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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
WHISPERS ON BARLEY.
National Crop Improvement ssrvIcs.l


Considerable complaint has been
made in the past on account of the OBJ
noxious character of the boards of
barley during harvesting and subse-
quent handling. This objection has
been largely removed since the intro.
duction of the binder, self feeder at.
tachments to threshing machines and
self straw stackers. There is little
danger in using the straw for feeding
or bedding for stock.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
POWER ENOUGH
Work Your Tractors Night and Day
and PIow Every Acre.
National Crop Improvement Service.

National Crop Improvement Servce.l
Many farmers will not be able to
put In their whole acreage on account
of the lack of horses or other power.
Every tractor in this county should
work night and day as long as there
remains an acre unplowed. There is
still time to put in barley, and corn
and potatoes, all three of which are
worth almost their weight in gold. We
appeal to every tractor owner to offer
its services to any man who will not
be able to get his soil prepared other
wise.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
PROPER SEEDS
There is Still a Fair Supply Quickly
Available,

Available.
National Crop Improvement ScrvIce.1
A great many of our farmers will
not plant their full acreage this veal
on account of supposed shortage Of
seeds. We are informed by the whole
sale scotsman in the country and the
various experiment stations in the
states, that there is still a moderate
supply of pedigreed barley and certain
kinds of corn on hand for quick ship
ment.
Pots:: is going to be the hardest
seed to obtain. However, in most in
stances, potatoes can go in last. The
advantage of a state Potato Growers
Association was never more apparent
than now.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
crop Of 100000 bushels, would

crop Of 180.O0O.000 bushels, would
bring $234,0O0,OO0.
Yields of 40 to SO bushels of barley
per acre are not uncommon and as
just feed value this means hand.
some return to the grower. But in ad-
djtion to this. there is always the in.
centive of raising a good crop of SUI.
perior barley that can be sold for
mailing purposes. at advanced prices,
and good yield of mailing barley
will hold it's own with any other crop.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
Clover Benefits the Soil

Clover should not be looked upon as
cure for all ills of the soil, but as
an important factor in soil renovation,
through maintaining or increasing in
the soil (a) the supply of vegetable
matter; (b)the supply of nitrogen. The
clover plant has a heavy root system
that leaves large amount of vegeta-
BILE matter in the soil when it dies or
when it is plowed under. This in
creased supply of decaying vegetable
matter in the soil (1) makes the soil
mellow and suitable for the best de-
velopment of the roots of other plants
~ makes it possible for a greater
number of the lower forms of plant
life such as bacteria, yeasts and molds
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
SilOs Are Needed Now

We believe that every farmer who
: is keeping a fair amont of stock and
can possibly do so, should be urged
to build silo. Silage and good clover
or alfalfa hay furnish very enonom-
:ical and satisfactory ration for cattle;
in fact, cows this year in many herds
have produced abundantly without ad-
"ditional grain feed when given silage
and clover or alfalfa hay. The more
silage and clover and alfalfa we can
provide on our farms the greater the
amount of grain that can be spared.
There is good supply Of clover and
alfalfa seed. We believe, therefore,
from the standpoint of soil fertility
and for production of food for live
stick that clover seed should be sown
with every acre of grain this spring.
This will furnish valuable fall pasture,
will furnish an abundance of hay for
next year, and will more than pay for
itself through it's benefits to the soil
Wherever possible the acreage of al
falfa should be increased because al
falfa will produce more cheap protein
FER acre thanany other crop.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
4 RTICLES OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.

Byo steph Agriculture Instructor Sank Centre High School
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
RUSSIAN Gov.
Will NOT SEEK
GENERAL PEACE
Will Hold to Principles Set
Forth in Proclamation
of April 9.

