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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-01
sDELL RETiSES AND
 CONWAY IS POSTMASTER

KAGwAY. April IA. E. Kindell, >fs years postmaster of Skagway,
 from office last night. and
 .. Conway. retired United States
 issioner. this morning assumed
 vties of that office The in- Eng postmaster also is Skag- v pioneer He came to Skagway l.rs ago in the employee of B. oehrends
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-01
SKAeWAY TO HAVE CHARTER AMENDMENT
 ELECTION TUESDAY

SKAGWAY. April 1.-Skagway will vote Tuesday upon changing che city charter SO os Go provide for the election or the mayor and minister iais officials by direct vote of the people.
 Oniy one tcke, has filed for mayor ,nd city counciimen. There are sev- rai candidates for treasurer and
 erk
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-01
FREIGHT EM5AReoEs
 TIES UP BIG PLANT

BRIDGEPORT. Conn. April l. Freight embargoes have tied up 21 departments of the Remington Arms and Union Metallic Cartridge Com pany's plants here.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-01
MUST COUNT IT A DAY LOST

COLUMBUS. O.. April l.- Under a ruling given today by the Attorney General a teacher in the public school may not make up for a day lost dur ing tho term by teaching on Wash ington's birthday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-01
JUST WANTED EATS;
 DID NOT WANT WORK

NEW YORK. April 1.-out of 574 bread-liners offered positions. only 25 wanted to work, according to a canvass by the New York police
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-01
REPORTED BRYAN HAS
 TURNED DOWN BIG OFFER
 AS cHATAUoUA LECTURER

NEW YORK, April 1.-An offer of S15O,OO0 for his services as 0 Chautauqua lecturer has been offer ed to William Jennings Bryan and has been refused.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-01
MILLION DOLLAR Loss

PEORIA. nl. April lire de- stroyed the Iowa Elevator contain. ing 75OO0O bushels of wheat today. causing a s1.OOOOOO loss
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-01
ENLARGED BULL
 KILLS OLD MAN

CLINTON. Ia.. April l.-Attacked by on enraged bull as he was pre- paring the animals feed, Henry Klahan. aged 60 years. was stamped upon and gored to death.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-01
srRIKE ls sErrLEp

BOSTON. April l.-The strike of 400 machinists at the Reece Button. hole Company has been settled.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-01
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
 ALUMNI RAISE CASH

SOUTH BEND. Ind. April No tre Dame alumni pledged $i2,OOO to- ward a fund for new building dur ing the first week of the campaign.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-01
BARON HARoINeE WILL
 BE KNIGHT OF CARTER

LONDON. April Tt is announc. ed that Baron Hardings will be ap- pointed Knight Of the Garter on his retirement as viceroy of India.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-01
.ArHER RaoR7

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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
TO COMBAT SAN JOSE SCALE
mant State-Spray Before Buds
Open In the Spring.

When the trees are dormant Is the
best time of the whole year to combat
the San Jose scale, as we can apply
spray materials of sufficient strength
to do effective work without the trees
being injured through their foliage.
The lime-sulphur solution is the best
remedy of which l have knowledge,
says writer in Green's Fruit Grower.
1t is very important that the spraying
be done before the buds begin to open
In the spring, and especially is this
true in spraying peach trees.
Winter is good time, too, to war
against borers. In this work care
must be taken not to girdle the tree,
and the grain should be cut across as
little as possible. If sharp-ponted
wire is used to probe the burrows it
will not be necessary to use the knife
nearly SO much as would otherwise
be the case.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
BABCOCK TEST AND SCALES
instruments for Ascertainlno Correct
Value Of Dairy Cow-outlay 10
Not at All Large.

