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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26

Any man or woman Of any age In
the active military or naval service
of the United States can obtain Gov
eminent insurance. 1t has been ruled
that members of Officers training
camps are under the act and can OBJ
tain insurance. The cost for each
thousand dollars of insurance is from
sixty-five cents a month to persons at
the age of twenty-one to one dollar
and twenty cents month to those of
the age of fifty-one.
The benefciaries are limited to
wife, husband, child, grandchild,
brother or sister, stepbrother or step
sister, adopted brother or adopted sis
ter Of the insured, as well as parent,
grandparent, or stepparent either OF
the insured or of his or her consort.
The insurance is not compulsory,
but the cost is low and the protection
great. and not only are all persons
eligible afforded every opportunity to
obtain this insurance without trouble
or extra expense but they are speci-
ally urged to do so.
Gen. Pershing and thousands of
other officers and tens of thousands Of
soldiers have already taken out in
surance. Up to date policies of in
surance have been issued aggregat-
ing 81 1882 ,938.000.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26

The trouble with many merchants
is that they do not realize the value
of helping the community in which
they live. They do not see the best
way Of helping themselves is by help
ing the community.
Doing this kind of work is where
business mems associations prove val
liable. An association of merchants
in Pennsylvania town this spring
decided to demonstrate their useful
ness to the community in practical
way. A carload of seed potatoes
were bought and sold to the farmers
at cost. If the farmer hadn't the
cash, the association financed him
through the local bank. Now that
was splendid thing to do for the
farmers, but it likewise helped the
merchants in a very direct and def
mite way. 1t was cooperation of the
kind that counts.
Can you imagine farmer of that
community so lacking in appreciation
as to send a money order to the mail
order houses for goods that could be
bought from one Of those merchants
Hardly; then why not look for some
thing that you might do for your
community. M
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26

Carl and Pat along with Gretchen
and Hortense. are making eyes at us
this Christmas. inviting us TO inquire
into their merits They belong TO a
new order of the beloved rag dolls
that have always held the warmest
corner of little folks hearts.
These dolls are made OF discarded
socks or stockings and stuffed with
cotton. White socks are used for the
heads and colored ones for the bodies.
Fancy stitching with heavy mcrcerizcd
cotton or yarns, outlines the jackets,
makes ties and garters and represents
buttons. The eyes, nose and mouth
are outlined also in black and red.
Two-toned silk socks, usually in a
bright color on the wrong side are
much sought after by the makers of
these jolly looking character dolls.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26
A Parable Concerning Rest

There was a day when / was weary.
For my days had been full of cares.
and my nights had been broken. And
spake unto Kehurah, saying,
would fain Lay me down upon my
Couch and rest. Trouble me not for
the Space of One Hour.
So / laid me down.
And / heard Patter of Little Feet,
and there were Little Hands pushing
at my door. And there came to me
the daughter of the daughter of Ke-
turah. And the little maiden is not
yet three years old.
And she said, Grandpa, | want to
lie down with you.
And / said, Come, and we will rest
together. Close thine eyes Tightly
and be Very Still. So shall we rest
both of us.
And the way she rested was this.
She crept under the Blanket that Gov
cred me, so that her head and all the
rest of her were Covered, and she
said, Grandpa, you have losed your
little girl.
Then did l seek my little girl whom
i had losed, and / said, Where is nv
little girl? Where is my little girl !?
And | felt all over the Blanket, and l
found her not.
Then did she cry, Here / am.
And she threw off the Blanket, and
laughed.
And she hid from me the Second
Time, and the Third Time. and MANY
Times beside. And every time /
found her again, hiding under the
Blanket.
And when this had wearied her. she
S2- Astride me, so that One Foot
was on the Right Side and one was
on the Left, and she held me. by the
thumbs, and her little hands could not
quite reach around my two thumbs.
And, she rocked back so that her head
touched the couch between my knees.
and she. sat up with Bnump upon my
Stomach. And she rode me to Ban
bury Cross and to many other places.
And she said, You are having a
good time with me, aren't you, Grand
pa?
And / told her that it was true.
NOW at the end of One Hour. /
came forth leading the damsel by the
hand, and Keturah said, Thou art rest
gone. -
And it was even so. For the iov of
playing with the little damsei had
ed. ~ VOC 'e''
Now thought of this. and I re-
memDered that my Lord had said un-
70 me and not to me only but to all
mankind, Come unto me. We weary
and heavy-laden, and / will give YOU
rest. And / remembered that He said
INA snae "a resting should bear a yoke
ana md .s's.. It sQsy' and carrN a burden
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26

