The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-09-18
Odd Bits of News.

| ~ hONti uOS law, WuiCH IL 10 DelltNtu
will enable that State TO raise sheep
successfully on large amount of
waste land heretofore idle. This law
makes 1t a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine up to $50 for the owner
to allow his dogs to run at large
in the country.
With the completion of the line
from Denver to San Francisco there
is now a continuous commercial tel
ephone line stretching across the con-
tinent from New York to the Pacif-
ic coast.
A fortune of $4,000 awaits James
Wilbur Hawn and Robert Grant
Hawn who, 1t is believed, are living
in Iowa. A letter received by author
tiles in Des Moines asks that efforts
be made to locate the two men who
lett New York several years ago
with an intention of making their
home in Iowa.
Since September Sd. Iowa grocers
are required to sell by weight most
of the goods they handle. All pack
ages must have the net weight print
ed or stamped on the wrapper. I'm
less this is done they will be subject
to confiscation. Onion sets and ber-
ries may be measured. but the box
must be full. Milk bottles must have
labels showing the quantities con-
tanned.
The mineral production of Iowa
in 1913 reached a value of s25,6O2,-
OILS. according to figures of the Unit
ed States Geological Survey compiled
in cooperation with the State Sur
vey. This 81 an increase over 1912 of
s2,701.665. The two principal miner
al industries in the State are coal
mining and clay working. which
contribute nearly so per cent of the
total.
Milwaukee has just successfully
passed through an experience like
that now facing Chicago milk con-
sumers. and the result will be that in
another year all milk sent into Mil
waukee will be from tuberculin test
ed cattle. with the consent of the
Wisconsin shippers.
Drunkenness cases in the Cleve-
land, o., juvenile court fell off from
II to 10 in the first six months op- |
GRAFTON of the liquor license law, as
compared with the same period last
year. PARENTAL neglect cases decreas-
ed from 244 to $50 in the same
period.
All cattle in five counties in north
eastern Illinois will be under a Fed
eral quarantine for bovine tubercu-
losis after October /, 1914. The five
counties affected are Lake. McHenry,
Kane, DuPage and Cook. No cattle
can be shipped from the five coun-
ties for dairy or breeding purpose
unless they are accompanied a
certificate showing that they have
been subjected to the tuberculin
test and found free from disease.
Your Name and Age, Please.
The government is beginning to
wake up on our nations "unprepard-
ness" for war, so far, at least. as to
certain just how many men we have
in the United States that would be
available for service in case of war
says the Vandalia, ILL.,, Union.
Postmaster F. C. Eckard has re-
ceived request from the War De-
partment through Recruiting Ser
geant Henry H. Warner, U. S. A.,
whose headquarters are in Nation,
to furnish the names and addresses
of all the unmarried men, between
the ages of IS and 35, residing in
his official district. including rural
We presume all other post
masters have received like request.
Potatoes Bound to BE Higher.
The crop Of potatoes in Illinois.
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is bound to be way below the aver
age. Iowa is more favored and. ac-
to the government report,
the state has $4,000 acres planted
TO potatoes and the yield is estimated
1t 13,377.0OO bushels, which is nine
ey-one per cent of full yield.
In the United States there are 81
10S,00O acres planted to this product
Ind the government estimate of the
yield at 360.614.O0O, which is
thought to be high as the drouth in
some of the potato raising states has
tut down the prospects for a full
crop. I
Last year this country produced I
SS1, $4,000 bushels of potatoes that
sold for an average of ninety cents
/ bushel, making a total valuation
If $227.9O3,OOO.
When Cost of Living Was High.
In these days when the head of