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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
Battered In Heavy
Seas, British Ship
Makes Southern Port

Savannah, Jan. 2-After a hard
fight with a terrific gale in which
she lost her anchors and had her
wheel smashed, the British steamer
Amakura has arrived here from St
John, N. B. She left ST.. John Dec
%, Six hours out, according al her
officers, she was struck by a gale
and attempted to make st. Mary's Bay
but failed. The anchors held for a
few hours but finally the chains
SNAPPED and the vessel drifted in the
wind until the seas Gained.
The crew suffered extremely from
the cold
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
RELIGIOUS WARS IN EUROPE.
Ihs Thirty Years Conflict and ths
Peace Of WestphaIia.

kho Thirty Years Conflict and tbs
Peace Of WestphaIia.
Osnabruck Is one of the most veneer
sble towns Of Prussia. In the closing
years Of the eighth century Charlie
magne designated it as the capital Of a
bishopric, distinction which it en-
joyed without interruption for more
than thousand years. In 1903 the see
was suppressed, the last bishop being
Frederick, duke of York, son Of the
English HanoEerian monarch, George
III. In 1858 the city was restored to
its religious eminence when it was
again made the seat of Roman Cath
Ole bishop.
It is on account Of her share in the
preliminary negotiations which led to
the epochal peace Of Westphalia that
Osnabruck is famous in history. In
1914, after all central Europe had been
devastated by the great struggle which
eventually became known as the
Thirty Years war, representatives of
Sweden, the German empire and Ger
man Protestants met here, while in the
neighboring city of Munster, thirty
miles to the southwest, delegates from
France. Spain, the German Catholics
and the German empire gathered.
The negotiations extended over a pc
Rod Of four years In October, 1913.
both groups of conferees having ar
rived at Acommon basis Of settlement,
the Osnabruck diplomats repaired to
Munster, where few days later the
peace was signed which guaranteed
the sovereignty and independence of
the several states Of the empire and
which forbade religious persecution
throughout Germany, 1t was this
peace, in which Osnabruck played such
q vital part, that put an end to reli-
gfous wars in Europe.
AS early as s98 Osnabruck was
granted the right to establish it's own
mint, but 1t was not until the fifteenth
century that the city reached the crest
OF is medieval prosperity. Following
the decline which was necessarily Incl
dental to the ravages Of the Thirty
Years war, 1t enjoyed a second era Of
growth.
The two most impressive architec-
tural piles in Osnabruck are the spa
cious cathedral, dating back to the
twelfth century and representing a
combination of the Romanesque and
Transitional styles, and the royal pal
ace, built in 1662-75-National Geo
graphic Society Bulletin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
MECCA HAS NEW KING.

London, Jan. 2-The grand sheriff
OF Mecca, who in :: sly, 1906, raised the
standard o. revolt against the author
ity Of TIE Turkish Sultan and drove
the Ottoman garrison out of the Holy
City Of Mecca. las adopted the lille
of King OF the E'eiaz.' The HeiaZ
is a region of A:ahia extending al oi.s
the eastern coast of the Red Sea en:i
has an area of about 100000 square
miles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
NO LOVE NOTICES IN SCHOOLS

San Francisco, Jan. 2-Thbse little
epics Of childhood romance, Johnny
Loves Rosie as well as crudely
drawn hearts with various initials in
serted therein, are to be banned from
San Francisco schools. The board Of
education announces that there is an
unusual crop of early winter ro-
nances in the schools, as the result
of which buildings are being covered
with chalf billet doux. Orders were
sent out to all school principals to
stop these chalkings
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
CAPTURED WORN OUT PELICAN

Unionville, - Mo-, Jan. q. L..
Smith. a Putnam county farmer, was
watching the fight of f1ock of peli-
cans the other day when to his aston
isHment one of the big birds came to
The ground, alighting near him. He
easily captured it. 1t is supposed that
the bird was tired out by it's long flight
from the north. The bird measured
10 feet from tip to tip OF it's wings and
weighed IA pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
TO AID SHIPPING BOARD

Washington, Jan. 2.-Secretary Red.
field today assigned Charles G.. Yates
Of the Coast and Geodetic Survey toas-
sist in preliminary organization of the
new shipping board. Captain Yates, it
was said today, has assisted in outlin-
ing an organization plan and his whole
time will be. given to the work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
ms BREATH TO DOOM TOPPER
Nebraska Bill Gives Officers Power te
y Arrest Drinkers.

Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 2-The execuu-
five hoard of the Nebraska Dry Fed
Grafton drafted here today prohibit
tion IA vi which. will be Introduced at
the fnext session Of the Legislature
Among its provisions are the follow
ing:
Any peace officer in the State may
arrest, any one whose breath has the
odor Of liquor. -
Advertisement of intoxicants in any
manner is prohibited.
Sale of flavoring extracts and
'.whiskey tablets is prohibited.
4 1t is made criminal offence to tell
a man where he may get drink.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
MRS. GORHAM SUES.

Eugenia L. Gorham of this city,
has brought divorce proceedings in
the superior court against George H.
Gorham of this city. Desertion, July
1, 1906, is alleged. The couple were
married August "a, 1904. - Mrs. Cor
hams maiden name was Eugenia
Crittenden.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
Men Are So Uncertain,

"Why did you jilt that man who
wanted to marry you?"
Because" replied the prima donna,
II couldn't decide whether he was ac-
tually In love with me or merely want
ed to hear me sing for nothing
change.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
ASK/INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY

Hartford, Jan. q There has been
filed with the secretary of state a ps-
tition to the General Assembly from
the GroVnordale Co., Of Thompson, fo r
permission to build an industrial rail
way.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
KEEPING Up the Supply.

First Man with magazine)-What a
tremendous number of stories Penley
Penman writes! Second Man-Doesn't
he? They say he uses an incubator to
hatch his plots.-Stray Stories.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02

Breaking all it's coinage records, the
Philadelphia mint during 1916 pro-
dueed s238, 1926 domestic coins in de-
nominations ranging from one cent to
half dollars, and valued at $9,344,266
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02

Each week this space will be reserved
for public expression. No matter who
You are or what you are, this column
will be open to any individual in the
community. Any article, on any subject,
propriety will be printed here, providing
the article submitted has the writer's
name and address attached. We how
ever reserve the right to censor revise or
decline any article which, in our opinion
is not advisable to publish. Articles on
any topic including Humanity, war, re-
ligion, politics, labor, capital, sports,
love, poetry Or auction pinochle will be
welcome.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02

gaznsr Want Ads. One Cont Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02

''It's what we think and what
we do, that makes us what we
are"
Arizona republican., 1917-10-30

 the small shipper on a par with his more fortunate neighbor and will tend to secure for him the highest market prices for the stocN s.nicn lie nIa, naNe for sale.
 A constitution and by-lows. together with mutual contracts have already been prepared and under direction of the county agent the work of organi- zation is now under way.
 Cotton-There is at present very active competitive market for cotton and it does not seem feasible to bring up at the present time the question Of Producers marketing association. In all likelihood this question will arise in the future but at present it would receive scant attention because the inn mediate necessity is not apparent. cantaIoup Market
 Cantaloups-This is one of the most important of the so-ealled spec ulative" crops. While there is no or ganization of producers, there is a i most excellent organization of produc- tion, owing to the activities of several important distributing concerns in the east. While commission charges for ] services entered by the eastern distrib-
 
