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Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12
LOCALS AND PERSONALS
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY

Bert Conway was in from Upper
Florida today on buying trip.
F. C. Perkins spent the day at
Aztec on legal business.
George Avery headed Pueblo way
this morning on mining business.
Now they call the prospects, per-
sons afflicted with Foditis.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Black return
ed to Kirkland today.
News has been received here of
the death of Mrs. John Pilon of
Blanco.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest of Wallace
gulch were business visitors in town
today.
Country visitors were numerous
today and local merchants received
liberal patronage as result.
A number of prospective settlers
are home seeking in the Montezuma
valley.
Mrs. Milt Richardson of Kline was
at the Palace last night en- route
home from quite an extended visit
in Arizona.
DR.. G. S. Driver returned to Ig-
nacio this morning. Monday he
leaves for an extended trip thru the
east.
Mrs. L. A. Sheets was the guest
of Mrs. Mary Brawner last night on
her way to Laplats N. NJ, after a
3-months stay with relatives in Pueb-
Mrs. E. F. McCabe of Ophir is
stopping at the McNeely house while
looking after her son who is here for
treatment for rheumatism.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12
GLOBE SIGHTS.

1t may be said for the angry mob
that it seldom picks on an aggrega-
ton of its own size.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12
Mercy Hospital Notes.

Robert Gerkins of North Durango
has recovered sufficiently from his
recent operation for appendicitis and
peritonitis to be released from the
hospital. Mrs. A. II. George, who
underwent a second operation yester-
day, is in good condition. John Webb
of Pagosa Springs will be able to
leave the hospital in few days.
Mrs. Rex Schultz is able to be re.
leased from hospital jurisdiction this
afternoon. Tim Mcclure, underwent
another slight operation this morn
ing. His general condition shows
marked Improvement.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Puett and MIR.
ind Mrs. J.. L. Wade Of Mancos tar
ried over in Durango today, guests
at the Strater.
Mrs. Bert Brown and the juniors
are over from Mancos visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Spring
or.
George Truelson of Cortez was at
the Savoy last night on his return
from Denver where he journeyed n
couple Of weeks ago to buy cattle.
II. r. Smith, who was called here
to assist in adjusting wire troubles,
has completed his work and left for
Alamosa this morning.
In accordance with the provision
of the school law, the work of talk
ing the school census commenced to-
day. Mrs. w. w. McEwen, Jr., is in
charge.
George Mallett of Mancos spent
the night here on his way home from
Del Norte where he was summoned
by the death of his youngest broth
er, Charles Mallett.
H. B. Pfeiffer left for Alamosa
this morning to attend meeting of
the roundhouse foremen in charge of
the shops in the Fourth division of
the D. G. r. G.
Frank McElroy, son-in-law of
John Clarke, has departed for points
south again. He will probably ex-
tend his travels to Miami, Arizona,
where he was formerly located.
Mrs. Charles Pearson of the Flori-
da mesa has returned from Del
Norte where she was called by the
sudden death of her brother, Charles
Mallett.
The d. & r. G. will use only
standard gauge rails for making re-
pairs regardless of the typographi-
cal error which resulted in a state
ment to the contrary.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Edstrome of
Ophir are here visiting their small
son, who is in local hospital max
ing a good recovery from blood pois-
oning of the leg.
Jack Cole of Silverton passed
thru Durango this morning on his
way to Los Angeles where he has a
Job with a large lumber company.
his family will join him in the new
home later.
About twenty passengers, the
Mancos Basketball teams and their
rooters, had accommodation on the
Silverton bound train, where the
.Mancos boys expect to win the hon
ors in the contest with the Silver
ION team tonight.
The workmen engaged in remov-
ing the engine at the old water
works have found it necessary to do
considerable blasting. Hearing a
series of the explosions the other
lay, small boy rushed up to the
first grown man he could see and
asked anxiously "Do you suppose its
war;"
Herbert Peterson has rented the
Charles Griffith ranch on the Flori-
da mesa, and he and his bride are
to occupy the commodious ranch
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Griffith will oc-
cupy the new bungalow on the ranch
and Mr.. Griffith will devote his en-
tire attention to his stock interests,
Major Sheets Very Poorly.
The condition of Major d. L
Sheets, our well known pioneer, has
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12
Death Of D. NJ. Blair Bab..

