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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-02-18
news Of THE WEEK
CONVERSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
1 BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters In Brief Form for All
Glasses Of Readers.
WAR NEWS.

An official Bulgarian report as for
Warded from Athens says that 40
men were killed and more than 500
wounded during the recent attack BY
French aeroplanes on Bulgarian
camps.
4 London newspaper is authority
Tor the statement that Earl Kitch-
ener. British secretary for war, prob
ably will leave the war office to un-
detrtake work of q more important
character elsewhere.
The Russians themselves calculate
their casualties thus far at 100000
and ray 1,000.0 900 German and Aus
TRAN prisoners have been sent to the
interior Of Russia, according to a Co.
penhagen dispatch.
At Z meeting Of the Red Cross 80
ciety for the Rhine province. the gov
ornor, Baron Won Rheinbaben, report
Cd that more than 100000 nurses and
physicians have volunteered for the
German Red Cross service.
The French newspapers announce
a offer Of $4,000 francs to any avia-
tor who succeeds in bringing down a
Zeppelin within the French lines and
m offer of 10000 francs to any gun
ner who obtains the same result with
Shells
A total Of 1,429,171 enemy SOL
diers to date are prisoners Of war IN
Germany, according to reports from
Berlin. This is not inclusive Of prls-
oners made by German troops and
left in Austria Hungary in order to
shorten the transport.
Tout Paris, which is q combine>
blue book and directory, gives in It's
1916 edition, Just issued, a list Of
Paris notables who have "died for the
country" In this list are names we'll
known IN politics. literature, science
the arts. It totals 1904 persons.
Dutch reports state that the Ger
mans are about to begin q great Of
lensive on the west, and the Partisan
editor, Maurice De Wsleffe. prints q
rumor that the Germans have invent
"a : new kind Of asphyxiating gas
and hope to advance sixty-two miles
20 the Paris forts behind a screen Of
death-dealing vapor.
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The Coolest Month.

The weather bureau summary Of the
government office in this city, shows
that the Janusey just past was the
coolest since the weather bureau was
established at this city in 1890. The
mean temperature for January just
passed vas two above zero, with a
minimum temperature of IS below xe.
70, and the warmest ~ above zero.
The next nearest January to 1916, for
low temperature, was that or 1917,
when the average was Z above zero.
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Land Sale Dates.

Another sale of Indian lands will ts
held at the agency at Fort Yates On
Saturday, February 10, the next subs e.
quent sale being on March Is. Ps.y-
ments are required as follows: Cash
on all bids of $1,000 or less; bids OF
over $1,000 require Is per cen when
sale Is approved, Is per cen in one
year. "a per cent In three years; de-
ferred payments to draw s per cont
interest and the title to remain with
the gov ernmant until final payment Ii
made.
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SPORTING.

Jim Jeffries, former worlds heavy
weight champion, will be asked to re-
fierce the match between Jess Willard
and Frank Moran to be held March
Sth in New York.
frankie Burns Of Oakland. CAL, and
Ad Wolgast, former lightweight
champion, fought a %ten-round, node
cision bout in Kansas City. Newspa-
per men gave Burns the match on
points.
Promoter AL Hereford offered man.
ayers of Johnny Kilbane and George
CLANCY a purse of $4,000 if they will
stage a fight between the two scrap
pers in Baltimore on March II. Tho
offer Is for a fifteen-round bout.
G. Harris (Doc.) White, has been
signed to manage the Denver West
ern league club for 1916, according to
a message from j. C. McGill, owner,
to club headquarters in Denver.
White formerly was a member of the
Chicago Americans.
Joe Stecher made short work Of
Leo Vannice, the Hampton town mar
shall at Des Moines when at the end
OF / minute and rs seconds. Vannice's
shoulders were touched to the mat b.
the half Nelson and scissors hold.
The second fall came in forty seconds
with the same hold.
Jess Willard, worlds heavyweight
champion, and Frank Moran will
meet in a ten-round bout at Madison
Square Garden, New York, on March
8 for a purse Of $4,000. 1t was an
nounced by Tex Richard, promoter OF
the match. The date originally
agreed upon was March II, but 1t was
changed because Madison Square
Garden had been previously engaged
tor that date.
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Resolutions Of Respect Passed.

