a sen Kind of typewriter which ne claims will eliminate stenographers
and revolutionize the whale science of. typewriting, has been lnventedJby-Pred
Dolph of Washington, after 25 years of effort The machine has ljloo keys
and comprises 40 alphabets, and, according to Mr. Dolph, he has attained
a speed of 283 words a minute with only two weeks’ practice on a dummy
keyboard. The average speed for a court reporter is 100 words a minute.
Park Rangers Get
Ready for Winter
_. A---- ■■■ - ■
Cut Hay From Meadows to
Feed Animals When
Snow Comes.
Yellowstone Park, Wyo.—The park
rangers are out In the meadow* get
ting In the winter hay and rumors
from Yellowstone animal circles tell of
great rejoicing among the elk, ante
lope and buffalo.
Bach year the lowlands along the
Lamar and Gardiner rivers and their
-tritattartes are harverted of Hch Um- '
othy, clover and ( natural h*>y> M»g
Slough creek, at' Yancey’s old place,
near the buffalo ranch In the Lamar
valley and at" the north entrance to
tile park at Gardiner, Mont, the
rangers work, gathering a thousand
tons or more of hay.
Meanwhile the tourists pass through
the park—coming at the rate of 2^500
or more each day. In their travels
over the Grand Loop road of nearly
200 miles many animals are seen, par
ticularly the bear*. But realization
Of the conservationist work responsi
ble for the abundance of wild life In
the Yellowstone Is not always forth
coming. , a
The tragic story of the American
buffalo, or bison, la well known.
Thanks to the untiring efforts of the
park service, Yellowstone boasts of
one of the few large herds of these
animals In the United States. There
are two buffalo herds In the park, one
that Is cared for by winter feeding
consisting of approximately 800 head,
and the other a band of 125 that roams
free and without care the year around
Is the eastern wildernesses of the
park.
Buffalo Herd in Valley.
Tbe winter headquarters of the
large herd is at the Lamar valley buf
falo ranch, where the fragrant timothy
hay grown in nearby meadows care
fully stacked behind 12-foot fences is
rationed out. Buffalo can break
through fences less than 12 feet In
height. In the summer they range Ut>
the valley and into the mountainous
areas. A huge drift fence, three miles
long, which spans the Lamar valley*
prevents.Jhem from coming down to
the ranch and eating their winter pro
visions before the hay is stacked
A story similar to the buffalo’s has.
been very nearly true of the antelope
and elk In this country. Of elk pos
sibly 50,000 head remain, 40 per cent
of them in the Yellowstone National,
park. This area surrounding the park
in Wyoming and Montana supports
other large elk herds and an excellent
system of game preserves has fostered
elk bands in Pennsylvania. South of
Yellowstone, in Jackson Hole, the
forest service and biological survey
aided by a huge land purchase of the
Isaak Walton league, feed these ani
mals in the winter. This area and the
tsirk are huge game preserve* which
largely foster the excellent hunting
found in nearby localities. f
f§^ ' ■.■Feed Elk in Winter.
Winter feeding is resorted to naftlx.
the eik after deep mow* have covered
all available natural hay. Wtfb. elk,
“ vlth antelope, the tow
“ one park creates Oh
The pant la nmeh
like a huge plateau as big as the
states *of Rhoae Island and Delaware,
higher than the surrounding land and
circled by mountains. Hie heavy win
ter snows force the animals down the
river valleys from the plateau Into
lower country, where grazing may be
found. Here they are unprotected
from predatory animals and other dan
gers, hence It Is to their advantage to
be kept in the park by feeding.
While the elk range in almost every
section of the park, usually well back
• the: antelope are fotmd almost entlrelly
Tin the northern portion of the Yellow
stone. They number about 600 and an
Increase of possibly 150 kids took
place this year, the most favorable for
wild life in park records. Many are
seen throughout the summer near
Camp Roosevelt and Tower Falls and
in the winter they migrate to the
grassy ridges along the northern boun
dary of the park, where rangers Jeal
ously guard them from molestation.
The deer are in Yellowstone In large
numbers, nearly 2,000 of the "mule”
or blaek-tailed variety and a tew of
the white-tailed species. They also
take advantage of the winter feed
ing, and each year when the snows
are deep on the ground a email band
congregates about tbe settlement at
Mammoth hot springs, begging their
food from the rangers and others liv
ing there.
Park officials are happy Over the
recent marked Increase In numbers of
the Yellowstone moose. An added de
light Is that these wary animals, fre
quenters of the swamps and timber
lands, are being seen by the summer
tourists from the auto roads. Not.far
thrlvi
from hunting during many year* In
On national park.
Every one who ever came to Tel?
lowstone. and a good many who have
not, kndwa of the bears—the friendly
gluttons that: even resort to highway
robbery of tourists for fpod. They
hibernate In park caves hurtng the
winter and will eat anything during
the summer. The bear-feeding grounds
near the four big hotels Are always
centers of attraction for the tourists.
The Yellowstone brown bears number
200 and the grizzlies 75.
In the days when John Jacob- Aster
was reaping his fur harvest from the
West in far away New York, the Yel
lowstone region was the Jealously
guarded secret of a few trappers. The
fur-bearing animals now /a the park
approximate the numbers that they
did then, and their protection from
the unscrupulous during the winter to
another task of the park service con
servationists. Beaver, otter, mink,
muskrat, ermin'e and other lesser ani
mals abound. The winter ranger pa
trol on anowshoe and ski, guards
against poachers.
