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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-02

o. E. S.-Langdon Temple holds regular com.
munications on the first and third Tuesdays of
each month at the Masonic hall.
Mrs. SADIE MCDONALD, W. III
ROBERT Work. Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-02
Wireless Whispers.

Wireless biography was first used in
warfare by the Russian army in the
Manchurian campaign of 1906.
Wireless communication between
Scandinavia and America, with an in
termediate station in southern Green
land, has been proposed.
Using box kites to lift an aerial, ex-
perts of the United States army have
increased the efficiency of field wire
less equipment from six to sixteen
times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-02
Points of View.

1t would be perfectly proper, if Mrs.
Wilson wanted to, for her to call her
husband "Doctor."-Boston Globe.
Yes. She can even coll him "Duckie''
if she wants to.-Nashyille Tennes-
a
She can even call him what our wife
calls u if she wants to. But we hope
she won't do it unless he deserves it
Houston Post.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-02
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
George M. Reynolds
ON COMPETITION AND COOPERATION,

The future growth of the United States and its abilt.
ty to continue as one of the leading countries of the
world depends upon cooperation Of all lines of indus.
tries and of government in promoting business progress,
for the prosperity of one industry reaches into and bene.
fits other lines of business. Mr.. George M. Reynolds,
President of the Continental and Commercial National
Bank Of Chicago, when asked to discuss business CO.
operation, said in part:
twenty-five years ago competition was the domi.
nant spirit. The natural outcome was rate and price cut.
ting followed by a series of railroad receiverships and
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-02
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

HAPPIER OF ROSE CRolX-Langdon Chap
ter No ?. holds regular communications on
the first and third Thursdays of each north
at the Masonic Temple.
WILLIAM FLAcK, w. n.
WORK, Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-02

l.ODGEOF Observation-Disclosures MOI
colds regular communications ON the first and
bird Thursdays of each month ut the Masonic
j. T. 2'RUAx, V. Nj.
ROBERT WORK, Sec'y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
MARKETS
Juan Shi.Kai and Janan

There is one very important mis- conception" says Prof. Jeremiah w. Jenks, in Worlds Work. which is generally prevalent in America, scarce ly less prevalent in Japan, and ac- cepted to greater or less extent in some parts of China, chiefly the south and southwest. This is the belief that Yuan Shih-kai was the inevitable enemy of Japan and stimulated hatred of the Japanese for his own purposes. As tangent of this misconception comes the idea that now, Yuan being dead, no obstacle remains to an imme- diate accord between China and Japan. This view represents the other horn of absurdity.
 "The seeds of Sino-Japanese rivalry and suspicion Gas the scholars and statesmen of these two nations ap- preciate) were sown in days when even eastern civilization was comparatively
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

meeting of the national highway asso- citation and secure the prorata of ESQ., 900 due Mississippi in the distribu- tion of the congressional fund.
 THE TWO-HORSE FARMER
 At largely attended meeting of the Jackson Board of Trade this week the chief speaker was J. Ed Ruff, district agent for the southern end of Missis- sippi in farm demonstration work and so well pleased were those present with a plan NIr. Ruff outlined for the benefit of the small farmers that a vote of thanks was unanimously rendered him and The Age-Herald and several other papers were requested by resolution offered by R. H. Green, one of the largest wholesale dealers in this sec tion, to print the speech in full for the reason that the suggestions are just as good for sister state farmers as for those in Mississippi. Briefly stated, the plan for getting away from cotton pro- duction is this Every county is to be organized with about 25 farmers as members of cooperative association. They agree to sell no farm produce un- less they have surplus after feeding a certain number of head of fowls and live stock-100 hens, 25 sheep, 10 cows and 4 brood sows. Mir Ruff had figured out that at the very lowest estimate the 100 hens laying only 100 eggs per year each, would bring more cash at 25 cents per dozen for eggs than the average farmer spends in cash, over S90. He showed that the 25 sheep would bring 25 lambs, which at S4 each would bring $100; the 10 cows would bring in $500 at 25 cents for butter, and the four sows would make up the balance.
 Internal Revenue Collector O'Neill of Birmingham, has had a deputy em- ployed in the office of the Mississippi secretary of state for several days making list of all the corporations that have filed charters for the past 30 or 40 years. He has secured a great list and will use it in checking over to see who has escaped taxes demand ed by the government.
 Mrs. Matte Johnson has filed suit against the Jackson Light and Trac- tion company for $40,000 on account of the death of her husband, Percy L. Johnson, a citizen of Madison county, who was struck by a street car on West Capitol street during the state fair, and who died few days later at a local hospital. The other suit is for $10,000 against the Jackson Coca Cola Bottling company, l.. H. Johnson of Canton alleging that he purchased a bottle of coca cola made by the Jack son company at Canton, and that after drinking most of the contents diScov- cred that it was well filed with flies and bugs.
 The Baptist convention board has been in session here this week trying to make comparatively small sum of cash go all around and do the work twice as much would hardly accomplish in assisting dependent churches over the state. The board has nearly $50,000 that was set aside by the state con- vention a few weeks since, but there are demands for much larger sum. Rev. P I. Lipsey is president of the board; 2. D. Davis of Jackson, treas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

