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The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
EXPERT TELLS HOW
TO COMBAT FLIES

COLUMBIA, Mo.-"The fly season
is with US once again. Fly swatting
has already begun in this section of
the country and would be more under
way except for the cold and damp
spring which prevailed in our state"
DR.. NJ. r. Ravenel of the department
of preventive medicine of the Univer-
sity of Missouri, says. Remember
that insects carry disease andS that
Of the worst is the so-called domestic
house fly which many people think
should he renamed the typhoid fly
The fly Is scaVanger. 1t begins its
life in filth, and thruout it's existence
is constantly feeding on filth. Unfor-
tunately, 1t is not selective, and after
feeding>in spittoon or garbage barrel
will make its next meal in the dining
room or on the baby's bottle or lips.
Its body is covered with hairs it's feet
end in claws, and If examined under
the magnifying glass. it appears IDEAL
ly formed to pick up and carry filth.
The true way of approaching the
problem of fly Insurance is to prevent
breeding. Flies breed by preference
in horse manure. This material should
then be the LIST object OF our care.
Within a few minutes after the drop
ping Of the manure flies will deposit
their eggs in It. If II is dried rapidly
or buried deeply as fertilizer, the
Matching of the eggs Is prevented. This
is often not possible. Various attempts
have been made to discover a cheap D
and efficient way of treating manure
SO as to prevent the hatching of eggs.
! Of the best methods is set forth by
the U. s. department of agriculture,
which consists in sprinkling the ma
nure with powdered hellebore. For
household use. fly poisons are to be
recommended. The best OF these
are formaldehyde and salicylate OF
soda, either l of which can be used in
l per cent solution. For household
use the salicylate of soda, the medi-
cine largely used in rheumatism, can
be used by dissolvng teaspoonfuls in
pint of water. This is speedily fatal
to the flies and "a not poisonous fol-
children or animals. Besides, It Il
more attractive to flies especially II .
little sugar As added"
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
NOW is THE TIME
TO FIGHT MALARIA

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Malarial fever
causes $4,000 deaths in the United
States every year, but there are more
than l 4 million cases Of the disease
1t, therefore, is great economic
problem. 1t is confined largely to the
southern states Of the union. 1t is
spread entirely by l species of mosqui-
to, called Anopheles. The disease is
found then, only where the Anophe-
les can breed and flourish The mis-
quito has not a very long range of
flight. Recent experiments of the
public health service of the United
States showed that Anopheles mosqui-
toes will fly only about a mile from
their breeding places. Other mosqui-
toes taken from houses and liberated
flew a trifle more than mile. In l
test Anopheles caught on a given
plantation flew upwards of 2-3 of
mile and during that flight crossed a
river 500 feet wide. These flights
were accomplished in from ~ hours
fup to days. The prevention of the
disease depends entirely on the con-
troll of the Anopheles species Of mos
quito. The mosquito breeds always in
still, fresh water. The water collected
in a cows track, an empty can, or
broken bottle is enuf to afford breed
ing place for mosquitoes. The eggs
are laid in the water and hatched
ed "wigglers." The adult mosquito
emerses within few days. II is evil
dent that II the mosquito cannot find
fresh water in which to lay it's eggs. IL
cannot multiply. The mosquito does
no harm unless it st bites a person
suffering with malaria, from whose
blood it sucks the germ, which then
undergoes development in the body Of
the mosquito increasing in number
tremendously. Now when the mosqui-
to bites a well person the germs are
injected and another case of malaria
develops. It Is, therefore, most i'm
portant to protect persons suffering
from malarial fever. This is done by
having wire screens in the windows or
by covering the bed with mosquito net
ting. In districts where malaria Is
prevalent, the windows should be
screened to protect well people as
well as the sick. Another precaution
is the burning of Pyrethrum, or in
sect powder, in the house The win
dows must be closed and the powder
burned in the room, after which the
room Ia kept closed for several hours.
1t is then opened and stupefied and
dead mosquitoes are swept up and
burned. As malaria is a disease which
flourishes during the summer and au-
tumn, these precautions, especially in
regard to the breeding of mosquitoes,
should be taken early in the season.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
WANTED A SALARY
NOT THE WEEDS

