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The Holly chieftain., 1915-10-15
FREE PORTS
BUILDERS Of
COMMERCE
CONGRESS SHOULD GIVE THEM
PREFERENCE IN APPRo-
PRIATioNS.
BY Peter Radford.

This nation is now entering upon
an era OF marine development. The
wreckage Of European commerce has
drifted to our shores and the world
war is making unprecedented de-
mands for the products Of farm and
factory. In transportation facilities
on land we lead the world but our port
facilities are inadequate, and our flag
is seldom seen in foreign ports. If
our government would only divert the
energy We have displayed in conquer
ing the railroads to mastering the
commerce of the sea- foreign bot
tom would be unknown on the oceans
highways.
This article will be confined to
discussion Of our ports for the pro-
ducts of the farm must pass over our
wharfs before reaching the water. We
have in this nation 81 ports. of which
Al are on the Atlantic and 10 are on
the Pacific Coast. The Sixty-second
Congress appropriated over $51,000,-
900 for improving our Rivers and
Harbors and private enterprise levies
a toll OF approximately $50,00O0O0
annually in wharfage and charges for
which no tangible service is rendered.
The latter item should be lifted off
the backs of the farmer of this ma
ton and this can be done by Congress
directing its appropriations to ports
that are free where vessels can tie up
to wharf and discharge her cargo
free Of any foe or charge
A free port is progress. 1t takes
out the unnecessary link in the chain
Of transactions in commerce which
has for centuries laid a heavy hand
upon commerce No movement is so
heavily laden with results or will
more widely and equally distribute
its benefits as that of free port
and none can be more easily and ef-
fectively secured.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-10-15
Difficult Cases Solicited
Come, Bring Your School Children
Over 10000 patients

Treated in Colorado. A large
stock of glasses and artificial eyes
on hand. A large portion OF head
aches, hysteria, insomnia, chorea,
(St. Vitus Dance) nervous prostrar
ton, epilepsy and other nervous
conditions are caused by eye strain.
The removal Of the cause effects
permanent cure.
Physicians
Especially invited to call and in
vestigate his methods Of correcting
errors Of refraction.
DR.. Sapero has been practicing In
Colorado for many years. He Is
. graduate of the leading medical
colleges of Europe and this coun-
try, and is licensed to practice by
the State Board of Medical Exam
iners Of Colorado and other statea
References
Furnished from some Of the lead
ing citizens of Holly and vicinity
DOW under treatment.
Those unfortunate and unable to
pay will receive medical and sur
gical treatment free.
Remember
DR.. Sapero does not experiment.
He cures where others fail. Over
II years of practical experience.
Thousands
Of testimonials from grateful pa
TENTS whom he has cured furnished
on demand.
If you desire to consult the doc
tor, please make appointment early.
DR.. Sapero has been visiting Holly
regularly for many years.
All Work Guaranteed
Consultation and Examination
for glasses FREE
The Holly chieftain., 1915-10-15
MEN AND THINGS
IN GENERAL.
Epitome of the Weeks Doings
in Holly and Vicinity

|
Guns fc rent Holly Hard
ware Co.
Mrs. M. j. Seeton, of Long
Beach, Cal, sister of Manager
Coffin of the Byars & Coffin store,
was guest at the Coffin home yes.
terday, en- route east.
Patronize Chieftain advertisers,
They can be depended upon.
Lost.-Ladies' coat, between
Main street and the bridge. Re.
ward if returned to Adamek's lew
elry store.
Miss Vida Pitts has recovered
from her recent illness, having re.
sumed her duties in the school
room yesterday.
Five horsepower |. Fl. c., gas
engine, S62.50 if sold soon. J, e.
Saunders.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Seufer. while
en- route home, northeast of town.
in their buggy, collided with an
automobile, Seufer sustaining in
Jurles which necessitated the sery-
ices of a physician, but at this
writing both are gradually recover
ing.
q, O. Pattison and James Trefz
LETT for Denver yesterday to bring
down a number of new MaxwelIs.
which were sold over month ago.
Butter and eggs, the superior
article, at Chinn's Grocery.
f. Fl. Allen-notary public, rent.
ais and collections.
Supt. of Schools j. I. Cochran
made hurried trip to Lamar on
Saturday last.
q. Q. Mcclure, the successful
farmer near Webb, brought US a
sample of his red and yellow corn,
OF which he has eight acres, max
ing forty bushels to the acre easily
The kernels are large and well
made, the stock being small, and
shows the possibilities of the
Southside as corn-growing coun-
try.
Sale of winter goods now on, at
astonishingly low prices.
W. j. Pratt.
The Chieftain registered a num-
Der of renewals the past week, for
which the editor returns his most
profound thanks.
81. G. McCarger, scion of a
splendid family at Plains, Kan,
has been putting on the absent"
treatment stunt, making every OBJ
Ject he possessed vanish like dew
before the rising sun and putting
our old friend Hermann into the
discard. The father of the young
man arrived last Saturday and en-
deavored to collect the scattered
fragments of baggage, ETC., but
the fates were against him-and
both left fo- home minus.
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TIME FOR CULLING
OF POULTRY FLOCK
Old Hens That Have Ceased to
Be Productive Should Be
Sent to City Markets.

