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The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-17

An exchange calls attention to a remarkable fact. There are 2,150 con victs in the Illinois penitentioary, and not single editor or printer The convicts issue a paper A real estate man is it's editor. and the printing is done outside the walls. There are bankers, preachers, lawyers, doctors and merchants among the convicts. This leads the editor of the aforesaid exchange to the conclusion that if all the world were printers and editors there would be no need of prison or hell; they get their punishment where they are.-Fort Worth Record.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-17

Jim Gee is spending today in Little Rock attending to business matters.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-17
A Liberal Offer.

The undersigned druggist is author lzed by the American Drug & Press Association, of which he is men- Der, to guarantee Meritol Hair Tonic to give satisfaction or the purchase price will be refunded. This indicates the confidence they have in this pre- paration.
 Hesterly Drug Store Local Agency.
 Have you bought your season tick cts to the Chautauqua yet? Get them this week and you will save 90 cents.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-17
COTTON SEED CRUSHERS AS
 ISOLATION MEETS JULY 7-s

Little Rock, June 17.-The annual meeting of the Arkansas State Cotton Seed Crushers' Association will be held in Little Rock July 7-S. The Committee on Arrangements consists of W. A. Isgrig, J. B. Hildebrand, C.. I. Reid, and James P. Faucette
The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-17
Local News.

today.-$1.50.
 . For Auto service phone Roscoe CreSs-Call 186. Advt. GIG
 Miss Helen Wilson returned yester- day from a visit with relatives in Lit tie Rock.
 Born-Yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Eli Raines, route number three, Pres cott boy.
 Sanitary Bread delivered with gro ceries.-Douglas Brooks X Company.
 Advt.
 Hartwell Greeson is at home from Ames, Iowa, where he has been the past year attending college.
 Still cutting hair and shaving at the West Side Barber Shop.-you are next.-Cragan & Cummins.
 For Rent-5 room cottage situated on East Fifth Street Conveniently arranged-F. E. Murrah. Advt.
 Miss Marion Brooks left this morn- ing for a visit with her sister, Mrs. w. J. Stone, at Gurdon, Arkansas.
 Nyals Face Cream-Non-greasy. Nourishing skin tone for Tan, Sun burn and Freckles.-25c-Hes Drug Store. Advt.
 Perry F. Chappell came down this morning from Little Rock, and will be here a few days looking after business I affairs.
 Get rid of the grouch. LIV-VER- LAX makes the sun shine brighter. Hesterly Drug Store will tell you about LIV-VER-LAX. Advt.
 Cantaloupes, tomatoes, oranges, lemons, grape fruit and bananas . Douglas Brooks x Company. Phone 157. Advt.
 Season tickets to Chautauqua this week are $1.50 Next week they will be $2.00. See the committee and get them now.
 Mrs. ]. D. Cornish and little Miss Aileen Cornish returned this morning from visit with relatives and friends in Little Rock
 We are in the Grocery business and our phone number is one-five-seven. Your order appreciated.-Do Douglas Brooks Grocery Company. Advt.
 The members of the Eastern Star are requested to attend the meeting at the hall Thursday night June 18th. Important matters to be considered. . Sam o. Logan is remodeling his s warehouse on West Front Street and as soon as the work is completed it will be occupied by Ritchie Grocer Company.
 A call was issued yesterday for r the members of the Chautauqua As t sociation to meet at the court house this evening at o'clock All mem ders are urged to be there. : Miss Florence Gill, of Cameron. Texas, is here for visit and is a guest of Miss Mildred Putnam. Miss Gill is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. F. Gill, who lived in Prescott several years ago.
 = The Republican Central Committee has called a meeting for July at ,Laneburg at 12:30 o'clock. The town ship committees are to meet on the Fourth of July and appoint delegates to the county convention. I J. T. Reed, route number one, Pres . colt, was here this morning and had the first cotton bloom brought to Prescott this year He found it in his ,. field yesterday and it was fully open ed and showed hardy development. | This is about the same time the first . boil was brought in last year.
 J. B. Mum, the merchant of Lane f burg, was in town this morning and , informed us that they had very light l rain fall in his community yesterday. MT. Mum stated that crops there were suffering greatly for rain. G. c. Hamersly, superintendent of our Chautauqua which begins next , Monday in the city park, has been in the city two days assisting the com lmittee in hoostinp the attraction
The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-17
Weather Report

