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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
MEDIUM CLAY SOIL
BEST FOR ALFALFA
Good Plan to Have II Folio i
Some WeIl-CilltNated Crop
Like Corn or Potatoes.

II is best to have alfalfa follow some
well-cultlvated crop like corn, pota.
toes, tobacco or sugar beets where the
soil is freed of weed growth. Never put
alfalfa on sod land. for the blue grass
will cause difficulty. A virgin soil
should always be first subdued by
growing several cultivated crops to get
the soil in good physical condition.
Poor land should always be wen
manured A medium clay loan is best,
On heavy clays winter-killing is more
apt TO occur. Light sandy soils gen.
orally require lime and manure. Al.
falfa does well on river bottom lands.
but peat soils are too sour OF aG,l
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19

in the morning little good mixed
hay; II hay cannot be had, give wheat
straw. They will eat most Of IL;
this will nearly always prevent bloat.
For mild cases OF scours. milk por.
ridge, made with wheat -four and milk
say a pint of fresh skinned milk
and a tablespoonful OF wheat flour,
well boiled, is a capital remedy.
Do not neglect to tag the lambs
whenever needed. Salt regularly. or
better still have several large pieces
OF rock salt in the sheep pen. They
can then eat what they need and
they will never eat enough to scour
them.
To prevent injury from stray dogs
bring the sheep home in evening. and
put them in a secure dog-proof shed
and yard. The fence will pay for It.
SELF many times over.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19

CHEEKY optimistic red to fear-stricken
sallow green.
my Gedl" he mutters. "Subma-
rines!"
Every man in that engine room and
everyestoker in the stokeholds knows
what that sudden and horrible twist
means. II means that the ship has
commenced a quadrille with death;
that underwater craft are seeking to
end her life and the fight at the same
time.
The strained look has gone now.
Everyone is eager and anxious to do
but one thing. and that is to obey
the orders which come down from
the bridge as fast as they possibly
can be obeyed. The bridge is having
an anxious time. but the men In the
depths trust It and reckon II is up to
dealing with the biggest fotilla of sub
marines that the enemy owns, any
day.
Then, while the ship is running all
she knows, the unexpected happens.
With a louder and more sudden roar
than ever the steering engine rattles
over to hard a port. At precisely the
same second the telegraph rings Full
astern, starboard engine. Full ahead
port" The ship takes horrible heel
as the rudders-two OF them-grip
her; the port screw slows down per
ceptibly as II feels the mighty column
of water DETECTED from the rudder
and the starhoard one huns along
smoothly as II feel the reversed tur
bine's thrust.
And even as they spin round the
men can hear the guns putting in good
work and blazing away for all they are
worth. Ten minutes later the enemy'f
feet-or what is left OF them-are
steaming for harbor again as fast as
they can go.
Imagine yourself shut up in chat
tering, humming steel box, with the
odds on being killed, either by shell
or torpedo explosion. or drowning. OF
scalding to death, and with Death
himself throwing all sorts of missiles
at you which you can't even see com
ing, and you will have a very good
idea Of what being in a battleship's
engine room is like In a real pitched
battle.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
PREVENT INJURY TO HORSES
Sore Shoulders May Be Avoided by
Application Of Ointment Made OF
Lard and Stove Polish.

To prevent farm horses from get.
ting sore shoulders make an ointment
of stove polish and lard and put It on
shoulders and collars. Put II on often
enough to keep the shoulders and col.
lars smooth and they will not rub the
shoulders sore.
To cure lump on horses shoulders,
take pen knife or the small blade OF
a common pocket knife, and while
holding the lump with the forefinger
OF one hand, work the point OF the
knife down in the center OF the lump
until the matter runs out Clear
wound out thoroughly with strong
soap water and work turpentine down
well into the wound.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
CORN TO REPLACE FALLowiNG
For Fodder or sIlase Crop Has
Proved Very Satisfactory In Mon
tana Valleys and Basins.

