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MRS. HETTY GREEN'S ESTATE
ESTIMATED At $:50.OoO, 900

NewYork, July 10.--Two statements
in regard to the fortune of the late
Mrs. Hetty Green were made By a per-
son who was very close to aer in fl
nancial operations and who spoke, he
said with authority.
First, the property accumulated by
her may amount to $3.50, 1000, OGO, aud
is not likely to be less than $1OC, OOO,-
900. st. Louis realty is included in
the estate.
Second, with her lifelong hatred Of
tax gatherers, the "richest won,an in
the world" did all, in the last six yeas
that her ingenuity could devise, to put
the bulk of her fortune beyond the
reach of the inheritance tax app ols-
ers of this and other states.
An estimate of her wealth, classified
as to the character of the investment
was made tonight as follows by one 81
her advisors: New York City real es.
tate mortgages, $3O,OOO,OOO to $45,
900 900 ;industrial and mining securi
ties, s4o,0oo,o0o to 100000 900; rail
road and bank stocks and bonds, SIS,
900 900 to $25, 200, 900; farm and othe:
tracts oil properties and reality in tt
Southwest, $4,000, 900; real estate il
New York, Boston, Chicago and st
Louis, $4,000 900.
Mrs. Green was buried in Below
Falls N Y
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U. S. WHIPPED SPAIN
EIGHTEEN YEARS ACC

The Spanish-American war was vr-
tually decided, for on that date, Juyy5
1908, was fought the memorable hcsEe
of Santiago bay.
At about two bells on the rnnrn.ng
of July 8 the Atlantic squadron, unsie..
Admiral Sampson, standing off San
tiago, gave chase to the Spanish feet
which had made a dash from the ihxr-
Dor. The poorly organized Spanish
fleet was completely destroyed in the
battle which followed. The AzsrL
cans lost but one man, while the Span
iards summed up their total loss at
353 killed, 151 wounded, and J-s15
men captured by the Americans as
prisoners. This was virtually the eon-
clusiOn of the war.
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state with 2 population of 100000
people produced 1852, 900 900 bushels of
wheat in 1915 or exactly as much
wheat was the product in the entire
United States in 1866, the year fol-
lowing the close Of the civil war whe'
the population of the country was
35,OOO,OOO. The sod land had within
it the elements of fertility to produce
this big yield, years after it was first
broken up, and the fine grass roots
bound the soil particles together and
prevented drifting or blowing. The
native clovers or legumes had the soil
thoroughly enriched with nitrogen, q
very essential element in hard wheat,
and the decaying roots filled the soil
with humus or vegetable material
which makes it open and mellow. If
land is cultivated too long it looses
these essentials of fertility. Every
one who wants to keep up yields
should plan to seed down the fields to
grass and leeume crops every few
years, for these crops renew the
strength and fertility of the soil. Such
fields r also profitable when in pas
ture or hay and if the products are
fed on the farm and the manure re-
sulting is used to further enrich the
land.-W. R. Porter, N. D. Experiment
Station.
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dopted: That Prof. H. L. Bolley APP
point a committee Of four-he to he
the fifth member Of the committee.
The committee is instructed to draw
up a constitution and bylaws and to
report at the North Dakota State Fair.
Said committee to also draft plans for
the organization of locals-Potato
Growers Branch association and to re-
port at the same time.
The tentative drafts of these various
constitutions and bylaws are now in
the course of construction and the
committee will try to be able to report
on the 3rd day of the State Fair July
10, at 2 p. M, Fargo, N. D.
All potato growers, particularly
those interested in growing for mar
keting purposes and cooperative
handling and shipping methods should
be present. A meeting will be held at
2 p. NJ, on the third day of the State
fair and each day thereafter until the
organization is properly formed.
Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota have affective organiza-
tions and are doing great things, not
only in improving the potato crop, but
in handling it.
Potato diseases probably take one
third Of the crop at the present time.
Bugs destroy much. Poor varieties of
Ivaring kind in the hands of miscellan-
eous growers make profitable shipping
from a local point impossible. The
remedy is cooperative work on ths
part of the growers. The way tc
handle the potato crop so as to make
it remunerative and give best results
from this important cultivated CROP
rests in the united effort on the part
Of the growers in each locality, for !;
common end against bugs, blight, rot
and pests of all sorts, and p:. tic.
larly that they may know each 7.
riety and when and how to ship.
As chairman of the committee !,
constitution and bylaws, I will: y.
pleased to have sent me any sug:,cs
tions that any grower or shipper raa,
have in mind that should be embodied
in the constitution of the State assc
citation and that of the branch organ
izations. Let US hear from you.
Remember the date-the thici la,
of the State fair-July 10, at 2 ,. M
and each day following until the wor'
is well started. H. L. Bollev,
Agricultural College, Y. L.
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BOYS INVESTMENT PAYS TEN
THOUSAND PER CENT,

