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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20
By FRANK D. ToMsoN.)

By FRANK D. TOMSON.)
IF there exists in the mind of anyone
any doubt as to the general inclination
to produce better otock of all breeds,
the prevailing activity of the trade will
serve to clear away these doubts.
There is unquestionably, at the present
time, a keener ard more substantial
demand for registered breeding stock
than has ever existed heretofore. and
with this demand there has been
steady advance in values. The require
ments have become more exacting,
which has forced higher individual
standards and finer discrimination in
the matter of blood lines.
AS an illustration of the present con-
ception of values, Tomson Bros,
breeding firm, Carbonate and Dover,
Kansas, disposed Of 10 registered
Shorthorn calves to w. @. Rosenberg
er of Tiffin, O., breeder of high
class Shorthorns, for an average of
5000 per head. These calves ranged
in age from eight to fifteen months,
with the exception of five short year.
ling heifers, and with four exceptions
were all bred in the Tomson herd. The
entire lot had been selected as an Of
fering for public sale to be held later
in the season, but the buyer, who has
appreciated constantly growing trade
larger than he could supply, found in
these calves just the type and the
lines Of breeding that he needed and
made this attractive offer which was
accepted.
Demand Is For Best Breeds.
He stated that he would be able to
dispose Of them at private sale at a
very considerable advance over this
figure. He said there was time
that he found ready sale for cheap
er class Of registered cattle, but that
he had noted from year to year an in
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20
BURN CHOLERA HOGS
TO CONTROL DISEASE
Burying Carcasses Is Not Good
Practice, as Dogs Are Liable
to Dig Them Up.
(By L. G. KIGIN. Assistant Veterinarian.

(By L. G. KIGIN, Assistant Veterinarian,
Purdue University
Visiting a certain section Of the
state where hog cholera existed, at
tempted to trace the origin Of this
outbreak. The farm where the dis
ease first existed was visited. We no
ticed buzzards flying over the place
and upon investigation, dead hogs
were found half eaten at the foot of
a cliff. Dogs had made a path to this
place. Owing to the peculiar arrange
ments of this particular spot, 1t was
inaccessible to other live stock.
Until people are more careful and
burn their dead hogs at once, and
neighbors tie up their dogs, especially
at night, when hog cholera exists in a
community, this disease can not be
controlled.
Burning hog Is difficult task I'M
less a place is prepared for that pur-
pose. A trench six feet long, two feet
wide and 10 inches deep is dug, a
piece Of woven wire fence stretched
across this trench and staked on each
side. The hog is laid on this fence
and the fire built In the trench be-
meath. A few incisions made in the
side Of the hog with knife will per
NIT the escape Of grease as soon az
the carcass gets hot
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20
Bleeding Useful at Times.

For ages one of the customs Of
Chinese physicians has been to thrust
fine needles into the body to let out
pains and various maladies and it APP
pears that bleeding in this way is
often really useful. After long OBJ
servation IN China DIR. James Camille
reports himself SO much impressed
with the results that he has adopted
the procedure himself for certain
cases. Needing seems to lessen the
tension in the infamed part and to re-
lieve neuralgia and rheumatic pains,
swelling and stiffness from sprains and
fractures, and especially the indefinite
hip pains usually called sciatica.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20
LARGE Pig PROFITS
MADE In MINNESOTA
Letting Animals Gather Their
Own Feed Found Economical
anc Satisfactory.

With the returns amounting to five
cents minute for the time spent, A.
J. Mcclure, Of the University of Min
nesota, found that raising 100 pigs
every year was the most profitable
work the men did on his farm last
year. The pigs were raised, figures
completed at the end of the year
show, with one hours time day. At
the prices for pigs now, the returns
this year on this 1856 hours time was
nearly So an hour.
The reduction of work to a mini
mum is the method that the Mcclure
farm uses to increase the return on
the labor. The pigs collect their own
feed in the spring and summer from
rape and alfalfa fields and in the fall
they gather the feed to prepare them
for market by hogging down a field Of
is acres of corn. Eight acres of rape
and alfalfa keep the pigs and the
brood sows in the summer, furnishing
In fair season all the feed they will
eat. In September the pigs are turned
into a 15-acre field of corn, beside
WHICH iS loul-dSiS rape Aciu' AAS
sows that are to be kept over during
the winter are left to clean up the
waste after the pigs are marketed.
Mr.. Mcclure finds that letting the
pigs do their own work is just as sat
isfactory and economical and much
more profitable. He even arranges
the winter quarters so that as little
attention as possible may be required
by the sows. Straw sheds make good
shelters for them and the corn cribs
and feed-boxes are placed as near the
sheds as possible.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20

