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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11

side issue, has just pocketed $1,000
for this years clip. Seventeen sheep
brought Hollis Davenport s92 worth
of wool and he still has the mutton.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11
$500 FOR HIS WOOL

Burnstad, N. D., July 11.-George
Banks, who ranges few sheep as
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11

play lacks the enthusiasm displayed
by the great oldtimers, and for that
reason alone does not produce the re-
suit that the old boys showed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11
GAMES THURSDAY

Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
st. Louis at Boston.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11

Pittsburgh-Ph Philadelphia and the st.
Louis-New York games postponed be.
cause of rain.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11

Cincinnati at Boston,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11
Chicago at Brooklyn.

Batteries-Oadore and Miller; Al
bridge, Hendrix and Dilhoefer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11
4 Q ~ Z = & **% 80
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GAMES TUESDAY.
Chicago at Brooklyn.

Batteries-Marquard. Coombs and J.
Meyers; Vaughn and Wilson
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11

Batteries - Rudolph. Hughes and
Tragesser;; Rice, Tonney and Wingo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11

Batteries-Plank, Wright, Koob, So
theron and SEVERED; Fischer, Love
and Alexander and Nunamaker.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
Knee Brooches for All Men
May Be Style After the War

One of the possible results of the
great war Is the reform Of mems dress.
The trousers that bag at the knee are
coming into disrepute, owing TO the
fact that so many million men wear
knee breeches as they fight
Even the kits of the Scotch. which
there has been disposition to ridi-
Guile, are found to be most useful ON
the 6ghting line, says the Columbus
Dispatch. For men Of action knee
breeches are more comfortable and
less cumbersome, and soldiers are ask
ing why men have been content all
these years to wear stoyepipe castings
on their legs. And they are the men
who are going to exert influence after
the war Their dsinclination to re-
turn to trousers and their example, to-
gether with the fact that other peo-
pie have become accustomed to seeing
men in knee breeches, may put troll-
sers out of business altogether
There is going to be n new world
after the war, and knee brooches for
Ten may be part of it.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
First Pension Fund.

In this country the first pension
fund was established by the city of
New York for policemen. Since then
many states and cities have enacted
retirement legislation, the number of
retirement funds has increased to
over 400, and many thousands of pub
lie employees have been covered by
retirement provisions. Although the
expansion of the movement has been
rapid. 1t has by no means reached its
limit. AS yet a number Of states and
cities have not adopted any retirement
legislation the 300 pension funds for
police and firemen do not include all
employees of these two groups; the
100 teachers pension funds cover only
about half of the teachers, and the re-
naming funds, approximately 40.
cover only small fraction of all other
classes of federal, state and municipal
employees.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
AIR UP 10000 FEET COLD
Even In Hottest Weather Aviator May
Be in Arctic Regions After Flight
of Ten Minutes.

: Aviators experience many different
degrees of temperature in their flights.
On the hottest day in summer flying
man may be In the arctic regions in
ten minutes by mounting to a height
of 10000 feet, just as the climber may
pass through all the shades of temper
allure by climbing Kilima-Njaro, that
giant peak which rises above the snow
line from the equator. He commences
with the tropical jungle and ends
amid eternal snow.
The fact is that the temperature is
invariably low at 10000 feet and over,
whether at the tropics or the poles,
and it is quite likely to be lowered at
the equator. Airmen well know the in
tense cold of those upper regions, and
they need the rig-out Of a Shackleton
If they would mount to 10000 feet
above the earth's surface. In fact,
there is little variation Of temperature
In these upper reaches of the at
mosphere. 1t Is much the same in sum-
mer as winter, except for the differ
ence which high wind makes.
Even In the depth Of hot summer
the airmen will encounter 40 degrees
Of frost at 10000 feet, and at twice
that altitude 100 degrees of frost-the
temperature of the South pole-Is not
unusual.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
War On Rats and Mice Is
Urged as Means of Aiding
Food Conservation Efforts

