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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-26
FROM NEW NOVELS

you can never lay down rules on
ove."-"The Individual by Muriel
Hine.
IF a man is in love, it is UP to the
woman to keep him there. The Ka-
leidoscope," by Hon. Mrs. Dowdall.
Tell the fool that he's witty, and
he'll be ready to clean your boots. -
Blind Understanding" by Maud An.
nesley.
IF woman has a lot of men
around her, she will probably fool
the lot. If she has only one man, he
will probably fool her.
isn't it funny how the incest men
often choose the worst wives, and the
incest women the worst husbands?
Their very niceness, suppose, makes
them blind and unsuspicious.'
It is usually considered pleasant
sensation to be engaged, but, oh, it
is nothing compared with the wonder
full untrammeled, joyous, free sensa-
ton of being Dear En-
envy by Jean Webster.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-26

BY a German process the ex-
terror of automobile bodies can
be given a metallic coating, fine
! particles of metal being sprayed
on under high pressure.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-26

The only movable part of a
new flour sitter is fiat coil Of
heavy wire which passes back
and forth over the wire mesh
as the implement is shaken.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-17

growers have demanded from them
for some time. To enable them to
do so a fruit growers agency has
been formed. To become a member
Of this organization a selling agency
must handle an average of not less
than 100 acres of fruit or produce
annually This limit was fixed be
cause it was believed that an agency
handling less than this can not con-
duct au efficient selling service. This
fruit growers agency Is to be man
aged by board of trustees, to con
sist of not less than II active mem
bers, five of whom are fruit growers,
five selling agents, and the eleventh
member selected at large. Active
members pay an annual membership
fee of 500 and passive members a
fee of So, 1t is desired, however, that
the growers who become members
should represent whole communities
and not individual interests, and that
their membership dues should be
paid by their respective communities.
In this way it is beueved that ade-
quate representation in the agency
will be secured to the growers.
The cooperation among the selling
agents, which is the primary purpose
of the plan, is designed to improve
conditions by securing accurate in
formation, by obtaining much needed
improvement in transportation and
storage facilities, by developing mar
kets, by expanding the foreign outlet,
by eliminating cOnsignments, by in
sisting upon better methods of pre-
pairing fruit for market and better
business methods on the part of the
growers, and by fostering in other
ways a better spirit of cooperation
among growers and selling agents.
The financing of the organization
is to be based upon the tonnage han
died by each of the selling agents,
although there will be a small reve-
nue. from the membership dues.
Such plan is not recommended
for all sections of the country. In
some regions, where the cooperative
organizations of farmers has been
well developed already, it appears to
be the better part of wisdom to leave
conditions undisturbed. The plan,
however offers possibilities of elm
mating much unnecessary waste and
its actual operation should throw
light on a number of problems.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-17
FRUIT MARKETING PLAN.
Method Devised for Northwestern
Growers May apply Elsewhere.

A plan for the more efficient mar
keting of fruit crops in the North
west has been worked out by the
Office of Markets and Rural Organi-
zation which, it is believed, may offer
suggestions for the solution of some
what similar problems with other
perishable crops in other sections of
the county. This marketing plan is
based upon a uniform contract, which
must be made a part of selling con-
tracts between the growers and their
resident agents. The agents in turn
are required to cooperate in carrying
on certain specific activities which
are considered as essential to the
prosperity of the fruit industry in
the four states of Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho, and Montana. Despite the
fact that the Pacific Northwest has
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-17

been regarded as the home co-opera-
tion in the apple business, the need
for improved marketing facilities has
become apparent in recent years. In
other sections of the country where
principles of cooperation have not
been as extensively developed this
need is even more acutely felt. The
actual results of the plan will there
fore be watched with much interest
and should throw light upon the prob
lem of the efficient distribution of
perishable crops throughout the
country.
In the past, it is stated, at least
rs or so per cent. Of the apple
growers in the four states named
have signed contracts with resident
selling agencies. The new plan re
quires that these contracts will con-
tain certain uniform provisions which
make it possible for the agents to
cooperate legally and effectively in
carrying on activities which the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-17
SAVES DAUGHTER
Advice Of Mother no Doubt Pre-
vents Daughters Untimely End,