Upton Sinclair, socialist and one
time pacifist, has written a war song
1t was sprung on the public during
the recent convention of the National
Education Association at Portland,
Oregon.
Bring the good old bugle boys, we'll
sing another song,
Sing it with spirit that will move
the world along,
Sing it as we need to sing it, half a
million strong
While we are canning the kaiser.
Chorus
Oh, Bill Oh, Bill We're on the job
today!
Oh, Bill! Oh, Bill! Wen seal you SO
you'll stay!
Well put you up with ginger, in the
good old Yankee way
While we are canning the kaiser.
Hear the song we're sing on the shin
ing roads to France;
Hear the Tommies cheering, and see
the Poilus prance;
Africanders and Kanucks and Scots
without their pants
While we are canning the kaiser.
Bring the guns from Bethlehem, by
way of old New York.
Bring the beans from Boston, and
don't leave out the pork;
Bring load of soda-pop, and pull the
grape-juice cork
While we are canning the kaiser.
Come, you men from Dixieland, you
lumber-j jacks of Maine;
Come, you Texas cowboys, and you
farmers of the plain;
From Florida to Oregon, we boast the
Yankee strain
Now we've started on the job, we
mean to put it through;
Ship the kings ard kaisers all, and
make the world anew;
Clear the way for common folks, for
men like me and you
While we are canning the kaiser.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26

lings, A pounds. Cost, November /,
A cents per pound.
Ration B. Corn meal,12 pounds;
oat meal, pounds, middlings, a
pounds; meat scrap, 6 pounds. Cost
November l, Az cents per pound.
Ration C. Corn meal, II pounds;
flour Oow-grade), 8 pounds; MIDI
lings, pounds; meat scrap, 6 pounds.
Cost. November 1, A cents per
pound.
Ration f. Corn meal, II pounds
flour (low-grade), 8 pounds; MIDI
lings, pounds; tallow, (beef or NUT
toni, 20 ounces. Cost, November l,
Al cents per pound.
Ration f. Corn meal, II pounds;
oat meal, pounds, middlings, A
pounds; tallow. 20 ounces. Cost, No
vember /, As cents per pound.
Ration d. Corn meal, II pounds;
oat meal, pounds; middlings, 4
pounds; meat scrap, 6 pounds. Cost
November /, Az cents per pound.
These rations should be mixed with
sour milk or buttermilk and fed IN
troughs.
The rate Of feeding is also import
ant and for the guidance of individ-
uals who may never have tried crate
fattening heretofore, this schedule is
suggested: =,
First day-Only water twice daily.
Second and third days-One-half
ounce of feed mixed with buttermilk,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26
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able amount of grain besides, cutting
it a trife early to lessen the chances
for il to become lodged, making it
more difficult to cut with the harvest
er, and more danger of injury to the
young plants by running the machine
so close to the ground.
The alfalfa seed is usually sown
separately, Immediately after one
grain is in, sowing on the surface,
and then going over the ground with
weeder or very. Light smoothing
harrow to cover the seed. 1t is a
very good plan we think to mix with
the alfalfa little medium and alsike
clover, also a little timothy seed, in
about this proportions: Alfalfa, one
bushel: medium clover, four quarts;
alsike, two quarts; timothy, one
quart. and then put on from 20 to 25
pounds of the mixture per acre. This
insures us a better crop of hay the
first season, while the alfalfa is be-
coming established, and later all but
the alfalfa will largely disappear.
This is the method of seeding for
a permanent field of alfalfa which has
been followed successfully for the
past 20 or 80 years, and seems to Sc
cure better results in this section than
an yother system.
In other parts of the state, however,
where the conditions are less favor
able for the growing of alfalfa it
seems to be more desirable to work
the land thoroughly till later in the
season, thus killing out the foul stuff,
conserving moisture, and securing a
little better filth or texture in the soil.
But we find we get splendid results
in Genesee county by following the
above described practice, and gain a
crop Of barley or oats besides, and
the alfalfa also gets better, strong.
err stand to go into the winter.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26
Of Local Interest
Some People We Know, and We Will
Profit by Hearing About Them

