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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1924-02-22
Funeral Of Chinese General.


ter received by w. ]. Tucker from
his granddaughter, Barbara, l4yeal
old daughter Of Captain and Mrs. G.
w. Spoerry, formerly Of Rathdrum.
now located with American troop.
in China
Tientsin, China, Nov. IS, 1923.
Dearest Grandpa
haven't written you for ages bu,
l guess this letter will make up for
it as it's going to be a long one.
Mother said she told you / would
write soon and tell you all about the
huge funeral of General Chang Hsun.
And it was huge, let me tell you. We
went down to see it and it took a
full three hours for it to pass.
AS nearly as can remember, first
came Chinese band-and if you We
never heard one, hardly think you
can begin to imagine what it is like.
There are from two to rs in such a
band and they play away for dear
life. while they're playing. But
whenever any Of the players wish to
stop, they do so. regardless Of the
time or place. May be they see
some friend among the onlookers
and i the notion strikes them they
stop and have talk with said friend,
and then run on to catch up with the
rest and begin playing again. While
listening to the music you really
can't find out whether they are all
playing the same tune or just any
thing that comes into their minds. q
think the latter is the more probable }
The players are clothed in bright
suits of red and blue, green and yel
low, purple and red and other colors
equally as bad.
After the band comes some horses
with soldiers on their backs. These
men usually wear uniforms of dark
blue and have ribbons and badges
plastered all over them. They wear
very heavy and thick-soled black
shoes and have puttees Of black
wrapped around their legs. The
trousers blouse some; at the knees.
The higher the men get Il mean
promoted) or if they do something
worth while, they receive
a badge or medal or ribbon or some
thing, and on such occasions they
wear them all. Some of them look
like escaped lunatics. The soldiers
also have long swords in their belts,
and guns which they carry under
their arms or any other way that is
After the soldiers, come some men
carrying horses and soldiers made Of
paper, but colored and decorated
exactly like the real ones. The paper
ones are burnt at the grave SO that
the dead general may have plenty Of
horses and soldiers in the next world.
Then comes beautiful little Chinese
house carved out of wood. 1t is
about as large as an ordinary sized
dining table, only higher. The house
IS several stories high and is made
exactly like real house. 1t has
the little court yard in front and
4 high wall around the entire place,
both common to Chinese houses. On |
both sides Of the large gate (called |
da-mun'') } in front, are small houses
where the guards stay. All this is
carved in the finest work you could |
imagine. In the courtyard and on
he steps are even little pots holding
colored flowers And on
each little turn up end Of the pagoda
ike house is tiny, tiny bell that
-ings whenever it is moved. The
Whole thing is laid upon several
poles by which it is carried. The
bearers lay these poles on their
shoulders and 60 along at sort Of
1og-trot.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1924-02-22
cGUR D'ALEKE

The school board reelected Supt.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
Hen-Releasing Trap Nest.

AS she passes through, the door drops
again and closes the entrance. When
she has laid she notices the opening
at the back Of the nest and passes into
a different pen or alleyway. AS soon
as she does so she raises this back
door, which is hung from the top on
hinges, and string which passes
over two spools lifts the front door
and resets the latch, so that another
hen may then enter the nest.
The only objection to this method
of trap nesting hens is that it is not
possible to know which egg is laid by
any one hen, but it is possible to know
which hens are and which are not lay
ing in the flock and the hens can be
credited with the number of eggs they
lay, so that the poultryman may know
which are the most profitable birds
and can select them for the following
years breeding flock.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
CORN FIRST GROWN
HERE BY INDIANS
Early Residents of Wiscon-
sin Titled Soil Before
White Man Came.

