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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
ANNISTICE IN WAR
PROPOSAL OF SLAVS
PLAN is TO ELECT REPRESENTA-.
TIVE FROM ALL NATIONS TO
SETTLE QUESTIONS OF PEACE.
I'VE Offer a Just Peace, but VIII Not
Accept Unjust Terms" Says Leader
of Faction Now Dominant in Rev.
oIution- Torn Russia.

Petrograd.-"We plan to offer an i'm
mediate armistice Of three months,
during which elected representatives
from all nations, and not the diplo-
mats, are to settle the questions Of
peace" said Nfkolai Lenine. the Max
imalist leader. in a speech before the
workmen's and soldiers congress on
November 8.
I'VE offer these terms, NJ. Lenine
added, but we are willing to consider
any proposals for peace. no matter
from which side. We offer a just
peace, but will not accept unjust
terms"
A dispatch from Helsingfors, Fin
land, says that delegates from the Bal
tic feet and army committees have re-
solved to adhere to the revolutionary
committee.
The revolutionary committee at Re
val has occupied all the important
strategic points.
At meeting of the congress of sol
diers and workmen's deputies mem
Der of the revolutionary committee
said that on Wednesday Premier Ker.
ensky at Gatchina, twenty-three miles
from Petrograd, addressed 5000 sol.
diers who were on their way from the
front to Petrograd. After confer.
ence the soldiers decided not to pro.
coed for the time to Petrograd.
The municipal council has estab
lished committee of public safety
composed of members of the munich
pality and deputies of the workmen's
and soldiers congress. The peasants
and workmen's committee also is hold
ing itself at the disposal of the pop
Glation in the event of excuses bein.
committed. The banks are still CLOSED
and many shops have not been re
| opened.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
WHAT KILLS FARM CHICKENS
Character of Animal May Be Pretty
Well Determined by Condition Of
Fowl When Found.

We may pretty well determine the
character of the animal that visited
our hen house by the condition of
the fowls as found.
A mink will slaughter a dozen or
more birds in a night, biting them
in the neck and sucking the blood.
Both the mink and the opossum leave
the carcasses in the coop or house
where they found them.
Rats drag their prey into the holes
| or runways. Rats, however, very sell
dom attack a half-grown chicken OF
fowl. Their appetite is more for
coop should be closed with wfre-cov-
cred frame, which keeps out the rats
and permits ventilation.
Cats and foxes carry their victims
away with them; the cat, like the
rat, cares only for the baby chicks,
seldom doing damage to birds that
weigh more than a pound.
The skunk seems to select poultry
for his diet only as a last resort. He
prefers refuse meat or scrap. If any
of the latter is found he will fill up
with it and then retire to his den.
The next night he will return, and in
case the refuse meat or scrap is insult
ficient to satisfy his appetite, he will
top off on poultry.
The weasel crawls on the roost, Sc
lects his victim, taps a vein and sucks
the blood. The weasel is a regular
contortionist, and is able to so con-
tract his body that he can wedge
through the smallest opening.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
eRlzg WINNING COLUMBIAN RLYMouTA ROCK eock.

Hens must finish melting before
cold weather starts or they will not
lay in the winter months. Because of
this fact special combination Of feed
should be given to hasten the growth
of the new feathers, according to Ross
NJ. Sherwood of the department of
poultry husbandry in the Kansas State
Agricultural college.
Use Linseed Oil Meal.
"Sour milk and beef scraps are use
full at all seasons" says Mr.. Sher-
wood, "but linseed oil meal is espe-
cially good at this time. There are
certain food materials in oil meal
which are needed in feather building
and which are not found in the other
feeds mentioned. Practical feeders Of
ten point out that oil meal loosens
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16

the old feathers. This may be the re-
suit Of the rapid growth of new feath-
ers caused by food materials contain
ed in the oil NEAL
Ration for Noting Season.
The following ration is recommend
ed for the melting season: 60 pounds
of corn chop, go pounds of wheat bran.
20 pounds of meat scraps, and 10
pounds Of old process oil meal. This
is fed in combination with a scratch
ing feed made up of two or more Of
the cheapest grains locally.
After the fowls have completed the
mott and are well feathered, this mash
may be given: 60 pounds of corn
chop, 60 pounds Of wheat bran, 80
pounds Of wheat shorts, and 20 pounds
of meat scraps.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
PADEREwskI SHOWS LOYALTY
Raises Polish Legion to DO Battle
With the Huns.

