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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

1A AIR. CAUDLE, If you ever ask that
 liWll little Tattletale mink to come
 S VS to my house again to play
 a game of bridge, sir, I'll leave
 you right on the spot. Whats the reason? What objection have I got to
 Miss Tattletale playing bridge at our house? That's easy to answer, sir. In the first place, she has just about as much idea of how to play bridge as billy goat has about playing the piano. Why, she says herself she doesn't know how to play; that her game is one of those conversational games, and If there's anything on the face of the earth that bores me stiff, 1t is to have to play cards with a little fool like that who doesn't know one thing about 1t.
 Tn the first place, MT. Caudle, it Is bad enough playing with you, sir. You have precious little if any card sense. and what you've got you don't use, espe- ciaLy when that little Tattletale crea- ture is around. You are so busy smirk- ing and smiling at her that you don't study your hand or give a thought to your game, and, as for her-well!
 Imagine the other evening when we were playing, that little idiot jumping up from the card table and saying: Does anybody mind if I play the piano while I'm dummy? I gave her look that would have annihilated most people, but
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hadn't begun telling about her bridge club and the new rules they'd made and when she wound up by saying If they are going to cut out doubling in our club I'm Just simply going to drop out, that's all; it spells the game; I know lots of the girls double and re- double just to run up their scores, but what's the point of spelling good game just to win a pair of knitting needles or a cut glass pickle dish when it could be played for a cent point? Whats that? You think that shows the girl has sense like a horse? Or course; I knew you'd say SO; I knew you'd takes sides with her against your own lawful wife, but then what could I expect of a man who brings a girl right into his own home that he is flirting with and try to make the wife of his heart, the mother of his children, accept her. I'll tell you, Mir Caudle. I'll not stand for 1t; I simply won't; either you let that Tattletale girl alone or I'll get divorce. There are plenty of men who want to get married before they go to the war and I'd make a very nice war bride I think even if you don't think so, MT. Caudle. Whats that? War bride is good? Certainly it is, or I shouldn't have mentioned it.
 "How's that? Whether the girl knows how to play bridge or not she won the money the other evening. Of
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a profit over the cost of feeding, to pre- serve them and to increase his flock to the greatest capacity. The whole world demands food, and all kinds are getting scarce. Every family can help if they will keep small flock of hens, and feed them on table waste, in ad- diton to a small quantity of grain.
 Nothing is more deceptive than bad food. It causes all kinds of digestive troubles, fails to nourish the chicks and often becomes positive menace to the health of the fowl.
 When fowls are designed for market purposes, and especially those intended for fancy trade, they should not be killed by wringing their necks as is often the practice A more humane method and one that makes the dressed fowl appear to the best advantage is to have knife thrust through the roof of the mouth into the brain, and then with a slight twist make a small in- cision sideways. so as to sever the main artery. This will insure proper drainage of the blood.
 For convenience the birds should be hung head down and plucked while warm. As soon as the feathers are re- moved they should be placed in clean place to cool
 On every farm and in almost every household there is sufficient waste food and other products to maintain a small flock of fowls, if only a dozen hens. Read next weeks article on this subject, and learn how to increase the worlds meat supply, which is necessary to help Win the cause for which we are fighting
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ing at an early age. This is a good sign, but not an infallible one
 It is essential to have strong. lusty chicks, that get right down to an ap- petite for their rations There is more truth than fiction in the claim that the feed makes the breed and this is especially applicable to poultry, be- cause it is necessary for the chicks to consume large quantities of nutritious food if they are expected to develop into heavy egg producers. The ability to consume large quantities of feed and the rapid growth of the chick Is an ex- cellent guide in selecting the future flock
 perfect egg type of hen may be determined by experts, but the average poultryman cannot select his breeders that way. In making a selection for the breeding flock do not overlook the heavy producing hens.
 Fatten Fowls Intended for Market
 However well adapted a fowl is for table purposes. 1t may be still further improved by a judicial course of fat tening, and this process of development like all others, has to be understood be- fore it should be practiced on the birds. In the first place, it may be observed that some of the laying varieties are altogether useless for fattening purposes and it would be merely wasting time and money to try to get these birds in such condition that they would pass for good broilers.
 In the preparation for fattening 1t is good plan to provide a comfortable yard of fair size, with. a nice, warm shed attached for the accommoda ton of the selected birds for two or three weeks before they will be wanted for the fattening pens. Here they may be fed sour milk with their mash and as much table scraps as they will eat. The variety of food furnished by the table scraps will keep them in good physical condition. Plenty of green food may form a major portion of the ration at this time and one of the best meals at night is a liberal feeding Of cracked corn and buckwheat
 Don't Carry Forcing Too Long
 During the yarding period the treat ment of the birds differs little from that of the ordinary fowl, with the ex- ception that the range Is cut down. About three weeks before the birds are
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marketed they should be removed to properly arranged fattening pens. These pens are so constructed that the fowls cannot turn round, but are compelled to remain quiet, and to receive their food at regular intervals from troughs placed in front of a wide slit through which they receive air and light. The floors of these fattening pens, or crates s they are very often called, are not boarded but have slats running length wise so that they will of necessity have to remain quiet and also that the pens will require no cleaning during the final stage of the fattening process. Very often some birds will go off their feed and become sluggish. These should be given a few days run on grass to get them back into condition or if they are in fairly good condition they are better marketed at once. Care should De taken not to carry the fattening period longer than necessary. Sometimes the condi- tion of the birds will not allow longer period than two weeks in the fatten- ing pens.
 Much of the success in fattening the fowls for market depends upon the na- ture and quality of the food. This diff ficulty is overcome if only sweet whole grains are used or prime grains ground into meals. Coarse flour, which is
 
