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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
WANTS FARMERS IN ALASKA
Uncle Sam Eager to Get Homestead
ers Along New Railroad to Make
the Country Self-Supporting.

Uncle Sam is planning to encourage
farmers from the United States to
go to Alaska and take up homesteads
on government land along the route
of the government railroad that is now
being built and that eventually will
connect Fairbanks and Seward. There
already are between 500 and 1000
homesteaders along the line Of the
railroad in the vicinity of Anchorage,
from which point the railroad is be-
ing pushed both northward and south
ward, and the agricultural land in
that section is being rapidly devel-
oped.
It is said that there is a large
amount of land available for agricul-
tural development along the line of
the new railroad and that the govern
ment is eager to have this land taken
up in homesteads in order that the
country may some day in the near
future be made self-supporting.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
WHEN MOTHER WAS A GIRL
She Was Just the Same as Her Ultra
Modern Daughter in the
Way of Gaddinq.

Mother finally became tired of the
way daughter was acting, according
to writer in the Fort Worth Star
Telegram, and she said to her: "You
never do anything but CAD about.
When was your age tried to take
some of the work off my poor moth
er's back. l didn't want to spend all
my time with some silly, giggling girl
like that chum of yours" After lis
tening to this, daughter went to grand
ma and said to her: "You must have
had an awfully easy time when man.
ma was growing up. She stayed at
home almost all the time, and helped
you with the cooking, milking, wash
ing and other work." Then said grand
ma: "She helped me with the work ?
I'd like to know when she helped
me. Day and night, week in and week
out. she was running around with
some silly girl, and she never once
turned her hand to help me with any,
thing. l made every stitch of her
clothes, did all her washing and ironed
every rag she ever wore. Now, when
l was girl l really worked. In my
time girls didn't run around like they
did in your mothers day."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
SEED CORN EARS OF HIGH WELDING VARIETY.

and was not injured at the tip when
removed from the ear. If 36 per cent
or more kernels from any ear fail to
grow or make q weak growth, it will
be advisable to test every ear in the
entire supply of seed corn. If the
100 ears tested contain no poor ones,
further testing of the supply is I'M
necessary.
Shelled corn is difficult to grade sat
isfactorily. The grading can be done
better before the ears are shelled. If
the seed ears vary greatly as to size
of kernel they should be separated
into two or three grades according to
size Of kernel. These grades should be
shelled separately, tested in the corn
planter, and numbered to correspond
with the number on the planter plates
that are found to drop them most uni
formly. These arrangements can
be completed before the rush of spring
work begins.
The first operation in properly she'll
ing seed corn is the removal Of the
small kernels from the tips of the
ears and the round thick kernels from
the butts. The former are less produc-
tive than the other kernels of the ear.
The round butt kernels are as produc-
| tive as the other kernels of the ear
but do not plant uniformly in q
| planter.
Shelling seed corn carefully by hand
| is profitable. The greater the acre
age. the greater the profit. Each eal
should be shelled separately into {
sieve, rejecting any worm-eaten OF
blemished kernels. If the grain from
one ear appears good and contains NJ
poor kernels, it is poured into the gen
eral supply and another ear shelled il
the same way.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
Undesirable Seed Ears.

enstrated experimentally. The results
given briefly as enumerated are as fol-
lows:
(1J For a series of five years, II
varieties were tested in ten northern
states, equivalent lots Of seed being
used in each state. Varieties that pro-
duced most in some states were among
the poorest in others.
(2) Seed ears taken from the high
est yielding rows Of ear-to-row breed
ing plats have repeatedly produced bet
ter than seed ears taken from poor
er yielding rows. Seed ears from
the best producing stalks found in
general field produced more than seed
ears taken without considering the
2roductiveness of the parent stalks.
(3) Four bushels of ears were di-
vided into two equal parts, one part
being well taken care of and the other
placed in barn as corn is ordinarily
cribbed. The well-preserved seed gave
yield on poor soil II per cent higher
than the poorly preserved and q per
cent higher on fertile soil, nOtwith-
standing the fact that both lots of seed
terminated equally well.
Seed corn that natures normally
and has been properly preserved will
grow satisfactorily. It is very poor
| management to neglect proper preser-
vation and to spend time in the spring
separating by termination tests those
|
| from those that have been slightly
| damaged. Prevention is better than
cure, and in this case a cure is i'm
| possible. Ears slightly damaged by
poor preservation may gerIntnate well
but will produce less than if they hai
| received better care.
Make some rag-doll testers and tes
100 ears separately. Be sure that eacf
kernel tested is perfect in appearance
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15