 question. but that definite service was l given and it is extremely doubtful whether a Producers organization could effect as excellent a system of distribution as was effected by the five or six distributing organization who handled the deal during the past i season.
 Potatoes-Potato marketing condi- 9 { organized. There are seldom any defi- nite plans entered into prior to har- i vesting time and the result is that the prowers enter the harvest season un- i der q decided handicap More than S20,000 was lost by potato growers this 1 year alone because of unsystematit l harvesting, handling and marketing i The problem can be solved by the for , nation of a very simple Potato Ship 1 pers' association whose main purpose 1 IS to consolidate the output so that the 1 crop may be handled as a unit. The ! association or arther the individua members thereof, after receiving com 1 petent advice, should contract witt i some reputable firm making a ,Spe- | cialty of the potato business, to handle | their entire output on a commission
 hasls. A part of the contract should sDec;fy that the firm handling the l business should place in the valley z l conpe tent potato inspector during the | shipping period, who will advise witt l the growers as to their daily output i interpret for them the policy of his ] firm and insist that only good mar l ketabie stock be loaded and shipped
 In turn, the association should delegate l a representative who will during the {! period of the crop movement, make hi! 1! hcadquarters in the central offices o1
 the firm handling the deal note anC
 verify as far as practicable all sale:
 made and keep the shippers closely in- 1 formed as 4" conditions at the selling
 end. Tic entire cost of such a plar | will be the cost of maintaining a rep
 resertatiVe for about month in tht Cfficei of the firm handling the busi- 1 ness plus inc commission charged b, tk,S firm for selling the potatoes.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-30
NEW RAILROAD
 ASKS RIGHT TO
 ISSUE SECURITY
Apache Line Which Is Now
 Building into Big Timber Country Would Issue Its Stock and Also Mortgage

Arizona's newest railroad, the Apache Railroad company, filed an application yesterday in the office of the state cor poration commission for permission to issue one million dollars in capital stock in shares of $100 each. Permis- sion also was asked to issue a mort gage bond in the sum of $600,000.
 The money to be thus raised is needed for the building of the road. which already is under construction Grading for the right-o has been in progress for some time The road
 is to run from Holbrook, in Navajo county, to Cuff Cieneea in Apache county, in the White Mountains.
 The completion of this railroad
 which is to be of such importance to Arizona and the southwest, will tap
 the largest unbroken timber belt in
 he United States, the new Apache rail- road reaching to the very finest part of that belt The timber will be cut under government supervision, the regulations of which will prevent the timber from ever becoming exhausted. Experts for the government already have estimated that there is enough timber in this belt in the White Moun tains to saw two hundred million feet of lumber annually, that pioouctlon being perpetual. This new road is expected to make it possible to produce the maximum number of feet of lum- Der yearly.
 Besides opening this wonderful tim l under construction will tap the sec
 ond largest producing coal district in Arizona and what will be the first producing coal mine This road also
Arizona republican., 1917-10-30
Hoover Luncheon at W@uaem s Club is Day s Novelty
Combination salad, corn bread

Combination salad, corn bread, preserved fruits and coffee.
 This was the menu of lunch con served by the home economic department of the Woman's club, yesteroay ard was the first of a series of Hoover affairs to be given by the department this season.
 A practical program was pre- sented during the afternoon un- ter the direction Of Mrs. Joseph Stark. chairman of the section. In answer to the roll call the mem- bers responded by stating some la bor saving device which she had found useful in her kitchen. Mrs. William L. Pinney discussed the remodelirs of kitchen and Mrs. Stark gave a short talk on food values. The conservation of sugar was touched upon by Mrs. Aubrey Smith who spoke of honey as a substitute and demonstrated the excellence of the use by delicious cake containing neither sugar nor eggs.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-30

will develop one of the finest dry farming districts in the United States.
 The road is to be stand2rd guage, the company promoting and construct ing it being headed by McGaffee of the McGaffee Lumber company of New Mexico and c. E. Pollock, prominent Arizona banker.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-30
AMERICAN BOY ESCAPES

Republican A. p. Leased Wire]
 FL PASO, Oct 29.-Earl Carlin, the American boy who was captured by Villa followers near Villa Ahmuda last Tuesday has escaped and reached the border, his relatives here were informed tonight.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-30
GuNNER's MATES DROWNED

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Oct. 22- Two gunner's mates, second class, at tached to the deep sea diving force of the United States navy, lost their lives through the capsizing of a barge in a storm early today. They were Rudolph Zugehor of Webster, N. Y. and Charles Henry Blinn of Minneapolis.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-30
MARKE T|NC EXPERT OUTLINES PLANFOR HANDLING PRODUCTS
 IF SALT RI VER VALLEY LAND

