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ALMONT DARE

Almont Dare, 1928, Is a rich red
bay stallion; 16 hands high with good
bone and fine style. Is extremely
fast both under saddle and in har-
ness. He is full brother to foxy
Dare that won the championship for
saddle bred brood mares at the Ken
lucky State fair in 1914. defeating
Edna May and others and to Nettle-
ton that sold for So, 900 and others at
81, 800. He is the best one of the lot.
His colts have frequently defeated
the colts of sires standing as high as
SIS. Have sold his colts myself for
$500. Others claim offers of 81 900
They also are the very best to use at
home, being large, fine, game, dura-
BILE and kind.
Will make the season at $40 to in
sure live colt.
Bryan Breckenridge, my register
ed black jack, l6 hands with extreme
ly large bone will stand for mares at
$40 for mare mules and So for
horse mule. Will also breed jennets
any month in year at $40 to insure
colt. Have sold his colts for $3.50 at
weaving time. Grass furnished at
SO per month and all stock intrusted
to me will receive my personal at
tention but will not be responsible
for accidents. Season on the above
are due when colt is foaled or mare
bred TO other stock or stock parted
with. All the above will make the
season at my place, two and half
miles west Of Hustonville. on Huston
vile and Liberty pike. Pedigrees
furnished upon request.
s. 7. POWELL. Hustonvills, Ky.
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KlDD's STORE

Death Of Mrs. Clay wilcber, wife
Of less than a year. was shock to
all last Monday. Mrs. Wilcher was
Miss Emma Goode, a modest, CHEEKY
girl Of most lovable qualities.
Squire Edd Grubbs has sold his
stoch of goods and good will TO Tom
Statum and Joined Judge Link Wells.
in his campaign Of enlightment as TO
their deserts to succeed Dave Taylor
as sheriff. The incumbent whose eff
iciency wins comparison 90 Dave
Taylor will deserve fame.
The gloom Of early spring was
temporarily cheered by a tide Of en-
igration which included a liberal con-
er work. The delusion that degree
Of effort to earn a living had inspir-
ed the barnacles was short for "the
cats came backs" and our last days
are gloomiest. There are few places,
otherwise blessed as we, where rela-
lively such Affections abound. And
the lusty loafers, suggestive Of slug
gish saurians summing on tropical
sands, or mud turtles on logs, are
slackers. fit only for powder fodder
after vigorous employment at trench
digging for soldiers; illuminating H.
Illustrations Of necessity Of conscrip-
ton.
Farmers as usual are grouching,
and never more excusably, far as the
veterans of the guild can remember
Summer is at the door and there have
not been two consecutive days Of
typical spring conditions. Never a
year that SO little blowing could be
done first three months nor one
when April so thoroughly played role
of March in blow, buster and gener-
al cusse dness-expiring in sunshine
and shower. followed by shrivers in
overcoats, when not beside hot stove
or glowing CRATE. The forests new
er so late leafing. pastures greening
and grasses so backward. A conserva-
tive old granger declares that in fifty
years he was never so late in begin
ming his gardening; fully a month
later than average years and two
months later than some. Nearly ev-
cry day of April favored farm work
and conditions have been ideal enabl-
ing thorough preparation for corn,
though many have not planted At
this date, 10th of May, only slug
CARDS. ordinarily, have not plowed
and replanted.
For a week temperature has been
about and below frost point every
night threatening fruits and tender
vegetables but clouds, fogs and winds
have averted immediate destruction.
Agents are active taking leases
here for oil and gas development.
About twenty years ago an Ohio COM
pany leased lands here proposing two
test wells. Barometric measurements
indicated depth of 1900 to 1900
feet TO level of the Ohio field. Work
was promptly begun on Chelf's
Ridge. At 90 feet stream demanded
casing. Beyond that depth 1900 feet
were bored through dry rock when
water rose 1900 feet in the we'll
Presumably expenses of casing to
enable completion to proposed depth
of exploration disheartened and the
field was abandoned. The test well
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-05-11
DON VARRICK

