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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
HARMFUL C.lINCH BUG
Evident That Pest Is Threatening
Next Years Crop.
One Plan of Eradication Is to Burn
Over Fields, Woods and Other Fa-
vorabIe Winter Quarters
Heat Will Kill Many.

(By L. EASEMAN, Missouri Agricultural
Experiment Station.)
Judging from the numerous COM
plants being received by the Missouri
agricultural experiment station, ii
seems evident that the chinch bug is
threatening next years crops. Over
the state generally the chinch bugs
day was brought to a close by the
heavy rains of 1915, but as usual, there
were enough 'for seed this last
spring, and with the unusually dry
summer just passed these increased
abundantly.
They seem to be most abundant in
the central part of the state. Through
out most of the corn and wheat belts
of the state there are probably enough
bugs TO cause severe outbreaks next
year, if weather conditions should be
especially favorable for them. A
dry fall, mild winter, with but little
snow and rain, followed by a dry
spring and summer are the conditions
which will favor the pest. The chinch
bug is abundant now, due to the favor
able summer just passed, but with
plenty of rainfall and snow during the
fall, winter, and spring, the chances
will be decidedly against outbreaks
next summer.
Since it is not possible to know what
the fall, winter, and spring may have
in store in the way of favorable or
unfavOrable weather, every farmer
should do everything possible to re-
duce the chance of chinch-bug in
juries next summer by getting rid of
favorable winter quarters. They winter
in dry, protected places, such as mead
Ows, pastures, and waste lands, in
woods, neglected fence rows, and sim
liar places. Very few winter in corn
fields or in wheat fields. After killing
frosts have come, select a dry day
when there is not too much wind and
burn over fields, woods, and other ia
vorable winter quarters. The heat
will kill many Of the bugs and expose
the rest to the winter and to natural
enemies. This pest can be fought sue
CeSSIully dI Only I"o IIIhoS uuii Ihc
year, namely: while clustered in win
ter quarters, and while migrating from
wheat to corn in the summer. Now is
the time to get ready to fight the pest
while in winter quarters and prevent
it from proving destructive next year.
A recurrence of this pest like the out
breaks of 1912, 1913, and 1914, which
damaged Missouri crops at least S..
100000, should be prevented if posi-
BILE.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO OIL
In Getting Farm Machinery Ready for
Work Look Carefully to Lubrica-
ton of Wearing Parts.

In getting the machinery ready for
farm operations, Prof. II. c. Ram
sower of the agricultural engineering
department, Ohio State university,
urges that special attention be given
TO the fabrication Of all wearing parts.
"a full oil can 10 every machine" is
the way he states 1t. Especially on
new machinery and the farm tractor
does the use of oil become important.
Make sure that all oil holes, well,
pumps, grease cups and bearings are
thoroughly cleaned OF dirt, grit, paint,
and foreign matter before the holes
are filed, so that waste matter can
not be carried into the bearings. Clean
wool or cotton placed in cups will
keep out sand and grit. 1t is good
practice TO use a mixture of equal
parts machine oil and kerosene in the
bearings for the first few hours Of op-
Grafton of n tractor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
HADN'T BORED GLADSTONE
joyed Himself While "HeaVy"
Recitation Was Rendered.

Sir Charles Wyndham, the actor, was
once asked TO exploit q certain reciter
and gave an "at home" for the pur-
pose, ut which Gladstone was present.
1t was n terribly hot afternoon, and
the reciter announced that he would
give Elaine" by Lord Tennyson.
After the recital Sir Charles went
to Gladstone and said, I'm afraid
you've had trying time with all this
HEATH"
Not at all" was the reply. Il have
had charming afternoon. | thank
you for asking me, and now as | am
quite refreshed l can run back to the
house.
Sir Charles was elated, for the rath-
er heavy Elaine" had been a success
after all. He rushed to the stage,
where he found his guests waiting for
him and for tea.
what have we done 10 YOU" they
cried, ito give us Elaine on day like
this? Surely there was something
lighted To choose"
Lighter" echoed Sir Charles.
That's the trouble with you society
people-you're all so frivolous ! gave
you classic treat. Why, Gladstone
has Just told me he had delightful
afternoon"
"Of course he had" was the rejoin-
der, ''for he was asleep all the time"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
COULD TRUST HIS MEMORY
to Any Book on His Miles
Of Shelves.

