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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
spooninu Wastes Time.

"Spooning is n waste of time" DR..
Joel H. Hildebrand, chemistry profes.
sor at the University OF California.
told his freshman class. Then he
added:
physical attraction should be sec.
ondary. Men and women should meet
on the common ground of intelligence
and fellowship. Their interests should
be genuine. To commence a friendship
with spooning puts the relation on a
false foundation. Both are concealing
their better selves, their real interests
behind the mask of conventional Sill.
ness.
ut is the beauty of the soul and
not Of the skin that man should
seek. No marriage founded on sense
Requirement can be happy, for these
charms are short-lived. The bond
should be such that man could love
his wife even though she became blind
and her hair fell out, for these exter-
nal beauties are the smallest part of
the foundation upon which true love
rests. A wife does not need to be q
Venus"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
SHELTER TURKEY IN WINTER
They Are Hardest Of Poultry, but Ap.
preciate Some Extra Care Dur.
ing Severe Weather.

Turkeys are considered as among
the hardest Of poultry after they are
mature, but they appreciate some ex.
ira care in winter. This does not
mean that they require pampering. In
spite Of the fact that when left to
themselves they prefer to sleep in the
bare branches Of trees or on the ridge
pole of building, they are better of
for having some shelter.
Did you ever notice how blue the
turkeys heads look as they come down
from a roof or treetop of a cold mid.
winter morning? Somehow their feath.
ers-although they have q heavy coat
do not seem to turn rain as well az
the feathers Of other poultry.
Provide q good dry shed, enclosed
only with poultry netting on the south
side, for the turkeys intended for the
next seasons breeding stock. Good
strong rOosts, not too near the roof,
should be provided. II the roosts are
too close to the roof, the turkeys bat.
ter their wings when flying up, and
this will cause them to seek Other
eoosting places.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
Pretended peafmutism.

=, A French medical journal, LIE Ca.
hucee, reports a strange case, the sim.
plation of deafmutism by young sol.
der, following the explosion of a great
shell. The case is given by NJ. Der.
ruyer. In consultation the man
seemed to be an absolute deafmute.
Before the explosion his speech and
hearing were normal. He had at once
been told that he would recover, in.
formation that did not appear to af.
ford him any special pleasure. Close
watching did not disclose any evidence
Of stimulation. He was then placed In
state of semi-consci0usness with
chloroform, and in this condition
conversed without difficulty. A dress.
Ing was applied to his throat for the
psychic effect. Afterward he admit.
ted recovery, but exhibited no delight
over his good fortune. It was SUD
posed that the original shock was gen.
uine and that after this came the
thought of deliberate malingering in
order to keep out Of the fighting line.
He had played the part of mute for
six weeks.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
RUNNER IS NOTED FOR EGGS
Breed First Found in India Was Per-
feeted in EngIand-Too Small
for Market Fowls.

The Runner duck was perfected In
England. although first found in In.
dia. Importations have been made
from India as lately as 1898, but they
have become so we'll disseminated
that it is not necessary to go back to
their native country for new blood.
This breed is noted for it's laying
qualities, the ducks freque,.' laying
as many as 200 eggs in i. ai.d u
record of 100 eggs is NJ. .,..sidcred
at all remarkable. The eggs are larger
than those of hens, but not so large as
those Of other ducks.
The brakes weigh up to four and
one-half and the ducks to four pounds.
The prevailing color is pleasing
shade of fawn. They have narrow
heads, rather long necks, a very up.
right carriage and instead of waddlins
like other ducks they run very rapidly.
trait which gives them their name.
While too small to make good mar.
ket fowls, they are profitable on &C.
count Of their laying qualities and are
rapidly gaining friends in this coun.
try. These ducks are almost entirely
silent, not being given to the loud
and raucoas quacking which is dis.
agreeable feature in keeping other
breeds of ducks. They are remark.
ably good fOragers and range the fields
in search of bugs and worms from
morning until night.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
Leather From Ostrich sk;ns.