Ready, KY" was not able TO do
anything for nearly six MONTHS" writes
Mrs. Laura Bratcher, OF this place, land
was down in bed for three months.
cannot tell you how | suffered witt.
my head, and with nervousness and
womanly troubles.
Our family doctor told my husband he
rould not do me any good, and he had
10 give ii up. We tried another doctor,
but he did not help me.
At last, my mother advised me TO take
Cardui, the woman tonic. ! thought
it was no use for lw nearly dead and
nothing seemed TO do me any good. But
took eleven bottles, and now | am able
TO do all OF my work and my own
washing.
think Cardui is the best medicine in
the world. My weight has increased,
and ! look the picture OF health.
II you suffer from any OF the ailments
peculiar 10 women, get a bottle OF Cardui
i0ddy. Delay is dangerous. We know
i will help you. for it has helped so
many thousands OF other weak women
III the past so years.
AT all druggists.
Hyifs 70: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies'
Advisory Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn, for ,SfscfaI
kgrfyucfiorJ on your case and 64-page book, Home
Treatment gor Women" in plain wrapper. NC. las
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-17

board of health. "a great many per-
sons have asked me if they should
take their children 20 the mountains.
1t is not necessary. The best place
for them is in the home where the
parents know what the child is do
ing and what it is eating"
So far as is known to the medical
profession there is no preventive for
the disease, Dr. Crumbine pointed
out. In an effort to keep close watch
for the disease in Kansas the follow
ing letter has been sent to all county
and city health officers in the state:
The public health officials of
New York City have sent a warning
to the entire country concerning the
presence there of a severe epidemic
of infantile paralysis. They have ad-
vised outside districts to take pre-
caution to keep this disease from in
vading them also.
"The advice is good but its ap-
pication exceeding difficult Modern
transportation facilities make every
portion of this country a suburban
part of New York City.
"a person exposed in New York
City today, may carry the disease to
Kansas in less than thirty-six hours,
and to the Pacific coast in four days
"The carrier may snow no symp-
toms and yet be a deadly menace to
those with whom he comes in con
tact.
"The disease may begin suddenly
with commissions or unconsciousness,
or a severe cold in the head, or as
a sore throat, or as an attack of
stomach and bowel trouble.
Contact is the most important
factor in the spread of the disease.
For this reason any one of any age
having any of the above symptoms or
conditions should be isolated until
the udlulc vi llc ulotdot hdo DCCu
determined by a physician.
People are especially warned to
keep away from homes in which an
acute illness is pre-ent and from
New York City while the epidemic
continues. Visits from residents of
that city should be discouraged.
Physicians are requested to give the
public the benefit of the doubt in
every suspicious case coming under
their care. It is much better to err
on the safe side than to take a chance
that may mean the spread of the di-
sease Of the community they serve.
This letter is not written for the
purpose of alarming anyone. Its OBJ
ject is to give every one an oppor-
tunity to do all that is possible to
make the best POSSIBLE use of the
advice sent broadcast by the New
York Health Department.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-17
STATE SUPREME COURT TWO
YEARS BEHIND WITH WORK

Oklahoma City, July 1.-Two years
of work faces the supreme court com.
mission, according to an estimate
made yesterday by C. L. Williams,
clerk to the chief justice of the state
supreme court. At the last report
made by the commission, he said,
about 5000 cases remained for settle
ment. Therefore it is considered
likely that unless the next legislature
abolishes the commission it will work
on uninterrupted for some time, in
view of the fact that it only disposes
of about one hundred cases per month
enough to keep it just abreast Of
the new cases.
What action will be taken with re-
gard to the commission if the initia-
tive petition for merging the state
supreme court and the criminal court
of appeals into one body of nine mem
bers is passed is not known.
Meantime, several district judges
are aiding the supreme court commits
sion in disposing of its cases, many of
which require an unusual amount Of
original research, owing to the fact
that questions arising for settlement
in this state often have no precedents
upon which the commission may base
its opinions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-17
WARNING FOR PROTECTION
AGAINST INFANTlLE PARALYSI!

