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CONTROL INSECTS
WHILE DORMANT
Mexican Indians
Are Fleet of Foot
trad e pilgrim age to C hihuahua th a t a
young girl of th e trilie saw tha
bobbed h air w as th e fashion. She in
duced a friend to clip her hair.
"W hen she got back home and her
paren ts saw her shorn locks, they de
d a re d she was In disgrace. The head
men of the trib e held a conference and
were about to sentence her to a life of
banishm ent In the m ountains, w hirl
m eant th at she would have to taki
sh elter with some poor Mexican fam
lly or die of starvation.
“It happened, however, th a t one of
the Indians insisted thut I he made «
p arty to the conference, so I was senl
for. I heard the case and then I sug
gesled th at they should not carry oui
the severe sentence which they had
proposed, but th a t they perm it the gin
to rem ain In her p aren ts' home until
her tresses had grown to normal
length, when she would have utoued
for the disgrace she hud brought upon
herself and the tribe. T h is w as done.
"One of the rem arkable beliefs of
th e . T arah u m ares Is th a t stones and
all oth er Inanim ate objects really pos­
sess life and th at they suffer Joy and
pnln Just the sam e as hum an beings
By reason of this belief they have
g reat reverence for stones, plants and
trees. They w orship u species of cac-
tus which lives several m onths a fte r It
has been pulled from the ground. The
root of this cactus contains a Juice
which th e Indians drink and which
has a powerful narcotic effect.
ered any rem arkable feat for T arahu-
m ares to run 175 miles to 200 miles
w ithout stopping. Is It any wonder
th at the record mude by Leonclo in
covering th e distance of 02 miles w ith ­
Minaca, S tate of C hihuahua, Mex,— out stopping will not create any stir
It has long been a well-known fact to among his own people?
C a p tu re W ild Horses.
A m ericans of this p a rt of Mexico th at
th e mule m em bers of the T arah u m are
"W hen 1 first located at G uazapares,
Indian tribe excel all oth er aborigines th ere were thousands of wild horses in
In fleet-footedness and endurance. The the foothills of the Sierra Madres and
record made by Leoncio San Miguel, It w as a common p ractice for Mexican
a T arah u m are runner, in covering the ranch ow ners of th at region when
distance between I’achucu and Mexico they w anted to collect a drove o f the
City, 100 kilom eters, equivalent to 62 anim als for th eir own uses or for m ar­
miles. In 9 hours and 87 minutes, ket to send a few T arah u m are Indian
which seem s to have created a stir In runners to the grazing ground of the
the sporting world recently, has been wild horses to round them up and
excelled tim es w ithout num ber In the drive them to the ranches. T he T ara-
ordinary run of life of these lowly In ­ hum ares could run us fast or faster
dians upon th eir native heath in the than the fleet-footed horses and they
rough region w est of here.
Invariably brought in the drove when
No w hite person is b etter qualified assigned to th e task. The soles of
to speak authoritativ ely about the T a­ the feet of the Indians a re so thick
rah u m are Indians th an C harles T. and hurd th a t th e roughest so rt of
W allace, an Englishm an, who, for traveling has no effect on them.
“T he T arah u m ares do all th eir deer
nearly forty years, has made his home
In the little T arah u m are village of hunting on foot. When they sight a
N e v e r Lo ok in M ir r o r .
C uazapare8. Don Carlos, as W allace deer they run the anim al down, even
“No T arah u m are maiden or male
Is called, has been operating a ona- If It tak es a day o r two days to ac­ mem ber of the trib e h as ever looked
man mine and a ranch of a few thou­ complish Its exhaustion. The men are voluntarily Into a m irror o r any other
sand acres bordering th e Indian coun­ g reat h unters and are expert with reflector Hint might show to them their
try, and purely for human com panion­ bows and arrow s, although they get features. It Is one of the solid su p er­
ship he asked and received permission the keenest enjoym ent in running stitio n s of these Indians th u t to catch
of the head men of the trib e to make th eir game to earth Instead of shoot­ even u fleeting glim pse of th eir re ­
ing It.
his home among them.
flected features, even In a pool of w a­
Women Also F leet of Foot.
ter, Is bad luck. N otw ithstanding the
Indians’ Legal Adviser.