 used as the wheat grain in the mash mixture. A mash consisting of corn meal, ground middlings or coarse flour, ground buckwheat meal and oatmeal makes an ideal fattening food when it has been moistened with sweet or sour milk. It fills all the requirements.
 Sometimes Best to Sell Alive
 During this season with the exception ally high cost of grain, it will be bet ter to give careful study to local market conditions. Where there are very few table scraps, or other natural methods of supplying green foods, it may be best to turn the excess birds off at live weight to local commission dealer, or sell them alive direct to the consumer.
 This plan will often give as good re- turns as when the birds are specially fattened and as this year is exceptional regarding the prices of feed, it is one for the poultryman to decide flor him self
 One course is certain, 1t is a needless waste of feed to carry over any young or old fowl which are not likely to return a profit. This is a waste that should be corrected at once.
 Again, 1t is the duty of every poul tryman who has fowls which will pay
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show promise of beginning to lay at least by the first of November.
 Keep Only Strong, Vigorous Chicks

No matter what kind, breed or va riety of poultry is kept success de- bends upon the vigor of the chick and the ability of the operator to rear it to maturity as quickly as possible Some chicks are born with stronger consti- tutions than others, but even with this favorable start they must be kept at their best to develop into profitable layers
 All others, those which do not measure up to a good standard of stamina and vigor, should be headed for the market as quickly as possible. Never before Is this rigid culling so imperative. At this time it is folly to feed expensive grains to weak, puny stock
 Segregate the males as soon as their sex can be determined. Do not neg lect this. Unless the young cockerels show exceptional vitality and vigor, they should be fattened at once, and killed as soon as marketab ble. By strong, vigorous cockerels it is not meant, nec- essarily, the precious youngsters which strut around the yard and begin crow
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SELECTING STRONG CHICKS FOR
 BREEDERS; MARKETING CULLS
With Present High Prices on Feed a Strict Selection Is Imperative-All Fowls for Market Should First Be Fattened on a Special Diet
By M. l.. CHAPMAN Judge. Breeder and Writer


