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The Jasper news., 1916-04-20
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DEWEY.
Mis-. MAY MATTHEWS.


There is cistern out in Dewey
That leaks out every drop;
And II cellar, we must tell you,
That holds water to the top
The cistern is IL cellar and the
Cellar is we'll
How to vice versa them
Will somebody please tell.
The great social event OF the week
was purity of young folks Mt Lester
Carriers Saturday night. Between 10
and 50 were present and II good time
was had. Refreshments OF cake aud
fruit were served
Estey Bushy will be. home from the
Suite University to spend Easter.
Herbert Taylor from Centerpoint,
Leonard Miller from Newton County,
Frank Wampler from Carthage and a
family of Carriers from Webb City were
visitors in Dewey Sunday.
The school closes Friday with II good
program gotten up by Mrs. Whitlock,
and good dinner served by the ladies
OF the district The school directors,
Arlo Estey, Nolley Blauth and Tom
Flowers, have not yet elected the
teacher, but have some applications.
Mrs. Tom Kyle is sick in bed.
Every woman has something to say
about her spring chickens. They num-
Der from 80 to 200.
The mensles have left us,
The road by Alexander's has been
graded. Teams and work were donated
this week by Tom Flowers, w. Court
ney, 4. Alexander, j. Leper. V. Mat
thews, ID. Carter and son. Mr.. Crumm
and Mr. Conroy helped the road over
seer, j. Sunderland Lust week Tom
Busby and hlr. Ferguson and others
helped.
MIR. Brooks cousin, Timmy Brock,
is u new member Of the band, which
met Monday night.
The rain made The creek past fording
Saturday and gave Il good bath to Arlo
Estey's and Sam McReynolds' oats,
but after the the tide went out no dam
age was remained.
i; The young folks are fixing for eye
roasts in several places Saturday night
Sunday Mr.. Brooks folks had fol
dinner Messrs. and Mines. Hamilton,
Means, Berry and the Misses Hamilton,
Ethel Rice will be home from Texas
next week.
Several Dewcyites attended the pie
social at King Schoolhouse Friday.
The Jasper news., 1916-04-20
JASPER, ROUTE 2.
Miss LULA DIXON.

Several on this route attended a
singing party at the home of w. B.
Milton Wednesday night. The fol-
lowing were present: FL Collier and
wife, Marion Miller and wife, l.. W.
Boyer and family, Jake Byers and
family, Jack Milton and family, Mr..
Snyder and family, N. NJ. Dixon and
children, e. J--Hille and daughter
Lucy, Miss Lula Lawson, Ralph, Ruth
and Orville Starrett, Mack and Carl
Buxton, Wilfred Atkinson and Art
Conner.
Will McCune and family visited rel
atives in Preston Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood and children
Carl and Beulah spent Sunday with
Chas. Hane and wife.
E. c., Talley and daughter Leona
were in Purcell Saturday.
c. U. Wescott and family visited N.
M. Dixon and family Monday.
Terry Wescott visited several days
last week with Arthur Knox in Car.
thage.
Everybody go to church at the Prairie
Hill Congregational Church, Sunday,
April %, with basket dinner. Services
at IL a. M, and 2p. m. Everybody
come with baskets for the day.
R. L. Milton and wife, Mrs. Tom
Milton and Miss Edna Covert of Webb
City motored out to w. b. Millions
Friday.
Miss Aretha Talley spent Saturday
and Sunday with Lula Dixon.
Emma and Edna Yates spent on,
night last week with their sister, Mrs
Will Wood,
Miss Mary Pugh spent few day
last week with her cousin, Cecil Pugh
~ G0rfpSn0Udnnfa will ,n1aoca ,N,o;I
The Jasper news., 1916-04-20
MISS ZoAH ANDREWS.

