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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-11-07
SERIOUS CHARGE

LA GRANGE, ILL, Nov with the
opening of the polls a grocer hung up
sheets of fly paper marked Hughes
and Wilson. At 10 a. m. Hughes led
Fl to 10.
One ballot is split. the voter leaving
a wing on the democratic sheet and a
leg on the republican Lady flies are
voting but no attempt is being made to
count the votes separately. Democrats
cnarge republicans with putt 1g syrup
on the Hughes sheet to attract voters.
All members Of Hammond Lodge No.
2lO, X. Of r. are requested to meet at
the home Of Christ Meyer, AS Bauer
street Thursday. November 9Th at / p.
m, to attend the funeral of our late
brother, Henry Meyer.
11-7-1 c. T. WOLF. c. c.
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(BULLETIN.l

NEW YORK. Nov. 7--Repu bIican
National Committeeman Wilcox got
ms hrst returns from the national eFec
ton today when he read the United
Press dispatch from Massachusetts.
Mr. wilcox read it twice, then he smiI-
ed and as the smile grew broader he
turned TO visitors and read the dis
patch aloud. "That's fine" he said
This little towns vote is indicative
OF today's results over the entire
country. i am eratiGed with the start
we have made"
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: irst Returns : avor G.. :. Huqhes
EARLY VOTING LOOKS LIKE A LANDSLIDE FOR ????
TIMES TO
GIVE RETURNS

THE TIMES win Hash election re-
turns from the county, state and nation
from the Fayette street side of the
Hammond building by stereopticon to-
night, and welcomes the people Of Lake
county to the spectacle.
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THIRDS
Of VOTE IN
BEFORE ONE
Klnety-SeYen Ballots Cast in
one Hammond Precinct by
7:1O This Morning; Ear
y and Heavy Vote

Unparalleled voting conditions
in Lake county astonished leaders
in both the republican and demo-
cratic parties today and indicated
that somebody was going to be
swept into office by a landslide.
News from TIMES reporters
and correspondents over Lake
county brought out the fact that
the great silent vote has voted
early. There was big rush to
get to the polls and men who have
been disinclined to announce their
political affiliations this year be-
gan to come out in the open and
declare that they had voted for
Charles Evans Hughes.
Up with the sun today. hundreds Of
voters were at the twenty-five polling
places in Hammond wnen the doors
were thrown open. So heavy was the
voting between and S o'clock that
it was a foregone conclusion that two
thirds of the vote would be in by 1890.
At 7:1O ninety-seven votes had been
cast in the eighth precinct, and in the
txenty-first in Conkeyvil1e at o'clock.
A hundred and eighty had voted in
Homewood at II o'clock
T. NJ Wilcockson. in charge OF the
Business Mems Republican club with
headquarters at 155 State street. stat
ed that the vote was coming out volun-
tarily and few had to be reminded that
1t was election day The club had
TWENTY-FIVE cars donated for the day
and found the task easy because the
majority of the voters. owing to the
great interest in the election and the
ideal weather. were glad to walk to
the polling places.
Reid -Murdochs' Gibson and the Betz
plant permitted their employees to be
as late as 10 o'clock in getting to work
In order that they might vote. The
Western steel Car Co at Hegewisch,
and the Simplex clased at noon, the
Standard steel Car Co, and the Inter-
national Lead Refining at o'clock
while GrasselH. Conkey's and other In
dustries released their men at any time
during the day tney cared TO vote.
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COP IS
WINNER IN
THIS PLACE
Roosevelt Taft Vote United in
New England Village and
all for Hughes.
By United Press.)

TOPEKA. Kan, Nov. AT o'oioc k
TINS afternoon incomplete returns
from twenty-five of Topeka's thirty
two precincts give Hughes 1.70Si Will
son, 1.127. The double election hoard
made it possible to get early returns
in Kansas.
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MARSHFIELD. Mass. Nov. &c. f.
Hughes polled 2I0 votes here today
against wilson's 90. In the race for
governor, Mccall. Republican. polled
234 against Mansfield. Democrat "a
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In 1912 New Ashford's vote on
president was: Roosevelt, s; Taft,
z; wilson, 4.
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KANSAS CITY. Nov. I'm nine pre-
cincts complete up to 10 o'clock gave
Hughes 37S and Wilson 32g.
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TINES ads show yod how to save
money
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CBy United Press

