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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03
LOAN BOARD
NAMED BY WILSON
WILL DIVIDE COUNTRY INTO
TWELVE FEDERAL LAND BANK
DISTRICTS UNDER NEW LAW.
2 NORTHWEST MEN CHOSEN
Hearings on the Designation Of Dis.
tricts and Location Of Banks to Be-
gin In septic Interstate Capitals
Will Be Visited by Commission.

Washington, July 20. - Division Of
the country into twelve federal land
bank districts and location. of federal
lands banks in each of them under
the new rural credits law will be I'M
dertaken soon by the federal farm loan
board, four of whose members have
been nominated by President Wilson.
Secretary McAdoo. who, as an ex-
oficio member completes the board,
said, however, that he believes 1t
would be impossible to conclude the
organization of the system in less than
six months, and that II might not be
in actual operation before next spring.
Four Members Nominated.
The four men nominated as men,
bers OF the board are Charles e. Lob
dell Of Kansas; George w. Norris, OF
Pennsylvania; w. s. A. Smith of Iowa
and Herbert Quick, cerdited to West
Virginia, but for many years a resi-
dent of Sioux City.
The President is expected to desig-
nate either Mr.. Norris or Mr.. Quick,
the Democratic members of the board,
to act as farm loan commissioner and
executive head of the farm loan sys
TEN.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

1t does not require the expert
knowledge OF the weather bureau to
convince the general public that this
is going to be a hot summer. And
the hottest thing about II Is not go
ing to be the temperature.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

While they may get nlong harmoni-
ously on other subjects, we doubt
whether any husband and wife can
ever agree which was scared the most
when they stood. shoulder to shoulder,
and got married.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

"Our theology is that the man who
smiles when he wants to swear gets
a credit mark In the books at the
gates" Maybe, but most Of us have
learned to watch him closely while no
Is down here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

Doctor Mayo believes that the Slav
viii give fresh impetus to occidental
civilization: that he contains the hone
OF the new age. This Is a scientific
and optimistic way of disposing Of the
Russian bugbear.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03
British Deny Cruiser Report.

Norfolk, Va, July 29.-Ofrciai denial
by the British embassy at Washington
that a British cruiser had visited Ches-
apeake bay, vas received in silence
by naval officers here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

II is hoped that in these days of
pure food laws the huge shortage in
the pea crop will not cause an advance
In TIE price Of coffee.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

Good paragraphing consists of hav-
Ing the nerve to take the material for
a two-column editorial and admins
ter II I'm q two-line dose.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03
LIoyd-eeerae E~xpresses c~onfdence

London, July 81 don't despair
about an eventual solution of the Irish
problem, in spite of the recent failure
to reach an agreement between the ma
tionalists and the unionists," said Da-
vid Lloyd George. replying to a re-
quest for his views
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

An ounce of prevention is worth q
pound of cure. and some think a pound
Of cure Is not too much to pay for a
ton of what caused the trouble.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

Jitney cars swept the country, and
disappeared ms swiftly rs an outbreak
of influenza. A jltney and a long haul
are Incompatible.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

A God-fearing mother can put a
whole lot Of prayer behind her slipper
when she fans the seat of little Will
lies trousers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03
eermans Realize Wars End Is Near,

Paris, July 28.-Sir Edward Morris,
premier of Newfoundland, in an In
terview It'll a representative of the
Havas news agency, declared that the
Germans are beginning to realize that
the war Is practically finished. Pre-
mier Morris has just returned from
the section Of the Somme front where
the Newfoundland Detachment Is sta
toned. Before leaving for the front
he was asked by President Poincare
and Premier BRAND to express to his
countrymen Frances admiration and
appreciation Of their splendid services.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

Soap is selling for 81 a cake In Bel
giurn, thus giving the stricken Bel
CLANS a good excuse for going with.
ouf their matutinal bath.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

Should n undertake only the work
he had a taste for, he might find that
every kind Of work Is an acquired
taste.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

They ars beginning to fam into two
w~ell-defucd classes: The muaazinea
TINT yeu like to read and th0se which
print pictures ycu disapprove on the
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

Another lure of back to the soil" Is
that one may satlate an ungovernable
appetite for green onions any day he
so desires.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

A copper cent brought 5000 at a re-
cent sale down East. How we'd like
to be OF the selling end of u deal like
that.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

Everything ID done for you; In this
age Of the specialization Of labor
except finding the workman which you
want 10 do pour particular special job.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

A woman looks upon arbitration as
n last resort of obtaining her own
sweet way.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03
NOTE WARNS GREAT BRITAIN
PROTEST AGAINST BLACKLIST
TELLS OF SERIOUS EFFECTS.
No Hint of ReprisaIs on Part Of
United States-Positive
Terms Used.

