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The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03
ON BUYING FURNITURE

The important thing when you go
to select furniture for the home is to
know good furniture when you zee II,
and this cannot be recognized by the
price alone.
j. II Is much better to buy few good
pieces of the best models and excel
lent workmanship, than to have your
home turned into queer hodgepodge,
Of ill-assorted ones. Suitability as to
size, shape and weight; as to comfort,
style and use; the. service each style
will give; the cost, and the possibility
Of renovation-all these must be
taken into account.
That the piece you contemplate
buying be suitable for use in your
home Is more important than that 1t
look attractive In the display room
of the store. Do not be led into buy
ing "sets' or "suites" or period" fur
Nniture when your home is neither
large enough. nor furnishes the proper
setting for such furniture.
The size and shape Of each piece
considered In relation to the space In
the room where you intend to use 1t,
Is the most important point Very
large pieces will not only overcrowd
your room II 1t is small, but every
thing else In the room will actually
seem dwarfed In contrast to the mas
sive appearance.
Choose such pieces as are easy to
move. They should clear space Of
at least five inches between the bot
tom and the floor to permit easy
cleaning under them; and if they
have pillows, cushions, etc. be sure
that these are reno, able, easy to
clean, and inexpensive to renovate.
Avoid those pieces which have a
high polish and lot of oyerdecora-
tion in the form of excessive carvings.
They show scratches easily, and re-
quire more work to keep clean.
In selecting any article Of furniture,
measure the amount Of service 1t will
yield against the space 1t takes up in
the room. A library table, Of which
the top is the only part you can use,
does less to pay Its room-rent than
one with drawers and UNDERLYING
bookshelves, for instance. Every
piece of furniture that serves a
double purpose saves buying another
article.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03
RHUBARB, ONE OF
THE BEST DISHES
Favorite Plant Thrives Best II
Sections Where the Ground
Freezes Solid.

In our grandmothers' time rhubarb
was generally referred to as pie
plant" because 1t constituted the fill
Ing for the first fresh pies in the spring
OF the year. Stewed rhubarb or rhu-
barb sauce is one of the finest dishes
that grace our tables In the early
spring time, and enormous quantities
Of the fresh stalks are marketed
throughout the northern and eastern
states.
Rhubarb does not do well in the
South, but thrlves best In sections
where the ground freezes hard and
solid during the winter.
Five to ten hills of rhubarb will sup
ply the ordinary family, says the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture,
but 1t Is always desirable to plant n
few extra hills for good measure. The
plants may be set either In the late
fall or the early spring, but no stems
should be pulled the first year, and
very few the second year. After the
second year the plants will Increase IN
vigor, but finally get too thick and the
stems become small after six or seven
years. When this happens the roots,
or part of them should be dug up
and divided and the best pieces used
for new planting.
Rhubarb should be planted at one
side Of the home garden, but requires
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03
CLIMBING ROSES
ADD MUCH BEAUTY
Gay Blossoms of the Rambler
Are Among the Earliest
OF the Season.

Fiction and history are full Of al
lusions to beautiful climbing roses.
and replete with wOrd-pictures Of rose
covered trellised porches, lovely rose
arbors, hedges and fences, alike de-
lightful In fragrance and delicate
color.
Roses are not climbing plants In the
same sense as grapevines or morning
glories. They have no tendrils and do
not support themselves by twining. 1t
is necessary, therefore, to train and
tie the canes as they grow. In north
ern sections, winter protection must
be given climbing roses by wrapping
them In straw or laying the vines down
and covering with layer Of earth,
adding straw or manure when the
earth Is frozen.
The Multiflora roses, usually spoken
of as hardy climbers, are useful In the
North. They flower in clusters. Roses
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03
FORM AN OPALESCENT HUE
Popularity Frequently Noticed In
Globes of Electric Arc Due to
Spheres Of Silica. i.

