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New-York tribune., 1921-12-27
On q Geographical Basis

Question: desire to distribute INV in
Vestments among government securities on
a geographical basis. My reasons for
/ adopting this method are as follows: (1)
The safety OF the average government AZ.
/ curity Is equal to the safety OF an indus
trial, Cd government securities are mar
ketablei go the average yield IL higher
realize the risk uvo we'd In foreign se-
curlties. Their safety depends upon the
stability OF their government At present
possess the foilc wing: Liberties govern
'ieht certi1cates. state government bonds,
ty Gu. 50 bonds. South American,
distr,bution suggested in the frat para
Sraph, Will you be kind enough to outline
N your column a list of bonds for q
$1,000 investment ?-S. X.
Answer--Your idea is original and,
to our mind, not without merit, and
we are glad to suggest five 1000 bonds
on the basis you name. We suggest
state of Queensland rs, 1e41; Kingdom
Belgium s. la44 Unlteu :. Us 4
Brazil IS, 1941; Republic Of Cuba IS,
1881, and Dominion of Canada 5s, 1881.
AS you say you realize the risk in
volved in foreign securities, we suggest
that apart from this, the investment
we have submitted contains some at
tractve features. For example, Bel
gian 71as are callable by lot at ll5,
$1,000, 900 par value being drawn an
nually for redemption. The Cuban
government 5s, 1881, are also callable
by lot, at par, s50O,00O being 50 drawn
annually. AS there are ~on.y 5000, 900
o THIS issto cuts g ei4N. sa ,nssIt
Of having your bond so drawn are
relatively nigh.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-27
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Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
BELONGED TO MEDIcI FAMILY
Well-known Pawnbrokers' Sign Once
the HeraIdic Device Of House
Famous in History.

During the Middle ages the Lom-
bards made a practice of lending
money at interest. The Medici family
was the first to turn the practice into
a profession.
Many years before, Averardo de Me-
dici, a commander who served with
distinction under Charlemagne the
Great, killed the giant Mugello, whose.
club had three iron balls attached to-
it in order that it might be a o
effective weapon. Tor this reason the.
family of the Medici adopted the three
balls, gilded, as the heraldic device on
their ~coat-of-arms, and the appearance
of this insignia soon came to be rec
ognized as a symbol for ~money-lend-
ing.
Incidentally, the name Of the Medici
family has been further perpetuated
through the word medicine" a trib-
ute to the skill of the members Of
this house In the art Of healing. -
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
PREVENT HAY FROM HEATING
Department of Agriculture Experts
Recommend Use of V%entiIators
of LatticeWork.

