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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-17

and race meeting came to a close
Wednesday evening and to say
that it was a success would be
putting it mildly. Over one
thousand people passed into the
grounds on the last day and it
was the universal opinion that
the program, the exhibits and
the spectacular flight of Monte
Rolfe in his Curtiss biplane were
things to be long remembered by
the spectators.
Had the weather been not so
inclement for the few days pre-
ceding the fair days it is likely
that the attendance would have
been even larger than it was. H.
B. Wiley and "Bill" Baily of
Miles City said that there were
quite a number from that city
that had intended to be present
but that reported had roads de-
ferred their starting. However
the attendance as it was broke all
records and the patrons were free
in expressing the opinion that
the show was the best that they
had ever seen here.
Mr.. Wiley, who has attended
a number of fairs in Eastern
Montana this year said: "You
people certainly have reason to
feel proud of your fair this year.
Your exhibits show that Fallon
county farmers are progressive
and enterprising. It was an ex-
cellent fair and | only wish that
more Of US from Miles City could
have been present"
V. S. Himsl, Of the Borgerding
State Bank of Plevna, said: Il
am glad that | came. The ex-
hiblts were a great education or
the resources of Fallon county.
Fairs like this one help to put
Eastern Montana Oh the map as
an agricultural country"
The Aeroplane Flight
Foremost among the special
attractions was the exhibition
flight of Monte Rolfe, of Baker.
in his Curtis biplane. Mr.. Rolfe
remained in the air twenty-six
minutes and attained a maximum
altitude of over one thousand
feet. 1t Was the longest and
highest flight that he has yet
made in the machine, Thrill af-
ter thrill was experienced by the
spectators as the daring young
aviator circled, dipped and VOL
planed over the heads of the
watching hundreds.
The day was ideal for flying
and time after time the boy bird
man would release his controls as
he passed over the grandstand
and maintain the balance of his
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-17
FallOn County Fair
Unqualified Success
The 1915 Show Pleased Everybody All Attendance
Records Broken. Exhibits and Races
are Excellent

machine merely with his body.
1t was a most entertaining as
Well as an educational feature
and many were the words of
praise that Mr.. Rolfe received
when he landed safely on terra
tifma after his half hour in the
air.
The Farming Exhibits
The exhibit booths beneath the
grand stand were one of the chief
attractions If the fair. Many
and varied were the displays of
grains, grasses. fruits. vegetab-
les and other farm products,
The display was the most COM
prehensive that has ever been
shown in Ekalaka and it brought
home to many of us the fact that
Fallon county is rapidly taking
her place in the ranks of the 9TH
er districts that are making Mon
tana known far and wide as the
foremost agricultural state in the
Union.
1t is the intention of this paper
to publish next week list of
those who received premiums
and prizes in all departments.
Other Exhibits
The exhibits in the divisions of
horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poul-
try and dairy products, while not
large, were excellent in quality.
In the home department there
were many very pretty displays
Of fancy work, dainty bits of lin
en- and embroidery. In the cooking
and preserving department the
displays proved beyond a doubt
that the housewives of Fallon
county were artists in this par
tlcular line. One envied the
judges whose duty it was to pass
upon the merits of these exhibits
by sampling each one.
Miss Annette Leonard, t h e
county superintendent of schools,
had arranged a most tasteful dis
play of school work. Every
phase of instruction was repre-
sented and the display was most
interesting and instructive of
the modern methods OF teaching
in our schools.
The Horse Races
The races this year, while
made up largely of entries by To-
cal horsemar, held the interest
Of the spectators throughout.
Eka]aka's race meetings have al
ways had the reputation of be-
ing first class and this year add
ed to the excellent reputation
the local track has had in the
past. A summary of the speed
events follows:
FIRST DAY
Free.for-all trot or pace, half
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-17
EKALAKA, GALLON COUNTY, MONTANA, IT,

