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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03

In wartime the many threads lead
ing from the long battle line at length
reach a common point, which Is the
headquarters of the general staff. The
activity Of each officer attached to the
general staff is therefore Of the great
est Importance for the success OF ev-
cry military enterprise.
During the action every officer OF the
staff Is at the immediate disposal Of
the commanding general and assists
him in the carrying out of orders.
Among the duties Of the staff officer
during action belong the gathering and
compilation of reports which are con-
stantly pouring in to headquarters and
which give intimation Of the progress
of the battle. The staff officer must
observe the needs Of the troops III ac-
ton. He must keep close watch on
their supply Of ammunition. He must
see that their commanders properly ex-
ecute the orders of the comm nding
general. He must look after he wound
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03
How General Staff of an Army
Keeps In Touch With Firing Line

ed, see that they are properly treated
and sent to lazarets. He must see to
it that prisoners are properly cared for
and that the commissariat is adequate
~ provided for and the provisioning
Of the troops.
Sometimes the commanding general
intrusts staff officer with the observa-
ton of the action of the opposing
forces which may be beyond the view
Of headquarters, or he may be sent to
the firing line with important orders
to commanders there, which, however.
the staff officer has authority to alter
II in his judgment this Is necessary.
During defense movements it is of
particular importance to observe close
ly the movements Of the opposing
forces in order to make preparation for
counted moves, such as advances, re-
treats, the sending of .re-enforcements
and other movements of troops. The
execution Of these movements falls!
within. the vince #off the stan on1cer.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03
Cobb Is LOYAL.


Ty Cobb is one of the many ball
players who sees no good for the play
ers or the game in the Federal league
since the outlaws have dragged the
game into court.
Ty makes strong statement in
sizing up the present situation when
he says:
II think baseball players are be-
ginning to realize that subterfuge has
no part In the successful promotion
of the national pastime. The game has
been injured greatly therefrom the
past season. And though it is still
honest and always will remain so. the
vacillating attitude Of the many mer-
cenary players has doubtless raised
vague suspicious in the public mind in
some quarters. No one blames q
player for selling his services to tho
very best advantage. But a contract.
written or verbal, is a sacred thing.
Evasion through technicality- Is no
sound excuse for dishonor. Let tho
least corruption creep into the manipu-
lation Of the game and the careful
work Of years will be destroyed. The
baseball player has as much at stake
IN the present fight as any one. The
outcome means no less than his H.
Y fl1F9. t gs Ri
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03

alarming rate. Twelve generations of
flies are propagated in single sum-
mer in a climate like that Of Virginia.
AS each fly lays 12O eggs in batch,
the conceivable progeney of single
fly is number almost UNNECESSARILY
great. 1t has been reasonably esti-
mated that each pair Of flies surviving
the winter are the ancestors of $780,
600 living flies during the summer.
The fly nuisance depends upon the
constant breeding Of the pest. If this
be prevented the fly as carrier Of dis
ease can be removed. The chief cam
paign against the fly Is, therefore, a
warfare to prevent it's breeding. The
man who removes the breeding places
of flies early in the season protects
himself against an army Of future in
vaders; the man who prevents flies
from breeding later in the year at least
tnsures himself against an increase in
the number Of the pest.
In doing this one must remember the
fundamental facts about the breeding
place Of flies; they breed in any de-
caying vegetable or animal matter, and
they breed best in manure. They viii
not breed in water, but they breed
freely in garbage, rotting waste from
the kitchen, in decaying hay, even in
moist paper waste. Not until these
breeding places are removed can one
hope to keep the flies from multiplying
In the city it should not be particu-
larly difficult to prevent the increase
Of the fly. Personal comfort during
hot weather demands reasonable de-
gree Of cleanliness, which with small
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03
Greed Of PLAYERS,

