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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
TO BREAK HENS FROM SITTING
Wait untlli she osts Welt Settled
Then Place Her III opsns Coop
eoon Ferosts Desire.

10 break ! hen from sitting LET her
ut a day or two until she gets well
settled, then put her, preferably with
two or more other hens, Into an open
coop In full view OF the poultry yard.
where she can see her free sisters
scratching around enjoying themselves.
Hens are jealous creatures and q sit
ting hen placed In such a position and
well fed. soon forgets her desire to dt.
and when given her freedom on the
morning Of the fourth or fifth day she
Will happily resume the duties of -
t6e.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
euINEAs AS SUMMER LAYERS
Ena 10 About Two.Thirds az Large q
That Of chicken-Has Decided.
~ Better Flavor.

There are two different breeds OF
yuineas, the white and the pearl. Both
breeds are excellent summer layers.
and the eggs are of superior quality.
The guinea egg is about two-thirds be
large as the hen egg, and has q de-
cidedly better flavor. The guinea hen
begins to lay us 500 as the weather
gets warm In the spring. II they are
we'll fed during the winter they will
begin to lay earlier than If they are
only half fed through the winter.
If there are as many male birds in
the flock as there are hens they will
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
ON THE SIDE

A woman Is always suspicious OF
another woman who dresses better
than herself.-Omaha World-Herald.
The reason a whole lot of men IRE
not in the pink of condition is because
their noses are.-Columbia State.
There is only one six footer in every
2O8 men; the others only act "big."-
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
When it comes to a choice between
a man who Is capable OF big deeds and
q man who owns 'em, it doesn't take
a girl long to decide.-Columbia State.
Mothers whose daughters escaped
matrimony last year r beginning to
think about setting the porch swing
Toledo Blade.
The man with wheels in his head
never has a balance wheel among
them.-Deseret News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06

should be built at right angles to
the road in such q tanner that the
water coming down the road to them
will be caught and passed to the side
and away from the road. These bitches
On steep grades should not be 0ver 300
feet apart so that the water may be
caught and diverted before it collects
in sufficient quantities to cut the
ground. If d smoother road is desired
these bitches may be covered by 2 by g
inch planks placed one inch apart to
allow the water to run through the
cracks and into the ditch.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06

mate of in pairs, but IL only a few
male birds are kept several hens will
mate with one male and all or near
~ all Of them will lay In the same
aest. Most guinea raisers recommend
keeping one male bird for every five
hens; we kept only two male birds
with 20 hens last year and the
eggs Matched as well as they did when
we kept more males. The fewer
male birds that are kept in the flock,
the less quarrelsome they are.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
FROM THE PENCILS POINT

The biggest Ash are caught with
hook and lynn.
The well man often forgets the sick
mans promise
If too proud to beg and too honest
to steal-get trusted.
II a woman's face is q poem 1t
should be a liheless one.
Paradox-To become round eat
plenty Of square meals.
Marrying a man to reform him 10
ike drinking whisky to destroy 1t.
The world is a prison from which
no man need hope to escape alive,
Silence may be golden, but it won't
pay the expenses Of the drummer.
A few good misses in the chorus are
apt to help an opera to make q nit.
It's sometimes easier to step into
another mans shoes than 1t is to walk
In them.
The early fly that falls into a board
ing house milk pitcher is reasonably
sure of a watery grave.
Every man intends to have his own
way after marriage, but his wife Is
likely to override his intentions.
When you see a lovesick couple COO
ing like a pair of turtle doves the
chances are that marriage will change
It to mock turtle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06

poultry plenty of room does not imply
that the fowls should go where they
please. A hen has no place in a sta
BILE any more than a COW has the right
In a poultry house. Little by little
the droppings accumulate during the
season until everything is too filthy to
handle, and the work Of cleaning will
be more than the real value of the
fowls. Keep poultry away, from 9th.
er stock.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
KILL STRIPED SQUASH BUG
Inexpensive Solution, Easily Made and
sprInklsd, Over Plants Will
Drive Insects Away.