Jim Jacobs. OF Amarooga, Mo, pas
sed thru this town on his way from
western Kansas, where he has been
visiting relatives. Jim says the news
paper reports sent out from Hutchin-
son to the effect that women are cam
ing tumble weeds for winter use is the
truth and that IL the present onslaught
Is not stopped the tumble weed is
going to be extinct in Kansas before
many years. Jim is In favor OF call
ing "a special session OF the legislature
and having a law passed setting aside
several thousand acres Of land In each
of the western counties for the conser-
walton of the tumbleweed. He says
II is not too late to save this nourish-
ing plant from destruction IL immed-
late action is taken. Jim has written
the governor asking that q tumble
weed conservation board be appointed
and modestly suggested that he would
take the chairmanship OF the board at
a salary Of $1,000 year and travel
ing expenses. But whatever Is done
must be done at once, he believes, In
order to provide future generations OF
the short grass country with their
tumble-weed sauce.-Coffeyville Jour-
nal
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
URGES EVERY HOUSEHOLD
TO CAN AND DRY SURPLUS
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

WASHINGTON" housewife
this year should restore to her homo
the often overlooked home industry
Of canning. preserving, picking and
drying of perishable fruits or vegeta-
bles," said David +. Houston, secre-
tary of agriculture. The large num-
Der Of new backyard gardens which
have been planted this year shortly
will begin to yield their extra harvest
of beans peas, carrots, beets, sweet
corn and tomatoes. The regular sup
plies also will reach the markets and,
as happens each summer, the local
supply at times will exceed mediate
consumptive capacity Not to con-
serve much of this surplusage Of valu-
able food would be sinful waste. The
present food and labor situations are
such that no household is justified I'm
looking to others to release 1t wholly
fromsindividual responsibility and con-
structive action in saving and conserv-
ing food. All any home should ex-
pect of others is to supply those foods
which cannot be produced effectively
by its own members. The railroads
will be burdened with the transpor-
tation of staple foods and civil and
military necessaries from localities of
production and manufacture to dis
tricts incapable of supplying their own
needs. 1t follows that all locally pro-
duced foods, conserved by home meth
DDS. lessen the winter pressure on
transportation agencies and also re-
lease similar products of factories for
other purposes. "I urge every house.
hold, therefore, to can all surplus per-
ishable products for which they have
containers and to dry and keep in pa
per any additional surplus suitable for
such preservation. Canning calls for
no special skill and for little equip
ment beyond wash boiler and Jars.
Fresh products, cleanliness and heat
are the chief requirements, as even su-
gar Is not essential for canning fruits
under modern procedure. Fruits and
vegetables, moreover, can be dried eff
ficient1y in the sun, over a range or
gas stove, or before an electric fan.
Homemade shallow trays OF wood or
heavy wire screen are the chief equip
ment required. Drying is a time-tried
nome industry; conservation of food
by drying is largely a matter of re-
storing to the home great grandm 9TH
ers method of seeing that her family
had good food in winter as a relief from
a monotonous diet OF root vegetables.
Canning and drying can be practiced
as effectively in a city house or apart
ment as on farm or In a suburban
dwelling. Canning, of course. already
is profitable industry for women and
children In thousands of homes and /
trust will become almost universal
this season. To aid the home con-
| servation movement, the department
of agriculture has issued a new Far
mers Bulletin on home canning and
another on home drying of fruits and
vegetables. These free pamphlets
should be read and followed in every
household which wishes to translate
patriotic impulse into concrete serv-
| ice"
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
NATIONAL FORESTS
TO SUPPLY WOOD FOR
FUEL NEXT WINTER

