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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-01-01

st. Louis, Mo.-Wee Ebony Prince,
prize-winning Pomeranian dog, was
killed by an automobile recently. He
was given a $500 funeral and was
buried in silk-lined, silver-trimmed
casket.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-01-01

Chicago, Ill.-Man who was eating
oysters at a restaurant here com
planned to the proprietor that he
had broken a tooth on pebble"
$500 pearl
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-01-01

bed near q window
so she could get
her breath. One
doctor said, Poor
child. she is likely
to fall dead any
time A friend
told me DIR. Miles
Heart Remedy had
cured her father,
so l tried it, and
she began to i'm
prove. She took
a great many bot
ties, but she is
spared to me to-
dow n fat ROSY
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-01-01
WE'LL! WELL! WELL!

Dallas, Tex.-Statistics show that
$4,000 children of school age did
not attend school in Texas last year.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-01-01
ALFALFA AND WHAT IT
MEEN1 TO WISCONSIN,
Mr.. Cheesman, of Racine, Delivers
instructive Address at
Madison

James B. Cheesman, of this city,
will deliver an address Saturday
morning at Madison, his subject be-
ing: alfalfa Growers Active" This
paper will be delivered before the
alfalfa growers order, of which Mr..
Cheesman is president, it being
cheir third annual meeting. This Or
der is connected with the Wisconsin
Agricultural Experiment association.
Mr.. Cheeseman's paper follows:
During the year just closed alfal-
ia growers all over the land have
proved their usefulness in extending
a knowledge of the great value of
alfalfa. We know beyond doubt that
the alfalfa plant once firmly in
trenched in the soil will do more for
it's permanent improvement than
any other plant grown. Alfalfa i'm
proves the soil in every detail; in
that it first increases its humus, i'm
proves it's mechanical texture, it's
absorptive capacity for gathering
and retaining water and maintains
temperature control unknown I'M
der any other condition. It's action
in all these phases promotes the &C.
emulation of heterogeneous matter and
enables the soil to grow abundant
yields of the crops which follow.
Kansas is perhaps the best illus
tration of the value of alfalfa, since
all the world knows what a prolific
crop of wheat was grown after the
disastrous experience of 1913. Much
of the work done during the past
year in our own state may be de-
scribed as reinforcing. Many of
the state growers who had not be-
fore practiced lining and innocula-
ton were induced to practice both
in 1914, with the general result that
better and stronger root system
was established and good stands wer
more general than had been found
before.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-01-01
Oh, Worldl dear World-at last my dream

Oh, Worldl dear World-at last my dream
is true,
Through all eternity I've longed for you,
impatient of the years | had to wait,
Each nerve aquiver, lest be too late.
And now I'm here-and all of you are
mine
For my brief reign Yet, also, am thine.
For use-abuse- treat me as you may
Remember this-Pll give and take away.
And but this moment born-but half awake,
'lltell you now whatl'll both give and take.
II take a life from out you here and there.
II giVe-a lover true-a sweetheart fair.
Half of your fondest hopes I'll steal away,
I'll grant grain of wisdom day by day.
And tho, perchance, should take Peters
all,
With lavish hands I'll shower it on Paul,
I'll ssnite some of you with an iron glove,
III nurse some others with my tenderest
love,
IN both your queen and slave. now
make way.
This night is yours. Tomorrow you'll repay.
Bring forth the testers. Fill the cup Of
cheer.
You've waited me forever. World, Tm
here.
The 1915 Boy.
81 will not put pins in my dear teach
9r's chair" Cracks will hurt just as
much, anyway
Il will not quarrel and fight with
my big brothers in 1915" (What have
got a little brother for?)
81 will not play hockey from school
10 go fishing or swimming" Chat is,
n the winter time)
Il will be regular attendant at
Sunday school," CAT Christmas time
and just before the summer excursion,
If course)
II will not take mothers currant
Jelly from the pantry without per-
mission" (Her raspberry jam Is
good enough for me.)
II will be kind to dumb animals, such
as tigers, lions and elephants" (Stray
cats and dogs, however, had better
keep out of this neighborhood)
Il will not ooh, gee, that's enough.
They say the good die young, and
want to live until | catch that red
headed boy on the next block who
stuck his tongue out at me yester
day!)
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-01-01
Heart Disease Almost
Fatal TO Young Girl

my daughter, when thirteen years
old, was stricken with heart trouble.
She was so bad we had to place her
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-01-01
Great Improvement