Some types OF corn can be grown
proftably over the entire state out
side the mountains. and even in tho
mountainous sections. Corn for fod-
der or silage has proved very profit
able in many valleys and basins, not
only from the standpoint OF forage
production, but as an intertilled crop
replacing summer fallow, writes NJ. l..
Wilson of Montana In Orange Judd
Farmer The types OF corn adapted
TO this state differ greatly from those
OF the states to the south and east.
Many reasons can be given for grow
ing corn, but there are three which
are of great Importance Corn which
has been thoroughly cultivated and
kept free from weeds will produce
a seedbed, for small grain, almost II
not quite equal to summer titled land.
Conditions are so varied that II is
impossible to assign particular va
rieties best adapted to certain locali-
ties. On account of altitude and local
conditions a variety which is well
adapted to one farm may not be sat
isfactory upon another farm in the
same locality. The early flint. early
dent. semident, late flint. late dent,
are the varieties best adapted. The
late dents in particular make rather
coarse growth and are not so well
adapted for sllage or fodder purposes
as the late flint.
Corn cultivation does not differ very
greatly from that OF other states. The
cornfield should be narrowed after
planting, and II may be narrowed
after the corn is up. There are many
types OF cultivators. the disk, shovel.
and the surface. Each type has its
particular place. For cultivating
corn on sod lands nothing Is bettsr
than the disk, while for corn on tho
average dry land good results are OBJ
tanned with combination shovel and
surface cultivation.
Best results in eradicating the Rus.
sian thistle have been secured by us
Ing the duckfoot cultlvator shovel.
This is the same type OF shovel which
fs used In cultivating sugar beets, and
most manufacturing companies now
make them so they can be inserted
on the cultlvator shank the same as
the regular shovel As yet. there are
no shredders In the state. but corn
has been very successfully threshed
In the ordinary threshing machines
and practically the same results were
secured
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
TouQh Luck.

you remember that chap Jones
who made a bet of ten thousand dol
lars that he would walk from San
Francisco to New York without cent
in his pocket?"
"Yes. Did he win the bet?"
mot quite. lie got as far as Phila.
delphia, and there he was arrested
as a vagrant and forced against his
will to ride three blocks in a patrol
wagon. That disqualified him"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
0aFEMTc watscp 2. Coleman, wssn- ,,
TAlEV ] y sss references Bsss issalts.
W. N. u., WICHITA, NO. so-1s1s.
Health and Excitement.

The sick rate In Russia las de-
creased since the war began. Part Of
the mprovement-doubtl the great
er parts due to the passing Of
vodka, but something must be said for
the curious way in which the human
frame reacts to excitement and de-
velops resistance to disease under the
stimulus of strong interests or emo
tions.
The refugees from San Francisco,
for example. had not been devotees OF
vodka. but they showed wonderful
health record during their period OF
enforced open-air life and short COM
mons.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19

A practical breeder says; Low
land is death to sheep. The ewes
and lambs should have the best of
grass pasture on the farm. but let 1t
be dry upland"
Sucking ewes, especially, require
an abundance of pure water-have
the water trough clean. Have sep
arate pen into which the lambs can
enter, and feed them few oats mixed
with other grains. separately from the
ewes. .
Sheep should have their hoofs
pared. and everyone In the flock have
its feet dressed with carbolic acid to
prevent foot-rot. Dip the lambs, aft
er the ewes are sheared, In a solu-
tion OF carbolic acid to kill ticks.
Scours in lambs indicate that the
flock needs a change OF pasture.
Always give the sheep the first thing
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
OCCUPATION FOR THE WOMEN
Income May Be Substantially In.
creased by Devotlng Small Plot
OF Ground to Chickens.

Poultry keeping. when all is said,
presents one OF the promising fields
for woman with little land, though
II be only a moderate-sized back yard.
II does not offer a royal road to riches.
and no woman is advised to give up
a lucrative position in order to raise
chickens. But II woman is earnestly
seeking some means of keeping tho
wolf from the door and is fayorably
situated and is willing TO work, she
might do very much worse. She
should substantially increase her in.
come, and may even make a modest
living.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
IN THE ENGINE ROOM
Place Of Stress When BattIeship
Is in Action.
Fighting Strain Becomes Of an lnten
sity Hard to lmagine-Deadly
Torpedo the Weapon That
Is Most Feared.