 Careful selection of strong chicks for breeding stock is of greater importance now than at any other time in recent years, because of the scarcity of cereals and the almost prohibitive prices of foodstuffs. It is highly necessary that all culls be marketed as soon as pos sible for no chick should be fed one day longer than is absolutely necessary for it's development, either as a layer or prospective breeder. They should be converted into market broilers, the culling begun early and continued along rigid lines, wedding out all weddings, even if they do not seem in condition to bring the best prices in the open market.
 In selecting breeders it is essential to determine what is expected of the grown fowls and have this end in view while culling the flock. The next fac tor is the question not merely of the eggs that the hens lay in the spring, but the eggs that they may lay during the various months of the year. In other words, the cost of producing eggs
 We want a hen to lay large num- Der of eggs, but we want them to lay the eggs at the time when they will bring the best price One egg in the fall is worth two or three eggs in the spring. We want October, November and De- cember layers, and therefore, that fac tor must be taken into considera ton when selecting the chicks that are to form the future flock
 Hens that lay the greatest number of eggs in the fall months are those which were matched early. so the first selection should include the chicks that were matched at this time, and which
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ting there and drinking in the words of the speakers, which to us were echoes from a higher world than ours. Quite likely most of us could not have passed an examination in any of the subjects we heard discussed It was something more valuable than in- formation that we were after. Our poor, cramped souls were yearning to be inspired and uplifted Never in all my experience since, though I have been in colleges and learned societies, have I seen such earnest responsive audiences as were those collarless men and hatless girls of the sWeatshops
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22
The No Breakfast Plan

Berparr Macfadden in Physical Culture.
 The breakfast eating habit often cre- ates an abnormal stomachic condition. If one is in perfect health. and arises with keen appetite for breakfast, there will be no occasion for emitting the meal. There are, however, but few in perfect health, and the omission of breakfast gives the stomach chance to adjust itself. It has an opportunity to develop keen appetite for the par ticular character of nourishment most needed oy the body at that time The no-breakfast plan is a splendid means of properly adjusting one's appetite both as to quantity and character of food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

It is generally admitted that the Crevecoeur owes some of it's caracter- istics to Polish ancestry; but like all breeds existing 70 or more years, its exact origin is obscured. Definite rec ords of 1852 report the Crevecoeur to be a native of certain sections of France and to be considered of great value as a layer and table fowl. Splendid speci- mems have been imported to Great Britain and to America, but their breed- ing in these countries is chiefly con fined to fanciers. It is still considered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

Of the two the naval gun fires shell weighing over half a ton, while the other fires projectile ton in weight But the new giant 16-inch guns of the United States defending the Panama canal and New York at Sandy Hook shoot pro- jectiles weighing 237o pounds, which is owe ton. These immense steel guns can sink ship before 1t has really come into sight on the horizon, the location of the battleship having been determined by air plane or tower
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

American gold coins are being re- minted in Mexico at a profit to the Mexican government. Many taxes, fed, eral and state, are paid in American gold. which by decree is accepted as the equivalent of $1.90 Mexican money. The gold in each $10 American piece. however. is sufficient to make two "hidalgoes" or Mexican BIO pieces
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one of the finest utility fowls in France, and is widely bred.
 This breed is one of the ancestors of the Houdan fowl, which is considered by many as the best of French utility poultry.
 It is possible for this reason that Gre vecoeurs have had a diminishing popu- larity as the favor of Houdans in- creased. The hens are splendid layers of large, white eggs, and seldom be- come broody. They are quick in growth, fatten well and make splendid table poultry, both as to size and quality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

The commission to regulate the sale of ssal, which controls the sisal produc- tion of Yucatan, has announced that it will loan 100000 pesos to small farmers engaged in the cultivation of henequin without interest.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-16
AUTOMOBILES AND ACCESSORIES
ono Ford roadster
-Four Ford touring.
One Ford taxi
One Dodge touring
one Chalmers $500.
one Grant six touring
One Dodge roadster.
All in good condition. General repairing.
ATmG0 CleaFimqJ &
Sales Co.
Phone j0l9
Phone jgIg
2O7 2ug North Main.

