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Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
Hometown
BEAUTY COMES WITH GROWTH
American Towns, it They Are Well
Planned, viii Develop Along
Proper Artistic Lines.

We see American towns in the proc
ess of growth, and the slow transition
from hastily erected "shacks," a one
story general store, a blacksmith shop
(these are still needed), a garage now
adays, a church and a schoolhouSe,
into a fourishing community not al
ways attractive. There is a period
when there are no shade trees, when
streets are dusty or muddy and I'M
paved, where there is an unfinished ap-
pearance about everything. 1t is not
so many years since a large number
of the towns and villages Of Indiana
had an unkempt, untrimmed look. Seen
from trains in passing, they looked un-
inviting. AS a matter Of fact, the res
idents had other things to think Of
than beauty. They were building their
homes, making their living by arduous
labor, sending their children to school
and sacrificing many desirable things
for the sake Of the necessities. This
is the history Of all towns.
The conditions are different now. In
diana is full of beautiful towns and
small cities that were the gopher
prairies" of years ago. Beautiful
homes, handsome lawns, paved and
shaded streets, substantial business
houses, attractive public buildings, in
Guiding libraries, and a general air of
prosperity distinguish them. The same
people live there who were there at
the beginning. When they and their
children came to the point where
beauty and luxury could be added to
the necessities of living, they reached
out and provided them. 1t is the way
with American towns.-Indianapolis
Star. =,
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
HARDWARE DIET NOT FATAL
Convict, Refused Parole, Eats Pins,
Wire and a Drill.

Angry because a legislative commit
tee failed to recommend his parole af-
ter visiting the penitentiary at Santa
Fe, N. M, Charles Kennedy, convict
serving time for Jail breaking and a
veteran of three wars, swallowed two
pieces of baling wire, several inches
long, a pin, a safety pin and a steel
drill three inches long. The prison
physician after examination with q
Horoscope said Kennedy would suffer
no ill-effects, the metal articles hav-
ing passed through his stomach with
out difficulty.
Kennedy says he has chewed up and
swallowed two electric light globes
since he has been in prison. and since
he vas twenty-oDe years old has
chewed up and swallowed six whisky
glasses 0 bets. He claims That by
thoroughly breaking up brittle glass
in his mouth until it is powdered he
can swallow 1T without injury.
He served at Fortress Monroe in the
coast artillery In the Great war and
also in the Saanisi war and Mexican
border actions.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
$4,000 AN INCH FOR
RAINMAKER IN ALBERTA
California Man Who Controls
Elements by Precipitation
Plant Gets Contract.

"Rainmaker" Charles NJ. Hatfield,
who has a contract with the United
Agricultural association of Alberta,
Canada, to produce rain, has come to
that district from Los Angeles, CAL,
and, according to arrangements made
by the agricultural association, is
about to begin work on his new pro-
ject.
Hatfield, according to the terms of
this contract, agrees to construct and
build a rain precipitation and attrac-
ton plant at a favorable site to be
chosen by him for its operation.
In outlining plans to a meeting of
the United Agricultural association f.
s. Ratliff, secretary, announced that
the rainmaker has been offered in
ducements to visit the district of No
bleford, in southern Alberta, and
Foremost, Saskatchewan. Farmers in
general are highly enthusiastic over
the prospects.
The main rain precipitation plant,
according to the plan announced, will
be located at Chappice lake, about
twenty miles from this city. The mat
ter of financing the project was re-
ferred to the executive committee, as
was also the selection Of locations for
the rain gauges, which Hatfield is ex-
pected to bring with him. What meth
DDS the rainmaker intends to pursue
in producing the rain has not been
disclosed.
The contract between the United
Agricultural association and Hatfield
set forth that his plant is to be kept
in constant operation from May l,
1921, to August 1, 1921, in the en-
deavor to bring about the largest pos
sible increased precipitation yer and
about that portion of Alberta, Canada,
and a section of territory at least 100
miles radius with the city of Medicine
Hat, Alberta, as a center"
"And it is hereby understood and
agreed" the contract read, "that Of
all rain falling from May l, 1921, to
August 1, 1921, in the above described
district, said Hatfield, through the eff
forts of his operators upon the atmos-
phere, shall be given credit for one
half of the precipitation that falls at
the uniform rate Of $4,000 an inch
up to four inches or fraction thereof,
The maximum consideration of the
contract being $4,000 for a four-inch
rainfall.
"All rainfall in excess of four
inches no extra charges whatsoever"
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
Give a Hand.

