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Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18

10 Lovely Furn. II. Hotel. on banks of riy-
er. Lounge bar. Good hotclman can make
good. Has good income. Death. Sac. $40 500
terms. Helen Baker, Maupin. Oregon.
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18
GOOD REASON

The sergeant was asking the
recruits why walnut was used for
the butt of a rife.
Because it has more resistance"
volunteered one man.
"Wrong!"
Because it is more elastic"
''Wrong!"
Perhaps it's because it looks
nicer than any other kind" volun-
teered another, ti1nidly.
Don't be an ass" snapped the
sergeant. Simply because it was
laid down in Regulations.
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18
Ancient Grenadiers

The hand-grenade is a weapon
at least 1000 years old. The Chi
nese used them about 300 B. C. in
Lighting savage tribes, of the south.
These ancient grenades consisted
OF bamboo cylinders, filled with
gunpowder and fragments of met
al. They were hurled at the enemy
and exploded on striking the
ground, scattering destructive
fragments.
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18
POULTRY
HOTEL
Aircraft Opportunities

You can qualify for Aircraft industry. Ma
aonal Schools at Los Angeles. established
80 years can train you TO meet require
uon. Graduates recommended. Industry
growing and will need thousands of addi-
yestigate. Also courses in Diesel and Gas
Engines; Machine Shop; Radio & Tele-
Vision: Electricity or Air Conditioning
ence TO Leslie Taylor. Box a5e, Butte,
Montana.
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18
A Genius

Marget-Hang it, man! If your
car has been stolen, why don't you
communicate with the police?
Target-Pm not worrying about
the car. I'm wondering how they
got the thing to go!
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18

Editor-This isn't poetry, my dear
man. It's nothing but an escape Of
gasi
Hopeful Poet Something wrong
with the metsr7
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18

Country Gen. Mere antile. Auto access, Gas
and oil. Big wheat and farming dist Is r.
hotel. Ideal for large family. Big trade
Leaving state. Sac. 81 $50. S. Z. Loekrie
Metlius, Oregon.
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18

Beautiful Log Tavern. rustic. lovely furn.
Mod; cottages, serv. sta. Good inc, On Mt.
Must. s.. 800. Information. N. +. anthoSST T.
ZigraE, Oregon.
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18

P u: ness GGarasss; fire proof. Good home
$500, terms. Schmauder, Lafayette, ore
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18

CAFE, seats so. Eoing $50 per day. Mod
equip. Big farming and berry town Poor
health. Old age. Comp. details. Sac 50 $50
NJ. otto. 80 Powell Blvd. Gresham, ore.
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18

Duckin Pin Alleys. New mfg. town. Mod.
Details. c. A. CIun. wiilamina, oregon.
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18

DEPARTMENT
FOR SALE

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theatre and shopping dist. Big payroll
town. Comp. equip. New. Yet old est, Com
PEELED to Sac. 5000. f. r. Walt. Bend ore.
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Evening star., 1940-10-26
Glass Wool
Excellent
Mulch
Does Not Harbor
Insects and Is
Weed Free

Some gardeners insist upon using
leaves for mulching, while others
use manure, pine boughs, salt hay
or any other easily obtainable waste
products. Each of these carries with
it some undesirable feature-usually
1t Is weed pest or some disease.
Obviously the harmful element could
be eradlcated by some SterlliZing
process. but few of us can afford
such a luxury.
Most gardeners can affo/' a
mulching medium that is sterile.
The product is glass wool, and it
comes in convenient size rolls. 1t
is the ideal winter cover 1t is weed
less in addition, and costs so little
that we wonder why SO few garden
ers have tried it.
Resembling snow when spread out
over plants, this glass mulch has
an insulating value equal to a snow
covering. Unlike snow, it does not
disappear when mulch is needed
to prevent Windburn.
In spring. when protection is no
longer needed, the glass wool can
be rolled up and stored away for
use the next and many more winters.
Even when stored away during sum-
mer no insects seem to inhabit it,
so you can be certain that they will
not live in it while it is protecting
your plants this winter.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Ideal Season
To Improve
PhlOxes
DoNot Apply Heavy
Mulch Until After
Ground Is Frozen

