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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
fORMAllN TO RELIEVE BlOAT
Promising Results Secured in Expert
ments Conducted by Experts at
Kentucky Station.

Experiments conducted at the Ken
lucky station with formaldehyde as a
treatment for cattle badly affected
with bloat caused by eating too much
succulent clover or alfalfa has given
very promising results.
One-half ounce of fOrmalin in one
quart of water makes the proper solu-
ton for treating bloated animals
After administering the remedy, a
block of wood is placed in the animals
mouth to allow the better escape OF
the gas. In all the cases tried the
COWS were in normal condition 20 10
% minutes after the formalin solution
was given, eve when the animals
were badly bloated and in a dangerous
condition. FOrmalin is a trade name
for a 40 per ent solution OF formalde-
hyde, and can be secured at any drug
store.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
SMALL TRACTOR is FAVORED
Profitable Implement II Enough Land
Is Cultivated to Use Ii Econom-
icaIIy, Say Users.

The farm tractor is generally a
profitable implement If enough land
is cultivated TO use il economically.
This is the opinion expressed by three
fourths of the two hundred tractor
users in Illinois 10 Investigators for
the United States department Of agri-
culture. About one-third of the men
In this list increased the acreage, on
an average 40 acres 10 the farm. af-
ter buying the tractors and finding
that they did not have room TO use
them To tho best advantage.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
WHITEWASH OF HIGH VALUE
Government Standard is Very White
and Will Last Well When Used
on Outside Jobs.

Following is the well-known stand
ard recipe for Government White
wash" Stake one-half bushel fresh
lime with boiling water, covering it to
keep in the steam. Strain liquid
through q fine sieve and add seven
pounds of fine salt, previously dis
solved in warm water; three pounds
of ground rice, boiled to a thin paste
and stirred in, boiling hot; one-half
pound bolted gilders whiting; one
pound white glue, soaked first in cold
water until swollen, hen carefully
melted Over fire. To this mixture add
five gallons of hot water and let it
stand covered a few days.
A pint of the whitewash will serve
to cover nearly a square yard. 1t is
very white and will last well when
used on outside work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
MUST COVER ARMS

None of the best winter wraps have
elbow sleeves; all show the arms coy-
cred right down to the wrists. And
this Is an excellent idea. Last winter,
when it was so much the fashion to
have elbow sleeves on smart wrap
coats huge muffs were popular, and
the arms could be thrust right into
these NUTS and so covered. But now
the correct muf Is quite small and bar
rel shape, like the curious little NUTS
shown in some famous portraits by
Romney and Reynolds. writes the Paris
correspondent OF the Boston Globe.
Very high, full collars are still fash
ionable on wrap coats; high straight
collars like those of last winter. But
c~ape-collars are creeping in. Some of
the latest coat models designed by Pa
quin ard Worth showed large cape-col-
lars which gave almost a fichu effect.
When collars OF this order are intro
duced the only other fur trimming on
the wrap takes the form of wide bands
on the sleeves. Long Russian blouses,
made of soft-faced cloth and bordered
with fur, will be fashionable for girls.
These will be knee-length and cut al
most straight from neck TO hem, a wide
sash of embroidered and fringed silk
banding them in at the waist. The Rus
sian-blOuse-cOatees are extremely be-
coming to slender figures, and they look
most attractive when worn over ankle
length plated skirts. Premet Is one OF
the important dressmakers who has
made the Russian blouse popular this
year.
She is making the loveliest indoor
costumes in this style, with the Ions
tunic blouse in crepe de chine and the
skirt underneath in accordion pleated
satin. Rich borders of fur are intro
duced on the tunics and the most cost
~ embroideries In which silver anC
gold threads play an important role.
An exquisite Premet model was ex
pressed in navy blue chiffon and char
meuse In the same color. The knee
length Russian-tunic was made of the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
FALL AND WINTER FLOWING
Various Kinds of Insects Eek
posed to Cold Weather.