Hay, especially alfalfa or clover, is
likely to suffer damage through heat
ing in the barn. This can be prevented
by ventilation. To ventilate a hay barn
the United States Department of Agri-
culture experts recommend the use of
lattice ventilators u to 10 inches
square and as long as convenient.
These ventilators. which look m
what like elongated crates, are made
with corners consisting of 2 by a
scantlings Slated together with mar
row boards IL to Is inches long. They
should be braced to prevent crushing.
The yentilatOrs are laid in the hay
10 or IL feet apart horizontally and
far enough apart vertically q that the
distance will not be more than s or 10
feet after the hay has settled. The
ends should come oat to the edge of
the hay 50 as to permit free passage
of air. This will permit the carrying
off Of steam caused by evaporation and
will preserve the hay and prevent over
heating. The Nentilators can be made
of various sizes of material, and. III
strongly constructed. will last many
years.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
PEPPER PLANTS NEED
EXTRA CARE TO GROW
Few Plants Required by the Az
erage Family.
Prepare Seed Bed by Forkins or
spading to Depth Of 8 or 9 Inches,
Working in WeiI-Rotted Ma
nure and Fertilizer.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Sweet peppers, sometimes called
Chinese peppers and Mammoth pep
pers, are becoming more and more pop
ular as a crop for planting in the home
garden. Only a few plants are neces-
sary to supply the family of average
size with all the peppers they will
want, but it takes good land and extra
care to produce peppers Of high quail
ity, say garden specialists of the Uni
ted States Department Of Agriculture.
Pepper plants are easily injured by
cold and the plants should be started
in the house, in a hotbed, or in a
greenhouse. Perhaps the best way is
to purchase a dozen or sc good plants
from some scotsman. or plant grower.
In preparing the soil for peppers,
first spade or fork the land over to a
depth of eight Or nine inches. AT the
same time work in some well-rotted ma
nure and a large handful Of CONNER
cial fertilizer to each square yard of
space. This should be done at least a
week Delore lHe pepper pidhCS are SCI
out. Then loosen the surface thor
oughly at the time the plants are set.
Frequent cultivation is necessary, and
an occasional application of weak Ii
quid to the soil around the
plants will keep them growing vigor-
ously. Large, tender peppers can only
be produced on thrifty plants, and in
order to keep the plants producing all
the peppers should be kept picked off
and none allowed to ripen.
Ruby King, Chinese Giant, and
Large Bell or Bull Nose are among the
leading varieties Of the large sweet
peppers. Pimento peppers are mild in
flavor and are largely grown in the
Southern states for making the pimen-
to picked peppers, The pimento pep
pers can be used in the same way as
the regular sweet peppers, or they may
be left on the plants until red ripe,
then used for canning.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
PREFERRED TO GO UNTAuGHT
Rather Than Learn Hated Language
Of the Magyars, the slovaks
Remained llliterate.

WNMlE Y0AH tTE.st- HG4HAssEr
SloYak stupidity was as deliberate
as is the sturdy determination Of the
Czech. Forced by the Magyars to
learn a hated tongue or 60 untaught,
the Slovak chose the latter course;
hence he is largely illiterate today, his
ignorance a tribute to his sense Of
freedom. One Of their number ex-
planned it to me in the cafe Of a noun
tain village. He saw me sitting alone
and his first sentence explained why
he came over to speak to me.
you are lonely. / think" he said.
And as we sat there, in the small
cafe. he told me how, rather than sub
NIT to Magyarization under the Haps-
burg regime, he refused to study till
the day when his fond dream came
true and he set out for America.
After his arrival in the United
States he went to night school, and,
judging from the quality Of his Eng
ish, he profted well from the privi-
lege.
Nobody forced me to learn Eng
lish," he explained; II did it because
! wanted to. English is a very 'prac-
tische' language, and | wanted to be
an American through and through, so
worked hard at night to learn. l
got my first papers all right, and then
came back for a visit. Then came
the war, and ] had to stay"
His number is legion and he is re-
making the mental atmosphere Of
Slovakia.-National Geographic Maya
zine.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
ACCURACY OF CLOCK
Heirs of Danish NobIeman Stand to
Win or Lose Large Amount of
Money by Decision.

What time was it when the castle
clock struck twelve?
Ten thousand pounds, normally
about $4,000, hangs on the answer to
this question, explains the London Elk
press correspondent in Denmark, which
has been the subject of lively argu-
naent In the eastern civil court, Gopen-
hagen.
The clock in question is in the tower
of Lystrup castle, the seat of one of
Depmark's greatest landlords, the late
CUNT Moltke, a life member of the
.,ncient house of lords.
Count Moltke died on the night of
December 19-20,1918. a few seconds
after the castle clock struck twelve.
The Danish parliament recently APP
proved q new and increased scale OF
death duties, applicable to the estate
OF all persons who died after midnight
on December 1920.
It is contended by the counts heirs
that the castle clock was fast and
struck a minute too soon. The count,
they say, died on December 10, and
therefore his estate Is exempt from
the increase In the death duties.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
Rabbit Leather.