In every community there are sue
cessful men-men of experience, men
Of means. In every community there
are young men who might make a sue
cess of life. They have it in them;
all they lack is some one to give a
hand. 1t may not be money they need,
perhaps only an interested friend.
Somebody helps whenever a young
man gets started right in anything.
Somewhere every successful man got
a start by some ones help. To keep
the world moving or an upward slope
the process must be made perpetual.
Each man, once started. should be-
come a starter of others. And who
starts another gets himself along at a
more rapid gait. There is that in
helping another that reflects not credit
alone to the agent, but a bent of mind,
an outlook IN life. a generosity of
soul, that wins a way forward for him.
self also.-Thrift Magazine.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16

idleness of numbers Of broody hens
which are permitted to remain on the
nests Indefinitely and SO are unpro-
ductive for many weeks. If such hens
are removed from the nest as soon as
broodiness develops, are placed in q
comfortable coop, and well fed and wa
tered, they usually can be broken up
promptly.
There is nothing better than the
coop shown here. 1t is made Of pine
boards. The floor should be about a
foot from the ground. The sides and
floor are made of Stats spaced one-half
to three-quarters of al inch apart.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
FREEZING FRUIT TO
HELP PRESERVATION
Method Has Passed Expert
mental Stage in West.
Practice Is to Be Recommended in
Sections Where There Is Surplus
and Sufficient coId-storage
Space Available.
prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Preserving fresh fruit by freezing
has passed the experimental stage in
the Middle Western and Pacific states.
The office Of preservation Of fruits
and vegetables, bureau of markets,
has been investigating the new meth
cd for several years and the inves-
tigators report that such fruits as
Strawberries, raspberries logan ber-
ries, b%lueberries, currants and cher
ries are now being frozen and held In
commercial lots.
So far as the process is concerned,
this method Of preservation has all
the merits of simplicity. The fruit is
frozen in the same crates in which it
is marketed. The temperature re-
CURED is about 10 degrees f., though
soft fruit is usually subjected to a
lower temperature than that Of bet
Der quality. So long as the tempera-
ture is maintained the fruit can be
kept in storage. The frozen product
must be used as soon as it is thawed.
however, as thawing breaks down the
tissues and allows the fruit to decay
rapidly.
In ice cream, or when made into
pies and preserves, the frozen fruit is
in every way comparable to the fresh
product. In preparing their report the
representatives Of the United States
Department of Agriculture state that
the practice is to be recommended in
sections where there is a surplus of
production and sufficient cold-storage
space available to accommodate the
fruit. Only fresh, sound fruit should
be frozen. Freezing does not do away
with mold, though mold will not de-
velop as long as the fruit remains al
the temperatures employed.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
REPRESENTATIVES
CITY OFFICERS.
SMALL GIRL STAYED PANIC
Her Insistence That Pet Parrot Should
Be Saved Gave Fellow Passen-
gers Time to Reason.