mile, best two in three heats:
First, Nebraska Girl, owned by
Jack Lamb; second, Tessie B.,
owned by J. P. Hedges; third,
The Mizar, owned by Geo. Boggs.
Best heat, LIP.
Relay race, first heat: First,
Bobby Yates; second, Field
Wash; third, Wesley Brewer.
Quarter mile Cowboy race, for
Fallon county saddle horses:
First, Avery Clocksin riding Syl.
via; second, Bobby Yates riding
Heel Dust; third, Walter Gund-
ZACH riding Kentucky Belle. Time
Is Ia.
Farmers race, hitch up and
run a half mile: First Frank
Hicks; second, A. E. Dague.
Time, i.2O.
Three-eights Free-for-all rum
ming race: First, Sleepy Joe,
owned by Grover Bowles; second,
Diamond Ned, owned by Field
Wash; third, Lady Moose, owned
by Jack Lamb. Time, IS 1-2.
In the steer riding contest for
boys Harry King, Dewy Wort
IN d Jimmie Specimen stayed
with their mounts while Dan
Pledges and Owen Hedges were
thrown.
SECOND DAY
Half mile Free-for-all running
race: First, Sleepy Joe, owned
by Grover Bowles; second, Dia-
mond Ned, owned by Field Wash:
third. Sylvia, owned by Avery
Clocksin, Time 521,2.
Trot or pace. for Fallon county
horses, half mile: best two in
three heats: First, Nebraska Girl
owned by Jack Lamb; second.
| Tessie B, owned by ]. P. Hedges,
third, The Mizar, owned by Geo.
Boggs. Best heat, ITO Ia.
Relay race, second heat; First,
Bobby Yates, second, Field
Wash, third, Wesley Brewer.
Pickup race, for saddle horses.
In this race the riders started at
the eighth pole and rode to the
judges stand where they dis
mounted and donned various ar
ticles OF wearing apparel. The
horses then circled the track for
the finish. Gum Hedges, Frank
Hicks, Doc Latham and Bobby
Yates were entered. When the
packages were unwrapped the
contents proved to be number of
articles of feminine attire. Gum
Hedges being of a somewhat
slender build and a married man
got into his costume first and
finished away ahead of the bunch.
Frank Hicks coming in second,
Doc Latham third and Bobby
Yates at the enc of the process
sion. Time, 1.4O.
Five-eighths mile saddle horse
race; First, Susie Long, owned
by Bobby Yates; second. Heel
Dust, owned by Bobby Yates:
third, God Almighty, owned by
John Asby; fourth. Kentucky
Belle, owned by Walter Gund-
ZACH. Time, Ill 1-2.
Boys pony race: First, Yacki-
ma, entered by Frank Downer;
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-17
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Interesting Happenings In And
About The Town

Girls wanted at Ramme's.
See Holt for Formaldehyde.
Blaine is still doing watch
work.
Church Services will commence
Sunday evening at 7::3O instead
of 800 O'Clock.
There will be a dance at the
Big Hill School House, Saturday,
Sept. 25th. Everybody invited.2t
Miss Nehrbas will teach music
on and after Sept. 1st on piano
and cello at the Ramme House. 4t
Mrs. VIM. Walker and two
children left yesterday for Beloit,
Wis.,, where they will spend a
month with Mr.. Walkers par
ents.
For Sale-8O head of good mix
ed native cattle. For further in
formation write Joe Hunt, Ismay,
Mont. Box 322. S-27 st
L. R. Rolfe lost pair of Wood
row treads from his car On the
road to Ekalaka from Sykes last
Sunday evening. The finder can
leave them at this office.
1t is reported from Baker that
Fred LeMay, proprietor of the
Baker Meat Market, succomed to
heart failure Wednesday morning
while attending a Masonic con-
vention in the western part of
the state.
About fifty from Baker journ-
eyed over to in the fair this week.
Editor Conser, Of the Baker SEN
tine], expressed the sentiments
of the bunch when he said, "a
fine fair and a fine thing for Fal-
Ion county,"
On Wednesday evening at the
Fuqua ranch west Of town Miss
Matilda Speiser and Rolla Talk
ington were united in marriage.
The young people have many
friends in this vicinity who will
join us in extending congatu!a-
tions.
Gladys and Orville Specimen
left yesterday for Aberdeen, S.
d., where they will attend school
this winter. Mrs. M. b. Speel-
mon and Miss Josie Barrere ac-
companied them and the latter
will remain and keep house for
the children.
The French officers who have
been holding inspections in Eka-
laka will not return this fall. The
Ekalaaa Sales company have ar
ranged for a number Of other
buyers to be here every two or
three weeks, however. On Sep
tember Oath and 25th Messrs.
Pendleton and Kilgore will be
here to buy war horses. See
their advertisement on another
page of this paper.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
ORIGIN LOST IN ANTIQUITY
Phrase That Has Become Famous Has
Been Credited to Many Think
ers and Writers.