The little son who came to grace
Mr.. and Mrs. Blair's home December
End, was claimed by death the day
he was two months old. The end
came in Denver where the family is
now located. The young parents are
bowed down with a depth of sorrow
that only thse who have had like
experience can fathom.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12
Flags Up.

Flags Up.
The Elks have swung large
American flag across the street
from their lodge room window and
the postoffice has hung one above
its entrance. Now, swing Old Glory
from the city hall, the court house
and every private home, and in the
words of Abe Lincoln, show the
world "That this government of the
people, for the people and by the
people shall not perish from the
earth" We are all Americans.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

Mrs. E. F. McCabe of Ophir is
stopping at the McNeely house while
looking after her son who is here for
treatment for rheumatism.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

Mrs. L. A. Sheets was the CUES,
of Mrs. Mary Brawner last night on
her way to Laplats N. NJ, after q
3-months stay with relatives in Pueb-
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

The workmen engaged in remov-
ing the engine at the old water
works have found it necessary to do
considerable blasting. Hearing a
series of the explosions the other
lay, small boy rushed up to the
first grown man he could see and
asked anxiously "Do you suppose its
war;"
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

Bert Conway was in from Upper
Florida today on buying trip.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

About twenty passengers, the
Mancos Basketball teams and their
rooters, had accommodation on the
Silverton bound train, where the
Mancos boys expect to win the hon
ors in the contest with the Silver
ION team tonight.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

DR.. G. S. Driver returned to Ig-
nacio this morning. Monday he
leaves for an extended trip thru the
east.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

Mrs. Milt Richardson of Kline wa.
at the Palace last night en- route
home from quite an extended visit
in Arizona
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Puett and MIR.
ind Mrs. J. L. Wade Of Mancos tar
ried over in Durango today, guests
at the Strater.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

Jack Cole of Silverton passed
thru Durango this morning on his
way to Los Angeles where he has a
Job with large lumber company.
dis family will join him in the new
home later.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

F. C. Perkins spent the day a,
Aztec on legal business.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

George Avery headed Pueblo way
this morning on mining business.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

A number of prospective settlers
are home seeking in the Montezuma
valley.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

Country visitors were numerous
today and local merchants received
liberal patronage as a result.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Edstrome Of
Ophir are here visiting their small
son, who is in local hospital max
ing good recovery from blood pois
oning of the leg.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

Mrs. Bert Brown and the juniors
are over from Mancos visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Spring
or.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-12

George Mallett Of Mancos spen,
the night here on his way home from
Del Norte where he was summoned
by the death of his youngest broth
Ell, Charles Mallett.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
TONNAGE NEEDS OF ARMY ABROAD

cord per day per hundred men, would
amount to 1850 cords. Owing to
scarcity of fuel part of this may have
to be brought to France.
With 100000 men, there will be ap-
proximately 100000 animals. At IA
pounds of hay day. there would be
required for six months over 456,
600 pounds of hay, which must be i'm
ported. and also 36O,OOO.OOO pounds Of
oats. Rations will require $4,000. 900
pounds. Ammunition will run into bill
lions of pounds.
This freight calculation does not
consider what would be required in
building or rebuilding railroads or cam
tonments. The space required for store
housing at the base would be about as
follows: Rations, etc. $50 acres: fuel
$50 acres; forage, 45O acres; remount
depots, $50 acres; cantonments for cas-
uals, ETC., 500 acres sick and wounded.
1000 acres; engineer, ordnance. and
signal corps, 1.500 acres. Allowing for
roads, Office buildings. barracks. etc,
the total w~lld be about 5000 acres.
Confusion In Figures.
Always there is considerable confu-
sion about shipping figures. There Is
no one on this side of the Atlantic, so
far as l am able to find out, who can
tell precisely the difference between
gross and net ton. AS a matter of
fact, net tonnage is not a fixed term.
In referring to submarine sinkings.
gross tons are always used, together
with the English reckoning of 2,24O
pounds to the ton. In general way
cargo carrying space is figured in cubic
feet and then divided by 100 to get
gross tonnage. Displacement Is quite
another matter. That kind Of tonnage
means the weight of the ship itself, as
l understand it. although the word
suggests the weight of the water dis
placed by the ship. Those who follow
the submarine news should bear In
mind that tonnage given is gross and
that weight of cargo is not included.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14

