HARD FIGHT FOR BALLINGER
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Richard AchiUcs Ballinger, secretary of tho In.
tcrlor, has prepared to put up the greatest fight
of hla career. When aifford Plnchot throw down
tho gauntlet and forced President Taft to oust him
as forester ho did not mako things easier for Mr.
Ballingor. With Plnchot In otllco Ballingor felt
that ho could do loss harm than If" ho was treo to
express hla opinions openly as he Is now out ol
tho government's employ.
Consequently Mr. Ballingor recognized at once
that his fight with Plnchot bocamo all tho lvardoi
when Plnchot wrote the letter to Senator Dolllvor.
that brought about his discharge. Plnchot Is now
1 placed In tho position of prosecuting witness
thn ntnnrt
PLAN OF CONCRETE
SHEEP DIPPING TANK
Details of Simple and Cheap Plant Whore Four Men Can
Easily Dip at Least Ono Thousand
Animals in Day.
Qood Jokes
For a good many years wo have an
nually dipped shoop, somotlmcs only
tho farm flock and somotlmcs the
Western feeders. Recently wo have
ordered tho westerns dipped In Chi
cago, writes J. B. Wlug, In Breeders'
llnzetto. That saves tlmo and troublo
at homo and Is no doubt slightly
cheaper, but tho lambs do not ship
vory well when loaded right from tho
dripping vat In tho cars. They nro
too weak, after their long Journoy, to
stand tho dipping well. Thcreforo this
year wo had tho lambs como to us
undipped. It was vory notablo that
they wero much stronger when unload
ngalnBt Ballingor, and whon ho goes on tho stand ed from the cars, and thoy began at
beforo tho congressional Investigating committee onco 10 teeu nnu gain.
ho will not bo merely a government witness. No nppenrnnco of scab was vlslbio,
Then tho Insurgents in tho house took the bit In their tcoth and ran away .lH. 7 J
... .... , , , .......... , i lurested with ticks, and scab might
;ylth. "Undo Joo" Cannon's vehicle that might have been convenient in case hnyo contrncto'd through conct
jiuoro was any uesiro to nnui a loau or wmtowoBn into tno auair. mo ijuhu wjtti Infected penB or cars, so wo" do
or appointing tho hoitso committco was taken out of Speaker oannon s pow- cided to dip thorn ns soon as they
r, and Mr. Ballinger recognized at onco that thoro was grave danger that Wcro rested. It Is interesting to Hud
men friendly to his interests would not bo members of tho commlttoo. ticks on westorn rango lambs and
Thercforo Mr. Bollinger propared to fight if ho is a friend of tho "intor: shows that tho ranges nro getting
csts," as has been charged by Olavls and others, Mr. Ballinger Is suro to cleared ofscnb, else there would bo
Jiavo tho support of the uuggenhelms and tho peoplo with whom tnoy asso
ciate In business. Llkowiso, Judging from the roport of Attorney General
VVIckersham on tho Qlavls charges, Mr. Ballinger can oxpect aid from tho
Administration. -
Arrayed against him are what may bo termed tho Roosevelt forces. There
Is lio" gainsaying tho tact that Pinchdt's great strength lies In, tho fact thnt ho
is a friend and protego of Col. Roosovclt It Isjiot becauso Plnchot was a
good forester and did tho work woll becauso of his toyo for It nnd a deslro to
conserve tho natural resources of tho nation for tho pooplo that he Is danger
otis to Ballinger. Tho flcklo public has a way of forgetting a man's groat serv
ices to his nation, but once let the people learn to love and trust a man as
ihoy do Roosevelt and they will support him and his followers to tho limit.
It is for this reason that all of tho Roosevelt followets In tho country will do
everything they can to help Plnchot in his fight against Mr. Ballingor.
' Mr. Ballinger Is a native of Iowa and is G2 years old. Ho is a great law
yer and tho author of several legal works. He was mayor of Scattlo, and was
appointed commissioner of tho general land ofilco In 1907.
sheep will drain on one side while the
other is filling. Unless sheep aro thor
oughly dialnud dipping Is a costly op
eration. Even a well-drained lamb of
large size will tako away a gallon of
dip in his wool. If ho goes out too
soqy he may tako out thrco gallons.
