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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20

DR.. Henry Jackson Waters, for
eight years president of the Kansas
State Agricultural college, has re-
signed to become managing editor of
the Weekly Kansas City Star. 1t is
understood that mis- new position will
pay much larger salary than he now
receives and will give him special op-
portunity for intensive study Of agri-
cultural problems in the middle west
Doctor Waters will leave the college
as soon as the board can make salts
factory arrangements for administra-
ton of the institution.
Doctor Waters for many years has
been recognized as a leader in agri-
culture and education. A graduate
of the University OF Missouri, and a
former student of the European uni
versities he was for many years con-
nected with the college of agriculture
and the state board of agriculture of
Missouri. For fifteen years he was
dean OF the college cf agriculture.
In 1909, when the board of regents
was seeking the strongest agricul-
turist in America for president of the
Kansas State Agricultural College,
it decided unanimously to call Doctor
Waters He accepted, and since that
time has been head of the institution
developing the teaching, investigation
and extension activities to a point of
high efficiency.
Doctor Waters eminence in agri-
culture and education has been ma
tionally recognized. In 1913, he was
for a long time considered for the
secretaryship of agriculture and in
the following years he was male spe-
cial commissioners to the Philippine
Islands. His report is regarded as
the standard work on Philippine ag-
riculture and education, and adop-
ton OF his suggestions has already
resulted in a saving of several mil
lion dollars.
When war began, President Waters
was called into frequent conference
with government officials. Recently
he was appointed federal food admin
istrator for Kansas. He served also
as member of the price fixing board
on wheat He is chairman of the
state council of defence and an officer
in numerous other state and national
organizations. He is widely known as
an invenvesitgator and writer on agri-
culture.
In the last five yearsDoctor Waters
has received many offers of positions
In other parts of the country at large
increases IN salary. He declined them
all, however, feeling that his heart
was in the middle west and that In
this region he could do his best work
at is with profund regret that l
shall sever my relations with the
board of administration and teachers
and students of the college said Doc
tor Waters today. ''In my new work,
however, trust that I shall continue
to be in a position to promote the
highest interests OF the Kansas State ]
college as well as those
Of the other institutions Of Kansas"
The board of administration will
search the country for the strongest
man obtainable to fill the presidency
Of the college
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20

Don't forget we also carry a COM
plete line of high grade watches, Ell
gin Waltham, Howard and Hamilton,
etc. II. 7. THOLEN & SON.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20
The BIzck Hills

The Black Hills of the Dakotas are
in many ways our most beautiful bit
of scenery. Lacking the grandeur
OF the Rockies, they have a glamour
of isolated lovliness which gives them
the charm of the place cut off and Sc
cluded-the charm that belongs to
lonely islands and to the little towns
of the northern wilderness. The
Black Hills are q mountain islet in a
sea of plain. They have the streams,
the forests and the storms of the
Rockies, and in their Bad Lands
they have the fantastic wind-carven
buttes and mesas of the Painted Des-
ert and the Grand Canyon. Also,
nowadays they have auto roads.
The Black Hills have always been
something more than earthly noun
tains. The aura of savage supersti-
ton hangs round them still. There
is something rather unearthly even
to the most cynical civilized intellect
in the shimmering blue beauty of the
canyons, in the mud tangle of fan
tastically carved cliffs and gullies of
the Bad Lands, in the sudden furious
mountain storms The Black Hills
are the home of the Red Gods. One
great butte the Indians pointed out
as the platform whence their Great
Spirit spoke to his people-the Sinai
of the Dakotas.
The Indians were commanded to
keep away from the inner valleys of
the Black Hills, and they followed the
mandate in all reverence. The hills
were never used in tribal war; the
deer and the bear that lived IN their
Businesses were safe from spear and
arrow. More than that, when the
white man found gold in the Black
Hills and swarmed over the sacred
ground, the Indians fought and died
by hundreds to prevent the desecra-
ton.
Nowadays the red man have out
grown the old reverence to all appear
ances, and they watch the twin skies
spin their blue trail of gasoline vapor
over the new roads without any visi-
BILE emotion-Ex
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20

Cochran Addition and west on Craw-
ford Avenue to the Court House and
tank there
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20
100 IngersoIls

At Tholen's Jewelry Store in the
following grades and prices. Glow
dial models:
IngersoH Army Radcliffe Wrist
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20

FOR SALE
Roller top desk. Inquire at Free
Press Office.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20

LOST
Friday morning between home and
depot, an Eastern Star pin. Reward
for it's return to Mrs. A. W. Noble
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20

Mrs. Joseph Runyon has been re-
celvlng visit from Mrs. M. L. Belden
of lola.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20

Remember, three cents letter post
age on your letters after November
LET
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20
THE CHURCHES.

aethOdI8k Noke8s
9:45 A. II. Sunday School.
IL a. m. Preaching Service.
7p. m G. z. Service.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-20

o p m Evening Worship.
Edward Otis Rogers, PASTOR.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-26
FOOD PLANTS ALONG THE SEA-
SHORE.

