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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20
AMERICAN EXPORTS SET
NEW RECORD EACH MONTH
Volume Of Outbound Trade for Year
Double That for Same Period Of
Time In 1910 and 1911.

American exports continue 10 set
new records each month, according to
Uncle Sans official figures. Exports
for May reached total Of Si72 600. 600.
This exceeds all previous monthly rec
0rds. 1t is greater by SCI 100000 than
the high record for March. II is $500
OOO,O 600 more than the monthly May
average from 1917 10 1914 The total
exports for the year ended with May
were 81, 1876 GOO 900. an increase of ST.
$4,000 over the preceding u months
and double the total for the year end
ed with May, 1911, The exports for
May were 100000 600 more than the to-
tai for the fiscal year 1870.
The imports for May were also the
greatest on record, the total value be
ing 5000, 100000, an increase of Sill
100000 over April, the previous high
mark This total exceeds the monthly
May average from 1911 to 1914 by So.
100000. For the year ending with May
imports totaled S2,11O.OOO. 900 dollars,
an increase OF S13G, 600 600 over the
Il''''llIE N'bi 1lli ~ t'Nl'NNl over
the corresponding period two years
ago. The combined value of imports
and exports in the - months just end
ed was 81, 24G GOO 900, n growth Of near
ly S2,00o0OO,0O0 &l91G,O 900 in a
single year.
The favorable balance of trade In
the month ana II months ending with
May was the largest ever known. For
May It was 243,O00,OoO and for the
year ending with May S2,O2G 600, 600.
Corresponding figures for last year
were 1892 ,00oooO for May and $685.
100000 for the II months.
May showed a net inward gold move
ment Of over SlJ,0O0OOO, thus revers-
ing the conditions shown In the proceed.
ing three months. Imports of gold In
May aggregated S270OOOC0, compared
with gold exports of sl2,O0O,OOO and
gold imports in the l. months to May
81 amounted TO $424. 100000, as against
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20
KEEPING CROWS OUT
OF THE CORN FIELD
Effective Way Of Frightening
Birds Is to Xii! Few and
String Them to Poles.
(By e l. WASHBURN, University
Farm, st. Paul. Mimi

d. III, 81 dul A4l4IlJ
Scarecrows, poisoned corn and
crows hung from poles in the field are
common methods of protecting seed
corn from crows.
The old Scarecrow is still in com
mon use about the corn fields, and
some farmers string white cord about
the field, from which they hang bright
pieces of tin, which flutter in the wind.
Scarecrows, if used, should be
changed occasionally. The crows soon
become accustomed to any scarecrow,
however.
A very effective way of keeping
crows from the corn is to shoot two
or three and hang them by a string
from poles in the field. Some farmers
resort to trapping, and, having caught
a few crows in steel traps, hanging
them alive from poles. This is not a
humane practice, and we cannot, there
fore, recommend it.
If oR uses poisoning, corn may be
soaked in a solution of strychnne. Ten
cents worth Of suIphate of strychnine
dissolved in enough hot water to soak
two quarts of corn will serve well. Poi.
soned bait of this kind should be scat
tered about the field late in the eve
ming, when there will be less danger
of its being eaten by poultry, stock or
game birds.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20
Accident.