Kitty Barrett, eight years old,
shared heroic honors with a pet parrot
in a tale of fire at sea told by passen-
gers landing from the steamship Car
tago at Havana, Cuba.
The little golden-haired girl, who is
q daughter Of Edward Ware Barrett,
ai%newspaper publisher of Birmingham,
Ala, refused to enter a lifeboat until
she had brought her parrot from her
stateroom, and her insistent demand
that the bird be rescued Gained some
thing approaching a panic among the
passengers and gave the ships crew a
chance to %extinguish the flames and
save the steamer.
While steaming along the coast of
Panama one night, the Carriage was
set on fire by an overheated motor.
The blaze seemed to threaten the safe
ty of those on board, and an alarm
was sounded. The passengers gath
cred on deck and we're ready to enter
the boats, when Miss Kitty discovered
she had left her parrot behind in her
stateroom.
She refused to enter the boat until
Capt. George A. Mcbride sent for the
bird. Frightened men and women
paused to laugh at the calmness of
the child and her concern over the
safety Of her pet, and when the stew
ard brought the parrot to the deck, he
also announced the fire had been
brought under control by the chief en-
glneer.
Woman Has Done Good Work.
Miss Gertrude Bell, the compiler OF
the inner history Of Mesopotamia,
which has been issued by the British
government in the form Of a white
paper, is regarded as one of the great.
est authorities on the East. She has
an unusual knowledge of the people
customs, language and political his.
tory of Syria, Asia Minor and Arabia
and during the wal was attached to
the British secret service. At times
she vanished for months into the de
sert, and became known as the "Mys
terry Woman of the War;"
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
Hardy Tomatoe Plant Started in Pot

tons only by starting the plants in
doors. Garden specialists of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture say it is easy to grow plants in
doors by sowing a small packet of to-
mato seed in a cigar box filled with
mellow soil about six or eight weeks
before the usual time of the last kill
ing frost in spring. The seeds should
be covered about one-Quarter inch and
the soil kept moderately watered and
the plants will generally come up in
less than a week after planting the
seeds. Keep the box near a window
where it will get plenty Of sunlight,
and turn it around each day to make
the plans grow straight.
When the plants begin to crowd
each other, which will be in about Is
days after they come up, secure a
large, fiat box, say three inches deep
and just long enough to fit into the
window, fill it with rich, sifted Soil
and transplant, giving each plant
about, two inches of space. With
proper care to turn the box from time
to time and also to keep the soil mod
erately watered the plants will be
about four inches high, strong, and
stocky when the weather has warmed
enough to make it safe to set them
in the garden.
Warmth is Required.
Tomatoes naturally grow in a warm
climate and require plenty of warmth
from the start. The plants should be
kept at about a living-room temporal
ture until a few days before they are
to be set in the garden; then they
should be gradually exposed to out
door conditions to harden them. After
they are set in the garden it may be
necessary to owe them for a few
nights with several thicknesses Of
newspaper to protect them from the
cold.
Tomatoes require a moderately rich
soil, not too rich, but just such soil
as will grow a good crop of corn or
potatoes. A little well-rotted manure
can be worked into the spot where
each plant is to be set and a table
spoonful of high-grade fertilizer sprin-
kled over a space about n foot in
diameter and mixed with the soil will
aid in giving the plant a good start.
Planting distances will depend upon
whether the plants are to be pruned
to a single stem and trained to stakes
or are to be allowed to grow accord
ing to their natural habit of spread
ing over the ground. If the plants
are to be trained they may he set in
rows as close as three feet, and spaced
1S inches in the row If they are not
to be trained the plants should be set
three to four feet apart in each direc-
ton.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
CATER TO MARKET DEMANDS
Shipment OF Unsatisfactory Stock by
Growers Seriously Affects
Prices Offered.

Shippers of potatoes would profit by
needing market demands and prefer
ences, say specialists of the bureau of
markets, United States Department of
Agriculture. Dealers and consumers,
they find, do not desire badly cut,
mashed, frosted. or decayed potatoes,
or those damaged by sunburn, blight,
dry rot. or an excess of scab or second
growth. Markets frequently are over
loaded. II IL s,id prices seriously AZ
fccted. and unnecessary losses suffered
by gto : hna}uss If the shipment OF
aucl ~, tssfi ,tGis stock,
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
TOMATO PLANTS
DEMAND WARMTH
Early Ripening Can Be Secured
in Est Sections Only by
Starting Indoors.
KEEP MODERATELY WATERED
Just Such Soil as Will Grow Crop of
Corn Or Potatoes Is RECON-.
mended-Little WeIi-Rotted
Manure Will Help.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
There is perhaps no product of the
garden that is so refreshing or palat-
able as well-ripened, fresh tomatoes,
and they can be used in such a va
riety of ways. While fresh tomatoes
are preferable to canned ones they
lose very little flavor or quality in the
canning and good canned tomatoes
add very materially to the food supply
Of the winter months.
To Get Early Tomatoes.
Early ripening adds greatly to the
value Of the tomato crop and early to-
matoes can be secured in most Sec
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
Gloves From Interior Of Whales.