Washington, Aug. 1.-Great Britain
is warned, in the American note of
protest against the black list, just
made public by the State department
of the MANY serious consequences to
neutral right and neutral relations
which such an act must necessarily
involve"
The note contains no hint of repri-
sails On the part of the United States
government If the black list, as far as
the American firms are concerned, is
not rescinded.
Regarded as Inconsistent.
Already in the hands of the British
foreign office, the note says:
In the gravest terms" that 1t Is
"Manifestly out of the question that
the government of the United States
should acquiesce in such methods
and that the United States regards
the blacklist as Inevitably and es-
sentially inconsistent with the rights
of all their citizens of all the nations
not involved in the war;
Positive In Terms.
1t reminds the British government
that Citizens Of the United States
are entirely within their rights In at
tempting to trade with the people of
the governments of any of the nations
now at war, subject only to well de-
fined international practices and un-
de~rstandings which the government of
the United States deems the govern
ment of Great Britain to have too
light and too frequently disregarded."
The American note is even more
positive in Its terms than officials have
intimated.
Ambassador Page was instructed by
Acting Secretary Polk to deliver II
formally and ~textually.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

Mans best friend Is neither the
horse nor the dog. Mans best friend
is an optimistic liver.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

A bawling calf In a butchers wagon
is enough to take a soft-hearted mans
appetite for veal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

Man paints his house to suit him
self. Yet the people outside have to
look at ii.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

The English government proposes to
suppress poker rs n gambling game.
Another American Institution assailed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

All philosophical minds, when they
can't get what they want, make the
most Of what they have.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

II is always proper, however, to find
out who Is to blame for unavoidable
accidents.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

An eastern woman was fined SO for
running her automobile into q railroad
train. At hat she got off cheaply.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

The eagle may have lost some OF his
tail feathers lately, but he still has his
scream.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03
II there is anything In hereaity every
mule ought to have q little horse sense.

Mosquitoes this year may be of poor
quality, but IN numbers they lack moth
ing.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03
To Visit State Capitals.

Until the Senate acts upon the NOM
nations no date for a meeting a be
set, but 1t was believed probable that
the members would get together with
In two weeks. Hearing on the des-
ignation of districts and the location
OF banks probably will begin some time
in September.
The first of these is expected to be
held here, and most of the state capt.
tails will probably be visited before
they are concluded. That will require
several months and other technical
steps provided in the act preliminary
to actual organization of the banks
probably will prevent operation of the
system before February or March.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

A court has decided that an elevator
Is not a vehicle. Presumably because
1t merely runs by and not over people.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

With a young married man 1t Is al
ways q question whether TO let his old
habits or his new wife boss him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

The nreless cooker has done much
for auction bridge.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03

Most of US have no ear for noise,
except when we make 1t ourselves.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-08-03
U. S. SENATE ACTS FOR IRISH

Requests Wilson to Express Hope of
Ciemency to British.
Washington, July 31.-By a vote of
46 to 10, the Senate adopted a resolu-
ton requesting President Wilson to,
transmit to the British government an
expression OF hope that 1t would exer-
else clemency in the treatment of Irish
political prisoners.
Evening star., 1916-03-26

his escape is only temporary. The ter
rapin always remembers exactly Where
the crab went. and when he becomes
hungry he patiently camps at tne
mouth of the hole until the crao
chooses to come out.
The sand is arranged in mounds. win
little streams of water running pc
tween them. From April to September
the females deposit their eggs in these
mounds. They are then gathered ana
placed in the sand incubators. where
they hatch out in February. The young
terrapns, with the exception of those
intended for immediate sale, are sent
to a fourteen acre marsh, inclosed by
a palisade of palmetto logs; and here
they spend their early days without
any cost to their owner. They grow
only about a fourth of an inch during
the first year. and it takes them six
years to attain a length of six inches.
Terrapin of larger size are seldom
seen.
Barbee'S establishment at the Isle of
Hope. which grew from his first specu-
lation in terrapins when he was a
street car conductor. is now an estate
of many acres and buildings, including
a hotel dancing pavilion. restaurant
and a strangely assorted zoo-for Mr..
Barbee's foudneSS for animals is not
limited to terrapins. He insists upon
driving a blooded trotter instead of an
automobile. The financial evolution of
the terrapin trust is sufficiently lndl-
Gated by a stickpi which he wears In
his necktie II is large golden ter
rapin, the back of which is set with
diamonds.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Here's to the Sweet Potato.