Mrs Chns yyoodrou and Miss Grace
Grifitts called on Mrs VERNE RAY
Wednesday evening
Mrs. Bowman spent SUNDAY evening
nc Mat Griffitts.
Mrs. Henry Probert and sister, Ken
Won Hubbard. called al A. 4. Deans
Sunday. q
"a. s. Andrews snent TUESDAY atJ.
w. Browns assisting in carpenter
work. Z
Mrs. Jack Stansberry called on Mrs.
las. pnillips "Wednesday.
Misses zoab ana C)cie Andrews and
Irene ana Esther phillips called on
Mrs. Lena Dickerson Sunday evening.
Almon Quinn has lie measles.
Gordon Rogers spent Sunday with
George Dickerson, Sd
Mrs. George Halle and little son Guy
spent Monday evening at Henry Good
ricl's. j.
Fred Rex and wife OF Jasper called
at Jack Stnnsberry's Sunday evening.
Misses Laura and Altbea Armstrong
spent Sunday ut their brother IS; Arthur
Armstrong. ff,s
Mrs. Laura Cartwsight Of Kansas
City is visiting at A. u, Deans
Mr.. and Mrs. Dinwitleiie spent San
day at Frank Scissors.
Harry Norris lost hSdse last week.
Misses Hazel and Myrtle Riley called
on Misses Edith Scissor and cousin
Geneva Rex, Sunday evening.
Mrs. Keith called on Mrs. VIM. Ly-
man Sunday afternoon.
/, Miss Grace Griflitts returnesh 10 Gross.
Kuns., Saturday. aftefltwo. weeks yisi,
with home folks. "a . 5s..
Zoah Andrews sp.ntsW etl,aastlay ut
VERNE RAYS.
Frank earns md family wished SIM
dsy ut his fathers, j. r.. Carnsh q
Mrs. Mae Griffit,s Spent Ti,4stlay ~
her mothers. Mrs. .Cls,s. Woodruu.
Miss Ocie Andrews called on Mss.
Nellie Goodrich Wednesday evening".
Vernie Raviand wife spent Thuustlay
at C. S. Andrews 20 9
Cloe Halle called Thursday afternoon
at Frank Scissors. :nn. .
James Scissor spert Thursday might
with the Carr boys in JaspeS.
Misses Ocie Andrews, Hazel Hiley,
Irene Phillips and Beulah Stansberry
called on Mrs. Win. Lyman Tuesday.
Hugh Phillips was a Carthage visit
or Thursday.
Mines. Waltz, Stansberry and L. d.
Boyd were callers at the A. r. Dean
home Wednesday evening
VERNE Ray and c. s. Andrews haul
ed hay from Boston Wednesday.
Charlie Stansberry and wife spent
Monday evening at Jack Stansberry's.
The Jasper news., 1916-04-20

Correspondents will please mail
their letters Monday in time TO
reach this Office Mondny evening.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Volcanic Islands.

The first of the Bogoslof group of
the Aleutian islands was born 120
years ago. There was a great convul-
sion in the Behring sea, about twenty
five miles north of Unalaska, and an
island appeared above the surface of
the stormy waters. This islet, which
rose TO q height of nearly 5000 feet
above sea level, was christened Bo-
goslof by the Russians, who then
owned Alaska. 1t remained solitary
until 1882, when another volcanic erup-
ton in the sea was followed by the
birth of another island near the first.
For two years the new island was the
scene of an active eruption. Then it
cooled gradually, and, like the first
islet, became the home of seals and
sea lions and the breeding ground for
sea birds. The third of the Bogoslof
group was born ten years ago. The
baby" was smaller than its elder sis
ter, being about a third of n mile in
diameter and with an altitude of some
600 feet, but the following year anoth-
er %convulsion of nature resulted in
nearly doubling its area. Since then
several other islands have been born
in various parts of the Aleutian chain.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Wild Rose d

Wherever there is a wild rose hedge
it should be retained and encouraged,
If the blossoms are of a good shade.
Otherwise one should try to get in %
more pleasing variety. Wild roses dit.
fer enormously in their color tinlS,
ranging all the way from very pale Ia
a very deep and beautiful pink. EyI-
IDENTIFY there are a great many varie-
ties among wild roses. There is 81
fixed belief that wild roses will moi
stand being picked. The writer one
Sunday morning attended church in
Minneapolis, where wild roses we're
twined in great p~rofusiOn about the
pillars and balconies of the churitl
They were there by the thousands ana
had been there for many hours. Thea
retained their freshness throughout
the day. The secret of their retaining
freshness was that they had been
gathered very early in the morning be.
fore sunrise and while covered With
dew. Some varieties of wild rises,
seem to bloom till very late. The VIII
er has picked wild roses as late as
September, and in Cook county, too!
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Single Comb Black Leshorns,

Not many years ago this breed was little known
TO breeders. They have made rapid strides and
are becoming very popular. The heavy Minorca
combs, high tails, very dark legs and purple instead
of black plumage have all been bred out and today
the Black L~eghorns are as good in slope as the
other Leghorns. Their combs are equally as small
and neat as the whites or browns. They carry
their tails low and well spread. Their legs show
a good yellow color together with a good green
sheen to the plumage.
Among many fanciers black is a desired color
and among these admirers and fanciers the Black
Leghorn, in many instances, is replacing its brown
or white sister. They are persistent layers of large
c~halk-white eggs and there's no reason why they
should lack popularity any longer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Sentiment.