0reed OF Players.
The prevailing greed Of the players
was we'll illustrated recently by the
attitude Of Pipp and High of Detroit
and Bill James Of the Boston Braves.
Pipp and High refused to be transfer
red to New York unless Donovan
would agree to increase their salaries.
They held out the argument that De.
troit was a sure pennant contender
and that transfer from the club
might lose them share of the worlds
series next fall.
Picking pennant at this time for
club that figured no more prominently
year ago than Detroit seems rather
farfetched. The fact that Hugh Jen-
nings is willing to let the young men
go would indicate that he is none too
sure Of their ability to effect such
happy end.
To the interested bystander it would
appear that some one in Detroit is not
playing exactly fair. Colonel Rup-
pert and Captain Huston purchased
the New Yorks with the distinct un-
derstanding that Pipp and High were
to be sold to them by Detroit 1t rests
with Frank Navin to make good, even
If it costs him money to do 80.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03
The Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR BEREAN

The Lesson Explained. Verses 49,
40.-An unusual equipment.
Saul was destined to spend all his
days in armed encampments and on
the battlefield. He was accompanied
by the valiant spirits Of Israel who had
gathered around him from all parts Of
the land. The homes which had made
such precious contributions to the
cause Of patriotism followed the course
of the war with no little interest.
From one home three stalwart sons
had gone forth, and Jesse, the aged IA
ther, received the verbal bulletins from
the scene Of warfare. While David
was talking with his brothers Goliath,
the Philistine champion, was heard
ftnging another challenge at the Israel
ties across the valley, urging them to
come out into the open. His bold and
defiant speech startled the followers Of
Saul and filed them with fear. The
king was so perplexed that he offered
the hand Of his daughter and other
honors to the man who would STAY this
awful Philistine giant. David was
moved at this juncture to offer his
services to Saul. Physically he COM
pared unfavorably with the opponent
Of Israel, and Saul was loath to entrust
his destiny into what seemed to him
to be such incapable hands. But David
modestly submitted his credentials. He
had once destroyed lion which was
carrying away one of his lambs, and
again he had rescued sheep from a
hungry bear. He recited these two
facts and then added, Jehovah, that
delivered me out of the paw of the
lion and out of the paw Of the bear, he
will deliver me out of the hand Of this
Philistine" (verse 81. Saul was not
familiar with this kind Of speech, but
his confidence was reused, and with
hesitation, yet hoping for the best, he
accepted the service Of David. "Arm-
ed him with coat Of mail" David
was well built for his age, thanks to
his life In the open air. He tried on
the armor Of the king and it fitted him
we'll enough. "Assayed to CO." But
when he tried to go out Of the kings
tent he found that he was handicap
ped. II cannot go with these" He
was not accustomed to wear such mill
tary apparel, and, as it would interfere
with his movements, he determined to
take it off and rely upon his own test
ed weapons of attack. "Staff in his
hand" This was the stick which he
used when tending the sheep. Five
smooth stones and his sling" He
was an expert in the use of these
things, and he was satisfied that with
the help of Jehovah his God he would
destroy the proud Philistine.
Verses 41-44.-An insolent boast.
There was great contrast in ap-
pearance between the we'll knit athlet-
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03

