The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-23

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ANY farmer interested in finding about his
costs and what his profits should be can get all
The information free by sending to the Division OF
Publications, u. S. Department OF Agriculture Tor
Farmers Bulletin No. 661.
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WEATHER BUREAUS FOOD WARNINGS.
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The work of the Weather Bureau in connection
river and flood warnings is a matter most
people hear but little about. We are all 1aml'ar
with the "Fair and warmer" bulletins but few real
ize that 62 of the principle weather bureaus ana
more than 600 river gauging stations are con-
stantly watching the rivers and the raln1all TO re-
port any irregularity in natures handlwork: T.
As the flood crest on a stream approaches, timely
and accurate warnings are distributed well IN ad-
vance.
The present system of flood forecasting is the
result of 10 years work in improving warnings ana
getting a better grasp on the problem.
The chief of the United States weather bureau
states that s21. 0OO, 900 were lost during 1918
through flood waters.
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The best news is the unusual. Hence Faig's
reports are not very newsy because They're al
alike. If Douglas were driven back on some oaa
day, it would be different. But the field marsnal
has no intention of furnishing the world anything
as startlingly new as that.
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Xenia, O., has abolished the teaching OF ger
man in the high school and will substitute Spanish
and French next year. 1t will make little differ
ence, as "high school German" has always beer
Of q kind that the kaiser would never understand
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Of course they should know best, though il
does seem that the Russian commission just ar
rived could have served their country better pu
remaining at home and cooperating with the Roo
commission.
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Whenever a Washington correspondent feel
too law to hunt for real news, he makes a BRAN
new war cabinet for Wilson and puts it on tn
wires. And his paper has to pay the telegraph
tools.
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Soldiers at the front say there is nothing $
monotonous as fighting and living in the trenches
Even action it seems, gets monotonous, just Tx
~inaction in civil life, not to mention work.
: The New York school teacher who said ne ma
not registered and did not intend to will nav
eleven months and twenty nine days in the pen
: tertiary to think it over.
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However, it wasn't necessarily patriotism ths
caused a woman to write the War Department TN
0 her husband did not want to be a soldier but shou
e be made to become one.
Doubtless grub-gamblers bought some llber'
l. bonds, but it was by p~roxy-they are AFRAID I
IS the public to know how much they have squeeze
out Of it.
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N Though most Of them are quiet and claim
le be doing their bit, every once in so often !.
Just can't help throwing a brickbat at the erstwhl
~pacifists.
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Without s~training our guessing machines
would name several men in Congress who shou
be made to show cause for not being expelled
treason ..-...r
That Flag Day speech of Wilson's would ma
better Americans of us all, if read at mass me'
ings in every community from the Atlantic to
at Pacific.
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Gen. Pershing will operate under Ge
in Neville. We think Pershing shouldn't be fore
ur to work under anybody. He is able to steer hi
self. "
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H. Some enterprising merchant might make
nv biz hit by advertising q "marked-dowr-on-accoul
of-the-war,' sale.
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Excepting 4 few cities that nearly but not gu
got army environments the country's patriots
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