The first year county making the best record was Coosa, 55 girls reporting, 10,- 1S4 containers, and an average profit of $13S5 from the tenth-acre. It is an un- usual record for a state to have five coun- ties to secure 100 per cent reports from club girls. Calhoun, Coosa, DeKalb, Mo bile and St. Clair each reported 100 per cent. Escambia and Etowah reported 97 per cent. The best average profits from tenth acres were as follows: Tuscaloosa, $32S2; Calhoun, s23.40; Pike, $22.S6; Etowah, s20.9S.
 The first year club girls began her work with the one-tenth acre garden in toma- toes. The second year club girls grew to- matoes and beans, and the fourth year girls grew tomatoes, beans and other vegetables. The planting of the tenth acre in perennials is being encouraged for the girl who has been a member of the club for several years. As a result, 102 club girls started permanent gardens this year. Forty strawberry patches have been started in Etowah county Girls from Calhoun county report 250 figtrees planted. Thirty girls in Pike county have planted fruit trees. Up to the present date GAO fig trees, 800 other fruit trees, and 150 berry bushes have been planted in the permanent gardens.
 High quality and standardization in can- ming has been stressed. Nothing but All brand standards have been taught. The girls have successfully canned in tin and glass for market and home use tomatoes. string beans. peas, peaches, berries, soup
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
Mississippi's Game Law Hangs on Question Before
 Supreme Court
WARDEN AND OTHERS
 WANT TO HOLD JOBS
State Sued for Breach of Contract With Shipping COmpany-Farm- ing Plan Outlined to Jackson
 Board of Trade
By E. E. FRAN1s

Jackson. Miss, December 1$R Especially After two or three efforts @eorneys in- terested have succeeded in getting be- fcre the supreme court the direct aus ton as to whether the initiative and ref erendum amendment to the constitution voted on two years ago was properly and legally inserted by the last legisla- ture, the case of ex parta 2. A. Brantley being argued before the court this week. In the event the court decides that the amendment is unconstitutional, that is that it did not receive the necessary number of votes, the game and fish laws enacted by the legislature at last winters session, will stand, and MT. BrantIey will continue to hold his office, as will sev- eral hundred deputies under him But should it be declared by the court of last resort that the amendment did carry and was properly inserted in the constitution, the game warden will be forced to let go, for the reason that the people of the state voted by majority of 29O00 No-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

young. The exact origin is clouded, mystified by ancient and usually con tradictory traditions and legends. This much--and only this--seems certain. Japan drew her cultural inspiration from China; for many centuries Chi nese superiority was unchallenged; then, as so often happens, the pupil fretted under the hand of the master. For almost 2O00 years. with occasional ly long intervals. China and Japan had issues of sorts-some metimes sanguinary
 in Corea. It. was Yuan's fate and for tune to play the final pawn for China in the hermit kingdom The fact may not have assisted him into the good graces of Japanese jingoes. But I doubt very much if it justifies the be- lief that he nursed hatred against la pan. He was too bold and calculating an opportunist to continue a hatred or a fear no longer justified by condi- toins that survived"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
Hint to Amateur Actors