"Wait-TilI Get My Breath Mans
Got No Business courting-When
He Amt in Training"
fore you. What were you going to
say|
Promise not to be silly again, IL ]
tell your"
81 say, that amt sporting Of you.
You promised"
Every well. No-wait. Is my hat
straight? We're turning again-stop-
ping. Look out and see if it's the right
number"
"Ninety-eight."
"That's right"
"Now what are you going to dor
"Get out, deliver the note, get the
answer, and-come back to you, Peter
Nothing could be fairer than that
Only you don't'get out till you tell me
what you promised to-"
Every well. But you'll have to gel
out first. Not word while you're in
this cab. Now, Peter, pleaser'
"Oh, all right"
Peter backed out and offered his
hand. He closed strong fingers round
hers.
mo, you don't-not till you keeI
your word !"
"Then-listen, Peterl' her voice was
low, but clear and very sweet. 'It
| doesn't make an ounce of difference tt
me about-those others so long as it's
only me you love now and always
Wilt"
With this Lydia ran up the steps
leaving Peter dazed with the memory
of her face at parting.
! And indeed the wits of the youn,
man were Keeling, drunken with thu
| fragrance of his beloved. 1t was some
moments before he began to recover
Interim, he stood bareheaded in tn,
drizzle, blinking fatuously at an cleo
trio arc on the corner Of Park ave
nue.. Then suddenly he remembered
what misgivings had sent him head
long from the Margrave to overhaul
this taxi of ten thousand Elysian de
lights. But when he did remember i
was too late. His dearest had alread,
been ezgulfed by the front doors O.
that ill-omened house.
Ill-Omened, at all events, he mus
consider 1t In the light Of what Quoir
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20
CHAPTER XIV.

"Peterl" The cry was smothered.
"Silly boy! Can't you see the cab
is turning? Do let me go!"
"Only into side street. say,
where are we bound anyway"
"It doesn't matter-only to deliver
a note and get an answer"
"Who to-and from? Grammar's
nothing to me, anyway"
81 sha'n't tell you if you don't stop.
Well, friend-nobody you know. If
you don't let me go, I'll"
"What will you dor"
''If you'll let me go, I'll tell you
something"
Curiosity triumphed. Lydia extri-
Gated herself.
what is it?"
Therein all mussed and rumpled.
You're frightfully inconsiderate."
Mays well get used to it. you've
got long, rumply, mussy lifetime be-
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20

clination on the part of his buyers to
and his trade is now practically limit
ed to this class.
Mr.. Rosenberger's experience is the
experience of large number of breed
ers. Nor is this limited to the Short
horn breed. The same tendency pre-
walls among all breeds to a proportion
ate extent. Many farmers who have,
heretofore handled nothing but grade
cattle and have used inferior bulls are
now forced by market conditions to
use a better class of bulls-registered
SireS-that the cattle they produce
may command satisfactory valGa.
ton when they go to the beef markets.
The farmers who have been breeding
grades of a high order, and there are
many such, the result of continuous
use of registered bulls, have come to
recognize the advantage of producing
full-blood or registered cattle, and are
embarking now along this line. Then,
as stated above, many who have pro-
duced full-blood cattle of fairly good
type are now turning their attention
TO the production of cattle Of still bet
ter type and more dependable blood
lines.
1t is a broad, general movement to-
ward improved standards-the result
of more exacting conditions at the mar
ket centers. There are so many forces
Of an educational nature at work now
that we may reasonably look forward
to continuous progress along the line
OF live stock improvement. Then there
is the cost of production which In it.
self would inevitably eliminate the in
ferior live stock standards. When land
is high and help expensive and grains
and forage maintain price level here
tofore unheard of, 1t is easily conceived
that the animal of an Indifferent stand
ard can no longer be grown profitably.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20
CARE FOR Sucking
LAMBS is OUTLINED
Success or Failure of Sheep
Flock Depends Greatly on At
tention to Youngsters.

Care given the sucking lambs may
determine the success or failure of
sheep on the farm, according to A. M.
Paterson, instructor in animal hus-
bandry in the Kansas State Agricultu-
raj college.
New born lambs should nurse soon
after birth. for when lambs get milk
In their stomachs they usually give
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20
Freshet Preceding Drought.

