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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
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PORK IS PRINCIPAL
MEAT OF AMERICANS
Hog Is Most important Animal to
Raise for Meat and Money ,
Consumes By-Products.

From the United States Department OF
Agriculture.)
The quickest and surest way Of aug
menting the meat supply next to the
raising Of poultry is by raising hogs,
the United States department Of agri-
culture points out. The hog is the most
important animal to raise for meat and
money. He requires less labor, less
equipment, less capital, makes greater
gains per hundred pounds Of concen;,
trates and reproduces himself faster
and in greater numbers than any othet
domestic animal. AS a consumer OF
by-products the hog has no rival. Nc
other animal equals the lard hog In Its
fat-storing tendency. The most salts
factory meat for shipping long dis
tances on train, boat or wagon, and fol
long storage after reaching it's destina'
ton Is mess pork.
Pork finds ready sale because pack
ers have discovered many ways OF
placing pork on the market in attrac'
tive and highly palatable form com
bined with most excellent keeping
qualities. There is no other meat from
which so many products are manufac'
tured. Very near so per cent of the
total value, in dollars and cents, of the
meat and meat products slaughtered
in the packing houses of the United
States is derived from the hog. Our
country leads by far all countries In
the production as well as in the con-
sumption Of meat and meat products.
Three-fourths Of the worlds interna-
tjonal trade in pork and pork products
originates in the United States in nor-
nal times, and the war greatly has In
creased this proportion. According to
the estimates there was an increase OF
9,580,000 hogs between 1910, the census
year, and 1916, inclusive. The increase
at the end Of 1915 was 3,148,0O0 over
the preceding year, while it is esti'
mated that there was decrease at the
end of 1916 of $4,000 hogs compared
with 1915.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
Stock Steak.

The diner had finished his first
course and lay back, frowning at the
unyanquished steak before him. Twice
In one minute the new waiter made an
attempt to clear away and received a
sullen dismissal each time.
BEG pardon, sir" he said at last.
There's a big demand for steak to-
day. We have only three of them in
stock, and, the other two being in use,
we'd be glad If you've finished with
this one"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
SPRAY POTATOES TO
AVOID LATE BLIGHT
Prompt Spraying With Bordeaux
Mixture Will in Most Cases
Be Found Effective.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Potato late blight, fungous disease,
capable of causing enormous destruc-
ton, has appeared in several states
from Maine to New Jersey and West
Virginia, according to the United
states department Of agriculture. The
blight occurred early this year and re-
ports show that it is more prevalent
than usual. While in some fields the
blight is already beyond control,
prompt spraying with bordeaux mix
ture will in. most cases still be effec-
tive, the specialists advise. Unless po-
tato growers spray thoroughly with
bordeaux mixture they fear that the
large potato crop that has been prom
ised will not be realized, as late blight,
If uncontrolled, is capable of reducing
the national crop at the rate OF 2,OOO,-
600 bushels per day.
To produce large crop the tops
must be kept healthy till frost as the
tubers increase in size most rapidly
during the last weeks Of the season.
The late blight kills the tops and
causes the tubers to rot in the ground.
The blight starts in few centers In
the field where diseased potatoes were
planted. Brown spots develop on the
leaves and a whitish mildew appears
on their under side. Frequent rains
and warm, muggy weather furnish
ideal conditions for the development Of
the blight under which the foliage
blights rapidly, the leaves hang black
ened and dead and the tubers begin to
rot. Dry and hot weather on the 9TH
er hand tends to check the progress OF
the blight but growers should spray
Immediately and not trust their crops
entirely to improvement in weather
conditions.
AS an effective preventive Of late
blight bordeaux mixture has proved
its value for 25 years. Every grower
from Maine to Michigan and south to
Virginia is urged to spray at once
and repeatedly.
How to Make Bordeaux Mixture.
Homemade bordeaux mixture Is
best, Use
Bluestone "copper" sulphate) .... pounds
Quicklime ....................''''',. PouuliuS
Water ......................... ......oV gallons
Prepare the copper sulphate by sus-
pending it in a gunny sack just below
the surface of several gallons OF wa
ter in a clean barrel. When the sui
phate is dissolved, which requires
three or four hours, remove the sack
and stir into the barrel enough addi-
tional water to make exactly 20 gal
Ions of the copper solution.
Prepare the lime by shaking 1t slow
" and thoroughly in clean barrel,
strain, and add enough additional wa
ter to make exactly % gallons OF
lime milk. Stir thoroughly.
Pour the two ingredients together
into another barrel, or better directly
into the spray tank, If it will hold 90
gallons. 1t is highly important to stir
the mixture very thoroughly and to
strain both ingredients before they are
combined, as otherwise clogging OF the
spray nozzles might result. Use cop
per or bronze wire strainer OF IL
meshes to the inch. Do not put cop
per sulphate or bordeaux mixture into
tin or iron vessels; use wood or cop
per containers. Mix the bordeaux as
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13

