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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-02

ed cities is not easy to understand.
True, they work hard on the farm.
And equally true, they work even
harder in the city and save less.
In a majority of cases, unless they
are intellectually far above the
average of mankind, they live in
penury and die in want.
With the present demand for
farm products it would certainly
appear the height of folly to aban-
don the certainty of plenty on the
farm for the precarious life of the
average city dweller.
A New York writer gives as a
reason for men leaving the farm,
that they dread being known as
Country Jakes." That writer is a
jackass and hiss statement a joke.
With the present easy means of
communication between town and
country it is difficult in these days
to distinguish the town man from
the countryman. If anything, the
countryman approaches nearer to
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-02
ARE WE LOSING our ENERGY

If prices of provisions keep on
climbing as >they have been doing
during the past year the effect
should be a great stimulus to the
''back to the farm" movement of
which we have heard so much the
past decade.
Common sense and observation
should teach any man that one of
the main causes of the high price
of foodstuffs is the growing scarcity
of farm labor, and the consequent
curtailment of acreage cultivated.
Thousands of farmers all over this
country, unable to secure adequate
help, are gradually eurtailing their
operations until it is no uncommon
sight to see a farm that formerly
sold four or five hundred bushels
of corn now hardly producing
enough to feed the stock and fat
ten the pork.
OF course we all know that q
gang of unprincipled blood suckers
have seized upon the war ais an ex-
cuse for boosting the price of every
thing that we consume, but if a
scarcity of production did not exist
the foreign demand for foodstuffs
would be met and there would still
remain in this country a sufficient
quantity to supply all home de-
mands at reasonable prices.
Just why young men, and Older
ones, too, should wish to leave the
farm and rush off to the overcrowd-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-02
NEITHER SIDE TO HAVE
MAJORITY I'M NEXT HOUSE

Revised figures on returns Of the
last election show definitely that
neither Democrats nor Republicans
viii have a majority of the next
House, necessary to elect a Speaker,
and that a handful of independents
will determine which side will con-
troll the organization.
Conceding seats to candidates in
possession of certificates Of cleo
ton, because they are certain to
participate in the organization Of
the House, the personnel now
stands: Republicans, 214; Demo-
Gratis, 213; Independents, 2; Pro-
gressives, 2; Prohibitionist, 1; So
cialist, l; contested, 2. A majority
is 218, hence should either Demo-
Gratis or Republicans win both of
the contests, they still would be
short of majority.
All of the independents are main
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-02

masculine perfection than the city
cousin.
Looked at from whatever angle
we may view it, the question IF tho
future of the farm is serious. Th,t
our young men are leaving It ny the
thousands is a fact. That there are
none to replace them is a lament
able fact.
And in endeavoring to locate the
cause one is almost forced to de
conclusion that the men of this
nation are gradually losing that
love of honest toll for which their
forefathers were noted.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-02
NICE CHRISTMAS PRESENT

Local employees of the Central
Kentucky Natural Gas Company
were given a bonus of six per cent.
as Christmas present last Satur-
day by the directors of the concern,
The checks were happily received
by the employees who are very
much pleased with the company's
UnDaroSitv
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-11

~ " - ~ ~ - 4
Sunrise, SIG; sunset, 6:26.
Jas. Savage killed by fall from
wagon seat.
Jacob Husterd, 90, 1858 Ward, hit
by street car. May die.
Burglars got iewelry from home of
Fred F. Meeker, Jr., 1442 Winnemac.
Smallpox and petty thefts have.
bothered Hyde Park high school
lately.
Chicago golf clubs discussing plan
for raising cattle and vegetables on
grounds.
Frank cOloner, 8, 1888 Lake,
struck by auto of Alfred Macarthur,
Oak Park, died.
Chicago Medical society wants con-
gress to remove German patent
rights on Salvarsan.
Norman Wait Harris estate gave
100000 to Chicago Community
Trust for charitable purposes.
Chicago Motor Bus Co. wants bus
line privilege from South and West
Park board. viii probably get them.
Clarence barrow fighting for stay
in case of Andrew Pepper, Austrian,
sentenced to death for murder Of
Chris DeUbler.
Thos. Inness testified against pals,
Walter Stevens and Albert Chase,
accused of murder of Louis Lichten-
stein during robbery.
Six men arrested in Ferndale cafe,
Chicago av. and Clark, several weeks
ago in connection with plot to dyna-
mite Bismarck Gardens, freed,
Nick NIGGA, gardener Saddle and
Cycle club, again indicted for death
of Willie Ulrey, IA, who was hit with
shears while crossing club lawn.
Rufus M. Potts, state insurance /
sup't, wants injunction against Chi
cago Motor Club and Ford Owners |
Protective assn. No state INSURANCE
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-11