digging. the pods become discolored
and lose in weight and the leaves drop
off in handling.
The poles for the peanut stacks
should be three or four inches in diam
eter and seven to eight feet long.
These poles or stakes are set into the
ground II to 1S inches and are well
tamped to make them firm.
Before starting the stack two pieces
of lath, scrap lumber, or sapllng cut
from the woods, about 1S inches in
length, are nailed at right angles to
the stake eight inches from the ground
In order to prevent the peanuts coming
in direct contact with the soil. In
starting to build the stack few vines
are laid across these pieces and the
stack Is then built up by successive
layers of vines, the pods being kept
well to the center against the stake
and the tops to the outside. The
stems should have sufficient outward
slope to shed water. Occasionally a
few vines should be hung around the
stake In order to tie the stack to-
gether. By this method the pods will
be near the center and around the
stake. where there Is an upward cir
culation of air and general protection.
When the stack has reached the de-
sired height, q bunch Of vines Is rolled
together and pressed down over the
point Of the stake to form a top. or
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14

miss the rare places of Ypres that are
still, in their grim settling, more or
less visible.
THE other day he helped a Bel
gian to discover his little hoard of
francs that had been buried In the
town during the first bombardment.
He shows firm judgment and instant
sympathy as each is needed. If Ypres
Is Belgium, he-English as he isis
Ypres: brave, steady, enduring and
confident. Looking up whimsically at
a shell that seemed to me to burst
uncomfOrtably near (but then, they
all sounded like that), he remarked ::
'Ah, high explosive; l thought as
much. Perhaps you had better be
going now And we went with a sense
CT abiding regard for this sturdy SOL
der, while a deafening crash close by
announced that the British guns had
something urgent to say to the enemy.
something that could not wait"
A Dantean Des-iation.
The word SOmme similarly has ex-
panded into novel and grOtesque
symbol, Professor Clarks says. "For
the SOmme is a Dantean desolation,
extending mile beyond mile-a DESC
latiOn Of splintered tree trunks,
stripped, woebegone boughs, churned
up subsOils that look like plague spots
upon the corpse of earth. l thought
Of COleridge's 'rotting sea- The ad-
jective is pale and ineffective here. /
thought of BrOwning's 'Childe Ro-
land"
But there Is another side to the
Somme picture: brisk movement at
the appropriate spots is not wanting,
as there Is a distant train hauling its
freight; German prisoners working the.
roads; Tommy at his endless fatigue
jobs; guns volleying overhead; the
army service corps, carrying on" with
its never-ceasing string of numbering
lorries; and, perhaps most completely
diverting Of all, the momentary ap-
pearance of a Kentucky mule on the
skyline, tossing his heels in an aban-
dOned ecstacy.
Professor Clarke was connected with
the intelligence department of the
British war office in the war zone.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
Views DesoIation Wrought BY
War on Flanders Battle
Front.
SOUL OF YPRES LIVES ON
Town, Which Has Been Through Two
Great HeIIs and Many Lesser
Ones, Is Symbol Of Tragedy
Of Belgium.