James H. Collins Suggests that Water Users Association Undertake Management of Scientific Marketing of the Crops Grown in the Valley Those Using the Services
 to Stand Assessment for the Benefits to Be Secured
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-19
Send Me Away With a Smile

Little girl, don't cry; must say
GOODBYE"
Don't you hear the bugle call?
And the fife and drum bids the
fellow come
Where the flag waves over all.
Tho | love you so, it is time to
go,
And a sailor in me you will find,
When on land or sea, they need
boys like me.
You would not have me stay be-
hind.
Send me away with a smile, little
girl,
Brush the tears from the eyes of
brown;
It's all for the best, and Pm off
with the rest
Of the boys from my own home
town.
1t may be forever we, little girl,
And it may be for a while,
But if fight, dear, we must, in
cur Maker we trust.
So send me away with a smile.
When | leave you, dear, give me
words of cheer
To recall in time of pain;
They will comfort me and will
seem to be
Like sunshine after the rain.
And mid shot and shell, I'll re-
member well
You've the heart of a sailor, too,
And that thru this war | am
fighting for
MY COUNTRY, MY HOME
AND YOU.
-Mathiston Knox.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-19
Our Country

While the United States en-
braces but seven per cent of the
worlds area, and only six per
cent of the population, yet last
year the United States produced:
Seventy per cent of the worlds
corn;
Sixty-six per cent of the
worlds cotton;
Sixty-six per cent of the
worlds petroleum;
Fifty per cent of the worlds
copper;
Forty per cent of the worlds
iron;
Forty per cent of the worlds
coal;
Thirty per cent of the worlds
manufactured goods;
Twenty-Five per cent of the
worlds wheat;
Forty per cent of the worlds
railroads
Thirty-fve per cent of the
worlds banking power;
Thirty per cent of the worlds
wealth.
Read these figures over again;
fix them firmly in your mind,
and remember that this is the
country you are called upon to
defend the greatest country in
all the world, measured by all
the standards of present day
greatness. Elk.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-19

spoke in praisworthy terms of
his town. That is one of the
ways to make good town and
you can make a good town a
poor one by talking it down con-
tinually. Did you ever think
about this? If not, think about
it next time you start to knock
ing" the town. If you can't do
this. then go to a place that you
can speak well of, for your alb
sence would be worth more than
your presence, if you can't speak
well of the place where you
live. Newton Record.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-19
CIVILIAN is RESPONSIBLE

I'm time of war the civilian as much
as the soldier is responsible for defeat
and disaster. Battles are not lost
alone on the field; they may be lost
beneath the dome of the Capitol they
may be lost in the Cabinet, or they
may be lost in the private Office Of
the Secretary of War. Wherever they
may be lost, it is the people who suf.
fer and the soldiers who die, with
the knowledge and the conviction that
our military policy is a crime against
life, crime against property, and a
crime against liberty The author has
availed himself of his privileges as
citizen to expose to our people a sys-
tenn which, If not abandoned, may
sooner or later prove fatal. The time
when some one should do this has
arrived" Upton.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-19
Obligations to Your Town

People, in many instances, do
not feel that they are under any
obligation to their town in fact,
some people have an idea that
they are not under obligations to
anyone but self: They do not
see any further than their own
selfish desires: and yet these
same people think they are as
good as anybody else. But they
are not. A person who thinks
only of his own interest is not
even a good citizen. He is not a
loyal citizen if he does not want
to do something for his commu-
nifty. Heis not a worthy citizen
if he is continually criticising his
town and the people in it. A
man who is always knocking"
his town ought not to live in it.
He is not entitled to any of the
privileges to be had if he con-
dennis it, for this course pulls
down the community instead of
building it up. If you can't
speak of the advantages of our
town, don't say anything. Think
what it would mean if everybody
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-19
Planting of Fall Irish
Potatoes Now Under Way