The striped squash bug won't bother
plants that are sprayed with a thin
solution made as follows: In a pail
gather fresh COW droppings, All the
pail two-thirds full Of water, then stir
till well mixed, and sprinkle the plants
The bugs will take their
meals some other place.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
KEEP DRINKING WATER COOL
During Harvesting Time Men Often
Suffer From Thirst-Texas Man
Meets Emergency.

Drinking water for harvest time
should be cool as we'll as pure, and
men working in the field often suffer
for lack of cool drinking water to
quench their thirst. A Texas man has
recently patented a bucket that is or.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06

ranged to keep the water cool. Inside
the bucket is an ice container, an in
terlorly threaded sleeve being arranged
in the bottom of the container. This
is much more sanitary than ice water
usually available, and the ice will last
considerably longer than when merely
thrown into the water in an open buck
ct. The warm air cannot strike the
ice directly to melt 1t immediately
Farming Business.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
JUST THOUGHTS
A high ideal without backbone 1
rather negative.

A high ideal without backbone 1
rather negative.
Wise men. sometimes make mistakes
and people call them masterpieces
Most insects are useless; is that the
reason there are so many varieties Of
them7
A man who elopes with his ianceS
may merely resent being q nonentity
at his own wedding.
Clothes do not make the man, but
people often enough haven't the time
to make a personal Investigation.
Ultimate Of insignificance are the
rival railroads on the folder map hand
ed you after you've bought your ticket
Some peoples tempers explode ~
easily and Unexpectedly as that con
traption in the front vestibule Of d
street car.
Moral suasion can do something to
lessen a habit Of drinking. especially
when REINFORCED by a mysterious pain
In the back.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
M Eencea

In many parts Of Europe there are
no farm fences. This preserves for
cultivation large acreage, taking the
whole country over, that is made
worse than useless by fences and the
growth Of wild stun on either side Of
them, such as occurs In this country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
CHICKENS RUNNING At LARGE
Unlimited Range 10 Nuisance When
Fowls Are Given Privilege OF
Stables, Sheds, Etc.

Unlimited range has its advantages,
hut If unlimited range means that the
fowls have the privileges of the sta.
bles, wagon sheds and r0osting on the
wheels and machinery, then the I'M
limited range is a nuisance. To give
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
Prizes for Pictures.

The National Highway association
II offering $2.6OO in cash prlzes for
photographs Of good roads. "GOod
Roads Everywhere" Is the ~coInpreheD,
Gve watchword Of this movement.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06

che roadway. The object Of this treat,
ment 10 to move earth toward the cen.
ter Of the roadway and raise it gradu.
ally above the surrounding level.
While this 10 being accomplished ill
mudholes and ruts will be filled, into
which traffic will pack the fresh
barth.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
BEST FEED FOR YOUNG BIRDS
puckllnpsI and ooslinos Should D
Given Mashss. Mixed crumbly,
but Not TO Wet

Don't try to raise ducklings and Cos.
links on dry feed,d but give them
mashess mixed crumbly, but not wet.
a good mash for those more than q
week old 10 one part cornmeal and
two parts wheat bran, mixed with milk
Or water and containing q little grit
md . little finely graduated char.
SOL
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
Dragging tie .Reade.

In dragging roads only q small
amount Of earth Is moved. just enough
to all the ruts and level of the high
places. In general, the drag Is drawn
over the road at an angle of about As
degrees.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06

Coming events that INTENDED to sepa-
rate people from their wad are A.
ways heraIded by an advance agent.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
WORTH WHILE QUOTATIONS.