A white lady was passing a small
cabin in a Tennessee town when a
black woman came to the door and
hailed a pickaninny playing in the
yard.
"You, Fertilizer !" called out the
mother. "Come yere and got yore face
washed"
The passer-by stopped.
excuse my curiosity, please" she
said; "but what did you call that
chlld2"
81 called her by her regular name,"
said the colored woman. II called her
Fertilizer"
isn't that rather a peculiar name
for a child?" asked the lady.
mot eff you knows how dat chile
come to git it." stated the parent. "You
see, Missis, dat chile is named partly
fur her paw and partly fur me. Her
paws name is Ferdinand and my
names Eliza."-nlustrated Sunday
Magazine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Home Fwn
HAVE LAWN CENTERS OPEN
Proper Placing of Trees and shrubD
Should Always Be Made an I'm
portant Consideration.

Let your lawn centers remain open
and clear that the whole yard may
appear as large as possible; generous,
yet well framed with plant shrubs and
trees on all sides. II you must have
q Phoenix Canariensis on n 40-fOot
lot, place it in the rear where it may
also serve as a shade tree. though the
same rules properly should obtain in
the back yard as in the front yard.
Better to use fan palms If you viii
have some, or the beautiful columnar
cocos. Do not plant in the center
or centers 81 that one or two large
objects may alone be viewed by you.
but frame your greensward or picture
with shrubs, even trees, so that you
will have a little privacy and sndg-
ness, a limited s%eclusion. so that you
feel as though or your own property.
This o~pen-face, look-at-me type of gar
Gening so prevalent is not at all COB
elusive to home life, and is founded
on generosity and unselfishness,
but on false pride and n desire to
"show off" Every true plant lover
has at least a part Of his grounds Sc
cluded; and somewhere on the prem
Uses may be found. If of sufficient ex-
tent, some suggestion of intricacy Of
design, without which no garden is
very interesting or attractive unless
in a spectacular sort Of fashion, and
the latter is debasing to the art.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
POULTRY NOTES
Selecting Pullets.

Not every poultryman can select a laying men
by her appearance. 1t is true students of poul-
try husbandry are generally able TO do this, but
few farmers and poultrymen are unless they have
given the subject some attention.
The following suggestions should be Of help to
you in enumerating some of the points in the
making of a good laying hen. But these points
will need to be verified. That is, YOU must prac-
tice if you would become a good judge or at least
learn how to select your own pullets for layers.
And it will be necessary for you to know how to
select if you are to improve your flock.
Judging poultry is said to be a finer art than
the selection of other farm animals, but the man
or woman who picks pullets with a fine head,
alert eyes and comb, face and wattles of fine tex
ture, has taken the first step toward increased
egg production. Good pulletS should stand square
on their feet, with legs wide apart, with the front
end of the body slightly higher than the posterior
end. and with a long back and tail carried rather
high. The body should be wedge-shaped, yielding
ample room for the reproductive and digestive
organs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
DEMAND FOR SHADE TREES
Massachusetts Journal Recognizes the
Value of Proper Adornment Of the
City's Streets.

A real good hot summer day brings
home to Bridgeport the shame Of
shadeless streets. In this case it is q
burning shame. and no mistake. We
wonder what administration will devel-
op the foresight and public spirit to
take the steps necessary at the present
for the assuring of shade trees for the
future?
Shade trees add to the value Of prop
erty. They help TO keep the city cool
in summer. They conserve public
health and comfort. They please the
eye and are one of the greatest fac
tors in the Identification of a city.
People have an instructive apprecia-
ton of trees-all the world knows that
New Haven is a city of elms, and the
most famous street in Germany is "Un-
ter den Linden Poets have rhapso-
died over trees, and Handel wrote his
famous Largo" in celebration of a
plain tree, which afforded grateful
shade to the composer. And the praC-
teal advantages of trees are equal to
the esthetic advantages. But it is I'M
necessary to cite these facts, because
practically everybody agrees. What
is needed is the taking of definite steps
TO assure shade trees in the future and
to counterfeit the lack of such n provi-
sion in the past.-Bridgeport (MassS
Telegram.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
When Eggs Are Highest.