~ IN quavering snarl. "Now that
you've got me, what're you going to
do with me?"
There was a high, hysterical accent
In his voice that Struck unpleasantIy
on Ember's ear. He cooked his head
to one side, studying the man intently.
Drummond flung himself a step
away from the table, paused, and again
raced his cnptors with bravado.
"Well?" he cIied again. "Well?"
Ember nodded toward Whitaker.
ASK him." he said briefly.
Whitaker shook his head. It was
difficult to think how to deal with this
trapped animal, so wildly different
from the cultivated gentleman he al
ways had in mind when he thought of
Drummond. The futility of attempting
to deal with him according to any code
recognized by men of honor was
wretchedly apparent.
"Drummond," he said slowly, 81 wish
to God you hadn't done this thing"
Drummond laughed discordantly.
keep your mealy-mouthed compassion
for yourself" he retorted, sneering.
Whitaker gave a gesture of despair.
IF you'd only been content to keep out
of the way . If only you'd let
me alone"
"Then you let Sara Law alone, d'you
hear?"
The interruption was little short of
a shrek. Ember motioned to Sum Fat,
who quietly drew nearer.
II swear don't know what to do or
say"
"Then shut up"
"That'll be about ALL" Ember inter-
posed quietly. At glance from him,
Sum Fat closed in swiftly and caught
and piniOned Drummond's arms from
behind. a
A disgusting change took place in
Drummond. In an instant he was strug-
Cling, screaming, slavering; his face
congested, eyes staring, features work
ing wildly as he turned and twisted in
his efforts to free himself. Sum Fat
held him as he would have held an un-
ruly child. When q break in Drum
mond's rawlings came at length, together
with a gradual weakening of the mans
struggles, the detective turned to Whit
aker.
Sorry" he said. 81 didn't dare take
any further chances. He'd have been
ut your throat in another minute. II
Isn't as If we had simply an everyday
crook to deal WITH" Ember went on,
| N NAn
be trusted or reasoned with. He's Just
short of raving morphomaniac, or
miss my guess"
With a quick movement he caught
Drummond's left arm, pulled the sleeve
of his coat back to the elbow, unbut
toned and turned back his cuff
"Hmm-yes," he continued, bending
over to inspect the exposed forearm, In
spite Of Drummond's efforts to twis
away. "Deadly work of the busy little
needle. Good Lord, he's fairly riddlet
with punctures ~
"That explains :" Whitaker
muttered, sickened.
= 'It explains a lot" Ember readiust
ed the sleeve and turned away. "AnC
1t shows us our path of duty, clear" h,
| continued, despite Interruptions from
the maddened drug fiend. 'T think
nice little sojourn in a sanatorium-
J what?"
fright" Whitaker agreed, relieved
e "We1l see what a cure does for hir
before We indulge in criminal proceed
}. ings-shMl we?"
: "By all means"
g Good" Ember glanced at his watcf
"Fll have to hurry along now-mus
Y be in town not later than nine o'cloc
I" this morning. I'll take him with m,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
Nantucket in the LimeIioht.

Nantucket, scene of Germany's
latest submarine exploits, has taken
a front place in many previous wars.
Beginning life as a whaling station,
the Quaker island built up fleet of
nearly $50 vessels by the end of the
eighteenth century. In 1855, however,
the British took or sunk 134 of these
ships. To add to Nantueket's misfor-
tunes, tallow Oil began to displace
whale oil for the making of candles,
and in 1872 the whaling fleet again suf-
fered destruction during this second
war. The famous old Puritan town or
village owed its whaling industry to
the accident of Christopher Hussey
having been blown out to sea, and thus
provided with an opportunity of tack
ling the sperm whale afar from shore
The industry perished so years ago.
giving place to the hotel and the board
ing house.-London Chronicle.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
Cut Trees by EXPLODING Dynamite.

