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Evening journal., 1921-05-03
Smile Awhile

NEW YORK-Thc crew OF the
Ward liner Esperanza arrived
here with n tale of being chased
across the Caribbean by 300
foot watcrspout. The steamer
had previously touched at Ha-
Vana.
NEW NORK-Marie was n
jewel OF a maid, Mrs. Herman
Finn told her ncighbors. When
the Firms returned home from
visit they found the jewel miss
ing. together with $1,000 in other
jewels.
BUFFALO-John Polikowski
drove his auto through an iro"
fence right into the police Sta
tion. lie will stay ten days
FREMONT, OF can't a.
ford 20 doll mp and delay m,
I,ousc,,ork for only 81 day
s.id a prospective woman juror
here in attempting 70 avoid J"r'
duty.
uaRRTN. O.-The reduction
4, b.ircufs here from 75 20 80
GENTS doesn't mean anything
The BARRIERS are ON strike.
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no PAVE WASHINGTON STREET.

Washington street. north OF the
now Washington street bridge, is
teng torn up. prior 10 removing the
car track in the center of the street
and paving of that thoroughfare.
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SCHOOL BOARD
TICKET NAMED.
BYCOMMITTEE
Messrs. Stradley, Miller,
Chandler, Ford, Mrs.
Warner, Mrs. Ginns
SEVENTH PLACE FOR
NEGRO If AGREED ON
CITIZENS SCHOOL TICKET.

George b Miller, 300 Park
Place
James II. Chandler, Sr., 1911
Jefferson street.
Shermer II. Stradley, zoos
boulevard.
Peter }. Ford, Grantlcy Apart
mcnt.
Mrs. James n. Ginns, 1905
boulevard.
Mrs. A. ID. Warner, Sr., sos
NOrth BrOome street.
Vacancy, TO be filed later.
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BY WILLIAM PHILIP sDnIs.

CWritten Expressly for the News
paper Enterprise Association)
SHANGHAI. - Nobody here be-
lieves that General Chank Tso-lin.
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IOSr AND FOUND.

I OST-BEAVER NECKPIECE. GOING
from dupont Bldg 20 22nd and JET.
frrson SITS. Reward 900 McCahe Ave
mHy3-it.
Continued on Page Eighteen.)
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Try This on Him

What is the lowest number
which. divided by .. 3, 4. s or 8
leaves remainder Of 1, but di-
vided by II leaves no remainder?
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Safe MIX means healthy children.
Call l54O or 1541. The Glover Dairy
Company.-Adv.
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ToDAY,s TENIPERATURE

At The Evening Journal Office.
500 A. NJ. .55 1901 p. NJ. IS
1900 a. Nee 100 p. NJ. .6S
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over 100000 men under him. ne reg
ularly snaps his fingers az Peking
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sun AND TIDE.
Head of Christiana.

High water. .9.15 A. NJ. 9.45 p. NJ.
Low water AGO A. NJ 44O 7. NJ.
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THE WEATHER

Overcast with rain tonight or
Wednesday, continued cool, fresh
eastorly winds.
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9sstsrdaS Gissalhtj9n 1887
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IN OnIn1 WI
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

easily IL the farmer had access to a
complete chronological history of his
property.
The diary may be given a promi-
nent place In the bookkeeping records
OF the farm business. Generally
speaking, there are three purposes to
be served by farm accounts:
(1) To determine the farm invest.
ment, receipts, expenses, and the net
income of the business.
(2) To furnish the net returns from
any individual farm enterprise and to
supply specific information as to its
details.
(3) To obtain a memorandum of
what other people owe you and what
you W them.
The blank forms necessary for n
simple accounting system can be
worked out by the farmer himself, or
he a apply a system recommended
by his county agent. He also can OBJ
tain information direct from the office
of farm management and farm eco
Monies, United States Department of
Agriculture. The chief advantage of
a farm accounting system, which is a
part Of the farm diary, 10 In the addi-
tionai Interest furnished by the per-
sonal items. The diary supplies items
Of supplementary interest which usu.
ally are left out of the accounts.
Without the diary the task of keeping
the books of the farm business be-
comes dry and undressing. Only
perslstency and practice will make one
an adept at writing a diary.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
WAGE RATE ADVANCED
TO HIGHEST AVERAGE
From S17.69 a Month in 1895 to
S64.42 in 1920.
war Conditions Greatly Accelerated
Upward Movement Of Farm Labor
Waoes-one Of Causes for
Increased Cost.