From labor there shall come forth
rest.-Longfellow.
Kiss till the cows come ome.-Beau.
mont and Fletcher.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06

knowledge is Of two kinds, We
know a subject ourselves, or we know
where we can find full information up.
on it-Samuel johnson.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
Keep thy friend under thy own life's
.key.-"All's Well That Ends Well"

Therefore, IL a man look sharply, he
shall see fortune; for though she be
blind, yet she is not .invisible.-Bacon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
LIFE IS TOO SHORT

To weep over spilled milk. Halt
Of 1t was water.
To wait for your wife to put on hes
hat--but you have to.
To try to match a piece Of ribbon II
q department store for your wife.
TO bother about waiting for yous
shlp to come in. The chances are old
U-Boat % has %torpedoed 1t.
To bother why q woman says q
thing and means another. Even Ne
thuselah never doped that out.
TO listen to your neighor's 20 req.
sons why his q 10 the best when
you have 81 9 why yours u
the best car in three hemispheres.
To waste time waiting for q hero g
cOMe along and marry you. Besides,
heroes make mighty poor husbandA-
New York American.
STATISTICAL NOTES
Berlin has registered lo7,eoe alien
residents.
Texas 10 devoting 10000 acres to
peanut culture.
g>- gAsEsA $50 &&i
Illinois wants l7yoeo new men 10
it, militia Organizations
American Red Cross has thus faR
Dent el,108,O0O to Raospa.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
WHEN LOVE IS BLIND
After the FIRST kiss the young man
regrets the time he wasted.
Three In a game Of love makes it
more interesting and satisfactory.

In billiards ana matfimony there are
lots Of kisses and many scratches.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06
FRENzlED FINANCE
It's the easiest thing In the world
for man to dream he's making money.

A married man always has a hard
luck story on tap when his wife asks
for coin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-10-06

praa Roads When Idle.
After the rain, when you can't work
IN the fields drag that road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-01
u. S. HOSPITAL IN ITALY
Ambassadors Wife Converts official
Residence Into War Refuge.
fCopyright, 1915. by. II. c. Fisher.
Trade Mark Reg. O. S. Pat Off,

Rome, Feb Am American hos
pital has just been established at the
Italian front. Four others were open
ed some time ago in leading Italian
cities. The hospital at the front which
is being supplied by Mrs. Thos. Nelson
Page, wife of the American ambassa-
dor to Italy, at the Palazzo del Drago,
the am bassador's residence in Rome,
is conducted exclusively by American
women.
Regimental orderlies travel daily
between Rome and the front handling
supplies for the hospital. Twenty
cases of supplies were received today
in Rome from an emergency aid COM
mittee in Philadelphia and Immediate
ly forwarded to the front. Mrs. Page
said that the available supply of sur
gical requirement is inadequate and
that there is urgent need for greater
quantities of ether, chloroform and
diSinfectantS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-01
KIN TO FIRST LADY
Indian Princess Visits Mrs.
Wilson in Cleveland.
Both Have Blood of POcahOntas
in Their Veins.


Cleveland, Ohio Feb. 1.-Two
daughters of Pocahcntas met here
Sunday. One was Princess Go-Wah-
Heah-Doongwa, a fullblooded Mo-
hawk Indian. The other was Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, wife of the presi-
dent of the United States. The In
dian princess came to Cleveland with
her husband and the chief of her
tribe from the Mohawk reservation
at St Regis, N. Y, especially to meet
the first lady of the land.
Princess acknowledgements
traces her ancestry directly to Poca-
hontas. Hearing that the president s
bride also is descended from that
famous Indian maiden, she decided
to pay her compliments personally.
Little trouble was experienced in
arranging for the Indian princess to
meet Mrs. Wilson. When the presi-
dents wife learned that the Indian
woman had journeyed all the way
here just to meet her, she readily
consented to the interview. Escorted
by Chief Louis Solomon, her husband,
and Chief Thunder Water, leader of
the Mohawk tribe, the Indian princess
was ushered into the presidents suite
at the Hotel Hollenden here in the
afternoon.
Mrs. Wilson beamed kindly and
stepped forward and shook hands with
the Indian princess. The latter, ex-
son a sweet grass basket which she
had made herself. The Indians were
all CARRIED in their native raiment and
afforded a picturesque scene as they
stood gazing at the first lady of the
land
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-01
SILENT GUNMAN' CLEW
Police Hope to Land Him by Tracing
Chemical Cartridges.

