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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-28
WANTED-H-ELP,

An EXPERIENCED grocery clerk with refer
eAce wanted. Address Box 1904. Star office. e
An opportunity for employment by
The Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
For machinist and car repairmen.
For white and colored laborers. Apply
400 New Jersey ave. Sc. Washington, d. G.
Or with the n. Y. p and N. b. B.
Apply B. G. Vincent Agent. Norfolk, Va.
ASSISTANT to window
dresser; good opportunity
for an industrious, ambi-
tious boy or young man.
Apply to Hahn,s, 9TH and
K SITS. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-28

MARKERS and assorters; ex-
ceptional offer for those who have
experience and knowledge of
same; good salary; references.
Apply Manhattan. Laundry Co.,
1916 Florida ave. NV.
The courier-index., 1917-08-24
NOBODY KNOWS.

Absolute knowledge have I none, But my aunt's washerwoman's son Heard policeman on his beat Say to a laborer on the street That he had letter, just last week Written in the finest Greek, From Chinese Coolie in Timbuctoo Who said the niggers in Cuba knew Of nigger man in a Texas town, Who got 1t straight from a circus
 clown,
 That a man in Klondike heard the
 news From a gang of South American
 Jews
 About somebody in Borneo, Who heard man who claimed to
 know
 Of a swell society female rake Whose mother-in-law will undertake To prove that her seventh husbands s
 sisters niece Has stated in a printed piece That she has a son who has friend Who knows when the war is going to
 END. Anonymous.
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CONGRATULATIONS

"Allow me to congratulate you"
 "What for?" demanded the other with a frown.
 "Oh, for just anything-the sun- shine. the green fields. the fact that you are up and doing. Isn't that something?"
 No"
 Then congratulate me for not having disposition like yours"
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PAGES WEEKLY LETTER

i During August and September the farmer should find time to provide feed for the late fall and winter months. Many farmers have a few hogs for killing purposes. Store feed is so high-priced that it is almost prohibitive. The only cheap feed that can be had this year is pasture, and it cannot be had in most instan- ces unless planting is done during this month and next.
 Nothing will make more hog pas ture than rape. if it is seeded on good soil and especially on soil that is inclined to be little moist. An acre of rape ought to furnish one half the pasture for five or six one- hundred pound shoats throughout the winter The seed of rape is com paratively cheap. which is big item this season. Rape makes a splendid mixture with red rust proof oats or winter wheat as a winter grazing crop.
 The cotton middles on at least a few acres should be sown to wheat, oats or rye. It will cut out much of the feed bill for the horse, mule or COW.
 Extra care should be taken this year to save the clover, alfalfa and pea crops in good shape. Because of the large amount of water that | the stems of these plants contain, they are always hard to cure. | When cut with the mower they should be raked up into windrows | just as soon as the leaves begin to wilt The water in the stem goes out by evaporation through the leaves. If the plants are allowed to lay on the ground in the swath l until the leaves are bleached and burned in the sun the evaporation cannot take place and the stems dry out slowly. In addition to the slow curing many of the leaves are lost At least 50 per cent of the feeding value of the plant Is in the leaves. Start to picking the cotton crop early Very often the mistake !s made of waiting until the entire crop is open before picking is started. Whenever there is much open cot ton in the field some of it will drop off on the ground where 1t will be damaged. especially if it rains. A great deal is lost every year because part of the lint is allowed to fall off on the ground, due to not rush ing the picking.
 With the price of cotton this year the farmers can afford to use every precaution to save the crop In as good condition as possible
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SEVEN RULES FOR WHEAT

1. Flow early Give the plowed land two months to settle before SOW ing where possible.
 ?. Compact the late plowed lana with roller and harroy.
 Don't blow after a cultivated crop. Prepare such land with disc and harrow.
 4. Make the seed bed fit place for the seed.
 5. Sow with a drill, sound. plump clean seed of adapted variety
 6. Prevent losses from smut py treating infected seed with formalde- hyde. .
 2. Make the soil fertile witn ma nure or fertilizers applied judiciousiy where needed.-Progressive fariiei'
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VALUABLE INSTRUMENTS

"Say, but that chap Stradivarius must be a corker!" calculated the lowbrow.
 ''Yes, he was the greatest violin maker of all time" returned the artist.
 "Oh, not a doubt of it. I saw in the paper last week where a man paid six thousand dollars for one of his old secondhand fiddles. Just think what it must have been worth when it was new"
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FIND WHEAT PROFITABLE

