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The Detroit times., 1917-11-09

All grades OF live stock are sell
ing remarkably well considering the
fact that the consumption OF fresh
meat has been given bad jolt by
the government appeal for economy
OF food. meatless days and 30 forth.
October cattle receipts were large
In all markets. The Chicago run
for the month was $4,000, new
slngle-month record for this market.
Had II not been for the shortage OF
cars the number would have ex.
ceeded 100000.
Very few corn-fed cattle are com
ing. the top price in Chicago for
this kind being sl725 per cwt Al
ready cattle are beginning 10 arrive
from interior points which have
only been on full feed for a few
weeks: the extreme high cost for
feed Ia one OF the rocks which feed
ers OF 1918 will be wrecked on.
Many men who bought feeding cat
tie early. with the intention Of car
rying them thru and making them
good, are already sick OF the un.
dertaking and have turned them
back 10 be sold for prices but a
trifie higher than the primary cost
The bulk OF the warmed UP cattle
that are coming now are selling be
tween $40 and Si2 per cwt. but kill
lers are taking thousands OF little
cattle that cost between $3.50 and
$3.50 which they could not have
been induced 10 look az other years
when the country was az peace
The current scarcity OF corn-fed
cattle makes II possible 10 cell AMI
mails averaging above 400 pounds
for 20 cents per cwt. more than
those OF similar quality. but lOC
pounds lighter. Fat yearlings were
hardly ever so scarce before. the
beat OF these bringing $3.50 pei
cwt in Chicago. Arrivals OF west
ern cattle are falling OF rapidly and
average prices for the range kind
are more than 81 per cwt higher
than on this date last month The
current car shortage has kept back
thousands OF cattle, the owners OF
which have been waiting for more
than a month for cars TO ship them
In. Killers in al parts OF the
country are clamoring for western
cattle. and. when quality IL taken
into consideration. this kind is sell
ing for the highest price OF the
season.
Last week all grades OF she stun
made a gain OF from 80 to rs cents
per cwt right In the face OF increas
ing receipts at all points. Gamers
and cutters were 40 TO 80 cents per
cwt higher. but this week the latter
have lost a part OF this gain. Big
kosher cows are seldom seen these
days, and a prime yearling is a nov
The Detroit times., 1917-11-09
NASTY MEDICINES
BAD FOR CHILDREN

u ~ not often a child requires
medicine OF any kind IL the bowels
are regular and promptly dispose or
undlgestcd matter discarded hy the
stomach. the general health Is very
apt 20 be excellent In any case Pills,
powders and nauseating or unpala-
table compounds. should never he
given 10 children. Any therapeutic
virtue such remedies may possess .
largely nuilihcd by the youngster
natural antagOnisu.
For most children a mild LAXATIVE,
administered occasionally. Is all thhl
is needed 90 assure normal regularity
ami good health. Dr. Caldweli 2
Syrun Pepsin is a pleasant tasting
combination % simple laxative herbs
"a th nepsln free from opiate or mar
cotIr drugs and acts gently yet RI
fcctively. children like ~ and take ~
readily. $50 that To Is inc deal remedy
f0r the family medicine chest. II is
sold ina drug stores for NIFTY cents a
bottle a trial bottle. free OF charge.
can he pbtn lned hy writing ito Or. W,
r. Caldwell. ft6 Washington
Monticello, Illinois.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-09
PUBLIC LIBRARY
GETS NEW BOOKS

The Great Hostage IN Ger
many" Georges Desson. How the
Taconia Sank The Militia Mobillza-
tion on tho Mexican Border" r. r.
Gibbons. Menace OF Peace" O. u.
Heron, How 90 Live at tho Front.
Hector Macquarrie, Peace aud War
Duties or the Enlisted MANI J. A.
Moss: United states Nayyi II. D.
Muller: Wounds in War" \ darcy
Power. Americas Case Aga bst Ger
many" Lindsay ItOBers;A "War
French" q. n. Wilcox.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-09
Livestock Sells Well Despite Government
Asking MedtleSs Days; Best Grades Scarce