SfL our used car bargains. 1917 Ford. 1915
Dodge touring and roadster !9l4 Cadillac
1916 Oldsmobilc 1914 Hupmohile 1915
Hudson light six; terms Il desired 2l5
East Second street
FOR SALE-Two used cars, each seven
passenger; Nnton Six good condition
taken on mortgage; low price for quick sale.
Address Roland Hughes. Kansas city, Mo
ONE 1gl4 4-cylndcr Studebaker. one 1914
6.cylindcr Studebaker, At bargain prices
terms. Welsh McNulty Motor Co. 62l south
Boulder.
one Series II 6.cylndcr Studebskcr nearly
new; terms. WclshMcNulty Motor Co.
62l South Boulder.
ONF Buick COS, extra good. good tires. new
top seat covers; terms. Welsh McNulty
Motor Co, 62l South Boulder.
WANTED-Late model roadster; must he
reasonable prefer Sutz. Jules Stein. Hotel
Muehebach. Kansas City. Mo
FlNE.PASSENGER Buick, in fine condition,
dirt cheap, or will trade for vacant lot.
Ihoue 30sl
FOR SALE OR TRADE-lQlI twin, two.
.peed Excelsior motorcycle, on terms.
Call l274R
A GOOD garage AZ lolo North Main Phone
GjOs
ONE Ford touring car; terms. Welsh Nc
Nulty Motor Co, 02l South Boulder.
FORDs FOR SALE-l916 roadster, 1915
touring 2ll North MAN.
FOR RENT-Barn suitable for garage. 1901
South Boston; So per month.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-16
REAL ESTATE,

For sALE--A new broom house on North
Wheeling; OAK and edge grain pine floors,
and light fixtures; nicely decorated price
81 500 terms can be arranged. + North.
Call 3asQ.R.
FOR SALE Real bargain in room modern
house on South Boulder come IN. lct s
talk about II, best location good home fine
east front lot no information 10y phone. See
US Price si,65O. Meshew \ Co, 1919
Turner bldg
FOR sALE-Just about completed aNroom
bungalow with bath, hHrdW God floors, fire.
place, built In features. modern In every
respect Lot 5ONl4O feet. 81. 500 cash bal
anre on terms. Phone 46ll.J or 1905.
NICE good J.room house l3iF East tiftn
stree, of Peoria; gas. but not modern
Immediate possession. Mcleod, over Palace
theatcr.
SOLD Three houses already this week; put
the right price on yours and list with us
ing II your price is not right Lear phones
5lll.l3ls
FOR .sALE-Fiyc large rooms. thoroughly
modern good cellar, well aud back porch /,
location ON east side $4,000 Mcshcw a Co.,
1910 Turner bldg. Phone 1879
OR sALL-Lois ready for build,us sewer
sidewalk and paving; close ~ better zee
them, Price s45o. Mcshew Co, 1910
Turner bldg Phone 1879.
FOR SNLE-Fine building lots. paved street,
sewer sidewalk, fine location $500
Mcshew & Co. 1915 Turner bldg Phone
1879.
FOR SALE-Bsrgain IN central business
property; II will pay you TO talk u over
with us now. Meshcw a Co, 1915 Turner
bldg Phone 1879.
We have number Of modern homes, wei
located, Joseph Donnelly, ll3is South
4 FINE close in corner l50HlA0 for apart
ment or residence; reasonable Bridges 4
Epperson Phone 1887
WANTED buy lot or four or five room
house, IN good locality Address box 1G79'
care World
FOR SALE-By owner, dandy five room mod.
ern bungalow. close In On west ,ide base
ment shade aud fruit trees. Call iO1p.
FOR SALE Corner lot sixteenth and
Quincy; cheap II taken at once. Phone
iGl1-J or 1905.
FIVE ROOM bungalow for sale. modern; viii
take $500 down, balance $50 month Phone
WANTED 5 or Groom cottage south side,
Tor $500 down, balance monthly. Phone
8i09R.
80 $50 TAKES lOroom house la blocks
Main, d bedrooms garage worth $4,000.
Phone 3l0gR.
FOR sALE-Niee homes in all parts Of city;
prices and terms right. Phone bOi9. H.
7 WeiIel. 2Os Ault bldg llp South Main.
TALK with II. p Wetlel. 2Os Ault bldg,
before YOU buy home.
WANT 10 Groom house on north side, on
easy terms. Lear. phones jlll-lJiS.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-16
IBalnogJaiInns i'm
Cheap ILaIDnd]

130 acres of Oklahoma ranch, timber and pros
pective mineral land located southeast of Clay
ton, Okla, on Frisco railway. Many Oklahoma
oil fields that have made their owners multimil-
lionares are located near asphalt deposits-as-
phalt is oil. This 130 acres is near asphalt de-
posits. Ranch and grazing land The govern
ment estimates $1,000 feet of merchantable pine
timber exclusive of small pine and hardwood
Nothing reserved from the sky to China and all
for 81 per acre cash, or you can pay $25965 in in
stallments of $50 cash and $25 per month for nine
months at per cent interest and assume $195.35
in payments. Deed and abstract deposited in your
bank on receipt Of $50 cash payment.
40-acre tracts in this same locality, $40 down
and $40 per month"; So per acre.
We have bargains in all kinds of farm and city
property, oil and gas property. If you are look
ing for bargains, see us. If you have property to
sell list it with us.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-16
SITUATIONS WANTED