Jonesboro, Ark, Aug. 13.-James Weaver, a well-to-do and prosperous farmer residing south of the city, sold at the roller mill here today three wagon loads of wheat that net ted him $36S.25. There is a large amount of wheat being sold here that has been grown by the Craighead county farmers and in every in- stance the farmers report splendid results. Tn many cases where there is 100 acres of wheat the yield is enough to pay for the land at high price. The people of Craighead are bent on feeding themselves this year.
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NOTES ON STORING POTATOES

1. Store potatoes in a dry ceiiai dugout or cave that will maintain an even temperature. a-
 9. Keep a temperature as near % daprees Fahrenheit as possible.
 & Maintain sufficient moisture to prevent wilting of the tubers' anu anu at the same time keep the humio,'y content low enough to prevent oe, nosits of moisture on the surface or the tubers. ,,o.
 4 Never put potatoes in piieS more than six feet deep.
 5. Do not have piles or iarse oroas unless insulated partitions are inserted. well
 6. ventilate the storage room "ei' bv means of ventilating shafts.
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FARM DEMONSTRATION
EDITED BY COUNTY AGENT

Secretary Houston of the Depart. ment of Agriculture outlines the fol lowing program for his department and fiod production for 1918. Each community should produce it's own food and feed as far as practi- cable
 Production of nonperishable staples should be increased beyond local needs in each locality in which they can be produced most profitably. These staples include wheat, rye, beans and rice; oats, barley, sor- ghum, corn and buckwheat being left for consideration in the spring of 1918
 Sugar beet and sugar cane should be increased where factories are ac- cessible and production conditions are favorable.
 Commercial production of perishables should be increased above normal ONLY as the facilities of transpor- tation and marketing are assured. The home vegetable garden should be encouraged to the extent of supply ing as fully as possible the needs of the family growing It.
 Note the four headings carefully and you will find sound advice in each. The first, second and fourth are especially applicable to our con- ditions. Note that perishables are not recommended except where mar ket conditions are good.
 Are we going to plant our part of the staples, such as wheat and rye, this fall? If so, it is time to begin to think about the supply of seeds and drills for planting. Wheat and oats and rye should be planted with drills. The yield on an average is 20 per cent better than when planted broadcast. Inasmuch as the better
The courier-index., 1917-08-24

Only one has gotten black mark on his enlistment blank yet-his daily department.
 Alter two days of work we have nice, clean camp; cots, covers and tents all inspected at seven o'clock every morning.
 rive iorty-flve a. m, breakfast a. m, drill call; 7:30 a. m., drill until l0:o0; fatigue call; 11:30 mess call for dinner; drill call again 2 D. m. until p. m; 5:15 mess call for supper; retreat o'clock; call to quarters 10:30; taps II o'clock.
 We were mustered into Federal service last Tuesday, August '. The army discipline, which is a perfect system, goes hard at first with a lazy man. There are two or three in the guard house all the time We also have three men for desertion two of them under guard and the other one yet to be caught. It is a very serious penalty for deserters in time of war
 Our camp is equipped with a screened kitchen, mess halls with tables and seats, shower bath, tents with ample room for soldiers, all though not regulation, one non com missioned tent for each company and readquarters for the commissioned officers, and about four acres of smooth drill ground
 Each soldier has his own cot and blanket dish, knife, fork, cup and spoon, which he has to wash after each meal and it is then inspected.
 The people of Forrest City, espe- iaITy the ladies and the commercial club, have been very nice to us. County Treasurer George Taylor in- vited us to hear Prof. Geo. West of Birmingham, Ala, talk on the na- tion's hope today. Being on duty with 21 guards to shift every two hours I did not go. Every one of the fel- lows enjoyed it immensely, how ever for I can say we all showed it after the talk. To show us he was for the boys he gave sandwiches and drinks at the camp after the talk. Everything was played in military style. After the banquet we felt so grateful to MT. Taylor all the men formed a circle with hands clasped and gave hurrahs and song, which was some fuss in the quiet camp.
 I just wrote to you as my feelings and to let the folks know what is doing. I am on duty tonight, the time is 1:40. writing by lantern light out in the open.
 play the corporal of the guard. as was appointed corporal agent of motor truck company No. g. After training I will be motor cycle mes- senger and deliver dispatches from one position to another. Board, clo- thes, medical attention and $SS per month.
 We get our equipment Of clothing and rifles for training next week. We are here for thirty days yet, then to Alexandria, La. where we go to take motor truck training, and myself to take motor cycle instruc- tions.
 The Lee county boys Of motor truck ammunition train No. 5.
 THOMAS G. MATTHEWS.
The courier-index., 1917-08-24
LETTER FROM CORPORAL
 MATHEWS