FORE the of becomes necessary plants
troll unless the desired results reasonable prices be obtained
by understanding with the producers When say reasonable prices
reasonable prices only for the but for the public 1t
not to be imagined that country successfully
though obtains its supplies reasonable prices its Industrial
upset by strikes and kou Increasing prices
ay ferment of labor troubles which materially
military strength of nation the 'front.' The aborer bound
compare which dollar of his wages will today with what
would buy month and He has to do this he compelled
all the time for the maintenance of the of his
If things 60 up price his wages must go up, too.
We avoid such between prices and by keeping
for the sake of conserving all present industrial
strength for purposes but for the sake of the economic welfare OF
after the its international trade relations
avoid such between and both will increase
steadily till the end of the when level will be above that
the other beSnt countries which there has been better control
And country with the highest level will then be at dadvan
g production of all commodities will be above that OF the
other countries which will out Of the running competition
and in the markets Of the world And the high
level will Of labor which the country will not be able
to handle
consideration, therefore, demands that level
shall be maintained regulation and this of involves
a form of state socialism
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13

During the five-year period ending in
1914 Georgia surfaced 1854 miles of
her roads. This is at the rate of more
than four miles working day.
A woman is the inventor of a suit
case made in three parts and with
legs that unfold to support it when
it is opened so it can be used as a
dressing case.
An attempt is being made in Canada
TO obtain the franchise for the Ameri-
can Indians who have done excellent
service for the British empire on the
battlefields of Europe
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
$4,000 pieces in Clock.

At Beauvais cathedral there is a
clock which is composed of $4,000 sep
arate pieces, having 90 dial plates.
This clock gives the time in the big
capitals of the world as well as the
local hour, the day of the week and
month, the rising and setting of the
sun, the phases of the moon and tides,
as well as considerable other informa-
ton.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
SCRAPS

A new vacuum cleaner Is driven from
,lower derived from the water spigot
Ken drilling an artesian well in Ar
gentina found rich deposits OF copper
nj depth of 100 feet.
Detectives of Mt. Cory. O., are look
ing for large footprints. Burglars en-
tered q store there and stole nothing
lut No II shoes.
hack Of foreign competition has Gre
atba lnrge market for American
ss,,4S = Chile.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
Capital for Poultry.

The best inducement to enter poul-
try keeping as business Is that 1t
may be undertaken in a small way
with a very limited capital and grad
ually enlarged until 1t provides O good
livelihood.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
Hard 70 See Throunh.

Boobies father was trying to raise
incubator chickens. and one day as the
little fellow was watching a chicken
breaking its way through the shell,
Bobby remarked: Il see how he gets
out, all right, but can't see how he
GOT in"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
PRAYER for Perpetual Ala

The theologian says the only form
of prayer given for perpetual aid in
the Old Testament is the one In Deu-
teronomy (26:5-15), connected with The
offering of tithes and first fruits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
World War Will Be Won by Machinery
and Conquest Of the Air
By Basil A. Hester

