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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-11-16
BANKER-FARMER CONVENTION
PROCLAIMED SUCCESS BY ALL

fruit raisers are not loading their
cars to full capacity
As one of the foremost duties of
citizenship he mentioned the fact
that people should have more inter
est in the laws of their state and in
the expenditure of the money which
they pay in taxes, He mentioned the
taxpayers leagues as a great power
for good in any community.
Warrant issuing boards should
be forced to keep within the bounds
of the law he said. Il know of one
school district with only few stu
dents that put $4,000 into an astro-
nomica instrument, which was
placed in a frame school building.
without adequate protection, and it
went up in smoke
The proposal of the last legislature
to hold a constitutional convention
to adopt a new state constitution
was ridiculed by the speaker, who
said il is one of the duties we owe
citizenship to give careful study to
the matter and to take an intelligent
stand. when our present laws were
framed he said, the experience of
40 other states was available. states
whose laws had stood the test of
time from 20 TO 100 years. They are
workable laws"
In closing Mr.. Arney spoke OF dis
loyalty i'll America, saying, I'VE
should overlook no means of hating
disloyal words, whether they are
spoken by the lips of congressman or
|. w w
Liberty Bonds as safe invest
ment were discussed by Thomas H..
Brewer of spokane, chairman of the
committee Of the Spokane district,
who mentioned as one of the great
est goods the enforced saving occa-
stoned. teaching thrift and economy
One hundred and ten million dollars
OF war profits will come to the farm
ing districts, according to Mr.. Brew
er, and the bank deposits of the In
land Empire have almost doubled in
the past three years
Chamber Serves banquet
Tho banker-tarmer convention will
be an annual affair hereafter and
will be held each year at the State
College. as the result of the unani-
nous adoption of a motion to that eff
feet by e. +, Flood of Spokane at
the banquet served by the Pullman
chamber of commerce Friday even
ing, Two hundred and thirty bank
ers, farmers, and chamber members
participated in the banquet, the feast
OF food and reason lasting three
hours. A suggestion by T, II, Brew
Continued on page five)
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
CUTTING HEDGES ON CORNERS
Obstruction Is Menace to Motorists in
That It Shuts of View Of APP
preaching Cars.

Along with the better roads that the
farmers are achieving comes the at
tendant better care of hedges, no.
ticeable almost everywhere, The
fact that no road can be so good If
it has an untrimmed hedge alongside
1t, is being generally recognized, and
the further fact that a hedge at n cor
ner is n menace to motorists in that 1t
shuts off the view of approaching cars,
is leading TO the cutting of hedges at
the intersections, and in many places
to their elimination altogether and
their replacement with wire.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24

shut out the view from the famous
KOkian or "hOuse Of rare age" by
which name the princes villa was
known, of beloved and revered Mount
Full. To quote the vernacular jour-
nal: "The house Of rar age built
when the prince had attained seventy
years-described by Confucius as the
rare AGES no longer a quiet bower
to which the aged Yamagata can re-
pair at all seasons and enjoy rest from
the ~distracting worries of national pol
itics. His view Is INSTRUCTED by the
haikara house Of the narikin. The
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
Few Feet Are Perfect.

How many bones in your feet? Most
likely you don't know. Few people do,
and it is usually a surprise to learn
that there are so many and that the
foot is about the most complicated.
and ~delicately constructed part of the
body. That is, perhaps, the reason
why at least 75 per CEN of all adults
have some kind of foot trouble.
DR.. william NJ. Scholl of Chicago, an
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24

shape and to improve them from time
to time. In North Carolina, convicts
have been employed on the roads since
1881, but the counties have been re-
CURED to hire them from the state and
pay for them out of the county funds.
The counties have, therefore, been par
simonious in their expenditures on
road improvements. Governor Beckett
suggests that county commissioners
be compelled to levy an annual main
tenance tax, to be spent by the state
highway commission for the upkeep OF
the roads.
The national committee on prison la
Dor has repeatedly shown the value Of
employing cOnvictS in rOad-making. In
North Carolina and other agricultural
states, this method of employing the
convict is particularly advantageous
because of the scarcity of labor at this
time.
The war brings the matter of the
employment of unskilled labor on roads
before the public again. Unskilled la
Dor has become very scarce and ex-
%pensive; yet the present crisis de-
mands that the roads of the country
be maintained in good shape to insure
rapid transmission Of products. The
national committee on prisons and
prison labor has begun n movement
for the mobilization of the cOnvicts Of
the country in Il national and state
service for the building and upkeep Of
good roads.
In this effort the committee will have
the hearty support of the American
Automobile association through its
good roads board, which includes Il
member from each one of the 600 odd
clubs contained in the national body
of car OwnerS.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24

