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The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
DOUG" FAIRBANKS AND
CHAPLIN GET RAISES

Charley Chaplin. famous comedy
artist. received a little raise in salary
on the 1st Of the year, according TO
reports. Having barely managed to
make ends meet on the insignificant
sum Of s750,000 in 1916, he was pro-
NOTED to the next higher class of
salaried employees of the film COM
panies, and for his work in 1917 he
will draw an even $1,000.00O. Chap
lin has signed with the Keystone
comedies again, and will be under the
direction of Mack Sennett, who was
his 1st director. Another satellite of
the film world in the comedy class,
is Douglas Fairbanks, who severed his
connection with the Triangle to star
with the Famous Players, at q mere
pittance of $500 a week.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
HENS QUIT LAYING
IN WINTER TIME

Eggs are scarce and high-priced
every winter; yet people are fussing
about the scarcity Of eggs as tho such
a thing never happened before. After
a man has lived 80 or 40 years. would
MT you think he would at least know
that hens quit laying in the winter
But millions of them don't seem to.
And many others believe that II they
make a big enuf row, hens will begin
laying again. There is only l solu-
ton OF the egg situation; II will appear
in April, without help from anyone
IL. w. Howe.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
A PIECE YOU CAN SPEAK

like to take the grown-up broom
And clean spick-span our dining room.
No dirt can hide behind the door
When mother let's me sweet the floor.
With rolled-up sleeves and busting
cap,
rush downstairs tap-tap-a-tap,
Forgetting dolls and Teddy bears,
When mother let's me dust the chairs
The sheets l fix exactly right.
And shake the pillows soft and light
smooth and smooth the nice, white
spread
When mother let's me make the bed
Dear mel Just thinkl I'm only 8,
don't know how I'll ever wait
Until that great. grand day--oh, my
When mother let's me bake a piei
Anne Porter.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
AN ARTIST
AT WHITTLING

Scissors are primarily used to cut
with. but the News received a pair
recently that It would seem a pity to
use. They were made from a solid
block OF wood by j. w. Coleman, of
our city and are truly work of art.
They are absolutely without rivet or
nail and yet work as freely and ac-
curately as a steel pair. Mr.. Cole
man had with him a jointed penhold-
er. also made with his handy barlow.
which was a marvel Of ingenuity. The
Yankee and his 1acknife are a matter
OF history. but II they have anything
on Mr. Coleman, well, we are from
Missouri--you will have to show US.
Somerset. KY. News
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
TEACH CHILDREN TO
WORK WHILE YOUNG

The boys or girls whose parents are
wise enuf to put them to work with
their hands as soon as they are big
enuf to pick up sticks are, after all,
the ones getting the best start. Those
who have had to take hold OF every
new difficulty as 1t came along. and
conquer it are, undoubtedly. the most
resourceful persons in later life, and
partake of the truest education. To
be redeemed from helplessness Is a
great step-Mrs. Tom Thompton.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
ADVANCED PRICES
HARD ON PAPERS

The average Kansas paper in a
town of 10000 uses . or 8 carloads of
paper year. These papers are now
paying from 5000 to $500 a month
more for their paper than they were
paying a year ago. 1t Is this condi-
tion which is bringing about consoli-
dations of newspapers on every hand
and which is putting a lot of End and
Srd class daiiies on the market. The
worst of the condition apparently has
not been reached vet and the Kansas
dailies will have to adopt economies
of every kind and character as well
as raise their rates to meet the new
conditions s--Chanute Tribune.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
SOULS LIVE
ON FOREVER

Mrs. Ella Cutler. of Chicago, is tell
ing Kansas City folks how souls come
back. 1.-The ego, the real, actual man,
goes on and on thru human body aft
er human body" Mrs. Cutler says,
"and If we should look about us and
study our own acquaintances, we
would see in many of them the traits
of others we have known or have
read about" Mrs. Cutler mentioned
these historical examples: Napoleon
was the reincarnation of Hannibal;
Gladstone was the soul of Cicero,
born again; Queen Victoria was new
flesh and blood inside of which was
the person or ego of King Alfred.
Who could ask for more proof than
this?
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
HUGE PROFITS IN STEEL