A beautiful opalescence may some
times be observed in the glass globes
used to diffuse the light Of the electric
arc, particularly after such globes have
been in use for long time.
Close examination shows that the
opalescence Is due to the presence on
the glass of minute spheres of silica,
which have evidently been formed by
volatilization from the glass under the
influence Of the electric arc. This effect
is in accordance with the experiments
of French scientists, whose electric fur
naces have produced some surprising
results.
The essential feature of the furnace
is an electric arc Of great intensity.
When rock crystal, broken into frag-
ments, Is placed In the furnace 1t sim
ply melts like so much Ice, and in a
few minutes the liquid thus formed be
gins to boil.
The vapor rising from the liquefied
crystal Is condensed into little blush
white cloud, from which tiny spheres
of silica, glimmering with opalescent
hues,. are deposited. These spheres, as
already remarked, are similar to those
found on arc-light globes. The latter.
Of course, are the product Of a very
slow and gradual process, while In the
electric furnace the volatilization Is
effected with rapidity.-Washingt
Star.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03
DEMAND FOR MAN,
TEAM AND PL0W
Community Gardeners Solve
Problem by Employing Ex-
pert With Tractor.

Getting plowman to plow the
small garden Is often a serious prob
lem, especially in cities and towns
where very few teams and plows are
available. The community gardeners
have solved this difficulty by having
the entire tract plowed and narrowed
In body either by team or tractor
In this way the work can be done on
an acreage basis and is much cheaper
than by having each individual garden
plowed separately.
The problem Of financing the plow-
ing and preparation of community gar-
dens is solved by each gardener put.
ting a certain amount, say 50, into u
common fund at the beginning of the
season. This fund is placed in the
hands Of plowing committee who
employ man with teams or tractor
at pre-arranged price per acre. and
the committee sees to 1t that the work
Is properly done. After the plowing
Is completed and the work paid for
the committee returns the unexpended
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03
OOOSC~HOSN@N-'SN-N~ -S-'~H|S1OS0S'
HOW TO SAVE
MONEY WHEN
SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN
20. 1s22. Harland H. Alien.)
THE VOGUE OF THE PLAIN
RUG

"It is a pretty safe guess" said the
up-and-coming salesman In the carpet
department that the average Gus
toner is going to ask for a rug In
some neutral shade, such as taupe, or
tan, or dull tones of blue. People
want certain things and ask for them.
and will have them If possible"
This is most interesting, in view of
the fact that few years ago good
strong reds and green's were the most
favored colors. Interior decorators
are supposed to be responsible for
starting the vogue of the dull solid
colors in the first place, and judging
from the demand for them In all car
pet departments today, their choice
was a most fortunate one.
There are many good reasons why
rugs In these unobtrusive shades are
so well liked. In the first place, they
will "go" with anything. One can be
transplanted from the living room to
the library or from the dining room
to the sun parlor at will, and without
offending anybody's sense of the ap-
propriate. You may remember how
the red or green rug of other days
had to be dedicated to the 'red room"
or the "green room," where 1t re-
mained as long as 1t had life enough
left to protest.
Another reason favoring their
choice Is that most of the rooms In
our homes are small today, and
plain rug Increases the apparent size
Of the floor space. You have noticed
how when carpets instead Of rugs hre
used, the use of one solid color on ad-
Joining rooms always gives a sense Of
great spaciousness and unity to the
whole house. OF course, the greatest
effect Of size is given by an unbroken
floor space. II plain material is used,
a room appears largest which is car
peted, next If single large rug Is
used. and smallest when broken up
by several small rugs. Furthermore,
plain rugs, like plain wall set Off
to advantage whatever furniture may
be in the room. In general, the less
pronounced the floor-covering the
more harmonious and restful the
whole will be.
Only one objection Is offered to the
solid-colored rugs and that ls that
they do show dust and footmarks
readily. 1t is claimed. however, that
those in the dull neutral shades do
not show footprints so plainly as dc
the darker colored rugs.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03
RESIDENCE FOR
TOWN Or FARM
This Imposing Structure Is Sup
piled With Many Rooms.
SQUARE HOUSE is POPULAR
Roomy Veranda Extending Across
Front Of House Relieves Severity
Of Its Lines-SIeeping Potches
Are Provided.
BY WILLIAM A. RApEoRp

