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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
FOR DRY FARMING
Can Be Practiced Where Water
Is Not Available.
REQUIRES MUCH PATIENCE

In Missouri, In Drought Of 1914, Use Of
Dry Farming Methods by Only Part
Of Farmers Largely Increased Yield
Of Corn Per Acre as Compared With
That Of 1901.
Washington.-With the burden Of
supplying the worlds wartime crop
facing this country, the committee OH
statistics and standards Of the Chamber
of Commerce Of the United States has
called attention to the possibilities
Of dry farming. Such methods, 1t Is
declared, can be made to fit the re.
Quirements for raising many Of our
most important products. Dry farm.
ing is said to be the only form Of agri.
culture which can be successfully prac.
ticed in any region where water is not
available for irrigation and where
rainfall is not sufficient for humid
farming.
The inherent purpose Of dry farming,
It is pointed out, is to conserve mois-
ture in the soil until neede.- for grow
ing plants. The dry farmer resorts to
methods Of timely and proper cultiva-
ton, narrowing, disking and blowing,
to increase the penetration OF water.
prevent evaporation and store mOis-
ture in the soil for the benefit Of the
plants.
"Dry farming is not an easy job, nor
is the lot Of the farmer In the semi
arid regions any happier at times than
that of the policemen in the Pirates
of Penzance,'" says Archer Wall Doug
las of st. Louis, chairman Of the ma
tional commerce committee. 1T Is
business requiring much industry, pa
thence, fortitude and intelligent under
standing of the surrounding conditions.
Likewise in the beginning 1t needs
some reserve capital against emergen-
cies. For there are years when, through
weeks, even months, Of rainless heat.
the sky is as brass and the earth as
iron underneath, and rainfall only a
distant memory.
yet persevered in and intelligently
stuck to, 1t is apt to record a success
and to furnish great need for tho
utilization of the vast area of semi
arid country. Once exploited as Il
panacea, then denounced AZ fad, 1t
has at last come into its own H' ;.n In
telligent scientific form Of a-rirut,r"
absolutely essential to the do' c'"nmcn
of a large section Of our country"
OF particular interest In meeting wal
time conditions is the argument that
dry farming methods are applicable
not only to farming In the semiarid,
but likewise humid regions in times OF
drought. In Missouri In the drought
Of 1914 the use of dry farming methods
by only a part Of the farmers largely
increased the yield Of corn per acre, as
compared with similar conditions In
1901.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
YOUR PUBLICITY PAYS.

All persons interested in the pro.
gress of their lodges, churches, So
cieties ETC., should value the power
of printers ink. They should see
that their secretaries SEND ALL
NOTICES to the newspapers in pro-
per time. They think the Editor
should attend every affair, whether
invited or not, and should know
"What is going on?"-without being
informed. Many exchanges clip from
Our columns, and often things done
in Minneapolis get national publicity.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
S T EW ARTS CABAR re-
SPECIAL

S NDAY soc OHM E K
and Cabaret Entertainment
from S to P. M.
MENU
Cream of Tomato Soup
Baked White Fish
Roast Beef or Lamb
Stewed Corn Mashed Potatoes
June Peas Pineapple Sherbet
Head Lettuce Salad
Dreamed Rice Pudding
Tea, Coffee or Milk
Miss Esmeralda Statham, Miss
Toy Brown and Miss leila Hunter
are entertaining at
Stewards Club and Hotel
at 244 4th Ave. So.
Miss Mary Ray of St. Paul
appears from S to 8 p. M.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19

I'm the trenches. am satisfied that
volunteering is the costliest system In
the long run. The volunteer system
fails at the crucial moment, for there
comes a time when all Of the high
hearted have volunteered and recruit
ing dwindles away.
THAT is what is happening in Aus
tralia, where CONSUMPTION was defeated
by popular vote. Australia already has
contributed 100000 men out of total
population of about 100000 but it re-
quires a monthly quota Of 1900 to
keep this force up to strength, and al
ready there are signs that the supply
Of men to be secured by volunteering
is approaching exhaustion. The Aus
tralians are learning their lesson, and
I think that Sir William Hughes, the
premier, and his supporters will carry
cOnscripton.
'.Engiand's losses in brains under the
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
Atlanta Constitution Sounds Warning

