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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-09-30
Paradise for Birds.

Conyers Manor, the 2,500-acre farm
of e. G. Converse near Greenwich,
Conn.,, is looking it's best these days,
and it is expected that the yield of
peaches will be fully 5000 baskets. The
apple orchards are in the same thrifty
condition, while the acres of straw.
berry beds, raspberry and current
bushes are loaded with fruit.
Much work is being done on the
estate to encourage bird life. In this
connection the lake is being prepared
so that water fowl will be safe, and
large number of swapping turtles,
weighing from five to thirty pounds
each, have been caught. This work
will be continued until the lake is
practically free of enemies of the wa
ter fowi.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-09-30
FIameless Guns.

Airships equipped with machine
guns run certain degree of risk from
an explosion caused by the flame at
the muzzle of the gun. Hence con.
siderable study has been devoted to
obviating this danger. This has now
been accomplished by young F1oren.
tine chemist named Guido Fei. He is
said to have recently given demon
stration before an ltalian military
commission of a new powder invented
by him which burns without either
flame or smoke and does not flare up
on defamation. While specially use
full for the guns of aircraft. it will be
Of value in artillery and infantry en-
gagements from the fact that it will
not betray the firing line to the en-,
envy.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-09-30
Prussian Cities Buy Mich Goats.

a number of German cities have TIA
ken practical steps to solve the milk
problem. which still is very serious in
the large centers of population. Twelve
of the largest Prussian municipalities
have bought 5000 goats in Switzer-
land. The animals have been turned
over to the owners Of small farms in
the suburbs of the cities on condition
that they deliver 70 per cent of the
milk obtained from the goats to the
relief stations, where it is distributed
among poor families with small chill
dren. The goats furnish 100000
,uarts of milk day.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-09-30
Why Orchestras Tune Up.

"Why," asked visitor to the the
alter the other day., do members Of
the orchestra always worry people
possessing nerves, like myself, by tun-
ing up their instruments"
1t is all a matter of thermometer,
according to a musician. The tenn
perature in different parts of the
building is different and the instru-
ments have to be tuned In which they
are played. AS n rule, the air in a
theater becomes warmer as the per-
Torrance progresses and so the In
struments have to be tuned several
times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-09-30
REDUCING the Effort.

'Is your boy Josh student OF EN-,
cheney and conservation Of energy anu
that sort Of thingf"
"Yes," replied Farmer Corntossei'
hes learnin' to roll cigarette WIN
one hand" -. ~ ~ o"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-09-30

THAT Syria has been unable to
feed its own Christian popula-
ton and at the same time sat
isfy the military authorities
extraordinary demands for supplies is
not surprising to those familiar with
the primitive agricultural methods of
the Holy Land. Concerning the man.
ner In which crops are raised in this
section of the near East, where $4,000
people are reported to have persisted
already, John D. Whiting presents
this graphic picture in a communion
ton to the National Geographic So
ciety:
In the mountain districts the farm
land is usually owned by peasant pro-
prietors, each mans property being
composed of various small pieces scat
tered about near the village in which
he lives. The raising of olives, grapes
and many other fruits is the leading
occupation, but almost every farmer
grows some grain.
Down on the plains larger fields ex-
list and cereals are largely planted.
The land of a given village is fire.
quently owned in common by the vii
layers and division of it takes place
every alternate year, and is so ar
ranged that every man gets portions
of the good as well as of the less
desirable land.
Fences, in the western sense of the
word, are unknown. In the noun
famous country lands are Enclosed by
loose stone walls, still called by the
ancient Hebrew name "jedar," and on
the plains by thorn hedges. When the
open fields are owned by individuals,
the boundary lines are indicated by
deep burrows, in which at intervals
stones are laid as landmarks. 1t is
therefore, readily seen how easily
these boundaries could be changed by
an avaricious neighbor, undeterred by
the Mosaic warning, "Cursed be he
that removeth his neighbours land
mark" .a..sH.f
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-09-30
Crude Methods of Farming.