prepared by the United states Depart.
ment OF Agriculture.)
wage rates for farm labor reached
their highest point in the history OF
this country in 1920, as national v
ages, As ascertained by the bureau
OF crop estimates, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, the average
wage rate for labor hired by the month
was S46.S9 with board, and S6405
without board; for day labor at har-
vest, $3.50 with board, and $L.36
without board.
Wal conditions greatly accelerated
an upward movement of farm-wage
rates that began after 1895. The rate
of that year for hlrings by tho month
without board was SLIGO as an aver
age for the United States, and no 9TH
er year in the record Of the bureau
extending back to 1866 had a low
er rate. except 1879 with S16.42.
BY 1902, this wage rate had In
creased to S22.14, by 1914 to $29.6S,
followed by S30.15 in 1915, with no eyi.
dence Of wal effect. This effect ap.
peared, perhaps, as n small beginning
In the next year, 1916, when the wage
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
USE RIPE SEEDS
TO START TREES
Few Varieties of Seed Such as
Elm, Maple, Willow and Pop
lar Ripen in Spring.
LOAMY SOIL IS PREFERRED
Proximity to Farm Dwelling 10 Desir-
able Because Rodents Are Not Album
dant-Transplsnt Seedlings When
Ten Inches High.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
Perhaps the cheapest and frequent
ly the best way to start a forest plan
tation is to collect seed from hard
wood trees and grow seedlings. say
forest specialists of the United States
Department of Agriculture in Farm
ers' Bulletin 1923, Growing and Plant
ing Hardwood Seedlings on the Farm,
just published by the department. The
collected seed, says the bulletin, will
be fresh and the seedlings grown
from 1t should be thoroughly accli-
mated so far as climate is concerned.
Should Be Collected In Autumn.
Seed should not be collected before
they are ripe. and this means for most
kinds Of seed that the work should be
done during autumn, usually after
frost. Collecting may be extended
into the winter for such species as
ash, catelpa, honey locust, sycamore
and others which retain the seed on
the trees until that time. A few varie-
ties of seed, such as elm, silver maple,
red maple, willow and poplar ripen
during the spring and summer and
should be gathered promptly before
they are scattered.
Middle-aged trees growing in the
open, where they have been permitted
to develop broad, spreading crowns,
ordinarily produce seed in greater
abundance than trees growing In a
dense forest. The fruit of some hard
wood trees requires special treatment
to separate the seed from the fleshy
covering, pod or hull before they are
planted.
The best time to SOW seed. either In
the nursery or in the permanent plant
Ing site, is o o after 1t is ripe, but
when this is not possible the seed
must be stored until spring. If this
Is done, the seed must not be allowed
TO dry out excessively, because this
impairs its power to terminate. Seed
should be stored In a cold place.
Loamy Soil Preferable.
When the seed are TO be planted a
good, well-drained, preferably loamy
soil should be selected. Proximity to
the farm dwelling is desirable, be-
cause rodents are less likely TO be
abundant there. Preparation of the
seed bed should be similar to that of
getting the soil ready for a vegetable
crop. Except on commercial plant
ings, where the seed are sometimes
sown broadcast, it is best to plant
with a drill In rows sufficiently far
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
START WORK IN
GARDENS EARLY
OF Great Importance That All
Rubbish and Dead Plants Be
Removed and Burned.
KILL INSECTS AND DISEASE
Kind Of Manure Applied L. Not I'm
portant So Long as II Is Free
Of Weed Seeds-Give Young .
Trees Protection.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Home gardens were boons to thou
sands of families in the United States
last season, and the garden habit
seems to have become fixed with a
large number of persons.
In most sections the late fall gar
,dens were killed by frost and in many
cases the debris still filters the
ground.
Bean poles and tomato stakes, with
their burden of frosted vines, are top
pied over and give the garden an un-
kempt and ragged appearance. Aside
from the esthetic influence of clean
ing up the garden, 1t is important that
all rubbish and dead plants be re-
moved and burned to protect the crops
of next season from the insects and
disease spores which infest the debris.
A few hours of work In the garden
now will save serious losses another
year. Gather the bean poles, tomato
stakes, and any removable trellises or
wires, store the good ones until they
are again needed; then pull, rake to-
gether. and burn all the dead vines
and plants left In the garden. If these
are too wet or green to burn, they
may be gathered in small piles for a
few days to dry and then piled to-
gether and burned.
Spread Manure.
Heavy clay soils should be broken
up and left rough and lumpy before
applying the manure The kind Of
manur to use for this purpose is not
important, so long as it is not filled
with weed seeds or trash of any kind.
Manure In which straw has been used
for bedding can be taken direct from
the stable and spread on the garden
as a surface cover during the winter,
the rough part being either pl1wed I'M
der in the spring or raked off and put
In the compost heap.
Protecting Young Trees.
Experienced gardeners keep a COM
post heap going in n corner of the
garden from one years end to an
other, and all surplus manure and sod
are placed In 1t. AS a consequence,
these gardeners always have a supply
of good loan for preparing special
plant beds or ~top-dressing a piece of
land for the growing Of lettuce or
other intensive crop.
II there is a particularly good young
apple tree or two in some part Of the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
HONEST FIGURES OF BENEFIT
Farmer Gains Nothing by Using Esti-
mates Too High or Low
Best to Stick to Facts.

