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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-14
SOME POULTRY DISEASES

II Is essential to practice economy
in every line and economy is all right
but IL is poor policy To throw out
moldy feed to the chickens or throw
good feed i'm moldy litter and call such
an act enconomizing by getting rid Of
the filthy stun. Ii is really a most
eNtravagant as well as most danger
Gus practice.
Mold taken into the body i'm this
manner will cause disease scien-
tilically known as aspergillosis but
commonly called going light" This
disease is often mistaken for tuber-
culosis or cholera, as the fowl grad
ualiy grows lighter, stands around
listlesssly, and diarrhoea is present
During the early stages the bird loses
its appetite, is inactive and will some
times drop dead from exhaustion if
excited: for instance, chased by dogs
1t gradually gets lighter refuses To
eat anything and dies.
Prevention is the only means of
combating the disease as there Is no
cure.
Aspergillosis is not the only disease
whose origin may often he traced to
nth. The germs of cholera and roup
breed i'm NTH. The old adage-an
ounce OF prevention is worth a pound
Of cure is too lenient when the cure
of chickens is at stake The rigid
rule must he laid down and strictly
adhered to that nothing i'm anyway
tainted or unclean may be fed to the
fowls.
limberneck is another common dis
ease brought on by eating tainted
meat or maggots. The name itself
signifies the symptoms. The fowl at
first presents a gawky appearance,
jerking its head from one side To the
other. Eventually il does move
around and its head will seem To be
on backwards or ii may not be able
to hold up its head. Il is really q
paralysis at this stage.
Sometimes dead chickens are care
lessly left lying around or dead car
casses are carried by dogs To where
the chickens have access To the de-
cayed animal matter.
Here is a recipe that | use when
know or have any suspicion that there
is cause for limberneck / believe il
is called Douglas Mixture"-one- half
common copperas dissolved in four
quarts of water. then add one half
ounce sulphuric acid. Mix thorough
ly. bottle and cork tightly. Dose: one
tablespoonful To each quart Of drink
ing water.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-14

The melting SHOWS and rain instead
of running off on the orchard and
leaving the trees To die OF thirst I'm
hot weather ara absorbed by this
spongy soil and held i'm reserve for
the dry weather needs of the tree.
Further. the subsoil. which before
blasting lis usually impenetrable for
roots contains tons per acre OF valu-
able plant foods-all except nitrogen,
but the blasting permits air and water
To work into the subsoil and the air
is four-fifths nitrogen Millions OF
germs which live only in aerated soil
attack the nitrogen OF the air ana con
vert il into a form available for plant
food. Hence, blasting results in the
following improved conditions.
1. Ample moisture supply located
at Il level where il does not interfere
with the growth OF the tree In wet
weather and yet takes care Of il in
dry weather.
2. Greatly increased food supply.
3. Free passage for the eager
army Of foraging rootlets.
The results of this improved condi-
ton are immediate and continuous.
The ordinary first year loss Of trees
planted in the ordinary manner is cut
down from an average of 33 per cent
To an average of per cent
Trees planted in blasted ground
grow vigorously right through the
hottest, driest periods Of summer.
They come into fruition from one
to two years earlier.
They successfully resist many of the
diseases producing organisms which
commonly attack trees.
The method of blasting rs very
simple. The explosive is usually the
low grade of dynamite. known as
farm powder half "A cartridge being
used for each tree TO he planted. Each
cartridge must first he primed with a
decorating cap crimped on to piece
OF fuse about three feet long. With
n crow bar or soil auglr hole is
put down to a depth of two and one
half feet at the site Of the proposed
tree The explosive is lowered to the
bottom of the hole. which is after
wards packed tight 10 the surface
with earth. The operator then lights
the fuse and stands off few yards
until after the explosion. If the sub
soil is fairly dry, no earth is thrown
into the air and the blast spends it's
entire force underground. If the sub
soil is wet, more or less earth will be
thrown into the air and the blast is
less extensive in its underground eff
feet
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-14

Sometimes IL seems as il a man
would prefer trying to be Independent
on 10 acres of land rather than trust
OF the uncertainties of getting and
holding a job
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-14
WILSON FAvoRs GOOD ROADS

