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The Jasper news., 1916-10-12
"a Letter from Bill"
ai1field, Nebr., Oct. I, 1916


Just received your letter and
dog-gone glad TO know you bought
a silo. They're sure fine thing.
Yes. you're too late to get your
green feed in this fall, but you can
silo your shock fodder and this
will make much better feed than
dry fodder.
l packed my silo chuck full but
still have a lot of fodder on my
hands. | really need two sifos and
you can bet your life I'll get
another one next year. Fodder is
a nuisance to haul, especially when
snowy and icy, and it is not near
as appetizing as silage. Besides,
there is hardly no waste with sill.
age and that's lot more than you
can say for fodder. Stacked my
fodder near the silo where the
stock won't get to it just as soon
as l feed the silage out of my silo,
I'm going to silo this fodder. And
say, by jingoes, that. Dickey silo of
mine is a dandy. You know last
fall I filled my silo with fodder.
Run in all kinds of water, which
is necessary, and III be jiggered
if that silo didn't hold her like a
jug. Never leaked drop.
Believe you said you would like
to have some ideas on how to fill
your silo with stock fodder. got
some fine pointers from a farm
magazine last fall. One of the
heads of the Agricultural College
gave out this dope.
When you fill your silo with
shock fodder, cut it fine and be
sure to put in plenty of water. II
your fodder is dry, you want
pound of water to every pound of
silage. The blower pipe can't
carry enough, only about one.third
the right amount, so you want to
to put it in from the top of silo
with pressure tank or pump it in.
A hose is a handy thing to use.
If your stock fodder is a little
moist, when you put it in you
need so much water. You can
tell pretty we'll yourself about this
and You needn't be afraid of get
ting in too much water. Be sure
to pack this fodder thorougly,
more thoroughly than you would
green fodder, for these dry stalks
got more air in them than when
green and unless you tramp this
air out, this fermentation is liable
to 60 on too far and your silage
will become too sour. If you want
to, you can fill your silo as late as
February.
If you do mt have all your silage
fed out by spring, leave her in the
silo, and next summer when your
pasture is getting short, that silage
will come in mighty nice. You
know when warm weather comes
on, fodder in the shock will spoil.
You'll find this fodder silage fine
feed, much better. than old dry
fodder. It'll loe more convenient
for you. more appetizing to your
stock and l uow they'll bring
better returns. In fact, believe
you'll be tickled half to death
with your silo and want you to
drop me line when you get to
feeding out of it.
Your old pal, Joe.
II
The Jasper news., 1916-10-12

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WHOLE FAMILY is
AFFLICTION VICTIM

z
N Clarinda, May 11:--The family Of
Fred Kryselmier Of Sioux City, now
IN Clarinda at the home of Mrs. Krys-
elmier's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. v.
Pfander, have been deeply afflicted
during the past week. There are three
children in the family. A week ago,
ut their home in Sioux City, the sec.
sond child. daughter years old, was
seized with an illness which the physi-
clan diagnosed as pneumonia He
did not seem to think it serious at.
tack and said the child would speed
lily recover. The child died in three
days. Just as soon as the body could
he prepared for shipping and the nee
Dessary arrangements made, it was
brought to this city for burial. In
the meantime the youngest child, but
three weeks old, was taken i'll and
was In dangerous condition when
the family arrived here, though the
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right here-I'm the man. thought I
had forgotten, but find can't forget.
Whenever think have, something
comes up, Just as these words tonight.
I give you my word that. shall take
the next train for New England and,
God giving me the chance, I shall re-
appear there. L did not think she
could be so faithful. I did love her,
and have always in my way. hope
l may be worthy Of her. I'm sorry
The silence that followed his with
drawal was broken by Granger: "You
did a good job in telling that story,
Mason. You gained your end"
What do you mean?" some one
asked. .-
"Why, the facts are these" said
Changers friend: II recognized him
just before I came in. had sort Of
looked him up. I told - Granger to
steer the conversation SO that could
tell the story. thought if the man
had any conscience it might be touch.
ed. I guess he has"
II should like to be about when he
drives UP in the evening and she-well,
she"-said one of the men, and not one
waited for him to finish the sentence.
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had not written. My suspicious were
aroused, and I wrote to the company.

