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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-11
MEsoPoTAMIA A CORN LAND


The promise that Mesopotamis
shall produce corn for us in abun.
dance ought to be fulfilled, for of ol&
it was land of plenty. Climate,
soil, and, above all, the system Of
canals by which from time immortal
it was irrigated, made it abnormally
productive. Herodotus, fearing that
his account would be deemed fabu-
lous if he entered into particulars,
contented himself with saying that
millet and sesame there grew to the
size of trees. Other accounts tell of
wheat leaves and barley leaves four
inches broad, and that in good years
the land yielded in corn 300 times
the amount it received as seed
London Chronicle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-11
WOULD SWELL VOTERS LIST
Japanese Ballet Holders Now Number
Only 100000 Out Of Total Popu-
IstIon Of 6o,0o0,0o0.

In the Japanese nation Of 60,000,.
900 people there are only 100000
voters, or 20 voters in each 1,000l
Newspapers Of the large cities charge
with apathy many citizens possessed
of the franchise. They insist that
property qualification be further
lowered, in order that a greater num-
her of the people win become inter-
ested in the selection Of members Of
parliament. From the Japan Year
Book some interesting figures are
o6tainable, says East and West.
In 1890, with 300 seats in parlia-
ment to be filed, there were $50, 474
voters; in 1908, with the same num-
Der of seats, 951, 500; in 1908, when
suffrage was extended to the large
northern island, Hokkaido, and the
number of seats was increased to
$40, there were 1,5S2,676 people en-
titled to vote. That was high water
mark up to this year, when the rec
ord vote of 1908 is likely to be ex-
ceeded. The increase of ballot hold
ers in 1903 was due to the lowering
of the property qualification. On
the other hand, the year 1908
marked the close of a period of re-
markable industrial and commercial
activity. The prosperity Japan now
enjoys far exceeds that of the period
mentioned, and a similar swelling
of the voters lists is highly prob
able.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-11
HEARD IN A CAFE.

Waiter-Do you mind if I put
your bag out of the way, sirP The
people coming in are falling over it.
Diner-You leave it where it is. II
nobody falls over it, 1 shall forget
it's there.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-11
NO PURSUIT.

81 am thinking of writing SONS
fugitive poetry"
"Don't bother Nobody viii be
running after IT,"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-11
YOUNG PHILOSOPHY.

"D'ye know, 1 think teacher can
see behind her."
"Well, she said her eyes was going
back on her."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-11
THE RESULT.

GLOW did the young heiress' titled
marriage turn out?"
q believe She found it a baron
waste"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-11
THE NATIONAL GAME.

Griddle-Shall We sign him up for
lhe team?
ladle Sure thing hen make
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-11

NOTICE
Of
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-11
The rooster makes the egg Fl
The fertile egg makes the bl,

You save the lost from blood keeping the bird
flock after the Matching
The does not the hens merely fes
The fertile hot weather quickly blood which
for food market eggs
hen incubator.
MFERTLE EGGS WILL NOT BECOME BLOOD RINGS
After the Matching sell running
with male bird will e
best
Rules for Handling Eggs o the Farm
Heat the fertile and fete
follow these which nothing
lars to the poultry yard
Keep'he clean;provide
e. Gather the twice daily
3. Keep the eggs COO, dry cellar
Market the a
Sell kill fue all male birds the Matching
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-11

annually produng
handling Onehd of this preventab
Matching fertile which allowed
ncubate.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-02
Real Estate Transfers
~aeporsed ny coalrston County As
atract ca.