President Wilson in many public
addresses has voiced his belief in the
wisdom Of national Improvement OF
means OF communication, and parti-
cularly OF roads, To which he specifi-
cally referred i'm his address at the
American Road congress at Atlantic
City, on that occasion saving among
other things
"a nation is bound together by its
means OF communication; and its
means Of communication create its
thought.
We must more and more engage
the government in providing the gem
eral facilities Of the common life.
There is no breach in that of any
OF our older understandings of the
functions of government. We have
never doubted that the government
had the right to supply these facilities
which private endeavor has never
been expected to supply. Therefore
we are not upon new ground of
theory we are merely upon a new
ground Of tactics.
The question of highways is one
of the few great instrumentalities of
our public and our communal life with
which the government is of necessity
connected. | see that we must do
what we have been backward i'm doing
as compared with other nations.
81 tell you frankly my interest i'm
good roads is not merely an interest
in the pleasure of riding in automo-
biles. 1t is not merely an interest i'm
the much more important matter Of
atfording farmers of this country and
residents in villages means of ready
access To such neighboring markets
as they need for economic benefit, but
ii is also the interest i'm weaving as
complicated and elaborate a net of
neighborhood and state and national
opinion together as il is possible TO
weave. Ii is of the most fundamental
importance that the United States
should think in big pieces, should
think together, should think Ultimate
~ as a whole, and | feel in my enthus-
iasm for good roads something of the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-14
POULTRY NOTES

Chicks should not receive food un-
til they are SO hours old
Physicians say that Of all meats,
poultry meat is the most healthful
The more a hen exercises the more
eggs she will lay. So keep her scratch
ing.
TO get eggs from "A hen, she must
he in proper condition of flesh.
Darkened nests will do much to-
wards preventing the egg-eating
habit.
In applying powder hold the fowl
by the feet, head down, and work the
powder well into the feathers.
Pullet eggs do not hatch as well as
hen eggs. Remember This when Sc
lecting eggs TO incubate
Have all eggs i'm the incubator as
near the same size, age and breed as
possible. if good uniform results are
expected.
A good way to keep an incubator
clean is to cover the nursery floor
with heavy paper before the chicks
begin to hatch.
Give the hens plenty OF clean water
They will drink more in the winter
than i'm the summer. Feed different
kinds of grain and often some green
stuff
Heavy paper is best for the brood
or floors These should be taken out
and burned every day and replaced
with fresh ones
Wheat contains a larger amount Of
albumen than any other grain, and
therefore should be the basis of all
eggproducing foods.
Cover the floors of your chicken
houses deep with dry litter. scatter
cracked corn with a mixture Of small
grains, and the hens will work every
particle of il out. The result is eggs
Take care Of the manure for i'm il
you have one of the most valuable
plant fertilizers known. if il is iudici-
ously applied It's value offsets n
much larger portion of the cost Of
grain fed than most people think.
In order TO keep the system toned
mp it is best to feed some green food,
such as refuse heads Of cabbage, turn
fps or alfalfa and clover leaves steep
ed a few hours
IL you set hens be sure TO give them
clean nests and keep them clean. The
nests and hens too, may very well be
busted with good insect powder.
Experiments have proved that a
hen in good condition will eat. on an
average, three ounces Of grain al
noon. and four ounces Of grain at
night
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-14
BLASTING IN TINE ORCHARD

BLASTING IN TIE ORtiNhp
Explosives are commonly considered
destructive rather than constructive
yet IL is a fact that the greatest
modern use OF explosives is for con
structive, productive work. I'm 1914
farmers, nurserymen and orchardists
OF the United States used approx
mately twenty-five thousand pounds
OF explosives 10 prepare land for culti-
walton and increase crop and fruit
production.
one or the most striking and thor
oughly established uses Of explosives
in agriculture is for preparing ground
for tree planting, and in the treat
ment OF old or sick fruit shade, and
ornamental trees to give them a new
lease of life.
The theory Of the use of explosives
in connection with trees is the same
both for preparing the ground and Tor
regenerative treatment and that is 10
provide subsoil storage under and
around the tree for water and to
create proper home for the root
system.
A healthy tree is just as extensive
below as il is above ground. Witness
mountain ash and other ornamental
trees planted upside down, the limbs
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-14
Chief Pleasure

do you think aeroplanes will ever
be as popular as automobiles
"NeVer You can't fly low enough ia
put on airs for the benefit Of your
pedestrian friends. Pittsburgh Post.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-14

The trade Of British India i'm Octo-
Der, 1914, amounted 10 $73,595, 3S5,
compared with $l25197,l22 in Octo-
Der. 1913.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-14

Love Of truth doesn't compel any
one to indicate that he has heard tina
funny story before Laugh and tn,
world laughs with YOU say "Tha
wasn't the way heard il. and your,
left alone.
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MEN ARE SUCH FOOLS,
 DECLARES KANSAS WIDOW
Nhats Mere She Proves It, But Ju, Fines Her $1,OOO for Fleecing
 Gullible Males.