The predatory animals—coyote,
mountain lion and wolf—must be cafe
fully kept few in number. The park
service has jio intention of completely
exterminating these animals, but by
trapping and shooting during the win
ter maintains a small percentage of
coyotes and mountain Ilona In the
park. Otherwise the carefully pro
tected big game herds would furnish
means for these predatory animats to
Increase and eventually exterminate
all others. - Wolves are noted In the
park from time to time, migrating In
and out of the region. A few lynx
Nowhere in the country can a region
more abounding with wild life be found
and It is safe to say that nowhere
hare conservation al efforts equal to
those of the park service been exerted
for as long a time.
enty-one ye** _
loved, has been forgiven In death.' He
will be bnried by the woman who
caused his arrest
McNamara’s body was found float
ing In the Milwaukee river, back of
Bavenna park, In Shorewood. The
picture of a woman found In a pocket
was the only clew to bis Identity.
Miss Alice Kingsley, a Waukesha
seamstress, asked Sheriff Owen D.
Owens to look at the body. The sher
tff knew McNamara because he had
been In jail. He came to' Milwaukee
and Identified the man and the picture
of Miss Kingsley.
McNamara was arrested In March
on a warrant obtained by Miss Kings
ley, who said that he had obtained
(MOO from her after they were en
gaged to be married. McNamara had
refused to marry her later because he
was not making enough money.
Miss Kingsley now thinks, that he
brooded ever her action. Knowing that
he copld not repay the money and
fearing a prison sentence, he jumped
into the river to end his troubles, she
believes.
Fossils of Oldest Trees Found
Feed Alley
Floor Won,
mm
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
Mr. Wllllfcm A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE -OF
COST on all problem* pertaining to the
•ubject of building work on the farm,
for the readers or thla diaper. On ac
count of hla wide experience aa editor,
author and manufacturer, he la, with
out doubt, the highest authority ba
the eubjeot. Address all inquiries to
WllHam A. Radford. No. 1**7 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, IIL, and only Inclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
If hog raining Is to be made profit
able, proper housing ts an extremely
Important factor end no-one can af
ford to neglect It It Is very etjga/
4*eid^ed,;Jowever,' 8*?
w&tderswTiyW* does not seem to be
able to make a success and profit
with his hogs. If he would Just real
ise the value of putting a little extra
money and effort Into providing the
right sort of bousing, bis troubles
would be over, Nor Is a large amount
of effort and expense required to pro
vide the essentials.
There are Just three points to be
taken care of la providing a good
hog house. These are, protection,
light- and ventilation. The hog house
must give complete protection against
severe weather and must be dry even'
In the wettest weather. In addition
It Is essential to provide for ample
light and ventilation without drafts
In order to have a healthy stock.
There are a number of types of hog
houses all of which are good and
which may be adapted to the varying
conditions In Afferent parts of the
country. The house Illustrated Is one
of the most popular, a saw-tooth root
and It Is simple In construction and
Inexpensive to build. As shown In
the plan It Is a small house, with Only
ten pens, but the size may be In
creased to provide any capacity de
sired oy merely extending the length
of the building.
xne constnieuiwB i» cuumj
and when properly buil t will protect
the occupants even tn jeyere weather.
The floor Is jrf concrete and the pens
have plank flooring oyer the concrete
which assnree warm, dry quarters at
all tiroes. To the rear Is w concrete
feeding platform Where the stock may
be fed In a clean sanitary manner,
and In front of each pen there is a
concrete trougb_for the same purpose;
Doors at each . end of this house
; give ready access and should prove
sufficient, even though the house is
built of a eorisiderably larger slae.
: If very large, so that the two doors
are Insufficient It would probably be
advisable to build two units. .
As shown here both light and ven
tilation are.secured through the win
do**. The tower tier of windows is
f so placed in this type of house that
ft directs the sunlight into the pens
«t one ride while the upper tier
lUhf Infn fhA non* mi ilid
are only SI feet by 24' feet, w
six-foot feeding platform. For a
number of pens the long dime
only need be Increased and will
proportion to the number of
tlonaT pens, aacb pair of facing
requiring about six feet
Extra Closet at Back
Door Very Con
The on* for wraps is especially com
venient for the everyday wraps of
Children, It should be fitted with
hooks and a coat bar placed low so
the children may bang np their own
wraps. A shelf majr be provided above
for hats and other1 things, and on*
below may be arranged for Overshoes
and rubbers. Toys and outdoor; play
things, such as skates,, balls, hats and
;ths 'like' may also -be 'kepf';tn:thlg
clos»t.
The room or cleaning closet need
not occupy much wall space, as three
feet wide and eighteen Inches deep ts
large enough. It should be at least
six feet la height to allow long-han
dle brooms and mops to be bung with
perfect ease. This height wttl also
allow for a shelf above on which may
be kept the cleaning preparations:
The mops and brooms may he sus
pended from hooks fastened to th#
under side of the shelf and the dust
pan, brushes and so. forth, hung mi
hooks on the back wall.
Tenant Has No Right to
.x.,i Make Repairs on
Very often a tenant willassume to
make repairs Without authority ftas* *
the owhfcr or Ms agents and deduct
the cost from the rent Thl» he can
not do and maintain his action.
Vf Tho courts have ruled that :a. leased
being an inatrament under seal, the
agreements and Intentions of the
parties become merged In the Instru- _
ment Itself, and any evidence as |o
understanding and Intention to aid Its
construction cannot be used to vary
the terms of the lease Itself.
Where the lease contains a specific
agreement between the parties as to
certain repairs' to b#made by
lesso^>H(‘would;^0;'Wnmnt»d:poo. the:'S
landlord, but under no other condi
tion.