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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11
TIMELY POULTRY HINTS.

Chickens should have good food anG
plenty OF it. as well as clean. fresh wa
ter and clean coops.
All houses and nests should be clean.
The eggs should be Kept i'm cool. dry,
clean places and placed there imme-
diately after gathering.
All small yards which keep the
fowls on the same ground week after
week soon become filthy and poison
Gus from the accumulated waste. Such
ground should be spaded mp or plowed
frequently. and IL it gets very bad the
surface should be removed and carted
away
Don't try to raise early chicks un
less you have a place TO properly care
for them. IL is a waste OF time and
money. A good many think IL they
can hatch the chicks brooding them Is
a small matter. Such is not the case.
Rrooding the early chicks successfully
Is subject that needs more attention
than is usually given 1t. Matching
early chicks is comparatively easy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11
Farm and
Garden
COMFORT ON THE FARM.

No Excuse For Homes Lacking In
Modern Conveniencss.
The farm is conceded to be the most
hcalthful place in the world to live. II
n time now to take serious thought as
TO our resources and see " we can't
make our farm homes the pleasantcst
and most convenient spots also. writes
a contributor to the Farm and Fire
sfde.
There Is no longer excuse for homes
which are totally lacking In modern
conveniences aud labor saving devices.
Tie man who today remarks that
what was good enough for my grand
father is good enough for me" Is not
considered conservative; he is set down
either as a lazy good for nothing or Il
Mnatfc. Nor does he speak the truth.
The grain on his farm k not cut with
a sickle nor tied by hand.
The homes which lack comforts are
becoming rarer each day. but there are
many cases where more might be done
to bring the house equipment up to the
standard OF town houses-cases where
natural resources close at hand are
neglected and the owner fails to per
ceive his opportunities for introducing
new conveniences.
The back breaking drudgery Of carry
ing water from the spring or well to
the house should not be tolerated on
any farm which holds the least preten-
sion OF progressiveness. The gasoline
engine or electric motor, the hydraulic
ram or even Il windmill will raise the
water from its source. and you have
only to provide IA tank to receive it.
In mild climates this tank may be
built out OF doors and pipes laid In
shallow bitches to the house. If the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11
BRITISH SEEK ARMS
IN COTTON BY X RAY
Bales From America to Germany
First Photographed.

New York.-Tb war in Europe has
brought to light many innovations. but
none more interesting than the taking
of y ray photographs of bales Of cot
ton 10 discover contraband OF war
possibly concealed therein. y ray eX
perts with big powerful machine are
taking photograph after photograph
Of bales of cotton on piers in this city
Cotton amounting TO 10000 bales was
all photogra phed before being loaded
into the hold Of the steamer City of
Macon of the Savannah line for
Bremen. the first cargo for that port
To leave New York since the war start
ed. Cotton is not contraband of war.
and the City of Macon. flying the
American flag. will be allowed to pro
coed 10 Bremen without interference
from the British
But the British. who have command
of the sea, are extremely cautious
these times. 1t occurred TO the con
sui general in New York. Sir Cour
tenay w. Bennett. that cannons. guns
or other contraband might be con
cealed in the cotton for delivery TO
the German army or navy. Obviously
it would be impracticabe to open any
of the bales and go through the cotton
for eontraband. The idea of taking
Y ray photographs was suggested.
Officials of the British government
passing along the immense piles Of
cotton bales on the pier. directed steve
dores 10 drag out Il bale here and
there Each bale so selected was pho
tographed. with the idea that solid sub
stances concealed in the cotton would
show The Y ray did not detect any
contraband in the first batch of bales
examined
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11
French Remedy for
Stomach Troubles

The leading doctors OF France have
for years used a prescription OF vege-
table oils for chronic stomach trouble
and constipation that acts like a charm.
One dose will convince. Severe cases
of years standing are often greatly
benefited within a hours. So many
people are getting surprising results that
we feel an persons suffering from con-
stipation. lower bowel liver and stom-
ach troubles should try Mayr's Won
dcrful Remedy 1t is sold BY leading
druggists everywhere with the positive
understanding that your money will be
refunded without question or bubble
if ONE bottle fails to give you absolute
satisfaction
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11
HOW CROWN PRINCE ESCAPED
Close Call kaiser's Son Had With
French Dragons.

