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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-20
Heavy Rains Miss
Western Texas

DALLAS, Texas Aug N-Although
there were scattering thunder showers
over the north and southeast portion OF
the state during the last twenty four
hours, the heaviest precipitation being
Jb2 inches at Paris, the western sec.
tion OF the state, which is suffering
from drouth, received practically no
rain, according to reports received by
the local weather bureau today
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-20

class; September Is, Presbyterian
women. September 10, Soross unit No,
t. Glover Leaf club and Wednesday
Auction September u, 7. +, o., Cen
tral Presbyterian church women; Sep
,ember ls For,nightly Research Phil
omatbca and First Christian church
September 10, Chatting Dish club,
Open dates on the schedule will be
filled non.
A box OF shee,ing and bed linens was
packed a, headquarters Saturday
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-20
War Brings More
Movie Comedies

CHICAGO, Aug 20,-AThe war has
caused an increase in the output Of
motion picture comedies, according to
Adolph Iukor, president Of a large film
producing company I'VE are making
mostly comedies now" he asserted to-
day People want fun and laughter
IN the films. They take their tragedies
from the newspapers"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-20

Col. Robert NJ Thompson, president
OF the Navy league, is ready to resign
il Secretary Of the Navy Daniels will
also. A statement from officers OF the
league criticiring the secretary of the
navy and others in connection with the
failure to investigate the explosion at
the Mare Island navy yard in Califor-
MIA, caused the row which terminated in
the demand OF the secretary of the navy
that these officers quit the league.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-20
and bankers in small town, arc often

I RTaN OT tHt CHUNIt 10 40 I1IS,
Write to the county recorder Of the
county seat Of the county In which the
farm is situated. He will give you tho
necessary information tell him as ac.
cura,ely as you can the location Of the
farm and the name it goes under or
how the people near there designate II
when speaking Of the place, for instance
such as, The Jones farm on State
road"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-20
SAM LOYD'S BRAIN FOOD
"a Minutes to Digest This.
No 22S

A contractors pay roll amounted
to si77 per day, as he had fifteen
masons, twenty carpenters and thirty
laboren A mason received as much
as a carpenter and laborer and
the carpenters altogether got $40
per day. Wha, were the wages OF
the masons and laborers'
Answer to No. 22%
Spending, Agate, Preach, Each,
copyright. 1917. by Sam Loyd)
The record., 1917-08-30
BREEDING PLACES FOR FLIES
Treatment Recommended by United
States Department of Agriculture
to Control Insects.

Manure piles are flies favorita
breeding places. If farmers will keep
manure and stable sprinkled with a
solution that will kill the larva, flies
need not become numerous. The fol-
lowing treatment, recommended in
United States department of agricul-
ture bulletin 11S, will control flies and
will make a noticeable reduction in
the number around a given place: Dis
solve three-fourths of pound CT
borax in two or three gallons of water.
Spray or sprinkle manure piles and
stables with the solution about twice
a week.
This will kill the larva which hatch
from eggs laid in manure, The danger
to human health from flies is sufficient
to make the wise farmer take these
precautions, but If he looks for further
justification it can be found in the pro-
lection of live stock. Human diseases
are spread by flies and live stock are
worried by them. The danger to hui
man welfare must be conceded, but
the loss to live stock is not so easily
seen. Animals which are pestered by
dies will lose flesh, and stable flies rob
them of blood.
The record., 1917-08-30
MANURE LOSES BY LEACHING
When Rains Fall Much of Soluble
Plant Food Is Carried Away
Moisture Holds Plant Food.

Farmers have been so accustomed
to throw the manure from the stable
in pile in the barnyard, and leave it
until it is convenient to haul it to the
fields, that they do not give the mat
ter Of loss by washing and teaching
any consideration. Usually but little
of the value of the solids of the ma
nure is lost in the stable, but great
losses occur after it is thrown in a
pile. The manure in the stable, sat
urated by the urine, contains more
than SO per cent water.
The moisture in the manure holds in
solution the greater part of the plant
foods which the manure contains
When the rains fall upon the manure
the teaching process carries away
much of the soluble plant foods and il
is lost beyond recovery, for it is either
carried away in the water as it flows
on the surface to the streams, or sinks
into the ground where, for all practi
cal purposes, it is wasted.
The record., 1917-08-30
BY THE NORTH SEA.