Rain begins to fall about November
average annual rainfall for so years
about &c inches), after rainless sum-
moistened the fellah starts planting
the winter cereals-wheat, barley,
lentils, beans, etc. The pillow. is crude
affair, made of oak, the bent parts be-
ing natural curves held together With
iron bands; these bands and a small
plowshare, which only scratches the
ground a few inches deep, are the only
metal parts.
Oxen are the favorite animals for
yoling to a pillow. Cows and donkeys
are employed by the poorer people.
Horses, mules and camels (the last
named only along the Mediterranean
coast) are harnessed singly to plows,
while sometimes one sees an OK and
camel yoked together.
The fellah sows the grain on the
bare ground and then plows 1t In. In
rocky ground man or woman follows
with a pick to loosen the earth that
may have been skipped by the plow.
The soil is not fortified. The disin-
tegration of the underlying limestone
feeds the soil, so that for thousands
of years it has continued yielding
crops. The manure and rubbish, in
stead of being utilized, are allowed to
accumulate in heaps outside the vii
lagos until they surround 1t like small
mountains.
After the winter crops have all been
planted the vineyards and olive groves
are plowed couple of times and also
the fields reserved for the summer
planting, these latter crops are not
put into the ground until the rains
have entirely ceased.
Harvest Time Scenes.
During harvest time the fields are
lively and picturesque; the entire
family has a part in the work,
the small children playing about
among the sheaves' and even the
babies are brought into the fields.
A large toothed sickle is en-
ployed by the reapers when the grain
is long, but If short a smaller one is
used, the edge being quite dull; so
that 1t does not cut but simply up
roots the grain.
Destitute women and girls are al
lowed to follow the reapers and CLEAN
the. fallen ears, which they tie into
neat Iittle bundles, dropping them on
the ground as they 60 along, and these
they gather up every evening and beat
out the grain with a stick, just as
Ruth did of old In the fields of Bethle-
hem. During the reaping period what
the Bible calls "parched corr" is
made in almost every field. Some
wheat not fully ripe is cut down and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-09-30
How He Looked.

"Who is this Gargantua just coming
inf'
"That's Fatleigh, who is always
Dragging about being a self-made
man.
"Gee whizi He looks more like he
was built by construction company"
Boston Transcript.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-09-30
Her Mistake.

Edith-Betty is such talker posi-
lively couldn't get a WORD in edge
wise.
Ethel-Oh, that's because you let
her get the first start.-Bostou Tran
script,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
GOVERNOR BILBO
TELLS ABOUT TRIP
TRUSTEES OF MIssIsslPPPs NEW
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL WERE
ALSO ENTHUsED.
INsPECTs MANY SCHOOLS
Many Valuable Pointers Gained That
Will Be of Untold Value In Con.
duct Of School In Mississippi,
Says the Governor.
Jackson.


Gov. Bilbo has prepared the follow.
Ing statement relative to the tour
which he made in company with the
trustees OF the Mississippi Industrial
and Training School, which will be OF
general interest:
"The board of trustees of the Mis-.
sissippi Industrial and Training school
visited industrial and reformatory
schools at the following points. U. s.
Reformatory School at Washington, D.
c.. Glenn Mills, Pennsylvania; Ran.
dali Islands, Bedford Hill, Hudson,
Freeville and Industry, all in the state
of New York; the State Industrial and
Training School at Lancaster, Ohio,
the Boys Industrial School at St.
Charles, ILL.,, and the girls school at
Geneva, ILL.,, the Tennessee Industrial
School for Boys and Girls at Nash.
vile, and also the state reformatory
for boys near the city of Nashville in
the state Of Tennessee, making alto
gether IL schools in. different parts OF
the United States.
"A visit and study of these institu.
tions was indeed a revelation to the
entire board. Some of these schools
have been in operation since 1924. The
plan of buildings. equipments and
methods Of discipline was different in
nearly all the institutions, except one
or two established in recent years. In
the newer schools we found that the
ripe judgment and experience of rs O!
100 years had resulted in the estab
lishment of practically perfect sys.
tenn for handling these unfortunate
boys and girls.
Il ar, SO strong Of the opinion that
Withhold. securing this first hand infur
nation, as to the erection of buildings,
equipment and handling of the stu
dent bbdy that the expenditure of Mis-
sissipH money would have been 3
criminal waste. We found that some
states have spent hundreds of thou
sands of dollars without receiving any
practical good, the same having been
spent in experiments and in the cree.
ton and equipment of buildings almost
absolutely untitled for the purposes
intended. The people in the northern
and western states are spending large
sums Of money every year in their ef-
forts to reclaim the youth of the state
upon the theory that it is cheaper In
the long run to reform the boy and
make good citizen out of him rather
than expend a larger sum Of money in
the way of courts and criminal trials
and that he be allowed to grow up
into life of crime and idleness."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET
stupendous Expenditures Confront
CongresG-Postsl Fund Kept
Separate.

