The Fargo Journal. (Fargo, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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ROAD
IMPROVEMENT
IMPROVED ROADS IN AMERICA
8ome Startling Facta Given Regard
Ing Unimproved Thoroughfare
In the United 8tatee
There are In the United St&tea a
little more than two million one hun
dred and fifty thousand miles of
roads Of this mileage only one hun-
dred and seventy-six thousand four
hundred and twenty-nine miles are
Improved or eight and two-tenths per
cent of the total according to statis-
tics gathered by the government office
of public roads The Improved roads
are those surfaced with gravel atone
or with some special material
The moBt striking feature of these
tatistlcs is the enormous extent of
unimproved roads In the United
States An expenditure of something
like 3000000000 would be required
to convert the common earth roads
King Road Drag
of the country Into even good gravel
roada That thla la desirable few will
gainsay and that It la becoming nec-
essary under modern conditions and
the relations now existing between
producer and consumer la also quite
generally admitted The increased cost
of hauling over unimproved roada Is
an Immense tax upon the farmer and
those who purchase hla products and
la a restriction on the crops which
can he raised and moved in certain
localities
The Interstate Commerce commis-
sion finds that two hundred and sixty
five million tons of agricultural forest
and miscellaneous products of the
land are hauled to depots for ship-
ment In the course of a year Figured
on a basis of the average haul at the
lpwest average rate over unimproved
roads 23 cents per ton per mile the
cost would be four-hundred-thirty-two
millions four hundred thousand
dollars If the hauling could be re-
duced to one-half the present average
or 11 Me a ton the resultant saving
would exceed 200000000 a year
That auch a saving is reasonable Is
Indicated by the experiences In other
countries and in localities where Im-
proved roads are found The cost of
hauling on such improved roads Is
placed at from 8-to 10 cents per ton
The Introduction of wise and equit-
able road laws and good business
management would it is estimated
save forty million dollars more In the
administration of the country's roads
or leave It for some other use
ARTICHOKE FOR THE TABLE
Vegetable Can Be Grown In Almost
Any Garden and Makes Most De-
Ilelous Change In the Dishes
The artichoke which can be grown
in almost any garden makes a de-
licious change In the vegetable dlBhes
for the table The plant la perennial
but declines rapidly and should be
reset every three years
It is propagated from seed and the
suckers are set out producing edible
heads the second year The heads
are from three to four Inches In dl
Artichoke
ameter and are ready to cut for the
table just before they open
For pickling the heads are often
taken when about half grown The
leaves are sometimes blanched and
eaten and these form the salad plants
which are seen on the market
Corn Crop In Limelight
The failure of the bay crop during
the past two seasons has brought the
corn crop Into the limelight and Its
good qualities have been praised un-
til there is very little to be added
Fix Up the Harness
Now la a good time to look over
the work barneea that have been in
use all summer and make note of the
repairs needed before beginning an-
other season
TO KILL ROADSIDE INSECTS
Right Time to Do Work Is Late
Fall When Cold Weather Has
Set In and Vegetation Dry
In
(By GEO RGB H QLJTZKE)
A great many people have the mis-
taken Idea that the time to burn the
roadside In order to kill the many In-
sects that winter In these places Is
in the early spring of the year
If you will watch closely at auch a
place where the roadside has been
burned In the spring yon will see the
Insects coming out of the ground very
thickly on the warm days
This proves that the Insects were
not killed Most of them are In the
ground and the heat of the fire pass-
ing over them does not harm them
pnd the trash burned from above them
makes It all the easier for the Insects
to come forth
While no doubt a few of them are
killed the majority of them are unin-
jured The right time to burn these road-
sides to do effective work la In the
late fall of the year after the cold
