the hangman's
profession Is disgraceful, abominable
and loathsome? My friends are all
perfect gentlemen and any member Of
parliament can consider 1t only fiat
terry when he is called my friend"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
What RaindrOps
Mean to Farmer

pounds of the sulphate required to
contribute IL pounds Of ammonia. 1t
Will be seen that the process Of evap-
Grafton gives the rootlets $1.65 worth
of ammonia to the acre.
Automatic Fertilization.
"When the World war cut of Ger
man supplies of potash and 1t scared
to $500 ton. biologists secured the
United States for the priceless fertil-
izer with little success. Yet the proc
ess of evaporation generously hands
out more than half a hundredweight
TO the acre, In war and peace. This
automatic fertilization is worth an
additional $3.50 an acre to the farmer
at present prices, and would have cost
him $40 an acre at war prices.
From this 1t will be seen that the
$l2 to $50 an acre that 1t costs the
average farmer to grow wheat Is a
small figure indeed. compared, to what
he saves by having nature as his wa
ter wagon and fertilizer source"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
Russ Princes
Ask u. S. Brides

er young, when inviting a friend to his
wedding.
The difficulty of locating these
American wives across the seas Is not
one to stump the imaginative Russian
mind, which readily adapts itself to
the lighter branches Of commerce, and
has succeeded here with cafes, beauty
parlors, manicure and tea shops, con-
cert halls and public grounds.
The first and only bathing pavilion
near here has been established at
Floria beach, on the Marmora sea, by
group Of Georgian princesses,
through the loan Of American Red
Cross tents.
Men Are Out Of Luck.
The condition of Russian men refu-
gees here Is bad, as there are few in
dustries or factories to provide work.
Recently the French government cut
off its food rations to several thou
sand men, though still feeding a GER
tain number of children, women and
old men.
1t Is hard for them to get passports
to go to other countries. Serbia has
accepted some 10000, but her leniency
to refugees Is finding its limit.
Prince Golitzy, who formerly held
immense estates near Kiev, and may
recover them, among hundreds Of 9th
ers, is attempting to earn a living by
utilizing his knowledge of precious
stones of which he once had large
collection.
Such men often lose their clothing
and baggage to rapacious landlords
who serve them in default Of the pay
ment of room rent. but the Russian
aristocrats never lose their politeness
and courtesy In adversely. C~~
They still kiss the hands Of the,
women, after the manner Of their
country. Often cheerful and cour-
ageous in the face Of poverty, they
share their last money with friends.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
The Miahty Peanut.

More than two-million acres in this
country were planted with peanuts last
year. The demand for them is increas-
ing by leaps and bounds They are one
Of the most nutritious foods known to
man. one pound Of them (shelled) con-
tanning nearly half pound OF fat and
a quarter of pound of protein, both
high grade and readily digestible. For
running the body machine they are
three times as efficient as an equal
weight Of beef and Ave times as EN-
cient as an equal weight Of eggs.-The
Argonaut.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
poQs Rout Tobaceo Pe,ts.

Marietta, Pa.-Martin s. Ston, a
tobacco grower, who resides on farm
several miles east OF this place. has
two dogs, one a spaniel and the other
a fox terrier. which he has trained to
hunt worms from his tobacco. From
the timc they enter the patch until
they leave they are busy with their
noses, smiling and smelling tobacco
bugs from the leaves. They take the
worms from the leaves without dam
aging the plants, and m q result the
tobacco on the StolI farm II among the
finest In the. country, being almost frss
from worm holeA
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23

ring, so there is no expense for a
central. 1t is possible with system
like this to connect various parts of
the farm or distant barns with the
house. or the tenant house with the
farm home, at very low cost. While
such system leaves much to be de-
sired In the way Of service, 1t meets
an emergency and can be made to
answer, pending the coming Of times
when conditions will warrant more
expensive and more satisfactory sys-
tenn.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
Cattle RustIers Busy.