Joyce Robinson, 3, BeHsyn, killed
by train.
$1,000 loot taken from home of
Geo. H. Chapel, 1914 Pratt blvd.
Trial of Ex-AId. De Priest and Ex-
Chief Healey continued until Thurs
day.
VIM. Gill; 30, 1909 Van Buren,, shot
and wounded Samuel Churiffs, bar
ber Arrested.
Mrs. Lucy Whitney, who died Feb.
8, left nearly all of S15O,0OO estate to
1ance, Samuel H. Hodge.
JeWelry and silver, worth Sf,2OO
stolen from bone of Mrs. Henry ].
Schmidt, 1862 North Shore av.-
Mrs. n. w. Sterne, 926' Sunnyside
av., awOke to- find burglar in room.
Her screams frightened him away.
mike de Pike" Heller given one
year for transporting women from
Chicago to Gary for immoral pur-
poses
U. S. court Of appeals decided Rock
Island road was right in refusing
beer consigned for shipment to dry
states.
Eugene Hodge and Jas. Whitehead,
negroes, given one to IA years for
attempt to kill two policemen during
hOldup.
Mrs. Ina Messenger, 5000 Fulton,
wants divorce from Herman D. Kis-
senger, Kansas City atty. Cruelty
charged.
Silk socks carried Lake Forest
elections. Keene Arlington elected
mayor over ThOs Appleton, cotton
sock candidate!
Mrs. Zoe C.aham, stenographer,
wants freedom from Jas. H. Graham.
Charges 'deseTtion, drunkenness and
Dorothy Groayer will leave. Mel
bourne, Australia, Nav 10. to become
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
HUNDREDS HEAR
HER TESTIMONY
Mrs. Harris Grew So Despondent
She Gave Up Entirely,
She Declares.
GAINED IS POUNDS
"l Believe I've Told Fully Four Hun.
dred People In Person About
My Recovery on Tanlac"
She Says.

81 am not only a strong healthy
woman instead of nervous wreck like
] was before taking Tanlac, but I have
actually gained thirty-five pounds in
weight BESIDES" said Mrs. Emma Har-
ris, whose husband is in the transfer
business and who resides at 5S11 Rel
kger street, Dallas, Texas.
"My health had been gradually fail
ing for several months" she continued.
81 just had to force down every mouth
full I ate and I fell off until I weighed
hardly more than hundred pounds.
I was tormented by boils and eruptions
all over my body and suffered agonies
from rheumatism that made my bones
ache like they would break in two.
My nerves were in such state it was
simply impossible for me to get any
sleep and I felt so doWnhearted and
hopeless that I just gave up entirely
and took to my bed.
zone day a friend told me about
Tanlac and advised me to try it. I
sent for a bottle and by the time y
had used up half Of it my appetite re-
turned and I was soon up and about
and able to take up my housework
again. Iseat; anything want now, my
food gives me strength, my blood has
| cleared up, my rheumatism is gone
and I suffer no pains, I sleep like a
child and feel fresh and fine when I
wake up. believe I've told fully four
hundred people in person, about my
recovery on Tanlac."
There is a Tanlac dealer in your
tOwn.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
CUT OUT CROOKED STICKS
Use Of Dead Wood for Fuel Is Also
Applied to Scoundrels and
the War.

Forestry experts in New York,
state which has given much cOnserv-
Ing attention to it's wealth in trees,
urge farmers to help the country meet
the high cost Of fuel by making more
use Of the dead and dying timber in
their wood lots. They are advised to
burn in their stoves and CRATES the
fallen logs still sound enough to be
converted into fire wood and to cut
down and utilize crooked trees Obv1-
ouSly foredoomed to wOrthlessneSs as
timber, no matter how long they may
be allowed to stand.
This is good advice, and there is
human moral in the crooked stick part
Of 1t, says an exchange. The same
stress of war times, which led to the
appeal issued to New York farmers
in sitting out crooked men. Some ras-
Gals will profit by war conditions, but
in the broad view Of the nations af-
fairs the sound and straight will come
to the front. The country can't take
chances with scoundrels. It must cut
crooked sticks out of the life-and-
death work Of the war, in places Of
authority.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
The Worst WAY,