Close Call kaiser's Son Had With
French Dragons.
Paris.-Details of the German crown
princes escape from French Dragons
after the Marne defeat were given by
French civilian who. disregarding
the prohibitive placards. succeeded in
making the trip on bicycle TO with
in four miles OF the German trenches
ON the western fringe OF the Argonne
forest
Before the battle OF the Aarne the
prince was at ST. Menehould for about
a week, with the princess. He occu-
pied a chateau belonging TO rich
drug mamma cturer. N. Geraudel. who
gained considerable notoriety here
some years ago by trying to get huge
poster advertising a cough SPECIFIC at
tached to tine Eiffel tower. When the
Germans retreated the crown prince
and princess retired to the small vii
laee OF hontfaucon. I'm the Argonne.
where they lived for some days in a
large house which previously had been
prepared Tor MIN.
Learning OF this. the French made n
furious dash on Nontfaucon. which
they surrounded with a regiment Of
dragons and captured several hun
dred Germans. but the royal party had
GOwn. The raiders found a new sub
terranean passage 800 yards long con-
Meeting the house with a byroad at
the farther side OF small wood
There. according to natives. motor
was always waiting during the princes
stay. 1t is further asserted even this
would not have saved him from cap
ture II the mayor Of MOntfaucon had
not run to warn him when the French
entered the village. For this 'treachery
the mayor subsequently paid with his
life
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11
indian SOLDIERS
PROBLEM IS FOOD
Strange Demand Of HinduS and
Mohammedan Fighters.
GOATS ARE ODDLY KILLED.

These Animals Must Have Throat Cut
In Some Instances, While In Other
Cases Head 10 Cut OF to Conform
With RsIisisn-Bssf 10 Not Eaten at
All BY the Orthodox.
London.-Ths East Indian troops are
giving no end OF trouble because or
their fastSfiousnsss in eating. In the
Netiey hospital near Southampton.
Hindus and hohammedsn wounded
almost came to blows over the ques-
ton OF how their goat and sheep
should be served. 1t has been neees
sary to separate them to avoid night
ing.
The Mohammedan wants the anil
mails heads cut or; the Hindu insists
that the throat shall be cut and the
beast allowed to bleed to death. after
custom immemorial.
At first the British in charge OF the
hospital were inclined to weigh the
matter lightly. but they found that it
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11

Winters are severe. however. care must
be taken to render it frost proof. and
even then the storage tank. if it be IA
large one. is not as satisfactory as it
might be. for the water it contains is
apt TO grow stale. The newer com
pressed air tanks are most satisfactory,
since the tank may be smaller. the
water is kept fresh and there is no dan
ger of freezing \ smaller tank is
sometimes placed above the kitchen
rafters and the water pumped into it.
In such case, or If the ordinary tank
is desired elsewhere. the water may be
kept fresher If an overflow pipe is con
nected with the stable watering
troughs. This is especially adaptable
to hydraulic pumping. as the overflow
is easily regulated.
Whatever method OF pumping is EN-
ployed TO get the water into the house.
attach a hot water tank 10 the range
and have hot water for kitchen use as
well rs for the bathroom
Now turn your attention to Lighting
the house oil lamps are not TO be
despised especially If they are well
chosen and cared for but electricity is
TO be preferred. as it means less work
and many convcniences in addition TO
lighting II you can secure electric
current from some nearby town at a
fiat rate it is often well to do SO. hut
II Is still better TO install little power
plant of your own If you have on
your place a stream with sufficient fall.
by all means consult an engineer and
have him estimate the cost of installing
a dynamo.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11
GRAPPLER FOR WIRE FENCES.
French Have Devised Way TO Pull
Down German Entanglenents.

Down German ENHANCEMENT.
Paris.-l was talking with group OF
soldiers from the front. and In the
course of their stories OF life in the
trenches one OF them told me 81 IN in
geniOns device with which they. have
been tearing down the German -; bed
wire cniangementS. writes .-sre-
fpondent at the front.
There are hundreds OF miles OF these
barriers in front OF the German
trenches In France and Belgium. and
they bring the most impetuous bayonet
charge to standsdll until u way is
cut through them.
Now. | an told. the i'~rnrh are *
perimcnting with an appliance similar
to rocket apparatus. which throws n
graphing iron attached 10 rope over
the entanglementx. which are then
dragged down and hauled into the al
lies trenches.
I was not able to ascertain whether
this appliance Was In general use or
WAS only the inspiration of the local
commander ut the point from which
these men come.
rs pnsing few good narksm~n nm.
der cover to command the spot where
il Ii intended To huri the grappler the
French obtain n number OF victims. b,N
sides destroying the barriers Instlnc
lively several Germans will dash out OF
their trenches To try 20 seize the crap
pier before II is hauled taut and
catches I'm the wires. and these are al
most invariably shot down.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11
EAST INDIAN SOLDIERS WHO MUST HAVE
SPECIALLY PREPARED FOOD.