Houston. Textile old cattle rus
thing days are coming back to south
ern Texas.
Wholesale cattle thefts here and In
surrounding counties have been re-
ported. Deputy sheriffs armed with
search warrants visited farm nine
miles from here. They found the
hides and heads Of three calves. The
brand had been cut Off.
officers say there Is a ring Of
cattle thieves operating In the state.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
Left Husband $50 Times
In IA Years. Welded Life

Helen Caldwell of Detroit
Mich, left her husband, John,
$50 times during their married
life from 1907 to 1921. John told
Judge Harry J. Dingeman. He
asserted his wife was fond Of
dancing; that. on coming home
from work at midnight, he would
find her little boy sitting on the
front steps waiting for him and
that his wife would come In la
ter, saying she had been to a
dance. He was given decree.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
Refugee Noblemen in Turkey Are
Perfectly Willing to Marry
for Money.
HOPE TO GET BACK ESTATES
Many Refugee Russian Women Have
Married Turks in Order to Get
Temporary Homes-StilI Retain
Their Poiiteness and Courtesy.

Constantinople.-The arranging OF
marriages between Russian princes
and well-to-do American women Is the
latest scheme advanced here by an
ingenious Russian to get a livelihood
for voorhees,, penniless refugees living
on American and other charity.
1t is argued that the American wom-
an would, In addition to the title, make
a good business bargain, since the
exiled Russian noblemen all have
large estates which they hope to re-
cover when private property Is re-
stored and Bolshevik Russia Is no
more.
Many Russians have open minds on
the marriage question. Many of the
refugee Russian women have married
Turks since their arrival here, In or
der to get temporary homes. The
Russian men have followed suit. Many
of the older ones have married Greek
women.
And Age Has Its Weddings.
Youth has its follies, age its stupid
lnnU-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23

So enormous Is Chicago's waste
paper supply. that doubIe-unit. ST.
100000 paper mill which will use It for
making newsprint, has been planned;
The estimated capacity Of the
plant win be from 10000 to 1900
tons annually. Contracts have been
made between large wastepaper co..
lectink agencies and the new concern
for the supply. Mechanics
Magazine
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
ers in South Dakota Use the
Parbed-W System
Agricultural Agent Assists
Farmers to Install System at
Cost Of Less Than
$50 Each.

QPrsparsd By the United States Department
Of Agriculture.)
Washingt0n.-There are still many
rural homes that do not have telephones
and, as at present economy in all lines
u imperative, interest is reviving In the
~barbed-wire system" which was more
or less common In parts Of the West
no years ago.
In Carson county, South Dakota, the
county agricultural agent has assisted
farmers TO install such system at an
average cost q material per farmer
q - than 20. Carson County IL
q Hnlles long and very sparsely settled,
oo1hough TIE agricultural lands srs
11sood Standard telephone lines ap-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23

veniently close to the kitchen. A the
serving Of meals IL one Of the impor-
tant functions Of the farm home, this
arrangement will greatly assist the
housewife because It cuts down, the
number Of steps between the stove and
the table. The kitchen is one Of those
delightfully."- small and compact rooms
which has everything to make 1t an
ideal and complete workshop. OF the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
werId,. coal Denomination.

In normal times the worlds approx
innate consumption Of coal amounts to
ZOO, 000, 900 tons. Of which total Great
Britain normally produces about 275,-
100000 tons. The normal domestic
and Industrial consumption Of coal
each year In Great Britain IL 10000
900 tons; the rest Of Great Britain's
production q exported.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23

kitchen is the Mushroom, an important
room in the farm home where the men
coming from the field can wash up
prior to entering the kitchen. There
is also small storeroom next to the
Mushroom.
Plenty Of bedrooms are needed in
the farm home to take care of the ex-
ira workers I'm the busy season. There
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23
And Aae Has Its Weddings.

Youth has It's follies, age its stupid
tiles" said Russian general. no long
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-22
THE BALL SEASON

