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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYS VI LLE. UTAH :cz ss v - JJAHING FOR FOREST TIMBER Ct HrU. - Write A BOYDPARK AH MALERS OF JEWELRY FOUN0KO x L. KKNNAI, Idaho Expert. went ES Jon.) Ceireral inquiries hare recently come ' this office relative to quaelr grass . ad its Apparently the est is gaining a foothold in some sections and steps should be taken at its 2rst appearance to stamp it out The plant, no doubt has been Introf extorr-laatfca- duced through impure grass seeds. It Disk We tell watches sad clock; out expert re. pait them. A Sore ef rtabtbiy sad reliability. timber land ranging from 40 to 160 acres? If so, how are you caring for It? Let me tell you how I am caring for mine. I have a small tract of forest or timbered land of about forty-placres, and on this 1 have oak, elm, gum, poplar, a few blaek walnut and honey locust. I have noticed that when a tree, becomes diseased or begins to decay if left standing will cause other trees of the same kind to decay, consequently when a tree becomes diseased or in a dying condition, I remove it as soon as circumstances will permit. You have no doubt noticed trees with dead tops. These are dying sad will soon be useless but If, however, when first noticed the trunk of the tree la sound and can be manufactured into lumber or fence posts, In a short time the value of the tree can in this way be saved. But If left standing too long the- - body will become decayed and the tree will become unfit for use. From all my timber land I have cut off all the small undergrowth and all the poor timber of a larger giowth, thereby giving all the nourlahment and strength of the soil to the better of Eradication la Not Serious e If Taken Up U Camoot at its First Arrrance ; ' Use Disk t harrow. r. good dock and a good watch are Trssentials of good business. A 07 U a.1 JOHNSON. Lokeion. Xr Drother farmer, have you a tract of r t r3 Excellent Pasture Afforded Cattle by Seeding to Blue Grass Manure Enriches Soil. Co Taken to Stamp Hot Prcrpt Are Yea? salt I have this land seeded down with blue grass. This makes an excellent pasture for cattle and la also a great help to the trees as the manure from the cattle helps to enrich the soil, furnishing the trees with a more - cv o .A d W . n vis-abl- I:t ' e ifch 'U - I Weak-growin- Frta Haa Maata All Train g ms writ 4 HH I all Now ia the MEM AND WOMEN. time to iearn the barber trade. Bar- bert in great demand. Special rate now open for SO day. Only horttime required. and chimn teuton paid while learnfurnished Tool School, 13 Coming. Call or write Moler Beber mercial hi., Balt Late City, Utah. yotze True Hospitality. They tell this story of one of the forest rangers out In the Sierras. It should be noted that this is not typi- 7ZV St 660 joaeejM,& fx F66 AH our efforts should be directed at preventing louse flies from breeding for prevention ia better than cure. The best way to do this Is to strict cleanliness municipal cleanliness ind home cleanliness. Then these insects will lesert the neighborhood, and the diseases they jonvey will vanish. This waa the policy pursued m the Sues and Panama canals to prevent and yellow fever, which are conveyed from me person to another by mosquitoes. The method waa most successful. The house fly breeds in filth. Each female fly, ts soon as the weather Is warm enough, lays tbout ISO eggs on collections of manure, decomposing garbage, street rubbish or house refuse. Mid the eggs hatch Into tiny maggots. After five lays have passed, each maggot becomes a rolled-sp- , chrysalis, and after another five lays each chrysalis gives birth to a whiskered, bristly flying Insect known to us as the house fly. Bluebottles breed limllarly, but they prefer to lay their eggs on rotting carcasses or decaying animal matter. The house fly and the Jesser house fly convey disease by bathing their legs (n material, which they find during their feeding forays. The germs stick to their legs and to the lips of their telescoplo proboscides, and then are carried to the milk Jug, the teacup, to the cut loaf, and to the culinary utensils. Sometimes the' flies swallow the germs, which multiply Inside them, and afterwards the concentrated disease focus is again deposited wherever the fly settles. We can be rid of files If ws observe the ordinary common sense rule of cleanliness and sanitation. No fly lairs, or breeding places, must be permitted near human habitations. All unclean places mast be made clean regularly once a week by the sanitary or municipal authorities, and then the fly maggb'ts will be unable to eome to ma-- . tartly, and, so the pest, win. he exterminated. , ftq. cently a war on Ales has been taken up assldu- ously by the press, and the medical officers of health art exerting themselves to start antifly cal of the western attitude toward strangers, even forest rangers. A forest officer took an inspection tour up on the high range last summer, and one day late id the evening, during a heavy rainstorm which had -soaked him