This is a purely local event.
1t took place in Belding.
Not in some faraway place.
You are asked to investigate it.
Asked to believe a citizens word;
To confirm a citizens statement.
Any article that is endorsed at
home
Is more worthy of confidence
Than one you know nothing about,
Endorsed by unknown people.
w. l.. Covert, 934 S. Bridge ST.,
Belding, says: GA few years ago |
was bothered lot with my kidneys.
NV back was weak and lame and ach-
ed constantly. had heard about
Doan's Kidney Pills, so got box at
Connell's Drug Store. They soon
helped me and before long l was cur
ed" :.
Price COO, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Covert had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26

Scarlet and purple.
Black with white, or yellow and
crimson.
Scarlet, black and orange.
Crimson and orange.
Yellow and purple.
Green and gold.
Green, orange and red.
Purple and gold.
Purple, scarlet and gold.
Lilac and gold.
Lilac, scarlet and white or black.
Before and After Taking
LAST Christmas, before their mar
riage, she gave him a book entitled,
"A Perfect Gentleman"
"This Christmas she gave him wild
Animals Have Known"
Most aristocrats are victims of in
verted heredity.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26
He Could Hardly
WeGr His Clothes

Avis Sewers, AIDE, Ind. endured ter
rible pains in his back ana tnrousn
his kidneys for eight years before no
aavs. al would bloat up at times so
that I could hardly wear my clothes.
secretions were scant and very red.
Foley Kidney Pills were recommended
to me, and the first box removed the
main and after taking only three
boxes the bloating was all gone ana
has never bothered me since:
Just about everybody who has used
Foley Kidney PITS Is snnlous -
IN the Union come letters praising
Foley kidney pills: because use t p,eyes 80
tone up and strengthen me kia ntsgn
All the iii results OF sore, weak, ALL
ing Kidneys and irresraa 1 heath and aS
vSgor Swollen. aching Joints and
sheumatic paine quickly yiFd to their
Healing, curative qualities
-.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26
Colors FOR Attractiye Displays

Below is a list of colors that har-
monize, and which will be of value
to those desiring to make attractive
displays, either in the show window
or in the store. The list should also
be valuable to the salesman in sug-
costing colors that will be suitable
for different color garbs:
Blue and white
Blue and gold.
Blue and orange.
Blue and salmon.
Blue and maize.
Blue and brown.
Blue and black.
Blue, scarlet and lilac.
Blue, scarlet and black.
Blue, brown, crimson and gold.
Red and gold.
Red and black.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26
POULTRY
CONSULTATION DEPARTMENT.
Poultry Intended for Market, Fatten
Quickest on diet"

Quickest on Dlet
A series of rations, balanced to
fatten fowls in as few days as pos
sible, and at minimum cost, have
been worked out for the benefit Of
poultrymen of the state by the de-
partment of poultry husbandry of the
Michigan Agricultural college.
Biddy is not as a rule what you
might call finicky in her choice Of
feed, but the poultryman who is out
for results will use as much Judgment
in the selection of his bill-of-fare for
fattening his pullets and cockerels as
would his highness the chef in pre-
pairing a feast for royalty.
Where chickens intended for fatten-
ing are confined in a darkened room,
or in crates number of rations have
been found at the college to be sue
cessful in fitting the birds for killing
where the fattening period is not
more than IA days. These are given
below:
Ration A. Corn meal, II pounds;
flour (low-grade), 8 pounds; midd-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26
THE BELDING Acknowledgements Section.

per bird, fed twice during the day.
Fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh days
-Three7quarters ounce of feed, mix
ed with buttermilk, per bird, twice a
day.
Eighth and ninth days--One ounce
of feed mixed with buttermilk, per
bird. fed twice a day
Tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thir-
teenth days-All they can eat in 20
minutes, fed twice a day
Fourteenth day-Feed nothing.
Give birds water TO drink.
Fifteenth day-Kill.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26
Nothinp New

