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The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
Little Real Progress
in the Passing Years

If we 60 back to life as 1t was led
about 1000 B. O. in Ur, the ancient
city of Babylonia, we find that peo-
pies minds and manners have not
changed so much as some of us
imagine.
At a recent exhibition at the British
museum of antiquities recovered from
the Or site n could see little pigmies
Of ladies whose dresses had founces,
frills, or accordion plaits. And there
were all sorts of little decorative OBJ
jects, good-luck charms consisting of
the heads of lions, bulls and frogs, and
cornelian necklaces, which are much
worn today by those who are attracted
by the frequent occurrence of the cor
nelian In recent archaeological discov-
cries.
In those days kings paid tribute to
ladies. Here is an inscription on one
of the tablets found:
ITO Innina, the Great Lady, His
Lady Ur-Engur, the Mighty Hero, King
Of Or, King of Summer and Akkad,
has built Esh Bur- her beloved
House"
Four or five thousand years ago chill
dren, too, had to learn grammar and
arithmetic. Tablets for teaching these
subjects were unearthed, and On n
Of these was the inscription, 1.-THE
Property Of the Boys School,"
But the children played also; the
model Of a baby's rattle is among the
discoveries.
Industrial life seems to have been
very rigidly organized; in fact it had
many points In common with Bolshe-
vik rule In Moscow. Tablets were
found on which lin the form of twelve
columns) the accounts Of a factory run
by a temple were, recorded. The tenn
pie received wool from the farmers as
1.-THE or rent, and distributed it to
women slaves or sub-contractors for
weaving.
A strict account was kept Tin dupli-
cate) Of the receipts, of the weight Of
wool issued, Of the amount and quality
Of the cloth returned, Of the measure
ments specified, and Of the names of
the persons to whom payment was
made, all of which was Endorsed by re
celving officers and witnesses.
No ca canny wal allowed. Payment
was made in rations Of food, and these
varied according to the production of
each individual worker.
There was little sentiment. An old
woman got no more than a child.
Death and sickness were carefully
noted. SO that pay in the one case
might cease and In the other be u IS
pended-Vancouver Province.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
Check Book
Accounting

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Farmers who do most of their bust
ness by check. with little effort, keep
a very satisfactory account OF the to.
tai farm receipts and expenses. Two
things are essential for the success Of
this method:
First. All money received from any
source, whether in cash or by check,
should be deposited in the bank. BY
doing this the record OF deposits will
give the entire farm income. Most
important of all, 1t insures against any
moneys being spent without a check
or stub to show for It..
Second. When drawing checks, care
should be used to state for what pul-
pose drawn. In this way the check
stub will give an itemized of
the farm expenditures.
Under this system, checks for mon
ey for personal use are drawn in the
same way as for any other purpose. At
times the purchase Of minor articles
for farm use will require cash when
the amount is SO small that 1t is not
desirable to use a check; therefore,
to have an exact record a memoran-
dunn of the farm items which are paid
out Of the money checked out for per
sonal use is needed. That is, these
items should be charged to the farm,
but they are really paid out of the
pocket money which is charged on the
check book to the personal account.
A memorandum of produce exchang-
ed for groceries is also necessary, as
there is no cash transaction in such
cases.
In using this system it is better to
have a large book Of checks, which, II
the farm business is of moderate size,
the banker will gladly furnish with
the checks numbered and the owners
nam printed on them. A check book
of this kind will generally last for a
year, thus the advantage of having all
the accounts in one book. This check
book system as an aid to keeping q.
nancial accounts on the farm is very
simple and will prove valuable to a
large number of men whose business
is adapted to it.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
British Doctors May Write

Within the membership of the Brit
Ish Medical association there Is a
movement under way to unfetteR the
members SO that they may write pop
ular articles without being in danger
Of ethical violations. In the United
States doctors have long been allowed
to write without impairing their pro-
fessional standing. The new dis
closures in cancer research are partly
responsible for the movement, as some
eminent authorities apparently think
they have something worth telling to
the public by way of the printed word.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
Slow GrOsDth or Oaks