Will make the season of 1917 at
my stable IA mile from Crab Orch
ard, on the Singleton place, at $40
to insure a living colt. Don Varrick
is beautiful chestnut, 16 1-2 hands
weighs 1,400 pounds, is compactly
built and has plenty bone and finish.
His colts show for themselves.
Will also stand at the same time
and place my saddle stallion
BLACK PRINCE
By Kentucky Peavine, out of a mare
by Old Preston. He is a coming
four-year-old, as black as a crow
and a good one. You should see him.
He will stand at $40 to insure.
TWO GREAT MULE JACKS
Will also stand two great mule
Jacks at $40 to insure. One the we'll
known Huff Dudderar jack and the
other, Jesse Fox, fine fellow, 8
years old and good breeder. His
colts show up nicely. See them both
before you breed your mares.
Will stand a fine registered Short
horn Bull at So to insure. Money due
in all cases when animal is bred else
where or parted with.
w. r. GAINES, Crab Orchard, Ky.
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In Madison county Ira T. Parks
bouht bunch Of heifers. II in num-
Der. at . Ice. They averaged about
400 pounds and were good ones
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JACK and STALLION

I will stand my 4-year-old jack at
my place on the Milledgeville pike,
near McCormack's church, at
$40 to Insure a Living Colt
He is black with white points, fine
bone and ears. Money due when
mare changes hands. Not responsible
for accidents.
Will also stand a good
Pereheron Stallion at IS
Cash. with return privileges, or So to
insure.
ask your inspection and patron
age. w. A. HATCHER, Stanford, r.
r. D. No. 2. 26-4t.
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MENROE

This good stallion will make the sea-
son of 1917 at the home of Eli Estes,
two miles southwest of Eubank on
the Fishing Creek and Eubank road
at $40 to insure a colt ten days old.
This horse is so well known that it
is useless to describe him. Eli Estes
and Daniel Newsom.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-05-11

Theodore Roosevelt, addressing
the Kings county Republican Com
mittee at banquet given in his hon
or in Brooklyn evoked enthusiasm by
an appeal for patriotic devotion to
the nation, and asserted that to de-
lay sending men TO the war theater
would draw the scorn Of Americas
allies.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-05-11

Two thousand acres of the Elmen-
dorf estate, including some of the
finest lands in the immense tract of
the late James B. Haggin's holdings,
have been sold to John f. Madden,
in a series of transactions which were
finally completed in New York on
Friday. Mr.. Madden paid about $3.50
per acre for il.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-05-11

Revolution wheat sold for 80 cents
a bushel After the close of the war
it advanced to SO. After the close of
the War of 1912 wheat sold for $2.85
a bushel, this price being paid by
millers in 1917. In 1861 wheat was
selling for 62 cents bushel. In 1854
it had advanced to S2.2S. At the end
of the war in 1865, it sold for $1.54.
Lexington dispatch.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-05-11

Foreign Secretary Balfour, in an
address before the House of Repre-
sentatives Saturday, warned against
the hope for a premature end of the
war. President Wilson heard the
speech from the executive gallery.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-05-11

England's meatless day has been
abolished because it was found that
the rule tended to increase the con-
sumption of bread, which is still too
high.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-05-11

on Adam Carpenters farm was dis
appointing. We hope the enterprise
will succeed.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-05-11
LINCOLN CHIEF 1898

Sired by Kentucky's Choice, he by
My Own Kentucky, by Chester Dare
10, by Black Squirrel SO. Lincoln
Choices dam Trixie Quick 1855, was
by Eagle Bird 1014, he by King
Eagle.
Lincoln Chief is a coming four
year-old and expert horsemen say
he is sure to be the coming champion.
He will make the season at my barn
on the Hustonville and Danville pike
at
$40 to Insure a Living Foal.
Those who have mares should see
this fellow before they breed. He
has been a heavy winner since he was
a colt and is better today than he
ever was. Not responsible for acct
dents. Breeding to other stock or
trading off mare forfeits insurance.
STEWART SANDIDCE, More
land, Ky. soft.
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~ b. Deatherage, of Madison
county. sold to Robert L. Brandon
burg, of the Paint Lick section, a
bunch of compound hogs at lac.
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Four Good Jacks

