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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03

is cut long enough to go around this
circle and one edge of 1t Is fastened
to the circle with short pieces OF
gummed cloth. The petals may be
pasted or sewed 10 the cardboard and
basket lined with pink crepe paper.
Little paper nut cups are provided
with wire handles (wound with crepe
paper) and covered with petals. A
bluebird is poised on each handle.
The place cards are supported by
standards of the covered wire to
which they are tied with baby ribbon
and bluebird finds his flight arrest
ed by each Of them.
The comic spoon dolls are made OF
picnic spoons, wire and crepe paper
and dressed In any costume the host
ess chOoses-as in college garb for
the luncheon table of homecoming
student.
Fabrics have travelled In pairs this
season, and there are rumors that
this vogue Is TO continue, Dresses
and blouses. especially, reveal happy
union Of two materials. Where there
is not combination of two different
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03
REMEDY AGAINST LAWN ANTS
Entomoioglsts Recommend Drenehng
Nests With Boiling Water
or Using Kerosene.

To get rid of lawn ants entomolo-
glsts of the United States Department
of Agriculture suggest drencing the
nests with boiling water or pouring in
a small quantity of Kerosene OIL Sim
liar treatment may be applied to nests
between or beneath paving stones.
Spraying the lawn with kerosene
emulsion or with very strong soap
wash is also recommended. For large
ant nests disulphid of carbon injected
into the nest by means of an oil can
or small syringe Is recommended to
kill the ants. The fumes Of disulphld
of carbon have very dlsagreeble
odor and are infiammable. but they
are not injurious to higher animals in
the open air.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03
GOOD POULTRY SUGGESTIONS
OF Great Importance That Feeding
Utensils Be Kept Absolutely
CIean-Other Hints.

"Wateh the feeding utensils Is n
suggestion Of more Importance than
most poultry raisers realize. The
water basins are of great Importance
because many contagious diseases
may be spread through the drinking
water Wash and scald all water ba-
sins once week. Each morning
when filling the water basins empty
all the old water out and rinse the
basins before refilling. Place the
basins well off the ground so that the
birds will not scratch straw and dirt
into the water. Locate the food hop
pers so that they will be perfectly
dry at all times.
Other important suggestions as to
good sanitation are:
l. BE sure that the birds have
plenty of fresh air
2. Sunlight is good germicide.
3. Clean yards are essential TO good
health.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03
SELL CROPS THROUGH STOCK
II Is Profitable Practice for Farmer
Who Has Animals and Suit
able Feeds.

When to sell animals and which to
get rid Of is one Of the problems 10
be settled on each farm according TO
conditions prevailing. In general II
Is sound practice for man who has
animals that he has raised and crops
suitable for feed. TO market the crop
by feeding 1t to animals and selling
them.
Those who have followed this policy
year In and year out, generally have
made money and bettered their land
Saves work, saves freight, saves fer
tiliy and gives you two chances
for proht-one on your crop and
another on the manufactured product
fat animals. Just now crop prices
are low and so are animal prices, but
that makes II better than an even
break for the feeder.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03