The Babcock test and scales are In.
struments for ascertaining the correct
value of the dairy cow with reference
to her milk and butterfat production.
The test is simple, accurate and easily
mastered by anyone who will give the
matter careful study and attention,
taking the necessary time for the
work Those who prefer not to de-
vote the time should join CONTEST
ing association, for 1t does not pay to
keep Improbable cows.
A small four-bottle tester with glass
ware and full directions can be Sc
cured for about S. Of any creamery
supply company.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
"Monna lisa,D

Leonardo da Vinci's celebrated
painting LA Gioconda," stolen from
the Paris Louvre in August, 1911, was
of inestimable value. 1t was an.
nounced by the Italian minister Of pub.
lie instruction on December IL, 1913,
that the picture had been found in
Florence A man offered to sell 1t to
dealer in antiques, but the dealer
recognized the picture and had the
man arrested. He is said to have ad.
mitted that he stole the painting to
avenge the thefts of works of art com.
mitted by the French army In its
Italian campaign under Napoleon. LA
Gioconda" is the portrait of Norma
Lisa, the Neapolitan wife Of the paint.
er's friend zanobi del Giocondo of
Florence. Leonardo da Vinci worked
on it for four years and then left 1t
unfinished about the year 1900. 1t is
said that $5,0OO,OOO was offered for IL
from England.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
PROTECT YOUR CHICKS AGAINST
VERMiN.
ROY H. WAITE,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Do you know how many head Of live
stock you have in your chicken house?
II you haven't recently looked at the
bottom of the roosts or in the cracks
around the nests, II is about two to
one shot that you don't. Mites breed
very rapidly during the warm weather
and always get the start of the neglect
full poultry raiser. Mites are worse
than lice and anyone knows that they
are bad enough. Lice do their damage
mainly by annoying the fowls running
about on their bodies. Mites not only
do this, but they get their nourishment
by biting hole in the chickens skin
and sucking the blood. Lice live main
ly by eating parts of the feathers and
scales from the skin. Mites do not
stay on the birds body during the day,
but stay in little clumps under the
roosts and in the cracks about the
house. At night they are rested up
and pour over the hens body,
sometimes in large enough numbers to
kill the hens outright. They injure
the hens by disturbing their rest and
taking nourishment from their bodies.
1t is much easier to keep mites out of
house than 1t is to get rid of them
after they get In A painting of the
roosts with kerosene oil once month
will keep them down. 1t is a much
more difficult matter to get rid of
thcm once they get start.
The kerosene treatment will have
to be applied at least once week for
a time in order to subdue them. Some
recommend the use of coal tar or gas
tar for destroying mites. One applica.
ton is said to be sufficient for period
of six months, II thorough job is
made of putting II on. The coal tar
should be thinned with kerosene
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01

miles of really good road in all the
As states. The trouble with highway
construction is that often waste and
graft get together.
The association has been doing some
market figuring, and it finds that AGO.
600 miles of real highway, around the
centers of population, would reduce
the cost of living as well as add to
the enjoyment of living. A system Is
proposed whereby each of the states
could undertake the construction OF
500 or 600 miles of highway each year.
Thus in twelve years or SO, with the
10000 miles of road already improved,
the nation would possess the nucleus
of fine market system. These roads,
radiating from the centers OF consump-
ton, could easily be connected with
the trunk highways that are now being
constructed in all parts of the coun-
try, largely as a result of the activity
of motor clubs.
Concentration in Washington might
mean unity and coordination, but 1t
would also mean increased approprfa-
lions. The work belongs to the states.
1t was not, says the highway associa-
ton, until 1891, that the state of New
Jersey took the initiative, and three
years later established department
of public roads. Since then other
states have followed in form, but hard
ly in spirit. The association places In
diana in the list of lazy common
wealths. For all the fine gravel roads
it possessed few years ago, Indiana
can, apparently, no longer be regarded
as a leader in highway Improvement,
If this Is true, 1t Is time that some
thing were done.-Indianapolis News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
ESTABLISH THE MILK FLOW
Best Time Is When Cow 10 Fresh and
Should Take From Three to Four
Weeks-Feed Literally.