&c David and the corpulent Goliath.
Judged by mere external standards.
the mighty man who was accompanied
by his armor bearer was better fitted
than the youth who was "ruddy and
Of fair countenance." Well might
Goliath feel insulted and become angry
when he saw such an insignificant an
tagonlst pitted against him. "Staves."
All he saw was the shepherds staff,
which was good enough to use on a
dog, but absurd in duel. He did not
see the sling and stones, which were in
the "scrip," or bag, and which were to
be David's deadly weapons. II will
give thy flesh to the fowls Of the air."
What fierce threat! It would have
struck terror into the heart Of any one.
But David knew enough to distinguish
between loud but empty talk and the
speech which leads to consistent deeds.
Verses 45-47.-A clear affirmation.
David did not reply to this threat in
the same vulgar style of the Phinistine
bully. He said less, but it had greater
weight. I'm the name Of the Lord Of
hosts" He was not relying upon
weapons of steel, but upon the more
effective weapons of spiritual power.
His dependence was upon the God of
his people, who had demonstrated his
greatness on former occasions and who
was we'll capable Of showing forth his
majesty through those who. absolutely
relied on him. "Whom thou hast de-
fed" It was not contest with Israel,
but with 1srael's God, whose honor had
been violated by this goddess bias
phemer. "Deliver thee into mine
hand" He will be so shut up that there
will be no way Of escape. A similar
fate will overtake 1.-THE host of the
Philtstines,' who will fall an easy prey
when they see their champion Destroy
ed. "That there is a God in Israel"
The purpose Of this signal victory will
advertise the greatness Of jehovah.
''The battle is the Lords" All refer
ence to human agency was set aside
for the time being while he enforced
the truth Of the superiority of the spir-
itual over all material and brute forces.
Verses 48-51.-A complete victory.
While Goliath was getting ready to
drive his arrow David quickly fixed a
stone in his sling and directed it with
such fatal accuracy that it "smote the
Philistine in his forehead He was
stunned and fell to the ground. With
excellent presence Of mind David then
ran up to his PROSTATE form and drew
the giants sword tout of the sheath
and boldly 'cut off his head" He
used the Philistlne's own weapon
against him and SO destroyed the ene-
my of Israel. ''They fed" When the
Philistines saw that their champion
had fallen there was great confusion
among them.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03
GIVE ONLY BEST FOOD
TO EWES BEFORE LANDING.
After the Event Good SuccuIent Feed
ls Needed Before Turning
Them into Pasture.

Ewes before lambing should receive
a good, wholesome feed, which will
keep them in a laxative condition,
says the Iowa Homestead. Well cured
clover is excellent or alfalfa hay with
a small grain ration and If possible a
few roots or little silage, although
silage sometimes causes trouble when
fed by an inexperienced person.
The grain ration most widely recon-
mended is one composed Of peas, oats
or bran or a mixture Of these and fed
at the rate of about half a pound a
day up until lambing time approaches,
when the amount Of grain may be in
creased provided the ewes have plenty
Of exercise.
After lambing the ewes should be
literally fed on any good succulent
feed before they are turned on pasture,
including plenty of grain and good
hay. Scotch shepherds prefer roots,
but most men in this country feed
silage. About two pounds Of clover
hay and from one to two pounds of
grain will be required for the best
progress of the eve and the lamb. The
grain should consist of oats and bran,
with little oilmeal added. The OIL
meal is particularly necessary If you
do not have silage. AS soon as the
grass has made n sufficient growth the
grain may be reduced and shortly elm
in1ted
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03
For the Farmer Who Thinks
AMONG THE CHICKENS.

Keep in mind the fact that the in
herited quality of heavy laying must
come from pedigreed breeding and par
ticularly through the cock bird that is
the son, grandson, ETC., of a line of
heavy layers.
Provide the flock with a dust bath
and apply the following homemade
powder: To one part of crude carbollc
acid and three parts of gasoline add
enough plaster of paris to take up the
liquid and mix thoroughly. Spread out
and let dry. If it is too lumpy run
through a sieve. Store away in tight
cans. Work we'll into the feathers.
especially in fluff and under the wings.
Repeat in ten days and make a thor
ough job of it.
To tell old hens from young ones
note that the young ones are most apt
to have brighter eyes, redder combs
and smoother legs. They never have
spurs, while old ones do, and the old
hens move about more slowly.
Hens adapt their methods of brood
ing to conditions such as temperature,
size Of the chickens, wet weather, ETC.,
and the operator Of brooder must meet
these conditions.
Any of our American breeds make
good setting hens, but there is no
breed that excels all others in the num-
Der of Its broodies. AS rule, the
heaviest winter layers are the earliest
broody.
Leghorns Matched in March and April
should be laying in August. September,
October and November.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03
A Now Method Of Growing Corn.