There are a number Of advantages
I'm fall and winter blowing. The de-
struction of insects is not the least "
them. Army worms, cut worms, He's
sian fly. grasshoppers and other very
INJURIOUS insects live over the winter
in the ground and by fall blowing or
Gisking. these insects are exposed To
the freezing weather and killed. or
they are crushed and disturbed In their
winter sleep SO hat they perish. Old
stubble fields should always be plowed
during the fall or winter IL the land 10
situated as not to wash--Farmer's
Guide.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
FAITH IN GOOD ROADS
Country Spending $500, 900 900
Yearly on improvements.
Ratio Expected to Be Double That
Amount in Next Decade-Covern-
ment Won't Aid Community
That Doesn't Help Itself.

The country is spending well
toward $500, 1000 a year on rural
roads-perhaps twice what it was
spending for that purpose ten years
ago. Faith in good roads probably
increased during the decade in an
even greater ratio, and it will be sur
prising if the expenditure ten years
hence is not double $200,000,000.
This is mainly, of course, an effect
of the motor car; but a lot of people
misjudge the motor car because they
forget-or do not know-that in all
the more prosperous rural regions a
gasoline vehicle nowadays is just
about as standard an implement Us a
moving machine. The day has long
gone by when good roads agitation
could be discredited by assembling it to
bloated urban, plutocrats who wanted
to ride comfortably.
By an act that became law last
month the federal government pur-
poses to contribute $75,000,000 for
good country roads used by the postal
service, sharing the expense equally
with the states or other local units.
The work is to be lone on specifica-
tons approved by the department of
agriculture, duly inspected and APP
proved.
The federal government ought to
contribute, for highways are Il legiti.
mate national interest. Under this
law it helps no community that does
not first help itself. Its participation
will tend powerfully to standardize
road building and to distribute the re-
suits of experience; SO it should tend
to give a better quality Of road for no
greater cost.
Twenty-Five years ago any given so
called public highway was usually the
exclusive affair of n board of super
visorS or commissioners who ruled
for a year over q territory three or
four miles square. Presently the cOun.
ties came in; then the states; now the
federal government-which is as il
should be.-Saturday Evening Post.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
Bedside Pedestal.

q damp cloth. Round the sides, at
the top, n short frill of cretonne is
fastened on with braid and brass-head-
ed nails, and in front there is 81 cur
tain made of some of the I'm ere
tonne, that can be lifted up when any
thing is required from inside the ped
estal.
The shelves are composed of pieces
of wood cut to fit across the box and
supported In their places by bars of
wood nailed or, on either side, inside
the box. This can be seen in the
small sketch at the top on the left
of the illustration.
No household should be without a
pedestal of this kind, as in case of
sickness 1T is most useful for holding
medicine bottles, papers, books, watch
stand, etc., and it's preparation costs
but little.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

chiffon, and it a bOrdered all around
with intricate embrOideries worked in
platinum threads. At the extreme edge
there wa a border of skunk, and the
charmeuse skirt was closely plated.
An effective sash made of puce-red
Indian silk vas wound round the waist,
u bright crimson rose being stuck into
its folds. All women, and girls, will be
glad To know that long straight tunics
are once more fashionable. The Pari-
sian dressmakers call these garments
Inconsistencies" anulit is al excellent
name, for they are really cut like a
very full chemise.
Everything depends on just how
such tunicS are worn, and how the
sash-always of some strongly con-
trasting color-is died.
Fur trimmings are more popular
than ever; for coats, dresses, hats and
wraps. All the newest millinery mod
els show effective bands of fur-scme-
where. Take for example the original
model which 1 have sketched this
week.
This is a Lewis design and Chinese
In type. The hat itself was made of
black panne, and the trimming con
sisted of n narrow border and, on the
top, n cabochon of ermine. 1t was an
amazingly chic model and one which
should be worn pulled right down
ove the forehead.
Big velvet tamNo,shanters are fash
ionable as ever, and they are univer-
sally becoming. The most comfortable
models are those made or generous
lines, with an invisible band of elastic
to hold the cap in place on the head.
These hats-and, indeed, hats ana caps
of all kindS-are worn pulled down
over the forehead, slightly tilted over
one eye.
Directoire shapes in neutral-tinted
felt arc popular with the smartest Pa
r~isiennes. These little hats are al
most always accompanied by a circu-
lar veil made of cobweb ret ard bor-
dered with fine metallic embroidery.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
STYLES and Gymnastics.