'"rhere seemed to be general rejoic-
ing over prohibition in Crimson
Gulch."
YES" replied Broncho Bob; ''the
boys looked forward to it with great
enthusiasm. They figured that there'd
be tremendous amount Of liquor that
the saloons would have to give away
just before they closed"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20

no more trouble, pointed out Mr.. Pat
erson. Sucking lambs should have
access to grain at all times. This is
best provided by means of creep.
Plenty of clean, fresh water should al
ways be provided, and the lambs
should be allowed to have green grass
if available.
Lambs should be weaned at from
four to five months of age, depending,
somewhat, on the condition of the
ewes and the size Of the lambs. Where
they are large and growthy. the ewes
thin, the lambs may be weaned earlier
in order that the ewes may be put in
better condition before breeding.
Where the lambs are small and the
ewes in good condition, however, they
may be allowed to run together longer.
The lambs should be well fed at wean-
ing time to avoid setbacks.
Watch the udders of the ewes to
see that they do not cake. If they
do, the lambs will be prevented from
sucking. Particular attention must
be given to prevent the udder from
spelling at weaving time. To stop the
flow Of milk the eve should be put on
a dry ration for two days.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20
GILBERT BROS. & co.
BALTIMORE, MD.
To Burn Stumps.
REL lNl3: PAIN

Compressed air is used by Wash
ington inventor to force burning fluids
into holes Of stumps until they are
destroyed more effectively than when
dynamite is used.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20

Turkish Girls Wed Young.
Most Turkish girls marry between
the ages of fourteen and eighteen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
STENOGRAPHIC JOB
IN COURT GIVEN TO
.SELF-TAUGHT GIRL
In All Her Life Miss Shuster Had
Only Eighteen Months
Schooling

Miss Iva Shuster. OF Is West 10th
Street, was appointed yesterday a
stenographer in the magistrates courts
and will be assigned TO the Traffic
Court The only other woman stenog-
rapher in the magistrates courts is as
signed 10 the Domestic Relations
Court.
Miss Shuster, who was appointed
from the civil service list, has had but
eighteen months Of schooling in her
life. For three terms she attended
a district school in Butler County,
Penn. By that time she was ten years
old and had to go to work.
She found employment in the West
inghouse shops in Pittsburgh. There
were 279 stenographers there. and TO
the girl from Butler County, with her
eighteen months Of district school,
their positions seemed envisble. She
resolved TO learn stenography.
For four years she spent her even
ings and her lunch hours and every
minute she could snatch from the task
in hand in the study of shorthand and
typewriting. At the end Of that time
she was proficient, and went to the
Pacific Coast, where she made living
as a commercial stenographer.
Likewise, she made a reputation for
accuracy and speed. Three years ago
she was one of the speed contestants
at Madison Square Garden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
SUFFRAGE POSTER AWARDED

Edward A. Poucher, of New York, is
the winner OF the poster competition
conducted by the National American
Woman Suffrage Association, which
closed on January l.. A prize Of $3.50
was awarded TO Mr.. Poueher for his
poster entitled THE Woman's Hour
Has Struck" IL represents a young
woman. in smart suit and furs, vigor-
ously pulling at the rope of a bell
which is swinging across the top OF the
picture. II will be used in suffrage ad-
vertising and picture postcards during
the coming campaign.
Other prize winners were Armand
Moreda. Of Brooklyn. second prize.
500: Robert Edmund Lee, Of San
Francisco, $50; Helen Turquand, of
New York, S25; Frank Clark, OF Jersey
City. s25. Prizes of $40 have been
awarded 10 Mary F. Overlook. Cam
bridge City, Ind Harold Kolb, Somer-
Vile. Mass; Mary Aiken, North Sutton,
n. H.. and Rosamund d. Smith, Glyn-
don, Md
A travelling exhibition Of twenty-five
posters. including the prize winners,
will be sent about the country under
suffrage auspices, the first exhibition
being in Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
JUSTICE E. M. C0NRAN
Dies Suddenly in Havana While on
Vacation Trip with Wife