How TO get eggs in late fall and early winter
when they are highest is a serious problem with
most poultrymen.
Taking it for granted that the pullets We're
Matched early and have made good growth during
the SUMMER season, we would get the entire flock
Of spring pullets, yearlings and all into winter
quarters in September. That is, We would have
the poultryhouse and yards put in order for win
ter then, so there will be no Encouragement to
disturb the flock or in any way disarrange its
daily routine or habits during late October, Novem-
Der and December, when we most desire the eggs.
One of the principal factors for securing a high
egg production in the poultry flock is exercise. A
hen kept closely cooped will not lay as many
eggs during q season; she will take on fat instead
and become unhealthy. Give the hens plenty of
range-and then get q larger basket in which to
carry the eggs to market.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
lmproper Use of mpnn,tn

There is nothing incorrect about the
elision of do" and mot" which makes
don't" If it is used correctly. But
there is scarcely another word in the
English language which is so often
used incorrectly. 1t is a strange thing,
but we often hear otherwise educated
people using this elided form on the
negative in the singular, people who
would not think of using the affirma-
tive of 1t as singular. "She don't" and
"he don't" are just as disagreeable to
the cultivated a as "she do" and "he
do" would be and it is astonishing that
anyone of the most elementary gram
NAUTICAL knowledge could be so deaf
to the values of English speech as to
use them. Still the mistake is nnoy-
ingly common. Recently we ever
heard an actor, playing the part of a
gentleman of refinement, say "she
don't love me" Ugh! And, If actors
cannot at least speak our mother
tongue grammatically, what are they
good for? Remember, it is just as easy
to be right and say "she does NOT or
"doesn't."-Ohio State Journal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

A fight against the unsightly, uE
sanitary and value wrecking biIlboards
of Los Angeles has been reopened by
Estelle Lawton Lindsey, councilwonb
an of that city. Mrs. Lindsey aA
nounced recently that she would at
once renew the fight to bar the bill
boards from the residence districts
and would ask the council to pass the.
ordinance barring them. This meas
ure provides that the consent of a
majority of the property owners In
the same block must be obtained be-
fore a billboard may be erected in a
residence district. The Chicago ordi-
nance was the model for this Los An
geles bill and the supreme court OF
Illinois upheld the measure in Chi
cago, but the billboard posters ap-
pealed to the Supreme court of the
United States and the case is still
pending.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Big Ben
II
Blu HAROLD CARTER

Copyright. 1916. by W. g. Chapmar.J

copyright, 1916. by w. g. Chapmar.)
Big Ben lay on the hillside, well with
in sight of the Jail from which he had
escaped. But that implied no particu-
lar danger to Big Ben, for one could
see thirty miles In the clear atmos-
phere of the hills. And the penitentiary
was Mt least twelve miles away and
thai lay across forest and mountain.
Big Ben was a lifer. He had killed a
fellow man. while mad with drink. He
had served four years, and had been
made a trusty. He had not planned to
escape, but the way was open and he
walked out.
That had been eight days before.
Big Ben had raided a hencoop, seized
a dozen struggling fowls, tied them
into a bundle, and taken them to his
retreat. They were busy laying eggs
for his breakfast-what were left of
them. Big Ben had no appetite. He
had also stolen q sack of -four and a
dozen boxes of matches, as well as a
goodly supply of chewing tobacco. Now
he was at peace with the world. He
meant to stay there another week, till
the hue and cry died down, and then
to make his way across the hills to the
railroad.
They had been firing guns all the
night before, but that could not be on
account of his escape. Big Ben won
dered whether another prisoner had es-
capped. He felt sorry for Travis, the
warden, who had always treated him
so well. Travis would get into trouble
about him. If another prisoner had
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