Phloxes bloom so wonderfully
when totally neglected that we fire.
quently forget them entirely while
they are out of bloom. Better
phloXes are so easily produced that
We often wonder why gardeners
fail to do something about them.
Fall, just when they are ready to
go to sleep for a long rest, is the
ideal time to do something for them.
Try light cultivation and cover
the ground around the plants with
a heavy coating of bone meal. An
allowance of one full pound of bone
meal to each plant is none too much.
Work it into the soil and winters
rains and thawing snow will carry
food to the phlox roots when they
are ready to absorb it. Do not fear
damage from GENERALIZATION. The
food in bone meal becomes so slowly
available that burning and other
damages never happen.
Apply a heavy mulch to phloxes
after the ground has frozen solidly.
Remember: The mulch must not
be applied until after the soil is
solidly frozen. If you have expert
enced difficulties with the few
diseases to which phloxes are sub
ject, spray the soil with lime sulphur
before the mulch is applied If a
mulch of tobacco stems is used, the
benefits will offset the low cost of
this by-product of tobacco factories.
In spring the mulch can be turned
into the soil, where, when mixed
with the bone meal, it will add other
fertilizing elements.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Evergreens
Must Have
Moisture
Watering Cannot
Be Neglected in
Winter Months

When you have figuratively put
your garden to sleep for the winter,
you will heave sigh of relief How
ever, don't sigh too early or for too
long a period. because there is much
to do in garden over winter. There
are those newly planted trees. Are
they standing the wintry winds we'll
enough or do they need more
bracing?
How about the rhododendrons
and azaleas? If the fall has been
dry and hot, it is more likely that
the rhododendrons will need water
ing up until Christmas. This applies
with greater force to those gardeners
who live where zero temperatures
are the rule. Remember: Ever
green plants breathe through their
leaves all winter: they exhale water
vapor. and if soil water is not re-
placed with the hose they may
perish.
And above all else, do not let
weeds get good start. Yes, many
of them flourish in cold weather.
They make underground roots and
little top growth. Wherever they
are noticed, pull them out and
lessen your spring wedding problem.
Then, when you cannot find a
thing to do outdoors, start with
planning next seasons garden. A
rough sketch, done to scale, will be
a big help in early spring.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Start Now
OnSpring
Garden

AS the outdoor garden season
comes near its close is the time to
start work on the spring garden.
Spring gardens are not made in the
spring; the groundwork, at least,
is laid in the fall.
BY taking advantage of all mod
crate periods, the debris may be
cleaned from the old garden and
much done to improve the tilth or
mechanical condition of the garden
to be made in the spring. BY doing
the rough spading now, it will be
possible to SOW several weeks earlier
in the spring. Further, this roughly
spaded soil will dry out after only
a day or two of balmy weather.
Broken up after freezing weather,
it will be ready for raking long
before unspaded ground will have
dried sufficiently to allow even the
toughest work.
When spading, incorporate what
ever manure or humus additions
will be made to the soil. 1t, too,
will benefit from frost action, and
the bacteria in the manure will have
an opportunity to distribute them
selves evenly throughout the soil.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Yellow.Wood Trees
Give Good Shade

