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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03
WANTED--HELP-Male

" ANTED-A good general blacksmith:
must understand farmers and
freighters' trade. State experience
Address w. H. Warren, Mackay, Ida
M6c
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03
WANTED-HELP.

AN ATTRACTIVE proposition for ex-
perienced solicitors who can work in
country. See Western Farmers Re
view at Capital News office. tt
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

FOR RENT-On shares. an unim-
proved 40-acre tract on ear line.
Phone s22J or write 1909 Lemp street,
Boise. If
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

GOOD improved ranch to eycha nge for
good city residence property. School
err Startling Agency, Overland Bldg.
MA
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

FOR RENT-1o acres on bench. close
In also acres at Pierce Park or
for sale, cheap. r. B. Wright, 912
Hays. AS
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03
CLOSE IS firm
ON GRAIN MARKET
Defeat Of Gore Resolution
Has Effect on the Price
Of Wheat.

Chicago, March Sword from
washington that the Gore resolution
had been tabled was succeeded by a
notable hardening of prices here. The
closing quotations were firm 2is to
July at 1.11A.
1.13B. July. open, 1.09h: close, 1.1lh.
Corn-May. open. 74M; close. TAN.
July, TAN close, TAN
Oats-May, open AN; close, Ash.
July, open, 41A; close 41st.
Pork-May. open, 21.20: close, 2i.42.
July. open. 21.22; close, 21.4o.
Lard--May. open. 1857; close, 1855.
July. open, 1880. close, 1885.
Ribs-May, open, 1852; close, 11.72.
July. open. 11.77; close, l1.s2.
Livestock Markets.
Chicago, March ~S.-Hogs-Receipts
$4,000; fairly active. Bulk. S.s5d9;
light, s6069; mixed, S.7o69.07k:;
heavy, S.60@9.10: rough, S60@S.75;
pigs. 7.25@S.2S.
Cattle-Receipts 1000; strong. Ma
tive beef steers, 7.25Q9.75: western
steers. 7.10@S.25 stockers and feeders,
6.75Q7.s5; cows and heifers, 335 a .43:
calves, S.60@11.25.
Sheep-Receipts 5000; strong. Weth-
FRS. 7.90@S.60; lambs, 9.25 g1l.35.
South Omaha, March 3.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts 1880; higher. Heavy, $500
S.75; light, s.40mS.55 pigs, 7nS; bulk
of Sales S.50@S.65.
Cattle-Receipts 200; active. Ma
tive steers, 7.50G9; cows and heifers.
6.50@I50 western steers. 6.osTS;
Texas steers. car; stockers and feed
ers, 6@s.
Sheep-Receipts $500: strong. Year
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03
lings. s.a5@s7s; wethers. 7.asds.15;'
lambs, 10.60G11.


Portland, March S.-Cattle-Re Receipts
none; steady. Steers. choice, 7.36 q
ITO: good, 1925; medium. 6.60@T;
cows, choice, 5.T506.7S; good. $500
choice. 5.7E06,4o; good. 5@5.75; bulls
choice. S.5o@5; stays. choice. 5@5.25.
Hogs-Receipts 1870; steady. Prime
light. sos @8.16: prime strong weights
s.o56s.15; good to prime mixed, 1850
sos; rough heavy packing. 6.7o07.25;
pigs and skips. 6.70@7.
Sheep-Receipts none; steady. Choice
lambs. 8.75 @s.05; common lambs. s.25 q
$40; choice yearlngs. 1905; good
yearlings, 767.75: choice wethers, Ia
7.15; choice light ewes. s.2E67; good
ewes. 5.7596.25; common heavy ewes,
5@5.5o.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03
TO TRADE.

FOR TRADE-30 acres near Meridian,
paid up water; unimproved. Carter,
McCarty Bldg. Ma
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

WILL give good chance on $50 acres
new wheat land. 1898, care Capital
News M3
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

TO RENT-Good hay, grain and dairy
ranch. Good house, barn. Plenty
water. Cash. j. J. Jones. Meridian.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

FOR RENT-5 acres. close In. Phone
2233-W. H. c. Corey. MI
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03
Money and Metals.