Rats and mice have too much their
own way in some households. Their
unhampered excursions into pantries
and larders will menace food conser-
walton efforts this year. Get num-
Der of traps and fight them. Persist
ent trapping will put an end to these
raiders, according to specialists in the
biological survey of the United States
department of agriculture. Poisons
properly safeguarded are effective, but
their use in dwellings usually is unde-
srabe because none is known which,
when eaten by rat. will prevent de-
composition of the body.
For both rats and mice the common
guillotine or "choke" traps with a
wooden base and wooden bait pan are
recommended rather than those having
metal base and pan. These traps
should be set with Il light trigger.
Oatmeal usually is the most effective
bait. A few grains of it should lie on
the trigger pan and a few more be
scattered near the trap. A change of
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
Soaring Them Away.

Frank A. Vanderlip, chairman of a
Liberty Loan committee, said In New
York:
'The loan machinery was made easy,
simple and informal, so that all could
come in. We didn't want to scare the
plain people away. you know.
"Some of our past loans did scare
the plain people. They were like the
swagger seashore hotel.
'This hotel was so very swagger
that the guests all felt like inmates
or prisoners.
''There was little man who arrived
there one night and rang his bell for
some ice water. No answer. He rang
again. Still no answer. Then he put
his finger on the button and held II
there till he heard footsteps.
"A knock. and majestic maid en-
tered. She looked at the little man
scornfully.
"'Did you ring?' she asked.
ayes said he.
"IIumph,' said the maid. Who lift
ed you up to the bellT"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
UNCLE J0E'S TRUE VERSION
Veteran Congressman Retells Green
Corn Story Which He Declares
Is Thirty Years Old.

'Uncle joe" said new member of
the house to Representative Cannon Of
Illinois, Il heard a good story about
you and green corn"
Great guns, man, that story IL
thirty years DID," said Mr.. Cannon.
'Well, l am a new congressman and
fell for It."
If you are going to tell 1t again."
went on Mr.. Cannon, "let me tell 1t
to you right. have seen more YER
sions OF 1t than there are silk threads
In corn tassel. It's true, Rll right
1T happened at the old Willard no.
tel when 1t used to be run on the
American plan, with three meals a
day. I am light eater but am pow
erfully fond Of green corn. One day
had neighbor on from Danville,
who took dinner with me. l had
three orders of green corn.
joe says he to me- how much
board do you pay at this tavern7 l
told him. He looked at the stack of
corncobs, ruminated moment, and
then remarked: Don't you think It
would be cheaper for you to board at
a livery stableT"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
He Knew His Master.

Persons coming out of the Grand
Central stations carriage side in New
York recently noticed little white fox
terrier with such a clean coat. trim
collar and pert. anxious expression
that lie won countless words of greet
ing from the passengers. Perhaps even
petted him-men, women and children
many of them about to step into
waiting automobiles. The dog was
merely annoyed by the attention, for
he continued to watch the doors alert
ly and neither growled nor wagged his
tall ut the kindly disposed passengers.
Little girls offered him candy. excel
lently dressed women asked him what
his name was and men with luxurious
automobiles tried to whistle him into
a life of luxury. He seemed to be a
stone pup. AT a quarter past five a
man In blue overalls and carrying n
large, oily bundle and glistening dinner
box came out from the baggage room.
The hitherto stationary dog leaped into
the air. barking with all his might.
s0mersaulted and tried to knock the
big fireman over. This happened to be
tt a man he was waiting for.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
MANS WAY OF DOING THINGS
Mr.. Pickles Gives Demonstration Of
Superiority Of His Methods Over
Those Used by Women.