Ostrich skins form the subject Of
a late news item from Cape Town,
South Africa. The truth seems to be
that there has been no business man
enterprising enough to push this side
line of the ostrich feather business
during the last couple of years, when
skins have been prOcurable ut a nomi-
nal sum: 1t can be produced in v:lri-
GUS cOlors and thicknesses, and lust
after tanning it is about twice the
thickness of goatsllin. is very tough,
with strong fiber, which, unlike ortli-
nary leather, is not interviewer but
lies in separate layers, which can be
pulled off by hand so as to get the
thickness required. There is no rea.
son, says the dispatch, why ladies'
leather goods, slippers. and other ar
tfcles should not be extensively manu-.
featured out Of ostrich hide.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
Use Of Artificial Gas,

That the use Of artificial gas as q
domestic and industrial fuel Is in.
creasing and that its utilization for
illuminating purposes is decreasing is
indicated by report recently issued
by the department of the interior.
which covers the use of the product
In 1915.
It is pointed out that 266, 2O4, 24s, 900
cubic feet of gas was sold during 1915.
and that the value of this production
amounted to $173.S32. 1872. according to
statistics collected by G. e. Lesher of
the United States geological survey,
and 128, 103, 348,O 900 cubic feet of coal
gas was consumed during the same
period, valued at $4a8S2. OO7.
T! The statistics show that 30 per cent
lof the gas was used for Illuminating,
re per cent for domestic fuel and q
~ cent for industrial fuel.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
Dangerous War Souvenirs.

Gun shells are not proving a sue.
cess as souvenirs if we are to gauge
the new custom by the number of ac-
cidents reported in the newspapers.
The last affair of this kind seems to
have occurred in London, England,
near Paddington, at the home of an
army captain away on foreign serv-
Ice, who, as polite attention to his
wife, sent her shell with time fuse,
obtained as trophy from field Of
battle. On receiving it the lady gave
1t a prominent place in the drawing
room, but not knowing its dangerous
character omitted to warn the servant
girl. The latter, by some clumsy ma.
newer with the broom, managed to
knock 1t over. and 1t exploded, frac-
turing her right leg and elbow and
denolishing part Of the house.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
SMALL FOWLS MOST POPULAR
Better or More Economical Produce,
Than Large Varieties
Favors Plymouth Rock.

'"The small, active fowl, other
things being equal, is a better OF
more economical producer than the
large fowl, and when the farmer is
seeking only after egg production, he
should choose q small breed,v says
Professor Dryden, the man who is re.
sponsible for the origin of the Oregon
Agricultural college hens. It seems
to be law Of nature in the animal
kingdom. that heavy producers are
small in size, active and nervous. It
is another question whether the best
egg producer is on the whole the most
profitable fowl. The poultryman can.
not eliminate the cockerels. These
must be marketed and the larger
breeds, of course, sell for more than
the small breeds. Again, the pr0duc.
ton of the laying hen does not i'm.
prove with age or experience. The
flock must be sold off at least every
two years. The Plymouth Rock, or
breeds Of that size, will sell for
about twice as much as the Leghorn.
Even within the breed or variety, Pro.
fessor Dryden says, that the heavier
producers, on the average, are those
of light weight. Sometimes some Of
the heavy hens are heavy producers,
but this is not true of the average.
At the Oregon station a pen Of AZ
Plymouth Rock hens averaged 1909
eggs. Separating them according to
weight into three groups, we got this
result: Those having an average
weight of seven pounds produced in
the first year 141.1 eggs; medium
weight, or averaging six pounds,
1884 eggs, and light weight, averag.
ing Ave pounds, 1887 eggs. The II
heaviest layers, those laying over 200
eggs. averaged in weight 5N pounds.
II believe 1t to be undeniable," says
the professor, "that If we breed for
large size or If We increase the size
of the fowls of any breed. we will de.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
GULL OUT ALL NoNPRoDvcERs
Common and Serious Mistake In Over
crowding Quarters With Fowls
Apparent In Winter.

