bulldtac lhat la r u t winning the dorsement of the better versed contr tor In that of employing dynamite reducing the benvy w o r t

Grading through fafrd ground or ro for Instance. is tedjoua and requt Elmo and-labor. The uae of dynam for blnitlig BDcb material U n i ,-lco: relief. .Both rock and bard clay m

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Published Every Friday

VOLUME XXIX .

seventy-four

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dynamited t ree ' and the tree planted In blaated ground being ao unmistak-ably In favor of the latter that no ad-squate companion could be made.

Furthermore, there are ao many aane and logical reaaona for this method of tree planting that even the moat skep-tical could not fall to be convinced. Obviously when a tree has to use a large part of. its energies In forcing Us roots through tbe hard soli It can-not be aipected to make the same rapid growth and come Into auch

•»«*!- 9*SM9fc°f 4.. rectors of ihe Citfcens tank,

this city; per cem^tri-dend was jfedared. «ix haaUrtd dollar* was placad to aurplog o#~ loodred dollars lo uncliviikd'jwof' its mild the furniture and fi*tnre kccouut tedqoed considerably. It wilt be remembered that this in stituiion nnder a former manage ment lost some m'oaey, after one year ot 'streooona effort it wa-found that sore aucccss was Just *he«d, sfcd- ttw -jsajt year ma'THf banner year pf the bauk-s lilt when it made thirteen fwr-cent oV its capital. Cashier Hiatt i> to be congratulated upon the busi-' ucss manner in which he couduct> banking, and the great success hi has brought to thi* institution.— —Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roberts of Rile>-8. were the guests of hei parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Owens.—In our letter lasi week we stated that there was i-seventy-four pound pumpkin or. display at; the Citizens bank that was raised by Oncle Marshall Smith, the printer reversed oui figures making it read forty-seven

THE ROOT* ARC r n t t l L Y EMBEDDED IN RICH T0P80IL, SURROUNDED BY I K U O W , WELL DRAINED 8UBSOIL.'

early bearing aa«oji>rirc>nld that bad must be Ailed to prevent settling of the had the ground IB »hlefc,lt was planted tree af ter planting. Tbe roou should be

resorting to bl-stlng, ao that the soil may be made open and porpus. 8och blasting not only create* channels. In-creases absorption of sou moisture and permits deeper rooting, bat-It also in-duces better growth and larger yields.

REDUCTION Cri-npln^Uw Cap U the rus*. | own In the Illustration., Next punch rllNKonal bole In the cartridge with

'he bole deep enough to entirely bury ' ,p cap Insert ilia cap into this bole Tying Fuss and Cap ts Cartridge. '

through It, tfum insert In another dla#-onal l)0le below the first hole. No t>-Ing'tt necessary to hold thai cap la the cartridge. Tills method la called "lac-ing the fuse through the cartridge." It Is unsafe and unreliable. The fufce U likely to break qt the afcarp turns and the powder train (p i t Ore through Goats; Misses' aintf

Children^ Coats, Mil. ' iiiKJ.i i wg*?: %i£Q - ~ . linery, Men's, Boy's and Children's,SUits

Irrigation and drainage. But be. formed according to nature's die-i their courses, do not alwaya: j ibe

HiSSSSfM UJtt fit uu , 1280 acres .In Marti son.County, about alt In cultivation, balance open. Will roduce 50'to 6O.t>u«helH Of corn per ere.-: W t t K a t t o t a l -soil, easily -cultl-

! t ^ - Ohly±dlast Come and let us

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MT. VKKWONi -KOCKOASTLE COUNTY, K Y..FRID A Y. JANUARY 21 eagggggMg I " " ' l l V —

IMarshal Riggs went to Mt,. Ver L<eslteL_«.r_ — . •T1frT— - — -(ion Wednesday.—Mrs. Thomas fined to their rooms for a few days character mtkes'no difference, D l f l S l l l l Q ' ( l1*011 f l f l F o r T f P P P l f l n f l r u r ! Jon^saqd two children have been with'grtp.-Jack Carpenter; after but to the that mises pump- ® 1 W I 1 1 ^ r , o l , « " 5

A few davs ago a "man came to our town and asked to see the t board of trustees, when Mr. I. . C'atlin.clerk of the 'board, was pointed out to him. Later we learned his tnisBion and it was thit be wanted permission to put up a malt mead stand in our town. But we are pleased ta know tbat tbe privi'ege war de-nied him. We have a nice quitt town at present and we bog* «»| see it remain tbat way, "~ wiU say to tha board: your decision. We aflj! tbat nine-tenths of the the town are against this drink.' Citizens, just think back only a few tears ago, what a condition this town was iu at tbat time, and such stuff was sold then. We' hope the dark davs for i.iviogston are |ust. Hoys, stand by yont decision, we are alt With you.