With n series of highly complicated
calisthenics, milady ties herself into
her fur stole. You'd never know but
that il was q voluminous fur wrap
when she gets done winding 1T around
the back of her neck. crossing it in
front, passing it under her arms, bring
slipping it through the front, crossing
to hold it tight.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

from stock and fire. and intelligent
Trimmings. After planting and cult
walton during a few years, if the
woodlot is of artificial origin, the
work expended on it and the harvest
ing of its crops may be done in the
winter, when other work is not press
ing.
Besides the direct value OF a wood
lot in furnishing wood and shelter, i'm
esthetic value in improving the APP
pearance of the farm and in furnish
ing recreation is of considerable Inn
pOrtance in making life more worth
living. Incidentally the well-kept, prop
erly located woOdlot adds selling value
TO the farm out of all proportions To
the cost of establishing or tending the
grove.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

In case the shipment is TO be a long
one, wire a pan of water in one cor
ner.
Material for crate, 2 feet wide, 3
feet long and 3 feet high.
II by II, for bottom end board +;
II by 1-6-16 uprights and opening
end; 81 by 1910 sides and closed
end; 81 by 12-10 floor and bottom
side boards; Ii by 65S cleats.-
Farm and Home.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

1t has been operating long enough to have proved that for every dollar which
kindhearted phianthrophy donates for the purpose O. tIing town lots four
dollars come out of the ground.
Even a captain of finance or a "a bride doesn't expect to make over
300 per cent and that is what these 610 little farms will do this year.
An owner las a tenacre plot of ground, upon which he allows poor
people to grow crops. The lots association plows the ground and fertnizes it
gratisan n the little gardeners G IN planting culuvaing and reaping.
Any day the owner wants his land to sell or build upon he may have it.
Up at Georges hill IS a man of eightyseven years who is famous for
the way he tms his little farm. There are hundreds of families who grow
a years vegetable supply upon their borrowed land. Some men have been
working the sal plot for 10 years The Industrious are never driven from
their gardens so long as the garden is available for use.
The ordinary farmer is content with n crop in a year. Not Sc with
scoreso of these city tIers of land that may be worth anywhere from $1,000
to $4,000 a acre. They frequently raise two or three crops in a season
off the sam plot, the plots averaging Onesixth Of an acre.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

every day into the Mississippi river in the shape of interest charges and
sinking fund. This has amounted % more than 100000 a year in feed bills,
The cost of the bridge o ate has been more than 100000. The first
issue of bonds in 1908 was $3500O00. Work a begun in December, 1909,
and "a to be completed within two years.. The secopd bond issue for the
eastern approach was 81 100000. To this must be added the interest charges
since the issue OF the first bonds, about eight years.
In the intervening six years during the building Of the "balky mule" and
while it stood there in the river until the second bond issue va passed two
years ago, the old house of delegates and city council kicked back and forth
dozens Of bills and held many investigations" and secret meetings to
determine The correct route or a east approach.
This unpleasant portion of ancient history included factonal squabbles,
and many personally conducted efforts of various members of the assembly
to cause the EAST approach to be built along h route outlined exclusively
by them. These approaches "a in various directions, and a combined map
of them all would show East St Louis covered by the ribs of a fan, with
zigzag curves and extensions to what a termed "free territory
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

fitted up with shelves, and slippers
and shoes, and unsightly odds and
ends can be stored away in 1t.
The lid Of the case will not be re-
CURED, and can be cut up for max
ing the shelves. The sides of the box
are smoothly covered with some pretty
inexpensive cretonne, the material be-
ing turned owe at the edge and I'M
derneath and fastened on with tacks.
The top should be covered with Amer.
lean cloth, as IL can be cleaned with
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
EVERY FARM NEEDS WooDL0T
II Nature Has Not Provided One, Plant
One-it Is Not Difficult and
Will Pay Well.

