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The Dolores star., 1917-06-01

turns from the farm for the past two
years have been around 2001e. that In
for every dollar have epcnt ! have
received three. now do not know
where you can do that well.
This is surely the country for the
man with the small capital as the land
Il still reasonable in price, payments
In long term and work of all kinds for
every man to do. feel that II I was
turned out here without a dollar that
In less than ten years could own .
section Of land and have 1t well equip
ped"
Western Canada's soil and climate
Is suitable to graining large and prof :
liable yields of wheat. Many so large
that those not acquainted with the
facts hesitate TO believe the reports
sent out by the farmers in that cOun-
try. As an evidence of their sincerity
In reporting correct yields affadavits
Of a couple Of grain growers are repro 4
duced.
Il, Newell J. Noble, of the town of
NObleford, Province of Alberta. do
sOlemnly declare that from 1000 acres
"a "hOoS VII thC SuiN tucIe was,
in the season Of 1916, threshed 1896
bushels Of wheat, being at the average
Of 81 bushels and % pounds per acre
And that from 394.69 acres of oats on
the said farm, there was threshed in
the said season Of 1915, 4S,5O6 bushels
Of oats, being at the average of 122
bushels and 30 pounds per acre.
And l make thus solemn declara-
tion conscientiously, believing it to be
true and knowing that it is of the
same force and effect as if made un-
der oath and by virtue of The Canada
Evidence Act" NEWELL ]. NOBLE.
Woman Takes Affidavit as to
YieIds.-On January i, 1917. Mrs. Nan
cy Coe of Nobleford made oath as fol-
lows:
In the matter of yield of wheat. oats
and flax on my farm for harvest Of
1916. ], Nancy Coe, of the town of
Nobleford. Province of Alberta, do SOL
emnly declare that l threshed from
115 acres on my farm Clio bushels of
wheat (machine measure, which it is
believed will hold out in weights fully
about, three-fOurths of the crop al
ready having been weighed). being at
the average Of SO bushels and 8
pounds per acre. and that from 4S
acres of flax on stubble ground.
threshed 993 bushels of fax, being at
an average of 20 bushels and 3S
pounds per acre. and that from 500
acres of oats / threshed $50 bushels,
machine measure. being at an average
of 115 bushels and % pounds per acre.
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$2,472.67

S. Joseph and Sons of Des Moines.
Ia, are looked upon as being shrewd,
careful business men. Having some
spare money on hand, and looking for
a suitable investment, they decided to
purchase Canadian lands, and farm
them.
With the assistance of the Canadian
Government Agent, at Des Moines, Ia,
they made selection near Champion,
Alberta. They put 24O acres of land
in wheat, and in writing to Mr.. Hew.
lit, The Canadian Government Agent
at Des Moines, one of the members of
the firm says: II have much pleasure
in advising you that on our farm five
miles east of Champion, in the Prov
ince Of Alberta, Canada, this year
(1916 We harvested and threshed TO-
this being an average of a bushels
and 10 pounds to the acre. A con-
siderable portion of the wheat was
No. Northern, worth at Champion,
approximately $1.S5 per bushel, max
ing total return of $19,61O. or an av-
erageS Of $S1.7O per acre gross yields.
And by aid of a thorough system were
able to keep the cost of growing wheat
at about % cents bushel.."
Messrs. Smith & Sons Of Vulcan,
Alberta, are growers Of wheat on a
large scale and have demonstrated
that there is greater profit in Western
Canada wheat-raising than probably in
any other business anywhere. Speak
ing of their experience Mr. Smith
says:
Il have three sections of land at the
present time and am farming yearly
1900 to 1,4O0 acres of land. My re-
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FARMING NOW
4 BUSINESS
The Modern Day Farmer Applies
Business Methods and Seeks
More Than a Living on
the Farm.