Instead of an ak and saw to re-
move the tops of trees that are to be
used as masts in logging operations,
dynamite is used to shoot off the tops
After the branches have been removed,
q rigger climbs the trees, with a set
of irons, to the point where it is neces-
sary to cut off the top. Here the
trunk is usually about II inches in di-
ameter. The rigger ties a string of
dynamite cartridges. fastened end to
end like sausages, around the trunk at
this point, inserts a blasting cap with
about 20 feet of fuse in one of these
sticks, lights the end of the fuse. and
descends before the explosion takes
place. The tree top jumps into the air
with the explosion and the trunk is
eft ready for attaching the rigging for
dragging in and loading the logs
Engineering Record.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
EXPENSE OF HORSE
LABOR is BIG ITEM
Modern Agriculture Depends as
Much on Animal as on HUI
man Factor, Says Expert.

The modern farm depends as much
upon the efficiency of the horse as up.
on human labor. Horse labor is the
heavy item of expense in the produc.
ton of a crop, asserts W. e. Grimes
assistant professor of farm manage
ment in the Kansas state agricultural
college.
''The cost of keeping a horse for a
year varies from $75 to $125. About
two-thirds of this cost is for feed, the
remaining one-third consisting of the
interest on the investment, deprecia.
ton, cost of shelter, insurance, and
taxes.
1.-The cost varies to q certain extent
with the conditions under which the
horse is kept. The more horse works
the cheaper the cost Of one hours
labor. On a well-managed farm the
horse seldom works more than sc
per cent Of the time it could work, and
on q poorly-organized farm the horse
often only works 10 to 20 per cent OF
the maximum time.
"On a well-managed farm a horse
averages 1872 hours of labor for the
year, at cost of 7.2 cents an hour
On a poorly-managed farm of the same
size where more horses are carried
than are required, each horse averages
only S04 hours of labor for the year a
q cost of Is cents an hour"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
Flying TESTS FIXED
Uncle Sam Outlines Requirements
for Air Pilots.
Government Will Pay Cost of Training
Civilians for Places as Officers of
Aviation Reserve.

In pursuance of Uncle Sans plan
to encourage the study of aeronuatics
by civilians, to fit them for the reserve
corps the army adjutant generals Of
fee published instructions for the or
ganization of training schools. 1t also
describes the tests civilians must pass
to become eligible for aviation service.
The machines used at civilian
schools must comply with specifica-
tons prescribed for regular army
schools. They are divided into pre-
liminary and advanced types.
The course consists of two stages.
The first stage includes instruction
and qualification through and to in
clude the preliminary flying test. This
test will be held under the supervision
of an officer or agent of the aviation
section of the signal corps. The sec
end stage which is optional with the
school authorities, will consist of ad-
vanced training necessary to qualify
an aviation student as a reserve mill
tary aviator. An advanced type of
machine will be used at least during
the last stages Of this instruction. The
reserve military test also will be held
under the supervision of an officer of
the signal corps.
The preliminary flying tests consist
of:
First-Three sets of figure eights
around pylons 1000 feet apart In
making turns around pylons all parts
of machine will be kept within a circle
whose radius is 800 feet.
Second-Stop motor at minimum
height. Of 300 feet and land, causing
machine to come to rest within 80
feet of previously designated point.
Third-An altitude test consisting of
rising to a minimum height of 1000
feet
Fourth-Glides with motor throt,
tied, changing direction 80 degrees
to right and left.
The reserve military aviator test
will be as follows:
First-Climb out of field 1000 feet
square, and attain 500 feet altitude
: keeping all parts of machine within
square during climb.
: Second-Glides at normal angle
with motor throttled. Spirals to righ
i, and left. Change of direction in glid
, ing.
Third-At 1000 feet, cut off motol
and land within 200 feet of a pre-
viously designated point.
} Fourth-Land over an assumed oh
. stacle ten feet high and come to res
: within 1900 feet OF same.
: Fifth-Cross country triangula
, flight of 80 miles, passing over tw'
4 previously designated points. Minimum
2 altitude $500 feet.
!. xth-Straight-away cross countr
: flight of 80 miles. Landing TO b
e made at a designated point. Bot
: outward and return flight to be mad
e at $500 feet.
: Seventh-Fly for 45 minutes at 4
S 900 feet.
Upon the student passing the pre-
liminary test satisfactorily the schoc
e will be paid $500. If the student i
/ continued under instruction until b
: satisfactorily passes the reserve mil
= tary aviator test, an additional $50
q will be paid.
o All candidates will be required t
# pass a physical examination, mus
weight less than 100 pounds, mu:
v furnish evidence Of having a colleg
o education, and be of good moral cha
~ acter.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
Cause for Alarm.