Washington,-Ignace Jan Paderew-
ski is developing qualities as milf
tary man that may give him greater
fame than his music in the opinion of
officials of the war department, with
whom he conferred again Friday con.
corning his Polish legion for the wal
upon Germany.
The legion. formally approved by the
government, already has taken sub
stantial form, and is now encamped on
the Canadian side of the river at Nj
agara Falls. 1t numbers 5000 we'll
armed and equipped men. The force
is being put through a course of in
tensfve training by 200 young officers
who have been given a primary milf
tary education in the United States.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
OTTOMAN FORCES ROUTED.
British Army Deals Foe Crushing
Blow at GAIA.

London.-So crushing was the re
cent British success at GAIA. the an
cient Palestine city which they cap
tured, with the whole surrounding
Turkish defense system, that the en-
tire Ottoman Palestine army is now in
retreat, General Allenby, the British
commander on that front, reported Fri
day.
Along the Mediterranean coast al
LIED naval forces are cooperating with
the British army More than forty
guns have been taken from the Turks.
British flyers are following the re
treating Turks.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
oKLAHoMANs ATTACK /. w. w.
Members Are Flogged, Tarred and
Feathered by Masked Men.

Tulsa, OkIa.-A band of men CARRIED
in long black robes and wearing masks
Friday night seized seventeen men,
beers of the L w. W., took them to the
edge of the city and administered
Iashes and coat of tar and feathers,
after which the /. w. WIS were start
ed toward the Usage hills, with warn
ing not to return to Tulsa.
With each stroke Of the brush the
black-robed men in charge of the cere-
mony uttered the words lin the name
of the outraged women and children of
Belgium"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
DETERMINE PROFIT ON DUCKS
An Experiment Found That Fowls
Twelve Weeks Old Required
sis Pounds of Feed.

In an experiment to determine the
profit on ducks Matched in incubators,
reared in breeders, and sold on the
local market at from ten to twelve
weeks old, 3.1S pounds of feed per
pound of gain were required, the aver
age weight at the end of ten weeks
being four pounds, 112 ounces per
duck.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
Agreed With Mother,

Gerald's mother had tried to make
him understand what conscience is
and had told him not to cross the
street on his wheel. One day she said,
Gerald, when you crossed the street
today, didn't wee small voice ell
you that it was wrong?' yes. ma"
he replied. 81 guess 1t did. but my We
locipede tweeked so much / couldn't
hear it."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
Butter Ration Reduced.

Copenhagen.-The butter ration in
Greater Berlin has been reduced for
the winter to thirty grams, approx
mately one ounce weekly. Fifty grams
of margarine also are granted, but the
newspapers point out that war mar
garine is principally water and has
slight nutritiye value.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
Bank ssndits Get. $4,000.

Jackson, Mich.-The Farmers State
bank in the village of Concord, ten
miles south of here, was wrecked by
burglars early Friday. The bandits
escaped in automobiles with about
$4,000 in cash.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
Firenen,e LIoht.

A new light greatly aids firemen in
rescue work. This light, strapped to
his back, and elevated slightly above
his head, Is powerful enough to pierce
the densest smoke. With one charge
of calcium carbide, the nght-S,Ooo
candlepower-will burn for over four
hours
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
Useful Birds.

Ducks, geese and guineas are as
good as a watchdog to give an alarm
OF approaching strangers. They are
more profitable, too, because the food
thew consume is converted into salabla
products.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
FOWLS IN WINTER
Make Profit From Flock During
Extremely Cold Weather.
PREPARE FOR HENS COMFORT
All Immature PulIets Should Be Sepa.
rated and Forced for Development
or Fattening-Make General
Cleaning Up.