The senate during its special SEES.
sion last week made resolutions OF re-
spect for Senator w. f. Van de Mark
of Alexandria a special order Of bust
delivered one of the addresses. Sen
ator Van de Mark was killed in an *
plosion. The house passed resolutions
Of respect for Representative w. A..
Day Of Buffalo, who died since the
last session.
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More Cattle for Reservation.

The government is now making ar.
rangements for placing 1000 more
head Of cattle on the reservation at
Forest City, shortly on the reimburs-
able plan. This is the result OF the
most satisfactory reports sent in from
Indians have given the cattle fur
nished them by the government under
this plan last summer. The cattle are
receiving the best attention and care.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-02-18

Steam pressure from thirty boilers
extinguished q s~ixteen-hour blaze in
the Humble oil field In q we'll near
Houston. Tex. The fire consumed
about $4,000 worth OF OIL
Three men were drowned at the
Waterworks lake ct Forum, Okla.
while they yer trying to rescue Miss
Stella Anderson, one Of q skating
party who went through the ice.
Michael Killilea, who fell we a
rope stretched across q bridge lead
ing to J. r. Morgan's New York es-
tate after the attack on the inancier
last July. was awarded $4,000 dam
ages In court.
ROLAND, Ia, q city Of 692 inhab.
1tants. IL now the most desirable town
. bachelor or widower could wish for.
There are twenty-three widows and
only four widowers. Many solutions
have been offered. but no satisfactory
on has been reached yet.
Chicago bandits have, within a
month. killed i've policemen,
robbed scores Of business houses and
stuck up" countless pedestrians.
Police say that fifteen gangs OF
crooks from New York. Cleveland.
Toledo and Detroit are living In fash.
tonable south side apartments and
working Chicago at will.
The leasing by the Head Oil com
oany OF San Francisco, said to be the
largest oil well drilling concern in the
world. Of $4,000 acres Of land ada.
cent to Cheyenne, Wyo., has started
A oil lease boom and scores Of peo-
pie are feverishly negotiating for
leases on other privately owned prop
erty and On state lands.
! CASTOR Plantiff, financial manager
Of the Ford peace expedition, Judge
Hen B. Lindsey Of Denver, the Rev.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones Of Chicago and
Governor II B. Hanna have sailed for
New York from Rotterdam. Holland
The Methodist church paid 81
1ooO0o II pensions TO retired minis
Mee AnA wtdsws ana Orphans o. min
1ll11o turing 1911. accofding % the
1Nport n n. Joesph d EIjngs
geDeFx e - Deex1 q oonfsr
omnmitto4 ottke ann1al
6nn Co.,.
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WASHINGTON

All the speeches on preparedness
made by President Wilson on his
middle west trip will be printed as a
public document. The house Of rep
~resentatives voted that this be done.
Relative retail prices Of the pr4nci-
pal articles Of food In the United
States decreased l per cent during
the first nine months OF last year, &C
cording to the bureau Of labor sta
tiotics.
Under the Shackleford good roads
bill, which has passed the house and
is now before a senate committee.
Nebraska would receive a maximum
Of $514.634 a year, Iowa $841, TAO,
South Dakota 1897, 406. and Wyoming
$125.170.
The charge that 'the greatest lob.
by ever known to the American peo-
pie" Is seeking to prevent the substi-
tuition of space for the weight pay
ment system In the railroad postal
service was made in the house by
Chairman Moon Of the postofics
committee.
Representative Carey Of Wisconsin
introduced q resolution In congress
TOR transfer Of the United States cap
ital to Milwaukee. He said he did it
because Of pending legislation which
might make the District Of Columbia
dry. Prohibition, he said, was "a
menace to society and good govern.
ment."
Secretary Lane Of the Interior de-
partment announces that actual de-
yelopment Of the fabulously rich
Matanuska coal fields in Alaska will
begin this year. Thus the small, in
dependent miner will have q chance
under the lease system.
Rear Admiral Victor Blue, chief OF
the bureau Of navigation. declared to
the house naval COMMITTEES that while
tie American navy = better on 70.
day than 4 syer has neen." the most
Vital weakness = SHORTAGE o. olncsrs.
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ltaly's imports in the first six
months of 1916 were valued at $685.
794,65O; exports, $246 1850.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-02-18

Some men are regular In their
habits-but their habits are fierce.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-02-18

None but = fool II always right
Hare.
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oENERAI