fabrics, there are likely to be two va
rleties of one fabric or Mt least two
contrasting colors used together. Wa
find georgette crepe and pussy willow
crepe in one frock--canton and cire
crepe IN another; taffeta, dotted swiss,
the crepe weaves and many other ma
terials have all sought the compan-
ionship of organdie as life partner
and so mated have sailed the summer
seas of fashion with grent success.
II does not take thrifty seamstresses
long TO see the advantage In this vogua
for combined materials and their
wardrobes are ampll6ed accordingly.
Taking example from their rich rela-
tlons, glnghams have associated them.
selves with organdie and volle, cotton
crepe and ratlne take unto themselves
mates, and two old dresses become
one new one or little new goods
makes II possible for last years dress
to begin life anew. The two smart
costumes pictured show combinations
OF two materials that may be carried
out in either silk or cotton goods.
For the dress at the left, cotton
kasha or plain glngham or fabrics
Of like character can be used for the
plain underdress and ratlne for the
sleeveless jacket. One can imagine
It in white or tan, with the jacket In
blue, green, yellow or red. II could
be prettlly developed In white crepe do
chine with black canton crepe.
Black and white. In the model at the
right make a distinguished dress, but
almost any color with white makes
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03
THOUSANDS OF RATS
DESTROYED IN TEXAS
Rodent-ControI Specialists Aid
Local Authorities.
Counties Divided Into Zones and
Money Raised to Give to Men and
Boys as Prizes for Killing
Largest Number.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Six hundred and seventy thousand
rats we're killed in the determination
drives in Texas last year. County
agents employed comparatively by the
United States Department of Agrlcul-
ture, state agricultural colleges, and
the counties promoted many Of the
campaigns with the help of members
of local farm bureaus and chambers
of commerce and under the general
supervision Of biological survey rodent
control specialists.
Some counties we're divided into
zones and money was raised to be
given as prizes TO men, boys, and
schools killing the largest number of
rats. The county superintendent of
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03
GAS-TAR TREATMENT
PROTECTS CONCRETE
Bureau Of Public Roads Gives Re-
suits of Tests.
Fluid By-Produet OF Artificial Gas
Plants Proven Satisfactory in
Preserving Drain Tile
Against Alkal.

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agrlculturel
In It's search for a means of pro.
tecting Portland cement concrete
against the action of alkaline waters,
the bureau of public roads, United
States Department of Agriculture, an
nounces promising results from treat
ment with very fluid crude water-gas
tar. such as may be obtained as by
product from many artificial gas
plants. So successful have the tests
been that further Investigations Of the
alkall-resisting properties of tar
treated concrete and mortar are under
way and the protective effect of wa
ter gas tar on mass concrete struc-
lures is being studied.
The treatment consists of simply i'm
merslng the concrete in the liquid,
which is soaked up, even by a dense
concrete. Cement drain tile treated
in this way and stored from six to
eight months in a strong alkall solu-
tion have shown no indication OF dis
integration, and samples tested for
those stored in pure water. on the
other hand. untreated samples showed
both dsintegration and loss OF
strength.
In certain parts of the country
where alkali salts exist concrete drain
tile and concrete structures have been
attacked In many such places con
crete is very desirable material on
account of the accessibility OF the ma
terlals that go into 1t. The bureaus
investigations aim TO devise means
of using concrete with assurance.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03
Fastldlous Collar.

The Parlslenne has suddenly re-
membered the nape of her neck. For
a long while she has thought OF this
adjunct with Indifference, II at all. So
deeply has her attention been concen-
trated on the cut Of the bodice that.
even when low-cut backs came into fa-
vor the nape Of the neck did not much
attract her notice, but now we havS
the collar which Is high In front and
somewhat lower in the back, and The
Parlsienne is rejoicing in newly dis,
covered charm. ~ y
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03

HOME makers and hostesses are
4 L making more and more use OF
paper for household decoration, as n
substitute for linen and In many other
ways. The list OF things for which
paper serves grows longer; even fancy
dress costumes and millinery are
made of II and recently there has
been much experimenting with paper
toys. It's place is established as n
medium for making table decorations
as lamp and candle shades, floral
pieces, place cards and centerpeces.
The summer hostess finds frequent
use for these paper things, especially
in the affairs which concern the mem
bers of the younger set.
Certerpieces, nut cups and place
cards, lamp and chndle shades usu-
ally reflect the time OF year and the
occasion. A bluebi-d table set, as
pictured here, is recommended for a
birthday table, although II is appro-
pirate for many other occasions as
well. II includes centerplece covered
with pink rose petals and having wire
handles wound with pink crepe. They
intersect at the top and nre tied at
this point with big bow of pink
gauze ribbon. Little "bluebirds Of
happiness" cut from printed crepe
paper. are pasted to the ends of short
lengths of pink baby ribbon and sus-
pended from the handles.
The foundation for the centerpiece
is made by cutting out circle 10
inches in diameter, from cardboard
A band Of cardboard 3Is inches wide
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03

from lie spade, as is shown in the pic
ture. The edges of this are then sharp
ened with a file.
In using the cutter, the open part is
pressed against the stump of the cab
bage When this is cut through. the
cabbage falls on the spade and can
then he tossed into carts. Leon
ard Basin in Popular Science Monthly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03
FREE RANGE OF IMPORTANCE
Chicks Confined Continually in 5rooder
Do Not Secure Proper Amount
Of Exercise.

