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Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-09
SAVING THE TIRES
Owners of Automobiles Are kwaking to the Importance
 of the Point.
CUT IN OPERATING EXPENSE
Educational Campaigns of Manufae. turers Have Achieved Valuable Re- suIts-Some of the Things That the Driver Must Keep in
 Mind

Its remarkable how the number Of motorists who want to know how to take the best care of their tires is increasing, says a manufacturer Its especially gratifying to note the growing army of motorists who actu- ally do care for their tires, who follow instructions. watch tire performance. maintain proper pressures, attend to small injuries in time, and thus greatly reduce their cost per mile of service. The campaigns of education conducted by tire companies along this line have borne fruit, and motor ists are better satisfied and their re- lat;ons with the man who sells them tires are much more pleasant.
 Just now one company is carrying the same kind of campaign to truck owners, showing how tire care makes tire mileage and reduces tire cost. Its service department has issued a series Of nine bulletins on truck tire conservation. These point out avoid able sources of tire trouble and show how remarkable tire mileage is often ODtalEeU. rue puiletiUS are llius- trated and show the before-and-after situation yividly and graphically. Car tracks. for instance, quickly de molish truck tires. When 8 truck is run in the track just a narrow edge of tire rests on the rail and carries the whole load The answer is easy. In the case of dual tires the wearing effect is more pronounced. because the narrow part of a tire bearing on the rail carries weight intended to be distributed over two tires.
 Rough roads should be taken more slowly than good ones. Avoid the ruts. Give your tires considera- tion
 Trim the edges of small cuts. Don't leave little flaps of rubber hanging. for if you do they'll develop into long tears and ruin the tire. If trimmed smoothly they will not grow
 Keep wheels aligned. When they are not there's grind that often wears a tire as much in 1000 miles as it would wear in 10000 miles with proper alignment. Trucks cost money and truck tires cost money. too. The better the tire performance, the lower the cost of truck upkeep. It is easy to see how the truck industry is going to grow"
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DISTINCTLY k, "WAR BABY"
Kittens String of Names Left No Doubt as to the Sympathles of
 It's Smaii Owner.

A certain little Philadelphia girl is distinguished chiefly by her fondness for cats and kittens, which she much prefers to dolls.
 Several days ago she was sitting on the sunny steps of the front porch, tenderiy nursing on her lap a coal black kitten; very small as yet, but sturdy and full of promise.
 What a pretty kitten" remarked a neishbor in passing. What do you call him, my dearf"
 "l call him Allies" wac the reply.
 Allies. think you must mean Alice. do you not?" suggested the lady with a smile.
 "Oh, no, not Alice! His name is Al lies," corrected the child. His right name." proudly, Ifs George Albert Nicholas Peter Victor Emmanuel Jof- fire; but father says that is a heavy load for such a little fellow to carry, so I call him Allies for short"
 As the lady proceeded up the street she heard childish voice say tenderly: Come. Allies, we must go in. It is time for you 10 have your rations.'
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DOESN'T PAY TO GUESS
TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID
 AUTO FREEING.
Is Described 6eIow-tiow to Test Its Qualities.