England's famed oaks are disap-
pearing. Many oaks were cut down
during the war, as the wood was ur-
gently needed. Said a botanist: s"The
wood Of an oak Is not really any good
until the tree Is four hundred years
old. and people today cannot afford to
grow oaks for posterity. Originally
large parts Of England were covered
with oaks. The tree Is almost a rar-
ity now In some places. It is said
that an oak takes 400 years to grow
to full size, is mature for another 400
years, and takes 400 years more TO
decay. In some / should say
Mis is true
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
FERTILIZER HINTS FOR
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

Try giving the celery frequent appli-
cations of nitrate of soda, 100 pounds
to the acre.
Use nitrate of soda at the rate Of
six pounds to a 25x5O foot lawn, to oh
tain a highly colored greensward.
Use common salt on the asparagus
he'd, If you can't break away from ira
dition, but potash salts are much bet
ter.
To derive the greatest. benefit from
manure use fresh manure on heavy
soils and w~ell-decayed on light soils.
Grow clover or other nitrogen gath
ering plants, or even rye. as a catch
crop after the crops have been har-
vested, in order to improve the soil
This advice holds good for the small
est garden.
To insure the best development Of
Strawberries, top-dress with nitrate or
soda just after the fruit sets.
Coal ashes contain no plant food,
but improve the mechanical condition
Of heavy soils.
Use nitrate of soda to force toma-
toes, but only In small quantities.
small teaspoonful at the base Of each
plant every other week.
To enrich the lawn, use hardwood
ashes and fine bone MEALS pounds
OF the former and six Of the latter to
a 50x100 foot plot.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
GHOST SEEMED TO
HAVE LAST LAUGH
Dissertation of GraUe Made
LoGfer reform"

The story was told by the Rhode Is.
lander to show that ghosts, like the
father of unhappy Hamlet, sometimes
3stalk the earth to right a wrong. In
this case the ghost was Big Bear
chieftain Of the Narragansetts, who,
until he was disturbed by q bump
tious relic hunter. had slept peacefully
since the days of Roger Williams amid
the wooded heights of a quiet New
England village, and the wicked Caud-
ius was Pardon Pnlbeck. the village
ne'er-do-well, according to the New
York Times.
Our village" said a Rhode Islander,
must have been a stamping ground
for the aborigines. You could pick up
stone arrowheads everywhere, but we
did not think they possessed any in
trinsic value until an archeologist
collected several bushel and sold them
at a handsome profit. We set out to
emulate him. Unfortunately, he had
gone over the ground thoroughly and
the only place left was the Indian
burying ground. But none Of US
thought Of disturbing those ancient re-
mains.
~Pardon Pillbeck had lived for 40
years on the bounty of relatives. He
looked upon work as drudgery, but en-
listed in the search for the Indian rel
les with boyish enthusiasm. One night
while we were discussing the possible
ties of finding arrowheads, the door
vas darkened by his unaccustomed
presence. We did not have to be told
that he had met with a stroke of good
fortune. He was chuckling gleef9lly
to himself. Surveying US triumphant
ly. he fished from his pockets ar
rowhead after arrowhead. They were
beautiful beyond description. Last he
brought to light a handsomely carved
tomahawk.
"He had opened the Indian graves
and then clumsily rified them. Natu-
rally, feeling against Pardon ran high.
| think he might have been lynched
If he had been found. But he had
disappeared completely. Weeks passed
without so much as an inkling Of him,
and the story grew and persisted that
the ghost Of Big Bear had risen up.
pursued and slain him. Years passed
and still no tiding of the luckless
fellow.
"Some fifteen years later business
took me to a small town in western
Pennsylvania. After supper I strolled
down the main street. In the center
Of the square a big man with flowing
gray hair was extolling from an eIe-
waited platform the medicinal qualities
Of a remedy for all ills. Beside him
stood a bulky Indian in the full regalia
of his tribe. AS I drew nearer I
recognized beneath the war paint Of
the Doctors companion the sodden fea-
lures of Pardon Pillbeck.
Later he told me the story. He had
indeed d~esecrated the grave Of Big
Bear. the Narragansett chieftain. Re
turning to his home with his ill-gotten
spoils, he had encountered the ghost
Of the chieftain. The ghost had forced
him to don the habiliments Of his tribe
and become the slave of a fake Indian
medicine man."
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
Odd Occupation,

