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NORTBEhnT TACOMA

NORTBEAST TACOMA
Leave Tacoma 1880 and $3.50 for N
T.. Tacoma.
Leave Tacoma !, 4. 6 for N. T..
Tacoma
Extra runs: N. T.. Tacoma wednes-
day, Saturday and Sunday, 1920.
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HOUSE PAINTING
PERSONAL

r. N. SKOV-Paperhangi tinting
and painting. Madison 1341.
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DUPONi-TACOMA
Lv. Tacoma--6:40. 1880 u N: 2:SA
4:an 1l:10 p. m.
Lv pnpont-s;oo, s:os q m. 800
$50, 6:16 p. m.
sunday spsciai--s:oo. 1000 p. m:
and 1900 M
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE Acme Transfer q Storage Co.
have started an extensive freight
delivery line to Camp Lewis which
will enable merchants to MAKE
daily deliveries.
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HOTELS

OAKS HOTEL 1e6h So. 10th ST.,
strictly moderBi rates reasonable.
Private baths. Main 1923.
%HE TRAVELLERS; transient from
SOC up. Special rates by week or
month. 1864 Pacific av.
HOTEL sTRArFoRD-Mod. outside
rooms. -, $3.50 and - per week
up. soc night up. 1913 Market
~ HOTEL MERIT
Reputation Established. Reasonable
rates. 3ish 18th. Court and Mar
ket.
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CENTRAL
BUS STATION

Lee~h NosW In Conaecti0n
Schedule Auto stage & Freight
e,rvice RagSage Checked
IiS SO. 10TH ST. TEL. MAIN 2s4
CarbSned0-- win esSn--TncOma
tsten m-ticatcd Cnrsl
MCRACKEN, Prop.
Three Trips Tally
Leave Tacoma: 1l:eO q m:
900, 5:15 p. m.
Leave Carbonate: 7.3d. Sis q.
m: 1900 D. m.
DUCMLRN TIA COMA
Lv. TIA coma 10 g. m; $50 s o. IN.
Lv. Buckley O. m; 1880, 9 d. m.
Saturday and 6unday-Lv. Tia coma
10 q. m: s:ao. l1:a0 y. m
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MuNERAI.-TACOM
Elbe. Alder. 10 Grauds
Lv. Tacoma $500 a. m. and 500 D. M.
Lv. Mineral 1880 a. IN and 1870 o. m
TENINO-RAINIEH
Lv. Tacoma-5:00 D. m
Lv. Tenino--s:00 q. m.
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ROOM and board In private family
within walking distance, home
privileges Main Ass.
, 1917-08-02
End View of Self-Feeder.

young hogs, and is n useful device
where many hogs are to be fed. The
feeder shown in the illustration Is SIM
pie in construction and may be made
in the farm workshop. At the left is
a sketch with portions cut away, ex-
posing the interior construction. The
view at the right shows the end of
the feeder, with the right half cut
away to show the details of the franz
ing. No length is given, IS this may be
varied to suit the individual needs.
The framework consists of sections
built up of 2-by-4-inch material and
set on 1S-inch centers. Fixed to them,
at the bottom, are 2-by-4-inch supports
for the ridge-shaped bottom of the
feed bin. The sections are 8 feet high
to the upper side of the plate,
as shown in the sectional view, and
4 feet wide at the top and bottom.
They are strongly braced, to resist the
pressure of the contents, 2-by-4inch
braces being used at the top and 1-by-
6-inch braces at the apex of the bot
tom of the bin.
Tongue-and-groove stock is best
for the flooring and siding, as well as
the roof, and should not be owe 6
inches wide. The flow of the feed
into the trough is regulated by IN g.
inch board, 1 inch thick, fitted to slide
, 1917-08-02
WORKING AUTOMOBILES FOR THE FARMER


CBy JOHN S. HOLMES. in Power Farm.
ing)
The time has come when the motor
car Is a necessity instead of u luxury,
and the majority of farmers have them.
1t looks as though the pleasure a is u
necessity, even to the man who has to
borrow money to pay for it.
Some have bought pleasure cars and
used them as pleasure cars and spent
their time riding around in them, when
they should have been at work in the
field. In many cases horses and cat
tie and the raising of poultry have been
neglected by hurrylng to get the chores
done and not doing them as they
should be done, just for the sake of u
pleasure ride.
Many have felt the effects at the
end of the year and wondered where
the money had gone, but since they
have owned a car, they have made two
and three times as many trips to town
as they did with the horse, and, nat
uraIly they have spent more money.
Some have bought pleasure cars and
, 1917-08-02
AUTOMOBILE AID TO FARMER
Distance He Is Compelled to Travel
Makes Some Kind of Vehicle an
Economic Necessity.