In every town there are usually some amateur productions put on during the long winter The Woman's Home Com panion gives some valuable advice and says:
 Now just word as to makeup. First. do not use too much. If you are acting behind footlights you will need rather more makeup than you would other wise Front lights draw the color from the face It is not necessary to use a primary layer of body color. That be- longs to a past age. First put on cold cream; then make up over that. Spread the grease paint evently so that there will not be a splotchy effect. The amount you use will depend on the size of the theatre, the lighting, and such matters. A gray paint will produce an effect Of age, or i'll health. As for the lines they must be put in with the pencil provided. Make your study from life. Darken the eyelashes. thus making setting for the eyes which will give them expression Shadows depend on the. character, but in any case do not let them be too violent. Shade one color into the other as nature does. And never forget that it is bet ter to bave too little than too much. There is nothing more grotesque than makeup which looks like a mask"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
ALABAMA FAST LEARNING
 HOW TO FEED HERSELF.
By MADGE J. REESE
ion Agent, Ala Sama Polytechnic Institute. Auburn

In the past year in Alabama there were 27 counties doing organized home demonstration work, with a total enroll ment of 945O women and girls, an in crease of eight counties and 1739 club members over the year 1915 The counties organized were Autauga, Baldwin, Cal houn, Chiffon, Conecuh, Coosa, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia. Etowah. Franklin, Jefferson, Lauderdale. Lee, Macon, Mad ison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Mon- roe, Pickens, Pike, St. Clair. Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa and Walker.
 The home demonstration work in these counties was supervised by 27 county agents who were employed for an average term of nine and one-fourth months. In seven counties, II assistant county agents were on duty two months during the canning season. The county agents held 1475 public and club meetings at which there was a total attendance of 3S,71O, made 7519 visits to the homes of club members and 1794 to rural schools
 CANNING CLUB WORK
 The canning club members 226O in num- Der, were enrolled in 22O clubs. Regular meetings were held by 16S clubs. Sev- enty per cent of the enrolment or 1880 girls report very creditable record in gardening and canning. considering that this has been one of the most unfavor- able seasons for gardens and orchards known in Alabama.
 Report of containers based on No. 5 tins and quart jars: Number of pounds of tomatoes harvested from onS~tenth- acre garden, 725, ,961; number of pounds of beans, okra, peppers, beets etc, har- vested from one-tenth-acre club gardens, 4l435; number of containers of tomatoes canned from one-tenth-acre club gar ends, 107,315 number of containers of string beans canned from one-tenth-acre gardens, 11,735; number of containers of okra, peppers, peas, beets, etc., canned from one-tenth-acre clug garden, 18,263; number of containers canned from farm garden and orchard, S0228; total number of containers, 217,541; total value of canned products, $45,775.S6; value of fresh vegetables from club gardens and sold and used at home, s9654.2o; total value of canned products and fresh vegetables, $55, ,43o06; total cost of products, S6716.55; total profit, $48,71351.
 About 600 women belonging to the home demonstration clubs filled 55,745 contain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
31 Wanted Extras
TWO SIZES

Mitch o11-aroomy, ,7-passenger Six, with 127-inch wheelbase. A high-speed. economical 48-horse- power motor. Disappearing extra seats and 31 extra features included.
 Price $1460, [. Q. 5. Racine Mitchell Junior s,. S,pa'ssnEsr dn :;,,,i;sr lines, with 12o-inch wheelbase. A 4e- horsepower motor < 4-inch smaller bore than larger Mitchell.
 Price $II5O. [. o. 5. Roctne Also all styles of enclosed and convert ible bodies. Also demountablc tops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
The SmarteSt Car