EAST INDIAN SOLDIERS WHO MUST HAVE
SPECIALLY PREPARED FOOD.
was of serious concern 10 the Indian.
After two or three clashes between the
factions they were placed in different
parts OF the hospital.
An Anglo-lndan writing in the Lon
don Times on the camp life and caste
peculiarities of Great Britan's trans
planted Indian troops furnishes live
ly and entertaining narrative After
describing the strange picture made by
a column of Punjabi Mussulmans rs
they drove before them in French
boulevard a flock of sheep and bearded
goats and relating incidents Of the in
tense admiration the French people
have for these oriental allies the
writer takes up the peculiar problem
the commissariat has TO meet in sup
plying the various castles and sects Of
the Indian army with meat food
"Of the composition of the camp
must say nothing" he writes. but the
mere creeds and castles from which the
Indian eXpeditionary force is drawn
will suggest TO any one who knows the
east the most complicated problem OF
commissariat. The Gurkha. the Rajput
and other Hindus will eat goat or NUT
ton provided the animal has been kill
ed in n special and orthodox way. The
disgust which the strict Hindu feels at
physical contact with beef is so in
tense that he will sometimes vomit ut
the sight Of it. The prejudice is so in
veterate that Mohammedans who are
the descendants of Hindu converts
cannot reconcile themselves to the
taste. Happily pork, the Moslem abom-
nation. does not complicate the queg-
ton OF army rations.
But the crux is not so much the ma
ture of the meat to be provided as the
manner in which it is killed and cook
ed In the case of sheep the Sikh vii
layers gorge will rise when he sees
meat prepared by the Mohammedan
butcher. who kills 10y the halal or
throat cutting stroke. just rs the Mo
hammedan feels Il an outrage that
meat should be hung up for sale that
has been killed by the jatka-the
stroke at the back Of the neck affected
by the Silhs In France now Ger
tain amount OF timed mutton is eaten
willingly by the troops. but the great
bulk OF commissariat meat must be
sent alive TO railhead and slain there
in accordance with prescribed rites.
That the mep may know whether
they are eating c'can or unclean flesh
units are detached To- a point near rail.
head. where eacr man 10 be Moham-
medan. Sikh or Hindu dispatches his
beast by his own peculiar sacrifcial
stroke. marks II IS clean and sends II
on To his comracrs IN the trenches
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11
CANNED KITTEN SAFE IN FIRE
Can Was on Its Tail and Puss Was In
the Can.

Topeka. Kan. A fire was recently
discovered in barn at 427 Clay street.
and the fire department responded.
The barn. however. was total loss.
Only a few charred timbers remained
The firemen were making final in
spection OF the ruins.
"Me-u" came i'm Il kittens voice from
the ruins. Directed by the calls the
firemen found tin can. and in the can
was a little white kitten which had
been neither singed by the fire nor
drenched by the water from the fire
mems hose.
Evidently the kitten had sought ref
uee in the barn after some naughty
boy had attached the can TO its tail. 1t
had crawled into the can TO escape the
flames.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11
ODD NEEDS OF SENATORS.
Pitchforks, GarsIins Oil, Liniment,
Headache Cure, on Expense List.

Washington.-The annual report OF
the secretary of the senate carries some
items of expenditures that seem odd
for such an august body.
On the list OF disbursements are
these items: Two pitchforks. one scoop
shovel and forty-eight horseshoes
Under medicines and lotions" are
one bottle OF gargling oil. one bottle
Of liniment. one bottle OF balsam. one
pound Of powdered resin, five pounds
Of salts. FIVE pounds OF hoarhound
drops. two bottles OF headache cure
two dozen seidlitz powders. one pound
soda mint tablets and nine packages
Of snuff
one exhaust header stuiiing nut cost
20 cents. \ local hardware concern
was paid $7G5 for cleaning and al
iusting revolvers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11
REUNITE MOTHER AND GIRL.
Adopted Parents Give Up Seventeen
year old, SOUGHT Eleven Years.


