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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER PLACING WREATHS N TIE ON DEAD GRAVES OF AMERICAN tPJQHT HOW TO GROW STRAWBERRIES. FOREST SERVICE UNDER ATTACK They Are Most Popular of Small Fruits and Particularly Adapted to Home Garden. Henry S. Graves Is forester of the forest service, the bureau of the department of agriculture which controls the national forests. Bills have been introduced in congress providing for the repeal of the act of 1905 which transferred the national forests from the Interior department to the agricultural department The national forests were created out of the public domain in 1905, and the forest service was established to apply to them the principles of scientific lumbering and grazing. It was believed that the national forests would soon become The forest service now gets an appropriation of about $6,000,-00- 0 a year and its deficit is about $2,000,000 a year. The agricultural department has been waging a campaign to get the control of the national parks transferred to it from the Interior department. The interior department has The national forests "and the national parks are evidently counter-attackediametrically opposite In purpose the former being entirely commercial and the latter entirely recreational. Back of the bills to restore the national forests to the interior department are said to be charges that the forest service is developing national forests as recreational centers, thus shutting out permanent settlers and curtailing grazing space. By duplicating legitimate activities of the national park service of the interior department It is wasting millions. Unofficial national park enthusiasts openly charge that the forest service has secretly opposed all national park legislation and is the biggest and smoothest-workin- g political machine in the United States. (Prepared by the United States Depart- -' ment of Agriculture.) .. Many home gardens in the eastern United States have a patch of straw- 1 The Knights of Cnlumlif In this country. The SKL Ti i e 111 sending photographs of rhe graves of Amprioan soldiers, sailors and marines to shows "Casey" workers placing wreaths on graves. IG . FRENCH WHIPPETS TO ROUMANIA more-intereste- d WOMEN SHOULD WORK TOGETHER Women Mrs. Lloyd clude these "During must work together, says George. Her views in- e points: g the war It was the together, who bound up wounds of their soldiers who did tie for them. Now we are at peace, there is still many a rent to be nded in our social fabric, and war's bte and ravage yet to be repaired. women must still work together this labor of reconstruction. But if we are then to go on and Id in the light of the new con- fcions which, learned from ww, we our embodying in our peace, ile social fabric must be renoted, lot rewoven. "There are immense social prob- s, and for us they can be met sue-fully only if we bring to bear on the finest thought of the best iiinrts Manv of these Questions ate rlly women's Questions, ''and 1 should play a larger part in aH 'V ' wom-workin- a Under-thsurveillance of a French armored cruiser French whippet tanks are here shown being transported , through the mouth of the Dneister river in Russia to Rou mania. thi r berries. They are the most popular of small fruits, the most widely grown, of any, and are particuarly adapted to the home garden, as they ripen earlier than other cultivated fruits, and enough to supply an ordinary family can be grown on a small area. In value the strawberry crop in the United States is surpassed among fruits only by the apple, peach and accordgrape. The value of the crop, an was $125 census, last the to ing an with average as compared acre, value of about $15 an acre for wheat and corn. It is a much more intensive crop than the grains and should be treated as such. When raised in the home garden, varieties which have the best dessert quality and ripen during a long season or in succession, without reference to their ability to stand long shipments, are desired. Market garieners also raise strawberries under intensive-method- s of culture, and since they are located near the markets in which their crops are sold, they are not interested primarily In the shipping quality of the varieties. Truck growers who are in shipping to distant markets should give consideration to the shipping as well as the dessert quality of the varieties they grow. In localities subject to late spring frost a site for strawberries should be somewhat elevated, as cold air settles in low places and frosts occur there-morfrequently than on the elevated spots. Strawberries thrive best on soil1 which is naturally moist, but not wet. Plants on wet soil usually make very little growth in the summer and are likely to "be killed when the ground freezes in the winter. Therefore, the site chosen for strawberries should be well drained. Ordinarily a site having-gradual rather than a steep slope should be selected. By choosing different slopes it is possible to vary the period of ripening several days, as the berries having a southern exposure-wil-l ripen earlier than those located or a cooler northern slope. I jrawberries not only have a wide climatic adaptation but may be grown successfully upon almost any type of soil, from coarse sand to heavy clay, provided it is well supplied with moisture and at the same time well drained. When early fruit Is desired sandy soil" Is often chosen, since the berries ripent somewhat earlier than on clay soil, other conditions being the same, though heavy yields can be secured on. either type of soil. All soils for