OF the main causes OF the recent
break In sheep values was the. de
cline in wool prices.
The countryman has ample con
idence In the future OF the hog
market and he Is giving evidence
OF this. fact by securing all OF the
pigs that are available for feeding
purposes. The purchase OF young
hogs In the Chicago stock yards FOR
country feeders account is a com
paratively recent development, and
il shows which way the wind IS
blowing. this year; for many years,
country feeders have desired 10 pur-
chase hogs In the leading markets
OF the country for feeding purposes,
but have been deferred by the
danger OF disease. In fact, only
within the last two years has the
United States government allowed
pigs 10 be sent into the country for
feeding purposes. The absolute con
troll OF cholera and kindred diseases
by vaccination has solved this inn
portant problem and the pigs that
go into the interior from the big
markets these days are vaccinated
by experienced veterinary surgeons
before they are permitted 10 leave
the yards.
Hogs took n big jump last week
and are still selling well. Packers
have fought the advance strenuous
~. but have been obliged 10 pay 81
per cwt or more in Chicago for the
best kind now for more than O
week. AS usual. OF late. Detroit IS
fully 80 cents per cwt out OF line
with other markets.
In the issue OF Nov !. the Chi
cago Breeders Gazet. published the
following
Exports OF lard last week We're
1924 900 pounds and OF meats 81
S07 900 pounds. against 1921 900 and
4.339 900 pounds. respectively, the
previous week Stocks are down "a
bare shelves across the Atlantic and
the export movement is a matter OF
ship space Spectators are not dis
posed 10 commit themselves as "a
the futures until the policy OF the
food administration has been an
nounced as II Is improbable that 4
bull campaign viii be tolerated
Hogs are cutting at prom and cur
rent receipts do not permit accumu
lation AS government purchases for
army consumption are heavy A
light run OF hogs Is certain in No
vember and product will 20 out as
fast as II can be cured Just what
placing The packers under license
means 20 provision trade. cash and
speculative, has not been determ-
med,
Printing--the plain meat kind---that
~ riEht--TimeS job Dept.--Main f52O.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-09

Under the patronage Of Mrs. Hne
SCH Sage, Mrs. Finley J. Shepard
and other prominent New York wo-,
men a "birdless hat show viii be-
opened In the metropolis today, Al
which prizes viii be awarded for
the best featherless hats made by
amateur and professional mllllners.
The object of the contest is 20 dem
Onstrate the practibility OF making
attractive hats for women without
the use OF birds or feathers. which
involves the destruction Of bird life.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-09
BiographyZ'sslma Lassrlof." II. e.

i0graphy-"Selma Lagerlof." III. 10.
Ma ... tile Ot James .. ill,' D. "a.
pyle. Karl Bitter" Ferdinand sche-
will.
Misceiianeous--"Co Community Thea
ter in Theory and Practice Louise
Burloigh. Are We Capable OF Self
Government r. W Noxon 'Mnhdy =
House Plants" r. y. Palmer, eDo We
Need a New Idea OF GodT p n. Rec
man. Aircraft in War and Peace.
w a. Robson. Mrs HoTers Key a.
simple Cookery" Mrs. IS. e. III. Ror-
er, Motor Boats. HydrOplanee. Hy-
droaeroplnnes. Construction and Oper-
elton" r. VI Russell, "Dia monds. a
Study OF the Factors that will Gov
ern theis Value" +. y. Wade
The Detroit times., 1917-11-09
ALICE PAUL is
FED THRU TUBE
Hunger Strike of Mrs. Rose
WINSTON Is Also
Broken

WASHINGTON. Nov. 9.-Miss
Alice Paul, chairman Of the National
Womans party, was fed last night
by means OF q tube in The mouth, by
District OF Columbia jail physicians.
Miss Rose Winslow, OF New York,
also one of the sufragists undergo
ing sentence for pickcting demon.
STATIONS before the White House,
was tcd In a like manner.
Both women had been on a hun.
ger strike since Monday. Miss Paul
swallowed the tube without resist.
ance. according TO the statement los
The fan authorities.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-09

According 10 Miss Margaret Fay
Whittemore "A leader OF the local
branch OF the Woman's party, Miss
Paul and Miss Winslow are striking
for the right 10 be accorded the
same privileges allowed to murder
ers."
According to Miss Whittemore.
homicldes and other criminals con,
fined in the Jail are allowed 10 sup.
plement their prison fare with food
purchased from outside the walls.
The women, she says, are compelled
no eat the prison fare only.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has accept
ed the honorary presidency or the
Girl Scouts OF America.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-09

Visitors from many parts Of the
United States and from Mexico and
he Central American Republics are
expected 10 arrive In New Orleans
oday IN anticipation OF the opening
VI the National Farm and Live
Stock Show.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-09