Ashtabula. DO live with her moth
err. whom she has not seen in eleven
years. Elizabeth Wallace. seventeen.
adopted daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. f. j..
Wilder OF Jefferson. left here In com.
pany with hei stepfather, William H..
speicher. for Stoyestown. PA. When
she was five years old Elizabeth's ia
Their died. and her mother. who was Ill.
had 10 put the child in home in ALI
ance. O. When she regained her health
the child had been adopted. but she
was never able 10 learn by whom
When she became older the girl
longed for her mother and wrote hun
dreds OF letters TO all parts OF the state
In search or her Her mother finally
located her In jefferson high school.
and Mr.. Wilder. her second husband.
came for her.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11

Berlin. German aviators have new
way OF protecting their airsbips When
an attempt is mace 90 shoot them down
the aviator starts smoke ball. which
soon becomes big brown cloud that
swallows up the machine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-11

Hollis. Kan. Although he lost both
legs i'm railroad accident two years
ago. L. NJ. Ashcraft who lives on n
farm near here. put In fifty acres OF
wheat this fall. doing all the work him
self with the exception OF the harness
Ing OF the horses.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04
COLORADO STATE FAIR

When the big gates at the Colorado
State Fair grounds swing open Mon
day, September 13, the biggest fair
that has ever been held in Pueblo
will be ushered in. From Monday
until Saturday thousands of people
from all over the country will flock
to Pueblo to see the exhibits and dis
plays of the counties of Colorado.
There will be more exhibits at the
fair this year than ever before Every
one of the exhibits promises to be
larger and better then they have ever
been and the Fifteenth Annual Colo
RADIO State Fair will be the largest
and best that has ever been held.
Counties thruout the state have
begun preparing their displays
Twice the space that was used last
year has already been reserved by
some of the sections. The large in
crease in the appropriations for the
exhibits at the fair this year given
by the county commissioners and the
Chambers of Commerce have aided
in preparing these displays.
The large number of entries for
the race meet at the fair will make
it necessary to erect number of new
stalls for the horses. More horses are
entered for the races than ever be-
fore. There are more horses en-
tered than there are stalls at the fair
grounds.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04
The DENVER MARKETS

Denver Union Stock Yards. Aug.
3O.-Receipts of cattle last week
were quite liberal and there was a
fair demand for the stuff. However,
prices were weak to lower as result
of lower markets east and at the
close of the week values were 15c to
25c lower than the week preceding.
Today with 1900 cattle on sale,
cows held steady under light offering
and steers were 1oc to 15c lower
again. Yard brokers lost money on
much of the stuff they handled and
sent to eastern markets last week,
and this made them rather bearish
today. Good beef steers are selling
from 81 to $3.50, and fancy North
Park steers sold early last week up
to IS. Fair steers are bringing 1915
to 81. Cows are selling from Sc to
$3.50 for the pretty good grades and
right fancy COWS up to 1878. Fair
cows are selling at $3.50 to IS. Bulls
are bringing SIS to s5.35, and veal
calves are selling at IS to $40. Feed
er and stocker trade continues light.
Demand is limited and the market
little slow. Pretty good steers are
selling at $3.50 tos7.15, and fair
steers from Sc to $3.50.
The hog demand was good and
prices sharply higher today. The
feature of today's trade was the
sale of two carloads of hogs from
Grand Valley, Colo, at $3.50, the
highest price paid here for many
weeks, and zoe per cwt. above any
other sale today. Pretty good hogs
are selling from 81 to $40. The
supply of date has been strong and
demand is good.
Sheep demand is good, with prices
firm to higher than week ago.
Good grass lambs are selling at IS
to $3.50, yearlings up to $685.,
wethers at Sc and 500, and ewes
1T $3.50 The demand is good here
and prices compare we'll with other
markets.
W. N. FULTON.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04
REGISTER JAS. A. KELLY
DISPOSES OF FANCY FLOCK