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor. Author and Manufacturer. he
Is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects Address all Inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1927 Prairie
avenue, Chicago. ILL.,. and only inclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
A square house like this Is always
sure to win favorable consideration
with many intending home owners.
Particularly Is this true of this de-
sign, where the severity of the square
structure Is broken In on by the fine,
roomy veranda that extends across the
front Of the house and the fireplace
chimney and the dining room bay
which appear at one side. Then again,
the attic dormer is an aid, breaking in
on the roof line as it does and cooling
the upstairs through ventilation in the
summer.
The dimensions of the house over
sll are 33 feet by 3S feet. There are
8 rooms, but If the downstairs break
fast porch and the two upstairs sleep
ing porches are taken into account.
there are really three extra rooms
Il rooms in all.
The living room extends all across
the front Of the house, has light on
three sides and fireplace at one end.
Separating it from the dining room
are glass doors, giving very spacious
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03

of the Noisette climbing group, such
as the Marechal Mel, Lamardue and
others, and those of the Laevigata
group OF which the Cherokee is rep
resentative, are suitable for culture
only in warm climates where the win
ter temperature does not fall below
ten degrees f. above zero.
The following variety list has been
prepared In response to many In
quiries. They are satisfactory climb
ing roses for those parts of the United
States where climbing roses succeed.
Several others might be included.
Among early varieties, Dawson, with
small, single pink masses; next early,
Zepherine Drouhin, large, double, car
mine; Paul's Scarlet climber, large,
double; Christine Wright, large dou-
BILE pink; mid-season varieties, Gar
denIa. small, double, yellow opening
white; silver Moon large single white;
DIR. w. Van Fleet, large, double blush;
Aida Lovett, large, double pink; Bess
Lovett, large, double, red; medium late
variety. American Pillar, large, SIN
gle, carmine with white eye; late va
rleties, White Dorothy, small double
white Minnehaha, small, semi-double,
pink; Lady Gay, small, double, pink
Excelsa, small, double, red; Hiawatha,
medium, single, red with white eye.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03
Wine Cellars Immense.

An Idea Of the size OF the London
wine vaults is conveyed by the fact
that there are "a miles of gangway
running through them. MIlrwall, the
largest graDary in the port, with ca
pacity OF 24.0O0 tons only holds enough
grain to make London's bread for one
week
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03

terror finish is not arbitrary Ordinary
narrow siding could be used for the
exterior, all the way up; or brick; or
stone. If available. Boulders would
make fine veranda posts and give dis
tinction to the chimney and founda-
tion.
This house calls for spacious lawn
before 1t to appear. to the best advan-
tage. Any farm house deserves lawn
before 1t, no matter how small. There
are so many other places to put the
vegetable garden.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03

opens Off the hall, ana from which the
occupant can go upstairs or to the
downstairs lavatory without traversing
the living quarters, connecting door
to the lavatory being possible through
the separating wall.
Upstairs are four bedrooms, bath
room and two sleeping porches. There
is no reason why, In the case OF
large family or overnight guests. the
sleeping porches could not serve as
bedrooms also, regardless of the sea-
son of the year. Screened In summer
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03
"reminiscences.

He's an old-time druggist, and still
IN the business. Its different now"
he said, "a darn sight different
There's about everything in this store.
but when began about 30 years ago.
drug store was drug store, and
nothing more. People generally had
their own medicine bottles and brought
them along when there was a prescrip-
tion to be filled. recall rather vivid
ly that my first six months of appren-
ticeship were spent In a shed back Of
the store-washing bottles a"--Detroit
News.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03

bors on the road offer glimpses Of In
terest that tighten the days task Inn
mensely. Or, again, the view of the
road could be lad by turning the de-
sign around. with the porch facing
the road.
The Mushroom, naturally indispensa-
BILE on the farm II the housewife is to
keep her housework within bounds,
adjolns the kitchen. 1t opens into a
lavatory and there are In addition sta.
tIonary wash tubs which do away with
porch or basement washing inconve-
nience. The kitchen sink Is right by
the window, place every woman
would like the sink to be.
There Is downstairs bedroom that
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03

interior effect. The bay window makes
the dining room very attractive place
indeed apd,a general effect Of lightness
Is had from the breakfast porch onto
which the dining room opens, the en-
tering doors to which could be of glass.
Therefore, since the kitchen likewise
adjoins the breakfast porch, the latter
could be made to act as headquarters
for the kitchen work after the first
meal Of the day is over. There would
be a view right through the house to
The front--a little thing, but worth
considering If the house is to be built
n farm. Passing friends and neigh
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National Garden bureau.