Wo learned that dipping with this
now tank is mainly "a matter of heat
ing water and mixing dip. Tho mere
act of dipping tho sheep Is not a
sorloun matter. Ono or two men catch
tho lambs nnd drop them Into tho vat.
Wo loarucd that ft proper drop was
rather head first, Uko n dlvor's pos
ture, thus they disappear nnd como
up completely Immersed. Thoy swim
across nnd walk easily up the Incllno
and Into tho draining pen.
Tho Illustration shows tho vory sim
ple tank qulto clearly. Tho gentlo in
cline is easy to walk up. It ohould bo
rough at bottom and had bottor havo
transverse grooves, Tho draining pen
should slopo about G Inches In 12 foot
toward tho tank.. 12x12 feet will bo
largo enough. Slnco a pen Gxl2 feet
will dralng CO lambs by tho tlmo nil-
DESERVED THE LAZY PRIZE.
"Boy," demanded tho InduntriotiB far
mer as he camo In from milking, "what
are you doing with the door open such
n cold day as this?"
"So tho breezo will sweep tho hall
out, dad," drawled the lazy son. "1
feel too tired to help ma out with tho
broom today."
"Wall, I swanl And what's tho cat
doing rubbing ngalnBt your shoes,
son?"
"Oh, don't disturb her, dad. Sho'll
brush them up nlcoly whllo sho's pur
ring and I won't havo tho trouble of
polishlug them."
"By crlcketyl You dosorvo tho prize
lor Inzlnoss. And fitting by an open
window reading such a day as this!
What's -tho Idea o' that7"
"Oh, it's so convonlont to havo the
wind turn tho pages of this novel, dad.
1 fcoi awfully tired today."
And then nnd thoro tho old farmer
vowed ho would novor send anbthor
son to college as long as ho lived.
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ARCH fOR HfATlNO MiTR
MATCH KING" IN POLITICS
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A Concrete" Dipping Tank.
no ticks, since tho .frequent dippings1
I given for scab orndlcato ticks.
Our old dipping vat wns of wood. It
Ohio Columbus Barber, head of tho "match
trust," and the most prominent citizen of Akron.
O.. is out for rovengo upbn Senator Charles Dick
Ho has challenged .that statesman to glvo a public had a cage that was lowered into tho
platform explanation of what he means by "stand- vut by a wludlass, and tho lambs woro
ing pat" on certain tariff schedules of tho tariff then drawn out and drained. It was
bill and why ho Isn't for government control ol very hard to uso and by no means
rallroadB. . easy on tho lambs. This year wo con
Tho "match king" is nursing a grudgo of 2G structed ono of concreto and it suits
years' standing ngnlnst BJck. Dick as county au- us almost perfectly. Tho tank Is a
dltor. sued him. as manufacturer, for $100,000 back small ono. 4"feot lone on the hot-
taxes nnd tho match king had to transfer tho rosl- torn. 14 feet on top. 4 feet deep, 18
denco of his Ohio person to Illinois to fight tho inches wldo at top and 6 Inches ut
suit. Tho "match king" was chased rrom nis na- bottom. Therein Is our ono mistako;
tlvo city. It Is too narrow at bottom. Widen it
But although Mr. Barber wns very much averso to 12lnches nt bottom, leaving tho
to giving up tho $100,000 for back taxes which ho 0p"18 inches nnd It will bo porfect.
claimed ho didn't owo. he cannot be classed as a "tightwad." As It is, now and then n very wide
When a commltteo from St. Paul's Episcopal church came to him for lamb flndB it too narrow when the dip
ei,i nnn Hnnntinn fnr tholr new church in 190G, no surprised mom is useu out so mat it is low in tno
.rnmnlfitf.lv hv elvlnu thorn a $400,000 subscription with which "tho best church tank.