Wisconsin lies at the headwaters of
the Great Lakes and of the Mississippi
river. Through Wisconsin was the
shortest way from one valley to an
other. This fact led to it's discovery
before other portions Of the West were
known.
Before white man came, Wisconsin
lay hidden with all its wealth of
minerals, timber, and fur-bearing anil
mails awaiting the revelation of its re-
sources and beauties. Wisconsin was
not, however, uninhabited in prehis-
toric times. Everywhere upon and be-
meath the surface of the earth we find
evidences Of mans presence before the
white man came. In the far north
primitive mining methods extracted
copper from the lodes; in the south
west lead was dug and smelted long
before a white miner appeared. Be
side the lakes and streams are evil
dences Of cornfelds and village sites.
Most interesting of all are the
mounds in many forms and shapes
that appear everywhere on the earth's
surface. One kind Of prehistoric
mound is the unique possession Of
southern Wisconsin and a few ada
cent regions that is the ef1gy mound,
a low heap of earth shaped like some
animal, bird, bear, deer, turtle, squir-
rel, or even sometimes a man. 1t was
once believed that these mounds were
the work of a special race, distinct
from the Indians, called Mound
Builders"
We now know that 1t was our
familiar Indians VINO were in truth
the mound builders; that the tribe
which occupied all Of southern Wis
consin before It's discovery was the
Winnebago; that they built these
mounds partly from a religious and
partly from an artistic impulse. We
know by the village sites and the To-
cation of the mounds that these prim-
tive Winnebagoes were lovers of ma
ture.
We know from other sources that
they had to struggle with the forces
of nature for the right to live; that
they had only stone and bone inn
plements, with few copper beaten
knives that they knew how to make
pottery and baskets; that their cloth
ing was chiefly the skins Of animals;
that they had permanent villages and
fields of planted corn; that they were
skilled hunters and fishers, and lived
a happy If somewhat precarious life
In Wisconsin woods and beside Its
waterways before the white man
came.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
Control of Corn Rot Is
Aided by Crop Rotation

"Good seed, good soil and careful
culture are required to meet the prob
lem of corn rot" thinks NJ. T. Myers,
who has been making careful inves-
tigation of the corn-rot situation in
Ohio.
Root rot and ear rot are caused by
different organisms, he finds. The
rot that attacks the roots comes from
a spore that stays in the field from
year to year. 1t winters over in stalks
and other crop debris left in the fields,
particularly fields that are low in fer
tility. Rotation of crops, thorough
tillage and fertilizer are the most i'm
portant weapons with which to fight
this disease, Myers finds.
Ear rots, indicated by molds and
discolorations ranging from pink
through white, gray or brown at har-
vest time, are caused by spores car
ried in the wind. Careful seed selec-
ton and termination tests are the
main line of defense against this dis
ease.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
BADGER COWS GO
TO MANY STATES

More than 5000 Of Wisconsin's fine
dairy cows crossed the state lire to
new owners last year.
Exceeding by 1900 the number
purchased by outside buyers In 1922,
shipments for 1923 went to dairymsn
in 43 states and in many foreign
countries. Iowa, Illinois and Mime
sofa headed the list within the nation
and Mexico was the leading foreign
buyer.
"Areas of cheaper feed production
are the most interested in getting our
dairy cattle" comments Reid Murray,
secretary of the Wisconsin Live
Stock Breeders association, in dis
cussing the fact that most Of the cat
tie went west instead of east.
Iowa increased her importation Of
Badger cattle from 5000 head In 1922
to $4,000 head in 1923. Far-of Aus
tralia took % head last year as COM
pared to only one cow the previous
year. Many new foreign customers
were added to the list last year.
much of the stock bought here
goes to establish new dairy herds il
areas where the farmers are begin
ming to practice diversified farming"
says A. o. Collentine, dairy cattle ex-
tension worker of the Wisconsin Col
lege of Agriculture. He Is in direct
touch with these shipments Other
shipments go to herds depleted by dis
ease revealed by the tuberculin test.
Through careful breeding and selec-
ton, and by steady progress in tuber-
culin testing, Wisconsin has built up
reputation for high-class dairy ami
mails. The result is that the world
Is the market for Badger dairy cows.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
Length Of Time Seeds
Retain Their Vitality

The length of time seeds retain their
vitality varies according to storage
conditions, temperature, moisture, de-
gree of maturity when harvested, and
manner Of curing. The terminating
power of most seeds deteriorates after
the first or second year, being greatest
after three years. Hard-coated seeds,
such as clover and alfalfa, usually re-
tain their vitality longer than soft
coated seeds. The average life for a
few crops is as follows: Alfalfa, six
years; alsike clover, two years; barley,
six months; corn, two years; clover
fred), three years; oats, SIX months !;
cucumber, ten years; wheat, six
months; lettuce, five years pumpkin,
five years; radish, five years; red top,
six years; soy beans, one year; timo-
thy, FIVE years; tomato, four years. It
always pays to test old seeds
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
USE CORN STALKS AS ARMoR
Placed Behind steel Plates on Battle
ship and, When Pierced by Shell,
Fills Gap.