onions, and through the thinning
process to give the plants room to
mature the big bulbs to be stored for
winter. the set onions are coming
along and furnishing the tender young
onions for the table.
The onion set is made for the chief
purpose Of producing young onions.
II Is better not to try to grow big
onions from sets, as the set has COM
pleted most of its life work, although
an abbreviated and arrested career,
when It Is put into the ground, and
nine cases out Of ten II not pulled
and eaten In Its young and tender
growth will shoot up to seed.
Onion sets come In yellow, white,
and red, all dependent upon the vari-
ETY. of onion seed which was sown for
the sets. The most convenient thing
about onion sets for young onions is
that they are not so particular about
soil conditions and a gardener can
harvest young onions from them long
before a crop can be gathered from
seed.
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and fitted with windows in winter, they
lend themselves admirably TO guest or
family use, and would still more, II
built-in beds were used Observe that
there is closet room which would per-
NIT this. For that matter there is am
pie closet space throughout the house,
upstairs and down.
The exterior Of the house is so fin
ished as to avoid any impression Of
monotony. There is weather-boarding
and vertical stripping for the first sto-
ry and few feet above it; then stucco,
running with smooth curve into the
outward line of the cornice. This ex-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-03
TO HATCH YOUNG
ONIONS FROM SETS
Small Bulbs, If Planted Early,
Will Produce Abundantly
With Little Effort.

Young onions are a standby Of al
most every spring vegetable garden,
and there Is just one way to get
them early. That is to plant onion
sets. While the seed onions are COM
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-16
CRIME MEASURE is UP
Substitute Bills Advanced for Death
Penalty.

st. Paul-The House committee on
crime prevention. will give its opinion
on capital punishment legislation. FL
nal action has been delayed while au-
thors of the three death penalty bills
incorporate their ideas into a single
Dill. Regardless of committee action
on the composite bill, a minority report
Will be made so that in the end the
House will be forced to go on record.
This is true, also, in the Senate where
the J. D. Sullivan bill is under con-
slueratlon by the judiciary committee.
1nose IN favor Of capital punishment
VIII cite the killing of William C. Pei
latt, Minneapolis war veteran and ra-
dlo supply dealer, by boy providers, as
proof that the death penalty should be
re-enacted to stamp out murder. Leg
lslators are agreed that the Pellatt
murder may sway many opponents of
capital punishment in favor for the
bill.
bill that purports to be a substitute
for the death penalty measure appear
ed in the House sponsored by several
opponents of capital punishment It
prohibits pardoning of a murderer
serving a life sentence unless subse-
quent evidence reveals the prisoners
innocence
The crimes prevention committee,
while possibly divided on the capital
punishment issue nevertheless will be
almost unanimous in recommending
legislation to tighten existing criminal
laws. A bill will come from the COM
mittee to regulate the sale of firearms,
and the parole board will come in for
consideration either by committee ac-
ton recommending the Hompe bill to
do away with indeterminate sentences,
or the Christensen bill to require pub
licity in connection with deliberations
OF the parole board. The Christensen
bill is favored among legislators rath-
er than the Hompe bill because much
of the criticism against the board has
come through secret sessions rather
than misuse of the indeterminate sem
tence plan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-16
COUNTY AGENT BILL COME UP
Would Take Control From County
Commissioners.

The Minnesota Senate committee on
agriculture recommended for passage
the county agent bill which has been
introduced in both houses.
The bill would make it mandatory
on county boards to appropriate money
for county agents if desired by farm
bureaus. The Senate committee amend
ed the membership requirement for
the farm bureau in the bill, changing
it from mot less than 100" to lone
third of the farmers in the county or
not more than 800"
The bill also takes appointment of
the county agents out of the hands of
county boards and places selection of
the agents under the extension de-
partment of University farm with APP
proval of the local farm bureau.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-16
Recommended by House Committee
for Passage.

