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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-01-18

uIE WILL be showing big spring line of white
w goods, laces embroideries, gnshams and per-
Gales. This i. the season that the people are
making up their spring sewing and we invite you
to come in and look over our beautiful lines now
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-01-18

We have = large stock Of clothing, dry
goods and shoes. We buy in large guam
tities which enables Us to give you the low
est prices. Largest stock in this section.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-01-18

You shall have better cheer. 'er. you -
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-01-18

We are showing big assortment in lights, greys and
blues. These are all fast color Percales At the
above price quoted you are buying this item cheap
er than calicoes can be bought for anywhere today
Imperial Valley press., 1917-04-09
NOTICE OF SALE OF AUTOMO-
BILE TO SATISFY LIEN

Notice is hereby given, that on the
9th day of April, 1917, at ten (10)
clock a. M, at the Alamo Garage,
in the City of Holtville, County of
State of California, there
Will be offered for sale and sold to
TIE highest bidder for cash, payable
at the consummation of the sale, one
Premier, racer type, automobile, En-
gine No. ..... Car No. A534, Model
year, 1912; Stale of California Lii
cense No. 148804, 1916.
Said sale is for the purpose of sat
isfying a lien against said property
for work done, parts supplied and
upon said machine.
Dated this Goth day of March, 1917.
A-1O c. NJ TYNER.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-04-09

Sudan Grass Seed 100 pei cent
pare, Berkeley analysis. kelly's Nur-
So ry and Seed House. Ell Centro. tt
Patronize your home merchants.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-04-09
ESTRAY NOTICE.

10 Whom 1t May Concern:
Take notice that on the 30th day of
March, 1917, at the G. Ribber ranch,
a miles east and IL mile north of FL
Centro, California, | took up one es-
tlay Jersey heifer, brand on righ hip,
and one black heifer, no brand. The
said heifers are now on my ranch, a
miles east x mile north of FL Centre.
Dated this 30th day of March, 1917.
Mar30Apr6,13 20 G. RIBBER.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-04-09
LOANS

FARM LOANS
at a low rate of interest and on
plan similar co the proposed Fed
eral Loans. Money available at
once. If you cannot find the time
to call, just drop me a line or call
me up and l will drive out and ex
plain. Will loan on final certifi-
cate.
l.. p. SARGENT
..552 Main Street Phone 265
Ell Centric If
Imperial Valley press., 1917-04-09
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

EXPERIENCED FARMERS, having
little capital to start with, can
make their land pay for itself in
the North End of the Valley, the
terms are so easy.
AS for the soil, the big cops
it is producing, speak for them
selves.
The prices arc from SOS per acre
up. See Jean Ritttnhouse at the
Oregon Hotel. She will be glad to
show you the land. 40
Imperial Valley press., 1917-04-09

Be booster for your home city and
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-04-09

Classified and display ads in The
Imperial Valley Press bring results.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
KHAKI" UNIFORMS
FIRST USED IN 1848

What is the origin of khaki? To
whom are we indebted for it?
1t was adopted in British India, in
1848, by Sir Henry Burnett Lumsden,
who has been called to equip a corps
of guides to collect intelligence and to
conduct an English force on the
northwestern frontier of India. The
cloth used was a light cotton drill, as
suited to the climate of Hindoostan,
and took it's name from the native
term, "khaki," which means in the
Urdu language, dusty" being derived
from "khak," or dust, says Popular
Science Monthly. Thus the term ap-
piled to the color of the cloth rather
than to the material. Though the die
tionary tells US it is pronounced
kaykee by the natives, the English
have given it to US as kharkee, and
this is the correct pronunciation.
Having been approved the use of
the cloth spread from the guides
to others in the Indian army, and it
was worn in the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857
by the English troops. In the Boer
war, 1899-19O2, khaki was adopted in
the British service for an active SER
vice uniform, and so worn by all Eng
lish and Colonial troops in Africa. But
as cotton was not warm enough for
the African highlanders, uniforms of
the same kind were made of serge
and the term khaki thus included
wooden as we'll as cotton fabrics. Be-
cause it was we'll fitted for the eli
mate of Cuba and the Philippines, the
United States chose khaki for the SOL
diers' uniforms during the Spanish
American war.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07