Money and Metals.
New York. March 3.-Mercantile pa
per, 3d3A per cent Sterling: 60-day
bills. 4.7ils; demand. 4.76 7-16; cables.
All. Bar silver, 56N. Mexican dol
lars. 1885,. Government bonds steady;
railroad bonds firm. Time loans firm
er; so days, az az per cent: 80 days.
IN as per cent; six months. 3@3h
per cent. Call money steady; high, 2
per cent; low, ~ per cent; ruling rate.
~ per cent; last loan. per cent; clos
ing bid, u per cent; offered at 2 per
cent.
New York, March g. Copper
Steady, Electrolytic, nearby months.
$3.50; June and later, 27@27.5o.
Iron-Steady and unchanged.
The metal exchange quotes tin quiet,
offered at AZ.
The metal exchange quotes lead at
6.45.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03
FOR SALE OR TRADE.

.. l.. SELBY, real estate, insurance.
loans. 33s Soma Bldg. II
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03
Butter and Eos.

Chicago March s. Butter-Firmer.
Creamery, 25@35.
Eggs-Higher. Receipts 11,153 cases.
Firsts. 21N @22: ordinary f1rsts, 2o% a
81; at mark, cases included, 20@21.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-Piano, So per month. 20;
McCarty Bldg. MA
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

YOUR PLUMBING AND REPAIR.
ing, prices right: work right Phone
S!1-W. Will Konrad. $40 state st. Il
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

WANTED-For cash, furniture or 4
or 5-room house: must be cheap;
1405 Main ST.. or phone 1894. M
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

FOR RENT-A 6-room house, mod
ern, "a blocks from postoffice: 407
Bannock. Inquire Fausts Art Store.
$40 Idaho. MA
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03
FOR RENT-Ap artrnents

FOR RENT-Four- room apartment,
sleeping porch; heat, hot and cold
water. Jones Apis, 923 Fort st.
Phone 661W. Ms
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

FOR SALE Ancona eggs and baby
chicks from prime winning stock. at
1916 show. Sheppard's stock direct.
Prices reasonable. Write John De-
mond. Boise. Rt. l. M22
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

sage maker and meat curer. Ad-
dress 1346 care Capitol News. Mar.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

In the District Court of the Third Jul
dicial District OF the State of Idaho,
in and for the County of Ada
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

San Francisco, March s.-Eggs. fresh
extras, 1874.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

FOR SALE-Excellent pure bred White
Orpington hens at a special price
Address Box 1896. Ms
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

FOR RENT CHEAP-Mode 4room
apartment with large sleeping porch.
40S Jefferson. Phone 1901. M3
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

FOR RENT--Strictly modern 5-room
bungalow for rent March /. Phone
213-J. II
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

FOR RENT-6 room modern house.
Inquire Capital Lumber Co. Phone
1872 MS
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

WILL PAY Boise prices for your
hens and come after them, IL not
more than six miles out. Boise
Poultry Co Phone 20e MISC
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

WANTED-Positio as clerk in no.
tel; or restaurant work Of any
kind. Address Box All, Boise. MAO
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
MlLLkR'S ANTISRPTIC OIL.
KNOWN AS
~ AK. OIL
VIII Positively Relieve Pain In
Three Minutes.