MY nephew, Virgil Fucker, had
been sick for quite awhile" related old
Riley Rezzidew, land as soon as ne
was able to tOtter around in the house
he wabbled out into the kitchen. Pres
emily we heard a thud, and ran there
to find him senseless on the floor.
When he came to himself he told us
that it was practically all over with
him-he new he would never be any
better, for his face was so bulged and
twisted out OF shape that nobody could
possibly look as he did and live longer.
1t was sometime before we discovered
thai he had been looking at himself in
the old mirror over the sink. k."-Kansas
City Star.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
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Why He Was Sick.

A mother whose son was sentenced
to the Marion county workhouse re-
Gently from juvenile court, entered
court few days ago, and said that
she wished to speak to Judge Frank
]. Lahr in regard to her son, saws the
Indianapolis News.
Judge" said the woman, 81 was out.
at the wOrkhOuse yesterday, and nv
boy tells me he is not getting enough
to eat. think something ought to be
done about it,"
Judge Lahr assured the woman that
the sons assertion could not be true.
but when she insisted, he called the
superintendent by telephone and in
quired.
Hold the phone a minute" said the
superintendent, "and I'll look him I'D. -
Hello, judge" finally came back
over the wire, that man is working
as cook, and is sick today from eat
ing too mucheat his work"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
ONLY BoYHooD MEMORY NOW
Writer Recalls Old Tin Safe That
Stood in the Dining Room and Was
Forerunner Of Icebox.

Remember the old tin safe that
stood in the corner of the dining room?
1t is still in use to some extent in
the country. but we in the city do not
encounter it so frequently as formerly.
The icechest has taken its place, and
the china closet and the pantry have
made it obsolete for the most part.
But it was wonderful invention in its
day-and the cold food you could sneak
out of it when nobody was looking was
the best food in the world, remarks
the Dayton (O.) News.
A f1imsy sort of thing so far as the
woodwork was concerned; cheap pop
Lar lumber stained with a cheap var
nlsh-that is about all it amounted to.
with sheets of tin punched full of tiny
holes like nutmeg crater. 1t was or
namental, all right, with all of its
shortcomings, for the holes We're
punched after pattern, and it had
a pleasing effect because you knew
what it contained. Why, there was
the sugar bowl on the top shelf; they
always put the sugar bowl as high as
Pof'"'iDAS5 just 81 Il N4lelp NOulu IltlfC
to get a chair to stand on when he
wanted to investigate.
If the ants discovered the safe. the
legs had to be placed in a little re-
ceptacle with kerosene in them Flies
could not get through the small holes
in the tin, but the gnats passed
through readily and found delight in
the apple sauce that was in evidence
along about this time of the year.
Gnats certainly liked apple sauce. but
boy didn't care anything about
gnats when he wanted apple sauce.
Mother was so,T ewhat artistic in her
tastes. She scalloped red or pink It's
sue paper and placed it upon the
shelves, SO the edges would drop down
and present a pleasing, wavy picture
when the safe was opened, but news
papers were used upon the shelves
folded neatly and pressed down fiat.
There was sort of sacred at
mosphere surrounding the old tin safe.
1t was the most used and the most
useful piece of furniture about the
home. The children sought it when
nobody else was present, and half bur-
rowed themselves in its generous cav
tiles. And now-just think-we
haven't seen an old tin safe for a gen.
Grafton.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15

Keeping Alive by Means of the Dead
An officer, relating some incidents
Of war in connection with the task
which the Canadians had to carry out
On ground previously held by Austria
lians, states that the Canadians had
been there nine days when they found
in a shell hole, far ahead of where the
front line had been, three Australians.
two wounded and one unhurt
The three had pushed out by them
selves into enemy country, when they
were caught by shell fire, and two
were wounded. The third dragged
them into the shell hole, and sat there
with them. To come out in dayli ght
was impossible, so all day he sat
there, and looked after the other two,
and at night he sailed forth, and got
water bottles and rations from the
German dead which lay around
And thus he had kept his two pals
alive. One of the two wounded is do
ing well, but the others wound has,
unfortunately, become septic.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
Autoist Attacked bv covote

