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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-10-20
TO GET FANCY PRICES.

To secure a. fancy price for eggs, you must De
absolutely certain that every egg sold is fresn.
Don't leave an egg in nest for nest egg. You
might accidentally get one in gathering and send
it to your customer-then good-by customer When
the breeding season is over sell all the ROSTERS,
or if you have few good ones you wish to
keep, pen them up. Then you can get fancy
price for infertile eggs which are in great de-
mand. Clean all soiled eggs with damp cloth
and dry well, so they will not shine Keep all
small and imperfect eggs at home. Fill each
layer with eggs of the same size, they look so
much better that way. Pack carefully so they
Will reach the customer in good condition. and
absolutely guarantee every egg to be fresh. You
will not have any trouble in getting and hold
ing customers for all you can produce, at several
cents above the market price.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-10-20
FIND BABY ALLIGATOR IN POND.

It has long been known that East Tennessee
had practically everything to be found in any
quarter of the earth, but recent discovery in
Clinton brings to light the fact that it also has
algators which live in subterranean streams
Workmen who were excavating for the new build
ings of the Magnet knitting mills in this city last
week set off blast which uncovered a subterra-
mean pond or stream, and from the water was
taken an alligator 20 inches in length, and very
much alive. How the reptile came in the water
under the town is something which one knows
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-10-20

WastefuI Method Of Handling Manure.
feeds brought into the state more than
covers that in agricultural products
sold by Wisconsin farmers.
Enormous Waste Of Manure.
The United States department of ag-
riculture estimated the number of cat
tie in the United States on January /,
1910, at 100000; sheep, 57,216OOO;
swine, 47,782,OOO If we assume that
ten sheep or hogs are equivalent to
one COW or steer in manure production,
we shall have focal of over 800OO,-
900 cattle They are no doubt equiva-
lent to 100000 1,OOO-pound cattle. If
these are yarded four months each
winter, there should be a total manure
production during that period of 150,-
100000 tons, having a crop-prOducing
value of at least $2O0,000,O00 above all
cost of handling. 1t. is a very conserva-
tive estimate to place the waste OF
this manure under the present. system
Of handling at % per cent, or $780,
100000 annually. 1t is no doubt twice
that amount.
Manure is lost by weathering, leach
ing, heating, rotting, by piling in heaps
in the field and letting stand before
spreading. If you cannot spread 1t
soon after it is produced, store it in
pit or manure shed.
OF all the ways in which manure is
handled, piling it in heaps in the field
is the most Wasteful. 1t is worse than
leaving it under the barn caves and
letting it leach out there, because Of
the waste of labor involved in hauling
it to the field to be thrown away.
The overgrowth of lodged and half
filled grain over such spots ought to
be sufficient to convince any man of
the mistake of such a method; yet
there are thousands of farmers who
are still piling manure in the fields.
Value of Liquid Manure.
A greater portion of the fertilizing
value of the manure is found in the
liquid portion. The full effect of
neither the solid nor the liquid portion
can be obtained except when used in
connection with the other. If the
liquid is permitted to flow away or
become leached out by rain and sepa-
rated from the solid portion, whether
in yard or field, it carries with it the
plant food. The only right way to
handle manure is to collect the liquid
by abundant absorbents as straw, get
it promptly to the field, spread it there
at once. and let sunshine and rain do
their work. The sunshine will evap-
crate the water and the rain which fol-
lows will dissolve the salts and wash
them into the soil where they are
needed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-10-20
RHODE ISLAND REDS.

1) They are large breed and very easy to
keep.
(2) They lay well all the year round, with very
little care and food during the winter months
We have flock of about SO layers and get on an
average of 80 eggs day the entire year.
(3) They are good stters, seldom leaving the
nest when set properly.
az The young chickens are of good size and
plump, and also healthy, being ready to eat or
market in about 10 or u weeks after Matching
90 They are splendid foragers, going, rea-
sonable distance out in the fields in search OF
bugs and other insects for the young chicks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-10-20