A LAND that is lonelier than ruin,
A sea that is stranger than death,
Far fields that a rose never blew in,
Wan waste where the wind lacks breath
Waste endless and boundless and bower.
less,
But of March blossoms fruitless as free,
Where earth lies exhausted, as powerless
To strive with the sea.
INAR fl1ckers the flight OF The swallows,
i Far flutters the weft of the grass
Spun dense over desoate holloWs,
More pale than the clouds as they pass:
Thick woven as the weft of witch is
Round the heart of Il thrall that hath
sinned,
Whose youth and the wrecks of it's riches
Are waits of the wind
THE pastures are herdless and sheep
Z less,
No pasture or shelter for herds;
The wind is relentless and sleepesS,
And restless and songless the birds;
Their cries from afar fall breathless.
Their wings are as lightninGs that flee;
For the land has two lords that are death.
less
Deaths self and the sea!
-Algernon Charles Swinburne.
The record., 1917-08-30
Sens In Verse
OLD FAVORITES.
OUR KIND OF A MAN.

L.
copyright 1887, 1888, by James Whitcomb
Rileyl
TE1E kind of a man for you and me!
lie faces the world unflnchingly
And SmiteS, as long as the wrong
Il reSiStS,
With knuckled faith and force
like fists:
lie lives the life he is preaching of
And loves where most is the need of love;
His voice is clear to the deaf mans ears,
And his face sublime through the blind
mans tears
The light shines out where the clouds
We're dim,
And the WIDOWS prayer goes up for him;
The latch is clicked at the hovel door
And the sick man secs the sun once more,
And out o oer the barren fields he sees
Springing blossoms and waving trees
Feeling as only the dyin;, may
That Gods own servant has come that
way,
Smoothing the path as it still winds en-
Through the golden gate where his loved
have gono.
The kind of n man for me and you
However little of worth we do
He credits full and abides in trust
That time will teach us how more is just
He walks abroad and he meets all kinds
OF Querulous and uneasy minds,
And, sympathizing, he shares the pain
OF the doubts that rack us, heart and
brain,
And, knowing this, as we grasp his hand,
We are surely coming to understand
He looks on sin with plying eyes
F. en- as the Lord, since Paradise.
Else, should we read, Though our sins
should glow
AS scarlet, they shall be white as snow?
And, feeling still, with a grief half glad,
That the bad are as good as the good are
bad.
He strikes straight out for the right
and he
Is the kind of a man for you and me!
The record., 1917-08-30
WAY TO KILL CO MOTH
Effective Method Of ErRdiYsatio Is to
Scrapo Larvae From branches
During Winter.

All fruit growers that hare watched
the codling moth at all know that in
the fall the full-grown worm, or larva
comes from the wormy apple, seeks q
protected place under the rough bark
or in the crotches of the trees spins Il
cocoon about itself in which it re-
mains inactive during the entire win
ter, writes George NJ. List, Colorado
Agricultural college. With the COM
ing of the warm days change
begins to take place, and shortly after
the blossoms have felien and the lit.
tie apples, begin to form, the adult
The record., 1917-08-30
NEW PATENT ON CULTIVATOR
Extra Blades Travel In Advance, Cut
ting Sod, Weeds or Crust That
May Have Formed.

John S. Smith, a Racine county
scription of his new patent cultivator
to the Farming Business. This culti-
vator has extra blades that travel In
advance and parallel to the cultivatol
blades for the cutting of sod, roots,
weeds and any crust that may have
formed, leaving the cultivator blades
to do their work of stirring the soil.
One lever manipulates both knives and
cultivators. This relieves draft, as it
The record., 1917-08-30
Observation-Disclosures E4t1E.F4
pRUNE AND SPRAY ORCHARDS
Neglected Fruit Trees AboH Most un-
profitable Thing on Fassii--rest
at Missouri COLLEGE.

Does orchard pruning am spraying
pay? The answer is fouIgg in the re-
suits of cooperative expefments con-
Quoted by the College Olga griculture
in 40 Missouri orchards. These ex-
periments extended over 81 period Of
three years. They show sa'st, that a
neglected orchard is aboM the most
Improbable thing on the fam second,
that the best managed Rrchards in
Missouri are producing moe profit per
acre than any other farm Irop.
The average returns rsr acre of
.hcse 40 orchards during tie last three
years has been as follows. Properly
prUaed and sprayed aEeaf, total re-
ceived, $176 per acre; neuprofit, $143
per acre. Untreated 9resf. total re-
ceived. $1S per acre; net roftt, moth.
Ing.
In order to obtained rq1srds of the
results part of each orcnl'd was al
lowed 70 remain in its precious condi-
tion-not pruned and NOT ssPayed. The
experiments, in view of filssresnlts OBJ
tanned, show conclusively ahe advan.
tages OF renovation.
The record., 1917-08-30
Cooling Moth-a, Wormy Apple; b,
Entrance at CaIyx; d, Pupa; e,
Worm; g, Moth; h, Head of Warm.

