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cial provisions, the State College has
for the past two years kept Sparks pret­
ty steadily at work among the stumps.
Sparks commenced his investigations
J. L. Ashlock, of the Washington State College, Gives Much
on the theory that the process he had
HE mouth o f June w ill no doubt be
Valuable Information.
seen succeed in the Yount clearings at
a very eventful one. On the first
Woodland, was approximately correct
Huerta will eliminate himself long
H A T is the poor man's way o f re­ en gravel will thaw and fall down, thus for the particular soil and climatic con­
enough to take another drink. V illa
moving stump&f Tn the Pacific keeping the fire ligh tly covered all the ditions o f that locality. Ho therefore
will take time to shoot a few hundred
Coast states, in the states flan k ­ while. In burnt-over clearings it is a learned thortrughly the method used by
federals, while on the fifth Teddy will
ing and including the Rocky mountains, common sight to see here and there a the Woodland people, expecting to in­
relegate all the disbelievers o f his river
from the Lakes to the Gulf, and from stump which for some reason had burn­ troduce it into other regions with such
variations as the changed conditions story to the Ananias Club. The inoon
Maine to Florida, there are people who ed down into the ground.
will be full on the seventh and Huerta
want to know.
Each o f the cases cited is an example should justify.
w ill be full on the eighth. The balloon
Method of Burning.
And yet, since men commenced the o f fire working precisely in the way it
Here is the way they did it in the ascension at Portland w ill take place on
practice o f fellin g whole forests where- works when burning underground in the
the eleventh. Congress w ill adjourn on
Yount clearings:
ever it was convenient to do so and the roots o f a big stump.
the thirtieth and go in search o f the
Chop the bark from the lower part
law did not forbid, numerous ways have
Tw enty years ago a settler in the
Monroe Doctrine and votes fo r re elec­
Take some dry wood
been devised for getting rid o f stumps. western part o f Oregon allowed a con­ o f the stump.
tion.
Horses, oxen and mules have been used siderable amount o f litter to collect in broken in 18-inch lengths or nearly so,
June this year, according to all signs,
to drag them out oft he ground. Engines a pile near his barn, which, during a and stand the pieces around the stump,
will be warmer than January'. There
have been similarly used, either uproot dry season, caught fire and burned. The placing the finer and more combustible will be considerable rain i f it stays
On the windward
in g the stumps by direct pull, or oper­ man noticed that where the litter had sticks underneath.
cloudy.
During thus month the col­
ating liftin g cranes. Blasting powder been piled around an old stump the fire side o f the stump, leave a place for an leges will turn out graduates resembling
has been employed to split and loosen continued to burn fo r several weeks. opening in the covering over the wood, mushroons, who w ill go forth and teach
them in order that they ¿nay be lifted His curiosity was aroused, and upon in-, by placing against the pile two pieces o f the younger generation how to tango
or dragged out.
vestigating he discovered that the bark or wood with the upper ends meet­ and smoke cigarettes properly.
But none o f these methods do for the stump had been transformed into a bed ] ing and the lower ends about 12 inches
Yea, verily, the month o f June will
poor man; and generally it is tbo poor o f charcoal. The largest roots had been apart on the ground. In the triangle be eventful.
thus
formed,
pile
fine
chips
and
shav­
man who seeks the stump bound fron consumed in this way several feet un
The Sunday schools hold picnics out
ings fo r kindling— a little
pitch
is
tier for the purpose o f making a home. derground.
in the le a fy wood, the children stu ff
good.
Arrange
it
so
that
the
pitchy
However, much o f the force o f this
their systems with everything that's
Because he is poor, to do his work he
must at first resort to jwimitive means.! lesson was lost for the time being. Men kindling leads into the interior o f the good, the minister get« mushy with the
pile.
This
will
secure
a
quick
start
leaders o f the choir, until the yaller
These in the case o f logged-off land in that neighborhood who saw what had
jackets puncture his sacred tire. The
to be cleared are his bare hands, fire occurred later attempted to fire stumps when the fire is lighted.
H
aving
arranged
the
wood
as
indi­
by heaping stra'w, brush and other in­
and his ax.
teacher o f the infant class gets daubed
cated, take some soil (that containing
An ax o f some sort, though but a flammable material over them, and a good percentage o f clay is p refer­ with deviled egg, while a horrid, hun­
club weighted at one end with a wedge- their endeavors failed quite naturally, able) and cover the pile clear around gry’ wood-tick burrows in her te n d e r -
limb. In June the rose is flinging all
shaped stone, has been obtainable bv since charcoal burning is not effected the stump with the exception o f the
its fragrance on the air; the turtle
men in all known ages. Fire is fo r the by an open flame.
triangular space where the fire is to be doves are cooing and a-wooing every­
Taught by a Sea Captain.