of greatest Importance, says the
United States Department of Agri.
culture. Department specialists esti-
mate, since only smutted heads &C.
to the smuts Of wheat and rye amount
approximately to 27,5OO, 900 bushels.
This is equal to about 3k per cent
of the entire yearly wheat crop and
is regarded as a conservative esti-
mate since onl ysmutted heads ac-
tually lost are considered. The in
creased number Of heads which heal
thy plants would have thrown out
were not taken into account. The
loss to the billion-bushel wheat crop
the department hopes to see harvest
ed next year would, at 3h per cent
amount to 35,000,O 900 bushels. With
wheat selling at 81 a bushel this
would amount to an exceedingly high
tax on the farmers of the country.
Treatment of wheat against stink
ing smut is fairly easy, not expensive,
and fully IS per cent effective. The
efficiency of the treatment, is in
fact, practically 100 per cent in most
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
Yangtse-kiang and other Chinese riv.
ers.
BARR

Abel Bergan, the Cooperative man,
is the possessor of a new Chevrolet
touring car, purchased in Saco last
week.
Mrs. j. Hatton entertained the w
W. club and friends Saturday after.
noon. A very delicious lunch was
served and comments are that Mrs.
Hatton will be subject to fine on &C
count of the variety of articles serv-
ed, as two things are supposed to be
served only. The next meeting will
be held with Mrs. Burroughs.
Rev. Ochre delivered a sermon at
the north school house Sunday.
Mrs. Hickok was hostess to a num-
Der of friends Saturday evening in
honor of the soldier boys who are
leaving soon. Her son Major leaves
this week. Games were INDUCED in
and a peanut and candy race was had,
after which an excellent lunch was
served. One of the features of the
evening was the cutting of the war
cake by the three soldier boys, John
Olafson, John Dartman and Major
Hickok. The carving was done with
old time bayonets in a very graceful
manner At a late hour the guests
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
INSURING AGAINST DEVILS

Once every year, during the first
fifteen days of the seventh month of
the Chinese calendar, the curious GER
emory of Yu-Nan-Whie is celebrated
in China, being in fact the paying of
homage to the land and sea devils.
Seven priests carry out the cere-
mony by offering various forms of
prayer and making an unearthly noise
beating gongs. Any one wishing to
show his respect to the devils can do
so by payment of twenty-five cents to
each of the priests, for which they
will continue their performances for
twelve hours. For an extra payment
of twenty-five cent more a number of
small red paper boats about six inches
long, with lights inside, will be sent
floating down stream with the cur
rent. These lights are for the benefit
of the sea devils, who are supposed to
use them in order to find their way
about on dark nights. Having fin
ished this performance the person on
whose behalf it has been carried out
goes away happy in the conviction
that he won't lose any of his family
throughout the year either by sick
ness or drowning, so that the whole
ceremony may be looked upon as an
insurance policy. At this time of the
year many thousands of small lighted
boats may be seen floating down the
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07

Of the wheat-growing regions. The
percentage of efficiency for the
the country as a whole, however, is
reduced by the fact that in large re-
gions in the Pacific Northwest the
soil is polluted with smut germs to
such an extent that the effects of
seed treatment are negatived. Seed
treatment costs not to exceed 5 cents
an acre for materials and labor. To
this cost, however, must be added the
cost of grain, the terminating power
of which may be destroyed by the
treatment. This amounts at the most
to 20 per cent. In every case the
value of the wheat saved by treat
ment would amount to several times
the cost of the treatment.
Statistics show that the average
annual loss of rye from smut is about
l per ENTHUSIASTICALLY less than the
loss of wheat. It is we'll worth while,
however, to treat rye seed also.
Several methods of treating seed
for the destruction of smut spores are
in use, but the best, is is believed, is
the formaldehyde treatment. The
grain should first be cleaned thor
oughly with a tanning mill so that
smut balls, shriveled grain, chaff, etc.,
will be removed. After the grain is
clean it may be spread on a flood or a
tarpaulin in a layer or pile several
inches thick and sprinkled with a So
luton of a formaldehyde made by
mixing n pound of commercial for
maldehyde with as gallons of water.
An ordinary s~prinkling can or a
spraying machine is used and the
grain is shoveled over and over until
every kernel is wet. The grain is
then placed in a pile and covered
with sacks, blankets, or a tarpaulin
for two hours, or over night. It is
then dried sufficiently to be run
through the drill, after which it may
be sown. If the grain is not passed
through a tanning mill it should be
placed in a vat or tank of the for
maldehyde solution instead of being
sprinkled. The smut balls will rise to
the surface and may be SKINNED off.
If the grain is not to be planted
Immediately, it must be dried suffi-
GENTLY to prevent spelling when plac-
ed in bins. If planted while damp and
swollen, more grain by measure must
be used to allow for expansion.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
SEED TREATMENT WILL
''' SAVE E' WHEAT and RYE