The showing that the hens make
during the severity of winter, is a
good index of the person handling
them. Spring is the natural laying
season. Nature usually lends aid for
the Matching and rearing of chicks
from March until October, but winter
and late fall finds the hen en-
tirely dependent upon her owner so
far as the profit she will pay is con-
cerned. The careful farmer or poultry
man makes a profit from the flock
during the cold weather and prepares
the way from the time the eggs are
selected in the spring until the snow
begins to fly by selecting eggs from
tested winter layers, keeping as win
ter producers only well developed pull
lets and healthy, energetic young hens
by preparing for their comfort in the
fall before the rigors of winter set in.
Granted that one has these well ma
tured pullets or hens that are young
enough to be profitable If held over
for another year, the problem of win
ter eggs is not so difficult. No pro-
Queer on the farm responds more
readily to good care than the hen and
the COW.
Begin culling Now.
In order TO get into winter quarters
with the best possible prospect, Gull
ing should begin now. All immature
| pullets should be placed to themselves
and forced for development or fatten-
! ed for market and all extremely old
hens had best be prepared for the pot.
| Cockerels intended for next seasons
breeders should be separated from the
others and a general clean up made
| of all surplus stock. 1t is possible that
1t will be more profitable to hold some
or all of the surplus for better mar
ket but they should at least be
separated from the winter flock and
the latter placed in permanent quar-
tiers early.
1t is remarkable how we'll little
flock of so or 100 hens and pullets will
pay If we'll attended. The housing
need not be elaborate or expensive.
The feed is all at hand on the average
grain farm and no one need worry
about proteids or ash or balanced ra-
lions. Give the hen something to bal
ance and she will do the work for
herself.
Make Needed RepairtN
If your house is in need of repair,
begin now in your spare time to repair
it. Patch the roof if it leaks. There
are usually enough odds and ends
around the farm to fix it. If it has
wide cracks between the boards of the
wall, set fodder around three sides OF
1t, leave a part of the south or east
side open and make frame covered
with cheese cloth or some other light
material for extremely cold and stormy
days. Fill in dirt floor four or five
inches higher than the surrounding
yard. Clean out the old nest boxes
and spray the wall and perches. You
will have made nice start toward
winter eggs when these things are &C
complished.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
Death Takes Noted Preacher.

Philadelphia.-The Rev. DR., Nose
ley H. Williams, a noted Congregations
al preacher and widely known writer
on religious subjects, died at his home
in Germantown Friday. He was y
years old.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-16
s.ruant elrIs. Pfease Read.

A servant girl who was kind and
polite to guest at the home where
she was employed has been left an
estate of 100000, which is story
with moral so obvious as to need no
comment.-San Antonio Light
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-10-19
Liberty Loan Campaign.

The Shenandoah National Bank
and Shenandoah Valley Loan & Trust
Co. acting in concert have appointed
the following Liberty Loan campaign
committee, w. q. Newman, M. w.
Magru6er, DR.. W. C. Ford, DR.. J. Fl.
Smoot, Nj. B. Wunder, W. E. Nc
Inturff, NJ. Coffman. Rev. J. A. Nc
Murray, Rev. J. r. Jacobs, Rev. M
S. Taylor, J. c. Paxton, j. B. Clover,
B. A. Warmer, G. V. Shoemaker,
II. B. Chapman, G E. Pence and ]
Grove Kneisley.
This committee has appointed the
following sub Communicable have
charge of Liberty booth and adver'
Using and soliciting Liberty Bond,
Ga the Fair Grounds, Rev r.
Jacobs, Rev J A. McMurray, DR.
W. c. Ford, G. E. Pence and ]. J
Sperry.
To plan a Liberty Loan campaign
through the public schools, with
power to act-Rev. NJ S Taylor
Prof. c. V. Shoemaker, B. A. War
riner.
Committee on Publicity--Rev. ]. A
McMurrsy. G. E. Pence, Rev M.
Taylor, and J. B. Clover.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-10-19
Death of Mrs. Annie Il. Keller

Mrs. Annie Hoover Keller died at
her home on North Main Street.
Monday at Q O'Clock following two
strokes OF paralysis. Mrs. Keller
had been in her usual health up until
the time she was stricken, in fact
when asked of her health Thursday
replied that she has never felt better.
She sustained the first stroke about ]
A. M. Friday and never fully re-
gained consciousness and Monday
was totally paralysed and passed
away that evening.
The sympathy Of the entire COM
munity goes out to the only daughter,
Miss Irene Keller who is left without
near relatives. Two brothers also
survive, Mr.. Perry Hoover. OF Bow
mans and Mr.. William Hoover, OF
Winchester.
Mrs. Keller who was q daughter OF
the late Abraham Hoover, was the
widow of the late Jacob Keller who
died number of years ago, an only
son, Clarence Keller died seven years
ago. Mrs. Keller conducted board
ing house and was deseryedly popular
with q host of friends. She was Sc
years Of age.
Funeral services we're held Thurs
day morning at $50 from the home
and were conducted by her pastor
Rev. s. w. Kubns of the Lutheran
Church. Intermert was made In the
family lot In Massanutten cemetery.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-10-19
Death OF Mrs. Dinges.