such keen senses that they can keen Tho .on,noro
ture at close to 103 degrees without referring 70
a thermometer, which instrument is never en-.
ployed. 1890 p"
custom Matching In this country is unite an
other matter, and has been made possible only by
the invention of incubators of the continuous
type, heated from a cOal-burning furnace and
requiring only a comparatively small amount of
attehton. 1t is a line of work which farmers
wives ana other women can follow with success
and to which farmers themselves, as well as the
owners OF large poultry plants, are turning their
attention. Men and women living near the larger
towns, and especially If close to the railroad sta
ton or on a trolley line, are particularly well sit
uated to do custom Matching, for people keeping
a rev hens will come personally with their eggs
and also call for the chickens-just as they do in
Egypt, by the way, except for the means of con-
veyance.
The initial investment need not be large. One
can start with a single machine and increase the
size of his plant as business warrants. A little
advertising by means of circulars, or, better, in
a newspaper, will bring the CUSTOM. 1t is first
necessary, however, to learn all about running
the incubator. 1t would be foolish to seek GUS
toners before becoming thoroughly familiar with
artificial incubation and making several expert
mental hatchings. These can be made in the fall
or winter.
Along with custom Matching goes the sale of
day-Old chicks. This is another line which men
- NAO AAANN
but little capital may begin in q small way and
increase with their business. The two branches
may well be combined also. If at any time there
be a dearth of custOm-hatching orders, the ma
chimes may be kept running just the same to fill
orders for newly Matched chickens. For Matching
chicks, n charge based on the number of eggs in
an incubator tray is often made. If, for example,
the tray will accommodate rs eggs, the charge
may be 50 and upwards. Just as much time and
fuel are required for a dozen eggs as for 70. OF
course, If the eggs to be Matched for several Gus
toners are received at the same time, they can
be placed in the same machine, but it will be very
difficult to decide to whom the chicks belong when
they are out of the shells.
If the hatcher is using single machines, it ia
wise to employ the Smaller sizes. The machines
which come In sections are most satisfactory, for
they can be added to like sectional bookcases
as one's business grows. OF course the custom
hatcher takes no responsibility. He does his best,
and If the eggs fail to hatch, the loss is the Gus
toner's. The hatcher has no means of knowing
that they were fertile, even, until a test at the
end of five days is made. Likewise, the hatcher
runs no open accounts, If he is wise. A deposit
should be made when the eggs are left, and the
remainder paid when the chicks are delivered.
Day-old chicks are best sold at a fiat rate, say
10 cents apiece, with delivery charges added.
Strongly made cardboard boxes especially de-
signed for shipping chicks are manufactured and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

made his getaway Travis would prob
ably lose his job, and the prison sys-
TEN would be made more severe. Big
Ben was sorry for Travis. He was
sorry for his wife and the little girl,
Maisie, who had brought him flowers
sometimes. Maisie was five, and had
q way which went straight to the heart
of the most hardened prisoner. Still,
If the way lay open, a man must try
to get free.
The appetite for liquor had quite
left Big Ben. He meant to live q de-
cent life henceforward, once he could
strike the track and jump a freight to
Trustworthy. There he would lose him
self, and after a while strike west
again. Big Ben was a good sort of
man, he saw his past life and regretted
1t. He meant to make the best of his
chances now. And he swore that he
would die rather than go back to peni-
Tertiary life.
A little stream ran purling down be-
side the cave in which he slept. Big
Ben rose to get q drink of water. As
he approached the stream, out of the
shelter of the trees, he recoiled in as
constituent and terror. Facing him,
across the stream, was Maisie.
Maisie in a torn dress, with grubby
hands and tear-stained face. Maisie,
recognizing him with a glad smile, a
cry of delight, and running through the
water toward him. Maisie, smuggling
into Big Ben's arms and holding up her
face for a kiss.
Big Ben looked at her. "Where's
your daddy?" he asked.
81 don't know" said Maisie. ~ got
lost"
Lost? When7"
Last night. 1 was picking flowers,
and looked up and the trees were all
round me. And l couldn't 60 home"
The child must have wandered miles
during the night. So that was what
the guns had been firing forl
but you1l take me home, won't you,
Big Benz" continued Maisie, looking
up into his face.
Big Ben was staggered. He could
not find any answer to make.
"You see, daddy will be awful glad
TO see me again." said the little girl.
sand now I found you, l know you'll
take me back to daddy"
Big Ben swallowed an oath. He still
stared at the girl. "See here, kiddy, IL
you just walk and walk" he began
and then he saw the startled look upon
her face. And all his dreams of the
future faded into Darkness.
"Sure I'll take you home, kiddy," he
said, and, picking up the baby in his
arms, he began to carry her through
the trees
Twelve miles 1t was-and with every
step Big Ben's heart became SO much
lead. He strobe along. now setting
down the little girl, to let her pick
some flower that had taken her fancy,
now carrying her again. Presently, to-
ward midday, he saw the little head
nod in his arms. Maisie was sleeping.
worn out by the walk of the night.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
WORTH KNOWING

Lions never run out of roars Just
as soon as n roar is gone another
roar takes its place.
An acknowledgements machine has
been invented for balancing quinine
pills on top of each other. 1t is thought
that this epoch-making continuance
will solve the quinine pill balancing
problem.
All the energy needed to operate a
new automatic thimble recently placed
on the market is one thumb power.