By W j. MORRILL,. Colorado AgricuI-
tural College. Fort Collins. Colo.D
n permanent woodlot is an essential
part of a well-organiZed farm. In the
mountain valleys and along the
streams in the plains. nature has pro-
vided these woodlots. In many places,
however, the farmer must plant and
raise his woodlot.
The woodlot is convenient in pro-
viding fuel. posts. and wood for re
pairs. 1t may also serve as n wind
break. and for shelter for stock. On
light soils or on steep slopes the trees
will bind the soil, TO prevent erosion
4 woodlot needs proper protection
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

found anywhere. Jonathan Fly, a
farmer lad of eighty-three, last year
coaxed at the rate of $500 out of an
acre. A rival agriculturist, who had
copied some of Mr.. F1y's methods,
made Mother Earth give him ut the
rate of $500 to the acre.
There are in Philadelphia this
year 610 little farms such as these
upon which poor families have grown
an average of $500 to the acre.
The Vacant Lots Cultivation asso-
citation Is almost old enough TO vote.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

and the engineers put the leg in spnnts and cared for him until he vas well
again.
Patsy attached himself to Flynn, and when the engineer a trans
ferrd to the Berkshire he followed him and became the pet of the vessel.
While the Berkshire was off Hastings OF her way to Albany, the dog playing
with stewards boy, slipped overheard after a bone. The boy as too
alarmed to say q word, and it as o until the Berkshire got to Albany the
next morning that he confessed.
Early next day the Waterman at pier 80 Hudson river, a aroused by
the barking of a dog and, opening tine wicket, he admitted the wet and foot
sore Patsy, minus his handsome collar and with a bad cut over me eye. He
took care If him untlt the vessel arrived.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
HANDY HOG SHIPPING CRATE
Be Southern Yellow Pine-list
of Material Needed.

A strong shipping crate for hogs is
an easy thing to make. 1t should be
well built of southern yellow pine. A
neatly built crate, a shipping tag bear
ing the shippers name and that of his
farm often will aid in selling stock.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

knows where Lemon creek is and
yes, you've guessed it the first time
it is talking of improving and n
larging the waterway with the name
that makes your mouth water.
"On October ., in the Princess
Bay Yacht clubhouse. Princess Bay
beach" said the official notice issued
by the United States army corps of
engineers, Lieut.. Col. c. III. Nc
Kinstry will hold a hearing at $40
p. m. for the consideration of a propo-
sition To improve Lemon Creek"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

balk has been removed, and the steel
tractabIe and useful public utility. 1t
no longer is the "endless" bridge, zap
proachlesS" Jinx, or any of the other
fantastic creatures which jokesters
have pointed out as one of the most
modern useless structures in the
world.
While the bridge was acting like
a balky mule, the taxpayers of st.
Louis have been feeding $500 in cash
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
FOR COMFORT OF INVALID
Bedside Pedestal One of the Greatest
C~onveniences That Can Well
Be Devised.

1t Is nice 10 have something by the
side OF n bed upon which Il candle and
q box Of matches, n water bottle and
tumbler. and possibly a book may be
placed. but even If n small table is
used for this purpose it is generally
rather Ia the way.
We give a sketch, therefore, of q
useful pedestal that can be easily pre-
pared with a packing case OF the shape
and size Indicated. and inside IL can be
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

on the pier stood q very bedraggled
dog, held by a Waterman, and fairly
shrieking with joy. The instant the
gangplank was pushed over. the dog
broke from the man and shot on board
to hurl himself into the engine room.
Patsy had come back"
Pasty, who is all dog, was picked
up two years ago by Stephen Flynn,
engineer of the Berkshire, while ne
was on board the Trojan of the same
line. The dog had crept into the
shelter of the pier with q broken leg.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
Fur on Wells.