"Last spring IL year ago. a ten-year-
old neighbor boy "a given 10 cents by
his grandmother. He purchased d
packet Of good cucumber seed with h $.
money and grew a nice patch of Gu
cumbers for the local market. His
crop of cucumbers brought him d little
over Sc in money, all Of which his
mother allowed him to keep and spend
as he pleased. With 81 of his money
this boy purchased a few little things
for himself, and with the other SIS h:
purchased a eve lamb. By this spring
his eve lamb had grown into a matrr
mother sheep, and she gave birth to
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ment to recover the fine.

ment to recover the fine.
Last week the Easement Creamery
Company Of st. Paul, instituted 81
a suit against the government. It
was heard before District Judge Nor
ris. The case was decided against the
government. The Government is now
obligedto return this money. Con-
sidering the success of this case, a
number of other creameries in that
judicial district will undoubtedly en-
deavor to collect money paid over to
the Revenue Department.
Test Butter for Water.
Every. creamery operator should be
sure to have a testing outfit for de-
termining water. in butter. Every
churning should be tested. The per-
cent of water should be recorded in q
book. Every churning should be num-
bered. Then if any of the butter ship
ped east sohuld be sampled by the
government, the record of the cream
cry would show just the per centage
of water there was in that butter.
There have been cases on record when
the revenue inspectors would go to the
cold storage houses and secure SAM
pies and the creamery would never
know of the action till several months
later. Unless the records are kept by
the creamery, it can readily be seen
that the revenue inspectors would have
it all their own way.
I think that the above decision is the
third n in favor of the creameries.
I understand that three different dis
trict judges have ruled similarly
against the government, and l have
been informed that two district feder-
al judges have ruled against the
creameries. Several creameries have
endeavored to get this matter before
the United States Supreme Court for
final decision, but it appears that this
is very difficult. So long as there is a
division of opinions handed down by
the judges, the revenue inspectors will
continue their campaign against but
ter containing more than 16 per cent
water. All creamery butter manufa
turers should be careful to test and
record every churning of butter and to
see that none of it contains more
than 16 per cent water.
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the emergency is past.

The plan has the enrlre approval of
ministers and the commandments
of the land and sea forces, and the
Post Office, railway and other author,
tiles have promised their cooperation
in fixing the amount and all kinds Of
labor that would be needed in the av
ent Of mobilization. The preparatory
work Of the woman's RECOMMENDATION ,s
already in full swing in various CEN
tiers Of the country.
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twin lambs. So now the boy has flhxse
sheep from the investment, The
mother sheep is now worth SIG. zza
the lambs are worth S. each, mailing.
a total value of $40 he has earned Bitk
his ten cents in a year and a half Be-
sides he sold the wool this sIgins
from the mother sheep for ss2.45, which
he has placed in the savings bank as
the beginning Of a bank account Of bis
oWn.-EX.
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IMPORTANT
CASE DECIDED