Good judgment, coupled with ex.
p%erience, should enable a farmer to
come fairly close to the right figures
In making a farm appraisal, say
farm management specialists of the
United States Department of AgrIcul.
ture. A middle course is the safest.
since the results of an appraisal either
far too high or far too low will be of
little or no value. False appraisal, to
make the figures show up well, is labor
thrown away, since the one who in
dulges in this pastime is only fooling
himself. Stick to facts. Use market
values, adding expense Of getting to
the farm all those things the farmer
buys, and s%ubtracting the probable ex-
pense Of marketing from the market
value Of all those things he has to
sell.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
South American Monopolx.

According to the bureau OF foreign
and domestic commerce. quebracho
wood. which is extensively used in tan
ming, Is n OF the natural monopolies
of South America. as potash was a
natural monopoly of Germany and jute
Is OF India. The trade at first was
established In quebracho logs, but In
the last 25 years the industry Of pre-
pairing the extract has been built I'D
In South America and is now In a
fiourishing condition. Quebracho is
not Indispensable to the tanning in
dustry, but 1t is a useful reagent,
since 1t produces In a few days re-
suits that other tanning materials take
weeks or months to accomplish. The
Importance Of quebracho In the war
was largely owing to its rapid action.
and now that the demand for leather
is not so urgent other materials will
be used to a greater extent.-Youth's
Companion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
SEA SHELLS AS CURRENCY
Were Once Extensively Used rs Me-
dunn Of Exchange Among Indian
Tribes Along s~eashore.

Butter tasters' is the name chill
dren give to the violet-tlnted, worn
fragments OF clam shells that are to
he found on most beaches. These
butter tasters'' were an important
medium Of exchange among the Indian
tribes living along the shore In their
trading with other natives farther in
land.
II can readily be understood that
Indians sufficiently adept In the art of
chipping arrowheads and other imple-
ments OF hard flint could easily manu-
facture rude money" out Of the more
attractively colored pieces Of these
water-worn shells: and this they did.
giving to this medium of exchange the
name luckahauk. somewhat after the
style Of wampum.
II may be surprising to many, espe-
cially to craft workers. to know what
really beautiful "stones" these same
so-called l~uckahauks will produce
when cut and polished into symmetri-
cal form from pieces of sufficient thick
ness and showing the rich and beauti-
full violent coloring that many of
them possess.
Such as are found on the beach are
necessarily dull, with no polish, due.
OF course, to the wear of the sea and
sand, but by proper treatment on the
laps are brought to a very high polish
and look very rich. indeed. being en-
tirely unlike any other gem"
Having considerable hardness, they
will wear almost indefinitely when
once polished. The colors blend beau
tifully with silver, either in bright or
antique finish, while their beauty is
heightened by treatment or embellish-
ment with small b%aroque or seed
pearls, small amethysts or other har-
monizing stones.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
WELL-kEPT DIARY Is
VALUABLE TO FARMER
Profit Gained From Record OF
Daily Happenings.
Many Farm Problems Encountered
Every Year That Might Be Solved
More Easily II History Of
Property Was Handy.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment OF Agriculture)
A well-kept diary is the most inter
esting and valuable volume In Its
owners library. For the farmer. tho
diary will preserve a record Of farm
happenings and personal experiences
which will be valuable In the future
conduct Of his business. II. when he
finds his alfalfa field swarming With
grasshoppers, he can look back in his
diary to n summer ten years before
and find the polson-bait formula that
controlled the insect then, he will
save much valuable time. He may
wish to know the exact location of a
tile drain that was laid down when
he was n y%oungster. If the event was
noted In his own, or his fathers diary.
a ten-minute perusal will give him
more definite information than n days
digging with IA spade. There are
dozens of farm problems encountered
every year that might be solved more
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

