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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
CENSUS TAKEN BY DENMARK
Little Kingdom Counts 100000 Inhab-
itants, an Increase of 1000 Over
Figures of Five Years Ago.

Very few European countries have
been in a position to proceed, since
August l., 1914, with their normal quin-
quennial census. Denmark is one of
the exceptions. On February 1, 1916,
the little kingdom counted 2,920,000
inhabitants, i. e., an increase of 163, 900
souls over the census of 1911.
The distribution ratio is rs inhabit-
ants to the square kilometer. The
Copenhagen Frederiksberg county con-
tains 605,0O0 inhabitants, i. e., more
than one-fifth of the total population.
The "A other cities number 604.000 peo-
pie. Rustic population, 1,711,000.
The three principal cities, besides
Copenhagen, are: Aarhus, $4,000;
Odense, $4,000, and Aalborg, $4,000.
The present war increased the import
ance of the seaport town of Esbjerg
$4,000 inhabitants), which hardly ex-
listed so years ago.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07

Doctor Markland is the only female
surgeon in the British army. Doctor
Markland is a most unusual miss, and
the distinction which she holds has
been won by her great skill as a sur
geon.
She holds a reputation in her pri-
vate practice which makes her one of
the foremost women surgeons in the
world.
Doctor Markland will render service
very probably in one of the hospitals
behind the firing lines in France She
has won the commentator of many
physicians in Great Britain, and when
she offered her services to the army,
she was accepted after some delibera-
tton as to whether a woman doctor
could serve in the army ranks.
There is little question, but that
Doctor NIarkland will prove that wom-
en- doctors in the field can be of con-
siderable service, and soon many more
Of her sex will be seen in the ranks.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07

courses, because, In general, thicker
layer of gravel may be compacted on
the subgrade than when spread over
a layer Of gravel already compacted.
1t usually is impracticable to have the
compacted thickness of any course
greater than about inches, and quite
frequently 8 or inches is as much as
can be compacted satisfactorily at one
time.
3. After each course of gravel is
spread it should be narrowed with a
tooth harrow until the various sizes
Of particles and the binder or cement
ing material are distributed thoroughly
through the mass. Then it should be
compacted by rolling with a power
roller weighing about 10 tons, or by
means of traffic. Where q roller is en-
ployed the rolling should be continued
until the particles of gravel are all
well bonded together and the surface
presents a smooth, uniform appear
ance. When completed, the surface
of each course should be so firm and
unyielding that 1t will not be disturbed
in any way by subsequent traffic.
4. Where it is necessary to add
sand or clay to the gravel in order to
fill the voids, it should be done after
each course is spread and before it is
narrowed, except that with some kinds
of gravel it may be permissible to add
limited amount of fine material to
the surface of the top course after the
! narrowing is completed and the rolling
is in progress.
5. Where the binder consists of some
material other than clay, it may
be desirable to sprinkle each course
with water while it is being rolled, and
even where clay is used as a binder a
small amount of sprinkling may be
necessary in dry weather in order to
secure a satisfactory bond. The
sprinkling always should be done uni
formly and in such quantities as not
to wash the fine material out from the
gravel or to soften the subgrade.
6. When the road surface is COM
plete it should be uniform in grade
and cross section. If depressions &C
cur under the roller they should be
corrected by adding gravel and con-
tinuing the rolling, and this should be
kept up until no depressions or ap-
preciable waves are produced by the
roller in moving back and forth over
the surface.
z. After the road is opened to traf-
fic it should be watched very careful
ly for several months and all defects
which develop should be corrected i'm
med1ately. The work of maintaining
the road until the surface no longer
"picks up" or ravels under traffic
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07