The time to establish the milk flow
of the cow Is when she is fresh. 1t
should take three to four weeks to
bring her to full flow of milk and to
eating full ration. There is no other
time in the period of lactation when
care and judicious feeding have more
important bearing upon her years rec
ord.
The dairy cow should be fed liber-
ally, but care should be taken not to
overfeed her and carry her beyond her
capacity This works injury not
only to her milk function, but to her
breeding powers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
Wild Defiance.

Il see," said the drummer, address
ing in a general way the citizens as
sembled in the Tote Fair store at Pc
tuna, that Germany intends to ig-
more the United States in the matter
Of"
Jaw, it does, does it?" snarled
Uncle Riley Rezzidew. We'll, femme
tell you, young man, they'd better be
a little keerful! We are a patient
people, but there's a limit to what
we'll stand. When we are smit' on
one cheek we may quietly turn the
other. But, by thunder. when any
body ignores us we ignore 'em right
back! Kansas City Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
Na[1lE
NlIgN1lkES
"
GOOD ROADS ARE NEGLECTED.
Lecture ls Read to States by American
Highway Association-New Jer'
sey Took Initiative.

The American Highway association
reads the states q lecture on their neg
lect of good roads. There are 2,25o'ooo
miles of public road in the United
States. The annual expenditure for
construction and maintenance amounts
to $26O,OOo,OOO Yet inadequate results
are found everywhere. This is due to
the lack of continuity OF purpose, the
lack of coordination in management,
and the general lack of control. Or
the 2,25O,OOO miles of roadway, less
than 10 per cent is really improved.
IMPROVEMENT in most instances means
a plowcd furrow for a drain and a
wagon load of gravel in a chuck hole.
In fact there are only about 10000
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01

lions have made large and profitable
productions of milk and butterfat.
Breed heifers at the age of sixteen
to twenty months.
Feed heifers literally and milk regu.
larly.
Do not try to save feed by turning
to pasture too early.
Provide plenty Of pure, fresh water,
shade and protection against flies dur
ing hot weather.
Supplement poor pastures with corn
silage or green soiling crops like rye.
peas, oats, green corn fodder, cabbage
and other available feed.
Feed cows daily one pound Of grain
in winter for every three pounds of
milk produced, 25 to 40 pounds OF
corn silage, and what clover or alfalfa
hay they will eat.
Do not turn cows out to remain and
suffer in cold, stormy weather.
Allow them to have water which is
not colder than that from deep we'll
twice or three times daily.
Brush cows daily II you can possibly
find the time, for 1t pays better than
does grooming of horses. which as a
rule is not neglected.
Keep cows in clean, well-lighted,
properly-ventilated stables.
Treat cows gently and avoid excite
ment.
Weigh the milk OF each cow at milk.
ing time.
Get your neighbors to share with
you in owning a Babcock milk tester
and test the milk Of each cow.
Discard the cow which has failed
at the end of the year to pay market
price for all the feed she has con-
sumed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
SURFACED ROADS IN COUNTRY
Ohio Leads With 2S,312 Miles-ln-
diana Next With 26,831-Mis-
souri, Brings Up the Rear.

There are 2,273,00O miles of roads in
the United States, of which 247,49O
miles, or 1913 per cent, are surfaced.
OF surfaced roads Ohio has 2S,312
miles; Indiana, 26,S31; New York, o.
39S; Georgia, 1880; Wisconsin, H.
500; Kentucky, 1886; Texas, $780,
California 1888; Illinois, 5000; Massa-
chusetts, 1928; Michigan, $3.50, and
Missouri, 5000 miles.
In 1914 6,S05 state and state-aid
roads were built, and 39,9SS miles
were maintained with state aid. The
total mileage of state and state-aid
roads built in the whole country up
to January l, 1915, was only 35,477
miles,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
WINTER DAMAGE IN ORCHARD
Causing Them to Break-De-
horning Is Necessary.

