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Williams news., 1921-07-29
Preparing Vegetables for City Market

Preparing Vegetables for City Market. enough to help her and encourage her in her work, she will soon establish herself as a semi-independent mem- Der of the family. If, as often hap pens, the parents are not disposed to have such gOingS-On, and there is no
 home-demonstration agent, no girls club, no extension work of any kind in the community, the country girl goes to the city and the farming re- gions have lost one more potential home and family.
 No doubt exists in the minds of men and women of large experience in the extension work carried on by the United States Department of Agricul- ture in cooperation with state agri- cultural colleges that the economic ap- peal is the entering influence needed in getting their clubs or bureaus start ed in rural regions. Once the young people have learned a way to earn money the desire for the things it will buy asserts itself, and home better ments and improved living conditions follow naturally.
 Down in Arkansas a girls canning club started a contest to determine which of the members could produce the most tomatoes at the least eX- pense and with the lowest percentage of waste. Annet Sargo, on the Mount Valley route, near Hot Springs, grew LAO pounds of tomatoes on One- tenth of an acre, at a cost of LAO and net returns of S1O9. With the same expense her sister, Fannie, grew 3,O2O pounds and had a net return of S1O7. .S9. Ada Rosamond grew 2,SO3 pounds, costing S27.42, with a net re turn of S76.66, and Ruby Waddell, at Bonneville, had 3,O7O pounds. cost ing $2991, with net returns of S68.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
GOOD ROADS
FIND ASPHALT BY ACCIDENT
Discovered in Switzerland and Used for Purpose of Extracting vaIu-
 able Bitumen-

Asphalt, though covering thousands of miles of roads in all countries, was discovered quite by accident. In the middle of the last century 1t was found in Switzerland In its natural state, and used for the purpose of ex- tracting the valuable store of bitumen it contained. In time 1t was noticed that pieces of rock which fell from the wagons, and were crushed by the wheels, formed a very fine road sur face when half melted by the heat of the sun.
 An experiment was made and a road of asphalt laid in Paris. It was so successful that the new road material became adopted through all the big towns of Europe.
 All sorts of materials have been tried since, from rubber to seaweed. It is very likely, in fact, that in the future the streets of our big cities will be paved with some form of rub Der mixture which will be practically noiseless. Very extensive experiments have already been carried out with such a mixture.
 In. New. York several streets are paved with steel, and a steel road has been in use in Valencia, in Spain, for the last 20 years. Perhaps the most curious material for a road is sea- weed. This compressed into solid blocks, is used to pave the streets of These seaweed blocks are bound with wire and dipped into boil ing tar before being put to use.
Williams news., 1921-07-29

has not come about because the for ests have been used so freely but be cause of the failure to. use forest growing land. In nutshell, the prob lem is that the United States is cut ting wood out of it's forests three or four times as fast as 1t is being grown. Much of the land on which timber stands or has been cut off will always be forest land. It is ample to grow all the wood needed for the use of the people of this country and for export trade in lumber and products manu- factured from lumber, if the land can be kept at work growing trees. Tim Der for the future is simply matter of putting idle land to work.
 Every reasonable encouragement should be given to the landowner to grow timber on his own account in the ways best suited to his own pur- poses, but by some means or other the public must see to it that forest lands not needed for agriculture do not lie idle. The regulations imposed must be reasonable and equitable. Obvi- ously the owner of the land cannot do 1t all. The public must aid him in overcoming the hazard of forest fires and must recognize that the present methods of taxing forests in many regions are equivalent to taxing a farm crop twice a week during the growing season.
Williams news., 1921-07-29

the time and my doctor said I would have to be operated on, but we decided to try the Vegetable Compound and also used Lydia E. Pinkham' s Sanative Wash. I am dressmaker and am now able to go about my work and do my housework besides. You are welcome to use this letter as a testimonial as am always glad to speak word for your medicine. Mrs. w. M. STEPHENS, 11O3 N. Commerce St., Vernon, Texas.
 Dressmakers when overworked are prone to such ailments and should profit by Mrs. Stephens experience.
 Write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,. (confdentiaD, Lynn, Mass, about your health. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence
Williams news., 1921-07-29
IMPORTANT NEED
 FOR MORE TREES
Three-FifthS of PrimevaI Forests Have Been Cut Away Says
 Forester Greeley.
SUPPLY OF WOOD NECESSARY
Despite Fact That Many Substitutes Have Been Devised Demand for Timber Continues to Crow
 Much Land Is Idle.

(Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture)
 Timber depletion has now reached a
 point in this country where three
 6fths of the primevaI forests are gone
 and where 61 Der cent of the timber
 that is left is west of the Great Plains, Col. W. B. Greeley, chief forester, for est service of the Department of Agri- culture of the United States, recently told the members of the Chicago As sociation of Commerce.
 Liberal use of American forests was a necessary part of the commercial growth of this nation, Colonel Greeley believes, but reforestation should have been practiced, if not from the start, at least in late years. There is an abundant area of forest land in this country to support all industries, and a liberal supply of wood is most nee essary to- the people of this country It was thought that, like the European countries, we would use, when our civ ilization was older, but one-third or one-ha1f as much wood per capita as we did in the early days. But this rule does not affect the American peo- pie. The older the states and com munities in this country grow the more timber they seem to require in one form or another.
 Demand Continues to Grow.
 Many substitutes have been devised for wood, and yet the great demand of the country for timber continues to grow. More wood is used in cOnstruc tfon today than before the discovery of concrete, and more wood is used in building railway cars than before the steel or part-steel car was developed. This is apparently true in nearly every 
 Abundant and widely distributed forests have meant to the United States homes for the masses of the people beyond the standards of any other nation. They have placed news papers and magazines on the average family table. They have contributed largely to social and industrial condi- tions which promote democracy and energy rather than dis l content and destructive social forces | bred by hard and comfortleSs cOndi- lions of life.
 The fdleness of S1 100000 acres of | forest land, an area increased by S., | )OO OOO to 1O,OOO,OOO acres annually, | destructive logging, and still more de | structive forest fires are the factors at | work to increase the timber shortage. Land Enough if Kept Growing Trees.
 The exhaustion of American timber
Williams news., 1921-07-29
HENS IN GOOSEBERRY PATCH
Fowls Will Do MU-n Toward Clear Ing Out Fruit-Worm From Un-
 der Trash in Garden.

One gooseberry insect we have with us that isn't easy to control is the fruit worm. It doesn't often become serious pest but occasionally 1t has been known to take a whole crop. The worm eats into the partly grown berry and feeds on the pulp. Hand picking is still the method used to hold this worm in check. Poultry ought to be turned into the gooseberry patch after the fruit is picked, as the hens will do a lot toward clearing the worms from under the trash. Poultry and fruit are good combination when run right.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
WIRE MESH GOOD FOR ROADS
British Army in Egypt Used Chicken Wire in Building Temporary
 Routes in Sand.

The British army in Egypt has used chicken-wire in the construction of roads.
 Loose sand was smoothed and lev eled and then covered with chicken wire, which was firmly begged down.
 The passage of troops or motor transports seemed to affect the road very little, while the passage of ani mal-drawn vehicles damaged the inn proviSed road badly. However, it was possible to make repairs quickly and the road was easily kept in good con- ditiOn.
 Of course this wire-mesh road was purely temporary expedient for the military. The old Romans still hold the palm as the champion rOad-mak- CTS of the world. Many a foundation of the roads they made is still in use in Europe. the surface alone being modern.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
POULTRY BLOCKS
GUINEAS NEED LITTLE CARE
Fowls Are Usually Raised in Small FIocks on Large Farm-PearI Is
 Most Popular.

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture.)
 Many hotels and restaurants in the large cities are eager to secure prime young guineas, and they are often served at banquets and club dinners as a special delfcacy. When well cooked, guineaS are attractive in ap- pearance, although darker than com mon fowls. The flesh of young birds is tender and of especially fine flavor, resembling that of wild game. Like all other fowl, old guineas are very likely to be tough and rather dry.
 A few of the large poultry raisers, particularly those who are within easy reach of the large Eastern markets, make a practice of raising a hundred or so guineas each year, but the great majority of guineas are raised in small
Williams news., 1921-07-29
Lumber Production Shows Increase

Denver.-The total production of 335 lumber mills in Colorado, Wyo- ming and New Mexico in 1920 was 124, ,992, ,OOO feet, board measure, of lumber; 13,691, ,OOO pieces of Iath and 1OS,0OO shingles, according to a com pilation made by the United States forest service in cooperation with the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. It is stated that there were eighty-three idle mills in the three states, and that 57 per cent of the output was cut by twenty-five mills.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
LIVE STOCK FLY REPELLENT
Care Should Be Exercised to Prevent Getting Mixture Too Strong,
 Causing Hair Shedding.