At this time of year many prop
erty owners are thinking about
shade trees. One tree that has been
largely overlooked, although it is a
native, is yelloW-wood or Cladrastis.
This beautiful tree grows wild in
North Carolina, Kentucky and Ten
nessee-although it is perfectly
hardy throughout nearly all portions
of the United States.
Yellow-woods have handsome
pinnate foliage and a well-grown
specimen frequently surpasses a
height of so feet. These trees grow
in most types of soil that are we'll
drained and fertile. Best of all,
yellow-woods are practically immune
to damage from insect pests. The
trees bear handsome clusters of
white flowers in early June.
Actually, this is one of our most
desirable trees for lawns and parks.
It is much more desirable than the
sycamores or planetrees and naples
so frequently planted and is not so
hard on grass. While yellow-woods
may be propagated by seeds sown
in the spring and by root cuttings
kept over winter in moderately cool
and moist sand or moss, 1t is recon-
mended that the amateur buy
well-grown young tree from a
nursery.
Evening star., 1940-10-26

the tiny buttons-Wee Dot, Irene
and Cheerfulness. Among the single
Koreans, Mars, Ceres, Daphne, Hebe
and Diana are widely grown. Two
new double Koreans. King Midas"
and The Ember," offer promise as
garden varieties.
In selecting chrySanthemum va
rieties for the garden one should
note particularly the date of flower
ing as given in most reputable cata-
logues AS mentioned above, some
varieties may bloom too early. We
have very little need for their
flowers before October, for until
then our gardens are usually filled
with zinniaS, marigoldS and other
free-foWering ANIMALS. Beginning
in October. however, when the an
nualS are apt to have been cut off
by frost, we want flowers that will
carry on until freezing weather sets
in. Thus we are primarily interested
in those that flower in october. Such
varieties may normally be expected
to continue in flower until freezing
weather cuts them off in November.
There are many ways to use chrys-
anthemumS in the garden. Some
gardeners scatter clumps throughout
the borders. while others use them
in front of the shrub borders. How
ever. one way not commonly fol-
lowed is to grow them in the veg
etable garden, where they are cul-
tivated and fertiliZed until Towering
time. Then the clumpS are lifted
and put into the perennial border.
Occasionally we find gardener who
pots up a number of strong bushy
specimens for use on the porch and
indoors.
A large bed of chrysanthemums
makes a splendid show. but in the
limited space available in most yards
this is not very desirable practice.
If a solid bed is to be devoted to
them it might we'll be in the vege-
table garden except in large yards.
The culture of chrysanthemums
is comparatively simple. They need
dividing in early spring. A single
shoot is taken and planted in we'll
enriched soil. The shoots are small
and it is difficult to get many begin
ners to plant them far enough apart.
Actually they should be planted 2
feet apart in well-prepared soil.
Then, if properly pinched and wa
tered, as we'll as fertilized, you will
find them growing into bushy speci-
mems that so fill the space that it is
difficult to work among them.
Another reason for wide spacing
is that the eelWorms (nematodes)
that destroy the foliage spread by
contact and so if We are to keep this
pest from spreading We should set
the plants far enough apart so that
the foliage does not touch.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Black Locust
Will Grow
Rapidly
Borers Controlled
BY Using Spray of
Sodium Arsenate
Star Sta H Photo
BY A. E. MCLEAN.

One OF our native trees that has
always been held in high esteem is
Black Locust, but it has been used
mostly for fence posts and not so
much as it should be for orna-
mental purposes.
The scientific name of this Amer
lean species is Robinia pseudoacacia.
There are several different varie-
ties and all have been much appre-
clated in Europe Perhaps the main
reason why Black LocuStS are not
being planted much in America is
that they are attacked severely bv
locust borers. Several methods are
followed in controlling the borers.
The most effective, particularly in
protecting large trees, is a spray o.
sodium arsenate applied to the
trunks in early summer.
Known commonly as both Black
and Yellow Locust, this tree bears
handsome, compound, blue green
foliage and fragrant clusters of
white, pea-like flowers in midspring.
1t grows rapidly. and a specimen
may eventually reach a height of
IS or so feet.
Locusts will grow on any we'll
drained soil-even on rather light
and poor soils, and being leguminous
plants, they build up the fertility
OF the soil. Sometimes on really
light soils they sprout badly from
the roots, but this can be controlled
easily if the sprouts are removed
as soon as they are seen.
The variety known as Shipmast
Locust, which nurseries are now
propagating from cuttings. is mar
row in habit and produces small side
branches arising from a straight
central trunk.
There are several other forms.
One produces a thick head of UNI
brella type: this is bessoniana. Then
there are lovely forms with pink
flowers. You can also obtain some
of the shrub types. such as Robinia
hispida and r. viscosa grated or
budded on Black Locust stems. One
of these specimens is an outstand-
ing small tree Towering in the
spring. Both species are naturally
shr' Y and bear very handsome
pin lowers, but they do not grow
very high. They spread rapidly
by sprouts from the roots. so that
sometimes they become a nuisance.
When budded on Black Locust this
trouble is overcome, and the hardy
acasKs," as people call them, are
sure to be- much admired.
Evening star., 1940-10-26