Samples of rabbit leather recently
sent to this country from Australia
have been examined and tested by the
United States bureau of standards,
with q view to determining the utiliza-
bility Of such skins for shoe uppers or
other purposes.
The leather was found to have only
about one-fourth the strength of calf
skin and to tear rather easily. It has a
great advantage In point of cheapness
and might perhaps serve for uppers Of
fancy shoes that are not expected to
stand much wear. The experts are of
the opinion that II could be used to
advantage for Innings and novelties.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
GOAT WITH APPETITE
Animal Found AIsoVWith Highly De.
veIoped Sense of Humor.

veioPed sense OF Humor.
A goat with an appetite that per
mifs him to relish leather pocketbooks
and shoe laees may be ordinary, but
q goat with al sense of humor should
be annihilated.
This was the opinion offered to the
Venice (CaL3 police one afternoon by
Miss Ada Elkerson, visiting in Del
Rey from Ohio, when she appealed at
police Headquarters for help in find
ing the owner Of a billy that she
caught chewing mel purse. She laid
the p%ocketbook on the banks Of a canal
with her shoes and stockings while she
padded her feet In the water. she
said that the animal had eaten two
So bills that were lii the purse. be-
sides devouring her siee laces.
when ! came running toward hin.
she explained, The kind of smiled ana
kicked my shoes and stockings into
the water, so That was forced to.
walk home l~,prefopt. II would Ike ia
have my $40 nnde good to me.,'
- w - LEL FWfZW IA ALr
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
REPRESENTATIVES.
CITY OFFICERS.
HINT FOR OWNERS OF PETS
Mystery Of How Spitz Was Kept
White Is SoIved-Secret Learned
/ From Washwoman.

Another secret process was unwit-
tapgly betrayed at a street discussion
between two women recently. The
women, deliberately dressed and SEEM
}dppgly of the sheltered life" type stood,
pets in leash, as they gossiped. The
zone with the japanese spaniel spoke
first:
II have an awful time with Togo;
he is such a little aristocrat," and She
jerked at the chain as her substitute
for a child showed a desire to greet a
passing mongrel. "He detests CASTLE
soap and I always use facial for his
bath, but he just adores lilac-scented
talcum powder afterward and I have
IA spray with lilac water that the
both Of us use. How's little SNOWFALL
ROW." (referring to the other woman's
Spitz). I'VE heard he was Ill. You
must have been worried sick. 1 often
wonder how you keep him so white"
The other woman's turn, as pam
pered pets milled about: ut was ter
frible; Snowy had collie; ate too much
squab-we have to get them especially
Tor him, the little darling-but we
got the best doctor we could find and
he was all right in two days. Oh,
yes, how do I keep him so white:
Bluing. Always after his bath 1 put
MIN through bluing; learned it from
watching a washwoman once. She
put her fine white clothes into bluine
and it works Just as well with SNOWY
Portland Oregonian.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
DOCTOR DIES AFTER
FINDING new REMEDY
archaeological Fluid Believed to
Be Efficacious in Treatment
Of Pernicicus Anaemia.

The late DR.. Charles Arthur Ellis.
widely known Denver physician, was
the discoverer Of a meteorological
fluid which he had perfected through
ten years Of intense scientific re-
search and with which he had been
able to effect a large number OF mar
velous cures of pernicious anaemia,
hitherto considered incurable.
Just before his death Doctor Ellis
had planned to make public to the
world through an address to the Den
yer City and County Medical society
his achievement, and then devote all
Of his time in continuing this work.
He had planned to show several of
his patients, who are now well and
able to be about their regular bust
ness duties, at this meeting and lee
ture upon the scientific aspects Of the
work.
Pernicious anaemia is called PERM
cious because practically one suffer
ing from the disease gets well, physi-
clans declare.
doctor Ellis held that cases of per-
nicious anaemia were not pernicious
as generally conceived" said Harry
Fl. Wear, his assistant in this research
work. Ellis theory was that they were
simply secondary anaemias, due to
some primary focus of infection. BY
use of his meteorological fluid he
raised the patients immunity until
the patient could fight off the disease
himself, with the aid of the sympto-
matte treatments now in general use.
It was through meteorological therapy
and specific treatment that Doctor
Ellis was able to effect these cures"
Wear also stated that Doctor Ellis
had cured so per cent Of % cases he
had handled.
doctor Ellis used his ba%cteriologi-
cal fluid and his method Of treatment
upon six persons seven years ago, and
today they are as well as can be- de-
clared Wear. "These persons are still
making blood test reports that show
they are perfectly healthy and sound.
"a still larger number of patients
who were treated four years ago are
in excellent health today" he con-
tinued.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09