"Thep ractice of medicine has GER
tainly changed. When | was young,
the doctors used to bleed their pa
TENTS"
"Huh! / don't see that they've
changed in that respect"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26

A pretty thimble case, made Of
wishbone saved from the wreck of the
Thanksgiving turkey, is something
new. Heavy silk or mercerized cot
ton is used for crochet lace to make
q wide border about the wishbone. 1t
is crocheted with a beading to carry
baby ribbon that is run through 1t and
made into three little bows as shown
In the picture. A tiny bag, to hold
the thimble, is suspended between the
ends of the bone and the pretty gift is
suspended by ribbon hangers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26

Some men are too honest to steal
an umbrella on a rainy day because
they have their eyes on bigger game.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-18
Making the
Farm Pay
POTATO CULTIVATION.

Same Land Should Not Be Used Often
err Than Once In Three Years.
Potatoes are commonly grown in this
state on farms where hay crops, corn
and root crops are produced in album
dance, says J. G. Milward, Wisconsin
College of Agriculture. AS a rule, eli
Their dairying or some other form of
the live stock industry is practiced on
these farms as well.
Potatoes should not be raised on the
same land more frequently than one
year in three, and in some cases one
year In four is preferable On the
easily provided.
Under these systems of farming high
grade feeds are supplied to the live
stock, thus making valuable manure
available for soil fertility. This source
of fertility is one of the foundations for
success in commercial potato growing.
Many successful growers on the bet
ter kinds of soil pillow under the second
crop of clover i'll the fall. In addition
an application of stable manure is made
before blowing. With this plan the
clover sod and stable manure partly
decompose during the winter, and IN
the spring this sod can be thoroughly
pulverized and fitted by the use OF
disks and harrows just previous tC
planting.
On the light sandy soils of Wisconsin
many growers prefer to postpone plow
ing and fitting the land until the ap
proach of the potato planting season
In some cases a good growth of clover
has started at this time, and to thi.
stable manure is applied in a compare
lively fresh condition. Intensive fit
ting is given the soil Immediately be
fore planting. Thorough ventilation
and a good seed bed are essential tt
better crop of potatoes.
Both Of these methods have proved
successful in Wisconsin, and the appli
cation of manure varies as to time IL
! the same manner. In any event praC
teal growers find that the intensiv
fitting of the land just before planting
is more important than the sole ques
ton of fall or spring blowing.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-18
State Sanitary Inspector Here

L. A. Blackman, state pure
food and sanitary inspector for
northern Idaho, is in the city to-
day from Lewiston and is giving
the town thorough going over
and pointing out the places where
sanitary changes are to be made
and recommending additional i'm
provements looking toward the
maintenance of more healthful
conditions generally in the vii
lage. He has found a general
lack of observation of the state
law regarding the cleaning up of
manure piles around stables and
the maintaing of fly-proof toilets
and states that unless the citizens
generally comply with the re-
quirements of the state law in
this regard within a reasonable
time steps will be taken to make
them do so. Particularly must
all alleys be cleaned up and man.
ure piles removed at once.
Following are the provisions of
Rule XXXV of the State Board
of Health:
All privies, toilets and outhouses used
for depositing human excreta must be
made fiy-proof and protected as follows:
/. The roof shall be water tight.
z. The house shall be without cracks
through which flies may enter.
8. The door shall fit closely and be
self-closing.
4. The openings on seats shall have
hinged coverings.
+. The vault, whether pit, box, or
tank, tub, pail or other receptacle, shall
be securely protected against flies.
6. All openings for ventilation, ETC.,
shall be screened with wire netting.
Every person, whether as owner, ten
ant, employer, or agent, being ir
charge of any stable, barn or other
place where horses, mules, cows OIL
other livestock is kept, shall at all times
keep and maintain in or adjacent to sale
stable, barn or other place receptacle
or box of sufficient dimensions to hole
and contain all manure from said live
stock; said receptacle or box shall be Sc
constructed as to prevent any of the
contents filtering through the bottom
or sides and shall be covered with fly
tight lid, which shall be kept closed a
all times, except when it is necessar!
to open same to deposit or remove thu
manure from said receptacle or box.
The provisions of this regulation shall
; not apply to stables or places from whicl
manure is removed each day.
The State Sanitary Inspector, count.
and local health officers will strictly en-
force this regulation.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-18
Stock Market Report.

