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STIMSON APPROVES NEW BILL
The enlisted men, it is provided,
shall receive compensation at the same rate as the enlisted man ot the cor
responding grade of the regular army at the rate of 25 per cent, of the initial
pay now provided by law for enlisted men of corresponding grade of the
regular army, provided no soldier shall have attended not less than 45 regu
lar drills during one year and a proportionate amount for attendance upon a
lesser number of such drills not less than 20. No money Is to be paid to any
person not on the active list, nor to any person not over 64 years of age, nor
to any person who fails to qualify as to fitness for military service. In time
of war, or when war is imminent, or other grave emergency, the president
may by order transfer to the army any portion of the organized militia re
ceiving, or entitled to receive, the benefits of the act to serve therein for
the balance of their respective terms of enlistment or commissions. Such
part of the militia will be a part of the army.
SEEKS WAYS TO ABOLISH WAR~|
Baroness Bertha von Suttner of
Vienna, famous among other things
because it was she who inspired the
founding of the Nobel prizes, is in
America on a mission unique among
those undertaken by women of the Old
World among the women of the New.
She is here to tell her sisters what
she knows of the horrors of war and
to appeal to the women of the United
States to do their utmost toward the
aboilition of war.
The campaign for peace undertaken
last spring by Baron d’Estournelles de
Constant of France was noteworthy.
For three months Baron d’Estour
nelles, himself a Nobel prize winner,
went through the country, and every
where his arguments were heard with
interest. So also in the case of Count
Albert Apponyi people crowded to
hear what the Hungarian parliamen
tarian had to say about the cost of
armed peace now prevailing in Europe.
But, much as these advocates for
peace accomplished here, there stood arrayed against them continually the
plea of necessity, the plea that ever increasing armaments were an absolute
essential. Neither thd Frenchman nor the Hungarian cared to depart from
parliamentary usages, and for this reason they permitted their arguments to.
go before the people exactly for what they were worth.
The Baroness von Suttner comes to this country to try different tactics.
She may agree with her fellow workers in Europe that the nations are bur
dened with armaments to the breaking point, that the patience of the people
themselves is well nigh exhausted, that the times portend that conditions
cannot continue as at present; but she has something more effective at her
command than international law and parliamentary argument. Her most ef
fective appeal will be to sentiment. As one who knows from experience the
horrors of war, the Baroness von Suttner will be able to make this appeal
effectively.
HADLEY PREFERS LOG CABIN |
is more modest in his invitations and names those that he wishes to have at
his brush burning and other jollifications.
The log house is one step in the governor’s search for health and
.•strength.
C. P. NEILL, THE STRIKE FIXER~|
Perhaps no man in the United
States, or In the whole world, occu
pies such a happy position between
the mighty industrial elements —capi-
tal and labor—as does Dr. Charles P.
Neill, commissioner of labor, who has
averted scores of large strikes, Involv
ing thousands upon thousands of men,
through his remarkable tact and abil
ity to solve economic problems, Since
1906 Commissioner Neill has been in
strumental in settling 47 controver
sies, directly Involving 163,050 em
ployes and 505,880 miles of railroad.
Born in Illinois in 1865, the future
"strike fixer” was taken to Texas by
his parents five years later. He now
prides himself on the fact that he is a
Texan, and in fact was known in col
lege as “The Tall Mesquite of the Rio
Grande.”
After a brilliant college career, Dr.
Neill was appointed instructor of polit
ical economy at the Catholic Univer
sity in Washington, and took an active
interest in civic affairs, besides serving as recorder in several coal strike
arbitrations. He had much to do with the settlement of the anthracite coal
strike of 1902, the adjustment of the miners’ strike troubles in Nevada in
1907, the averting of a nation-wide telegraphers’ strike, and the story of his
^ntetwention and mediation has been the same in each case-peace restored.
A substitute for the militia pay bill
has been submitted to Secretary Stim
son and has secured his approval. The
pay of officers of the militia in this
bill is a percentage of that of officers
of like grade In the regular army, not
including longevity pay, as follows:
Five per cent, to all general officers
commanding a division or brigade, in
cluding authorized officers detailed for
duty therewith, the division and bri
gade inspectors of small arms practice,
if hny, the authorized aide chaplains;
20 per cent, to commanding officers of
companies, troops, battalions and am
bulance companies and to adjutants
and quartermasters ofrcgiments, inde
pendent battalions, squadrons and
coast artillery districts, Including med
ical officers doing duty or assigned to
regiments or smaller tactical units or
coast artillery districts, medical offi
cers serving with field hospitals and
veterinarians.
