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SHE RUNS RANCH END OF BUSINESS In Overalls Mrs. Crooks Attends to Crops and Mlk and Butter. RIDES LIKE A WESTERNER When the Hired Men Get Slack or Lazy She Goes Out Into the Field and Shames Them - Her Cows Almost Human. Denver.-Mrs. Angie Crooks tried everything from teaching school, read ing proofs, clerking, bookkeeping and running a photograph gallery up to and including matrimony and still found happiness elusive. Then she went to ranching. From handling the milk and butter of a few grade cows she has gone into the business of breeding fine stock. She owns 20 head of fine Holsteins from the leading families of the Holstein world. She lives all year round in the open and, arrayed in overalls, she superintends the planting and harvesting of crops and the irrigating of 480 acres of fine grain land in ad dition to looking after her "pets." And she's happy. Mrs. Crooks and her husband have a fine ranch of 480 acres near Gun nison, Colo. The nian devotes himself to a general cattle business, but to his wife has fallen the work of run ulag the ranch and a thriving dairy businees. She does it with a vigor that keeps roses in her cheeks, though her hair is graying, and makes her eyes sparkle with the seat of life. She rides like the out-and-out weterner that she is. She can run *any piee of machinery on the farm, and when she thinks that the "hired hands" are getting a little slack or lazy, she goes out into the fields and works with them until, for very shame, they must fall into the pace she has set, Yet she measures only five feet four, she loves pretty clothes and with the business of buying bulls that brought her to Denver recently she combined a shopping tour and reveled In the new styles. Homesick for the Ranch. "rIe never been homesick for the place where I was reared. I've never 'been homesick for any human being, my mother or father or my husband. But I'm homesick for the ranch," she eald here to a questioner. Mrs. Crooks was city born and bred. It was 12 years ago that she went to ruaancl . She says quite 'frank that she married her husband beesnse be was a cowman and there Je prImised to fulfil the desire of ,her Mo for a ranch home. They hadn't anything but prospects to get marited on, and after they were mar rid she ran a photograph gallery and her husband worked a manager of the state ah hatcheries until they had aepital enomeugh to purehase a few acres near Ounnason Colo., and a cow. The eow Mrs. Crooks ussted upon aving eve though there were namemros other thing that they had to do without to have her. That cow was the foundtion of a thriving dairy business and a venture in mreeding stock which has proved both sertable and agreeable. The Cattleme of the state have made her prsidet of the Colorado Hltelain elub. "I dn't se why more women don't a sfto the usias.s," she says. "Wom a n e plety of butwes ablity and they pay mach more attention to de aIL On a reach they save money in little ways that a man won't bother A SOMAULAND FAMILY GROUP ,.. 'WAR NO BAR TO RED TAPE tihk o PMead Forms Cheeks French Army araee in His Waeek. P ar-The Matl vouaehes Ior the ' sr ni of h ams msern h1ad mam atna CANADA SENDS MORE MEN TO EUROPE i .4 The Canadian contingent has been suffering severely in the fierce fight Ing in Flanders, and a few days ago 3,000 more men were sent over on the new liner Metagama to fill gaps in the ranks. I about. And that Is what makes foi success." Beginning of Dairy Business. It was because she couldn't beal 1 to waste anything that Mrs. Crook; Sbegan selling the surplus milk giver - by their one cow. Soon she had a' r many customers as she could supply and was making a good profit. Theo one day her only competitor an I nounced that he was going out of the t dairy business. All of his patronl immediately flocked to Mrs. Crooks and she agreed to take care of them "though God only knew where I was to get the milk," she says. She bought up all the milch cowl I that she could and acquired with the rest of the bunch a relic of good old days, a Holstein that later was found to be twenty years old. She gave more milk than any of the grade cat tie, despite her advanced years, and that was the way Mrs. Crooks got In. terested in the breed. After she had paid off the debt on her' herd and had began to make a good-lsed