1t is natural, when one studies the
situation, that the farmers of the coun-
try should now be buying half the au-
tomobiles that are on the market
Aside from the fact that the farmer has
had a year of exceptional prosperity
and that the distances he travels make
some vehicle an economic necessity, he
is in a better position to keep an auto
at n minimum expense than is the city
man. In the first place, he is likely to
be something of a machinist and will
do a good deal of his own repair work,
being forced by his distance from town
to rely on his own resources. Then
he is likely to have a barn or a shed
already built, and will be put to no
expense for the building or rent of a
garage. Almost every time he goes
anywhere he saves time that is an es-
sential in his business. If he is wise,
possession of the auto enables him to
reduce the number of his horses suffi-
GENTLY to pay for the gasoline he con-
ume The city man has no such Off
sets, and unless he uses the auto in
his business he must figure IN a clear
added expense.-Portland O%regonian.
, 1917-08-02
cIcUTA IS MOST POISONOUS OF PLANTS

the surface a considerable number Of
roots. and these are eaten by cattle.
with resulting sickness and death.
In cases of the poisoning of human
beings h recognized treatment is to
give an efficient emetic, followed by q
cathartic. Some form of opium may
be given to control the commissions
when they are violent. If free vomit-
ing is promptly produced, the patient
is likely to recover.
1t is obvious that ruminant animals
cannot be treated in this way, for the
effective clearing of the stomach is
impossible. While hypodermic injec-
tons of morphine may be used to aid
in controlling the commissions and a
%purgative may help in eliminating the
poison, ordinarily the commissions are
so violent that nothing can be done for
the animal.
So far as live stock are concerned,
about all that car be done must De in
, 1917-08-02

used them as n truck, making 1t a
business of hauling chickens, pigs,
sheep, milk, ground feed, potatoes, ETC.,
to town on the rear seat. And 1t is
only u short time until the cushions are
torn and covered with dirt, so that 1t
is not a desirable place to ride. In
such cases, don't you think 1t would
have been more profitable to have
bought a motortruck in place of u
pleasure ear? Possibly you a af'
ford both a pleasure car and a motor
truck. Many of the farmers, such as
dairymen, fruit and vegetable growers
and stock farmers have found the
motortruck a profitable investment. 1t
enables them to carry their produce
greater distances to large cities where
they can receive more for 1t than In
smaller towns and In much less time
than with horses.
1t will only be a short time until
the motortruck will succeed the horse
and wagon, just as the pleasure car
has succeeded the horse and carriage,
, 1917-08-02

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of A~griculture.)
Ctcuta, or water hemlock, Is the most
poisonous of the plants of the tenn
perate regions both to humans and to
domestic animals, yet it is not gen.
orally recognized. The plant is widely
distributed. Unfortunately, 1t resem-
bles a number of harmless plants and
Is not easily recognizable. 1t belongs
to the same family as carrots and pars-
nips. 1t has a number Of popular
names, of which the most common is
cowbane or water hemlock. In the
mountain regions of the West 1t is fire.
quently called parsnip or wild parsnip.
Other names, less common, are snake
root, snakeweed, beaver poison, musk
rat weed, spotted hemlock and spotted
parsley.
The plant grows in wet places and Is
especially common in some parts of
the West along irrigating bitches. 1t
has n thickened roOtstock with roots
, 1917-08-02
REGULATE SWARMING
TO INCREASE HONEY
Expert of Missouri College Gives
Suggestions Intended to AS
sist Bee Keepers.

Bee swarming Is natural, and can
not be entirely prevented though it can
be regulated. Some strains of honey
bees, such as the small black bees,
swarm more often than others, though
all strains may be expected to swarm
when conditions are right. To secure
the greatest production of surplus
honey, reduce swarming to a minimum.
BY repeated, swarming many weak
colonies are produced, each of which
stores little If any surplus honey, and
they may all be so weak that they will
perish during the following winter.
Congestion in the hive, tree or other
abode, a restriction of the brood nest,
ton and the lack of shade, and an
overabundance of drones, are some
factors which tend to encourage
swarming. Leonard Haseman of the
University of Missouri college of ag-
rlculture offers the following sugges-
tons for regulating swarming: Make
h abode of the colony comfortable,
give 1t shade, remove drone brood, pro-
vide plenty of room for surplus honey
In the supers, and make sure that the
brood chamber is large enough to ac-
commodate the colony.
The tendency to swarm is usually
most noticeable during May, June and
early July, and If the foregoing pre-
cautions are taken in time they will
help prevent development of the
swarming fever. If the swarming fe-
yer is once developed by a colony,
swarmlng is much more difficult to pre-
vent. The careful removal of queen
cells every week may help to prevent
the swarm from emerging, but may not
relieve the swarming fever. By remov-
Ing part of the brood combs rich in
brood and giving them to weaker col
onies in exchange for some of their
combs which have little or no brood,
, 1917-08-02
ERGOT Is DANGEROUS
POISON TO ANIMALS
No Remedy for "Ergotism' and
Stockmen Should Avoid Graz
Ing on Infested Areas.
CBy w. w. ROBBINS. Colorado Agricui-
tural College. Fort Cnlllna. CnlnN