Healthy chicks are very active.
Chicks that are confined In brooder
house continually are not apt to have
sufficient exercise, which frequently
gives rise to toe picking, feather pull
ing and other brooder evils. Free
range gives them something to do and
keeps them healthy.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03

the agreement, the buyer usually cuts
very closely. Selling by the lot is
therefore n good method to use where
the owner intends 10 clear the land
for other uses. But II the land Is TO
be kept in timber, the owner should
include provisions In the contract Of
sale to retain the young, vigorous
growing timber and provide for n fu-
ture, crop. The Importance of care in
cutting, on account of It's effect upon
succeeding growth and production Of
the stand, can hardly be overstated.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03
CABBAGE CUTTER is USEFUL
Garden Implement Easily Made From
an Old Spade-cut Out Wedged-
Shaped Portion.

A very useful cabbage cutter can be
made from an old spade. In the first
place, wedge-shaped portion Is cut
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03

en- ideal midsummer costume. White
organdie. wolfe or crepe de chine, in-
vite any Of the lightweight materials
In a color to bear them company and
narrow braid in the same color ID
chosen for decoration. :
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03


schools and school teachers assisted
particularly in stimulating the interest
Of the pupils.
The most rats were killed In Den
ton county. The boy having the great
est number to his credit killed 1900
in six weeks. In Williamson county
another boy killed 900 in two weeks.
II is estimated that the rats aver
aged about a half pound each, max
ing about 167 tons of rats killed dur
ing the campaign. II is also estimated
that each rat, had it lived a year,
would on an average have eaten or dam
aged property worth S1.0O making the
results of the campaign worth approx
imately S67O,O00.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-03
Place Restrictions.

Selling by lump eliminates the anx-
iety and Misunderstanding attending
sales by log-scale measurement. If
competition is keen, II is likely that
nearly or quite the full value of the
timber will be reached in the bids. BY
this method, however the owner fore
goes the opportunity Of profitable en-
ployment for himself and his teams
which he would have il he logged the
material and sold II after hauling II
> the min or shipping point.
Unless restricted by the terms Of
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24

waiter and drank it and then
reetched for mas glass and
drank that still making the same
face and then l quick handed him
my glass to prove l was trying to
help him and he drank
that and then he wiped his eyes
with his napkin saying, zee gods,
zee gods. And then he looked at
me as if he was going to
say something elts, and
l quick sed, Holey smoaks, pop, G
whizz, gosh, l ment for Artie to
eat it, not you, pop, G, WIZ, pop,
good mite, holey smoaks.
Well then wy dident you warn
me in time? sed pop, and | sed,
Well thawt it mite of got little
weeker between the time | took it
and the time you took it.
Leeve the table and wait for
me in the sitting room, sed pop.
WITCH l did.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24
CALIFORNIA TOURIST

A st. Johnsbury citizen who is
spending the winter in southern
California and who is somewhat
Disguised with the unusual rains
and cold weather of that region
has sent US the following poetical
cfluSion:
It's great to be a tourist
And with the tourists stand;
Poppies pinned upon your breast,
A guide book in your hand.
81 love you, California;,
You'll hear where'cr you roam,
They never think of playing
That good old "Home Sweet
Home"
You must buy some figs and
lemons,
Some peppers you must beg;
Eat some cactus candy, and
Don't forget the ostrich egg.
Send home some California flow
erS,
Some shells from by-the-sea,
But the greatest thing would be
To send a California flea.
Between the tourists and these
meas
It's one continual fight;
They use such little judgment
AS to when and where they
bite.
Then we climb on the Rubber
neck wagon
Off for a scenery feast,
While the "Nativc Sons" smile
and say:
"More suckers from the East.
They fill you full of Mission dope.
OF Pomona at the well;
Even the grand old ocean
With pride begins to swell.
IT'S here that Father Sierra
First came round the Horn
They really think that California
Is where the Lord was born.
These grafters force you first to
buy
Then boost their real estate;
Tell you how to get rich quick,
Just fold your arms and wait.
While all this may be true, per-
hapS,
And I'll help you loot the horn,
But there's none so great as the
good old state
Back East where we were born.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24
CURRENT COM MENT
Farm Help Scarce