| "A DaJOn-Wiue cry Is DeluS Iu4Oe IOk
more economy and greater production,
and probably never was the need OF
fOodstuffs equal to that Of the present.
Grain prices are the highest in the ma
TONS history and today the agricul-
tural fields Of America offer induce
ments that are uneQualed in any other
line Of commerce or business. The
ideal life is that close to nature, en-
joying the freedom of Gods great out
doors and fulfilling a duty to human
| ity by producing from fertile soil
that which is essential to the very ex-
istence of a less fortunate people who
are actually starving to death for food
stuffs that can be produced SO eco
n0mically in the United States and
Canada.
High prices for all grain, undoubt-
edly, will be maintained for a number
Of years. and 1t appears certainty
that the agriculturist will reap II
bOunteOus return for his labor and at
the same time carry out the demands
of patriotic citizenship. A wrong con-
ception has been generally noticed as
to Life on the Farm" 1t has been,
to large extent, considered as only
place to live peacefully and afford a
living for those who are satisfied with
merely comfortable existence. Such
n wrong impression has been created,
In a measure, by the lack of systema-
tic business principles to farming in
general. But today farming and agri-
culture have been given supremacy
In the business world and require the
same advanced methods as any other
line of commerce. In no other bust
ness does system adoption pay bet
ter than on the farm, and it Is certain
that there Is no other line of work,
that. generally speaking, needs 1t as
much. The old idea of getting a living
off the farm and not knowing how 1t
was made and following up the details
of eacA branch of farming to get the
maximum of profit, mt the least ex-
"Hse, is fast being done away with.
-: is now being considered as
md living is not sufficient
for Tile MODERN agriculturist small
per cent on the investment Is not
enough, the present-day farmer must
have percentage return equal to that
of other lines of business. The prices
for produce are high enough, but the
cost of producing has been the factor,
in, many places, that has reduced the
profit. 1t is the application of sys-
TEN to the cost of various work on the
farm that it is possible to give figures
on profits made in grain-grOwing in
Western Canada.
Mr.. c. A. Wright of Milo. Iowa,
bought a hundred and sixty acres of
land in Western Canada for $1,000 in
December, 1915, and took his first crop
from it in 1916. After paying for the
land in full and the cost of cultivating
1t and marketing the grain. he sold his
grain at $1.55 bushel Ga low price
compared with the present market,
had surplus of $2,472.67. His figures
are as follows:
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Turned a Little Pale but Plunged On

which had been Suggested to him by
one Of Flechier's sermons, but gener-
ally he had the nervous. tired look Of
a heart-wounded man.
When Captain Shaw was coming
home-if, as say, 1t was Shaw-rath-
er to the surprise Of everybody they
made one of the Windward islands,
and lay on and on for nearly a week.
The boys said the officers were sick
Of salt junk. and meant to have tur-
tie soup before they came home. But
after several days the Warren came to
the same rendezvous; they exchanged
signals; She sent to Phillips and these
homeward-bound men letters and pa
pers. and told them she was outward
bound. perhaps to the Mediterranean.
and took poor Nolan and his traps on
the boat back to try his second cruise.
He looked very blank when he was told
to get ready to join her. He had
known enough Of the signs Of the sky
to know that till that moment he was
going "home." But this was a dis
tinct evidence of something he had not
thought Of. perhaps, that there was no
going home Tor him, even to prison.
And this was the first of some twenty
such transfers, which brought him
sooner or later into half our best YES
sells. but which kept him all his life
at least some hundred miles from the
country he had hoped he might never
hear of again.
1t may have been on that second
cruise-it was once when he was up
the Mediterranean-that Mrs. Graf,
the celebrated Southern beauty Of
those days. danced with hlm. They
had been lying long time In the Bay
Of Naples, and the oficers were very
intimate in the English feet, and there
had been great festivities, and our
men thought they must give great
bali ON board the ship. How they
ever did It ON board the Warren I am
sure do not know. Perhaps It was
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to me at timeA Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills re-
stored me to health and I want to thank
you for the good they have done me. I
have had quite . bit Of trouble and
worry but it does not affect my youth
full looks. My friends say why do you
look 20 young and well7' lowe it al
to the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies.' q,
Mrs. RoBT. SToPIEL, Sage Avenue.
Warrington Park, Illinois.
Hyou have any symptom about which
you would like to know write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given free Of
charge.
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but all these fellows did then. and
poor Nolan himself went on. still un-
consciously or mechanically-
This d my own. my nasivs land!
Then they all saw something was
to pay: but he expected to get through,
suppose. turned little pale. but
plunged on
whose heart hath ne'er within him
A. home his footsteps he hath turned
From wandering ON . foreign strand?-
II such there breathe. 60. mark him well.
BY this time the men were all be-
side themselves. wishing there was any
way to make him turn over two pages |;
but he had not quite presence of mind
for that; he gagged a little, colored
crimson, and staggered on:
For him no minstrel raptures swell:
High though his titles. proud his name.
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim.
Despite these titles power and pelf,
The wretch. concentered all in sell, -
and here the poor fellow choked, could
not go on, but started up, swung the
book into the sea, vanished into his
stateroom. ''and by Jove," said Phil
lips, I'VE did not see him for two
months again. And had to make up
some beggarly story to that English
surgeon why did not return his Wal
ter Scott to him."
That story shows about the time
when Nolan's braggadocio must have
broken down. At first, they said, he
took very high tone, considered his
imprisonment mere farce, affected
to enjoy the voyage, and all that but
Phillips said that after he came out Of
his stateroom he never was the same
man again. He never read aloud again,
unless It was the Bible or Shakespeare,
or something else he was sure of. But
1t was not that merely. He never en-.
tered In with the other young men ex-
actly as a companion again. He was
always shy afterward, when I knew
him, very seldom spoke, unless he
was spoken to, except to very few
friends. He lighted up occasionally,
I remember late In his life hearing
him fairly eloquent on something
The Dolores star., 1917-06-01
Parental Supervision.