.
The present prices of Irisf
potatoes is creating a great dea
of interest in the production of {
fall crop.
The early varieties, Early Tri-
umph and Irish Cobbler, may be
used for this late crop but a late
variety such as the Lookout
Mountain, as a rule, is consider
ably better. The scarcity OF
seed of the Lookout Mountain
and the extremely high price
asked for it, however, makes it
impracticable to use it except in
very limited way this season.
Probably the best solution of the
problem is to use the small pota-
toes from the early crop. In a
good many places these are be-
ing sold as thirds" at about
seventy-fve cents a bushel.
From ten to fifteen bushels will
be required to plant an acre.
Sort the small potatoes out as
soon as they are dry and spread
them rather thin in a cool. dry
place. About two weeks before
they are to be planted these
should be sta ted through a
sprouting process. This con-
sists first in spreading them out,
one or two deep on the ground
in the shade of a tree or under a
shed and just covering them
with sand or sandy soil, which
must be kept damp but not
soaked" until planting time.
Some straw or old sacks may be
spread on top to neIp retain the
moisture.
The planting season for late
potatoes in north Mississippi be-
gins June 20, and ends about
August first. From Jackson
south the planting can be start
ed August first and continued
until August Is.
1t is important that the soil
for the late crop be plowed five
to seven inches deep just as soon
as possible; then harrow down
until all clods have been mashed.
After this it should be stirred by
a spike tooth or a disk harrow
about once in ten days so as to
keep it in good condition to hold
all moisture. The same ground
that produced the early crop may
be used for the late crop but
this should not be done if it can
possibly be avoided.
Plant at least six inches deep.
A Georgia stock opens a good
furrow in which to plant. The
potatoes may be treated much as
for the spring crop. 1t is not
to cut those under
of an inch in d.
In any case cut the
tubers so as to get at least one
eye from the bud end on each
piece. Place the pieces about
eight inches apart and cover.
Press the. soil down firmly over
the seed either by stepping on
the row or by the use of a roller;
then drag the spike tooth harrow
over the patch so as to leave the
top loose.
The cultivation should be fire.
quent, the main object of it be-
ing to keep the surface mellow
and loose. L. G. Heron, Ex-
tension Horticulturist, Agricul-
tural College, Mississippi.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-19

The most i'm,
portant element
connected with a
navy is the STRAIT.
egg which directs
it, in accordance
with which its
plans are laid
plans for prepa-
rations before
war and plans for
operations during
war. Strategy is
to a navy what
mind is to a man.
1t determines it's
pbaraotor SIC com.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-19
What is LAX-FOS
LAx-F0S IS An IMPROVED cASCARA

A Digestive Liquid Laxative, Cathartic
and Liver Tonic. Contains Cascara Bark,
Blue Flag Root, Rhubarb Root, Black
Root, May Apple Root, SIENNA Leaves and
Pepsin. Combines strength with pala-
table aromatic taste. Does not grippe. SOC
Provides for Pure Air.
Only filtered air is permitted to en-.
ter a large German electric plant,
which protects its machinery from
dust with cloth serena.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-12

| they can make wisdom persuasive.
But the Observant know that moth
ers and girls are never so far apart
as at the high school age.
All proceed on the assumption that
girls can be separated somehow
from the great feminine desire to be
seen, to be set apart from others, to
be different, distinguished, conspic-
uous, to be observed of men.
They also assume that this is an
immodest and an immoral desire.
Upon that kind of a mistake they
can never base a cure.
There is nothing immoral about
the wish to be lovely; the girls need
to have her beauty noticed is as ma
turaI as breathing and therefore it
cannot be immodest.
It is seldom a girls fault when she
is stricken with the modern malady
whose symptoms are atrocious taste
in dress.
Mothers know that if they fail to
air and sun the house, tuberculosis
may develop in one of the family. If
they tolerate the housefy, they may
expect typhoid.
Home sanitation prevents disease.
And home influence forms a girls
taste.
If we build up bodily resistance we
can run the risk of catching germs
If we build up mental resistance to
false standards of taste in dress, we
can set a girl adrift in a gaudy world
and she will always look like lady.
There's none too much beauty
upon the earth. Every woman ought
to be not only permitted, not only ex- a
pected, but commanded to contrib '
ute as much loneliness as she can to
existence!
And what this sad world needs just
now is more natural beauty:
There's some difference between
the blossoms Of a rose garden and