Mrs. Elizabeth Rinker Dinges. wife
of Mr.. william Dinges died at her
home of her son-in-law, DR.. Fred
Downey, in Edinburg, Monday morn.
ing at 3 O'Clock following q long ILL
ness OF dropsy. Mrs. Dinges was .
daughter OF the late Major Samuel
Rinker. She was an excellent woman
and possessed a very bright mind
and an exceptionally cheerful dis
position. She bore her years OF ILL
ness with wonderful patience and was
to the end hopeful OF entire recovery.
Surviving are her husband, one
daughter, Mrs. Fred Downey, three
sons, Frank Dinges, proprietor OF
the Edinburg Drug Store, Guy Din
ges, of Bluefeld, W. Va, and Vance
Dinges, Of Wilmington, N. j., and
three sisters, Mrs. s. ]. Hoffman and
Miss Stella Rinker, Of Woodstock
and Mrs. Emma McGinnis, OF Terra
Alta, W. Va.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-10-19
John II, FUR Dead.

John II. Furr, died Saturday after
noon at his home at Hamburg, four
miles west of Mt. Jackson, after ar
illness of several months.
Mr.. Furr was prominent farmer
and lumberman, and was about 81
years old. He was q member Of the
Lutheran Church and OF the Mount
Jackson lodge of Masons, and was 9
highly respected citizen.
Surviving Mr.. Furr are his wife
and eight children, r. M. Furr, Mrs
C. C. Bowman, Mrs P. P. Fultz, al
of Mount Jackson; n. L. and G. L
Furr and Mrs. W. D. Robinson, o.
Harrisonburg; W. B. Furr. OF Wash
ington, D. c.; and Mrs. L. w. Fade
ley, OF Birmingham, Alabama. HI
also 10 survived by one brother
Stuart Furr, OF StrssburR, and thre'
sisters, Mrs. Matte Desmond, o
Huntington, w. Va; Mrs. Fannie
True, of Florida; and Mrs. Buford
lof Lynchburg.
Funeral services we're held st
lo'clock D. m, Monday from tn
Salem Lutheran Church ~ Hamburg
Iuterment was in the cemetery ct tn
Church, the Mssons con Quoting th
services at the grave.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-10-19
CALOMEL DYNAMlTES
4 SLUGGISH LIVER
CRASH INTO SOUR BILE, MAKING
YOU SICK AND YOU LOSE
Days WORK,

Oalomel salivates It's mercury,
Calomel acts like dynamite on slug
gish liver. When calomel comes into
contact with sour bile 1t crashes into
1t, causing cramping and nausea.
II you feel bilious, headachy, con.
stipated and all knocked out, just go
to your druggist and get q so cent
bottle OF Dodson's Liver Tone, which
Is harmless vegetable substitute for
dangerous calomel. Take q spoonful
and II 1t doesn't start your liver and
straighten you up better and quicker
than nasty calomel and without max
Ing you sick, you just 60 back and
get your money.
If you take calomel today you'll be
sick and nauseated tomorrow; besides,
1t may salivate you, while II you take
Dodson's Liver Tone you will wake
up feeling great, full OF ambition and
ready for work or play. It's harm
less, pleasant and safe to give to
children; they like it. adv.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-10-19
Gets Minimum Sentence.

In Circuit Court Saturday after
noon c. S Heatwole, OF Basic,
charged with violation of the State
prohibition law, was found guilty by
jury, which brought in a verdict
fixing his punishment at thirty days
in Jail with fine OF $50 Judge Haas
refused Heatwole bond pending az
appeal, and the young man was sent
TO jail.
j. r. G. Clater, William King and
Eugene Ford, members of the Second
Virginia Regiment, who were releas.
on bail OF $50 each by Magistrate L.
G. Cooper after preliminary hear.
ing, forfeited their bonds. They are
now with the regiment at Admission,
Alabama. The four men were charg
Cd with bringing fifty quarts of liquor
into Virginia from Hagerstown, IL
violation OF the prohibition law
Heatwole was the driver of the auto
mobile. They we're arrested on til,
Valley Turnpike near Harrisonburg
Commonwealth Attorney q. M
Stricken conducted the prosecution
John W. Morrison and Mr.. Jones, o
Waynesboro, represented Heatwols
.-Neus-RUord.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-10-19
Shenandoah County
Teachers Convention

