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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27
Probate Court News-Hancock
County.


Order filed probating the will OF
Matte S. Aiken, deceased, which will
bears the. date of January Z, 1914
and was attested by Jesse A. Low.
derman and Mamie Newland, the
same having been filed for probate
March 10. 1917 Proof of notice to
Anna Miller, Progress, Montana, and
to Abraham Newland. Tennessee,
ILL.,. Mrs. Ora Sabin. 1916 Los Robes
avenue, Pasadena, Calf.
In re the estate of Mary Miller,
Reconsideration Of William A.
Miller and Jacob L. Miller for let
ters of administering, representing
that Mary Miller died on or about
April 8, 1917, at Dallas City, leaving
no husband, but left Jacob L., viii.
liam A. Miller, Malinda Koontz, Eliz-
abeth R. Walker and Anna Sym.
monds, her children as heirs, and
praying that letters issue to William
G. Kohl, as administrator of said
estate. Letters were granted to said
William G. Kohl as administrator.
who filed his bond, with c. J. Doty
and w. H. Jacob as sureties, in the
sum of $1,000 which is approved.
In re the estate Of Fred Jacobs,
Reconsideration of Sarah e.
Jacobs, for letters of administration
represent. that Fred Jacobs died at
his home in West Point on June IL.
1917, leaving lands in sections IL and
13, in Walker township, and lots
located in West Point, personal prop
erty worth about $1,000, and left him
surviving Sarah q. Jacobs, his
widow, and Emma Jacobs, Mrs. Ada
Hanson, Mrs. Myrtle Brunenn, Fred
erick w. Jacobs. Marthena G.. Jacobs,
John Earl Jacobs, Paul e. Jacobs and
Gerald G. Jacobs. his children as
heirs. Letters issued to Sarah e.
Took ~; So --4-'-- ---,,o 49,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
PRACTICE OF SWIMMING MILK
Skim and Milk and Churn Cream,
Says Clemson.

Experience has shown that in gen.
eral practice the churning of whole
milk results in butter of q poorer fat
in the buttermilk than If cream is
churned, says Clemson Agricultural
college Of South Carolina. 1t is there
fore best to skim the milk and churn
the cream. The best way to skim the
milk is by means of separator. A
farmer who has only two or three
cows, but no separator, may put the
milk into deep, narrow cans (shotgun
cans) and set them In cold water, and
when the cream rises it can be re-
moved with a shallow spoon. Where
this system is used it usually takes
about II to IS hours for all the cream
to rise. Care should be taken to keep
the milk cold, in order to make the
cream rise rapidly. The old method
of setting the milk In shallow pans
should not be used, as the cream does
not rise so completely as when set in
deep cans In cold water; furthermore,
the quality of the cream is not so good
and there are more vessels to wash
and care for.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
SUMMER DISEASE OF CATTLE
"Pinkeye" Is Especially Troublesome
During Hot Weather-Sometimes
Results in Blindness.

"Pinkeye" Of cattle is a common
disease, especially during summer
months, and sometimes results in total
blindness. 1t is undoubtedly infec-
tious, and is believed to spread from
one animal to another through the
medium of flies. The disease runs its
course in ten days or two weeks, af-
fecting one or both eyes.
A profuse flowing of tears is the
first evidence OF the attack. The ami
NAL keeps the eye. constantly closed,
for it is very sensitive to light. Grad
ually q film seems to form over the
eye and the ball becomes clouded.
Care at this time is very necessary
and may save the animal from blind
ness. Confinement in a comfortable
stall with all light excluded is the
best. Laxative food will put the ami
NAL in good condition to ward off
complications. If flies are allowed to
irritate the sore eyes they will prob
ably spread the infection to other ami
mails.
Bathing the eyes in strong solu-
ton of boric acid Is treatment cas-
lily applied and generally effective. A
better method is to place few drops
of the following mixture in the eyes
with dropper: One-half grain of
zinc sulphate, ten grams of boric acid
and one ounce of distilled water.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
"They Looked Like Bunch of Hired
Assassns.