"T he women also are sw ift runners existence of this taboo, th e T arahu-
On many occasions he has repre­
sented the T nruhum ares in m atters and running m atches betw een young m are young women a re possessed of
th a t cam e before both the sta te and women and young men ure held nt more than ordinary m aidenly vanity.
federal governm ents. He Is highly re­ frequent Intervals, especially In the They primp and dress to n ttra c t the
spected by the Indians, and he has fall, in th e light of the bright O ctober atten tio n of th e young men, and yet
been given an insight Into many of moon. T hese races som etim es extend they never have any Idea of w hat th eir
th e ir tribal custom s and traditions. over a period of th ree or four days personal ap pearance Is like.
'T he women do the courting, and
Don Carlos w as a t Minaca to lay In a and a re attended by several thousand
supply of provisions for his own use Indians. The total num ber o f T ara- It Is one of the most am using proc­
during the w inter, which Is severe In hum ares Is about 35,000 and, despite esses tow ard m arriage th a t perhaps
these altitudes, when the published re ­ the hard life they lead, they a re the exists anyw here In the world. Both
port reached here of the long distance strongest and most vigorous people I young men and women a re extrem ely
have ever known.
bashful. When a girl sets h er heart
runn ing record made by Leoncio.
“I have w itnessed many of th eir on a certain youth for h er husband
“To a person who Is not fam iliar
w ith the running feats of the T ara- big racing events and the spectacle Is she has a terrib le hard tim e m ustering
hum ares, Leonclo'g record doubtless worth going many miles to see. T h at up courage to ‘pop the question.
stan d s out as a notable perform ance," Is especially tru e a t night, when the Sometimes It tnkes months o f patient
Don C arlos said. “When he comes pine knots are lighted to mark the and am using tactics before she gets
back to his people, he will laugh about path of the ru n n ers and th e flare of the young man to un d erstan d Hint she
It and his friends will laugh with him. cam pfires upon th e m ountain shies is In love with him. When the event­
Why, do you know th a t It is not a t all lends a w eirdness to the scene th at ful question Is finally asked and she
an unusual thing, and certainly It was Is som ewhat awesome. Besides the Is accepted, th u t Is all th ere Is to It.
alm ost a weekly event In the days be­ straight-sw ay race, th ere are races T here Is no m arriage ceremony.
Medicine Man Im portant.
fore the railroud was built ns far west which a re handicapped In certain
as Minaca from C hihuahua, for T a ra ­ ways. One favorite handicap Is for the
"T he T arah u m ares live ln the h eart
hum are runners to be sent with mes­ ru n n er to kick n ball along th e path of th e g reatest country of wild game
sages from G uazapares to th e city of as he runs, and th e women keep th e to be found anyw here outside o f A fri­
C hihuahua, a distance of 592 miles, ball moving by striking It w ith sticks. ca, I truly believe. Deer, bears, a n te­
Live on Wild Game.
th ere and back, by road they had to
lopes. wild turkeys and various other
“N otw ithstanding the proved phys­ kinds of game abound. The needs of
travel, and th at they made and still
m ake the round trip in five days, in ­ ical powers of the T arahum ares, they the Indians a re few. They w ear little
cluding the tim e olT for eating and do little ln the way of real work. If any clothing and th eir homes are
Some farm ing—Just enough to raise usuully made o f reeds and limbs of
sleeping.
corn and beuns for th eir own use— Is trees.
Pays Tax on Time.
