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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-13
PASSING OF THE
DOLLAR WEEKLY

The dollar weekly will soon be an
institution Of the past. One after
another Of these rural publications
are being forced to raise their sub
scription rates in order to meet
their own increasing costs. The
stupendous height which print pa
per has reached is the dominating
element in the problem. but it is only
one of many ways in which the
newspaper publisher finds the cost
of his product increased beyond
all estimates.
II is claimed that more than $50
American weeklies have been forced
to suspend publication on account
of these increasing costs. For the
greater number, however. the other
alternative will be the one adopted
that is, raising the subscription
price above the time honored fiat
dollar per year.
The dollar was a convenient unit
for dealings between publisher and
patron, and when for that sum one
was able to secure 81 issues Of an
alert publication, it was a dollar
proftably spent Some of the most
constructive journalistic work of
the past century was accomplished
through the columns of the dollar
weekly. Some of the patron saints
of the newspaper profession ac-
ccmplished their most lasting re-
suits by means of it, and the an
mails of newspaperdom would lose
much of their interest and charm
had the dollar weekly not thriveG
so long.
But no product helps itself il
the long run by operating at a loss
If it costs more than a dollar tC
publish the modern weekly, the
quicker the situation is understood
on both sides the better. In thai
case, if it is worth no more than &
dollar it will die, as it should; if il
is worth more, no one can proper.
ly protest when the price is in,
creased.
The dollar weekly has had al
honorable history and the countr!
owes it more than it knows. n,
apology is needed if the price tina
sufficed half a century ago is nov
found Observation-Disclosures PLAIN
Dealer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-13

County Judge Chenault has APP
pointed A. II. Robbins as admins
traitor of Miss Ellen Soper and he
gave bond in the sum of $500. He
also appointed T. N. Coons as adj
ministrator of the estate of Frank
Byrd, who died some months ago
in Cincinnati, who qualified and
gave bond in the sum OF $1,500.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-13
POSSIBILITIES OF OUR SOIL

We want TO say to the farmers of
this community that no feature Of
present day education is more pot
ent for good to this country than
that now being accomplished by
the various agricultural schools
and experimental stations and
farms.
Twenty years ago the "book
farmer" was looked upon as a Wis
ionary by a large per cent. Of our
farming population, and is even yet
so regarded by some, though hap
PLY their number is small.
Now the man who intelligently
studies his soil with view to de-
termining its needs is coming to the
front as an authority on matters
agricultural. And the reason this
is so is because his theories have
brought forth fruit in fact.
Nothing is more certain than that
this country is woefully behind in
farming efficiency. For years cur
farming experts have been pointing
out to us the fact that our lands
are not producing half, not ever
third, of the crops that bountifu
nature intended they should yield
One has only to cite the case OF
Germany to see the full force Of
this statement. Germany is not a.
large as the state of Texas, ye
Germany today is supplying hel
civil population and her vast armie.
almost entirely from the product:
of her own soil.
But Germany and other old worlt
countries have for years practices
intensive farming, a system that i,
only just beginning to prevail il
this country.
Instead of being merely an exper
iment. intensive farming should b,
the rule. Nothing more fully dem
onstrates the truth of this state
ment than a glance at the result;
obtained by the many corn clubs o.
the country. From all directions
come reports from these organiza
tons, where the enormous yield {.
200 bushels and more per acr,
has been attained. Not only this
but the reports coming from all sec,
tons of the country are proof tha
almost any of our soil is .uscep
tible to just such improvement.
Then there is another importan
feature to these big corn yields. /
has been shown that they can h
produced at a substantial prof
over and above the cost Of prepar
ing the land for their production
Careful records have been kept o.
all expenditures, and in almost ev,
cry instance the proceeds have
much more than paid the cost Of
bringing the soil to its present state
of fertility
If these results can be obtained
from an acre, or two or three, why
not from ten, or fifty, or Il hundred
acres? If they can be obtained
from a patch, why not from field
Why not from all fields?
The deplorable truth is that toe
many of our farmers are "neces,
sity" farmers. They ask them.
selves, "How much do l need7" anG
then proceed to satisfy that need
and no more. They should rather
ask, SLOW much can 4 get7" and
then get all they can.
1t has been estimated that Am
erica could feed the world if al
her soil were made to produce tc
its full capacity.
What that capacity is we are on,
ly just beginning to discover.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-13