PITTSFIELD, MASS, Nov. :.
New Ashford, smallest town in
Massachusetts, fourteen mile S
north of Pittsfeld in Berkshire
county, was the first town in the
United States today to announce
its election results. The polls clos
ed at ten o'clock.
Out of Is registered voters, %
went to the polls and made known
their choice for president as fol-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-17
How To Can Corn

Cut corn from cob when It Is at the
proper stage and in filling the cans or
glass Jars in which 1t is to be preserved
put some corn in the bottom, MASKING
this down with a cob from which the
corn has been cut until the milk comes
out well. Put in another layer and
mash again. and so on until the jar Is
full. The cans should be slightly heap
ing and the covers then screwed on
tight. When the cans are nlled and
covers on they should be put in the
boiler and set on a crate or frame SO
that they will not touch the bottom.
And they should be so arranged that
they will not touch each other. The
boiler should then be filled with cold
water, brought to boil and allowed
to boil for, four hours. Let stand until
water ia cool; then remove cans and
try covers to see If they are tight. The
cans should be kept covered with wa
ter while boiling, and this may be done
by keeping kettle of boiling water
handy. This, method Of canning Is
recommended by the department. Of
agriculture as the most satisfactory
for preserving corn, beans, peas and
other vegetables.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-17
Constructing Cement
Piers

Cement piers for granaries and
other buildings that should set bove
the ground can be cheaply and evenly
made.
A galvanized iron cone is made Of
sheet-iron. the size and length of tho
pier to be built, which is supported
by an iron band at either end Gas
shown in the illustration. 81
Two handles are riveted to opposite
sides, and the mold is ready for bust
ness. The cone should be at least two
inches larger at the lower end than it
Is at the top. The excavation is made
for the piers the same as for building
stone piers. The iron form or mold Is
placed in the excavation and filed
with the cement mixture.
The piers may be made in two diff
ferent ways. First, the cement may
be rather thin and allowed to set In
the form until sufficiently hardened
to remove sa me, or the cement may be
what is called dry mixture. that is
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-17
Butter Tree Of Tropics

Mr.. VERIFY, the United States Consul
at Sierre Leone, tells Of a wonderful
tropical tree called the shea. or butter
tree. 1t furnishes the natives not only
with nuts, which they highly prize.
but with butter. which may become an
article Of commerce Of Importance.
since it IL already exported to
Europe, where 1t Is used in max
ing artificial butter. This tree
produces a nut covered with soft
pulp which is in turn covered with
a smooth skin, easily removable when
the nut ripens. This pulp is sweet and
wholesome. About sixty per cent. of
the nut Is butter which is edible. The
tree begins to bear when 1t is fifteen
years old, and reaches Its full capa-
city in twenty-five years. Barring
jungle fires butter plantation Is a
long time and profitable Investment.
Chocolate manufacturers could easily
absorb the product. Candles and soap
can also be made Of 1t. Trees that
can produce butter, soap and candles
are worth cultivating.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-17
INSECTS HABITS.

Hessian fly grubs feed between the
leaf sheath and the stalk at the crown
and lower joints Of the plant. Destroy
the FLAX seeds which produce next
years crop by disking and blowing
stubble as soon after harvesting as
possible. Keep down all volunteer
wheat, SOW late in the fall and get
your neighbors to do the same.
The chinch bug sucks the juices of
corn, wheat. sorghums, and other
plants Of the grass family. They may
be trapped in dusty bitches if they go
from wheat to corn, or in rainy
weather an oil or tar barrier may be
necessary. If they get to the corn.
spray it with soapsuds, emulsion, or
tobacco solutions. The clump form
ing grasses by roadsides and In waste
lands may be burned in late fall and
early winter to kill chinch bugs which
collect there for the winter. T.. j.
Talbert. Mo- College of Agriculture.
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BUILD THE FENCE PROPERLY