Over 81 per cent of the wheat crop
and l per cent of the rye rop is lost
through smut.
Seed treatment with formaldehyde
solution is practically 100 per cent
efficient except in a few sections
where the soil is badly polluted with
smut spores.
The formaldehyde treatment costs
less than S cents per acre for ma
terials and labor. To this must be
added in extreme cases the cost of 20
per cent of the seed grain, the ger
minating power of which may be de-
stroyed because of seed injury.
In every case the entire cost of the
treatment together with possible seed
injury is much less than the value
of the increased yield which it as
sures.
Now that, because of the world
shortage, every bushel of wheat and
rye counts for more than ever before,
the safeguarding of the next crops Of
these grains against disease by the
treatment of seed before planting is
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07

departed, wishing "bon voyage" to
the ladies.
Tom Golden left for Scobey the fore
part of the week where he will u a
threshing engine again this year.
Mrs. H. H. Kiefer was on the sick
list this week.
Sam Hookland is wearing an ear to
a smile, and upon Interrogation he
answers, TITS a girl, arrived last
Friday"
This ~cou13yShad one of the great
est surprises of the season last week,
a rain.
Miss Beatrice Buell. gave a little
party to her girl friends Friday af-
ternoon.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
CLEAN, HEALTHY WHEAT
SEED is ESSENTI

Sound, clean, healthy seed is the
first requisite for the largely increas-
ed wheat crop which the United States
Department of Agriculture hopes to
see harvested next year. Whatever
the souce of supply will find it to
their advantage, says the department,
to see that only good seed is planted.
What has been said is equally true of
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07

seed for the rye crop which the de-
partment hopes to see much larger
than usual next year.
If a farmer has seed from his own
crop which is satisfactory so far as
variety and general conditions are
concerned, he should lose no time in
getting it into shape for storage until
planting time. The tanning mill is
the farmers best friend in this task.
The farmer, by all means should
have such a mill and if he has not
and is unable to obtain one. should
borrow or rent his neighbours mill,
or several farmers can Join in buy
ing INC A tanning mill removes
weed seeds, smut and shriveled grain
and leaves only plump kernels, a
tically every one of which may be
depended upon to produce a thrifty
plant. After it is cleaned, however,
the seed should be treated in order
that the smut may be prevented.
Scab is less likely to be prevented by
seed treatment, but the use of the
! tanning mill will assist materially in
improving the crop grown from seed
known to have contained scabby kerr
nels.
If the farmer is dependent on out
side sources for his seed he should
buy from his neighbor if possible so
that he may be more likely to get
seed we'll adapted to his conditions.
It is advisable to buy as soon after
harvest as possible as at this time
prices are likely to be lowest. If the
farmer delays, his neighbors may dis
pose of all their surplus grain and he
may be forced to plant seed grown
under conditions radically different
from his own. If the farmer p~atroniz-
es a scotsman he should insist on
getting seed grown as heal his Sec
ton as possible.
If seed is effected by diseases, care
full inspection will usually disclose the
fact. The presence of sinking smut
in wheat is indicated by the odor and
the presence of scab by the appear
ance of the kernels. Purchased seed
should, of course, be cleaned and
treated for the destruction of the
spores of disease-producing fungi, if
the examination shows this to be
necessary.
In choosing varieties of wheat the
farmer should be guided by the ex-
p~eriences of his n~eighbors and the
advice of his state experiment sta
ton. This is true also of rye, but
there are available fewer varieties of
rye than of wheat. The stations Ear
furnish comparative statistics on the
yields and behavior Of a number of
the two cereals.
After the grain farmer has pro-
cured a supply of satisfactory seed
he should store it carefully so that
it will keep in good condition and will
be safe from the d~epredations of
rats, mice and insects. Bins which
are supposedly rat proof are avail
able on practically all farms and it
will pay farmers to see that they are
kept in good condition to keep out the
rodents.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07