Behind the armor plate Of the mod
ern battleship lies a packing of cellu-
lose six feet thick If the outer armor
plate is pierced by shell the water
reaches the cellulose, which immedi-
ately swells and fills the hole So GER
tain is the action of this material that
all warshlps have been equipped with
the queer jacket. The cellulose is
made from cornstalks. These stalks
are dried for six or eight months and
then cut into short pieces and the pith
extracted. The plth is treated with
chemicals to make 1t f1reproof, and
compressed to one-sixteenth its original
bulk. After being cut into blocks six
inches square it is shipped to the navy
yards.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
Success With Clover
Depends On Factors
Make Simple Test to Deter
mine Needs of Soil.

prepared by the United States Department.
of Agriculture.)
A successful stand of red clover de-
ponds on a number Of factors, the abb
sence of any one of which may seri-
ously affect the crop. A simple test to
determine the needs of the soil on the
farm or in the field where it is desired
to grow clover may be made by setting
aside small plat of ground in the
field for experimental purposes and
trying different treatments of the soil
as regards lime, fertilizers, etc.
An arrangement of a series of eight
plats for such a test is suggested by
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture The strip Of land to be used
for the test should be as near repre-
sentative of the field as is possible to
determine from superficial observation.
Divide it into eight plats of equal size.
Leave the first plat untreated for a
check on the treated plats. On the
second spread lime alone, on the third
lime and phosphate, on the fourth
lime and manure, on the fifth manure
alone, on the sixth manure and phos-
plate, on the seventh phosphate alone,
and leave the eighth untreated for an
other check.
BY this arrangement all the lime and
all Of the manure can be applied to the
experimental plat in one continuous
area. The phosphate alone must be
applied to separate areas, and phos-
plate is the easiest to apply. A ton
Of ground limestone and 250 to 300
pounds of 10 per cent acid phosphate
per acre is suggested unless the land
is known to be very poor in lime, when
two tons of ground limestone may be
applied. In this outline no potash has
been suggested. Potash plats can be
inserted if desired, but over most of
the clover area scarcity of phosphate
is much more common than scarcity of
potash, and by following the outline
suggested here the farmer is likely to
find which fertilizer is best to use.
This outline illustrates the principle
of definite experimentation and can be
varied to suit the kind of information
wanted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
Fancy Eoes Bring the Best Prices.

the hit-or-miss method Of selling has
caused a loss in eggs Of about mil
lion dollars yearly. Most of this loss
Is avoidable. Careful selection Of
eggs for incubation that will build
flock Of quality market egg producers
in so far as color, shape and type are
concerned, is necessary.
Hayes believes that in addition to
clean nesting material and proper
number Of nests, keeping the flock
confined during inclement weather,
home consumption of eggs from stolen
nests, disposing of all males June Of
each year to produce infertile eggs,
and frequent marketing, will tend to
lower the loss and increase the quality
Infertile Eggs Keep Best.
''How often does a producer go to
town and leave the eggs at home be-
cause the case is only partially tilled9
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
d agricuIturists of Villas County and vicinity

Hayes asks. TOO many farms harbor
eggs In the cellar summer kitchens or
living rooms until the quality has di-
minished with the development Of
mold, evaporation or chick growth
One outstanding point all should re-
member Is that an infertile egg will
evaporate but it cannot rot. Shrunken
eggs are adequate for cooking pur-
poses but are not high-quality eggs"
Regulations requiring compulsory
Gambling of market eggs were in effect
from Jane 10 to December 81, 1929,
and these rules will continue each
year as may be ordered by the depart
ment of markets. They are:
l. Rotten eggs are understandable
and may not be sold.
2. Every case of market eggs packed
in Wisconsin must be candled by the
packer and the understandable eggs
removed.
8. Each case of candled eggs must.
be marked by placing one candlingl
certificate inside the case and one on
the end of the case outside.
4. Gambling certificates expire In
ten days.
There are also the rules set by tha
dairy and food commission regulating
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
INDIANS HAD MANY SLAVES
Slavery Was Regular Institution
Among the Many Tribes on the
Pacific Coast.