Try it RIGHT now fer Rhfumatiem
Neuralgia. LumhaEo. sore, ~titt and
swollen joints. pans IN the heat
back and limbs, corns hunlons. etc
After one application pain disap
pears AZ il by magic
A never falling remedy used IN
ternally and externally for Coughs
Colds. Group. Sore Throat. Dlph.
iberia and Tonsllltis.
This oil ia conceded to be the
most penetrating remedy known
IT, prompt and immediate effect IN
relieving pain is due To The iscl
that il peuetrates TO the affected
parts at once. AZ an illustration
pour ten drops on The thfcke-t piece
n sole leather, and il will penetrate
NE substance through and through
ia three minutes.
Accep, no substitute, This gres'
oil is golien-red color only. hver'
bottle guaranteed; 25c and Ode =
bottle. or money refunded. A.
leading druggists -CLEAoRE fHAR
MACY. au'
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
VANLLER.

Rev. Thomas filed his regular
appointment here Sunday.
Qtiite large ctrwf SFtehffd ttif
Epworth League here Sunday,
J G. Daniel aud II. &. Russell
were in Dickson Saturday on bu-l.
meas.
Bob Daniel left Tuesday night
for Oklahoma. whore he has accept
ed n position with Texas OIL Co
Clyde Taylfr Of Cumberland Fur.
mace was in VanIeer Saturday even
ing on business.
Johnnie Ferguson spent Tuesday
at Cumberland Furnace,
Mrs Robert Harvey is visiting
homefolks at Cumberland Furnace
this week.
We are very glad to report Mr7
John Bull is improving nicely,
Misses Verbee Ferguson aud An.
ME Daniel were the guests Of Ed.
win Foster Sunday,
Miss Dol,ie Powers, Of Slaydtn.
was the weekend guest OF home.
folks here last week.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
DICKSON HARDWARE COMPANY
Mr.. and Mrs. I X Adeuck.

Mr.. and Mrs. I Is Adeuck.
Mrs Mary Bruce Of Bemis, is
visiting her son. =. " Bruce. and
family
Mr.. and Mr. Perry Epnmns AND
daughter. Of Fleminghurs, Ky, ARE
the guests Of Mrs, l.. z, Hedding
Mf- Cynthia Register spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mira. Lee
Adcock. leaving Monday Cor Nash
Vile, where she resides.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Larkins. Of
Dickson, spent sunday here, the
guests Of his brother, l.. l.. Larkins
Mrs. J. II. PAdgett and little
daughter, Ella Frances, spent the
weekend with relatives at Burns.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
Cumberland Furnace Route ,.

Mrs. T NJ. Gillian is improving
after a few days illness OF lagrippe
Mr.. and Mr. Amon- Harper seY',
visiting at Beefrange Sunday
MI and Mrs. ". VI Story were
the guests Of Mr. aud Mrs, ". K
Houston Sunday
Miss Irene Wall spent sun
day the guest Of Miss Mary Lou
Buchanan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Gillian were
the guests Of MIR, and Mrs. John
Williams Sunday,
Mrs W, NJ. Story was the guest
Of Mrs. I NJ. Gillian Monday.
". r. Houston is still confined
TO his bed with heart failure.
Master Carl Story was on Jones
Greek Saturday visiting relatlyes
and friends.
Mrs g n, Hall and daughter.
Miss Irene, were the guests OF Mrs
/, NJ. Gillian Saturday.
Mrs. Pink Baker is i'll at ihir
writing.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
Rank Foolishness.

You occasionally see il stated
that bad colds do not result
from cold weather Thot ia rank
ioollshneze, We're il true colds
would he az prevalent in mld-sum
mer M in mid winter, The mi.
crohe that causes colds hruri-hes
IN cold damn weather r. got ria
OF n cold take Chamberlain . Cough
Remedy, It is eiiecluai, sod il
highly recommended by people
who have used 1t Tor many wears as
oc aston required aud know its
real value. Ohtainahle eyey,where.
Adv.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
FREE FLOWER SEEDS
Hastings Catalogue Tells You ri
About Them

