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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Heavier Punishment For Spies.

Washington, Sept. 27.-Activities of
persons suspected Of being spies en-
nloyed by foreign governments to ac-
quire information regarding the ma
ture and extent of the Panama canal
defenses have made the administra-
ton decide to request congress to sup
plement the existing laws against the
improper acquisition of knowledge of
military and naval plans and fortilica-
tions.
Representatives of the department
OF justice and the war and navy de-
partmcnts have been in conference. and
1t is expected they will agree upon
some drastic legislation to be submit
ted to congress. 1t is possible the
scope of the conference NAV be eX-
tended beyond tho original ideas of
a lnerc protection of the secrets of
American coast dcfcnScs, to cover gcn.
orally such attempts as have been COM
nor since the beginning of the present
war to destroy powder and munition
plants. upon which the United States
government must rely I'm time of trou-
Bile.
Several Of the military powers Of the
world are believed to have undertaken
to OBTAIN information as to the char
arter Of the defenses Of the Panama
canal, and precautions are being taken
to ward off any treSpassers.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24

badly bled that it results in a loss Of
: to . cents a pound. as compared with
the corresponding poultry which is we'll
hled and in good order. Aside from the
bad appearance. incompletely bled
chickens have very inferior keeping
properties. The flesh loses it's irmness
sooner, its flavor is not so good, the
'dor OF stale flesh and finally of putre-
faction comes sooner and in every way
the product is more perishable.
\ very large proportion of the I'M
slightly poultry in our markets, aside
from he rubbing and tearing of the
skins, is caused by an incomplete re-
moval of the blood. This is evidenced
by red dots which frequently occur
where the feathers have been removed.
especially over thighs and wings, or by
the small veins which mar the y
nnce of the neck. Generally it is the
neck which shows most plainly tho
presence of blood in the fowl or that a
wrong method has been used in cutting
the blood vessels in an attempt to
empty them. The neck is the first part
to dlscolor, becoming first red, then
blush red or purple and finally green.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24

BITS OF POULTRY WISDOM /


Never buy Il scrub chicken nor set a
scrub egg. When buying 4 new roost-
err, though he costs more. get a good
one. because the rooster is half the pen
during the breeding season.
The easiest and quickest remedy for
toe picking in little chicks is to keep
them busy scratching for grain in lit
ter. picking at lettuce heads or other
green's or eating dry mash in a low
box or hopper.
Where one has to keep hens confined
all the time it is best to have two
yards for each flock. as the ground
soon gets poisoned from so much filth.
Seed n down. and as soon as there
is a good growth of green feed turn
III the hens and seed down the other
lot of land. This plan will keep them
healthy and will furnish lem lots Of
cheap green feed.
1t is common to call all poultry
"ch1ckens.' but. strictly speaking. a
chicken is Il young fowl. generally un-
der six months of age. On the same
basis a male under one year of age or
a young female of the same ace is
known as a cockerel or Il pullet. They
become cock and hen after that age.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Would Study ChiIdren's Diseases.