tiiC liiOot dIti dCllVC dllO Wcll hilOWll
Sego lily, c. nuttalli, seen by some
Of the early visitors to national parks
in the West, bearing brilliant white
flowers with gold and maroon mark
ings on 12-inch stems. In many
gardens it may prove satisfactory
substitute for tulips A most dainty
little native is Hypoxis hirsuta,
which puts forth clusters of little
shiny yellow stars against foil of
short grassy foliage 6 to 8 inches in
height and blossoms over a long pc
rlod in May and June in sun or
shade with only moderate drainage.
I have seen meadows carpeted with
1t in the Alleghanies in Southwest
Virginia, where it grew with Indian
paint brush and Lilium superbum.
Calypso bulbosa blooms very early in
the spring. bearing attractive and
dainty little flowers Of deep rosy
purple and then is gone. It grows
well in sun or shade in good friable
soil and is thoroughly hardy. AS soon
as the bulbs have ripened they may
be dug and stored, absolutely dry
and cool, until October. permitting
the space to be used for summer
planting, although this is not so con-
duclve to increase.
Ornitholgalum umbellatum, or
Star of Bethlehem, is a dainty, star
like dubious plant which is seen in
great profusion around many old
gardens and home sites where it
has vigorously naturalized itself and
stood all sorts of abuse in sun and
shade. It's little white stars are
borne on three-inch stems above
clumps of foliage resembling crocus.
While it can become pest, it is
easily kept under control and COM
pensates for that fault by being
rapid of increase, amenable to a
wide range of temperatures and
being useful for naturalizing within
certain limits.
1t is difficult to see how one gar
denS without Iris recticulata and
its near relatives of the dubious iris
group. whose native habitat is scat
Evening star., 1940-10-26

material Halloween table
perfect foundation for the but
to flower
bottom of the squash make stand level Fan
threaded through little holes
opposite sides of the squash
filled with flower holder twg
Brilliant
beautiful usual they this squash
wheat and several small tails will enhance the
composition
itself sized Of Indian
ntemnged
wonderfully and cooru Differently COL
masks placed here and there cnterpiece
provide sophi
resist
Halloween
dpaned cork stuck with his hat and features
Maybe Mr. Cornhad will
your fruits could
buffet table entry hall equally well
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Substitutes Must Be Found
For Small Bulbs Suitable
For Spring Rock Gardens
Well to Consider the Natives
That Are Easily Cultivated
Under Local Conditions
BY ROBERT C. MONCURE.

there domestic supplies OF cou and other
small available which
been obtained from Holland they plentiful 1t
supplies built of possible
England.
crnum lily the Black Hills adjoining
Rocky Mountain April and
cesson OF sem little h-ke waxy white flowers OF delightful fra
late spring full
2nch covering of fine gravel oamn such location will
Another
conditions a
and hairy blossoms creamwhite soft yellow
borne 8nh OF there likewise Pacific
varieties Calochous which beautiful varying degrees
hardness the Washington refrain from mentioning
Evening star., 1940-10-26