PrIntinE--the plain meat kind--that
IL riEht--Times job Dept.--Main f520
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-12
LAWYERS VOLUNTEER TO
SAFEGUARD CIVIL RIGHTS
OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS

Some time ago the leading medical
men of the country decided that those
among them who could not go to the
front would render a patriotic sery-
ice They decided to care for each
others practice and to serve free of
charge, in so far as was possible, the
families Of soldiers.
Now the lawyers have come to the
front. Many of the leading members
Of the bar have proffered their serv-
ices in behalf Of the civil rights of
soldiers, and their action has led
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
issue an appeal to all the members of
civil rights of the soldier as the
highest cause Of every lawyer
General Crowder has pointed out
to the lawyers the legal restrictions
under which his department operates
and has stated that every effort
should be made to protect the inter-
ests of the men called to the colors.
Several thousand lawyers have vol
unteered their services to General
Crowder's department, that of the
Judge Advocate General of the Army.
1t has been possible to accept only
$50 into the service of the govern
ment. These men will be charged
with administering justice within the
military, Meantime there is no legal
sanction for accepting into the gov
eminent service those who would pro-
tect the families Of the soldier. The
work Of safeguarding the interests Of
the families must be unofficial SO far
as the War Department is concerned.
Says General Crowder in his APP
peal to the lawyers:
1--WE cannot follow up a soldiers
rights at local law; we cannot help
him assert or maintain them there.
In many cases this must be done by
the bar itself, as a part OF it's profess
siona1 obligations. To all such cases
lawyers should, and doubtless win,
assume that lofty, sympathetic and
patriotic attitude which heretofore
they have frequently shown that they
are able and willing to. assume on
proper occasions"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-12
Courtesy Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate, New York

the throbbing hustle of work. After
a few minutes of tense expectancy
faint humming noise made
itself heard afar off on high. The
sound approached, grew louder and
gradually changed to a high-pitched
purring, which seemed to fill the
whole sky as Zeppelin droned up
overhead and circled above the sta
tionary machines in tl-3 tankodrome,
like q night owl quartering a field of
corn above a colony Of paralyzed field
mice.
scorpions I'm PicIde''
mo hint was given, however, to
betray to the Hun skipper that di-
rectly underneath him lay a collec-
ton of new and secret weapons for
the Staying OF his Gebruderei-a nest
Of scorpions in pickle for his kamera-
den on terra f1rma, which even to his
mind might have seemed a target
worthier Of high explosive than sleep
ing women and children; and after a
few minutes the airship sailed away
to unload it's murderous cargo of
bombs at point some miles distant.
Thrice was this visit repeated during
the night-whether by the same Yep
pelin or by others 1t is not easy to
say. Finally after respectful inter
val, up went the lights, the tanks
came back to life, and the circus per
Torrance proceeded"
The achievements of the tanks in
the war, up to General Byng's great
victory, had been many. Recently
they were summarized by Frederick
Palmer, now a Major on General Per-
shing's staff, but then the American
war correspondent with the British
forces. Mr.. Palmer wrote:
-.sIn the latter stages of the battle
of the Somme the intervention of the
tanks saved some 10000 British
lives. Where tanks have accom-
panied the advance and have been
able to eat up the enemy machine
guns left over by our bombardment,
the bodies of our infantry strew No
Mans Land irregularly, here and
there. Where tanks have not been
used, In some places the bodies can
be seen to be lying in front of the
enemy machine gun nests and strong
points in swaths like cut corn"
Finally comes the German tribute,
following torrents Of abuse and rid
icnle. 1t Is from the Berliner Tage-
blatt and follows:
These powerful armored cars,
which were first used by the British,
are undoubtedly the most wonderful.
weapons which modern tactics have
revealed in warfare"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-12