Back in the dark ages, when the
management of the Erie railroad was
not all that it should have been-the
rolling stock needing more oil and the
common stock less water-a west
bound passenger train jolted into Corn
ing one day two hours behind time and
halted to patch up the engine and
take on such passengers as were in
no hurry and preferred waiting to
walking
Just as the train was about to jerk
itself in motion an excited individual
came rushing along the platform, drag
ging a heavy carpetbag with one hand
and waving a telegram with the other.
"You must wait !" he shouted
breathlessly. "Im in an awful hurry
I want to get to Buffalo the worst
way"
Cali right" sang out the conductor
of the starting train. Hurry up and
jump aboard. You won't strike any
thing worse than this y'-Everybody's
Magazine.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
SOLDIERS FIRST, THE RULE
Gallant Warriors Willing to Give
Right Of Way to Visitors, but
Plans Are Changed.

1t was a Sunday evening at Ff
Benjamin Harrison and the crowd OF
sisters, mothers, aunts and sight-seerS
was waiting at the interurban station
for a car. At last one came. At the
same time a crowd of soldiers with
leave to go to the city arrived. 1t
was evident that the lone car and its
small trailer could not carry all the
passengers. The soldiers held a lit
tie consultation, and then suddenly Of
fered to the women the use Of the
train. They said they would wait for
another car. The train filed with Sis
ters, mothers, aunts and sight-seers left
the little group, and the soldiers were
thanked many times for the favor.
At the siding just east Of town the
train bearing all these civilians was
stopped and backed on to a switch
Two minutes later q car loaded with
soldiers passed them on the main track,
making bee-line for town.-Indianap.
oils News.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
One CON- the Teacher.

The school term was drawing toward
its close in Normal City, Muncie sub
urb, when the pupils of one room were
asked to write compositions on any
subject they might choose, according
to Lee Baird, the principal.
One little boy turned in his compost
ton with the sheet entirely blank ex-
cept for the title, 1.-THE Home Life Of
the Fiji Islanders"
Roscoe, why did you choose so pecu-
liar a subject, but choosing it, why
didn't you write composition on the
home life of the Fiji islanders as you
announce in the title?" asked Baird.
Because they amt any," was the
boys reply, while the other children
who ha been let in on the joke, roared
at getting one ION" the teacher.-In-
dianapolis News.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
Colorado.

MOlybdenite has been discovered by
E. E. VanEpps on his property at the
head of the Platte river.
The Boulder Tungsten Production
Company is preparing to produce
tungstic acid and ferro-tungsten.
Preparations are being made on an
extensive scale to mine the low-grade
molybdenum ores near Climax.
The J. G. Blaine and Esmeralda
properties at Timber Line town are
being steadily worked for tungsten.
1t is reported that the Alma placer.
which is one of the best in the state,
has been leased and bonded and will
soon be in operation.
In Breckenridge district the stock
holders of the Farncomb Hill Gold
Dredging Company received their divi-
dend checks on time.
In Boulder county plans are being
made for putting the main shaft OF
the Nil Desperandum mines in order
10 accommodate new hoist.
Mining conditions in Park county
continue to improve, especially at Al
ma, where there is more activity now
han there has been for twenty years.
In a recent interview Secretary
Lane called attention to the response
Colorado and elsewhere to the cOun-
try's needs.
The Morgan County Oil & Gas Com
pany will begin drilling operations on
section 16, T. 3 N. of R. So w., which
is located near Fort Morgan, as soon
as the rig arrives.
J. D. SENATE has leased and re.
opened the old Shelby property on
Mount Loveland and is making regu-
lar shipments of lead, zinc and silver
ore from the dumps.
In the Leadville district high-grade
ore is being shipped from the Pen
rose shaft. The Porter and Fairview
properties are producing combined
output of 5000 tons per month.
The Little Melvin tungsten mine, To-
Gated on top of Michigan mountain,
Gilpin county, has been leased and
bonded to Robert McCrackin. Work
men are now employed taking out the
water preparatory to extensive devel-
opments.
High-grade silver ores from Cobalt
are treated at the Globe smelter, on
the northern edge of Denver. This is
found profitable because it takes two
or three cars of fluxing ores from Ko.
komo or Leadville to make the proper
ore.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
New Mexico.