weather has already set In and all the
tender vegetation Is dry
Then If the roadsides are burned
the insects in such places will be kill-
ed by heavy freezing as they usually
do not go very deeply into the ground
but seem to depend on the covering
of trash to protect them from the cold
This Is a great bit more effective
In the killing of the Insects than the
spring burning
Not only does the fall burning of
the roadsides do good by the killing
of the Insects that winter there hut it
also helps to keep the road in better
shape by allowing less Biysw to collect
In the drifts as it usually does in
places where there Is much grass and
weeds
STICK TO THE FANNING MILL
By Grading Our Own Seed We Can
Materially Increase Yield of Our
8mall Grain Crops
No farmer can get any one to take
the same plans In grading his seed
that he would himself Some farmers
claim that It doea not pay to clean
grain
It is a fact that It does not pay very
large returns to clean and - grade
grain before selling it but by grading
our own seed we can materially In-
crease the yield of our small grain
crops
The corn crop of this country has
been Increased millions of bushels by
l' Fanning Mill
Intelligent seed selection All other
grain crops can be Improved by grad-
ing the seed so that only good plump
healthy grains free from all foul
weed-seeds may be grown
The fanning-mlll judiciously used
will do much to Increase the yield of
every small grain-crop and assist in
keeping our fields free from noxious
weeds'
It will take cockle out of wheat
buckthorn plantain out of clover in
fact it can be adjusted so as to handle
all kinds of grain and weed-seeds
If you decide that It pays to sow
good seed and to keep your fields free
from noxious weeds then do not hes-
itate to Invest a few dollars in a fan-
ning mill
Good Poads
& Farm Notes
File the crosscut saw yourself you
will thus soon save enough to buy a
new saw
Weeds crowd the cultivated plants
depriving them of light and space in
both soil and air
Clover and grass seed will nearly
always do best when they can he
Btarted to early growth
The germinating power of the mid-
dle kernels of an ear of corn is much
stronger than that of the tip and butt
kernels
Experts of the department of agri-
culture advocate the use of lime In a
limited and experimental way In ev-
ery locality
No matter whether the corn is
bought or saved from your own farm
It should be stored In a dry well-ventilated
place
After growing a crop of corn the
soil is always In excellent form to
absorb and retain the autumn rains
and winter snows
Alfalfa does not attain maturity un
til the third or fourth year therefore
do not sow it expecting to get tke
best results In less time
Corn treated with a dressing of
plaster and ashes will soon show by
the strong growth and the dark color
of the leaf the effect of the dressing
Keep wide paths shoveled to every
outbuilding Help to open the roads
when heavy snows drift them wheth-
er you are called out by tbe path'
master or not
Don't put off till spring any outside
work that can be done now Clean up
tbe garden haul out manure and
when possible push tbe plowing be-
fore snow files
Take the ost out of your grind
stone before you grind the ax but
do It gradually and not by using too
hot water That would injure the
quality of the stone
CREATION OF
THIS photograph shows the Sacred College of Cardinals in session at the time when Archbishops Farley O’Con-
nell and Falconlo of America and fifteen others were made princes of the church The pope is teen seated
on bis throne and In the latticed gallery on the fight Is the famous choir of the Slstlne chapeL-
HUS SOCIETY WOMEN
Briton Says American Upper
Class Petted too Much
Pralaea Southern Family Life— Pride
In Maintaining 'Lineage Reeelvea
Approval of Wrltar In Eng-
lish Review
'f
London — The American society
woman la severely criticised by Fllson
Young In an article on "American
Characteristics’ In the current Eng-
lish Review
“She la as much pampered and pet-
ted” he saya "as the favorite of an
eastern harem Her life since most
American men are closely occupied
with business la lived almost entire-
ly among women The American
favorites of the harems crowd to-
gether In noisy restaurants in lunch-
eon parties chatting endless nonsense
at the top of their voices thla being