profit on the business she made a trip to Den. ver and picked up a bunch of Hot steins for $800. About three yearn later she sold that same bunch of Holsteins for three times that amount, and from her books she saw that she had realised .,000 on stock sold from them and about $2,000 on cream and tdilk, despite the fact that she was such a distance from a good mar ket. And that proft was In addition to all the skim milk that had been fed to the calves and swtne on the ranch. Her Cows "Almost Human." "I sold those cows because we were so far from a market," says Mrs. Crooks. "But I was so lonesome aft er they were gone that I made up my mind then and there that Id always hive a few Holsteins on the place after that. They're almost human. I never go out to the corral but what the cows gather around me without my speaking a word to them. Some times I take a wire brush and brush them down. If they think that one cow is getting too much attention the others will push her away and stick their noses In my hand and lick my boots." Mrs. Crooks was born in Kansas City. After she finished her school ing she worked in a number of bust nees offices and theq came to Colo rado, where she taught school for sev eral years before her marriage. Her home is a log cabin, but she has scenery all about her, and a stretch of river flows through the ranch. Cot tonhurston-th'-Ounnison she calls the place. TELEPHONE FOR 30 CENTS Thermaphone of Dutch Inventor Trans mits Words Clearly--nmall as Watch. London.-A Dutch inventor has in vented a simple little instrument which seems to be a decided improve. ment on the present telephone. The received and transmitter take up no more space than an ordinary watch, and the cost is estimated ot 30 cents. The "thermaphone," as it is called, transmits distinctly, and there is no confusion of vowel sounds, letters or figures. The receiver is so small that it may be placed in the ear. At a demonstration recently at the University of Utrecht the invention was successfully adapted to wireless telegraphy. '6000 WALKER AT AGE OF 98 Venerable Pennsylvania Preacher Tramped Two Miles to Preach 'Evening Service. Pittsburgh, Pa.-Rev. Albert Vogel, ninety-eight, walked into Carrick from the home of a friend, two miles diw tant, and preached the evening ser mon to a contregation in the Garrick Methodist Episcopal church a few nights ago. "Grandpa" Vogel was born in Ger many, but came to the United 8tates in his early youth. He entered the ministry in his twenty-third year and has preached almost continuously ever since. He has been on the superan nuated list several years. tatn surgrical instrument. He wrote to the authorities to demand it, and re ceived a reply. "Make your request on a printed form." The doctor replied that as his hospital had only recently been con verted into a military hoepital be had no printed torm. 8amd reply rome the adULatratltom "Make a demand w priatesd rms." The doctor aegin wrote and received a third reply, "Mike year demand en a printed deorha writtem two swse TRIES TO MAIL HIS HORSE Animal Was Light Enough, but Too Bulky to Boend by Par col Post. Newton, N. J.-Charles A. Walka', proprietor of the Gray Horse Hard ware company, walked into the New ton post office and said to Postmas ter George N. Norris: "George, how heavy do you go on parcel post packages?' "We'll go as heavy as 60 pounds, Charlie," the postmaster answered. "Come on down to the store, George," Walker suggested. "I want official advice." So the postmaster and merchant went to the hardware store and, pointing out a papier macho horse in front of the establishment, Walker asked: "Do you think they'd take him by mail? You see, I have him stamped and addressed to Hartford, where I want to send him for repairs and fit tinge for harness." "Well, Charlie," announced the postmaster, "no doubt he's light enough, but he's too big of bulk. I can't take him." Walker took off the stamps and called for a wagon to haul his horse to the treight depot. CHAMPION GIRL JUMPER Miss Carol Rico of California, who won the broad Jump at the field-day sports at Lasell college at Riverside, Mass. Miss Riceo umped 8 feet 6 inches, winning the female broad jump championship of the United States. KISSING BEE AT THE PIER Armenian Embraced Friends Four Times Over When Taking Leave of Them at San Francisco. Ban Prancisco.