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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01

turns from the farm for the past two
years have been around 20OTo, that r.
for every dollar l have spent l have
received three, now l do not know
where you can do that well.
'Thia is surely the country for the
man with the small capital as the land
is still reasonable in price, payments
in long term and work Of all kinds for
every man to do. l feel that II l was
turned out here without a dollar that
I'm less than ten years l could own a
section Of land and have II well equip
ped"
Western Canada's soil and climate
Is suitable TO granting large and prof
liable yields Of wheat. Many 80 large
that those not acquainted with the
facts hesitate to believe the reports
sent out by the farmers in that oun
try. AS an evidence Of their sincerity
In reporting correct yields afadavits
OF a couple Of grain growers are repro
duced.
Il, Newell ]. Noble, Of the town OF
NoblefOrd, Province Of Alberta. do
NNANAAAAAAN ANNANAN UNIT AANAA wv MNANH
OF wheat on the said farm there was,
In the season Of 1916, threshed 54.395
bushels Of wheat, being at the average
Of "a bushels and % pounds per acre.
And that from 304.69 acres OF oats on
the said farm, there was threshed In
the said season of 1910. 1850 bushels
Of oats, being at the average OF 100
bushels and 30 pounds per acre.
"And l make thus solemn declara-
ton cOnsclentiously, believing It to be
true and knowing hat It is Of the
same force and effect as II made I'M
der oath and by virtue of The Canada
Evidence Act" NEWELL J. NOBLE.
A Woman Takes Affidavit as to
Ylelds.-On January 4, 1917, Mrs. Nan
cy Coe Of Nobleford made oath as fol-
lows:
In the matter Of yield Of wheat, oats
and flax on my farm for harvest of
1916, /, Nancy COe, of the town Of
Nobleford, Province of Alberta, DO sol
EMMY declare that l threshed from
115 acres on my farm Clio bushels OF
wheat (machine measure, which It is
believed viii hold out In weights fully
about three-fourths Of the crop al
ready having been weighed), being at
the average Of % bushels and 8
pounds per acre, and that from 4S
acres of flax ON stubble ground, l
threshed 800 bushels Of fax, being at
an average Of 20 bushels and 80
pounds per acre, and that from 5,06
acres Of oats l threshed $50 bushels,
machine measure, being at an average
of 115 bushels and % pounds per acre.
Advertisement.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01

Chicago, May 2s.-More than 1856
persons were killed and 1O7 In
1ured, with millions Of dollars
worth of property destroyed by
%tornadoes which swept through Kan
sas on Friday, Illinois and Indi-
ana on Saturday and parts of Ten
nessee, Arkansaj, Kentucky and
southern Illinois Sunday. Each hour
the death list grows as tornadoes are
reported throughout the storm area.
Many towns are out Of communication
and not until later will the full death
list be known.
Reports indicate that q large
amount of farm implements needed
to produce the bumper crop desired
this year, are ruined, although the
spasmodic wind struck only here and
there in its frightful play through the
rural regions. Crop damage is said
to be not heavy In grains.
The heaviest toll of life was taken
at Nation. ILL.,, a city of 10000 people
in the broom-corn country of central
Illinois, where 81 are known to be
dead and 500 injured, with a property
loss Of $500 200.
Charleston, ILL.,, ten miles east of
Nation, vas partly wrecked, with a
loss of 80 lives and $50 injured. The
property loss there is $1,000, 900.
The next most serious loss was at
Andale, Kans., where 26 were killed
and a score injur ID.
Dublin, KY, suffered 3 dead and II
injured, while a telephone message
from Hickman, KY, stated that re-
ports from farming settlements about
Hickman indicated that 20 or more
persons were killed in that vicinity by
a tornado.
South Dyersburg, Tenn, was report
ed to have lost 2 killed and Is in
iured in a tornado that swept Dyer
county.
Near B%lytheville. Ark, nine persons
were killed and a dozen hurt.
Reports from Indiana show at least
seven persons killed at Hebron, Kouts
and other places, and the death list
may reach twenty. More than 200
were injured in the Indiana territory
swept by the storm.
Smaller towns in Illinois lost a
dozen dead on Saturday, with two
score injured, while In the southern
point Of Illinois wind storms Sunday
killed a half dozen and injured a
score.
Meager reports from Sayre, fifteen
miles east of Birmingham, Ala, said
several were killed and many injured
when a tornado struck the town. Doc
tors with ambulances hurried to the
scene.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01
FARMING NOW
4 BUSINESS
The Modern Day Farmer Applies
Business Methods and Seeks
More Than a Living on
the Farm.

