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S eC AR Where available plant:food is lacking the young plant makes a slow tart, With pienty of plantfood at hand the plant forges ahead rapldly. An 80-bushe! corn erop removes from | start growth promptly in the- early the soll 140 pounds of nitrogen. At the | spring. usual rate of application, fertilizer con- | This sofl condition accoutits/for the taining ‘two per cent of ‘ammmonia ot |sickly, yellowish looking corn' that 'we less furnishes but a small fraction |so -often see for several weeks:after of the 'total needed supply of this|the young plant has broken: the sur plantfood element. Its value ‘lies in{face crnst of ‘the soil. -The:baais: fod the fact that it serves as a starter—it | poor crops, weakened plants subject to furnishes available nitrogen {or: am- | disease attacks, slow :growth 'and de- monia) at the time when it is most [layed maturity, are laid 'right there seeded, and when other sources ‘sup<iand then. A little quickly ‘available ply little or none. nitrogen and phosphoric acid at hand In the early spring the ground is | just at that time'is valuable out of all cold, lifeless, and unresponsive. The | proportion to its-cost'or actual “plant. winter's rains have leached out the jfood” value. soluble nitrogen; bacteria have not| The crop itself is the best indlcator yet had an opportunity to rot the or-{of what is needed. If you will.observe ganic matter of the sofl and to make | its growth, and then think back and more nitrogen avallable, and the ten- | remember how -others of your erops @er rootlets of the young crop get a|have grown (or, possibly, have failed cold, forbidding reception. Even such |to grow) you can answer the question erops as wheat or grass, that have | as to whether these plantfoods are lived through the winter. often fail to [ needed as “crop starters.” L p ' blouses of figaFed foulard to B3 worh | sge, while' plants expbsed to'the sun’ Bl0“8E Is GUSII.Y with white satin or silk jersey cloth | are injured in-proportion to the in- A ‘blouse such s the one shown in ?:;:hedyll::‘m tvthgdut the aketch, worn with & handiome siik regular and: abundant watering @arment Aimost as Expensive as | or satin sxirt, mskes s costume. sut- Entire Frook. Slsaty dfessy tox. say stiomecn| ——-i’m_rs Mode! 1s 8o Simple That the Making | MINISTER FROM SERBIA m m 53zk Now B e at Home Would Not Be a mol mrmln?q 5 . p. % Difficult Task. & Py ! Office’ in ‘Winter' Block . R is impossible to eliminate the peplum or costume blouse from style discussions and reviews at the present time, because this garment is one of the most interesting and most talked- of ttems of the wardrobe. When an out-of-the-ordinary style is introduced it is usually taken up by the cheapest manufacturers and dressmakers, and developed in such inferior material and with such poor workmanship: that it quickly-loses caste. . ‘This has not been the case with the long blouse. It meems safe to say, writes a correspondent, that for. the present at least the woman who wishes one of these blouses must elther ‘buy material and make it or! have it made, or else pay a very hlxh’ prics for it. Most of these blouses shown in-the shops cost as much as an entive. frock. Undoubdtedly this ac- coutits for the fact that up to the present ‘time they are worn only by very: well-dressed and swertly groomed women. - ‘The :blause shown in the sketch s extremely . good-looking . and at the @ame time it is so simple that making it at-home would not be dificult. The fetndation of the blouse, which is a little longer than the overblouse, is satin. ‘Bither birck, white or colored lgce may be used over this. The gar- ment wottld be lovely made of white or' ‘maize-tolored satin with over- blouse of black lace, a skirt of soft black satin’ to accompany 1t A’ parrow bead fringe finishes the Rural-Rat Clube. The House Rat. Grade Stréets With Marke. prove their equipment. I e Perfect Efficiency, Costume Blouse of Satin and Lace. |, be more easily made and more easily' Businest Man Cnterrupting Irrita- slipped on if the two sections are LIy)—I alrendy have a system by made separate. For very early spring wear some of the clever designgrs gre showing long New photograph of Stavko Groultch; the Serbian minister to the United ‘States, in-his full ceremonial costume. In any rural community badly ine edges of the blouse. The satin foun-| fested with rats, it is a good plan for dation is sleeveless. The blouse can|farmers to form rat ¢lubs and offer prizes for destroying the rodents. . The younger members of thio community as well as adults should be allowed to compete and the prizes should be awarded periodically, as once a month. A first, second and ‘third prize are suggested Tor those wht' bring in' the greatest number of rat:-talla: Specific rules governing the cortestd Should be made at the start, and instruction as to proper methads of trapping or:other wise Kkilllng rats shounld be part of the program for each meeting of ‘the club. Prizes may-be provided by priv- ate donation or even by assesstent of members. The plan gives better satls- faction than a system:of straight re- ‘watrds, because it arouseés ‘more en- thusiasm and costs less.