Governor Hadley of Missouri lives
in a log cabin because he likes bet
ter than a mansion. He has the man
sion, too —to everybody in Missouri
the governor’s house in Jefferson City
always has been known as “The Man
sion” —and Governor Hadley might
live there all the time if he wished to,
and at no expense of rent. But he
prefers the log cabin in the summer
time and he and his wife and three
children live there from early May to
late frost.
Governor Hadley built the log cabin
himself, that is, he planned it and,
after the logs were cut and hauled to
the site he stood around with his
hands in his pockets and bossed the
job of house raising.
He invited everybody in Jefferson
dlty out to the old fashioned house
raisin’, it was a blanket invitation to
the whole town and pretty nearly ev
erybody went, including all the boys
in town, and since then the governor
COWS AND CLOVER MAINTAIN
QUALITY OF SOIL FERTILITY
Raisins Abundant Crops of Legumes for Farm Stock and
Selling Butter Should Enrich Any Farm—Sowing
Orchard Grass and Clover Together
Makes Good Pasture.
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A Profitable Bunch of Youngsters.
What should be a strong inducement
to every owner of a farm with cows
to make and sell butter is the fact
that this form of dairying makes it.
possible not only to maintain the soil
fertility, but to constantly add to it.
While the solids in the milk con
tain the most essential elements of
fertility, the butter fat contains no
element of fertility at all. Hence, the
selling of milk in large quantities in
evitably reduces the productiveness
of the farm, unless a large proportion
of the feed for the cows is bought off
the farms, instead of being grown on it.
On the other hand, butter contains
practically nothing that constitutes
an element of fertility in the soil, says
a writer in Farm Progress. For this
reason, if one has a poor farm, and
wants ty adopt a line of farming that
will soonest and most economically
make it productive, the best plan will
be to keep cows, and sell the cream
or butter. And the more feed one
buys, and the less he takes off his
own place, except clover, the sooner
the soil may be made rich.
Having had considerable experience
with clover, cowpeas, Canada peas
and other legumes, I have concluded
that for soil improvement the red
clover or alsike, will be found the
best thing for the purpose. I would
only use alsike in case the land
to be improved was rather moist, as
on that sort of soil it will usually
make a better growth than common
red or any other, except white clover,
and that does nit make a sufficiently
bulky growth to serve the purpose
best.
In some experience of my own, 1
have found that sowing orchard grass
and clover together makes a most ex
cellent pasture; and, if one keeps the
stock off, it is possible to get a
growth that will make a fine mixture
for hay-; but when clover is cut at the
right time and properly cured, there
is no more nutritious forage that can
be grown.
EXCELLENT FEEDS
TO FATTEN LAMBS
Use of A.l(al(a for Rougbaso
Simplifies Question Con
siderably—Peas are
Recommended.
(By J. R. M’NULTY, Colorado Agricul
tural College.)
The great question which the suc
cessful lamb feeder is now trying to
solve is that of the most economical
concentrate to be used in fattening his
lambs.
The fact that most feeders are using
alfalfa for a roughage simplifies the
above problem considerably. Alfalfa
supplies the protein, and when fed
with a fattening concentrate, as corn
or barley, reduces the amount of feed
required for a pound gain to the mini
mum. Experiments prove that corn
is just a trifle better, pound for pound,
than barley when both are fed in con
nection with one of the legume hays,
as clover or alfalfa. There is little
data on the economy of feeding corn
alone with upland or timothy hay or',
with corn stover. This follows from
the fact that such a ration would lack
considerably in protein. Doubtless
barley would somewhat excel corn,
pound for pound, when fed with rough
ages lacking protein, as the ones last
named. Whole barley may be fed
very successfully to fattening sheep.
The fact that cotton seed meal can
be purchased for a price comparing
favorably with that of corn in Colora
do has suggested the feeding of this
concentrate with alfalfa hay for fat- .
tening lambs. In this combination,
however, we have two feeds high in
protein and consequently an unbal
anced ration. Oil meal is fed quite
extensively with timothy hay and
roots, in which combination it gives
very good results. On the other hand,
very few records of sheep fattened on
cottonseed meal and alfalfa are avail
able, for, as a rule, protein rich feeds
(alfalfa and oil meal) are the most
expensive nutrients of a ration and
are not usually combined. It is very
probable, however, that some cotton
seed meal can be fed when alfalfa is
fed, if we use a mixed ration of corn
and cottonseed meal. The best pro
portion' would perhaps be one-third
cottonseed meal and two-thirds corn,
either shelled or cracked. This com
bination should give good results and
As I have found that even work
stock can be kept in good condition
on well-cured hay, if allowed to eat a
full ration at each meal, I have about
concluded that on the great majority
of farms a large portion of the grain
fed to work stock may be eliminated
if plenty of good, bright clover'hay is
fed to all stock, and sufficient time
allowed for the horses to eat it. This
may seem to be a sort of heresy to
the vast number of men all through
the big corn states, who feed little
grain, except corn, and some of them
no roughage part of the year except
corn fodder. But I know whereof I
speak; some of the best teams that I
have ever seen are never fed anything
except clover hay, unless by chance
that runs low, and it is necessary to
feed timothy hay; and, when that is
done, a feed of corn is given along
with it.