This added luxury makes the Mitchell the smartest car you'll see.
 Enormous ovens have been built SO the finish coats can be fixed by heat. The result is a deep, lustrous finish which keeps its gloss for years.
 Fifty per cent has been added to the cost of the leather upholstery and of the cushion springs. This gives you an extra-grad. leather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

mixtures. and kraut Most attractive commercial packs in glass are being placed on the market by efficient and ex- perienced club girls. They are specializing m tlrst class fig, pear, pepper, strawberry, watermelon rind, satsuma, kumquat, and cucumber products The club girls will be taught next year how to make good vine gar rom various fruits which often are wasted. In most of the club girls homes can be found pantry shelves well stocked with 9 good supply of canned fruits and vegetables, preserves, jellies and relishes for winter use.
 WINTER GARDENS
 Club girls usually use one-fourth of their tenth-acre plot for a. winter garden. This year 665 club girls and 32O women, a total of 975 demonstrators, are growing winter gardens. Through the generosity or several seed companies of Alabama, free seed were furnished. Spinach, let tuce, radishes, cabbage beans, peas. tur. nips, mustard and other vegetables are grown fer market and home use. Last year one Calhoun county girl made s1o selling spinach.
 MARKETS
 Our markets are good, and practically all of the clubs have marketed their products in their own counties. The clubs of some counties have had more orders than they were able to fill. The All brand canned products are sold to merchants hotels, restaurants, factory and mill com missaHes, college dining halls, and direct to the housewife. Because of scarcity of canned products this year, and also be- cause of the high quality of All brand products. they are bringing unusually good prices. Selected fresh vegetables well packed. have been sold this year at fancy prices. Last year 46 club girls at 11f4,~ T ..--1
 irg their expenses with canning club earnings. This year 63 are attending high schools, paying their expenses by tho same means
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

CTS, according to canning club methods, the value of same amounting to S16,8S0.27. Total number of containers canned by women and girls, 273 2S6. Total value ot products of women and girls. s72,310.23.
 The five best county records in garden ing and canning were made by Etowahs Calhoun, Tuscaloosa, Chiffon and Pike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
MAD DOG VICTIMS
AFTER FEDERAL AID

The Mississippi highway commission held an interesting meeting here this week, during which they located route of the national highway to be con structed through Mississippi from Vicksburg to Meridian, and determined to send Chief Engineer x. A. Kramer and J. M. McBeath, president of the state highway commission, to Wash lngton on December 20 to attend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
See the Extra Values

John w. Bate, the great efficiency engineer, built and equipped this entire plant. It now covers As acres. Its out put next year will be 2S,OOO cars. Nc other factory in the world could build . like car at anywhere near our cost. . The results show clearly in hundred ways in over-strength, in added lux uries, in extra features. They show in these new cars more than ever before. Come now and see them. z MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY. Inc.
 Racine. Wis.,, U. s. A..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

vember ' in favor of abolishing the of flee, or to the effect that they wanted no game law. This has been made a preference case and will be decided at an early date. Meantime, the pot hunters are bringing great many birds to town.
 SUITS AGAINST STATE
 The Southern Export company is suing the state of Mississippi for breach of contract, demanding sS3. 900, said to be the amount of freight charges on 5O,000 bales of cotton the board of trustees of the penitentiary contracted to ship on the steamship Hurso from Gulfport to Am sterdam just after war had begun in Europe. The trustees are said to have changed their mind for the reason that the ship was not at Gulfport on the day named in the contract. The cotton was then sold to other parties and shipped as private enterprise The steamship company sues for the difference in freights.
 THE DOCTOR MUST PAY
 According to decision of the supreme court this week, Mrs. F. T. Saucier wins her suit for malpractice against Dr. E. T. Ross, proprietor of a sanitarium at Hat tiesburg. Dr. Ross won out in the lower court, but the supreme court reverses that finding and sends the case back, holding that the admission of certain testimony by the woman was necessary. Mrs. Saucier charged that the physician left a rubber tube and the packing in her body when he operated for abscess, and that she suffered untold agony therefrom, a second operation being necessary to remove the foreign sub stance. The court held that the head of the sanitarium was responsible.
 VALUE OF SOY BEANS
 Yazoo county is known over the state as one of the foremost counties in the production of fat porkers, many carloads having been shipped therefrom during the year, and at satisfactory prices Last week two carloads were shipped out of Yazoo to the Mississippi Packing com pany at Natchez, and two of those hogs had been fattened on soy beans. They weighed 130 pounds each when put on the soy bean pasture and at the end Of 32 days they weighed 290 pounds each
 MAD DOG VICTIMS
 There are now dozen or more victims of dog bites taking the Pasteur treat ment from the state board of health The majority of these are children which have been brought to Jackson from over the state, and the chances are that every one Of them will escape hydrophobia The board of health gives free treatment to all corners. and has never lost a case out of the hundreds that have been here during the last two years or since this department was established
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