Session children, afflicted with
whooping cough, are now appearing
ON the streets wearing yellow bands
around their arms in order to warn
and protect their playmates and others
against infection. Although the warn.
ing bands have not yet been ordered
by the health officials, many parents
who have the welfare Of other chill
dren than their own at heart nave
not waited for an official ruling, The.
photo shows a little whooping cough.
victim wearing the yellow warning
band.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
Prodiaiee Of the Past.

Long before the war it was stated
that a man Was too old at forty. But
now 1t looks likely that soon the cry
will be "too old at fifteen!"
A small boy of eight summers re-
Gently tackled twenty or thirty Of the
best chess players in the world, set
ting them all problems they could not
tackle; another child appears on the
scene, who, at the age of sever or
eight, pens a diary, which the greatest
literary lights describe as wonderful;
while we'll soon have quite a small
library OF juvenile novels. 9
It was regarded as a phenomenon
when Chatterton wrote immortal
poems at twelve, when Mozart COM
posed in his fifth year a concerto SO
difficult that only the most practical
artists could play it, when the infant
son of Evelyn, the diarist, could read
Latin and Greek at three and one-half,
when Macaulay had written a poem as
long as 'The Lady of the Lake" at
eight and when Millais carried off a
gold medal for painting at nine! But
now it's becoming quite the usual
thing.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
OBSTRUCTION or
WEEDS IS URGED
Noxious Plants Are With Us Al
ways ard Are Often Accepted
as inevitable Evil.
CONTROL PROBLEM is VITAL
Even Wild Onion, so Long Considered
Hopeless, Can Be Destroyed and
So Can Others, If Farmers
Follow Set Rules.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Weeds have been with us since the
day when Adam, doomed to arm his
bread by the sweat of his brow, began
scraping with a stick at the plants he
did not want in order to give those he
did want a chance to grow. In modern
days farmers are apt to ignore weeds
or to accept them as an inevitable evil.
Weed Destruction Paramount.
The results of we 200 experiments
conducted by the United States De
partment of Agriculture with various
crops strongly indicate that after pre-
pairing the seed bed, the main object
of cultivation is to destroy weeds. If
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
PLACE FOR PUBLIC MARKETS
Many Municipal Enterprises Have
Failed Because Of Poor selec-
ton Of Site in City.

Many public municipal markets have
failed through being improperly sitn
ited, II has heen found by the burear
af markets Of the United States ne
nartinent OF Agriculture. a retail mar
Net should be centrally located In o.
~ renr us possible 10 the main shop
pina seefifn where street chr facil't "
~. gpct specialists say. On siel I
on public market w0u.a lie \
n e enc sfpiisest ,sasa,Is. lHi,s,ies
taFisis
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
LONG BURIED GOLD

New Owner of Property Digs UP Can
Containing 1910.
G~rapeville station. just west of
G~reensburg, Pa, furnished a sensa-
ton in the form of hidden treasure
when Thomas Miller dug up an old
tin a containing fourteen 500 gold
pieces and three $40 gold pieces.
1t is said that about 30 years e
when Philip Bricker of G~rapeville died
he was supposed to have left con
siderable money, but it was not found
by his relatives.
Lately the property was sold to
Miller. and when he was razing sew
eral old buildings he struck the prize
and found the gold.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09