Now that the old hens have ceased
to be productive the farmer should be-
gin a systematic cuIling Of his poul-
try flock All hens not to be held over
for next year should be sold While
the cost OF keeping hens Is seldom
realized, they are eating valuable food.
This expense with no production is
cutting down the profits. Hens are
rarely profitable producers after they
are two years old according to II. l..
Kempster of the University of Mis-
souri, college Of agriculture All old
hens, especially those which lag down
or crop behind, should be sent to
the market. This years young stock
should be marked with leg bands toe
marks or otherwise so that neXt year
the age OF the hen will be known.
Hens In laying condition will have
bright red combs and will show their
pin bones well spread apart This test
Is sure indication The pin bones
are located just above the vent If
three or four inches apart the hen is
probably laying. These points will
assist materially in culling out the un
profitable producers
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FARM MACHINERY A =.
VERY HARD PROBLEM
Difficult Matter for Farmer to
Determine How Much and
What Kind Is Needed.

A difficult problem on the American
farm is to decide how much and what
kind OF machinery should be pur-
chased. Some farms are so over
stocked with machinery that the de-
probation, interest and repairs eat
up much of the profits.
Assuming the average depreciation
on machinery at 10 per cent, and the
interest on the money invested at 6
per cent, we have an average yearly
expense Of approximately $l3 on each
500 invested in machinery. A man
who has 81 800 worth OF machinery
would have $l95 expense on this alone
in interest and depreciation, II his
work could be done with half this
amount, be could save $3.50. This
would be equivalent to the interest on
$1,625 at per cent.
A farm OF 80 acres cannot profta-
bly, use fourhorse machinery because
three horses should do the work on
a farm of this size. In buying ma
chinery too large in proportion to the
size of the farm unnecessary expense
is added This comes not only in the
increased cost of machinery but also
in the maintenance of any extra
horses required.
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SeIf-EHacement of Love.