A practical joker in a town in
Kansas had a good time one day re-
Gently. He called up about one hum
dred homes and asked for the lady
of the house. Then he informed her
that the telephone company was
speaking and that it wished to notify
her to tie a rag over the mouthpiece
of the phone between 2 p. m. and 3
p. M, that day, as the company was
going to blow the dust out of the
central office. The joke worked and
there dere a lot of mad women in
the town later on.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
MAKE A FIT SEED
BED FOR WHEAT

BED FOR WHEAT
snake the seed bed fit for the seed.
Do not Intern wheat worth So or 81
a bushel for seed purposes in a con-
dition of soil impossible for germina-
tion."
That %precaution is urged by the
United States department of agricul-
ture on all farmers who contemplate
sowing the high-priced see dof a
high-priced food this fall. To plant
seed on poorly prepared land not only
wastes the seed that does not germi-
nate, the specialists point out, but it
may mean the loss of an entire in
vestment if a paying stand in not
obtained.
A seed bed for wheat must be firm,
moist, and well compacted beneath
with a mellow, finely divided upper
three inches of soil, the specialists
advise. If wheat is grown in rotation
with oats or after wheat, the stubble
should be plowed to a depth of at
least Z inches Immediately after har-
vesting the preceding crop of grain.
The ground should be narrowed within
a few hours after blowing and cultiva-
ton with harrow, disk, drag, or roller
should be given as necessary there
after until planting time. These
operations are necessary to kill
weeds, to settle and make firm the
subsoil, and to maintain a soil mulch
on the surface. The earlier the pre-
paration of a seed bed for wheat is
started the better the condition of the
soil will be at planting time. Late
blowing does not allow time for thor
ough preparation.
If a cultivated crop precedes wheat,
frequent cultivation given to this
crop will preserve moisture and MAIN
tain a soil mulch. If level cultivation
has been practiced, a good seed bed
easily can be prepared by disking
and narrowing after removing the
crop. However, if weeds are present,
it may be advisable to pillow shallow,
the disk preceding and following the
pillow.
Early blowing followed by thorough
tillage aid in catching the water which
falls and in conserving this and the
water already in the soil for use by
the wheat plants. The firm seed bed
under the mulch thus made enables
the young plants to make use of the
subsoil waters which rise when there
is a perfect union between the plowed
soil and the subsoil. Sufficient mois-
ture is thus assured for the germina-
ton of the seed and for the early fall
growth of the seedlings, a very i'm
portant consideration. Plant food is
also likely to be more abundant in the
soil when such methods are employed.
If the Importance of thorough till
age were more generally recognized
and proper methods of seed-bed pre-
paration were more widely employed
throughout the so-called humid areas,
there would be less frequent losses
from drought and better wheat crops
would result, the department special.
lists declare. In this area the mistake
is often made of thinking there will
always be moisture enough present
for a maximum crop growth, with the
result that short crops often are oh.
tanned where more attention to mois.
ture conservation would have assured
good yields.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07

Chancellor Michaelis seems to have
given up hope of getting the Nobel
peace prize.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