dead and buried bank-cashier part of
him. "And if you can manage to stay
in the game and play it out, there is
big money in it for all of you; enough
to make it well worth while for you to
put up the fight of your lives"
big money?-you mean in saving
our investments?
"Oh, no; not at all; in cinching the
other fellows" Smith put in genially.
Colonel Dexter Baldwin lifted his
soft hat and ran his fingers through
his grizzled hair.
"Say, Smith; you mustn't forget
that I'm from Missouri" he said half
qulzzically.
'But l shouldn't think you'd need
to be shown in this particular in
stance" was the smiling rejoinder.
"The chance to sell you people water
from your own dam isn't the only
thing or the main thing in this case.
They are obliged to have this dam site,
or, at least, one as high up the river
as this, in order to get the water over
to their newly alienated grant in the
western half of the park"
you've got it straight" said the
colonel.
Every good. Then they're simply
obliged to have your dam, Or Don't
you see the alternative now, colonel?'
Heavens to Betsy" exclaimed the
breeder of fine horses bringing his fist
down upon Williams desk with crash
that made the ink bottles dance. And
then: "What lot of fence-posts we
are-the whole kit and b'ilin' of US !!
If they get the dam, they sell water to
us; if they don't get it, we sell it to
them !"
That's it, exactly" Smith put In
quietly. "And l should say that your
stake in the game is worth the stiffest
fight you can make to save it. Don't
you agree with meT
"Great Jehu! I should say so"
calculated the amateur trust ngnter.
Then he broke down the barriers mas
terfully. THAT settles it, Smith. You
can't wiggle out of it now, no way or
shape. You've got to come over into
Macedonia and help us. Williams tells
me you refused him, but you can't re-
fuse me-"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17

legs and bodies, sufficiently terrifying,
one would suppose, to a young woman
sitting calmly in an automobile a hun
dred yards away.
The struggle was short in just pro-
portion to its vigor, and at the end of
it two Of the trespassers were knocked
out, and Smith was dragging the third
over to the wagon, into which he pres
emily heaved the man as If he had
been a sack Of meal. Miss Baldwin,
sitting In the car, saw her ally dive
into the covered wagon and come out
with pair Of rifles. PauSing only
long enough to smash the guns, one
after the other, over the wagon wheel,
he started back after the two other
men. They were not waiting to be
carried to the wagon; they were up
and running in a wide semicircle to
reach their hope of retreat unslain, If
that might be. 1t was all very brutal
and barbarous, no doubt, but the
coloneps daughter was Western born
and bred, and she clapped her hands
and laughed in sheer enthusiasm when
she saw Smith make a show of chas-
ing the circling runners.
He did not return to her until after
he had pulled up the freshly driven
stakes and thrown them away, and by
that time the wagon, with the horses
dashed to a keen gallop, was disap-
riDu fhn Of hn
ridge.
THAT'S one way to get rid of them,
isn't it?" said the emancipated bank
man, loosely, upon taking his place
in the car to cramp it for the turn.
WAS that something like the notion
you had in mind?"
"Mercy, now she rejoined. And
then: "Are you sure you are not hurt ~
"Not worth mentioning" he evaded.
''Those buffers couldn't hurt anybody,
so long as they couldn't get to their
guns"
"But you have saved the company at
your own expense. They will be sure
to have you arrested"
"We won't cross that bridge until
we come to it," he returned. eff we
were back in the country from which
I have lately escaped, it would be
propa for me to ask your permission
to drive you safely home. Since we
are not, I shall assume the permission
and do 1t anyway"
"Oh, is that necessary" she asked,
meaning as he took it, nothing more
than comradely depreciation at putting
him to the trouble of it.
mot absolutely necessary, perhaps,
but decently prudent. You might drop
me opposite the dam, but you'd have
to pass those fellows somewhere on
the way, and they might try to make
it unpleasant for you"
She made no further comment, and
he sent the car spinning along over
the hills to the westward. A mile
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17

