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Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-06-16

when an epidemic of smallpox broke out among the Indians at Rampant House. We gathered in all the Indans said MT Riggs forced vacci- nation them isolated the diseased and issued supplies to the whole tribe of about two hundred. Ninetytwo of the natives developed the fever Js anxious time
 We put all of the infected Indians ar. island in the Porcupine and took away their boats they could not get away daily ir- spection was made. used to carry sack Of cheap candy to bribe the kids to be inspected. After a while they thought it great fun. Re turning from among the infected Indians we would get into an alright tent stick our heads out of an opening, while the whole interior was filled with the fumes of formaldehyde"
 During that expedition, sent out by the United States government under the auspices of the United States coast and geodetie survey, one Of the best surveyors was stricken with pneumonia. The country we'll nigh barren, and the only natural fuel, and that scanty, was in the form of scrub willows. The sick was virtually bound up in his sleeping bag, and for three weeks was unable by himself, to get out of his extem- porized bed. According to MT. Riggs, We gave him everything we had in the way of medicine. and still he recovered"
 Heroism and the tragic are apt to go hand in hand in thus survey work, and yet the public knows next to nothing about the dangers faced by it's servants in that far-away region. Let us cite single instance that occurred to one of MT Riggs details.
 It seems a small party of his associates landed on an island in the Alaska river and had the mis- fortune to have their canoe swept away by sudden rise of water Binding a few sticks of driftwood together to form a makeshift raft one of the men managed to work his way through the icy torrent to the neighboring mainland. After three days of wandering preciptous noun tains and slippery glaciers he finally managed to crawl to of the triangular stations or marks. He had just strength enough to push the signal of m hen fa
 Happily the chief of the local party, some dis by chance turned his telescope toward the de- ranged signal, and finding it out of line dis patched some of his people in to restore 1t. In this manner the exhausted dis covered and rescue party hastened away to the aid of his fellows on the island. For that heroism in the line of duty the that breasted that frigid stream became physical and mental wreck
 The governments railway will open up very rich country According to experts the wealth that has already been shipped out of the region Is but the yeriest scratchings from the surface of this vast treasure house of nature But the road in it's building will have to overcome many difficulties The courage, grit and good red blood that has been drawn upon in running the sur vey ample evidence of the character of the obstacles that must be battled with in laying the ties running the rails and springing bridges as the line advances.
 Even so, we shall have the route in time and the achievement will add one more record to the abounding capacity of our people.
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Wise Habit of Silence.

Give not thy tongue too great lib erty, less it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is. like the sword in the scabbard, thine; if vented, thy sword is in another's hand. If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.-Francis Quarles.
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His occ;Ipatjon.

The Houscwife-"You have .he ap- pearance of a hard drinker." The Hobo--"Madam. you wrong mo. Since we speaciliazed the professional am re- garded merely as an export sampler. Tanks fer dc pie. ."--Clevelaad Plain Dealer.
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Iusitania,s Status Restated.


 ing the loss of American lives result ing from the sinking of the steamship Lusitania, adverts at some length to certain information which the imperial German government has received with regard to the character and outfit Of that vessel and your excellency ex- presses the fear that this information may not have been brought to the attention of the government of the United States. It is stated in the note that the Lusitania was undoubtedly equipped with masked guns, supplied with trained gunners and special am munition, transporting troops from Canada, carrying a cargo not per mitted> finder She laws of the United States to a vessel also carrying pas sengers, and serving in virtual effect as an auxiliary to the naval forces of Great Britain. Fortunately, these are matters concerning which the govern ment of the United States is in a. posi- tion to give the imperial German gov ernment official information. Of the facts alleged in your excellency's note, if true, the government would have been bound to take official cognizance in performing it's recognized duty as a neutral power and in enforcing it's na- tional laws.
 United States Reformed Duties.
 It was it's duty to see to it that the Lusitania was not armed for offensive action, that she was not serving as a transport and that she did not carry a cargo prohibited by the statutes of the United States and that, if in fact she was q naval vessel of Great Britain merchantmen: and it performed that duty and enforced its statutes with scrupulous vigilance through it's reg ularly constituted officials. It is able, therefore, to assure the imperial Ger man government that it has been mis- informed. If the imperial German gov gernment should deem itself in posses sion of convincing evidence that the officials of the government of the United States did not perform these duties with thoroughness the gov ernment of the United States sincere ly hopes that it will submit the evi- dence for consideration
 "Whateyer may be the contentious of the imperial German government regarding the carriage of contraband of war on board tho Lusitania or re- garding the explosion of that material
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United States Ready to Helo.