Inc great Improvement recorded
in every county by farmers who have
grown alfalfa for the first time, and
by those whose acquaintance with it
is more than a year old is the most
encouraging note of last years ex-
perience. The experience of live
stock growers and dairymen in par
ticular, is suggestive and convinc-
ing. When we remember how our
meat animals are being reduced and
how slowly the number of dairy COWS
are increased We may well ask our
selves what is to be the future of
the milk industry in the United
States.
'Wisconsin's experience has been
phenomenal in that it has had the
rare advantage of settling much raw
land and alfalfa, common clover,
creameries, and calf raising have
worked for the well-being of our
state farmers We do we'll to pause
here and ask what is our standing in
relation to the food supplies of the
future
DO you realize that only within
the last twenty years have the east
ern states awakened to the economic
phase Of dairying? In 1890 New
York state had nearly one and a
half million COWS. In the ten years
following the aggregate increase
was only siXty-one thousand, and dur
ing the next ten year period the in
crease was less than eight thousand.
Pennsylvania was worse off, while
in the New England group of states,
the shrinkage was enormous. 1t is
encouraging to learn that New York
increased the value of it's dairy cows
twenty-one millions of dollars.
Dairy Cows
Nov what are the facts respect
ing the areas around Chicago? In
what is called the northeast and
west central groups of states We had
in 1910, or five years ago, about six
ty per cent of the dairy COWS of the
United States Let me state rough
ly that while the great state of Hi
nois had over a million COWS in 1910
her increase in ten years was but
forty-two thousand. Indiana had two
thirds of a million and increased on
ly fifty-nine thousand Michigan had
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-01-01

Goodbye sore feet, burning feet, swol-
len feet, sweaty feet, smelling feet, tired
feet.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-03-04

unue this annual appropriation,
AS We feel justly entitled TO do,
counting u IN round numbers, As
f2u,upu together with the State
mnd, which, If proper steps are
taken will also be- available a.
mounting to say $4,000 yearly,
and viii year by year. place
these sums IN what. for con.
vomence sake. We viii cali a
Special Fund
Tins amount of S2O.0O0 is 80
small compared with the great q.
mount oi wuk TO be- done on our
2lh miles OF road. as 10 rcnd r
u impossible to do any part of
10 Wen. without the total neglect
of other equally deserving por
lions and We are all 80 rnyious
and selfish. that If We think our
officials are giving a 1.-THE more
of the road fund Ia the benefit
of others. and neglccung MS, We
are ready 10 declare war at once.
Bat IL rs evident that at the pres
rnt rate OF taxation. the court
can 10 no better than it is now
dong Ina consequence, unless
action is taken by which more
money can be- made available for
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-03-04

In a recent article ON good
uads for Fulton County. We
.umised TO show how every
,ot of public highway in the
unty, amounting 10 neearly 2l0
niles ia all. could be graycled,
Tier the most approved methods
road building, aud with the
t material 10 be- had herca.
uls. and this, not only without
u.rpasing the taxes 10 the rx.
700 of single cent but at an
uM saving 10 the taxpayers of
.msands of dollars yearly
This statement created NO little
umrnt ON the street and else.
here and many otherwise
10 posted men questioned its
lthmlness. Now for the proof
First. II rs known aud under
food by practically an who are
u any wise familiar with the pub
road work ia the county that
... Fiscal Court eXpends about
10000 in road improvement year
. As a matter of fact, they viii
40 YOU that they are ALREADY
prpaung to put this much or
Wort on the roads again tins year
500 100 our reckoning We shall con
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-03-04

road work, We must go ON from
year to year, indefinitely, sink
ing 100000 or more into the mud.
and with no permanent benefit 10
the county.
Oi most serious consequence IL
the Ill effect OF bad roads on the
county school attendance. which
IN future paper We shall endeay-
or 10 show hut IN this issue we
are considering u method OF road
Improvement by means of funds
that are not now available, and
which by the ordinary means. can
not be- obtained.
This means. then bond issue ?
Yes. But please do not condemn
It until YOU have at least far
understanding OF the matter BE-
patient then aud hear me for
my ease, for your cause also.
Remember ! promised to show
how the county can, without IN
crcasing the taxes 10 the extent
of one single cent. now or ever,
gravel every foot of public high
way IN the county. amounting 10
something over 2l0 miles, rs fast
as men and teams can do the
work, furnish employment at good
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-03-04