garden, do not fail to clean the grass
or weeds away from Its base and pro-
tect the trunk from mice and rabbits
with fly screen Of closely-woven gal
vanized wire. Thousands Of young
apple trees are lost every winter, I'm
certain sections. from being gnawed
by field mice and rabbits. As a rule,
the mice work just at the surface of
the ground, especially where a
and rubbish is left around the roots
of the trees. Rabbits are more likely
10 gnaw the bark from the trunk
above the ground, especially while
there is a deep snow and they are
prevented from getting green food on
the ground. For this reason the pro-
tectors should extend at least two
feet above ground and two inches un-
der ground.
Fruit trees that have borne during
the last year should be gone over, and
all mummifed fruits removed and
burned. Any suckers or shoots which
have grown up from the roots or on
the trunk Of the trees should be
trimmed off. II also is a good plan to
give the trees a thorough spraying
with lime-sulphur solution to kill scale
insects.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
RICH FERTILITY IS WASTED
Comparatively Small Lots Where
Cows and Other Animals Are
Kept Are Often Overlooked.

Where a large number of dairy cows
or other animals have to be kept in
comparatively small lots at night, dur
Ing the spring and summer months,
the ground becomes unusually we'll
fertilized. In most cases these lots
are used year after year for the same
purpose, thus allowing this rich fer
tility to be wasted. A fine way to
utilize this is to have two or three
lots Of about two acres each, using
n for pasture each year, and the
other two for cropping. Such an ar.
rangement puriies the soil, besides
changing tons Of manure into feed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

strictly tailored suit, small, v~eil-bound
turban and dark shoes and gloves, Mrs.
Otis could not refrain from saying.
1T would be SO lonesome for you
here, without Mr.. Gray"
The other woman started to reply,
thought better Of It, smiled whim-
sioAlly, and bent down to the others
ear. Don't tell a SOUL she MUIR
INJURED. mr.. Gray and | are-elop-
lngl"
Mrs. Otis opened both eyes and
mouth. "Eloping!" she cried. But
you are married -
Miss Belmont nodded.
And you're not n widow?"
Miss Belmont shook her head.
And you're not divorced?'
Again she shook her head. But
we belong to each other she whis-
pered ~fatuously, 'and that Is all that
countsp and, seeing Pete stoop to
crank up the bus, she walked airily
down the steps and climbed in.
Some minutes later, as the White
Mountain Express hummed over the
'hiS, tNo VI lS p~uSsenSeTS tAClhihBeu
condolences.
81 always maintained, Alan" said
one of them, that the one person to
really appreciate youth would be an
old. old man, and the one person to
enjoy a trousseau and honeymoon
would be a WORKOUT mother, tired OF
the responsibilities OF housekeeping
and making one gown do the work OF
three. Well, running away up here
and pretending we didn't know each
other was somewhat like that. Any
way, II was greatl hope we find
mother and children all right"
MY conscience bothers me n little
about the other guests-especially
those old ladies'" admitted her hus-
band. Perhaps we ought to have
told them at the end"
81 don't think So" said Betty
thoughtfully. ave will surely never
see any of them again. And l really
think they almost enjoy being
shocked"
And she was right. II had been
the most wonderful summer OF their
lives for the Rocking Chair Brigade.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
Well-Managed Timber Stand Is Source
Of Fuel and Shelters Farmstead
From Severe Winter Winds.

apart to permit horse cultivation.
With small or thin seed. such as that
Of birch, elm or sycamore, best re-
suits will be obtained by sowing
broadcast rather thickly over the
beds, pressing the seed into the loose
soil with a board and covering It very
lightly with soil and a light mulch of
leaves or straw. When the seedlings
are ten or more inches In height they
are large enough to be transplanted to
the field. Most Of them reach this
size In n growing season. In dig
ging them are should be taken to in
jure the roots as little as possible.
Injured portions Of the roots should
be cut off with a sharp knife. The
seedlings should not be dug until the
time for planting them in their per-
manent location, for exposure Of the
roots to the air for any length Of time
will kill them.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
DECREASE IN CROP ACREAGE
Total in 1920 Fell to sac, 4e2 900 Acres,
or Less Than 2 Per Cent Below
Previous Year.