Sometimes during winter ice and
snow freeze to the branches of peach
trees and crush the branches. At other
times snowbanks accumulate around
young peach trees and break down the
branches.
When such things happen all you
have to do is to dehorn the trees, or at
least cut back the branches Of all
broken parts beyond the point where
the bruise or break has occurred.
Peach trees will form new heads after
being dehorned sooner than most other
trees.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
They Can't Get Away.

A story the Atchison Globe tells on
local police Judge: A man had been
arrested for violating the speed regu.
lations in his automobile, but proved
that he was not violating the speed
ordinance. In fact. he proved that his
machine was out Of order on the day
he was arrested, and could not run
faster than man could walk. II be.
lieve every word you say" said the
Judge to the defendant. but the city
needs money and fine you IS for
lettering. kansas City Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
Selling to Private Customers.

Selling butter to private customers
Is almost business by itself. You
must have the market close to hand
and you must be able to manufacture
gilt-edged butter and give proper de-
livery and be salesman besides.
Really, furnishing butter to private
customers might be separated from
dairy farming. 1t is separate bust
ness, but one man can handle both.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01

Many Berries Result From Matted
Row System, But They Are Likely to
Be smalI-BerrIes Do Not Ripen az
Well as When They Obtain Moro
Sunlight.
will bear part Of a crop the first
year. This Is true, but the gain is
more than counterbalanced by the loss
in the second crop.
While the bed Is being fruited
thorough cultivation Is impossible.
Pollen secretion and seed production
will have so drawn upon the vitality
of the plants that the runners from
them will lack in vigor and strength.
Set in rows three and half to four
feet apart and two or three feet in the
row, 1t Is easily seen that the yield
from such small number of plants
cannot be large.
The crop Of the next year will also
be much smaller than that from
spring set bed We may harvest in 16
months one full crop from the spring.
set bed. From the fall-set bed in Il
or % months we may harvest two very
inferior crops.
The best time to set strawberry
plants is as early in the spring as the
ground can be worked. We much pre-
fer to do the work Of transplanting
while the plants are still dormant.
AS an aid in keeping plants dormant
until late in the season we cover the
ground, while 1t is frozen or covered
with snow, with straw or other ma.
terial. In this way plants may be held
back one week or more.
This Is point in strawberry culture
the importance of which Is fully ap-
preciated only by the few.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
Horticultural
q Advice.
SET STRAWBERRY IN SPRING
Best Time for Work Is When Plants
Are Dormant and Soil 10 In Con-
dition to Work.
(Ru N M EDGERTONl

By NJ M. EDGERTON)
Under ordinary field conditions fall
setting of strawberry plants is not to
be recommended. The nature Of the
plant should make this clear.
Except under the most favorable
condition, plants set in August or Sep
TENDER will not establish themselves
in time to grow and develop perfect
fruit buds, and hence a full crop Of
fruit from fall-set plants the season
following is out of the question.
1t is said that plants set in the fall
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
Booster Never Quits,

The good roads booster never quits
He talks good roads until he gets
them, and then he keeps reminding
everybody what blessing they are.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
RIGHT RULES FOR DAlRyMEN
Wisconsin Agricultural College Gives
Out Some Good Advice That Ev-
cry Farmer Should Follow.

The dairy department of the Wis
consin college of agriculture is urg'
ing that the following be pasted up
in every dairy barn in the state:
Practice the following advice and
you will make more dollars in dairy
ing. others have done it. Why mt
you?
Use purebred dairy sires from cows
having large and profitable produc.
tions of milk and butterfat.
Raise we'll the heifer calves from
COWS which for one or more genera.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
Roads Should Shed Water.

Country roads should be kept in
such condition that they will shed
every drop of water that falls on them.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
Keep Herd Record sheet.

Keep track of the profitable cows by
keeping record sheet for your herd
Record the daily feed and production
and occasionally have the milk tested
for butterfat
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
Satisfactory Dairy Returns.