Following is the report of the
Portland stock market for the
week May Is.
Yesterdays cattle market was
rather a slow and sticky affair
with about 1000 head in the pens.
Demand from killers was limited
due to the heavy purchases made
last week. There was a very
good demand from out of town
butchers which put some strength
in the market and took quite a
steady string at steady prices,
although the bulk of the sales
were on a lower basis relatively
ranging from $40 to 1880; medi-
UNI grades of beef were the best
sellers at steady prices, while
prime sold mostly Is cents lower.
Common beef, that is dairy bred
stuff, suffered a loss of so cents.
Several loads of prime heavy
steers brought 1885 which was
the top, with good light steers
from 1925 to 1880. medium
grade sold around 9.75 to 1000;
with common steers down to So.
There were only a few cows here,
the best getting 9.25 to $50; with
common stuff selling down to SIS.
Best ligh veal calves sold steady
at HOO; a bunch of baby beef
heifers brought 1000. The gen
eral trend of the cattle market
was slow, the pep it has shown
the last few months being absent,
Hog prices ranged mostly II
to Is cents higher, the top was
1900 for three loads with another
load at 1886, the bulk of sales
were made at 1866 to 15.7 rs with
a few light loads down to 1850
Pigs suffered a severe set bacl
of about Is cents due to the
heavy receipts of light hogs dur
ing the last few weeks, the bull
going at $13.
The sheep market is unchang
: ed, only a couple of loads of mix
ed valley sheep were here.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-18
WINTER KILLED WHEAT.
Course For the Farmer to Pursue When
Damage Is Extensive.

Course For the Farmer to Pursue When
Damage Is Extensive.
Reports from different sources indi-
cate that there is some winter killing
Of winter wheat in many sections of
Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and
Texas, although whether the extent of
the damage is more than the average is
uncertain.
Where there has been winter killing
the question arises as to the best course
for the farmer to pursue. The follow
ing procedure is recommended by the
cereal specialists of the United States
department of agriculture:
If the crop is not more than half kill
ed it may be advisable to let it grow
and depend upon natural stooling or
tillering of the remaining plants to
produce a crop. Even fields in which
a majority of the plants have been kill
ed may give profitable yield. In 9th
err fields the stand may be so thin that
it is not advisable to depend upon the
In still other cases all the plants may
be killed. The question is, then, wheth-
er or not to SOW spring wheat either
with or without blowing. If the farm
er is in locality where he knows
spring wheat is sometimes grown and
he can get good seed of an adapted
variety it may be well for him to SOW
l. hn of n1O
in the winter wheat field without pillow
ing, thus adding to the plants of winter
wheat that remain. However, if the
winter wheat is almost or entirely kill
ed the land should be at least diSked
or perhaps plowed before seeding.
Seeding of spring wheat at all is rec
commended only for the northern part
Of the winter wheat belt. Therefore
spring wheat should not be sown III
Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Yves.
Virginia or Maryland, or anywhere
farther south, and probably not in any
portion of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio OF
Pennsylvania. Other crops probably
would be better in these states.
Where winter wheat is killed and
spring wheat seeding is not advisable
corn would usually be the crop to BIZ
planted, though soy beans, potatoes OF
such small grain crops as barley OF
oats may be given preference, depend
ing Oh the locality and on the posi-
bility of procuring good seed and thu
proportional return per acre that ma!
be obtained by using these crops.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-18
P. A. Gaul was Lewiston visitor

P. A. Gaul was a Lewiston visitor
between trains yesterday.
Atty. Greenough is transacting bus
mess this week in Spokane.
Mesdames Nash, F. C. LANCE and
Hamlin are out at the store company's
farm north of town planting spuds
and beans.
Two extremes of weather this week
within twenty-four hours has set uf
wondering if the weather man isn't
about ready for Oro6no.
C. w. Thompson has most of the
machinery installed at his new garage
and, with two new mechanics on thu
Job, is ready to handle all kinds of re
pair work.
Asa Jones is in town from his HON,
across the river and says his stool
came through the winter in good shap
and he didn't lose an animal. Thi
is a fine record for such hard winte
but Asa says 1t took lots of feed an,
work to save them.