This week Jas. A. Kelly, register
OF the Del Norte land office, disposed
of his focks of sheep to ]. C. Gill
breath and Sons and Atterbury,
prominent farmers and stockmen of
this valley.
Mr. Kelly turned over to these peo-
pie between 1900 and 2,400 ewes
and .450 lambs This stock Is con-
sidered about the best bred bunch
of sheep in this valley and is choice
stuff
Mr.. Kelly is disposing of his hocks
for the reason that his health and
other duties will not permit him to
devote the time and attention to it
which the business requires.-Del
Norte Prospector.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04
HAPPY THOUGHT NINE AT
CREEDE SUFFERS FROM
FIRE IN TIMBERS

Friday morning of last week when
the day shift went to work in the
Happy Thought mine, they discovered
that the timbers were on fire on the
ten-hundred level. 1t is supposed
that the former shift had lefta candle
hanging on the. timbers and in that
way the fire was spread
The smoke made it necessary to
quit work for few days but reports
damage was caused by the fire,
which gradually burned itself out.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04
BABY LOSES ARM

painful accident occurred Friday
evening when the little daughter of
A. j. Christensen. aged II months.
lost her left arm in a feed mill One
OF the boys was running the chop
mill with the younger children near.
and as he left the scene for a few
seconds the baby caught her hand in
the .cogs. The mother stopped the
team and released the child, but not
before its arm had been drawn into
the cruel machinery past the elbow
]. NJ. Carr, passing at that moment,
rushed the little one to DR.. Schenk's
hospital. meeting the doctor on the
way and turning him back. Aided by
DR. Chambers he amputated the arm
at the shoulder,--La lara Enterprise.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

The Telinde boys, who went to
Oklahoma to engage in the threshing
business early in the summer, re-
turned Saturday They report a
bumper crop of grain but the
weather having been too wet, much
of the grain will have to remain in
the fields in shock, meaning an
enormous loss.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

Martin Smith, an old soldier aged
rs, died last Saturday at the Soldiers
Ireland. and came to this country
while still a boy. He was a bugler
with the 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry
months in the Civil war. He had
been an inmate of the Soldiers home
since 1906.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04
Dependency Due to Indigestion.

About three months ago when l
was suffering from Indigestion which
caused headache and dizzy spells and
made me feel tired and respondent,
| began taking Chamherlain's Tab
let's" writes Mrs. Geo. Hon, Mac
edon, N. Y. This medicine proved
TO be the very thing l needed, as one
days treatment relieved me greatly.
used two bottles of Chamberlain
Tablets and they rid me of this trou
BILE" Obtainable everywhere.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

Miss Margaret McJunkin who has
been visiting at the home of her
cousin DR.. Moore. left Tuesday night
for her hone in Beaver, Pennsylvan-
ia. Miss McJenkins is teacher OF
English in the Beaver college.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Mcdonald came
up from Alamosa Saturday and ac-
companied by Mrs. Burris Baker of
Alamosa. and p. j. Sheridan and
daughter. spent Sunday at Wagon
Wheel Gap. Mr.. and Mrs. Mcdonald
and Mrs Baker returned to Alamosa
Monday evening.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04
Weber Farm Wagons at Actual
Cost. Monte Vista Hardware Co.
For Il Sprained Ankle

If you will get bottle of Chamber
lain's Liniment and observe the di-
rections given Herewith faithfully,
you will recover in much less time
than is usually required. Obtainable
everywhere.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

Chief of Police Ed Alternately left
Monday for Colorado Springs as a
delegate to the X. of p convention
being held there this week. During
his absence Taylor Stott will act as
chief.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

Monday and found guilty of violating
the State game law by shooting
ducks out of season, He was as
sessed fine of five dollars and costs
which he paid.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

j l.. Freeman returned Wednesday
morning from the Eastern markets
where he went to purchase the
fall and winter stock for the Fassett
department store.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

Fred Startling was down the frs
of the week from the Santa Marii
reservoir above Creole
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

Miss Helena Zahnen returned Mon
day evening from ten days camp
ing trip above Creole.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

Mr.. Lee Of the Colorado Woman's
college at Denver, spent several days
this week in Monte Vista looking for
prospective pupils.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

Editor Stuart of the Alamosa
Journal, was visitor in Monte Vista
Monday.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

Francis Rutherford returned We'd
nesday morning from Denver where
he has been visiting for the past
week.