@ To get the maximum Of service out
Ssof fence it is absolutely necessary
that 1t should be we'll built The cor
ner posts must be placed solidly in the
ground in such a manner that they
can not be heaved by frost or drawn
loose by the pull of the fence. The
fabric should be strung tightly to the
lend posts. but it ought not to be
tightly stapled to the line posts. 1t
should be fastened to line posts in
such manner that the wires may move
4 IA horizontal direction to take care
sof the contraction and expansion due
40 changes In temperature. and to dis
ftribute the force Of blow along the
fence line SO that the strain will not
come entirely on any one or two posts
sor any one point Of the wire. A
sbarbed wire should be placed short
distancs above the top of the woven
wire to prevent cattle and horses from
,cr0wding 1t down when reaching ov- :
xsr rubbing against the fence.
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NOVEL WIRE LIGHTNING ARRESTOR

;M An astonishing number Of stock are
u killed each season by lightning. and
a not few human beings, and in almost
avery case the dead stock Is found near
10 wire fence. There is no doubt but
I that q large portion Of this stock and
Human life could be saved by ground
Ing the wires of the fence, but as this
soalls for large-sized, rather expen-
sotve. wire or iron rod. 1t is seldom
4 Aoae.
An effective safety device may be
" AinAry, smooth fence wire may be
driven four or five feet deep In the
4 hardest soil-at either depth the wire
- sure to be In damp, wet soil at all
q seasons of tho year. Two 1x12-inch
boards. four or FIVE feet long, are
shaped like q flight of steep steps Gas
shown in the accompanying illustra-
tion).
The step shaped notohes should be
about SIX inches in height and one and
one-half inches deep; in the top CEN
ter Of each step e. small groove is cut
x<as shown by the darts leading to b.
These should be one-fourth inch wide
and about e-eighth of an inch deep
800 that when the two pieces are fast
fioned together each step has a one
4 ourti1 Inch hole Its entire length.
The grooves should be as smooth
md straight as possible but can be cut
With an ordinary pocket-knife if no
sother tool Is at hand. 49,
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SUNSHINE IN THE DAIRY STABLE

4 A farmer, whose cattle have always
been kept In stable on the nortH side
of the barn, we'll lighted and ventilated,
had occasion to enlarge his stable
building the extension with southern
exposure. into which the direct rays Of
the sun were permitted to enter with
no obstruction. He discovered by &C.
cident, what he subsequently demon
strated by repeated experience, that
the same creature in the sunlight took
on flesh more readily. ate less and
produced more than when kept in the
stable where the direct sunlight never
entered. More than this, he proved
conclusively that creatures suffering
with various diseases, or reduced ply
steal condition from divers causes,
recovered more readily when afforded
the energizing influences of the sun
shine.
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FOR SUMMER FEEDING

The summer silo Is gaining -avor
rapidly as a supply source Of suff1-
cient amount of succulent feed Many
dairy farmers feed silage every day in
the year and especially when pasture
Is not to be had. A small silo built
and filed in the fall to be opened In
July is the most economical method
of supplying succulent ration during
short pastures. Silage left over from
winter feeding may be kept with very
little loss until midsummer. Cows
should be fed from 40 to so pounds Of
silage each day. Silage alone does not
furnish q balanced ration 50 some
grain should be fed, especially to the
cows that give the most milk. At
least one pound of cottonseed meal
should be included in the daily grain
ration.
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Titanic" Wheat