Baltimore, Sept. Observation-Disclosures
at the national capital of an in!
ternational laboratory for the investi-'
cation and cure of children's mental
and physical ills under the guidance of,
the worlds greatest scientists is pro-
posed by the friends of childhood, ac-,
cording to an announcement made to-
day by Miss Caroline Dawes Appleton.)
founder Of this international. nonscc-
tartan movement.
The national headquarters of the
work are in the Union Trust building.
Washington. but a branch has been,
opened in the Union Trust building of,
this city, as this latter city is the,
natural gateway to the warm SOUTH
from congested population centers Of
the north" Miss Appleton's announce.
ment continues in part:
"The friends of childhood movement,
began with the European war and is
designed to protect and educate for
useful lives destitute little children OF
America and war torn countries, under
their parents care when practicable,
and without faint of charity or insti-
t%utionaliSm. to rob them of their self,
respect in atur years.
"Gifts outright of land for EXPERT,
mental farms and full co-opcratiou
have already been protfcred Miss Ap-
pleton for her work by public spirited
residents, property owners, pllilanthro-
plStS, state and other governmental
officials, tinancicrs, boards of trade, cd
"cators, editors and organized chart,
ties. to meet the requirements of wor-,
thy destitute parents and children OF
this country and those Of other coun-l
tries seeking refuge and homes far
from wars devastations."
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per annum to something between 5000
and $1,000 per annum.
Tho Usage Indians lands in Oklaho-
ma are rich with oil. gas and other
minerals. Announcement was made at
the interior department that Secretary
Lane has approved all leases disposed
OF at the recent auction sale. embracing
lands belonging to this tribe. thereby
concluding the transactions in cOnnec-
ton With new oil and gas leases cover
ing ';SO.0oO acres of land that were
included in the former so called "Fos-
ter lease" which expired in March Of
this year.
The GSo.o0o acres of land involved
was held under the ''Foster lease" bv
abou 100 subleSSees in areas ranging
from 40 to 100000 acres. Under this
lease the tribe received one-eighth roy
atty on the oil produced. The land thus
utilized embraced about one-half of the
area of the Usage reservation. the en-
tire surface of which has been allotted
to the members Of the tribe in several
ty. Under al act of congress-, however,
all oil. gas and other minerals i'm tho
land are reserved to tho tribe until
1881 unless otherwise directed by con
gress.
1t is estimated that the annual in
come to the Usage tribe under new oil
and gas leases. based on the same pro-
duction as during the past year. will
aggregate Mt least S2.5NO.OOO. in addt-
ton to $3,22333.0N received in cash at
recent sales as against about 5000 600
heretofore received annually under the
old lease.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
RAISING BABY BEEF.
Calves Should Be Started on a Grain
Mixture Before Weanina,

Mixture Before Weaninq.
y creep should be provided in the
pasture 50 that calves may have access
to grain without being disturbed bv
COWS. as it is very important to start
beet calves on grain before they are
Weaned. They may be kept in a sep
aratc lot, into which the cows are
turned twice a day. if this method is
preferred. In this case there will. of
course, be no need for creeps or any,
thing else to keep COWS from the grain,
which may be fed at such times that
the COWS will not disturb the calves.
The calves may be started on a mix
ture OF We parts of shelled corn to one
part of oats by weight. The oats NAV
be gradually reduced until none is be-
Ing fed at the end of eight weeks. but
while this is being done a little old
process linseed oil meal or cotton
seed meal should be added and the
quantity gradually increased until if
up about a seventh of the
weight OF the ration. On full feed
calves should eat about two pounds Of
grain for every hundred pounds live
weight i'll addition to good r~oughare,
Wen bred calves handled in this way
should be in prime condition at the
end of about ten or twelve months
II. O. Allison. Missouri College of Az
ri%culture.
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Poker Chip Material In Texas.

Ilano, Tex, Sept. 27.-lt has been
several years since open gambling was
allowed in Texas and other parts of
the southwest. Even poker playing is
becoming an almost lost art. AS an
evidence OF the falling off in this one
time great national game, it may he
stated that few people realize that
there now exists an unprecedented
shortage Of poker chips due to the war
across the seas.
The knowledge OF this threatened
crisis has caused Il worldwide search
to he made for the mineral known as
barite. which enters largely into the
manufacture of poker chips. In the
days before the foreign war barite
came chiefly from Austria. it is stated.
1t is we'll known to mineralogists
that the Llano region contains MANY
rare and little known metals. This
fact caused a search for barite to be
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Await Duchess Of Devonshire.