feporsed ny c~od,rsson County AZ
atract Co.
Geo. w. Case to John w. BaIsiger,
lots 8, 8, 10 and II, block 80, West
WatertoWn; 81.
Eore@ Lumber Co. to John stain
ocher, E. s711a feet Of outlet 6. Of see.
15-11s-51; $50.
S. ID. O'Rryan ct al to John stadn-
ocher, lots 20 to 81, block 1, American
Land Co. Addition to South shore;
$3.50.
S. f. O'Bryan ct al to John Stain
ocher. lots 40, Al and 42, block 2, AM
eriean Land Co. Addition to south
Shore; ST..
Edward S. Bailey ct al to Thos. Nc
Bath and .. Huntzicker. NWA 27.11s-
Sd; $3.50.
Chicago Title and Trust CO. to
Thos. McBath and J.. Huntzickery
NWA 27-11e-54; 81,
Alvira NJ. Church to John NJ. Church
sots 13 to Is, block 3, Davis Addition:
81.
S. d Mausoleum Co. to J. E. Wess,
compartments 4 and 5, section 5, Mt
Hope Mausoleunl; 5000.
s.. ii. Bowman Lumber Co. to S. FL
Bowman Lumber Co, lots 2 to 6, block
/, Yahota; 81.
Geo. w. Case to Charles G.. Covers,
S. Is feet lot IS, Hillcrest Addition;
$500.
Dakota Town Lot Go. to ]. O.. john
son, lot AZ, block /, Lake Shore Addi-
ton, Yahota; 81.
Empire Lot Go. toJ. Q. johnson, Eh
lot 5, block /, Lake Shore Addition
Yahota; 81.
Juliette j, Dobson to Frank /. Dob
son, EANWA, sWANWA, Ne Of
lsWA, NANEA. NEANEA, NWA Of
NWA 21-116-52; 81.
w. q. Walsh TOD. G. Cunningham,
lots 70 to 20, in Brooks Subdivision,
block 81, Brooks Addition; 81
Nettie a. Boyle to w. G. Walsh,
lots i and 2, block Sc, and lot 8, block
rs, Second Railway Addition; 81.
Ira S. Wolcott, Trustee, ct al to
w. Al. Dear. VIZ outlet 5, Way-case
Addition; 81
Ira s Wolcott, Trustee, ct al TO
w. A. Dean, Ell outlot s, Way-Case
Addition; 81
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-02
FEEDING EXPERIMENTS
WITH STEERS AND HOGS.

a nineS.day feeding test is being
conducted by the Sioux City stock
yards to compare different methods
of fattening cattle and hogs. The ex-
~periinents, which will close October,
b. are financed and managed by the
stockyards association, under the di-
Mction of the Iowa and South Dakota
experiment stations. Professors b ~
thompson OF South Dakota State eel
lege and Russell Dunn of Iowa State
college were in charge Of the Initial
weighing and dividing into pens.
Farmers and shippers are invited to
inspect the experiments from time
to time. The results of the test and
methods of conducting win be an
%nounced at the stock feeders show in
Sioux City on October 9. Each let of
steers and hogs viii then be butcher
ed separately for comparison. The
stockyards association will also pub
lish a bulletin on the test under the
direction of f. L. Eaton. president,
1hS LlSluOu Ot G|UHQuCIlng the Sx--
pertinent will be as follows: Five
pens of ten steers each will be fed:
lot l. alfalfa, shelled corn, and salt
in dry lot; lot 2. same feed plus OH
meal; lot 8, pArie hay, shelled corn
and salt in dry lot; lot q, same as 8
plus oilmeal; lot S. alfalfa hay, oil
meal, salt and orpe-half as much corn
as lot 2.
The hogs viii be divided into nine
lots, lots / to ) consisting of ten
hogs each following each pen of steers
end four lots OF ten hogs each in
special feeding pens as follows; lot
1, shelled corn and safs lot 2, shelled
corn l part. huttermilk 2 to 8 parts,
and salt; lot 5, corr 10 parts, tankage
! part, and salt. 2 feeds per day; lot
Z, corn and tankage self fed in separ.
ate feeders and salt.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-02
GRACELAMp.

Rev. d. G. Radcliffe, of Florence
spent a few days last week at The
Hans Hansen home,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Scott and sor
and Mrs. VIM. Elgie and Agnes auto
ed to Hetland. Sunday, and spent the
day there with relatives,
Mn. c. Gpgt returned home Sunday
morning from Bennett, Iowa, where he
twas called to attend the funeral of a
nephew.
MT. and Mrs. Albert Olson and Cleo
were visitors in Watertown last Fri
day.
Hans Hansen and daughter, Lille,
vis~ed at the Iens Eneyoldsen home
last Sunday.
The Conner young people autoed to
WATERFOWL, Monday afternoon.
The L. A. S. met with Mrs. Fred
Steele last Friday. This was the last
meeting mat viii be held for The re,
maiuder Of the summer, until October.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-02
From, the Rural Precincts