Washington.-Est Of the ex.
penses Of all branches OF the govern.
ment for the fiscal year 1918, for
which the session of Congress, which
convened Monday, must appropriate
funds, total $l.2GS, 1854.
This sum is exclusive Of $325.255,.
$50 to be appropriated for the postal
service, which is expected to be re-
turned to the treasury by postal reve-
nue. and sinking fund appropriation
Of &GO,74S,OOO toward the public debt.
The total appropriations for the fis-
cal year 1917, ending next June, ex
elusive of these two items, were ST.,
1S4,15I517.
The increase OF some $84,000,000
represents the general trend of the
constantly increased cost OF govern
ment. as well as the increased cost OF
living. Increases in compensation
and In numbers of employees are to be
found in the estimates OF all branches
or the government and to meet that
tendency administration officials have
attempted policy OF pairing down all
proposals for new projects with the
exceptions Of national defense, expen.
ditures to meet the growth of the
country and the many burdens thrust
upon the. United States by the war.
The estimates laid before Congress
hY the irpasIIry dpnartmanf follnw.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
Don't Neglect Kidneys
Swamp-ROOt, DR.. Kllmer's Prescrip-
ton, 0vercomeS Kidney Trouble

It is now conceded by physicians that
the kidneys should have more attention
as they control the other organs to re-
markabe degree and do a tremendous
amount of work in removing the poisons
and waste matter from the system BY
fltering the blood.
The kidneys should receive some as
sistance when needed. We take less ex-
ercise, drink less water and often eat
more rich, heavy food, thereby forcing
the kidneys to do more work than nature
intended. Evidence Of kidney trouble,
such as lame back, annoying bidder
troubles, smarting or burning, brick
dust or sediment, Elow complexion,
rheumatism, maybe weak or irregular
heart action, warns you that your kid
neys require help Immediately to avoid
more serious trouble
An ideal herbal compound that has had
most remarkable success as kidney and
bladder remedy is DR.. Klmer's swamp
Root. There is nothing else like it. 1t
is Dr. Kilmer's prescription used in pri
vate practice and it is sure to benefit you.
Set bottle from your druggist.
SHowever, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. ADV.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
Campaign Against Poverty.

There was net increase Of IL con-
victs on the state roster on Nov. Is,
above the total population shown at
the end of October, according to the
figures completed by Mrs. o. M.
Spickard, registrar and statistician.
The November report showed total
Of 1,411 compared with 1899 at the
end of October.
There were received 40 new prison
ers, Of whom two were women, six
were white men. There were four re.
captured, one returned voluntarily,
one was recaptured and two returned
from courts where they had been sent
as witnesses.
The clearance list was made up of
rs discharged at the expiration of their
terms, including one negro woman,
and two white men; five escaped, two
died, one from gunshot wounds, and
one from typhoid fever.
OF the A convicts received, IL, all
negroes, were sent up for life for
murder.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
OPEN WINDOW WEEK.
Department Of Health Orders All vii

Department Of Health Orders All Win.
dows Opened to Let In Pure Air.
New York.-This is open window
week in New York City. The desig-
nation was made by the department OF
health, which sent out an appeal ask
Ing all citizens to open every window
In every home in the five boroughs.
Posters have been placed on the sub
way and elevated roads showing that
closed windows and lack of ventila-
ton cause pneumonia, tuberculosis.
bronchitis. colds and other human Ills.
and also giving the decrease In the
rate of mortality from such diseases
when fresh air and sunshine perme.
ates the home.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
STRENGTHENS THE ARMY.
Congress viii Be Asked for $500, 900,
0O0O for the Purpose.