Kansas City, Kan, Feb. 5.-"Men are such fools," Belle w. Freemen. a comedy widow of thirty-five years, tsl Judge John c. Pollock, federal judge. And then she smiled sadly and know lngly as the court agreed with her and without compunction fined he" $l,000.
 It was not husband she wanted, she told the court, when she adveg- used for a mate. It was the money those fool men" had. And it was easy to get. :
 But 1t was the way that Mrs. Free man got. the money from prospective husbands stliat made the trouble for her. She sent out several ads for pig, nice men who had matrimony as purpose. Then when her ads were answered she coyly answered, asking for car fare that she might come 10 them.
 Government officials found at least twenty men had sent lear fare" How ever, Mrs. Freeman broke off corcas- pondence as soon as the 'car fare" ar rived
 But Andrew J. Hurst, owner of | sawmill at Swift, Mo-, didn't mind be- ing fooled, but he did mind when t cost him $35. Jesse Lee of Mahaffcy, Pa., also took Uncle Sam into his confidence, and then came Charles Thedal of Bremen, Col, with cal for help.
 Mrs. Freeman was arrested and i,,- dicted by a federal grand jury ill Wichita, Kan, last September. She was release don $250 bond. She was not heard. from again until she was arrested at sha awnee, okla., a short time ago., ~s Sn . ,4* < 7 : < Judge Pollock fined her $500 pn one count and !$25oi each on two other epuats, of using the, mails to uefrap,l.
 ,f"There are so many easy marks it s d shame to let them live" Mrs. Free man sighed sadly. ..rt t4' !;
 :. \
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WHEAT VALUES
 DROP TO sl.63 IA
uncert tainty Caused by Ger man Blockade Decree and
 Offerings Depress Market.

Chlcago, Feb. 6.-Heavy selling pressure on wheat resulted today from the export, uncertainty due to the new German blockade. Prices here broke as much as 8 1-Sc before buying orders had sufficient volume to cause decided rally. After open Ing l@2c off prices steadied about 1c under the last night.
 lsCern Agate 1 way under a general rush of selling. Depressing cables and the break in wheat had appar- ently most to do with the lack of buying. The opening, which varied from '1-4@1c lower was followed by a moderate further setback.
 Free unloading by holders formed the rule in oats as fl other cereals. Lower prices for hogs pulled down provisions. <. =
 Subsequently weakness developed in wheat, as result in part of some what heavy offerings. The close was steady at 1 3-Sc to 1 3-4c last night Later the s1owness of cash inquiry for corn both domestic and foreign, brought about an additional decline. The close was weak, 1 1-4@1 3-Sc to l 3-8c net lower. E ~
 The leading features ranged as fol-
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.s7 -1~ K ;. FF' l='-s7R. Ruskin's Grocery Adventure.

From time to time in the last few years varlous men and women of prominence have gone into ,ths gro eery business to. give the poo- ,ehaaice to buy, small qualiHies at the same rate as those for which their richer brothers buy large qaantities:' Usually these plans have failed, for some reason or other. This was the case with Ruskin's grocery, for Rus kin himself found it expedient sc close it. For, said he. the poor like their groceries brilliantly lighted and eloquently ticketed.' and he would compete neither with "gas nor rhetoric"
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.. g1' ,t'~. 5sFl.
 He Found "Gocd ReaEine."

z A tnan~ q sne ana aid ito the. oth- CT man. .'s Where does this quotation come,,s.;I said in my haste, all men are Iiars.''' The other. man wrinlted his forehead. Bible" Get little clos. er." How about the Psalms" That will do for a guess. Met man out. side who said it was something of
 2auls. Mother man said Job Couldn't find it in the concordance" "Tll lock 1t up" All right. So will l." The next morning the other man told the first mau he had found it. q spent, two eours over it, he said. Did. 1t take you two hours tp find it??F. ~No. I found t right awAy" t'iIe pauseu
 That's mighty good reading, isn't it?"
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HUGHES BERATES HOOPER.
Arkansas Planter Declares Late Governor Without Nerve to
 Pardon Murderer

Nashville, Tenn,. Feb. G.-J. j. Hughes, aged millionaire planter and merchant of Haynes, Ark, serving life term in the Tennessee peniten- tiary fer the murder of Jockey Tom my Dolan, in a Memphis hotel three years ago, stated today that former Governor Ben. w. Hooper did not have the nerve, the manhood or the human feeling to pardon me"
 Hughes was informed today that a petition is being circulated in both houses of the Arkansas legislature asking Governor Rye to pardon him On condition that he never again Set foot in Memphis.
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CLASSIFIED VAN Y =, Bring Results---1ry One
w 4 N T E D.