strawberries should be supplied with humus. The preparation of the soil for strawberries should begin usually at least two years before the plants are to be set, or the plants should be set . LADY BEATTY GERMAN ASSEMBLY WHICH RATIFIED TREATY feel the time has come when women--canational and international' affairs. . xes, the war has brought our men closer together, and It has brought our women closer together, too. They Shave worked shoulder to shoulder in war.and now they must work together in peace. "Peace has her problems no less acute than war. And the gracious tact and sympathy and unfailing loyalty of women are needed to help solve these problems." IS IT MAINTENANCE OR INCOME? Mrs. Howard H. Spaulding, Jr., formerly Miss Catherine Barker, "the $30,000,000 heiress," through her former guardian, James B. Forgan, has brought suit against Julius F. Smie-tankcollector of internal revenue in Chicago, for a refund of $4,472.37 paid as Income tax and for $10,000 additional. The suit dates back to 1916, when the internal revenue office "by duress" collected $4,472.37 from the First Trust and Savings bank, which holds in trust the estate left by her father. Mr. Forgan is seeking the refund on the ground that Mrs. Spaulding does not derive an income from her father's estate until she becomes twenty-si- x years old. m Jt f jMf i. The trust fund stipulates. It is asserted that she be paid certain sums as maintenance, and these sums, it is contended, cannot be classed as income. The Income of the estate, the bill recites, Is paid back into the trust fund and becomes a part of the principal, and Is therefore not subject to income tax. The additional $10,000 asked for is for trouble and expense Incurred and to cover costs. Mrs. Spaulding's father was John H. Barker, car manufactur, er of Michigan City, Ind. a, 1 I. 1 .... Lady Beatty, wife of Admiral Beatty, commander-in-chie- f of the grand fleet of Great Britain, and her little boy. Lady Beatty's exquisite charm and devotion to her family is well known in England's social circle. She was formerly Miss Ethel Field of Chicago, mmm J c " ""'m,, I h I It-- BEAUTIFUL GENEVA, CAPITAL OF THE WORLD cn. PAINTS WITH HER TEETH i 3 PRINCE AAGE, COUSIN OF ROYALTY i 'i I -- n n '"" ( Working in the Chicago stock ' yards has one advantage. The person busily engaged in slicing up our pets is sure to have his toil lightened daily by distinguished visitors from all over the world. Take the other day. Who do you think looked on as one pig after another Joined his ancestors? None other than his Danish highness, Prince Aage, cousin of the king of Denmark. Royal persons visit this country for different reasons; some for political purposes, some, perhaps, to relieve dull care, and a few to keep an eye on the great and growing industries of this free and glorious United Rosalie Freedraon of Philadelphia States of America. That Is why Prince Aage drove painting a portrait of President WII-Ioholding the brush between her tip. He and Capt. H. Stymer, In his and She lost the use of her hands teeth. the are military studying party, . A iiiii'W jii i. tun if Industrial development during and through Illness. ftHmsmi tk ' i !MiwMMi4sr " 111 vummi "1 Union since the war. So the prince and the Nlypapf .3 rhoui bTw- -i captain have skipped lightly over the Hlitory In stones. fi country on this trip, hesitating only at great industries, such as our meat Huge stone statues and other relics canners in Chicago. They also visited Great Lakes, bnt they did not trifle at yt an unknown race on Easte Island, the boo nor did they stay to dance at the Casino club. The proclamation announcing the selection of Geneva as the seat of the 1000 miles off the west coast of South From Chicago they went to Detroit and Washington. They have sAtf Vaerica, will be studied by British League of Nations is being read before the palace of Justice In Geneva. The Studied" Pltburgh. council of state and the state officials are Ia rtendance. teaUsts. vy , I -- Vgy j t - x h Strawberry Crop Has High Value. in soil which in growing This photograph shows the German national assembly which recently the treaty of, peace. Note the women members of the assembly. U. S. A. v- I has received preparation other cultivated crops. Newly plowed sod land should not be used, because the grass roots may prove objectionable, and because of the danger of injury to the plants from white grubs. The land must also be freed of quack grass and any other seriously persistent weeds. If the soil is deficient in humus a e crop, preferably a legume," should be grown, or stable manure should be applied. Setting the plants so that the crowns are even with the surface of the ' ground after the soil has been packed about the roots, and making the soil very firm about the plant are important. If the soil is not properly firmed about the roots, air gets to them and they are likely to dry out, resulting in a feeble growth or none at all. Two systems of training strawberries are In general use, the hill system and the matted-rosystem. Under the former, the plants are set six to twenty-fou- r Inches upart in rows from three to three and one-hafeet distant. The Chesapeake, Clark and Marshall are more frequently grown under this system. Under the matted-rosystem the plants are set In rows from three to five feet apart and the runners are allowed to All a space a few Inches on either side of the row, thus making a solid mass of plants. The Dunlap, Gandy and Aroma, varieties which make a large number of runners, are rarely grown in other than matted rows. 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