modicum of saving grace, by shifting
upon the arm of his chair and glaring
up at the prr rmOter.
There's another promise of yours
that you've got to remember, too, Stan
tOn," he argued hoarsely. you've got
to hold Dexter Baldwin harmless ~
Stanton's smile was mask of pure
malice. I've made you no definite
promise as to that; but you shall have
one now. I'll promise to break Bald
win in two and throw him and his
ranchmen hackers out of the Timan-
yoni. That's what you get for playing
fast and loose with two people at the
same time. When you look over your
paying teller's statement for the day,
you'll see that 1 have withdrawn our
account from your tin-horn money
shop. GOod-day."
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
GRAVEL ROAD WORK
Construction Is Usually Divided
Into Two Entire Distinct
Glasses.
SUBGRADE FOR the SURFACE
Some OF Most important Details Re-
quirIng Careful Attention Are Free
quentIy Overlooked - Some
Precautions to Observe.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Figure 1 shows a typical cross sec
ton for a gravel-road surface and in
dicates the customary steps involved
In the construction of such a surface.
The limiting thicknesses shown on this
cross section are by no means followed
universally, but are believed to repre-
sent the best current practice. The
minimum thickness shown is supposed
to be employed where the traffic is
light and the 'subgrade is uniformly
stable, while the maximum thickness
Is adapted for opposite conditions.
Perhaps the most usual compacted
thickness of surface is eight inches at
the center and six inches at the edges.
The difference in thickness between
the edges and center is effected by
making the crown of the subgrade fiat
ter than that of the surface.
The construction of q gravel road
usually is divided into two entirely dis
tinct classes of work. The work of
grading and preparing the subgrade
falls into one class, and that of haul
ing, spreading and compacting the
gravel into the other. The first class
of work has been discussed at consid-
erable length in connection with earth
and sand-clay roads, but since it is
desired to emphasize certain features
of subgrade preparation that are Of
increased Importance in connection
with gravel-road construction, both
classes of work will be considered in
the following discussion:
Preparation of the .Subgrade.
In grading the roadbed and prepar-
ing the subgrade for a gravel surface
it should be borne in mind also that
the more expensive a road surface, the
greater should be the care exercised
to prevent it from being damaged
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
The "why" of the swaeeer Stick.


These cute little "swagger sticks"
that officers in uniform are carrying on
the street are the reverse of military
in their appearance, says the Boston
Transcript. Odd little affairs, some
times not more than foot and half
long and more suggestive of effemi-
macy than of masculine swagger. The
swagger stick, as nearly as its origin
can be traced, came from England,
where, in days of piping peace, the
soldiers very tight dress uniform
made it almost impossible for him to
dispose of his hands when walking
about off duty, and it apparently be-
came necessary for him to have some
thing to carry and twirl. In England
the private soldier carries a swagger
stick as well as the officer. They are
| incongruous with khaki. But put a
tight, red tunic on a man and a gay
little pill-box on the side of his head,
and the stick becomes logical enough.
However, swagger sticks are not car
ried in the trenches.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07

There are very few of US but have
reason to know that a well-ruled spirit
would have saved US a world of sor-
row. Dickens, that reader of the hu-
man heart, touches upon this point
with quaint simplicity when he makes
Mr.. Meagles mildly suggest to his
daughters maid when her fits of pas
sion came on. "Count ten, Tatty-
coram," and when they were unusually
violent. he pleads: "All 1 ask of you,
dear child, is to count twenty-five" !"
If we would quench fires of passion. a
pause, a silence, may change the
whole course of events and save life
time of misery.-McClure's Magazine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
To Get Comfortable,

To try to make others comfortable,
is the only way to get right comfort
able ourselves, and that comes partly
Of not being able t. think so much
about ourselves when we are helping
other people. For ourselves will al
ways do pretty well if we don't pay
them too much attention.-George
Macdonald.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
FARMER SHOULD KEEP BEES
Interesting and Profitable Pursuit.
Every Farm Should Have Its
Supply of Honey.

A careful study of the bee and its
life and habits and a little effort to
adjust ones actions to those Of the
bees will soon make beekeeping an in
teresting and profitable pursuit. Every
farmer should produce his own supply
of honey by keeping and properly car
ing for a few stands of bees.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
Rules for Proper Living.