No matter whether you farm or on'r
plant Vegetables or flowers in a small lot
you need Hastings 1916 Catalogue.
II is filed 600 pnges) from cover to
cover with useful farm aud garden intor.
mation.
II tells Of seeds Of kind and quality tha.
you can't buy from your merchant o.
druggist, seeds that cost no more hut
gise you real satisfaction ard real gar
den
II tells how every custoencr can get ab
soiuteiy free FIVE packets OF easily grown.
yet snowy and beautiful aos erS.
Hastings Is both tic hest and largest
seed LrIn in Tia. Sonth. the cnly fra that
you should buy Sec Is from
sWhen ycu raan. Hastings Seeds, you
meet Good Gart Scn Luck" more than
half way. Write oday for their biz 1918
Catalogue. II Is ,'r,e. 4 postal card r.
qBest viii brig 4 HG HASTINGS CO.
Ataaata CA.-l-Ady -
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Martin and
tso chiliivn. james and carisen,
are spsuding shas week @lth the
laitsrs parents Mn, and Mrs. NJ
ParaTe and family.
Miss Aryt Baker spsn, several
DAYS last week IN nicks,a the ghest
Of her si~isr. Mrs " W win,bley
Miss Eleanor Oakley Il spending
this week with Mrs J., > Oakley
apd family.
Mt.ses Mary ana Emily pardae
Nere The eut-,- Of Misses ElsaDcr
ard Alberta Reep Sunday afternoon
Mr.. Aaxvy II Itlcksnp vas tae
sa.-t II Al-~ Mas Bush SannaS
afgefuoon.
shelby Nitks spent Saturday
night vilh IT. randpaFrr,s, Nh
asa Ma J N Psdue,
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
Mt. Lebanon.

Quite crowd Of Young naop'e
spent SUNDAY with Nr an1 Mrs Y
u and Na-,iu Choate
Ben { cireer spe't lrs saws
last week with relatives oo II "
pe'h River
Mr.. and Mrs Y ", Netlaek ea4
family, visited Nr, and Mrs E. "
Crafty SUNDAY afternoon
The following were At the home
Of Mrs Permela Steele sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs & VI Hudson fud
children Mr., and Mrs V. y Stu.
ders and son, Mr. aud Mrs, L
Steele and family; ] Il Robinson
and Miss Elsie Robinson
Mrs. Susie Allen and son. Karl
and Miss Bessie Allen spent Mon
day with Mrs Myrtle HUDSON.
The Ladies Aid Society wll
meet with Mrs. 4, ;. Steele We'd.
nesday afternoon.
A large crowd attended PRAYER.
meeting at this place SUNDAY night
In addition to the pastor and
Sunday School superintendent. Mrs.
Hattie Ferehee,, Mrs. Susie ,Cald
welt aud Marvin Choate were chosen
delegates to the General SUNDAY
School Convention 10 be held at
Dickson, March oath
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
Public Sale.

By authority in me vested az al
ministrator Of the estate OF the late
J. H Adams, | will on Saturday,
March 18th 1916. At ] O'Clock. D.
a.. on Main stree, in Dickson. sell
to the highest and hes, bidder. i've
shares Of Citizens Telephone stock.
This Feb, 80 1919.
]. S. BARkLEl. Admir-.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
Iron Hill.

Several young people were highly
entertained at the home Of Mrs
Cole. last Thursday night.
Henry Mcclure, Of Nails Creek,
is in the St Thomas hoe pital at
Nashville.
W. b, Luther was in Dickson
Monday,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Myatt are
visiting relatives IN Nashville and
White Bluff this week.
Mr.. and Mrs, jeff Frazier, 81
Piney. Mr. and Mrs. Chesley NJ.
Coy. and Misses Mary and Jeanie
Bnu were the guests Of Mr., aud
Mrs. W B. Luther Sunday
Mr., and Mrs. Ernes, Luther spent
he weekend with the latter's par.
ents, Mr and Mrs. Lee Davidson
ou Bear Greek.
Miss Hattie Davidson visited
Miss Bertha Adoock >uudar.
JE l'Ep,IE cIIl ,.r,.sf
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
When TO Take Chamberlains Tab
let's.