to, the skin, came to a ranch house where he decided that he could get dried out and stay all nlghL He knocked at the door and someone one the inside hollered out: Whos there The ranger told him who he was I want iu and added ingratiatingly. stay here alt night All right, replied the voice inside, stay there. a663 ob-terv- e can readily be identified by its long, alerdar spike or head, the spikelets nrrrred alternately, much like wheat or the rye grasses. Aside from till, the plant grows from under-C'- l strengthening substance. rootstocks or rhisomea, which This not only beautifies my Umber vt U aid la making Identification pos- - land but makes it more valuable and in a way cultivates the timber, gtving It produces both from ths seed and it a quicker, faster growth, greater tl r.;8 underground stems. If the lat- strength and keeping it in a healthier ter are cut up Into 'Sections, each of condition. which has but one node, and planted, they will produce an Individual plant KING .OF ALL FORAGE CROPS Yo see, then, that the pest after once Cutting established can very quickly First Appearance of Alfalfa Was in spread to all parts of a cultivated field New York fitato In 1821 Plant by simply leaving portions of the roots Is of Great Vslut. broken off and deposited again by the barrow, cultivator or almost any farm Alfalfa Is rising tn Its leguminous toot until it Is regarded as the king glory The matter of eradication is not a of crops. And well may this forage In earnest ss serious one, if taken up be so. Its first appearance In this noon as a patch of the pest appears. country vyas in New York state, about 1821, but it was discarded because its cultural needs were net understood. It was passed and forgotten for about thirty years, when It again came into the United Stated from Mexico by way of Chile. Thia time the needs war planted ia the fertile soil of sunny California" u hero it found coudb . moo thing Drag or Harrow Excel-- : tions to Us liking. Alfalfa was rapidly adopted in the lent Tool for Dragging Out and Kill-- I Irrigated sections of the West as ths Ing Weeds. crop, since It produced a staple It should never be allowed to go to greater hay tonnage of putrltlous hay than seed. The patch, if seen early enough, did the grasaea then grown, and be-can be dug up, going deep enough t? Insure getting all the roots. Shake them out and burn. This may seem no small task, but one will find that It la lasignlflcant when compared to the labor of extermination. It allowed to go unmolested tor -- several years. The writer baa seen entire fields taken ia ten years time, when a tew days labor . at first appearancr would have effectively controlled the pest. ' If it has obtained a foothold in any considerable area, then it ia a matter of cultivation to exterminate It "The patch should be allowed to grow until .the first heads appear. It should then the plowed to a depth of six or eight Inches. It should be thoroughly with the disk and harrowed so 'that subsequent cultivation can be The reason for 'easily accomplished. the late plowing is to allow as much growth above ground as possible at ithe time of beading, when the great-las- t . possible amount of strength and trltallty la being forced Into the of seed and the root system may be possibly weakened and more i easily destroyed by the plowing. After (this first pulverisation no green blade lof the grass should be allowed to appear above the surface. . Frequent surface cultivation w III at itain this end. This Is why It Is essen Healthy Young Alfalfa Plants. jtial to pulverise the soil thoroughly cause of its Iwhen It Is plowed. If the sod is left popularity in the West, much as ths plow leaves it, no subse- spasmodic attempts were made in the to establish it. quent cultivation can be given and It East Many tried but few succeeded. Us requirements were almost unknown, and where a stand was obtained it was without effort on the part of the planter. But the value of alfalfa was too great to be kept in a restricted locality. Investigators sought and dis covered its, cultural needs, and once these became known, alfalfa spread over the country from coast to coast and established itself us the king ol The Weeder One of the Best Imple- forage crops. ments for Killing Yeung Weeds. Pruning for Woods. la this that will eventually destroy the In pruning for wood ithe following rutos ' are usually- appHcabie grass.' On some soils it may be sd to replow the same fall, but gen varieties may always be orally not until the following spring, pruned generously, strong growing when the cultivation should be con kinds lightly; varieties which branch tlnued. Two years of this rigid treat- freely need htrie pruning, those havment should discourage the quack ing unbranching limbs should bo grass and it will peacefully give up pruned more severely; rich, deep soils favor growth; prune trees- - In possession of the land. such soils lightly; In shallow, sandy Pure Water for Cows. soils trees produce short roots, and When we consider that a large por- the wood should be