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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02

pots in which they are planted out
doors for several hours each day when
the weather is warm. They may be
left out all night when there is no
danger of frost. Plants for the main
or late crop can be started outdoors
after the ground has become warm.
Two methods are In vogue for grow
ing tomatoes in home gardens. In the
small garden the plants may be set
two feet apart in each direction and
then pruned to single stem and tied
to stakes. Where plenty Of land Is
available the plants may be set three
to four feet apart and allowed to grow
naturally upon the ground. 1t should
be borne in mind, however, that by
trimming and tying the plants to
stakes better quality Of fruit Is OBJ
tanned, and that the fruit will ripen
earlier than when they are not trim
med and trained. From twenty-five to
fifty tomato plants will be sufficient
for growing in the home garden, and
this number should furnish plenty of
tomatoes for summer use and for can
ning.-United States Department Of
Agriculture.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02
START OKRA IN BERRY BOXES
After All Danger of Frost u Past
Transplant Young Plants IN The
Open Garden.

Sow the seeds of okra in the open
after the ground has become quite
warm, or start the plants in berry
boxes in hOtbed and transplant them
to the garden after all danger of frost
is past. The rows should be 4 feet
apart for the dwarf sorts and feet
apart for the tall kinds, with the
plants feet apart in the row. Okra
does best in rather rich land and re-
quires frequent shallow cultivation un-
til the plants cover the ground.
The young pods are the part used,
and these are employed principally in
soups, to which they impart pleasant
flavor and mucilaginous consistency.
If the pods are removed from the
plants and none allowed to ripen, the
plants will continue to produce pods
until killed by frost, but the best pods
are grown on young plants. Okra pods
can be dried or canned for winter use.
United States Department of Agri-
culture.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02
RETAIN YOUR HEAD COVERING
Writer Asserts That "Flu" Is Spread
by Practice Of Doffing the Hat
In Salutation.

Influenza has always been widely
ago one of our warships was off the
west African coast, says London An
swers, when q dense black mist adj
yanced from the shore and swept over
the vessel. All the men on deck at
the time were stricken down with the
"f1u"; and little later the remainder
Of the men and officers were attacked.
The ship was at once ordered home,
and, though many of the cases were
complicated with pneumonia and bron-
chitis, none. luckily, proved fatal. The
patients were treated with cinchona
bark and ammonia. which was then
recognized formula for malarial fe-
vers.
During the devastating epidemic Of
"flu," the Turks in Europe escaped be-
cause, it is said, they never removed
their turbans! The medical faculty of
Vienna officially declared that infiu-
enza was largely due to the practice
Of doffing hats in the streets. In sup
port of this contention, 1t was point
ed out that the great majority Of the
victims were Of the male sex.
A traveller found influenza to be un-
usually severe in Mexico, where, as
he remarked, there Is SO much hat
doffing.
It may be the case, however, that
such large proportion Of males are
attacked because Of the constant drain
on their vitality by the nature of their
daily occupation. The writer was re-
Gently Informed by high medical au-
thority in London that influenza cpl
denies Of late years showed the prin-
cipal sufferers to be male persons who
had reached the most active years Of
their lives.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02
GHOSTS THAT REALLY LIVE
In the Modern World Some of Them
Actually Make Their Living,
Though Unknown.

There are ghosts in the material as
well as In the spirit world. In fact
some people earn their living by act
ing as ghosts" Some GHOSTS" often
become prominent in their profession"
despite the fact that their work Is
little known.
Busy painters sometimes hand their
canvasses over to lesser known artists
TO "touch up" or finish off. The
struggler is glad of the work, the
artist is able to do more and the re-
suit seems to please the public.
Minor authors often practice the
same thing. A man may be writing
book on the history of Mexico-let
us say. He needs certain informa-
ton which he knows can be obtained
from reference books. Gathering that
information does not require the
brains of a genius, his secretary can
do that quite well, while he works up
the "local color" from the bare facts
obtained. 1t Is an open secret that
many writer's work In this way and
that ghosts are often employed to
write up" books of "reminiscences OF
celebrities. Sometimes, the work these
authors" behind the scenes do Is I'M
portant. They revise novels, draw
lends" together, work up "climaxes"
and give dramatic effect to "situa-
tions." cleveland Plain Dealer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02
Selects Strange Home.