Miss Dortba Owens, pi Sfir". uas here Sunday en route home from Berea where -he ha- been.at-tend<ni! school — We are haviug* the coldest feather of he >eason bein^ below zero for tbe first time in a few years. This re--

minds-us of a little anecdote told on Champ Mullins a few years ago when thermometers first came around. Champ bad been to Mt. Vernon and hid come back bnroe and some one asked him how cold it was at ML Ver-non. He answered tbat he weot in at Wilt Millers and the mome-ter was three big inches below zero.— C. L Black is moviog bis family to property on High street —Miss Nettie Rice hat been con-fined to her room for the past

abont tne siofe.' '' I. M. Turplu, of Langford Sta-tion, who has been confined to bis room for Soma time with rheuma-tism, passed henrS unday en route

^rench^fjbik Springs in Indi-'There wpitl t*aFif th Sun

day meeting at the Baptist church and a large crowd is expected.— — Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baker, of Mt. Vernoo, are with Mrs. Bak-er a parents, .Mr. and Mrs. D. Ponder.— HI Hansel claims that he has green cabbage growing.in his garden, We have not seep tbe cabbage ourselves but we have El's word for it ana that is O. K.— Mrs. F.,M. Marshbanks and little daughter, were in -lit. Vernon; Saturday. — Bev. Jones, of Lon don, filled his - ftgttlat' -.appoint-ment at the Baptist church. Sat urday and Sunday.—Mr. and Mre. W. H. Cottengim wefe'-cailBa to Piue Hill,"Monday..oo account of the illness of Mr. Cottengim's sis-ter.— J. B. Hayse, who has been very sick Is slowly improving.— Beu Griffin, who has had a spell of the grip is a.ble to beat fais post

week with grip, but at present "8®'°- ~ w R- Ward Jus had a sbe is much better-Our towD <tays'tnssM with grip but w was shockeJ Tuesday n;g-1 by twovfb le •ga-U- —-tittle Bnr roberies. J. H. Browning" was'*** Called from his room and two men . h i s r o o m w l t h pneumonia for sey-drew a pistol on him andde- | e r , ! d ay 8 ' b u t n o w i s Convales

had just paid off tbe and it though I they would Browning's month salary

p loyes v e r y s ick for s o m e t i m e

. . . . c o n t i n u e s v e r y l o w . — M r s . Dan ie l pposed t h e m e n i „ , , ;

, . . i P o n d e r , w b o h a s b e e n v e r y sick f o r some t i m e is r a p i d l y improv-

T h e s a m e m e n held u p a b r a k e n i a n nea t t b e r iver b r i d g e <nd r o b b e d h im of ( i . j o . L a t e r G e o t g e Mnl-l i n s a n d F r e d E l k m s w e r e a r r e s t -ed and t a k e n 10 Mt . V e r n o n . — E B O w e n s U l e a r n i n g t h e n i i f b t y a r d w o r k a t L i v i n g s t o n . — I . W . Cat l in , J H. B r o w n i n g , H u b e r t N ice tey , J u d g e S u m m e r s a n d

iog — W e a r e j u s t r e c o v e r i n g f r o m a severe siege of. cold, ca l l ed in E n g l i s h g r i p , b u t wha t puzz l e s u s is w h e t h e r w e h a v e b a d g r i p , o r g r i p h a s b a d u s , — Miss J « l e t t G r i f f i n , who h a s b e e n s u f f e r i n g w i t h a b r o k e n ar.m has a l m o s t re -covered . — W , I . t r p a r k s , o f M t . V e r n o n , was h e r e b e t w e e n t r a i n s , T u e s d a y —Wil l ie , Miss M a r i e a n d

k i n s t h a t p o u n d s and u p w a r d , i t . is d o i n g a i m a g r e a t i n j u s t i c e t o r e v e r s e figures. T h e n a g a i n w o aaid t b a t vliss E l izabe th G p n t l y w a s teach-i n g school f o r hjer " s i s t ' e r , " a p d the printer lookup at a passing circus, and made' our letter read "brother,- instead-. .Born to tbe home of Mr. aai Mrs. D Chandler a tine- baby boy last Fri-. day. — MrK1* C.' M. Browne, of LouUville, i s ' spending a few weeka with her parents, Mr. and M«. J . G. Frith.— Mrs- J. W.