A New Method Of Growing Corn.
A report recently received by the de-
partment Of agriculture described a
method Of planting corn that has been
successfully tried out in western dry
land conditions In western Kansas. BY
this method the corn Is planted in rows
twice the usual distance apart while
the plants are twice as thick in the
rows. The stand IS therefore the same,
but rs this method seems to preserve
the moisture midway between the rows
the supply Is otter sufficient to main
tain the corn in nourishing condition
during temporary periods of drought,
while occasionally it may complete the
development of tho crop. 1t was found
that by this method the yields were
around thirty bushels. per acre, while
adjoining fields In which. the rows were
three and one-half feet apart the yields
were = 4 only ten TO twelve bushels per
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03
\HE fly has been indicted and
convicted Of playing a most
alarming mart in tho Snroad of

"\6E ny mas been indicted and
convicted Of playing a most
alarming part in the spread of
typhoid fever and other all
nents. he has been denounced as
1.-THE deadliest animal alive" and at
his door has been laid an alarming
hmount Of sickness. Indeed, so we'll
recognized is the part played by this
Insect in the spread of disease that the
war on typhoid fever and infantile
dlarrhea is in large part a combat
against the fly. These diseases and
others like them can never be wiped
but or even reduced until we have con-
trolled the insects that spread them.
The specifications Of the Indictment
against the fly are numerous. His
guilt is beyond question. In the first
place, where no precautions are taken
the fly Is everywhere to be found. He
swarms in the stable and posters the
cattle in the pasture. He buzzes about
the outhouses and flies in the parlor
window. BE is to be found in the
woods, by the streams, in the dairy,
on the table. OF an inquisitive nature
!, and a ravenous appetite, he is row.
Ing pirate who knows no port.
Nor Is this all. The f1y's feet are
tovered with small pads, so small, in
Tact, as to be invisible to the naked
EYE. These pads he uses to affix him.
Self to the surface Of any unstable OBJ
3ect, to walk on the ceiling or to
promenade on the wall. Moreover,
these pads are covered with sticky
substance that adheres to whatever
they touch. When the fly moves he
carries with him a small part of any
soft surface on which he has been
standing. This he deposits on the next
surface he touches. If, for instance,
he has been feasting in the stable and
flies to the dining room he will carry
on his feet the refuse which attached
itself to his feet and will deposit this
on the butter on the table.
In large measure the ease with which
the fly breeds makes him the menace
he Is. During a single season the fe-
male fly will lay many thousand eggs.
She prefers manure and where posi-
bic will lay her eggs in horse manure,
but she will lay them in any decaying
animal or vegetable matter. These
eggs are generally in clumps of more
than a hundred, and in a few days
each egg develops into larva which
In turn soon becomes a maggot. From
the maggot the growing fly is trans
formed into a pupa. which rapidly
becomes the winged pest Generally
about ten days elapse between tile
laying Of the egg and the Matching of
the full grown fly, but this may be re.
duced by warm weather or heightened
by cool spell.
3. s The average fly IS probably short
4 hved. but It breeds so easily and so
y rapidly that he muitiplies at u most
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03
Wide Area Of Sudan Grass.

Sudan grass has been tried out on a
great variety of soils and has been
found to be adapted to almost all of
them. 1t is not expected to grow north
OF the line for growing other hardy
sorghums. 1t has done we'll at Boze-
man, Mont, at m altitude of 1890
feet, and in the latitude Of Montreal,
Canada, yielding nearly four and a
half tons Of hay per acre with two irri-
cations.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03
Overheard In i.
Sporting Circles
BY SQUARE DEAL

Smiling Bill James Sticks to StaIIinas.
Smiling Bill" James has. reconsid-
cred his intention of "hopping" to the
outlaws. James desire for larger
stipend than that which his Boston
contract called for actuated his longing
to leave o. B., and he probably would
have been grabbed up by one of the
Federal league clubs had not Owner
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03
Experiments With What.

According to a report of rotation ex-
periments conducted by the Australian
government. wheat grown continuously
on the same land for six years pro-
duced an average yield of 1865 bushels
per acre. wheat alternated annually
with bare falloW averaged 24S bushels.
and wheat alternated ANNUALLY with q
fodder crop averaged %. bunshel
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03
O'Toole Back NTH the Minors.