had not written. My suspicious were
aroused, and I wrote to the company.
"'The information I got was like a
bomb in our quiet home. 1t seems he
had left the employ of the company to
70 west, had vanished so far as they
were concerned, and had never report
ed the money had given him. He
had cashed the check all right, but he
had kept the money. r.
"T felt badly enough, for saw old
age near, and only hard work ahead:
tried to find hinr~ but this a great
country, and the west and east are
large enough for man to hide in II the
one who is hunting him has not money
and patience to continue the search.
He dropped out Of existence, as far as
was concerned.
"'shs recovered from the shock,
for she comes of stern stuff; but the
girl still believes that he will return.
suppose there are such things in the
world, but I never believed 1t before
the faith that outlasts the years. She
believes he will return and explain
what has happened. We have never
been able to shake her faith In him,
and I-I-well--after while l gave
up the attempt.
"'She goes down to the road about
the time you saw heT for if he came
back he would arrive about that time.
It used to make my old heart ache to
sec her standing there in the dusk,
waiting for a scamp and scoundrel;
but, some way, I have come to see a
meaning in it. 1t has helped my faith
in humanity after the jar he gave 1t.
She is serene and sensible through 1t
all. The only thing fear Is that as
she grows older her mind may be-
come affected. But hardly think so,
after all, for, as you saw her tonight,
she is balanced enough. It's simply a
case of a girl with wonderful soul
clinging to the first great ideal that
had come into her life. It's case OF
splendid woman soul being wasted.
eyes, she waits for him there in
the twilight-and it's going to be a
long, long waltz
THAT, gentlemen, is the story as
Upson told me-" said Changers
friend. "and l have always thought Of
it as story of the meanest man and
the meanest act within my know
ledge" 80. '.G 7.-' =
A silence fell on the group, each
with a picture in his mind OF the girl
waiting in the dusk Of the New Eng
land evening. ''
Suddenly tall figure arose, and In
a voice that was strained with emo
ton said:
Gentlemen, that was the meanest
act-it is more than that-blt | will
tell you that the chap who did 1t has
suffered for those years. He stands
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK :
q

P & . i :.
Wunted to Ixchange-A elecktric
lite torch that don't work, for bysickel
bell. ADVERTISEMENT
i Spoarts-A race was held on Pubs
Simkinses frunt steps to see who GOOD
count up to million ferst Nobody
won on account Of sum of the fellos
forgetting how much they had counted
up to, and the rest having to so home
to suppir, but it was exciting race on
account Of everybody counting out
loud.
Pome by Skinny Martin.
Little drops of brick and stone
Make the mitey towers
o see the April showers
Trying to make May flowers!
Intristing Facts-The moon is 23SSO0
miles away, but you don't half to have
extra good eyes to see it.
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PARK AVE. NEWS.