Dr. James E. Cox was in Boughton today on professional business.
 Jim Gee is spending today in Little Rock attending to business matters.
 Miss Georgia Delaughter spent last night in the city as the guest of Miss Mae Duke.
 LIV-VER-LAX! Better than Calo- mel. No bad effects. Ask Hesterly Drug Store Advt
 E. R. Williams, of Philadelphia, was attending to business in Prescott yes terday afternoon.
 Fred Horne and Milbur Haltom left this morning for Oklahoma where they will engage in harvesting wheat.
 Willie Moore and family of Little Rock, arrived in Prescott this after noon and will spend a visit here with relatives and friends.
 LIV-VER-LAX stimulates the Liv- CT. A harmless vegetable compound. Any child can take it safely. Ask Hesterly Drug Store. Advt.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-17
BECAUSE

VICKERS and COMPANY do their pressing and cleaning regularly. It is a good habit to get into.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-17

KEEP YOUR CLOTHES PRESSED AND YOU WILL ALWAYS KEEP YOUR FRIENDS.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
RIGHT PASTURE FOR SWINE
Very Rank Growth Of Crop VIII Supply
Feed for Twenty-Five Head to
Acre, Says Mumford.
By DEAN MuMFoRp, Missouri Ex-

By DEAN MUMFoRp, Missouri ES-
pertinent Stauon)
A good growth of rape will supply
pasture for ten to twenty hogs to the
acre. A very rank growth may supply
feed for 25 head. Where the feeding
is to extend from ten to fourteen
weeks 1t is advisable to pasture rape
at the rate of ten to twelve head to
the acre.
The favorable time for seeding rape
is in the spring. as soon as danger of
hard freezing Is past. Itlwill furnish
pasture from the middle of May until
the third week in August. Rape will
withstand light frosts, but not hard
freezing. The best results are obtained
when oats and clover are sown with it.
Sow from five to seven pounds OF rape
ahead of the drill and then drill in one
half bushel Of oats and six to ten
pounds of clover seed to the acre. The
rape and oats will serve as n cover
crop for the clover and usually good
stand of clover will be obtained that
may be pastured with hogs the fol.
lowing year.
II rape is not grazed too closely in
June and July, SO that the stalk of the
plant is eaten Off, it may grow up and
make fall pasture. 1t should never be
pastured so closely as to destroy all
leaves on the stalk. and stock should
not be turned on until the plants are
from fourteen to eighteen inches high.
Complaint is sometimes made by
feeders that scabs and cores form on
the ears and backs of the hogs on
rape. The remedy is to move the hogs
to another pasture for n short time
and then dip them or apply sulphur
and lard to the sores
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
0vERFEEDING is A MISTAKE
Beginners Especially Are Liable to
Make This Error With PuIIets-
Wheat 10 Good Feed.

Those who are having their first ex-
perience with flock OF pullets of
considerable size should remember
that the birds, having been brought
up on the range during the summer.
are more impatient of restraint than
the older birds. Hence. 1t is essential
that they be handled SO they will OBJ
tain the maximum amount of exercise
in the winter quarters. Probably this
is better done by some intelligent
care in feeding than in any other way
Let the pullet have one good mea, dur
ing the day, arranging this at any
period which seems best after expert
menting; for the rest of the day keep
her busy by frequently scattering
small quantities of grain among the
chaff on the floor or IN the yard II the
weather is sufficiently open.
Manage it so that each pullet will
be fairly well fed during the day:
there is little danger OF overfeedins
by this plan. so that care must be
taken that they have enough. Fur
nishing exercise in this manner gives
the best possible results for the pullets
will take II in the search for food
when they could not be induced TO do
half the moving around II their appe-
tites were already satisfied. Be care
full to use small grains In this man
ner of feeding. wheat being probably
the best for the purpose.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
NOTES OF SHEEPFOLD
Give the Young Lambs the Best
Possible Chance.
Much Depends Upon Care and Man.
agement of Eve After Breeding
Season Is over - Keep None
But the Best Animals.