almost their sole distraction poor
things since for women ’no more
than for anyone else (except for chil-
dren and servants who have the lib-
erty to be Insolent and Inefficient) la
there any true liberty In America
"Just as the moment when women
In American society become mature
they cease to live and grow and re-
main half children half dolls
“Before marriage they can do as
they please after marriage they sur-
render both Individuality and liberty
of thought and movement”
So much for the American woman
in society On the subject of Amer-
ican women in the family of the same
writer boldB very different views “If
one takes the family aa the basis of
any atate of community" he says
“and judges it by its failure of success
In the communal purpose then I think
without any doubt one must admit
that family life is one of the very best
things in America
"American families are singularly
united and carry on into mature age
that unity and affection which as a
Man 117 Years Old Dead
Abraham Katlneky Helped to Burn
Moscow When Napoleon Marched
Upon City
Baltimore Md— Abraham Kalln-
sky one hundred and seventeen
years old who helped burn Mos-
cow when Napoleon marched up-
on that city in 1814 and who was be-
lieved to be tbe oldest man In tbe
world died In the Hebrew Friendly
Inn and Aged People's Home on Ala-
qulth street late the other night He
bad been In the home only eight
days having been taken there from a
squalid room on Albemarle street
where he had lived for years
Infirm and feeble from age be
nevertheless put up a vigorous re-
sistance against his rescuers before
be was carried from tbe place by
force He had lived in tbe room so
long that he did not want to leave but
the Hebrew Friendly Inn Society de-
cided to care for him and be was ac-
cordingly taken to the home on Als-
quith street I
After being takpn there he remained
In a semi-stupor until he died Dr
Morris Savage the physician of the
home attended him His son wbo is
sixty-eight years old Morris Waxman
superintendent of the home and Dr
Savage were at his side when he died
He was buried In Mount Carmel
ceremony Services were conducted
by Rabbi Rosenthal of Low Street
Synagogue Over 250 friends and rel-
atives attended Bora in Kiev Kalin-
sky lived with his parents on a farm
until he entered tbe German army
under General Blucher and fougbt
against Napoleon After the war he
THE NEW CARDINALS
rule only last through the period of
childhood v
"There la no pleasanter sight than
that of some well-to-do American fam-
ily In a beautiful and spacious house
In one of the southern states where
the patriarchal life goes on beyond
tlie youth of the children who If they
marry still keep the old home aa their
center and Instead of forsaking It
bring new sons and daughters Into It
or If they be unmarried are com-
rades and friends of their parents
whom as old age ateals on them like
sunset the children In their turn
cherish and care for as they them-
selves were cherished
"This la the ideal of family life
seldom realised anywhere but more
often now In America than anywhere
else"
Lived Close
Death Claims Two Oldest Colored
Women In Washington— One 8
the Other 92
Washington — Two of tbe oldest col-
ored residents of the capital have
been claimed by death recently Mrs
Mary J Wayne 98 years old dy-
ing at her home 816 East Cap-
ital street and Mrs Louisa Wright 92
years old dying recently at her home
918 Twentieth street Northwest
The funeral of “Aunt Mary” Wayne
aa she waa known waa held from Is-
rael African Methodist ' Episcopal
church First and B streets Southwest
the services being conducted by Rev
R K Harris' pastor of the church
assisted by Rev W J Howard and
Rev W H Stevenson Mrs Wayne
who waa tbe widow of Rev I H
Wayne who died in 1868 was born
in 1813 Seven children 15 grandchil-
dren and 10 great-grandchildren sur-
vive her
Arrangements were made to hold
the funeral of Mra Wright from the
settled down on a farm for a while
but after several of his children baa
come to this country and written
home of their prosperity here be de-
cided to come to America and came
direct to this city where he always
lived
Thrice bad be been married hla
last wife who Is eighty-four years old
surviving him Also surviving him are
three children twenty grandchildren
twenty-eight great-grandchlfdren five