LADY stenograrher wants position first of
February; oil company preferred. siN
years experience. familiar with oil and gas
leases, deeds, notes, mortgages and other in
struments, also notary public, reference. Ad'
dress box Ajds care World
POSITION wanted as clerk In grocery store
or confectionery; 10 years experience; 4;
references furnished j. r Benoit Borham,
Texas.
TWO experienced young ladies want posi-
tiofs a. = B y. operators can give refer.
enccs Phone 5O22.
AS housekeeper for widower or bachelors
good cook and housekeeper. Address 1850,
care World
CONTRACTING painter wants work by the
job or by the day; work guaranteed. Phone
PLASTERER wants situation with practical
man TO learn more; five years experience :;
union only Box %, Appleton City, Mo.
FILING CLERK six years experience AZ one
place wishes place that is permanent.
Addre.s 1850, care world.
SWITt tHBOARD operator or office work
wanted by young lady experienced. Ad-
dress 4566 care World.
POSITION wanted by young married man,
experienced in farm and ranch work. CSll
$50, Sand Springs.
NOI NC lady wishes position as switchboard
operator. experienced. Address 4j63, care
World.
POSITION wanted by young lady as cashier,
experienced. Address box 4j6j, World
WANTED-Positlon by experienced lady
stenographer Phone 3lO9J.
ELLA b. WOLFoRD. practical nurse. Phone
A2s5
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-16

Okla
DOWNTOWN Main street grocery stock and
fixtures; II taken Ht once snap. For
tarticulars see Joseph Donnelly, ll3ls South
Main.
FOR SALE-Good mortgage for 81 200 pay.
able 500 per month per cent interest
Meshow Co. 1915 Turner bldg. Phone
| FOR SALE Established insurance and real
estate business in Springfield, Mo. splen'
did opportunity for the right party Address
l. Is. 406. Aurora Mo
FOR SALE-Oil lease 100 acres, 1927,
Seminole county. Oklahoma; 40 acres, 22'
ll-3, Pottawatonie county Oklahoma. John
Swartl, iellyillc, Ark.
WILL give onehaf interest in 200 acres Of
good looking territory east Of Mounds for
first well Call g. j. Dennis, phone 80,
kiefer Okla
FOR sALE-Moying picture outfit completely
equipped for vaudeville. SLap for quick
buyer. Address II. Spilman, Ninita Okla.
GOOD OIL lease In proven field OF land to
exchange for good ear Address =. o. box
s52 city
FOR SALE-Good 200 hoi tcpower steam
plant; immediate delivery. Henry j. Ar.
mold, Sterling, Kan.
CHILDREN : coats one.half price. New
York Store, 2l3 East Third
LADIES outing nightgowns. New York
store, 2l3 Last Third.
HIGHEST prices paid for second hand cloth
ing and shoes. Phone 5445.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-16
Some Good Ones
for Q[h@ N[nV@S0WDo

East front lots, l00xl4O, with one nine-room,
one ten-room and one six-room house, property
will pay $225 to $3.50 per month rental. These are
no dilapidated buildings; they are first-cass up
to-date houses in every respect. Good garage,
large enough for two cars; good water; fine shade
This property is close in on South Cheyenne. The
ground will be worth the money in short time
Price $4,000
Another lot, l0Oxl40, facing the east and north
The property has five houses on it; will bring in
rent of 5000 per month. A fine slightly corner on
South Cheyenne-a splendid investment. The
houses are all in good shape. Price $4,000
33-room and seven-bath apartment and roomng
house in 700 block Of south part of the city One
of the best furnished and best located apartment
buildings in the city. $4,000 worth of furniture
The building is new and fireproof; brings an in
come of $3.50 per month. Price $4,000; $4,000
cash will handle Pays better than 80 per cent on
the investment. Can you beat this?