Steam pressure from thirty boilers
extinguished . s~ixteen-hour blaze in
the Humble OIL field In q we'll near
Houston, Tex. The fire consumed
about $4,000 worth OF oil.
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An official Bulgarian report as for
Warded from Athens says that 40
men were killed and more than 800
wounded during the recent attack BY
French aeroplanes on Bulgarian
camps.
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Michael Killilea, who fell over 4
rope stretched acros . bridge lead.
Ing to J. p. Morgan's New York es.
tate after the attack on the financier
last July. was awarded 500 900 dam
ages In court.
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South Dakota has many veterans
of the Spanish-American and Philip
pine wars, who will no doubt be inter.
ested in the bill introduced by Senator
Weeks Of Massachusetts, providing
for pensions for the veterans OF those
wars.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-12-08
QUALITY is MOST ESSENTIAL
Greatest Profit Can BE Expected Only
From Live Stock Of the Very
Highest Grade.
CBy ID. A. TRowBRIpaE)

(By d. A. TRowBRIDaE)
Quality becomes more essential to
profit In live stock farming each sen
son. When labor, land, and feed were
cheap 1t was possible to realize a prof
1t on live stock Of an inferior grade,
but with the present high cost of these
production factors and a constant dis
elimination on the market against the
scrub" It has become evident that
the greatest profit can be expected only
from live stock of good quality. 1t
may be possible for the feeder or deal
er to make profit on inferior live
stock IL he is able to buy 1t sufficiently
cheap and sell quickly, but usually
someone has not realized the greatest
possible profit when scrub" goes to
market. If 1t is not the feeder, Il is
the man who produced the animal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-12-08
BETTrS LIFE SAVED BY
USE OF RED CROSS SEALS
She Was Taught How TO Care For Her
aalF After Aar Nathan Mad dad

She Was Taught How TO Care For Her
self After Her Mother Had Died.
"Slie was real pretty. and 30 full Of
FUN that the dimples were always
showing In her round, red cheeks"
The visiting nurse Of the Anu-Tuber-
culosls Society was talking. Her
eyes were big aud brown and nut-col
ored hair curled naturally In little
ringlets over her forehead and ears.
She was just eighteen when We first
met her and 30 neat and attractive
that one would think she belonged to
the well.to-dO class Of working people,
but when we followed her 10 her home
one day we confronted startling facts.
"The red IN her cheeks was the flush
OF unnatural inward fever, the high
spirits were a pitIful antidote TO pitt
less conditions, and the big brown
eyes saw only squalor when they were
not fixed upon n typewrting machine
or closed persistently to any view but
an imaginary bright one.
"The room we entered was q gen.
eral living space, used also as an eat
ing, cooking and sleeping apartment.
There was but one bed, and Betty
bad to sleep in It with her mother.
who WINS too weak to sit up. An open
cuspldor sat where It would be con-
veniently near the bed, which placed
II by the stove, where their food was
cooked. The mother. who was suffer
ing in an advanced stage Of tuber-
culosis, did not like cold air. and her
querulous demands caused Betty to
keep the door and windows closed.
"'well,' said cheerful Betty, with a
laugh, that isn't so bad as not hav-
Ing any windows or doors to close, IL
III Things might be worse
Infinitely worse said /. You
might even take notion to stun the
windows and doors with rags to cut
out what oxygen comes In through the
cracks
"Red Cross Christmas Seals. with
their CHEEKY message Of hope, gave
Betty a chance TO get well after her
mother died. Is II worth while to save
the Bettysf Buy your share today"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-12-08
STRAW FOR FERTILITY
Practice Of Burning Piles After
Threshing Is WastefuI.
Soils In Many Sections Would Be
Greatly Benefited by Addition Of
FertIllzlng Constituents
Present In Stalks.

From the time the prairies were first
cultivated up to year or so ago 1t
was the general custom to burn the
piles of straw which dotted the fields
after the fall threshing. In fact, It is
yet very common practice and very
wasteful one.
Il is an established fact that or
GAME matter Is essential for soil fer
tillty. No one disputes the fact that
our prairie soils are already rich In
this essential, but In many sections the
soils would be greatly benefited by
the addition of the fertilizing constitu-
ents which are present in the straw.
Hopkins Of Illinois gives the value
OF Oat straw for manurlal purposes ut
$3.50 per ton. Wheat straw is valued
at $2.59 per ton. The same relative
comparison gives the value of fresh
farm manure at 1920 and barnyard
manure at 1894 per ton. Anyone who
destroys ton of wheat or oat straw,
therefore, destroys more fertilizlng
elements than are contained In the
average farmyard manure.
The best method of handling straw
Ia to feed II to stock and return the
manure to the land. Thus 1t serves
a double purpose-fodder and manure.
When fed to horses or cattle on a
maintenance ration or those doing
comparatively little work, oat straw
10 considered by Hoard's Dniryman to
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-12-08
RESTORED TO HEALTH
BY RED CROSS SEALS