wages 10 hundreds OF our citi-
Gems, provide money for the
proper upkeep continually re-
surface all the much used roads
every ten years save thousands
OF dollars of your tax money
yearly, 10 be- used IN other need
"a improvements, aud all tins
without, we repeat, increasing
your taxes by SO much as one
tarthing. today or ever.
\ Let rs suppose then, that the
county does, on the first day OF
June this year, 1918, sell its
bonds 10 tiE extent OF three
hundred Thousand dollars
f, 100000, bearing an interest
rate OF AZ per cent, and
running for thirty 800 years.
The money thus obtained 10
b. used exclusively for gravel
ing the public roads Tins action
on the part OF our officials makes
At once available our share of the
State road fund, which We are
now being taxed TO create. Let
il be distinctly understood We are
now paying. and will continue "a
pay our part OF this State tax,
whether We avail ourselves of II
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-03-04

or not. We can, ii We So elect,
continue TO pay this TAX into the
State road fund, and help other
aud more enterprising counties
build graveled roads, while We
continue to travel in the mud.
But shall we
Let us assume then, that we
will not. And that il is now say,
June 10, 1915; our bonds have
been floated, and we have in the
several banks of the county, sub
ject to draft 100000, and the.
road work has begun.
Early in this article We stated
that the county was now, and for
long time had been sinking in
the mud yearly about $4,000,
without any permanent gain 10
the county, and that We should,
as We are Justly entitled TO do,
take this sum INTO our reckoning.
And now that we have a road
fund from the sale of bonds, by
which real road work can be done
We have also our share of the
State road fund, which will a
mount TO, in round numbers, say
$4,000 yearly. Thus, the $4,000
of county fund and the $4,000 o!
State road fund which We Will
not now need for road crawling,
we will put in the bank as a Spe-
cial Fund. 10 be used as needed,
for paying the interest on our
bonded indebtedness; for the
creation of sinking fund, which
will pay all our bonds when due /;
for the proper upkeep of the
roads. which will need constant
care; and for re-graveling the
main travelled roads of the com
~. once in ten years or therea-
bouts, as may be necessary.
With our 100000 of bond
money in banks, contracts are
let: contractors are under bond
for the faithful performances oi
their work. which is being done
under the direction of competent
road engineers; many of our per
pie with their teams are given
employment near home and at
good wages. and the work pro
ceedS while both our general
fund of 100000 and our special
fund of S32. 900 are earning us d
small interest. OF the interest
on the general fund however, w
shall take no reckoning, notwlth
standing it will. before 1t rs eN
hausted. be- sufficient To pur
chase many a hundred carload oil
gravel. But our showing Will h'
sufficiently good, that a teH
thousands of dollars will not h'
worth haggiing over and we WI
turn our attention 10 our Spr
ciaI Fund of $4,000 which vii
have earned us. AT any of th
] banks of the county during tn
year, 81 $50. giving rs, when Jun
4 |. 1916 comes around, the sum @
4 S33, $50. And the time has no,
come for us to pay oar first year
] interest on our bonds. THIS. fo
s 100000 of bonds bearing ~ pc
. cent per annum, Will requir
i Sl3.500. Then too, we must stnI
> our sinking fund deposit, an
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-03-04