It always seems to me very remark
able that so few men use clover as the
principal feed for their stock, when
there is such inducement to do so. I
have never known of a case where
any one was not pleased with the re
sults in feeding clover hay to work
horses, if he had good, bright hay
and gave a reasonable grain ration
in the shap* of corn with it.
Where the chief grain fed is oats,
the clover is not suitable, because the
percentage of starchy matter or its
equivalent would not be properly
proportioned to the proteids. As I
know men who have for years not fed
an ounce of grain to horses doing
farm work daily, and they have kept
in fine condition, and. at steady work
on nothing but nice, clean, bright,
well-cured clover hay, it seems to me
that a great many men are wasting
money in their method of feeding,
and are failing to improve their soil
because they do not sow the clover.
Probably the latter is the more im
portant point to be considered. Com- •
mon sense and clover are mighty
good factors in successful farming.
at the same time be much less con
ducive to digestive disorders than a
ration of cottonseed meal and alfalfa.
Peas are strongly recommended for
fattening sheep. When fed in combi
nation with either corn, barley or
oats, equal parts, better gains are
made than when either of the above
cereals is fed alone. This is especial
ily true where timothy hay or corn
stover is fed as a roughage.
USE OF GYPSUM
OR LAND PLASTER
Practice Nearly Always Increases
Yield of Clovers and
Peas —How to
Apply it.
Plaster nearly always increases the
growth of the clovers and peas. Mixed
with an equal quantity of wood ash,
it is largely used by gardeners and
truckers to stimulate the growth of
early potatoes, corn, beans and! cab
bage.
Plaster is'-a sulphate of lime, and
both the sulphuric acid and the lime
are active principals in plant growth.
The time to sow plaster on clover and
oats and peas is when the plants are
making their first leaves. Sow at the
rate of two bushels to the acre.
On land that has been recently
limed the application of plaster has
little effect. The only way to find out
the value of plaster is to measure off
an acre of clover or an acre of grass
and clover pasture and sow, say, two
bushels to the acre, leaving the ad
joining acre unplastered. The growth
of the plastered clover will prove its
value in a few weeks after the plaster
has been sown. When plaster can be
had for $lO per ton it will pay to sow
it at the rate of two bushels to the
acre on dry upland meadows and clo
ver fields, on pastures, oats and peas
and on all the bean family. It is also
valuable for sowing on clover stubble
after the first crop has been cut for
hay. The dressing of plaster at this
time will greatly encourage the second
growth clover. On most every farm
there are a variety of soils, and a fer
tilizer that will prove of value for one
kind of soil and crop will prove of lit
tle value used on an adjoining field,
but having an entirely different char
acter of soil. Test each field and
keep a record of these tests, as they
will prove valuable.
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The Old
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filled to the brim with cold,^^
dear purity—no such water l
( nowadays. Bring back the old wk
days with a glass of m I
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It makes one think of everything that’s pure and whole- r
some and delightful. Bright, sparkling, teeming with - t
palate joy—-it’s your soda fountain old oaken bucket. |
pfpa Our nev booklet, tcllinf of Coca-Cpla MM |
Whenever * 1 rindkauon at Chattanooga, for tbc asking.
you see an Demand the Genuine as made by
Arrow think THE COCA-COLA CO. 52-1 J
of Coca-Cola. Atlanta, ca.
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JOHN'S FRIENDS WERE LOYAL
Young Bride Got Early Proof of the
Way Men Will Stick by One
t Another.
The bridegroom of three months
bade his wife adieu one morning and
started on a business trip to a town
25 miles distant. The journey was to
be made by automobile and he prom
ised to return in time for seven
o’clock dinner as usual.
But no husband appeared when din
ner was served and the anxious wife
watched the hands of the clock as
they'journeyed on and announced
that the hour was midnight, and still
the husband failed to appear. The
frantic wife sent telegrams to six
friends of the groom living in the
town where he might have gone, ask
ing if he was spending the night with
them. As dawn appeared a farm
wagon drove up containing a farmer
and the missing husband and furnish
ing motor power for a broken down
automobile that trailed behind. Al
most simultaneously came a messen
ger boy with an answer to one of the
telegrams, followed at intervals by
five others and all of the telegrams
said:
“Yes, John is spending the night
with me.”