Petrograd, May 16.-1aving dis
cussed the conditions under which
representatives of the council of work.
mems and soldiers delegates would
consent to enter the cabinet. the pro
visional government decided today
that it was unable to accept the first
Of these conditions. This called for
the enunciation as a fundamental prdn-
ciple of a @oreign policy openly pur-
suing the aim of reaching as soon as
possible a general peace without an
nexation or indemnity, ON the basis Of
the right Of nations to work out their
own destinies. The provisional gov
ernment was unable to agree to such
a principle, because it did not CON-
slider possible any renunciatdon Of
principles set forth in its proclama-
ton of April 9.
The provisional government further
thinks it necessary to confirm the
unity of all Allied fronts. and insists
on an energetic struggle against an
archy. To the financial and economic
reforms mentioned by the council of
workmen's and soldiers delegates the
government raises no objection, re-
garding it as part of its task to realize
such reforms.
The executive committee of the
dun1a has approved this decision of
the government.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
ROB RECTOR OF
CAMERA us HE
HIDES in PARK
Rev. B. F. Roots Plans to
Take Snapshots of Rob
ins Come to Grief.

While the Rev. B. r. Root, rector Of
st. Paurs Episcopal church, a deep
student of nature and the habits of
birds. lay Concealed behind a clunnp
of shubbery, waiting to make a flash
light photograph, of a wild bird at
dusk last night, two men grabbed his
camera, which was set on a tripod in
Beardsley Park, and ran away with it.
The minister was anxious to obtain
photographs of different birds which
inhabtt the park. He picked out the
nest Of a little family of birds and
set his camera on a tripod, also plac-
ing in position his flashlight appara-
tus.
/ Concea1ing himself behind the
shrubbery with the bulb in one hand
and string in the other which would
set off the flashlight the minister
awaited the Homecoming of the birds.
In the gathering dusk two men ap-
preached the scene failing to note. the
concealed minister's person behind
the shrubbery.
Sighting the camera on the tripod
both culprits held a moments con-
versation, rushed over and grabbed
the photographing apparatus and ran
pell nell across the park, refusing to
heed the warnings of the minister for
them to stop. One carried the tripod
and the other the camera. The thieves
are described as being about feet 7
inches tall, young in years and both
wore caps.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
DERBY Bidder
Low FOR new
CITY BUILDING
Eastern Construction & En-
gineering Co. and G. s.
Eames & Co. to Do Work.

The new building which. will house
the departments of charities and
health, at Washington and Madison
avenues, will cost $3.50. 1885, accord
ing to the figures Of the successful
bidders, made public at the city hall
al noon today.
The low bidder for general contract
ing work-an but the plumbing
the Eastern Engineering & Construc-
ton Co. of Derby. The Derby bid
der's figures were $131.151.25. The
successful bidder for plumbing was c.
8. Eames & Co, $29,144.
Other bidders were:
General contractors: William e.
Martin & Sons, T. j. Pardy Construc-
ton Co, Dow1ing &c Bottomley. Tracy
Bros of Waterbury, S. W. Hubbell
Building Co., and Schwartz Bros. Co.
plumbers: J. J. Scanlon. schietinger
& Ladwig, F. & F. c. Booth. and the
w. p. Kirk Co.
The bids are for the building with
out the garage which the commissions
at first intended to have erected in
the rear Of the structure, and the
transformer plant.
The total cost Is considerably under
the estimate. of the Joint boards od
health and charities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
JANITOR WORSTS
POOR BOX Thief
CAUGHT BY Girl
Rifler of Church Depositor
les Is Sentenced to Jail
For go Days.

Daniel F. Murphy, confessed profess
sional rifler OF poor boxes in churches
in this city. was sent to Jail this morn
ing by Judge Frank Wilder for 60 days
and a fine of 81 and costs Of court
imposed upon him
Last night Murphy entered st. Au-
g71stine's church, which he had robbed
the night before and walking to the
altar railing kneH down near Miss
Florence Hoffman. Of 2s7 Benham
avenue. He appeared engrossed in his
devouons for several minutes when
Miss Hoffman heard the sound of
something being ripped and then not
led the noise Of falling silver on the
church floor.
She turned to see Murphy taking
the silver out of the poor box, after
he had broken in the front Of the re-
ceptacle. She summoned the janitor,
Albert L. Owens, of 267 Vine street,
who caught Murphy on the lawn in
front Of the church. After a sharp
struggle Owens overpowered the thief
and turned him over to Detective Fred
Derrick.
Murphy admitted to the police that
he had robbed a poor box in the same
ediflce the night before
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
RAIL Way CLERK STRIKE
AvERTED; ROAD AGREES
ON ARBITRATION AWARD