free use o f every man who can find
started. L a y each shovelful very care­ where. The maiden haunts the ham­
fuel, which is generally plentiful in for
Fortunately a man heard o f the oc­ fu lly against the wood, placing the first
mock, while her lover lingers nigh, while
est clearings. Hands are a part o f man currence who knew something o f the bottom tier around the stump quite
her mother from the window watches
himself, hence are his nearest-by and behavior o f fire when burning under­ loosely. Do not permit the earth to
with
suspicious
eye, the
summer
most dependable means o f doing things. ground. He was an old sea captain, E. s ift down into the wood and shavings.
girl
is
wearing
her most trans­
So these three resources are within C. Cruse by name, and is now livin g Put the upper tiers o f shovelfuls on very parent dress, and as to her anatomy,
reach o f every able-bodied man, rich near Castle Rock, Washington. Cruse, compactly.
The “ c o lla r " around the one doesn’t have to guess. The hens
or poor; and the question is, “ Tan any after a great deal o f experimenting, stump should be made especially tight. take a vacation and desist from laving
n *u in the single lifetim e that is his succeeded in firin g stumps. He taught
Ligh t the fire in the triangular open­ eggs, and the girls who go a swimming,
remove stumps from enough acres o f Harry Yount, o f Woodland, Washing ing already described. I f the directions all strive to show their— skill. The
ton, how to do it. Others learned tke just given have been carefully followed, lightning bugs and army worm, the
land to make a good sized fa r m f”
trick, so that tw o years ago there were the fire will burn into the pile, at first currant slugs and such, have seized the
Results o f Investigation.
in northwestern Oregon and western consuming the chips and kindling under vegetables and hold them in their
Investigations that have recently
Washington perhaps a dozen men who the larger sticks, then spreading to all cluteh. The ants are in the cupboard,
been made in the logged o ff districts of
knew fa irly well how to kindle a fire the wood around the stump. When the and they revel in the jam, while the
Washington aud Oregon promise a way
which would burn a stump root and fire is burning clear around, and smoke roaches cock their noses up and don't
o f removing stumps which is within
base.
is issuing irom the pile, close the trian­ seem to care a— eent.
roach o f every man, rich or poor. In
A singular fact is that up to the very gular opening with loose earth. As the
In Juno life is one glad sweet song
deed, fhe method is more than a prom
recent, development, o f the method, not fire continues to burn slowly, the pile for the farmer boy. He arises from his
ise, aud has passed the ex.terimcnUl
enough interest could be aroused to in settles evenly all the
way
around. downy couch when the first fain t
stage; tor bulletins are now in posses
due© neighbors o f the few successful Where breaks occur in the covering, streaks o f dawn appears in the east. Ho
siou which in the immediate future will
men to learn the process and use it in close them with more earth. When the goes out and hears the morning stars
be sent far and wide throughout stump
their own clearings. This lack o f in­ smoke issuing from the cover is blue, singing together. He wakes up the
dom, explaining how. by a simple pro
terest was certainly not due to any lack too much air is reaching the fire, and rooster perched on the plow handle and
cess o f burning, the roots o f a big
of stumps.
the charcoal is being consumed, which is makes him salute the flag. Then he
stump cau be turned into charcoal. That
In the summer o f 1900 H. W. Sparks, undesirable, so put on more cover. When whistles the M rery W idow w altz as
finishes the stump so far as its obstruc
who had just been elected supervisor o f the smoke is white and steamy, moving he hustles to the barn to curry the
tion to farming is concerned.
demonstration farms oi the State Col­
mules and anoint their sore shoulders
In the iden o f charcoal burning there lege o f Washington, was on a tour upward in a sluggish way, charcoal is
with axle grease. His soul is full o f
is nothing new.
For many centuries through the timbered counties ©f west­ being made o f the stump, which is the
sunshine when he remembers that John
the production o f charcoal has been ern Washington, and while in Wood­ desired thing.
From this point on, the fire, i f prop D. Rockefeller, Woodrow Wilson and T y
understood- and (•radioed among both land saw Harry Yount burning stumps.
Cobb were the sons o f the knighted
civilised and uncivilised people.
In Sparks like many other men, had al erlv controlled, will work Into the base farmer and danced the tango behind a
Harden it is made from rectangular ways believed that fire is the natural o f the stump. Where a big root is en­ wooden harrow and stubbed their toes
w ill
first bum
piles o f wood, the process being regu means with which to destroy stumps. countered, the fire
on last y e a r’s corn stalks when they
lated by the careful Adiiii«gko«i o f air Rut he had never been able to kindle a straight through it, and, upon striking were boys on the farm.