ualties and 1t was not for many months
that the British were able to take over
again from the French their own origi-
nal front from Ypres to La Bassee. ON
this front, in February, 1915, the Brit
Ish delivered their attack at Neuve
Chapelle. which failed, but almost sue
ceeded in getting through and turning
the Germans out of Lille.
A little later developed the famous
shell scandal. while the army of Field
Marshal French was starved of men
and munitions to enable Kitchener and
Churchill to send out the fatal Gallipoh
expedition. The poison gas" attack in
April. 1918, very gravely compromised
the British position for several days
and cost the Canadians terrific losses.
The lack of high explosive shells at
Festubert in the first days of May led
TO slaughter of British troops that
resulted in the final exposure of the
she'll situation.
British Make First Extension.
+! After the French attack in Artois in
May and June. and before the battle of
Champagne, in September, the British
made their first little extension of front
and came south before the city Of Lens.
From this newly occupied position they
made the great attack upon Loos in Sep
tember. taking some trenches including
the town of Loos, but losing nearly 10000
nlefl Inc 1dliuTe mere was tiie lllidl epi-
sode in the command of Field Marshal
Sir John French, who, in December,
gave way to Sir Douglas Haig.
Between September. 1915. and July,
1916. the British front was materially
extended During the German attack
upon erdun the British. at the request of
Joffre. took over all the French line from
Loos to Arras. thus releasing French
armies for service in Lorraine. Later the
British extended their line again and
came south almost to the Somme that
is. to the country due east of Amiens 1t
was from this new front that the British
made their attack in the great Somme
combat of last summer.
The newest extension of British
lines, which has now been announced,
carries the British at least twenty
miles south of the Somme river and to
the scene of the desperate fighting in
late September. 1914, when Castelnau
attempted to turn the German position
at the Aisne and encountered German
armies endeavoring to reopen the road
to Paris by the west bank of the Disc.
This front is mainly upon the plateau
of Santerre.
Character of Country Noted.
1t is perhaps worth while to note in
passing the character of the country
Evening star., 1917-03-18

which the British occupy, because it
has not only been the scene of some
of the most desperate fighting. but
| there is every reason to believe that
it will be the scene this year of even
more desperate fighting.
! The list Army, that of Gen. Plumer.
occupies the worst place on the whole
salient. The Germans hold the ground
, above Ypres. and, wholly holding the
hills to the east and south. have a
direct vision to roads leading into
| In the second battle of Ypres the
British were compelled to contract
their lines as the result of the German
success in the gas attack upon the
French The country which they now
hold is very largely fiat, the great.
marshy plain of Flanders only touching
on the high land east of Ypres and the
| ground remaining generally low all
the way south to La Bassee. which the
Germans hold. This is country of
the Flemish type. deep bitches. many
canals, fat fields and swampy lands.
which offer very little opportunity to
great military movements. either in the
spring or in the autumn
German Advantage at Ypres.
Such advantage of position as there
is the Germans have by reason of
but beyond Ypres the British have
strong lines resting on high ground,
and Ypres itself is little more than a
dangerous and useless piece of ground
held because of the moral effect it's
position gives. The Ypres position is
the weakest position on the French
front. There has been for two years a
sharp controversy as to whether 1t was
worth while to hold it, and there is a
general feeling that it may be the
target of a new and third German
offensive this year.
The second British army or its north
ern flank occupies low land fully COM
parable with that north and west of
Ypres, but from La Bassee southwark
begins the highland which stretches
east from the channel and further east
of La Bassee and Arras and breaks
down rather sharply into the great
northern European plain. North of
La Bassee the Germans hold the Aubers
ridge and the forts of Lille. South of
La Bassee they cling to the eastern
most shores of the Artois highlands
actually holding the very last ridge,
the famous Vimy ridge. over which
they were pushed by the French in
1915. but retook during the battle
South Of Arras their trench line comes
Evening star., 1917-03-18
asked me
quarters.

At the present moment the British
armies in France number five. and their
positions are as follows: The First
Army. commanded by Gen. Plumer, oc-
cupies the sector about Ypres. the scene
of the desperate fighting of October,
1914 and of April, 1915. The Second
Army, commanded by Gen. Horne, faces
La Bassee. which is held by the Ger
mans. and thus stands upon a portion of
the ground that was fought for in the
great struggle of October. 1914. The
Third Army, commanded by Gen. Allen
by. holds the sector before Arras. in
Guiding a portion of the battlefield of
Foch in 1915. The battlefield of Loos
IS. 1 think. within the line of the Sec
ond Army. The Fourth Army occupies
the front northeast of Albert and the
scene of the recent advances along the
Ancre. as we'll as of some of the bitter
est and least successful phases of the
British fighting in the Sonlme battle of
last summer. The Fifth Army, COM
nanded by Gen. Sir Henry Rawlinson.
who had the famous 7th Division in the
battle of YpreS, extends from south of
the Somme. I do not know whether it
now holds the front recently taken over
from the French. straight down to the
highway from Amiens to Roye, and in
front of this town. which the Germans
hold, but | believe SC. The Canadians
are with the First Army and hold a
front east of YpreS.