that will take one-thirtieth, tour
bonds run for 30 years. OF
1900, 900, which is ten thousand,
and being honest kentuckians,
We propose to pay everything the
day 1t falls due, especially when
the other fellow is boosting so
heartily, so We must take from the
Especial Fund $4,000 of interest
and $4,000 of sinking fund de-
post, making in all $23, 500; and
leaving in our Special fund only
$3.50 But already the State
mas again paid us our share OF
the State road fund for 1916, and
the county has given us the
10000 it has heretofore been
sinking into the mud, and thus
We have TO start the fiscal year
with $4l,7S0 ON which any one OF
the banks in the county will
again pay us four per cent, max
ing of interest TO be added June
|, 1917, Sl,67l.20, or total oi
S43, 45l 20 But interest paying
time is again here, and that takes
for the loan, which now is $500
600, we diminished il by $4,000
last June, which at ~ per cent
is, this year, Sl3,050. Also anCth.
err $4,000 must be deposited IN
the sinking fund, making in all
but hold, the roads need care a
load of gravel here and there,
and constant watch care every
where, and for this we will al
low more than is customary.
The usual upkeep of the ordi-
nary Travelled county road, when
the proper and careful attention
is given them, is said to be a
bout $3.50 per mile per yea,
while the crossroads and neigh
borhOod roads, run from one to
three dollars only, So we will be
more than liberal, and allow prac-
tically $1,000 per mile for every
mile of road in the county each
year for upkeep; and what You
don I have to use on the roads,
please put on the sides. in plant
my trees, grading the banks, ter
racing, land scape gardening, etc.
so the LIST of this June, 1917, We
Twill take from our Special fund
the interest ON the bonds. 81.
0j0; the sinking fund deposit,
$4,000; and $1,000 for upkeep, or
S25. $50 in all, which leaves only
| SIS. 40l.20 in our Special fund.
Bui already has the State and
county made their appropriations,
aud We at once add the sum of
81. 900. which gives us, for th"
fiscal year $40 4Ol 20 on which We
will again draw our l per cent m
terest for the year, amounting to
. S2.Ol6.O4, making a total of
Sj2. 4lI2i From this amount W.
must again take our bond inter
p est this year $4,000, the sinking
, fund deposit, $4,000 and H."
$1,000 for keeping up and beauti-
y flying the road.ways or S2l,6oo
$ in all. leaving S27 ,Sl7.2l June l,
r 1915. 10 this We add again s32,
r 600 from county and State maxi
p ing S59,SlI25. On this sum ",
: again draw our four per cent IN
4 Con. ON last page
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-03-04
HICKMAN THURSDAY 4
WITH STATE AID FULTON COUNTY CAN HAVE GRAVEL ROADS

TnA auuuosa Taxes We Accumulate Surplus While Travelling
SaVoed ods snail Bonds and
Evening journal., 1915-07-21
fort Gun PITS NOW
CLOSED TO VISITORS

DELAWARE CITY, July 21-By a
recent War Department order, all
paths leading to the big gun pits at
Fort DUPONT are guarded by sentries
who turn back all persons without
special permits. It is thought by the
men on the fort that the orders have
been caused by the recent mysterious
fires on American battleships and the
demonstrations against the American
plants who have been selling muni-
tions to the warning factions in
Europe.
A number of soldiers from Boston
and forts near New York, who have
arrived at Fort DUPONT. have been
transferred at their own request to
the Fourth and Thirty-sixth Com
psnies of Coast Artillery, at Fort
Mott, n. J.. which leave for the Philip
pine Islands next Sunday. They will
arrive in San Francisco July 80, and
have five days at Panama Pacific Ex-
position before sailing for the Philip
pines August 5.
Evening journal., 1915-07-21
NAN YIsITORs SEE FORTS.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY, Del, July 21.-
First Lieutenant William Koenig is
in command of the One-Hundred and
Twelfth Company in the absence of
Captain Lewis S. Ryan. who has left
to attend the school for officers at
Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
The members of Troops No 2 and
No. 3, Boy Scouts, of Chester. Pa,
who arrived here yesterday morning.
"hiked" from this place to their camp
on the "Widewaters." on the canal.
above here The members of the
Chester Y. NJ. c. A.. who have been
in camp along the canal returned to
their homes yesterday afternoon.
Acting Dental Surgeon Dale z.
Repp will leave Fort DUPONT July
20, for Fort Hancock N. J.
No permits are needed to see the
Notifications at Fort DUPONT. it being
only necessary TO register ones name
at the guard house.
Evening journal., 1915-07-21
Thieves ROB Home
While owners VISIT