In regular military fashion, including range and
field work. Preparatory work for young men be-
tween the ages of sixteen and twenty years in
cludes athletics, marching, care and use Of the
service rife, and target practice. These prelim-
mary training courses are taken usually by young
men who hope to win commissions in the regular
army.
military instruction is given at the expense of
the Swiss Confederation by special instruction
corps. Recruiting schools are established in diff
ferent cities throughout the land and while there
is choice in the service, each man is at liberty
to decide whether he would like to belong to the
infantry cavalry. Cavalry soldiers generally
have to provide their horses
"Men intended for the infantry have to serve
for 65 days in a school for recruits; cavalrymen
have to serve for 90 days; field and mountain
tiIlerymen IS days, engineers, Is days; transport
men, ~ days. and ambulance men, go days The
cavalry and all the forces of the auszug have to
take yearly repetition course lasting II days.
Landwehr forces now have their exercises every
four years Special courses and training natural
~ required in the cases of soldiers who are
DESTROYS of advancing to higher grades.
Regular rifle practice each year is required of
every soldier, and if a man does not attain the
required mark he is ordered to do special prac-
tice work under the supervision of instructors.
These rigid rules, and the natural enthusiasm of
the Swiss for rifle shooting, are responsible for
the unrivaled position they hold in the world
crack shots. There is hardly village which has
not it's rife club and local, cantOnal and federal
shooting matches are held at regular intervals.
switzerland was able to retain for the sew
enteenth time out Of Is the world championship,
on the occasion of the rife-shooting contest in
Viborg Holland, in 1914. It may be remembered
that in 1913 the Swiss were victors at Camp
Perry. Ohio The one worlds contest they have
lost was held in Turin, Italy, in 1898.
"In the Swiss army every man is allowed to
keen his rife and uniform at home, and when the
mobilization order is given, the entire army can
be ready for action within the shortest nouce.
The yearly inspection of armament and equip
ment at which every soldier, without exception,
has to appear is an effective preventive against
any possible neglect in that line. However, there
is no fear that Swiss soldier would in any way
neglect that which has been intrusted to him by
his country; his rifle is his hobby ana ms UNIFORM
receives the constant care one would give to
precious pet.
"Only the instructors, the general staff and
few other officials receive regular salary The
officers are paid only for the short period they
ere called upon for training, and the common
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-10-20
FACTS OF INTEREST

A collapsible poultry crate is a new invention
that is expected to prove great convenience to
shippers.
According to the census reports, 263,S15 girl
stenographers and typewriters are employed in
the United States
Total investment in film concerns moving pic
lures and accessories in this country is said to
be more than $2,000,000O00.
Towers of the Panama cathedral are roofed
with pearl shells, which reflect the sunlight so
that t1ey can be seen 3ar out at sea.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-10-20

francs. At the age of
eight years the Swiss
schoolboy begins his
course Of physical train
ing, which is gradually
developed until he is six
teen years old. Then
come the cadet corps, in
which the boys undergo
all the preliminary exer-
cises and where they re-
ceive thorough and sys-
tematic instruction in
rife shooting. The rifle
used in the cadet corps
is, Of course, a smaller
and lighter model than
the regulation army rifle.
Rifle practice for the
youngsters is accorded
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-10-20

fertilizer elements contained in the ma
nure produced by these animals during
the year is as follows:
1904 900 milk cows, fer
t*lizer value Of manure
produced ............$3 O,OSO,OOO
], 14e,O00 other cattle, fer
tiliner value of manure
produced ........ 22,920,0O0
652,OOo horses, fertilizer
value of manure pro-
duced .............. 9,78O,oOO
$4,000 sheep, fertilizer
value of manure produced 1,644, 900
100000 swine, fertilizer
value of manure produced 100000
Total value of the manure
produced annually ..... .$72, 544O 900
by the farm animals in the state is
worth twice as much as that annually
removed from the soil by crops. If all
the fertilizer elements contained in the
manure produced on Wisconsin farms
could be saved and properly utilized,
the fertility of the soil in the state
might be maintained and even inn
proved, since the fertility in purchased
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-10-20