During the last few years there has
been considerable fretting on the part
Of the creameries throughout the Unit
ed States, especially in the central
west. The United States Revenue
Department has been very active in
sampling and Analysing butter that is
shipped to central markets such as the
Twin Cities, Chicago and New York.
There is a ruling by the Revenue De-
partment that creamery butter must
not contain over is per cent water.
During the summe conditions un-
der which butter is manufactured are
such that at times butter will contain
more than 16 per cent water. For in
stance, if the temperature Of the
cream happens to be a few degrees
high, the water content Of the butter
will III high. Supposing that the
churning room happens to be very
warm, the butter may then become
very soft and when worked in the
presence Of water, or brine, the water
content is likely to run more than 16
per cent. There are times when the
percentages of water in butter will
run higher than 16 per cent and no one
can say exactly why. Such are the
conditions.
On the other hand, it is we'll known
now how water can be worked into the
butter. A few irresponsible manufac-
turers have tried to sell water for but
ter. This is manifestly wrong. With
such people no laws are too strict and
no action on the part of the inspector
could be too drastic.
1t appears that a distinction should
be made between butter that has will
fully had water worked into it in ex-
cess, and butter which normally and
accidentally contained beyond 16 per
cent of water.
The Revenue Department has been
very strict. A large number Of small
creameries have each been fined $1.$$$
and more for offences that not
willfully made. These smaller cream
cries We're not in a position to fight
the government. All they could do
vas to pay the fine. In some instan-
ces it almost ruined them financially
but they kept quiet. Some of the
larger centralizers have also been
caught. These concerns did not take
SO kindly to it. In several instances
the fines We're paid under protest and
action was begun against the govern
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NORTH DAKOTA POTATOE
GROWERS ASSOCIATION
TO MEET AT STATE FAIR

At the last Tri-State Grain Growers
Convention there was held a prelimin-
airy meeting of North Dakota potato
growers looking toward the formation
of a State Potato Growers Association
and local branch association. At this
meeting the following motion was a.
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THE EFFECT OF SOD ON YIELDS

Practically all of North Dakota was
prairie or sod land for countless cen
turies before the white mar came and
overturned it with his steel pillow
Drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor,
according to the time and place. This
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Detroit, Mich.
South Bend, Ind. Walkerville, Ont.
FOUR CYLINDER MODELS
Touring Car, :.-passenger......$ 875
Roadster, 3~-passenger ......... $50
Landau. Roadster, 3-passenger.. 1850
Sedan 1875
SIX-CYLINDER MODELS
Touring Car, 7-passenger. .$10S5
Roadster, 3-passenger 1860
Landau Roadster, g. passenger. 1850
Coupe, 4-passenger 800. ....160O
Sedan 1875
Limousine, 7-passenger $500
F. o. B. Detroit.
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28
FLAMES AT HOUSTON
CAUSE $53O,C00 LOSS

Houston Texas, March 27.-Fanned
by a stiff breeze, fire which started
in the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railway cotton sheds here today de
stroyed about 400 bales Of cotton
and badly damaged the warehouse OF
the F. w Hoffman Company, hard
ware dealers. and several residences
before it was brought under control.
The JOSS was estimated at $3.50, 900.
Several freight cars and other equip
ment in the railroad yards also were
burned.
The cotton destroyed was valued al
more than 100000 and was owned
principally by Anderson, Clayton &
Co. OF this city. The damage to the
Heitmann warehouse and its contents
was estimated at 100000 and 70 the
railroad property 100000
The cause of the fire has not been
determined.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28

A clever frock is this semi princess
costume in dark blue French serge,
trimmed with buttons, panne velvet
and narrow bands of fur If the turn
down collar is not desired a vest VITA
high collar may be substituted ver5
easily. The back gore and back Of the
waist are cut in one piece, while the
elirt is a four piece model Finished
with a deep hem. In average size tho
frock requires 2s yards 44-inch mate
rial, with 9. yard velvet and l yard OF
fur for the trimming.
The front gore of the skirt is 50 wide
that it is necessary, when cutting, to
place 1t on an open width of the mate
rial To avoid waste, the remaining
sections of the pattern are cut in the
same way, the serge, Of course, being
doubled. Two like sides should be
placed facing each other so that the
various parts viii not be cut FOR the
same side.
The piecing for the front gore is laid
along one selvage edge and next to 1t
is arranged the shield. Opposite the
gore piecing is the sleeve, which is pro-
vided in both plain and fancy effect, and
to the right Of the sleeve comes the
front of the waist. South Of the front
arrange the collar and TO the right of
this the trimming piece that appears
at either side Of the waist, overlapping
the girde. The long strip forming the
back and the back gore runs the length
of the material which comprises the
area between the crossWise edge and
the front gore Of the skirt
Ankle length is sure to meet the APP
prevail Of conservative dressers, but for
shorter length the lower edges OF the
cores may be cut off on single or dou-
Bile 100" perfOratiOns, Cut off the front
edge OF left front gore on slot perfora-
tons.
A narrow line Of fur Will add a char
acteristic touch to a simple frock and
an air of distinction and elegance.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28
WOMAN'S CLUB
FOR SP|NSTERS