Love never reaches its highest un
til 1t learns not only to give without
receiving. but to give without recog
alton Divine love showers It's bless
ings day by day upon the human fam
ily knowing that not a thought goes
out to him except from some rare
souls. as the author OF all goodness
and beauty. God gi' OF himself
without stint or measure and is con
tent that his children. his maynard
selfish and torgetful children. should
enjoy 1t all without q thought OF its
real value and with only pertunctory
acknowledgment OF what is ielt to be
good and more or less sullen sub
mission to the Christening which is re
garded as a doubtful necessary evil
Yet he goes on giving: giving the
cross that will one day bear him who
now carries 1t; giving the sorrows
that are full OF surprises OF celestial
Joys; sending the tears that are only
cleansing the sight and washing the
face until 1t shall radiate with the
smile OF divine love and a 10y to
which the merriment OF earth shall be
as the cracking OF thorns under the
pot So with US. II In our love we
would initiate the love OF God Il must
be to labor unseen, unknown for 9th.
ers. to make It our pleasure to spend
our love as God spends his sunshine
on the evil and on the good: 10 be
content to love unseen and unknown.
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stationery store and paste 1t to the
center of the football. Then tie bow
in each end of piece of baby ribbon
long enough to form loop for hang
ing up the calendar by. and sew these
bows to the ends Of the football.
Father or mother will be pleased
with a blotter-pad like that shown in
Fig. 6. 1t is made of four pieces OF
blotter four inches wide and eight
inches long. and piece Of cardboard
of equal size, held together at the
ends with ribbon passed through holes
punched near the corners and tied in
bows.
The Japanese pincushion in Fig. z
consists of little Japanese doll with
a cushion tucked under each arm, seat
ed upon a piece of heavy cardboard.
Use a piece of cardboard four inches
square for the base, and cover 1t with
bright colored silk. Sew the doll up.
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troublesome to make up rations that
will give good and profitable returns.
The various feeding tables are valu-
able, and we need them in making up
suitable rations for our cows but IN
less we study the individual needs of
our cows and try to approximate
them, we are sure to be disappointed
in the results. A ration may be nearly
perfect from a mathematical and sci
enttic standpoint, but if it is not pal
atable the COWS cannot give their best
returns.
The wide variety of commercial by
product dairy feeds on the market
makes it very important that dairy
farmers devote attention and study to
making up palatabe and healthy ra-
tons.
In all of our home grown grain
feeds the proportion of pure food nu-
triments is associated with the crude
fiber in such a way as to make them
healthy and palatable for our animals
The manufacturer, on the other hand,
removes more or less of one or more
of these nutyiments, which, therefore,
leaves the proportion of the Constitu-
ents and the resultant feed decidedly
fully and with other products, if safe
or profitable returns are to be OBJ
tanned.
No man can formulate hard-and.fast
rules to govern dairymen in determin-
ing how much purchased grain they
should feed. If he secures the best
profits from his cows, he should raise
nearly a balanced ration on his own
farm. If his farm needs fertilizer he
can usually increase his crop yields by
the feeding of purchased grain feeds
OF course he is working at losing
game if he feeds the purchased or
homegrown feed TO poor COWS.
| have found in my dairy practice
that by having plenty of corn silage.
clover and alfalfa, and oats and peas,
| have done as much as possible to
supply my COWS with a balanced ra-
ton OF homegrown foods.
Many dairy experts tell us to grow
various proteinaceous forage and fod.
der crops but my judgment is that it
seldom pays dairy farmer to grow
other than a few of the standard feed
crops for his cows.
/ have had very good success with
soy beans, and find them an exceed
ingly valuable crop to grow on certain
q
give up growing clover, alfalfa and
corn and take chances with a crop OF
soy beans.
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(By w. MILTON KELLY)

(By w. MILTON KELLY)
Dat straw is not generally recog.
nized as valuable food for dairy
cows; yet if given in reasonable
amounts every two or three days they
will clean it up with a relish, whereas
If given them exclusively as a roughage
they will push it over the manger and
become as thin as a string of shad.
We have seen the weak, Cmaciated,
straw-fed COW that had to be helped
on her feet each morning in the early
spring, and if grass growing was de-
layed too long the only pay she could
give for her winters feed was her
hide. Yet well-fed dairy cows relish
a light feeding of bright olt straw
after a big mess of corn siiage every
few days.
Feed experts tell us it is too much
work for the COWS to get the nour-
ishment that is in the straw, and the
weak, emaciated condition of the
straw-fed cows in the spring substan-
tiates the claim; but that is not the
whole story.
Every observing feeder knows that,
except in rare cases, the roughage
grown on his farm is the cheapest
part of the dairy cows ration, and
also that the dairy COW is especially
built to handle large quantities of
roughage.
If the roughage part of a ration is
al oil fn
hay and ensiage, with a little oats
and pea hay, corn stover and other
roughage feeds, we may utilize rough
age to make up three-fourths of the
dry matter of the ration, and the cows
will come out in the best of condition
the next spring and we will secure the
best profits in dollars.
Heavy grain feeding may make a
better showing on a milk sheet, but
not in the net profits, except with
those dairy farmers who live near by
desirable markets, where they can sell
their hay and dairy products for eX-
tremely high prices. If the roughage
is tough and fibrous the proportion OF
concentrates must be larger.
Just how much roughage a COW
! should be given at feeding depends
in a great measure upon her capacity
to handle it profitably. About twenty
pounds of dry matter may be derived
from a good variety of roughage, and
from six to ten pounds of the concen
trates.
With these proportions in mind, and
with a table giving the digestible nu
trients of the various other materials
used in feeding, it should not be
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shown in Fig. 2. driving nail into
the base of each, and then whiting
The surface with a sharp knife so as
to make the shavings stand out In the
form of boughs Gig. 81, The way to
prepare the boughs is to start at the
apex of the cone, and white in the
same manner that you sharpen a pen
Gil, but very carefully so as not to
split off any of the shavngs. Stain the
trees a dark green. Then stand them
erect upon the mountain sides, stick
ing the nails in their ends down
through the cardboard Pull the cot
ton up around their bases
Santa Claus should be shown in his
aeroplane about to alight at his cas-
tie Zig -. His aeroplane may be
suspended by thread.
The aeroplane Zig. 81 consists of a
strip OF cardboard inches long
and | inch wide CAY, with ;. V-shaped
piece glued to both sides of its cen
ter (B, Figs 8 and 100, a tail plane
&C. Figs and ID glued to plane A,
and a propeller Cd. Figs 9 and l2)
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MAKING IL Swim,