and the innocuous messages that
were sent over the wires regarding
the tanks, so that any who tapped the
telegraph would gain nothing for the
trouble. Some of the messages were
like this: Twelve Willies reach you
today" or, "Send us tails for six fe-
males" The name willie" was sug-
gested, Colonel Swinton says, because
of two types of tank that were being
experimental with. When these two
types were side by side there was
such marked difference in their
sizes that they suggested parent and
child. Therefore the term Willie
came to be applied to the smaller
type The larger type was of two
classifcations, male and female.
OF these two types Colonel Swinton
says in the Strand: 1.-THE male is par
excellence the machine gun hunter
and destroyer. He carries light,
quick-firing guns, capable of firing
shell, and is intended to be to the
machine gun what the torpedo boat
destroyer was intended to be to the
torpedo boat. The female, which, in
accordance with the law of nature is
the man-killer, carries nothing but
machine guns for employment against
enemy personnel. Her special role
Is to keep down hostile rife fire, to
beat back counter attacks and rushes
of infantry, and to act generally as
consort to her lord and master"
After the tank had been perfected
its secrets were guarded with the
utmost care. They were painted with
large Russian characters on their
sides. These, translated, meant,
with Care to Petrograd." 1t was
intended they should be thought to
be snow ploughs. 1t was necessary to
transport them long distances by rail
and they were always loaded on the
trains at night. Even then they
were covered with tarpaulins.
Colonel Swinton gives vivid pic
ture of scene as some of the tanks
were being loaded for their ultimate
destination. The siding where the
tanks were to be loaded was brill
liantly lighted, and says Colonel
Swinton: From out the gloom . E.
continually crawled a procession of
slug-shaped monsters, purring, pant
ing and emitting flames as they slid
over the ground"
Once when tanks were being load
ed word was given OF the approach
of Zeppelin. Colonel SwintoE's
narrative says: Eat once every light
in the loading yard was extfnguished
and every tank froze to stiffness
where It stood, darkness and uucanny
silence taking the place of glare and
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-12
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of your family share your pleasure.
The Delta independent., 1917-09-14

Again 1t suggested something he had
forgotten, but the similitude once more
escaped him.
The imposing shaft bore lengthy
legend. 1t detailed the services TO
his country and to his city of William
Burgoyne, ranking brigadier in the
army and mayor OF Waltham. 1t ex-
pnnded on his integrity and public and
private charities.
Then. aroused to sheer amazement,
Blatchford traced brief and obscure
legend upon low. fiat slab of marble
placed at the remote edge of the same
burial lot, for 1t read, "Williston, son
of William Burgoyne-Hush!"
He thrilled. and he knew not why.
The uncanny sensation that overcume
him was past analysis. Why the half
hidden tablet in the shadow of the
towering shaft7 why-'hush"? 1t
was warning, an appeal, pitiful
call for human charity. Why?
Involuntarily. Wayne Blatchford re-
moved his hat and stood with head
bowed. His impressive nature re-
sponded to this fairly emotional pre-
sentiment. The stone hid-what?-
secret Pa mystery? Pa direful taint !
And what might 1t not have to do with
the bereaved daughter Of William Bur-
goyne!
"Williston-ah. clue, vital sug-
gestion. The names in conjunction
stirred up memory to new effort.
Now he knew where he had seen that
name before. His thoughts went
cropping to rest upon clear central
fact. Then a rustling sound in the
grass behind him caused him to turn
quickly. and he could not restrain n
quick gasp. for. viewing him wonder
ingly. was Miss Barnabetta Burgoyne.
In the near distance was her auto
mobile, In her hands she bore some
flowers. Evidently her mission was
to do homage to the dead. BIatchford
drew. aside almost guiltily, AS though
be were committing \ dissertation. for
The Delta independent., 1917-09-14

k(SpyAAShep ASAss " w. ". ShAPAuAasI
"Who is sher'
Mrs. Barnabetta Burgoyne."
"She IL the most beautiful woman
/ have ever seen." pronounced Wayne
Blatchford, only a humdrum law clerk,
but artistic, temperamentally poetic,
and, therefore, susceptible to strong
impressions.
He had paused in a casual stroll
through the little inland city Of Wal
than to observe the occupant Of q
modest but expensive automobile. The
car was standing at the curb, its
chauffeur evidently having been sent
on some mission to one of the stores
on this, the principal street of the
town. A young lady sat in a some
what rigid pose. her face statuesque in
its classic beauty. What struck
Blatchford was that, while to ordinary
eyes, this superb figure would have
suggested the cold hauteur Of an aris-
tocrat, seeking the depths Of her eyes
he noted hidden trace of sadness,
subtle, ineffable. .-- .--
More than that, he discovered that
while humble passers-by bowed to her
with inhnite respect, those in passing
automobiles Of higher social prestige
either greeted her not at all or with a
scant civility, and the lips Of the peer
less creature futtered tremulously at
the fact, as though she felt deeply the
contempt, or obloquy. expressed.
Then the chauffeur returned and the
automobile sped away, leaving Blatch-
ford like one in a passing trance. He
aroused himself with an effort.
"Burgoyne?" he repeated vaguely.
''Where have l heard that name be-
fore? All! l fancy an old historical
"reminiscences"
Wayne Blatchford did not meet the
young lady again during the next two
days, but he did not forget her. Then
his interest in her was revived by a
strange circumstance. He was stroll
ing through the beautiful cemetery at
the edge OF the city one afternoon,
when he observed a high, massive
shaft bearing the name "Burgoyne."
The Delta independent., 1917-09-14
FRAUDS sTERNLY PUT DOWN
Drastic Laws Against Those Who
Tampered With the Peoples Food
In Force In Old London.