Tho first two months of lambs
life mark or mar it for mutton. Give
them the best chance possible when
they are young and you will be win
ner every time.
It takes feed to make good animal
of any kind. but sheep or lamb
will come nearest to making some
thing out of nothing. of anything with
which we are acquainted.
The ram should be full of grit but
not dangerous. The eve should be as
near like him as possible in charac-
teristics.
After the breeding season is over
much depends upon the care and mail-
agement of the eve. She should not
be unduly excited; fed regularly. and
have plenty of pure water and salt.
Give ewes a run in fields in good
weather.
Do not let ewes and lambs run on
old pastures, 80 full Of parasites which
will prove very destructive to young
lambs.
Do not keep ewes as breeders after
they are five years old.
Weed out the flock every year.
Don't keep too many sheep and keep
none but the best.
One of the most prominent fea-
lures of successful sheep.raising today.
and the great aim of all breeders, is
early maturity, combined with devel.
opment of size and rapid fattening.
The earlier 1t is possible to get lambs
to market the greater. proportionate.
ly, are the profits. To obtain this ear.
ly maturity requires careful attention
to selection of both ewes and rams.
The number of strong. healthy
lambs the breeder is able to rear has
an important bearing upon the value
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
NEEDED STORES FOR WINTER
Bees Should Be Fed on sirup Made OF
Best GrapuIated Susar-Add
Little Tartaric Acid.

Bees needing stores for winter
should be fed on sIrup made of best
granulated sugar. in the proportion of
fifty pounds of sugar to twenty pounds
of water. The water should be brought
to n boil and the sugar stirred In un,
til thoroughly dissolved. Bring thi,
sirup to boil. and while boiling stir
in three teaspoonfnls of tartaric acid.
previously dissolved in cupfui OF wa.
ter. The acid helps to invert thu
sugar and prevents 1t granulating
again in the comb. Each colony 80.
ing into winter quarters should have
at least IS pounds OF sirup or honey
for winter use. Blackstrap viii not
do for wlntering bees.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11

and success Of the flock. The ques-
ton OF prolificacy is therefore Of the
greatest Importance.
II you will sprinkle a little salt on
the Canada thistles in the pasture the
sheep will quickly exterminate them.
Cleanliness is an essential factor In
successful sheep.feeding.
II you want the incest and cleanest
meat In the world dress a fine lamb
and you have It.
Variety Of food Ia desirable and ear
ly rye pastures for the sheep cannot
be recommended too highly.
The sheep Is the best manure
spreader and one that modern inven-
tors have not improved upon except
by breeding.
It is folly to expect profits from
lambs that are of condition.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
KEEP THE WooDcHUcK AWAY
Few Remedial Measures Given to
Keep Destructive Little Pest
Away from the Gardens.

cBy +. t. wAsuBURS. Minnesota Ex-
pertinent stntlon.)
The woodchuck, or "groundhog," Is
SO destructive to gardens In some
Counties in this section that a few
remedial measures may be OF interest.
White muslin strips may be tied to the
peavine supports about foot above
the ground at intervals of about foot
in a row. to keep the animal away.
Cotton or oakum may be wrapped
around a stone soaked in carbon BIZ
suiphid. and the mass rolled into the
hole as far as possible. In order that
the fumes may have the fullest pos
sible effect, close the hole as tightly
as possible. A good marksman with a
rifle. stationed where he can secure a
good view OF the infested field. may
prove effective. Blasting powder and
a long fuse are sometimes used, and
so Is the steel trap.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
ABLE TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
Seemingly Unsophisticated Youth
Travelled in Comfort While the
Smart Tourist Walked.

81 suppose If should try to ride
that machine I'd break my neck" said
gawkylooking fellow as he looked
at the bicycle against the lamppost.
NO you wouldn't" replied the bi-
cyclist, winkins at the bystanders.
Its the easiest thing In the world to
do. Anybody can ride one OF these
machines II he only thinks SO"
Il want to know!" exclaimed the
gawky youth Dye think could
stay on 1t II got on?"
81 know you could"
An make 'er gof'
'Of course
You're trying to fool me"
Don't you want TO try IT,"
And the tourist In knit Eer bockers
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
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Es1 = ~ e GSa
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