There is a story told that some
years ago the keeper of the lighthouse
on Tory island tan Englishman) got
married to London girl, and his wife
had, among other effects, piano sent
after her to her new lone by and
by the news reached the island that
the instrument was on the mainland.
and two islanders were dispatched IN
a luggcr to fetch ii across. The light
house keeper and his wife were wait
ing the arrival of the piano which was
to brighten the long winter evenings;
but to their disappointment they saw
the boat returning without the iustru-
ment
where is the piano. shouted the
lighthouse keeper when the ugger had
had got within hailing distance
ITS all right replied one of the
hoatmen; sure we're town it be.
hind us!"
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Effect Of Great Kidney
Remedy Is Soon Realized

feel it my duty to let you know what
Swamp Root did for me. | was bothered
with my back for over twenty years and
at times | could hardly get out of bed. |
read your advertisement and decided to
try Swamp-Root. Used five bottles, and
it has been five years since | used it, and
l have never been bothered day since L
took the last bottle of it. | am thorough
ly convinced that DR.. Kilmers Swamp
Root cured me and would recommend it to
others suffering as | did.
My husband was troubled with kidney
and bladder troubles and he took your
Swamp-Root and it cured him. This was
about five years ago.
You may publish this letter if you
choose.
Very truly yours,
MRS. MATTE CAMFIELD,
r. F. D. No. 3 Gobleville, Mich.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th of July, 1909.
ARVIN w. MYERS,
Notary Public,
for Van Buren, Co., Mich.
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The proper height for roosts are
about two feet from the ground The
dropping board platform should be
about six inches below tho roosts 1t
is better to have the nest boxes at an.
other part Of the pen, about "A foot
or two above ground, Placing them
under the roosts gives hiding places
for rats and mice back OF the nests,
and besides the fowls while scratch.
ing throw considerable dirt in the
nests when the latter are placed on
the floor.
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and glued together Zig. 81. Make a
roof out Of circular piece of card
board with projecting tabs for turning
down and gluing to the sides of the
tower Zig. y. Make second small
er tower and fasten it upon the lower
tower Gigs. l and g..
To complete the castle paint num-
Der of long narrow windows upon the
walls, and fasten a slim stick flag
pole upon the upper tower.
The mountain side must be covered
with snow, and the best way to obtain
the snow effect is by gluing cotton
to the cardboard. Put the cotton on
in varying thicknesses, to give the
mountain slopes rocky appearance.
And from the base form trail up one
side to the castle. by dampening and
pressing down the cotton Gig d.
There must be trees, and excellent
ones may be made by cutting long,
slender wooden cones. similar to that
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ms corner A over TO corner Is tflg 81.
then fold 1t again, bringing corner A
to corner C Zig. ~. From the fold.
ed corner measure off a distance of
three inches along the short folded
edge, and four inches along the long
folded edge. Then draw an arc of an
ellipse between the points marked off
Gig. A., cut along the arc, unfold, and
you will have the pattern shown in
Fig. 5. Place the pattern upon the
cardboard. mark out around 1t, and cut
out the piece
Color the football with brown cray
on or water-color, and shade the sur
face to make 1t look round
Buy a small calendar pad at the
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fering. 1t is agreeable to me for
you to publish this letter. ! am glad
to have an opportunity to say to all
who are suffering as | have done that
obtained relief by using Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills.
Dodd's Kidney Pills soc per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab
let's for Indigestion have been proved.
b0c per box-Adv.
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Caused by Disease of the Kidneys