Un America" was built. Such a tank Is not costly. Ours took
Mr. Barber, in his travels In Paris, has admired the church of tho Made- about 3 barrels of cement and two
.lino. Ho promised to duplicate It for Akron, tho town in which ho had ria- ys' tlmo to build, counting tho work
i w " . fif nvin vn linn nrwl fnrm nnnoftiinf((in
i J- ... .1.. mllUnno n 111 hn lllM . I Vrtv" ,lv,ui -v4iimiwhum.
Ith'n
ber was born In Mlddlobury, O., Aprl 20 1841 and when 15 year oW besan but uged th(j oW W00(cn on0
(work in his father's matcn iaciory Aurun. v. ""'" v . , 3 feet wldo and 12 feet long. This I
1 oecamo
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'matcu manuiaciurora, nnu lorjuuu iuu uiuwuuu Jt - ......... - ninc
1 Dccamo vice-presiuuiii. oovcji jbho
'then has been known ns tho "match King.
Senator Dick in hla speeches against Darter has raised UJo Jasuo that U jJtfSy" "Sw0 at tho
l0 "match king" is not .0 .citizen. 'Who's Who in America ay Un)o a
s norn in Aimaiouury, u., "iv Ullt "Bed tho old wooden ono which is
a his father's match factory at Akron. O. He worked up rapidly and . . . ,
, a partner in 1SG1 It was in 1881 M InZtl J iJLmdent for "apS .1
manufacturers, and formed tho Diamond Match Company, ot which ho w,n m nQxt ycM cJ,n8trt
a draining pen about 12 feet square,
divided by a fence Into two parts. Tho
other pen Is full thoy will bo pretty,
dry. With this simple cheap plant
four men can readily dip 1,000 lambs
In a day.
Qquaohes for Fattening.
A Colorado farmer rolatcs In Co-
burn's Swine In America tho following
roforenco to tho use or Hlbbard
squashes In that stato: "A neigh
bor clnlniB ho can flulsh tho fattonlng
of hogs on Hlbbard cquashes in onoj
halt tho tl mo ho can with corn, whllo
with pumpkins Ijo can only makq
them hold tholr own. Ho says he can
finish a hog in fair condition In six
weeks oh about one ton of squashes,
making a 200 to 250-pound hog. Ho
cuts tho squashes and feeds them raw,
and says the hogs clean up everything,
shell and all." Tho squash apparently
has n fattening value greater than that
of tho pumpkin, and squashes are
worthy of more i.ttentlon ' in swine
husbandry ;hnn has boon genernlly
given them,
"Tho marquis do Vlllalobar, Spanish minister
to Washington, has been transferred to Lisbon."
This brief dispatch sent by the Associated Press
from Madrid caused a stir In diplomatic and stato
department circles, coming, ns It did, on tho heels
of a story thnt tho marqulB had considered mm-
self Insulted by President Taft.
Tho marquis Is said to havo taken exception to
tho now rulo which separates tho ministers from
tho ambassadors and to havo felt such annoyanco
that ho has reported to Madrid.
The president, with members of his cabinet, re
ceived tho ambassadors behind an InclOBuro roped
of! from the passagoway In which wero tho min
isters. The marquis desired to pasB back of the
lncloBuro and different versions of what occurred
ore given. Anyway, tho marquis was offended,
,sald tho roport, and withdrew somewhat ruffled. Sorao ot tho diplomats say
ho threatened to request his homo government to remembor tho Incident whon
tho minister, of this government attends tho court receptions ot Aiionso.
Tbo marquis denies tho story nnd declares: "About a month and a half
om ho pnM "mv envomment asked mo It I would go to Lisbon and tako up
a number of Important matters belwecn Spain and Portugal. I repllod that
I preferred to remain as minister to tho United States. Whllo I would bo glad
to go if, my government roqulred it, I Informed tho king, I had been happy
WAR OVER HALLEY'S COMET
Prof. Porclval Lowell, who watches tho stars
from Lowell observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz., has
started an astronomical controversy that bids fair
to put tho Cook-Peary bitterness In tho candy
class.
Prof. Lowoll smiled whon It was suggested to
him that Halloy's comet, now the big thing In tho
skies, might wreck tho enrth. "Halley's comet
will in all human probability not affect tho earth
in this way' Prof. Lowell replied.