An Anticipated man once made
the statement that the biggest hit
he ever made in his life was the one
he made with his wife before their
marriage. Now he's hunting an
other one.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-13

If our delinquent subscribers
would all walk in and pay up we
would cheerfully buy our wife u
dog, a eat, a peacock and an auto
mobile.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29
LaCamille Corsets

The one perfect front lace corset,
with the ventilated back, designed with
an intelligent appreciation of the style
and comfort demands of the immediate
present, LA Camille" Corsets well de-
serve their fame of being "a little
ahead" A style and shape for every
fgure. Fittings free. Prices no high
er than ordinary corsets. Expert cor
settlers. The only exclusive corset shop
In Port Huron. You are invited to in
spect the new fall models. Mrs. e. 9.
Boice, Avenue Corset Shop, 307 Huron
Avenue.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29
HOGS AND CATTLE WANTED

HOGS AND CATTLE WANTED
Will ship hogs and cattle one week
from Friday. If you have anything
to sell, see me or telephone 125.-ED-
WARD SHEEHY, Yale. 34-2
COWS Would like to buy
FIVE cows, two due to freshen soon
and the rest later. w. A. Silverthorn,
Route 5, phone 80 IL rs. 49,
AS the Christmas shopping days are
SO near we have decided to continue
the balance of the year. This will give
all an opportunity to supply their wants
for men and boys. j. l. Rosenthal.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29
500 Reward, 500.


The readers of this paper will be
pleased TO learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able TO cure In its stages, and that
Is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucous surface
Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address +. j. Cheney & Co, Toledo
Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists, 7jc
Take Halls Family Pills for consti'
patton.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29
GENTLE. QUICK. THOROUGH.

When one feels bloated, bilious, Ian.
guild, has sick headache, sour stomach,
coated tongue. bad breath. or other
lar bowels, a Foley Cathartic Tablet
will give prompt relief. 1t is a gentle,
wholesome, thoroughly cleansing old.
ter effect. III. L. Hennessy. adv.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29
No. 227.
No. 227.
ID EPoRT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
VALE STATE BANK

At Yale, Michigan, at the close of business
Nov 20, 1917, as called for by the Commits.
soner of the Banking Department.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29
HERE AND THERE.