Earnings of the United States
Steel corporation for the 18th
quarter of 1915 were StO5,96S,-
900, exceeding all previous rec
ords and 20 million more than
In the previous quarter. For the
year 1915 EARNINGS were 2S3h
million dollars, 103 million moro
than i'm 1915. The years earn
ings were equal to about SO per
cent on the 500 million dollars
of common. stock after paying
charges and preferred dividends.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
YOUNGEST BOY WAS
A LOGICAL CUSS

"My least boy, Bearcat, is a logical
little cuss" admitted Mr.. Gap john
son Of Rumpus Ridge, Ark. "He got
into some devilment luther day, and
wife whirled in to whip him. l heer-
ed the hoOraw, and came around the
corner of the house just in time to see
him kick her on the shin. Look yur,
you young varmint" says I. What do
you mean by fighting your maw?'
Well, darn it, he yelled. She started
it,
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
WICHITA HAS
WAR VICTIM

William X. Webber, who fought in
the End battle Of Ypres, has returned
TO his wife and children in Wichita,
a physical and almost mental wreck.
Webber left Wichita in 1915 to Join
his regiment, with which he had
fought during the Boer war. He was
discharged because of disa ability, due
to shell shock, and is frequently seiz-
ed with trembling spells which last
for several minutes.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
HOW PRISONERS
GAIN SOME TIME

200 convicts are laboring extra days
in the prison mines at the Kansas
penitentiary so that the state institu-
tions may be supplied. When each
man comes to the prison, IL he is
physically fit, he is assigned work In
the mine for 80 days. In order that
the men will work harder ami longer
than 30 days, for every so days in the
mine a convict is allowed 40 days time
off his sentence.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
CO-OPERATORS HAVE
Ia PER CENT INTEREST

McPherson's Alliance Exchange,
said to be the only store In Kansas
managed exclusively by farmers, de-
clared a rebate of s per cent on goods
bought last year and per cent on the
capital stock 600 Of the stores GUS
toners benefited by the rebate on
$141,000 worth OF business 1t pays
20 cooperate If it's real cooperation.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
MORE FARM ANIMALS
KILLED THAN GAME

Careless hunters recently shot Bill
Oswald's race horse in the side and
hip. The horse will recover, but IL
Bill ever gets hold Of the hunters they
won't recover Why is it that town
hunters can't be more decent? The
farmers don't want to be unreason-
able about forbidding hunting on their
premises, but more farm stock is be-
ing killed than abbits.-Atchison
Globe.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
THE VALUE OF INDUSTRY

The most trifllDg actions that
affect a mans credit are TO be
regarded. The sound OF your
hammer at s In the morning,
or 0 at night, heard by a cred
itor, makes him easier Q months
iongerI but IL he sees you at a
billiard table or hears your voice
at a tavern when you should be
at work, he sends for his money
the next day.-Benj. Franklin.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
GIANTESS
WORE NO. 81 SHOE

An old shoe valued at 800 is the
property of relatives OF the late Miss
Ella Ewing, Missouri giantess, who
died some years ago. Miss Ewing
formerly lived at Elion. The shoe
Is rated the largest ever made and
is "size 81"
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-02-10
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS ROUTE

Electric trains leave sth and Edmond half
after every hour from $50 a. m. to 7iso p.
m, then $50 and ilis p. m, for Willow
Brook, Dearborn, Camden Point. Liberty.
Excelsior Springs and Kansas City. Call
Main 3ll for further Information.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16
CARE FOR STORAGE BATTERY
One Of Easiest Things to Keep In Or.
der In Automobile and One Most
Neglected.