The government of the United States is happy to observe that your exeellency's note closes with the in- timation that the imperial German government is willing, now as before, to accept the good offices of the United States in an attempt to come to an understanding with the govern ment of Great Britain by which the character and conditions of the war upon sea may be changed. The gov ernment of the United States would consider it privilege thus to serve it's friends and the world
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Bu, lt,s No Easy Matter.

Life's best joys are found in living on last months salary instead ct the an< for tho month just ahead Wash
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TEXT OF AMERICAN NOTE TO GERMAN GOVERNMENT

Washington. The text of the governments reply to the note follow ing the sinking of the Lusitania fol- lows:
 ''The Secretary of State ad interim to the American Ambassador to Der lin:
 Department of State.
 Washington, D. C., June g, 1915. American Ambassador, Berlin
 You are instructed to deliver tex tually the following note to the minis ter of foreign affairs:
 Tn compliance with your excellen- cy's request, I did not fail to transmit to my government immediately upon their receipt your note of May 28 in reply to my note of May 15 and your supplementary note of June l, set ting forth the conclusions so far as reached by the imperial German gov ernment concerning the attacks on the American steamers Cushing and Gulf light. am now instructed by my government to communicate the fol- lowing in reply:
 Freedom on Open Sea.
 The government of the United States notes with qualification the full recognition by the imperial German government, in discussing the cases of the Cushing and the Gulfight, of the principle of the freedom of all parts Of the open sea to neutral ships and the frank willingness of the German government to acknowledge and meet its liability where the fact of attack upon neutral ships which have not been guilty of any hostile act by Ger man aircraft or vessels of war is sat fsfactorily established; and the gov ernment of the United States will in due course lay before the imperial German government, as it requests, full information concerning the at tack on the steamer Cushing
 Humanity Always Uppermost.
 "They have been in the minds of statesmen and of international jurists, throughout the development of naval warfare and the government of the United States does not understand they have ever been held to alter the principles Of humanity upon which it has insisted. Nothing but actual TOT cible resistance or continued efforts to escape by flight when ordered to stop for the purpose of visit on the part of the merchantmen has ever been held to forfeit the lives of her passen- gers or crew. The government of the United States, however, does not un- derstand that the imperial German government is seeking in this case to relieve itself of liability, but only in- tends to set forth the circumstances which led the commander of the sub- marine to allow himself to be hur ried into the course which sts took
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Building Societies Popular.

Building Societies popular. More than 600.000 people subscribe to the building societies of the United than 1.600.
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by the torpedo, it need only be said that in view of this government these contentious are irrelevant to the ques- tion of the legality of the methods used by the German naval authorities in sinking the vessel
 Humane Principles the Issue.
 But the sinking of passenger ships involves principles of humanity which throw into the background any spe- eial circumstances of detail that may be thought to affect the cases, princi- pies which lift it, as the imperial Ger man government will not doubt be quick to recognize and acknowledge, out of the class of ordinary subjects of diplomatic discussion or of inter- national controversy. Whatever be the other facts regarding the Lusi- tania, the principal fact is that q great steamer, primarily and chiefly a conveyance for passengers and car rying more than 1000 souls who had no part or lot in the conduct of tue war, was torpedoed and sunk without so much as challenge or warning and that men, women and children were sent to their death in circum- stances unparalleled in modern war fare.
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Expects Justice Done.

''In the meantime whatever ar rangement may happily we made be- tween the parties to the war and what ever may, in the opinion of the ir- perial German government have been the provocation or the circumstantial justification for the past acts of it's commanders at sea, the government of the United States confidently looks to see the justice and humanity of the government of Germany vindi- cated in all cases where Americans have been wronged or their rights as neutralS invaded
 'The government of the United States therefore very earnestly and very solemnly renews the representa- tionS of it's note transmitted to the imperial German government on the 15th of May and relics on these repre- sentations upon the principles of hu- manity, the universally recognized un- derstandings of international law and the ancient friendship of the German nation.
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Lives Must Be Respected.

"The government of the United States cannot admit that the procla- nation of war zone from which neu- tral ships nave been warned to keep away may De made to operate as i'll any degree an abbreviation of the rights either of American shipmasters or of American citizens bound on law fui errands as passengers on mcr- chantships of belligerent nationality It does not understand the imperial German government to question those rights. It understands it also to &C., cept as established beyond question the principle that the lives of non- combatants cannot lawfully or right fully be put in jeopardy by the cap ture or destruction of an unresisting merchantmen and to recognize the ob- ligation to take sufficient precaution to ascertain whether suspected mer- chantman is in fact of belligerent na- tionality or is in fact carrying contra band of war under a neutral flag. The government of the United States, therefore, deems 1t reasonable to ex- pect that the imperial German gov ernment will adopt the measures nec- essary to put these principles into practice in respect of the safeguarding of American lives and American ships and asks for assurances that this will be done
 Robert Lansing.
 Secretary of State ad interim"
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Forced to Object.