When you feel dull and stupid
after eating,
When constipated or bilious.
When YOU hoye a sick headache
When you have y sour stomach.
When you belch after eating.
" en- son have indigestion.
When nervous or despou tent
When you hste no relish for
your meals
When your liver il torpid. Oh.
tslnable everywhere. ADV,
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17

For life insurance which insures
see HI. Newt Williams. special agent
pioksc u. Tenn
FOF. SALE-Pure.hted Ancona
egg =; price, Is Tor Soc. The- are
bile naed to the finest collection OF
he ST Layers; non-setters. Mrs. |, J,
II avis. Cumberland Furnace, Tenn.
George and Sterling Heard, Of
Portersviile. California. arrived here
Wednesday night, and will make
their home with their father. I. Z.
Heard, on Barton's Greek.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
Big Springs.
iCrnwAeh on, la.t week J

Crowded on, last week J
J r Harris sud James Brewey
spent 3 hours rsbhit hunting 10 toe
snow sud caught & rabbi is With III
formers fine Collie. Some rabbit
hunting
Born. 20 Mr., and Mr l.. u
Dunning March 3. daughter
/ d. Miller and J I Hsrfis
made flying trip TO Dickson Mon
day
John Davis attended 'he large
pound supper at Ira Mccormick ;
Saturday night.
Misses Nertres and Jewel Lee, Of
Barton's Creek attended the large
pound supper at Mr. Mccormick {,
Saturday night.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
Colesburg.

J. B. Mclaughlin and family. Of
Dickson, visited D. W. Brown
Sunday.
Mrs. Sarah Adcook is reported
better.
Ernest tsrkins was in Dickson
Monday.
Mrs. Maggie Weems, OF Duk =.
pm. Tenn, is visiting her parsr IS
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17

FOR sALE-Roya al Poultry Farm
u Is acres. all in cult
vation. Up.to-date poultry houses,
5.,.Njm residence and basement;
good water; one acre o.sirawberries
Joins corporation line; ideal place
Tor trcck growing IND poultry. FOR
further information apply TO /. !.
Hooking, Dickson, Tenn.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
FOR SALE OR TRADE-Nar.

tin hillside reversible diichpr will
handie ~ much ~ more dirt in one
day than rs sbovels. viii trade
diicher for hogs or cs,lle Anyone
desiring 10 see ditcher can d. 10
by calling AT my place Telephone
Is ) Charlotte exchange.
l.. u. Miller.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17

state DC le0acsse - County Of Dickson.
|, c. Nmth Cashier Of the above.
manned bark, It. saienuly swear that
the above >a' cy0eut is true. and gives
tr actual condition oi sad bank as
Shown by Il, t books ou lilt IN sad bank
g. = smith. Cashier.
Sahseri aed and sworn to before NE,
;lls lN'h day of March, l4l6.
j NJ Speight, Notary Public.
Correct Attest.
h. W :. Nieks, Director.
NJ. Speight, Director.
l., l.. Nebieti, Director.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
Statement Of the Condition Of the
Bank of Charlotte
Located at Charlotte. Tennessee.
At the Close OF Busin ess. Feb ~, 1910


RESOURCES
Loans and discounts. ,........ So. 590+S
Furniture aud Fixtures Is, ,..". A2l.b5
Actual Cash on hand $3.50
uc from Bunksaud
Bankers ON dtmsnd 5, 81 ,a9-9, 300"
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
Statement OF the Coalition of
Stayton Bank \ Trust COmr,an,

Located al Sta,ton. Ieuness
II Close Of Business, Feb. 2t,, 1910
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-05
NEW TYPES OF HOMES

