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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-13
FOR sALE--REAL ESTATE

FOR $4,000 (cash $3.50, balance
long time) you can get a splendid
2O0-acre stock farm in Illinois val
ley. with house. barn, fencing,
small fruit, all in fine condition;
81 acres cleared and irrigated; pri-
vata ditch. This is a real bargain,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-13

FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-13

available only because owner is
stocking another farm and must
have the money. Frank o. Meeker.
Talent Ore. 5S-2t*
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
DAIRY cows RELISH SILAGE
Result Given of an Experiment Con.
Quoted by Pennsylvania Station
Decrease in Yield.

In an experiment conducted by the
pennsylvania station, according to q
report received by the department of
agriculture, two lots of five cows each
were fed for three periods of four
weeks. Lot received silage alone for
roughage during period j and 8 and
mixed hay and silage during period
?, and lot received hay and slage
during 1eriods l and and silage dur
ing period 2.
The milk yield decreased with both
systems of roughage but the decrease
was less with silage and hay. When
silage and hay for roughage followed
silage alone there was n slight increase
In milk yieid ever the initial produc-
ton. Except III one instance there
was decrease eAch period. when
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
KEEP MILK COOL AMI CLEAN
Warm Weather Is Trying on Dairymen,
but hiore Especially on Women
keep Vessels Clean.

The season is rapidly approaching
when greater care must be taken of
milk. Warm weather is trying on the
dairyman, but more especially on the
farmers wife. who must care for the
milk from few cows. Preparations
should therefore be made to keep the
milk cool and clean.
The facilities for keeping milk en-
the average farm are very inadequate.
Not enough cool space is available for
the average farm woman, hence she
has difficulties in saving the milk and
ripening the cream evenly.
In the first place, the milk vessels
are important, They should be of the
right kind, with no seams in the pans
pals, etc., to harbor germs. There
should be plenty of vessels and they
should be kept scrupulously clean
aired steamed and summed occasions
ally.
A refrigerator is almost a necessity
on the farm these days. There ar.
many perishable foods as well as milk
10 be kept. The cost OF a refrigerator
Is not great when the utility and econ.
Omy of keeping foods are considered.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
CHAPTER XIII.
A Surnrisind SIin.


Scott was called by Lefever 10 con-
clude In secret the final arrangements.
The ground about the quaking asp
grove, and nearest Ell Captain, afford
ed the best concealment close to the
gap. And to this point Scott was di-
rected to bring what men he could be-
fore daybreak the following morning.
TITS a short notice to get many
men together-of the kind we want"
admitted Lefever. you'll have to
skirmlsh some between now and mid
night. What do you think you can
do?"
Scott had already made up a tenta-
tive list. He named four-frst Far
rell Kennedy, who was in town. and
said nobody should go If he didn't;
Frank Epaso, the Texan; the English
man, Tommy Meggeson; and Wick
wire. if he could be lOcatcA-any one
of them, Lefever knew, could give an
account of himself under all circum-
stances.
While Scott was getting his men to-
gether, De Spain, accompanied by Lee
fever, was riding toward Music noun
tain. Scott had urged on them but
one parting caution-not to leave the
aspens until rain began falling. When
he spoke there was not a cloud In the
sky. 'It's going to rain tonight. just
the same" predicted Scott. Don't
leave the ,rees till 1t gets going. Those
gap gcouts will get under cover and
be hunting for drink the minute It
gets cold--I know them. You can ride
right over their toes, II youu ha pa
dent"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
MILK FEVER IS B0THERsOME
Danger Among Cows Appears Great.
est in Late Summer-Keep Animal
In Barn and Feed Hay.