Charity should be the habit Of our
estimates; kindness, of our feelings; !;
benevolence. of our affections; cheer
fulness, of our social intercourse; gen.
erosity, of our living; improvement
of our progress; prayer, of our de-
sires; fidelity, of our self-examlnation ::
being and doing good, of our entire life
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
PROPER FEED FOR CHICKENS
Dry Ground Mixture In Hoppers
Should Be Kept Before Them at
All Times-Give Some MIX.

Farmers should keep dry ground
feed, such as mixture of bran, shorts
and corn meal, in hoppers before the
buttermilk should be given as a drink.
Crushed limestone or oyster shell
should be before the hens all the time,
and the hens should go to roost with
full crops.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
SWEET POTATOES FOR ARMY
South Is Urging Authorities to Make
Negotiable Part of Soldiers
Ration.

Jackson, Miss.-Sweet potatoes for
the soldiers! The Mississippi Commis
sioner of Agriculture, P. P. Garner,
with the agricultural heads Of Georgia,
Alabama and other southern states,
where vast quantities of sweet pota-
toes are being produced, plans to bring
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
Chinese Are Tea Drinkers.

In China and Japan tea is drunk
even more frequently than in Russia,
and as no Russian travels extensively
without a samovar, so no gentleman in
China travels without tea-caddy and
the rest of the tea-serving equipment.
In China there is a saying that the
tea drinker becomes early lame, and
among Chinese beauties there is feel
ing that extensive tea drinking de-
stroys youth. Whenever tea is taken
to a great extent, there are some such
prejudices, and we Americans are per.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07

Brewster, and as he has considerable
business dealings with the bank, we
that is, l thought your father might
be able to tell us something about
his standing in his home town"
"And my father did tell your"
"Well-yes; he-er-he says Smith
is "a grand rascal; a fugitive from
justice; and we thought" De- Kin
zle, well hardened in all the processes
of dealing with men, was making diff
ficult weather of 1t with this all-too-
beautiful young woman.
Miss Richlander's laugh was well re-
strained. She seemed to be struggling
earnestly to make it appear so.
"You business gentlemen are so fun
NY" she commented. "You know, OF
course, Mr.. Kinzie, that this Mr.. Smith
and l are old friends; you've probabl!
seen us together enough to be sure ot
that. Hasn't II occurred to you tina
however well 1 might know the Mr.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
CHAPTER XXI.
Witnesses.

Driven BY starbuck in the brand
new car, Smith reached the dam at
half-past ten and was in time to see
the swarming carpenters begin the
placing of forms for the pouring of the
Anal section Of the great wall. Though
the high water was tapping at the foot
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07

the sweet potato to the attention Of
Herbert Hoover, National food COM
missioner, with a view to inducing him
to lay this vegetable before the army
quartermaster's department, asking
that sweet potatoes be made, part of
the soldiers ration.
The sweet potato crop of the South
is very heavy and unless some sys-
TEN of marketing them is found the
loss will be great, as more sweet po-
tatoes are being produced here than
can be consumed locally or shipped
to the usual outside buying points.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
TO DESTROY SHEEP SORREL
Weed Cannot Be Entirely Externinat
ed by Moving, But 1t Can Be
Weakened to Great Extent.

Sheep sorrel cannot be entirely ex-
terminated by moving, but it can be
greatly weakened. The weed should
be mown as soon as the Towering
stalks have attained full size, but be-
fore they have commenced to turn red.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
Cultivatino MusI<meIonS,

When the muskmelons come up, sur
face cultivation is best to remove
weeds and to conserve moisture, stim-
ulate rupid growth and early matur-
ity Of the plants and the melons.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07

haps wise in restricting our use of tea
to the social cup at four or five o'clock
Exchange.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
Berries Keen Fl Years.