closely cut. tion of the. cows body is composed Currants. of water, that milk contains more water than any one other Ingredient This fruit requires a rich soil and and that it must require a great quan- one that is a good retainer of moistity of water to keep the temperature ture. The plants should be set three of the animals down during hot to four feet apart In the row and rows weather. It is then that we should ap- from five to six feet. The patch Bhould preciate the necessity of keeping the be well cultivated and hoed, all weeds dairy cows well supplied with pure being kept down, as they are very in well Keep jurioua to currants. drinking water. trimmed after they have come Into full bearing, as too much of the young Dont Neglect Spraying. Do not neglect to spray the or- and old wood will hinder the growth. chard- treea and. berry .bushes, this Make Profit With Butter. little time and attention now jtzr. ACarth would make a profit with at harvestdollars the If you !'J to r If far any reason the early dairy butter, ripen cream properly and ert been given, apply the churn at right temperature. , Wash i. Hake a start at the granulated butter until milk is reand tee how every moved. Work Just enough salt with 1 C plants in ap-- ' Judgment, and pack neatly. If kept of 40 degrees bacrtrj the sea- - at a temperature teria in milk will not increase, but at 3 the increase is by millions. rta Kali Lakee Lea4iai PaaiUr Hatal Luxuriously equipped with tiaiwlsmae furniture. Me, Madera aad Finymt. Conveniently located In the heart ol the district. Kte, city and in (he (hopping fiOr, 76c and 11. W 1th private bath, SI 60. Hex Theatre Building 236 8. State Street dlsap-jolntin- HarrowCpiendid Tool to Stir -trees. oils. The New Hotel Rex DUES carry disease from one human being to another. This has been prated scientifically. And now it . remains to prevent these Insects, or to reduce their numbers in the community, that the diseases they convey may be reduced also, or even abolished One method of dealing with, Insects Is to trap and kill as many as we ran. For this reason "kill that fly or "swat that fly crusades lave been instituted lnniany places But it has wen found by experiment that we cannot hope o kill sufficient fles to reduce seriously their total lumbers. This is because flies breed at a very treat rate when the weather is warm, and the otal numbers which we can kill la so small, hn compared to the total numbers bom. that the remit of the awatfng campaigns has been OUSE disease-bearin- g fZY ma-ari- a bean-shape- r Tzyrx&u &iceyzr& New Kind of 8 port. He had taken a flay off to garfish' ing, bat, alas! his luck had been bad, and when, on his way home, a fishmongers shop came Into view he was tempted and felL I want half a dozen large trout," he told the man. Yes, certainly, sir, said the other masking a number one size grin with Will n correspondingly large hand. With them take you? you Yes, please. And 1 want you to stand over there and throw them at me. d two-winge- germ-lade- n campaigns. Thus the municipal authorities have made a start, and It remains for the Individual householders to help them. Each one of us can do our share of fly prevention. We can prevent flies In eur own homes. On one morning, every week, we must inspect our own premises. Begin in the kitchen. Observe every nook of the scullery, the pantry, the cellar, even the dining room, and see that every corner and cranny is ecrnpulously clean. Next, we must examine the dustbin to see If it ia completely cleaned out Let there be no small collections of tea leaves spilled out of it, or rotting peelings or scraps of , or any other places where flies can biwtl Let the cheese be well covered, and the bread be In Its pan. and all food within the larder In Its proper place. And let everything be clean and wholesome. It is most important, also, to inform our neighbors on every convenient occasion of the disgusting and dangerous character of house flies, and In preventing them. to ask them to Then there will be an organised campaign against these insects. The. more we talk about It the sooner ulll tie thing be done. The education of children in the matter Is also most essential. Then a new generation will grow up knowing the dangers of flies and how to prevent them. Schoolmasters and schoolmistresses should be in lted to teach their charges about flies, and should set the example by instructing them In the tenets of school cleanliness. This all! help us greatly. If we all keep our oan homes sweet and clean, our childrens Uvea will be spared the horrors of summer sickness, typhoid a ill be lessened, doctors' hill will be reduced, and the health of the community a 111 be Improved enormously. With diseases the regard to house flies and remedy is simple. Let us apply it. As a result of experiments, the specialists of the United States department of agriculture have discovered that a small amount of ordinaty borax sprinkled dally on manure a ill effectively prevent the breeding of the typhoid or house fly. Similarly, the same substance