WANTED-SALES TO SELL restaurants, farmers and all big consumers, by the largest grocery house in the world selling the con- sumer direct. The most complete and perfect stock of goods, most liberal compensation, best and consumer, permanent control of your territory, absolute guarantee with all orders, and many more ad- vantages impossible for any other house to give. Enlist with the big house. John Sexton & Co.,, import CTS, manufacturers end wholesale grocers, Lake and Franklin streets, Chicago, III.
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Aids to Literature.

AioS to IlteFatures
 De prospectus of a London literary |au' shows that plots of love, hu- bus and sensational short stories Ion sale for 2s each. Other lines ideas for humorous, interesting, Factiye and personal articles. 2s
 jokes suitable for illustration. |ach; ideas for new competitions. |ach notes for speeches. sermons addresses on any subject, 2s per
 words; and scenarios and sym { Tor plays. 2s per. 100 words. A
 t man with such wares for sale
 Kiosk in Fleet street might do
 .! business in the dog days.-Lon- Chronicle.
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L0DGE MAN IN TROUBLE.
Man Who Said He'd Suicide, But
 Didn't, Held for Embezzlement.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. CT. B.. Taylor, former treasurer of Guthen- berg lodge, l. o. o. F., who disappear ed several days ago, after claiming to the police that he had been held up and robbed of $700 of the lodges funds, was arrested today at his home. He was charged with em- bezzlement.
 Taylor disappeared ten days ago, leaving a note saying that he had committed suicide
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St. Louis Live Stock.

St. Louis, Feb. 6-Hogs-Receipts 5000; lower; pigs and lights, $6.0O9l 7.05; mixed and butchers, $6.S5@71C good heavies, $6.90@7.10.
 Cattle-Receipts, 400; steady; na- tive beef steers, $750@9.25; COWS and heifers, $5.OO@S.50; Texas and Indian steers, $5.75@7S5; cows and heifers, $400@6.0O; native calves $6.OO@110O.
 sheep-Receipts, 200; steady; na- tive mutt4xs s5.O0@6,50; lambs, $S.25@9.25; yearlings, $7.O0@7.75.
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=. 2. 7 ,3N s- K4 .3IISs
 l.iuujd to Put cvt Fire.

The nervous housewife who lives In constant dread of fire may, with very 'ittlo trouble, make an extlnguisher that will pit out a. blaze if used at once. All she needs to do Is to put three pounds of salt in gallon of wa. ter, and to this add pound and a half of ssl ammonlac. This liquid should be bottled, and when the fire is dis. covered it should be poured on it.
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hssf Queer Refuge for Hunted s.an.

; Pursued by bounds stag bounced in through the opan French windows of the Y M. e 4. X.. buildings at Ash tourne Houses Epseni,, England, and
 look refuge in the larder. which meas. ures eight feet by six. The huntsmap and whips quickly came up and, secur ing@ .hs stag With ropes. placed it ip some ptables,' from which it was re
 moved shortly 4afterwa, aa
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"l Inka" aa Anuiied to Golf.

And speaking of games, how many kuow the origir of the word links" as applied to the field on which golf is played: The dictionary says that links" means stretch oe sandy soil. interrupted by heather. But it comes from an old Saxon word ''hliac.'' whie;a. means a ledge. all elubankment. 8 boundary. Malvern Link and the Links of St. Andrews were there and somebody invented q game to go with them.
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WouId Have Lost 1e.

"VE'V nave loSt 1S.
 F.e laMoua author was sitting in |1'uohouse of an eighteen-hole golf se near London. when a very an- a' sollef returned rom a game. i've
 s'1'een balls today on that beast
 .ulse! " he exclaimed. "Sixtcen!"
 s. Mi' 'u Maurier remarked quiet !. '.su .r you didn't play tho last two
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ya,v York Cotton.