A couple of weeks ago John Wanna
maker did something which he said he
had not done before in his 90 years ex-
perience as q merchant. He opened
his store on Sunday. That will inter
est YOU even less than something else
which Mr. Wanamaker did that after
noon and which was told me by one of
the dozen persons who were present,
writes "Girard" In the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. There had been IL din
ner for party of distinguished Jap
anese visitors, and Mr.. Wanamaker
volunteered 10 show the oriental gen.
tlemen the inside of his store.
Before departing from the big gran
lite building Mr.. Wanamaker said to
the chief guest:
Baron, there is book here l wish
you to have"
Naming another book, Mr.. Wanna
maker walked 10 another case and got
IL. Then he proceeded TO present TO
each gentleman present volume or
two, I'm each instance naming what he
intended TO give before he went 10 q
bookshelf TO get 1t. Which feat of
memory caused my informant to re-
mark when he related the incident TO
me-:
81 have seen John Wanama<er do n
great many extraordinary things in 40
years, but his ability 10 pick here and
there book ont of many thousands
amazed me the most"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
CONCRETE KEEPS AWAY RATS
Rodents Not Only Steal Grain, but Ere.
quentIy Acquire Taste for Chicks
and Eggs.

Rats are among the worst pests
about the poultry house. They not
only steal u large amount of grain.
but frequently develop a taste for
young chicks and eggs which seems
TO be Unsuitable. A well-made con-
crete floor and foundation makes an
almost perfect protection against rats.
A concrete floor itself is not sufficient.
for the rats may burrow under 1T and
thus find perfectly protected breed
ing place.
A concrete foundation for poultry
houses need not be heavy or expen-
sive, if properly made. A trench may
be dug below the frost line and forms
set up six inches apart. A mixture of
one part portland cement, three parts
sand and six parts gravel will prove
plenty strong enough for this pur-
pose.
After 1t is we'll set forms can be
removed, the floor leveled up and COW
cred with concrete three inches deep,
mixed in the same proportions. The
floor can be made smooth and level by
straight edge board. Frequently a
finishing coat Of three-quarters of an
inch is put on of richer mixture and
trOweled TO q smooth finish. Beginning
the day after the floor is laid it should
be sprinkled two or three times daily
for week SO as TO prevent the con-
crete from drying out too rapidly and
cracking.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Kidney Disorder
(BY DR.. V. M. PIERCE.l

The most simple methods are usu-
ally the most effective ones when
treating any disorder of the human
system. The mere drinking a cup
Of hot water each morning, plenty
Of pure water all day, and a little
Anuric before every meal has been
found the most effective means OF
overcoming kidney trouble. Death
would occur If the kidneys did not
work day and night In separating
pofsons and uric acid from the blood.
The danger signals are backache.
depressions, pains, heaviness, drowsi-
ness, irritability, headaches, chilli
ness. rheumatic twinges, swollen
joints or govt.
Since IL is such a simple matter to
step into your favorite drug store and
obtain Anuric. anyone who earnestly
desires TO regain health and new life
will waste no time In beginning this
treatment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01

them and markets them when they
are from 10 TO 20 months old, will
make money.
At that age the baby beef will weigh
from 800 to LOO pounds. The carcass
will be the most economical for the
market to handle and its production
will insure profit for the farmer. Baby
beeves will gain about as rapidly in
the feed lot as older cattle, and the
cost of gain will be less, as much as
3 or 4 cents a pound. If the market
is not just right when the baby beef
is ready, it may be held and fed until
the market is right and it will keep on
gaining and gaining economically.
There are number of notable sue
cesses with baby beef production.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01

sawbuck, these troubles will be elm
mated. 1t consists Of two cross
pieces hinged to the back uprights of
the sawbuck and foot-pressure STIR
rup fastened TO their front ends as
shown.
Spikes are driven through the
crosspieces so that their protruding
ends will gouge into the stick of wood
being sawed The stirrup is easily
thrown back for laying piece Of wood
In the crotch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
w. N. w., indianapolis, No. 48-tei6.
TERRE HAUTE WOMEN SHOULD
TAKE THIS ADVICE