"They looked like bunch of hired
assassins," said Smith, with a grin.
ITS some more Of the interference,
isn't it?"
The colonels square jaw settled into
the fighting angle.
How much do you know about this
business mix-up of ours, Smith," he
asked.
"All that Williams could tell me In
little heart-to-heart talk we had the
other day."
"You agreed with him that there
was tolerably big niger in the wood
pile, didn't your"
81 had already gathered that much
from the camp gossip"
swell, it's so. We're just about as
helpless as a bunch of cattle in a sink
hole" was the ranchman presidents
confirmation of the camp guesses.
what in the name of the great horn
spoon can we do-more than we have
done?"
"There are a number of things that
might be DONE" said Smith, falling
back re9ectively upon the presumably
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
DESTROYING DOORS AND CUGS
Fresh Air and Sunshine Is Death to
Both-PIace Utensils Where Sun
Will Strike Them.

Fresh air and sunshine being death
both to odors and to "bugs," there is
close relationship between clean
milk and summing of milk utensils.
Do not stopper the cans when setting
them out to sun. Let the cir work
In and out. Choose a place to set
them where the sun shines upon them
most directly. Turn them bottom
side up to keep dust out of them more
effectively-and possibly rain. Nature
will then do her share toward freeing
the milk can from faint. She will ma
terlally lessen the number ef bacteria
hiding within.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
CHAPTER VII.
Tinanyoni Ditch.

Smith had his vote of thanks from
Colonel Dexter Baldwin in Williams
sheet-lron office at the dam, the
colonel having driven out to the camp
for the express purpose; and the chief
of construction himself was not pres
ent.
you've loaded us up with q toler-
ably heavy obligation, Smith-Corry's
mother and me-" was the way the
colonel summed up. "If you hadn't
been on deck and strictly on the job
at that railroad crossing yesterday
morning"
Don't mention 1t, colonel" Smith
broke in. 81 did nothing more than
any man would have done for any
woman. You know it, and I know 1t.
Let's leave it that way and forget it."
The tall Missourian's laugh was en-
tirely approbative.
II like that" he said. ''It's a good,
man-fashioned way Of looking at it.
You know how ! feel about it-how
any father would feel; and that's
enough.
PLENTY" was the brief rejoinder.
"But there's another chapter to II
that neither of us can cross out; you'll
have to come out to the ranch and let
Corry's mother have hack at you,'
Baldwin went on. II couldn't figure
you out Of that If should try. And
now about those claim jumpers: sup,
pose you didn't know any of them by
nameT
mo"
SORRY says you gave them the time
of their lives. BY George, wish I'd
been there to seew and the colonel
slapped his leg and laughed. "Did
they look like the real thing-sure-
enough prospectors"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
SOLD SHOTGUN
FOR TEN DOLLARS
And Filed on Western Canada
Land. Now Worth $4,000.

Lawrence Bros. of Vera, Saskatche-
wan, are looked upon as being amongst
the most progressive farmers in West
ern Canada. They have had their
"ups-and-downs," and know what it
Is to be in tight pinches. They perse-
vered, and are now in an excellent
financial position. Their story is an
interesting one. Coming in from the
states they travelled overland from
Calgary across the Battle river, the
Red Deer river, through the Eagle
Hills and on to Battleford. On the
way their horses were stolen, but this.
did not dishearten them. They had
some money, with which they bought
more horses, and some provisions.
When they reached Battleford they
had only money enough to pay their
ferriage over the Saskatchewan river,
and this they had to borrow. 1t was
in 1906 that they filed on homesteads,
having to sell shotgun for ten dol.
lars in order to get sufficient money to
do so. Frank Lawrence says:
"Since that time we have acquired
altogether a section and a half Of
land, in addition to renting another
three quarters of a section. If we
had to sell out now we could probably
realize about $4,000, and have made
all this since we came here. We get
crops in this district of from 80 to,
30 bushels of wheat to the acre and
oats from 40 to so bushels to the acre.
Stock here pays well. We have 100
sheep, 20 cattle and 60 horses, of which
q number are registered Clydes."
Similar successes might be given Of
the experiences of hundreds of farm
ers throughout Western Canada, who
have done comparatively as well. Why
should they not dress we'll live well,
have comfortable homes, with all mod
ern equipments, electric light, steam
heat, pure ventilation, and automo-
biles. Speaking of automobiles it will
be a revelation to the reader to learn
that during the first half of 1917, 49,
600 automobile licenses were issued in.
Alberta, twice as many as in the whole
VI IOLOs III CdShdICIlcNd oil, L1,OOO IL
censes were issued up to the first Of
May, 1917. In its monthly bulletin for
June the Canadian Bank of Commerce
makes special reference to this phase
and to the general prosperity of the
West in the following:
Generally speaking the western
farmer is, in many respects, in much
better position than hitherto to in
crease his production. Two years of
high prices for his products have en-
abled him, even with normal crop,
to liquidate a substantial proportion
of his liabilities and at the same time
to buy improved farm machinery. His
prosperity is reflected in the demand
for building materials motor cars
and other equipment. 1t is no doubt
true that some extravaganza is evil
denced by the astonishing demand for
motor cars, but it must be remembered
that many of these cars will make for
efficiency on the farm and economic
both time and labor" -Advertisement.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17