United States Senator Chamberlain has pre-
pared bill for the establishment OF universal
military service in this nation. It is not unlikely
that our country will have universal service
within few years, considering lessons learned
from the European war, from our own experience
in various wars and from the widespread feeling
that the United States should have systematic
preparedness. If universal service comes, the
plan of work probably will be evolved from the
Swiss Australian and French systems
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military system, as prepared by the official Swiss
bureau in the United States for the American
Defense society.
"The Swiss military forces the article goes on,
Consist of three different divisions. These are
the auszug, landwehr and landsturm. To the
auszug belong the young from twenty to
thrty-two years of age; to the landwehr, the sol
diers from thirtythree to forty years of age, and
to the Iandsturm the men from forty-one to forty
eight years of age.
"Swiss citizens who are unable to do their mil
itary service because of residence in a foreign
country. have to pay a regular military tax.
Previous to the war this tax was six francs per
man per year, but it has been doubled temporar-
fly, on account of the nations great expenses
brought by the war. In addition to this mod
est tax there is also taxation at the rate 15O
francs per 1000 francs Of private fortune and, in
certain cases, every 1000 francs of half an
inheritance coming to man from his parents or
grandparents. The maximum military tax in
normal times is 5000 francs yearly. The maxi
mum under temporary taxation is 5000
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-10-20

They come to understand
one another's feelings, 10
know the qualities of one an
others manhood, and to nave
a common patriotism among
them. This has meant mucn
to the French republic. In
no other great army in the
world is there such a spirit
Of comradeship as between
officers and men of the
French establishment. One
might expect that record to
be held by the United States.
But it isn't; our regular
army is patterned after the
British system, which is
an aristocratic system.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-10-20
Here is told hOzo the
systems Of Switzer-
land and Australia
are conducted, and
how the people Of
France look upon it.
What is proposed for
the United States

THE Swiss army is citizen army. That
means every Swiss citizen is liable to
do military service if he is physically
and mentally fit. This accounts for the
fact that Switzerland with popula-
ton of 100000, maintains the largest
armed force in Europe proportionately
France comes second, and Germany
and Sweden third
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-12-22
"THIS ONE THING WE DO KNOW"

THIS UNE THINW WE do NNUV
That since the first of October, We
have been unable to get enough So
called Companies Coal" at the nor
mail price to keep our teams going q
quarter Of the time. The rest OF our
supply we have had to buy at the
market price, which has been abnOr-
malIy high, fin order to supply You,
remember this next spring and order
Of Smith G. Reifsnider
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LII our neighbors would only do
things as we think they should be
done, how much easier it would BE- to
love them.
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DEATHS.
Smith.

E,hraim Richard Smith died at
MI home. near Gist, this county,
BIS ,nasday, December IS, of compli-
Neu p, of diseases after an illness OF
cal .ral months, aged " years, 5
ss S,h and 16 days.
pV W. Smith was a peaceable and
w. citizen and was held in high
qa Dsor nv all who knew him. He was
'tGeoGthfui member of Harmony Grove
ss LG,dit Protestant church, having
Me- an the superintendent of the Sun
V7e school several times. At the
o.! so of his death he was steward
ulI 5 trustee OF the church. In politics
anu ,,as a Democrat The deceased is
DC sr,iTed by his widow, three sons,
~. Lee G.. Smith, of Baltimore; Mr..
w. e. Smith, near Bloom, and
1nl+pr Smith, at home; and three
,.Ighters, Mrs. Walter G. Lovall,
u uaa Gambler; Mrs. Cleveland Raver,
poar Bloom, and Mrs. Clyde Lovall,
noar Bloom, and six grandchildren.
IF Funeral services were held at
harmony Grove Methodist Protestant
abnrch On Friday, December Is, at 2
y N The pastor, Rev. w. A. Sites,
Pptfciating. Interment in the adjoin-
;nr cemetery. The pallbearers were
M ,T9 James w. Buckingham, j.
H IsT Creswell, Robert T. Shipley, j.
CLAYTON Barnes, Columbus Parker
and Peter Miller. Mr.. C. M. Waltz
was funeral director.
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Two Moon Eclipses Visible Here i'm
1917.

1917.
I'm the year 1917 there will be sew
en- eclipses, four of the sun and three
of the moon:
total eclipse Of the moon January
18th, visible here.
partial eclipse OF the sun, January
23rd, invisible here.
A partial eclipse of the sun June
18th, invisible here.
A total eclipse of the moon, July
4th, invisible here.
A partial eclipse of the sun, July
18th, invisible here.
An annular eclipse Of the sun, De-
cember 14th, invisible here.
a total eclipse OF the moon, De-
cember 18th, visible here.
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Lamp Upset: Home Burned.