America is a nation of fans That is the quail
y that makes Americans the most irresistible peo-
pie in the world They are always FOR some
thing arguing for it. roofing for it, working for it,
and ready to fight for it, if necessary. This great
national quality finds its appropriate outlet in the
support of the home team.
The comparatively few score men who are out
in the various leagues. pounding the ball about
and fitting from base to base (when the fitting
happens to be good) have behind them the good
wishes of hundred and ten million people They
are just as truly representatives of the public if
they stood in congress and bored the Congressional
Record with long-winded speeches. And it is
worthy of note that they are receiving more at
tenton than our lawmakers. Babe Ruth is as
we'll known as Senator Lodge. and in some mys-
terious way. we have no doubt. his conduct on the
diamond will have as far-reachng an effect ON the
race as that of the Bay State senator the classic
floor Of The senate chamber
The people demand of their ball players just
one thing-the very best play they can put up.
garnished at all times with gentlemanly behavior
AS a rule that is what the players give The stand
ard Of ethics in the baseball world is high and the
clamor that arose last season when it was suspected
that few players had lowered that standard is
significant of public feeling
Speaking locally, we earnestly desire thai Lake
land may win the pennan; but if not, we stand
ready to congratulate the winner just as heartily
as VIC would congratulate tho Highlandcrs. be-
cause ii will have been royal contest without
guile or fraud, and the best men arc entitled to the
victory
In general way our wish is that the season
may be distinguished by the enthusiastic support of
the public and the spotess reputation of every
team in the field
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-22
THINGS HAVE CHANGED
(Florida Times-Union.)

Florida newspapers have offered suggestions
innumerable to the legislature and no doubt the
members have read and considered some of these
voluntary offerings of help, and it may be that
new ideas have been brought to view in one mat
ter or another of public interest 1t is found that
opinions vary in some sections of the state re-
garding proposed laws and changes, and the most
diverse views are expressed in the newspapers
but on one subject they seem agreed, and that is
the, necessity for change in the election laws
On this subject the Lakeland Telegram truly
conservative newspaper. recently spoke as fol-
lows:
Revision of the election laws is one Of the
duties which will confront the Legislature. The
attorney general is preparing bill to place WON
en- upon exactly the same status with re.
gard to registration and the payment of poll taxes
That is all right, provided the women want such
restrictions. They should be consulted however,
they constitute half the voting strength of the
state, though not half the representation in the
legislature, and they will certainly resent any
laws which do not meet their ideas of justice.
And while about it, the legislature ought to re-
wise the whole voting system. The registration
and poll tax requirements sufficient to keep
uDdesrables from the polls. Or if not. an educa-
tional qualification can be embodied in Il con
pie. The ballot ought to be simplifed and made
to conform to the rules adopted in other states.
We have two parties in Florida and it is not
worth while TO pretend to ignore that fact Both
parties entitled to exactly the same advan-
tages so far as the election laws are concerned
The ballot should contain the names of candi-
dates grouped under party headings with SYM
bols to more readily distinguish them. and sam.
pie ballots, just they are to be voted sbnuld
be published and posted about the pons places.
Instead of making it difficult to vote intchecntly,
it should be made as easily possible"
When it is recalled that the present Ia"'c arc
in force because the last legislature failed utterly
to agree upon new laws-nOt that the tIt.ites
then and the books were satisfactory but
because the legislators would not or could not
come to a reasonable understanding in regard to
changes, it seems necessary to urge an early
consideration of this important matter
There but few defenders of the statutes
now in force and it is of course necessary 10
make certain changes on account of changed
conditions but the election laws as a whole can
well be studied and the genreal opinion anpoars
to be that great changes are desirable If let
to late consideration there may happen again
what happened last time, and the people be fur
Their disguised by the complications and vagaries
of the existing laws
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-22

good will Of Colombia. and took the only practical
way Of securing it-tO-Vvit. buying and paying
for it.
It is transaction which savors more of sordid
business than national honor The question that
hangs over is. whether we shall get anything for
our money. Is the good will of Colombia worth
twenty-five mlliSns and will it be delivered as per
agreement Presumably these problems were
thrashed out by the state department before the
government, which boasts of the introduction of
extensive business methods, advocated it. There
fore, it only remains to hope that the qtd pro quo
doesn't come up missing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-22
BUYING GOOD WILL.

That the ratification of the Colombian treaty
casts stain on the record of the United States
with regard 10 the acquisition of the Canal Zone,
can not be denied. 1t also casts reflection upon
the republic Of Colombia.
il is a matter of common knowledge, not only
in this country but abroad, hat the Colombian.
demand for rcparation was blackmaiI, pure and
simple. The members Of the senate who voted
fer The treaty knew that, and most Of them have
said so in plain terms in the past. AS the matter
will stack up in history, this country needed the