desire to get into the same atmosphere
with the great people of Japan. Mar
shall Prince Yamagata, foremost of ia
pans elder statesmen, some years ago
erected a splendid house at odawara,
a suburb of the capital, and upon a
site that commanded a superb view of
Mount Fujiyama. Now, this Saito has
paid a fabulous price for a large es-
tate located on the Iriyama hill, higher
up than the mansion of the distin-
guished prince. and has erected there
on a charming country house. His
architect located the building so that 1t
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
NEGLECT MAKES POOR ROADS
careIessness Requires 81 to Be Spent,
Where 81 Invested Earlier Would
Have Done Work.

1t is neglect which makes earth
roads bad, and requires 81 to be spent
where 81 invested earlier would have
done the work. Every township should
arrange for a patrol system of main
tenance, or its equivalent, under which
someone will give his entire time to
n section of roads and be responsible
for their condition.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
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maintenance TAX IS URGED
Governor Of North Carolina Would
Keep Highways In Good Order
and Make improvements

"To spend 100000 to build highways
and then leave the roads without pro-
vision for maintenance, is folly equal
to that INDUCED in by the farmer who
buys $1,000 worth of farm machinery
and then refuses to build u shed under
which to keep it."
Gov. T. w. Beckett of North Carolina
points to the fact that 1t is not only
necessary for a state to build good
roads, but also to keep them in good
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24

AS appears from the table, France,
Italy, Russia and Belgium were self
supporting, while the United Kingdom
drew its entire sugar supply from ex-
terror sources. The supply of the Unit
ed Kingdom came to the amount Of
about 20 per cent from countries from
which 1t Is now cut off by the war.
Ten per cen came from the East In
dies and 20 per zen from the United
States and the West Indies.
The prospective 1918 crop in France
has diminished to POI 900 tons and
that of Italy to 5000 tons, and they
are therefore short $4,000 tons. The
displacement of United Kingdom sup
plies amounts to 1,435,OOO tons; and
therefore, in total, these three allied
countries must import about 2,70O,OOO
tons In order to maintain their normal
consumption. OF this, 100000 IONS
must come from new sources.
The disturbance Of shipping re-
duces the tonnage available and drives
the demand to a large degree upon the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
W RICH DISTURB TOKYO
Social Climber, Known in Japan a.
"Narakin," Thorn in the Side Of
Prince Yamagata.

The japanese have a word to de-
scribe the richie type Of stock
Spectator. They call him a "narakin."
The latest tale about this class ap-
pears in the Tokyo Yorodzu:
4 Mr.. Saito, who had amassed a for
tune in the stock market, developed a
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24

authority OF foot troubles and their
mechanical correction, says not one
adult in 100 has feet that are CON-
pletely free from defects. He has made
a life study of the subject and has
patented a great number of appli-
ances for correcting defective condi-
lions and giving comfort.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
Tool for Foundations.

Operated by one man, a gasoline
driven machine has been invented that
delivers more than 1000 hammer
blows a minute to newly laid concrete
foundations for roads to give them an
eve density.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
Contented Cow Don't Kick.

The contented COW is not apt to
show a refractory disposition by kick
ing the bucket or refusing to give
down her milk"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
Dog Aids War Horses,

In Victoria, British Columbia, there
Is a successful collector for the Blue
Cross fund for horses disabled In war.
His name Is Prince and he Is q New
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24

Total 800. 5000 1,4s6. AS, 900 525, 662. 900
In order to provide normal cOnsump-
ton II would therefore be necessary to
import in the next II months a total
of 577, 100000 bushels of wheat and
674.O0O,O00 bushels Of other cereals.
The prospective position of our own
and the Canadian harvest is given in
table No. 2.
Our crops, especially our corn crop,
cannot yet be considered as certain.
but IL all mature safely, North Amer
lea will have an apparent surplus of
wheat of 2OS, 100000 bushels and Of
other cereals of about 95O,OO0,O00
bushels.
Demand on Our Crops.
The allies are isolated from those
markets, other than Canada and the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
Prejudice Against Oiled Roads.