Soft, pliable "kid," that is as strong
and durable as its genuine prototype,
from the intestines Of the whale;
thick sole leather of excellent quality
from the lining of the whales mouth;
ave or more huge split sides of tough
leather from the skin of the beluga,
the common dolphin of the north Pa
cifc-these are only a few of the mary
revolutionary products obtained from
aquatic leather, the manufacture Of
which has become one of the new Inn
pprtant industries of the Pacific
Northwest, says Popular Mechanics.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
NursIna 4

"A number Of magazine editors had
q holiday banquet"
II don't suppose there were any
contributors present to spoil the pleas.
ure OF the eyeninggD
.None was supposed to be present,
but the head waiter was a bit 0ifish,
having done something In the way Of
verse and had 1t MISUNDERSTANDING
KAN Age.Herald.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
HARMFUL TO PASTURE WOODS
Practice Has Been One Of Chief
Causes Of Observation-Disclosures
Growth Destroyed.

P~asturing Of woods has been one Of
the chief causes of their deteriora-
ton. The severity OF the damage de-
ponds largely on the number of stock
and the size of the woods. One char
acteristic of q heavy pastured woods
is the almost complete absence Of
Young growth, or its existence only In
small ragged patches as broken or
scrubby stuff. aM@
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
GIVE BREEDING. FLOCK CARE
Watch Fowls Carefully and See THAT
They Are in Good Condition,
Advise Specialists.

Watch the breeding flock carefully
and see that the fowls keep in good
breeding condition, the United States
Department Of Agriculture advises, In
Farmers' Bulletin ll16, on the selec-
tion and cnre Of poultry breeding
stock. The birds and houses should
be examined To see Tint They are not
infested with lice or mites
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
cRUsoE's ISLAND RESORT
Place to Be Converted Into Health
Center by Chilean Government.

Place to BE Converted Into Health
Center by Chilean Government.
Juan Fernandez island 45O miles
west of Valparaiso, widely regarded
as the spot around which the story of
Robinson Crusoe was written, is to
be turned into a health resort, accord
ing to present plans of the Chilean
government.
The island is 10 miles long and 4
miles wide. Vegetation is abundant.
Many kinds of fruit thrive there, and
the sea In the vicinity swarms with a
species OF Goldfish and quantities Of
seals. Some years ago the Chilean
government attempted to colombo the
island, giving free passage to emf
grants, but the scheme was a failure
and the island now has only 200 in
habitants. a
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
Set Out Hedge Plants.

There are few homes that could not
be made more attractive by a frame
setting of hedge plants, not necessar-
lily a tall-growing hedge that would in
close the grounds. but a low-growing
one to mark the boundary of the home
grounds and add a certain amount of
privacy.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
CULTIVATION is IMPORTANT
Work Neglected in Garden Often
Means Poor Vegetables and Then
Very Few of Them.

The mistake Of waiting till one has
time to spare to cultivate the garden
has too often meant poor garden vege-
tables, and few of them. The garden
should be cultivated when the soil is
in the proper condition and when the
vegetables need it. It should not wait;
it is as important as any other farm
work and more important than most
OF it.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
Trees Benefit Community.

Nothing that costs SO little adds so
much to the appearance of a commu-
nifty as do tree-lined streets. Comfort
and beauty alike are served, and there
is cash In a shady walk wherever
homes are for sale.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
plant Shrubs Now.

Now Is a good time TO plan for some
flowers and shrubs around the house.
They are worth the little extra care
they make,
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
ProhLbIts Teachers panolna,

Teachers who attend dances during
the school year win not be rc.employed
aext year, Il. W Smith superintendent
OF public schools ut MorgaDtown, W.
Va, has announced.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
Fisherman Decided on Honesty course.

