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Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

correspondent at Birthstone Springs writes
to the New York Sun urging St. Helena as the
proper resort for the Kaiser. The writer's lack
of local pride in his home town spoils the force
of his advice.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

Eastern summer resorts are spprehensive of
their seasons patronage. Let the tourist come
west if he wants to visit interesting recreation
spots in an unquestioned safety zone.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08
Timely JOttings and Reminders

a summary of the May crop report
estimate will be issued by the Depart
ment or Agriculture this afternoon.
Brlgadier General Thomas F. Davis.
VINO recently has been holding a COM
mano on the Mexican border, reaches
the age for statutory retirement TODAY.
me National Association for the
Promotlon of Hygiene and Public
ia ba'ns meets at Pittsburgh today for
Its annual convention.
opening of the officers training
camps, originally scheduled for to-
uay oy the War department, has been
postponed for one week.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

One Year Ago Today In the War.
Australians and New Zealanders
took over part Of the British front.
Continued German assaults on Hill
No. 304 and Hill No. 297 at Verdun
Steamer Cymbric sunk off Irish
coast by a submarine with cargo of
munitions from the United States
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today.
John H. Lichteberger of this city
has received letter from Sherman
Garfield, who is now sojourning in
London, England.
George A. Joplin of ,the Young
Mems Christian association has left
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

Humanity as we'll as business courtesy appeal
to food SPECTATORS to install elevators for the
convenience of their victims
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

The story Of secret Anglo-American pact
carries the Hamburg censor's approval for home
consumption. Considerable hot air is needed to
balance the deficit In bread and potato tickets.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

The reported prospect Of giving the subseas
the knockout is cheering as far as It goes. Pend
ing the delivery of the blow the country sticks to
the Missouri motto
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

Speed Of the big push In France spurs on this
side impotence for an active hand in the fray.
Don't worry. No doubt arrangements will be
made to save few trenches for the entertain
ment of the anxious
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

Accounts from the southern hotbed Of Cuba
picture situation where only man is vile. A
squad OF beauty doctors equipped for the removal
OF obnoxious black heads seems pressing need
OF the locality.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

Fortunately for the veracity Of the calendar
Old Sol supports the claim that we are in the
merry month Of May.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

Many future jolts may be softened if citizens
grasp the truth that this war is not mere sum-
mer diversion
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

An equally simple effective way Of checking
the thrush Of immature meat is for the buyers to
stop buying that class of goods.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

Chicago's wabbling mayor laid the foundation
of an alibi by getting his face in pictures Of the
French visitors.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

Possession OF Liberty bond will strengthen
the bonds of Liberty.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

Perhaps the briefest funeral grafton ever
delivered was that OF an old negro Of
mississippi over the body OF another of his
race who had borne very bad reputation,
LiIting MS nat and looking down upon
the coffin, the old fellow said in solemn
funeral tones: Sam Wiser, yo's is gone
We hopes yo is gone whar we 'spects yo'
hahn ."-Boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08
This Day in History.

1873 - General Pulaski fortified
Charleston, s. C.
17S6-James Hamilton, jr., COVER
nor Of South Carolina and the official
head of the notification party, born
at Charleston, s. C. Died of Texas
November Is, 1857.
1S46-General Taylor, with 1900
men, defeated 5000 Mexicans in
fye-hour battle at Palo Alto.
lS67--Prussian chambers accepted
the North German constitution, sacri-
fcing Prussian civil rights to German
unity.
1S71-United States and Great Bri.
tain signed the treaty of Washington,
referring the Alabama claims to arbi-
tration.
1S9S-Rioting in the streets of Milan
was suppressed by the army with great
loss Of life.
1916-United States senate passed
the Bankhead good roads bill, calling
for the expenditure of $s5,000,0O0 in
road construction.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

Not many "leals" through the "dry" law so
far But eternal vigilance is the price Of prohi-
btion
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

Anybody miss our Nebraska legislature since
It quit business and went home?
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

The house committee will tell us pretty soon
how the assessment is to be divided.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