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
ELKTON, Md. July 21-While
spending Sunday away from their
home near Farr Creek. in East Elk
ton, County Treasurer and Mrs
Charles H. Gatchell. found everything
topsy-turvy when they returned on
Monday Money, jewlry and other
valuables had been stolen.
While unloading hay on his farm
near West Nottingham, Emory Stern
was injured by the hay fork falling
and striking him in the face.
Personalities. Edward T. Perkins,
of Wilmington, has returned from a
visit 70 Elkton relativess--Miss Hat
tie o. Terrell was the weekend guest
OF Wilmington relatives.-Thomas NJ.
Garrett, of Annapolis Junction, is Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence d. Garrett.-Samumel Carson
Rowland. of Port Deposit. was in
town on Tuesday.-Mr. and Mrs. John
Francis Porter, of Wilmington. were
Elkton visitors on Saturday.-George
r. Howard, Edward w Taylor. Miller
F Magraw, William D. Cawley and
Victor 6. TAYLOR have returned from
an automobile trip through the noun
tains Of Western Maryland, Gettsburs,
Harrisburg and Reading, Palmer
son R. Crothers and John NJ Tucker
are Atlantic City visitors.-Frank P.
Price has been enjoying motor trip
through lower Pennsylvania.-Mr. and
Mrs. William ]. Howard of the Sec
ond Z district, we're recent Elkton visi-
tors.-LJohn Henry Burton and Julia
Frances Mcdowell. both of Washing
ton, D. c.. were married at Trinity
Rectory on Saturday, July 18th, ny
the Rev. William Schouler
Evening journal., 1915-07-21
AGED COLORED MAN
FOUND DEAD IN HOME

WEST CHESTER. Pa. July IL
Thomas Jones. oolored. 75 years old,
who had been living alone in a little
house on the Thomas farm near Whit
ford, was found dead in a pool Of
blood on the floor of his home yester-
day.
He was last seen alive on Wednes-
day last, and the appearance of the
body indicates that he had been dead
since that time. His throat had been
cut by knife or similar instrument
and there were other wounds on the
head There was no motive for the
, crime, as he had no money and had
no enemies. The authorities are
searching tonight for a young man
and woman who recently spent a few
days in the old mans home, and have
since disappeared.
Evening journal., 1915-07-21
MUNITIONS BOOM TO
CONE IN THE FALL
Full Effect of War Orders
Cannot Be Felt Until
Autumn
SHIPMENTS WILL BEGIN
THEN; ALSO PAYMENTS

Good times as a result OF the enor.
nous war orders being filed will not be
felt in full in this country until autumn,
as the export of the munitions iron
this country to Europe will not reacn
full volume for several months. Con
traTy TO general belief, shipments on the
hundreds of millions OF dollars worth OF
cannon. shells. shrapnel. cartridges and
miscellaneous explosives. an, authority
said yestrday, viii not be in full swing
until the months of October. November
and December of this year, when full
payments are due.
Hundreds of thousands Of dollars. and
doubtless more. il was pointed out. arc
being expended at the present time IN
the construction of new and additional
plants for the manufacture of mum
tions. The work is being pressed al such
a pace that several of the larger com.
panies, for instance the Baldwin Loco
motive Works, which never have turned
out 2 gun. she'll or cartridge in then
past experience. expect 10 produce many
thousands of dollars worth OF them
every day by the middle Of autumn
Proving grounds are being laid out
buildings with secret fre-proof compart
ments for the preservation Of the for
eign army specifications are in tn,
course of erection. Machinery for the
now class of output is being assembled
Raw material Is being contracted for
and arrangements are being made fol
shipping facilities
Whatever ammunition has gone out
so far was ordered shortly after the be
ginning of the war from concerns sucl
as the DUPONT, Bethlehem Steel anC
Stevens Rife companies. which haJ
plants ready to manufacture ordnanc,
supplies. These companies which wer,
the first TO figure on the war business
for Great Britain and France. have haC
the greatest amount of time to worl
upon them, and are making shipments
in increasing amounts.
II was asserted yesterday by a repre-
sentative of a foreign government who
has had much 70 do with placing foreign
war contracts that even those companies
having full and well-organized technica
stats and all necessary shoproom. ma
chinery and tools could not begin to de
liver shrapnel until at least three and =
halt months after signing contracts. Al
of that time, it was declared would b,
needed before the finished product wa,
ready to he placed aboard ship From
the same source it was learned tha
rifles could not be turned out BY a com
pany new in the business in less than
four months from the time the orde
was booked and that the time require
to make the shipment would be nor
likely six instead Of four months. Fo
the manufacture of cartridges from fiv
to six months would be required.
Those war orders filled in this countr
so far, and which have contributed [
the record export trade balance tht
year, came mostly from the commissar
department of the allied armies. Whea
-four. meat. horses. as we'll as harness
blankets. sheeting. autotrucks. shoe
uniforms, cloth hospital supplies, under
wear, socks. etc. have gone aboard j
enormous quantities.