(By w. W. ROBBINS. Colorado Agricul-
tural College, Fort Collins, Colo.)
Ergot Is n name applied to one stage
of a fungus that works in the heads
of a number of grasses. 1t causes one
of the oldest known stock diseases, the
so-called "ergotism."
The ergot stage of the fungus is
abundant in the fall. 1t forms pur-
ple-black, straight or hornlike, hard
structures about one-fourth to one-half
inch long. These structures occupy
the position of the grain in the head of
grass. This hard mass is not n degen-
crate kernel of grass, however. The
black ergot masses vary in size and
shape, depending upon the plant at
tackled. They are largest in rye. Ergot
develops upon a number of grasses.
There is no effective remedy for err
gotism. Hence one should become ia
miliar with the appearance of ergot,
and avoid grazing stock on badly In
tested and also avoid cutting In
tested areas of grass for hay.
, 1917-08-02

the normal emergence of brood is dis
turbed, which tends to relieve the
swarming fever.
1t should be remembered that the
production of comb honey encourages
swarming more than the production of
extracted honey. Under present condi-
lions, when it is so urgent that more
honey be produced to relieve the sugar
shortage, small as well as commercial
beekeepers are urged to produce more
extracted or chunk honey and less of
the fancy section honey. Bees work
more readily in frames than in pound
sections; and where the honey is ex-
tracted and the empty combs returned
for refilling much more honey will be
obtained. This in itself will materially
help to regulate swarming.
, 1917-08-02
REASONS FOR RAISING STOCK
While Owner Is Resting and Sleeping
Animals Are Working-AIi Rough
age Is Utilized.

There are a thousand and one rea-
sons why we should raise live stock
on the farm, and here are n few of
them:
Because, while the owner is resting
and sleeping. live stock are working
for him. They are grazing In the
fields, eating hay in the barns, or d.
costing the food they have eaten,
whether they are receiving any atten-
ton from their owners or not.
Because live stock utilize the rough
er kinds of heritage on the farms,
which roughage cannot be turned into
money in any other way.
, 1917-08-02
YOUNG PLANT, SHOWING FORM OF Roorsrock.

which sometimes take the form of a
group of tubers. The cicuta is most
readily distinguished from plants of
similar appearance growing under the
,ame conditions by the transverse
chambers in the rootstock. These can
be seen by making a longitudinal sec
ion. Further description, except by
botanical terms, is difficult, but the cir
sular mentioned presents illustrations
that make recognition easier.
Only the root of cicuta is poisonous.
Gases of poisoning r more frequent
N the spring, partly because the roots
are more likely to be noticed at that
time and partly because they appear
to be more poisonous then than later in
The season. Occasionally stock find the
roots when they are washed out by
high water in small streams. Farm
ers in their blowing sometimes bring to
, 1917-08-02
FIRST AID FOR cARBURETORS
Useful Preeautlon Is Provided in FIJI
ter Designed to Permit Use Of
Only Clean Fuel.

A useful precaution in these days
of low-grade gasoline is provided in a
clean fuel to reach the ca%rburetor.
Gasoline enters a lower chamber,
where all sediment is supposed to be
deposited, and from which 1t may be
drawn off through a drain cock. The
gasoline then rises through the filter
ing element of layers of gauze and
special material to an upper chamber,
from which it flows into the carbu-
rotor.
, 1917-08-02

the way of prevention. If the land is
plowed where the plant grows, care
should be taken that no roots are left
where stock can get at them. Where
the plants grow in great abundance, as
they frequently do along irrigating
bitches, 1t Is desirable to dig them out.
When this is done the roots should not
be left on the surface, but should be
destroyed. 1t is seldom that stock are
poisoned when grazing, unless they
Craze along bitches where the plants
sometimes grow almost in the water
with very little soil and can easily be
pulled up.
Perhaps there is no way to prevent
some cases of poisoning of children.
Something might be accomplished. how.
ever, If parents and teachers would at.
tempt to make clear to children the
danger Of eating strange roots.
, 1917-08-02