Topeka, Kansas, July 15.-"The
best way to prevent the spreading of
infantile paralysis is to see that chill
dren have clean, sanitary surround
ings and good food" declared DR.. S.
j. Crumbine, secretary of the state
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-31
Mann for preparedness..

One Of the most patriotic and
wisest-as well as briefest-speeches
heard during the present session OF
Congress was that delivered by Rep
resentatiye Mann, the Republican
leader, In support Of preparedness.
Wholly i~ngnoring the fact that
President Wilson had borrowed from
the Republicans and disregarding all
partisan considerations, Mr.. Mann
made a ~forceful appeal for prepared
ness. He frankly confessed that he
had been accurately described as "a
little navy and army" man In the
past, but he said he had come to appre-
ciate, in view Of the European war,
the disturbed conditions of the world
and the futility of treaties, that It
would be criminal for those charged
with the conduct of the nations af-
fairs to postpone preparedness for
adequate self-defense in an emer-
gency. He said he had become con-
WINGED that the army should be In
creased to 100000 or 100000 men.
that the coast defenses should be
augmented, and that the navy should
be made adequate to defend this
country at sea. He added that the
industrial resources Of the country
should also be modified and that
I'VE ought to provlhe in some way
for the building up of our home in
dustrles SO that II we become involv-
ed in war we may be able to live
within ourselves"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-31
W. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

President Wilson's eleventh hour
conversion to the idea Of a taria
board to determine scientifically the
amount Of protection required by
the various industries of this coun-
try comes too late to inspire mucn
confidence, in view of the record OF
himself and his part in opposition to
that important institution.
In the face Of Republican warnings
and Republican pleadings the Demo
Gratis abolished the tariff board ere
ated under the Taft administration,
causing its disbanding, losing in
large part the important work it al
ready had accomplished and depriy-
in the Democratic majorities of its
valuable advice when they came to
frame the Underwood bill.
In the framing Of that measure
they even showed contempt for the
work which had been done already By
the tariff board, preferring to be
guided solely by the selfish desires
Of their respective districts and
states, rather than by the needs Of
the industries with which they were
dealing.
No one has been more opposed to a
tariff board than Mr.. Wilson and
barely a year ago he ridiculed the
idea of the creation of such n board,
insisting that the machinery of the
department of commerce was amply
sufficient to make all needed investi-
cation.
1t is only now, when Nj. Wilson
sees the handwriting on the wall and
appreciates that nothing short OF
qualification of the principles for
which he and his party have stood
can save them from ignominious de-
feat next November, that he becomes
converted to what he believes are the
most popular Republican policies,
military preparedness and scientific
tariff adjustment. He now urges a
'non-partisan" tariff board as a mat
ter of political expediency, but, in
view of his well known views on the
tariff and his ingenuity in complying
with the spirit and evading the letter
Of the law, no one is likely to put
much faith in his eleventh-hour re-
pentance or in the "non-partisan''
character Of a board which he would
name.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-31
Pleasure of Murder.