An amusing sidelight on the manner
In which fraudulent vendors of the
peoples necessities were punished In
the good old days is to be found in
Maitland's History Of London" Dur
ing the reign of King Edward / dras-
tic laws were framed against EN-
grossers, Forestallers. and all sorts
of Frauds and Impositions in the sale
of Provisions, especially against
Bakers, who had got into way of
making bread under the standard
weight, and against Millers who
dealed in bad measure"
For the first offense the baker had
his light bread confiscated. second
offense was punished by Imprisonment
while for a third he was pilloried. For
the "thievish miller" n sterner punish
ment was meted out. He was put
on tumbril, l. e., carried in dung
cart through certain streets exposed to
the derision of the people.
The engrossers were the gentlemen
who attempted to make corner in
commodities, and against these
profiteers the king advised his sub
jects of London ito devise proper
laws for regulating the prices of poul-
try and fish. which sort of provisions
had been engrossed by few rapacious
Hucksters." Accordingly, 1t was Or
dained by the magistrate of the city
that no Huckster of fowl Cor Poul-
terer) go out OF the city to meet them
that bring poultry into the city, to
make any buying from them; but buy
In the city, after the buyers of the
Lord the King, of the Barons and the
citizens have bought and had that
which shall be needful for them, name
", after three O'Clock and not before"
And then came list of the standard
prices at which they must buy.
The Delta independent., 1917-09-14
NORTH DELTA GOSSIP
- ~ >~~~>~~

Mrs. Matte Clark sold her ranch to
Clark will move to Delta
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Meeker have
gone to Palisade to pack fruit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Pence arrived
here last Friday from Webb City,
Missouri. Mr.. Pence is a brother of
Mrs. w. A. Davis. They will remain
for the winter for the benefit of Mr..
Pence's health.
Waldo Lewis left for Colorado
Springs last Saturday, where he will
take up his work as a senior in Colo
RADIO college.
Mr.. Jewell, bee inspector for this
county, made business trip to Pao-
MIA last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pullins NOV
ed to the Patnode ranch on Ash mesa
this week
Ham Stewart and Ernest Hovey
have rented the Collins coal mine.
Mr.. Doty departed for Peoria, Kan
sas, last week.
Miss 1nez Stout. OF Paonia. who is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs Forrest Smith,
Of Delta, spent the afternoon with
Mrs. w. H. Burnett and Miss Alice
last week.
An old fashioned quilting bee was
given by Mrs Flora Conrad last
Thursday. Those present we're Mrs.
S. M, Sankey, Mrs. W. H. Burnett,
Mrs. Edna sankey. Mrs. Frank Mar.
shall. Miss Alice Burnett, Miss Doro.
Mrs George Pullins. Mrs. Bert Sher
man, Mrs. Trine and Mrs. l.. O. Lew.
is. A sumptuous dinner was served
at the noon hour. Everyone present
enjoyed the day, and. according to the
old time custom, Mrs Conrad was
wrapped in two quilts before they
left for their homes
Mrs. Frank HowSSd and children
of Nucla, are visiting Franks mother
Mrs. Lee Jacobs.
Roy Gregg and family came down
from Twenty-Five mesa last week, af
ter having spent the summer at theiI
mountain ranch.
Ira Sankey who has been working
on ranch near Gunnison. is visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S NJ. San
key. this week.
Al Park has been employed to lool
after the lower division OF the North
Delta canal.
Mr.. Millert loaded two cars of po
tatoes this week at s1.eo per hundred
Roy Dugan is busy threshing ant
marketing his grain this week
Mrs. Trine. who has been VISITING
Frank Marshall and family. returned
Sunday to her home at Gunnison.
Mrs. Ike Kepler, wha has been Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs. Henry Hutch
ins, 80 miles east of Somerset. re
turned to her home Monday
Miss Elsie Kepler spent last weel
near the CRANKY lakes.