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Show Weeds are not only noxious in themselves; them-selves; they beget other evils. They foster slovcnlless. A big patch of weeds in a vacant lot or an alley creates creat-es an irresistible desire in tho careless domestic to throw old tin cans among their concealing leaves and garbarge that should bo carted away. Such things have the germs of contagion and death. Besides, they arc nasty, they arc a part of the weed system. Nice customs abhor them. A town to be clean and wholesome and attractive attrac-tive must be cleared of pestilent things. Citizens should cut tho weeds. Then there will be fewer tin cans, heaps of ashes and piles of rotting gardargo to mur tho appearance and Impair the health of a lino town. A glut of tho potato market Is threatened, according to reports from tho northwest, the great potato growing grow-ing section. In Minneapolis and St. Paul potatoes havo already sold as low as eighteen cents a bushel, while there is a well founded belief that within with-in tho next few day they will go as low as llftecn cents a bushel. Tho reason Is found in the fact that last year, whllo potatoes growers of tho country as a rule met with partial or complete failure of tho crop, tho northwestern growers had a good crop, which they were able to dispose of at very remunerative prices. As a result every farmer In Minnesota put in a large area of tho tubers this year, and at the present prices may declare that thoy aro not worth digging as tho cost of digging and taking to market exceeds tho price which can bo obtained for them. - V i r |