-'iDked slyly once more at the inter
ested spectators.
How do you keep from fallin' off
the thing?"
All you've to do is TO climb on.
start IL going and keep going. Just
try 1t. Here. get on"
The gawky young man took hold OF
the bicycle awkwardly and trundied
II out to the middle of the road
1T isn't quite as good one as I've
got at home" he said. as he mounted
it and started down the road at rat.
Ting pace, but can follow directions.
It's only four miles to the next town.
I'll be waiting you at the pump. Good
by"
And the smart young tourist in his
knickerbocbers trudged after him on
foot
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
TIME FOR PACKING APPLES
Men Generally Most Successful Place
Fruit in Barrels on the Same
Day II Is Picked.

The man who has his fruit packed
knows exactly how many barrels OF
each grade he has. When the oppor-
tunity comes to make a sale it can be
made any time during the winter, and
where an adequate supply Of labor is
obtained, the men generally most sue
cessful are those who do picking and
packing the same day. Dumping ap-
pies into barrels, allowing them to
stand two or three weeks. then pour
Ing them on the table and letting
them drop into barrels again certain.
iy does not improve them
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11

looked about him with only vague
idea as to where he was. When he
came to a realizing sense OF his ettu-
alton he looked at bis watch. and then
tried to resume his nap. But this
time he did not fall asleep, and SO.
efter fdgeting about for half an hour.
decided to go into the smoker
He had some very excellent cigars
In his grip. and. pulling out the bag,
he leaned down to unlock At, when ne
saw the long hole which had oesn
cut in the shining pisskin.
He regarded the damage for sec
ond with rising anger. and then un-
locked the wallis. and searched 1t thor
oughly to see what had been stolen
For his only idea was that some sneak
thieves had taken advantage OF MS
slumber.
But. finding everything intact, ne
was Obliged TO cast about for another
explanation. II ~ns then that the
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
der direct orders Of the Secretary
[Long1. ROOSEVELT"

der direct orders or the secretary
ILong1. ROOSEVELT"
"Whew."
Holton sat back in his seat. So war
had come. What would happen now?
So far as he was concerned, Holton
was likely to be well in the forefront.
He was exalted. thrilled in every fber
of his being. He put the dispatch In
his pocket and walked back through
the train to his car. AS he reached
Miss La Tossa's section he found her
folding up bit of paper and putting
it in her waist.
Had she, too, received dispatch!
Holton did not doubt it. So he wasted
no words.
''Well, it has come to pass" he said;
war has been declared. and within
few months Cuba will be as free az
even you could wish"
"God grant it," she murmured.
Holton held out his hand.
Good night. Miss La Tossa." he
said.
She shook his hand cordially. lin
geringly even.
Good night" she replied.
Her eyes sought his. and for a mo-
ment it seemed as though she were
going to speak. Then she turned
away.
Holton waited an instant, and then
he. too. averted his face.
Good night" he said again. and
went to his own berth, where the
porter had completed his preparations.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
CHAPTER v.
Mysterious Messages.