In discussing the care of motor cars
and in things that n leave un-
done, John Il. Buck, a car distributor,
says: zone Of the easiest things to
take care Of In an automobile and one
Of the things most neglected Is the
storage battery.
"Nine-tenths Of all starting and
lighting troubles date right back to the
storage battery, and nine-tenths Of the
time 1t Is not the fault of the battery
ut all.
"Your starting battery must have
Its drink Of distilled water every ten
days or 1t Is going to get sick on your
hands, sure as shooting and it usually
will do this at the most critical time
right In the dead Of winter, when the
oil in your crank case is so stiff you
can barely turn her over or when you
have an important engagement and
must get somewhere in a big hurry.
'Only one tool is necessary for the
care Of your battery. That is a n.y.
drOmeter, and it will pay you to get n
good one, for the cheap ones are worse
than none at all. This instrument Is
used to read the condition of your but
terry and also to fill the battery when
distilled water Is needed. Incidentally,
only distilled water, or rain water thai
has not come In contact with metal,
should be used.
Rain water collected through metal
cutters or pines is NOT safe. as IL Ia
liable to contain iron. which will ruin
any battery in a short time. Test your
battery every ten days with the hydro
meter, removing the hard rubber caps
on the top of the battery to do this. If
possible, take your reading without re-
moving the %hydrometer from the bat
terry"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16

branch off and extend in different d.
rections to reach the hangers.
1t would be difficult to build a better
farm barn where accommodation Is
wanted for horses and dairy cow and
young stock or beef cattle In one
building. 1t is what might be called a
general farm stock barn. 1t holds O
great amount of rough fodder, because
Of the depth Of the hay bay. When
hay is put into such a storage NOW
in the summer time and refilled later,
the height is sufficient to settle the
hay very solid in the bottom, so that
the space between the ground and the
roof In the center part of this build
ing will hold a large quantity Of hay.
Considering the size of the barn, co
by "A feet, 1t Is a cheap barn to build.
The construction is very simple. The
center part is built with uprights
which reach to the plate and the wings
are added like sheds, with the excep-
ton that a solid concrete foundation
reaches all the way around, which
makes the barn permanent. Such q
foundation adds a great deal to the
value Of the building. both in service
and looks.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16
Growth Of Trees.

The rate Of growth of trees in wood
lots and In plantations in central New
York Is being studied at the New York
State College of Forestry. Soil and
climatic conditions in central New
York are ~unexcelled for maintenance
and rapid forest growth. The so-called
virgin forests of the Adirondacks are
growing at the rate Of about 200 board
feet an acre a year. Properly man.
aged forests of southwestern Germany
are growing at the rate of from 1000
to 1000 board feet an acre a year.
Reasonable use of farm wood lots and
the planting of the right kinds of for
est trees on forest coils means the pro-
duction Of excellent crops Of timber,
and that within a comparatively short
period of time.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16
LIVE STOCK DEMAND
PROPER attention
Supply Is Rapidly Being Depleted
and Serious Conditions Are
Liable to Develop.

(By r. W.. CLARK. Colorado Agricultur-
al College. Fort Collins.)
Save all the heifer calves and plan
to raise more pigs, lambs, colts, calves
and chickens next year than you did
this year. Do you know the world is
being depleted Of its live stock?
Keep your pigs growing. They
should weigh 200 pounds at six
months Of age and they are worth $40
n hundred now. Ten good pigs are
worth $500.
Give your hogs all the alfalfa or
clover they will eat winter and sum.
mer. Give them skim milk, whey,
some grain, or anything else you have
but be sure to give them all they can
eat.
Keep the calves growing. Give them
some grain, separate from milk, and
all the good hay they can eat. Veal
is now worth 16 cents a pound. A good
veal is worth $35.
Feed the lambs well. They are worth
500 apiece and wool is worth from soc
to zoe a pound.
Feed the cows we'll. Keep them
milking. You may dislike to see them
eat SO much, but please give them all
they can eat all the time. The price
Of milk, butter and cheese is going out
Of sight. Butter fat may be worth 81
a pound before long.
Feed and handle the mares so that
you will save all the colts next spring.
Good horses are worth SIS q head
more than they were a year ago.. A
good horse Is worth $500.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16