That a coyote that will attack the
front end of any automobile travelling
30 miles an hour, allow itself to be run
over and then get up and attack the
lrfver of the car, who, out of curiosity.
stops to see what damage is done, must
,e mad, is the opinion of p. Y. ellison,
who enjoyed this experience on Lake
1iew hill, near Carson, New. the other
hight.
The coyote was game, according to
ellison, but was so badly cut up that
It was easily driven off with rocks be-
fore it bit anyone. ellison was ac-
.ompanied on the trip by County Com
missioner Heinrich.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
MANY PAPER MILLS PLANNED
Eleven New Plants That Are Projects
Are Expected to Greatly, Relieve
the Present Shortage.

Uncle Sans federal trade commits
sion in it's recently conducted investi-
cation of the paper famine found
that II new plants for the production
of paper were being contemplated,
four of which were to be placed in
operation during the coming year and
the other three the year following.
At present 80 per cent of the paper
produced in the United States is
turned out by 80 concerns, operating
45 mills, and the addition OF the IL
new plants will greatly relieve the pa
per famine situation now confronting
the country.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
WINTER RANGE FOR TURKEYS
In Addition to Grain, Fowls Require
Green Stuff, Such as Sprouted
Oats and Vegetables.

Turkeys do better to have free
range, even in winter, except when
the snow is very deep. They also re-
quire plenty of green stuff, such as
sprouted oats, green rye, or raw veg
etables along with their grain. On
ions are greatly relished and act as
q livnr ro~'r'ntor, SHARP grit. chnr-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
CHAPTER XII.
OHshore.

Offshore.
"You ask me- think very excellent
quick cure.-'
Sum Fat tenderly adjusted the can
vas brace, and then with Infinite care
inserted the foot in a high-cut canvas
tennis shoe.
He stood up, beaming with benevo-
lent interest. "You take it easy one
day or two-no walk much-just loaf
no go see pretty ladies'"
$50 way, you heathen-go clean
your teethl" cried Whitaker, indig-
nantly.
and 1 think be all well and
sound" concluded Sum Fat.
He waddled away, chuckling. Whit
aker got up, and with the aid of a cane
made a number of tentative expert
ments in short-distance pedestrianism.
The results were highly satisfactory !;
he felt little Or no pain. On the other
hand, he felt the advice to which he
had just listened was sound; it would
be unwise to attempt neighbOrly call
within at least another twenty-fOur
hours.
He resumed his chair on the veranda
and sighed. 1t was late afternoon, and
he was lonely. He inclined to sUlks.
The trouble with him was Che began
to realize) that he had lived too long
a hermit. For six years he had been
practically isolated and cut off from
the better half of existence; femininity
had formed no factor in his cosmos,
But now, Of a sudden, he had been
granted a flash of insight into the true
significance of cOmpanionship between
a man and q woman who had some
Shing in common aside from commu-
nifty in their generation. Not two hours
altogether of such intercourse had
been his, but it had been enough to in
fuse all his consciousness with vague
but irking discomfort.
He had lashed himself into very re
spectacle transport of resentful rage
when, CHANGING to lift his eyes from
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
The Boy.

Noted educators" have noticed that
boys will play soldier, whether you
want them to or not; hence these gen.
uemen are against all military train
Ing. It's the same old thing we all
net when we were children; whatever
B youngster wants to do is wrong, and
for a teacher to encourage it is unpro-
fessional; for parents to allow it is
10 SOW trouble. We had thought that
Froebel and few others had laid that
Did ghost. Nothing, however, like
sticking fast to ancient ideas? Fargo
IN. d. Courier-News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
Homemade Gas.

Homemade gas is used by the Span
ish peasants living in the co-k-oak re-
gions of that country, the gas being OBJ
tained from cork refuse. AS described
by one authority, the process consists
in filling several large teakettles with
the waste bark, and placing each in
turn over the fire during the evening,
burning the volatile gas as it escapes
from the spouts. The carbonized resi-
due forms the fine black-brown pig
ment known to commerce as Spanish
brown"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
Money Magic.

"That was dreadful faux pas you
committed at Mrs. Jimpson's dinner,
father"
"Never you mind, daughter" replied
the self-made millionaire. ''No matter
what I spilled on Mrs. Jimpson's table
cloth, the spot would look to her like
q dollar mark"