A recent trial of a tangle of domestic
troubles in a New York court brought
to light an odd occupation. The mans
wife said he worked in a barber shop,
and didn't bring home any of his tips.
The husband protested that he was not
a barber but a "capper.' Answering
a question from the court for an ex-
PLANTATION Of his occupation, he said
that he put on a BARRIERS coat, and
stood in the doorway. Customers
he said. duck in as long as there is
a barber standing idle in front of the
shop" The proprietor seems to profit
by it, as he pays the "capper" $35 a
week.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
What Really Happened

my last boy, Bearcat, took a notion
yeste'd'y to ride the yearling calf
backwards related Gap Johnson of
Rumpus Ridge. "He hoped on, the
calf gave a heller and tore up the road
right toward the church. It was Sum
day and the door was open, and four,
five, dogs were sleeping around the en-
trance. What do you reckon hap
penedT"
'eWhy-dad-burn itl-anybody could
tell that. The calf with the boy on his
back and the dogs grabbing at every
corner busted right into the church,
ran mp the aisle and scrabbled up into
the poIe-pit."
"Nopel The vermint flung Bearcat
off, turned around and ran home."-
Kansas City Star.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
Made Valuable Find

Finding q California redwood log is
almost al good as finding a gold mine
or SO, says George Walker, Of Cannon
Beach, Ore. He dug up a redwood
which was partly buried by the sand.
He worked two days with a team and
gcraper and then began saving 1t up
In lumber lengths. He estimates that
he has taken $1,000 worth of lumber
out of the log and has cut 80 circular
dining table tops worth $T5 each. The
log was s feet through and 80 feet
long. The rings show that 1t was Ave
hundred and t~wenty-seven years old.
It had lain in the same place for many
years and no one realized Its value.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
Land ssRecIaimed''

At Turner'S Falls, Mass, on a tract
of high, sandy land considered
worked out" and abandoned for
farming long ago, the local electric
service company has for several years
past been conducting a model cleo
trically irrigated farm. Now approx
imately 20 acres are under cultiva-
ton and produce an income Of from
$500 to $500 an acre. Water for this
irrigation is pumped from the Connec-
ticut river, 175 feet below the level of
the farm, by electrically run irrigation
pumps. Not only is this farm-pro-
ducing garden truck" but also high
grade leaf tobacco and small fruits.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
Spain rs Per Cent Jewish

It was 432 years in July since the
Jews were expelled from Spain, but
Ibanez, the famous Spanish novelist,
a Y that Spain is now three-quarters
Jewish. Ferdinand and Isabella signed
the decree that expelled the Jews, but
leading writer's In commenting upon
the anniversary say that 90 per cent Of
the Spanish population are distinctly
Semitic in appearance. The military
orders, in accepting candidates, de-
mand that they show eight generations
Of pure Spanish stock.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
PROPER HEAT AND AIR
IN RRooDER IMPORTANT.

Bringing off a good, strong hatch
is only the beginning Of the process
Of chick raising. The best of success
in this line may be turned into a fail.
use because the brobding ih improper
ly done. And yet artificial brooding is
not a difficult or complicated process.
There are just a few essentials which,
II given common-sense attention, will
bring success.
Too much emphasis IS laid upon
feeding in the early stage and too lit
tie on proper temperature and pure
air. Whether homemade or purchased
the brooder should be heated in such
a way as to put the temperature up
der easy control OF the attendant. Get.
ting the chicks too warm is just as
easy as getting them too cold. The
best plan is to have comfortable heat
in one compartment of the brooder.
but with the free access to a second
compartment where the temperature
is a little lower so that the chicks may
go there If the other is too warm to
suit them. They soon learn to go
from one compartment to the other.
Other essentials in a brooder are
fresh air that is constantly available
and the admission Of sunlight when
outside temperature permits, although
the latter is not Of as much impor-
lance as fresh air. It is not difficult
tolmake and use a home brooder. In the
main, the brooder is simply a box
made as tight as possible, with an
opening near the top for ventilation,
a detachable cover, and a hover sus.
pended directly under this over.
Sometimes the hover is fastened d.
rectly to the under side of the cover.
The hover is usually made of strips of
wooden material such as blankets or
old clothing, and is suspended at such
a height that it will nearly touch the
floor. Natural instinct tells the chicks
to creep under this for warmth and
protection and they are as contented
there as under the mother hen.
A simple but effective way Of pro-
viding artificial heat is to wrap a jug
of good size with old blankets, and
fill It with hot water, setting this In
the brooder.x The water should bo
changed as frequently as needed to
maintain the proper temperature.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
Costly ForgetfuIness