In loyalty what surpasses man?
A WELCOME ARRIVAL
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Mr. Collier Down —Intelligence has
just reached me.
Mrs. Collier Down —Thank heavens,
it has come at last.
Singing and the Lungs.
It is well known that singing, like
whistling, is a fine exercise for the
lungs, and some doctors advise thosd"
who fear consumption to go in for
singing for this reason.
At the same time they, of course,
do not advance the claim that singing
alone will save anyone from or cure
consumption. Acquire the habit of
taking the big deep breath, which is a
primary requisite of any kind of sing
ing, bad or good, and the physical
joy derived from it will never allow
you to relapse into lazy breathing.
And So True, Too.
Father was walking to Sunday
school with little Johnny, and endeav
oring to improve the time by teaching
Johnny his Golden Text, the words of
which were: “Whatsoever a man sow
eth, that shall be also reap.” Johnny
repeated it after his father several
times, and seemed to have mastered
the correct wording.
As they drew near the Sunday
school the father gave Johnny his
last rehearsal. “Now, son,” he said,
“let’s have the Golden Text once
more without any help from me:
This is what he got from Johnny:
“Whatsoever a man sews always rips.’’
—Harper’s Bazar.
British South African Empire.
The South African possessions of
England require 100,000,000 postage
stamps per annum.
If some cooks land in heaven they
will be awfully annoyed to find that
they can’t leave.
If there ever is a time when you are justified in cussing.
It is when the summer weather sets your appetite to fussing;
But there isn’t any need to risk your soul and shock the neighbors—
Tempt your appetite with Toasties and go singing to your labors.
Written by W. J. MUSGKOVK,
Tempe, Arii.
One of the 50 Jingles for -which the Fostum Co..
Battle Creek, Mich., paid 11000.00 in May.
Some men find it cheaper to stay
married than to pay alimony.
! Why be constipated when you can get Gar
field Tea at any drug store? It will quickly re
lieve and its benefits will be realized.
Would you say money paid for sheet
5 music is invested in rolling stock.
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l The man who falls out of an airship
> probably feels as badly hurt as the
- one who is thrown out of the political
i band wagon.
For SUMMER HEADACHES
> Hicks’ CAPUDINE is the beat remedy—no
matter what causes them—whether from the
1 heat, sitting in draughts, feverish condition,
[ etc. 10c., 25c. and 50c. per bottle at medicine
I stores.
> Explanation.
: Fair Young Thing—What is that
i man who is running doing?
Fan —He is going home to mother,
i
1 Her Special Advantages.
James Fullerton Muirhead in his
' book, “The Land of Contrasts,” tells
1 of an American girl who was patroniz
’ ingly praised by an Englishman for
’ the purity of her English and who re
’ plied: “Well, I had special advan
tages, inasmuch as an English mis
-1 sionary was stationed near our tribe.”
Same Purpose Accomplished.
“Oh, Georgie!” exclaimed a fond
mother, when she saw her small boy
considerably battered up and dirty,
“you have been fighting again? How
often have I told you that you
shouldn’t fight?”
“Well,” said he, “what are you go
ing to do when a fellow hits you?"
“Why, keep out of his way,” said
the mother.
“I bet,” said the youngster, “he’ll
keep out of mine after this.”
Noted Author.
“See that man over there with the
black moustache?” said Tompy.
“Yes,” said the’visitor.
“Well,” said Tompy, “he is the au
thor of one of the most popular seri
als in a hundred years.”
“Really?” said the visitor. “Why,
he doesn’t look like a literary man.”
“No,” said Tompy. “He isn’t —He’s
the inventor of popped grits, the best
selling cereal on the market.” —Har-
per’s Weekly.
Helped a Little.
At Dinard one summer there was a
beautiful young countess, the wife of
a millionaire, whose bathing dress
was—well —
A couple of men about town were
talking in shocked tones about the
countess’ bathing dress on the casino
terrace.
“It’s shocking; it’s most improper,"
said the first.
“But,” said the second, “I can’t be
lieve it’s any worse than the dinner
dress she wore at Mrs. Hughes-Hal
let’s ball last night.
“Oh, well,” said the other, “she had
her diamonds on then.” —Rochester
Evening Telegram.
TERRIBLE, INDEED.
Hoyle—A woman is said to be as
old as sho locks.
Mrs. Hoyle—lt would be terrible if
she were as old as other- women
think she looks.