The Annual Shenandoah County
Teachers Convention was held in
the High School auditorium Monday
One hundred and fifty teachers we're
present. The Convention opened at
9. 30 A. M. with devotional exercises
by Rev. Malcolm s. Taylor, Rector
of the Episcopal Church. The an
nouneements were made by Division
Superintendent of Schools, Z. v.
Shoemaker. Discussions followed.
Shenandoah County is entitled to
seven delegates to the State Teachers
Association to be held in Roanoke,
Thanksgiving week, representing 100
per cent membership of the County
Teachers. Delegates elected were,
Mr.. D. A. Helsley, Miss Joyce Del
linger, Miss Bertha Dellinger, Miss
Frances Brltton, Miss Annie Nc
Carthy, Miss Margaret Davis. and
Mr.. Alger Haun.
Miss Madge Funkhouser, of Wood
stock gave 9 talk on "Teaching OF
Drawing In the Grades"
The afternoon session opened at
80 when Miss Martha D. Dinwiddie,
the District Home Demonstration
Agent of Northern Virginia address
ed the teachers.
DR.. Jarman, President of the State
Normal School at Farmville, Va,
made an address of "Rural School
Problems. Mr.. Kelley, Assistant
Boys Club Agent of Blacksburg,
Va, gave talk on Teaching of
Agriculture in Rural Schools"
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President N. a..
German, of Woodstock, Vice Prssl-
dents, E. A. Helsley, c. W. Hepner,
E l.. Lantz, L. E. Blye, Lester Hot
tel, D. G. Cooley. Miss Bessie Wat.
son, Woodstock; Secretary Alger
Haun, Treasurer, Jacob Haun.
Institutes will be held December the
or Sth, at Toms Brook and Mount
Jackson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-10-19
LOCAL ADVERTISEMENTS

Buy your salt now and save money
Shen Farmers Union. ~
Buy your shot gun shells from
Shen Farmers Union. N
Mr.. Jas. W: Sheetz has announced
himself as an independent candidate
for the House of Delegates.
BIatchford's calf meal, pig meal,
fax and sugar old English tonic.
Shen Farmers Union. 2t
Switt's hog more meat scraps, hog
taukage, cotton seed meal and oyster
shells. Shen. Farmers Union. 1t
A drive through the country at this
time one can see farmers busy sowing
wheat and rebuilding corn cribs get
ting ready for early husking.
We have received a box OF sweet
potatoes from Mrs. Susan r. Kitten
our. They were of the 1916 and 1917
crops and were firm and nice. Many
thanks.
WANTED-Teams and men for
outside work. Highest wages. Per
mauent jobs.
Stockwood Realty Corporation, Inc,
Oct l2-2t Woodstock, va.
]. Alluut Engle, of near Shepherds
town, has threshed 1000 bushels of
wheat off of 40 acres, of Lam = has
been farmed loo years. Re, = APP
peals from Washington to increase
fertilizer on wheat caused his crop to
be doubled.
SAVE MONEY-By buying your
Tires. Tubes, and Spark Plugs thro
the Automobile Association. Phone
or write the President at Toms
Brook. Sep. 2l-e W. llr
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-10-19
CLIP THIS AND PIN
CINCINNATI MAN TELLS HOW TO
SHRIvEL UP CORNs OR CAL
LUsEs so THEY LIFT OFF
WITH FINGERS.
ON MiFF's DRESSER

Ouch l?l? This kind OF
rough talk will be heard less here In
town il people troubled with corns
will follow the simple advice OF this
Cincinnati authority, who claims that
a few drops of drug called freezone
when applied TO tender, aching corn
or hardened callus stops soreness st
once, and soon the corn or callus
dries up and lifts right off without
pain.
He says freezone dries Immediately
and never inflames or even irritates
the surrounding skin. A small bottle
OF freezone will cost very little at any
drug store, but will positively remove
every hard or soft corn or callus
from ones feet. Millions of Ameri.
can women will welcome this an.
nouncement since the inauguration OF
the high heels. If your druggist
doen't have freezone tell him to order
a small bottle for you. adv.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-10-19
Miss Lewis to Wed.

Announcement has been made of
the engagement and Forthcoming
marriage of Miss Margaret Byrd
Lewis, daughter Of the late Mr.. and
Mrs, Dangerfeld Lewis, of Clarke
county and New York, to Lieut..
Thomas Boiling Byrd, Of the United
States Army, a son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Evelyn Byrd, of Winchester.
Miss Lewis is closely related to
many of the Oldest and most promi
nent families OF Virginia. Her par
ents lived for many years at Aud.
ley" the famous old Custis home
place, near Berryville, and 1t was
there that she spent her young girl
hood.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-10-19
Got Married In hagerst0Wn

Among the maria ge licenses issued
In Hagerstown were three to the fol-
lowing Virginia couples
Evan Il. Artz, of Moore's Store,
and Mamie P. Steigel, Of Noun,
jackson.
Harvey L. Fulton and Lucy c.
Swartz, both of BerrYville.
Robert E. Worsley and Ruth Nc.
Intosh, both of Winchester.