We are in receipt of letter from corporal T. G. Mathews, of Motor truck Ammunition Train No. 3, To- cated temporarily at Forrest City which we take pleasure in publish Ing herewith:
 secretary of the Commercial Club,
 Marianna, Arkansas.
 Dear Glenn:
 The folks at home being with us .ney would probably like to know now their Lee county boys are rar- ing in the soldiers world. A SOL uiers life is just what he makes It.
The courier-index., 1917-08-24

Wheat promises to pay exception ally we'll, especially in the upper half of the cotton belt. But that we may be assured of profitable yields, 1t Is essential that certain precautions be taken. They are given in detail eise- where in this issue, but we will sum- marize them here. First, rather strong clay or clay loam soil. well drained and we'll filled with humus, should be selected. A crop of COW peas or velvet beans disked to pieces and plowed under five or six weeks before planting will help greatly. par ticularly If supplemented with 200 to 300 pounds per acre of acid phos- phate. Then about two months be- fore harvest time, if the plants do not show healthy green color, an application of 75 to 100 pounds per acre of nitrate of soda or sulphats of ammonia should be made.
 There is even greater need for In- creasing our oat acreage, because practically all parts of the cotton belt are suited to oats, and more oats will release a larger portion of our corn crop for human consump- tion. What we have said in regard to preparation and fertilization oc wheat applies also to the oat crop. It should be added that to avoid winter killing oats should be planted early-in September in the upper half of the cotton belt and in Octo- Der in the lower half
 Finally, every farmer In the south should plant one or more acres Of Abruzzi rye for fall, winter and spring grazing. For cattle. hogs and chickens we believe 1t has no equal, and it is we'll suited to all parts of the south Planted in September, It may generally be depended upon to furnish good grazing before Christ mas. If seed seem highpriced plant at least an acre for a good seed patch, and next year have seed to sell instead of buy.
 Both patriotism and self-interest demand that the South largely in- crease its acreage of fall-sowed grain, let us. in addition to planting for . big acreage, also plan to make record crop by learning and follow ing the best possible methods iu preparing for, growing and harvest ing the crop.-Progressive Farmer,
The courier-index., 1917-08-24
DOUBLE GRAIN ACREAGE

With a practical certainty that wheat next year will sell for s2 a bushel or better, and with prices of other grain crops almost certain to be correspondingly high. we believe the south may very profitably double its small grain acreage this fall.
The courier-index., 1917-08-24
INCREASE WHEAT ACREAGE

Bonneville. Ark, Aug. 13.-The farmers of Logan county are prepar- ing to SOW an increased acreage of wheat this fall. The wheat crop was very fine this year and was worth thousands of dollars to the farmers of Logan county.
The courier-index., 1917-08-24

"You are very bald began 'ne toIkat,ve barber as MT, Shortioc& seated himself in the chair. Do you know what is the cause Of itT
 q don't know ," replied the o,nei' "but I suspect that my hair falling E, out had something to do witn "'
The courier-index., 1917-08-24
The Work of the Marianna Com
 mercial Club.
Flve-Minute Address Delivered Wednesday at the Cotton States Merchants Association Memphis, by Hugh Nixon, Cashier Bank of Marlanna

When was given this assignment and told to use my own judgment in the selection of that particular work o the Marianne Commercial Club during the past which should be designated before this Association today as ranking all others in importance, it did ing careful thought to the matter, however found It not such an easy thing to decide doubt if any such decision can safely be made, if some single important work of the Club must be settled upon being worthy of the verdict
 might speak of the various campaigns that have been conducted in couny the visits of business in groups to every community hamlet and schoolhouse in the county; preaching the doctrine of safe and profit able farming; the careful study by these of the farmers needs and problems; inviting and encouraging the farmer to talk at these meetings and spreading information thus gained from the prosperous to other farms and communities that stand in need of it. might speak of having secured, through the activi method of levyng taxes lands in the St. Francis Levee District in the bottom sections of our county and the
 o e be sed & by to complete the levee by building up extension of five miles from the present terminus to the mouth of the St. Francis river-a thing that should have been done years ago.
 might speak of drainage of good roads, and to an almost complete revolution in methods of farming which feel has been fosered and developed through the efforts of Club. But of these think. should bear the distinction which supposed to fix at this time.
 There is general result which has been accomplish ed in county and which is the direct outcome of Commercial Club efforts extending through the past year, and doubt through previous years also. which without shadow of doubt be pointed to as the most important thing they have done will do It is the sum of all their activities It is the bring of the Of the to the eSabllSh ment of a common viewpoint to popular recognition of the fact that the interest of is the interest of a and the massing of individual energy into universal action
 That, gentlemen is the most important thing the Club has done, and cannot express it in fewer words It is the development of the idea which is so often spoken of in broad terms cooperation of community interest It is accomplished by leading coaxing educa ing the people, both city and country man. that no ought to expect to at the expense of his neghbor. And right here want to say that the great difficulty in doing this is found in town and not in the country.
 The actual tangible results of the work of the Com mercial Club in our county visible every hand and are matters of common knowledge We made last year the largest cotton crop in history. We will
 make just about large this year. and in addition will gather the largest crop of the county has ever known. We going to do our bit in Lee county. We have helped win many battles We will not shirk cur duty at this time.
The courier-index., 1917-08-24
NEVER MISSED A RUN.