applied to garbage, refuse, open toilets, damp floors and crevices m stables, cellars or markets, a 111 prevent fly eggs Borax a ill not kill the adult rrom hatching eggs, hut its fly nor prevent It from laying prevent any ..Iunhrbreedlux. thorough use-wi- ll The Investigation, ahleh included experiments a 1th many substances, ass undertaken to discover some means bf preventing the breeding af files in horse manure without lessening the value of this manure ss a fertiliser for use by the farmer. It ass felt that If some means of preventing the breeding of flies near a human habitation could be devtsed, the diseases spread by these filthy germ carriers could be greatly reduced. While the saat the fly campaign. traps and other devices for reducing the number of flies are of value, they are of typhoid-carryinless importance than the prevention of the breeding. It was realised, however, that no measure for preventing the breeding of flies would come into common use unless it was such that the farmer could use It on his manure pile without destroying Us usefulness for growing plants, and without introducing into the soil .any substance that would interfere with his crops. As a result of experiments carried on at the Arlington farm, in Virginia, and New. Orleans. La.. Throw them, sir?" echoed the bewildered shopkeeper. Exactly! My wife Is sure to ask me if I caught them, and I cannot tell lie." Instructions Sought. Everybody" observes a New York woman, knows one or more of those conscientious egotists who cannot rid themselves of the notion that no one can her trusted to carry out the simplest details of routine work Without their personal supervision. it was oner of this sort who went west, leaving in his brothers care All a parrot of which ho was fond. the way out he worried about the bird, and at Chicago he sent hi brother the following telegram: Be sure to feed the parrot Whereupon brother telegraphed back: Have fed him, but he is hungry again. What shall I do next? ' Star T Sorr STICK A4AJ bj-ad- Limited Dissipation. A small, henpecked little man was about to take au examination for the investigators found that 0.62 of a pound of borax, or 0.7S of a pound of eaieined colomanite (crude calcium borate) mould kill the maggots and prevent practically all of the flies ordinarily breeding in eight bushels of horse manure from developing. This was proved by placing manure in cages and comparing the results from piles treated with borax and from untreated piles. The borax, It was found, killed the fly eggs and maggots tn the manure and prevented .their growth .Into flies , In the case of garbage cans or refuse plies, ounces of borax or calcined colemanite, costing from five cents a pound upward, according to the quantity nhlch is purchased, will effectually preibht flies from breeding. Whllb it can be safely stated that no injurious action haa followed the application of raanura treated with borax af the rate of .62 pounds for eight bushels, pr even larger amounts In tha case maof some plants, nevertheless nure has not been studied in connection with the gromth of all crops, nor has its cumulative effect been determined. It Is therefore recommended that not more than 15 tons of the manure should be applied per acre to th field. As truck growers use considers bly more than thia amount. Is ts suggested that all ears containing manure ba so marked, and that public health officials sttpulata in their directions of a for this treatment that not over .62 manure be used, as pound for eight bushels-oit hasfbeen shown tfeat larger amounts of borax mill Injure. most plants. It ts also recommended that all public health Officials and others la borax treatment for killing fly recommending is manure warn the maggots eggs , and public against the Injurious effects of large amounts of borax on the growth of plants. Purchasers of manure produced in cttles during season - should insist that the the dealers from shorn they purchase give them a certified statement as to whether or not the manure in the particular car or lot involved In the purchase has been treated with borax. In feeding to hogs garbage that contains borax care is also recommended, especially when the animals are being fattened for market Borax ia not a very poisonous substance and the feeding of garbage that contains it to hogs is not likely to be a serious matter. On the other hand, borax in Urge quantities does produce ' gastric disturbances and for this reason a certain amount of care is advisable , to borax-treate- -- d borax-treate- d borax-treate- d (62-10- f g WOMEN IN - The method You dont dissipate, do you? asked the physician as he made ready' for tor using this subsunee in the ease of stables is to sprinkle the borax or in the quantities given above, by means of a flour sifter or other fine sieve, around the outer edges of the pile of horse manure. The manure should then be sprinkled immediately with two or three gallons of water to eight bushels of manure It Is essential, however, to sprln kle a little of the borax on the manure