Men who can turn their hands to
any sort Of job that needs doing are
very useful as husbands. Mr.. Pickles
was one of these useful gentlemen.
His arniable wife once asked him to
hang picture she had purchased for
the parlor, and he said that he would
do 1t I'm jiffy"
You just get me the cord and a
picture hook" he said to his wife, "and
tell the servant girl to run down into
the cellar and bring up the stepladder
and carry it into the parlor, and
where's those two little screw thing
ummys that go into the back Of the
frame at the sides to put the cord
through? Look them up for me and
shall require the gimlet to bore a
little hole for the screws. Somebody
get the gimlet, or maybe l can drive
them in with a hammer. Johnny, you
run down into the cellar and get the
hammer. Perhaps a chair would be
better than the stepladder. Some
body go out into the kitchen and get
me chair. l don't want to stand on
one of the parlor chairs. Got that
cord? Just measure off about the right
length, and fasten it to those little
things at the side. There, now; there's
your picture hung up, and no fuss
about it. The difference between us
men and you women is that when we
have anything to do we do it, and don't
talk all day about it,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

There is no doubt that james Bland,
Il negro musician, wrote Garry Me
Back to Old Virginia." During the
days of slavery there were In New Or
leans quite number Of well educated
negroes, and among them number
who gained distinction as musical com
posers. Five Of these were Edmund
Dede, Basil Bares, Lucien Lambert,
Sidney Lambert and Samuel Snaer.
Much Of the music that these men
wrote Is of permanent worth. One Of
the earliest American negro musical
authors was james Hemmenway. His
home was In Philadelphia, and during
the second and third decades of the
mir eteenth century he wrote much
music which by musicians Of authority
Is set down as excellent.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
THE LEGACY OF A JOYOUS Y0UTHT|ME
BY Laura Jean Libbey.

Our lives are albums written through,
With good or III, with false or true,
And as the blessed angels turn
The pages OF our years.
God grant they read the good with smiles.
And blot the Ill with tears
Putting nm old head on young shout
ders never has been accomplished, and
never will be. How could one except
an innocent, playful kitten to be as
wise as those of its kind who have
summered and wintercd life? How
could one expect the little lambs gam
boiling over the lea to fear the fate of
those who have gone before, or the
little speckIed trout to be as wary as
the older fish that have successfully
lodged many bait set for their I'M
doing?
Youth knows none of life's perils 1t
is satisfied with the pleasures Of to-
day. 1t thinks the sun will always
shine and joys are always to last. Ones
duty Is to warn the young where the
shoals and pitfalls lie. But will they
heed? Not they. Warnings and scold-
ings come In one ear ana go out the
other That's the proclIvity of youth
not to want to hear anything unpleas-
ant While girls should not be brought
up with the idea that they are human
butterflies and Joys are all that is
worth while in life, the cares that are
thrust upon their young minds should
be offset with an equal amount Of
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
Prospecting for Platinum.

A special survey to estimate exist
ing platinum fields and locate new
ones is being made by the bureau of
mines. 1t seems that the United States
produces only 10 per cent of its own
platinum requirement. Platinum is a
war necessity of the first importance
owing to its use in the chemical
branches of the munitions industry. 1t
Is felt that the United States should
produce all its own platinum, as there
are undoubtedly sufficient ore depos
its, needing only to be properly ex-
plotted. The bureau of mines has de
tailed three men to the investigation
in California, Oregon and the Appala-
chan region. At present most of the
worlds platinum supply comes from
Russia.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

once more one to be feared in the
American league.
Discussing Mack and his newly
made team recently. Bill Donovan
said that he would rather play almost
any club in the league than send his
men into u contest against the Mack
men.
They won't win any pennant this
year" Donovan commented, but
they're going to fight mighty hard for
every game they go into. From this
time on they're going to improve. I'm
mighty mistaken student of this ma
tIonal pastime If the Athletics are not
found kicking considerable dust
around before the end of the 1918 cam
paign gets here"
Donovan figures and so does every
other baseball manager who has had n
glimpse of him-that Ray Bates is one
of the finest players the minor leagues
have yielded in many day. He also
believes Witt the equal of any short
stop in the American league, with the
possible exception of Roger Packin-
paugh, his own short fielder. Second
base is a problem. but McInnis is fully
/ the equal, perhaps the superior Of
any man doing first base duty.
There isn't a thing wrong with that
outfield of Connie Mack's." Donovan
ruefully remarked. Il only wish |
had pair of those birds working for
me. ! might have a chance to win n
pennant before he makes the going
so rough"
Where Is the manager who wouldn't
like to have Bush Myers and Moves
pitching for him; and where. oh
where can you find big Lacquer who
wouldn't spend several thousand dol
lars for Wallie Schang?
The foundation has been built for
another fine baseball team in Phlla-
delphia. Managers and baseball men
everywhere believe II is due.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
Health Hints.