It very often happens that the auto mobile owner is responsible for freez- ing his engine by thinking it won't get cold enough tonight and keeps it up night after night until finally a night comes when it does get cold enough, and the result is his cylinders burst. Freezing water is not particu- lar just where 1t breaks a cylinder, and frequently it is cracked in a place very hard to weld, and is thereafter one continual source Of trouble.
 A good habit to form is one that, when you don't know, don't guess, but drain.
 It is better to spend time putting in water than paying to have cylinder and radiator troubles repaired.
 A good antifreezing solution is one part alcohol, one part glycerin and four parts water This solution will not freeze at twenty degrees below zero, but it will leak out and evaporate. If you will take sample every time you put in extra water, dilute 1t Q little more than that which is in your engine. and se: ]. ir cold place. you can tell when to put in more alcohol. Glycerin will not evaporate, so does not need replenishing so often.-R. A. Bradley. Colorado Agricultural Col lege, Fort Collins, Colo.
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trouble, and should form part of tho daily ration. Exercise is necessary to keep the bowels il good condition. Small feeds of roots are good Heavy feeding of roots is often the cause of weak or dead pigs at birth. Feed ing frozen roots is likely to cause abor- tion. The pregnant SOW should be fed, sheltered, exercised and handled in such way as to keep her in good acSk and hca!;.. Everything :hs; ta cilitates this condition tends to secure pigs with greater yigor and more profitable as feeders.
 A blow or a strain Of any kind to the belly Of the pregnant SOW is like ly to result in pigs dead al birth, or pigs born the wrong way, or her death. Sows had to step over a six inch board in passing through an opening between their yard and pas ture. There were many dead pigs at farrowing, and some of the sows died from trouble while giving birth. The ground next to a hog pen was eight inches lower than the floor, and the piOou sOn uGQ No ONtI tHlS step dead pigs and dead SOW at fsrrow- ing time were the consequence. Pota- toes were dug with a blow and the land left in ridges. Pregnant sows had to travel over these to get to a field. At farrowing time there were many dead pigs, and two sows died. A boar allowed to run with sows that are bred will frequently knock them around and bring the same trouble. Horses or cattle running in a lot with brood sOws will often injure the sows the same way. Not over five or ten bred sows should be allowed to sleep together, as crowding i'll cold weather many result in losses at far rowing time. Pregnant sows should not be allowed 10 run with fattening hogs
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til it evaporates. In most cases it is cheaper to get the water away from the road thap to try to lift the road out of it.
 Sometimes roads on the hiIlsides are left without side ditches. This is a mistake, for if any road needs a ditch it is the one on a hillside, for where there are no ditches the water runs along the middle of the road and wears guliies and as We all know, makes a bad road.
 The roads should be so crowned that water can reach the tile or ditches. If all ruts and mudhoies are filled, the water will have a better chance to run of. There are several machines made to keep the roads in shape and these need to be used often and at the right time. It is not neces. sary to spend half day in trying to get hold of a road commissioner to help open a culvert or let the water out of a hole in the road Better spend the time in doing it yourself and you will feel better and your neigh bor will thank you.
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DISEASE OF STOCK
 INDUCED BY ERGOT
Farmer Should Avoid Grazing An- imais on Infested Areas-No
 Effective Remedy.

tBy W. W. ROBINS, Colorado E,peri-
 rnent Station3
 Ergot is name applied to one stage of a fungus that works iI the heads of number of grasses. It causes one of the oldest known stock diseases, the so-called "ergotism."
 Ergot forms purple-black, straight or hornlike. hard structures about one fourth to one-half inch long. These structures occupy the position of the grain in the head of grass. This hard mass is not a degenerate kernel of grass, however. The black ergot masses vary in size and shape. de- pending upon the plant attached. They are largest in rye. Ergot de- seiops upon d number of grasses, chief of which are cultivated rye, wild rye, wheat-grass, meadow grass. timothy and redtop.
 There IS no effective remedy for ergotism. Hence. one should become familiar with the appearance Of ergot. and always avoid grazing stock on badly infested areas and also avoid cutting infested areas of grasses for hay.
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Electric Windshield Cleaner.

The electric windshield cleaner which has just been patented is the only apparatus of the kind which does not make use Of mechanical means of clearing the surface of the glass in front of the chauffeur This device consists of a coil of resistance wire in an oval frame. hung close to the glass directly in front of the drivers face. The electric current generated by the starting and lighting dynamo. or the ignition system, is passed through the resistance coil and heats it. The heat is communicated to the oval space of the windshield, so that the water fall ing on this spot is dried up.
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Oil for Winter Use.