No bird selects stranger places for q
home than the house wren, the Eighty,
adgety, fussy little midget Of bird
that carols all day and would fight q
turkey buzzard or any other thing that
flies The biological survey Of the
Department of Agriculture says:
probably no bird displays greater &C.
centricity In the selection Of nest
ing place than the house wren" A
hollow branch or knothole in a post
or stump are his more prosaic choices.
When more esthetically inclined he
affects old boots and hats hung up to
scare robbins from the cherries, or
takes an Old copper pot or tomato
can lying on the roof Of back sheds
or If the gardner hangs his coat on
the fence when warm weather begins,
and forgets itfOr a few days, he may
find when he returns that an enter
prising wren has preempted one OF his
rockets and has his domestic affairs
under full Roadway.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02
LIME BENEFITS CLAY SOILS
Application Has Effect of PuIverizing
and Loosening, and Corrects
Sourness.

An application of about 10 ordinary
10-quart pailfuls of hydrated or air
slaked lime to a plot of ground 80 by
go feet in size will generally prove
beneficial. Lime has the effect of
loosening and pulverizing any heavy
clay soil, and of binding loose, sandy
soils. Lime also corrects any sour
ness in the soil due to lack of drain
age, but in case of this kind proper
drainage should be secured. Lime
should always be applied to the sur
face, and in no case should it be put
on the land at the same time as COM
merical fertilizer. The proper method
would be to spread the lime upon the
land just after blowing and before
narrowing then apply the commercial
fertilizer one week later. Under no
circumstances shonld lime be mixed
with commercial fertilizer or manure,
as 1t Iibefafes the Nitrogen from them
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02
Shopping in Ecuador.

The common trade balance of Ecua-
dor is a short stick carrying a sus-
pended pan at each end and held up
by a cord around the center. The
weight is a rock about the size of
mans fist, and, while no two of them
are ever the same size, the merchant
is always prepared to pledge his honor
that the stone weighs a full and ex-
act pound. The price for COM
modify is almost never fixed, and as
the Ecuadorean is always prepared
and expects to come down somewhat
from his first price, it speaks worlds
for his optimism that he invariably
tries to get more. The bargaining
does not actually begin until you have
disregarded the first figure and asked:
what is the last price?' eel ultimo
precilo?''). In fact, have been told vol
UNFAIRLY, when pricing ponchos, that
the price was % sucres, but II can
come down a little"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02
INDIANS WELCOME At MIAMI
SeminoIes Add -Picturesqueness to
Well-knoWn Florida Resort BY
Their GaudJ Costumes.

Visitors to Miami are always In
terested In the Seminole Indians,
whether seen in their camps in the
Everglades padding down the Miami
river or the canals in their quaint ca
noes, or mingling with the crowds
upon the streets in their character
istic and picturesque dress, made OF
gaudy colored horizontal stripes OF
cloth.
During the summer the Indians go
far out into the Everglades, but In
winter months they come nearer the
city, and a camp Of them Is usually
situated on the Miami river just out
side the city limits. Here in q trop-
ical Jungle, on the banks of the river,
they erect their huts with matched
roofs and sides, arranged In circle
with the communal campfire in. the
center. The number In this camp
varies from 30 to so. They go back
and forth into the glades to their
truck farms for provisions and for fish
and game.
The SeminOles are a peacerui
tribe, and cause no trouble.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02

away from it the better. And when
you do, you let my razers alone, young
feller!"
YES, SIR (Mr. Mflholland's Racers
were safe. Ramsey had already
achieved one of his own, but he prae-
ticed the art In seeret)
what is 1t you really want, RAM
seyT'
II guess don't want anything"
Money!"
mo, sir. You gay me some Fri
day."
Mr.. Milholland turned from his mir
ror and looked over the edge of a
towel at his son. In the boys eyes
there was such dumb agony of inter
rogation that the father was a little
startled.
"Why, what is it, Ramsey? Have
YOU" He paused, frowning and Won
dering. "You haven't been getting in
to some mess you want to tell me
about, have your
''No, SIR
His tone was meek, but mute dis
tress lurked within it, bringing to the
fathers mind disturbing suspicious,
and foreshadowings of indignation and
of pity. 'See here, Ramsey" he said,
''if there's anything you want to ask
me, or to tell me, you'd better out with
it and get it over. Now, what is it?'
"Well-it isn't anything"
care you sure?"
Ramsey's eyes fell before the severe
and piercing gaze of his father. "Yes.
sir"
Mr.. Milholland s;.ook his head doubt
fully; then, as his son walked slowly
out of the room, he turned to complete
his toilet in a somewhat uneasy frame
OF mind. Ramsey had undoubtedly
wanted to say something to him and
the boys expression had shown that
the matter in question was serious,
distressing, and, it might be, critical.
In fact it Was-to Ramsey. Having
begun within only the last few :
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02
CHAPTER w.