"Germany's place in the sun" is a
phrase usually credited to the former
Chancellor Won Buelow. But how far
back does it go?
A writer to the New York Evening
Post quotes from Ernest Remains Life
of Jesus" "The situation of poor
man is dreadful; literally there is no
place for him in the sun" The'writer
of the letter observes, ut would be
interesting to know if the metaphor
was original with Renan."
1t was not
In Pascal's Thoughts" this occurs:
This place in the sunshine is mine;
that is the beginning and the type of
usurpation the world over" And Pas
calls Thought" of that moment, was
of war.
Was it Louis Fourteenth (the mon
arch of Pascal's maturity who had
coined the phrase to justify his ambi-
tons? Or was it the phrase of Richie
lieu (discoverer of the youthful Pas
calls genius) who used it for France?
Was it then an old saying, borrowed
from Caesar, or A!exander--or maybe
from Rameses?
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
A Terrible Weapon.

A new weapon has been provided
for the United States army which Is
far more efficient than any heretofore
adopted. 1t was invented and is used
by the French military authorities,
and already nearly hundred have
been purchased by the United States.
The new gun, which is described in
the June Popular Mechanics Magazine,
weighs but 80 pounds and can easily
be carried by a soldier. Two men are
required to operate it, both of whom
lie fiat on the ground, presenting a
small mark to the enemy. One man
feeds the cartridges into the breech
of the gun in clips Of 25 each, while
the other aims the weapon and directs
the firing mechanism. The gun will
fire separate shots or will operate au-
tomattcally, in which case 300 shots
may be fired per minute. At long
range a third soldier ascertains the
range by the use Of binoculars and re-
ports the effect of the bullets
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
CULLING THE POULTRY FLOCK
Less Profit Secured by Keeping Birds
Until Cold Weather Than by
Selling Early in Fall.

When the first cold nights come,
and the chickens are rounded up from
the coops and trees and driven into
the chicken houses, the farmer wakes
up to the fact that he has more chick
ems than he thought he had, and many
of them must go to market So it hap
pens that along in late November
there is a drop in the price of chick
ems, and the farmer often gets less
clear profit from holding his birds till
cold weather than he would have had
from selling earlier. The best way is
to keep culling right along. When you
have number of chickens to market,
call up the butcher and sell them be-
fore leaving home. Don't put your
self in the position of a man with a
load which he must sell at any price
rather than take it home.
If the chickens are lanky and have
little meat on their bones, coop them
for ten days or two weeks and fatten.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
War Distances.

War, besides being a great leveler,
is also great educator. Places we
had never even heard of previously
are now becoming as familiar in our
mouths as household words" The
distances are apt to be somewhat con-
fusing unless understood 1t ought,
however, to be quite easy to remember
that meter measures about one and
one-twelfth yards, or more exactly,
1887 inches. A decameter is 10 me-
tiers, hectometer is 100 meters, and
a kilometer is 1000 meters, or a little
more than three-fifths of a mile. The
Russians express the length of their
marches or the distance from place to
place in versts. A verst is rather
more than a kilometer, the exact dis
lance being O.662SS of mile, or be-
tween three-fifths and four-tifths of
that distance
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
HARD TO INTERRUPT SERVICE
Common Mistake That Wireless Com
munication Can Be Easily In.
terfered With.

Many suppose that it is possible for
an enemy to disrupt and suspend all
wireless communication at will by pro-
ducing very powerful waves of irreg-
ular length; in other words, by inter.
ference or tanning" According to
Commander F. G. Loring of the Brit
ish navy, such tactics are seldom sue
cessful. 1t is very hard, if not i'm
possible, to Jam" a well-organized
wireless service, for there are many
ways, both technical and methodical,
to defeat such an intention. If the
enemy attempts interference, he must
put his own wireless communication
completely out of action for the time
being, with no certain prospect of Sc
riously inconveniencing the communi-
cation of his opponent. Commander
Loring also believes that the risk of
having the signals of the fleet inter-
copied by an enemy is very slight.
Cooperation between operators, with
full knowledge of each others meth
DDS, is extremely important when han
ding difficult code messages, and the
more skilled the organization, the
more difficult it is for a strange OPP
orator to take down with the neces-
sary accuracy the groups Of a code
message. He cannot ask for the
repetition Of doubtful groups, and he
has no intimate and daily familiarity
with the methods of the sender to as
sist him in his task. And, after all,
giving the enemy every advantage,
giving him perfect record Of the sig
nails, the key of the code to his hand,
and equal facility of skill and Ian
guage to translate it for use-a most
important combination, it must be ad-
mitted-he has still failed to prevent
the all-important information from
reaching its destination" - Youths
Companion.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
RATION FOR EGG PRODUCTION
Farm Poultry Not Given Enough Ami.
NAL or Ground Food-Mix Corn
and Wheat for Winter Feed.