II the ecstatic joy that Mexicans
can obtain from killing can be had
without price, why should 1t not be
INDUCED in? Only Chinese and
Americans can be killed in Mexico
without unpleasant consequences, or
the possibility Of unpleasant conse-
quences, and 1t is a great deal more
pleasant to kill an American than to
kill a Chinaman. The American, the
poor wretch, thinks he is the citizen
of an important country. The Chi
naman, a wise wretch, knows he is
not.
The pleasure has been conferred
upon Mexicans by the American gov
eminent. 1t is a direct gift. The
cruel and bestial people of Mexico
We do not say all are, some are too
abject to have these qualities and
some may be kindly-have learned
to hold Americans in contempt. They
have learned to do so because they
are Incapable Of interpreting q policy
of Cancellation as anything else than
a policy of fear.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-31
FIND NEW
PLANTS IN FAR EAST

United States and that of sections
of China are closely related. An
other discovery of botanical inter-
est was the finding in a remote and
hitherto ~unvisited valley in Tibet OF
a hazel tree 100 feet high-a sur
prising departure from the hazel
bush. Elsewhere English walnuts
were discovered in a wild state; and
the discovery of the wild peach Is
regarded as significant because 1t
seems to establish that the peach
may have been a
Native of China.
rather than Of Persia, to which It's
origin has been ascribed. The dis
~coveries of native and hardy oranges
and other citrus fruits, a number OF
which have been brought to this
country for breeding work, give add
ed evidence that China was the home
of the orange, which was introduced
into other countries probably by ear
ly Portuguese travellers. Similarly
many plants commonly ascribed to
other countries, such as the wistarla.
chrysanthemum, lilac, azalea and
certain peonies and rambler roses,
have been developed by the Chinese,
although, because they reach eau
casIan use through other nearby ma
tons, their Chinese origin often has
been overlooked.
The first of experimental explora-
ton for new plants in China in 1905
was undertaken by the department
because the wide range of climate,
rainfall, elevation and soil conditions
in that immense country gave pro-
mise that the Chinese. who had been
farming successfully in some sections
for about 1000 years, might have
found solutions for special difficulties
which confronted American farmers
in regions of excessive cold, drought,
alkaline or swampy soils.
A Fertile Field.
The investigators quickly found
that China also offered a particularly
fertile field for plant introduction
work because for many centuries the
Chinese farmers in a crude way, had
been selecting seeds and developing
improved varieties now ready for
commercial use in the United States
In many cases all that is needed is to
bring the seed or plant to this coun-
try and use it, although in other
cases, inasmuch as Chinese methods
rarely produce pure strains, some
further seed or plant selection Is nee
essary to obtain constant varieties.
To locate these special varieties
however, it is necessary for the OK,
plorers to visit not merely individual
villages, but even to study single
farms. There are no seed stores In
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-31
Third Expedition Results in the
Discovery Of Some Prom
ising Specimens.

WASHINGTON d. c., Jan, 31.-The
third expedition into China to dis
cover new plants suitable for intro
duction into the United States has
been completed by F. N. Meyer, plant
explorer Of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture. who has Just
returned to Washington after a
three-year trip into the Far East. AS
a result of this expedition through
the center Of China, and two preyi-
GUS explorations of similar duration
covering extremely cold Manchurian
regions and the arid regions of Chi
nese Turkestan, there have been sent
to America for
Planting and Testing
for commercial adaptability, seeds,
roots or cuttings of some 5000 food
and forage plants, flowers, ornamen-
tai shrubs and vines, shade and tim
Der trees. The previous expeditions
brought to America specimens Of
many cold-resistant and 'dry-land
grains, sorghums, soy beans, alfal-
fas, and forage plants, and also GER
tain semitropical plants, such as the
bamboo, which are now under exper-
lmentation to determine their use
fulness for the extreme South.
or the many specimens forwarded
to this country during the last expe-
dition, the specialists regard as most
significant the jujube, a fruit new
to this country, which may be suita-
BILE for use in the Southwest; a wild
peach resistant to alkali, cold and
drought, the root system of which
offers great possibilities as a graft
ing host; certain
Chinese Persimmons
larger than any hitherto known in
this country; a number of aquatic
food roots and vegetables which offer
promising possibilities for the utili-
cation of swamp land; some thirty
varieties Of vegetable and timber
bamboos; and a number Of Chinese
vegetables, bush and climber roses,
shrubs and trees.
OF scientific rather than CONNER
cIal interest is the discovery on this
expedition, near Hangchau, Of a
hickory tree, the first found in Chi
ma. The existence Of this tree, to-
gether with the facts that the sas-
safras and tulip trees are common In
both countries and the Chinese tea
box tree is closely related to the
sweet gum of the South, confirms the
fact that the fora Of the southeastern
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-31
The Presidents Trip.