The value of an oil for winter use In an automobile or tractor is not neces- sarily indicated by its cold test, 1. e., its ability to flow freely at low tenn. perature.
 Low cold test oils are necessary only when the feed pipes are exposed to low temperature.
 In determining the correct oil for winter use, the construction and feed system of the engine must be con sidered
 In cases, for example, where the oil feed pipes are so arranged as to get the benefit of the heat from tLe en- zine, low-test oil is not required.
 An oil may withstand low tempera- lures and still not be the ideal lubri- cant. In fact, many such oils lack the proper lubricating quality.
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fBy II. Nj. CorTREII.N

fBy II. Nj. CoTTRELI.D
 "nhe pregnant, the SOW should be gwen muscle and bone-making feeds that will develop in the unborn pigs size and strong vital organs. When the SOW has good alfalfa pasture. only . small quantity of grain is needed. The SOW should be kept in good flesh, but not fat. A heavy condition of flesh Is favorable if it is put on with mnaciawatirg feeds and the SOW has been given ample exercise Under feeding is extremely detrimental. The pigs from a halfstarved SOW are weak and undersized at birth. and are stunt ed while sucking from lack of sufi- cient milk.
 Sows fed much corn while pregnant make poor mothers. do not give full supply of milk, are likely to be clumsy and the pigs are often small and weak. Peas, shorts, tankage, skim milk. and alfalfa, clover, COW peas or peanut hay or pasture are the feeds to give the SOW for developing strong pigs at birth
 Corn is deficient in the bone. mus cie-making and blood-making mate rials necessary to develop the unborn pig. If the SOW does not have these materials in abundance. the pigs are small and weak and the supply of milk is poor. A SOW fed corn with out enough bone and muscle-making feeds to supply the demands Of her unborn is often so feverish and un- satisfied that she eats her pigs when they are born. All the alfalfa hay she can eat daily or a goodly supply Of skim milk, are cheap feeds, and uneQualed as a balance to corn.
 Constipation in the SOW while she is pregnant or sucking must be avoid ed. Pig-eating is often caused by constipation. Laxative and bulky feeds, such as pasture hay, will prevent this
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GOOD ROADS
IMPROVE ROADS BY DRAINAGE
One of the Most important Matters to Be Considered in Construction
 of Public Highways.
CBy E.. L. GATES, IIlinois.)


 When it comes to building roads solve and not easy ones at that. Rid ing along in an auto it is easy enough to say when you strike smooth stretch, this is fine" and turn on . little more gas, but when you hit a mudhole and ruts you may get your commission catches it.
 It takes labor, time, good material and money to have good roads. Every. one wants the roads. so we will all have 10 work and spend some of our time and money and boost for better roads.
 One of the things most needed is better drainage for the roads as we'll as for the farms and at this time we will confine this article to the subject of drainage.
 Drainage is the most important matter to be considered ill tine cUn- struction of roads Drainage alone will often change bad road into a good one while the best stone road may be destroyed from a lack of prop. CT drainage.
 There are three systems of drainage these are underdrainage, side ditches and surface drainage.
 Where water stands on a road un- derdrainage without any grading is better than grading without under. drainage. Underdrainage is not to re- move simply the surface water but its greatest help is to lower the water lev el in the soil
 The action of the sun and wind will finally dry the surface of the road but If the foundation is wet and soft the wheels will wear ruts and these get filled with water during the first rains and the road becomes a sticky mass.
 An undrained soil is poor founda. tion upon which to build roads as well as anything else. When frost is leav. ing the ground the thawing is quite as much from the bottom as from the top. If underdrainage is provided the water is immediately removed.
 The best and cheapest method to secure underdrainage is to lay line of farm drain tile on one or both sides of the road. The new road law gives the highway commissioners power to contract with adjoining property own CTS to lay larger tile than is necessary to drain the road and to permit the contracting parties to drain their lands. This helps the roads and at the same time is a great benefit to the adjoining land.
 Side ditches are necessary to all roads but no road can be maintained with the ditch holding the water un.
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Laundering Motor Cars.

An automobile laundry company has been organized in Detroit for the pur. pose of washing and polishing automo piles, and the cleaning of their engines by compressed air. The arrangement of the laundry provides for the en- trance at one door of a soiled car, which. after having made a complete circuit of the cleaning establishment, will make its exit through another door in thoroughly renovated condi. tion. The entire process requires from 15 to 20 minutes, and different crews of men are employed for day and night service.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-09
SPORTIvE CAREER NEAR END
Mir. Pipwiilow Was In Position to Prophesy With Confidence as
 to kltty's Future.