At present prices, new potato ought to be
ashamed to open its eyes.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

for San Francisco to attend the inter-
national convention.
Frank V. Atwater Of this city was
given legal right to spirit away from
Cedar Rapids, Ia, Miss Regina A.
sales. The young couple will reside
In Omaha.
Mr.. and Mrs G. M. Hitchcock gave
a musicale, the program being fur
nished by Miss Neatly Stevens, as
sisted by Mr.. Brigham.
The engagement is announced of
Miss Teresa sonnenberg to Sigmund
Arnstein, a young business man of
this city.
DIR. Eleanor Stallard gave a s o'clock
tea to the women members Of the
Nebraska State Medical society. Those
entertained were DR.. Gertrude Gus
caden, DR.. Mary B. Chapman and DR.,
Theoda Wilkin.
The following guests were present
at a card party given by Mrs. M. C.
Nichols at her home, 2110 Webster;
Mrs. Depin, Messrs. and Mesdames r.
y. Pease s. F. Alexander, w. q. Sloan,
J: P. Johnson, Swobe, C. S. Whitney,
Lee, Shears, Mcclure, Messrs. Pease,
Miles, George Squires, B. Beall, Meg
quier, Bostwick, Snyder.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08
Our Fighting Men
William Crozier.

William Crozier.
Brigadier General William Crozier.. chief of
ordnance OF the United States army, is a native
OF OHIO and was graduated from West Point
when he was Il years old. Within few months
AFTER leaving the academy he saw active service
IN the Powder river campaign against the Sioux
Indians. The following year he was engaged in
the campaign against the Bannocks. In 1881 he
was appointed first lieutenant of ordnance and
since that time he has been identified almost
wholly with the ordnance branch of the service
In the war with Spain he served as Inspector gen.
eral OF volunteers. He participated in the sup
press,on OF the Philippine Instruction in 1900
ana later IN the same year he served as chief
ordnance officer of the Picking relief expedition.
a year as president of the Army War college was
followed by his appointment in 1901 as chief OF
ordnance.
Hunter Liggett.
Hunter Liggett, U. s. A., who recently was
appointed to fill the vacancy in the list of ma
yyo r generals caused by the death of Frederick
funston, was born sixty years ago in Reading,
ia. After graduating from the West Point acad
envy IN 1877 he was commissioned second lieu
tenant OF the Fifth United States infantry. His
service has been mainly with the infantry arm
IN the war with Spain he served in Cuba as
major OF volunteers. Later he saw more active
service in the Philippine Instruction. He gradu-
ated from the Army War college in 1910, attained
the rank OF colonel in 1912 and the following wear
was promoted to be brigadier general. In 1914
GENERAL Liggett was sent to the Mexican border.
Later he was assigned to the command of the
Philippines department
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

He-This war talk has made old slopay
quite diplomat
She-How so?
He-He Is sounding out all the hanks NJ
discount on an identical note.-Iudre u
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08
[IODAY]


frOVCrD Oh tne Day.
Better to have two cooks than one
dncfor
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08
SMILING LINES,

The paper states that you pleased a
Dig audience at the banquet last night -
me paper is wrong. I did not appear,
om. L guess the paper Is right ."-Louis-
Willie Courier Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

Old King Corn is also mobilizng his army
these days.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-08

The same is true of the Porto Rico militia,
which is also made up of natives. There the peo,
PIE are very poor and job in the army, no mat
yer now dangerous, appears in the light of\solid
clothing and drills the Porto Rican becomes
strong and healthy and he is naturally brave.
>, ihese are the "colonials" upon which the
United States may depend now that it is at war,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-04
POTATO GRADES

TWO standard grades for potatoes have Just been recommended by the United states food administration and the United States department of agriculture Resu.. IS Of field tests in grading and packing and or experiments in marketing graded and ungraded potatoes show that marketing potatoes by grades is desirable practical and economical
 Further. it has been ruled by the federal reserve board that potatoes, properly graded and packed and stored in a weatherproof and responsible warehouse as evidenced by it's receipt. would un- doubtedly constitute a readily market able nonpershable staple"
 The present prospect of a very large crop of potatoes the food supply stua- tion, the overtaxed transportation facili- ties and the ruling that federal reserve banks may make loans against potatoes properly stored in approved warehouses emphaSlze, says the department, the in- portance of adopting uniform grades
 The No. 1 grade shall consist of sound potatoes of similar varietal character istlcs, which are practically free from dirt or other foreign matter, frost injury sunburn, second growth, cuts. scab, dry rot, blight and damage caused by dis ease. insects or mechanical means The minimum diameter of potatoes of the round varieties shall be one and seven- elgntS inches, and of potatoes of the long varieties one ana three-fourths inches.
 The No. ? grade shall consist of pota- toes of similar varietal characteristics which are practically free from frost injury and decay and which are free from serious damage caused by dirt or other foreign matter sHnburn second growth, cuts, scab blight, dry rot or other disease. insects or mechanical ir,ir l,o one and one-half inches.
 Reasonable tolerances are allowed for variations incident to commercial grad ing and handling and explanations of the terms practically free,'' diameter and free from serious damage are made in Markets Document No. I, which may be obtained from the United States De- partment of Agriculture or from the United States Food Administration, Washington, D. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-04
WADE'S LETTER