-A. Sninanoff, an Ar menian, living in Los Angeles for some years, sailed for Seattle a few days ago on the Governor, where' he is to Join a number of others and take ship for Vladivostok, from where the party will proceed to the front. Sninanors friends, practically the 1 entire local Armenian colony, were on s hand to bid him good-by. Sninanoff kissed all his bewhiskered compatri- t ots again and again, boarded the steamer, and as the grief of parting overwhelmed him, rushed down the G gangplank and kissed them all again. SHE DIVORCED HIM UNJUSTLY Now Mrs. Whalen's Ready to Take 1 Husband Home After Twenty Years. -s Pasadena.-Divorced 20 years ago through an unjust suspicion, James Whalen, former customs officer at Se attle, secured his discharge from the National Soldiers' home at Sawtelle, I Cal.. and is making preparations to re wed his former wife, who owns an orange grove near this city. When Whalen was stationed in Seattle his wife obtained a divorce on the ground that Whalen was too triendly with a woman secret service employee. Mrs. Whalen, in later years, learned that her suspicions upon which she was granted a divorce were unjust. letters asking for a printed form I which will allow him to obtain 6ther 9 printed forms on which he may apply d for surgical instruments Dog Wee Researching. Ann Arbor, Mich.-A beludo, by 0 killig 13mu $gs destroyed the reuts of two years' rmesehr wonk by t Inastructor Carl V. W r ot the pathol. c oy dspetmat of the Universtty of d Mha. The d g broke thrugh the b wio naettl that seansde the wneow ti Sthe am *me COSTUME FOR STREEl MAY BE DEVELOPED IN MANY KINDS OF MATERIALS Taffeta, Serge, or Linen All Equally Sultable-Narrow Cotton Soutache Brald Perhaps Beet That Can Be Employed. Taffeta, serge or linen-say of these are suitable for the development of the attractive street costume of the cut. There is a pocketlike blouse worn over a soft, high-collared Suimpe of white net that shows between the open-front edges. The blouse is Just caught together at the top, and the fronts are cut of Coat-Drese Suitable for Serge or Linen. short in square tabs that hang free of the belt. These are embroidered in some simple outline work, or braided. The sides and back of the blouse are tucked under the belt and an embroid ered peplum odded below. There are long sleeves cut with the raglan shoulder line and finished with odd and attractive circular cuffs buttoned on at the sides. The neck has a deep turned-back collar rounded acroes the the back. For an underskhirt it will 'e best to use a very thin silk down the froat breadth of which a panel of the dress material is sewed, and the spaces at the top and bottom that show between the open edges of the tunic are gar nished with a touch of the embroidery or bralding used on the waist. The tunic is full length, except Just In front, where the material is cut away diagonally. At the top a four Inch space is left between the edges, and by crossing them farther down the triangular space results. Pocket slashes are cut Just in front of either hip. Should you use linea for this design the braiding can be done with a nar row soutache braid. It comes in fast colors and washes very welL SELECT THE RIGHT COLORS One of the Main Ideas to Be Observed by Woman Who Alma to Be Well Dressed. A sallow skin is invariably beauti fed by blue, particularly the brighter shades. But all grays, tans, moles and undecided colors should be most rigid y avoided. The woman with black hair and a sallow complexion can al ways dress in the rather brilliant col ors, while the woman with light brown hair must make the most of blues,. cerise, pinky maie, and possibly scar let 8he should seldom wear white; and must beware of the delicate pastel shades that so beautify the blonde and brunette with a pink and white skin. Very few people can look as smart or charming in one color asu in an other, and while a dress of the most becoming hue incurs the expenditure of not one paenny more than a robe of doubttful taste it is worth three or four times as much to its wearer. It en hances p)er good points and makes the very best of her defects, and is still wearable-nay, more, still charmin- after a length of service that wold STYLES HAVE WARLIKE AIR Miiltary Effecta Are Noticeable o@ Almot All the Garments Just Now Popular. One of the newest of the militaryl