MT. Pipwillow looked at his gar den, shook his fist at his neighbor's cat, then, humming a hymn of feline hate, made his way to the nearest drug store.
 Ten minutes later he was tempting the offender to his garden once more with a saucer of milk and something which came from d bottle bearing . red label.
 "Halloa." came his neighbor's voice, blithely, over the fence. My cat been troubling you again. chi It's . play fui little way O cats to mako . rAc- ing track O next-door's cabbage patch"
 "I suppose 1t is," said Pipwfilow, gently, as tabby was purring over the saucer. Perhaps yours has nearly finished his training galiops. wouldn't be surprised if he's doing his last lap now!"
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-09
VACCINATION CURE
 FOR CHICKEN P0X
Interesting Report Made by Ex- pert of California Agricul-
 tural College Station.

The report of the agricultural ex. pertinent station at Berkeley gives the particulars Of series of experiments of vaccination as a remedy for chicken pox made by J. R. Beach. assistant in veterinary science. 1t will be of in, terest to poultrymen to learn that he has made a successful application Of the method of vaccination against chicken pox devised at the Wisconsin agricultural experiment station.
 In one flock badly infected at the time of vaccination a total of TIT. fowls were treated and only g per cent subsequently, developed chicken pox lesions. In the same pens 121 fowls were left unvaccinated for con- trols. and STA per cent of these sub, sequently developed chicken pox. The vaccination appears to have curative s well ss 2 preventive value
 Vaccine was given to 113 diseased fowls in addition to local treatment and 1I3 diseased fowls with lesions of the same degree of severity were giv, eu local treatment of the le5ions only. The mortality percentage of the vac. cfnated lot waG 9 per cent. of the un, vaccinated lot 54 per cen.. The av- craze length of time required for re- covery of the vaccinated lot was four teen days.
 The technique of this vaccination method is so simple that it is believed that poultry raisers will be able to prepare the vaccine and administer the treatment themselves.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-09
LAYING HENS NEED MORNING DUST BATH
By Its Use Fowls Are Enabled tc Rid Themselves of Pestifer-
 ouS Little Mites.
(By C. s. ANDERSON. Colorado Agricui-
 tural College. Enrt CnlliuS CnInl

(By C. s. ANDERSON. Colorado Agricui-
 tural College. Fort Collins CoIo)
 Laying hens must have their morn- ing dust bath if they are to lay the maximum number of eggs through the winter. It is a necessary luxury for them. By its use they are enabled to rid themselves of mites and to re- move all scales and dirt from the skin.
 Lice and mites do their greatest in jury to the fowls at night while on the roost Instincuvely they look for a place to dust in the morning. Do not force your hens to dust in the dropping or feed litter. During the summer they will usually find their own dusting place such as the road or in the shade of trees and shrubbery, but in the winter 1t must be provided for them. Nail an old grocery box in one corner of the house. Elevate it above the floor so that it will not get filled with straw or litter and put in six or eight inches of dusting ma terial. During moderate weather their box may be placed out in the
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Diagonal Parking Dancers.

It is most interesting to note that one of the big repair shops in Detroit where they have diagonal parking rules for the reason that curb space along the business streets is at a pre- mium, finds preponderance of repairs to the steering mechanism, mostly of an elementary nature with misalign. ment of the wheels as the most seri. ous feature. It is easy to see why there should be so much of this mis. alignment, because the average motor ist is careless in parking.
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Steering Wheel That Tilts.

A tiItable steering wheel invented by Edward J. IIobdell and Orin K. Snyder of Onaway, Mich, saves the driver much trouble when. entering his car. It tilts up parallel with the steering post instead of remaining at the usual rigid position at right angles to the steering post. The driver thus has the use of the entire space between the seat cushion and the steering post when entering the car or leaving it. A latch mechanism is provided by which the wheel is at other times locked in it's normal po- sition for steering the car.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-09
ONLY KIND OF COW
 THAT PAYS FARMER
Animal Must Produce 200 Pounds Of Butterfat or $500 Pounds
 of Milk Yearly.