Terre Haute, Ind.-"when dragged
out and suffering from headache and
backache / was persuaded TO use DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. / was
worn-out. low-spirited. just kept about
and didn't care whether 1 lived or not.
My husband got me 10 use the Pre-
scription' because it had helped his
mother. / had not used all Of one bot
tie when IL began TO help me- got
stronger and better. / used two bot
ties In all and IL put me on my feet and
made me another woman. | was glad
/ used it."-MRS. EDWIN LAYTON.
143S So. First ST.
Get "Favorite Prescription" today,
either in liquid or tablet form. from
any dealer In medicines or send DR..
Pierce. Buffalo. y. Y. 10 cents for
large trial package.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
purely vegetable with no calomel.-
Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
With SORROW.

An example Of the genially naive is
the following, clipped from an ex-
change:
at is with sorrow that we announce
an accident to Mrs. John Whitman.
wife of the well-known grocer, who
sells three pounds and half Of sugar
for a quarter. While he was chasing
her around the yard In fun the other
evening she stepped on an old tomato
can and severely lacerated her foot.
Should blood poisoning set in and she
be removed from our midst the Ban
ner will turn it's column rules as a
tribute to her"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
CAREFUL HANDLING OF FRUIT
Necessity for Avoiding Bruising and
Mechanical Injuries More Urgent
Than Is Realized.

Small bruises and breaks in the
skin Of fruits are large enough 10 af-
ford entrance to the sports of fungi,
and the necessity for the utmost care
in all operations connected with the
handling Of the fruit. 10 avoid bruis-
ing and mechanical injuries. is more
urgent than most growers realize.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
DON'T LOSE YOUR HAIR
Prevent 1t by Using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Trial Free.

II your scalp is irritated, itching and
burning and your hair dry and falling
out in handfuls try the following treat
ment: touch spots of dandruff and
itching with Cuticura Ointment and
follow with hot shampoo of Cuticura
Soap. Absolutely nothing better.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
BEWARE OF THE CROWN.GALL
Considerable Danger in Using Rasp-
berries as Filters Among Fruit
Trees in Orchard

There has come to be considerable
danger in using raspberries as filters
among fruit trees.
The crown-gall disease now fire.
quently attacks the different varieties
Of raspberries and will be communi-
Gated from raspberries TO the fruit
trees growing in their vicinity.
II is therefore now considered the
safer plan 10 use the blackberries for
filters among fruit trees rather than
raspberries.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
GREAT VALUE OF HONEY BEES
Worth ST Insects as eolleniz-
ing Agents.

Wisconsin horticulturists producing
annually thousands of dollars worth
of fruit and berries recognize the
value Of bees as pollenizing agents
and either keep bees in, or near
their orchard. regardless of whether
or not any honey Is produced.-Wiscon-
ain Bulletin 264.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
HOLDING WOOD IN SAWBUCK
Illustration Shows Device for Prevent
ing Stick From Rolling While
Being Sawed.

Anyone who has used a sawbuck
knows how inconvenient 1t is to have
stick roll or lift up as the saw blade
is pulled back for the next cut. With
the supplementary device, shown in
the sketch, from Popular Mechanics,
which can be easily attached to the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
CARING FOR ASPARAGUS BEDS
Of Manure-keep Grass From
Crowding 1t Out.

Cultivate the asparagus bed and
keep the grass from crowding II out
1t should receive n liberal application
Of wellr0tted manure. Some authori-
ties contend that salt is a good fer
tilizer to be applied at this season.
but that is an open question, and its
use is not advised If there is any other
fertilizer known TO be good, avail
able.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Early Christian.