"Did you say you didn't raise your
boy to be a sOldier?"
"Yes. But that doesn't affect the
result. I don't suppose that Shake
speare's parents raised him to be a
poet"
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fered with female
trouble, backache,
nervous spells and
the blues. My chill
dren's loud talking
and romping would
make me 50 nervous
/ could just tear
everything to pieces
and ! would ache all
over and feel 30 sick
that l would not.
want anyone to talk
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Versed in That Direction

Economical social functions are now
the thing"
'Um. Some women / know will at
last get a chance to shine" was the
other lady's remark
The Dolores star., 1917-06-01
Disturbances.

''Do you enjoy Wagneran music?'
Not bit. Sometimes wonder
whether that Wagnerian music didn't
do great deal toward spelling Ger
many's disposition
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NERVOUSNESS
and BLUES
Symptoms of More Serious
Sickness,

Warrington Park, In.-"I an tho
mother of four children and have suf-
The Dolores star., 1917-06-01

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes winter than snow
All good grocers. Adv.
The Dolores star., 1917-06-01

A pneumatic hammer for tampine
paving stones has been inye1ted
The Dolores star., 1917-06-01

Women as we'll as men
are made miserable by
kidney and bladder trou-
bic. Thousands recon-
mend DIR. Kiln er'a
swamp-Root, the great
=. At druggists in fifty-
sizes. You may receive q
tie by Parcel Post. also
: about 1t. Address DR..
Binghamton, N. T.. and
,. also mention this paper.
The Dolores star., 1917-06-01
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNlANSQIDOL
LESSON

tby =. q. oEI1AGR9. Acting Director 0f
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Btbls lnstitute.l
fccpyrisht. 1917. western Newspaper Unson
The Dolores star., 1917-06-01
WHO IS
TO
BLAME

kidney medicine
cent and dollar
sample size bot
pamphlet telling
Kflmer & Co.,
enclose ten cents
The Dolores star., 1917-06-01

LESSON TExT-John 1s:l-11. B-17.
GOLDEN TExT-He was despised and
rejected OF men.-Isa- 6s:a
The Dolores star., 1917-06-01

81, S2.1S--$4,4S IS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03

Japan Lends China $1O,O0O,0OO.
Toxic, Nov. 3.-The finance depart
ment has announced the signing of a
loan to China of an amount equiva-
lent to s10,OO0.000. The money is to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03