Atlanta Constitution Sounds Warning.
In discussing the exodus Of cOlored
people from Georgia and It's cause the
Atlanta Constitution says: "'Back to
the law is slogan that should appeal
everywhere upon purely moral basis;
but, II 1t will not In sufficient force,
then we are confronted now by the pos
sibility of serious Industrial calamity
which must follow upon the removal Of
Georgia's best and most satisfactory
fhFn labor"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19

volunteer system have been incalrw,.
BILE. Our specialists are being desire. e.,
on the battlefield. America sho"lG
profit by the mother cOuntrys mista':e
mo matter how long the war lasts.
no matter what burdens Of sufrcg.n&
she places on the rest Of the world
Germany is beaten"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
NO FIREWORKS THIS YEAR,

Adamson Won't Permit Sale Of Noise
Makers In New York.
New York.-This years Fourth Of
July is to be absolutely sane and noise
less. Robert Adamson, fire commits
sioner, has decided against granting
licenses for any kind of fireworks.
He gives as his reasons-Hrst, alien
enemies might take advantage of the
public sale Of fireworks to store explo-
sives; second, the powder that would
60 into fireworks ought to be conserved
for war purposes.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
Unbreakab!e Windows.

Repeated coats Of raw or boiled I'm
seed oil applied to a newly meshed
wire fabric will give good substitute
for window glass. The wire may be
used for many purposes and is especial
" good where glass might easily be
broken. The fabric may be dipped In
the oil instead of applying 1t with
brush.-Exchange.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
Cairo's Books.

Books printed in Cairo are read by
the camp fires Of the Sahara. In the
market Of Timbuktu. under the very
shadows of the Kaaba and are treas
ured in the mosques Of Java and west
ern China.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
FIVE HUNDRED REDMEN
WILL FIGHT FOR FLAG

= Eastport, Me.-F1ve hundred
3 Passamaquoddy Indians, led by
= Chief Peter Neptune, marched
= six miles from their reservation
3 to this city to escort company
= Of Maine infantry to the railroad
= station prior to its departure for
= duty in another section Of the
= state. All male members Of the
= tribe of military age offered to
Z enlist and then were accepted.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19

You often hear single man Dragging
that he never made a mistake In his
life. But you never heard married
man make a crack like that.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
WHOLE FAMILY TO
SERVE UNCLE SAM

Observation-Disclosures boasts it
is the only city in Ohio to have
an entire family enlist Cor war
service. The family is that Of
James A. Vine. The son is
member Of a guard regiment.
His father has Joined the regi-
ment band. Vines wife and
daughter, evidently not Of the
"clinging' type, have enlisted In
a Red Cross unit.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
The LARGEST Painting.

The largest painting, exclusive Of
frescoes and panoramas. is Tintoret-
to's Paradise" II is hung in the
grand salon Of the dOge's palace at
Venice and is eighty-four feet wide
and thirty-fOur feet high.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
Not >One Graduate Divorced.

Lafayette, Ind.-RecOrds Of gradu
ates Of Purdue university show that
not one young woman graduate Of Pur
due has been divorced. The records
show that an unusually large percent
age of the girl graduates are married
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
W. ~ VllUNVl Don't PrOcrastinate
10 TO CHURCH.
I Do it now.

" Do it now.
"Now" 10 THE GREAT WORD ~Now" THE ONLY
TREASURE WE HAVE, YET WE soUANDER IT As IF IT WERE
OF NO VALUE. WHEN PERSON SAVE HE HAS BEEN KILLING
TIME He HAS BEEN KILLING LIFE, FOR LIFE Is TIME YOU
CAN DO MORE WITH FIVE MINUTES NOW THAN you CAN WITH
A THOUSAND YEARS AFTER YOU ARE DEAD. WHAT YOU DID
YESTERDAY AND WHAT you WILL DO TOMORROW SINK INTO
INsIeNIFcANcE COMPARED WITH WHAT you MAY DO TODAY
TWO FORCES STRIVE WITHIN UsoNE ACTION THE OTHER
is DELAY ACTION SEVERE TAskMAsTER, BUT Is RICH IN
REWARD WHILE DELAY EASY BOSS. BUT A POOR PAY.
MASTER
Shakespeare declares his familiar but true ne here
is tide the affairs Of which taken at the flood leads to
fortune And Lowell rngng proclaims Once to every man
and nation the moment to decide There is
tous secret the psychological moment when the heart hot and
the emotions aroused Now always the day Of salvation The
old hymn rightly conceived the truth:
There is q time, we know not when;
place, we know not where,
That marks the destiny Of men
To glory or despair
therefore,, PRocRAsTlNATE GO TO CHURCH
NOW. you TO CHURCH TOMORROW
CAN SAY WHERE HE WILL BE TOMORROW THERE ARE
YOUNG MEN WHO LAUGHINGLY DECLARE THAT THEY WILL
90 TO CHURCH WHEN THEY ARE DID, THEY MAY NEVER GET
THAT CHANCE THEY MAY be CUT DOWN IN THEIR PRIME
DON'T DELAY DELAYS ALWAYS ARE DANGEROUS BUT NEVER
MORE THAN WHEN YOU DELAY MAKING YOUR PEACE WITH
60 TO CHURCH NOW.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19