Let us, as q matter of interest, i'm
agine that we are In the engine room
of a modern dreadnaught in action.
On each side OF us, unobtrusively
slowed away in their mahogany, brass
bound cases. are the great turbines
Their hummlng-though we cannot
see them-fills the vast space with the
sound as OF a million bees let loose
Near each one hovers grimy stoker,
oil can in hand, and his duty IL is to
see that these monster hummiLg tops
do not lack for fabrication.
Right In front, on the foremost bulk.
head OF the engine room, are the
each of which is in connection with
the bridge, and under the direct con-
troll of the captain. These are t$e
things which tell us how the fight Is
going, for the keen engineer can read
signs and portents in the changes
which are rung upon the telegraph
dials.
A tremendous thing Is the fighting
strain. II is bad even up in the great
turrets where men play their parts In
the grim drama. and hurl death and
destruction at the foe, but down here.
where one does nothing but wait for
orders. 1t is terrible.
The only man who does not seem to
feel the strain is the one who has ap-
parently the least to do, and that is
the engineer. He. however. is busily do
ing mental arithmetic. He knows how
many revolutions his screws are do
ing per minute. and he realizes that
as yet she has still little bit OF
speed up her sleeve.
BY and by that last half knot may
be asked for, and he is calculating
how much speed he will be able to
present the captain with when that
final effort is asked for No one knows
but he. and he won't tell.
There seems to be kind OF waiting
expression on most of the faces, and
II they could tell you what they were
all waiting for it would surprise you
Shut up as they are in small steel
boxful OF machinery. they are not
thinking of the chance of an enemys
projectile coming through and killing
them. nor are they waiting for death
to come to them in some other man,
ner. What they are dreading is that
something should go wrong with their
beloved engines something that
would prevent their doing their Bit
In this fight.
They are listening-ever listening
for the hiss OF escaping steam which
will tell them OF a main steam pipe
hit and carried away; for the shot
that might smash one of the boilers
into small pieces; for the rattle OF the
steering engine as the rudder is blown
away. and the ship hangs, without a
guide, in the balance.
And then, with a sickening sidclone
twist and rattle Of the steering en-
gine, the floor of the engine room
takes on a sickening slant. The ship
has made sudden and acute turn.
The engineers face turns from
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
A Greater Surprise.

Where are you goin', mar" asked
the youngest OF FIVE children.
'I'm going to surprise party, my
dear" answered the mother.
Are we all goin', too?"
mo, dear; you weren't invited"
After few moments deep thought:
Say, ma. then don't you think
they'd be lots more surprised IL you
did take us all?"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
Her Own Business,

A woman mounted the steps OF the
elevated station carrying an umbrella
like a reversed saber. An attendant
touched her lightly. saying:
Excuse me. madam. but you are
likely to put out the eye OF the man
behind you"
Hes my husband!" she snapped
calmly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
No lime.

Isn't II strange that Mrs. Robin
son never attends the Mothers club
meetings. We've invited her time and
again"
I'm afraid she's hopeless old fogy.
She insists on staying home to take
care OF her children"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19

AS president of the French repub-
lie NJ. Poincare receives a salary OF
$4,000 per annum.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
Safety First.

How did the accident happenT
HE got run over when he stopped
to read Safety First sign"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19

Water for Farm Animals.
Provide good clean water. and Glen
ty OF It, for the farm animals.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
Equitable Division,

did you divide the cruller as told
you with your little brother?"
"Yes, ma. gave him the hole"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-28
Gov. CURTIS
new POLICY ON
The HIGHWAYS