Officially the forces Of the soviet
are divided into % armies, writes a
correspondent to the Daily Telegraph,
but of these only IL exist in reality.
On paper every army has from three
to five divisions Of infantry and at
least n cavalry division. The total
number Of infantry divisions is 60
and there are is divisions Of cavalry.
Each division, cavalry or infantry, is
divided into three brigades, and these
in their turn consist Of three regi-
ments. An infantry regiment is COM
posed of three battalions of three
companies each. Three cavalry
squadrons form a regiment.
Every company should have $50
men in the fighting line and a squad
ron $50. Therefore the total num-
bers of combatants in the infantry
and cavalry should be respectively
$4,000 and 10000. The real figures
are nearer 100000 and $4,000 men re-
spectively for the two arms.
Man 10000 Machine Guns.
To every infantry regiment belong
from 20 to "a machine guns, and from
: 10 to II in the cavalry. The Red
armies dispose, therefore, on paper,
of at least 10000 machine guns.
These are of various systems-Maxim,
Colt and Lewis. The artillery has a
nominal establishment Of 1890 guns,
light and heavy, but the real number
is considerably less, and does not
probably exceed 5000, including all
field artillery. Each division has spe-
cial signaling, aviation, motor trans
port and army service units. The
number Of non-combatants in q d.
vision is extraordinarily high, and
nearly equals that Of the men in the
fighting line.
According to the latest Information
the armed forces Of the soviets are
distributed in the following manner:
In the northern Caucasus, on the
Black sea coast, in A%zerbaijan and
in Persia, 100000 men; in Central
Asia and Siberia, 100000, and at least
100000 on the western front COT these
about 10 per cent are cavalry.
Council Without Power.
At the head of this military ma
chine stands the revolutionary coun-
Gil, which is practically reduced to
Trotzky alone. He is the supreme
chief. Attached to the council is the
headquarters staff. At it's head stands
ka1neneff, the commander in chief.
For purposes of policy, and to throw
dust in the eyes of the allies, there
is a special advisory board composed
Of old generals, with Brussiloff as
chairman. But it has no influence
whatsoever.
Reports on the quality of the Red
army vary to an extraordinary de-
gree and force one to the conclusion
that its component parts are very I'M
equal in quality. Some units seem to
he tolerably good, a few are very
good fighting material but a consid-
cradle number seem to deserve only
the name of conscripted rabble. Arm
ament and technical a~ppurtenances
seem to exist more on paper than in
reality.
The army of the interior, which is
really a police force, is about $4,000
strong, and is quite independent of
the organization described above. II
is used to suppress all popular move
ments and to enforce the execution of
the DEGREES of the soviet government
1t consists mostly Of tried commun-
lists and of Lettish. Hungarian and
Chinese ~mereenaries.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
Preparing soil for Tobacco.

For the purpose Of tobacco growing
the soil must be thoroughly cleared
OF weeds. seeds and insect larya be-
fore the plants ARE srt out, Old prac.
fice was 10 build fires over the sur.
face, but the operation rs now accom-,
spiisiaed rs means OF d cnnvas cover
under which i've slrnlD from d road
tolier 10 projected. Al nigh tcmpera.
ttfe n Maiptained for two hours.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-09
FREIGHT by Air.

SHIEI~ d.ElNE1 .ELE4
England is credited with being the
foremost nation In aviation. In ID
months, the record shows, $1,000 pas
sengers and 100000 pounds Of freight
travelled 100000 miles in $4,000
flights. The t%ransocean passenger
schedule, which was so confidently
predicted. as almost ready several
years ago, is Still remote, but it is
fact that a round trip from London to-
Paris (574 miles) can be made in six
hours instead of twenty-four, at a cost
Of about 800 for plane, against $40 by
rail. The aero company which is OPP
Grating a passenger service between
Key West and Havana, charges $15O'
for one passenger one way from New
York to Boston $3.50 miles).