Marty O'Toole, formerly with the
Pittsburgh Nationals, has signed con-
tract to play with the Columbus Amer
lean association team the coming sea-
son. He will be considered part pay
for Hinchman and Gerber, sold to the
Pittsburgh club last fall. Pittsburgh
paid $4,000 for O'Toole a few years
ago.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03


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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03

Gafney Of the Braves warned the
Feds off.
Unfortunately for james financial
ambitions, his contract is one of those
iron bound'' affairs that we are hear
ing SO much talk about in baseball cir.
cles these days. The loss Of James
would seriously injure the chances Of
the Braves this season.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-03

The Common Fly Is More Dan-
gerous Than Any AZ Centimeter
Gun-Swat It Early and You
Extenninate Millions With Each
Swat-It Takes the Lives of
Unguarded Infants, So De-
serves the Death Punishment;
So Give It.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-01
SMASH MACHINE AND NEWSPAPER CONTROL
BY VOTING AGAINST THE PURCHASE PLAN

petty job holder will hold his petty lob is not circua
stance to what saoonkeeper to be allowed to get some
of that gained through Sunday
liquor seng or to what the petty gambler will do to be allowed
to run his little with only occasional perunctory raid
at time when it will do any harm.
is undoubtedly that when the railway pur-
chase proposition first prepared for submission the
people, it forth in good faith Certainly
OF the street railway commission honest in their belief
that they had worked plan which good thing
the city.
The political possibilities railway control added to
control of the cy physical work moral conduct we'll
early apparent to members of the machine organization
though Then opposition PLAN campaign
hardly begun before evident that instead
street railway purchase being calmly discussed its
and adopted rejected without prejudice railway
had hoped life and death struggle
absolute control of the town.
The political prospects rosy overlooked With
the department railways added would
be nothing to it, Of there civil service provision
the pan but what civil service between friends? They
civil service in the city hall When you job you
examination the head of the list and then for the
first vacancy.
And railway commissioners have been forced
their ambitious plan for the good of the city made
football of politics. the medium of fierce fight for domination
of aars-tO realize that if the plan defeated will be
because people willing hand
for indefinite period political organization which has
show of the town in good already, and that
by any chance should the political organization would
completely its carrying out that they would
to become parts in political machine, resign.
The railway purchase plan which the people
Tuesday, is not all bad not by In fact could three
like Couzens Dodge and Wke be made life members of
the board independent of the machine and its newspaper
domination entirely might be worked out to the advantage
Of the city, although it has several very weak spots
But with the commissioners appointed at te will and pleas
mayor and the the head of organization
which holds insists absolute domination every
partment Of the city life ii is different proposition
Under circumstances vote for the pending purchase
proposition add the street railways to the list of de-
parments by for and in the interest of the local political
machine and its newspaper.
against it the first step in the smashing of
machine and putting end to dominance Detroit
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-01
Standards Rise in Face
of Slump in War
Industrials
TRADING is
CUT IN TWO
Conservative and Spec
ulative Stocks Sharply
Divided
Copy right. 1918. ny tac .r.s N"rk
Evening Post r"a'nnns.'

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Evening Post f"a,rnas.,
NEW YORK, Nov 1.-The diver
sion of speculative interest and ac-
tivity from tho war industrials" 10
the standard railway shares, which
began when last weeks break In the
industriaIs was at its worst. assumed
interesting shape today. The war
shares" declined again, some OF
them very heavily; but at the same
moment, the railway shares We're ad-
yancing, under active trading. The
market, In fact. was divided Sharply
into Two sections, which seemed to
have nothing to dc with one an
other, and to be subject to wholly
different influences
The movement of the railway
shares was under the stimulus of
some remarkable earnings state
rlents.
There has az no time since the
summer been any reasonable doubt
that transportation Of the enormous
war material and of the quite un-
precedented grain crops would in
due course give the railways an
overflowing business.