BARGAINS IN MILLINERY.
MADAM HART, 1915 Washington
Ave. So, is having her ANNUAL
SPRING SALE of HATS of the
LATEST DESIGNS. No two Pat
tern Hats alike. A choice stock to
select from. Sale closes May 18th.
ATTENTION! LADIES.
MANIcURINo AND FACIAL MASSAGE
ELECTRIC HAIR TREATMENTS
GIVEN
HAIR STRENGTHENING ny
SPECIALITY.
MADAM HARRIS PREPARATIONS.
ARTEsIA CREAM. Handled past ten
years. Removes Liver spots and black
heads. Beaches the skin and renews its
natural color.
ELECTRIC HAIR GROWER SOC.
overton's High Brown Powder.
Testimonials.
Mrs. Essie Taylor, 633 Mississippi st.,
st. Paul and Mrs. Nancy Wade. 1402
Fifth Ave. So. Minneapolis and others
have sent testimonials recommending
work.
MADAM M. HART,
1915 WASHINGTON AVE. S.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-19
MUST DRAFT MEN.
Volunteer System Cost Britain
Specialists and Inventors.
70 SAVE AMERICAN BRAINS.

Sir Ernest shaekleton Says That No
Matter How Long War Lasts, No,
Matter What Burden of Suffering She
Places on Rest Of World, Germany Is
Beaten.
New York.-The selective draft finds
a strong advocate in Lieutenant Sir
Ernest II. Shackleton, the antarctic
explorer, who arrived here on his way
to report at London for duty on a spe-
cial mission. The world, he said,
would have to look to America for the
next thirty years for its, specialists, in.
ventors and scientists, and only by saw
ing these by selective CONSUMPTION
would the United States be able to per-
form this great service.
"Selective CONSUMPTION" he said, "as.
signs these specialists to the posts
where they will do the most good for
the country instead Of sacrificing them
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-23
WILL TALK ON
new BID PLAN

Al meeting Of the board OF di-
Tectors OF the Builders & Traders
exchange, plans were made for a
meeting to be held May /. at which
IN out-of.toWn speaker will address
the members on a new plan OF sub
hitting bids by contractors.
This matter came up before the
recent convention OF the National
Association OF Builders exchange In
Atlanta, Ga. and the local CONTRACT.
ors desire 10 get more information
ON the proposition. Local architects
will be invited TO the meeting
The board also passed fayorsblY
upon the membership application OF
the Stewart Iron Works company.
whose home once Is in Cincinnati.
o. They have taken Offices in tho
exchange. c. O Schable il the DE.
troit representative.
After the meeting the directors
attended a dinner in the Hotel Cad.
lilac as the guests OF c. J. Brede
yice-president OF the exchange
Those present wrru President Otto
Misch. Treasurer Frank NJ PAUL
John H. Busby, Edgar Leavenworth
Jesse D. Stoddard and VIM. W. Nor.
ton, assistant secretary.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-23
BUSINESS WOMEN
FORM PATRIOTIC
ASSOCIATION HERE

A coterie OF Detroit business NO
men have organized the Woman's
Association OF Commerce. patriot
ic organization which has for iis
chief object the conservation OF
food during the period OF the war
and the encouragement OF wider
production OF foods The officers Of
the organization are: President.
Mary T. Dohany; vice presidents.
Mrs. A. o Dunk. Kate F. OConnor,
Julia /. Eagan; secretary, Isabel
Gregory; treasurer. Ella Iarkin;
corresponding secretary, Henrietta
Powers
The women will encourage the
back TO the soil movement and TO
that end have already arranged TO
put small parcels OF land n the dis.
posal OF women who will use them
for gardening purposes rhcy also
ask all members or sympathizers TO
pledge themselves TO use onlY such
foods as are absolutely neCcssar.
for the proper and adequate nourish-
ment OF their families The trad.
quarters OF the organisation is in
the once OF Mary T. Dohany the
president, No. 1924 Dime Bank
building.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-23
CREDIT MEN
WOULD AMEND
BANKRUPTCY LAW