(itor with the Misses Maud and Ger
trude A%derhold, owe Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Wess and chill
dren autoed to Lake Kampeska, Sun
day.
Misses Maud and Gertrude Adler
hold and Frieda Achterbusa called at
the Schulz home, Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Wilson, Mrs. A. G,
Youngquist and son. Joan, and Dena
Gronewold We're pleasant callers al
the b, G%ronewold home Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. g, o. We&s and son,
Howard, Frank Horkens and John
Fittje autoed to Medicine lake, sun
day.
Messrs, Fred Brinkmen. and Ed
Gronewolu and sister, Miss Rieka,
were visitors at the Fittie home, sun
day.
Mss, Chas. Shellhouse and little son
Of Hills, MINI. are guests at the III.
Fittie home.
Mr.. and Mrs, Ray Griswold and Mr..
] r. Wess, Of WATERFOWL. aclled at
the WEISS homes, Friday evening.
Mr.. HiEseh and Nick were business
callers at the Schulz home, Monday.
Miss Myrtle Wolter was an over
Sunday visitor with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs Win Woaer and fam
ily called on friends at Clear Lake
Sunday,
Most Of the Young folks Of this
community spent Sunday at Lake.
Kampeska.
Messrs. John Nevenbei mand Robt.
Schulz, Of Watertown. were business
callers at the latter's farm, Tuesday.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-02
WONDERFUL GROWTH SHOWN
Story OF increase in Manufacture
v. s. Explosives.

Washington July 9.-The story OF
the remarkable growth of the toun-
try's explosive manufacturing indus
try since the European war started is
told In figures made public by the fed
erai bureasI Of mines, showing a pro-
duction OF explosives last year. exclu-
sive OF exports, totaIng more than
500, uO0. 1000 pounds, an increase 81
about $4,000, ety10 over 1915.
Statistics OF the 1915 output Of q
p~lcsives are not given. but exports
were raIued at sIss,o69,S aS.
The 1915 production of explosives
was Represented In 25Es575,025 pounds
Of black powder, 255.l54,7 1877 pounds 81
high explosives either than permits.
sible explosives, and a4.685.240 pounds
OF permissible explosives.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-02
APPLERY.

Mrs. L. Conner was hostess to the
Ladies Home club, last Thursday, All
members We're present except one,
Guests present we're Mr, and Mrs.
F-rn Conner and daughter, Mr.. c.
Mitchell and children, Of Castlewood,
Mrs. George Martin and the Misses
Erieas Achterburg, Mabel Schulz and
Catherine Cusack.
MT Robert Schulz purchased a Par,
rett tractor last week to do his har-
vasDi1s and plowmg with.
Miss Frieda Aehterburg was a Wis,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-02
Az Police Heads 10 Quit.

East 81. t.oiis, ILL.,, July s.After i
mestip9Spa the elAzens committee Sc
the CIalSJer Aof Commerce ii was an
noui1eea that the resignation Of Chief
of Police Payrie and oS Cornelius Hiok.
~, IIsht ehtef, VIII be demanded by
the committees The resignation ST
three members Of the police and ne
board III j promise of radical reform
IN fhe.,cpnduet of The eity,s affairs.
3ISo Wilf ~ desnsnded, II was indis
exfed
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-02
DR.. Mead Prepares
To Improve The Site

\ large delegation OF business and
professional men of the city proceed.
ed to the hospital grounds south Of
The CITY yesterday, in company with
Or. L. c. Mead, superintendent of the
hospital for the insane at Yankton,
where DR.. Mead is beginning the pre-
liminary work of laying out the
grounds in anticipation of begionning
building operation at some future date.
The work of preparation is in
charge OF DR.. Mead, who had invited
the men OF Watertown to be present
on this occasion in order that they
may have an understanding Of the
aims and objects of the superintend.
emf with reference to the plans.
The trouble with the institution at
Yankton is, S far as landscape %is}con-
eerned, the buildings We're started be-
fore the grounds were properly pre-
pared for them, said the doctor,
He thinks, since the contemplated
buildings are intended to accommo-
date from a thousand to twelve hun
bred patients, it would be a mistake
to fail to prepare the grounds in adj
vance.
Dr.. Mead would have the hillside
covered with trees. Another thing
that he would have done is the CON
struction of a subway, before the
buildings are commenced, 50 that all
Of the buildings, when completed,
would be connected with an under
ground passage, permitting OF com
munication durang any and all kinds
of weather without the necessity Of
going out of doors.
The doctor explained, somewhat in
detail, his plans, and following the
MONDAY lunch he had films thrown
on the screen at the Metropolitan,
showing the work done by the inmates
Of the Yankton institution.
Most of the building, be it under
stood, at Yankton, has been done by
the labor of the patients at the insti-
tuition, some of whom are especially
skilled as carpenters and builders and
cement workers and inishers. Be
sides, said the doctor, it is good for
them to be kept reasonably busy,
when they are able to perform man
ual labor.
Many persons are insane only with
reference to certain matters, and some
contend that all men are tinged with
d degree of insanity concerning some-
thing or other. Those who are in
sane enough to be sent to asylums go
there, as d general rule, while those
who haven't quite crossed the line of
demarcation remain away. This paras
graph, be it understood, is not "in-
spired' BY anything that Or. Mead
said, for. be II furthermore observed,
|df the good doctor should. undertake
to determine lust how insane or how
sane a body Of AZ are individnally
and collectively hemight have more
THAN days Job "a his hands.
All any rate, DR.. Mead plans 5
make the Waterfowl institution
model III It's kind. and he wants ths
preliminary work done ID such = man,
ner that 1t VIII not hayesto be done
Lover.
@---S7- sssss
Stafehy feeds HE coin and oafa
'nften ssli q hfSh ~ protein feeds s
cause AZ The asdiand for them 4
Eh0r1es and other work anfmalSsS
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-02
S. D. Institutions to
EzIliitit al State Fair