Knoxville, Tenn.-How long will the
war last?
The best answer to this question
heard along the Flanders battle front
by Prof. George Herbert Clarke, who
has returned to the chair of English
at the University Of Tennessee, was
by South African, who remarked re-
fectively: "Well. sir, can't rightly
say; but 1t looks to me as though this
ere war as settled down now into a
sort of instichooshun"
Professor Clarke ventured to ask
the question all along the firing line
"How long is a piece of string?" re-
torted an English statesman.
"A certain major did me the honor
to invite my own conjecture" Profess
sOr Clarke says, land, still better,
agreed with 1t; but l found, for the
most part. the expected wide diver
sity of opinion"
Another interesting question arose
on board ship during Professor
Clarke's return fiem Europe: Is a
ship safer than the trenches? Ger
tain Canadian officers on the boat ar
gued the negative Of the question, but
the university professor was stanch
for the affirmative.
Less Danger in Trenches.
Canadian officers said that there
was less danger in trenches because
shells seldom struck the trenches, and
the shot usually went over the heads
of the men. But Professor Clarke was
Of the opinion that there is less risk
In ship on the ocean, even though
the kaiser's sea sharks, submarines,
menace vessels, and should a boat be
torpedoed, 1t would probably not be
long until passengers were bound for
Davy Jones' locker, even if they were
in lifeboats or life savers.
. The desolated town of Ypres was
visited by Professor Clarke while in
the war zone. The American imagi-
nation has been deeply touched by the
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
II Southern growers are to save thu
largest peanut crop the country evel
has grown. now ready for harvest. the
best possible methods Of harvesting
picking and storing the crop must be
employed. Many farmers are growing
peanuts this year for the first time
Mistakes In harvesting may result ir
serious losses. The methods Of gath
er1ng and storing described here are
in use by the most successful growers
Harvesting.
AS no definite rule can be given by
which to determine when peanuts are
ready to dig, each grower must depend
largely upon his own judgment. In
the lower South, where frosts do not
occur until quite late, the vines assume
yellowish color when the peanuts
are mature. Peanuts should be dug
when the vines have the greatest num-
Der OF mature pods. Beginners in pea
nut growing should be careful not to
dig too soon, as immature nuts shrivel
and are light in weight when cured.
A few early formed peas are likely to
sprout before digging time. especially
If there Is period of rainy weather
about the time the peanuts are matur.
ing, but usually the loss by sprouting
Is not sufficient to justify premature
harvesting.
Peanuts ordinarily are plowed from
the ground with turnplow which has
the mOldbOard removed to prevent
throwing dirt over the vines. This plow
should be regulated by means of a
wheel attached to the beam so that the
peanut root can be cut Off at any de-
sired depth. The machine potato dig
ger does very satisfactory work and
will dig eight to ten acres a day. This
machine removes the peanuts from
the ground and also shakes off the
soil, leaving the vines lying upon the
surface. AS the machine digger is
rather expensive its use Is practicable
only where a considerable acreage Of
peanuts is to be dug.
After the peanuts are dug, gang
of workmen shake the vines free from
the soil and throw them in small
punches. Where the machine digger
Is used, this shaking is unnecessary,
as the machine frees the peanuts from
the soil. The vines are left spread on
the ground or in small punches for
three or four hours and are then
placed in small stacks around a pole to
cure. If peanuts are allowed to lie
exposed for considerable time after
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
PROFESSOR TELLS OF TRENCH VISIT
lLLITERATE INDIANS
ARE TAUGHT IN CAMP

San Antonio, Tex.-More than
four hundred enlisted men In
the National army at Camp
Travis can neither read, write
nor speak the English language,
and their military education
must be started from the ground
up" before they can be made to
understand just what all this
training Of men means. They
are mostly Indians from the re-
mote and mountainous regions
Of Oklahoma, and Mexicans
from country precincts Of Tex
as. They are so distributed In
the various military units as to
be close to comrades who may
act as interpreters for them
while the army schoolmaster is
giving them their first lessons
in English and history, re-
enforced by geography, with the
war maps of the world in colors
and characters denoting battles.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
Acierai.

Acieral is the name given to a newly
discovered metal alloy prepared by a
French inventor. 1t contains 80 or
more per cent Of aluminium. 1t has
the advantages of strength, lightness
and freedom from corrosion. 1t is be-
ing used for military helmets. and Is
said to be adapted to airplane and en-
gine construction. Properly tempered
acleral has a tensile strength Of 75,-
600 pounds to the square inch.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14

Wee, four the second, and eighteen
tsS third. In all about $4,000 pounds
have been consumed.
Like many other cities In the
United States, Cincinnati has many
persons who learned to eat horse meat
before becoming residents of this coun-
try. They do not share the prejudice
Of Americans against this valuable
food.
'In its ability to supply heat and en-
ergy and to repair waste horse meat
is on a par with meat of other ami
mails used for food purposes"
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14

tragedy of Belgium" he says, "and,
with the exception of its brutal protag-
onists, all the world shares that pity.
"Ypres is its symbol. The towns
body is denuded, dead. 1t has been
through two great hells and many les
ser ones, but its soul lives on, intact.
The town mayor impressed me as pre-
cisely the type of man to govern Ypres
today. He is its military mayor, a
sort Of father-and-mother to Ypres,
a brave, broad-shouldered Cornishman
who has risen from the ranks, and
who administers the affairs Of his
ruined borough with a pride and zeal
that are not short of beautiful. He is
not wholly Obsessed by military val
ues; he does not wish the visitor to
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
HORSE MEAT DIET POPULAR
Demand In Cincinnati Increases Week.
Iy-Indorsed by the City
Health Officer.