The greatest deficiency In food products in the world today is meat. The live stock industry in the European countries IS almost depleted and the warning na- tions are looking to America for meat. With hogs selling for IS cents per pound cattle at F to Is cents sneep at 16 cents. iard compound 21 cents and bacon at 30 cents. butter at 45 cents. hens at 2S cents per pound and eggs at 50 cents per dozen, It IS the southern farmers on portuhlty sucn as he never had to make money It Is as good as a gold mine ana VIII last several years before pro- uuction can increase sufficiently to low CT these prices materially It will last as long as the war goes on and for sev erai years after the war Is over. If will take good many years for the Euro pean countries to restore their live stock
 industry, and until then they will he dependent upon us for food Meat poul try and dairy products are selling nt TWO and one-half times the prices that prevailed in normal times. Cotton would nave to sell for 35 cents per pound, corn s1.zo per bushel oats s1.30 and choice portion With live stock, dairy and poultry products
 The only way we can increase our i've stock is to save the females es peclaliy the young ones. See to it that no females are slaughtered until they have shown themselves to be barren or poor breeders. Killing young females in times like this is the Same as ,.l<illine the goose that laid the golden egg" Do not sell your hens off unless they are known to be nonlayers. Twice as much poultry and live stock are needed in Ala pama as we now have. The best way to market corn, peanuts, velvet beans and hay is to put them in a cowhide or pig skin Corn is worth s1.S0 per bushel and other products in the sam
 when red tt sisc stock to prepare them TOT market. 1 would rather sell my corn to four-legged hog for s1 80 than to let a two-legged hog nave it at 75 cents per bushel If the farmers had twice as many live stock as they. now have very little would be heard about finding market for corn, beans, peanuts, pota- toes and hay The situation would solve itseif and the talk now prevalent about pelng defrauded out of crops would not De heard The remedy is to continue d.. verslfication, save and feed all young femaies among your live stock and poai- try. T WADE
 Commissioner of Agriculture and Indus
 tries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-04

to destroy the insects The land should then be gone over with a roller and the wheat sown with disk drill Harrow ing is not advisable, as it unearths the buried stalks.
 When velvet beans are grown with corn, which is the common practice In much of the southern half of the cotton belt, wheat can not be sown in the standing corn; neither can the crop be removed in time for fall seeding It is necessary then that wheat follow some other crop than corn. Fortunately, bet ter yields of wheat can be expected following cotton than after corn.
 For the northern part of the cotton belt the rotation may be as follows:
 l. Cotton. with crimson clover sown at the last cultivation and plowed under the following spring.
 Z. Corn, with cowpeas sown between the rows at the last cultivation.
 3. Wheat, followed by cowpeas, followed by rye, to be turned under in the spring. The cowpeas following the wheat crop may be cut for hay, or they may be disked in or plowed under as green manure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-04
Turkey Breeding Stock
By H. E. YORGEY

find 1t quite difficult to find just the right conditioned turkeys to buy for my coming seasons breeders. About 35 to 70 turkeys from one gobbler and two or three hens; probably 1t would be neare, correct to say they raised themselves some years ago I raised 100 turkeys by letting them take care, of themselves with just enough attention to keep them from straying too far away from the house. Turkey raising, like everything else, has changed so much in the last 10 years that now to raise turkeys with any tappareat success we must view things scientifically and proceed con- scientiously.
 In the days when turkey raising was simply matter of keeping turkeys and letting them raise themselves, they were not fattened like we fatten them now. Those We kept for breeders were just in the right condition. Now we fatten them so they are real plump, with one inch of fat over the back When I hang mine up in the market all eyes are turned toward them in admiration I could sell twice as many as I did at a premium.
 My trouble begins in choosing those for breeders. You might say to keen nice well-developed, fat turkeys for breeders thought so, too, some years ago and kept 10 nice, fat hens. Eight died in April. One year I kept two hens of my fattened stock just to see what would become of them. One laid F eggs and then died; the other was with the flock until late summer and then died
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-04
Gull Potatoes for Hogs