There is every indication that rich
storehouse of wealth lies beneath the
ground near Buchanan and Carey.
vile.
Mid-monthly clean up for the Mogol
lon mills amounted to one and half
tons of gold and silver. This does
not include the concentrates which are
shipped to smelter.
The Superior Coal Company, which
recently took over the holdings OF
the Yankee Fuel Company amounting
to 10000 acres of coal land, will i'm.
mediately increase the output from so
tons to about 500 tons per day.
The new strike on the 1,1OO foot
level of the Socorro Mining and Mill
ing Company's property is proving to
be one of the best finds so far made
in the Mogollon district, not only
from the fact that this mine is the
deepest so far opened in camp, but
from the size and grade of the ore
opened up. The drift has entered the
new ore body for over hundred and
fifty feet, cross cuts show the width
to be in places fifteen feet between
walls and the face of drift is still
running around $40 per ton.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
Get MenthoI From Japan.

Before the war about half the men,
thol crystals exported from Japan
were sent to Germany. Since the out
break of the war the United States
has become the largest purchaser Of
these crystals, followed in order by
Great Britain, France and British In.
dia. The price has varied from So to-
$3.50 a pound during the last Ave
years, remaining most Of the time near
the higher mark. Recent improve
ments in the process Of manufacture
have kept the price within reasonable
limits in spite Of considerable in
crease in the demand since the begin
ming Of the war.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
A Pointed Question.

jeans maiden aunt is dressmaker,
and she is forever exhorting the little
girl, who loathes the sight Of Thin
BILE, to learn tn sew.
'Aunt Ruth" Jean remarked recent
ly, should every little girl learn to
sew and make her own clothes?"
Eyes, indeed" replied aunty warm.
ly. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, then, how would you make a
iving?'
Aunty subsided.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
LITTLE ARIZONA NEWS NOTES.

Fire partially destroyed the home or
Joe Carrow near Crozier station.
tBisbee miners are to get $5.25 per
day.
Many dogs have been killed in
Miami.
C. r. McFall has been appointed as
sistant United States attorney.
R. w. Kramer. assistant attorney
general, rendered his resignation.
w. P. Geary, of Prescott, has been
appointed assistant attorney general.
Manganese has been discovered in
Yaeger canon, eight miles southwest
of Jerome.
In order to speed up underground
development, the Jerome Verde is to
install large compressor.
Thomas E. Bradley was convicted
of the murder of Sergeant Alexander
Brown at Douglas.
John r. Beasley held at Chandler
on the charge of numbering John w.
Bell, was released on $4,000 bond.
The Mayer district south of Hum
boldt as far as Turkey Station, is to
see great revival of mining this fall.
The Florence postoffice and the Of
flee and printing plant of the Florence
Blade Tribune were destroyed by fire.
The first move to revive the old
Silver Butte, an early day producer of
silver and lead, at Prescott, is under
way.
The first large oil exploration move
ment for Big Chino valley has ma
tured by the arrival of a diamond
drilling equipment.
At Douglas the great smelters of
the Copper Queen and the Calumet &
Arizona mining companies last month
continued at normal capacity.
The new $4,000 mining building,
which is now being erected on the fair
grounds, provides for the adequate
housing of the mining department.
The campaigns for canning, drying,
and otherwise preserving foods under
way in all the northern and western
states are doing much to insure a sup
ply of food for winter use, and should
be continued through the fall.
Two men were killed in the Tennes-
see mine. at Chloride, when the buck
. ct in which they were being lowered
into the mine workings dropped from
the 900 to the ITO foot level. They
were Joe Fiber, shift boss, and V. G..
Savala, a miner.
will, during the next few months,
receive about five million dollars for
their long staple Egyptian cotton. The
acreage is $4,000 acres and it is
thought this will produce about 1900
bales of cotton, 500 pounds to the
bale.
Mohave county stood sixth among
the counties of Arizona in the produc-
tion of base and precious metals last
year, according to report by the U.
S. Geological Survey. The total value
of gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc
ores mined in this county last year
was $4,216,987. Gila county topped
the list, with" a total production of
$55,849,5S1.;
With her little baby, in her arms
and her other small children tugging
at her skirts, Mrs. Sarah E. Ochoa ap-
peared for preliminary hearing at
Phoenix, on the charge of murder.
The defendant offered no testimony
and was held to the Superior Court
under $4,000 bail. Mrs. Ochoa is said
to have killed Mrs. E. Alvarez when
che found her in her husbands arms.
In the adit drift on the Jackman
molybdenite property in the Wallapai
mountains, splendid body of ore
running very high in the rare metal
has been opened.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
Wyoming.