Cincinnati.-Health Officer ]. II.
LAndis. discussing horseflesh as food,
says:
"Cincinnati's initial experiment In
the use of horse meat has been a pro-
nounced success. The only trouble
has been a failure to meet the demand.
Two horses were slaughtered the first
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
To Clearly Convey News.

zone Who Splits an Infinitive Every
Time and Glories In the Job" writes:
What do you superpurists make Of
this, which I take from a report Of a
company meeting held recently: The
directors decided to more than double
the carry-forwardr Can the meaning
be conveyed as precisely by preserv-
Ing the integrity Of the b?"-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
Over 200 Ships Will BE Required
Constantly to Supply the
American Force.
GREAT area FOR SEA BASE
Estimated That 100 Pounds of Freight
Per Man Per Day Must Be Un-
loaded at the Port of De-
barkaticn.
CHARLES n. GRASTY.
New York Times.

London. - The American army in
France will need some transporting.
Here are figures that are at least ap-
proXimately correct.
1t is estimated that 100 pounds of
freight per man per day must be I'M
loaded at the port of debarkation.
Therefore, when at the end of two
years, we have, say, one million men
in France. we must unload daily 100,-
100000 pounds of freight, or $4,000
tons.
Three thousand tons can be un-
loaded d,ily from good-sized ship
hence II ships at the wharves. each of
them unloading 5000 tons, will fill the
requirements. In the United States
II ships must be loading $4,000 tons a
day. This makes total of "a ships
at the docks. Taking as n basis a g.
600 ton dead weight) ship, we see
that IL ships must leave New York ev-
cry two days and II ships leave some
French port every two days in tran
sit with army freight. Assuming ten
days as the time of passage, there
would be 10 ships (6,OOO tons) en-
route to and from the United States,
which, added to the "a at the docks,
will make total of 204 ships, assum-
ing no loss or delay.
Enormous Supplies Needed.
To indicate the quantities of GER
tain articles required, fuel for cooking
for six months, on q tasis of half a
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
Finds an Auto Cap.

Yellville, Ark.-Al Jones and party
were stalled In a waste region near
here because Jones had left behind
the cap of the tank Of his auto, a 1917
model. Finally, when he was starting
on 15-mile walk to the nearest town,
Jones struck his foot against a cap
of the same model of the same car.
He says the company has service sta.
tions everywhere.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14

Copyright. 1917 by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndcate)
ELEM Is FORCED TO SERVE FOR A COMPANY DINNER
AN IGN0MINIOUS POT ROAST

"WhO? &.
The Chambers
Hold the wire u
With his hand
over the phone,
w arre en- rOared
out: "The Chand-
lers are down
stairs. What the
deuce"
"T he Ch a n
dlers I" III el e n
flew In from the
dining room. "Oh
Oh" in stam-
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
Salt Aids Digestion.

A little salt in the food for the hens
is an aid to digestion and so keeps
them well and vigorous. Too much
salt, however, Is the cause Of bowe
trouble.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
Thumb Index 70 Character

Just as the chin gives qualities
to the face, so the thumb marks the
personality Of the hand, and is an un-
erring index Of q mans natural
strength or weakness Of character,
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
Eco INGREDIENTS Needed

A hen cannot produce eggs without
being supplied with the ingredients for
the making Of the egg.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
Save Peas and Beans.

Save all peas and beans that are not
used green. They will be Of use dur
Ing the winter.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
Hens Often Neglected,

1t is pleasing to remember that hens
are living things. and as such. they are
entitled to little more than some Of
them get.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14

Building stone made in Germany
from blast furnace Stag and lime grows
harder as 1t ages.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
Late spadIna or PIowlna.

Late spading or plowing Of the gar.
den Is excellent for next years crop.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14

Good Ink is now made from toad.
stools by a French scientist.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14

Critical Period With Sheen.
The fall Is the critical period with
the careless sheep raiser.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14
Enormous Supplies Needed

To indicate the quantities of GER
tain articles required, fuel for cooking
for six months, on a basis of half a
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-09-12

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