Wearing the same weight under
clothing the year around will save
you a lot of colds.
Dress cool when you walk and warm
when you ride.
Your nose, not your mouth, was
given you to breathe through.
Clean skin, clean socks, clean un
derwear every day.
Don't sit still with wet feet. Walk
until you have chance to change.
Never let Il day pass without cover
ing four miles on foot.
See how high you can hold your
head and how deeply you can breathe
whenever you are out of doors.
Getting mad makes black marks on
the health.
Envy, jealousy and wrath will ruin
any digestion.
Nature never punished man for
getting his legs tired. She has pun
ished many for getting their nerves
exhausted.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

pleasures. Care-free, happy youthtime
Is theirs but once. II should be made
the most of. After-life hold much that
will cause them to be serious enough.
Parents should make an effort to
keep the home so attractive for their
daughter that she would be pleased to
invite her young friends there. 1t is a
great satisfaction for parents to know
just what kind of companions of both
sexes their daughter takes to. The
home roof is always a safe meeting
place. Those who are denied compan-
ionship at home may grow out of the
desire for bright, happy friends about
them, becoming morose and dissatls-
fed. The happy girl grows into a CON
tented, satisfied woman. She has had
what joys happy .girlhood has had to
olfer ana is content to enter the most
serious path of life She who never
had her youthful fling feels that the
world owes her something; that she
has been cheated Of her rightful dues.
Those with whom n girl is surrounded
make her happy or unhappy. All duty
and cares thrust upon her make her a
duh girl. Use caution in checking
laughter on a girls lips. It comes from
her heart. Parents should give thcir
daughters all the pleasures in reason
which they can afford. Let them have.
if you have nothing else to leave them,
the legacy of joyous youthtime.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
Flashlights.

Sometimes might makes 1t
mighty uncomfortable for right.
The trouble with public life is
that it isn't nearly so public, as a
rule, as it should be.
Success is just doing a little
bit better today the things that
were done fairly well yesterday.
It's easy enough to get along
in this world. It's only the fell
lows who want to do 1t the east
est way who make hard work out
of it.
The trouble with the man who
walls that he was led astray Is
that he probably made no partic-
ular effort to travel in the right
way.
AS a rule, gratitude, before
and after favor has been done
shows about as much difference
as the before and after patent
medicine advertisements. with
the conditions reversed.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
Glass Scarce in Britain.

The scarcity of glass in Great Brit
measures by chemists and doctors. A
charge of 6 cents usually is made on
an eight-ounce bottle. A doctor says
he has had to 20 round in his car
collecting bottles like rag and bone
merchant" Merchants have to get
permission from the ministry of muni-
tons for large deliveries of glass bot
ties. In the beer, wine and spirit trade
the shortage of bottles has not been
so great owing to restricted consump-
ton.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

bats is advisable from time to time.
Pumpkin or sunflOwer seeds. corn
meal, bits OF fish or toasted cheese may
be used. Bats Will not be attra ctiye
while food is accessible. Remove srp-
plies that are being damaged and. as
far as possible, keep them in rat-proof
containers.
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A Disappointed Admirer.

W nat 10 Ntul
wife's OPT n o n
about woman suf-
frage?'
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pointed. She takes
any old banner
they hand her and
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Il + o u n d without
saying a word on
the merits of the
question"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
ATHLETICS ONCE MORE ARE
WINNING RESPECT OF FOES
Connie Mack, the Silent Leader, Has
Laid Foundation for Another
Great Team in Philadelphia.