Milk fever is rather serious tron-
Bile with good cows, as 1t Is said that
none but well-bred, heavy-pr0ducing
cows have it. 1t seems to be more
prevalent among gTass-fed cows.
The danger of milk fever among
cows seems to be greatest In late sum-
mer or early fall, notably June, July,
August and September. The recon-
mendation is to put the cow In tho
barn and feed a'y hay about a week
before she comes fresh. Three or
four days before calving the cow Is
given a dose of salts with a little gin
ger. Another dose Is also given five
or six hours after the calf is born. A.
bucket of warm water should be given
the cow two or three times day. She
should not be allowed to have cold
water for some time.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29

The sun set across the range In a
drift of grayish-black, low-Iying
clouds, which seemed only TO await its
disappearance to envelop the noun
tains. and empty their moisture on the
desert. BY the time De Spf Ia and Lee
fever reached the enG of their long
ride a misty rain was drifting down
from the west. The two mon had just
ridden into the auaktng asps when
man coming cut OF the gap almost
rode into them. The intrdders had
halted and were sufficiently hidden to
escape notice. had not Lefever's horse
indiscreetly coughed. The man from
the gap refined up and called out. Lee
fever answered.
ITS Bull Page" debated De Spain.
after the exchange of a few worts,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29

While De Spain, standing close 20
the lantern. deciphered the brief note.
Bull. wrapping his blanket about him
with the air Of one whose responsible
ity is well ended. held out his hands
toward the blazing stove. De Spain
went over the words one by one, and
the letters again and again. 1t was,
after all their months of ardent meet
ingS. the first written message he had
ever had from Nan. He famed an
grily at the news that she was pris-
oner in her own home. But there was
much to weigh in her etched words,
much to think about concerning her
feelingS-nOt alone concerning his
own.
He dropped into his chair. and, OBJ
livious for a moment of his cOmpan-
Ions presence. stared into the fire.
When he started from his revery Bull
was asleep. De Spain picked him up.
carried him in his blanket over to a
cot, cut the wet regs Off him, and
rolling him In second blanket,
walked out into the barn aud ordered
up team and light wagon for Sleepy
Cat. The rain fell all night.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29

the cows received hay they con-
sumed practically the same amount
of silage as when no hay was
Included in the ration. Both lots
consumed an excess of protein and
net energy above that necessary for
maintenance and milk production
when based on Eckles' standard. There
were no apparent undesirable physi-
cal effects from the feeding of sllage
alone for roughage with the grains
used. There was very little difference
in the cost Of the two ratlons or in
the feed cost of milk and milk fat
No perceptible difference was observed
in the health of the two lots.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29

eyes Ike the way you're borin' me
through with yours, is: When viii you
see him-when Nfll he see your
"She looked worrit for a mint.
Then she looks around, grabs up che
cover Of an empty 'bacco hox and
fork and begins a-writing inside" Bull
with as much of a smile as h could
call into life from his broken nerves,
opened up his blanket, drew carefully
from an inside coat pocket an oilskln
package, unwrapped from it the fat.
square top of a tin tobacco box. on
which Nan had scratched a message
and handed it triumphantly TO De
Spa In.
lie read her words eagerly:
wait; don't have trouble. can
stand anything better than bloodshed
Henry. Be patient"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
at Can't Go On Forever"

calling to Bull at the same time to
come over to the shelter of the trees.
whats going on in there, Bully
asked De Spain after Bull had told
him that Gale had driven him out, and
he was heading for Calabasas.
"You TELL" retorted Page. Looks
to me like old Dukes getting ready
to die. Gale says he's going to draw
his viii tonight, and don't want no
body around-got old Judge Druel in
there"
De Spain pricked up his ears
whats that, Druel?" he demanded.
Bull repeated his declaration. Lefe-
yer broke into violent language at the
| Sleepy Cat iurist's expense, and ended
! by declaring that no will should be
drawn in the gap that night by Duke
Morgan or anybody else unless he
and Bull we're made legatees.
Beyond this nothing could be
learned from Bull, who was persuad-
ed without difficulty by Lefever TO
abandon the idea of riding to Calaba-
sas through the rain, and to spend
the nigh; with him In the neighbOr-
hood. wherever fancy, the rain, and
the wind-which was rising-should
dictate.
While the two were talking, De
Spain tried to slip away. unobserved
by Lef6yer, on his errand. He failed,
as he expected to, and after some IA
miliar abuse, rode Off alone. fortified
by every possible suggestion at the
hands Of man to whom the slightest
precautIon was usually a joke.
De Spain reached Dukes ranch M
challenged. Night had fallen every
where, and the increasing rain OBJ
scured even the outline of the house.
But light shone through one incur
tanned window. He waited some time
for sound Of life for . door to open
or close, or for the dog to bark--he
heard nothing. Slipping out OF the
wet saddle, he led his horse In the
darkness under the shelter of the lone
pine tree and. securing him. walked
slowly toward the house.
Mindful Of the admonitions he had
been loaded with, he tramped around
the house in narrowing circles, paus-
Ing at times TO look and listen. In
like manner he circled the barn and
stables, until he had made sure there
was no ambush and that he was alone
outside. After a time he stepped
around to the front Of the house.
where. screened by bit of shrubbery.
he could peer at close range into the
living room.
Standing before the fire burning in
the open hearth, and with his back
to K, he now saw Gale Morgan. Sit
ting bolt upright beside the table,
square awed and obdurate, his sluDby
brier pipe supported by his hand and
gripped in his great teeth, Duke Nor
gan looked uncompromisingly past his
belllgerent nephew into the fire. A
third and elderly man, heavy, red
faced. and almost toothless as he
spoke. sat to the right of the table in
rocking chair, and looked at Duke
this was the Old lawyer aud justice
from Sleepy Cat, the sherifr's broth
er-Judge Druel.
Nan was not to be seen. Gale, big
and aggressive, was doing most of the
talking, and energetically. as was his
habit. Duke listened thoughtfully,
but seemingly with coldness. Druel
looked from Gale to Duke. and ap.
peared occasionally to put in a word
to carry the argument along.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
FEED RoUGHAGE TO DRY COWS
Profitable, However, TO Feed Sufficient
Grain TO Have Them in Good
Physical Condition.