"On one p a rticu lar occasion when I carried on, but most of th eir living
“In each village Is a medicine man,
w anted to get a tax paym ent to the I comes from th e wild game th a t they who plays no small p a rt in the dally
mining office in Chihuahua before the kill. T hese Indians a re one of the affairs of Ills people, especially In
d ate of delinquency arrived, I em ­ few native tribes th at have not been tim es of sickness o r trouble.
The
Not many of them medicine man Is supposed to possess
ployed a young Indian to tak e the Mexicanized.
money and le tte r th ere and he made speak Spanish and most of them re ­ an overabundant supply of w hat we
the one-way trip ln less than two days sent the intrusion of aliens. I am glad would call Ideas; a t any rate, he
and waa back In G uazapares before to say I was made a notable exception usually keeps a cloth tightly wound
the end of the fourth day. The boy's to th a t rule.
around his head to ’keep his mind
"They are honest, good-natured, fun- from escaping.' ’’
nam e w as Serrance, and for beauty
of body and powers of endurance I loving folk. The men do not w ear
don’t believe he ever had an equal. beards, because they believe th e devil
G r a d u a tes Im m igrate
To keep th eir faces
H e la atUI living—an honored member bus a beard.
The ltaliu n Impulse to em igration
beardless,
the
men
pluck
out
the
h
airs
of the tribe. He fa now past forty
extends to the workmen and peasants,
y ears old, and Ills fast running days when they first begin to ap p ear and but also, according to recent advices
are over, although he can still hold they keep this up all through life.
from Itio de Jan lero , to th e Intellec­
his own against many men much
“I w itnessed an Incident at G uaza­ tuals. Complaint Is made th a t every
younger than he Is.
pares not long ago which convinced stiip arriv in g from Italy brings many
" It may be hard for an o u tsider to me th a t th e bobbed-hair style will Itnllnn university g rad u ates fondly
believe the statem ent, but It Is a wp II- never be adopted by the T arah u m are hoping to m ake th eir way ln th e new
established fact th at It 18 not consld- young women. It w as while on
world by th eir wits.
Tarahumares Excel Other
Aborigines in Covering
Long Distances.
SPITE FENCE SEPARATES THESE
TWO TOWNS IN TEXAS OIL FIELD
T o rn
D ow n
S eve ral
T im es ,
A rm ed
G u ard s A re N o w on D u ty
to P ro te c t IL
8 tln n ett, T exas.—P erh ap s no more
rem arkable “spite" fence was ever
built than th at which sep arates the
tow ns of S tinnett and East S tin n e tt
T hese two new and rapidly growing
com m unities a re in the h eart of the
H utchinson county oil field of the P an ­
handle. The two tow ns adjoin and
only a street sep arates them. The
people of S tin n ett for som e unex­
plained reason fell ont with the peo­
ple of their neighboring town of East
S tin n ett and It was decided to sever
all com m unications between the two
places.
To prevent traffic from passing from
one town to another a fence was
built across the street leading from
E ast S tin n ett Into S tinnett. At first
Il was only a m akeshift o f two-by-
fours, but a careless truckm an ran
over It. Then It w a a built stronger
and extended som ewhat. Likew ise It
w as torn down.
Then a real honest-to-goodness
fence wag put up. It consisted*of
railroad ties put In th e ground, many
b srh w ires stru n g along them, some
two-by-twelves spiked to them and g
big cable along on top. It was like­
wise extended out In the field In each
direction, sep aratin g th e two town-
sites. but travel continued around It.
Several nights ago a squad o f men
arrived and while some patrolled with
shotguns, o thers proceeded to lay the
fence flat. It was rebuilt and ex ten d ­
ed the next day and also a sh ark was
moved up Io the west side o f It and
arm ed guards are stationed therein,
w ith orders to atop m olesters.
In the m eantim e, several by plays
have been going on In the way of
painting signs on the fence and other
stu n ts th at add to the m errim ent.