WASHINGTON.-To meet any pos
sible coal shortage in the west next
winter, more extensive use of fuel
wood from the national forests is
urged by the governments foresters
who are advising both ranohers and
town dwellers to be forehanded in
making arrangements for the supply
of their fuel needs. The supervisors
OF the 1853 national forests will be in
structed to afford all possible facili-
ties to local residents wishing to OBJ
tain cordwood, which settlers may OBJ
tain free for their home use and which
Is sold at low rates to persons cutting
and hauling in order to sell to others.
Since the material thus utilized Is
mainly dead timber, its removal, 1t
Is explained. helps clear up the forest
and thus lessons the fire menace.
Timber which is insect-infested, or
old and deteriorating, or otherwise
damaged or undesirable from the for
esters standpoint, is also disposed of
for fuel purposes. The demand in
the next 12 months Is expected to
break all records There is a possi-
bility of a coal shortage because of the
increased demand for coal by indus
trial plants and the lack of sufficient
means of transportation. 1t Is be-
lieved that 1t will be quite feasible
and economical for many western
COHiIil unllltS TO uIlllLt al
quantity of national forest wood for
fuel next winter When dead and
down timber or other timber which is
deteriorating Is not available for
cordwood, the cutting of mature liv-
ing trees will be permitted to the ex-
tent necessary to meet demands.
| While wood as fuel Is less econom-
| ical to handle and use than coal, It
| is in many parts of the west cheaper
even at normal price levels. Stoves
aud furnaces, however. equipped to
burn coal usually require different
CRATES to permit of the substitution to
advantage, and this Is pointed out as
| l reason why the householder will do
well to look ahead and decide before
hand how he will keep warm and what
| he will feed the kitchen stove next
winter. Where sawmills are operat-
ing in the woods at points within haul
/ ing distance of towns, there is a
chance to obtain slabs and other ma
terial that ordinarily goes to waste
Since green or wet wood is both poor
er fuel and heavier to transport and
handle than dry, mill waste as 1t
comes from the saw Is relatively un-
desirable for immediate use. For this
reason, as we'll as in order to be sure
Of a supply the government foresters
suggest that a good-sized woodpile in
! the back yard or under cover before
winter sets in may be found thrifty
provision. During the last fiscal year
over $4,000 permits for the free use
of national forest timber mainly in
! the form of fuel wood were taken out
! by local residents. The amount Of
timber involved approximated 100000
cords. Additional supplies of cord
wood were obtained from the forests
at a nominal price by others who
were not entitled under the law to the
! free use of timber.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
OLD LAW ON MILITARY
SERVICE WILL APPLY

W. }HINGTON, d. C.-Following
the introduction in the House recent
ly bv Representative Taylor Of Colo
rado of a measure to expatriate citi-
zens who leave the United States to
escape military service. inquiry has
revealed that there is on the federal
statute books an old law which pre-
cisely covers the case and which Of
ficials will invoke If it becomes neces-
sary. The act dates back to Civil war
days. when President Lincoln was
guiding the nation thru it's internal
crisis, and is equally applicable today
in the Liberty war being waged against
Germany autocracy. The law was ap-
proved by Lincoln March 8, 1865. 1t
was carried into the revised statutes
of the United States in 1878 as sec
tion 1898 GU. s. Statutes at Large).
In the codification of the statutes in
1912, the law was re-enacted. with
the proviso that the penalties named
should not apply to l who deserted in
THAT every person who hereafter de-
serts the military service of the Unit
ed States, or who, being duly enrolled,
departs the Jurisdiction Of the district
in which ne is enrolled. or goes be-
yond the limits of the United States,
with intent to avoid any draft into the
military or naval service, lawfully or
dered, shall be liable to all the pen
alties and forfeitures of section 1896"
Section 1895 prescribes a penalty Of
forfeiture of citizenship, and of the
right to become a citizen, and also
the right to hold any office OF trust
or profit under the United States. and
all rights of citizenship.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
CENTRAL EUROPEANS
IN UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The natives
of Germany, Austria Hungary, Bull
garia, and Turkey now residing in the
United States aggregate approximate
ly 1852, 900, or about 4 y per cent of
the total population of the country
The foregoing total Is announced by
Director Sam L. Rogers, Of the bu-
reau of the census, department of
commerce, as the result of a calcula-
ton based on the census figures of
1910, the reports of the bureau of
immigration for the period between
1910 and the present time, and the
estimated mortality during that per-
iod. Altho 1t is not possible by this
method to determine with absolute
exactness the number of natives OF
the countries named now living in the
United States, IT is believed that the
results obtained represent a reason
ably close approximation to the facts.
These 4,662, 900 foreigners are distrib-
uted, according to country Of birth,
as follows: Germany, 2,349, 900; Aus
tria, l,S76,00O; Hungary, $4,000;
Turkey, 18S,000 Bulgaria, 1000. 1t
is impossible to say whether the pro-
portions of aliens--that is, persons
who have not applied for naturaliza-
tion certificates-amOng these foreign
ers are approximately the same in
1917 as they were in 1910; but, as
suming this to be the case, the num-
Der Of male aliens 81 years Of age and
over included in the above total
would be approximately 964,O00, or
about SO per cent Of the total num-
Der OF male inhabitants Of the United
States 2l years Of age and over. The
distribution of these aliens, according
to country Of birth, would be as fol-
lows Germany, 10000; Austria,
447,000; Hungary, 100000; Turkey,
$4,000; Bulgaria, 5000. The proper
tion of aliens among male Germans
2l years Of age and over Is very much
smaller than the corresponding pro-
portions for the other countries nam
ed, having been only a little more
than II per cent In 1910, as against
approximately 63 per cent for Aus
trians, "a per cent for HunRarians, so
per cent for Turks, and nearly 90 per
cent for Bulgarians.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
"THE SWORD"
AND BELGIUM