TINE real estate columns of the
Telegraph, especially those of
Saturdays when builders lay be-
fore the public advertisements show
Ing what they have to offer, are
worthy of careful attention. The pic
lures and the descriptions of the new
types of houses in Harrisburg have a
meaning far beyond their advertising
value for those who knew the city
twenty-five years ago and who have
watched its growth In that period A
quarter of a century back there were
scarcely two dozen residences in the
city worthy of more than a passing
glance. The charm of architecture
was marked in Harrisburg by its alb
sence. Men built rows of brick or
frame boxes and called them houses.
But with the birth of the new civic
spirit came change, and builders of
to-day vie with each other to make
their developments attractive from
every standpointhof the buyer or renter
and scores of people who have made
money" in the city are spending some
of it as they should, in beautifying
their home town by the erection of
beautiful homes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-05
WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY

TINE new secretary of the William
Penn Highway will find plenty
with which to occupy his time
and energies. The movement, al
though well started, is only in it's in
fancy. The early consummation of the
plan for a cross State road, with feed
ers from all important population cen
ters along the way, means
more than the selection of
a series of existing highways as a
route. 1t means the rebuilding
of hundreds of miles of roads that are
now in use, but not fit to be a part
of such a great and comprehensive
system. This will cost money and
money is to be had in sufficient amount
only by the passage of a State road
loan. The William Penn Highway AS
ISOLATION should be one of the great
factors in the adoption of such an
amendment TO the constitution. 1t is
here that the new secretary should be
able to get in his most effective work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-05

TIME tornado season is well under
way. The Mississippi valley is
- just regaining its equilibrium
after siege of storms that took heavy
toll of life and property. The dazed
people are now engaged in adjusting
dwellings,. Yet the next week may
bring another destroying gale.
Although the tornado is a familiar
occurrence in the Mississippi valley
and the southern States throughout
the period from April to September so
swift and dynamic is its approach that
1t always finds many unprepared. 1t
is the one kind of atmospheric dis
turbance that is impossible to predict.
The government weather bureau may
warn the people that heavy storms
are headed in their direction, but the
tornado is so largely a matter of local
occurrence that the specific indica-
tions are usually apparent only few
minutes before it happens Thun-
derstorms are frequent in this Sec
tion of the country, but the tornado
accompaniment is only occasional 1t
is therefore unreasonable to suppose
that at the first sign of every thunder
storm the people are going to leave
their various occupations and seek
seclusion in caves, dugouts or cellars.
Yet this would seem to present the
The day on which a tornado oc-
ours is always calm and sultry, the
air hot and moist. By the end of the
afternoon, usually great quantities of
this moist hot air have risen and
formed dense clouds. But as this air
rises, the gravity of the earth is pull
ing masses of cool ar from the strata
above the storm clouds to it's surface.
This rising and descending of air
causes an energetic eddy of air cur
rents forming a whirlwind or a tor
nado; in the case of the whirlwind,
the rotating motion is usually hori-
zontal, while in the case of the tornado
funnel-shaped cloud which writhes
and twists as it glides along the earth s
lsurface.
The appearance of the funnel cloud
lis the obvious indication of the torna-
do. Just before it forms the clouds
almost always show an ominous
Igreenish- black tint. moving and whirI-
Ing about with great rapidity. Then
comes the black funnel cloud some
what resembling an elephants trunk,
dropping until it touches the earth's
surface where ii begins the whirling
dance that leaves a wide path of de-
struction.
Five minutes generally mark the
period of the tornados activity, al
tiOd6ll II may D6 amy where from one
second to 20 minutes. The funnel
shape cloud is the personality of the
tornado. 1t has all the sardonic hu-
NOR malicious coquettishness and
vindictive Imagination of a fiend. IT
drives straws into wood, boards
through trunks of trees; casts digni-
fed boulders weighing over a ton from
their ancient resting places: divests
fowls of their feathers; and trans
ports various things. including cattle.
horses, roofs, steeples. and sometimes
men and women, long distances. The
air is filled with flying debris. Some
things disappear altogether and are
never recovered. A year later man
is apt to find his piano in the house of
family living so miles away, while
his own house is probably adorned
with articles which were left in his
front yard by the passing tornado,
In the big tornado that struck st