They arrived hurriedly at the fifth inning.
 What's the score, Jim?" he asked a fan.
 "Nothing to nothing" was the re- ply
 "Oh. goody!" she exclaimed. We haven't missed a thing"-L.fe
The courier-index., 1917-08-24

A good mushroom. properly cook ed, Is luscious morsel and as such is a wholesome additio to the dietary. If you are absolutely sure that the variety that grows on your lawn or in the neighboring fields. is of the edible kind, by all means cook it and eat 1t.
The courier-index., 1917-08-24

lands are in cotton and corn 1t au- pears to me that the most practf- cable thing to do would be to invest in a one horse drill with five discs and plant the wheat and rye with this in the cotton and corn middIes. There is very little land available for grain excluding the cotton and corn. The sooner these drills are bought the cheaper they will be.
 &**
 J. J. Pennybacker of Moro on Locust Hill Farm, is canning ths stuff. He reports having canned, up to date, 1,500 cans of tomatoes, 100 cans peaches and several dozen of a number of other things All this coming off small acreage. This farm is paying proposition, and one reason Is the hustling manager.
 Tom Harris Wooten of Rondo, an enthusiastic member of the pig club, was a caller at the office this week Tom says he has trouble keeping his pig from getting too fat. This is not a common thing with Arkansas farmers, tho.
 Farm machinery of an improved type will have to take the place of some of our labor that is going to make up the big armies. This is not local only, either. because the same draft will apply to the whole nation. Grain should be treated for smut this fall before planting. It is sim pie and inexpensive. The county agent will be glad to show you.
 A*#4
 Soon time to plant Crimson clover. Do you need innoculation for same? This department will supply limit ed amount free upon application.
The courier-index., 1917-08-24

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-23
A Peek Through the PeriSCOpe
At the Hammond Political Situation
NUMBER I.



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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-23
IS Your Blood Red or Yellow?
WAKE UP, YOUR
HOUSE IF AFIRE

Good Lord people, what's the
matter? Why don't you come
across? Do you realize that
Hammond is flunking on the
Liberty Loan? Ask your boy
or girl whether or not it is any
disgrace to funk.
Do you know that Hammond
has dropped down to fourth
place among the Calumet region
cities and that Whiting and East
Chicago have passed it?
What is the matter anyway?
Uncle Sam isn't asking you to
GIVE him anything, he wants
you to lend him and he'll pay
you four cents on every dollar
you lend him. Great Scott is
there anything fairer than that?
Do you know that Uncle Sam
has 225 billions of dollars back
of that Liberty bond you are
asked to buy?
You don't have TO plank down
$50 or 500, You surely know
that. You can pay SIS down and
SIS a month on a $50 bond ana
SO down and $40 a month on
500 bond.
Must Hammond after all the
hosts it has sent to the firing
line be condemned and disgrac-
ed as a city of slackers? AS
sure as God made little apples
that's what they'll call us un-
less we raise the 100000.
Don't those 67 dead U. S. SOL
diers on the Antilles now at the
bottom of the icy sea mean any
thing to you?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-23
AUSTRIAN
IS UNDER
ARREST

James Lovvrin. 445 Vernon avenue.
East Chicago an Austrian. w = asked
by his foreman at the Hubbard steel
Foundries company plant. - suascrl oe
for a Liberty Bond. entered upon ~
rade against the government and
against the Liberty Loan movement
He is alleged to have said: To HI
with the Liberty Loan and the United
states. I am not going to give them
money to fight my people with
The foreman reported the matter e
the superintendent and they called the
man IN and discharged him. lie was
then picked up by Sergeant Solom N
az the East Chicago police. From the
wall as the sergeant Went in he too}
a picture Of Kaiser Wilhelm and l1m-
peror Franz Joseph standing hand in
hand Under the picture was the mot
to: I'VE are holding true and fast IT,
gether." printed in German.
Lovrin IS a socialist and an alien. lie
is being held for investigation on the
part Of federal authorities.