The following institutions viii have
exhibits at the annual South Dakota
state fair. September 1914. 1917:
South Dakota State College, Brook
ings, has been assigned the entire
south wing of the Agricultural Build
ing for agricultural exhibits and a
large space in the Horticultural Build
ing for horticultural exhibits. They
viii also have on exhibition theaa,
herds of dairy and beef cattle and
sheep and swine. Professors will be
in attendance to lecture and demon
strate. Miss Agnes Morton, assistant
boys and girls club leader, will put
on a very interesting canning and
bread. making demonstration, the work
being done by club members.
The University of South Dakota,
Vermillian, will also have a large ex-
hibit in the Agricultural Building.
Miss Eva R. Robinson, professor Of
home economics, will have an attract
i've exhibit in the Woman's Building.
She will also lecture on the conserva-
ton and use Of foods, showing the
many possibilities of the use of food
ordinarily thrown away.
The Food and Drug Department in
charge of Commissioner Guy Frary
and his assistants, will have a SPLEEN
did exhibit in the Agricultural Build
ing. This should be visited by all as
the knowledge gained from it is of
vital interest to every home.
Commissioner Of immigration G. l..
McCaffree will show the products from
various sections of the state, which
will give a better idea Of our re
sources.
DIR. ]. w. Kutnewsky of the State
school and Home. Redfield. will bring
his herd of Holsteins.
In the years 1914 and 1915 the
pheasant exhibit, brought here by the
fish and game department, was n Of
great interest. State Game Warden
III. S. Hedrick plans on having a per
manent annual exhibit, and a hand
some building is being erected in
which to display fish native to this
state. He will also have a large ex-
hibit Of fancy ~pheasants and water
fowl. In addition, herds of buffalo,
elk, antelope and deer will be on ex-
hibition at this years fair.
d Il. Redfeld, warden Of the state
p~enitentiary, has been assigned space
ia the Agricultural Building for an
exhibition Of twine, cordage, etc. He
will also bring his herd Of Holsteins
The state insurance department
WIN have two fire marshals upon the
grounds to guard against ire.
81, phelps with his deputies from
the live stock sanitary board, win be
ill constant attendance aid exhib-
Eifors Hi the live stock departments.
Citizens this Is your fair Here YOU
wiH see the i've institutions y the
state. Show what b az BY
sending yoar best 10 the fair II you
have nothing TO exhibit, come and see
what oIners are doing.
write to McIlvaines secretary,
Huron. Tor premium list:
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-02
Occurrences Of the Week From
All Over the State.
NUMEROUS INTERESTING ITEMS
Events chronicled In Brief Form In
Order to Facilitate Their
Rapid PerusaI.