When mixing a repellent to put on the live stock to keep the flies away, care should be taken to prevent get ting too strong a mixture. It may cause shedding of the hair. The fol- lowing mixture has been found by the United States Department of Agrf- culture to give good results for short time where applied lightly but thoroughly: One gallon of fish oil, two ounces of oil of pine tar. two ounces of oil of pennyroyal and one half pint of kerosene. The horses and milk cows will appreciate some preparatiOn.
Williams news., 1921-07-29

Male and Female Guinea Fowl Differ Little in Appearance. The Helmet and WattIes of the Male Con Left) Are Larger Than Those of the Fe
 male Con Rieht).
 fiocks of from 10 to 25 upon farms in
 the Middle West and in the South.
 Domesticated guinea fowl are of
 three varieties-Pearl, White and
 Lavender. The Pearl is by far the
 most popular. It has a purplish-gray plumage regularly dotted or ''pearled''
 with white and is so handsome that frequently the feathers are used for ornamental purposes.
 Guinea hens usually begin laying in April or May, those in the South laying earlier than those in the North. A short time before the opening of the laying period the hens with their mates begin searching for suitable nesting places among the weeds and brush along the fences or in the fields. In this search the male takes as ac- tive an interest as his mate, and when a suitable location is found both help to dig out the nest and make it into suitable shape.
 Each day as the hen goes to the nest to lay the male accompanies her. and remains nearby until she comes off. Should anyone approach he shriekS in warning and thus betrays the where abouts of the nest, which might other wise be difficult to locate If several guinea hens are mated with one male they usually all lay in the same nest, but sometimes a hen after mating will wander off by herself to make her own nest. At times a male bird, after help rx-iIJ then desert her and pair off with an- other hen to make another nest.
 From 20 to 30. and often more. eggs are laid before the guinea hen becomes broody, at which time she can be easily broken of her broodiness by removing the eggs from her nest, when she will soon begin laying again. If not al- lowed to sit, guinea hens will continue to lay throughout the summer, laying from 40 to 60 and in some cases 100 eggs during the season, say poultry specialists of United States Depart ment of Agriculture.
 Ordinary hens are used, commonly, to incubate guinea eggs, but guinea hens, turkey hens, and incubatorS also can be employed successfully. The usual setting for guinea hen is about 14 eggs; for a hen of the general pur pose breeds, such as a Plymouth Rock, IS eggs; and for turkey hen, about 24 eggs. The incubation period for guinea eggs is 2S days, although ire quently they start matching on the 26th day and are all matched by the end of the 27th day.
 If the nest in which the guinea hen becomes broody is safe from any dis she may be trusted with a setting of eggs, and more than likely l will hatch out every egg that is fer | tile, provided all hatch at about the | same time. As soon as the guinea | chicks begin to leave the nest the hen | will leave with them, and any eggs | that are late in matching are ruined | unless they are placed in an incubator pr under a broody hen before they be- come chilled.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
DIFFERENT WAYS FOR
 GIRL TO MAKE MONEY
Poultry, Dairy or Garden Are
 Good Suggestions.
Parents Should Encourage Young Woman to Establish Herself as Semi-Independent Member of
 the Farm Family.

(Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture)
 When a city girl feels the need of money-her own money, to pay for the things girls imagine they must have these days-she goes to work in an of flee, store, or factory, according to her education and opportunity. In the country a girl, with much the same longings for nice things and good times,' looks to the poultry yard, the milk house, or the garden for her spending money. If her parents are the right kind. if they are intelligent
Williams news., 1921-07-29
Two Killed by Plane.