Dry cows can be maintained on hay
and silage or roots. II is profitable
however, to feed cows a sufficient
amount of grain during the dry period
to have them in good physical condi-
ton at calvlng time.
Cows should be dry for six TO eight
weeks prior to caIying. 1t does not
pay to have them dry for a longeE
period.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29
What happens to De Spain
when he goes Into Morgan gap
during the night to rescue his
sweetheart Is told with thrilling
detail in the next installment.
CTo BE CONTINUED
A Good Answer.

"Why do you want FIVE cents, SOM"
"Well, you see, me father dlslnkerited
me this mornin'. so I'm goin' In buzt-
ness for meself."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-29

Henry de Spain. manager of
the stagecoaC line between
Thief River md Sleepy Cat, a
railroad divi~'on town in the
Rocky morAtains, is fighting a
band of cattle thieves living in
Morgan gap, a fertile valley
about 20 miles from Sleepy Cat
and near Calabasas, where the
stage horses are changed. De
Spain has killed two of the gang
and has been seriously wounded.
Pretty Nan Morgan, niece of
Duke Morgan, gang leader, and
De Spain are in love. Her I'M
Gle has taken steps to marry her
to Gale Morgan, a cousin, who
is a bad man in every way.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-25
Rising Tide OF Patriotism.

Affairs in America are coming TO such orderly
array as permits survey of the whole country
in connection with the progress of preparation
for the business of war. A review of all ac-
tvities should comfort any who may have
doubted the capacity of the people for patriotic
response Some things may not have moved fast
enough to suit the impetuosity of few but not
only is the tremendous undertaking Of enlisting,
organizing, training and equippng mighty army
we'll set on its way, with all its manifold and COM
plex details co-ordinated and operating with pre-
csion, but the equally important work Of getting
the citizens onto war basis is proceeding in a
most satisfactory. way. The Liberty loan is but
a single manifestation OF this Last springs great
drive for greater food production, the present
conservation campaign, and all their attendant
services, show how willing the people are to co.
operate In the provision and preservation of
valuable supplies when 1t is for the good OF all
Price control. trade regulation, and every un.
usual step taken by the government has been met
with such ready assent as must convince any Of
the sincerity Of the nation. Greater sacrifice will
yet be asked, but none that will not be made BY
Americans in defense OF their ideals. The tide
OF patriotism never ran stronger or deeper than
now, and its waters are sweeping away much
that was artificial and unworthy in our national
life. War has welded US into one nation, strong
and determined, an irresistible force for the right
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-25
Germany's Shaky chaneellorship.