Considerable activity is reported
from the Manville fields.
Kinney No. 9, Big Muddy, is now do
ng 1000 barrels, according to report.
The Out West well in Section 28-40-
10, West Salt Creek, encountered oil
at depth of 400 feet.
Scores of drills in the Big Muddy are
almost ready to enter the precious oil
sands, and the coming sixty days
promise much more excitement in this
already overcharged atmosphere.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
Arizona.

The Ohio mines at Chapparral are
again being operated.
The high price of silver is causing
many old producers in the Prescott
district to be revived
A consolidation of the King and
Ajax Copper Companies to develop
two adjoining copper groups in Co.
chise county is soon to be effected.
The mines of the Oatman district
produced $228,O0O during August,
which was the greatest amount of gold
ever taken out Of the ground in that
vicinity in any one month.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
SKIN-TORTURED BABIES
A@sleep, Mothers Rest After Treatment
With Cutfcura-TriaI Free. +

Send today for free samples Of Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment and learn how
quickly they relieve itching, burning
skin troubles, and point to speedy heal
ment Of baby rashes, eczema and itch
ings. Having cleared baby's skin keep
it clear by using Cuticura exclusively.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston,. Sold everywhere-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL STATE
FAIR.

Big Show of the West Will be Held
at Phoenix, Nov. 12-17.
Phoenix-The Thirteenth annual
Arizona State Fair will be held in
Phoenix Nov. IL to II, inclusive, and
will be one of the big shows Of the
west this year, surprising all former
expositions in the state.
The premium list which is furnished
free on application to the State
Fair commission, announces the dis
tribution of about $4,000 in cash
prizes for general exhibits, $4,000 in
purses for harness races and several
thousand dollars for running races
AS the fair practically closes the ex-
position season, many of the record
breakers on the big racing circuits
will assemble at Phoenix to pick off
their final winnings. The entry lists
are rapidly filling and the Arizona
Fair, always notable for fast racing,
promises better speed events than
ever.
Conservation and development of
state resources is the keynote of the
exposition and the live stock, poultry,
swine, sheep and goats, and general
agricultural exhibits will all be more
numerous than ever before. 1t is esti-
mated that the increased production
in the state will be 20 per cent great
er this year than heretofore.
A magnificent program of amuse-
ments has been arranged including
automobile races, auto polo and many
feature events before the grandstand.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
More Extensive Trimminn.

Halefeller (wildly)-What! Do you
mean to tell me, woman, that it cost
$50 to get that hat trimmed? Jumping
Jupiter! But that milliners' game is
the limit
Mrs. Halefeller (sweetly)-Really? +?
Why, I understood it costs some men
more than that to get trimmed in a
poker game.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
Which Is, Done.

< "My husband worries so over oul
4 gas BILL"
! "Oh, tell him to make light of it."
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06

Smile on wash day. That's when you use
Red, Gross Bag Blue. Clothes whittier than
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
'@UhaccoUntable,

"He declares, that he despises, de-
tests and abominates: you" 4.
'That is very strange" replied J.
Fuller Gloom. IT do,not> >recollect' ever
having lent him any money"
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
Use for Horse Chestnute.

Horse. .Chestnuts Wanted-British
Find They Will Replace Other Cereals
in Munitions.-Newspap Headline.
Thank heaven, we are not asked to
eat them.-New York Sun.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
"a Question.

"He was boasting that he did some
record flying abroad at~the front"
Awaiting or running away?"
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices for Metals.

Prices for Metals.
New York.-Lead-$8.12h.
Bar Silver-$106h.
Copper-Casting, $25.87k.
st. .Louis.-Spelter-$8.0271.
Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates, so
per cent, $40 to $25 per unit. Crude
ores, 60 per cent, $40 to $25; rs per
cent, $12 to $500; 10 per cent, $9.40
to $12.20 per unit.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
The New Way.

Characteristic, we will have tC
camoufage some of our diplomatic
schemes.
Kaiser-Then paint them a neutral
tint.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06

In % days from Matching a silk
worm increases $4,000 times it's origi-
nal size.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06

Twenty-four lumber yards in Wis
consin now employ women as lumber
handlers.
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
Mean.

'He paid me compliment"
"That's queer. didn't. think you
had one coming"
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
Merry.

Georgene-Cheek Why, I've seen
him joke with waiter that he hadn't
tipped"
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
The. Comparison.

"Experienee is the best teacher"
eyes. but time gives us a lot more
wrinkles"
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
Not Very.

"He's as happy as king
"Humph! How happy is a King now
adays?" ",
The Benson signal., 1917-10-06
, Hits. the BuIIseYe.

Flattery will always puncture' tn
bullseye when other shots go way be-
low the target. =. .