Then bo proceeded to elucidate his now con
irovorted theory of tho oarth'B finish In tho molt-
Ipg pot of tho Bun. Floating around soraowhero
in tho othor is a dead, cold, icy star which Is rush-
WMm jEmffik ing toward tho earth, Prof. Lowell theorizes. It
WJmmXmmmn mnv take millions ot years to got hero, tho unl.
verso is so vast, but it is on Its way. Prof. Lowoll
declares. Sight of it will first bo obtained through tho most powerful telo
scopes when It Is a Btar of tho oloventh magnitude Twenty-seven years Jator
It will become vlslbio to tho naked oyo and threo years later Jt will bo a star
of the first mngnltudo.
In two years and threo monthB more It will bo as closo as Jupiter Is and
tho brl-htest star In the sky. Forty-flvo days later those still ollvo will wit
ness the be'glnnlDg of tho end of' the earth, for tho dead world will draw this
earth after It as It plungas Into tho sun.
M , .'A
iWi nil "IM""1
Some Day.
Gunner -What's tho troublo with
thnt horso, old man7 From tho way
ho holds his head down ho 'looks ns
though ho had lost ovory friend In
tho world,
Ouyer Oh, It's thoso now patented
blinders I havo on him. With autos In
front and nutos nohlnd and nlrshlps
overhead, tho only place ho can look
without losing his ucrvo Is at the
ground.
Sizes of Eggs.
Under normal conditions tho egg
producing organs becomo enlarged
with ugo. An old hen may lay a larger
egg when Fho becomes a year or two
old, especially It she is a heavy layer
as a pullet.
SPEAK THE fKIND 'WORD
NOW,
Snouk tli kind Wold now.
No bltr llmorwlir. cbmef : - "
Mnrblo may bo tho brow.n, .
Tlioso Hps, to-morrow 'dumb,
No foundway .pint!trMl t .
Those car that yoir would ;Uirlli:&
To prnlao don't hesitate, . . ," 1 X-l'
lUnmln ho lon"4r sullj ' 4 fT
Put 'off no' Itltulty word1 ft V"' t
Until another day. k
TI10 prnlte that la defcrrod . , '
You may to llvq to Bay.
The heart that you would elisor,
To-morrow may not beat: 9f'
Now, lot your brother hear
Your praises. O so sweet., -.
Do th kind deed now,
To-morrqv Who tnn loll.
Tho Lord mti9 not allow
You longer liero to dwell: -TIio'
chanco that now you mls
May never como u(;nln.
Tlicro la no tlmo lll:o tlilH,
To nld your fellow inon.
QUITE ALONE.
Eye to Business.
"That's a bright clerk,' remarked the
Coorwalkor In tho book department,
"Right on tho Job, oh?" nsked tho
proprietor.
"I should Bay so. Ho hoard that the
class from tho girls' collogo was com
ing in hero to buy novola .to-day, so ho
hti3 arranged tho volumos all upside
down, so tholr lust chapters will bo
first."
Just Experimenting.
"You young scamp," Bhoutcd thu
owner of tho Ico pond, "don't you seo
thnt sign, 'No Skating?' "
"Aw, yer don't cnll this skating, do cot or not
yer, boss?" answered tho lad who was
learning. "It looks moro llko sitting
down to me."
Judgo Wns there any othor person
with you In this? Did you commit
tho robbery qulto nlono?
Prisoner Alone, hulto alono, judgo.
You see, tho trouble about having a
Partner in nn affair Uko this is that
you cah novor tell whether he Is hdu-
EASILY DONE.
A Shell Game.
No moro tho old hen lays for us
With cdcldlngs and with fuss,
Blio'a In n corner now and It's
Tho ecu trust lays for us.
Like a Cigar.
"A play," remarked the theatrical
manager, "Is llko "n cigar."
"What's tho answor?'' inquired tho
Innocent reporter.
"If It's good," explained tho man
ager, "ovoryono wants a box; nnd It
its bad, no amount of pufllng will
make Jt draw," Bystander.
thnt
Real Man Trap.