The Department Of Agriculture has
recently been advised by 4 correspond
ent In California that a variety OF
wheat is being advertised under the
name Titanic" The assertion s
made that 1t is a new variety Of wheat
discovered in England about four
years ago. and that q small quantity
Of seed was brought to the United
States by one Of the survivors of the
ill-fated Titanic. The wheat Is repre-
scented as having extremely high yield
ing power, the returns reaching as
high a. 7.00o-fold.. A photograph
sent by this correspondent shows a
head Identical in appearance with the
widely exploited Alaska" wheat. Five
acres OF the wheat are said to be
growing In tho state Of Washington,
and the seed. 1t Is believed, will be
offered at high prices after harvest
The Department has no further or
more definite infor nation concerning
this variety, but 70 rmers and dealers
are cautioned to be on their guard
concerning this new exploitation.
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If your chicks are not doing wei
something IS wrong. Look out fol
lice and for worms in the intestines.
| Two-year-old hens had better be
sent to the market. They seldom pay
for their feed II kept over a third sea-
son.
! Grit and oyster she'll should be in.
cluded in the ration for both young
| and old. To neglect this would be
poor economy.
Young stock will do better If not
! compelled to pick their living with the
old. There will also be less trouble
from lice.
Shade Is one Of the most important
essentials during the hot months. Get
field. It Is not too late to plant SUM-
flowers
A growing chick will not thrive on
short rations. If the right kind of
food is fed, there IL little danger of
overlooking, especially II they are
given plenty Of range.
Supplement thu regular feeds with
wet mash-fed crumbly. Feed all
the chicks will clean up before going
to roost, but none should be left in
the trough, for It will sour.
you will know just how old your hens
are. A leg band on tho right leg ono
year and-on he left leg the next will
assist in culling the flock. A hog ring
will serve the purpose.
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! Hand picking does not require any
description, but there are a great
many people who do not know what
batting" means. r.. ~.
In this method Of picking the ber-
ries the bushes are bent over device
covered with muslin and the fruit Is
beaten into these ~tray-like receptacles
by the use Of very light paddle. The
bushes are drawn over by a short wire
hook, and with a light, somewhat
curved bat, the well-ripened fruits are
knocked from The plants up against
the muslin and roll gently to the lower
end of the tray where the wider por-
tons Of the frame form receptacle.
With device of this kind one man
Is capable Of picking from to bush,
els of fruit daily. while the most ex-
pert hand pickers can pick only about
100 quarts, or bushels. 1t will thus
be seen that this device is of consid-
era Bile advantage in that it shortens
the period, of harvest. The drawback
is that a small percentage of the ber-
ries Is lost by bouncing out of the tray
as they are forced against the muslin
by the stroke Of the paddle This
loss however, is not very great,
amounting, perhaps to not more than :
one-half Of one per cent In extreme
cases.
The batting o. raspberries Is never
practiced except upon fruits which
are to be evaporated. After being
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| that the flock returned a good profit
They produced a total Of S,057 eggs al
| food cost of 1Oh cents a dozen. A,
the prevailing prices the eggs sold fol
$157.17. thus giving total profit OF
$1,000 ="
At an average price of 23.4 cents q
dozen the hens returned a profit Of a
dollar and half apiece above the cost
of feed. Even at an average price OF
20 cents dozen the hens doubled tho
value of the feed.
They were fed az q scratch food a
mixture Of two parts cracked corn and
one part wheat. Tho mash consisted
Of equal parts of bran, shorts, corn
meal and beef scrap. Grit, oyster
shell and water were kept before the
birds all the. time.
Warm Weather Hints.
AS the chicks grow they need more
room. 1t does not pay to let them
crowd.
Beware Of musty, mouldy, sour or
decayed food. 1t is sure to cause
trouble.
Tough grass Is Of no value as
green food. Better SOW some quick
growing crop.
Feed heppers greatly reduce the
work. If they are kept filled. the
chicks will never go hungry.
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ARE YOUR CHICKENS DOING WELL?
L.
o That

II. for no apparent reason, there Is
q lack Of thrift among your young
chicks, perhaps the cause is lice. OF
worms In the intestines. Examine the
chicks about the head for head lice
Lice are more likely to be present on
hen-raised chicks. If lice are found
grease the heads Of the chicks with
lard which Is free from salt. Do not
use lard and sulphur. Apply the lard
with the finger, rubbing the head,
neck. under the wings and around the
vent The brooding hen should also
be treated. One of the best methods
Of EXTERN mating lice on the mature
! fowls Is to rub q piece Of blue ONT
ment. the sise Of a pea. into the skin
Just beneath the vent, ana also under
each wing. Do not daub 1t on, but
rub II we'll into the skin. as blue ONT
ment II very poisonous and will kill
the hen II she gets some Of 1t into her
mouth.
II no lice are found, carefully ex-
anime tho intestines Of a dead chick
for intestinal parasites, such as tape
worms or round worms. If worms of
any kind are found, the chicks should
be treated and removed to fresh
ground where there are no worms in
the soil. AZ hong az the chicks remain
on the old runs the danger of contain
lnAtion Is always present.
TO treat for intestinal parasites feed
should be withheld for twelve hours.
end ono Of the following remedies
gtvsn:
Powdered arsca nut, 30 to 45 grains
Tor IN adult bird.
Powdered areca nut. IL grains for
Immature chickA
This can DO mixed in q wet mash
and fed 90 that each gets an equal
amount. It can be fed to older birds
IN capsules which can be forced down
the gullet.
Turpentine, 1 to 3 teaspoonfuls, de-
pending upon the age Of the bird. is
also effective. It can be made less Sc
we're by mixing with an equal amount
OF cottonseed oil, but II ineffective,
should be used full strength. The best
method Of giving turpentine Is by
forcing It through small flexible
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PICKING AND CURING RASPBERRIES
Of
the