—D. Lants 1o Grading ‘streets and giving - them marks as 1s done with pupils in the' | public Schools 1s the plak ‘used in: the city’s petition to force the Pittsburgh Rallways company to ‘spend $626,447 | in track and equipment improvements. Some of the company's tracks are graded as low as 80 per cent, this rep- resenting the worst stretches of road. The recelvers of the company -insist that further intreases in fare will be necessitated if they are forced to im- Sollcitor (to business man absorbed | in detafl)~I have here a most mar ! velous system of efficiency condensed into one small volume. It will save you fully 50 per cent of your titne, and which I can save 100 per cent of my tme and yours. I'll demonstrate it 5 —Life Town | WANTED--- —1f . | Ry. Ties, tamarack, jack pine §|. and Norway. 25 per centun- der standard size 'accepted. W. G. SCHROEDER BEMIDJI, MINN. TARRED-ROADS AFFECT. TREES P _'The injutious effects of tarved roads upon neighboring-vegetation-have been n-numerous: articles ema- neting fromy both-Amertean:and ‘Euro ~Qne’ef thélatest in § tigations of this'subject has’beén iha nwmw-‘u.mvmm<m§' , i susceptible’ to" ‘3amage ‘of ‘this’ sort, e’ '/DRS.’ GILMORE ‘& ‘MECANN prrn- - vn il piesibe o iod ‘Phiysicians and Surgoora O e carony. thelo o aich, | Car leaves Nymore on the hours and half howr. Car o Omice: ‘Diles Block ! at-the begitning of summer; turp rusty leaves 13th street on the quarter to and quarter after | at.the edge.and curlup siightly, while |l euch hour. FARE § CENTS. Careful Drivers. thelr surface 18 covered with“nunier R. W. K'EHL’ Proprietor‘ DR.E A SHANNON, M.D, oun smatlspots; ‘which; at-#rst; are yellow ‘and ‘fook Hs 1f ‘covered with o Physician and. Su R Ry rgoon b i | | {EDODS ;?’Elce s M"g",f“}f,’,‘ Bemidji-Nymore Car Line Tanses Titied TTOSt thin‘tayer’of shintng varnish. ‘The leat then” cufls’ up ‘moté and more, dries, ‘and s . easily blown: away, ‘Other plants. very -sensitive to the effects of tar are Forsythia virldissima, Fagus sylvatica, Lagerstraemla indica, Mag- nolia grandifiorz, Déutzia and Cornus, j . The damage is catsed almost entirely| .- A THORWALD LUNDE by the very fine dust.ralsed by the : Doctor of Chirupracti passage of motorears.. Thils ‘Qust set- ’ = N & m-apm:‘m' tles slowly and 1s most abundant on ==N"ra A A 18t Nt Ban nopw low plants and the lower'branches of | ¥ g Hours: 1012 a.m.: 2§ ticles of tar give off injurious vapors when strongly heated by the sun, Plant and parts of plaits not directly reach- ed by the sun never show this dam- DR. E. H.. SMITH Physician .and Surgeon Office Seourity Bank ‘Blogk DR. ‘EINER JOHNSON Physician and'Strgéon WflJ‘l. Minn, of the rosds~—~Scientific American. - Build 'Your Home| AT You owe it to your family. You will be/a} mmmcg“g.ml‘:m better citizen if oui’awn our gwn home O pmmaer MY New lgiloovery ¥ ¥ y Gibbons Blodk Merham Hotel Robody lonldfoud “pecicaty ain A City of Homes is always more prospera.s ‘ Srtae foe vty g P etior ! [than a city of rented houses. Ok B EPRICH 8 little while to 'tnm‘t'm (2lcer -0’ Leury-Bowder Hidg. : K "*hones—0nffice 376-W Res 376-R . Build your new home this spring. Sramanes 91, Hilairg Retail Lumber Co. “not relieve their torpidity b. Phone 100 LAWYERS GRA/IAM ‘M. TORRANCE ’ IAWYLR bos ek hone 560 VETERINARIANS AN D. R. BURGESS, D.V.M. VECBRINARIAN Office Phone 3-R, 3rd St. & Irvine A Splendid Clothes Service "““"‘“‘; for Men Qut of the Service || s — BUSINESS nusngu.'mg‘n 1E] 3 514 'x,nnes'ota Ave.',"gelm ne 573-W You men who have been with the colors and who : NORTHERN MINN. AGENCY are now returning to civil life deserve 5 WE-CAN the best of everything. In e¢ivilian Anytiing Anowiemn clothes, probably your first require- . TOM SMART ments. we are ready to serve you with IZ“ gy 2rey and Tramater the best— T TR S amenia Thone 12 GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Jrtoeries, Lry . Lroasat e ot R, Vhove W. G. SCHROEDER Bemidji Photie €6 KUPPENHEIMER €LOTHES and at reasonable prices. . ® *You will find our stocks un- equaled for variety of styles and fa- bries offered. As the young men’s store you will find unusually large assort- ments of the lively styles young men want—welt-seam and welt-waist ideas in suits and overcoats. Exceptionally good values at $30, $35, $40. Gill Bros. “The Kuppenheimer House in Bemidji” * STAHL-JACOBS Furniture Renovators All work guaranteed. Work called for and &e- invered. General Repair hop “hone 188 311 6th'St HUFEMAN & O'LEARY RNITURE AND MDERTAKING H N MKEE, Funeral Director PHONE 178.W or R