Crop acreage for all crops for which
the bureau Of crop estimates, United
States Department of Agriculture, es-
Inmates acreage, had the total OF 3OO,-
622,OO0 acres In the census production
year 1909, and 352,332,O 900 acres in
1918. the second year of this country's
participation In the World war. This
acreage remained almost exactly the
same In 1919. but In 1920 the total fell
to BAG, 900 acres, or less than 2 per
cent. The acreage Of these estimated
crops in 1920 was only IL, 0 900 acres
below the total acreage Of all crops ln
1909.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05

eSSN
rate was 1888, when followed rapid
rise to $40.43 In 1917, to $17.O7 in 1918,
to $56.29 In 1919, and to S84.95 In
1920.
The rate of gain over 1895 was 20
per cent in 1915 and 267 per cent In
1920, so that the gain Of 20 per cent
in 20 years, from 1895 to 1915, was
followed by a gain Of 1877 per ZEN in
five years, from 1916 to 1920, or near
ly three times as much In a quarter as
many years.
From 1915 to 1920, farm labor work
ing by the month without board re-
ceived a gain in wage rate as high as
115 per cent. This was one of the
causes of the greatly increased cost Of
producing things on the farm, which
has hit the farmer so hard In the de-
clining market for his crops Of 1920.
So high had the farm-wage rates be.
come in the last two or three years
that they were prohibitive in a consid-
cradle degree when labor could be
found. and farmers more generally
depended exclusively on themselves
and members of their families, in ad-
dition to extending the use Of labor
saving machinery.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
Force Of Habit

Look here, young man." calculated
the Judge to the prisoner at the bar.
How is 1t that a former soldier Is
charged with shopllfting? How did
you learn such a mean businessr"
tits this way, your honor" replied
the offender. I'm the army | spent
most of the time policing the company
streets, and l sort Of got iEto the
habit Of picking up things as ! vent
along."-American Legion Weekly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
GROW SOY BEANS WITH CORN
Combination viii Produce Larger
Amount Of Dry Matter Per Acre
Than I orn Alone.

There is o decided advantage In
growing soy beans with corn for sllage
purposes. The combination will pro-
duce a larger amount of dry matter
per acre than corn alone. and the
beans, being rich In protein, help ma
terlally In improving the feeding value
Of the silage. Less high-priced oil
meal or c~ottonseed meal will be need
ed to balance the ration when the
silage contains a goodly proportion of
soy beans.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
BURNING STRAW IS WASTEFUL
All Trash, Weeds, Manure, Etc,
PIowed Under VIII Supply Needed
Plant Food for Soils.

The man who burns straw or corn
stalks is robbing not only himself Of
larger crops, but he is robbing his
children and other peoples children
who win farm those acres in the years
to come. Plow under all trash, weeds,
straw, manur and other wastes and
let them enrich your soil. Remember
that "rich farmers live on rich lands,
while poor farmers live on poor
lands"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
A Vocalist Provoked.

~ knew there was going to be
trouble as soon as the mule heard the
honk OF our new %fiivver." remarked
Farmer Corntossel, ruefully. 4
slow did II affect the muller" ;
Threw him into a ft Of professional
jealousy so violent that he backed up
and kicked the rear transmission clear
through the radiator"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
sILoS ARE MOST ESSENTIAL
None Has Ever Been Discarded When
Properly Built and Filled at
Right Moment

No silO which was properly built
and filed with corn at the right stage
of maturity has ever been discarded.
Neither is there any farmer who has
had a silo on his farm and used its
succulent. nutritious feed that Is will
Tug to do without one.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-05
KEEP RECORD OF FARM WORK
Few Minutes Each Day VIII Enable
Farmer to Record Important
Details Of Business.

A few minutes given at a definite
time each day will keep a record of
the farm business, and with accurate
figures at the end of the season a per.
son can see at a glance where money
" being made and lost