as It la added daily to (he pile, instead of waiting until a full pile Is obtained, because this will prevent the eggs which the flies lay on fresh manure from hatching. As the fly maggots congregate at tha outer edge of the manure pile, most of the borax should be sprinkled there. Borax costs five to six cents per pound in 100- pound lots in Washington, aad it is estimated that at this rate it would cost only one cent per horse per day to prevenf'all breeding of flies In city stables. If 'calcined eolemanite ia purchased In large shipments, this cost should be considerably less. At the same time, If the borax is used on the manure only in the proportions stated, its value for use in the garden or for sale to farmers will not be lessened. In view of this discovery, there now seems little excuse for any horse owner or resident of a city allowing typhoid flies to breed in his stable - or garbage can. It is believed that this information will greatly help the health authorities in their campaign against the typhoid fly. The health authorities ' hare long trretHo prevent the breeding of flies In city stables through the use of iron sulphate as a larvncfde. In the case of iron sulphate, however, a large amount is required, and other insecticides, such as parts green or potassium cyanide,-whileffective in killing flies, are very expensive or extremely poisonous. Borax, which is used freely In moBt households, and is readily available in all parts of the country, has the advantage of being comparatively nonpolsonous and non inflammable, readily soluble in water and easy to handle. It can be purchased at retail for tea cents.a pound, add a single .pound nsed ss directed in a garbage pail or open toilet may pro-- . vent the breeding of hundreds of dangerous flies. cole-manl- -- e EXPERIENCE AS A TEACHER. of a fast' liver or anything Not that sort, The little man hesitated a moment, looked a bit frightened, then replied in a small voice, I sometimes chef, a little gum." Colliers Weekly. " The Wise Girl. Youre going to man Tom' Speed? Why, hes awful!" What makes you think so?" I hear hes been blackballed by every club in town." "Yes, 1 beard so, too. That sort ot husband wont have much excuse tor staying out nights, will he? Cleveland Leader. What? - .To Avoid Nostalgia. T think if I were a Tommy going' to France Id join the Atkin bicycle corps." Why eo," Then, if I got homesick I could puncture a tire and ' once again breathe my native air." Times-Pica- Hie Plan. You always seem to have money. Jack. How do you manage it?" Well," said Jack; Jingling the loose coins in his pocket, I live et home with the old man f. o. b." What do you mean f. o. h.? lor free Doesnt that stand board?" More or Leee Important "Can I get off today, boss?" What for?" A wed din." Do you have to1 go? Td like to, sir Inf the groom. bride- Cornell Widow. v Her Choice. The man who can drive with one hand la the men for me," declared - Hie Addition peer. Fortune Taller. The lines on year about 3,000 years. There was no di- hand, madam, indicate your future vorce law. The wife shared her hus- clearly. You will marry a second time. band' property, and had complete Woman. That proves you a fraud. control of her own. All property was I ever marry again it will be for If woman. vested in the the fourth time. EoctJ Transcript SUPREME CONTROL bar being, in his opinion, an example the parties, and. as a rule, tbe unions home for his wife ia his own bouse. These three systems had prevailed tor for the world. remain permanent. 4 tt o tests. Little Lemuel Paw. why do so many people Edna gayly. borrow trouble? Youre easily satisfied," replied Paw Because.-- son. that is ths only thitig aost friend. For my part I prefer the her of them can borrow without security, man wko asks me to drive." Where the women came in, he said, "Agitation," he said, is now going Customs In Malabar Are Described by on a this deal u hen ths husband did everything in for was that Prominent country good Most One of the had already been recognized in my in his wife's name and the property Chiefs and Lawgivers, country and ahleh the British courts was completely under her control. The of Justice have 'always taken Into con- husband went to the uife's home and a great Nalr, Sankaran Cbettur Sir Mawas ted and maintained there. He sideration. from Indian chief and lawgiver did not ex- only went home on leave, occasionally. While social A' Sorry Swipe. of hts the marriages eyes opened dras, recently Knowitt (after the show) That School of ist among royal .or ruling families in That 'was the method of the upper London the at sudlqnce middle or lower elaszrs ckLssee. The necad a tye-Y- l'-- eras t.l ia frrta dsTtesch. Economics by explaining the advance Malabar, the mmrrixd. are wtlch were tor Kalr if tie 2ent in x t . tl'ru dxly of over the Occ ct tvs ere unknown, t i i Mnan LuUi, aad the tfjri type was It, U -- y ot;kt to ke shamed of U rJt wei iau errr infr te vu T Cs . Ct Cock. did ys till pad" out ot the cookery took?" Che Cooked by My f-- ff , x. nr, r.i . t v |