Fur-trimmed wells are to be worn
autumn hats. Sometimes they are
edged with a single band of fur, some
times with three narrow bands.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
Black Satin StoIes-

Black satin stoles are much worn
for these b-etween-season days. They
are lined with white or colored or fig
ured satin or silk, or with chiffon.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
New York Discovers That 1t Has a Lemon Creek

NEW YORK-Class in New York ctys geography, stand up. Where is
the city boundaries, but who knows where to find Lemon creek?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
Patsy Was on the Pier to Meet His Loved Ship

NEW YORK-when the Berkshire of the Hudson Navigation company ar
~ rived at her pier the other day from Albany, passengers on board were
startled by the barking o. a dog. followed by cheers from the crew: There
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
Intensive Farming on PhiIadeIphia's Vacant Lots

D HnADELPHIA-Some of the most intensive farming In the country is
! carried OF in the city of Brothery Love m its vacant lots, especially out
along Woodland avenue, where there ares some of the best little farms to be
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

and winter hats. Ii is a smart little
SmoIin "Blue Bird" style of dark
brown panne velvet, with a guinea
hen set at a jaunty angle on the
front of the CROWN. This style will
be worn extensively this fall, fashion
experts say, by the smart set.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03

Looking through a spyglass 1t a city map 20 may find Lemon creek.
about a jump and a half wide, starting somewhere abaft the beam If Lake
island. where Staten Islands favorte garbage disposal plant will nt be
built Unless it is built. 1t then flows down grade toward the Lower bay, and
leaps deity irtot that great fishing resort near the spot wheret he fishermen
get their loads IF tit and things
The proprietor of the creek was away from home when In attempt
a. made to learn why he il; not satisfied with Lemon creek in its wild and
1nimproyed state.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
St. Louis Municipal Bridge Finally Is Landed

CT. LOUIs-st. Louis big balky mue-the municipal free bridge-has
y come ashore. After stubbornly standing gin h Mississippi river more tina
four years. it finally stepped out and was tied to the eastern approach
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-03
lacings.

Bodice lacings are used In sone OF
the new velvet and satin frocks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-15
SHEEP BREEDERS HOLD
 25TH ANNUAL MEETING

f 7 .
 The Connecticut Sheep Breeders association held its 25th annual meeting yesterday with breeders from all parts of the state in attendance, and. the fcllewtng officers were elect- cd: President, Charles L. Gould. West Cornwall; vice-president, Henry Dorrance. Plainfield; treasurer. B.. c. Patterson. Hartford; directors. John Walbridge, Coventry: Ray sBlivin, South Canterbury; John Mainwar- ring, Clinton; Robert Green Brook Held Center; W. l.. Pentecost. To- comic. iis7
 J. c. McNult. professor of animal husbandry at the Massachusetts Agricultural college, Amherst, in his address. Sheep as a Side Line for the New England Farmer" said that nat ural conditions make New England one of the best places in the United States to keep sheep "This was d great section 100 years ago. he said. '"The fine wool breeds were greatly improved here. With the opening of the West the industry moved in that direction. With the good prices now being. secured for wool. mutton and lamb, there are wonderful, opportuni- ties for profit in raising sheep, but new breeders must learn the sheep business"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-15
Silks for shirts and for waists.

Men are buying these for their wives.
 Women are buying these for their husbands. . And both are making a wise choice. E , Tub silks! In stripes that are splendid for shirts. Equally good for waists.
 Clear spotless white with such stripes!
 One colorto two colors ap- pear in the stripes. Some are wide, some narrow. ,, And colors- blues and green, spinks and gold, al sorts of combinations,
 32 and 36 inches wide-$1 a yard.
 Third fleeF,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-15
aew wig makes Dolly beautiful

Such a scarcity of nice dolls from overseas, that many an old and loved Dolly will get new clothes for Christmas. {. And Little Mothers will love them even more than they have if such a thing is possible.
 With those new clothes; a new wig if you would have Dolly look almost really new!' < Here are wigs made of real human hair, wigs that may be combed and brushed and put up in different styles.
 t ,. 4 {.
 Seven sizes beginning with No 10 at $I.2 .25 and rising % cents for each size up to No 16 at $2.75.
 And here are some things to make one's own hair more attractive.
 20-inch switches, wavy,- $1.
 1 22-inch wavy switches, $1.5O.
 24-inch wavy switches, $3.75.
 H a n dsome 2S-i n c h switches, wavy,-$4.5O.
 Transformations of full length, -$1 50.
 Third f1ocn