A nationwide cry Is being made for
more economy and greater production,
and probably never was the need Of
foodstuffs equal to that Of the present.
Grain prices are the highest in the na-
lions history and today the agricul-
tural fields OF America Offer induce
ments that are uneQualed In any other
line Of commerce or business. The
Ideal life Is that close to nature, en-
joylng the freedom Of Gods great out
doors and fulfilling a duty to human
ity by producing from "A fertile soil
that which Is essential to the very ex-
istence OF Il less fortunate people who
are actually starving to death for food
stuffs that can be produced so eco
nOmically in the United States and
Canada.
High prices for all grain, undOubt-
eddy, will be maintained for a number
Of years, and It appears a certainty
that the agriculturlst will reap a
b%ounteous return for his labor and at
the same time carry out the demands
Of patriotic citizenship. A wrong con
ception has been generally noticed as
TO Life on the Farm" 1t has been,
to a large extent, considered as only
a place to live peacefully and afford a
living for those who are satisfied with
merely a comfortable existence. Such
a wrong impression has been created,
In n measure, by the lack of systema-
tic business principles to farming In
general. But today farming and agri-
culture have been given a supremacy
In the business world and require the
same advanced methods as any other
line Of commerce. In no other bust
ness does a system adoption pay bet
ter than on the farm, and II is certain
that there is no other line Of work,
that, generally speaking, needs It as
much. The old idea of getting a living
Off the farm and not knowing how II
was made and following up the details
of each branch of farming to get the
maximum of profit, ut the least ex-
pense, is fast being done away with.
Farming Is 10Y being considered as
a business and n living is not sufficient
for the modern agrlculturist IA small
per cen ON the investment Is not
enough, the ~present-day farmer must
have a percentage return equal to that
Of other lines of business. The prices
for produce are high enough, but the
cost of producing has been the factor,
In many places, that has reduced the
profit. 1t Is the application Of n sys-
ten to the cost of various work ON the
farm that 1t is possible to give figures
on profits made in g~rain-growlng In
Western Canada.
Mr.. G. A. Wright of Milo, Iowa,
bought II hundred aud sixty acres Of
land In Western Canada for $4,000 In
December. 1918, and took his first crop
from It in 1916. After paying for the
land I'm full and the cost OF c|ultivatlng
It and marketing the grain, he sold his
grain 1t S1.55 II bushel On low price
compared with the present market)
had Il surplus Of S2,472.G7. His figures
are as follows:
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01
ITALY smAsHEs AusTRlA's LINE.
Cut OFF Railroads From Monfalcone In
Advance on Trieste.

Cut OFF Railroads From Montalcone In
Advance on Trieste.
Rome. May 2S.-Italians smash Aus
trian lines on Carso plateau and north
OF Gorilla, making substantial gains.
In assault between Jamiano and Tri-
este gulf, Italian troops u Monfal-
cone-Dullo railroad northeast of San
Giovanni and carry strong hill south
west Of Madezza. More than 1000
prisoners taken, making a total OF over
$4,000 since May 14th. Near PLAYA Ca
dorna's men carry by storm heights at
head Of Palliova valley, connecting up
their lines to Mount Cucco.
British make local gains northwest
Of st. Quentin and near Fontaine-les-
Coisilles, on south end Of ATras bat
tie line.
Crown princes forces penetrate
French lines In Champagne, but are
later repulsed. North Of Aisne river
Germans repulsed in attack on LAT
faux mill.
Forty-eight passengers and eighty
five members OF the crew Of the Span
fish steamer c. de EiEsguirre are be-
lieyed to have persisted rs a result Of
the sinking OF the steamer.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01