American school boys of the last
generation were familiar with the fa-
nous Sword speech" of Thomas F..
Meagher, the Irish orator. Spoken in
the Irish convention In Cancellation
hall at Dublin In July, 1S46, 1t has
been described as "the most famous
ever delivered in that hall, as it was
the last specimen of genuine eloquenCe
ever heard therein" The speech as
whole had to do with the proposed
repeal Of the union with Great Brit
ain, but it is the peroration, the apos-
trophe to the sword, that became 1
of the most popular of 10th century
liberty orations committed to memory
by American youths. Extracts from
1t are appropriate at this time: ABB
hOr the sword" exclaimed Meagher,
"stigmatize the sword? No, my lord,
for in the passes of the Tyrol, it cut
to pieces the banner of the Navarian,
and thru those cragged passes struck
a path to fame for the peasant insur-
rectionist of Innspruck! Abhor the
sword-stigmatize the sword? No, my
lord, for at its blow giant ma
tion started from the waters of the
Atlantic, and by its redeeming magic,
and in the quivering of its crimson
light, ethe crippled colony sprang into
the attitude of a proud republic pros
porous, limtless and invincible! Alb
hOl Ntlt Stle Tic sWOIu !.
No, my lord. for 1t swept the Dutch
mara sders out of the fine old towns
of Belgium-scourged them back to
their own phlegmatic swamps--and
knocked their flag and sceptre, their
laws and bayonets, into the sluggish
waters Of the Scheldt. My lord
honor the Belglans, 1 admire the
Belgians, for their enthusiasm, their
courage, their success, and l, for one,
will not stigmatize, for l do not alb
hor, the means by which they OBJ
tanned citizen king, a chamber of
deputies. E" Again the Belgians
and their fate have become all over
the world tOcsln that has called free
men to the sword" This time Bel
GUM has been invaded without cause,
stripped Of her prosperity and her
wealth, and her people driven In slave
gangs into German territory there to
serve the cause OF Prussian militar-
ism.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
SAWDUST AS
HUMAN FOOD

1t Is a curious, not to say significant
fact, that the 1st detailed report Of
German efforts to utilize wood waste
for human food comes from Battle
Creek, Mich, the home town of mod
ern breakfast foods and wholly or par
TALLY cooked cereals This does not
mean than the enterprising Michigan
purveyors of quick breakfast viands
purpose to add birch of hemlock saw
dust to the 81, more or less, varieties
of ready-to-eat provender; but expert
knowledge suggests the desirability of
occasional cautionary analysis. Writ
ing of the work in Germany by G.
Haberlandt, partly under official aus
pices, a writer in Good Health, the or
gan of the Battle Creek breakfast food
industry, says: 1.-The 1st experiments
were made on sheep in a respiration
chamber, for the purpose of determ-
lining the digestibility and nutritive
value of birch wood. The trees were
felled in the early spring, and the
trunks, measuring to 6 inches in di-
ameter, were reduced to very small
chips in a paper mill. Microscopic ex-
animation showed that the wood was
very finely divided, so that the men,
branes of nearly all the cells were de-
stroyed, while the cell contents had
been almost all removed by the water
used in the preparation of wood. Thus
the residue consisted chiefly of cellu-
lar membrane. The wood was fed In
combination with other foods. Good
results were obtained, both as to di-
gestibility and nutritive value. Appar-
emily the reason why previous expert
ments on the same subject had not been
successful was that the wood was not
cut up fine enuf and Its cells were not
| thoroly torn. The experiments were
repeated by Professor Rubner on a
dog, the same wood ration being fed
with meat, and the results were also
successful. Haberlandt believes that
man is capable of digesting finely
ground birch wood, and that 1t might
replace rye or wheat to the extent of
10 or 15 per cent in bread making"
Under these circumstances it might be
we'll for the conservation commission
to forbid the cutting of spruce trees in
the Adirondack forest preserves, except
when requisitioned by the government,
| to supplement available materials for
war bread. For the present, tho, most
| people will prefer whole-wheat bread,
with an occasional side dish concocted
of old-fashioned corn meal
Democrat and Chronicle.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
JUNE WAS A WET
MONTH, RECORDS SHOW