The fact that more than 100 Ameri- can citizens were among those who perished made it the duty of the gov ernment of the United States to speak of these things and once more, with solemn emphasis, to call the attention of the imperial German government to the grave responsibility which the government of the United States con- eeives that it has incurred in this tragic occurrence and to the undisput- able principle upon which that respon- sibility rests. The government of the United State is contending for some thing much greater than the rights of property or privileges of commerce. It is contending for nothing less high and sacred than the rights of human ity, which every government honors itself in respecting and which no gov ernment is justified in resigning on behalf of those under it's care and a3- thority.
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LITTLE less than a year ago the United States government sent to Alaska a commission to direct the
 survey for a government railroad
 reaching inland and generally north from Resurrection bay to Fairbanks, distance of some thing over 490 miles One of the men chosen for this momentous task was Thomas Riggs, Jr., of the Unitad States coast and ea.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-04-10
WHEN MILK TASTES BAD

: When a COW has been long time in
milk and is near the end of her lacta-
ton period this may cause undesirable
havors, especially when she is fed en-
tirely on dry foods. The feeding of
clean, wholesome foods, with roots to
supply succulence, will often overcome
the trouble, but if COW be close to
the end of her lactation period it is
we'll to let her go dry. A cows milk
is not normal in either flavor or com
position just before or after freshen-
ing. 1t should not be used after she
freshens until it reaches normal con
dition, which usually means five days,
and where it is impossible to dry a
COW before she freshens her milk
should not be used as human food
during at least the last fifteen days be
fore she comes in.-Northweste
Agriculturist.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-04-10
SHORT ITEMS
FROM THE
FARM JOURNAL

Spring is the time for fixing up
things.
Drop out all unnecessary fences
they are heavy tax.
Have you felt dissatisfied OF late
years with the results of your seeding?
1t may be that your soil needs more
lime. Most land does.
Planning to work your new farm
this season. What new farm? Why,
the one that lies an inch below where
you have ever sent the plowshare
before Bring a little of the fresh soil
up.
Better do some other kind of work
this time of the year, and let the cut
ting of brush and sapplings go till
after haying. The stubs and stumps
are more apt to sprout if cut in winter
or spring.
1t is common failing with many
farmers to sow too many oats to the
acre. Try few quarts less this year
and see if your oats do not stool out
wider and bring you heavier grain and
more to the acre.
1t would be greatly to the advan-
tage of good many men to make
change in their seed beds. We know
of men who have grown a full third
more per acre by this method But
it pays to get the best seed possible,
and not have it grown too far from
home
Every farmer who grows grain
should be his own inspector. If he
stacks his wheat or other grain, and
the bottom of the stack gets wet and
the grain moldy, that grain should be
kept out of the rest, or it will lower
the grade of all, and that means lower
prices.
Figure as long as you may, you
never can make out how much your
farm is worth to you, to your boys and
girls, to the. community and to the
world Such things can not be fig
ured in acres or dollars. 1t must be
estimated in terms of life and char
acter.
Some farmers are talking about get
ting their oats in soon. Early sown
oats, as a rule, do best Not so much
danger of rust and the berries are apt
to be heavier and yet, there is such
a thing as being too early. Frosted
oats are stunted oats Let's be sure
the hard frostS are out of the way be
fore we SOW our grain.
Did you ever make an inventory OF
your possessions? Time you did Set
everything down in an orderly way
from the land to the smallest tool or
half-bushel OF grain, and give to each
fair value. Then deduct all debts
You will be surprised to find out how
much you are really worth; and you
may have thought you were a thous-
and dollars worse off than nothing.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-04-10
MICE WILL
CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE
TO TREES

AS we look out over the orchard
these days, everything seems to be
quiet and peaceful on the surface; but
if there is deep snow on the ground
thousands of mice are probably busy
making their tunnels from their nests
to the young trees to breakfast off
their tender bark. If you have not
protected the trees by putting paper
or wire screen about them your re-
Elections will not be altogether pleas
ant.
If you have apples to sell and they
have not yet been properly sorted and
packed, now is a good time to do this
work Sort according to size and color
and pack in small boxes with paper be
tween the layers. particularly if you
have private customers, as most peo-
pie like them better that way than
when packed loosely in barrels
Be particular to select good apples
of the same size for the top layer, but
be just as particular to see that those
in the middle and the bottom of the
box are equally good
Second quality apples should be
packed in the same way, in boxes by
themselves, and the culls can either
be made into cider or worked up for
family use or sold in the market for
just what they are. If the second
grade apples and the culls are packed
in along with the best you will get
nothing more than the price for culls.
as buyers always base their offering
on the poorest quality of fruit.
If the fruit is stored in the cellar, il
must be well ventilated and perfectly
dry, although we have found that APP
plies stored on a cement floor become
too dry and are apt to shrivcl. We be-
lieve that there is nothing better than
an earthen floor for storing apples or
fruits of all kinds, providing the drain
age is perfect.
If the cellar becomes damp at sud
den thaws the fruit should be looked
over carefully and al imperfect spcci-
mems sorted out and the fruit elevated
Two or three feet above the floor.
If you are going to plant a new or
ckard next spring make your selec-
tons now and give your order to the
nursery along in February SO that it
may be delivered to you when wanted.
By getting in your order early you are
more likely to get good trees and ship
mcnts will be mode 10 reach you at
planting time.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-04-10
LIBERAL FEEDING
BEEF STEER
RESULTS IN BIG GAIN