Last winter when French woman
wrote to her sweetheart or husband
at the front her letter complained of
the hardships. This winter the same
writer mentions that the American
Red Cross was around yesterday and
now We have plenty to eat
Had it not been for American
work in France today, the French
would have been dickering for
separate peace with Germany.
by January American Red Cross
will be carig for $4,000 children
from the shelled area where no chill
dren are allowed because the inha bit
ants have to wear gas masks and a
child cannot be trusted to keep its
mask in place"
Allen declared that the Americans
are working a revolution in the French
spirit. The Red Cross has taught
them how to battle every day and how
to feed their babies.
The Wichitan also spoke of the Y.
M. G. A. work in Europe, mentioning
especially the Y. NJ. c. A. headquarters
in England where women of royalty
are looking after American soldiers
and sailors in Liverpool and London.
Fire Questions at Him.
Allen, after speaking for short
time, stopped and invited those pres
ent to ask questions about anything
they were interested in. There fol-
lowed a third degree" that didn't
permit the Wichitan to sit down for
more than an hour and a half.
What is the morale of the German
army"
"Well. I verified one story that SIS
Germans came over and surrendered
one night and the next night 100
more came over and brought their
mail. However, there are always a
bunch of soldiers in most any army
that don't want to fight"
r inc tn l1n 1F-1I0l
of the Germans that we read about in
press dispatches"
II learned of a German officer who
was picked up mortally wounded by
an English officer. The latter threw
the German over his shoulder and in
another minute the Teuton had a gun
at the officers head. 1 found many
instances of miscarriage of surgery as
practiced by the Germans
Allen told of many experiences and
kept the crowd fascinated for two
hours 1t was the best meeting in
the history of the club.
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The President of North Ameri-
can Hotel Company.
Guest of the Chamber of Com
merce Here Wednesday.
MANAGER OF MANY BIG HOTELS
He Is a Man of Large ActiVi-
ties and Usefulness.
Letton Known to Travelling
Public Turnout Country.

Recently when it was learned that
Mr.. ]. F. Letton would be in Kansas
City to attend the convention of the
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Hotel
Mems association. which is to be in
session early next week, the Topeka
Chamber of Commerce took advan-
tage of the opportunity of his being
in so close proximity to- extend an
invitation to him to come and be its
guest at it's monday luncheon next
Wednesday, and advices which have
been received from Mr.. Letton state
that he is more than pleased to &C
cept the invitation and that he will
tell on that occasion something of the
big work the North American Hotel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03
SMALL FLOUR PROFIT
MiIIers Take Exceptions to Governor
Cappers Statements.

Kansas nillers declare they are not
getting the profit which comes as
result of handling the grain and flour
business They have sent to Gov
ernor Capper a protest against the
statements that bakers are being
squeezed that the millers may length
en- their war profits.
A J. Hunt, chairman of the milling
federal food administration, declares
Governor Capper's statements OF
profits are incorrect. He declared
that many millers who preferred to
buy No. 2 wheat were compelled to
take No. 1 because No. ? was not
available. Hunt declared flour could
not be sold cheaper in view of present
prices and cost of milling.
We have agreed to allow the mill
men an average profit of rs cents a
barrel" said Hunt. "Our reports
show that they exceeded this figure
only three cents a barrel in September.
That was permissible because allow
ance must be made for quiet months
when their profits will fall below IS
cents. 1t is impossible under present
conditions to sell milled wheat for the
prices Governor Capper says. The
books of every mill in the country are
open to our inspection-placed open
voluntarily by the mill men, incident
ally-and to Governor Capper's in
spection. too, if he so Desires
The bakers have declared their
profits have been cut because millers
hold them to contracts made during
wheat market sky rocketing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03

men of this particular section of the
country in past years that Topeka is
nabled to get him to come to this city
at this time Mr.. Lection says that the
Missouri. Kansas and Oklahoma Hotel
Mems association convention is some
thing that he seldom misses for the
reason that he helped organize this
association over twenty years ago
Besides hotel association work, Mr.
Letton is Identified with many organ
izations of a public spirited character
but among them all he leans most 10y
ally to Rotary club work and all it
for services rendered, when Mr.. Let
ton left Atlanta, amid a storm
of public and private urging that he
stay and work and live in that city
as one of its citizens, the Rotary club
of Atlanta, presented him with a solid
gold Rotary club card, which is said
to be the only one of its kind issued
in the United States.
Among Mr.. Lotions more recent ac-
Invites, has been an active campaign
for the improvement of roads. In
other words-Mr. Letton is a student
of fundamentals which make for big
ger, better cities, and especially better
and more proffta Bile hotels He recog-
nizes in good roads leading into a city,
new avenues over which a constantly
increasing number of people come to
the doors of his hotels to seek service
at his hands, and he figures that hotel
owners are not the only ones in a
city who profit. In fact. Mr.. Letton
has a sort of Golden Rule policy re-
garding relations to a city in which
he lives; it is this-'tYou get the same
kind of service that you give"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03