One of the most common and seri.
Gus mistakes made by poultry men il
that Of overcrOwding the quarters with
birds. This is more apparent in the
winter than in the summer, and is re.
sponsible for greater losses at this
season than during warm weather.
In the summer months one rarely
finds all the birds in their quarters at
any one time, especially in the case
Of farm f1ocks. If the house is too
crowded or for other reasons is not to
the liking of the birds, they will find
roosting quarters in the trees or on
outbuildings. But during the winter
the whole flock is forced to roost in
the house, and from the condition of
some farm poultry houses the marvel
Is that there is not more disease such
as roup, colds and similar troubles.
Most of these houses are tightly closed
at night, and on opening in the me ming
one sees the birds packed on IL e in
adequate roosts, often almost to suffo.
cation. The air is close and bad, due
to lack Of ventilation. The all-night
breathing Of the birds has loaded the
air with moisture, and when the cold
air strikes them they fairly steam. To
turn them out into the cold in that
condition means to invite the whole
category of diseases affecting the res.
pfratOry organs.
To obviate this difficulty in the case
of the average farm flock the best
plan would be not to build larger
quarters, but to reduce the size Of
the flock, culling out the "boarders"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
WOMEN DOING GREAT WORK
Club Activities Are Now Widespread
Throughout the Nation, With Most
Beneficial Results.

The declarations (National Fedora.
ton of Women's clubs) of the north.
ern and western states are actively en-.
gagged in teaching foreign-bOrn chill.
dren and their parents the American
standards of life, sanitation and do.
nestle economics, writes Cora Har-
ris in the Saturday Evening Post. The
Nebraska women have portable
school. which they send to communi.
ties in need of it. The Dakota women
have concentrated upon efforts to
Tighten the drudgery of farmers wives.
Seven thousand women in Oklahoma
are educating teachers. They sent 80
into the schools of that state last year.
The Arkansas women have organized
1900 college girls into an active do
nestle educational force, devoted to
service in rural communities. The
Wisconsin clubs specialize upon the
health of children. free clinics for ba-
bies, and eugenics. Illinois has more
women in it's clubs than there are
soldiers in the regular United States
army. Ten thousand of these are Civ.
ing all their time to social service.
The club women of Louisiana, Geor.
gia and Alabama are working for com.
pulsory education laws. They have
canning clubs and teachers of domes.
tic economics and sanitation in rural
communities. Twenty thousand club.
women in Texas are working for good
roads. They have, huilt ruro1 cl,,h.
houses, established markets for farm
women. offered prizes for the best
conducted rural schools. Kentucky,
Georgia, North and South Carolina
women are conducting and financing
moonlight" schools for illiterates.
Kentucky has 1000 of these schools,
and there is certain club woman in
this state who has taught 1900 men
and women how to read and write.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
One Spout Of the MELTING Pot.

II have just come from Hawaii" I
said, "where there are as many Japa-
nese as all the other races together"
'Yes," replied Count Okuma, "and
when they come back to Japan they
are so thoroughly Americanized that
they can't talk to me in their own
language"
ut is singular" continued the pre-
mier, show the past is linked with
the present. Many years ago poor
Japanese fisherman was shipwrecked
and was rescued by an American
ship. He learned English and be-
came Commodore Perry's interpreter.
A son Of that shipwrecked fisherman
Is now professor in the Imperial
university. Thus, old Japan and new
Japan come together in his person.
Christian Herald.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
WHl1EWAsH FOR HEN HOUSES
sIaked Lime Of Double STRENGTH
Thoroughly Mixed With Salt and
Water Will Stick,

Here Is a formula for whitewasl
that will not rub off: Stake half o
bushel of good, double-strength lime
In boiling water, using just enough
water to cover the lime and keep it
from burning. When the shaking proc
ess is completed add little more wa
ter. then strain the solution to re-
move any sediment. Dissolve a peck
OF salt In warm water and add this to
the lime solution; mix thoroughly and
allow 1t to stand q couple Of daya
Thin and apply hot.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28

and nonproducers. One of the best.
known authorities on scientific poultry
raising says that if he were assigned
the task of making the farm poultry
locks Of this country double their re-
turn in profits he would accomplish it
by reducing the size Of the average
flock by one-half and putting purebred
males with those left.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28