Ottawa. Sept. 25.-The Duke and,
duchess of Devonshire are likely to.
prove Il great success in Canada when,
the duke takes the place Of the
Duke of C%onnaught as governor GEN
eral before the end of the year, it.
IS thought. AS for the duchess. sho.
VIII be welcomed to ottawa by hum.
dreds of friends and acquaintanccs
who recall the years Of her girlhood,
Which she spent there as Lady Evelyn.
iltzma'lricc during the governor gem
era!Ship of her father, the Marquis OF
l-ansdownc. The duke. although head
OF II of h most historic houses
of ~Elgland-tlat of Cavcndish. thus
occupying a position in the very front
rank OF his s~ovcrcign's peers as owner
OF a dukedom dating from the seven.
t"cnth c"ntury-nnd a Knight of the
Garter. is the most simple and unaf-
fected of men.
Enormously rich, his wealth being
derived from ancestral estates that en-
tend over some 100000 acres and from
big mines in the counties of lancaster
and Derby, he is a very clever and
sound business nan and can boast
that he has never had an idle momcn
in his life. He has been chairman un-
III now OF a great shiphuilding com.
pany and OF a number Of other big in
dIstrial and mining concerns, mostly
onnecte more or less directly with
his. He owns almost the whole of the
prosperous and important seaside town
OF E%astbourne, which he and his Ouch.
ess have done much to develop.
The Duke Of Dcvonshire is perhaps
the most intimate personal friend of
King George. while the duchess is tho
mistress of the robes and dominant
member of the household of Queen
Mary. their close relations with one
another dating back to their early girl-
hood.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Navy to Have Nicaragua Base.

san Diego, Cal, Sept. 26.-That the
navy department is now considering
the establishment Of a naval base i'm
the Gulf Of Fonseca under the terms
or the treaty ratified by the United
States and Nicaragua last year was
announced by Admiral Capcrton. COM
mander in chief Of the Pacific fleet.
The nava base, it was said, would
he situated on II of two islands wjth-
in easy steaming distance of Corinto.
the principal seaport of Nicaragua.
IN" San Diego, with Admiral Gamer.
ton aboard, will proceed to the Gulf Of
f"nSeca to make a survey OF the is
lands.
On thc a Diego's ate cruise i'm
southern waters Admiral Capcrton Wis.
ltod the principal ports of the Mexico
west coast. He reported quiet condi.
lions prevailing in every city. He said
that the ships now on southern patrol
would be withdrawn in rotation.
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needed to meet the different REQUIRE
ments of individual farms. The width
is tWenty-cight feet and the height TO
the caves twenty feet, with a quarter
pitch gable roof. If the building is
more than three sections. or forty
eight feet, long. there should he a hay
door Ill each end. Each section, il is
calculated. has IL capacity of about
twenty tons OF average hay. the exact
capacity varying, of course. with the
III of hay and it's condition when
put in. With good alfalfa it may be
possible to put as much as twenty-five
TONS INTO each section. In case tho
building is used for alfalfa a lran-to
for storing baled hay may be built ON
one or both sides.
The cost of such !; structure will
vary. of course With the situation and
local conditions. With lumber at $50
Il thousand, however, it is estimated
that the materials in Il three section
she'd. such as that shown in the illus
tratlon. IS feet by IS feet, should cost
Il little more than $500, \ shed of
this size may he expected to hold
about sixty tons of hay. Including the
cost of labor. the shed should be built
complete, With hay carrier and light
ming rods. for approximately $3.50.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Italy to Use Boy Scouts.

Rome, Sept. 2H.-The boy scouts Of
Italy are to have their share in the
war. The minister of war has called
out all h boys belonging to the or
ganization for service until the open
ing of h schools in October.
The scouts are to he divided into two
classes. The class over fifteen Years
of age, with the permission Of their
parents. will Go duty in the war zone
as guards at railroad stations and de-
pots. The class under fifteen years
Will be enrolled in the territorial serv-
ice. They will be stationed at hos
pitfalls, mobilization centers, munition
factories, %aeroplane stations and han
sars. k4O Al
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24

one rectangular gesture of theirs. The
providence that shapes the ends of all
this takes the form OF men Juggling mt
some very proSaic looking levers in
switch towers
70 get still another effect look nj
the yard by night, when great limircls
come surging through the dark, when
h only guides are pieces of multi
colored switch and signal lamps, The
cars of night freights being made M
trundle about. and the yard never
sleeps. In its way it is as full of life
as the jungle. Every locomotive is a
dragon harnessed to mans service.
The marvels of science are all about
us, and the ones we have grown used
to are just as remarkable as those Of
today and tomorrow,-Collier's.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
American Exposition In Moscow.