Slavery was a regular institution
among many of the Indian tribes on
the Pacific coast from Alaska to Cali
fornia. Among many Of these tribes
there was regular slave caste within
the tribe.
The slaves we're originally captives
Of war, and they and their children
were condemned to perpetual hard Ia
Dor, harsh treatment, sale or death at
the will of the masters.
A milder type Of slavery existed
among some of the Atlantic tribes.
Later when they came in contact with
the whites many Of the Southern In
dams, such as the Seminoles, Greeks,
Cherokees and Choctaws, followed the
example of the Europeans and became
owners of negro slaves.--Detroit News,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27

TRAP NEST TO TELL
PROFITABLE FOWLS

One Of the principal objections to
the trap nest generally employed where
Individual records of hens are desired
is that too much time is required to
take the hens out of the nests and re-
cord their achievements. says Orange
Judd Farmer. Many farmers and
poultrymen who would like to know
which hens are profitable and which
not, in their fiocks, will therefore vel
come such nest as pictured herewith.
AS will be seen, the nest is an ordi-
nary box. The front is provided with
a very light door made of single or
other light wood, and swung on a pivot
from the top. Near the middle of the
right-hand side is shown little bar,
also pivoted where it touches the door.
Toward the lower end of this little bar
is notch, which as the door is lifted
engages on the latch on the side
below.
When the hen enters to lay she
lifts the door and disengages the latch.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
Artificial Lights Will
Encourage Fowls to Law

A hen will lay a dozen eggs more
per year If given lights in her house.
This is shown in records kept on 100
poultry farms in New Jersey last win
ter, where lighted and unlighted focks
were compared.
w. II. Allen, poultry specialist at
the New Jersey College Of Agriculture,
describes the three best methods of
lighting as follows: ''the evening lunch
plan'-turn on the lights at o'clock
for one hour; "the morning lighting
plau"-turn On the lights in the morn
ing and at a time that will allow the
birds twelve hours of daylight; s'the
combination plan"-burn the lights
from 6 a. m. until daybreak and from
sunset until 6 p. m. Each Of these
methods has proved satisfactory.
Electric lights are the easiest to regu-
late, but gasoline or oil lanterns may
be used.
Good feeding practices must be fol-
lowed when lights are used or the
flock will get thin and sometimes mott.
Fourteen pounds Of scratch grain
should be fed to 100 layers, feed s
to 10 pounds in a deep, dry litter to-
ward evening. This will insure against
any possibility OF the layers going to
roost without a filed crop. The other
four or six pounds should be fed about
8 a. m.
Mash must be kept before the birds
at all times. A good mash to iced is
the New Jersey dry mash, which con-
sists of equal parts by weight Of wheat,
bran, cornmeal, flour middlings, ground
or rolled oats and meat scraps. There
should be at least one linear foot Of
mash hopper space for every eight
birds.
One hundred pullets laying 35 eggs
day should eat approximately %
pounds of feed day, IA pounds of
scratch feed, 10 pounds of mash and
some miscellaneous feed such as semi
solid buttermilk, mangels. sprouted
oats, or cabbages.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
Agricultural Notes

1t is safer not to farm at all than
to farm halfway.
efficient farming means producing
high grade products at the lowest pos
sible cost.
If you want to throw away money,
leave stable manure exposed in The
barnyard. Three months will slice $25
from 500 worth.
Many a hen and many an incubator
have been blamed for poor hatch.
when the fault lay with the man who
handled the eggs.
How would the man who lets his
horses go three or four days without
fresh bedding "cut up" If his wife
went away for one night and took
with her all the blankets
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27