prediction that the present world will be
The sphere of combat will be the the motive
power gasone the engine light but powerul the machine
ITSELF arpane that will spill and spit high explosives fire and
aames mission accomplished These attacking the trenches
will drive defenders like frightened will
deoh fortified srongods and utterly lay waste and
burn the capital cities.
The beginning of this warfare well oreshadowed by
of the dersea ders But their compass was
too narrow being cumsced by the 1t remains hen for these
engines destruction commanding they WILL both land and
sea- to make devastation complete The victor worlds life and
death struggle justly the title Of he Prince of the
Power of the Air"
Ppx yourselves longer about efficiency OF power on either
abundance and Machines are going TO WIN the
war; therefore call forth your dread machines assemble these mighty
engney togehe for who first and effectively grasp
this new development of destructive power will belong the victory
Quiet reported in Spain In these strenuous days any little ISL
is cause to be thankful for.
army needs both doctors and cooks The civilians LETT at home
perhaps can spare the former better than the latter
The Uboats deprived England of all its jam We thought that
the subs had got England in JAM
China having had small of that militant Telling now pro
ceeds to show kaiser its Fang
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
Cows Fall In Yield.

Cows will fall off in milk II water
is not within easy reach. When in full
flow of milk they require, it is claimed,
50 per cent more water than when
dry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
PLANT Seeds of Rest.

Fall rains plant the seeds Of rua
which are harvested by the manufac
turers of farm machinery.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
Butter Flavor pefects.

The most common defects in flavor
in butter come from cream standing
too long before churning.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
Keen Out Cut Worms.

Tin cans make good protectors to
keep the cut worms away from the
tomatoes and cabbage.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
War Time Behavior Of Producers
Will Determine Nations Course
By United States Senator Francis c. Newland. Of Nevada

Our war conditions now require supreme colec1
tive effort, and that, carried out to the full extent
means socialism. We have found that in war the law
of supply and demand breaks down because extraord
nary demands are precpitated upon moderate supply
Prices SOAR and that disturbances and readust
ments for every kind of labor and industry and for
commerce.
We could not wait long enough, upon entering the
war, for the usual effect of increased demand namely
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13

China having had small taste of that militant eing now pro
ceeds to show kaiser its Fang
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13

The Uboas deprived England all its JAM We thought tia
the subs had got England in JAM
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13

the army needs both doctors and cooks The civilians left at home
perhaps can spare the former better than the latter
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13

Quiet reported Spain In these strenuous days any lit
cause to be thankful for.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-19

the House bill. To-day, however, both
Senators Bankhead and Shields dc,
elar,d the President had not indieated
nj, preference for either bill.
The President refused TO comm e
himself 10 either bill just after ms
talk with the Senators, indicating only
nj. desire for water power legislation.
There are two bills he wants, one
permitting dams in navigable streams,
which is now In conference ana on
which Shields and Bankhesd are con
ferrees. and the other permitting water
mower 10 be developed on sites located
on the public domain.
The House measures IN each case
proyide payments by the concession
aires 10 the Federal government at the
outset and also provide that at the END
Of ffty wears, when the entire prop
erty reyeYts TO the government, tne
concessionaire must be paid only the
actual amount of his investment. Inc
Senate measures provide no payments
~ the outset. and "fsir valuation AFTER
fifty years to be paid to the concession
aire by the government
Speeding up Of the legislative pro
0ramme generally was also urged oy
President Wilson during his ylsit'
especially the bills introduced as re,
suit of the railroad strike threatened
last year. The President is very de-
sirous Of avoiding an extra session OF
Congress. Therefore, he would Ike 70
see early action on the railroad bills
revenue bill, the Porto Riean Dill,
the Webb bill to allow American ez-
porters to utilize foreign selling agen-
cies abroad, the appropriation bills,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-19