Petrograd. Sept. 24.-An important
Rnssian-American enterprise. organize
ed with the principal object of the con.
strurt1on of railways and the exploita.
non OF motive and water power i'm
Russia, has been put on foot, accord.
ing TO the semiofticial Russian news
agency.
In line with this undertaking tho
Russian-American chamber of com.
merre is planning an exposition OF
American manufactures which will be
held in Moscow.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24

drawings for a hay shed which is to
pe part OF the permanent farm equip
ment have been prepared by the office
of public roads and rural e%n@ineerin~
OF the agricultural department, and
working drawings. with a bill of mate
rials' may be had upon application to
that office in Washington.
The construction of this shed is such
that it may he built in as many sec
lions, each sixteen feet long. as are
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
MARVELs OF SCIENCE.

Inc most recent mysteries of sci
encc are the ones that receive most
attention. The air is full of talk now
adays about the thrilling wonders of
wireless telegraph and aviation and
suhterralean transportation and sub
marine navigation. And very rightly.
for these are marvelS. But for that
matter so are some of the things
which we have gradually grown so
used to that WI V see them at all.
There is the railroad. Plenty of
romantic mystery is to be found in
the railroad yard Of Il great terminal.
1t is, first of all, a network of steel
which seems ~unthreadable.
conn and go by devious ways;
semaphore arms rise or fall in that
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
AGlanceatC urrentT and Events

instituted here, with the result that Il
large deposit of the metal has just
been discovered ten miles north of
town. The poker chip supply will soon
be replenished from this new source of
raw material.
Barite is also used in the enameling
or iron and steel, the manufacture Of
paints, the coating Of linoleums and
ollcloth and the adulteration of sugar.
1t Is a sulphate.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
KILLING POULTRY.
Government Gives Rules as to
Proper Way.
POOR BLEEDING is COSTLY.
Results In Loss Of 2 to 5 Cents Per
Pound, and, Besides That, Chickens
Have Inferior Keeping Properties.
Neck Usually Shows il Wrong Meth
Cd Has Been Used.

The government recommends the fol-
Gwing rules for killing fowls: Grasp
the chicken when killing by the hony
part of the skull. DO not let the fin
gers touch the neck. Make a small cut
With a small, sharp pointed knife on
the right side of the roof of the chick
ems mouth. just where the bones of
the skull end. Brain for dry picking
by thrusting the knife through the
groove which runs along the middle
line of the roof of the mouth until it
touches the skull midway between the
eyes. Use a knife which is not more
than two inches long. a quarter inch
wide. with a thin. fiat handle, a sharp
point and a straight cutting edge.
AT least 80 per cent of all the poultry
coming into the New York market is
tncompletely bled. Much Of it is so
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Piano Typewriter Now.

London. Sept. 24.-Thc Daily Express
says that Herman DarewSki will short
ly introduce 20 England the most
wonderful invention in the world of
musical mechanics since the coming Of
the automatic piano player" 1t is a
piano typewriter which rcproduces in
ordinary musical notation whatever
the performer plays. A pianist can
make Il copy of any piece Of music by
merely playing ii through. BY the in
Scrtion of carbon papers half a dozen
copies may he made in one operation.
as with an ordinary typewriter, The
inventor is an Italian.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Sign Treaty to Save Birds.

Washington. Sept. pa treaty he
tween Great Britain and the United
States for protection of insect DESTROY
ing birds on both sides of the Canadian
boundary was signed at the state de-
partmcnt by Secretary Lansing and
Ambassador Spring Rice. The treaty
is very broad and overs practically all
kinds OF bird life. Its administration
will he left to local authorities.
so far as it is known, this is the first
treaty of the kind ever signed.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Osages to Be Still Richer.

washington, Sept. &c. The richest
people per capita in the world are going
to he still richer through the official
action OF Secretary of the Interior
FRANKLIN X. Lane. The Usage Indians
wealth is estimated at $4,000 per cap
1ta In the Indian Office. New leases
running for five years and possibly un-
til 1881, just approved by Secretary
Lane, VIII increase the average annual
income of more than 1000 allotted
Osases from between 5000 and 500
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Brier Substitute Sounh+