Beautiful Dolls Used as
Lure to Sell Delicacies
P aris.—The A lsatian re sta u ra n ts of
P aris have hit upon a new way to
sell th eir p ate de foie gras, the food
th a t made Strasbourg famous.
Cans of pate, all ready to be taken
home, a re placed beneath the volumi-
nous sk irts of dolls dressed In the
provincial costume, w ith big A lsatian
bowa adorning th eir hair, a wife,
sw eetheart or daughter, taken Into the
restau ran t for a good dinner, la al-
most sure to be attra c te d to the dolls,
placed on tables in the cen ter of the
room. When her escort yields to her
whim and decides to buy (he doll, he
has to buy th e pate de fols gras th at
goes with II—and there are few deli­
cacies In the world th a t cost so much.
T oo M uch S p eed
New Haven, Conn —S train and speed
of modern life. In the opinion of l)eun
Brown of Yale divinity school, are
causing Increasing nervous b reak­
downs, Insomnia, hysteria and la-
sanity.
Many of the injurious Insect pests
are most effectively controlled by
spraying during the dorm ant season.
At thia lim e of the year m aterials
can be safely used thut would be
Injurious to thd leaves of trees d u r­
ing the growing season, claims G. M
List, deputy state entomologist, Col­
orado A gricultural college.
“Among the insects In Colorado that
are effectively controlled by such ap­
plications are a num ber of scale In­
sects and the fruit tree leaf-roller.
The most Injurious scale Insects are
the San Jose, Europeau elm, oyster
shell, cottony maple, Tutnum. and Cot­
tonwood scales. The oil sprays ure
proving to be the most effective for |
most of the dormuiit spraying work,
although the lime and sulphur solu
Hons ure still used a great deal, espe
d u lly on the San Jose scale.
“The oil sprays ure usually spoken
of as miscible and soluble oils -and
oil emulsions.
These are all very
similar. They a re oils so treuted thut
they will readily mix with w ater and
be diluted. They cun he applied ut
any time during the period when the
leaves ure o ff the trees, providing the
tem perature Is above 00 degrees
Fahrenheit. When a g reat deal of
spraying is necessary, It Is often ad­
visable to do p a rt of It during the
nice w eather of fall und early winter,
hut the m ajority of this work Is done
in the spring,
"It Is not too early to make a su r­
vey of the orchard and shade trees
und order the necessary supply of
m aterials.
While the oil emulsions
cun be prepared ut home, It Is usuully
advisable for the average person to
secure his supply of the ready ¡ire-
pared oil sprays th a t are on the m ar­
ket."
Control Scale Insects
by Using Winter Spray
D uring the p ast yeur the purple
scale seem s to have received u set­
back to such an extent that there is
how not over 2 per cent of live scule
in evidence In any orchard. As a re ­
sult of this condition, the orchurdist
may neglect to w atch his Satsum a or­
chard for purple scule, thinking that
the setback of last w inter ivas suffi­
cient to carry him through the present
year. If there was 1 or 2 per cent of
live scale during the month o f June,
there may be a heavy Infestation be­
fore the harvest tim e comes, and con­
siderable Injury to the> fruit may re­
sult during the month of Septem ber
and early October. T herefore, the o r­
churdist should keep Ills orchard un­
der close observation, and if purple or
long scule is present, he should lose no
time in spruying with oil emulsion in
o rd er to protect his fru it from Injury
from Wiis pest and ulso to keep the
trees clean and healthy.
Winter Spray With Lime-
Sulphur Is Now Favored
W inter spraying with lim e-sulphur
is a safeguard against San Jose scule,
fungus diseases, and many hark hiber­
nating insects. T he cost and trouble
of applying this spray Is not g reat and
It cun be done when other work does
not press. San Jose scule Is certain
death to trees If not checked, and
while It spreads slowly from tree to
tree, It spre ids over a tree very rapid­
ly. In the mite stage It moves about,
und birds and strong winds distribute
the miles, which soon form fast-spread
ing colonies, and the rate of Increase
Is mnrvelous. But for the fact th a t
the adult scale insects are stationary,
and the babies move about for only a
few days, orchards would become
quickly and heavily infested. Scien­
tists tell us th at the progeny of one
fem ale wli! exceed 3,000,000 In one
aunimer.