Weather--Showers, unless you have
got your umbrella with you.
Crate Discovery.-On an exciting
voyage of exploration, the editors OF
the Park Ave. News discovered phase
ware you get 2 milk shakes for a sent.
Enyone wishing to know ware 1T Is
can find out for the sum of one sent.
Lost and Found Department-Lost.
A pen nife with blades, one missing
and the uther broak in half. Suitable
reward.
Found-Nuth1ng.
Sissiety Notes-Miss Mary Watkins
has returned frum the south. ware she
has bin spending days with her ant
who lives blocks south Of Miss Wat
kinses house. Miss Watkins ses that
she dident notice eny differents In
climate.
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and arrow. Come on, let me carry
the guinea pig
mo-" replied the first boy, '1'm 60
ing to carry it myself. wonder If
you carry EN- by their ears like you
do rabbits?" Then he tried to get
hold Of Brighteyes' ears and he could
hardly find them, as they we're so
small, and of course he couldn't take
hold of them
/, But, oh, dear! how roughly he hand
led that poor little guinea pig girl!
When he couldn't get hold of her
ears he grabbed her by the hind legs
and actually turned her upside down
and then what should happen but that
the yeast cake fell out Of her apron
pocket.
"Ha! That's funny!" cried the boy
who held Brighteyes.@ 81 never knew
that guinea pigs ate yeast cakes. This
must be smart one. Well teach 1t
to do tricks, and then we can charge
ten cents to see it. Oh, I'm glad I
caught It," .f...
And he held on more tightly to
BnEhteyes, for she was weighing and
squirming, trying to get away.
Oh, how frightened she was when
she heard the boys say that they
were going to shut her up in cage!
She thought she would never see her
mamma and papa and Buddy again.
Big tears came into her eyes and she
trembled all over.
But do you s'pose that bad boy and
the other one cared? Not the least
bit! First one held Brighteyes and
then the other, to see how heavy she
was, and then they took her up, first
by one leg and then by the other, and
If she had had tail they would have
held her up by that and probably
pulled it, too, for all know.
You see those two boys had been
playing they were Indians in the woods
with their bows and arrows and per-
haps that made them act so cruelty
Let's hurry home now and put it
in a cage said the bad boy, and he
and the other boy started off, carrying
Brighteyes. But wait, don't be fright
ened or worried for something is 60
ing to happen Immediately, which is
very soon.
All at once there was whizzing
and a whozzing in the air. and buz.
zing, bizzing sound, and that kind old
June bug came sailing along. He saw
those bad boys taking Brighteyes
away and the bug knew at once that
she was Buddy's sister.
So what did he do but wiggle his
wings about thousand times a min.
ute, guess, and fly right at the boy
who held the guinea pig girl!
Right at the bad boy flew the bug
and he hit him first in one eye and
then the other and scared him SO that
the bad chap was glad enough to let
go of poor Brighteyes in hurry.
Then the other boy stepped on the
yeast cake and 1t ,fattened out and
he slipped on it and fell down, and he
thought a bear was after him and he
yelled, and the other boy yelled, and
then they both ran away and Bright.
eyes was saved. :... -
She. thanked the June bug and he
said he was glad he could help her,
and he flew back to the grocery and
got another yeast cake for her. Then
Brighteyes hurried home.
Now the next story is going to be
about Buddy Pigg's great run-that
is, If we have peaches and cream for
supper and the rag man doesn't take
my rubber boots for his goat to wea,
to the party.
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REMOVING TROOPS
FROM STRIKE BELT

Pittsburgh, Pa, May II Conditions
in the Turtle creek strike zone had i'm
proved so today that preparations
were made to send one battalion Of the
eighteenth infantry to it's armory in
Pittsburgh and announcement was
made that other battalions would be
sent home within the next few days.
It was estimated that thousand ad-
ditional men reported for work to the
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. be-
fore the gates were closed and increas.
ed forces entered all other plants in
the district.
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parents did not realize it.

parents did not realize II.
Upon examination by a physician
who was called to the Pfander home
just after the family's arrival, il 49, ."
disclosed that the disease whic'
taken one child and attacked tn,
ond was diphtheria Of the most "a, {.
form Antitoxin was administered TO
the baby, the mother and the Oldest
child. The baby died shortly after
noon the next day. The mother has
developed the disease and the oldest
child shows symptoms of it. The cir.
cumstance has caused much excite
ment in the city besides eliciting the
sympathy for the family so suddenly
bereft Of two Of their little ones.
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ST. LOUIS DEPOSITS
REACH NEW RECORD

st. Louis, May ia new high
record for the aggregate deposits Of
st. Louis banks and trust companies
has been established, according to
Official statements just made public.
The net total for deposits at the close
of business May was 1886, 445, 907, or
$4,364,S5S more than the previous rec
ord made March I.
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night and they will probably buy all
their provisions at farm houses and
stores in the small towns. They will
take small two wheeled cart in which
they will take their small tent and
their provisions.
Dressed in khaki suits and protec.
ted when necessary by rubber boots
and water proof coats the girls feel
that they will be able to brave all kinds
Of weather. Their friends will watch
with interest for news Of their trip.
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Children's Evening Story
.PETEY DINK