vertically along the sides above the
trough, behind oleats. The rafters are
2-by-4inch stock, and may be set at
n convenient pitch, n to three, as
shown. The lids extend one-half the
length of the feeder, but may be made
the full length If not too heavy. They
are supported or strap hinges and have
sufficient overhang at the caves and ga
Mes to protect the feeder from rain.
Skids may be prepared for trans
portation.
, 1917-08-02
SELF-OPENING GARAGE DOOR
Driver Of Car Pulls on Handle, ReIeas-
Ing Catch and the Door Opens
Automatically.

1t is often annoying, especially in
rainy or winter weather, to get out of
an automobile at the garage in order
to open the door. Customers at a puo-
lie garage usually toot their horns until
the door is opened, and in order to
make this unnecessary I built a self
opening arrangement for the garage
door, writes II. s. Matzen of Fort Col
Inns, Colo, in Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. The driver pulls the handle sus-
, 1917-08-02
WARM WEATHER HORSE RULE
Load Lightly, Drive Slowly and Rest
In Shade If Possible-SPonge on
Head Is Good.
Load lightly and drive slowly.
Stop I'm the shade if possible,

Load lightly and drive slowly.
Stop in the shade II possible.
Do not use n horse-hat, unless 1t Is
a canopy-top hat. The ordinary bell
shaped hat does more harm than good.
A sponge on top of the head, or
ever a cloth, is good If kept wet. If
dry 1t is worse than nothing.
When he comes In after work,
sponge off the harness marks and
sweat, his eyes, his nos and mouth,
and the dock. Wash his feet but not
his legs.
If the thermometer is rs degrees or
higher, wipe him all over with a damp
sponge. Use vinegar water If posi-
BILE. Do not turn the hose on him.
Saturday night, give a bran mash,
lukewarm; and add a tablespoonful Of
saltpeter.
, 1917-08-02

pended in front of the door, releasing
the door catch. The door is then au-
tomatically opened by the counter
weight. The garage attendant a cas-
lily close the door, and adjust the
catch for the next patron. This device
is also handy on private garages. A
section of gas pipe, braced with strong
wire, was used to support the pulley
and the unlocking cord.
, 1917-08-02

Of the water freezing and producing a
stoppage of the lubricating system. As
many men neglect to fill the oil reser-
volr often enough, 1t is a good plan to
make a rule of doing it every day, so
that there will be very little chance of
the car running for several days with
out adding oil.
, 1917-08-02
FARM
ANIMALS
sELF-FEEDER IS PRACTICAL
Device Has Been Found Satisfactory In
FattenIng Nearly Grown Shoats
or Young Hogs.

CBy w. e. FRUDDEN, in Popular Me-
chanics Magazine)
While a self-feeder Is not desirable
for general use in swine feeding, 1t has
been found practical in the quick fat
tening of nearly grown shoats or
, 1917-08-02
See!

81 see they are looking for draft
camp sites"
yep; suppose that will give the OPP
tlcians lots of work"
, 1917-08-02
Quite So.

HE is In a grave revery, isn't her"
HE does seem to be buried In
thought"
, 1917-08-02

That's a ~yellow-dog fund"
'"Then why wonder there's a howl
about it?"
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-04-20
MAY OPERATE PLANT ID MhKE ALCOHOL
 OUT OF SAWDUST
Wilton Dollar Plant Near Fort FlaGler may turn cut Valu-
 able Asset.

PORT TOWNSEND. April 20.- Closed when the controlling interest was purchased by the trust, the $1,0O0,- oo0 alcohol distilling plant of the Clas- sen Chemical company at Port Had lock. at the head of Port Townsend bay, may be opened because of the en- trance Of the United States in the Flu ropean war
 Alcohol and sulphuric acid are two of the chemicals absolutely indispen- sable in the manufacture of fulmin- ates, smokeless powder and the mum .erous high explosives that win mod ern wars. And this isolated plant is equipped to manufacture both.
 The process used when the factory was in operation originally was adopt cd from the German, but was improved by a French chemist. This process and the valuable plant are available il tre United States needs them.
 The plant was successfully operated in the manufacture of alcohol iron sawdust and other products until tho trust closed it.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-04-20
ALIENS HAVE 24 HOURS
 GET RID OF FIRE ARMS