1t may be that prejudice against
oiled roads has arisen among too en-
thusiastic champions of concrete. But
concrete costs so much that in many
instances its use is out of the question.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
Wise.

Wise.
"A man should take the bull BY the
horns" advised the sage.
"Yes," agreed the fool. The trouble
is to find q bull that will stand for Il"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24

%foundland. For months, with his box,
decorated with the Blue Cross,
strapped to his collar, Prince has
served his king and country as faith
fully and as true as any subject of
George V, by petitioning aims for the
horses wounded and suffering in the
great war.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
Milk for Younu Calf.

At birth a 50pound calf should have
about eight pounds of whole milk a
day, while a 100-pound calf should
have about twelve pounds.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
80. 900 80. $50. 900 lis. COS, 900

The problem facing the American
people is not only M Of supplying
the Immediate demand of the allies, but
one which is more ~far-reaching in its
future significance. AS the war goes
on there will be a constant lessening of
the capital stock of food animals Of
the world. Among our western al
lies the demand Outruns further every
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24

prince hasn't visited Odawara this
summer"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24
Knowledge of Sheen,

Your knowledge of sheep will in
crease with the growth of the flock.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24

The high price Of fodder and meat In
the United States during the past few
months induced by the pressing Euro
pean demand has set up dangerous cur
rents in this country, especially in
those regions dependent upon butter
and the sale Of milk to municipalities
having made 1t more profitable to sell
the cattle. for meat than to keep them
and produce dairy products. There
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-24

There is 10 royal road to food con
servation. We a only accomplish
this by the voluntary action of our
whole people, each element in proper
ton to its means. 1t Is a matter of
equality of burden; a matter of min
ute saving and substitution at every
point in the 100000 kitchens, on the
20.OOO,OOO dinner tables and in the g.
100000 manufacturing, wholesale and
retail establishments of the country.
The task is thus In its essence the daily
individual service of all the people.
Every group can substitute and even
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-18
Many fT Them Sinai and Unimportant Are
the Chief Factors In Spreading Disease Ways
In Which the Germs Are Conveyed The
Common Fly the Chief Offender.

~EERE IS q photograph s1own
II at Health Exhibitions which
many people ct first sight take
for q picture Of the crusts or
the surface OF the moon. or OF the
canals on the planet Mars. What 1t
really shows is q circular plate con
tanning a geIatine culture OF the on
sumption germ-the tubercle bacillus.
This plate TO begin with was a perfect
blank fG5uIG UGSG. ELS the ancient
Romans used to call their tablet be
fore writing on It. But there soon
developed on this gelatin plate let
tsrs about as ominous rs those which
the Prophet Daniel pointed out 10
Belshazar at his royal feast. Here IS
the way Of It:
The laboratory doctor had put on
that plate s. fly that had got his fee-
stuck in the spittle of a consumptive;
and he had then covered the whole
with a glass jar so that the fly could
not get away. This insect. thus heavy
footed, then promenaded all Owe the
plate. Twenty-four hours later col
onies OF the consumption germ. made
UP OF uncountable millions of those
tubercle bacilli, developed on its
tracks.
You may think I ~exaggerate when
I compare this fact Of the gelatsne
plate with the Prophet Daniel and the
writing on the wall. Well. be that as
It may. I ask you only to reflect how
consumption has up to this time been
carrying of every third or fourth o.
US between adolescence and maturity
that IN ali the wers OF the nineteenth
century ~0ncludlng those OF NaooIeoD) +.
- millions succumbed. whist 90 mil
lions sucoumbed 70 consumption. the
Captain OF the Man OF Death; thae
the advanced consumptsve day By day
coughs and splits out several thousand
millions OF tbs tueorcla baotIu: TIA.
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consumption besides being a disease,
is the mos dreadful economic and So
cial d~egeneracy IN civilizaticn. that
this great White Plague exists largely
By reason OF human supiness and neg
tect OF the simplest precepts OF hygiene
and sanitation The Babylonian king
did not heed the warning which las
in the writing on the wall. Ry heed
ing the lesson that lies In that little
gelatne plate we shall be very far in
the way, we and our fellow men and
women, 81 banishing the tuberculosis
which it represents from human ex-
p~erience and from OF h face of the
sarth.
or course. flies ere not he only
agency in the spread or tuberculosis:
for they = active but a few months
OF the year. whilst that disease Is con
tracted all the year round.
Flies Swell Infant Death Rate.
It Is certain also that h,es help
greatiy 20 swell the infant death rate,
which IS greatest in the fly season.
There are few more c~ongeniaI culture
media for germs than milk. especially
amid the u-ncleanliness which obtains
n the houses OF very many poor peo-
pie. especially in the tenements. This
fluid easily becomes contaminated BY
a1es ard wlth the noxioUs matter that
Is continually clingtng TO their hairy
feet. their spcngy bodies and their
5uffy w3cEs. tuberculosis IS thus Ger
saiaIy contracted by children. as are
the various forms OF dysentery, prac-
Ideally al az which are germ ailments.
Breast fed infants seldom have such
diarrhoeas, whilst bottle fed babies
have them all too frequently. Typhoid
fever IS so often transmitted by flies
that doctors speak OF this insect as
the typhoid fy. Il poIlutes food and
drink. especially your milk. butter and
sugar b. means OF the material which
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-18