moth emerges from the cocoon to be-
gin laying it's eggs about the little
fruit.
Each female lays on the aver
age from 40 to so eggs, so X only few
of these chrysalises or hyberpating
larvae are destroyed the number Of
eggs to be deposited will be greatly re-
duced. A large per cent OF the win
terlng larvae can be destroyed by
scraping aif round bark from the trees
especially in and about the crotches of
the trees. If the scraping is done dur
ing the winter the larvae not killed in
the process will be destroyed by the 'ex-
posure and the birds.
The sooner fruit growers come to
realize that this method of lighting
this pest Is almost as Important as
thorough spraying, the sooner 'lll they
begin to grow a larger per cent of
worm-free fruit.
The record., 1917-08-30
TESTING FERTILITY OF EGGS
n Trouble Is With Male Fowl Replacs
Hlm-Make Sure Feeding Ration
Is Not Responsible.

Those who make a specially Of sell.
ing Matching eggs from selected mat
ings should keep careful test on the
fertility of eggs produced, so that
poorly fertilized eggs will not be sent
out to customers, necessitating replac
ing the eggs later and causing delay
in getting young chicks started toward
The showrooms.
If the fertility is not good replace
the male bird with another or make
sure that the feeding ration is not re-
sponsible for the trouble,
The record., 1917-08-30
nairv Earrninn profita bile.

Dairying is an economical form Of
agriculture, and economy and thrift are
handmaidens Of prosperity. 1t retains
the fertility of the crop and thus the
productiveness of the fields is kept up
without recourse to expensive CONNER
cial fertilizers. Dairy farms are in
variably highly productive because the
fertility is returned and because a
plentiful supply Of humus is supplied
to the soil. Dairy farming is econOmi-
, cal in that it utiliZes practically all
the land. Parts that are unsuited to
the plow can in nearly all cases be
turned TO pasture.
The record., 1917-08-30
AT BEST.

FTNHE faithful helm commands the keel,
= From the port to port fair breezes
blow,
But the ship must sail the convex sea.
Nor may she straishter go.
SO, man to man in fair accord.
- On thought and will the winds may
wait,
But the world will bend the passing word,
Though it's shortest course be straight
LNROM soul TO soul the shortest line
= At best will bcnded be.
The ship that holds the strai2htest course
Still sails the convex sea.
--John Boyle O'Reilly
The record., 1917-08-30
TO RESTRAIN APPLE CANkER
Most Important Orchard Enemy Still
Is Widespread Enemy--ContInu-
Gus Attention Neeaed.

Correspondence with apple growers
and inspection of orchards by the Uni
yersity of Nebraska indicate that blls-
ter canl1er is still q widespread anl
most important apple enemy. Apple
scab and blotch are readily controlled
by proper spraying. Ca4Ee1, Ao"eVer'
requires continuous atFep! on II IL Is
to be held in control.
Owners of infected orchards should
write to the experiment stations OF
their states fog further Information as
io rho hest methods of conucL
The record., 1917-08-30
Improved Cuitivator.

is not necessary to tear into the soil
SO deeply to do both the breaking of
the sod and crust and the cultivation
with one set of blades. Any one of the
four beams used to carry the knives
and cultivators can be adjusted inde-
pendently so as to meet all kinds of
conditions of soil and vegetation.
The record., 1917-08-30
Making the
Farm, Pay
CORN IN DRY REGIONS.
Need of Getting Moisture Into Soil ar

Need of Getting Moisture Into Soil and
Conserving 1t.
Prepared by United States department of
agricultural
AS lack Of moisture more than any
thing else limits corn yields in droughty
regions the first question regulating
each operation should be. "What will
3e its effect upon the soil moisture sup
ply"
The authorities state that while sum
mer fallow frequently results i'll great
er yields of corn, the practice has not
proved practicable They therefore ad-
wise beginning the preparation Of land
to prevent loss of moisture and to put
the surface into condition TO receive
moisture as soon as the preceding crop
will permit. Cultivation after the re
The record., 1917-08-30
TO STORE PERISHABLE FOODS
Cellar, Storehouse and Refris.
orator for Crops.