When cereal foods are high, as now, and potatoes are cheap and plentiful. nog feeding of cull potatoes and any sur plus of the poorer grades which might be available is profitable. It is estimated that four and one-half bushels of po- tatoes equal one bushel of corn in pro- ducing weight gains on hogs The fe d. ing of marketable potatoes is therefore unprofitable unless corn is worth four and one-half times as much as potatoes. But as above stated there are the culls and other unmarketable potatoes, which : might advantageously be fed to hogs fo" several reasons: A waste is utilized ard ncre valuable feed is saved; transpor- t&t'on charges on poor product ara saved, and the potatoes marketed bring higher price than they would if tine small ones were included
 Potatoes resemble corn in composition, and this is especially true of sweet po- tatoes Both corn and i.otatoes arr po. 7 protein and rich in carbohydrates thus they make fat rather than bone and muscle. The potatoes should be mixed with some other feed such as cornmeal, shorts or bran. Only enough water should be added in the cooking to pre- vent burning and to make a thick mash While some potatoes may be fed raw to add succulence to the ration, they should be given only at intervals and in small quantities. Too many are likely to cause SCOUTS.
 A potato ration should be supplemented with feeds rich in nitrogen, such as old process linseed oil meal or fish meal Where sweet potatoes are plentiful and cheap a combination with gluten meal and skim milk makes a good ration.
 In one case of experimental feeding shoats made one pound of gain for each 313 pounds of grain when they were allowed to do their own harvesting of raw sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are said to be the best root crop for pigs for fall and winter grazing in the cut over pine lands of the south.
 7 The meat of potato-fed hogs is equal in quality to pork from grain ration, but the latter is likely to carry a greater finish After cooling there is no appre- ciable difference in firmness of the car- cass between a potato-red and grain-fed animal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-04
Bibb County Union

Members of Bibb county Farmers union will meet with Tabernacle local, No. 45S, on Wednesday. October 10, at 9:30 a. m All who are interested in ad- ucation and cooperation are urged to be present. Farmers not members of the union are also urged to be present Speakers will include members of the union and others.
 A good dinner will be served on the grounds. Conveyances will meet trains at Active, on the Mobile and Ohio rail- way. w. R. K. STANFORD, President Bibb County Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-04
THE OTHER SIDE

Any member of the Farmers union who thinks of the organization only as a business proposition to save money in buying and selling makes great mis- take. It is true that one of the chief aims of the Farmers union is to intro duce better business in agriculture, to bring about more efficient buying aud selling. And in that it is succeeding splendidly. as the large number of suc- cessful cooperative associations in the union and the large amount of cooper ative business done amply testify. In- deed, we may say that the local whose members are not doing considerable amount of cooperative business is not fully justifying it's existence.
 But cooperation in business by no means exhausts the possible value of the union to farmers Farmers organ 'izations would be justified if they lid no cooperative business at all Many men pay dues much higher than the union dues to organizations in which the benefits are purely social and fraternal With the women and young people well comed into the activities of the Farm CTS union. it can furnish a rural so- cial life of the most satisfying kind
 Moreover. the local meetings can he made highly educational. By being placed upon tho programmes, tho young people can be given valuable training in the art of public appearance AmN ag the adults thoughts can be stimuli ted and knowledge of public questions IT. creased. by debates on currert questfanA and the assignment of live subserta for short talks. The union local should hs forum for the farmers es ths cesEl- munity. where the freest alasussian can take place without pol sal bias -.Ss- braska Union Farmer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-13
O 6: Russet, $2.5O@4.