II can't talk and drive a speed
wagon at the same time" he told her,
twisting the gray car into the road she
had indicated, and he made the asser-
ton good by covering the four remain
ing miles in the same preoccupied
fashion.
There was a reason, of a sort, for
his silence; two Of them, to be exact.
For one, he was troubled by that
haunting sense Of familiarity which
was still trying to tell him that this
was not his first meeting with Colonel
Baldwin's daughter; and the other,
much bigger and more depressing, was
the realization that in breaking with
his past, he had broken also with the
world of women, at least to the extent
of ever asking one of them to marry
him.
He pushed the thought aside, com
ing back to the other one-the puzzle
of familiarity when Miss Baldwin
pointed to a transplanted Missouri
farm mansion, with a columned por-
tico, standing in @ grove of cotton
woods on the left-hand side of the
road, telling him it was Hillcrest.
There was q massive stone portal
fronting the road, and when he got
down to open the gates the young
woman took the wheel and drove
through; whereupon he decided that
it was time for him to break away,
and said so.
''But how will you get back to the
campW she asked.
81 have my two legs yet, and the
walking isn't bad"
"No; but you might meet those
two men again"
"That is the least of my troubles"
Miss Corona Baldwin, like the Mis-
souri, colonel, her father, came upon
moments now and then when she had
the ultimate courage of her impulses.
II should have said you hadn't a
trouble in the world" she asserted,
meeting his gaze level-eyed.
The polite paraphrases of the cof-
fined period were slipping to the end
of his tongue, but he set his teeth upon
them and said, instead: THAT'S all
you know about it. What If l should
tell you that you've been driving this
morning with an escaped convfct?'
81 shouldn't believe it," she said
calmly.
"Well, you haven't-not quite" she
returned, adding the qualifying phrase
in sheer honesty.
She had united her veil and was
asking him Hospitality if he wouldn't
come in and meet her mother. Some
thing in the way she SAID it, some little
twist Of the lips or look of the eyes,
touched the spring Of complete recog-
milton, and the familiarity puzzle van
ished instantly.
you forget that I am a working
man," he smiled. my gang in the
quarry will think I've found a bottle
somewhere" And then: did you ever
lose a glove, Miss Baldwin, white
kid with a little hole in one finger"
Dozens of them" she admitted :;
"and most of them had holes, I'm
afraid. But what has that to do with
your coming in and meeting mamma
and letting her thank you for saving
my life~
Nothing ut all, of course" he
fastened to say; and with that he
bade her good-by rather abruptly, and
turned his back upon the transplanted
Missouri mansion, muttering to him
self as he closed the portal gates be-
hind him: Baldwin of course! What
an ass I was not to remember the
name! And now I've got the other
half Of it, too; it's Corona"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17

short of the trestle river crossing they
overlook and passed the wagon. Be
cause he had the colonel's daughter
with him, Smith put on burst of
speed and so gave the claim jumpers
no chance to provoke another battle.
In the maze Of crossroads opposite
the little city on the south bank of
the river, Smith was out of his reck-
oning, and was obliged to ask his COM
paniop to direct him.
II thought you weren't ever going
to say anything any MORE" she sighed,
in mock despair. 'Take this road to
the right"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Resistance Of the Wind.