The Bendixen bill, imposing per
cent royalty tax on all iron ore land
owners who have leased these lands
to mine operators and who are receiv-
ing royalties from such lease, was
recommended for passage in the house
committee on taxes and tax laws at
the state legislature.
The meeting was in the nature of a
public hearing on the three royalty tax
bills now pending before the legisla-
ture.
Representative Welch is the author
of royalty tax bill identical to that
OF Representative Bendixen's except
that it imposes 10 per cent tax. The
other bill is sponsored by Represen-
tatfve Moen and it imposes an s per
cent tax on all iron ore lands, granite,
stone, grafel, marble, oil and other
natural resources in the state where
the owners of such lands lease these
for exploitation and receive royalty
payments for this exploitation privi.
lege.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-16
BLIZZARD TIES UP
THE NORTHWEST
Worst Blizzard in Years Accom-
panied by Sudden Drop in
The Temperature

Minneapolis-The entire Northwest
was experiencing one of the worst
billiards in 25 years.
Arriving with a sharp drop in tenn
perature, gale which blew from 40
to so miles an hour across five states
and parts of others, paralyzed traffic,
destroyed property, impeded telegraph
and telephone service and threatened
to cripple severely business in scores
of towns and cities.
Through South Dakota the storm had
ragged with undated fury for Is hours
and gave no indication of a letup.
Cattle trains were stranded between
towns. The great drifts of snow had
virtually cut off several points from
the outside world
Northern Minnesota was firmly in
the grip of the gale. Train traffic
was practically halted.
In North Dakota, which felt the
worst of the storm, a heavy snow
storm accompanied the gale, tying up
all freight transportation. Passenger
transportation was at a standstiil.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-16
LEGISLATIVE SIDELIGHTS.

An occupational tax of % cents a
month on all ice cut or manufactured
for commercial purposes, and payable
the 18th of each month on the proceed
! ing months sale is provided in bill
| introduced by Representative Thomas
Girling. Ice cut for personal or family
use would not be included I
Representative Chauncey A. Peter
son of Duluth, is author of resolution
urging an amendment to the fed.
eral constitution, which will provide
that all future amendments shall be
submitted to popular vote in each
state. The resolution conveys the idea
that prohibition and woman suffrage
amendments have been unpopular with
large share of the people. Passage
of the resolution was blocked and it
was laid over on notice of debate.
Minneapolis will be interested in the
progress of Mayor Leach's high dam
bill. The House committee ON cities
held hearing on the measure at which
and Alderman John Peterson spoke for
the bill. Mayor Leach insisted that he
has delayed disposition of the power at
the high dam until the present legis
latiye session, and that now the legis-
lature must decide whether it shall
keep faith with the people"
-
tee has bundle of bills on hand regu.
lating street car companies. Two OF
these call for repeal of the street rail
way control act of 1921, one seeks tc
establish uniform fare in Minneap
oils and st. Paul, and others have to
line extensions and paving between the
rails. A public hearing is to be ar.
ranged for all the street car bills, be
fore the committee undertakes to de
eide what shall be done with them.
The attempt to repeal the control law
will resolve into one of the real fights
of the session as soon as one of the
bills comes from the committee.
In the Senate, Senator George ii
Sullivan has given notice that his
dance hall bill will become a special
order Several hearings have been held
on this measure.
The House and Senate banking com.
mittees may take action on the bills
for guaranty of bank deposits, Hear
ings were held, at which opponents to
the plan were heard The House com.
mittee will arrange another hearing
to hear country bankers, and then will
be ready to act on the three bills which
it has under consideration.
The uniform small loans bill, which
has reposed in the Senate for three
weeks after passage by narrow mar
gin in the House, will be called from
it's resting place in the upper house
Supporters of the bill in the Senate
still declare it has a good chance OF
passage, although opponents boast that
the long delay has given lobbyists sor
small loan dealers chance to win ever
some senators in opposition. The bill
has the support of the state federation
of labor and scores of sc eial welfare
organizations.