The report that DR.. Michaes has placed his
resignation as imperial chancellor in the hands of
Emperor William may require verihcaton, but
it may be safely taken to be true reflection of
rapidly developing conditions. When DR.. Mich
aelis took the post he did so plainly as make
shift and it was question with everyone how
long, or rather how short, time he would con-
tnue in power. Since then the situation of Ger
many has not improved but on the contrary, has
steadily grown worse, and the chanccorship is
decidedly shaky.
Sometimes change in engineers marks an
improvement in the operation OF an intricate
piece OF machinery but repeated changes are sure
to have bad effect This applies with equal
force to the operation of Germany's complicated
war machine. The elimination OF DR.. Michaelis
as chancellor, and the substitution by the kaiser
OF some new engineer may not necessarily pro-
duce an immediate crisis in Germany's internal
affairs but it will surely blazon the already visible
handwriting on the wall, and unfailingly fore
shadow the irresistible advance OF world
democracy
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-25
Kaiser and Sutton
New York Times

"A dispatch from Constantnople says the sui
tan of Turkey has conferred on the kaiser the
diamond star of the Iftichar Order, Turkeys
highest war decoration, and that the kaiser pre-
sented to the SULTAN the star and chain OF the
Hohenzolern Order with diamonds.
The martyred dead of "Scio's rocky isle" for
centuries unavenged, the victims of Turkish mas
sacres in Herzegovina, signs of Turkish atrocities
in Bulgara's rocky Businesses, the hosts freshly
slain in Armenia, upon the one hand; and upon the
other the shades OF all the millions who lie in
graves upon the battehelds OF France, Belgium
and Poland, OF Galicia and Rumania, OF Mace
donia and Mesopotamia, and of thousands who
have been sent unwarned and unknelled to burial
beneath the waters of the sea, looked upon this
strange, astounding scene. These two men, in
their unapproachable supremacy as the worlds
greatest destroyers OF human lives. with hands
drenched in blood, blood enough in all literalness
to ncarnadine the seas, affixed each to the breast
Of the other an order Of highest distinction, SYM
bols and testimonies of exalted rank in the ter-
ribe art they practice and do not shudder at.
Alexander Borgia should have been there to
confer his blessing upon this twain, who have so
far surpassed him that his deeds of horror dwndle
to mere peccadillos. >....
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-25
r. P. STEINWAY.
Credits in Rural High School.

Central City, Neb., Oct. 20.-To the
Editor Of The Bee: In an interview
with Chancellor Avery at Lincoln,
told him of an incident. I said: Last
week / received a call from our old
home school district south Of Clarks
in Polk county, saying that they were
trouble. I asked the nature of their
trouble. 1T is this way was the ans
wer. Two girls in our district grad
uated out of the eighth grade last
year, They want the ninth grade work,
but the parents of the girls will not
send them away from home. 1t was
brought UP at the annual meeting and
voted to contract with a teacher to
teach the ninth grade. The board
made this contract with the teacher
and the girls started to school. After
while they received a call over the
phone from the county superinten-
dent stating in substance that the state
department had ruled that no credits
could be given for ninth grade work
done in a one-teacher rural school.
Therefore these girls are wasting their
time. and will have to do their work
over to get credit
1.-The parents took the girls ut of
school-and kept them at home. The
well and the girls were learning, and
were in school--their home school.
And now comes refusal to recognize
their work, q refusal 80 strong that
they leave school in encouragement
This Is the answer gave: GO tell
the parents of these girls that there is
no jurisdiction by the state depart
ment as to how many grades one
room rural school shall give. Tell
them that under the contract with the
school board the teacher can be re-
quired to give these girls instruction
in the ninth grade subjects
eyes, but how about the credits?'
was the next question.
"Well, chancellor just wanted to
swear and might have II had only
learned how in time. Here these folks
were thinking more of credits than
Of learning, so I just answered back:
II the parents and the girls think
more of the credits than they do of
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-25
Class Consciousness
New York World.

Il am not an l. WV" said James H. Maurer,
president Of the Pennsylvania Federation of
Labor, at the Madison Square Garden meeting
Sunday night "but will say this for them: Their
only crime is that they are class-conscious and
consistent, and they fight for their convictions"
The convictions" for which the I. w. w. fight
are that every agreement with an employer is a
scrap of paper" and that workmen must follow
the policy of sabotage; bomb the churches; food
the mines; burn the crops; fire the forests and
the sawmills that turn out spruce for arplanes;
poison the soup, as in famous Chicago case; re-
sist the draft, and help the kaiser. This is not
crime; it is class-consciousness.
And what convenient theory for others than
the l. w. WI Cocchi was merely class-conscous
when he murdered the daughter of a respectable
man and hid her body in his cellar The gun
men who killed Rosenthal were "class-conscious"
and so was Becker, who engaged them for the
Job They too were waging war on society by
direct action" Jack the Ripper" was class
conscious patriot ahead OF his time. Possibly
that is what ails the German government. When
it started out on its career of blood and deyasta.
ton it was merely elass-eenseious.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-25
petain's Thrust Effective.