Tests on a model of the naval collier
Neptune made in the wind tunnel Of
the Washington navy yard by Naval
Constructor William McEntee show
that If this vessel were steamlng
against a 30-mile wind at IA knots an
hour it would require about no horse
power to overcome the resistance Of
the wind. This is about 20 per cent
of the power necessary to propel her
through the water.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17

ing the case, the average sample of
Guernsey skim milk will contain about
10.5 per cent solids and the average
sample of Holstein skim milk will con-
tain a little over 0 per cent solids.
The solid matter in a sample of skim
milk from either Of these breeds will
be divided as follows: Sugar, so per
cent; proteins, 35 per cent; ash, 1875
per cent, and fat, 1.25 per cent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
No Promotion.

"What business did you say the boss
was in?' asked the clerk.
"Why, he's a promoter" replied the
superintendent.
"Well, there must be some mistake.
He's never promoted me. I've held
the same insignificant job ever since
I've been here"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
CUTlCURA KILLS DANDRUFF
The Cause of Dry, Thin and Falling
Hair and Does II oulckIy-Trial Free.

Anoint spots of dandruff, itching and
Irritation with Cutlcura Ointment. Fol-
low at once by a hot shampoo with
Cuticura Soap, If man, and next
morning If a woman. When Dandruf
goes the hair comes. Use Cuticura
Soap daily for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
MILK BREEDS ARE COMPARED
Average Percentage OF Fat In Guern-
sey Milk Is SIG and That of
HoEstein Is 3.42.

4" The average per cent of solids In
Guernsey milk is 14.71 and in Holstein
milk 11.S5. The average percentage
of fat in Guernsey milk is SIG and in
Holstein milk 3.42. The percentage
of solids taken from the milk when
separated approximates four-fifths of
the amount of fat removed. This be-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
Work Like Liuhtninq,

"As a borrower he's wise guy"
"Whataya meanW
HE never asks a man the second
time for a loan"
That's what a fellow meant when,
he said he worked like lightning. He.
never strikes in the same place twice"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
TRY 4 MEDICINE THAT
PROVES ITS VALUE

During the entire period of time that
| have been handling DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root ! have never heard single com
plant, My customers are generally pleased
with results obtained and speak words Of
praise for the merits of the preparation.
Very truly yours,
GILL COMPANY, Druggist,
Per Julian J. Gill,
Sept. 20, 1916. Starkville, Miss.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
Letter to
DR.. Kilmer Z. Co.
Binehamton, ". Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You,
Sept. 20, 1916.

Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size
bottle 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive booklet of valuable in
formation, telling about the kidneys and
bladder When writing, be sure and men
ton this paper. Large and medium size
bottles for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
CHEERING Her Up.

Bess-I could marry man who.
loved me for my looks alone.
Jess-Why, dear, the blind some
Zines marry.-Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17

Do you believe that Smith
would be wise in taking an Inn
portant position with the ditch
company-especiaIIy II he really
hopes to escape prison as re-
suit of the Lawrenceville AFFAIR."
Wouldn't he be wiser If he disap-
peared from the new job?
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-10-05
SAGE AND SULPHUR
DARKENS GRAY HAIR
It's Grandmother's Recipe to
Restore Color, Gloss
and Attractiveness.

Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea
and Sulphur, properly compounded,
brings back the natural color and lustre
to the hair when faded, streaked or
gray. Years ago the only way to get this
mixture was to make it at home, which
Is mussy and troublesome. Nowadays, by
asking at any drug store for "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" you will
get large bottle of this famous old
recipe, improved by the addition of other
ingredients, for about so cents. G.
Don't stay gray! Try it! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened your
hair, as it does it so naturally and
evenly. You dampen sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this through
your hair, taking one small strand at a
time; by morning the gray hair dis
appears, and after another application
or two, your hair becomes beautifully
dark, glossy and attractive.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound
is delightful toilet requisite for those
who desire dark hair and a youthful ap-
pearance. 1t is not intended for the cure,
mitigation or prevention of disease. ~