Sergeant Lewis Of the Wilmington
(Del.) police force returned from a
two weeks vacation spent In New
York, beaming with good cheer. He
entered the police station and RECALLED
his colleagues with his adventures
and then went home, where his pleas
ure turned to gloom. He had neglect
ed to turn off the water In the bath
room. Rugs were floating on the first
fIoor and there was a foot of water in
the cellar. The damage is estimated
at $500.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
S. o. S. Sent BY Machine

That the radio operator Of a ship
may have a chance for his life with
the rest Of the crew If the vessel
should sink, a new S. o. s. sending
device has been invented to give au-
tomatically the ships call sign, the
latitude and longitude, and the dis
tress signal. After the machine has
started it will continue sending out
the call until the ship sinks, according
to the inventor. N. Passaquin, a young
French engineer Popular Science
Monthly.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
Coffin to Suit All

Taste in Collins is being educated
by British manufacturers Of such prod
ucts, by mean of an exhibition of cas-
kets in London. A great range Of cot
fms is displayed from the old-fashioned
affair to modern rectangular chests.
They include the mahogany and Chip
pendale style and the oak and Jacobean
style. Both r richly lined with silk.
There are also white collins for babies,
and "earth to earth" collins, which dis
solve and disappear shortly after
burial.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
Egyptian Tirne Diuision

The ancient Egyptians divided the
time OF light and the time Of darkness.
that is, night and day, into twelve
parts, or hours, each. The system
spread throughout several adjacent
countries.
1t followed that In summer, when
the period Of light Is longer than the
period Of darkness. the hours Of the
day were longer than those Of the
night, as each period was divided into
twelve parts.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22

A freak kitten was born. and short
ly afterward killed by It's mother at
Victoria Barracks, Belfast, Ireland.
Two legs were growing out of the
middle Of the kittens back, and at
this point its body was split in halves.
There were two perfect headquarters,
complete with legs and tails. so that
this freak Of nature had eight legs,
two fails. and One head.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
Something for Nothing

Daniel Willard, the railroad mag
nate, said at a dinner in New York:
"The promoter has rather gone out.
We don't hear Of him any more This
is a good thing, certainly Nso far as
one type Of promoter is concerned
the type Pierpont Morgan once de-
scibed as
THE mar who'll provide the ocean
If we VIII provide the ships'r
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22

Handles or all new tools, such as
hoes, forks, spades, otc., should be
oiled when first purchased. Two coats
of linseed oil applied hot will make
them last better and there will be less
breakage n this kind.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22
When to Turn Glover Crop Under.

When to Turn Glover Crop Under.
The state at which a clover crop
should be turned under depends upon
the soil, weather conditions, and the
crop that is to follow. When corn is
to be planted on crimson clover land,
the clover should be turned under
just when the bloom begins to appear.
The crop at this stage viii contain
about the maximum amount Of plan;
food. Besides 1t win decay much
more readily than if permitted to
reach full maturity. It may be neces-
sary to turn the clover under a little
earlier, in order to get the corr plant.
ed at the proper time.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22

The careful poultryman. who looks
after details. has the roosting quarters
for his flock as comfortable as it ID
possible to make them, in summer as
well as in winter. Birds that are forced
to roost in a hot, poorly ventilated
house are weakened and, aside from
causing a diminished egg production,
they become more susceptible to dis.
eas outbreaks.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-22

Many a fool nan goes lame trying
to work a rabbits foot instead Of hia
own hands. as~
International., 1925-07-13
FUENTE TO BE PLACED
ON TRIAL ON TUESDAY

Tony Fuente, and Sailor Nc
Carthy, said to be Nick Nieman of
Los Angeles, will go on trial at
Yuma, tomorrow, on charge of
violating an Arizona law, making
it a misdemeanor to stage
framed" boxing match.
Al Lopez, Fuente's manager;
"Pop" Neahs, McCarthy's manager
and Promoter Charles Garcia will
also be tried on similar charge.
The arrests grew out of the bout
staged at Yuma, Friday night, in
which Fuente knocked out Nc
Carthy in the second round.
International., 1925-07-13
Continued on page 13)
TEAM
QUITS ARIZONA LEAGUE