10 me at times. Lydia e. PtnkhAm's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pillsro
stored me 70 health and ! want 70 thank
you for the good they have done me. ]
have had quite q bit Of trouble and
worry but Il does not affect my youth
full looks. Ny friends say why do you
look 90 young and well3' owe Il all
70 the Lydia F. Pinkham remedies. =
Mrs. RoBT. STOPIEL, Sage Avenue,
Washington Park, Illinois.
nyOuh have any symptom about which
you would like 10 know write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given free Of
charge.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01
$2,472.67

s. Joseph and Sons of Des MOines,
Ia n looked upon as being shrewd,
careful Business men. Having some
spare money on hand, and looking for
a suitable Investment, they decided to
purchase Canadian lands, and farm
them.
With the assistance of the Canadian
Government Agent, at Des MOlnes, Ia,
they made selection near Champion,
Alberta. They put 24O acres Of land
In wheat, and In writing to MI. Hew-
lit, The Canadian Government Agent
at Des Molnes, one Of the members Of
the firm says: 81 have much pleasure
IN advising you that on our farm Ave
miles east Of Champion, In the Prov
lnce OF Alberta, Canada, this year
C916) we harvested and threshed TO-
600 bushels OF wheat from 240 acres,
this being an average OF A bushels
and 10 pounds to the acre. A con
siderable portion of the wheat was
No. 1 Northern, worth at Champion,
approximately $1.85 per bushei, max
ing a total return of $1,000, or an nv
erage Of $S1.7O per acre gross yields.
And by aid Of a thorough system were
able to keep the cost Of growing wheat
at about % cents n bushel.."
Messrs. Smith & Sons Of Vulcan,
Alberta, are growers OF wheat on a
large scale and have demonstrated
that there Is greater profit In Western
Canada w%heat-ralsing than probably in
any other business anywhere. Speak"
ing OF their experience Mr.. Smith
says:
Il have three sections OF land At the
present time and am farming yearly
loo to LOO acres Of land. My re-
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01
Parental Supervision

"Did you say you didn't raise your
boy to be a soldier?'
Yes. But that doesn't affect the
result. l don't suppose hat Shake
speare's parents raised him to be a
poet"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01
sevonty-sIx KILLED BY German Alrmen

Petrograd. - During the last few
days German aircraft have dropped
bombs on towns situated in the Dan
ube region, inflicting many casual
ties. A raid on the town OF Inmail,
Bessarabia, was particularly destruc-
tive, a large number Of women and
children being killed and wounded.
The raid, which claimed the lives OF
seventy-six persons and caused injury
to It's others, proved more deadly
than any raid that the %zeppelins have
made on England since the war began.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01
versed In That plreotlon.

Economical social functions are now
the thing"
"Um. Some women ! know will at
last get II chance to shine" was the
other lady's remark"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01

fered with female
trouble, backachs,
nervous spells and
the blues. My chill
dren's loud talking
and rOmping would
make me 30 Y
u could just tear
everything to pieces
and l would ache all
over and feel 50 sick
that l would not
want anyone to talk
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01
ElnnInh Workera strike.

Petrograd-Strikes in all branches
Of industry throughout Finland are re-
ported in a dispatch from Helsingfors.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01
d

do you enjoy Wagnerlan muster"
mot II bit. Sometimes | wonder
whether that Wugnerlan music didn't
DO II greut deal toward spelling Ger
many's disposition
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundreas
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01
NERVOUSNESS
AND BLUES
Symptoms of More Serious
Sickness.

Washington Park, m.-"I am the
mother Of four children and have suf-
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01
TORNADO DEATH
TOLLREACHES1 1885
ILLINOIS, TENNESSEE. ARKANsAs.
KENTUCKY AND ALABAMA
HIT BY DISASTER.
KNOWN INJURED 1,1O7
LIST OF VICTIMS GROWS AZ
STORM AREA SPREADS; PROP
ERTV LOSS VERY HEAVY.
Thres paysl rornado vIetIms.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01

solid Took VIII eXpand from one
third to one-half Of its original volume
when taken from a cut or excavation
and placed In an. embankment. But
the spaces between the particles Of
stone should be filled with earth as the
stone is being placed in the er3ank
ment.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01