visitor, is the Mesa Verde, in south
western Colorado.
Discovered by Accident.
One December day in 1883 Richard
and Alfred Wetherall, searching for
lost cattle on the Mesa Verde, or green
mesa, near their home ut Mancos,
Colo, pushed through dense growths
on the edge of deep canyon and
shouted aloud in establishment. Across
the canyon, tucked into "A shelf under
the overhanging edge of the opposite
brink, We're the walls and towers of
what seemed To them n palace. They
named it Cliff palace. Forgetting the
cattle in their excitement, they
searched the edge of the mesa in all
directions. Near 10y, under the over
| hanging edge of another canyon, they
found Il similar group, no less males
tic, which they named Spruce Tree
house, because Il large spruce grew out
Of the ruins.
Thus was discovered the home Of
the cliff dwellers, the most elaborate"
p
in America, if not in the world. A
/ careful search of the entire mesa in
the years following resulted in many
other finds of interest and Importance.
In 1906 congress set aside the region
! rs a national park. Even yet its treas
! ures of antiquity are not all known. :
| remarkable temple To the sun was un-
/ cArthcd in 1913.
Gin palace is the most celebrated
of the Mesa Verde ruins because il is
the largest and most prominent. 9th
! crS are not less interesting and i'm
| portant from Il standpoint of history.
/ Spruce Tree house is next in size
/ Balcony house and Peabody house are
! equally well preserved. There nre
many others; some which have yet to
he thoroughly explored, and probably
some still undiscovered.
Two Hundred Rooms in House.
CIin palace is 300 feet long aud con
tanned probably 200 rooms. Spruce
/ Tree house is ZIG feet long aud was dir
, yided into Iii rooms. Spruce Tree
house originally had three stories and
| it's population was probably about 800
| persons.
Until the summer Of 1915 no StruC-
| lures had been discovered in the Mesa
! Verde except those of the clifl-dwcll-
| ing type Then the department of the
interior explored mound ON the top
of the mesa opposite Cliff palace and
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20

Uncle Sam wants the people of the
United States TO use their national
parks and become acquainted with
their Splendors.
To build legal fences around the
scenic beauties of the West is not
enough, holds Secretary Lane of the
department of the interior. "Why have
great national Fairgrounds unless the
people play in them he asks. Let us
have our scenic splendors seen, he in
siSts.
Hereby hangs the story of new
and interesting policy in the admins
tration of the national parks.
In these great reservations are To be
found more of the mystery, majesty
and magnilicence of the out-Of-doorS
than can be found in any other coun-
try of the world. They contain rest
for the weary; a spur for the sound
man and a tonic for the weak infinite
outlet for eXuberant youth and new
vigor for the aged; ana even thiS-life
for a dead imagination.
There are countless snow-Crowncd
mountains, waterfalls of dazzling vol
ume and dizzying descent, canyons
,hat seem like CULTS of eternity. trees
you can drive through in the biggest
auto truck made, viStas and eXpanScs
that defy expression. 1t il marvel
Gus panorama which includes about
every remarkable thing the earth pro
duCeS, animate or inanimate, save one
the Great American SpVnGer.
"Nny not complete the picture?'
Lane argues.
Need Not Conserve Scenery.
To state it by anecdote, a perfectly
well-meaning editor all lit up with en-
thuSiasm for the idea-a piece" for
his magazine was the ject--recently
wrote the secretary of the interior
seeking data upon the conservation
policy as applied to the parks.
Conserve blazes :" ran the reply, in
substance. You're in the right church
but the wrong pew. We're conserving
gas, oil, radium, phoSphatoS, coal and
human energy; We're not conserving
the parks. Most OF them have been
conserved many years by acts of con
greSs. Our supply of scenery | arr
happy to say, is not in danger OF eX-
hauStion.
Use is the idea now. 1t is Il bust
ness question. Here lies one of the
biggest business assets in the L. 5. A..
and it is largely unused. Why not
rash ii and add to our prosperity"
Some of Uncle Sans national play
grounds-suCh as Yellowstone and No-
Semite-arC well known even to those
who have never seen them, but there
are number of others equally as in
teresting, if not as large, of which the
majority of American citizens probably
have never heard. Among the smaller
parks that are full of interest to the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20
FOR BABY RASHES
Cuticura Soap Is Best Because So
Soothing and Cooling. Trial Free.