TACOMA. April 17.-Police Chief, Harry M Smith received an official communication from United States At torney General Gregory this morning requesting him to arrest all alien en- emies found with firearms of any sort 4 long list or the articles prohibited to alien enemies was lncuded III Jne com munication, which gave the aliens 24 hours to rid themselves of all articles on the taboo" list.
 "rhe articles in the newspapers to- day are official notification to all aliens enemies of whom l have a list to get rid of their weapons" said the Chief. Then I will begin a search and arrest all who are found to have them in their possession"
 Firearms, weapons, implements of war. or any component part thereof, eX- Dlosives, aircraft, wireless apparatus, any form of signaling device, cipher codes. any document or books written in cipher or which may contain invis. ible writing, are the articles aliens are prohibited to hold.
 Tacoma Daily News.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-04-20
GERMAN WRITER DOES NOT TAKE ENTRY OF
 U. s. INTO WAR LIGHT
Hyphenates in America Have Disappointed the Fatherland
 Says Writer in ZeitUng.

Captain Persius, writing in the Ser lin Tageblatt, recently criticized those who treat Americas entry into the war lightly.
 Tt would be 0 fatal mistake" he said "to regard Americas economic strength as the only important factor for an enemy The military strength of the United States is not to be met with a shrug of the shoulders, other wise we shall make the same mistake we did about the military strength of Britain"
 Otto Hoetsch, prominent political writer in the Kreuse Zeitung, review ing the German-American clash, con tends that Germany has a perfect right to make her own international law as far as submarines are concern ed and also in regard to neutrals, for whose future interests, he says, Ger. many's fighting. Herr Koetsch charg- es that America was never neutral | from the beginning Of the war, Whlcn he says would have been over long ago if America had not abetted the entente. He continues:
 1 "Germany, in always trying to avoid 1 a German-American conflict, played in to the hands of her opponents. The German embassy in Washington should be blamed for this. It was the weak est spot in the whole diplomatic ser vice. Apart from it's glaring mis takes the embassy lacked an under standing of American psychology, thu best proof of his being the future C the whole German propaganda.
 "It is to the kaiser's lasting meri that he made every effort to holt Americas friendship. We canno blame him because America is agains us, but we do blame the German-Am ericans, who must realize that tn fatherland is deeply disappointed il them,
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-04-20
BERLIN ADMITS
 INFERIOR NUMBERS
 AND AMMUNITIONS

COPENHAGEN, April 20.-A recent ~oDy of the Vosiches Zeitung prints an article in which Capt von Salzmann, a German military critic makes a rather damaging admission in an endeavor to convince the German populace that the defeats of their armies are with out effect upon the general situation. He says that events prove the correct ness of Field Marshal Hindenburg's decision to shorten his line, since nothing can be done against superior ity in heavy artillery.
 lie speaks of German inferiority in material as we'll as ill numbers-a note worthy admission, in view of Germ any's unprecedented efforts to manu- f., >.+t,-, ,,,,l,,itie,,e, ,r.,I,,. i-> l..~4-iI
 Germany cannot expect always to go with flying banners from victory to victory, but, despite her inferiority in men and material she has the nerve which will prevent the British from breaking the line"
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-04-20
RESULTS OF DRIVE BY ALLIED FORCE
 SINCE 9th GIVEN
Mere Progress is Reported by Both the French and The
 British Forces

PARIS, April 20-The French forces report more progress today in the re- zion of Laffaux. Also that the British and French have joined forces about Lens and are engaged in an artillery duel with the enemy.
 The London office today issued a bulletin in which it is stated that since the British and the French opened a joint drive April 9, on the Arras front, the allies have captured 36,O0O pris- onffe aBdlf6yh "aads ftnRr cne~;Btirrsrl and French operating on the Mesopot- amid front, yesterday forced pas sage at Shattel Adhem and attacked the Turkish forces capturing 1244 Turks.
 On the southern Palestin, the British forces captured the Turkish advance forces taking their position along a front extending over six miles,
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-04-20

 FOR DRIVE ON PETROGRAD IS
 ANTICIPATED
The Germans Said to Be Massing Troops At Dvinsk as Well As At And
 Near Riga

PETROGRAD, April 20-That the Germans have been massing troops at Dvinsk as well as at Riga and other points close by, is not denied by the war office today, and military experts here agree that the probable intention of the Germans is to start drive for Petrograd as soon as preparations are completed It is officially acBnowledg- ed that the Germans have been busy withdrawing strong forces from the southern fronts. This is given as the reason for the apparent intention.
 On the other hand, an official assert ed this morning that the Russians have not neglected nor overlooked the move and they have been preparing to hold their lines.