Fanaers lose much every year be.
cause their facilities for storing per.
tshable foods are poor
Every farm home should have a ce,.
lar, st0fehouse and ree~iserata> 30 the
surplus foods may be saved III such
tine as they may be consumed
The fact that producers have inads-
quate facilities fer saving perishab!e
products gives spectators a3van
tages over them.
The record., 1917-08-30

moval of the preceding crop is prohta-
BILE if it Stops or prevents q growth
of weeds But If the growing season
is past dead weeds may cat ~ more
80 y 1TT;In yyDTICs i. eau q tsii.
tivated surface.
Fall disLjng, or listing, is usually
~ beneficial i'll putting the land III bet
ter condition to prevent the soil from
blowing. to hold the snow and to pre-
vent runoff. The penetration of mois
ture Is slow, and when rains occur eVap>
grafton is rapid from hard soil sur
faces, such as usually follow the grow
ing of small grain. The chances of
storing moisture are increased by looS-
ening such compact surfaces as early
as possible. Whether plowing is nee
essary, however, depends very much
upon the type of soil. Most heavy clay
soils are best put III proper condition
by plowing. Sandy or light loan soils
should not be plowed i'll the fall and
left bare during the winter i'll regions
where soil blowing is likely to occur.
If however it becomes advisable to
plow such soils in the fall, blowing OF
the plowed area may he checked by
top dressing with barnyard manure.
Deep blowing should always be done
in the fall or very early in the spring
to allow more moisture to penetrate
and the soil to settle before planting
time.
On sloping land the plOwing, listing
and cultivating should follow on level
along the slopes or around the hills.
The moisture saved makes this
profitable practice, and very often the
prevention of runOff is necessary TO
avoid erosion, with the loss of the
richest portions of the soil.
Alfalfa land to be prepared for corn
should be fallOwed one year or plowed
early the previous summer.
Growing plants draw large quanti-
ties of water from the soil and sub
soil. All growth Of weeds and volun-
teer grain on land to be planted to
corn should be prevented
Deep blowing and subsoiling should
he done in the fall rather than at
corn planting time. Soil put in the
right condition to take in moisture TO
a considerable depth is also open to
the air and dries out rapidly. If nee
essary to plow i'll the spring for corn
the plowing Should be done early and
should not be deep, and the ground
should be packed Immediately. Plow-
ing under several inches of SNOW is an
effective and sometimes practicable
way Of getting moisture into the
ground.
The record., 1917-08-30
NR2ILRD
GLrANTNst(ly
t+Tff+++ff4.fII.f.f,ta ,ta ssA4' &f.f.t
: PROTECT YOUNG aREEs 5

. Mice and rabbits ike zee bark (
!. as well as children lis4A candy, {
! and it requires watchfSsnesS to !
!, save young trees from Ming cir 8
: died by these little peM& i
. The rodents are kepSfWay by s
! wrapping trees with IRE net j.
( ting, or even tarred b. Ning pa 3
: per; hut paper is noessO sure i
!. protection from mice. SssiX-inch s
: mound of earth weIEf packed s
Z around the base Of thefsree will !
: help to turn away mid and if j
Z the snow also is tranlISd down 8
: around the trees the kslce will s
! not be so likely to geTet them, s
because they work undGsthe sur )
face as rule, 8
i, II, II
The record., 1917-08-30
Corn For Poultry,

DO not supply too much corn to lay.
ing hens. 1t is very heating, and it is
too fattening for hens that are to make
eggs. 1t is & good winter feed, but too
much fat stored in a hens body inter
feres with the laying functions.
The record., 1917-08-30
HAND THAT RULES THE WORLD.

TIIIEY say that man is mighty and
governs land and sea;
He wields a mighty scepter DER
L lesser pow'rs that be;
But q power mightier, stronger,
man from his throne has hurled,
'Tis the hand that rocks the cradle that
rules this mighty world.
In deep, mysterious conclaVe, mid philo-
sophie minds,
Unravcling knotty problems, his native
forte man finds;
Yet all his pow'r and glory to heav'n's
four winds are hurled
BY the unseen hand of woman, the pow'r
of this great world.
CHORUS.
Yes, the tender, loving mother, who
nurses, nurtures, tends,
Into our life's great battles many noble
soldiers sends,
And, altho' she's in the background when
the banners are unfurled,
The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand
that rules the world.
Behold the brave commander, on land or
on the sea,
Stanch mid the carnage standing, no fear
of death has he!
The standard bearer, dying, with the COL
orS in his hand,
Brave men they be, yet all are ruled by
woman'S gentle hand.
Great statesmen govern nations. kings RUE
a peoples fate,
But the unseen hand OF velvet these giants
regulate;
The iron arm of fortune with wOman's
arm entWined,
For great men ruie the nations, and WoBa-
an rules the mind.
Charles w. BerkIey.
The record., 1917-08-30