The next morning Ramsey came into
his fathers room while Mr. MilhOlland
was shaving, an hour before church
time, and it became apparent that the
son had something ON his mind, though
for a while he said nothing.
did you want anything, Ramsey?"
~WeA--
didn't want ito borrow my razorsF"
mo, sir
Mr.. Milholland chuckled. II hardly
supposed SO seriously Shaving is a
great nuisance and the longer you keep
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02
For Livinu Game.

Hunting and it's attendant outdoor
life appeals to all sportsmen and is
the motive for great use Of the forest
lands for that type of recreation. But
there is another feature perhaps little
thought Of. but none the less present
and important In the simple presence
Of living game In the landscape. and
there is little question but. that the
value Of a live animal viewed by
forest visitors several times during
it's life, has greater aggregate worth
i'm the recreation scheme than the same
animal dead. - American Forestry
Magazine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02


is just a sort of ward politician. l un-
derstand, and a mother we don't know,
ana oI course shouldn't care to. But,
on, ramsey! If you had to make your
sell so conspicuous why couldn't you
be little bit more fastidious? Your
father wouldn't have minded nearly so
much IL 1t had been self-respecting.
lnteiiectual girl We both say that If
you must be so ridiculous at your age
as TO persist in seeing more of one girl
than another, why, oh, why, don't you
go and see some really nice girl like
Dora Yocum?"
Ramsey was already dangerously
dlstended, as an effect of the earlier
part OF her discourse. and the word
fastldious" almost exploded him; but
upon this climax, Dora Yocum," he
blew up with SCATTERING report and.
leaving fragments of incOherence rico
cnetting behind him, fed shuddering
from the house.
For the rest of the school term he
walked home with Milla every after
noon and on Sundays appeared to have
become resolute Baptist. 1t was
supposed (by the interested members
OF the hish-school CLASSY that Ramsey
and Milla were engaged" Ramsey
sometimes rather supposed they were
himself, and the dim idea gave him a
sensation partly pleasant, but mostly
apprehensive he was afraid.
He was afraid that the day was COM
ing when he ought to kiss her.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02
STAKE TOMATO PLANT
TO OBTAIN QUALITY
Adapted to Every Garden, Wheth.
er Large or Small.
Plants Should Be Started Indoors and
Gradually Hardened to Outside
Conditions-Two Methods
for Home Garden.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Tomatoes are adapted to growing in
every garden, whether large or small.
To have supply early in the season,
the seed should be sown under cover
four to six weeks before the weather
becomes warm outdoors, and the
plants should be transplanted once or
twice before setting them in the open
ground. Two dozen plants can usual
ly be purchased at the seed store
cheaper than they can be grown. Pot
grown plants are usually the best If
they can be secured.
Indoor plants should be gradually
hardened to outside conditions. This
can be done by placing the boxes or
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02
The Sunragist.

She was registered for citizenship
class for the first time and she was
full of enthusiasm for her party. I'm
fortunately, she was very deaf and
the usual questions were somewhat
hard to understand. age? Born In
this country? Color? What slater
Fumblingly she got them all, but "oc-
cupationY' she could not grasp. Are
you a housewifeY' roared the impa-
tient girl behind the desk. NO" re-
piled the deaf but earnest suffragist.
second wife,"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-02

Foreign Advertising Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
The Washington herald., 1922-01-01

NEAR GA. AVE. AND QUEBEC ST.
Two-family nat. containing ten rooms and
two ba tbs: price only 81, 800. FISCHER d
FkIEDhANOER, 606 = st. Main 75Ts.
COLUMBIA 300
On Harvard st., near 18th; large residence
OF 10 rooms 20 bedreomsl; cleo. lights:
mo dern heating plant; property In excel
lent condition. Plenty, room for garage;
attractive terms.
wN 9. PHILLIPS.
1409 New York ave. Main "a.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-01
Cleveland Park.