Aluminium on Skis Lensthens Jump.
An increase Of several yards In the
jump of ski-runners is rather sur.
prising result of the process Of metal.
LIKING objects by means of a spray. In
Switzerland a coating of aluminium Of
the thickness of thin cardboard is be.
Ing applied to the ski blades by this
method. and this not only adds greatly
to the durability Of the bearing surface
but 1t also very materially lessons fric.
ton, and tends further to prevent cak.
ing Of snow on the blades. 1t Is the di.
minished friction that lengthens the
aRmn.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
METHOD of,.sAyING.
BETTER TO "EvEN THINGS ups
THAN EVEN THEM DOWN.
Advice Given Youth Who Had Re.
eeived Small Legacy Is Well Worth
Needing by the Man Who
Would Win Success.

In an artlcle IN the American Maya.
Zine writer says:
"When an old uncle of mine died
and left me little bequest of five
hundred and forty-five dollars, my first
impulse was to even it off; and If it
hadn't been for an old friend of my
fathers think would have succeed
ed in neatly pairing it down to zero.
"'What were you thinking of doing
with that money! he asked casually
one day.
"'Well,' I replied, 4 think I'll just
take that forty-five dollars and go for
little lake trip. and then I'll have
five hundred dollars to put in the
bank
"'Why five hundred dollars?' he
said. why not five hundred and forty.
five dOllars?'
"'Oh,' replied, you might as well
have an even amount
"'Do you suppose you could spare
me five dollars? he asked suddenly.
"'Why, yes,' replied. little sur.
prised that he should ask to borrow
money Of me; but handed it to him.
"'All right, then he said; here's
five Misunderstanding me back that
same bill. If you'll just put this with
that five hundred and forty-ive dol.
lars you'll have five hundred and fifty
dollars, and that's nice even amount.
Now, If you'll put that in the bank,
in three months it will have earned
five dollars and fifty cents more, and
surely in the meantime you can scrape
together forty-four dollars and fifty
cents, and then you'll have an even
six hundred dollars instead Of five
hundred
"'Well, what could do with six
hundred dollars? I asked, not very
much impressed, as the difference
didn't seem worth the trouble.
"'One thing you could do replied
the old gentleman, would be to ask
your banker to buy thousand-dollar
bond for you, or, rather, to lend you
the extra four hundred dollars, keep.
Ing the bond as security, and then II
| wouldn't be long before you would
AASS q lhOuS0uN OOlldTSs WHICH, IOt
"even amounts" is q little better than
five hundred
"Then with pencil and paper he
showed me carefully just how long II
would take.
"'Of course you don't have to do II
II you don't want to; but I have no.
ticed,' he went on thoughtfully, that
this business of having a little by YOU
Is pretty much matter of the way
your mind works. Some people al.
ways want to even things off in money
matters, others want to even them up.
And once you get started at 1t, think.
ing up isn't much harder than think.
Ing down. For instance, If showed
YOU thirteen cents, you might say, Il
can spend three cents for popcorn,
and then I'll have a dime;" or YOU
could say. IF put two cents with
that I'll have fifteen cents."'
cts the downhill people, the
people who follow the path of least
resistance, the people who slice off a
little instead of building up little,
Who never get anywhere in life.'"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-28
Splendid Plymouth Rock cockereI,
Owned by AIphonse Leppert, Avon.
dale, III.

crease the egg yield on the average
1t would be a serious mistake, how.
ever, to select year after year the
smallest individuals for breeding pur-
poses without regard to other consid.
eratiOns. Vigor and health must al.
ways be uppermost. Continued Sc.
lection of the smallest would, in the
Leghorn breed, for example, finally
evolve Bantam type, so far as weight
is concerned. On the other hand, it is
a mistake to pick out the nice large
hens and the nice heavy males and
save them for breeding, where eggs
are the object. Better send those to
the pot"
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-14
NEEDED IMPROVEMENT