Good care of good cows, a prop
erly balanced ration, including liberal
use of corn silage and comfortable
quarters, insure satisfactory returns
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-01
Unprofitable Roads.

Bad roads are Improbable. They
put farmer out Of business and make
nothing for any man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-03-02
West Manch hester
BY Myrtle Trone.

Miss Mabel Colville of Greenville
spent Saturday night and Sunday here
with relatives. Miss Myrtle Trone
was in Greenville Tuesday. O.
Creager who Is teaching in Laramie
Wyoming, visited relatives in Eaton
Saturday while enroute from Detroit
Mich, where he attended the National
Educational association in that city
:. Joe Shelley left Saturday for Gin.
cinnati where he is visiting relatives
+. Mrs. Joe Arnold returned home
Saturday after a weeks visit with
Burkettsville relatives. !. Ethel Young
of Dayton. spent Sunday here with Mr.
and Mrs, Nelson Wehrley:. :. Miss
Carrie Buhrman was in Richmond Sat.
urday.. John Frank and family were
Sunday visitors at the home Of Mrs.
Viola Harrison. Edgar Foos spent
Sunday here with his parents. He was
in Baltimore Monday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-03-02
HEADS
BLAME MOTHERS
Say Parents Neglect Primary
Health Rules

That many school children are being
allowed to become chronically con-
stipated through parents oversight,
is startling fact brought to light by
recent investigation by school authori-
ties. Hastily snatched meals SO that
there will be more time to play, the
use of ready-to-eat cereals, and the
general neglect of the call Of nature
are given as principal causes.
1t is the duty of mothers to see that
children attend to the call of nature
before going to school, and that child
dren are not given habit-forming pills,
salts, ETC. When laxative is needed,
it should be Castor-Jell, which is
Castor oil in new and pleasant jelly
form. 1t does not form a habit and
can be bought at Thistlethwaite's drug
stores. The Castor Products Co., Cleve-
land, Ohio.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-03-02
AVOID SPRING ILLS.
Purify and Build Up the Blood with
Hoods SarsapariIia.

In the spring your blood needs
cleansing and enriching. You feel
poorly. and there is more or less erup-
ton on your face and body. Your
appetite is not good. your sleep is
broken. and you are tired all the time
You need Hoods Sarsapariaal. 1t
is the one safe and effective tonic
that has stood the test of forty years.
1t makes the pure red blood that will
make you feel better, look better. eat
and sleep better. 1t is the old standard
tried and true all-the-year-round medi-
cine for the blood and the whole sys-
TEN.
Ask any druggist for Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and insist on having it. Nothing
else acts like it, nothing else has the
same formula or ingredients. and so
there is no real substitute. Get it to-
day.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-03-02
Sale of Curtain Materials

LACE EDGED MARQUISETTE-
SO inches wide, cream and beige;
specially priced ...............2 .2ec
LACE AND INSERTION TRIM
MED MARQUISETTE- 36 and
38 inches, wide, soc quality. .. 800
Ends to match the above, each Csc
SILK FINISHED VOILE-With
coin spot, in cream and biege-
something new .29c
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-03-02
SPANISH WAR VETS
PLAN APRIL SMOKER

Routine business was transacted at
the regular meeting last night of the
Spanish War Veterans In the G. A. r.
post room in the court house. Alonzo
Grice presided. 1t was decided at the
meeting to hold but one more boost
er" meeting between now and the date
of the annual state encampment in
May. A committee, however. was ap-
pointed to arrange a luncheon and
smoker for the next regular meeting.
April 5. The committee is composed
of Charles Holtcamp, Henry Rockers
and L. A. Handley
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-03-02

formed the rare post-mortem Caesar.
ian operation.
a double handicap. With his mother
dead, the hospital authorities started
out to find his father. Mrs. Dooley had
entered the hospital from No. 166
Grand street, Jersey City. When in
quiry was made there it was said that
nothing was known of the where.
abouts of the real Mr.. DoOley.