More and more the efforts of Connie
Mack, silent leader of the Athletics,
are gaining respect among the big
leaguers. The prediction made by
himself when he began to white off
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

The Dame-What has your brother
done In this great war?
The Kid-He did something to
arouse the country.
The Dame-And what was that?
The Kid-IIe sold alarm clocks for
about q year.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
None Available.

DO you read
S g n S a tional fc-
ton ?"
mo" repli ed
Mr.. Weery. 81
read all the fiction
! can find. But |
haven't yet dis
covered a SpnSntif
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

Grandpa, do let me try and take
that wart off your nose"
mo, thank We, my dear; that wart
keeps my specs from slippin' Off"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

the stars with which he had won sew
eral worlds championships. that lie
would be back in the race by 1917, has
not been realized. but he has succeed
ed in making the name Philadelphia
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
Both.

"A man should always look twice be-
fore taking n chance"
"Are you referring to matrimony or
to eating a cold storage egg?"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
A Matter of Color.

He (of Yale team)-Yes, our family
dates bnck to the Normans. Blue blood
counts for something.
She-It won't count much with pa F;
he's Harvard man.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
No Info to the Enemy

81 wish to see Mr.. Jones about a
bill"
Hes away on vacation, sir"
ibid he leave any address?'
YES, sir. For bill collectors It's
Somewhere in America"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

He-Don't you ever give your dog
any exercise?
She-Of course. l feed him every
few minutes with bon bons Just to
make him wag his tail
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

For the first time Louis was hearing
the cherry -tree-and-hatchet story. It
was very dramatically related by 4
patriotic aunt, but Louis was not 80
deeply impressed as he might have
been. When the climax was reached
and George Washington said. II can
not tell lie," Louis displayed his first
glimmer Of enthusiasm.
Couldn't hep he asked. "What was
the matter with mr-Philadelphia
Star.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

Must Have Been Somewhere.
MOther-That hole was not In your
glove this morning. Molly.
Molly-Where was 1t them
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-10

FURNITURE-Secon hand. bought
and sold. Drop postal or phone Bar
mum 4142-2. Charles Oppenheim.
1449 Main st.
y "A eHA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-10
HELP WANTED FEMALE

YOUNG LADIES, 16 to IS. education
9Th grade grammar school or equiv
alent, to learn telephone operating.
Dollar day for four weeks. Rapid
advancement thereafter. Perma-
nent positions. Apply at 1S4 Fair
field Ave. Ask for Miss Wheeler.
The Southern New England Tele-
phone Co. DIG Stf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-10
HAT BLOCKING

HAIR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., trans
formations, psyches and puffs made
from combings; combings bought;
switches for sale; reasonable prices.
Mrs. George Patrick. 271 State St.
BIG ALL
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-10
WANTED 10 BUx

WANTED to buys old false teeth. any
condition. Goldberg. lag Fairfield
Ave-. over Royal Lunch.
H - stf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-10
CHIRoPRACroK

) C. BOUTON, d. O., Chiropractic
Specialist. Newdeld building, 1888
Main st., Bridgeport, Conn. Hours,
$3.50 to ~ m, to 4 p. m, except
Sundays and holidays. Monday.
Wednesday and Friday evenings 2
to o'clock. P6 TT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-10

THREE FINE two family houses for
sale, all with modern improve
ments; room for drive, one with
garage; located in excellent resi-
Dental sections. They must be
sold at once and are therefore to
be had at sacrifice. Investments
$1,000 $1,000. balance on terms
to suit. Phone 2743-3 or Box L.
W., care Farmer. R26 asup
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-10
HOUSES FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Easy terms, new six
room house, all improvements, ga
rage, 14x20; just completed. Park
street, Stratford, overlooking Para
disc Green, large lot. Lots 5Ox26O
for sale. Telephone 263. S. B.
Brewster.
s 8 asp