According to Professor II. K. Smith,
liberal feeding of steer from the time
he is twelve months old until he is
twenty-four months old will result in
a gain OF practically two pounds per
day, says the Iowa Homestead If he
is carried for another year this gain
will be reduced to a pound and three
fourths per day, and the following
year it will take liberal feeding to
make a pound and a half daily. This
means that the largest gains are made
early in life, and it follows that these
gains will be made cheaper because
the cost of maintenance is lower. In
emphasizing the matter of cheapness
of cost of feed ng young animals Pro-
fessor Smith refers to six different
trials where accurate records were
kept. showing that during the first
twelve months of beef animals life
a hundred pounds of increase in
weight cost $3.45. the second twelve
months TIE same animal cost 81 AZ
per hundred pounds. while the third
twelve months il ran up to $ll.50 per
hundred pounds.
In the light of these figures it can be
well understood why the early matur-
ing animal is increasing in popularity,
particularly with those feeders who
raise their own cattle. 1t must be re
membered that all steers are not of a
type to finish up at an early age be
cause increase in weight is in the form
of growth rather than the form of
flesh. 1t is all question of type, some
types being ready for the block almost
any time after they have acquired
their calf fat Will. others reach prime
conditions only at maturity or there
abouts When corn belt cattlemen set
tie down to policy of raising the cat
tie that are fed out in the feed lot then
and then only will the real merit of the
early maturing type be approached,
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-04-10
A FEW SHEEP
ON THE FARM
SERVE YOU WELL

1t is certain from long observation
of sheep by many practical men that a
limited number of this useful animal
may be carried on almost any farm
in the land at very trifling cost to the
owner, writes Virginia farmer in the
Farm and Home.
Many plants and much other herb
age that other stock will not eat are
readily appropriated by sheep. They
are great bramble and plant scaven-
gers, and, while they prefer and will
travel long way to find green, succu-
lent and tender browsing, almost any
thing that is green and succulent will
be eaten by them.
For this reason it is an excellent
plan to have a few sheep to browse
over the cattle pastures of the farm
and weed out the coarse plants that
hinder the good grasses that cattle
prefer from attaining their best
growth.
Though one may prefer to feed his
flock with some liberality, enough to
MAINTAIN the sheep in good plight and
health at all seasons, yet no domestic
animal can live and thfive and be con
tent upon so little feed as will the
sheep. For the man of small means no
species of stock offers such induce
ment as does the domestic sheep, ma
tives or cross breeds
Besides the annual clip of wool,
there are the by-products of the man
ure and an occasional mutton to sell
to the butcher besides the yearly in
crease from lambs and the pelts of
those slaughtered upon the farm.
If sheep are duly housed or penned
at night year in and year out the
amount of manure that may be saved
from one or two dozen animals will
amount to quite an item in the course
of a year. And no domestic manure is
richer in fertility or in better shape to
handle and apply or better suited to
any crop than that of sheep.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-04-10
GIVE COWS WARM WATER

Do not forget that the cows and
calves need water in the winter as well
as feed, says the Kansas Farmer. Do
not overlook the fact that if the water
is much below the temperature OF that
fresh from the we'll it will require the
use of some of the feed consumed to
bring that water to proper temperature
after the animals drink. 1t is as fool
ish to expect that COW can do well at
milk production drinking cold water
through hole in the ice twice day
as it is to think that she can produce
milk when eating only cornstalks
Milk is about IS per cent water, and
liberal milk producers will not drink
sufficient cold water to supply their
needs. We have seen the effect of cold
water on milking herd and know
that this is so. Arrange some way by
which the COW can have water of the
temperature of the well. This can be
had by pumping at about the time the
cows are ready to drink or can be pro-
vided by using a tank heater 1t is
just as well also to keep in mind that
all thcr farm animals will do better
if they can have water that is not too
cold.