Three of them blact and one grey /;
all of them good ones. They range
in ages from coming two to seven
years. You should see them before
you breed. Will stand them all at
So to insure a colt four months old.
Care taken to prevent accidents, but
not responsible should any occur
Parties with mare or breeding her to
other animals forfeit insurance and
makes season money due.ELI ESTES,
EubAnk. Ky. 30-8
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KING ALFONSO

Big, fine iG-hand jack of good
bone and action. Splendid mule jack.
Will make the season of 1917 at my
farm at
$40 to Insure a Living Colt
Will also at the same place and time
stand my great Jersey Bull
SHELBY SULTAN 117497
At IS to insure a living calf. This is
one of the best Jersey bulls in the
country and / am standing him at a
very low figure. See this stock before
you breed. Care taken to prevent ac-
cidents but not responsible should
any occur. Parting with mare or
COW forfeits insurance and makes
season money due.F. REID, Stanford,
Ky, r. d. No. S. 32tf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-31
Allied Scientists Here
For Radio Research
Commissioners Expected to
Develop Use Of Wire
less i'm War

Washington. May 80 Important de-
velorments in the use Of radio teleg-
raphy as an adjunct to Avail warfare
may follow the arrival in this country
Yesterday Of the Anglo-French sclen-
tiic commission. The membership IN
cIudes physicists Of international fame:
Commandment Henri Abraham, one OF
the commissioners. is a professor OF
the University of Paris and an author
ity on radio telegraphy. About two
wears ago he visited Washington TO as
sist the local naval scientists in estao-
fishing communication between the
FiFel Tower in Paris and the newly
erected giant wireless towers OF Ar
lington.
The work OF the scientific commits.
sion will be in conjunction with the
National Research Council, composed OF
American scientists. and VIII not IN
trude in any manner upon the more
practical task set for the naval expert
mental board. but is expected to he
done in a higher realm Of theoretical
science.
Il il hoped by officials who have
been instrumental in getting this body
together that the results will be OF
substantial value 70 practical inventors
and experimenters. The European com.
missioners are thoroughly acquainted
with the needs of the Allied armies and
navies and are in position 10 seize
upon any ideas likely 10 be OF advan
tage TO them which are brought TO their
attention in America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-31
To Ask Indictment
OF Chicago Plotters

Chicago. May 30.--Federal officials
co.serred to-day on the presentation OF
evidence 70 the Grand Jury in the al
legged plo, 20 hinder the draft on June
s. Information concerning three men
and two women who are under deten-
ton for alleged completely in the con
.rirscv was withheld. The five again
were subjected 70 questioning, as were
several others believed by the author',,
ties 10 have knowledge Of what IS sara
10 be widespread conspiracy.
More than thirty suspects ineIuaing
several women, were taken 20 the fed.,
orsl Building during last night and
questioned. and many others are es-
pected 10 be taken into custody To-Day
bv government operatives. p.
An important angle Of the antl-draIt
plofs was uncovered in Milwaukee. &C
cording 10 Hinton G.. Clsbaugh' owl
sional superintendent OF the Bureau OF
investigation Of the Department OF Jus
ice on his return from that city to-day.
several suspects were detained and
questioned in the Wisconsin city, ana
one Of the results is said to have been
a decision 20 send ten additional opera
tives there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-31
Fire Near Hospital;
Children Carried Out
Ward of Young Patients Cleared
as Flames in Stable Threaten
Beth Israel

Small patients in the children'5 ward
on tho sixth floor of Beth Israel Hos
pital, at Cherry and jefferson streets,
awoke at midnight 10 see flames lick
inc their windows. Fire had broken
out on the sixth floor OF stable at 2Io
Cherry Street, the rear wall Of which
* only about five feet from the rear
of the hospital.
Under the direction of Anna River
kof. night superintendent, and Dr. a.
!. Weingsrt, house physician, the ward
vas cleared. Those of the twenty-five
children who were able to walk marched
down 20 the first floor as in the school
fire drills. The others were carried
down.
The CLEAN Of the flames also illrmi-
mated the maternity ward and private
rooms on the fifth floor, and the pa
tents, eighteen IN number, we're
taken to the first floor. There was no
nanic among those who were moved
or other patients, it was said at the
hospital. Their removal was pre-
stationary measure.
The fire was confined to the sixth
floor of the stable and the damage
was trifing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-31
Premiership of
China Rejected
BY Ii Ching-Hsi
Military Governors Threat
en- Revolt If Tuan Is
Not Restored