At Tampa Holton met and had
breakfast with several army engineers
who had been engaged in laying out
camp sites in the pine woods back Of
Tampa. Then in the afternoon he pro-
ceeded on to Port Tampa, nine miles
away. Ahead. rising into the blue
sky like some dream palace in Sahara,
the Tampa Bay Hotel, with its brick
walls and cleaning silver domes and
minarets.
1t brought hope to his heart. and his
steps were more springy as he hur-
ried toward the immense structure.
negro boy took his bag as he entered
the lobby, and the clerk smiled as he
had not done since the winter throng
left the hostelry early In March,
After q bath and shave he set out
to the bay to view his new command.
He found her In charge OF an able
seaman. Conroy. who welcomed him
with enthusiasm.
Holton stepped aboard and chuckled
when he recalled the comparatively
large deck space of the Scorpion.
The Gnat was almost Il toy craft, and
yet her regulation torpedo gun on the
after deck, the machine gun forward.
and the little coming tower. heavily
plated with steel, gave adequate hint
that she was by no means built for
pleasure.
at is likely Wen be busy before
long, Conroy." he said. an have my
luggage brought down from the hotel
and come aboard at once. How many
men have we?"
only Howard, the engineer. and
me-" was the reply.
All right. The fewer the better.
I'll return shortly. and perhaps take
her out"
Whereupon Holton stepped out with
blithe stride. In the lobby Of the
hotel he buried his face In q Washing
ton newspaper and spent a half-hour
absorbing the war talk of the day.
His reverie was interrupted by =
hotel page, who handed him a card
bearing the name Jose Rodriguez. Ha-
vans.
"Sfr. Rodriguez wishes to know II
you will do him the honor Of calling
upon him In his rooms" announced
the boy.
Rodriguez, And who is hep
Hes n very wealthy Spaniard who
has been here some time"
We'll. then. you will tell MT. Rodri-
guez that IL he wishes to see me. he'll
find me here"
Yes, sir. I'll tell him that" and
the boy hurried away.
Il like the nerve Of that" growIed
Holton. returning to his paper.
In few moments the page stood
before him again.
"Weli?" HoIton looked up impa-
tiently.
Mr.. Rodriguez said. sir, that he
does not wish to speak to you in the
lobby. and that 1t will be best for
you If you visit him as soon AZ you
can in his rooms"
Hoiton flushed ansrily.
Say. boy, get this straight. You
give Mr.. Rodriguez Mr.. Holton's COM
pliments. and say to Mr.. Rodriguez
that MIR. Holton says for him to 10 to
the devil"
,TO BE CoNTINUED)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
Mighty Little Mite.

ance TO horses, cows and other ami
mails in the vicinity OF the poultry
house.
The tiny jaws of the mite are
formed for sucking blood. and that is
the way they sap the life from their
victims.
They can be eradicated by spraying
with lime and sulphur, or kerosene.
This should be done every two weeks
and the hens must be given plenty OF
dust all the time.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
CHAPTER ~.
A Frank Admission.

A Frank Admission.
Holton's reQuisitions were promptly
attended to. and by the time he had
completed his packing at the club his
tickets for the Florida Special had ar
rived.
He lunched with Billy Holt of the
ordnance department, and then took a
hack to the station, where he found
the train made up. He had several
magazines In his hands, and settled
down to read with his feet luxuriously
resting on the other seat of his sec
ton.
It was not many minutes, however,
before he yawned broadly. and i've
minutes thereafter his magazine had
tumbled from hie hand and he was fast
asleep.
As he fell into slumber two men
approached the porter. and. throwing
open their coats. displayed Secret
Service shields.
While their English was perfect.
they were surely of the Latin race.
"Ya-as. suh-all right, genl'men."
The porter was very much impressed.
-Ya-as. sub. 60 right along"
''As they approached Holton's sec
ton one Of them stopped.
We'll, here he Is" he remarked.
Yes. and asleep. too. He's bound
for Tampa for a surety"
Yes; but, now that he kindly sleeps.
wS might as well go farther" He
p bent down and carefully drew Holton's s
bag out into the aisle. Quick" he
said, looking up. "the keys"
His companion drew from his
pocket 4 large bunch Of keys. and the
man tried several without success
Finally. becoming impatient. he drew
the bag to the seat behind Holton,
and. drawing his knife. cut long hole
near the top. Then. inserting his
hand and arm. he fished about for
several minutes. but without feeling
anything other than wearing apparel
and toilet articles.
Finally he strAightened up and
pushed the bag into the place whence
Il had been withdrawn with the frown-
ing remark:
well. wen have to let him go:
we've done our part"
The two men spent some time in the
station, framing a telegram in cipher.
which, when completed. was sent to
Tampa. Then they disappeared.
Holton in the meantime slept. and
was still asleep when the train moved
ont. Awakened by = sudden turn Of
the cars. he started bolt upright and
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
LITTLE INSECT is MIGHTY
Other Parasite or Disease Known
to Poultry Industry.

The little inject shown In the pic
ture causes more trouble than any
other parasite or disease known to
poultry. It Is SO small as to be bare
ly visible to the naked eye, but Il
multiplies In such numbers that they
become so numerous as to hang in
festoons about the sides of nest boxes.
They will drive sitting hen from
the nest and often cause great annoy
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-12-11
Grow Your Own Wool.

Millions OF pounds of wool are inn
ported annually to supply the nome
demand. Why not grow this wool on
your own soil and keep the money In
the family?