E,on the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Wheat and corn are essentials IN a
great nation like this. Any conditions
which injure these crops bring on sew
eraI types of distress. But there are
other products of the soil which add
much to the joy of people that likes
something on the side. In some parts
of the world the plain Irish potato is a
necessity 1t can be also used by chefs
and others who are experts in cookery
in various agreeable ways. AS a
tempter to the appetite, however. 1T is
not even remotely connected with the
sweet potato. Treated with the con-
sideration it deserves. the sweet potato
is a luxury all can enjoy.
This product is very near to the heart
and appetite of all Virginians-and
Virxinians have the reputation or
knowing what constitutes good living.
II will interest the Old Dominion to
know that the soil has been kind to
this article of food. 1t is a comfort to
tell this people that there were planted
this wear of our Lord over $4,000 acres
Of this vegetable, as compared with
603. 900 last year. The mathematician
will tell you that the proba BILE yield
will be 64.OOo.0Oe bushels. or an in
crease of nearly 100000 bushels over
1914.
Even the possum will await the har-
vest. May the ipomoea batatas grow
forever!
Evening star., 1916-03-26
FURTHER BANS RAISED
AGAINST IMPORTATI0NS
British Board of Trade Announces
Lengthy List of Goods
to Be Barred.

LONDON. March ga long eXten-
sion of the list of articles the impor-
tation of which is prohibited, which
was forecast by Walter Runciman,
president of the board of trade, in an
interview with the Associated Press
last week. was announced last night
by the board of trade. The board gave
notice that a proclamation would be
issued shortly prohibiting after March
80 the Importation of the following
goods:
Baskets and basketware, except of
bamboo; cement, chinaware and pot
terry, not including cloisonne wares;
cotton yarn, cotton piece goods and
cotton manufactures of all kinds. except
hosiery and lace: cutlery, fatty acids
furniture. manufactured joinery and
other wood manufactures, except lac
Guered wares: hardware and hollow
ware, oilcloth, soap, toys, games and
playing cards. wood and timber of
beech. birch, elm and oak; woolen and
worsted manufactures of all kinds, ex-
cept yarns.
The Importation of these prohibited
goods will be allowed only under a Ii
cense. but the board of trade states
such licenses will generally be granted
only for goods on the way TO the
United Kingdom or goods actually pur
chased when the notice is issued.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
PLANTS Of NEUTRALS
CAUSE BRITAIN TO ACT
Committee to Investigate Operation
of Prevailing Blockade
Methods.
Webster.

LONDON, March 25--As a result of
complaints from the United States and
other neutrals of the delays which
shipping suffers from the operation of
the blockade, the government has ap-
pointed a committee on inquiry, headed
by Niscount Peel, with authority to
make all necessary recommendation
for reforms, if any are found to be
necessary. The Official announcement
follows:
His majesty's government has ap-
pointed committee under Niscount
delay caused by the methods, hitherto
adopted, for dealing with ships and
cargoes brought into British ports un-
der the exercise of the restrictive op-
erations against German commerce and
to make such general recommendations
it may think fit for improving such
methods"
The members of the committee are
Viscount Peel. chairman; Sir Kenneth
$. Anderson, Benjamin A. Cohen and
*. Wallace Elmslie.
Discussing the formation of the COM
mittee, Lord Robert Cecil, minister of
war trade, stated that no red tape
would be permitted 20 stand In the
committees way. The committee will
have full power and facilities to make
all requisite investisa atoms, and its
recommendations are expected to re-
suit in immediate action tending to
meet the reasonable complaints of neu-
trails.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
The Librarian.
From the Columbus Journal.

Prom the tnnmbus Jonfnal
person who does not often get
credit for valuable services is the Ii
brarian-we mean the librarian of the
right type. We have in mind now one
of the right type raised to the nth
degree, and she is one OF the most
helpful and valuable citizens in town.
Because she is highly trained in Ii
brary methods, possessed of the wide
Information of a broad culture, and
gifted with a gracious personality and
the love of work, she. at one time or
another, comes to the aid of nearly
every one engaged in intellectual pur-
suits. You have but to tell her what
you are searching for and she sets to
work gathering books for you and
suggesting this or that work that you
had not known or thought of
Thus. quietly and unostentatiously,
and with no thought of what she Is
really accomplishing, she helps the
minister write his sermons, she is be-
hind the lectures of the professor and
she makes possible the work of many
writer and student. Personally we
calling without her or others of her
type, for there are several of her in
Columbus-not many. but q few.
If we all acknowledged honestly ex-
actly what this sort of librarian does
for us. We would find that she was in
and partly responsible for nearly
every good thing that is going on in
the city.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Letter Writing.