Does your minister practice what
he preaches?" the newcomer ques-
toned.
HE does" the citizen answered with
n sigh land I'd be perfectly willing T.
have him stop. He lives next door TO
me. and begins at seven o'clock Sun
day morning to practice what he is go
ing To preach
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
RED CROSS SERVICE.

Red Cross Ball Blue gives to every
housewife unequaled service. A large
cent package gives more real, gen
uine merit than any other blue. Red
Cross Ball Blue makes clothes whittier
than snow. You will be delighted.
At all good grocers.-Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
eral Tonic because il contains the we'll
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. 1t acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. so cents.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
His Qualifications.

"What did that fellow, who is al
ways Dragging about how he did every
thing for himself, advance to qualify
for position in the automobile
works?"
"He claimed he was a self-starter.' -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Carried Boy on Cot Fifteen Miles.

When q physician at Red Oak Top,
Va, found that Robert Anderson, nine
years old, had appendicitis, 20 men
volunteered to carry the boy on his cot
10 miles to hospital, where he re-
ceived an operation. The men took
their turns at the cot.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
For Chapped lIps or Burns

Equal parts of turpentine. sweet oil
and beeswax; melt the oil and wax
together and when little cool, add
the tl,rpentiEe, and stir until cool. to
keep them evenly mixed. Apply with
a thin linen cloth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
Paradoxlcal Effect.

They say the habit of motoring pro-
duces a fixed, set expression"
Yes; 1t seems strange, doesn't 1t,
that an auto face shouldn't be also a
mobile one?"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
FATTEN CATTLE FOR PROFIT
Baby BeeVes Weighing 800 to LOO
Pounds Are Most Economical for
Market to Handle.

(By ". H. PEW, Iowa Experiment Sta
tion.)
Although it is nip and tuck whether
the farmer who ships in range cattle
TO feed will make satisfactory profit,
it is quite certain that the man who
produces his own cattle and fattens
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01

a gasoline engine driven machine
has been invented to bale hay or straw
in cylindrical bales.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01
EIks Saved From Famine.

About seven thousand elk were fed
last winter ut Jackson Hole. Wyo.. by
the biological survey.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01

DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes
weak women strong, sick women well, nc
alcohol. Sold In tablets or hquid.-Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01

London. England. can spare no more
firemen for the army.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01

Russian women predominant among
foreign-born students of their sex in
Paris.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-01

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORLA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that II
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
FEW DIE IN KANSAS
BECAUSE 1T is DRY
Lowest Death Rate of Any State in the
Union Explained by Statistician-
People Rich.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. Is. = "Kan-
sas, with a rate of 9.S in each
1000 population, has the lowest death
rate of any state in the Union, because
the people do not drink liquor, because
they have money enough to live right
and because they have the intelligence
to read of the conditions that make for
short lives and know how to dodge
them.
That is the answer Of w. !. V Dea-
con, registrar of the Kansas vital
statistics bureau, to Samuel L. Rogers,
director of the United States bureau of
the census. The government official
wrote tc Mr.. Deacon to get an explana-
ton of why the Kansas death rate is
so low. In reply Mr.. Deacon wrote:
"Kansas is almost wholly an agri-
cultural state; there are only twelve
cities in the state of more than 100,-
900 population, and there is a crafty
ing absence of slum districts in the
cities. Aside from the southeast cor
ner of the state there is no mining.
The density of the population in
the state is only 20.7 persons to the
square mile, and 7O.S per cent of the
population reside outside of towns of
$500 population or more. The eli
mate, while showing extremes of tenn
perature, is usually mild enough to
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
CHURCH NOTICES.