company is doing and proposes to do,
not only for Topeka. but for large
number of middle west cities.
Mr. Letton, who is president and
general manager Of this big hotel cor
poration, is a figure of national prom
inence in the hotel world in the
United States. He was recently elect
ed vice president of the Hotel Mems
Mutual Benefit association of the
United States and Canada and for
yeras his name has been a familiar
one to thousands of hotel patrons
and hotel men everywhere. In fact,
he is said to have the largest list of
personal acquaintance of any indi-
vidual hotel man in the United States.
Especially is he we'll known in the
south-at Fort Scott, Kan, as the
proprietor of the Goodlander hotel,
and at Little Rock, Ark, at Alexan-
dria, La, and at Atlanta, Ga, as man
ager of hotels. and at Galveston, Tex,
as manager of the largest and finest
resort hotel in the wor1d-"The Gal
vez." He was also police commission
er of Atlanta at one time, having
been elected to that office while he
operated a hotel in that city.
In fact. Mr.. Letton is one of those
men who seems to be able to do most
under the heavy pressure of many
duties as many cities in which he has
LNeu WIN tesll1y- IN AClahla, MS pup
I lie spirited work was as police com
missioner. In other cities it was char
tiles and in Omaha it has been Red
Cross work. and at the present time,
in addition to his many duties as the
manager of a big and rapidly growing
chain of hotel properties, he is the
chairman of the committee on hotels,
resta urants and clubs of the Nebraska
food commission.
1t is very largely because of Mr..
Lotions close association with hotel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03
OKLAHOMA WOMAN
GAMER is FAMOUS
FOR "81 VARIETIES"

Saltwater, Okla. Nov. S.-Accord-
ing to Mrs. Eva NJ. Mosteller. woman
agent for Caddo county, Oklahoma,
one farm woman of that county ex-
hibited at a local fair eighty-one va
rieties of fruits and vegetables that
she had canned within three weeks
time. At the state fair a few years
ago newspaper reporter counted
more than sixty varieties of fruits and
vegetables exhibited by the Girls Can
ming club. Until some one else can
come forward with a better showing.
the Caddo county woman claims the
state championship SO far as number
of varieties is concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03
is CRIME
Henry Allen Points Out DislOy-
atty in War Times.
Most Interesting Speech Before
Topeka Press Club.
AMERICAS PLACE THIS WINTER
We Have Stiffened Up Morale
of French Republic.
War Will Last at Least Two
More Years, He Says.

I have left my business to, give az
NV service to my country. do NOT
EXPECT to make any money during t ne
var; do not want to. If, after the
war is over, l find that l have any
business left / will thank God that l
have made no money during this con
fiict.-Henry ]. Allen, publisher OF the
Wichita Beacon and recently returne .
emissary of the Red Cross from tHe
battleffelds Of Europe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03
Don't Fear Socialist Vote.

Youngstown. O., Nov. Socialists
will not be a deciding factor in mu-
nicipal and state elections here next
Tuesday. tho it is generally conceded
their strength will show a slight in
crease. Out of a vote of 200 the
Socialists poIled 461 at the last city
election. Joseph Coofe is the Socialist
mayoralty candidate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03

be applied to the rehabilitation of the
Communications Bank of China, and
is secured by Chinese republic treas
ury bonds. The interest rate is Il
per cent and the term three years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03

Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. can
boast of the ruins of a building which,
scientists have proved. is over a thousand
years old
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-07-26

field. The man driving the Buick
then helped his victims from un-
der the car and made getaway,
but was fortunately nabbed. AT
ter the accident "A large number Of
cars arrived on the sceEe in a few
minutes and the man whose body
was torn open at the side, the in
testines being exposed and his
skull badly crushed, and the two
children, were given first aid and
a physician sent for. However,
the man died shortly after. Ralph
could not ascertain the names,
however.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-07-26
Automobile Accident.

Ralph Hacicky, his wife and her
mother, Mrs. Mary Kulis, visited
ut the home of Alois NOvak near
Ravinia last Sunday. A horrible
accident happened near Novak's
farm while they were there in
which young man was killed and
his two children, 2 and 4 years Of
age badly bruised. AS Ralph
narrates the accident, the man who
was killed was on his way in a
Ford to Lake Andes to take home
his wife who was i'm a hospital
there and near Alois Novak's farm
II 6 cylinder Buick car, going at
an insane clip of so miles an hour
struck him broadside. turning the
Ford over several times. The
Buick before the criminal driver
could stop it cut off telephone
pole and ran thru a fence into the