The Detroit Association OF Credit
Men. In It's regular monthly meet.
ing. April 20. In the Detroit Board
OF Commerce. at $50 p. m. will
have an important membershlp dis.
cussion on the advisability OF rec.
ommendlng 10 the national associa.
ton the repeating or amending OF
the present national bankruptcy
law
The preference is for a general
renovation and amending OF the law
II such amendments can be obtain.
ed There have been no Improve
ments in the law since 1910. and Il
Is claimed thai commercial crooks
seeking the laws protection are get
ting away with millions % dollars
annually thru fraudulent bankrupt
cles and without being either hin.
dered or punished. a. the law IL de
fective In its machinery 70 reach
out and prevent such crookedness.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-23
.WESTSIDE
.PROPERTYIN
BIG DEMAND
Growth of Industries i'm
This Section At
tracts Many
MUCH BUILDING
is PREDICTED
A Large Number of
Sales Indicate
Activity

Recent sales in the semi-dov n
town district on The west side, be
tween Grand River.ave. and Fort.
st, predict for this territory a won
derful growth and demand 'ot
property for housing purposes. This
demand is inspired by the fact that
located there are the new Cadillac
factories and the Pennsylvania rail
road. Saxon motors, Springfield
Body company. Michigan Central
station cpd numerous industries en-.
rioying hundreds OF men who wish
10 live on direct communication with
their places OF work.
There have been several large
apartment buildings built inside the
mile circle on the west side. and
these are we'll rented In fact, Il is
almost impossible 10 secure locs-
lions for prospective tenants in this
territory This IL enc OF the first
fettled districts OF Detroit Many OF
the buildings are old and have no
values placed on them so that the
land may be bought at practically
ils own value. great many or the
properties have been in the hands
~ the present owners for nall
century and are free from the Gle
ment OF speculation brought abou
by frequent changes.
Among some OF the recent sales
was site 10 Walker & Company.
caterers. on Perry-st.. between Sixth
and Grand Riyer-ave. for the e-eo-
ton OF large distribution building
for its restaurants The Keller Ink
company is erecting building on
Brooklyn, between Lacrosse and
Iakersts. {. l.. Scheinman has pur-
chased a site $50 by l3e feet on
Lacrosse and Sixth-sts. At a cost OF
about $4,000 A. Wilkinson our.
chased loo feet on seYenteenth-st
with the idea OF erecting large
apartment building
These are only few OF the re-
cent sales that would indicate the
demand for properly and the fore
sightedness OF some OF the larger
dealers in the city There have been
grest~msny old properties de
stroyed and apartment buildings
luut
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-23
War WILL NOT
AFFECT REALTY
Real Estate Dealer Says Many
Requirements viii Pre-
serve Prosperity

Occasionally a salesman meets q
man who hesitates at acquiring real
estate at this time because he Is
fearful Of the enec, OF the war on
values. says H. A. Jones, OF the
Jones Real Estate company.
"Of course the man who spends
tny time thinking OF the problem
must come TO the conclusion tina,
there is no cause for alarm. We
have two precedents-the decla-a.
ton OF war in Europe in August
1914. and the vote OF the state which
made Michigan dry in the fall OF
1915.
In each OF those instances tie
salesman met frequently the man
who didn't want 10 buy because Ne
was afraid the city's prosperity WaS
az an end
Yet didn't the man who Dough,
well located property in the latte
part OF 1914 make a good invest.
ments
And does any man now thinz
the states going dry in May. 1919
will have any bad effect on bust
ness.
War orders 10 be placed by the
United States government will tn n
over to manufacturers and thru
them To employees. such volume OF
money as the country has not seen
in years
This new nRhtlnE aoree viii 70
quire millions. OF dollars worth OF
arms, uniforms. ammunition. horses
motor trucks. druEs-vast quantities
81 supplies which otherwise, would
rot have been bought
And eventually all that money
will come back into the pockets OF
the buyer OF real estate
at IL 10 be borne in mind. too
that this country will not be invad
ed. and no matter what may hap.
pen. nothing can harm or destrC y
real estate values"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-23
man
WOULD AID
RECRUITS
w. c. Piper Urges Sus-
pension of Interest
on Contracts
PUTS PLAN INTO
PRACTICE HERE
Proposal to Be Sub
mitted to National
Realty Boards