Fire, thought to have been caused
by the upsetting Of a lamp during a
family quarrel, destroyed the home OF
Carl Naman, Saturday night at Glen
Morris, about a mile from Glyndon
The house, a tWo-story frame struc-
ture. was owned by Mrs. Louis Eek
hart.
Naman, it is alleged, knocked over
lamp, setting fire to the room, and
the flames spread rapidly. An alarm
was sent in and the Reisterstown and
Glyndon volunteer fire companies re-
sponded, but arrived too late to save
the building. The furniture was also
lost
Frantic at the sight of the burnino
home Naman fought three men who
prevented him from rushing into the
flames.
The Glyndon Fire Company was to
have had benefit that night, and
many thought the alarm a ruse to gel
more persons to attend.
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TOSSED, SAVES LIFE :
Struck By Engine, Trackwalker Es-
capeS On COWcatcher.

Rare presence of mind saved the
life of Francis Evans, 35 years old,
when he was struck by railroad
train. Evans IS in the Maryland UNI
vc~sity hospital, Baltimore, with
abrasions on his body but it is believed
he will recover
Evans is employed as a trackwalker
by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company and it is his custom to take
the train nightly from Ellicott City to
his home at Watersville About 7.3O
o'clock the train he was to take came
rushing up to the station and Evans
attempted to run in front of the en-
CINE.
The engine struck Evans and he
was thrown into the air, forward as
we'll as upward. AS he descended
with outstretched arms he retained
presence of mind to grasp the en-
CINE, catching the cowcatcher, to
which he chung while the train was
stopping. Then he lost consciousness
and rolled to the tracks
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Nicholas A. Kress, died suddenly
Saturday, night while on his way to the
railroad station at Alesia, where he
had a been visiting his brother, John
Trpss. Apparently in the best OF
tp9Ith. he left his brothers home, only
IN he brought back to die. The body
was taken to his home in Baltimore
Monday.
Mr. Nress was for eight years su-
nnrirterdent of the Sunday school of
e. Marks Reformed Church, Hoff-
man street and Collington avenue, and
was known to hundreds of children
who attended the classes there. He
was born "a years ago in Carroll
county, but lived in Baltimore for the
mast - years. He was a carpenter
and hrilder by trade and had many
friends in the northeast section. He
is survived by a widow, three sons and
one daughter.
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Cows Tested

The Carroll County Cow Testing AS
ISOLATION through W. A. Pickens, Off
cial tester, and G.. S. Bollinger, secre-
tary, hand us the records of COWS in
the association which have produced
more than As pounds of buttertat or
1850 pounds of milk during the period
of 80 days ending November 80. They
are as follows:
II. B. Getty, graded COW, 7 years
old, 1113 pounds milk, 46.74 pounds
butterfat
Robert Gist, Jersey, years old, 759.
pounds milk, 1929 pounds butterfat.
r. P. Bale, Jersey, years old, 1122
pounds milk, 44SS pounds butterfat.
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Extension Course at Westminster
High School.

4 new department in the field of pub
lie education for Carroll county has
been approved by the Superintendent
Of Schools, and will be inaugurated at
the Westminster High School at the
beginning of the New Year.
An extension course in cooking will
be given under the direction Of Miss
J. Gorinne Troy, instructor Of DoAies-
tic Science. The class will be held in
the evening, and will be open to wo-
men and girls who are not enrolled in
the regular High School classes.
The Board of Education will give the
use of the Domestic Science room and
equipment at the High School entirely
free of charge, but there will be fee
TO cover the expense of instruction
and materials.
All ladies desiring to enter this
class should communicate at once with
Miss Troy, as the size Of the class will
necessarily be limited and as it is ex-
pected to begin the work early in
January.
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F'reShOUr.

David Adam Freshour died Friday
evening at his home in Frederick, OF
tuberculosis. He was AZ years, 10
months and days old. Mr.. Fresh
our has been sick for the past year
but has been able to walk about. He
is survived by his widow, one son
Marion s, and four sisters, three OF
Baltimore. and Mrs. Lillian Feigley,
of Ohio, and one step-brother, William
Leese, Of this city.
The funeral took place on Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late
home Services were held at the
house conducted by Rev. ]. O.
Wrightson.
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Aldridge.

Mart Anthony Aldridge, a retired
farmer. died Tuesday morning at his
home on East Green street, after a
long illness from cancer of the stom-
ach. aged GA years.
Mr.. Aldridge moved from his farm at
DeDnings to the residence on East
Green street last April.
He was a brother of the late DR.
Louis A. Aldridge, of New Windsor.
His father was Oliver Aldridge, Of
Frederick county.
He is survived by his wife, two sons
and a daughter, as follows: DIR. H.
Roscoe Aldridge and Mrs. Estella Jar
Doe, Baltimore, and Clarence Aldridge,
at home
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Flickinger.