Monticello, Ind.-Mrs. Ida FOss,
farmers wife living near this place,
recently opened a can of huckleberries
that had been put up q years before
and found them in perfect condition.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
Profits From Feedino

Profits from feeding are greater for
the man who does not have to buy
grain. That is merely another way of
saying, "Grow your own feed"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07

through settlement or upheaval of the
subgrade, and the greater should be
the accuracy with which the subgrade
is constructed, so that no unnecessary
surfacing material may be required to
correct Irregularities in grade and
cross section. No matter what the soil
conditions may be, the subgrade for
gravel road surface, when completed,
should conform closely in grade and
cross section with the requirements
Of the plans and should present an
even, uniform appearance. Also, 1t
should be as firm and unyielding as
the conditions will permit.
Some of the most important details
requiring careful attention in prepar-
| ing the subgrade, and which are per-
haps most frequently overlooked, are
| ~ backflling culvert trenches so as
to prevent subsequent settlement, (2)
exclusion of vegetable matter from
fills, (3) provision for draining wet
weather springs which occur in the
subgrade, and (0 the matter Of thor
oughly loosening and distributing the
|
After the roadbed has been graded
and drained properly, and the details
mentioned above have received proper
attention, the work of preparing the
subgrade consists simply in forming a
trench, as shown in figure 1, to receive
the gravel surface. The trench may be
formed largely with a grading ma
chine, but the final shaping should be
effected by means of picks and shovels
and rolling. 1t is customary to provide
grade stakes at intervals of about 5U
feet, to serve as a guide for the pick
and shovel work, and where extreme
accuracy is desired cords may be
stretched between the stakes to insure
that the subgrade conforms to the
required grade throughout. The roll.
ing is done ordinarily with a power
roller weighing about ten tons.
In order that the subgrade may be
well drained during the process Of
spreading and compacting the grave
it is frequently necessary to provide
shoulder drains at comparatively short
intervals. Such drains are constructed
by opening small bitches through the
shoulders and partially filling then
with gravel.
The Gravel Surface.
The principal precautions to observe
in constructing a gravel road surface
after the subgrade is prepared, may bt
commented upon briefly as follows:
1. The gravel should be delivered
on the work in wagons or cars espe
cially adapted for spreading each loat
uniformly over that part of the sub
grade for which it is intended. Wher
. loads are dumped all in one spot ant
> spread later with shovels, as is don
frequently, it is very difficult to secur
uniform density of the surface crus
by subsequent narrowing and rolling
Y The spots where the loads are dumpe
3 nearly always will be more densel
I cnmpacted than the areas betweeI
and, as a result, uneven settlemen
D will develop soon.
= .. The gravel should be spread /
t two or more courses, and the thicknes
, of the different courses should be al
q proximately the same, except tha
the first course may be made som'
what thicker than the succeedin
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
Ideal Ventilation,

The king system" of ventilation is
ideal for the piggery. Then the hog
house will not "smell to heaven"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
Waste Nothing

In these days of high prices the wise
farmer will let nothing go to waste.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07

Keep cuItivator Going.
Keep the cultivator going If the gaR
den Is to be q success.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
CuItiVatInu Beans

CuItIVatInq Beans.
Do not cultivate beans when mois-
ture is OF the foliage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-10
Many Prominent Athletes.