great-great-grandchildren and alx
great-great-great-grandchlldren
DIVORCED WIFE MAKES FIND
Decree Twelve Years Ago— Property
Worth 400000 Found In Man’s
Nam — He Must Divide
Seattle Wash — Superior Judge
Boyd G Tillman has issued r decree
giving to Mrs Sarah V Phipps title
to one-baif of a 400000 property in
Seattle ownpd by Luther E Phipps
from whom she was divorced In Chi-
cago twelve years ago Phipps was al-
so ordered to give an accounting of
the property for the last twelve years
Phipps’ whereabouts are unknown
Mrs Phipps alleged that when ebe
obtaineo her divorce her husband set-
tied with her for a few hundred dol-
lars' assuring her that be had llttl
money
Later she learned that h had prop-
erty in Chicago worth 390000 and re-
cently she discovered that he had val-
uable property in Seattle which - he
bad bought in 1896 before their divorce
AT ROME
FORGOTTEN HOARD IS FOUND
Nebraeka Merchant Hid Gold and Sil-
ver In Hie Store— Recovered
- When Building la Raxed
Lexington Neb— Willow Island
Neb has the champion absontmlnded
man While tearing down hla old
tore building after building a new
one Nell McMullen for thirty-five
years the principal merchant of Wil-
low Island found 4600 In gold and
liver that be had bidden at various
times and forgotten McMullen la
eighty years old but la active In busi-
ness He la a bachelor
Wolves Run Deer Into City
Anaconda Mich — Driven from the
hills by tbe deep anows and desperate
hunger banda of timber wolves are
prowling on the outskirts of tbe city
A band of five wolvea pursued a deer
Into the heart of tbe city but were
put to flight by a night watchman
to Century
Metropolitan African Methodist Epis-
copal church M street between Fif-
teenth and Sixteenths streets
"Too Pretty for a Poor Man"
San Francisco— A comoly counten-
ance of a wife la too great a luxury
for a working man William J Gallag-
her told Judge J J Van Nostrand in
the superior court the other day while
testifying In support of his complaint
for divorce from Mra Blanche Gal-
lagher ”1 could not afford to pay for tbe
motor cars which she thought her
good looks entitled her to be sup-
plied” said Gallagher “She also
thought she should wear clothes en-
tirely too expensive for a man earn-
ing only 5 or 6 a day I did the
best I could but she was too pretty
for a poor man and became discon-
tented” After listening to the husband’s de-
tailed recital of his wife’s necessities
the court granted GaUagher'a petition
DOCTORS 0 K POWDER PUFFS
New York Medical Journal Declares
Cosmetics Help Mlladl Keep
Young
New York — Indorsement of mlladi’e
powder puff and rouge pot baa come
from an unexpected source A recent
issue of the New York Medical Jour-
nal the most staid professional period-
ical of the physicians In the east says:
“The use of face creams and make-ups
la universal and the moral aspect of
the question Is becoming settled Our
women now fearlessly and scientific-
ally handle tbe complexion brush th
face cream and the powder puff
Why la the face of a country wom-
an of 60 yeara faded and wrinkled
while the face of a city woman of the
same age frequently Is smooth and
beautiful? On account of protection
against the elements'
WILD HOG TREES A HUNTER
It Charges Party of Four Kllla Dog
and Keeps Man on Limb All
Night
Cumberland Md — While trailing
raccoon on Williams river south of
Webster Springs W Va a party of
four with dogs routed a wild hog bav
ing tuska several Inches long
Tbe bog charged the party It waa
dark and the men being unarmed
ran back to camp where one climbed
a tree
A dog gave battle which lasted fif-
teen minutes At length the hog gave
the dog several rlpa with hla tuska
and the dog fell dead
Tbe hunter remained treed all
night
CAVALIER OF THE DESERT
With a Good Here end a Good Vclea
Life Was Sweet te All ef the
Sene ef Freedom
All was a eon of the sheik and waa
a handsome young cavalier although
the desert sun had burned him al-
most as black aa a negro Hie
costume was that of a regular Turk-
ish soldier— a dirty blue coat with
tarnished brass buttons dirtier blue
trousers just short enough to show a
considerable amount of dirty brown
ankle above the dirty yellow slippers
But aa a free aon of the desert AIL
refuted to wear the fes of Turkish
supremacy and bound hla flowing kaf-
uyyeh with the horsehair ring of tho