Ogden, Utah. Arthur Keddie. wealthy Nevadan and companion. former State Senator Foster, were Killed near ElkO when the wing of Keddie's airplane broke during a bank turn just before he attempted to land, according to information obtained from the southern pacific officers here. Keddie used the airplane. it was stated, to visit his widely sepa- rated Nevada properties.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
Near East Relief Collecting Corn

Chicago.-Five million bushels of wheat and corn for the destitute wid- ows and orphans of Armenia and Syria will be collected by the Near East Relief in cooperation with vari- ous agricultural organizations, accord ing to an announcement by Alonzo E. Wilson, who has been designated the national campaign director with head quarters in Chicago.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
DESTROY ROADSIDE WEEDS

Because
 1. They act as centers of weed in- festation for adjoining fields.
 ?. They may be carried for many miles by passing vehicles and animals.
 3. They harbor harmful insects and plant diseases.
 5. They are unsightly.
 Methods for destroying roadside weeds. approved by specialists of the
Williams news., 1921-07-29
DUCK NOTES.

An overcrowded pen of ducklings in- duces feather-pulling. At eleven weeks of age ducklfngs usually start their mott.
 
 It is just as necessary to avoid over crowdfng among ducks as 1t is with hens.
 A duck retains her productiveness twice as long as a hen. At six years of age she is as vigorous and pro ductfve as a hen three years old.
Williams news., 1921-07-29

After five years of use of the streets and alleys for telephone service, with out payment of a cent of rental, the Mountain States Telephone Company entered an agreement with the City Council of Loveland to pay per cent of the gross receipts from the 1900 phones coming into that exchange as an occupation tax. The payments are to be made semi-annualIy.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
Drops Dead As Son Wins Bout.

Huntington Beach, Calif. - When Homer F. Iman, boxer, formerly of the United States navy, was awarded a de cision over an opponent in a bout here, his father, John H. Iman, Huntington Beach policeman, dropped unconscious from his ringSide seat and was pro- nOunced dead shortly afterward. Heart disease was given as the cause.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
Shoots Divorced Wife: Is Killed.

Everett, Wash.-After he had shot Mrs. Florence Whitney, his divorced wife, twice, Milton Rhodes, 45, of Se- attle was shot and killed by the wom- ans husband, Charles A. Whitney, at Fortson. "He came to get her. We had been warned" declared Whitney from his cell in the county jail. Whit ney was not booked at the county jail. Whitney was not booked at the county jail. Prosecuting Attorney Thomas A. Stiger, who investigated the case, de- clared it to be a case of justifiable homicide.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
RAISING FOWLS ON INSECTS
Good Plan for Farmers in Grasshop- per Infested Regions to Use
 Turkeys and Guineas.

Turkeys and guinea fowl are vora- cious insect eaters. Would 1t not be good plan for farmers in the grasshop- per infested areas of the West to buy. rent or import al the birds of these breeds they possibly can, instead of poisoning the bugs?
Williams news., 1921-07-29

pans III my SldeS. l found only tempo raryrelief in doctor 8 medicine or anything else I took until my husband saw an ad- vertis e m ent of Lydia B. Pinkham's s We g e ta ble Com pound. I mentioned 1t to a neighbor and
 she told me she had taken it with good and o1uiSa1
Williams news., 1921-07-29
Bandist Loot Train.

Memphis, Tenn.-RObbers held. up Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 205, running between Memphis and St. Louis, near Vandale, Ark, forcing the express messenger to throw out the safe containing money packages and also robbing the main car. No esti- mate of the amount of express and mail secured has been obtained but the loss is believed to be heavy.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
Bad Roads in Way.

The planter-the farmer-needs to reduce the cost of transportation the laborer to provide homes and cheaper living; the merchant wants the coun- try air. What opposes? Roads-bad roads.-Dr. Seaman A. Knapp.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
Rookie Policeman Averts Loss of Life

New York.-The foresight of Pa trOlman Richard Faye, a rookie po- Hceman, prevented disaster in Brook lyn when he roped off two streets near Borough hall less than an hour before a corner three-Story brick building he considered dangerous, crashed to the street Adjacent streets were crowded with home-goers
Williams news., 1921-07-29
Line Highways With Trees.