QunnorWlint phptqgrnph, is
you aro placing In yourdcsk? ,
Ouycr Why, it's tho picture of a-
mnn trap I look last summon
Qunnro Indood? Somo tiger lair
In tho tropics, ch?
Quyor Oh, no. It's n snapshot of
a girls' bacholor club on a picnic.
SPAIN'S MINISTER RECALLED LAWHSHAN A GOOD FARM FOWL
Kissing over tho wlro.
In tho North Woods.
IIo thought ha aw an nnllorcd stag
And so lie nred his Run;
Ho looked ngnln and saw It waa
The vlllago barber's son.
Broad "A" Extra.
"Room nnd Ijath, sir," said tho hotel
clerk politely, "J2 a day."
"I said room and bawth, young
man," Interrupted the pompous mnn.
"Understand bawth I"
"Oh, room and bawth? Beg pardon,
sir. Then the rates will bo $5 a day."
Her Mistake.
"Hero's a man ndvortlsos to romovo
blackheads."
"You ought to seo him at onco."
"I haven't any blackheads."
"Oh, I thought you said block-
hfialls."
Different Viewpoints.
JCommuttor (enthusiastically) Do
you know that this placo Is nearer tho
city hall than Harlem Is, as tho crow
IIIcb? You ought to mavo out hero,
Knickerbocker.
Knickerbocker (with feeling) I
will when I get to bo a crow. Red
Hon.
tbo
Few Get There. '
"l'vo , noticed ono thing," said
practical mnn ot business,
"And. what .Is that?" nsked hla
friend. ,
"Tho young chap who hitches hla
wagon to a star, seldom reachos the
point whore ho can hitch his private
car to n train."
RURAL JUSTICE.
Militant Maids.
"Why shouldn't womon vote?"
"Woll, womon don't light."
"Don't thoy? I thought tho English
suffragettes hnd put that old argu
ment out ot commission."
Must Have.
"Who was 'Tho Womon with tho
Serpent's Tonguo'?"
" 'Tho Woman with tho Serpent's
Tonkuo?"
pntra."
That must havo been Cleo- 5
Undoubtedly,
. "What do you think about the fall
lire tos Bupply tho city with n now
Hrubont?"
y it- 1 a Ktr Hn mi i i i
Irato Justice Wo must hov less
noise In this room. Horo I've tried
"I think there nro bound to bo Bomo r.00 cases already and I hain't boon
burning regrotu."
nblo to hardly ketch ono word of tho
testimony I
Among tbo Asiatic breeds of fowls
tho Lungshans havo won pprhnps tho
best reputation as winter layers, A
Black Langshan cock is horo pictured
Somo atralns of Brahmas aro fully
their equal. From tho farmor's stand
point tho Lnngsbnns nro prefernblo
to tho other Asiatics because of tholr
ability to forago butter and their loss
pronounced deslro to sit. Tbo chicks
aro fairly quick maturing and mako ex
cellent tublo fowls at five to six
months. For best results In laying
they should be hatched not Inter than
April. With proper rearing and f6ed
lug pullets will lay all tho following
wlntor.
Hand and Foot.
"Smlthson has a nico Job on his
Lands."
"What 1b it?"
"To put his married son on his foot."
Tho Only Way.
Now Upton comes In again
Lifting up tho lid of hlini
Sometime we'll have to let htm win
In order to get rid of him.
tho
Prevent Eggs Cracking.
To prevent eggs cracking whon n
number aro placed In boiling water, lei
warm wattr from tho fuucot run ovor
thorn before placing them In the
diali.
Well Turned, Well Done.
IIo Ho Is vory popular with
weaker sex, is ha not?
Sho Why, no! Every man I know
detests him. Judgo.
Like Seeking Like.
"How camo such a duck of a girl to
marry that phonoy doctor?"
"Why not? Isn't It natural to find a
duck with a quack?" ' 1
The Reason.
"Mr. Htnpeck hns a very sharp
.1060,"
"So would you liayp if it were kept
to the grindstone like hfe," ,
Poetlo Retribution.
"That follow has a porfect etching
Tor office."
"Tho'n it served him rigjjt set
scratched on tho ticjtef.''