tsv FRANCIS W. PECK. University
 Farm, St. Paul, MinnJ
 From several years records or mik production and cost of maintenance it has been found that COW must pro duce at least 200 pounds of butterfat or about $500 pounds of milk annually is she is to pay her way. This means is pounds of milk daily for 300 days. The annual cost of maintaining a COW is close to ss5. if a man values his labor at I5 cents an hour.
 fla man wants more than a market price for feed and this bare wage. he mus, nut his time on cows giving more than 200 pounds of fat.
 The larger the increase over tnls avouut tue larger his pay will be.
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Didn't Need the Ball,

Two neighboring football clubs had been drawn together. Local rivalry ran riot with the feelings of the play CTS. and hard knocks were the order of the day. At the end of the frs, half each side had scored a goal. and several men had been wounded and winded iu the fray.
 Neither side being able to add to the score. the game resolved itseli into free fight. At last the ball col lapsed, and someone volunteered to go for a new one.
 "Oh, never mind . ball." shouted a player from behind bundle of ban dages; let's go on with the game."
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HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With cutieura, the Quick, Sure and
 Easy Way. Trial Free

Bathe with Cuticura Soap. dry and apply tile Ointment. They stop itch ing instantly. clear away pimples. blackheads. redness and roughness. re- move dandruff and scalp irritation, heal red, rough and sore hands as well as most baby skin troubles.
 Free sample each by mall with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept L. Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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Road Draos for Upkeep.

The road drag is not an equipment for constructing roads, but it is in- tended for upkeep. It should not move any large quantity of earth, but takes a small amount of wet earth to or away from the center of the road. It is important to remember that the read drag does not build roads, but helps to keep them in repair
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In Wiliie's Dream.

Wasn't that funny dream had last night?' said little Willie to his mother.
 Why, what did you dream. dear?" she asked him.
 Why, you kEow; you went with me everywhere" was his reply.
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Arteries of Community.

Improved public roads are directly related to better country homes and schools, to the reach and influence of country churches, to the timely mar ket centers. They are the arteries of organized community life.-Home and Preside.
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MAKES FOR BETTER CONTROL
Device That Enables Auto Driver tc Throw Out Clutch and Apply
 Brake at Same Time.

This invention relates to improve ments in automatic controlling devices for automobiles, and has for an object to provide an improved construction which will throw out the clutch and
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apply the brakes whenever the opera tor removes his hands from the steer ing wheel. It provides a construction which may be operated at any time by the feet or may be operated at any time by the hand so as to throw out the clutch and apply the brake at any American.
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His Way.

She-Aren't you just devoted 10 animals?
 He-Well. do like roast lamb when it's well roasted and served with mintsauce.
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Her Menta. Statue.

That surely was paradox you I brought into the family. my dear?" What do you mesn?" The cook yor said you got out of
 an intelligence office"
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Very Much So.

What a fresh complexion Miss Gladys has,"
 Yes: she's just put it on."
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Not Gray Hairs but Tired Eyes

make Us look older than we are. Keep your Eyes young and you will look young. After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co, Chicago. Sends Eye Book on request.
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Smile on wash day. That's when you use Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes winter than snow. All grocers. Adv
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Piles Relieved by First Application

And cured in 6 to I. days by PAzo OINTMENT the universal Tem.Gy for al foEms of Piles Druggists refund money If il fails. soc
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Youth is going to do things to- morrow that old age didn't do yestsr- day.
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Usina Taxpayers' Money,

There is no better way to use the taxpayers money than by draining our roada
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-11-16

Later, however, a settlement sss made
by which silyers recovered four hun
bred dollars of the money.
D. F. Shepard, mail clerk on the Mil.
waukee, was patron Of the Smith
Photo Studio the first of the week. This
speaks well for the local gallery that it
could compete successfully with the
larger town like Aberdeen in securing
the order.
4 fellow by the name Of Dnrland
who has been working in the Linton
vicinity for several months and who
was employed by Sam Busby for some
time has been III the custody of the
sheriff several days on advice from
minneapolis authorities that he is
wanted for bigamy. II is claimed thai
he has at least two wives, and possibly
more. He was married a few weeks
Iago to Miss Christine Pudwill, of this
place.