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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-02-22
no BE c%oNTINULD.J
Sc FOR SUGAR BEET PULP
In France II Is Now Dried and Trars'
formed Into What Is Called
"Suaar Flour"

The drying Of fresh sugar-beet pulp,
thereby transforming IL into what Is
called sugar -four" Is now being I'M
dertaken In northern France as a com
mercial proposition. The purpose OF
this process is much the same as the
desiccatlon of potatoes, which has been
described In Popular Mechanics Maya
zine, namely. to eliminate the moisture
from the vegetable matter so as to re-
duce its weight and make 1t possible
to preserve part OF all Of the food
value for some time. This new sugar
flour has a certain amount of sweet
ness and can be used In cases where
pure sugar Is not required, as, for ex'
ample, In certain brewing processes,
in making special breads, feeding stock,
and the like. In preparing 1t, fresh
beet pulp is poured into the top of u
tower, where 1t comes In contact with
warm mir and then Is delivered into u
rotary device on a set OF gratings,
placed one above the other. Next II
Is subjected to hot mir and eventually
reaches air heated TO 2iS degrees. a
ton of beets will yield 500 pounds OF
-four. 1t Is thought that other drying
processes may be invented which will
make 1t possible to utilize many other
Industrial resldues which are now
thrown away. Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-02-22

you to take II stand against him and
back me up with her."
"You sure can count me In on that,
Mr.. Van," eagerly assented Dupont.
"All right. I've got him fixed. But
/ wanted to make sure of your backing,
If he comes to dinner tonight I'll have
a gay little surprise or two up my
sleeve for him."
~ been waiting to ask you about the
mine. How're we going to work the
deal?"
"We've got to make a show OF u
real contest. It's to be run on the old
style rush PLAN"
suppose m Of them there men at
the butte has the best horsei"
Vandervyn thrust out his jaw.
Don't fash yourself. I'm going ia
have that mine. This is my Idea of
the way Wen fix It." He leaned over
and murmured In Dupont's car.
The trader shook his head. "Um-m
I'm not saying that mightn't work,
Just the same, though, it'd make you
the only n what could do the enter
Ing. I'd be n sooner"
"Thc mine would be entered by me,
but Of course we would have the I'M
derstanding that you were to get your
half" replied Vandervyn. He stepped
brlskly to the door. Come, | guess
the bunch has had time enough to cool
their heels"
Still frowning obviously, Dupont fol.
lowed him W to the office, where
Hardy and the commissioners sat wait.
ing for them, stiff and constrained.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-02-22
CHAPTER XVIII.
Pleasant Little Surprises.

Too furious to heed what he was
about. Vandervyn struck off up q rug
ged gulley behind the Dupont house.
An hour passed before he came back
down the mountain-side. lie was
changing his clothes when Dupont
brought him an impatient summons
from the office: "Hurry up, Mr.. Van.
They want you. Where you been all
this timer"
"Went for a STROLL" drawled Wander
vyn. "They can wait" His voice be-
came harsh and incisive. ~ want to
speak to you about something. You've
been letting Marie get In thick with
him."
"Who2 You mean Cap?" spared
Dupont. "You didn't say you wanted
me to keep 'em from running togeth-
err"
"Y0u should have seer the danger.
I take 1t, she has been alone with him
most of the tlme."
"Well, what Of it?" muttered Du-
pont.
"What of it2" echoed vandervyn.
"Don't you know enough about army
officers to realize that he would never
marry-a Quarterbreedf
Dupont's crafty eyes narrowed. I'm
not so ALFRED sure of that. There's
lots of 'em has married even half
breeds. I've seer EN-"
"Years ago, when the frontier was
months away from civilization"
"Mebbe, and mebbe them breed girls
wasn't a tenth as good lockers as
Marie. She's q lady,"
vandervyn's lip curled. IF you must
have the gaff, Jake-how about your.
self7 Do you think an officer son-ln-
law would care to have you visiting
him at an army postT'
Dupont scowled. swell, there ain't
been no harm done, and you're back
now"
"Qulte true. But his attentions have
put Marie on her high horse. l wish