Portland, Ne. April Ex-Governor Cur
It's apparently has adopted new policy
with reference to the affairs Of The high
way department. Jnder Gov Haines the
general plans OF the highway commits
sion Were submitted, as the statute H.
CURED, 20 the Governor and Council for
their approval. and that approval being
given. the highway commission went on
wi.E it's WORK without troubling the CHIEF
EXecutive with the details of all its prob
lems 1t seems that GOV. Curtis under
STANDS the statute 10 mean that every
detail must be submitted to the Governor
and Council and that as it has been eX-
pressed, the commission shall have no
right 10 purchase { paper of lacks until
the requisition las been 0 I'D by the
Governor. This policy may come in for
some criticism ~ the meeting tomorrow,
rot that there is objection 10 il on gen.
eral principles or that the Governor will
be criticized for keeping sharp eye On
all State expenditures. but because his
plan as il has been worked out is ser
ously delaying the actual work which
the highway commission must do The
road building season is this climate is SO
short that every moment must be utilized
during the summer months TO get the
greatest amount Of work done. Il IS feir
that the commission should have been
ready 10 start its summer operations by
the first OF April, but owing TO the delay
incident to this policy it will not lie pos
sible 70 begin actual construction before
the frs, Of June. Under the law the
commission must advertise for bids for
a period Of three weeks and then when
the contracts are awarded il takes some
little time TO get the work actually be-
gun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-28

(Associated Press Correspondence.
Koenigsberg, April just as Field
Marshal Won FIindenburG has become
dominating figure throughout all
Germany. So. IN the province Of East
Prussia. Adolph Won Eatocki. The oher
Pra esidert, has become the most prom
inent chara cler because of his 1nde-
fatigible efforts in behalf Of the hum
dreds Of thousands q persons mace
homeless NJ the inroads q the Rus
slams
Won Batocki began his work as soon
as he was called from private life TO
his high Office last fall, for much had
by that time been destroyed and deN-
astateG. With the more recent raid on
MemeI. and the destruction of ma
1ority OF the district Of which il is the
center. he once more took TO the field.
Il was al Tilsit, onetiTne prey Of the
Russians, that an Associated Press
correspondent met him, fresh from the
countryside tcerrirg with the wagons
of the fugitives. lie had Just complet-
ed an investigation Of the work of the
Russians which had been surprisingly
thorough and dispassionate.
Ancered at the vast amount of de-
struction he saw, but be had nor in the
least been nislead by wild reports and
exagserations. He was intensely fair
minded toward The Russians and
quickly gave them credit for decent ac-
tons.
Ply thorough sitting process he got
to the bottom of the tales of the fuEi-
tives and disprored much Of what had
been told him under the stress Of wild
excitement Moreover he had seen the
hunor III many of the situations he
had encountered and was not wholly
depressed by what he had been
through.
Three hundred Thousand Inhabitants
Of his province. he estimated, had fed
from their homes or the remains of
them. and had 10 be cared for in va
rious parts Of Germany To accom-
liiish their care, typical German .'sys-
tenn" has been resorted to, SO that
about 1900 fugitives from each section
were taken care OF together apportion-
ed of 10 districts ali over Germany.
These 200. geo persons. older and very
young people IN the majority have
fed from the agricultural districts all
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-28
WONDERFUL WORK OF AD0LPH
V0NbkT0cKI IN EAST PRUSSIA

along the curvinE Russian border,
from 2 district 300 llilometers or more
in length, and extending inward into
the German empire anywhere from 10
to 70 rnilom eters.
For the most part these fugitives are
still absent from their homes, nor are
they as vet being urged to return A
few districts, notably Loetzen, Dark
ehmen, Angerburs and Gumbimen,
which are only partially destroyed,
have been reopened to their former in
hahftarts, who are struggling back
slowly.
Won Batocki found that about 1OD,-
00O horses have been driven off by the
Russians. some $4,000 Of which have
been recovered by German offensive
movements The loss is very keenly
felt nevertheless, for horse breeding is
one Of East Prussias main Industries.
The war has told heavily upon the
province in this respect, for thousands
of the choicest animals early In the
war were drafted for military pur-
poses. Won faIocki and others already
are considering ways and means for
reestablishing the breeding industry
with government aid, as soon as the
war ends.
The number Of cattle taken by the
Russians exceeded the number of hors-
Is. Won Batocki has found, but 50 also
has the number rezptured been
greatly in excess of the horses. Fully
100, 006 have been retaken by the Ger
rnans, hut most Of the animals were IN
a weakened condition that required al
most Immediate slaughtering.
In this tour throughout his province,
the Ober-Praesident said he found
traces Of many pecuEarities on the
part IF the Russians, none stranger
than their almost superstitious fear Of
espionage. Electric light plants had
been demolished, great moats had been
dug about hospitals to counterfeit the
supposed influence of the Roentgen
Ray, and nurses and inhabitants SUE
pected of spying had been carried on
By the hundred to Russia
The fate Of these is still in q major
ity OF cases unknown to their friends
and relatives. Some. it is known, have
been taken as far as E1HdivOstok in
Eastern Siberia Others. especially, the
nurses. went only to Petrograd where
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-28
ENDLESS WASTE IN EQUIP
MENT AND SUPPLIES AMONG
BRITISH SOLDIERS At FRONT