If baby is troubled with rnShcs, ec-
zcmas, itchngs, chatugs or hot, irri-
tnted skin follow Cuticura Soap bath
with light application of Cuticura Oint.
ment to the affected part. Nothing so
soothing, cooling and refreshing when
he Is frctfu and SlecpleSS.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold cvcrywhcre.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20

ing should be subtracted from the
amount of the first reading. Thus, if
the first reading is so feet and the sec
ond is feet (to the right of D), the
total height of the tree will be 50 less
or 70 feet. ~s-- -.sr4st --'-'
Using Upper Scale.
The upper scale is to be used in COM
putting the height of trees less than
about 10 feet high or in measuring
other trees when it is impossible to
see the top or the point on the trunk
at n distance of 100 feet. In using the
upper scale the observer should stand
only so feet from the tree, but in this
case the readings, of course, would be
made on the line JK and exactly as
they would be made at 100 feet on the
line AID.
Finding Number and Length of Mer-
charitable Logs.
In the example given, the total
height of the tree was measured. To
the owner of woodlOt or timber il is
even of more practical importance to
measure the height to a point on the
tree beyond which there is no mer-
charitable saw timber This measure
ment is made in the same way as that
described above except that the inStru-
top of the last log when the tree is cut,
and then at the point where the top of
the stump will he.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20
Long Bearing.

Blackberries and raspberries are
usually profitable for six to twelve
years after planting. Gooseberries and
currants produce profitable crops for
20 years, strawberries from two to
three years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20
Stop Up Leaks.

The merchants have all taken an
invoice Of their stock. Take hint
from successful business men and do
the same. Find the leaks, stop them
as soon as possible and increase your
profits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20
Minnesota Industries Prosper

The 1914 review of manufactures in
Minnesota prepared by the United
states bureau Of the census, shows
that, compared with 1909, there were
increases of 2s.7 per cent in capital
Invested and of 20.5 per cent in vnlue
OF products. The capital invested, as
reported In 1914 wns $500, 434 600, u
gain Of S79.0ls,OOO over S275, 900
In 1909.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20
Promise Of Good Crcp.

Good seed is only the promise Of a
good crop. Help make its promise
good by giving II well-prepared seed
bed and clean cultivation where DOS
SiDle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20
Not Good for Litter.

Barn-foor sweepings and chaff
should never be used for litter when
the hens or chicks are compelled to
scratch in them, as they will cause
sore eyes. -
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20

gold exports of $4,000 900, n net in
ward movement for the year of $3.50
100000. Last year gave net inward
gold movement of SOS, 100000. while
two years ago there was Il net out.
ward gold movement Of nearly 5000
600.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20

Mrs Comcup wanted her husband
TO buy Il gold collar for her pet
French dog
"Did hcy'
Gle pooh-pOodlod the idea
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20
Literal Way.

81 heard the Spoony young couple
| passed say they wanted to drink
in the starry night, How did they
suppose they could do it?'
well there's the Dipper."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20
EE Yau ON AMY IntFNn

surer with rheumatism or Neurts, acute or
chronic, write for my FREE BOOK on Rheuma-
ttSm- It's Cause and Cure. Most wonderful book
ever wyitten, it's absolutely FREE. Jesse A.
Case lept, c. W, Brockton. Mass.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20

Many matrimonial failure is due to
the mistaken idea that two can live as
cheaply as one.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20

If a woman is dressed to kill she is
dangerous associate.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20

It's easy TO be a philosopher if You
have q good income.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20

\ stupid man may harvest n bumper
crop; it takes a clever man to enjoy
it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20

visitor, is the Mesa Verde, in south
| ,,aSt.rt, Colorado
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31
BAR-LE-DUc cURRANTs.
Two Picked Recipes For . Delicious
Winter Treat.

Two Picked Recipes For Delicious
Winter Treat.
Take selected currants Of large size.
one by one, and with tiny embroidery
scissors carefully cut the skin on one
side. making a slit one-fourth an inch
or less in length. Through this with
q sharp needle remove the seeds, one
at q time. to preserve the shape Of the
currant- Take the weight Of the cur
rants In strained honey and when hot
add the currants. Let simmer two or
three minutes, then seal as jelly. II
the Juice Of the. currants nQuify the
honey too much carefully skim out the
currants and reduce the strip at q
gentle simmer to the desired con-
sistency. then replace the currants and
store as above.
The following recipe Is less work,
but gives a nice preserve: Get the
largest size currants, red or white, and
stem them without breaking. To each
pound allow three pounds Of sugar.
Take some ordinary currants and
bruise them while warm until you
have pint Of Juice. Put half cupful
Of this into porcelain kettle and
three pounds Of sugar. Bring slowly
to a boil and skim carefully. After
boiling five minutes drop In very care
fully one pound Of the large currants
and let simmer four minutes. Take
them out without breaking them and
boil the strip down five minutes or
longer If not very thick, as the cur
rants are sometimes less juicy than at
others. A few minutes more will be
needed at one time than another. When
thick skim well and strain through a
hot cloth over the fruit Put into lit
tie jelly glasses and when cold cover
~ in jelly making.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31
FOR A cHILDREN's PARTY.
Hints 20 Help Mother and Also Please
the Youngsters.