General Petain has delivered another telling
blow against the German right wing in France,
the more effective because 1t is along a front
where the French few months ago made great
sacrifices with an almost complete failure to ad-
vance. Gains of considerable distance against
the Germans in this sector are OF immense inn
portance to the general campaign of forcing
Prince Rupprecht to withdraw from the front he
is holding so stubbornly and to break German
control OF the coast of Belgium. This great
turning movement is the key to the campaign,
and each step so far taken has brought 1t that
much nearer to consummation., Verdun was
high-water mark for German offensive on the
west front, and now the great armies OF the
kaiser are devoted to resisting advance of the
allied forces. Farther to the west the British
have bent back Rupprechts army foot by foot,
and now the French have forced another retire
msnt along distance that adds much to ad
vantage already gained. These bites" into the
German line are in accord with the plan adopted
over two years ago, and are being carried out
with precision that answers the assertion that
the war is stale mate" on the western front
Americans may with profit study the varying
aspects OF these moves, for they indicate &C
curatcly the work that awaits our boys in France
Blow after blow of this kind will be needed to
dislodge the Germans from France, Flanders and
Belgium, and Americans must strike many of
them.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-25

the learning. there is nothing that can
be done. Why do they want these
credits?' then asked.
"'They are told that they cannot
go on unless they have these credits,
was the answer"
The chancellor smiled in his genial
way and said, in effect: "The univer-
sity has issued a statement to the ef-
feet that in admitting student 1t Will
not require that students coming to
the university shall show credits for
work done in the ninth or tenth
grades in a one-room rural school or
any school, provided the student can
pass satisfactory examination, or has
finished his work in the high school
or college.
1--WE shall issue letter soon to the
high schools" he continued, stating
that if they receive these students
from the rural schools and finish them
in these schools we will accept them
without further inquiry as to credits
other than to satisfy ourselves that the
student is able to take up the work
he enters for"
While these are not the exact words
of Chancellor Avery they give the sub
stance of his answer,
1t is therefore pla II that it is up to
the parents and the district in which
they live, TO require the ninth and
tenth grades in that school. Where
there are too many pupils in one
school it may not be wise to require
the ninth grade, but where there are
only a few children land there are
more than 5000 schools with less than
13) you may and should require more
than eight grades. No power but the
legislature can prevent the district
from doing this if they want to. The
Free High school law does not limit
you to eight grades.
Parents and school boards, why not
stand up for your rights and the rights
f your children? Never mind the
credits" get the knowledge. We are
not opposed to the giving of credit.
but we are opposed to its use as a
door to shut our children out of school.
w. Fl. CAMPBELL.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-25
Roosevelt Scares Them.

Council Bluffs, Ia, Oct. 22.-To the
Editor of The Bee: Your editorials
on our hyphenated democratic organ
are good. To me it is perfectly plain
why they never lose an opportunity
to belittle Colonel Roosevelt. They are
scared stiff for fear that Roosevelt
will be the republican nominee in
1920. In their true minds they respect
and fear him as they do no other liv-
ing American. This explains why the
democrats refused Roosevelt's request
to raise volunteers and go with them
to France.
Just to think that while Roosevelt
was touring the country and writing
in magazines and in every way doing
all he could to rouse Americans to
the dangers Of Prussian militarism and
our duty as nation. all this time SEN
ator Hitchcock was trying to get
through congress bill to prohibit
shipment of foodstuffs and munitions
to the allies, and now they have the
nerve to try and belittle Roosevelt.
I guess they won't fool many peo-
pie. When Roosevelt ran against
Taft I could not support him but all
I want is a chance now and l think
all republicans feel the same way in
cluding The Bee.
That's what scares the World
Herald crowd.
p STETNWAy