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Horticultural Facts
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Second Floor Plan.
F irs t F lo o r P lan .
By W . A. R A D F O R D
Mr. W illia m A. R a d fo r d w ill a n s w e r
q u e s t io n s a n d g iv e a d v ic e F R E E <1E
COST on a ll p r o b le m s p e r ta in in g to th e
s u b je c t o f b u ild in g , fo r tb e r e a d e r s o f
th le p a p er .
On a c c o u n t o f b is w id e
e x p e r ie n c e a s e d ito r , a u t h o r an d m a n ­
u fa c t u r e r , h e Is, w ith o u t d o u b t, th e
h ig h e s t a u t h o r it y on th e s u b je c t. A d ­
d r e s s a ll I n q u ir ie s to W itlln m A. R a d ­
ford , N o. 1827 P r a ir ie a v e n u e , C h ic a g o ,
fo r r ep ly .
The home shown In the Illustration
contains seven bedrooms, one on Hie
first floor utitl six on the second. To
accom m odate this lurge num ber of
people the architect has provided
three bathroom s, one dow nstairs and
two upstairs.
The home contains ten rooms in a d ­
dition to a lurge reception hall, or
room and a washroom 12 by HI feet
8 Inches. Two stairw ays lead to the
second floor, one running up from th e
reception room and the other from
the kitchen.
Tills home Is 24 feet wide by 50 feet
deep. The large porch running acro ss
the front und around on one side
gives It an uttructive exterior appear
anee.
T he dorm er set In the roof
provides light und ventilation for the-
lurge attic.
Floor ¡dans th at accom pany Hi»
exterior view of the home, show how
the rooms ure arranged, and th e ir
sizes.
Aside from th e rooms men­
tioned, th ere Is a good sized living
room and an e x tra large dining room.
Thus the lurge family Is provided with
plenty of room.
One exceptionally good featu re of
this home Is the artistic and a ttra c tiv e
m anner In which the planting o f
shrubs and flowers have been made.
B anks of shrubs along the porch con­
ceal the wall, while vines a re trained
on trellis alongside the porch pillurs.
Common Brick Defies
Draw Shades Half Way
Exposure to Elements
to Keep Tone of Room
T here are probably few If any of
the ancient buildings th at so effec­
tively s tir (he Im agination of the mod­
ern read er as does the fam ous old
Colosseum of Rome. It has stood for
centuries ns a monument to the qual­
ity of building and of the m aterials
th at were used In u n d en t days. T ra v ­
elers relu m in g from Rome have re­
ported that bricks w ere being taken
from th is great th e a te r of the rulers
of Hie u n d e n t Roman em pire to he
used in the construction of new homes.
It is pleasing to leurn Hint the dic­
tato r, Mussolini, has passed a decree
forbidding th e Italian people to dis­
tu rb any p a rt of the Colosseum. The
bricks In th at building ure more thun
2.000 years old, and a re In such good
condition th a t they can still be used
a fte r all these centuries. T here w as
a grave danger th a t th e stru ctu re In
which early C hristian m artyrs w ere
sacrificed to the Hons and w here the
old gladiatorial com bats were he'd
would he destroyed.
W hatever we
may think of Mussolini's policies, we
must certainly commend Idin In the
stand which he hits taken.
The use of these 2,000-ynar-old
bricks Is of p articu lar Interest at this
time, when so much stress Is being
placed on perm anent construction.
They w ere m anufactured of the sam e
m aterials and under practically the
sam e m ethods th a t ure used in the
m anufacture of present-day common-
burned d a y bricks. It is possible th at
2,000 years lienee some equally ru th ­
less despoilers will be tearing down
our old landm arks to build bouses out
of the present day bricks.