CBy II. L. KEMPsTER. Missouri Expert
ment Station)
Egg production depends largely
upon proper feeding. Rations for farm
poultry flocks can generally be criti-
cized. First, because they contain lit
tie ground food, and, second, because
animal food is usually lacking. These
two faults can easily be corrected. By
feeding ground grains in addition to
the whole grains and by supplying
animal food in the form of sour skim
milk or buttermilk, the feed cost for
a dozen eggs can be materially re.
duced
A good grain ration for winter use
is made by mixing 60 pounds of corn
with 30 pounds of wheat. For sum
mer mix 60 pounds of wheat with 30
pounds of corn.
In addition to the corn and wheat
the following mixture of ground foods
is excellent: Bran. two pounds;
corn meal, two pounds; middlings,
two pounds; beef scraps, one pound.
This mixture can be fed dry in hop.
pers, which should be kept open dur
ing the afternoon only.
Ground oats are good to use as a
dry mash, either alone or mixed with
other ground feeds. If available, give
buttermilk or sour skim milk as a
drink. The fowls should eat about
one-half as much mash as grain food.
About twice s. much grain should be
fed at night as in the morning. At
night feed all that the birds will eat.
During the day keep the hens scratch
ing in straw litter a foot deep. This
litter should be free from molds.
Supplement the above ration with
green food, such as beets, cabbage.
sprouted oats, fine silage, etc. Grit,
oyster shell or crushed limestone
should be available at all times. Feed
only clean feed and supply plenty OF
clean, fresh water.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
WHAT THE HORSES CARRY
French, German and Austrian Ami
mails Are Taxed More Than
English and Russian.

Cavalry are playing an unexpected
i large part in he war; and the
weight carried by cavalry horses in
the various armies IS of interest. The
British cavalry is armed with the
short Lee-Enfield rife, the magazine
of which holds ten rounds; the sword,
which is carried by III ranks except
signalers; and the revolver, carried
by warrant officers, stan sergeants,
sergeants, trumpeters and rivers
Each trooper carries 100 rounds of
ammunition in a bandolier over the
left shoulder. Lancer regiments carry
the lance. Each cavalryman like the
infantryman) carries IN emergency
and the iron" ration and a ration for
his horse. Then here is the kit. AL
together the British troop-horse car
ries about two hundred and eighty
pounds.
The regular Russian cavalry are
armed with sword, rife and bayonet,
and each man carries 40 rounds of
ammunition. There are the two days
oats and hay ration, a cloak, and an
entrenching tool. The cavalryman's
kit, two days rations, spare horse
shoes, horse blanket, canvas bucket,
and mess-tin go to form the COM
plete equipment, and weigh altogether
about one hundred and nineteen
pounds The Cossack pony carries
a hOut twn hundred opd thiYf W Of yhS
pounds. The average weight carried
by the Indian troop horse when ready
for war is about two hundred and six
ty-six pounds. The Austrian troopers
carry a weight between two hundred
and eighty and two hundred and
eighty-six pounds, and the average
in the French and German armies is
about the same.-Manchester Guard
ian
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
FIND CAUSE OF soURNESS
Giant Elephant at New York Zoo Is
an Actor and Naturally Tenn
peramentaI.

At last Doctor Hornaday and Ray
mond L. Ditmars of the Bronx zoo
have found out just why Gunda, in ad-
dition to being the largest elephant
in captivity, has steadily built up a
reputation as the greatest section of
elephant hide encasing the largest
chunk of temperament in the known
world.
The answer is easy. Gunda's tenn
permanent is due to the fact that Gunda
has become an actor. Temperament
simply oozed from every pore when
Gunda was called forth at long range
to pose for the series of moving pic
lures that are being taken Of the zoo
animals for Curator Ditmars.
Register sweetness and light,
there's good Gunda," called the mo-
vie director as Gunda was led out
and the camera began to click.
Gunda, missing the cue, instantly
tried to register murder, fire, and sud.
den death. Doctor Ditmars, who had
been in the act Of stepping up to
Gunda and offering the elephant a
loaf Of bread, changed his mind and
went away from there. The last heard
of one of the movie men was in the
form of long yell retreating through
Yonkers.
But Doctor Ditmars got his pictures
of Gunda in the act Of being tempera-
mental finally, and they are now being
shown by Doctor Ditmars these days
at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and
Sciences.-New York Sun.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
French Schools Reopened.