Despite the dizziness of industry
in general throughout the country
and the consequent large number
of idle workmen, reports from the
northern part of Vermont state
that farmers in that vicinity are
finding it difficult to secure help
to carry on heir sugaring opera
tons and the wood chopping i'm
mediately to follow. Anyone with
some farming experience could
put that experience to good adyun-
tagc during the spring months pro
viding one were willing to depart
from ones chosen line of occuna-
ton for the time-being. Farming
would make a good stop-gap in
the hiatus of labor.-Barre Times.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24

NV cuzzln Artie was GROUND
at our house for suppir today, be-
ing Hamburger stakes and things,
and there was fresh horse reddish
on the table on account of the
horse reddish man having bin En-
round this AFTERNOON, and | taist-
ed a little bit on one corner of a
peece of Hamburger stake and
is was so strong my eyes got all
wattery as if / thawt l was going
to cry, me thinking Heck, good
mite that's fearse.
WITCH jest then | had a ideer
how to play a good one on Attic,
and l sed, G that horse reddish is
week, l jest ate hole tea spoon
full and Igot a good mind to eat
a hole table spoon full, that's how
week it is. Why don't you take
tea spoon full, Artie? l sed.
| don't eat horse reedish, it don't
taist enuff like ketchup, sed Artie
and pop sed, All, mild horse red
dish, all my life I've bin waiting
for a chance to feerlissly swallo
hole COB of horse reddish.
And he took the horse reddish
thing. land up dumped hole pile
Of it on hunk of a Hamburger
stake and vile Twas still wonder
ing weather to say enything or
not he stuck the hole thing in his
mouth and ate it and made one of
the fearest faces l ever saw him
make and reetched for his glass of
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24
COUNTRY ROADS
POSTED AGAINST
HEAVY TRAFFIC
Commissioner Dix Moves
to Protect While Frost
Is Coming Out

State Highway commissioner 7
w. Dix has made preparations to
do the departments part in the
protection of roads in accordance
with general law No. 1870 of the
statutes of 1921 by preparing no
tees, and any action under this
statute now awaits the application
of selectmen of the towns.
Then notices read as follows:
"No automobile or motor vehicle
having a weight, including vehicle
and load, exceeding 300 pounds
per inch of tire width on any wheel
shall be operated on the-road
so-called leading from TO-
in the town of--during any per-
iod when the ground is soft as
when frost is coming out or after
heavy rains. By order of the state
highway board T. w. Dix commits
sioner."
In proceedings under the statute
referred to the selectmen must
first apply to the state highway
commissioner in regard to posting
a stretch of road. The district
highway commissioner for that
district will then investigate the
rod and report to the state high
way board. If it is decided that the
road needs protection, the notices
are posted at each end of the road
and one is displayed in a newspa-
per circulating in and in the vicin-
ity of the town in which the road
is located. Notices are ais, to be
filed with the selectmen of the
town. The selectmen must prose-
cute and collect damages. The
prosecution would be conducted by
the states attorney of the county
in which the town was located.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24

Johnsbury is too small a village to
do all this. Why not get up a
horse race and get the road ma
chine started?
A Tax Payer.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24

eAsuuna ~ ssF s.sltust - W sw 90
are making a special push to de-
velop it, is now said to bring in
an annual production of eggs
worth $20,000,000 while the chick
ems raised are worth another $40,
100000. And the industry is as yet
comparatively undeveloped.
1t is a peculiarly favorable on
portunity for the reason that in so
many families the work can be
done largely by the older children.
Furthermore, there is no limit to
the amount of eggs and chicken
meat that can be sold. With great
err reduction in cost of feeds, the
conditions should be favorable for
the coming year.-Northfeld News
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24
Taxpayer Wants
Another Horse Race