" o' AsooCOI, PH.OO " 4
 Hay and Straw-Large baIed tim othy, No. l, per ton, $22 s22.50; No. 3 to No. 2, SIG @21; shipping, s13@ 16; no grade hay, $11@12; fancy light clover mixed. $19@2O; No. 1 clover mixed, s17@1S; lower grade clover mixed, $12@16; No. 1 clover, $l6@17. Straw. rye, No. 1, s13@ 1850; No. 2, SIP. Small bales about soc o $1 per ton less than large.
 Hothouse Products-Reet tops. bushel, $1 1.50, Cucumbers, No. l., dozen, S1.25 CO 1.50. Cauliflowers No. 1, dozen; S2.5O@3.5O Mushrooms, white, Alb. bsk.. $1.25@1.65. Radishes 100 bchs, s2.5o@5. Rhubarb, 12 punches, 25 O soc. Tomatoes, h., 30 O soc.
 Poultry, Dressed-Turkeys young average best, 2502Sc; old hens or toms, 25 @28c. Chickens, fancy broil- CTS, 5@5oc. Fowls, 4S-60 lbs. and over to dozen, 26c. Ducks, spring ducklings, 26@27c. Squabs, prime, white, 6-10 lbs. and over to dozen, per dozen. $2.50@5.
 Vegetables = Potatoes, Bermudas new, bbl., $10@13; late crop, bbl, s7.50@11; Virginia, late crop, bbl., 's6.50@7; Long Island, bbl.. sS@S.5O Onions, old, yellow, 100 lb. bag, $50 10.50; red. 100 lb. bag, s5@95O; white, 100 lb. bag, $5@S. Turnips, white, bbl.. $5@7; Rutabaga, bn., $2.5O@2.75.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-13
CANYONS

Rev. Henry D. Appenzeller left for New York on Monday to attend the session of the New York East Con- ference at Brooklyn this week. Be- fore his departure, he announced his engagement to Miss Ruth Noble, of Korea, who is taking a course of study in the Bible Institute of New York. She is the daughter of mis- sionary parents stationed in KPrea at present, to which land MT. Appen- zeller expects to sail, on May 10th, where he will begin his missionary work.
 Miss Mary E. NichoNs has returned to her home after spending the winter months with Mrs. Adella Sturges.
 Miss Ada Williams has been enter taining Miss Edith Richdale over the week end.
 MT and Mrs. Francis D. Martin of Ridgefeld were Sunday guests of Mrs Helen Godfrey.
 Miss Jean A. StockweM of Bridge port spent Sunday with MT and Mrs. s. J. Miller.
 Miss Emma Olmstead of. Olmstead Hill has been visiting friends in Bridgeport.
 Mrs Mary Abbott is entertaining VdIilcE Ay Hes dI1u SOIl Ol I<tW Haven.
 Mrs. Lois Crossman of Weston is spending several weeks with her daughter, Mrs. David S. Hurlbutt Her elder daughter, Mrs. Arthur Brad ley, with whom she has spent the winter, is i'll with pneumonia at her home in Weston.
 MT. and Mrs. S. J. Miller and Mrs. Lewis Ambler returned from Camden, s. C., last week.
 Mrs. Jennie Lawrence is caring for Mrs. Goeppler, on HFurlbutt street.
 Mrs. Charles Wing and little daugh- ters, Frances and Carol, were week. end visitors at Rev Henry E.. Wings.
 There will be no services held at the Zion Hill M. E. church next Sunday, April 15, it being Conference Sun- day."
 The school in Mididlebrook district is closed this week, for the spring vaca- ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-13

been beautifully dedorated through the efforts of the committee, Mrs. w. Thompson, Miss Nellie Thornton and Ira Evans in Chas. F. Moves, gener- ously sent several truck loads of palms Easter lilies primroses and ferns.
 The c. E. society contributed to the decoration in supplying just a touch Of color in hyacinths of pink tint
 About 200 were present at the morning service and Sunday school.
 The whole church wishes to extend through these columns to MT. Moves, the committee in charge and to others who willingly helped to make this cas- ter time such charming and delight full event, their appreciation and heartfelt thanks.
 ' Prayer meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Jennie A. Brinsmade Thursday evening, April 12, at 7:30. A leader from Bridgeport will have charge of the meeting. A cordial in- vitation is extended to all.