ians or given away as souvenirs; he
has seen articles left in the mud in
vacated camps: ammunition rrampled
under foot in the trenches or scattered
along the road. Some of this is ipev-
liable in war but not TO the extent
that al present exists.
There is hardly a Belgian in the
area occupied by our army that is
MOI wearing some article Of our cloth
ing. This same disregard of economy
is extended 10 the expenditure of am
munltion, which within limits, can be
saved just as well as clothing, food, or
other munitions of war.
1t is easy to prove the case, but
more difficult to PROFOUND a remedy.
The hardened official will contend that
waste, If excessive, is entirely due TO
defective discipline and that il is
only required to tighten the discipline
to stop the leakage. But while pun
ishment OF offenders may be good,
prevention of the offense is better, and
the remedy is to be found. not In add
ing TO the terrors of discipline, but in
eInbodying the cult of economy in the
fabric of army training. Supervision
and accountancy must also help.
The reform could be effected after
this manner: All hard and fast rules
for the replacement and renewal Of
equipment should be abolished. The
responsible officer should be allowed
10 draw what he wants at his dis
creti0n. Each unit should be charged
UP with thc hook value of what it
consumes, il should be closely inspect
ed al uncertain intervals TO see that
everything is up TO standard and SER
viceable. Finally. due credit should be
given 10 the unit and commanding
officer who produces the same or bet
ter results al q lower book cost. BY
this means, scope within wise limits
would be given for the exercise OF
administrative skill and closer indi-
vidual attention on the part Of all
ranks would result.
"A method such as this. although
outlined for peace, should also be
maintained during war, to the extent
that the wastage Of each unit should
be tabulated in the base Offices and an
average for similar units arrived at
inquiry could then be made into the
case Of such units as unduly exceeded
the average, due allowance being
made for special work done by the
unit"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-28
BELFAST
Farm House of Frank Hall Is
Struck by Lightning and
Owner Is Rendered IN
conscious by Bolt
DIVORCES AT APRIL TERN
OF SUPREME COURT

The first real thunder shower OF the
season passed over this section Monday
night from TO O'Clock and the farm
house at City Point owned by Frank
Hall and occupied by him and his
family was struck. Mr. Hall, with his
wife son and father-in law, Mr.. Peav-
ey were sitting in the kitchen when q
bolt struck the ell and badly wrecked
the room in which they sat. Mr.. Hall
was rendered unconscious and the 9TH
e-s were dazed. They recovered
enough, however, TO remove him and
call physician, trying first aid" in
the meantime. A doctor found the ma Y
in partially unconscious state and he
WIS restored after some work The
lightning played q strange prank with
the victim On one leg below the knee
and running to the foot, was q blood
red mark terUinatin in a spot on the
foot which looked as if it had been
burned with hot iron. There was no
Indication on the pant leg. sock or boot,
where the bolt entered or left.
Although no fire was SET, the ell was
badly wrecked and the occupants Were
very fortunate TO escape greater injury
The North Church Guild met il tho
church parlors Monday with but !
small attendance owing TO the thunder
shower. which prevented many who
rad planned TO attend. The hostesses
We're Mrs. J. W. Jones Mrs. Zenas
Hartshorn and Miss Annett Holt. They
served delicious home made candles
and very pleasant evening was Il.
No business was transacted.
On Thursday night the third and las,
Of the public whist parties given by the
W oman's Club in its room. will he held
Mrs Amos Clement and Mrs. 5. A
Parker viii have charge Of the affair.