Three deposits of coal in Haiti have been investigated by French engineers and efforts will be made to develop them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

You have never seen car at . modest price in which every detail is SO finished and exquisite.
 Savings made in our new body plant pay for all this added luxury. So this is another result of efficiency.
 31 Wanted Extras
 In this latest Mitchell there are 31 features which nearly all cars omit. No other car includes more than four of them.
 These are things like . power tire pump. reversible headlights, m engine primer at drivers hand, an extra-cost carburetor, a ball-bearing steering gear, light in the tonneau, etc.
 It will cost $4, ,000, 900 on next years output to add these extras to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

Mitchell. But this cost is paid by facs tory savings. due to Bate efficiency methods.
 SafetyM Margins Now1OO%
 Three years ago Mir. Bate started out to double our margins of safety. They had been 50 per cent-a standard then called extreme. Now every part has twice the needed strength.
 There are over 40 parts made of touehened steel. All parts which get major strain are built of Chrome Vana- dium. The most important parts are also oversize.
 The result Is lifetime car. Every common weakness has been overcome. Even the problem of breaking springs 1 seems to be solved completely. Not one Bate cantilever spring has ever yet been broken. And we have used them for two years now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
The Innovations

Next years Mitchells, which have just arrived, embody the following in- novations:
 A new-size Mitchell-called Mitchell Junior-is offered to men who want 5-passenger car. So you don't need to pay for room or power not needed.
 Eight latest-style bodies are brought out, all built in the Mitchell plant.
 The saving made in the new body plant all goes into added luxury. Thus A per cent has been added to the cost of finish, upholstery and trimming.
 There are 31 extra features, instead of 26. These are attractions which other cars omit.
 And now, for the first time, MT. Bate announces double-strength in every Mitchell part. He has worked for three years to attain that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
Now 1OO% Over-Strength
31 Extra Features 24% Added Luxury,

This opening exhibit of the models open and enclosed The models which will the New York Show. You will here hundred new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

meeting of the national highway asso- citation and secure the prorata of ESQ., 900 due Mississippi in the distribu- tion of the congressional fund.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-04

years ago and they receive but $50 to s75
a month, declares one OF them, who says
there should be no discrimination in the
selection of one superintendent from
seventy-fve others for an increase in
wages. The letter says:
Editor of The Washington Herald:
The writer is one OF seventy-f1ve su-
rerintendents OF national cemeteries in
charge of one in a district where the
pay for laborers is from $50 to $40 a
month, which amount. in my opinion, is
unfair and unjust to the laborer, who
must pay rent. fuel and increased living
expensek
III there is any place in the United
States where these cemeteries are located
that the cost Of living has not advanced
% to 100 per cent during the past thirty
years, the writer is ignorant OF the To-
cation. If this is true, why. or on what
line OF reason, should the superintendent
Of Arlington be picked out and pay for
that station advanced when the other
seventy-four superintendents receive the
salaries established by an act OF Con-
gress thirty years ago? That means from
$50 to So a month SUPPORTER"