OOOO for the Purpose.
Observation-Disclosures for main
tanning and strengthening the army
and navy during the fiscal year 1918
indicate that Congress will be asked
this winter to provide about 100000,
900 for that purpose.
The preliminary estimate for the
army Is $373,O74,565. an increase of
about $70,OO0,O0 over the amount ap-
propriated for 1917. The navy total Of
1919. 151,7O1 is an increase OF $66, -451,-
TAG over 1917 figures. Panama Canal
Notifications will take $5,35S, 300, an
increase of about 100000
More than 100000 of the army
increase will go into the payment of
regulars, national guardsmen and
members Of the reserve. A total Of
$97,794,995 is sought under the pay
item and the estimates show that the
number of privates provided for un-
der this section is 25S,594. or that
total 94,279 would be in the regular
service and 164,315 in the national
guard.
Provision also is made for the pay.
ment of $4,000 members of the regular
enlisted reserve and for full rate pay.
ment of these men for Is days field
training during the year. The provis.
ion for payment of reserve officers is
$S,1S1, 1888 and for the paying of ma
tional guard officers $3,396,940.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
AMERICAN BURNED
At STAKE By VILLA
REFUGEES FROM MEXICO BRING
STORIES OF FRIGHTFUL
ATROCITIES BY VILLA.
LIFE OF GERMAN IS SPARED
German Consul at ParraI Ordered Shot
But Later Spared-Shocking Sto-
ries of Atrocities and Loot
Ing by BandIts.

FL Paso, Texas. Three more names
have been added TO the list OF foreign
ers reported to have been killed In
Mexico by bandits. They are CUTLER
mo Snyman, son Of the late Gen. w
=. Snyman Of Bocr war fame; Howard
Weeks, or Howard Gray as he was
known In Mexico, and an American
named Foster.
Young Snyman was reported to
have met his death near Chihuahua
City. Howard Weeks, an employe OF
an American mining concern, was
called to the door Of his home near
Parral, shot through the head by Villa
bandits and his body then hanged In
the door yard, according to informa.
ton brought to the border by Spanish
refugees. Weeks, who went by the
name OF Gray, was married and had
five children.
Little has yet been learned of the
third victim A letter from Spaniard
In TorerOn to countryman here said
an American named Foster had been
horribly maltreated and then burned
TO death at stake In the presence Of
his son The murder occurred near
Torreon, the letter said.
Villas bandits also looted many
American homes in Chihuahua City,
carrying of large quantities OF Amer
icanowned property and destroying
what they were unable to haul away,
messages from the Chihuahua capital
state.
The home OF Donald B. Gillies, an
American mining operator In Chihua-
hua, was looted Of practically every
thing 1t contained, according to one
message. The family fed to the Dor.
der
The curio store belonging to How
ard Schneider, said to be a German
subject, was robbed, It was reported.
Dennis d Sons store was also looted,
another message stated. A dry goods
store owned by an Arabian company
was robbed OF practically its entire
stock and almost a solid block OF
stores belonging to Arabs and other
foreigners was burned, according to
another report.
Government agents here received a
report that more than 100 Mexicans
were executd by Villa men.
Howard Gray, an American mining
man at Parral, Chihuahua, was killed
by Villa bandits when they entered
the town, according to telegram
Just received by the Alvarado Mining
& Milling company.
A messenger who arrived from Par.
raj shortly after the telegram was
made public said Gray was hanged by
order of villa.
These men, said Edgar Koch, Ger.
man consul in Parral, told them he
was ordered executed by villa ban
dts at Santa Rosalial after being
robbed of $4,000 worth OF silver bars
Though taken out to be shot, he was
later released.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
Paws To Work Their Way.

New York.-To work ones way
through college is entirely feasible.
according to the annual report of
Paul o. Hotter, chairman OF the stu.
dents appointment committee Of Co.
lumbia university. The report shows
that In year which ended May 81,
7lS students earned $155,976.96, an in.
crease of more than $4,000 over the
previous year. The average earning
was $217.27, more than enough to pay
tuition in the most expensive courses.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
Withdrawal Of Bills BY Moroan's.

Washington. Withdrawal OF the
British and French treasury bills by ].
T. Morgan & Co. with the statement
that is was done at the direction of the
respective governments and out of a
desire to show every regard TO the
federal reserve board" drew no official
comment in government circles fur
Their than a reiteration at the state de-
partment that the reserve boards &C
ton was merely matter OF domestic
concern and was not intended as a re
uection upon the financial standing Of
any country.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
Interesting Record.