Hiram w lnuSOr OF DrOWH OlCy
will move to Port Huron.
Lee j. Corbishley, of Sandusky
will manage the COOPERATIVE
store in Blaine.
M. E. Martin, one of Almont's
oldest citizens, died last week at
the age of 80 years.
Hog cholera wiped out AZ hogs
on the farm of j. H. Kenney, near
Port Huron, recently.
Mrs. Margaret Houck, resident
of Burnside "A years and 81 years
Of age, died last week.
Brown City electric light plant
has received coal enough to see it
nearly through tn winter.
J. H. Vandecar and A. H. Leete
have leased the Columbia Theatre
in North Branch of the proprietor
G. H. Finkle.
Charles Curry and Nicholas
Richardson of South Port Huron,
are in jail for thirty days, for
chicken theft.
Jesse Watson, principal of the
Inlay City school, has been call
ed to Camp Custer and his place
has not yet been filled.
The storm last week on the
lakes was nearly as bad as the
one in 1918, and did much dam
age along the shore towns.
The Kings Daughters of Port
Huron will establish a Woman's
Exchange where women may sell
their handiwork and earn money
Almont is having 'em all at once
Scarlet fever, diphtheria, small
pox, whooping cough. Needless t.
say the school is closed for a
time.
Jesse Pinkerton of Tyre, will
be tried at the January term o.
Sanilac circuit court on the charg,
of killing a COW on which a mort
gage was held.
Forty-eight Inlay City mel
have completed an organization
of Brotherhood for the purpos,
of religious patriotic social anC
civic effort in unison.
Walter Steele, IL years old, O.
Marine City, died last week sud
denly while in school. The chill,
had never become very stroni
after an attack of scarlet fever.
Some forty persons were ex
posed to small pox at a club gath
ering in Almont. The second cas-
to break out is that Of G. w. Patol
publisher of the Herald. We ex
tend sympathy.
A patriotic citizen of Clay town
ship, who withholds his name from
publication, presented the boy
from this vicinity who were leav
ing for Camp Custer, with $40,
for spending money.
Frank Quance of Brown Cit,
has moved back to his forme
home in Croswell and will worl
at the perfecting of his bean ha
vester on which he has received
patents.
The mayorality case of st Clai
which has been in court for 81,
months, is now settled with Mayo
Kemp sustained by Judge Tappal
who holds that the court has n,
jurisdiction over issues arising
from the st. Clair city election
Max Jennings is the defeated can
didate.
With the victory of two football
games over Sandusky, Superinten
dent Lopez of Brown City, prom
ised his boys chicken feed, bu
the matter was kindly taken GU
of his hand by Mrs. w. A. Martil
who with assistants, gave tn
football players a meal which will
long be remembered. Toast
=
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29
Notice

welding and solicit any work you may
have to do i'm this line. Do not throw
away your broken castings, ETC., bring
them to our shop and let us weld them
for you. We can save you time and
money. A. Chas. Barr, Yale
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Owing to the confusion in the names
of two Doctor Frazers on Military st.
DR.. II. G. Frazer, specialist on Eye
Ear, Nose and Throat diseases wishes
to announce his Office on the ground
floor of the Yokom Bldg, opposite the
Harrington Hotel, 10l1 Military street
Port Huron, Mich.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29
NAN TROUBLED FOR TWO YEARS

No one should suffer backache, rheu-
matte pains, stiff joints, swollen, sore
muscles. when relief can be quickly
had. James McCrery, Berrien Centre,
Mich, says he was troubled with kid
ney and bladder trouble for two years.
He used several kinds of medicine
without relief, but Foley Kidney Pills
cured him. II. II. Hennessy. adv
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29
$1,000 Reward.

The undersigned will pay S25 reward
for information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the person or persons
who sawed into pieces the telephone
pole lying on the roadside mile south
of Roseburg, carrying away one of the
pieces. Staley Il Bricker, mgrs
324 Yale Telephone Exchange
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29
We Buy Old Junk

| will pay the highest market price
for old iron, brass, copper, rags, hides
and fur. lfyou have anything in these
10 81 Abe Kline, Yale
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29

FOR SALE - Thoroughbred II. Q.
Brown Leghorn Cockerels from great
laying strains. S1.0O. Inquire of
VIM. CHEEsEMAN, Phone 38-3 rings.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29

Highest cash prices will be paid for
raw furs. G. A. Drake, Fargo. 81
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-29

County of st. Clair, s.
1, Guy j.. Beard. Asst Cashier Of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief and correctly represents the true state
of the several matters therein contained, as
shown by the books of the bank.
GUY 4. BEARD. Asst Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th
day of Nov, 1917 Nj. M. B0wles
my com exp. Mar. o. lois) Notary Public.
Correct-Attest
James Livingston J
James McColl : Directors.
Alex Pollock
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-11
AIR WORK IS
needed ON PIERS

Repair work needed to piers In the
local harbor and winch is planned I'M
der the appropriation to be expen6
ed in the coming two-year period, has
been estimated by engineers In the
public works department at approx
mately $125, 900. -. "a
Chairman Charles R. Forbes Of the
harbor board has submitted to that
body a detailed report on the materi-
ais and labor needed for this work on
each Of the piers to be repaired. Au'
thority' has already been given tho
chairman to request the governor for
permission to put department en-
pioyes on Pier Z. The estimate sub
mitted Is as follows:
Pier 16, total material and labor,
80,940.13; Pier Is. $19,06S.45; Pier
IA, $2G06.79; Pier Is, $526.72; Pier II,
$14O7s4;. Pier 6, $1o,585.72; Pier. ?,
il .-.a
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-11
PASSENGERS DEPARTED