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 1.-The silent
gunman' who for the last three days
has caused a reign of terror in this
city is still at large. The police OBJ
tanned clew today, however, which
they believe will lead to the discovery
of the gunman. a chemist of this
city produced .22 caliber cartridge
similar to the one the gunman used
and it was found to contain fUlminite
and quick silver, which gave the bull
let velocity of 800 per cent greater
than that of the ordinary cartridge.
The ordinary .22 caliber cartridge
bullet will hardly penetrate through
a heavy overcoat. The police learned
that the cartridges used by the gun
man were manufactured by a New
England munitions factory through
which they hope to obtain a trace of
him.
One of the theories advanced by the
police is that the silent gunman'' is a
demented German munitions worker
who has been employed in this New
England factory and had taken some
of the cartridges away with him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-01
few ARE CALLED
Pa ROurke Sends Contracts to
Nine Old OmahOgs.
Many of These May Be Sold,
Traded or Released.

Omaha, Neb., Feb. Contracts to
those athletes who are named on the
Omaha clubs reserve list were sent
out by Pa Rourke Monday. Contracts
were sent to but nine players. This
number is unusually small, as Cen
eraI Rourke sends contracts to some
twenty men about this time each year.
The men to whom contracts were
mailed are: Ernie Kruger, catcher;
Bobby Wells, catcher; Clink Claire.
catcher; Cecil Thompson. pitcher; Lou
North, pitcher; Burney EVerdon'
pitcher. Fritz Schliebner, first base
nan, Earl Smith, outfielder; Cy For
sythe, outfielder.
of this number several will in all
probability be traded, sold, given away
or fired Bobby Wells and Burney
Everdon are not expected TO De
among us, and Thompson may not re-
mort. Cecil is seriously considering
the abandonment of the national pas
time as a mode of earning food and
drink. The others are reasonably sure
of jobs.
-Four other Rourkes are already un-
der contract and another as good as
signed. Those who have signed are
Manager Marty Krug, Pete Kilduff,
shortstop, and Pitchers Ainsworth ana
Brown. Second Baseman Harold Ire
Ian is as good as signed.
pitcher Brown is an Indian who
halls from Wisner. He was recon-
nended to Rourke by Cy Forsythe,
who appointed himself a scout for
the occasion. Cyrus played against
Brown last fall after the Western
season was over and promptly slipped
Rourke the news that Mr.. Brown was
some pitcher I'm no scout" said
the Tango Kid, "but 1 know pitcher
when / bat against one, and this bird
is good" Rourke took the tip and
signed the redskin and will give him
a trial in the spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-01
SQUARED CIRCLE NEWS

Milwaukee. Wis, Feb. LIN two
exceptionally fast 10-round bouts OF
a double wfndup card here Monday
night Billy Kramer, Milwaukee well
terweight outpointed Art Magirl of
Oklahoma and Benny Palmer, Mem
phis lightweight, shaded Young Otto
Wallace Milwaukee, in the opinion of
sporting writers.
Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 1.-Louisi-
ana. a Philadelphia featherweight,
fought ten rounds to a draw here
Monday night with Benny Chavez of
Trinidad. Colo. A left hook to the
jaw, which staggered Chavez. in the
last round was the most effective blow
OF the bout. The boys weighed in at
1874 pounds ringside.
Grantland Rice comments on the
Willard Moran money squabble as
follows: This late WillardM Moran
nasco has been one of the most sick
ening episodes of the age. Here are
two managers, plus accomplices,
squabbling over terms up around $780,
600, when either Willard or Moran
would be overpaid at $4,000. The
whole smear of them put together
fighters. managers and the entire out
ft--so far as actual earning capacity
is concerned, are not worth one-tenth
of $4,000 for ten years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-01
Novelty RevieM.