New Haven, May 16-According to
information from the offices of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad this noon there will be no
strike of the organized freight clerks
on the system.
No further statement was made. It
is understood that General Manager
C. l.. Bardo of the company has ad-
justed the situation along the lines
of the award of the federal concilia-
tors in the dispute of the clerks
brotherhood with the company over
the time and wage schedules.
At the office of Mr.. Bardo it was
said that the company was not ready
to make public the basis of the set
tlement.
UP till shortly before 1 O'Clock it
was not possible to tell whether there
would be a strike along the system at
p. m. The strike order was issued
two days ago by J. J. Forester, grand
president of the Brotherhoods of Rail-
way Clerks, and it is understood that
all the local branches had received it.
In a letter of the 14th to Mr.. Bardo it
was stated by Mr.. Forester that he
would give the company until noon
today to accept the decision of the
conciliators. After that hour, the let
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
Congressman
Gardner First
Join Army
Representative From Massa-
chusetts Resigns From
Congress to Join Colors-
Ordered to Duty Under
Maj. Gen. Wood.
Holds Rank of Colonel in
Officers Reserve Corps
Other Legislators Expect
ed to Follow Lead Of Bay
State Representative.

Washington, May 16-Repre-
sentative Gardner of Massachu-
setts has resigned from Con-
gress to enter the army.
Mr.. Gardner has been one of the
most active figures in the movement)
for military preparedness and was
a member OF the committee on ways
and means. He has been ordered to
active duty as reserve officer. He
is the first member of either house
to quit congress for military service
in the present war. Many others are
expected to follow the lead of the
Bay State representative.
Mr.. Gardner holds the rank of
colonel in the officers reserve corps,
adjutant generals department, and
will report next week to Maj. Gen.
Woods headquarters in Charleston,
S, C. He was taken in from the
old officers reserve corps, which en-
ables him to enter the active ser
vice, although he is over the military
age requirements.
The corps having been ordered to
duty, 1t was ruled by the judge ad-
vocate general that Mr.. Gardner be-
came automatically an officer OF the
army and could not continue to draw
pay as q congressman at the same
time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
FOOD MINISTRY
URGES RATIONS
FOR The HOME
Lord Devonport's Edicts to
Date Only Effect Public
Eating Places.

London, May 16-Not long ago
there slipped unobstrusive1y into the
British cabinet an untried ministry
Of food. Britain, reading her morn
ing newspaper, noted the fact, raised
her eyebrows and then became en-
crossed in other things. She was
not troubling herself about ministries
of food when there was hig war on
her hands.
Today the ministry of food ranks
in importance with the admiralty, the
war department and the ministry OF
munitions in the conduct Of the war.
On all hands it is realized that the
question Of the duration of the world
war, and possibly war, ard possibly
even the outcome, is interlocked with
the food problem.
The ministry of food, headed by
Lord Davenport, has grown until Its
activities are felt in every corner Oh
the, British Isles. Everything that
touches, directly. or indirectly on the
food question is grist for the mill
of the food controller.
So far Lord Davenport's edicts
have been most noticed in the clubs
and public eating places. where he
has specified the quantities OF meat
bread, sugar and -four to which each
person is entitled at the various
meals.
While the food controller has not
vet placed the private home on ra-
TONS he has made strenuous appeals
to lhousekeepers to see that voluntary
rations are maintained.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
WAR TAX BILL
OCCUPIES HOUSE

Washington, May 16-The war tax
bill reached the amendment stage In
it's consideration by the house to-
day, and the measure ran the gaunt-
let OF the numerous soroposed changes
Members speeches were limited to
five minutes each, general debate
having been completed last night.
Criticism has been directed princi-
pally against the excess proflt. in
come and automobile taxes. and the
proposed increased rates on second
class mail and prospects were that
scores of amendments would be Of
fered and discussed.
House. leaders hoped today to
reach a final vote on the bill on Sat-
urday.
The senate finance committee con-
c1uded its hearings on ste war. tax
bill late yesterday and began today
review of ttne mass Of testimony
taken during the week. Te COM
mittee is expected to report its bill
about the time the house acts on tt
bill now under consideration.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
DR.. PAUL RITTER
|. Will LEAVE FOR
POST AT HAGUE
Not Retiring Because OF
Method Of Handling Ger
man Affairs.