peking, May 30.-Many military
governors have demanded the cancel
lation of the Presidential mandate dis
missing Tuan Chi-jui from the Pre-
miership, considering the Presidents
action unconstitutional. Ii Ching.hsi,
whose nomination as successor to
Tuan was approved By the Senate, has
refused TO accept the Premiership.
The military governors of Honan
Anhwei and Shantvng provinces and
al Mukden have threatened to declare
their independence unless their de-
mands for the cancellation o. the man
date are conceded.
The military governor OF Mudken'
Chang Tsao-lin, has occupied the rall'
way stations a hundred miles to the
south. while the military governor OF
Anhwei has occupied the southern Sec
ton Of the Tien.tsin-Pukow railway
Through traffic has not been interfered
with. and the lives OF foreigners are
safe 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-31
Thirty Die of Meningitis
In Six Months at Great
Lakes Training Station

Chicago. May 3O.-There have been
thirty deaths from meningitis in the
Iast siy months at the Great Lakes
Naval Training station. The total mum
ber Of cases in that period reached
eighty and there are now ten cases in
the hospital. Of which all save four are
The sick list at the train
ing station numbers 400, of whom the
great majority arc suffering with colds
and minor ailments.
"The percentage of deaths from men
nights has been less than normal IN
that disease" said Captain w. A. Moi
fett commandant. "The station is over
crowded. There are 5000 men here,
with accommodations designed for 400.
There is no cause for alarm, however.
for the camp is in good sanitary condi-
ton and. with the enlargement planned,
will be better than ever"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-31
Allies Have Sunk
Very Few U-Boats,
u. Officer Writes
Now in War Zone, He Says AL
lies Fate Depends on Our
Quick Use Of Destroyers

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle yester.
day printed the following letter re-
ceived by Justice Townsend Scudde'
from a personal friend now serving as
an officer with tho American nayaI
forces in British waters:
MAY 8, 1917.
"Nv dear Judge: 7 am taking the
liberty of writing 10 you. in order
that. knowing the truth, you may be
able TO remedy theicyil. \ number OF
destrovers arrived in port yesterday
after ten days trip. This prove.
that the boats Of this type can cross
it had never been attempted before
What am writing TO you about y
Just this: The situation is really get
ting out Of control. The American pun
lie has been fed on - lies - Tor Sc
lorr that II will be doubly difficult
70 jmpress IL with tho facts. The
simple facts Of increasing danger snt
importance are;
"First More ships arc sunk PEI
month than can possibly be replaced
i'm the same interval of time.
Second - An insignificant numbe'
Of submarines is being destroyed.
"Third-- Not one-tenth as many have
heen accounted for 10 date as We have
heen led 10 believe. A hundred Amer
lean seagoing destroyers operating
from this side may hold the STU
alton In check long enough TO onabl-
the Allied army to drive the Germans
from France and Belgium.
"If the United States does not lmme-
diately embark on the construction Of
at least 100 and preferably 200 destroy
ers. then it will have only itself e
blame for the handwriting on the wall
1t is already too plain.
az cannot write in detail. The letter
would not get through. The situation
is so serious that | am writing TO YOU
directly, TO tell you how things stanc
and 10 urge you not TO believe the re
assuring statements brought back b.
publishers and writer's.
81 am where the submarine ~ operet
inc most extensively and, for US. The
cards are now on the table. The Amer
lean public must be scared into real
izatjon Of the truth. II its present $50
lation prevents temporarily the growti
of the patriotic impulse
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-31
"No Instructions,
Follow Instincts"
Wilson Told Page
Ambs ssador Tells Of u. S. En-
trance in War at Din
rer in London