With the coming Of the spring
the proposition Of building a side
walk to the cemetery has again
become an absorbing one, and it
has been suggested that a public
subscription be started to finance
this matter. A number of people
have already expressed a desire to
contribute to such an enterprise,
and there is no question, but almost
every one would be wiling to nelp
in this public improvement.
1t is something that the COM
munity is certainly not proud of
that in wet weather a traveller to
the cemetery is compelled to wade
for nearly half mile through mud
to reach the place Of the dead
Decoration day is drawing near
again, and it would be commend
able thing if the foot passengers
were able to make the walk to the
cemetery on a good pavement.
Think the matter over and be pre-
pared to assist in this undertaking
when called upon.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-14
VOTE mo" on Tuesday April
Is, on the license question.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER

Another candidate for county
treasurer makes announcement
this week, Mr.. A. A. Blomquist,
the present postmaster at Milbank
whose term of office in that posi-
tion expires this month. Mr.. Blom-
'quist was bookkeeper in the Erland-
son & johnson store for eleven
years, and was city auditor for six
years before he was appointed post
master. He would make a capable
county treasurer should he be elect
ed, but is somewhat late in making
announcement, as there are already
two candidates in the field, Mr.. 0.
P. Johnson, the well-known bank
,er of Stockholm, and Mr.. Ole Olson
of Osceola township, both Of whom
have already received the endorse
ment Of a large number of friends.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-14
THE GRIP OF JEALOUSY

The old South-those days before
the war, fraught with romance and
adventures the scene Of the
most impelling love story ever
shown upon the screen. The basis
Of the story is family feud,
better and generations old. A boy
and girl from the rival factions
marry. When the time comes
that their marriage must be dis
closed, the girl pleads with her
husband to take her away, that she
may not face the wrath Of her
father. Her sister overhears the
details Of the "elopers' - plans,
and tells the vengeful brother
that their sister has been disgrac-
ed. That night the brother, who
had sworn to revenge what he
belived to be his sisters wrongs,
was murdered. The husband,
accused Of the crime, fled, and
clinched suspicion upon himself.
The babe is born, and, in the belief
that it is illegitimate, is taken to
the doorsteap Of an old darky and
there left to be brought up as his
grandchid. Fifteen years pass.
The man who has really committed
the murder covets the sister of the
man he killed. This girl is the
only person who knows that the old
darkey's s 'grandchild' is really a
white person The complication is
unraveled, the father of the "slave
girl returns, proves his innocence
through the testimony of the old
darky, and the much desired happy
ending is reached. At the Bentley
Grand Friday evening (tonight)
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-14
NEW YORK TRIBUNE GOES DRY

Minneapolis Journal: The New
York Tribune has moved into the
newspaper dry belt. A few days
ago it served notice that it would
no longer poublish liquor advertise
ments. The announcement CARED
with it another Of those co;d-blood-
ed, hardheaded lectures on the
economics of temperance that are
more convincing than the arguments
Of exhorters. more enduring than
the pledge signed in the moment Of
emotional ecstacy.
For business reasons, pure and
simple, the Tribune has decided to
do without this advertising and
the thousands of dollars paid for it.
1t is not moved by any moral o..
ethical sentiment. 1t is not 60
ing into any temperance crusade.
1t does not want any more such
advertisements, because it believes
it can make more money by not
printing them.
We feel that liquor advertise
ments,'' runs the announcement in
the column which Horace Greeley
used to adorn with his vigorous
opinions, will not help to attract
to US either the readers or the
advertisers whose patronage we
DESIRE Therefore, out they GO!
If it is good business for a news
paper to bar liquor advertisements,
it is good policy for the individual
to keep away from liquor. The
Tribune believes that alcohol is
as harmful to the individual as
liquor advertisements are to a
newspaper.
Efficiency is the big factor in the
scheme of modern life. 1t has been
demonstrated over and over again
that the use Of alcohol in any
quantity by persons in ordinarially
good health, materially reduces
production.
The Tribune knows its business,
and it knows the difference between
business and "booZe. - The Jour
nal congratulates it on moving into
the dry belt.