Now is d fine time to make plans for lining the highways in your town ship with trees. Don't plant them will do.
Williams news., 1921-07-29

United States Department of Agri- culture, are: By
 l. Moving twice a year while they are in full bloom, usually in June and August.
 ?. Utilizing the roadsides for grow ing hay.
 3. Grazing with tethered animals.
 4. Converting weedy roadsfdes into lawns.
 WEEDS GAN BE CONTROLLED.
Williams news., 1921-07-29
DRESSMAKER
 MADE WELL
Followed a Neighbor's Advice and Took Lydia E.. Pinkham's
 Vegetable Compound

Vernon, Tex" For three years I suffered untold agony each month with
Williams news., 1921-07-29
ASPIRIN Name ''Bayer" on Genuine

Warning! Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting genuine Aspirin pre- scribed by physicians for twenty-one years and proved safe by millions. Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer package for Colds, Headache, Neural gia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache. Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of As pirin cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger packages. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicycacid.
Williams news., 1921-07-29

Backbiters. Don't you detest people who talk behind your back?" ''Yes, especially in a theater."
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-01-22
Music Notes
By Mildred Bryant. Jones
VOCAL INSTRUCTION IN CLASS
FORM.


Because OF the high cost OF private
lessons, many students are forced to
abandon the idea of vocal study. This
is to be deplored, for it Is often the
case that those most richly endowed
with voices and the mental calber
to successfully develop them are just
as often poorest in financial way
and that the students who are least
capable OF real musical development
are the ones who fill the studios OF
the best voice teachers Just here
it is meet that few hints be given
as to the value OF vocal instruction
in class form and that students be
told that the expense of such iusiruc-
ton is much less than for private
work. This instruction must of course
be received from a trained competent
tcacher-not necessarily one who has
4 large class or is widely known
but one who knows what To teach and
how 10 teach it.
Specific vocal instruction in class
form is of great value cducationally.
The principal things to be accom-
plished are: Cd Development OF
breathing; (2) correct production OF
the singing voice; 90 development OF
the musical tones; "a scale practice
and vocalism; 90 correct enuncia-
ton; (6) the study and artistic sing
ing OF suitable songs.
Singing OF songs is very important
and every opportunity possible should
be given the students to listen to good
songs as we'll as<to sing them. Much
is gained by intelligent listening. The
songs chosen Should have real merit,
both as. to text and melody and
Should be simple in the matter OF
correct performance. Such songs I'M
prove the musical taste, strengthens
the voice, broadens the imagination
and deepens the musical apprc citation
OF the student. A few years OF such
training would be OF lasting benefit to
any student aud would be a valuable
test as to the adviSability OF his fur
Their pursuing vocal study and OF his
mourning the additional expense OF
private instruction
NOTE-Owing to an error in print
ing, the word "brcathy" was snbsti-
tuted for the word healthy in last
weeks article in naming the REQUISITES
for good voice production: - Namely,
healthy throat"
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-01-22
R. EMERSON BROWN JOINS
FACULTY OF CHICAGO
UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC

/ he president and management oil
the Chicago University OF Music, in
making up its faculty. has consistently
endeavored to obtaiif nose instructors
whose qualifications for their work
are OF the highest order.
Convinced that all aspects of arr
must be presented to the student, the
university is making Zip its faculty OF
teachers from the ranks OF musicians
OF skill and reputation and whose att
thority long has been recognized in
their own country. as well as in the
United States.
Orchestral DEPARTMENT.. Elmer
son Brown, director OF this depart
ment, is an artist-teaeher, having
graduated from wind Instruments al
Hampton Military Institute Nirtuosi
Cornet School, Buffalo. Y. y. Clar
met and saxophone. American Con-
seryatory OF Music, Chicago. Award
ed gold medal for eificiency in music
al organizations Band master OF the
Sl4th |. $. Infantry band. which had
the pleasure of playing concerts at
Buckingham palace in London. Eng
land.
VI H. blONli - Oilt OI IItt l1dLIltI IS
who are particularly adapted by ma
ture as well as by art to impart their
knowledge to others, children rs well
as adults.
Mir Brown has planned this course
upon the most practical lines. and
students who complete their studies
are thoroughly equipped TO take up
their art as a career.
Wind lnstruments-Mr. Brown will
teach the following instruments:
Flute. oboe, saxophone. bas>oon. horn,
eornct. trombone. as well as other
Instruments
Students may enroll at any time.
Special care provided Tor young
pupils Studios 5000 South Wabash
avenue Telephone KenWeod $500.
PAULINE !. LEE. President.