From ihe ChicaCo Post
The telephone and the postal card
are said to have destroyed the art of
letter writing. Lovers, so We are told.
are the only ones who cling tenderly
to the conffding handwritten missive,
and the hint is that even they would
use the local or the long-distance
wire were it not for the fear that CEN
trail would listen in
Some years ago when European
travel was not so common a thing for
Americans as it was later. the jour
meyers in far countries took thin paper.
to save postage, and wrote long and
alluring accounts of what they were
seeing. The letters stimulated the de-
sire to travel, and the steamships prof
tied thereby. Then came the post card.
which told in picture what the writers
had attempted to tell with a pen, and
in many cases told 1t much better. The
picture post card put more money in
the shipowners' pockets than reams of
paper and quarts of ink could.
Letter writing is a fine art, and 1t
probably never will wholly perish
There is only one good letter writer in
a hundred who try their hands at 1t. If
post cards and telephones, however,
however, are to make letter writing a
lost art, we can at least be thankful
that neither the one nor the other was
known in St. Paurs day, nor in the
later days of sundry accomplished
ones whose letters are literature.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Cancer.
From the Chicago Journal.

Vermont has gone on strike against
cancer. She has the highest death rate
from this disease of any state in the
union-111.7 deaths per 100000 popu-
lation per year. The average cancer
death rate for the registration area of
the United States Is 70 per 10000 and
that of North Carolina and Kentucky
is only AS. Clearly. the doctors of ver-
mont have reason to make a concerted
effort to see whether their states bad
pre- eminence in this malignant dis
case cannot be reduced
1t can if Vermonters will listen to
sound advice. There are two ways to
lower the cancer death rate. One is to
prevent cancer and the other is to
catch 1t early and get rid Of it by
radical operation
Cancer comes from persi st ent irrita-
tion. What other factors may be pres
ent in the disease no one knows. but
this factor is essential. The sore throat
or tongue of men who smoke to excess
lump in the breast in women and ulcer
of the stomach in both sexes are some
of the frequent preludes to cancer. II
every such sore, lump or ulcer had
prompt, intelligent medical and sur
gical attention there would be fewer
cases Of malignant disease.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE
By Earl Goodwin.

when exact knowledge was necessary
to my daily joy.
The greatest fire ever had was IN
the armory on cold New Year morn
ing about I o'clock while dance was
in progress. IT was away below freeZ-
ing, nearly at zero. Some OF the VOL
unteers We're dancing when the fire n
the attic of the armory discov-
cred and had to run down the street
minus their fre hats in order to get to
Bergen Hose No. and man II.
1t was so bad fire they telephoned
for the MAY wood truck. hose and engine:
and every Exempt fireman that had pull
ed a rope in the last hundred years. it
seemed. was gathered there to ths
Volunteers tackle a real job. The girls
who were dancing had Mysteries and
tainted and did er,thing possible eX-
cept help, and to add TO the gsiety of tho
occa sion. just one brave fireman was
climbing the ladder. 1t slipped and rame
down bang.
Up from the crowd of Exempts came
roars OF derison. whereupon the FIRE
laddie who fell threw a chunk of ice
into the ENempts' camp and the EXempts
returned the volley. All interest In the
| fire ceased for a few seconds. and some
hot headed strategist was advising the
captain 10 turn the hose on the Ex-
Evening star., 1916-03-26

that if you had more time you'd show
me how your mother cooked, SO
know something. Well, now's the
chance. Well cook separate. you like
your ma and me TO suit myself. Wlllet
struck at noon. Bill struck and now
I've struck.
Her husband laughed sneerinsly. AL
of you gone crazy. hey? And so BIZ
struck. too. Who did the chores
YOU"
NO: Bill I've hired him myself at
thirty a month. and his daughter Sally
at ten to help me-"
Who's going to pay 'em?'
Il am. ] sold the pair of grays for
$3.50. and if | need more when that 5
gone, I'll sell"
From red Jim's face had gone white.
IT was unbelievable. DO you know
what that means?' he asked, huskily-
"embezzlement-jaiL'
For the first time his wife's set face
relaxed and she laughed outright. "Oh,
jim. Oh, jim" she chided. How SIM
pie you are. Now. let me tell you
something. When we started here T
put in $500, left me by my father, and
you put in $500. For a good many
years we both worked hard and be
gan to get prosperous. Then you hired
help; ] didn't have any. No. don t say
a word until I'm through. sharply. Il
don't often speak, but I'm going to
have my say now. and ] shall stick it
out to the last word. You promised me
water in the house. girl to help with
the harder work, an extra table in the
kitchen and other things. but you
never got to any of EN-. And still
you've built big barn. put water
into it.
ut was needed for the cattle. and
paid
But wasn't needed in the house for
me, though | had to walk 200 yards to
a spring for all the water We've used.
From now on I'm going to take life
just as easy in the house as YOU do
outside. for we can afford it. And II
it's embezzlement, you've been doing
the same thing against me for years,
selling off whenever you took notion.
and using the money without consult
ing me. | don't think I'd say much
like that before folks, Jim, if you don
want to be laughed at That's right.
as her husband dropped heavily into a