President Wilson is on a stump
ing tour which Is Of vital Importance
to his political future. With a per-
spicacity he has not hitherto display
ed, Mr.. Wilson appears to have real
lied that his administration is In dis
favor and that the people at large
have no sympathy for Democratic
policies. Consequently, he announc-
ed that his stumping tour would be
made In the interest Of the essential
ly Republican issue Of preparedness,
but as a further anchor to windward
he took occasion to anticipate his
speaking tour by making a public re-
quest Of Representative Kitchin, the
Democratic leader, for legislation re-
creating the tariff board.
Mr.. Wilson announced that his
trip would be non-partisan and urged
voters without regard to party to
come to hear him, but Democratic as
well as Republican leaders believe
that Mr.. Wilson's political future Is
at stake and that he Is making this
trip chiefly with the hope of rehabili-
tating himself in public favor.
It Is obvious to the most casual
observer that Mr.. Wilson is no longer
regarded as their leader by the mem
bers Of his party In Congress. Many
of them would infinitely prefer to see
Speaker Clark nominated for presi-
dent next June and still others. men,
beers Of the Bryan wing Of the party.
are convinced that he cannot accept
a denomination without a shameless
qualification of himself and the one
term plank of the Democratic plat
form.
Those close to Mr.. Wilson do not
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-31

swamp lands for commercial posi-
bilities for some Of u swamp region
where reclamation by drainage is not
practicable. Whether the American
farmer would ever be willing, how
ever, as a commercial enterprise, to
grow crops which call for cultivation
in water waist-deep is, the specialists
admit, open to question.
The kauba, sometimes called wild
rice or water bamboo, now to be made
the subject of experiment, is a vege-
table in taste somewhat between
grass and asparagus. The swollen
stalks Of the plant are eaten much
like our asparagus. The ordinary
bamboo, contrary to the prevailing
opision, is not an aquatic plant, and
for successful cultivation calls for
fertile and well drained soil.
In selecting Chinese vegetables for
introduction the explorer was greatly
limited by the fact that many articles
favored by Monkolian palates would
be unpleasant to caucasians. He has
sent over, therefore, only those things
which promise to add valuable vegc-
tables or fruits to the American
table, and also which fit in with a
general plan for the introduction OF
certain food crops which will find a
ready market among u Chinese
populations. The Chinese, in many
cases, are importing large quantities
of favorite native foods in canned or
dried form from China because they
find difficulty in getting them In a
fresh state in our larger cities. Some
of the vegetables brought over which
promise to find a dual market are a
number Of varieties Of vegetable bam-
boo and improved varieties of pc tsai,
the odorless Chinese cabbage, some
kinds of which already are on sale
as "celry cabbage" in American mar
kets. This cabbage is suitable for
cooking or for cold slaw and can be
grown wherever ordinary cabbage is
raised. A vegetable novelty now IN
der experiment is a Chinese radish
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-31
Happy Old Age.

When old age carries with 1t hosts
OF friends, good health and an alum
dance of this worlds goods, 1t should
be as happy as any period Of our ex-
istence. That is old age as 1t should
be, but too often it means poor d.
gestion, torpid bowels, q sluggish
liver and a general feeling OF i'll
health, dependency and misery.
This condition can be greatly alleyi-
ated, however, by taking one Of
Chamberlain's Tablets each day i'm
m~ediately after supper. That will
strengthen the digestion, tone up the
liver and regulate the bowels, then
that feeling of dependency will give
way to one of hope and good cheer.
.obtainable Observation-Disclosures
ment.