and 'Mrs. A . E. Albright were with their brother, BubTur-pin, at Laugford last week. Mr. l'nipin has a severe attack ol rheumatism. Bit accompanied Ilia Sisters home "8nuday, and ou Monday left fot French Lick Springs. Ind., where he hopes to be benefitted — George W. Frith died at bis home near here Tues-day morning, aOd, his. remains were laid to rest-.in the Oak Bill cemetery -Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Fritb had in a serious eondition.i$r jieyn^l months, and uis death was no|pr^iiae to those who knew"oT~TH» condition. Be-sides his wido^rniis survived by seven small cljiflWi. — James Pike left Suncijjy\ for Detroit, Mich-, where he'.hw a position. HiSbtwhet,- ̂ 'Ew.-PHce resides io this northerir fijff,lind is maL-

; good with tMT Detroit Street

'f harp and family ind# live iii Cin-cinnati, having mewed there about thres.aKeka »go;v^. H. Frith is all smiles again, ili a girl.—About three weeks ago. our good friend Julian Bdrdep wa«.5tried and con-ictea'io'^the Ro^icastle Circuit

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fine, ten-days ebdSnement in the countr Jsii, and carried with its disfranchisement of two years. Mr. Bordes, thfu his attorney, Bled motion for a new trial, and the day was set for the-argnment of tbe case, and while waiting tor the day to arrive be boarded tbe train for Frankfort, where be in-terceded with (Jov. Stanley, set cured a full pardon lor tbe im-prisonment and the trimiugs, re-turned home feeling ̂ H&iderably oetter because of the iact that he did not have to board with James Winstead ten days and tbat he would cast his vote hereafter as usual. Unclit Dave Hurt is very sick with grip. The doctors also report a number of other grip victims.

Graded School Items.

been written rees, but If tbe experi-

ences of scores of famous orcbardlats bave any weight on the topic, tbeu the practice of using dynamite preliminary to planting young trees has fully proved i u merlta.

Tbe writer bas personally seen spe-cific examples of the value and excel-lence of tree planting wltb dynamite on a private orchard In Delaware, tbe

Blasting for tree planting la best dope In tbe fall, because at this time of tbe year It Is easier to catcb tbe subsoil In dry condition. Blasting In tbe spring for spring planting, however. J» much better than planting In dug boles, not-withstanding tbe fact that the aubsoll is apt to be wet or damp.

If the boles are blasted In advance of the time at setting the trees they are left without further attention until

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THE BLAST THOROUGHLY CRACKS THE 80IL, BUT USUALLY LEAVES A CAVITY OR POTHOLE AT THE BOTTOM-THI8 MUST l*E FILLED.

tree planting time, nnless It !• dwlr-able to add some manure or fertiliser to be diffused through the soil. Tills la an excellent practice, especially In poor solL If the earth Is sour, sticky clay a few pounds of lime scattered la the hole will materially assist In floc-culating the clay and keeping it per-manently granulated And sweet

Immediately'after tbe blast the sof t , blasteft ground should be dug out down

to tbe location of the charge, where a hole will usually be found about the size of a busbel basket Thla

must be filled to prerent settling of the tree af ter piloting. Tbe roots should be placed In a natural position in good top

with more top soil and t r w t e d floir^flrm. The hole can then bferfilled to S little above the surfica with BubnofL'

The fact that nearly all commercial orchard is ts use this method proves that it pays In reduced first year loss, earlier fruiting and larger and better yields.

Priming a Dynamite Cartridge danger In handling a

stick pf farm • powder If the user will uae but an ordinary amount of care and Intelligence.

A common Incorrect method of prim-ing Is to punch a hole right through the cartridge, pass the capped fuse

in loosening shale and rock to facili-tate hand or steam shovel work dyua-mlte 1* also very effective, while stumpe may be blasted from the roadbed Just as though they we're' being removed f rom a field to be cleared and cultivated.

Boulders also are easUy shattered by suitable loading and when of hard rock m4y be crushed Into surfacing stone. The side ditches well as the long outfall ditches -can also be blasted lu keeping w l t ^ h e nature of tbe ground. In fact, thef t are no limits practically to the many uses and advantages of dynamite for road building when care-ful and thoughtful attention la given to the work.

Incidentally tbe planting of shado trees for roadside improvement and at-tfactiveneee Is gVeatly facilitated by the Judicious use of a little d/namlte. It la a recognized fact that trees plant-ed In blaated holes grow mora rapidly. and progress more favorably Jian those planted In the average spade tug ground.

Straightening Streams With Dynamite

The ancient Egyptians were noted for their crops because, as history state*, they "sowed their seeds in the Nile." This does not mean that they actually cast ' the seed in the river. At certain seasons of the year tbe Nile overflows 11* banks, depositing on either shore a rich slit or earth £hat la highly conducive to bumper crops, aiM) the wise ancient Egyptlanu, realizing; this, profited thereby.

Water is a necessity. The tiniest brooks up to the largest rivers play aa important part in the scheme of things Inasmuch as they are nature's way of