fresh, pure air, making the stable floor
impervious to moisture and easily
flushed out and finishing of ceilings
and side walls to be dust free. Too
much sunlight cannot be given TO the
stock. II a healthy herd Is desired,
sunlight must get into every nook and
corner of the building at least once a
day. Sun Is natures dlsinfectant and
cleans a stable of disease germs.
A farm barn for the stabllng Of
dairy cows, horses and beef cattle, Is
shown In the accompanying illustra-
lions. 1t is 60 feet by IA feet In size.
and is of the monitor roof type Of barn
so often seen in Indiana and Illinois.
The dairy stable end Of the barn is
partitioned across opposite the silo.
The steel COW stalls are set in the
concrete floor In the usual way, and
there Is an alley behind the cows wide
enough for a good passage through.
The horses are In one wing and the
loose stock runs In a covered barn
yard or partially enclosed shed in the
other wing.
Hay storage reaches from the
ground to the peak in the center of
the barn. The wings also are flOored
Over the stables and the cattle shed. so
the whole size Of the barn Is made in
to storage from this floor up. Usual
ly straw Is blown into the wings at
threshing time and the center Of the
barn is filled with hay.
There are feed racks running the
whole length of the stock shed. Over
these feed racks are chutes to let the
hay or other roughage down from the
big NOV so that the racks are easily
filed at feeding time. At the same
time hay Is let down In the feeding
alley on the side of the barn for the
dairy cows. 1t Is better not to have
any direct connection between the COW
stable and the overhead storage. Hay
for the horses and straw for horse
bedding is put down another chute In
the horse wing.
Placing the sllO at one corne Of the
barn makes 1t easy to feed silage to
all Of the live stock, because Of the
manner In which the different alleys
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16
BY WILLIAM A. RADEORO,

The farmer who is In the habit OF
getting his moneys worth in an invest
ment, considers five things before he
accepts the design of a barn. These
things are appearance. economy, prac-
ticability, convenience and SANTA
ton.
A well-lighted, handsome appearing.
practical building on the farm is a
good investment because 1t gives add
ed value to the property in the eyes
OF a prospective buyer. Correct de-
sign is of utmost Importance In obtain
ing the desired quality Of good ap-
pearance, although the exterior finish
and relation of the building to other
buildings of the group must be given
consideration In this connection. The
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16
HAWAIIANS OWN $3.50 CARS
Represent Investment Of $6,250,000
and Automobile Field Is Grow.
Ing Very Rapidly.

There are $3.50 motor car vehicles
registered in the territory Of Hawaii.
OF this number 3.465 are registered on
the island Of Oaku, 500 on Mani, $50
on Kauai and 1900 on Hawaii. These
numbers represent an investment Of
$~G,250,00O. The department of COM
merce gives figures which indicate
that the automobile field is rapidly
growing larger in Hawaii and that
the number Of machines imported Is
constantly increasing. During the
month of March, 1917, there were 212
automobiles imported, at a valuation
of $2O4,4OO, against 1T machines dur
ing the same month the year previous,
at a total valuation of $153,S42.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16
DRIVING IN WINTER
Occupants Of Car Subjected to
Unusual Seventies.
DEVICES THAT ADD COMFORT
Excess Heat, Usually Lost In Radia.
ton, Can Be Diverted to Portions
Of Car-Tires Should Have
Some Protection.

Winter automobile touring or driv-
Ing, without special preparation, sub
jects the tires Of the car and Its occu-
pants to unusual seventies. With
comparatively slight labor. protection
may be provided that will also de-
crease expenditures for tires, says
Popular Mechanics Magazine. Excess
heat, usually lost In radiation, can be
diverted to portions of the a to the
comfort Of the occupants.
Effective Method.
The method shown in the sketch Is
effective. Construct a boxlike case for
the mufiier, and fasten this to the un.
der side of the floor. The casing may
be of sheet metal or wood. Through
the floor, directly afove the defector,
a number of holes should be bored,
which will not materially weaken it,
yet will permit the heat from around
the muller to escape into the car The
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16
WAYS OF APPLYING CHAINS
Novice Will Jack Up Wheel, But Elk.
perienced Motorist Will Drape
1t over Wheel.

"The novice jacks up his wheel to
put on a chain-not so the experienced
motorist. There are two ways of ap-
plying the chain. One is to drape 1t
Over the wheel, the other Is to lay it
on the ground and run the car over it.
The latter method, apart from the diff
ficulty of steering straight over
something YOU cannot see, has the
added disadvantage that the chain on
a muddy road is in bad condition to
handle. SO drape it over the wheel
and you will have a much cleaner job.
Apply it in such a way that the points
of the cross links are away from the
tire, so as to prevent them from cut
ting into it.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16
TO PREVENT CHAFED TUBES
In Changing Tires Be Certain They
Are Sound-Weak Spots Will
Blow Out Readily.