the
soil
on
the
opposite
side,
follows
through holes in the coverings over the fire so that it would destroy a stump
B y June 30th w# expect H i G ill's
wood. In ( ’hina charcoal is prepared in root and all. M any times he had seen down the under side c f the root, grad broken bones are to be mended enough
ually
working
to
the
npper
part
which
it
pits, preferably m clay soils, in most a fire follow a piece o f timber far un­
fin a lly reaches. In this slow way the to allow him to issue a proclamation on
countries where wood is abundant, derground, but it bad never occurred
the latest and correet wr.y to tango and
charcoal burning is carried on by fir to him that such timber could as well base o f the stump and the big roots for also calling on the Loyal Sons o f the
several feet underground will be turned
ing couieal piles o f billets o f wood from be, so fa r as the fire was concerned, the
Great Tyee to attend the Potlatch, but
into eharcoal.
a central hole or chimney.
poor Oregon is bound to suffer while
biggest root of a stump. But the idea
When the base o f the stump is en
Charcoal is used as a fuel, and as a dawned upon him with force when he tirely consumed, the upper part falls Gov. West and the state m ilitia go to
California to close up Mt. Lassen which
reducing agent in metallurgy
I t is saw what Harry Yount was doing.
ever. The break ia the covering thus
is on another rampage.
used in the manufacture o f filters, and
made
is
ligh
tly
covered
with
earth.
Legislative Appropriations.
Yea, verily, the month o f June will
may be administered as a medicine in
Horning will continue in the roots un
be eventful.
Tha eleventh session o f the Washing
some cases o f dvsfwpsi*. On aeoount o f
til they are pretty well destroyed. Then
the resistance o f charcoal to the action ton legislature met during the winter if it is desired to consume the charcoal,
FOR TOUR DEN
5
o f water, stakes for wot amis aud the o f 1909, but instead o f appropr iting the cover is opened, and total combus­ 5
Beautiful Colle*. Pennant.
inside o f casks are charred previous funds to the state agricultural ex peri tion is speedy and complete. The soil
to use. i hick «-ns eat charcoal and most ment station (which is an arm o f the next to the stamp and the roots is not
poultrymep know its value fo r main State College o f Washington), for the injured by the fire, exeept a small spot Yale and Harvard. Each B in. x 24 lx.
purpose o f investigating the logged-off
Princeton. Cornell. Michigan
tain ing the health of their birds.
just under the crown o f the stump
Each 7 in. x 21 in.
80 charcoal is a well known product, land problem, passed Senate B ill 146, where the excessive heat sometimes
which
authorized
the
U.
S.
Bureau
o
f
A ll beet quality felt with felt head­
ha\ ing value for many d ifferen t pur
causes the forming of a “ c lin k e r."
Plant
Industry
to
spend
as
much
as
ing,
streamers,
letters and mascot ex­
poses and the methods o f its production
(T o be continued.)
ecuted in proper colors. This splendid
are well known, and have been known *T>,000 for this purpose from funds o f
assortment sent postpaid fo r 50 cents
for many centuries.
But iu all that the Stats s f Washington, imposing the
The X ew York state forest nurseries and 5 stamps to par postage. Send now.
time the fact that charcoal burning condition that the Bureau should dupli have a capacity o f 26 million young
HOWARD SPECIALTY CO.
could be Ufced to destroy stamps as big cate the amount thus expraded by ex trees a rear.
Dayton, Ohio.
penditures from its own oongreaaiona!
as they grow, was overlooked
appropriations.
The tw elfth
session
Uudergrouad Pina.
convened during the winter o f 1911 and
Manifold are the lllastraUuns which failed to make aay appropriation what
many of us have seem, indicating plain ever for logged o ff lands. The in d if­
I J that fire will burn under the ground ference thus exhibited probably pro
i f properly controlled. Engineers have reeds from the same streak o f human
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h »« taken oer entire a lira
often
W r v e d that logs which have nature which Ymrnt and Cruse and oth
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nenrcccd««»* 4emaa4 l „ « . „ I . , ,
been laid down in swampy land for the ers had contended with when they
from tan..
n„r recent >4. Its. eeltriTr
e x k e ,:,t M n m enpHr. hot tke printer i,
fir-d bed of a railroad will burn under * sight to induce their neighbors to
. w: r* on .* l» r«c«r an J mare
the grade when the protrwdmg ends dry f»m e and be shewn bow to nd their
Which w r will ennn he .M e tn m .,1 ,n m
*
©at sufficiently to catch .ire in dry net land o f stumps by n poor man's meth
t three
h i i ^ see
T * • . V few
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ta b keek.
"'! if
e l. * , * M getting
•on«, la Alaska, old Inge which are iva ©d.
n v x BOOMS. $337 00
bedded in the frosea : ravel are burned
However, in one way e- an ether, part
Built House Company
W e taverna a a *
member el
by bonding a little fire against the ex of the time by meriting in ee nperati^p
n* and
•tal any 4f>ufni rou need
990 Broadway.
A to r
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wd end ef the leg and regulating the with the U. S. Rnrenn mt Plant Indue
raiag ee that as it proctrds the free try, and pari nd the time making ape
Removing Stumps at Moderate Cost
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