motes in the world of feminine apparel Is a boot with blue cloth tops marked down the front with two lines of gilt braild and buttoned with brass military buttons. The rvamp of these boots is made of black patent leather or kid in I gun metal finish. ' Of course, we are all used to the il- 1 Itary collar on coats and to the suits I with ornaments of braid applied in sol- I fler fashion. Then there are mill- I tary belts of leather now and thensad and It may be that the war is responsible I tor the prevalence of the souave Jack- I It is strage, though. Ist it, that i the cape - the ese e of ior tDry thes tendency - shoaM have bee I ced by fashion la es the war I ban? Who can tell w Itws I b the cape had sm a ls Mt kw s beess . I was esevedeed.L T be I chnrm ifom a dresm swhih had ban chosen for its style aloe. Many women owe their reputation V for beauty to being harmonaously dressed-for choosing the right olor scheme and having the courage to stick to It But, of course, this Is not by any means an easy thing to do, $W U ticularly in these days of "ready mades," when in order to be faithful to one's belief in colorcare it Is often necessary to pass by an unusually at tractive hat or blouse simply because SIts hue is apt to accentuate the wear t er's paleness when fatigued, or, in an e other case, to detract from the bright ness of her eyes. M But the limitations imposed upon a i woman by this care and discrimina a tlon in dress are compensated for by the fact that however simply or eco r nomically attired she is always at her f best. RETURNS TO MODES OF OLD Liking for the Early Victorian Styles Is Just Now Extremely Pronounced. Eliminate the lons trailing skirt and the hobble from our midst and there is practically no mode that can be de scribed as demode. The subject of the crinoline has several times come un der discussion. Thq conditions of life are completely altered since its triumph. Motors and railways and other means of transit will ever militate against its resuscitation. The pie turesque style of dress is meeting with approval, but that does not mean the crinoline. The conceits which are most in vogue are the offspring of the days of the early Victorian era. Wom en were essentiallly feminine thena. and today they are harking back to this place in their mode of living as well as in their fashions. Ralment for onto door wear is thoroughly practical and smart, the esthetic or plcturesque nate being reserved for the home. There is nothing new under the sun Is an axiom that is forcibly brought home when one studies the newest versions of the old world headgear that has once more come into use again. In the old coaching days the postillon wore a hat; with the shape we are all familiar. The msert men daine now has this beat carried out in panama; around the crown is a drap ery of black satin, in front a single quill is introduced, on which is ap pliqued the wearer's favorite flower. The old world sailor has a low crows and very broad brim. SKULL 'AP FROM PARIS f a i c d e tA V Chic of Paris. Shadow Cheeked Te~t a Rune Through Vertleal lads of Straw end Sermounti the Brim t Ars Two Horsear Bruse Sot la p Orate Cups. dald end ur. Bald and tur are inkretinglo a blned in ornaments for cloth costs L There are trogs of blaok brald odged to with a narrow rinte of Soft black far, ead, with a tur collar or brald badinh on the coat, the effect of these fooks woald be very Good. To Uneorew Bettle Top. When you cannot unscrew the top p otf bottle try lnartlas the top be O tween the door ad the Jamb sad pull , ing back the door; this will bold the top so tihtly that yeu wll have as dl~ealty in eacrewlag it sure, It admits wind in tho winter, but a this Is no plaidble reonu why womea who braved several winters with b bead ehest should disard the espo In August p Doubtless the very sadden ad very complete popularity which the ape at tained wu the easo of da equayl/ o sudden ad complete downataBll Reed fumiture. The demand for reed, rattan aad fber furniture has oaostanUy in. crened during the ls( e ysars erI the reason that it tL1s the 44io. ant of servicable e d deoautvise I P ng room, son room and yerad arssL utare It also Vrds Itael to al hts o aah, benS brouaht out in the rat Arl color, staits o various eon -ostly brow, and very .qut t rwhite eanel and old ivtr tint roomsr bn more delcate treatm t loas ashiaon arrpholtery dg oS t bl-c fu I ony to he daeotative eet t e ts i aks wpbr o uld tr Tabtri fr the t darkur Ideem sd dathh tiad thes dor an the ambn ul. this Irs pari paglres w OVERPRODUCTION IN INTENSIVE FARUM A ConvnenMt Rask for HaMlg Fodder. (Pp .rf1ýA r .