Al an emergency meeting OF the
board OF managers OF the National
Association OF Real Estate boards
in the Blackstone hotel, Chicago,
Monday, called by President Henry
p. Haas. OF Pittsburgh. TO consider
real estate war measures. walter G.
Piper, OF Detroit. will recommend
extension OF monthly realty pay.
ments and suspension OF interest on
all deferred payments for all en-
listed men in the army or navy 80
long as they are away from home
In the service OF their country.
The measure. in approved by the
national board for the encourage
ment OF enlistment. will mean an
aggregate saving OF millions OF dol
lars for the buyers Of realty in every
city OF prominence in the United
States and several in Canada which
are members Of the association. II
will also mean that the buyer OF a
lot on contract, who enlists. will
have his property kept intact during
bis service, and after peace II de
clared he will resume payments eN-
actly at the point from which he
left OF. getting the benefit OF the
Increased value In his absence be
sides. An average contract Of 81 900
at six per cent would necessitate
suspension OF $3.50 interest in two
years.
The Detroiter has already placed
the rule In effect on his seven sub
divisions. Royal Oak Little Farms.
Northwood No. 1. Park Manor. Ora
tiot LAktle Farms. Gratiot Highlands.
Tigch0n's Grstiot-ave. and River
bank Manor.
Mr. Piper Is captain In the quar-
tcrmaster's department, attached 20
the finance reserve corps AZ the base
depot he is expecting orders from
the Chicago base to reporJ for duty.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-23
BUILDING WORK
AGAIN ON GAIN
With. Fair Weather Spring
Contracts Expected to Go
Forward With Rush

A three-story reinforced concrete
cfice and store building: four
story. solid brick. ls.family apart
ment. two-story solid brick. IL
family apartment. a two-story brick,
steel and stone church structure.
and a wide variety OF smaller pro
Jscts. including business structures,
stores and hats, and residence
nade up a good volume OF new work
which came from the offices OF the
architects during the week. accord.
ing to the report OF the Builders *
Traders exchange
The aggregate indicates that The
reports for April will show up we'll
IS compared with those for tee
same month OF other years.
The number OF contracts award
ed reached a fair aggregate and.
with the favorable weather. IL is
certain that the spring work will so
forward with a rush.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-23
URGES PLANTING
ON VACANT LOTS
Will st. John Says Realty
Owners Can Put Unused
Property TO Good Use

Real estate men can do much 10
relieve tho food situation is the
belief Of VIII 81 John. secretary
and treasurer OF the Will Sc. John
a Company
III all the real estate subdividers
would urge upon the people who
have bought lots and do not con
template building this year. the ur-
gent necessity OF converting these
lots into gardens no doubt thou
sands Of acres would be cultivated"
said MT St. John Each lot owner
in raising food for his own table
would in turn be- helping the coun.
try az large In aiding the general
situation by putting more food on
the market. and would be liberating
that much more for shipment
abroad to aid the Allies Each new
gardener who supplies his family
beautifully from his vacant lot also
removes starvation from the house
holds OF two families in England
and France"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-23
NEW ATTACK is
MADE ON WILL OF
LIZZIE PALMER

Another objection to the probate
o: the will OF Mrs. Lizzie NJ Palmer,
who eft an estate OF $1,000. 900 for
the establishment OF a motherhood
training school was filed Saturday
morning in the circuit court by Kate
jerks, OF Port HWon. an heir-at.
law. who contends that the will
making the bequest is not. valid bc
cause Mrs Palmer was not a resi-
dent OF Michigan az the time Il was
made. She also asserts that ths
will was the result of undue infiu.
ence. that Mrs. Palmer was ments.-
~ incompetent and that she did not
know the amount OF the estate.
PrfntinE-the plain neat kinA-that
o. vtEht-TImes job D~pt,-MsiA ss1a.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-23

President Wilson has designated
today ~ day for contributions TO
the relief Of 10000 Ruthenians. or
Ukrainians. In dire need OF food.
clothing and shelter"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-23
REALTY SIGNS WILL
ADVERTISE WAR BONDS

More than 30 OF the n A..
Jones Real Estate company's
i2xs For sale" signs, most OF
them Illuminated, were donated
TO the campaign committee OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. which was re-
Gently organized for the pur-
pose OF raising 100000 for
seven branch Y. NJ. c. A. build
ings
On account OF the war, how
ever. the Y M G, A. campaign
has been called on and the com
mittee has offered its services
to the United States government
10 sell Detroit's quota OF war
bonds.
These signs cover every part
Of the city and permission has
been given 20 cover the entire
surface ~ every sign the com.
psny owns