Holiday Messengers Bring Happiness 20
Homes Burdened With Tuberculosis.
Deserted by her husband, suffering
from tuberculosis In double form and
supporting herself and young boy by
her needle. the Anti tuberculosis As
ISOLATION In Western city found an
unfortunate consumptive, living IN one
room with two little beds-one for her.
self and one for her boy. Everything
was clean; but, oh, so poorl
That was n year ago.
This morning she took u train for
the state sanitorium, where she will
have chance TO get well, while her
boy Is being cared for by the Anti
tuberculosis Association with funds
derived from the Red Cross Seal Sale
Here Ii the story of another family
where happiness and health were
brought through the medium OF Red
Cross Seals:
Tuberculosis had made heavy de
mands upon the family. and the In
come had entirely stopped for several
months. II was inevitable that they
should run into debt for grocery bills
as well as the rent. With such worry.
anxiety and depression 1t is not al
ways easy 10 find q silver lining IN
the clouds. The condition was recog
nized. however by the visiting nurse
and the sick father was sent to hos,
pital, and proper care was provided
for the others, Relief was also oh.
tanned. and now both rent bills and
grocery bills are being gradually lessen,
ed each week. Each member OF the
family has had nursing care for some
ailment or other,
Every Red Cross Seal sold helps n
better conditions like these
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-12-08
HOW. RED CROSS SEAL
IDEA CAME INTO BEING

Originating In Norway, Method Was
Taken Up Here Nine Years Ago.
Over S3.25O.OOO has been raised by
Red Cross Christmas Seals In the last
eight years, and yet many people who
will buy these holiday stickers at this
ninth annual sale do not know how
this idea originated.
While Red Cross Seals really date
back to the Civil War when Charity
Stamps were first used, the first cam.
paign to sell holiday stickers for the
tuberculosis fight was only nine years
ago In Delaware. Miss Emily Z. Bis.
sell Of Wilmington read an article by
Jacob Riis describing stamps used for
tuberculosis work In Norway, and she
conceived the idea Of similar plan
here. Single handed, she launched a
sale which resulted In 5000 clear
money. When Miss Blssell tried to
convince the American Red Cross that
this idea should be made national as q
peace activity Of that society, she met
with opposition, but finally persuaded
the authorities, with the result that on
an Investment Of a few hundred dol.
lars $4,000 worth of Seals was sold
in 1908 and the great national cam
paign was launched. Since then the
sale has gone forward by leaps and
bounds, until now the Red Cross Seal
Is an institution In tho United States,
and offers TO every one chance to
help In the peoples fight against the
peoples disease, Last year over TO-.
100000 Seals were sold, and this year
the American Red Cross and The Ma.
uonal Association for tho Study and
Prevention Of tuberculosis, who con
duct the sale, are out for l00,O00,O00
sale or $l.00o,00O for the Tuberculosis
War.
The policy on which the sale Is con.
Quoted Is that the money, except for
the deduction Of legitimate expenses,
shall remain in the community where
the Seals are sold.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-12-08

The results on the variety testing
for resistance up to the present time
have demonstrated several general
facts. None of the common, or So
called bread spring wheats, is to any
useful degree Immune to the stem,
rust attack. The most commonly
grown of these susceptible varieties
Of spring wheats are the Flies, Blue
stems, and bearded wheats, including
such varieties as Marquis, Power Fife,
Haynes Bluestem. Prelude and Pres
ton. On the other hand, It has been
abundantly demonstrated that certain
varieties OF durum and emmer are ex-
tremely resistant to the rust In con.
trast to the common spring wheats.
This fact has been very clearly dem
onstrated In the rust Epidemic OF the
past season. where the common
wheats, as well as many varieties of
durum wheats were very, heavily rust
ed, while other adjacent rows OF du-
rum wheat were practically clean Of
rust In the fleld-many farmers sut
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-12-08
EPIDEMIC OF RUST
Heavy Losses May Be Caused by
This Disease.
STATUS OF TROUBLE GIVEN
Zach Of Common cereals Including
Corn Subject to Attaek-orasses
Have Marked influence on
Prevalence Of Rust.
STATUS OF TROUBLE GIVEN