ýý f7ýYJ ýaýý w___ " ýý - ___ ab_ w_.. L *ý 0Y Lem a neat of Agriculture.) In order to make the small term proitable, it is, in most cases, ness -7y for the farmer to devete himse to some intensive type of agriculture such as track farming, poultry, fruit owing. intensive dairylag, etc. Be. are any of these can be successful. Lhe market demand and transportatlon -acilties must be adequate. When perishable products are grown far arom their markets not only are the freight and commission charges apt to be prohibitive, but in the period be ween the shipping of the commodity and its sale on the market, prices which were attractive at time of ship. D*ent may have dropped with results isastrous to the grower. Intensive crops such as garden truck, fruit, etc., have a much wider rage and more rapid Sfetuation of prices than staples like wheat or corn. A comparatively small acreage Is saf seent to supply the demand for the intensive crops. It is very easy there. ore to increase this acreage to a point where the market is fooded and prices drop immediately. Taking the -oentry as a whole, vegetables, taInclud u potatoes, occupy only two and one. af per cent of the crop area, and thsl -creae, under present condltkos, f ihes about all that the market can hborb at a price that will be prob ble to the grower. If the farmer is flledvised enough to -adertake the production of rena rck at a time when the supply is eate than the available .markets re' juire, it is a comparatively easy mat r for him to rrect his mistake. Inh he ase fruit, owever, It takes I nger to produce a rop, and a sli a mistake I1 thereore Ikely to be I *1 k.s A G..d Mea el FeIs. - . mrn serious. Tbhe acreage devoted to fruit is even smaller-oe sad theue fourths per eust of the countrys crap are-than that devoted to vegetabes. Until there Is Increasesd osmteas either la this or other oeuntries as comble to oua growers overpreducide can easily occur. *erlhu . for Soutern Live Steek. Uvery southern farmer who s pre duciig beet or milk should gaw the sweat sorhms. These are.met ree. ammeded as moey crops, bt as a oder they are practieully equal i value to core while as a rule better 7yelds can be obtained. They sheold be consume for the mapt pat - the farm where they are rwn or at lest at pointats within hauling ditame. The sorghams are partleularly u flu a sdpme, whichb i esseual to e live stock owner and partlhearly to the dry farmer. The various south. era states report yields of frma 1d to 2. teao of sorghum asedp per ac, which Is r average of fem to 4 toes more than the ruyields of earn, while the relative valm pol hr pound of th two eeds has been foed to be much the same by eprims coanducted at the areas agrisabeal experiment station. In hat hor bese cattle these tests shwe that sweet sorghum slugs was, if anything. ea aler to coarn shae. The sorphum. Inteaded for sags, however, should not be harvested before they are fuly matured. It out when the seed is hert there will be no trouable friea spelag or from excessive acidity. Prem 26 0 o pounads per day is consldered a all fed, but this should always be sau ploemnted with 12 to 15 pounds of dry roughage and som eaestrate bie aor or cottoseed meal. Cotteassed ad combines pOardelas wel w-l sorghum snlas, and sine this meal is always abundsat na the South this is another reason for growing the se ghum. For faorage in the soath the sweet sorghums will be oand better that the grala sorghums, sch as iOdd heir and htedrla, whisk smar fri the attacks of the sorghum mldg Of Orange, Amber,' and obar are probably to be preferred. The Amr ber and Orange are the earlier kinds and two cuttings can often be obtained from them. All eo these varieties ro speed excelleatly to good soil, but they succeed an many difret types; a rich, loose, well-drained clay loam soil is the best. A water4oggsd clay or extremely sandy soil will not aord protable returns. Pertllsem streng in nitrate applied to poor sois will produce good results and the fo e of barnyard manure is always advis able. Sorghums may be panted as soon as the ground