The close connection which exists
between the heart and the kidneys is
well known nowadays AS soon as
kidneys are diseased, arterial tension
is increased and the heart functions
are attacked. When the kidneys no
longer pour forth waste, uremic poi
soning occurs, and the person dies and
the cause is often given as heart dis
ease, or disease of brain or lungs.
1t is a good insurance against such a
risk to send 10 cents for large trial
package of 'Anuric" latest dis.
covery OF DR.. Pierce. Also send a
sample of your water. This will be
examined without charge by expert
chemists at DR.. Pierce's Invalids' ho-
tel, Buffalo, N. Y. When you suffer
from backache, frequent or scanty
urine, rheumatic pains here or there,
or that constant tired, WORKOUT feel
ing. it's time to write Or. Pierce, de-
scribe your symptoms ana get his
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on TINS base. Make the pincLshIons
out of silk stuffed with cotton
Fig s shows a unique hatpin holder
for mothers or sisters dresser made
or three thread spools glued end to
end. with piece of narrow ribbon
tied to the end spools to hang the
holder by,
The necktie rack in Fig Is made
of a ribbon spool slipped over a stuck
16 inches long, with a piece OF ribbon
tied to each end of the stick.
The spoos of the hatpin holder, and
the spool and stick of the necktie rack
may be stained or gilded.
Copyright. by A. Nicely Hall)
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The practice Of burning straw is
far too common on farms. Many farm.
ers do not realize the true value Of
the straw stack. The fertilizing value
Of the straw from a tenacre wheat
field is from s25 to $40. II the straw
is used as bedding and the manure
used, this value OF the straw is saved
and in addition thus used will absorb
a large amount of liquid manure that
might otherwise be wasted
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medical opinion, without charGe-aO
solutely free This "Anuric' or Dr.
Pierces is 81 times more active than
lithia, for it dissolves uric acid in the
system, as hot water does sugar.
Simply ask tor DR.. Pierce's Anuric
Tablets. There can be no imitation.
Every package OF "Anuric' is sure to
be Or. Pierces. You will find the sig
nature on the package just as you do
on DR.. Pierce's Fayorite Prescription.
the ever-famous friend to ailing
women.
Worry is frequent cause and
sometimes symptom OF kidney dis
ease Thousands have testified to inn
mediate relief from these symptoms
after using Dr. Pierces Anuric Tablets
for the kidneys and backache.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong, sick
women well. No alcohol. Sold in
tablets or liquid.
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Nery Simple.

How can you sell these shirts for
ninety-eight cents If they are worth
two dollars apiece, as you say they
are?"
ITS like this. The goods were so
popular that the manufactures couldn't
make them fast enough to supply the
demand, so he failed, and we bought
his entire stock at sacrifice"
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Neither Payer Nor Teller.

The idea of calling that man In
the cage paying teller" exclaimed
young Mrs. Green. Why, asked him
to tell me how much my husband had
in the bank and to please give it TO
me, and, do you know. he would nei-
Their tell me nor pay me. Boston
Transcript.
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lCheap and big canBskingP Powders do not
Isave you money. Calumet does-it's Pure
and far superior to sour milk and soda. |
He Got Il.

A negro boy, while walking along
the street, took off his hat and struck
at wasp. He turned to man and
said;
q thought got dat ar ole wass."
Didn't your"
No, sab; but /" He snatched
off his hat and clapped his hand on
the top of his head. squatted, howled
and said:
Blame f | didn't git dat ole wass!"
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HIS little model of Santa Claus
BY A. NELLY HALL

r HIS little model of Santa Claus
i castle, built upon the summit of
mountain, makes an attractive center
piece for the Christmas dinner table.
The first thing to build Is the noun
tain. and for this you will need a
large enough piece of cardboard to
make base about sixteen inches in
diameter and top nine or ten inches
in diameter Gig. ~. Cardboard from
q suit box will do.
The lower portion of the castle Is a
square cardboard box Zig 81 lnvert
this box, and around its bottom glue
a strip Of cardboard having notches
cut in the edge, as shown. for an
embattled parapet wall. The lower
tower stands upon the box base II
is made of piece of cardboard
notched along the upper edge, and bent
into a cylinder with the edges Tapped