Washington. Sept. 25.-American nino
makers confronted with scarcity Of
French brier, are looking to the forcst
service for substitutes. The govern.
ment laboratories are experimenting
with various native woods and MANI
species of chaparral of the west.
A large quantity of mountain lauro,
roots have been sold from the tbo,,
Appalachian reserve for pipe making.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
A Good Wall Mast

f1oomy, clean nests mean clean eggs.
The Kansas State Agricultural college
advocates the use of the nest shown.
Dirty nests are generally caused by
the fowls roosting on the edge of he
nests n allowing droppings to fan in
or BY the hens waiting at the edge of
their fayorite nest for another hon to
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
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runs II way. and the north side and
ends are boxed, with n gate at each
end and a rack running the full length
of the shed on the south side. :. shed
of this size will shelter twenty-five to
thirty t~Wo-ycar-old steers.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Keep the Good Rooster.

1T is not necessary to swat tho
rooster" if he he valuable for breed
ing purposes. Indeed. it would he
highly foolish to So lose Il fine bird.
RHt when the breeding season is over
he should he kept separate from the
hens, since infcrtilc eggs. eggs where
there is no rooster, keep fresh much
longer than fertile eggs.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Uncle Sam Doctors Paralyzed Ohio Bee,

Columbus. O.. Sept. 26. An epidemic
resembling paralysis has broken out
among the Ohio bee colonies and
threatens to reduce materially the
states output Of honey. according to
n. e. Shaw. state bee inspector.
The ederal government has sent DIR.
F.. f. Phillips. its chief bee expert. to
the state to investigate the case.
Bees attacked by the disease quit
WORK.. go Off to a corner of the hive and
lie there until they die, says Shaw.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Cheap Shelter For Stock.

:. cheap shelter for stock is made by
feet high on n side and six feet on
the other. making the shed twelve feet
wide and forty feet long. The roof
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Cook "Going to Pole' Aqajn,

New York. Sept. 2G-Dr. Frederick
n. COOK is to make another visit to tho
north pole. says an announcement that
comes from Denver. He says he will
start in July OF August Of next year hy
aeroplane and that the trip is being
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24

financed Ly the Chicago Aero club.
DR.. Cook adds. II probably will he ac-
c"mpanied by Rudolph Franka. who
was with me when | reached the north
pole on April p, 1905"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
Mushroom Grows on , RrieL

Fostoria. o., Sept. 27.-A brick with
a mushroom rooted on it was the find
or a orkm at the old South Street
school building. The mushroom was
as fresh as If grown In soil,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24

Peking ducks originated in China
and We're brought to America over
forty years ago. Their wonderful
vigor, proliticacy and hardness
soon made them favorites over the
older breeds then known. The Pc
king is the breed found on the large
commercial duck farms of the coun-
try. The duck and drake shown
are Pekings.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24

get through laying and fouljng the
i OF the nest with droppings as they
wait. In the nest illustrated the slid
ing door at II end may be shut at
night. This will keep the birds from
roostlng on the nests. The narrow
BOARD by which the hens enter the
nests allows their droppings to fan on
the floor instead Of accommodating to
soil their feet and then the eggs, nh
removable board on the front of the
nests makes them convenient to clean.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-22

TO RENT-Eive-room tenement, Sic
per month; GA Prospect st. 2l0-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-22
HIGHER PAY FOR
100000 EMPLOYEES
Increase Means an Added Payroll of
S2o,0O0,000 for U. S. Steel
Corporation.

NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-The United
States steel corporation last night an
nouneed an increase of 10 per cent in
the wages OF the employees of its steel
and iron companies, effective December
10 next. Wage and salary advances in
other departments of the corporation
also will be suitably adjusted, it was
stated. The increase affects, in all.
about 200,000 employees and probably
adds nearlg s20,000,000 to the corpo-
ration S payroll
Total salaries and wages paid to the
company S l9l, t26 employees in 1915
aggregated $176.s00, S6l. Since that
time the number of employees has great
ly increased and several wage ad
vances have been made. 1t is estimated
the payroll of the steel corporation al
this time is between $4,000 900 and
S200,oo0,000, which implies an increase
of approximately $4,000, 900 under the
higher rate of pa.
The average wage or salary per en-
ploy IN 1915 was 1922 a dav an in
crease of four cents daily over the
previous year The advance to tal,t
effect in December will raise the aver
age wages and salaries to the highest
level in the history of the corporation