The cornerstone laying had been q
brilliant success. The weather was
fine, the speeches eloquent, the music
impressive. The master of ceremonies
was very we'll satisfied with himself,
yet with the dispersal Of the crowd he
became strangely excited. Hurriedly
he sought the master mason.
"Is 1t possible to lift the cornerstone
again" he asked.
II am afraid not, sir" said the
mason. "Have you a particular rea-
son for asking?"'
II have" said the master Of the
ceremonies. "I've left my hat In the
receptacle along with the records"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
ONE SIGHT HE HAD MISSED
American Traveller In Rome Partlcu.
IarIy Anxious to View Corral
Where "Bulls" Were Kept.

A traveller tells this story Of mn
American fellow wandcrcr In Rome:
Tho American, who had come from
the plains Of the West, visited the Vat
fem, and was shown over the papal
palace. He asked many questions and
desired to see everything.
After the customary sights had been
shown, the priest who attended him
asked
as there anything else, Signor Amer
icano, that you would like to seer
''There Is one thing" replied the
American, "thnt | want to see more
than anything else, md | hnin't been
on the edge Of 1t yet"
"What is that, signorT
1.-THE cattle pens"
1.-THE cattle pens? Why, we have
nothing Of the sort signOr."
you haint? Then where In the
world do you keep them papal bulls
that we're always hearin' aboutY-
Exchange.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
Protects Russla's RIahts.

London.-An event surprising in
far-reaching Importance the actual
military operations of the war comes
in the public announcement by the
new Russian premier, Alexander Ire.
poff. that, by an agreement conclud
ed in 1915, and subsequently adhered
to by Italy, the allies definitely estab.
lished Russia's right to Constantine.
pie and the straits. The existence of
this agreement has been for long
time alleged. but never before was it
thus publicly and formally admitted.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
Farmer Holds "Strayed" Ford.

CDldwater, Miss.-Along with other
articles lost, strayed or stolen is to
be found mention in the last issue Of
the local newspaper Of five-passen
ger car of popular make recently
found by farmer of the Sarah com
munity. How this particular flivvei
came to be lost is not known, but the
finder has had it in his possession
three weeks. Possibly the owner has
not misseS II yet, but the advertise
ment says he can get the "fliyrer" by
establishing his ownership.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
KILLING Held Justlfiable.

Helena, Ark.-Marvin Terrell, q
young magistrate Of Postelle, in this
county, was shot and killed by Dave
Patrick, aged Is, at Postelle Reports
say that Terrell had fired at and was
advancing on Patrick with a pistol
when Patrick killed him with a shot
gun. A coroner's jury returned a yer
dict Of justifiable homicide.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
WAGES Are Increased

Lynchburg, Va.-The Craddock. Ter
ry company announced that about Jan.
l employees in its shoe factories here
earning less than 800 month would
be paid a 10 per cent bonus for the
last eight weeks OF 1916 and at the
same time the bonus will be continued
rs long as industrial conditions war.
rant.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
Valuable Book Discovered.

Philadelphia.-A copy of the Con.
Quista de Nouva Espana, by Antonio
de Soils, published in 1887, was
found in stack of old books sent
to the Bucks County Historical so.
ciety by an unidentified donor, &C.
cording to an announcement made by
Warren S. Ely, librarian of the so.
ciety, A copy of this work was re,
Gently sold in London for $4,000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15
Practical Pair.

"Are the Jibways happily married?'
apparently so. At least, they are
not the sort of people who figure In
problem plays"
"Nof"
"Mrs. Jibway belongs to so many
clubs that she never has time to figure
out whether her soul Is being starved
or not and Mr.. Jlbwny is SO absorbed
in business that he has long since for
gotten that he ever had soul."-Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-15

Amarillo, Tex,-Jose Rodriguez. q,
who, 1t was charged two weeks ago
placed a tie barricade in front of the
fast Memphis to Amarillo Rock Island
passenger train, just outside of ANA.
rillo, was given three-year sentence
In district court here. The train was
stopped just in time to avert wreck.