The schools of France have partial
ly resumed, after holidays which
started early in July. They are badly
disorganized, however, both on &C.
count of the fact that fully $4,000
schoolmasters are serving with the
colors, and that many of the older
boys are on the firing line. BY order
of the minister of public instruction
the first lesson of the term took the
form of an address by the headmaster
on the war, commemorative those who
have fallen already in defense of the
country.
In the girls schools, two hours a
day are to be spent knitting for the
soldiers.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
Eureka Items

Mrs. Lubbers had Is little chicks
Matched before January %. Who can
beat that?
Seven of the neighbors have butch
cred lately.
G. W. Elliott threshed the last of
the week.
Charley Newman helped w. A,
King chop feed Friday
Violet Morehouse is sick,
Celia Gruenbecker visited Mrs. W.
A. King Friday.
Floyd Ireland is getting up votes
for an automobile.
Mesdames Simmons and LaWder
were in Liberal Saturday.
c. e. Morehonse said the weather
was cold and there was lots Of
snow in Missouri while he was there.
c. H. Morehouse and family
visited the Will Delay home Sunday
evening.
c. E. Morehouse is suffering with a
bad cold
Miss Bertha Lawder who teaches
the Eureka school has the measles
and Mrs. Hoover is teaching in Miss
Bertha's place.
@. H. Morehouse pulled the piping
to his well Tuesday.
George Clark visited John Gruen-
becker Monday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05

o. w. Harsh of Hooker was here on
business Friday.
H. Hobble transacted business
matters at Meade Saturday,.
Miss Eunice Adams of Arkalon
spent the week end with friends and
relatives in Liberal.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Curtis were
called to Hooker on professional bust
ness Saturday.
Earl and Ethel Ellis of the Lafay-
cite nelghborhood attended the de-
bate here Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Heckmen of Ty-
rome were guests at the home Of Mrs.
Joe Du Point Sunday.
G. A. McCollum of Hooker was
here on business couple of days the
last of the week.
Misses Winafred Pfaff and Mabel
Heikes attended the Liberal-Ashland
debate at Ashland Friday.
Miss Desta Cracked, who teaches
school near Lafayette, spent Friday
evening in the city with friends.
Mrs. Frank Summers returned Fri
day from several weeks visit with
friends and relatives IN Olatha and
Topeka.
Mrs. j. Ii. Henry is here from
Dodge City to spend few days at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Don Henry.
Willard Pryor and son, George, two
good farmers of the Floris neighbor-
hood, were here on business Satur-
day.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
School chlIdren,s Health.

Boston's health authorities have
started another vigorous campaign
against giving communicable diseases
of children a foothold in that city.
School physicians are urged to in
quire at the homes of children the
cause of their absence, and in an
open letter to parents the authorities
advise that physicians be consulted
in every case where the child CON-
plains of throat affection.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
DAVID CURTIS
INSURANCE

Having purchased the Insurance business
ley G Sons, wish to solicit continual your
Will continue to bes of
companies and Will give policies
that s not al to
There have been few companies, however, have
moved their agencies;
and ask to write policy they
sent the which Will however they
CURED
of Ell Their the firm
certainly will continuing your
business, if you you give me the same
Remember at all times I have bes of com
very truly,
DAVID CURTIS
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
DEVELOPMENT of. Heat by Plants.

The development of heat by plants
in Dewar TASKS has been studied re-
Gently by H. Molisch. The flowers,
leaves, and fruits of large number
of plants showed great contrasts in
the amount of heat developed. Most
leaves and flowers developed consid-
cradle heat; MOSES, algae, and a num-
Der of common fruits, very little.
Lichens and fungi showed a wide
range in this respect.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
Fatal Lack of co.operation.

would not live in some farm COM
munities. l know one settled with
people head over ears in debt, and
each one is so jealous when his neigh
Dor makes cent it is wonder the
poison engendered in his system does
not prove fatal. They simply will not
help each other out, and as result,
the entire settlement is retrograding.
IN. s.