It carries thence from sources OF con
animation and Of the refuse which
ID transfers from rotting vegetables.
meat and fish Twenty-Five per cent
~ flies breed in manUr heaps.
Besides the diseases mentioned flies
have been broushtnto the bar on IN
dictmeats for having spread cholera.
Iocktaw. t~achoma granular lids).
anthrax CHE stable dy IS here guilty..
and something Ike a dozen more
germ diseases. The ordinary dy may
swallow the eggs OF tapeworus a
other Intestinal parasites, and then
distribute those eggs where they may
do hurt 20 humankind.
I am by now painfully conscious
that my article does not read precisely
ike a report OF a pink tea. Indeed
1T deals with some very unpleasant
snd quaImiah things. And yet ! hope
my readers viii go on with me 10 the
bitter end, by eason OF the great
Importance Of this rather creepy sub
5ect
How Insects spread Disease.
Before considering other insects 7
had better state more clearly Just how
these pests perform their part IN dis
ease dissemination. The germs may
stick to he bodies OF the insects. or
the germs may be eaten by the insects
and deposited upon human food and
drink with their excreta. Or the IN
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-18

70 be much more than this. Un6oebt-
ed1y cases Of smallpox are spread by
his insect IN cheap lodging houses.
perhaps more frequently than by any
other means. And wero it not for
the frequent vaccinations ordered by
health authorities epidemics Of this
disease would probably not DO rare
Consumption germs have been found
in bedbug blood; also 1AS germs OF
other diseases.
This insect may live for weeks with
cut food. Daring the winter r will
become comatose and will weather the
winter like any other hLbsrnating crea-
ture. Il viii continue its existence,
viii demonstrate It's viii -tolsve,
against the hs-dest kind OF luck, from
season to season. IN lumber camps.
summer houses. empty apartments and
the like.
Eeas Spread BRbontc Plaque.
Tie chief iniQutty of the nea lies in
It's transmission Of the germ OF the
bubonic plague. The roach has also
been proved an infection e%cnveyer.
We must mention also Rocky Noun
tzfn fever which has for several years
occurred during the spring months IN
ana NlB AH-E @AB SL@LES.
The germ Of this disease is transmitted
from cattle to man by the tick, which
insect is the responsible agent also for
Texas or cattle fever.
L have tried to present here the ss-
scneial facts about the insect trans
mission Of disease Ny article would.
however. appear 70 be like the play
Of Hamlet with Hamlet LETT cut; for
have written nothing about how 70
deal with such insect infection spread
srs. Space has not permitted this:
nor IS 1t necessary. For every citi-
zea's health department. town. city. or
state. VIII or application. supply full
printed directions. or such directions
WIZ be sent, without charge. by the
United States Public Health Service
~ WASHINGTON. T.. c., or o. the United
States Bureau Of Agriculture. WASH
irgton. p. G.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-18