BnNsHTTYEs AND THE BAD BOY.
Br4Ghtsyes Pigg was coming home
l: from the grocery store one day. She
didn't have much to carry because,
you see, her mamma had sent her
\ Tor only yeast cake and as that
want very large Matilda. put 1t IN
her apron pocket.
She was walking along, thinking
what good time she would nave
when she got homo, for Jennie Chip
munk had promised to come over az
I soon o. she got her dishes washed and
i play house with the little guinea pig
B gtrl.
wen have lovely time," thought
4 Matilda, who was called Brtghteyes
1 for short We'll dress up all our
/ dolls and have play party, and may
\ IS mamma will give us real things to
\ est" II !
wen. Brighteyes was thinking 80
much about the party and about Jen-
ME Chipmunk, whom she had not seen
In some time, that she didn't pay
much attention to anything else. She
was going along hippity-hop, just as
Sister 6allie went to the barber shop,
when al Of q sudden something whiz-
I red right past the nose of Brighteyes
and almost hit her.
my goodness me, sakes alive and
" tin dishpan! What's that?" she OK
sclaimsd. II wonder If it could have
& been that June bug who told Buddy
1 stories 80 nicely?"
n Then she looked all around and she
didn't zee anything of bug and she
didn't hear his wings buzzing, so she
Thought 1t couldn't have been him.
u Then, bless me! IL something more
didn't shoot right past Brighteyes with
skdwhizz and a whozz, making funny
noise. you know. And this time she
sew what 1t was. It was an arrow,
the kind that are shot from bows, you
understand.
.Oh, the Indians are after me! The
indians are after mel" cried poor
SB4ghteyes in fright, for you see she
Had read In her school reader about.
The indians shooting arrows.
Then the little guinea pig girl start
"a to run, but before she had taken
three steps and half, if another ar
row didn't come whizzing through the
bushes at her and this time 1t was so
close that it just touched her left ear.
This frightened her so that she fell
down and before she could get up to
sf1in away, II out from behind tree
didn't leap q bad boy.
30 It wasn't an Indian shooting the
arrows, after all which, perhaps. was
= rood thing, as Indians can shoot very
sstraight and might have hurt Bright
eyes. No, It was bad boy.
call him bad because he shot at
SBr1ghteyes, and I guess before I'm
Through with this story that you'll
call him bad also.
Well, that boy ran right at Bright
eyes and before she knew what was
Happening he had grabbed her.
'Wow!' cried the boy. I've got
Ait! shot it, I've got rabbit
ria! That amt a rabbit" ex.
claimed another boy, coming out OF
the bushes. That's a guinea pig
where. did you hit it,"
II don't know. It doesn't seem to
10 hurt anywhere. But 1 was sure
az hit It. But maybe the arrow only
stunned 1t. Anyhow, I've got it. Now
well take it home and put 1t IN
cage and charge five cents for all the
other boys to see it."
Sure said the second boy
~You're good shot with your bow
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NEWTON GIRLS ARE
PLANNING BIG WALK

Newton, May II. -Maude French
and Ruth Allfree, two Newton girls,
with more than average pluck and am.
bition, have planned to hike to the
Black Hills during their summer vaca.
tons. They will leave about the first
of June.
The girls expect to camp out every
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WILL ADDRESS VETERANS.

Clinton, May II. Adj. Gen. Guy e.
Logan will deliver the main address at
the annual convention of Iowa Spanish
war veterans to be held in Clinton
this year on June Is and 16 according
to the announcement made by the ex.
ecutive committee.
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The Proper Headdress
BY C. A. VOIGHT

with frilly rufties, allowing a V in
the front. Her few pieces Of
iewelry were always strikingly orig
iDal---as she was. So she passed
for the most attractive girl in her
set, and eventually married mill
ionaire artist.
Perhaps you can profit by. 1-aro-
bic. If you are little and blonde,
do you dress simply but In YER:
feminine way? Do you face your
hats with black, to make your face
fairer and your hair more golden?
Do you dress your hair in Greek
knot, and in the evenings wear 81
band, Greek fashion, about the fore
head, or band of roses, to e,npha-
size your flower-like attraction? II
you, too, are tall and thin, with
wispy hair, can you make snug
fitting cap of Cutlery beads, with
perhaps a green or scarlet ball
a-dangle from a cord, and falling
over, one shoulder? That's new
style--it conceals the fact that your
hair is poor. and the swinging red
ball is q tantalizing novelty that
will draw attention to your original
style.
If you are fair and statueseue, do
you know that the Vatican styles
were created Just for YOU If you
are vivacious and dark, do you
know that band around the head
with two feathers, horn-like, at the.
sides will lend mischief to your
face? Try these coquetries.
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CONVENTION ON RIVER.