The body Of Justice Eugene NJ. Con-
ran, of the 1st District Municipal
Court in Brooklyn, who died suddenly
in Havana on Thursday, will arrive
here next Tuesday on board the steam
ship Saratoga, the same vessel on
which the justice and his wife left for
a months vacation in the West Indies
last Monday News of the justices
death was received yesterday By his
brothers, Attorney Joseph +. Conran
and Edward and William Conran, OF
Brooklyn.
Justice Conran was member OF the
.Elks Club and OF the New York Press
Club. He was graduated from the New
York Law School in 1895 and was elect
ed on the Democratic ticket to the
bench of the LIST Municipal District
Court for term Of ten years IN 1909.
In 1908 James Kane and Patrick ii.
McCarren were understood to be at log
gerheads over the appointment Of Con-
ran to succeed Justice Patrick Sheady
He was appointed. however, and at the
next election defeated W. .. Badger
jr. after a hard fight.
In June, 1910, he married MISS Au-
gusta Long, Of Manhattan, who sur
wives him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
SUPREME COURT UPHoLDs
RUBBERSET co.'s SEIZURE
Justifies Taking Of Cuts and Drawings
from Advertising Agency

ny a decision rendered in the Su-
prcme Court on December II the Rub
berset Company. Of Newark, was JUS
tilted in its seizure Of drawings, cuts
and other things from the Federal Ad-
vertising Agency, of New York City.
In December, 1915, the Rubberset Com
pany decided TO change its advertising
agency. and instructed the Federal
Agency, which had acted for IT for
several years, TO turn over what cuts,
drawings, etc, it had in its possession.
This the Federal Agency refused TO
do. alleging that an oral agreement ex-
listed, by the terms Of which such
property should remain in its posses
sion should the kubberset Company
transfer its account. The Rubberset
Company obtained n Sheriff's writ OF
replevin, and by means Of IL obtained
the material in question.
The company was called upon 10 jos
tify the issuance OF this writ in court
Counsel for the agency asserted that
the material that had been seized rep
resented definite amount of time
energy and ingenuity expended, for
which the agency was likely to get
no recompense II the account were
transferred. The Rubberset Company
denied the existence Of any agree
ment which would make the material
the property Of the agency, and was
permitted to retain possession of all
the material which 1t had obtained.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
WHAT Is GOING ON TO-DAY

Free admission 70 the American Museum q
Natural History Metropolitan Museum o. AT,
New YORK Geological Pirk Van Coftlsndt
Psrk Museum and the Aquarium.
Automobile salon. Hotel Aston.
Automobile Shog. Grand Central Paiacr
Address by Heny BrIere N "reAehen Pen
400" Al the meeting q tho High school
T.srhers' Association. High School o. Com.
rnerce Broadway ana siIty nfth Street. 10 20
Msjot General Ioonard Wool and Others in
discussion on Shall the United state Adopt
t;ornpul.ory AiiitAry s~rVicei" before the Re-
TIb'irsr CUB n ne CITY q New York. clue
house. a Wtst Forieh stre>t. ll5 p o..
Concert and dance Of the Junior Art socieay.
Hotel Aston. ?. m
Dinner o. n. New Yort NeNs Photosraphsrs,
Murry's. Broadway and Fo0J-iecoud Street.
1850 ?. N.
E,,.rtainm-ut and dance n ne Twelfth N,Eht
cub Ho,el AsLcr. midnight
pphlie le-tur,, q the Board - Education. IS
m NsntstfAu - 'Ausicai Tone and
StrnKed InsinImenA ~ Ernest Von
NardroT Sc ID American hweum q Ntin-
al History SEVENTY seventh street ira Zen
al Pars Wet "NsuonL C01serysiion ana
Iooper Institute. Eghth siree, ard Four'h
Avenue ''Thsen." ~ Professor q. Carer
Troop library. l,i EAt FiYp eighth stfeet
"Coorisl Tale q New YORK y MIS-
Fuphesnfa v Wysu. liblt1. to2 Wet
are" ty Professor Christian Gsuss. y. "
\ Wei i9.th Stfret Tie HesthY
Hume BODY " hy Ur John y. BASIN, fun-
iir school 80 llfih Stree' and lenet Ave
nue. Tne Bront 'r1ree Year with VIVA in
Ne4lro hy John " Roberts Pubic scnp
s.. il5h STREET. east n wills AFunue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
PLAN UNIVERSITY CENTRE
Committee Drafts Measures TO Make
Washington Seat Of Higher Education

Washington, Jan. 3. Establishment
in Washington Of a university centre
for higher studies and the making Of
the national capital the centre of
higher education in the United States
have been brought well toward compile
ton by a b-committee supported by
some Of the great universities Of the
country.
Final plans are expected to be adopt
cd within the next monht or so, when
the sub -committee, composed Of Pro-
fessor Dana c. Monro. Of Princeton;
Professor Charles A. Beard, of Column
bia University; Albert Bushnell Hart,
Of Harvard; Gaillard Hunt, Of the
Library Of Congress, and Waldo c.
Leland, Of the Carnegie Institution Of
Washington, meet here.
The movement is being supported by
Princeton, Yale. Harvard, Columbia,
Berkeley, Chicago and other universi-
ties which have graduate schools, and
the centre will be for the use of gradu-
ate students and professors of Ameri-
can universities, but under special ar
rangement it is designed to admit for
eigners also.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
ANsEL B. GILDERsLEEyE