| the highest quality loses only small
percentage of it's Juices. The heat is
sufficient to scar the outside of the
fruit by breaking down its cellular
structure and giving 1t dry. some
what resistant surface, which has =
tendency to keep the interior portion
much more moist and palatable than
Is possible under the slow process OF
sun drying.
With partially ripened fruits such
as peaches, apricots. prunes, apples.
etc., which are dried under high heats.
the process becomes one OF transform.
ing the starches into sugar. or, In other
words. quickening of the ripening
process. This to certain extent 10
accomplished with the raspberry. but,
as its fruits are usually thoroughly
matured when they go to the evapo-
rator, it is likely that there Is much
less chemical change In the raspberry
than In the case of the apple. The
improved quality Of the product from
the evaporation not only adds to its
commercial value. but increases the
income Of the producer, because there
is less loss in weight in evaporated
than in sun-dried fruit. In other
words, the yield from given area In
evaporated fruit is mewhat greater
than the yield from the same area n
sum- dried fruit. These features, to.
gether with the rapidity with Which
the operation can be carried on, are
considered of sufficient advantage ftc
warrant growers of raspberries In
erecting evaporators even at consid.
cradle cost.
The drying of berries on racks ex-.
posed to the sun Is a practice largely
in vogue in many of the raspf cry
growing regions, and was, up to COM
paratively recent times, the only
method of curing and Caring for the
fruits Of the raspberry The method
of sun curing is more or less incon-
ven cent in that it requires great deal
of attention and provision for shelter
ing the fruit in case of showers. as
we'll as coverings for the racks at
night to protect them from rain or
douy = f'H- = 5
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class are well adapted to- the New
England States, New York. Pennsyl-
vania and otherEStates southwark and,
westward to California, Il Washington,
Oregon and Idaho. In the States
named beyond the Rocky Mountains
extensive commercial orchards have
been planted with choice varieties Of
this class of pears, the Bartlett lead,
ing all other varieties In commercial
o'antings.. II n 5E.
fhe Asiastic. or oriental, type Is Of
y paratively recent introduction. In
natural condition 1t, is scarcely an
edible fruit and must receive an ad-
mixture OF our improved European
varieties in order to render it at all
acceptable. t =
The more important varieties grown
in Am erica are hybrids, the results Of
artificial or accidental crossing with
our. domestic pears of European origin.
To this class belong the lie Conte.
Keiffer, CARRIER, Smith and other hy-
birds. While these are not considered
as valua BILE for dessert use In the fresh
state as varieties of the European type.
they are much esteemed for canning
and culinary purposes These hybrids
are very productive and well adapted
to wide range of country extending
from New Jersey, Delaware. Maryland
ands Virginia southwark to FLORIDA and
Texas. In some Of these States the in.
'dustry has grown to large proportions.
The Kieffer and La Conte are the W.
rieties Of the oriental type that have
gained the greatest commercial prom
inenCe, &sE- 49, IS &
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Mold for Making Cement Piers.

mixed with as little water as possible.
so that when the form Is filed 1t may
be removed with twisting motion
and the cement will hold its shape.
Bolts may be embedded in the top
for holding down stills, while the form
Is in place.
In using the dry mixture have the
same so mixed that when squeezed in
the hand it will hold It's shape, and it
will be Of the proper consistency for
molding the piers. Long gate-posts
may be- made in the same manner,
porch columns, etc.
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SHALLOW CULTIVATION FOR
CORN

Shallow cultivation in good seed
bed can be done we'll with narrow
shovcled cultivator or light harrow,
the teeth Of which slant backward. In
field in which there are loose sods
that may prevent the young plants
from reaching the surface. the cult
vator is to be preferred to the har-
row. Narrowing corn after it is up
always reduces the stand somewhat,
but in many cases 1t Is a good method
Of saving labor. The narrowing should
be done on a bright afternoon when
the plants are somewhat wilted. They
are less easily broken then.