washington, May. 15.-Dr. Paul KIT
ter, minister from Switzerland, whose
transfer from Washington to The
Hague was announced yesterday from
Berne, will leave for his new post as
soon as his successor is appointed 1t
is understood that the Swiss govern
ment has named the new minister put
that this government has not yet sig
nified acceptance.
DIR. Ritter has been IN charse OF
German interests in the United states
since the dismissal of Count Won bern
storff. Almost Immediately after he
took over German affairs he became
the center of a controversy resulting
from his delivery to the state depart
ment of a German offer to continue
negotiations" When the offer was
declined German officials tried to
make 1t appear that DIR. Ritter had
acted without full authority.
It was empha tically denied here to-
day that the incident had anything
whatever to do with the transfer of
the minister to The Hague.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
SIX men KILLED
IN EXPLOSION AT.
fort BRADY PIER
Second Within Week-Mili
tary Authorities Start
Investigation.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich, May 1s-
Six men were killed and several 9TH
ers were seriously injured in an ex-
plosion today at the end Of the Fort
Brady pier. Most of the victims
were laborers. It is believed that
dynamite stored under the pier ex-
ploded.
The fish hatchery and adjoining
buildings were badly damaged. Sol
diers stationed at Fort Brady were
ordered to patrol the area swept by
the explosion and a., military investi-
cation was started.
A fire in the quartermaster's build
ing at Fort Brady last Saturday
caused considerable damage. Nc
announcement has been made re-
garding the cause,
One of the men killed was George
Cook. a member of the United States
coast guard cutter Maekinac,
Army officers, attempting to compile
a death list, said 1T was probable thai
one or more persons were blown te
pieces. Other bodies may have been
blown into st. Mary's river, No trace
has been found of several persons who
were on the pier just before the ex-
plogien,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
BRIDGEPORT BOY SAVED FROM
T0RPED0ED TANKER PLANS TO
RETURN HOME FOR ENLISTMENT

s Edwin j. Hill, Bridgeport High
school graduate, formerly employed
in the chemistry department of the
american Tube, & Stamping Co., who
quietly slipped away from his home,
TIA Seaview avenue, about four years
ago to travel the seven seas and who
recently was reported as being an Off
Ger aboard boat torpedoed by a
German submarine. has written home
OF his thrilling experiences
His experience of sinking with a
ship and later being rescued off Swan
sea-, England, by a. British torpedo
boat is verified in letters to his
mother, Mrs. Kate s.. Hill, ,774 Sea-
view avenue. -
4 A letter returned for the mails by q
pilot of an outgoing steamer from
New York briefly sets forth the ex-
periences on a torpedoed tanker y
the rescue and subsequent voyage to
Paramarbo, Guiana, from whence he
sailed to New York.
Seaman Hill is now somewhere
upon the broad Atlantic, nothing
daunted by his experiences and in a
love of adventure seeking new thrills
After a protracted journey which will
include visits towthe West Indies he
will return to New York probably in
June when he promises to visit
Bridgeport and announces his inten-
ton Of joining the colors of the United
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
Wilson Congratulates
Advertising Club son
.a Attitude to Business

New York. May 16.-Herbert 8.
Houston. president of the Associated
Advertising Clubs Of the World, made
public today message from President
Wilson on the aims Of the organfza-
tion's 18th annual convention, to be
held In st. Louis June 8. The Presi-
dent wrote:
May not congratulate the Asso-
ciated Advertising clubs upon their
purpose to assist in mobilizing the best
thought and promoting greater activi-
ty in all lines of business in these
times Of stress and exigency?
"It would be OF the greatest benefit
IL the convention could be employed
to steady business and clear the air of
doubt and misgivings in order to
make for greater unity of purpose in
winning the great war for democracy
and civilization.
WOODROW WILSON"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
WHEAT DROPS
Al CENTS BUSH.
ON FIRST SALES
Effect Of Restrictive Regu
lation of Board of Trade
Felt.