4,4s2.ls-s4,4s2.1
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18

IL Is noso close quarters, kspafe dad kssafe
IN a cloud of dust Cody and his men
tumble In among them, Buffalo Bill
closing on q superbly aocoutered war
rior. 1t Is the work OF a minute; the
Indian has fred and missed. GOdy's
bullet tears through the riders leg
into the pony's heart and they tnnbie
In a confused heap on the prairie. The
Cheyenne struggles to his feet for an
other shot, bat Codyss second bullet
hits the mark. It Is now close quar-
ters, knife and knife. After a hnrda to
hand struggle Cody wins, and the
young chief, Yellow Hand, drops hfs-
less In his tracks after a hot fight.
Baf1ed and astounded, for once in a
lifetime beaten at their own game,
their project of joining Sitting Bull
nipped In the bud, they take hurried
fight. But our chief is satisfied. Buff
falo Btu is radiant. Hts are the hon
ors of the dayr"
General Cook, commanding the de-
partment, who had started early In
spring, was up In the north ana had
fought the same Indians who after
ward destroyed General Clusters COM
mand.
He fought them in the battle of the
Rosebud on the 18th of May. This
was a very indecisive contest-pFaca-
calIy a severe check to him-compea-
ling him to take up permanent camp
on the Big Goose creek fwhere Sheri-
dan. Wyo.. now stands1 and there
await re-enforcements.
General Sheridan ordered Generals
Merritt and Carr, with the Fifth a v
airy, to make forced marches to join
Crock at Goose creek.
I was with this command as chief
Of scouts and guide, and we had been
operating In northwestern Nebraska
and the southern part OF Dakota to
keep the Indians from the Red Cloud
and Spotted Tail agencies from going
north TO join the hustiles under Sitting
Bull
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18
Not Wholly Careless.

Thomas Chett was q neck but care
less clerk who, through no greater
fault than -carelessness, was condnu-
ally numbering in his work. His most
usual mistake was to misdireot letters
either by substituting a wrong street
number or by writing, say, Cal" for
Sol" One day his employer laid on
his desk a letter which had been over
a month In the mails without reaching
its destination, and all because OF
Thomas error.
"Now, this has got to STOP" said his
employer. 'Euch delays waste time
and money. II you had used an en-
velope which hadn't had u address
in the corner, we might eve have
known where this letter went to-"
That's true" assented the humble
clerk. "But I am always careful to
use that kind OF envelope just for that
reason"
Being a little slow of comprehension.
he did not understand why his patient
employer bit his lip and tzkned away
smiling.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18

die, and my horse stumbled in a prai-
RE dog hole, but | landed on my feet.
Kneeling quickly. l put a bullet
through the head Of his horse, coming
on at speed. Thus w were both
afoot and In close proximity. The
story is better told in the press dis
patches of that day and by Lieutenant
(now GeneraD Charles King In his
book, Campaigning With Crook"
The dates and arrival of these dis
patches will show how isolated was
the country and the length of time it
took to communicate with the east:
The Indian War-Details of Colonel
Merritt's Charge on the Chey-
ennes-A Short Struggle.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18
Board OF Chosen FreehoIders

Board OF Chosen FreehOIders
Terms expire January 1st
Director-Henry 8. Rutherford.
Vice Director-Gus Hilton.
Clerk-Frank w. lFowkes, Sea Isle
City.
Collector-Joseph I. Scull, Ocean City
Solicitor-Joseph Douglass, CapeM May
Court House.
Road Supervisor-Daniel Schellen-
ger, Erma.
Sea Isle City-Theodore E. DeBow,
1920; James F. Eustace, 1917.
Upper Township-Hope w. Candy,
Tuckahoe, 1916.
Wildwood-Charles w. Saul, 1918;
Augustus Hilton, 1918.
North Wildwood-John w. Young,
1917; Floyd Hewitt, 1917.
Cape May City-John T. Bennett,
1915; Henry s. Rutherford, 1918.
Dennis Township-Levi Wentzell,
D~ennisville. 1916.
Lower Township-Joseph P. Mac
Kissic, Wildwood Crest, 1918.
Middle Township-Stillwell Fl.
Townsend, Cape May Court House,
1920.
Ocean City-John P.Fox, 1919; John
E. Townsend, 1919.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18