@y H. b. HUMPHREY, Cereal patholo-
la United states Department Of Agri-
A very serious epidemic Of stem
rust (''black rust') of wheat which oc-
cured the past season, especially in
the spring wheat states, has forcibiy
brought to light the heavy losses
which may be caused by this disease.
The following Is brief description Of
the present status Of our knowledge
of the cereal rusts and Of the efforts
which are being made. especially by
the department Of agriculture. to In
Sesdgate and combat them.
Kinda Of Rusts.
Each of the common cereals includ.
ing corn 10 subject to the attack of
rust. As viewed by the farmer, this
rust looks somewhat similar In all
cases. In reality. however. there are
several different kinds of rust which
are distinct from each other and which
vary In their virulence Of attack.
Wheat for instance, is known to have
In this country three kinds Of rust:
leaf rust, stem rust. and q yellow or
stripe rust Oats IL commonly affilct-
ed with both a leaf rust, sometimes
also called ~crown rust" and stem
rust Barley and rye also have leaf
and stem rusts. On corn. however,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-12-08
DON'T RAISE CROP OF WEEDS
Expensive Plants to Have In Garden
or Anywhere Else-use Plant
Food and Moisture.

Weeds are expensive things to have
In gardens or anywhere else; they rob
garden crops Of food and moisture,
many OF them are natural food for all
kinds of insects, which when they have
devoHred the choice parts Of weeds
attack adjacent garden cropa
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rered severe loss IN tneir uurdm crop
on account Of the rust, while others
obtained yields of two to three times
as many bushels Of better grade wheat
thnn was obtained from the common
bread wheats In the same vicinity.
This demonstrates very strongly the
necessity for planting, where durum
wheat is successfully grown, only the
resistant types.
Fertilizers and Rusts.
The results, obtained particularly al
the Minnesota station In determining
the effect of artificial fertilizers on
rusts indicate that soil fertilizers do
not play an important part either for
or against resistance In n real field
epidemic, and that as a factor In farm
practice, the relations between the ap-
pllcation of commercial fertilizers and
the rust can largely be dlsregarded
It seems highly improbable that any
control of rust through the applica-
tlon of any reasonable aiiount of com
mercial fertilizers can ever be hoped
for.
Control Measures.
II is well known that seed treatment
has no effect on the rust. Soil treat.
ment is also almost ineffective, except
insofar as good soil practice will put
the seeded In the best condition and
promote the most rapid and vigorous
growth Of the wheat plant.
OF course, spraying Of grain fields
Is not only impracticable but useless
as well. Certain farm practices, as
for instance the use of well-drained
land however, Should be followed In
order that the crop may be given the
best possible chance to escape an cpl
demic or to endure 1t.
Early maturing varieties on we'll
prepared land sown as early In the
season as possible. may assist In es-
Gaping the rust If the attack Is late.
There can be no logical reason for
maintaining common barberry plants
anywhere in the vicinity OF grain
fields Certainly no new ones should
be planted and the old ones should
be removed.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-12-08
ALlGHTlNG BOARD FOR BEES
Writer In oleanlnss Of Bee Culture
Describes Devices He Uses Sue
cessfully on Hives.

A short time ago someone described
floor-board which provided an en-
trance under the hive, and thus entirely
eliminated the porch, The only notice
taken of 1t was by one beekeeper, who
said that an entrance under the hlvo
could not be watched against clogging
up, etc. l will describe the board
invented some years ago and still use,
says a writer In Gleanings of Bee Gull
ture.
The main floor of the hive is COM
posed of boards of the right length
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-12-08
Floor-Board Under Hive.

nailed across battens on edge, say
three inches by one. The front board
Is only three inches wide, and between
this and the next is space of four
Inches, after which the boarding to the
back is solid. OF course the "well"
thus made is protected at the sides by
pieces of the same thickness nailed
on to the battens. The front board
has a V-shaped piece cut out from the
underside to half Its width, the point
Of the V to the front. The alighting
board slides close under this floor ON
lodges nailed to the battens