For Maui-A. G. Alexander, 3. Ha-
yashi. A. Tavares and child. r. II.
Palmer, Dan Quill and Mrs. Rehecca
Keawe. g.. -. s.>s-v:.. =. -. III
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-11
sHIPBUMDERsOF
JAPAN RETRENCH;
IS DUE: TO WAR.

, Because Of the war situation, and
the possibility that United States ste u
plants will turn over their entire cut
put TO the government, Japanese ah-F-
building concerns are reducing their
constructing programs, according 10
the Japan Advertiser Of April II,
which says:
1t is learned on. goo authority that
! the uncertainty of the steel supp =,
caused by the recent trade restrfc-
tions by Oelligerent countries, has in
duced :shipbuilders, here to reduce
their plans Of construction for the
near future. Among the rest the IA
wasaki Dockyard Company OF Kobe
has radically changed its plans fer
this year.
kawasakI Backyard Retrenches
This company planned for the year
that Is stock boats with a combined
tonnage of ia, 900 tons, including four
freighters OF 10000 tons: each and
several 5000 ton class boats, would
be built Great efforts have been
made by the company's agents in,
Great Britain and America to collect
materials for these vessels Mr.. Mat
sukata, president OF the concern, "hJI
is now in London, is said to have as
sisted the company's agents in this e,
fort, too. The result has been pooc,
however The full requirements for
the year have hardly been covered.
Twelve Instead Of Eighteen
The new plan drawn up as 4 re-
suit Of the failure to obtain enough
materials consists in constructing II
boats. two 12-000-ton class boats and
ten 9,G00-ton class boats. Seven. Ct
those vessels have already been 80!
to a British firm through the compa-
nys agents in London. They are ali
Of the 9,0O0-ton class. In August all
Of them will be launched and deliver
ed to the buyer The rest will be built
during the latter months of the year,
to be completed by January next year.
Their materials are not yet to han4-
The Kawasaki Dockyard Company
will sell all five of the vessels built
in the latter part of the year to tsrit-
ish owner through the mediation of a
Norwegian broker Those boats viii
fetch good figures the price per ton
dead weight being APO yen"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-11
TOCLEAR SLIP
ALONG PIER 10

Bids will be opened at 2 o'clock
Thursday, May "a, for dredging the
slip between Piers Is and 16, now so
deep in mud that heavy steamers find
difficulty in plowinE through it. The
bids have been called for by the
harbor board.
For some time the heavy deposit o.
mud and silt in the harbor at this
point has been regarded as d nuisance
by mariners, and at the meeting OF
the .harbor board last Wednesday a
letter was read from Capt. Matson
protesting vigorously against the con.
ditions there. The captain said that
one vessel recently had been COM
PEELED to pull through four feet, of
mud in order to reach aer berth.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-11
n. Y.k. TROUBLES
NEARLY At END