Hints TO Help Mother and Also Please
the Youngsters.
Be sure to have an ABUNDANT supply
Of wholesome, attractive drinks. Chill
dren are always thirsty after romping
about.
Chop all the fruits you use for the
cakes, even the currants. In this way
they don't upset the little dummies"
Do not use carraway seeds or much
eandied peel. Most children do not
like them.
cakes, iced with chocolate and made In
attractive shapes, are sure to be popu-
lar and are quite wholesome.
Keep the menu very plain, but deco
rate lavishly and gayly. Food that
looks pretty and party-like. will de-
light the little people, while the Sim
pie, wholesome fare that leaves no
after effects will make the mothers
rise up and call you blessed.
Very thin sandwiches filed with SIM
pie filings and free from condiments
viii be much appreciated. especially If
cut In fancy shapes and garnished
prettily.
Let the party begin early and break
up early. Put the time clearly In the
Invitations. II the tots are kept up
much after their usual bedtime It
means frazzled nerves with subse-
quent squabbles and tears to spoil the
Joy Of the evening.
Fruit pastes. homemade fudge, plain
taf1ies are the best candies, and an
old fashioned candy pulling adds con-
siderably to the pleasure.
In warm weather an out Of doors
marshmallow roast. corn popping and
peanut roast, accompanied with story
telling. Is an unfailing success.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31

Photo by American Press Association.
MRS. SETH BARTON FRENCH.
which she started in behalf Of the
allied hospital work and Servian relief
fund. has applied to Secretary of War
Baker for permission to go to the Mex
lean border for the organization Of hos
pdtals there. Mrs. French was among
the first women who offered their serv-
ices as nurses In the European war
She took up relief work in Servia, to
which country her father, Walker
Fearn, was at one time United States
minister.
Mrs. French had charge of one Of the
American hospitals In France and
stood alone on the banks Of the Aisne
with shells bursting about her. watch
ing an artillery duel between the Brit
1sh and Germans. She says:
1T was my good fortune to drive
several stan officers to the lines in my
car. AS a result saw a small slice
Of the battle of the Aisne. could see
shells bursting in the air, and sudden
" the whole scene of the artillery duel
spread before me from the high plateau
on which ! was standing. It was 30
exciting that the thought never &C.
CURED to me that / was In danger,
and even when shrapnel burst a few
hundred feet away was so engrossed
with the spectacle that my own per-
son seemed wholly unimportant. Aft
erward learned that the Germans
could easily have hit me II they had
wanted to-"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31
PAPER ROPE FOR WEAVING.
A New Occupation For Idle Vacation
ists This Summer.

ists This Summer.
Rafia and reed have long been pop-
ular for weaving. but now give way to
the more practical material-paper
ropes. In using this article all neces-
sity Of wetting and smuggling disap-
pears. It is soft and therefore easy on
the hands. The lengths are greater,
minimizing the need Of continual piec-
ing, and the possibilities In color COM
bination make it far more adaptable.
Dainty blue rooms, pink rooms. yellow
or violet rooms may have woven waste
baskets, lamps and even whole desk
and bureau sets Of matching color. A
soft finish is often preferred, but II
something more durable is desired q
coat or two of shellac will produce a
hard, glossy finish that will stand any
amount Of wear. The shellac will keen
the basket In shape and will shed dust
It makes no difference how intricate
the chosen shape may be, baskets can
be made In curved lines or straight
with sharp angles or tapering lines.
This is because the foundation 10 Of
wire easy to bend, yet strong enough
to hold shape once formed. Reed
baskets are often uneven when finish.
ID, for the material is springy and the
spokes vary in flexibility.
Even more popular than the baskets
just now are the butterfly rope trays
and the electric lamps. They are beau.
tiful in any home and also make hand.
some wedding presents. The work
once started becomes Of absorbing In.
terest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31
Wsolsn Stockings.