Ansel B. Gildersleeve, lumber mer-
chant. of Huntington, l.. l., died yes
terday at his home in that village: lie
was seventy-six years old. Mr.. Glider
sleeve was the oldest living member
of the Huntington Masonic lodge, his
name having been on the rolls for more
than fifty years He was a trustee OF
the Huntington schools for quarter
Of a century, was an active member OF
the Central Presbyterian Church, and
a director of the First National Bank
of Huntington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
GEN. PETER J. 0sTERHAUs,
U. S. A., RETIRED, DIES AT "a
Native OF Germany. He Served with
Distinction In Civil War

Washington, Jan. g. Brigadier Cen
eral Peter ]. Osterhaus, u. S. A. ere
tired. father Of Rear Admiral Hugo
Osterhaus, u. S. N. (retired), Is dead
at Berlin, Germany, according to ad-
vices reaching the State Department
to-day. He was ninety-four years old
and native of Germany.
General Osterhaus was the Oldest
surviving brigadier general Of the
Northern army IN the Civil War Noted
as tactician when he FIRST entered
the United States army, he added
greatly to his fame In the Mobile and
Tennessee campaigns, where his mill
tsry genius. was recognized by Sher'
man, Sheridan and other leaders. lie
was appointed a brigadier general by
special act of Congress in March, 1909
and retired from active service two
weeks later. Since then ne had lived
in Germany, making his home at Duis'
burg -on-the Rhine.
General Osterhaus was born IN Cob
leDtz, Germany, in 1923. After serving
for several years in the Prussian army
and engaging In business in Germany
he came to this country at the age oil
twenty-siX. He was among the first "a
offer his services TO the government
whom the break came between the
North and the South. Commissioned
a major in command Of the I'd Missouri
Rife Battalion in April, 1861. he served
throughout the war in various com
mands. His most distinguished ser
vices were rendered as chief OF staff
to General Candy in the Mobile cam
paign and as commander of the mill
taTy district OF Tennessee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
FUNERAL OF DR.. GOODWIN
J. p. Morgan, a Relative, and Is Clergy
men Attend Service

Hartford, Conn. Jan. 5.-Seven.y-
five clergymen, many of them from New
York, attended the funeral service this
afternoon for the Rev. Dr. James Good
win in Christ Episcopal Church, Of
which he was rector. j. Pierpont Nor
gan. who is a cousin of the minister's
father, was present, as were Mrs. James
J. Goodwin, Miss Caroline Morgan, Mr..
and Mrs. Granville Whittlesey. Richard
NJ. Colt, Philip L. Goodwin and Benja-
min Wistar Morris, all Of New York.
The Rev DR.. Francis Goodwin, father
OF the young rector, was too i'll to at
tend the ceremonies, which were con-
Quoted by Bishop Chsuncey b. Brew
ster. A detail Of the Governors Foot
Guard, OF which the rector was chap
lain. did guard honors and sounded
taps at the grave in Cedar Hill Gene
terry. where the elder j. Pierpont Nor
gan is buried
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
KING VICTOR HoNoRS FINLEY
Order of Crown Will Be Conferred on
Commissioner

The Order Of the Crown OF italy
,v.arded him several years ago by King
Victor Emmanuel, will be formally con
ierred upon John Il. Finley, CommIs :
s,oneT Of Education, at reception TO
bo rendered him Tuesday evening IN
the General Webb Room OF the College
Of the City Of New York. -.
Professor Charles Downer' me
Italian Consul General, and other
prominent Italians in the city viii al
teDd the exercises. The order was
awarded in recognition Of the Comm 5,
'ioner's work IN instituting the study
~ Italian in the City College and ms
Iforts in maintaining the ltallsn
conrses in the nigh schools OF the state
ne recently received the Order OF tn.
Rising Sun from the Emperor OF
Japan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06

Mrs. Helen Osborne Thompson, widow
of Edwin Belknap Thompson, an acting
assistant surgeon in the United States
army during the Civil War and for
many years a prominent physician IN
Orange. n. j., died yesterday at her
home, IS Livingston Avenue, Yonkers,
following a brief illness. Mrs. Thomp-
son was severty-four years old. She
was born in Madison. n. j. She leaves
three daughters-Helen NJ. Annie
Sayre and Louise s. Thompson.