committee provided they arc convinced
il is reasonable.
yice-Chairman Still Smiling
Mr.. Adams is in Washington to-
nigh, and expects TO remain here un-
nj Saturday evening, when tho Pro-
oressive Senators are planning n din
ner for him. He is laughing yet over
the Perkins charge that his appoint
ment rs vice chairman was the result
~ n deem laid plot of Uncle Murray
Crane and Of B. Penrose. Mr. Hemen-
wny. OF Indiana, home of politicians,
another of the plotters. is here too. The
pair OF them shook hands with great
many prominent citizens on Capltoi
Hill this afternoon. and more pleasures
of the same sort are in store Tor them
tomorrow.
c. n. Macarthur. Of Oregon. the mem
her OF Congress who held the proxy
of National Committeeman Williams
Of his state. and who nominated Mr..
Adams for vicc-chairman, tonight let
hy a little statement aimed IN the gem
oral direction OF Mr., Perkins
According to press reports, said
Representative Macarthur, "Mr. George
w. Perkins has been furnishing much
gratuitous information about the re-
cent meeting Of the executive commit
tee of the National Republican Com
mittee, and has raised the fatuous cry
of 'standpatter' against Nlce-Chairman
John T. Adams, OF Iowa, and those re-
sponsible for his election Mr.. Perkins
charges certain members Of the execu,
tive committee and those who held
proxies Of other members with con-
spring TO capture the party organiza-
ton. As a matter of fact the election
of Mr.. Adams was the result OF reel
ing upon the part of many western
Republicans that his elevation TO TINS
nosition would strengthen the party IN
The West-a section where Republican
ism was wofully weak in the recent
election. .-,l,
"Mr. Adams is not a 'hand,picked
committeeman. He was chosen by pop
MAR vote of the Republicans OF iowa
AZ their 1916 primaries, and IN every
wav represents the progressive spltitV
of the West. He is satisfactory TO such
progressive Republicans as Senators
Cummins and Kenyon and Congress,
man Frank p. Woods, Of Iowa, all o.
whom were working Tor progressive
nrincirles before Mr.. Perkins came INTO
political prominence in 1917, A.,
"Those who are responsible LOT W
Adams's election have no desire TO capt
uro the Republican organization Ior
their own selfish ends, but they Pro-
go 20 Teen others from so doing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-19
Willing to Have Commit
tee Meet, but Will Guard
Against Capture
.WHITMAN'S HAND
SUSPECTED IN MOVE
Moose Chief to Step Into
the Governors Shoes, Is
Capital Rumor
By STEVENSON H. EVANS

Washington, Jan. lS.--ln due time, II
liberal Republicans have their way, a
meeting of the full Republican Ma
tional Committee will be called. A new
chairman will be chosen and various
things will be done. TO the end that the
G. o. ?. takes no harm.
But. in the mean time-and this IS
the unanimous reflection OF opinion IN
Congress, no shade Of Progressive pro-
gressive Republican. middle-of-the-
roader or stand-patter being overlooked
George w. Perkins must be made to
understand that he is not the boss OF
the Republican party, that he can 7 cor
troll it. and that if meeting OF the tuIi
cause he wants II.
II is surprising to find the degree Of
hostility there is in Congress toward
Mr.. Perkins. That hostility does not
extend 20 Theodore Roosevelt. who has
more friends than enemies. But there
seems to be a wide and deep suspicion
which suspicion, by the way, - ire
ouentlv vocal in the Senate lobby-that
Mr.. Perkins has too many personal am
billions of his own TO be allowed any
thing like a free hand. His motives are
under suspicion. or at least under
harsh scrutiny.
There is a story here that Mr.
Perkins is the Whitman-Parsons can
didate for Mayor Of greater New York
There is another that, in the event OF
certain unavailability becoming evident
in 1918. Mr.. Perkins might reluctantly
consent to be candidate for Governor
And in 1920. who knows what will hap
ren9 Isn't Whitman q candidate al
ready. despite the giggles in Westches-
ter and Albany and Erie and a re"
other counties?
No Hostility to Adams
As 10 Mr.. Perkins and his efforts 10
stir up a row because OF the recent ap-
pointment Of John T. Adams. OF Iowa.
A. vice-chairmsn OF the national com
mttee. there is only one opinion IN
Congress. The canvass which Inc
Tribune started in the Senate two days
ago has now been widely extended IN
will he mighty glad TO get Adams
the House There is no hostlllty 10
Adams nothing but kind words. one
Of the most radical Of Western FRO
gTesSiNes IN tne SeHhte saiu I"-"ie"'' g,
Il don't know that | like very well
the way in which Mr.. Adams was cho-
sen. but, good Lord. why look G gift
horse in the mouth? We in the West
He's all right, a better Progressive than
Perkins,"
But as 70 reasonably early meet
ing Of the national committee there
now appear TO be two views in Con-
gress. One is that Of the Liberals,
the other that Of the stand patters. The
liberals have a positive opinion that
meeting soon would be good tnlng
The stand patters have negative opin-
ion. They as yet have given the ques-
ton no consideration. but ofIhand,
they don't see any good will come OF.
it. But they are open minded. if you
can believe their fair sounding words
and will be quite willing 70 be for
quick meeting of the entire national
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-19
LASHED HIS WIFE
WITH HORSEWHIP,
OSTEOPATH SAYS
He First Struck Her with FISH,
She Tells Court, Showing the
Bruises on Her Face