London. May 81. - Tho American
Luncheon Club gave dinner last night
in honor Of Walter Hines Page, the
American Ambassador, who presented
his credentials just four years ago
Two hundred diners, mostly Americans
with a few British guests, were pres
emf.
Ambassador Page. Vice Admiral Will
liam s. Sims and Dr.. Joseph 5. Ames
Of the American Scientific Commission
made speeches. The Ambassador spoke
eloquently Of Americas entrance into
the war. When starting for England
he had asked the President for instruc'
tions. and the President said TO him
There are no instructions; follow your
instincts" The United states, he de-
clsred. had followed its instincts in
joining in the great struggle for CIV
ilization.
Vice-Admiral Sims made a humorous
speech. referring TO his remarks at
Guildhsll in 1910, when, he said, nc
spoke from his heart rather than hl4
head, and WAS censured by the fresi-
dent.
J. B. MacAfee presided. Among those
AT the head table were Sir Thomas LIP
ton. Consul General skinner, the naval
and military attaches Of the embassy
and Or. Richard P Strong. who was
head Of the American Sanitary Com
mission 20 Serbia, and Or. Linsley Z.
Williams. Assistant Health Commits
sioner of the State of New York.
In his speech al Guildhall in 1910
Admiral Sims, then Commander
Sims Of the Minnesota. ended his
thanks to the British people for their
many courtesies with the words:
at is my belief that II the time ever
comes when the British Empire is seri-
ously menaced by an external enemy
its people may count upon. every man.
every dollar, every ship and every drop
of blood of their kindred across the
sea"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-31
Russian Government May
Seize Private Property

Petrograd, May sO.-The Provisional
Government is seriously considering a
widespread scheme of confscstion Of
private property. This is the result Of
the relative failure Of the war loan,
due 20 the boarding Of currency.
The correspondent Of the Associated
Press understands that the government
tomorrow will issue communication
reporting capitalists for not subscrib-
ing TO the loan and declaring that the
aim OF the loan is TO prevent The flood
ing OF the country with frysh paper
currency not backed by gold. I The gov
eminent, the communication will say,
must, as things stand. issue more and
more paper. with the result that fur
Their depreciation in the paper already
issued will occur.
The sole aim Of the conhscation
being TO call In paper money, war
stocks will be exempted. The govern
men. will further remind persons who
hoard currency that the connscation By
TO means exhsusts the category Of pos
able preventive and punitive measures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-31
French-CanadianS, Active
In Fighting Consumption,
Assaii Premier Borden

Montreal. May 30.-Thls city is
hotbed Of the snti-conscrlptonists'
Meetings are held here nightly pro-
testing against the proposed conscrp-
ton measure. on which speakers ,de-
rnand a new general election and IN
aulge IN language bordering On the
soditious. Bitter feelings arc enter
tanned BY the young French-Canadians
Of This city. siYd. in fact, by their fell
lows throughout Quebec. against
Premier Borden, who has come out IN
favor OF CONSUMPTION.
Several thousand men OF military
ace who marched I'm parade last
week intended primarily for demon
sfrstion against the high food prices
took advantage Of the occasion TO turn
"a into an anti-conscripuon parade.
This parade. IN which the mHrchers
carried transparencies bearing legends
reading down with Consumption!
"GIve Us a New Government! and
"Down with the Trusts" ended in a
riot in Phillips Square when returned
military officer and a private endeav-
orod 10 wrest one OF the more lntiam-
matory banners from the hands Of one
Of tho marchers. A free-for-all iight
cnsued, but no ono was seriously hurt.
After meeting mere VI HhIl-NoH-
seriptionists addressed by Colonel Ar
msnd Lavergne, the crowd marched 70
the Offices Of "The Quebec Chronicle"
and "LEvenement' and smashed the
windows, crying "Down with conscrip-
ton"
Colonel Layergne in his address to
the anti-conscriptionist said that he
would not accept CONSUMPTION, whether
passed by Parliament or not. He said
he would 60 to jail or be shot before
he would accept t. lie declared that
tho only conditions on which he would
accept CONSUMPTION would be after a
general election had been ordered and
The question Of CONSUMPTION submitted
TO a referendum.
While tho crowd was waiting for
Colonel Lsvergne and the other speak
ers 70 sang French-Cansdian folksongs
and voiced its sentiments against Pre-
nier Borden. at times crying: Eve
viii strangle Borden"