MACoNB sT--s1s.oo0: 10 rms: ei
ami lot 5oxi50. v. l. sANsBURY a
CO.. 1918 Eye st. Main 5so4.
PORTER sr-Si5.7Jo; IL rms; =,
ami; nr. car line. n. l.. sANsBURY A
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The Washington herald., 1922-01-01

BEAUTIFUL NEW DETACHED
HOME; ANIL; EIGHT ROOMS;
TWO BATHS; GL SSED IN
BREAKFAST PORCH: LARGE
SLEEPING PORCH; UNUSUALLY
LARGE LIVING ROOM WITH
OPEN FIREPLACE: BrILT-INGA.
RAGE: HOUSE READY FOR oC-
CCPANCY: PRICE, sic, ,o0o. GATE.
WOOD q. BENNETT. 500 CONT.
TR. BLDG. MAIN ESQ.,
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-21

Alden Eaton, part owner of Eaton
Brothers dude" ranch at Wolf,
Wyo., was among the Sheridan Ro-
~tarians who visited the Billings club
recently for the joint meeting to fur
Their friendly relations between the
two cities. Eaton spent several hours
during the day reminiscing over the
pioneer days with local old-timers. He
and Jim Shoemaker had a long ses-
sion discussing the days when "she
was wild and woolly."
II am proud of one thing" Eaton
declared, land that is this" He dis
played his large Rotary wheel bear
ing his name and the words dude
ranch" II am, perhaps, the only
Rotarian in the world who has exact
ly that qualification"
Started the Dude Ranch
Mr.. Eaton and his brother, Howard
Eaton, are the pioneers of the United
States in the dude" ranch field.
Their first ranch, on the Little Mis-
souri,, a short distance from Medora,
was established in 1881, Al years
ago, and tourists from the east began
to arrive Immediately, he says. In
1903 the Eaton brothers moved their
ranch to the present location at
Wolf, Wyo., at the foot of the Big
Horn mountains. Here they have
approximately 1000 acres which bor-
der on the forest reserve for over
four mileS-at a stretch.
Many prominent financiers, au-
thors, statesmen and scientists visit
the ranch during the summe time.
1.-THE unique thing about our RANCH"
Mr.. Eaton said, sis that prominent
persons do not remain prominent
after they arrive. They are all treat
ed and expected to act like common
people. When Mary Roberts Rhine
hart was there this summer, she was
not a famous author. She was just
Mary Roberts Rinehart."
Can Care for 40
About ITO guests can be enter
tanned at the ranch at one time, ac-
cording to Eaton. The principal
buildings consist of the main building
of the ranch and a number of small
scattered so as to be al
most isolated from each other. Sew
enty-five employees are kept on the
ranch and from $50 to 400 saddle
are always at hand for excur-
Persons do seem to enjoy their
vacations at the ranch" he declared.
Many return year after year. A
number of our guests have visited US
annually for the last 80 years. Dur
ing a season we entertain from 800
to 400 persons"
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-21

Cap-and-Ball Rifle
Under Dead Mans Head.

1.-THE first thing we bump into is
the bears bunk. There's a rusty
pick layin' up agin the wall, an a
gold-pan on the floor, shown us
that the human that lived there was
a miner. On the other side of the
shack we run on to a pole bunk,
with a weather-wrinkled buffalo robe
an some rotten blankets. The way
the roof slants, we can't see into the
bed, but by usin' an axe an chop
pin the legs off, we lover it to view.
When Beaver raises the light, there
lies the framework of a man. He's
layin' on his left side, like he's sleep
in, an looks like he cashed in easy.
Across the bunk under his head is an
old-fashioned cap-an'-ball rifle. On
the headpost hangs a powder horn an
pouch, with a belt an skinnin' knife.
These things tells us that this mans
a pretty old-timer.
"Findin' the pick an gold pan
causes us to look more careful for
what he's been diggin' We explore
the bunk from top to bottom, but
nary a find. All day long we pros
poets. That %evenin', when we're fill
in up on bear meat, beans IN ban
nocks, Beaver says he's goin' to GO
through the BEARS bunk; so after
we smoke, relightin' our torches, we
start our search again.
"Sizin' up the bears nest, we see
he'd laid there quite a while. 1t
looks like Mr.. Silvertip, when the
weather gets cold, starts huntin' a
winter location for his long snooze.
Runnin' on to this cabin, vacant an
looks like it's for rent, he jumps the
claim an would have been snoozin'
there yet, but our fire warmin' up
the place fools him. He thinks it's
an steps out to look at the
weather. On the way he strikes this
breakfast of beans, an they hold
him till we object.
We're lookin' over this nest when
somethin' catches my eye on the edge
Of this waller. It's a hole, rooted
over with willers.
well, I'll be -; there's his
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-21