DR.. Michael S. Wilson, an osteopa'"'
chased hi. wife with a horsewhip yes
terdsy from their apartment AT 100
West 1sIst Street. and was lashing het
IN Tho basement. where she had sought
refupe. when a patrolman lnterlcIou'
wilson pleaded guilty to charge OF ais,
orderly conduct in the night court anu
was remanded until to-morro" io' ''"
tence. =; ~,
Mrs. Wilson came to court IN a"
automobile and wore veil when eon
cealed her features. She ralSeu !, V".o
AT the request of Magistrate Noian 70
show the bruises on her race
husband had come home about clo.N
in the afternoon, she said, IN towe
ing fury. He had accused her Oh In'o
conduct. she said, and IN DurSI VI
rage felled her with his INST.
While she lay on the floor, sne cor
tinued. he kicked her about the Douy
and face. She struggled to her tees
and he seized her by the throat she
said. In fear for her life she tore ner-
self free and ran through the nan ~
the street. o...;.t,i,,. q
horsewhip, and she fed down the oI,
side stairs to the basement, where she
hoped to hide. He overlook her there
ahr said, and began to ply the lssn;
The superintendent of the house cal'eu
Patrolman Ellis. ,rd
The policeman said that he heard
the woman screaming before he reached
Tho building and when he got to the
cellar saw Wilson beating her :,
Wilson. who is forty-seven years ola
and appears to be his wife's senior by
several years. listened unmoved to her
story When she had finished he put
toned his fur overcoat about MS ears
"a if anticipating the chill OF cell,
ppm guilty" he said. 81 have no'n-
ing 10 saw"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-19
STOKES, IN BOOK,
TELLS HOW TO
BE WE'LL BORN

W. f. D. Stokes. owner OF inc An,
sonia Hotel, Kentucky horseman anu
ex.tarret for shooting showgiris, mas
written a book to save the human race
The name Of it is "The Right To BE
Well Born"
les simple, rs the horsebreeder ex-
plains it-as simple as the eradication
OF big-footed women in Chicago which
he explains bs follows: 2
THE ladies of the smart set OF thi-
cago became worried over their chill
dren's feet and finally consulted eX-
perts on breeding. and, among others,
those at the Chicago University en-
dowed by John d. Rockefeller, the
horseman. They explained TO them the
cause Of their children's large feet and
their other plebeian marks. Having ac-
CURED sufficient money to be indie
pendent, they excluded the cold-biood-
ed Of such rich and mated their chill
dren with the high-bred blood of the
East and South, so that to-day the
large-sized shoes are no longer needed
in Chicago, but are shipped direct 70
New York and Newport-for those
places have become the meccas OF the
newly rich
In word the philanthropic author
would have commonsense breed
ing methods substituted for obsolete
romance in human mating.
There is no reason" he says, why,
BY judcious crossing and breeding, you
cannot produce a boy of twelve who
will have the same mental and physi-
cal development Of a young man of
twenty to-day. We have done this in
the horse, and we can do it in the hui
man, but it will take from fifteen to
twenty times the amount Of time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-19
sUFFRAGIsTs SHOW PROFIT
Woman's Publishing Concern Declares
Per Cent Dividend

AS per cent dividend has been de- ,
clared by the National Woman Suu Ts!ss
Publishing Company. OF when MIss
Esther Ogden is president, and ever
body at headquarters is now getting UP
A new speech about womans ousinee'
ability. ,r-,. oomrarv
The suffrage publishing, COMPANY
issues pamphlets and books Tor the use
of suffrage workers all over the eou"
try. -, 80. . reu
The company will bring out a new ,',
hook by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt mex ~.
veeL entitled woman Suffrage ~
FEDERAL Constitutional Amendment
This is to be the first IN series ea''e'
"The National Suffrage Library
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-19
FIRE RECORD

and if possible on several other n,...
ures.