the sale or offering for sale Of food
not fit for human consumption.
Producer Must Help Candle.
Gambling Of eggs by the producer
is at times advisable to discover either
the blood spots or liver Spots" de-
clares Hayes. ''The percentage Of
these two classes is rather small and
greater effort on the part Of every
producer to produce and market only
quality eggs will be of far greater
value
1.-THE Central West had wonderful
opportunity to break into the fancy
egg trade when the chance is realized.
Cheaper feed, lower cost Of production
and excellent transportation facilities
all tend to bring that time nearer. An
industry valued at $32,OOO,OOO in eggs
produced is not an insignificant side
line. Better markets, however" Hayes
contends, require better quality and
accepted grades"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
FANCY EGG TRADE
NEEDS ARE LARGE
Badger Poultrymen Have
Unique Opportunity to
Get Eastern Customers.

Wisconsin eggs Of excellent quality
are always in demand. At present the
supply of the coveted high-class article
is far from sufficient to meet the call
of the consuming public, according to
]. B. Hayes, poultry extension special
list Of the Wisconsin College Of Agri-
culture.
with a production in excess of
100000 dozen eggs each year and
with the refrigerator car facilities to
meet our dairy industry demand, Wis
consin is in unique position to avail
itself of the needed outlet In the
larger cities Of the East" Hayes says.
He estimates that a deep-seated ac-
ceptance Of things as they are. the
assumption on the part of producers
that eggs are small side line, and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27

The natural condition of Indian life.
was warfare between neighboringl
tribes; peace was more unusual than.
war. Youth were trained for war.
War raids had so diminished the num-
bers Of Winnebagoes before the COM
ing of the white man that they we're
much less powerful as a tribe than IN
the earlier day. This condition led to-
the intrusion Of other tribes, and in
the Seventeenth century came the'
Sank, Foxes, Miami, Mascouten, Pot-'
tawatomi, and Menominee to share thel
goodly heritage of Wisconsin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
Reduce Damage by Weeds
by Clean Farm Methods


Weeds will probably always be with
us. BY the use Of good farming
methods their damage can, however,
be held at low figure Clean seed
should be the first consideration. It
may be bought from a reliable farm
er or seed firm and the state expert
ment station will test it free Of charge
for weed seed. If home grown seed
is used and you know certain weeds
went to seed in the field, then a good
tanning mill will remove the weed
seeds.
After clean seed comes crop rotation.
While certain weeds thrive in wheat
or oats, they are easily destroyed by
clear cultivation as practiced in the
cornfeld. Other weeds that persist in
corn can be smothered by heavy crops
of grain or sorghum. 1t is by study
ing weeds and knowing why they are
weeds that we can discover their weak
spots and destroy them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
Lice-Killing Powder Is
Bic Help to Turkey Hen

Always be sure that the turkey hen
which is sitting on eggs has her plum
age filed full of lice-killing powder
.wice or three times during the hatch
ng, the last time not less than three
lays before the hatch is due. If the
hen is too wild to approach, perhaps
Dne busting will do given two or three
days before the hatch is expected. Ii
he work is done at night. the hen is
ess likely to be frightened and leave
he nest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
Three-Legged Sawhorse
Is Useful Implement

There is a particular advantage in
owning a sawhorse like the one shown
when it is to be used out of doors. The
ground is seldom level, and the horse
with four legs tips back and forth
when one attempts to use it, unless
one leg is blocked, says writer in
Successful Farming.
The horse is made in the usual way,
with the exception Of one end. Here
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
Badgers on Dairy Councils

Four Wisconsin men have. been
named to the board of directors of the
National Dairy council which is belt
ing the nation with the "Great Milky
Way" They are: John Cunningham,
Racine county; A. ]. Glover, Jefferson
county; John LeFeber, Milwaukee
county, and Fred Pabst, Waukesha
county. w. A. Foster, manager of the
councils st. Louis branch, is a native
Of Walworth county.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
Important Requirements
in Winter Care of Hens

The important requirements in the
care of the fowls in the winter are
that they should take sufficient exer-
else, have succulent food, and be sup
Piled with some form of protein, such
as skim milk or beef scraps, to take
the place of the insects which they
consume in the spring.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-27
At the Ball Game,

She-Who is that man they are all
quarreling with?
Her Escort Why, he's keeping the
score.
She-Ohl And won't he give it upf