becomes warm In the spring, usually from soe to two weeks later than Indian corn. When the sea son is favorable, the panting may he PROFIT IN RAISING FEEDERS Mere Atteetloe Is Belag Pad o Thisdo rau ef Parminll--r s and Alfalfa BeIng Sewn. The habt ofiagro to the city stok yard to buy feeders will no doubt grow less and less eah year. The thinkingl man sees at ems wh he begins to sres, that the sm who mires toe steer op mR It ieemssa a feeder and the ses ha m Is im bI done at say timae atlI it iue la e permit the crop to mature i f ost. The land should be plowed it the SsrIa tor surface plating and then allowed to rough untll about seed ' lan time when It should Ie smethed it with a drag harrow or disk. Fr fur Srow lmatlag. spring plowing bI not . necessary. A lister like theose made a for pliating cocr can be ed em a stubble or cotton land without pee r vious preparation. If the farnse does a not have a lister the furrow can be a laid out with a plow and the beed l- planted with a omehorse drill after the 7 manner of plaUting cottem or Cers. * Planting In furrows s recommeaded for western Texas or Oklahoma, aad aI at or ridge planting for all the region east of this where the rainfall is more Sabundant. When plateod t rows di f to 44 Inches apart 4 to 6 pounds at Sseed to an acre are saudelat. Sorghum . seed is usually cheap, bet the farmer t- is urged to buy only stadard varieties e from a reliable dealer. I When planting in rows, thoreugh a cultivation is as essential to the I sorghums as to corn. This methed I produna larger yields and the resp is I- better prepared to withstan draght . than If broadcast or drilled. Where n the latter method i. followed, how Sever. the pract i the sme as r a ats or any other smasiain elre. - aOwpeas or so beas e also fM. qantly mixed with sorghum to hm a prove the quality of the tay. This is a especially frequent ona dairy hms. SThree parts of cowpeas or say beams Sto e of sorghum see is the asal proprtios. Prom o to 0 pounds at a the seed mixture is require o the * asre. As pasture, -sorghum is sub e* a after it has become lyw matured;: tht after te sd has Dehie had. Debre Leh ms atelaspe eS r a prled of iire' t, a p-a lows this torm whisk Is fest be 'Ses. Where there are two growths the se mi Is emesol mi dane ., them the Irt, sad qy saok adlwee to past re a it show ,e e-nret watsbed. I& heaibg the bay. fee 1s $ ts pomdes a dry wll benWe smis elst for milk esws sa work bhers, t % 1e. esmpaeds by th eoNer ar m . Oa sae. Dlea seMla, h owevr shee! be fed a t they wil de a. seck settle sad hermes can be Me~tee thragh the winter e a Uberal .i th of m erulm wLthLut mayr Sta. INCREASING SOIL FERTILITY Raume Cm Sumee Mers Ceas byr Plra esm Ara Wherem r e-u. m.s crop. Mae r... Isarmu am e ne erae ueabl fer hbg eoiers se be b m ee is the owth puatceally every me tb ,' the year. It is Dsdbe .fr eh, se,-* ere hrmer b mak aM , "esve ae morthers frrs e se - he he oft se fes med . s a t b mMatg ready mee a themmelves she rmer whe gumass seps and pas.es with ha hae a sor tls h emwa rtm. I a ts a t hammes sme.l.s. b.gresument of peset a s sadisae D my belowt g two years the uW . prtsibe sebe. ael de a lted e dera er what elsq m, atmee M the ease ef a , te as nt pIast the seesed wIu ofr settaa was 44.6 sad 61.1 per *sed feApestive. ly. The fisets of growlia Beese ereps sad msdss them of deem wse step with the settes grows Be pear hm. mseLt 1lewltag the srashe The Idata show that the Iroese over the ear lIt was still seladerable the mease ear. U B torseors apparent that the famer eas set morea whr It Is pated e as area w hops have trid or where pa-ais, sor bams, r other legumes have hbe grews. Cetmemsed MU as Prehl . If som a ll m ash b pars chased as a source of proteta. esM.e seed meal be at preesnt the cheapest soaureae. A sti better soeties of tB paota .wtim I to g rew it s at. ftlk or slover hay. Dusk Raliung. Dueas are very easrly raised ea go" Isrs or good market fwis. wil thrive ia any inmate, with a dry shed or shater the argest perts of the owet sad the least risk of less. Mar m are raing theikr ownir feedes and may more are plemaag to dois as see as pesdble. are gresd being seows to gams hr pasture sad me to balmlfa ar wi. ter fee. boed aqemies this be the beat methodi of haug ts sim tU Fed or Yseg Ppag. lwa teed sfed hm f ae Walf wis ddm milk toae h