Chicago, May 16-The wheat mar
ct broke sharply today on the, re-
strictive regulations adopted, yester-
day. September on first sales de-
clined an extreme IT cents to $204.
This was Al cents a bushel under the
adjustment price fixed by the board
of directors.
The board of trade opened on
conditions unprecedented in its his
tory as result of, its action prohib-
iting, the trading in wheat futures
taekn at q joint conference for uni
formity by Representatives of all, the
important exchanges in the United
States in session here yesterday.
Briefly stated, the ruling limits the
buying Of wheat but leaves selling
unrestricted. Leading grain oper-
ators said today it would not pull
prices down to those of normal
times; the abnormal demand for
grain and the short crop prevent
that; but that all imitation in prices
resulting from speculation and "foo6
famine hysteria" will be eliminated
The action prohibits trading in al
wheat futures until further notice.
except to closing existing deals.
Joseph P. Griffin, president Of the
board Of trade, declared that all steps
had been taken in cooperation with
the federal government and accredit
ed representatives of the Allies. 1--WE
believe" Mr.. Griffin said, I'VE have
effectually killed wild speculation
and that hysteria will no longer bt
a factor. but that only supply and
demand will be the guide in the fixing
of prices"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
u. S. MISSION TO
RUSSIA WILL NOT
MIX IN POLITICS
Money and Energies Of
American People to Be
Given to the Nation.
STATEMENT ISSUED
TO DISPEI.L. DOUBT
Root and Associates Racing
Against Time on Trip to
Petrograd.

Washington. May 16-To contro-
vert the German intrigue. which seeks
to convince the Russian people that
Elihu Root, intends to lends it's in
fluence to one or another of the fac
tions there. it was reiterated official
1y today that the commission has no
purpose whatever Of interfering in
the internal affairs Of Russia and has
only two objects. They are: To con-
vey to the Russian people the graft
hcation of the United States at the
transformation of the ancient despot-
ism into a republican form of gov
ernment, and to render any helpful
service it can to aid the new govern
ment rising from the ruins OF the old
empire.
The commission has no purpose to
sway the judgment Of the Russian
troll in the organization Of a perma-
nent government
This statement, made today on the
highest authority, is for the express
purpose Of meeting sinister misrepre-
sentauons by Germany in Russia.
which are calculated to provoke some
OF the Russian factions into making
a separate peace with Germany be-
fore the American commissioners can
arrive in Petrograd The commits
sion is going to Russia as fast as rail-
road trains and steamships can carry
them. on what amounts to a race
against time.
Aid to the new republic from the
United States will take other forms
than the 1oaning Of money. Ameri-
can, brains, business methods, powers
Of organisation and facility all will be
placed at the disopsa1 Of the new gov
ernment by the commission.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
States naval forces.

states naval FORCES.
During his absence from America,
the death of his grandfather. Thomas
B. Hill of Saugatuck, brought consid-
erable inheritance to his grandchild.
Though his people attempted to
notify him of the legacy. letters ad-
dressed to Japan and to Vladivostock.
Siberia, where it was known HILLS
ship would touch, were returned un-
delivered. Hill has not yet been able
to avail himself OF the estate but has
probably received the information at
New York on the last call when he
was not able to leave his ship.
His mother today declared that her
son speaks Of thrilling adventures In
a most matter-of-fact manner, taking
the torpedoing of a ship as an ordi-
nary incident OF the sea III these times
of war on the high seas.
A sinking ship beneath his feet, no
view of rescue in sight, and prepara-
tions for an extended voyage on the
ocean in a small boat-a1l these
things Hill mentions casually. It is
understood that he was saved by an
outward bound torpedoboat destroyer
and trans-shipped upon another YES
sci bound for South America.
He Is now attached to the. overseas
fleet of the Standard Oil Co. He was
graduated from the High school in
1912. His desire for a life at sea was
not announced to his friends before
his sudden departure in 1914.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16

ter said, cit will be too late to parley."
About a year ago when Mr.. Bardo
and the freight clerks were at odds
over wages and hours a strike order
was issued. Just before it would have
been effective Mr. Bardo settled the
dispute. When clerks left their work
for their MONDAY rest today none
knew whether there would be a strike
Most Of them said they were ready, but
expected a settlement as last year.
1t is claimed that there are 1900
members of te brotherhood on the
New Haven system.
The award of the federal concilia-
tors would grant the clerks an in
crease of per cent. in wages and al
least two Saturday half-hoidays a
month. TIE first demands of the clerks
had been for a 10 per cent. increase
in wages and holidays. Both sides
agreed to federal arbitration.