The directors of the Glendale
team of the Arizona State Base
ball League, have decided to dis
band the team following the close
of the first half of the 1925 sea-
son, it was announced following a
meeting Wednesday noon at Glen
dale.
Although the Glendale players
were paid off Wednesday and were
released from further playing with
the club, plans were made for the
club to complete the schedule for
the first half and to come here
Sunday to meet Nogales in the
last game of the first half of
Glendale.
The first half for Nogales, Globe
Phoenix and Mesa, ends on July
10.
International., 1925-07-13

On three charges-beating
$29.95 hotel bill, passing a bad $40
check, and going under an assumed
name-Norman Shearer, who
fought under the name of frankie
Russell at the bouts staged at the
bull ring in Nogales, Sonora, a
week ago Saturday night, is under
arrest at the county Jail. The
check was passed at the Cave.
Shearer is the handsome young
American who fought a four
round draw with Battling Cana
nea, one of the preliminaries to
the Fuente-Commers fiasco. He
will be remembered by early risers
as the Individual who made habit,
attired in tights, of leaving local
hotel at 6 o'clock every morning
for a week or so for an early
morning hike down Morley avenue,
prior to the bouts at the bull ring.
Shearer claims TO be a brother
International., 1925-07-13
"FRAIJKIE" RUSSELL, ONE OF PRINCIPALS IN
LOCAL BOUTS, UNDER ARREST AT LOCAL JAIL

of prominent motion picture act
ress at Hollywood and is also to be
a remittance youth, that is a
person receiving monthly allow
ance from relatives. He claims
his mother sends him 800 a
month, and according to Deputy
Sheriff James Hathaway, he wrote
his sister couple days ago and
asked her to send him hundred
if his mother failed to do so.
Shearer also goes under the
name Of Forrest Jordan, it was an
,nounced by Hathaway.
With Shearer in Jail here, and
Fuente, Promoter Charles Garcia,
ct al at Yuma, several of the prin-
cipals in the Fourth of July bouts
here, are on "the inside looking
out", with prospects of trip to
Florence where they may stage
some bouts behind the gray walls
Of the state penite entiary.
International., 1925-07-13

In a game featured by good
playing on both sides, Glendale, the
cellar champs, defeated Nogales 5
to 1 yesterday afternoon at the
high school grounds. It was Glen
dale's last appearance, the team
disbanding at the close of yester-
days game.
The result Of the game was the
greatest surprise of the season IN
local baseball circles. Quite a num-
ber of fans remained at home as
Q result of having been lead to be-
Heve by would-oe "wiseacres'
that the contest would be a one
sided affair and an easy victory
for Nogales.
The pitching of Baugh, and es-
pecially his Tightening up in the
pinches, was the big factor in the
defeat Of Nogales. The inability
Of the Internationals to hit at
critical stages was partly re-
sponsible for their defeat. The In
ternationals played better defen-
sive hall than Glendale although
tns-, rere outhit 13 to 9, and
Awcr1an1~ .ssued two passes. The
playing ludlow, first baseman
for GlenG.l4e, was one of the feat
ures of the game. Baugh pitched
one of the best games witnessed
here this season and undoubtedly
now that Glendale is out of the
league some other team will be
quick to sign him up. Awerkamp
struck out nine of the Glendale
players but the breaks of the game
were greatly against him, owing
to Glendale punching hits.
Although the defeat yesterday
puts Nogales out Of the running
for first position in the first half
Of the league season, The Nogales
international, and fans in general
are firmly convinced the locals
will finish in first place in the
second half Of the season, as there
is no doubt but what the Interna-
International., 1925-07-13
TONY FUENTE AND PROMOTERS JAILED
ON CHARGE STAGING FRAMED FIGHT

that time was with Eddie Huff
man of the Pacific fleet to whom
he lost close decision in Vernon.
After several months spent in
Arizona, he met Sandy Moore in
Mexicali three weeks ago and
knock him out in the second
round. Both his fights since that
time have ended in the second
frame.
"Nealis, who was arrested last
night, is well-known boxing
promoter of the coast, and bears
there a reputation for integrity,
according to local fight fans"