There are many prominent athletes
in the list Of those for the second camp,
| Thomas Kirby was an oarsman and
foot ball star at Georgetown. Dion
Scott Birney is a well known golfer.
| a member of the Chevy Chase Club.
Louis L. Dent is a golfer at the Kirk
! side Golf Club. William Corcoran is
a horseman. Simon T. Price is a golfer
| at the washington Country Club.
Donald Woodward is golfer at the
Columbia Country Club. Thomas Leo
Fortune was manager of the basket
ball team at Georgetown. Frederick
r. Gibbs was a Georgetown University
trackman, quarter-miler and captain in
1909. Ralph W. Hills is a tennis crack
at the Chevy Chase Club. Robert Y.
Zachary is an amateur base ball player
and former Catholic University catcher
Hayward Hutchinson Webb is a Chevy
Chase Club golfer.
Among the Marylanders coming 70
the camp who have made names ath-
| letes are: George Blakiston. one of the
best known geptfeman jockeys in this
part of the country; Malcolm Townsend
Douglas, captain of a University Of
| Virginia base ball team. and he has
turned down many offers to be pro-
fessional; John Leonard Day. director
| of athletics at Mount st. Mary's Col
lege; William Scott Gwynn, an all
round athlete at Dunham's Latin
| School; Stuart S. Janney. one of the
! best halfbacks in Maryland before he
| went to fight with Funston: Frederick
| Philip Stieff. manager of athletics at
Haverford College; Paul Judson Will
kinson played foot ball at City College
81. oa, I,s vas a9,ist
az; ooa. ~, I riopnii,s, w IilIanh =. wy
| lacrosse player, and John G. Constable
| - 9 90" 4uo - n.
! Umpire Makes a Plea.
| "Don't throw things az the umnira ;,
| is the pIea made nv Mai Ianban, -
announcing the names of those selected
| THE list of men chosen renrnsants
| the very best men of those examined
| &C far ss could he told frop, ~ 49,
| mental examination and sizinp-un maj
! Gould he given Their, in N,,itad So :,
| said Mai Lanbam - am sure IN
sorna Iarv cod ,ner uera o,9artoin,
| nroha bIv better men xrere oyarlnni,a -
1 than we're taken
education for apnearan"e ' and ~ ,na eiy fHr
ian prains. when iS,, can be quickly con-
| Ntlled thto ii-iitdiy prdihs, the men
| CHOSEN from ashlhston VIII compare
faForably WIN any equal number of
men oiIerea Tor 'he second camp from
| anywhere IN the nation
| A notable thing about TIE list for
| the second camp Is that i includes
! many men Wen up IN me thlrtes and
early forties. II was announced early
| that men over thlrty would be given
the preference. and that i vas intend
=, ed to tram men at the second camp to
be first lieutenants captains ard ma
Jors. rms announcement frightened
i, OFF the younger men. but when il was
anpounced that men over twenty-five
i were desirable the rush began i'm
1 mediately.
Applicants were rated on their men
tai training. which they themselves re-
corded in their applications, naming
the schools and colleges they had at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-10
FOOD TO BE CANNED
ON D. C. PLAYGROUND
First Of Outdoor Demonstrations to
Be Given Tomorrow at
Wallach School.

First of a series of outdoor canning
demonstrate to be given on play
grounds of Washington to community
classes will be held this afternoon
and tomorrow morning on the grounds
of the Wallach School
These demonstrations are being ar
ranged through the special canning
committee of the District Council of
Defense. headed by L. F. Colladay. in
conjunction with Miss Mary Wharton
Thurston. food demonstration agent for
the District
The demonstration this afternoon will
be on vegetable canning, and tomorrow
morning fruit canning processes will be
shown.
The afternoon demonstration will he
from 100 to 6:30 o'clock. and it Will
be followed by picnic supper to
which residents are invited to bring
their own suppers, and a free COM
McGrif. assistant to Miss Thurston.
viii give the demonstrations.
To carry on the playground dem
onstrations. Mr.. Colladay has named a
special committee. composed of Mrs.
+. L. Hansome. chairman: Miss Cecil
Norton and Mrs. William B. Hardy.
Simon kann has donated a truck to
be used in transporting the apparatus
to the Fairgrounds The vegetables
and fruits used in demonstrating will
be purchased by the committee and will
ne used to form a permanent exhibit of
the work at the Department of Agri-
culture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-10
TO LOOK INTO LABOR SITUATION
Rear Admiral Harris Sent to Brook
lyn by Secretary Daniels.

Rear Admiral Harris chief of the
bureau of yards and docks. has been
sent by Secretary Daniels to the Brook
Ign navy yard to investigate the la
Dor situation there. Some of the civil
employees had threatened to stop work
today if certain demands were not COM
piled with. only incomplete reports
of the situation had reached the de-
partment yesterday and Secretary
Daniels decided to send Admiral Har-
rs to make complete study of the
situation and will take no action pend
in = n report