Editor CaIedonian-Record:
| am going to see the st. Johns
bury Driving Club to see if we can
start some more horses races so
that we can get the streets
smoothed down to be safe for a
horse or an auto to operate. The
city of NewpoUt puts the road
machine on the streets and
smooths them down. Probably st.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24
NORTH TROY

|. c. Bryant of Newport was in
town on business Wednesday.
Mrs. Geo. A. Livingston remains
very i'll and failing at her home on
Pine street.
Mrs. Kenneth Mckay of High
water, Que, was at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Ella F. Elkins,
Thursday.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24
FRIDAY, MAR. "a, 1922
BACK TALK

A. BACK TALK
J. The Burlington Free Press re-
:ports an Illinois man who couldn't
sleep because the springs in his
bed picked up al 1.-The radio calls.
! The Rutland Herald thinks most
of the political gossip printed
these day sis favored with hope
rather than expectation. Soap,
you mean.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24
Favors More Chickens

In almost every community
there are unrealized possibilities
in the poultry business. That in
dustry in Nebraska, where they
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24

We are glad to publish this
rather sheltered complaint for
these reasons:
1. 1t illustrates how easy it is
to find fault and complain without
offering any logical suggestions of
relief.
2. 1t shows that the cores
pendent is laboring under the mis-
taken idea that whatever was done
to prepare Main street for the
speedway races last winter was
done at public expense, which was
not the case. The necessary DIRK
to get the course ready for the
races was all paid for out of the
funds of the driving club.
8. Don't get uneasy. When the
ice is off the streets the dust will
fly and then there will be COM
plants that the sprinkler does not
run until just before it rains. Let's
not kick. 1t is an expensive habit.
1t wears out ones shoes and shoe
leather costs money.
A. Let's admit that this is the
best world we ever lived in and
that we all hope to go to heaven
sometime. If we think well about
it long enough, it may happen.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-19
Here Are Secrets Of Cake Baking

added alternately. After all the
ingredients are in give the cake
q good beating.
1t Is possible to make a salts
factory cake by, putting all the
materials together In bowl and
then beating Ave or more minutes,
but the grain Of the cake is
coarse.
In making a cake where only
the Jokes are used, or a sponge
cake, the eggs need very thor
ough beating.
Sponge Cake. 81 s.
a genuine" sponge c9ke has
no leavening material except the
eggs. but some Of the best sponge
cakes have baking powder or
soda and cream of tartar in them.
There are still cooks who think
baking powder not as good for
cake as soda and cream Of tar
tar. The tendency Is to use too
much baking powder and the cake
dries very quickly.
The time for baking cake de-
ponds OF course on the size and
depth of the cake and the heat
should increase as the size Of the
cake decreases. Layer cakes and
small Individual cakes require a
quick oven to send them up, then
u lower heat to finish baking.
One Baking Method.
A very satisfactory way OF bak-
ing a cake is to divide the time
for baking into quarters. In the
first quarter OF the time the cake
should rise but not brown; II 1t
begins to brown in that time re-
duce the heat at once.
During the second quarter Of
the time the cake continues to risc
and take on color.
During the third part OF the
time It bakes without any particu-
lar change. This Is the critical
time, as any sudden change OF
heat is likely 10 cause a slight
falling IN tho center OF the cake.
The last quarter of time is to-
finish the baking and the cake
shrinks from the side of,thc pan.
Don't HURRY.
Do not hurry a cake In remov-
ing from pan, Allow 1t to cool
apd settle and usually It will
come out without breaking. 1t st
is to be eaten as soon as cool, and
II 1t is TO be frosted, do not 70.
move at all from nan, The frost.
ing will not run over the sides,
and 1t can be cut and served from
the pan.
One good reliable recipe for
butter cake, and one equally re-
liable for a sponge Cakes are all
a housewife needs. She can then
vary the butter cake by frosting,
adding fruit, nuts and spices and
by baking In small! tins or in lay
ers. Sponge cake is best not
frosted.