An antique Spinsters Club"
founded-nOt for pursuit of the oppo-
site sex, but for protection-is the
boast OF Sabetha, a Kanass town of
200 inhabitants. The president, Miss
Georgia Hook, former society report
er, adds, further, that its secondary
purpose is to make life iiyable for
those unmarried women who are so
unfortunate as to be doomed 10 dwell
in Sabetha.
1T has always been in Sabetha that
unless you are married you do not
have much chance for pleasure" says
Miss Hook You cannot realize what
misery some OF our most prosperous
old maids suffer.
MANY Of us have been invited to
be members OF some Of the women's
clubs, but the majority of other mem
bers arc married At meetings all
~ Z i1tdi - tdlh vi Va Jlt-S anu tllILEi Cit
and different kinds Of husbands. We
have & feeling that We are only al
lowed TO come as matter OF kind
ness.
What pleasure do we get out of
this talk of babies all the time? The
small town, you know. never gives a
girl chance to marry happily. for
so many OF the best men go TO the
cities 1t is natural that there are
more marriageable young women than
men"
The club is not officially organized
under the name Of the Antique Spin
sters' Club, though the members
have fallen into ss15 habit OF calling
it that The Queen Elizabeth Club is
the official title. The committee on
entertainment is planning a series Of
receptions and dances for this winter
that are likely to set a new standard
for Sabetha.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28
Concerning Baby Week

In Kansas the state division of
child hygiene with the cooperation of
the governor is conducting an inter-
county contest, from which the health
lest county in Kansas viii win the
GOVERNOR Trophy for 1916 Various
state ana county agencies are taking
part such ass educational ANA health
& Jc.als and civic organizations OF all
kinds.
The rating Of the counties viii take
into consideration the number and
condition Of tine schools the child labor
situation and provision for safety in
reference TO farm machinery. official
county health activities and rates of
mortality and morbidity for infants
ard adults activities Of churches and
clubs in relation 70 sanitation and jim
spection OF food and drugs and Of milk
supply.
Other Baby Week contests which
have served in several communities
10 stimulate popular interest in in
FAINT welfare problems include contests
for the best Baly Week slogan. for
the best advice for window publicity.
ana Tor the best school essay on a
baby welfare subject
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28
OUR FISHING PARTY
INV ONE OF THE gouIE STREET SCHOOL PUPIEa)

Paris, Claud Pittman, A. c. Gillian,
Mildred and Irene Smith, VIM. Hunter
Thomas, Gale Farley and Janice Sher
ron.
The party was most efficiently chap
eroned by Mrs. A. Farley. Mrs. 5. H..
Story. Mrs. ]. l.. Smith, Miss Gladys
Beagle Miss Maggie Thompson and
Miss Gladys TompOn.
Old Jupiter Pluyius, who had been
bluffing all morning renewed his
threats soon after dinner. The chap
erones called a council Of war and de-
cided that the diplomatic thing 10 do
was to retreat in good order. y retreat
was ordered and begun. but old Jupiter
Pluvius. not TO be denied his revenge,
executed a flank movement and re
freshing rain fell, during almost the
whole Of the return trip. but Gid in no
wise curb the enthusiasm - the jolly
crowd. who laughed. sang and yelled
their enjoyment throughout the down
pour.
The party was the guests of their
teacher, Mr. T. NJ. Foote.
It's nobody's business how long, how
big nor how nice were tie fish we
caught
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28
AdUice to Girls
By Betty .BroDn