York. Feb. 6.-Cotton was
 today. with traders waiting for ker news of the effect Of the ad.
 sa war WAT risks on exports business
 .u Easb V" reports from Southern spot
 sts sts Cables were about as due Iha local market opened at a de.
 If 2@6 points under scattered |rings,. m Falk around the ring re- td Ii a more or less unsettled |ment Trade in..3restss were buy
 ssain at the decline, however |nric.s steadied up after the, cali
 'at support and scattered cover |;usnirad ns by the comparatively bull sshdwiag s1r of the weekend figures thei M large amount, of cotton S
 |hirhoard await ing clearance. |ere was ,rsnewed realizing later i which prices again sagged Off the close steady and net up' (ood t0 4,points lower.
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AFTER MANY YEARS

J. l.. Southern, Eau Claire, Wis, writes: "Years ago wrote you in re- gard to great results 1 obtained rom Foley Kidney Pills. After ali these years l have never had a return ot those terrible backaches or sleepless nights: am permanently cured" Men and women, young and old, find this reliable remedy relieves rheuma- tism, backache, stiff joints and ills caused by weak or diseased kidneys or bladder. Mann Pharmacy,
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psyc,holouTcal Fire,t

My aunt told me 70 go tell tAe maid to make fire ill the kitchen stove, as we had no fire in the other part of tho house. I did, and few moments later went to the kitchen. Holding my hands over the stove, I said, My, how nico and warm it is! It's heat ing up already" The maid lifted the stoya lid and said, q haven't made tho fro vatt."--~Chicago Tribune.
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NOTICE. SEWER DISTRICT NO. 15. Nn-Al. ,ll.


 The. tax books for the collection, of < special assessment upon the real property in Sewer District No. 15 in the City of Pine Bluff, has been placed i:i my hands. All owners of real property lying in the district are required to pay their assessment to me within thirty days from this date. If such payment is not made action will be commenced at the end of that time for the collection of such as- sessment, and for legal penalties and cost
 Given under my hand this Fist day of January, 1915.
 VIM. V. HUTT, City Collector. Office, City Hall, 3 a. m. to 3 p. m.
 1-21-1m
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FI0V OPENS. low; GOES LOWER
], Ends With Prices
 2, 4 and 5 Points Be- Tu 'ou Fridays Close.

o.,aons Feb. 6-Cotton was q ~ o, m the opening call to-
 lows, s,,ickly rose D points jim |but qu qafter, buying being stimu- Ptely hy favorable cables. Longs ,u.,ined F.. to realize, which held nc lnolil down. Early trading was ] RiS is volume. .,, . ]. 's s1aim by the short side that business s, with foreign ign expGr5efs ls,15eg sa, ?. # f for short account, and the .t ol sau: e1 to level 4@5 points { Es' vaassterdas's as final figure. The | !as yvs's steady at a net loss Of 20
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Mother No Artist.

Mamma :s no natural artist, but she does her best when asked by the youngsters to "draW pictures The other day. upon little Georges demand, she made sketch Sof a hen. When finished George regarded it with DO lite but critical attention. At last, signing, he requested: Please write Hen underneath it, mamma. want 1t to know where it b'longs." +.
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Doc erouoht Murder to Lloht.

A dog detective caused the arrest of Fedor Khoreschko, charged at Bla- godate, near Odessa, Russia, with the murder of his brother. The animal had attracted attention by visiting daily for three weeks the same spot in garden where, bowling dismally. 1t scratched up the soil until the dead body of the missing man was discov. sred.
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FOR SALE+325 ACRES BOTTOM land on Tamo pike, 275 cultivated. Seventy acres extra good unimprov-
 ed up land 12 miles from town ou good road, only $350 cash. Forty acres at Dexter, part cleared $650
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FOR SALE-BEST 160 ACRE UP land farm in the county, eight miles west of town, on good road, producing forty bushels corn anu bale cotton per acre, good house, barn and orchard. $20 acre. One of the best 700 acre plantations in Jefferson county higaly improved, will take come city property in ex- change. J. F. Cady, 127 1-2 Main
 street. if
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A scald burn, or severe cut heals slowlyoif neglected. The family that keeps bottle of BILLIARDS SNOW LINIMENT on hand is always pre- pared for such accidents Price 25c, soc and s1.OO per bottle. Sold by w. l.. Dewoody & Go. .5tss -,sr
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New Orleans Spot Cotton.

,w Orleans, Feb. 6.-Spot cotton ly and unchanged; sales, on th2
 FOO bales, to arrive S75; gooo nary, 6 7-16c;; strict good ordl- !, s 15-16c; low middllng, z 7-16c; | low middling, 2 13-16c; mid g, 8 s-16c;, strict middling, 8 r.
 good middling, s 12-16c; strict
 middling g 3-f6e.- r.-~-,--- -
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FOR RENT FIVE ROOM COTTAGE, with hall and bath, No. 719 West
 Barraque street. Can give posses sion February h. All modern con- veniences, one block from car line, on paved street. Address Mrs. LoetZarich, Jefferson. 2-7-6t