tered throughout Asia Minor. Cau-
casus and Persia. They should all
be planted in good soil. well pro-
tected, well drained and in full sun
and appreciate the addition of lime
to the normally acid soil Of this
vicinity. Iris reticulata. with its
characteristic purple flowers on
three-inch stems offset by yellow
spots on the falls, is one OF the first
flowers to appear in late February
or early March and may also be
forced in pots for use inside. There
is likewise a beautiful and almost
unobtainable blue form named
Cantab. However, If I were al
lowed only one iris in my garden
it would be Iris hiStroides major,
larger and even harder flower of
bright blue with white blotches on
the falls and narrow orange crest.
a plentiful stock of which I am glad
to say is now available in this
country, although still moderately
expensive. There is also available
an eYen rarer gem, Iris danfordiae,
a small yellow flower with black
reticulations on the falls, remind
ing me somewhat of a crocus. An
eminent plant explorer told me that
it is very rare in the wild in Asia
Minor. All of these iris fully dem
onstrated their hardness last winter.
A dainty and vigorous native of
Argentina is strangely most hardy
in the vicinity of Washington and
further north, if planted in full sun
with good drainage. 1t will with
stand almost any amount of drought
and will grow in heavy or light soil,
as long as we'll drained. This flower
is Tritelia uniflora and its small pale
violet blossoms with white center
appear over a long period in spring
and then disappear until another
year, in the meantime having in
creased with great rapidity. 1t is
a most attractive flower and should
be more widely used, even for
naturalizing.
Evening star., 1940-10-26

There no need to buy it if you haze tiny cor.
ner of ground 1Vhere it may gr01v to fragrant ma.
turity, and be gathered to enhance the Sweetness
of the linens on the closet shelves. Part of the
ciub shosvn here has been sheared back after cut.
ting for sachefs to encourage grouth for neat
season.
Evening star., 1940-10-26

There is still time to pot up few
chrysanthemums for indoor use.
The smaller and bushier plants
Evening star., 1940-10-26

named, is PROBABLY the best known.
There are number of others, some
of which are we'll worth growing,
and there are some of doubtful
merit. Most of this group flower
IN the late summer, perhaps too
early in some years. They are
compact growers and do not need
to be pinched back. They do re-
Qlllre division, however, if they are
to thrive and flower as they should.
Like the other types they need
liberal feeding and full sunshine for
best results.
A still newer group of hardy early
Towering chrysanthemums has re-
Gently been released to propagatOrS
by the United States Department
of Agriculture. They, too. are early
Towering, but lack the compactness
and low growth of the aZaleamums.
In some respects they are of greater
use to the home gardener than the
dwarfer ones, since they come in
and hence are better as cut flowers.
Also, they are harder than the
Koreans. Most of this group may
be recognized by their Indian
names. Their culture is the same
as that of the preceding groups.
Another development is the "arcti-
cum hybrid resulting from a cross
between a Korean and the Shasta
daisy. which is botanically chrys-
anthemum. The best known of this
group is Astrid. a lovely pink
suffuSed with salmon. AStrid does
not like transplanting and hence
improves with age, whereas most
chrysanthemums do best If lifted
and divided each spring.
This brings us to urief COLI
sideration of the hardy" chrys-
anthemums. which include the
garden varieties of more or less late
Towering habit and which are able
to withstand light freezes without
injury. For the most part they
flower so late in the season. late
yQctober and early November-that
De seldom enjoy them to any great
extent. In protected dow town
gardens they are useful and rela-
lively satisfactory. In the more
exposed areas, however, the early
Towering varieties and types are
more desirable.
In the coming chrysanthemum
shows, such as those now scheduled
by Woodbridge for October % and
Takoma for October 3O-31, one will
see a splendid display of the many
kinds and types suitable for this
area. However, most of us have our
favorites. Early Bronze, Granny
Scoville, Crimson Splendor, Jean
Cumming, the Doty group (white,
pink and bronco, Jean Treadway
and Indian Summer are some of
mine. Others of popular interest are