The lst half OF June was rather
cool. but the latter half was consider
ably warmer, the mean temperture
for the month being To, which Is
about normal. The highest reading
occurred on the 30th and the lowest
was 40 on the 18th. The rainfall to-
tailed 6.21 inches, this being the heav-
lest June rainfall on the st. Joseph
record which covers a period OF 8
years. The spring rains came slowly
and were we'll distributed. which Is
In marked contrast to the rainfall OF
the past month, there being only .05
inch from the 7th to the 25th. inclu-
sive, and a large part of the monthly
amount fell at an excessive rate, causi
ing floods. Very heavy transforms
with hail occurred on the LIST and 5th,
and the wind on the latter date at
tanned a velocity of A miles per hour
from the northwest. There were II
clear days, Q partly cloudy and 4
cloudy Thunderstorms occurred on
0 days.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
WOMEN HANDS in
A LUMBER YARD

A group of grinning and healthy
looking women went to work in the
lumber yard OF the Ryan Car Com
pany at Chicago. With labor becom-
ing scarce. the company advertised
for women and got 500 replies. 1t
expects to put so or 90 at work i'm
mediately and eventually 200, paying
them soc an hour. The women will
work as mems assistants and helpers
in all sorts OF skilled labor and some
OF the strongest will be assigned 10
lumber piles. The railroads also are
beginning to use women to draw
plans to scale In their engineering de-
partments. The same week these
women went to work in the lumber
yard, IA girls were employed In the
drafting room of the construction de-
partment of the Santa Fe at Chicago
War Is boosting feminism faster thar
all the organized suffrage movements
the world ever saw.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
TINE TO SHOW
YOUR PATRIOTISM
IN REAL SERVICE

If there is any man in the country
who is not prepared to do everything in
his power now, when the nation calls
he had better go away Do not think
in terms of self sacrifice, but In terms
of service. / do not pity a man who
has a chance to risk his life for his
country; l envy him. There must be
absolute and undivided loyalty to our
flag. The events Of the past years
have shown that no man can any more
be loyal to flags than he can be to 9
wives Any man who Is not a good hus-
band is not a good citizen. A man must
be loyal to his wife and to his country.
Now that Germany stands as the most
efficient military autocracy the world
has ever seen, no man Is a good Am
erican who does not stand against Ger
many and for his country. l believe
In suffrage, but no suffrage for any
woman sinking her duty and I will
work for the Acknowledgement Of any
man or woman who doesn't work In
peace or war In any class Of service the
government may demand. II any
man Is too conscientious to fight, he
ought to take his conscience out and
look at It, for its certainly warped
The LIST duty Of man Is to be a mans
man, not Just a sexless creature who
wants somebody to fight for him. Ey-
cry man and every woman who COM
plains because Wall street finances the
government and then doesn't do his Oh
her share to finance the government
has no right to snarl at Wall street
for doing more and being more pa.
triotic than you yourselves have been
Theodore Roosevelt
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-07
ADVERTISING

Advertising Is the motive pow
or of modern business. The man
who has a product that the peo-
pie want and does not tell them
about IL, is living In the Sahara
of his own barren life. He is a
dcrelict lost i'm the empty desert
of his own ignorance or folly.
The true function OF advertising
is to suggest rather than TO con-
vince, TO lead rather than to
compel, to inspire rather than TO
direct, by creating thru the DOM
mating idea used in the advertis-
ing other ideas in the mind of the
reader that he or she will cata-
log as personal, intimate opln-
ions of the product and its value.
All advertising that suggests,
leads. and inspires, Is good ad-
Vertising. If IL Is inslstent and
consistent, IL must be productive
advertising. This is the elemen-
tary fundamental of all publicity
that wins increasing sales.--The
Wallace.