fbf the reservation, leaving behind an
their provisions. General Merritt pur-
sued them until night, when the whole
command went into camp al the agency.
"The Indians left their dead and adj
init having more wounded. They lost
six ponies. Their friends at Red Cloud
say they never dreamed that the Fifth
cavalry could get there In time to head
them of.
'The regiment sustained no loss. 1t
arrived at Laramie yesterday and
leaves for Crooks command tomor-
row."
The above Is from the New York
Herald. Sunday, July IS, 1870.
From Captain Charles Kings Cam
paigning With Crook" published In
1890:
"sBy Jove, general says Buffaio
BILL sliding backward down the hill,
'now's our chance. Let the party
mount here out OF sight and we'll cut
these fellows of. Come down here,
every man of you
Balancing behind me, I saw Cody,
TAFT and Chips with Ave cavalrymen,
eagerly bending forward In their sad
dies, grasping carbine and rife. every
eye bent upon me, watching Tor the
signal. Not a nan but myself knows
how near they are. That's right, close
In, you beggarsl Ten seconds more
and you are on them! A hundred and
twenty-five yards-a hundred-ninety.
Now, lads, In with your
There's a rush, a wild, ringing
cheer, then bang. bang, bang. and
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18

They were ON ostonSshed lot of redskins.
passed yet, and. dust covered and
weary, at 3 a. m. of the nth of July
the command to unsaddle was given
on the banks Of Hat creek, across the
Indian front, with the Cheyennes In
camp not ten miles away. We had
OUTRAGED and were then ahead of them,
having made one of the most remarka-
BILE rides in cavalry annals.
We had come se~venty-f1ve miles In
twenty-four hours and were ready at
daybreak, and the C~heyennes appeared
simultaneously. They were an aston
lshed lot OF redskins, and here occur
red what is known as the battle Of
War Bonnet Greek. 1t was in this en-
gagement that fate allotted to me the
duty to meet personally and success
fully the wal chief Yellow Hand. A
matter of detail thaA l well remember,
the chief yelled to me Come on.
come on, White Long HafrF" COCOA.
coca, Pe-Ha-He-Has-Ka!" in Chey-
enne). We both fred simultaneously,
my first bullet going through the
chiefs leg and entering the body OF his
horse. Ills bullet glanced Cd my sad
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18
The Puzzle of Life,

Life is a quaint puzzle. Bits the most
incongruous join into each other, and
the scheme thus gradually becomes
symmetrical and clear, when, 10, as the
infant clasps his hands and cries, "See,
see; the puzzle is made QUIT" all the
pieces are swept back into the box
black box with the gilded nails!-Bul-
wer-Lytton.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18
CAPE MAY
COUNTY DIRECTORY

Justice of Supreme Court-Charles
G. Black, Democrat. Term expires
1921
Circuit Judge-Howard Carlow, D.
1920.
Law Judge-Henry H. Eldredge, D.
1921.
Prosecutor of Pleas-Eugene G. Cole,
Republican, 1922.
Sherif-Robert s. Miller, r. 1919.
Coroners-Mark Lake, Ocean City,
1916; b. G. Ingersoll, Wildwood, 1917;
DIR. Wilson A. Lake, Erma, 1918.
County Clerk-A. Carlton Hildreth,
Republican january, 1920.
Surrogate-Edward L. Rice, D., No
vember, 1917.
State Senator-LewisT T. Stevens, r.,
1919.
Assemblyman-Corsville E.Stille, R.
County Superintendent of Schools
Aaron w Hand, r., October, 1920.
Terms of Court-Second Tuesday in
April, September and December.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18
Butter In PIE.

A bit of butter about the size of a
large bean improves the filling of a
lemon pie, making it richer and
smoother. Sometimes as much as a
spoonful is used. A Frenchman often
adds a tiny bit of butter to a cherry
pie, and an apple pie is also improved
in the same way.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18
Unkind,

But, my dear lady, you should not
allow your grief to overcome you. Re-
member, your husband is far happier
In the other world"
"M-maybe he is. b-but I think you
are exceedingly rude to say so."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18
The Ideal Army.

In the American Magazine a writer
says:
"Some men think first, and then act;
others act and think afterward, if at
all. One type is d~eliberatiye, the other
impulsive. An army Of cool headed
officers and hot headed soldiers makes
a magnificent military machine"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18
She Miuht Try IL.

You're kinder to dumb animals than
you are to me. your wife,
"Well, you try being dumb and see
how kind I'll be."-Chicago Herald.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18
A Common Experience.

"They parted at the altar"
wei, that's the place your ma and
1 began to hold different opinions
Detroit Free Press.