There are very attractive wooden
stockings made for sport wear. Some
OF them are striped and others have
clocks Of bright color.
Picturesque are the fr0cks with the
skirt trimmed with narrow outstanding
frills that are finished at the bottom
with narrow ribbon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31
Cucumber Sticks.

Pare some chilled cucumbers and cut
them their full length into sticks about
% thick as pencil; serve them on q
dish Of chopped ice; to be eaten with
salt as celery.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31
our BORDER NURSE
One Society Woman Has Offered
Her Services.
HAD EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE.

After Watching . Corner of the Bat
tie Of tho Aisne and Serving In Ser
via, Mrs. French Has Applied For
Permission to Go to the Border Here
In Her Own Country.
Mrs. Seth Barton French, prominent
In New York and Newport society, who
has just returned to her home after
completing part Of 1000 mile tour on
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white net. The musquetaire sleeves
are finished with cube buttons, pend
ant from cords to match the cube tas-
sells on the girdle.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-01-27
Go 10 Tenneys with
your butter and eggs.

The Saturday News wishes to say
that it has a royal bunch of snbscrib-
|ers. Recently statements were mail
ed to all, including advance subscrip-
lions for 1916, and the number Of re-
Isponses, both in person and by mail,
has been very gratifying to the man
agement. In a few cases errors were
committed, the subscriber oeing
charged with something that he had
already paid, but in such instances
the reader did not become irate and
threaten to clean out the Whole news
paper outfit, but either sent a check
with request to credit still further
ahead or else pointed out the error
in a spirit of brotherly love. The
Saturday News doffs its hat to sts
subscribers-the best it has ever
had,
DR.. n. M. Freeburg. Top floor Of
Granite block. Special attention to
surgical cases. Hours 3 to 5 p. m.
Phones: Office, PATS; res. 24S0. 1etf
Word from Mr.. and Mrs. B. l.. Mil
Ter (Mrs. Miller until recently was
Miss Leola Sykes, at Elkhorn, Colo,
indicates that deep snow somewhat
delayed their journey homeward. 1t
is said that the snow is nearly a foot
and a half deep on the level in the
vicinity of Eikhorn. The heavy
SHOWS of this winter will cause high
waters next spring, the highest as a
rule occurring in June, about the time
the suns rays become the WarInest
in the mountainous regions. In the
big rayines and gulehes and caaions
snow frequently is thirty to forty feet
deep by the first of April and when
the bulk Of this melts about the lat
ter part of May and the fore part Of
June there is some water rushing
down the mountain streams. headed
for the ocean.
The social event of the week was
the military ball given by the Fourth
Regiment band Tuesday night. The
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-01-27

GOOD WATCHES
FINE JEWELRY
Reliable Optical Work
Eyes Examined Free
Expert Watch Repairing
Artistic Engraving
Chas. F. Halbkat
Jeweler and Scientific Optician
Jeweler and Scientific 0ptician
Watch Inspector for Four Railroads
WATERFOWL, S. D.

to attend the Elks initiation.-Aber-
deem News.
James Sheppard; string bass-Dr. e.
G. SchoolcrafI; bass drum-BurGette
Christianson; drum-G. E.
Travis; tympan and bells-O. NJ.
Pease.
Wanted-To hear from owner Of
farm o. unimproved land for sale.
II. L. Downing, 1872 Palace Bldg, Min
neapolis, MINI. S2-35
T. N. Hangar, one of the pioneer
farmers in the northwestern part of
the county, has been attending to
business matters in the city this
week.
George Fuller, former postmaster
at Henry for upwards of a decade and
"a half, has been in the city a portion
of the week, looking after business
matters,