st, Louis, May 1.-THE Missouri
public utilities association today began
a floating convention on the steamboat
Quincy, which left here for a trip up
the Illinois river to Peoria. The con-
yention sessions are to be held on
deck during the trip.
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ZANoBm WAS slim and dark, and not
at all pretty. Even her chum had
to admit it. But she prided her.
self on possessing brains instead
of beauty, so she covered lanky
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figure with high-waisted, graceful,
clinging gowns, affected trains with
tasseled points, pulled her hair
around her face as much a. pos
sible, binding q ribbon or = band
about it to hold it snugly and to
conceal its thinness, made one for
get her muddy skin by wearing
long drop earrings Of bright scar
let. and covered her thin throat
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Questions and Answers

rprot,ctsd By The Adams Newspaper ssrvce1
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-13
St. Pete To
War on Beggars

st. Petersburg, Jan. 13-Chief of
Police A. ]. casters has announced
war on beggars and asks the people
of the city to assist him in this work
He wants all beggars arrested and
punished and asks the housekeepers
to notify the police station when
ever beggar appears at the door
asking for money or clothing. The
Associated Charities has arranged to
care for all needy persons who, may
apply fro help and the chief believes
all charity should be distributed
through this organization or the Sal
walton Army and says it is not nee
essary for needy persons to beg from
door to door. The chief believes
that practically all those persons
who beg at private houses or in the
streets are professionals who are not
in rea! need and his men have been
instructed to arrest all persons soli-
citing funds from citizens.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-13
KANSAS ROADS

L is well known to the Kansas
politicians that the State of Kansas.
under its present constitution, can
not build highways Kansas will
not have good roads until the county
governments take up the question
seriously and efficiently. Unless
Kansas quits talking about good
roads and begins to build them, it
soon will be the only State in the
Southwest left dragging in the mud.
Kansas ought to understand that
good roads are not built on paper
any more. That was the old way
of ROAD building. Now many States
and many counties in many States
are building roads along public
highways solid, permanent roads
that will hold team and wagon
out os the mud. But roads of that
kind cost money. Kansas can never
have them by pursuing the cheap
John policy of its present school of
statesmen. If Kansas would rather
have mud roads and low taxes, such
Ia i's statcmcn advocate at every
legislative session, it is up to Kan
sas 10 continue its present policy
Kansas City Times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-13
AIM OF AGRICULTURAL CLUBS

Tie principal objects to be attain
ed through the promotion of boys
agricultural clubs in the South, as
defined by those in charge of this
work, are:
1. To encourage and train boys
alons the lines of the activities of
country life
=. To put into practice the fact
of scientific agriculture obtained
from books, bulletins. etc.
). TIC bring the school life of the
boy into closer relationship to his
home life.
A. To assist in the development
of the spirit of cooperation in the
family and in the community.
3. To dignity and magnify the
vocation of the farmer by demon
strating the returns which may be
secured from farming when it is
properly conducted.
G. To enlarge the vision of the
boy and to give him definite purposes
at an important period in his life.
Z. To furnish to the aggressive,
progressive rural school-teacher an
opportunity to vitalize the work of
the school by correlating the teach
ing Of agriculture with actual prac-
tice
The aim of the boys club work is
the same as that among men-viz.,
to secure the adoption of better
methods of farming and greater
yields at less cost. Many of the
boys in the clubs who begin to study
agriculture in this way will con-
tinue the study in the agricultural
colleges; others will continue such
efforts on their farms, and all of
them will make more useful and
more efficient citizens. From the
pleasant and profitable experience OF
owning and managing their small
plats, they will develop into in
dependent, intelligent farmers