Unitarian church, Rev. E. Q. s. Os-
good pastor. Service Sunday morning
at 1880. Subject of sermon, Laborers
Together. Sunday school at 1145. All
are welcome at both services.
First Church Of Christ, Scientist, EN-
erson building, Elliot street Sunday
services 1915 a. m. and 80 p. m. We'd
nesday evening testimonial meeting at
O'Clock. Reading room open daily,
except Sundays and legal holidays,
from 3 to o clock. All are welcome
Advent Christian church, Rev. f. S.
Hewitt pastor. Morning worship 11.45
Subject, Christ s Message to the
Church. Reception of members and
holy communion. Sunday school 10
Junior Loyal Workers f. Prayer and
praise service 6. Evening sermon T.
Subject, Pleasure and Profit in Bible
Study.
Universalist church, Rev ID. E. Trout
minister. Divine worship 1870 a. m
with first sermon in series on Univer
salism. Subject, The Universalist Idea
of the Fatherhood of God. Bible school
at 11.45 a. m. Evening service of praise
at p. m. in charge of pastor. Topic
Martin Luther, with paper by Miss
Ruth Sargent. The regular meeting OF
the Mission circle win be held at Mrs
Ann Benson s, Oak street, Thursday
Jan. 20, at $50 p. m. Chapter 3 Of
The Kings Highway will be reviewed
/ and discussed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15

permit much outdoor work and open
windows.
"But it is to the people themselves
that we must look for those minor and
subtle qualities that make for better
and longer living. Kansas is rich, her
per capita wealth is great and the peo-
pie are enabled to live well, to clothe
themselves properly, to have comforta-
BILE homes and to load their tables with
nourishing foods.
"Kansas is a prohibition state And
in Kansas prohibition really prohibits
I do not mean by this that there is
no alcohol consumed in the state. but
the absence of the saloon means much
to our growing yung men, who in the
absence of the barroom find more health
full pastimes than loafing in an alcohol
laden atmosphere.
''The intelligence of the people has,
in my opinion, direct influence upon
their health. There is a direct eorrela-
ticn between a low rate of illiteracy
and a low death rate. Kansas has an
illiteracy rate of %; the people are in
telligent, and for many years the Kan
sas state board of health and allied
agencies have carried on a propaganda
! of public health education which is
bearing fruit in the saving of human
/ lives -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15
ADvERTIsEs HIS BAD BILLS.
Husband of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Startles Metuchen.

NEW BRUNSWICK, n. j., Jan. Is.
CHARLES NJ. Freeman, husband of
Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, the we'll
known novelist, has touching appeal
in the current issue of the Metuchen
Recorder, addressed to those residents
of Metuehen who have been buying
coal and lumber from the firm Of Man
ming, Freeman & Son, and have failed
to pay up.
All Metuchen was puzzled when it
picked up the current issue of The
Recorder to see line of "a point type,
in the middle of the first page of the
home weekly, containing these figures:
$67 ,653.88
Above and below the figures was an
open letter from Mr.. Freeman to the
public, bewailing the fact that while
he had been generous to a degree III
extending credit. his books now showed
a balance due him of $67 ,653.S6, which
he was anxious to collect with the
i least possible delay.
| 1t is the current opinion in Metucher
that as the result of Mr.. Freeman /
letter. the style of which does not il
the least resemble that of his wife
that this will be "Pay Up Week il
Metuchen.
| Mr.. Freeman said regarding his let
ter:
ssThe results have been very salts
factory. You see, the people of Metu
chen were aghast when they real
lied how much was owing our firm an
they have promised to make every pos
sible effort to pay up.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-15

en- to the home of George Schmitt on
Davis street, where William D. Noyes
boarded, being moved TO the Allard
barn about 10 days ago. The police
were unable TO find Mr.. Noyes. Grand
Juror Charles E. Novac and Chief of
Police B. S. Hyland have been work
ing on the case.
Mr.. Noyes has displayed two re-
ceipts, one of 500 and another of
5000, which are signed by Girdler Nc
Call, and it is understood he claims he
bought the machine.
There are still missing several parts
of the machine which are valued at
several hundred dollars, including the
magnetic, carburetor, oil pump, propel-
Ter house and electric distributor.
Mr.. McGrath is an aviator. While
in Mississippi he fell about 200 feet
without receiving any serious injury
but the engine was damaged in such q
manner that he was able to identify it
The engine is seven cylinders and x
horsepower.