sects may eject the germs from their
mouths upon the skins Of uncleanly
people who do not battle regularly.
Or the insects may die after ea.l1g
the germs; and the bodies Of the for
ner may fall into the food Or the
dead insect bodies may cry up. crum-
bic, be spread IN dust and Be either
Inhaled or injected by human beings.
or the insects (such IS the mosquito)
may inject into the host with their
sting diseased blood which they have
previously sucked from a previous
sufferer lsuch as a malaria patiently
Mosquito Fever.
Doctors prefer to speak Of malaria
as mosquito fever. for. as everyone
now knows. It IS the species Of mos
aeito called Anopholes. which IS sole
" responsible for the propagation OF
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-18

person stung. If this latter unfor-
innate has not yet had malaria he
thus contracts the disease unless his
natural anti-germ forces are able to
destroy the parasite before it can do
any mischief IN his body.
Naturally then, tbs prevention OF
malaria depends on the destruction OF
all breeding places within the radius
drain or Eli in with earth. or TO cover
the surface Of any water with e thin
film of kerosene. Houses must be
screened. Anopheles bites onlv after
shutdown: and only the Lady An
opheles does the mischief. Here, a.
elsewhere in the cosmos. Is the female
Of the species more dreadful than
the male.
Spreads Typhus.
The insect which IN highbrow liter
ature is termed PedicuIus vectfme1-
fornm. but which in plain language
IS the louise. IS responsible for the
spread Of several grave diseases. Some
lice which had been biting typhoid pa
tieuts were first immersed in a soIu-
ton OF mercury blchloride; then they
were put N sterile water. Next thew
we're ground in q sterile mortar and
the resultant material was i~nocuI2ted
into animals and were developed on
culture media BY this means typhoid
germs were demonstrated il those
lice. We have all read how dreadful
an executioner was the typhus fever
in the earlier months Of this present
war. in Serbia and in the Balkans gen
orally; It is the louise which IS the
chief dissemination Of the tyQhus germ
This insect has also been proved to
transmit relapsing fever. a disease
generally associated with poverty
striker. h~alf-starved and overcro vded
communities. where Ice are apt 10 be
IN evidence.
The BCdbug.
The bedbug has from time immem-
orial been obnoxious enough by just
being a bedbug. But he is now proven
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-18
THE UNWELCOME TENANTS

BEYTNG the mandates Of ell
authorities I filled my garden
last fail with bird boxes and
" bird houses said the quiet
woman. II put also q large bird
in the center OF 1T. Then I set
ted down TO wait for spring and 70
enjoy nay bird neighhors. Early IN
the spring I observed that my bird
houses were tenauted. There we're
great goings on within them, subdued
ehirpings and much activity. and I got
out my opera glasses and prepared
enjoy myself The tenants came
forth after & period. A head appeared
from the bluebtrd's door and It is not
too much TO say that NV heart pal
pitated ~fearfuliy. But alas. upon in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-18

spection the mead proved to b that
OF an English sparrow. This house,
Il you Will believe me. had been pre-
emptied by a family Of those ruth
less robbers.
az was disguised but what could I
dor Even as ] wondered q bird few
onto tho roof OF the wren's house. he
sat there m%editatively for awhile I'm
I'll called from within when he en-
tered to see hts wife. The bird was
an English sparrow. BY din Of con
sist0nt o~bsSrvation I discovered that
all Of my bird houses were in thu
possession Of those feathercd villas.
Then 7 felt that I must trust to my
bath u bring the other birds. bat a
few days later ! saw a bluebird perch
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-18

this disease.
Anopheles breeds in still water, 81
moist sand or moss. in pools by the
SIDES OF open streams, in permanent
accUmUlations Of water Of every sort
irrigation ditches, stSgnant water
where there Is green scum. in beds Of
old canals. in old horse troughs aad
the ike When the blood Of a ma
larsa sufferer IS sucked into The stom-
ach by aaOphelos the malaria parasite
IN that blood un~dergoes development;
and the products OF this process enter
the mosquitoes ~salivary glands and are
elected into the system of the next