With three thousand stockholders
in attendance and excitement enough
to make a riot look tame. internal
troubles OF the Nippon Yusen Kaisha
were partially settled at an extraor.
binary meeting held April % in Toxic,
according to the japan Advertiser
Much opposition was offered, -
says the newspaper, "by sharehold-
erS to the plan of the mediatofs to
settle the internal trouble of the Nip
pom Yusen Kaisha at the extraordin-
airy general. meeting neld yesterday
afternoon in the Y. n. c. A. build.
ing. Much solicitude was shown by
some shareholders to know to what
extent reform Of the company will
be carried out as the result Of the
plan. Only after heated debate
the schemes submitted were adopted.
$4,000 Shares Represented
The meeting was attended by over
5000 shareholders representing more
than $4,000 aheres. The galleries
were also filled with a large number
OF press reporters, because 1t attract
ed great attention Of the public as
affecting one Of the biggest concerns
IN this country. Baron Kondo, presi.
dent, submitted The mediators plans,
which consisted of increasing the mum.
Der OF directors. They implied that by
the new men the reform OF the con-
Germ will be gradually carried out.
Company Worth $50, o0o. 600
AS the reason for this step Baron
kondo stated that the company's
operations had increased largely in
their scope, making the company one
OF the biggest in the world. He re-
called the time when the company was
first organized, and had only q small
fleet with combined tonnage of less
than 10000 tons. But now the com.
pany owns such a big fleet Of SOC. 900
tons worth 100, goo, geo yen.
The scope Of the company's bust.
ness has also increased. AS an in.
stance Of this Baron $Kondo pointed
out that recently the company has
oeea requested by Great Britain to
include Liverpool among the ports of
call for the conrpany's European lin
ers. This, he said, compelled the In
crease In the number Of directors even
II the mediators did not propose 1t
as condition on which to settle the
trouble started recently.
viii DO "Watchful Waiting" 49,.
"A number OF shareholders wanted
% know the validity of the advice OF |
he mediators and the nature of the |
'eforms to be carried out by the new
directors. A scene of excitement en-, |
Iued, but it was proposed By Mr..
Akao, one Of the shareholders, to
Idopt the schemes and wait for the
esuh Of them This proposal was
and the original plans car.
led.
Afterwards the new directors were
iected along with the advisers.
dessrs. T. Wada, N. Kataoka, and B.
Sakano and Baron Go were chosen as
directors and Baron Shibusawa was
iected as an adviser, along with
dessrs. NJ. Dol and NJ. Kato."
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-11
TO BE
FREED BY WAR?

Once more the ill-fated American
tank steamer Maverick Of filibuster-
ing fame, we'll remembered at Hilo,
hobs up in print in the Coast Seamen' 5
Journal, which says San Francisco
shipping men think that since the
United States has entered the war
against Germany and is now an ally
of Great Britain. she may release the
Maverick and allow her to leave Ba-
tavia. The Journal says:
The entry OF the United States into
the war may have some effect On the
status Of the American oil tanker
Maverick, and shipping men here are
wondering if Great Britain will now
consent to her release The MAYER
lex has been in h1rO0r at Batavia,
Dutch Java. since February II, 1916,
because the British government would
not consent to her leaving, or rather
stated that she would be taken by a
British cruiser the first time she was
caught on the open sea.
During the time the vessel has
been laid up in the Java port she
has lost quite a sum of money for
HSA SuDppOSu O"hCtS III SoA Il oANAoNN'
She has had an adventurous career
since she was sold by one Of the big
oil companies 10 private individuals
because she vas too small fsS the
trade which demanded vessels OF
Larger carrying capacity.
April %, 1915, tire Maverick left
San Pedro, clearing for San Jose del
Cabo, on the west coast. but never
reached there, so far as records show.
She was next seen at Hilo, where she
went for fuel and provisions, June
21 of the same year, and then was
lost until she appeared at Batavia.
where she has been held since eight
months after her appearance in Ha-
waii.
Reports were current that the Nav
erich took on ! carP" Of arms and
and Possi bly, submarine
parts, after leaving San Pedro and
THAI these were destined for German
An American schooner (ths
Annie Larsen) arrived at an Oregon
port In, distress and with a cargo Of
arms and ammunition on board sever
al weeks after the first disappearance
Of the Maverick and it was believed
her cargo was to Rave been trans |
erred to the Maverick on the high |
seas With America as an ally or
Great Britain the latter may now a. |
ow the Maverick to leave the Dutch
1ort for this country, it is believed !
lara
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-11

A dense cloud Of glats ho7ering
near Minnearoli5- church s9ira caus-
ed che c. the Iloss unusual false
alarms on 1oco-d. Obce-Ta=s thought
smoke vas coming fTc1a TIE church
and sent for tie fire department.