Fisherman Decided on Honesty Course.
Declaring that he Ind just made a
decision to be 'strictly honest d FISH
erman enclosed with his letter a check
for $3.50 made payable to the Oregon
game commission to cover the fees
for fishing license for three years.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-16
Beain TO Recoanize RUTH.

Far-seeing business men have come
to realize that II is the country that
makes the cities and not the cities
that make the country.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-23

bared-neck, the whole body responds to the well
come breeze!
This same individual would resent 1t II he were
accused of not having independent mind But
the fact remains that he keeps his collar on, four
thicknesses Of material that part OF the body
which should be kept coolest He still accuses his
neighbor of being a little queer" If the latter
should drive to work in the morning without a
collar.
If in the matter of our ideas indie
pendent as we say we are why must anyone who
yields than do his fellow beings to the die
tates of personal comfort and hygiene be made the
object of censure and suspicion? This who
sheds his collar the girl who hobs her hair may
do so from motives that have nothing at all to do
with being queer; they may do so from motives
that a credit to any intelligent human being
just may have a good motive for wearing
ones hair long and keeping ones collar.
Why not carry into the matter of dress
little of the personal liberty which harp so
in matters that pertain to education and religion
and politics? Why not be sensible about things
which really do not matter greatly as we claim to
be about things of more Importance than
ternals of dress action?
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-23
THE TARIFF BILL.

The protective tariff bill has passed the ma
tional house. The producers. usual, got the
worst of It," Hides cotton and oil the free
list Just what the producer saved out of the wreck
remains to be seen. The Industrial forces controlled
the situation as has been customary.
The Journal is for the principle of protective
tariff It's application is always or less of a
farce. Until the time comes when an expert and
non-partisan tariff commission is authorized 10
apply tariff, or remove it, according to the re-
qurements of agriculture and industry the whole
thing resolves itself into a log-rong arrangement
where special interests, by combine, procure what
they wish.
We approve the American valuation" clause as
tending to stop some fraud In the application of
the law.
We also approve the provisions giving the presi-
dent power to negotiate tariff arrangements with
other governments. Had they been more widely ap-
plicabe 1t would have been better
We will now see what the prolonged debate in
the senate will develop
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-23
COLLARS AND INDEPENDENCE.

There is a wealth Of truth in the statement
that the things to which are accustomed we
think well of. and those which are novel we regard
with suspicion. So thoroughly do we all resemble
and initiate each other IN this respect that even
the most ridiculous practice custom will win
our approval when it has been we'll estab-
lished. II this custom has something to do with our
manner of dress, with anything else that is ex-
ternal and easily apparent, it may easily hold sway
for centuries.
The starched collar encircling the necks of men
is a case in point. Instnctively almost every hui
man being knows the Importance of keeping the
neck clear to insure easy circulation of the blood
NO need to study physiology to learn this: one has
but to observe with what alarcity hot day the
collar-encumbered individual removes it. when out
OF sight of observing eyes. he seeks the maximum
of physical comfort. How quickly. because Of the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-23
TAKING THE JOY OUT OF VACATIONS.

While the ultra-carefu and the pessimists tend
to take the Joy out OF vacations for those who Will
listen to them by issuing warnings against not OILY
every possible danger from poison ivy to rattle
snakes, but also all the evils they imagine,
prudence nevertheless will recognize that there IS
demand for reasonable care when sojourning in the
country. Although one should not go forth a
vacation equipped or fortified II to tour o
jungle for ferocious beasts venomous reptiles,
overlooking that the main purpose of the trip is
rest or to free the mind Of ordinary cares by a
change of and occupation, there is nothing
like carelessness to take the joy out of outing.
It is not necessary to suspect all water when
on trip. Confidence be placed in the supplies
of reputable hotels or boarding houses and In the
average spring recommended for a camp site.
Where there is the least ground for suspicion.
however. no risks should be taken Better put In
the time necessary to boil the water than to come
home with typhoid.
There may be times when warnings tax patience,
but the real enemy of the vacationist is the spirit
of carelessness that neglects every precaution