Merle DAVIS, president of the
Motion Picture Owners of Mon
tana, the organization Of which
was completed only few days ago.
Mr.. Davis, now the head of his line
in the state, was formerly a news
paper cartoonist, and a good one.
First officers of the newly or
ganized Motion Picture Owners of
Montana were elected at a meet
ing in the Broadway theater In
Butte, as follows: Merle Davis,
Butte, president; f. A. Bodecker,
Bozeman, first vice president; e.
Lake, Baker, second vice president;
William A. Woolfall, Butte, treas
urer, and Albert Nadeau, Anacon-
da, secretary. The new organiza-
ton Is a unit of the national body.
Merle Davis, head of the new
organization, although compara-
lively new in the theatrical busi-
ness, has In a few years, by his
ability and energy, worked his way
to the top. He was formerly .
newspaper cartoonist, then an adj
vertising writer. His opportunity
came when the Oppenheimer inter-
ests, with which he was connected,
took over a group of Butte theaters
and placed him in charge.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-21

"sIf I'm right On my dates says
I, this is the evenin' the kids hang
up their socks
1.-THE - 1t is says he. Well
here's one camp Santy'll probably
overlook. We amt got no socks MOI
no place to hang EN-, n I don't think
the old boyd savvy our foot-rags.
That's the last I remember till I'm
wakened up along in the night by
somethin' monkeyin' with the kettle.
Shutting Noise Reveals
Silvertip Eating Beans.
eff it wasn't for a snuffin' noise
I hear, I'd "a TUX it for a trade-rat,
but with this noise, it's no guess with
me, n / call the turn alright, cause
when I take a peek, there bumped
between me and the fire, is the most
robust silvertip / ever seen. In size
he resembles a load of hay. The
fires down low, but there's enough
light to give me his outline. He's
bumped over, busy with the beans,
snuffin' n whinin' pleasant, like he
enjoys EN-. / nudge Beaver easy an
whispers: Santa Claus is here
410 QAuA Y nCCu OuL OAC iOoh-
Yes says he, reachin' for his Henry,
but he amt brought nothin' but
trouble, n there's more'n a sock full
of that. You couldn't crowd 1t into
a wa~gon-box.
This whisperin' disturbs Mr..
Bear, n he straightens up till he
near touches the ridge-pole. He
looks eight feet tall. Am I scared?
Well, I'd tell a man. BY the feelin'
runnin' up an down my back, If |
had bristles I'd resemble a wild hog.
The cold sweat's drippin' off my nose
I amt got nothin in me but slush
ice.
Bruin Goes Down Under
Stream Of Rif1o Fire.
The bark of Beavers Henry
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-21

It's the Evening "Kfds"
Hang Up Their Stockings.
"The door to the back rooms open,
N by the light of the fire I can see
the roof hangin' down V-shaped, leav-
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-21

cache says Beaver, whose eyes has
follered mine. 1t don't take a min
ute to kick these willers loose, an
there lays a buckskin sack with five
hundred dollars in dust in it.
"'Old Sanity Claus out there says
Beaver, pintin' to the bear through
the door, didn't load u socks, but
he brought plenty of meat an showed
us the cache, for we'd abound
1t if he hadn't raised the Slid
1.-THE day after Christmas we
buried the bones, wrapped in one of
u blankets, where we'd found the
cache. 1t was the best we could do.
"T guess the dust's ours says
Beaver. There's no papers to show
who's his kinfolks, SO we splits the
pile an leaves him sleepin' in the
tomb he built himself"