Dear Miss Betty-Is it proper for
a young man to ask a girl to write,
after leaving the place she is visiting,
or should the girl ask first?"
Curiosity.
Neither OF your questions is right
A young man should ask a girls per-
mission to write to her, and should
open the correspondence, except in
unusual circumstances 1t is favor
granted by the girl, not by the man.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28

The boys and girls of The fifth ana
sixth GRADES of the BOuie Street School
enioved a delightful fishing excursion
on Saturday. The trip haa %een plan
ned for several weeks and despite the
threatening aspect and the warning OF
all the weather prophets - ana near
Hattiesburg. they voted urFnimoGSiy
TO brave the weather and dared the
weather man TO do his worst. He did.
The morning was ideal and the par
tv greatly enjoyed themselves fishing,
boating, and playing outdo6- games. \
delightful dinner was served al noon,
which was enjoyed with every e'i-
dence Of relish by the entire party.
Those attending were Margaret
Beagle. Robt. Blackburn, Olin Cooper,
John Dearman, Lucion Edwards, Bes-
sic Mae Gillian, Russell l>oopgood,
LESSEE Lou Kirkwood, Eva Nunnery,
Fac Story, Elmo Whitney, Stella Sher-
ron, Ernest Story, Grace Ware, Rex
Waddene, Jennie Blaksley. Ruby
Brown, Gerald Cooper Paul Farley,
George Farley, Charles Farley. Ruth
Gaylor. Jimmie Lawless, Annie Mae
Kaonce, Ray Nunnery. Jessie Petru,
William bennett, John Whitney, VIM.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28
USES FOR LEMONS.

When cooking apples few drops Of
lemon juice greatly improves the flaw
or.
When washing clothes a few slices
Of cut lemon put into the boiler will
make the linen snow white.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28
Observation-Disclosures

WANTED-Ring the waste trade
phone 500 when You have rags. rub
Der iron. brass, bottles. sacks. etc.
We pay cash and top prices for
ereryi hing and send wagon 20 any
part Of town. Help as to fill our CON
tract to paper mill On rags. Mrs.
~. X. Red won the gold prize. Other
two offers yet open Let HatGcsburg
ladies' ladies help keep down the
paper Misunderstanding Produce
Company. 27-1t-p
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28

and called his father to come and see
the bags of sold The children and
the father and mother and Oris
dragged and tugged and had the jol
Hest time of their lives pulling the
bags into the she'd
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28
w 1 | II 5

Rates III Tnls column, one cen. 4
word each insertion, cash With order.
tUuu, each a0Oreyiation. initial. 8 'eet
lumber. etc. . complete word. No
classified ads charged. No classified
ads taken over the telephone. No au-
Vertisement taken for less than rs
cents. tI',- Ut1rmation cheerfully
siFen a. o!8c- No1h phones 1873.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28

are the first one to get any one of us
with our hands behind our backs.
Here is your gold and none Of us will
ever trouble you again for we all are
going to live in the land from which
he bride comes. which is 400 miles
rom here"
So Oris Let the young ogre go free
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-28
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-09
FAIR PREMIUM LISTS
Widely Distributed During Past Week
Several New FeatureS-Great
Racing Promised.

The premium lists for the seven
tieth annual county. fair have been
widely distributed the past week and
all our readers ought to know that
this annual show comes the first week
in September, the days being Septem-
Der 5. and z.
A new feature this year is making
the first day the children's day with
free admission to all young people I'M
der 16. There will be special attrac-
tions for the day and it is needless to
say that the first day this year will be
as good in attendance as any of them.
Another new feature is offering lib
eral prizes to the Oranges of this vi
cinity for the best decorated booth in
Floral hall. This will make Floral
hall unusually attractive and result in
keen competition among the Oranges.
The management show their usual
liberality in the purses for the races,
Offering $4,000, divided into eight
purses of $500 each. The fastest class
is a 2.13 pace, which ought to attract
some of the best racers in this sec
ton.
This year the st. Johnsbury asso-
citation is in the circuit with Barton,
Morrisville, Lancaster and the State
fair and this insures a fine string of
All entries for the races close August
II and should be made with Fred S.
Hartman, secretary. The latter will
also be glad to send a premium list to
any desiring the same.