In cas- Of a blowout, examine the
tube you are going to use very care
fully. 1t may have lain In the car for
several months, and got oil or grease
on 1t, making a weak spot, which will
readily blow out when pumped up.
Look especially for worn spots where
the tube has been chafed. They should
be covered with a gasoline patch or
some tire putty. When a spare tube
is placed in the car 1t should be in a
bag or have a cloth wrapped around
it and be blocked in such u way that
1t cannot chafe.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16

roof Of the building is largely re-
spOnsible for the appearance and 1t
should be proportional with this idea
very often of greater Importance than
the appearance. Properly designed
dormers can often be used to obtain
a pleasing appearance, where the roof
surface Is large. One of the easiest ways
to obtain attractive appearance is to
mount a good type of modern venti-
lator on the roof, at as many points as
there is need for them; and in addi-
ton to the appearance, this equipment
is considered absolutely necessary
from the standpoint of healthy stock,
among the farmers "who know"
Economy consists in using the least
wall area, a minimum of %non-useful
floor space, saving of building materi-
ais wherever possible, reduction of
heat loss through the walls. all re.
sulting in q saving of money both In
construction of the building and In Its
subsequent use. Sometimes there Is
too little money invested in farm build
ings, In which cas- the labor cost of
maintaining the stock is excessive.
There should be a balance struck be-
tween the labor cost of doing the farm
work and the interest on the money
invested in buildings constructed for
the purpose Of reducing this labor
cost.
P~racticability consists in proper d.
mansions of stalls, passages, doors,
cutters, hay-racks, posts, beams, brac-
ing and other parts. This considera-
ton Is that which makes 1t advisable
to consider each building for the par
ticular conditions under which it is
to be used. The buildings should be
large enough to accommodate a bump
er crop and as much stock as the farm
will profitably maintain. Remember
that 1t Is far more expensive to add to
q building than it is to make it large
enough In the first place.
There is a great difference In the
convenience Of barns. Such things as
the arrangement for feeding, layout Of
feed and litter passages. facing of an
finals. location of feed rooms, silo,
doors, and hay chutes, all mea ease
or extra work as the case may be. Ar
rangement for cleaning, location Of
litter carrier and feed carrier tracks,
placing of doors and harness rooms,
methods of storing hay. provision for
installing hay forks, are all matters
which should be very carefully con-
sidered.
By sanitation is meant the effect OBJ
tanned by location Of windows for dis
tribution of light, doing away with OBJ
struction to light. providing proper
height Of windows from floor, giving
proper slope to stalls, passages and
cutters for good drainage, arrange
ment for a constant circulation Of !
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16
Honorinq French Soldiers

OF the methods of honoring soldiers
for distinguished service on the field
of battle, the "fourragers" conferred
upon the crack regiments of France is
n of the most original. 1t consists
Of a colored cord ending in a brass
tag, the name being derived from the
French word for a lettering rope for
horses. Every officer and man in q
regiment rewarded for gallantry in ac-
ton by the %fourragers has the right
to wear this cord round the left shoul-
distinction, n having green and red
cord to correspond with the croix de
guerre. and the other being in green
and yellow, on the lines of the rarer
medaille militaire.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16
SAVING STRAW FOR BEDDING
Increase Amount Of Manure to Be Ap.
piled to SoiI-Less Fertility
Elements Are Lost.

Liberal bedding with straw, II 1t Is
plentiful, Increases the amount of
manure to be applied to the soil. Less
of the fertility elements in liquid ma
nure are lost and bedding with more
costly material is made unnecessary.
The stock are made more comfortable
and hence more productive. The fer
tility value at normal prices of the
fertilizer elements, amounts to about
So a ton for wheat straw and 81 a ton
for oat straw. At present abnormal
prices this is increased several times.
At least IS per cent of this should be
saved by proper conservation.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-16
WHERE WOMEN ARE HELPING
Becoming Important Factors in Motor
Car lndustry-AssembIe Primer
and Switch Systems.

Women are fast becoming important
factors in the motor car industry. Not
only do they cut and sew materials for
tops and side curtains, but also in
many factories they are intrusted with
the assembling Of primer and switch
systems and of inspecting plstons. drill
press work, and other small parts.