Some of the best things about the
Novelty bill are very thin girl, a very
fat girl, some slap-stick comedy that
answers the purpose of making the
audience laugh, and the advance ad-
vertising. Buster Santos and Jaque
Hayes, the fat and thin girls, while not
producing the kind of an act one
would expect to see heading a vaude-
vile bill, could trade places with the
Guzmani trio. rolling globes and head
to-head balancers, billed as the head
liners, as could the Sherman-De For
est jay circus act. The jay circus act
throws some old stuff over the foot
lights in new way that is refreshing.
Toilette, Wicks and LaSalle get away
with a bad start but gradually get bet
ter as they near the home plate. The
first alleged joke they put across Mon
day night smacked of the Garden of
Eden took the next three saIlies to
make the audience forget it and from
thai time on they were very agreeable
to ear and eye.
Rouble Simms, cartoonist, is the
first number on the bill. The Para
mount travel pictures continue as one
of the attractions at the play house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-01
ESA 49, Up to the Minute L.
EXIA SPORTINGNEws G9F9
/ ZNSAR From Everywhere. 0l
eGOOS ET"cLUo" 4
JAMES GAFFNEY WANTS
TO BUY BROOKLYN CLUB

New York, Feb. flames E.
Gaffney. former owner of the Bos-
ton Braves, is reported as organic
ing a syndicate to purchase the
controlling interest in the Brook
lyn baseball club. Associated with
Gaffney, according to the report, is
Bob Davis, of horse racing me;
Jake Fields. well known o tor
IN Wall street, and Bill Cowan,
once a noted operator on the race
tracks. The syndicate, if it can Sc
cure control in Brooklyn, plans to
corral a number of former Federal
stars and organize a pennant win
ming team.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-01
HERO WITH 80 WOUNDS
u S. Athlete With Canadian Troops
in France Now HOrs de Combat

London. Feb. ELMER c. Colds
worthy, of Monterey, Cal, well known
as a track athlete and tenuis play er
who received a medal for distin-
guished conduct in carrying disDatches
under fire at Yprez has been wounded
so badly that he probably will be in
valided from the army.
Goldsworthy, who was working in
Canada at the outbreak of the war,
enlisted with the Princess Patricia
regiment and won a medal by carrying
orders to the Canadians who were
nearly wiped out at Yprez 1;ecently,
while leading a party of nine bomb
,hrowers he received 80 wounds from
4 German grenade which killed all the
oIher members of his quad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-01
DID Y DRINK It's GALS?
If Not. You Didn't Get Your Full
Share of Milk for 1915.

Washington, Feb. 1.-The value of
the 1915 milk production of the
United States is estimated at $780,
600 in a department of agriculture
statement issued today. This is based
on an average price of 20 cents a gal
Ion paid to producers for 11,59O,0OO,-
600 gallons.
The production is equivalent to
about 115 gallons of milk per capita
population. In the North Atlantic
states the per capita production is
put at II gallons; south Atlantic Sc !;
north central 1873; south central So;
far west 1SS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-01
OLD SOLDIERS CADDIEs.
Los Angeles Golf Club Discards Lads
for '9The Old BOYS,

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 1.-The Los
Angeles Country club counts itself
among the fortunate because of the
old soldiers, from the Soldiers home at
Sawtelle, who make the most satisfac-
tory caddies. They are treated with
respect by the golfers, who never fail
20 elevate them to high military rank
and nothing lower than a captain
adorns the game at Beverly Hills.
These old soldiers, most of them
over 10, are given special privileges
for cadding by General Parry of the
Soldiers home as a mark of good be-
havior. The extra money is a well
come addition to the pension and
many of them are using it for goodly
purposes.