or the SQuth Dakota caviar,
regiment
Another Republican candidate 70
congress is announced in the Firs
South Dakota district. Jacob Olson
the bind preacher Of Canton, expect.
to enterthe rare.
The death OF Wilbur s. Glass, law
yer, legislator and orator OF Water
town Is regretted by thousands il
South Dakota. Glrstilass had all the
sfaces OF tue natural orator.
John GirbUB and Mike Macoris were
given thirty-day prison sentences and
Nick Tayinstoft was sentenced to scrve
eleHt months at Sioux Fails for failure
70 klstef ahasf tie consumption aci
June O.
South Dakota, with an increase ct
1,l35@p per cent, leads all other states
in war garden gains, according to a re.
port made public at Washington by
the natiopal emergency garden com.
iAisston's
A dog has as much right in the road
as an automobile, a court at Milbank
decided, and William Bohn vas or,
dered to pay damages to Julius Berk.
ner, whose dog was killed by Bohn's
machine on q highway.
Poisoned water. used to Kill flies,
caused the deat}S%of Katie, the little
daughter OF GottfrIed Merit, Potter
county, when She drank some o. it,,
The state legislature killed a bill pro
limiting sale Of poisoned flypaper.
The South Dakota district exeflp.
ton board is anno-need as follows. W.
G.. Rice of DeadRood, president. C. X.
S. Anderson of Beresford, John T.
Belk OF Henry, Dr.. ThomaS Sanaley Of
Mount Vernon and Hibbard Patterson
of Sioux Fal@
South Dakota State college is follow.
ing in the lead Of other colleges In
Offering a free course in tslegraphv
elementary physics and electrical en-.
gineering for t~1strurhon Of n~roenac.
tive volunteers for the United States
signal service.
More than 1.i00 bottles ~ whisky
and many cases and barrels OF, .iuaer
were found by Union county dsnufy
sheriffs in two dugouts on The s n
Adams farm near Jefferson. The. liz.
uor was seized. According to officers
it was buried before South SDakota
went drv :Tniv
..r,,us
- : WY NJ ialiiets ~
oou.n oaAo.a naSs
asai5,s - -
as9a.s - Io' ~ ean ishaie tne
tba a1sost ;naonaaasat $500 go
:. = $3.50 49, aesnuets ssaepiohs nlan
So g. ,'a'es' saio ~ an inter
~" !. : au'
sherlff Carleton at s~iouxsFalls has
draw a distinction between near beer !,
sold IN otdes and rear beer sold from
KEGS a mas notified dealers that keg
sales, at least on Sundays, must be
alseonlinaed, u looks too much like
.he reai thihg' the sherlh explained, In
'sse'iis NJ ofaef.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-07-20
AN ASTOUNDING REVELATION

Secretary Daniels somewhat hamboyant announcements
prelude the celebration Of independence Dahat Persng
contingent safely landed somewhere in France
panied by that the of these careful
y concealed from the American people well known the
German admiralty little reception committee of Uboas had
been euOnc friends transports
the high seas with Ospable hands
waery grave.
1t was astounding revea on indicating the of spies
and traitors Mr. Daniels has said another OCCASION within
the confidential of the Navy Department itself Who they
how and where they it Mr. Daniel business to find
out His commendabe efforts to that enlisted New
port protected from the cments OF saloons and gambling
might well be accompanied by equally strenuous efforts to-
protect the thousands whom shall be sending abroad
from the of by German Uboa supplied in advance
with knowledge number of ships their complement of
and the which they will There will be disposition
hamper Mr. Daniels this He will reasonable time
accomplish If he unable do probable that Congress
may relieve him the job through investigation of its
if the President does not him of the JOB of Secretary of the
Navy which, everyone except Mr. Wilson and Mr. Daniels he
big enough to handle.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-07-20
EAT LESS, FEEL BETTER

According experts Americans eat more than we should
tory Of ourselves agree with the experts who now ad
yisng us to 90 a little slow in eating
In the year of the the Germans really benefited
by being obliged This shown in the general health OF
the people before the noted for being big eaters
was not until showed lack fats and important
articles that the Germans began show signs OF weakness
enough food this country keep us all in healthy
condition we will obliged undergo suffering no mat
ter how long the lasts if only little judgment In our
eating and than we have been doing
Food spectators alone to blame for the high prices OF
foodsus Abe American people blame themselves great deal
conditions We waeul people, We have always been
used things coming and felt like eating twice much as
was good did had plenty and could not
finish what could throw into the garbage This
waste helped make good demand for all kinds of food sus
and being born MASTERS and spendtrfts let the specu
raise the price often they liked and did not kick until
now when face food shortage account of the
meass day the week would not hurt Of us In fact
families eating only other day and find that they
feel it. If would adopt this plan the supply of
meat with the demand and the price would
down.
surprising what do along saving lines If we only
enough think about and then do teaches
u.s. If everyone will make up their minds little food
day there will danger of food shortage the United States
and we will have plenty left to send our allies