Arabs A long scimitar Inland with
silver and gold clattered bravely
against the saddle-bags and a rain-bow-hued
sash waa stuck full of an-
tique pistols and short sharp knives
There was nothing servile or shod-
dy however about Sheik All's bear-
ing no false regrets for the boule-
vards and 'buses of an effete civilisa-
tion but a supreme content with life
aa Allah had ordered 1L All had two
chief asaeta: a good horse and a good
voice
The former he rode at a breakneck
pace with hla accoutrements rattling
like the pans of a runaway peddler
Once In a while however All would
graciously wait for the carriage and
after Inquiring anxiously concerning
our distinguished healths would can-
ter along with us for a few rods sing-
ing to himself In a pathetlo minor
key
They were no hackneyed muslo hall
ditties that he sang for every Arab
Is a poet and an Improvisator A mo-
ment of Intense frowning thought and
then All would raise his head and
gurgle out a new distich of Arablo
gutturals He sang of the speed of
his horse and of the barley In the
khan at Jericho he tang of the beau-
tiful weather — It would have been
about a hundred In the shade If there
had been any shade — he sang of the
magnificent honorableneaa of the Engt
leiee gentlemen ' and especially be
praised the Immense oakrsheesh
which the generous travelers would
aurely bestow at the end of hla Jour-
ney— Lewis Gaston Leary in Scrib-
ner’s Magaxlne
Humor in a Court's Documents
Not more frequently than once In
the span of a man's life doea the court
of claims at Washington contribute
anything to add to the gayety of na-
tions hut there la something of the
light of humor stowed away in one of
the documents which accompany the
court’s findings In the matter of the ‘
claim of Edward Cruselle helr-at-law ’
of Thomas Cruselle deceased against
Uncle Sam
Mr Cruselle made a claim for pay-
ment for certain supplies furnished to
the United States by the testator “for
use for tho suppression of the ’re-
bellion" aa the legal documents
stated it The gooda which Mr Cru-
selle owned and which were seised by
the government and feubaequently used
by the Union troopa as a means of
crushing their Confederate brethren
were “eixty-seven boxes of fine chew-
ing tobacco” The specific brands of
ammunition were “Early Dew”
Choice Gem” and “Peach Leaf:”
The members of the court rather
dodged the tobacco Issue They sim-
ply found that Mr Cruaelle was loyal
to the United States and that the
Early Dew" “Peach Lear and the
rest were seized under General Sher-
man’s famous “forage liberally on the
country” order
Wedding Presente
Wedding presents have for yeara
been a trial both to the donors who
cannot think what to send and to the
recipients who are compelled to ac-
cept what they do not like A bright
notion would be to have a collection
at the church (In a bag not a plate)
for the benefit of the young couple
to which each friend might contribute
the amount of money be would have
spent on a pferhape unappreciated of-
fering This would save him the ter-
rible worry of choosing something
suitable and the bride and bridegroom
the hypocrisy of being grateful for
articles they would rather have been
without Shopkeepers would no long-
er be called upon to supply wares
which appear to cost more than they
do and affection and Incomes would
cease to be estimated by the value of
the gifts they produce since the lat-
ter would be anonymous
-i — r
Remarkable Escape
He was talking very loudly and
boastfully In the railway carriage and
compelling everyone to hear him
whether they wanted to or not
“I’ve been all over Europe In my
time To France a score of times
Italy Germany Spain everywhere
What I don’t know about them isn’t
worth knowing Why I’ve been to
Egypt and I’ve been to Constantinople
ten times at least Funny thing now
the way the dogs are scavengers
there and eat everything In the
streets Awfully dangerous to touch
’em They eat up every scrap of rub-
bish" A young lady tn the corner aald
thoughtfully T really wonder you got
home alive"
And presently a blessed alienee
reigned In that carriage
Against the Fat Man
Somebody again points out that all
prominent criminal! are acrawny per-
sons' Poor fat men! Nobody sends them
any jellies or flowers or tender sympathies
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