Harvey Grant Flickinger, son Of the
late Frederick F'lickinger, died Mon
Gay at his home Oh George street, aged
AZ years, II months and 16 days.
Mr.. Flickinger conducted huckster
business for some time. He was en-
ployed by the Western Maryland Rail-
way about six months ago, but since
has been unable to do anything on &C
count of illness.
He is survived by his wife and three
children, Misses Hester and Gladys,
and Walter Flickinger, all at home.
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milton A. SULLIVAN |
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE,
FARMS FOR SALE.

AS VAA OAA1e
1924 acre Farm, Key-Mar.
135 acre Farm, Union Mills Road.
"a acre Farm, Mount Pleasant
Town Property, Frizellburg.
Small Property, Fountain Valley.
81 acre Farm, Finksburg.
Small Property, Carrollton.
loU acre Farm, 1 mile of State Road
rs acre Farm, near Roop's Mill.
l27 acre Farm, miles from town.
II acre Farm, 3 miles from town.
acre Farm, Spring Mills.
II acre Farm, near Stone Chapel.
41R acre Farm, Bachman's Mill.
20 acre Farm, Spring Mills.
212 acre Farm, Silver Run.
$50 acre Farm, Silver Run.
219 acre Farm, Mayberry.
AZ acre Farm, Avondale
80 acre Farm, 4 miles from town.
II acre Farm, Bachman's Mill.
70 acre Fam, Spring Mills.
Az acre Farm, near Reese.
IL acre Farm, near Reese
10 acre Farm, Mount Pleasant.
20 acre Farm, Bachman's Mill.
acre Farm, Miller's Station.
20 acre Farm, Mount Pleasant
acre Farm, Fountain Valley.
acre Farm, Fountain Valley.
% acre Farm, Middleburg Road.
143 acre Farm, miles from town.
120 acre Farm, Deep Run Road.
16 acre Farm, 2 miles from town.
SO acre Farm, 2 miles from town.
so acre Farm, 2 miles of Manchester.
Is acre Farm, miles from town.
80 acre Farm, Cranberry.
rs acre Farm, Stone Road.
56R acre Farm, Middleburg Road.
IA acre Farm, Frizellburg.
10 acre Farm, Frizellburg,
9SR acre Farm, Taneytown.
TOWN PROPERTIES.
Town Properties, East Main street.
3 Store Stands, East Main street.
Building Lots, East Main street.
6 Building Lots Fair Ground Hill.
Building Lots, Centre street
Properties, East Green street
Building Lots, George street.
2 Properties, Liberty street.
| 3 Properties, West Main street
Building Lots, West Main street.
2 Properties, Doyle avenue
2 Building Lots, Doyle avenue.
5 Properties, Pennsylvania avenue
1 Property, Hersh avenue.
1 Property, Weimert's extension.
Building Lot, Weimert's extension
Property on State road, u mile of town
l Property on John Street.
HOUSES FOR RENT.
on State road
SULLIVAN'S GROCERY DEPT.
Gasoline, by drum, per gal. zoe.
Coal Oil. nv drum. nor p9T. Or.
Automobile Tires and Accessories.
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Cover.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cover, rs years old,
wife of Thomas Cover, a retll ed
leather merchant, died at Winchester
Va, Tuesday. She was Miss Zeipp, of
Eniontown, Md, before marriage,
Surviving are her husband, two sons,
I0ring A. Cover, of Baltimore, and
Thomas Cover, Jr., Philadelphia, and
five daughters, Mrs. Harrison, wife Of
Representative Thomas w. Harrison;
Mrs. John M. Steck, Mrs. Robert Nc
Glass, Mrs. Harry Krussell and Mrs.
Harry r. Kednall, of Winchester, Va.
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DON'T CRITICIZE ANY MORE

DUN i UNI lIO1NL ~ 4LAOASA1
COOPERATE. The Federal Govern
ment and the state is Investigating
the high prices Of Coal. They will
tell you later who or what is to
blame. In the meantime, cooperate
with the patient retailer who is trying
to help the public under trying con-
dftions, and being severely criticized.
Smith 6 Reifsnider want your CO.
operation.