Get the borers out of tbe peach
trees.
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T be most satisfactory way of deal­
ing with mice Is to poison them. Then
they ure sure to stop depredations.
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P rune the fru it trees a fte r they have
shed th eir leaves, while the w eather
la good und the farm work Is slack.
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B uckw heat Is a mighty fine non
legume crop for orchard use. No crop
| ,e“ ve8 the 8011 ,n p re ttie r condition lo
Ceilings Should Be
i cu,tlvule-
Lighter Than Walla
'
In the great out-of-doors we find
1 Red raspberries, cu rra n ts and goose-
the sky lighter than the shadow* un­
! *,errieg , r e t,,e hardiest of the hush
fruit*.
der the tree*. Thl* la our natural
• • •
everyday background, and If we w ant
O rchard g rass Is a very desirable
to suggest the great and wonderful
graas to grow where the ground la open atm osphere we must paint the
m ore or less shaded, because It thrives
ceilings lighter than the walla and the
well in shady places.
walla lighter than the floor. For In­
e e e
stance. w ere we to make the celling
O rchard grass Is likely to grow In the darkest, th at would unconsciously
bunches and not m ake a solid sod so suggest a catastrophe, a storm ap­
it needs som ething else to help cover proaching, as doe* the derkened aky.
the ground.
We m ight feel th a t the celling was
• •
e
collapsing—th a t It was so heavy the
S traw berry fields must he covered
light floor would be unable to hold It—
with a straw mulch to a depth of four
end the result would be d isorder! In
to five Inches and covered before heavy
other words, unless we follow the ex­
freezes begin. If loss of plauts from
ample aet by n atu re we would be
cold I* to be avoided.
missing much of her loveliness.
Too much daylight is as trying on
th e eyes as th e glare of artificial
lights.
Not only for beauty and restfulness
in a room hut for actual and p ra c ti­
cal use daylight should he localized.
R ather It should he controlled und
directed by shades to secure llie most
light w here light Is needed and lo ex­
clude the glare and «bine of light com
Ing from above the eyes.
Slost people crave barren glaring
windows, then w onder why, Hfter an
hour of reading In a room flooded w ith
w hite light, th eir eyes a re heavy and
th eir nerves Irritated.
O iip of Hie bitterest m istakes o f
modern builders Is Hie use of a strong
inverted light against the celling
which a ttra c ts the eye upw ard. T h e
gaze Is "pulled" up when naturally
It should rest upon and he attra c te d
on the eye level or below, as In th e
ease of reading.
T his pulling results tinconselously
In n feeling of Instability and finally
In nervousness und I r rlI a bll lly. Day­
light p«ur,ng through full-length win­
dows hits the sam e ulllm ate effpcL
E lim inating the glare and producing
a soft mellow light Is one of the g reat­
est m erits of tinted cam bric shade
cloth.
Decorator Uses Paint
With Skill of Artist
Pure, brilliant color—shaded, tinted,
mottled, spattered, color effects In a s
many different times ns one w ishes;
striking p a tte rn s,' borders, panels—If
you w ant these for your home, use
paint.
Prom inent decorators have
long made use of the variety and
flexibility of th e medium. The dec­
o rato r uses paint as the a rtis t uses
It.
Instead of a palette, of course,
he has a pot and the w alls a re hl*
canvases, but aside from a few s u p er­
ficial difference* It la fundam entally
all p art of the sam e schem e of thing*.
The painter inakps a beautiful p ic tu re ;
the decorator creates a beautiful room.
Placing Telephone
Locate your telephone, w henever
possible, w here It can lie used with
privacy and yet w here It la not too
fa r removed from the center of activ­
ity of the household.
A hall closet
well lighted and conveniently arranged
w ithin for com fortable conversation,
la an alm oat Ideal location