Besides winter feeding, described
elsewhere in this series, birds fire.
quenting the seashore may be catered
to by growing plants which produce
their fayorite foods, according to the
United States bureau of biological sur
vey. Where the coast is rocky and the
soil of ordinary character, conditions
are little different from those inland,
and except in relation to exposure
there need be no especial preference
given in the choice of plants. 1t is
worth mentioning, however, that sew
eral trees and shrubs are better to
Withstand the winds so prevalent on
the coast. These include three species
of juniper, common barberry, English
thorn, hybrid crabapple, European and
American mountain ashes, smooth and
staghorn sumacs, priyets, buckthorn
ana rcd-berried elder. Where the soil
is chiefly sand, and that often shifting,
conditions are not suited to many
plants. Selection may be male, how
ever, from the following, all o. which
are known to thrive in such surround
ings:
For seed eaters.-Beach grasses,
japanese smartweed and sunfl0wer.
For fruit eaters. - Bayberry, sea
buckthorn, sand cherry, beach plum,
cranberries and bearberry.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-26
Notes for Women.

A Harvard grad, who might be called
Harold, and a sweet young person who
didn't take football seriously sat in the
Yale Bowl on that Saturday. 1t was al
that tragic moment for the Crimso.
when Casey had been called back aftc
a 78-yard run for a touchdown be
cause there was holding in the linz
The grad was nursing a pent-up eN
plosion.
"Oh, Harold" cried the young per
son; "why are they going to make
him do it over? Did he run too ftrE
The grad simmered More d4nger.
ously.
''No, Ethel" he saiG, ut wasn't that.
Somebody sneezed."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-26
FEEDING FRUIT.EATINe BIRDS
Of biological survey :

Feeding fruit-eatlng birds is best ac-
cies of fruit-bearing shrubs and trees.
Through late spring and summer there
is usually an abundance Of insect food
In addition to fruit enough for all the
birds. So far as fruit alone is con-
cerned fall is the season of overflow
ing abundance; in winter the supply
gradually decreases, and late winter
and early spring are the seasons Of
actual scarcity. This is the critical
time of year for many birds, and a
plentiful supply of wild fruit will tide
them over. Fortunately, everywhere
in the United States there are some
fruits that persist until there is 10
longer any need of them. If enough
are planted, no birds able to live on
this class of food should starve. The
best of these -persisting fruits are
juniper, bayberry, thorn apples and
related fruits, holly and snOwberry.
Information on fruits useful for this
purpose in any section of the United
States may be obtained from the Unit
ed States bureau of biological survey.
Birds devour cultivated fruit prin-
cipally because the processes Of culti-
walton diminish the wild supply. The
presence of wild fruit in locality al
ways serves to protect domestic va
rieties, especially when the wild frees
or shrubs are of the same kind as the
cultivated ones and .ripen earlier,
Among those most useful for the pur-
pose are mulberry, wild blackberries
and Strawberries, serviceberry, wild
cherry and elderberry.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-26
BlRDHoUsE CONSTRUCTION.

Wood is a better building material
for birdhouses than metal or earthen-
ware. Entrance holes should be shell
tered by projecting roofs to exclude
rain. All houses should be easy to
open for cleaning. A perch at the en-
trance is unnecessary, and may even
be an objection, as it is frequently
used by English sparrOws while they
twitter eXasperatinely to brighten off
more desirable occupants. To provide
for proper ventilation, a row of small
holes is sometimes bored just beneath
the caves, but there should never be a
ventilating hole lover thnn the en-
trance, and joints should be made tight,
AZ drafts of air are dangerous. In case
there is danger that rain may be
driven in through the door, small
drainage hole, which will be covered
by the nest, may be made in the
middle of the floor.
The appearance and durability of
houses are improved by Il coat of
paint. A neutral shade of green or
gray is suitable for houses mounted in
trees, while those on poles, being con-
spicuously placed, lend themselves
tremendously to the landscape when
painted white. Heads of nails and
screws should be set rather deeply
and covered with putty.
In building birdhouses it should be
with the object of attracting particu-
lar species of birds, as the require
ments of the different species vary.
The following forms of birdhouses are
suggested by the United States bureau
of biological survey:
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-26
Presence of Mind.

In his "reminiscences Of oxford Rev.
/. w. Tuckell cells us that in his under
graduate days the dean Of Christ
Church college was Familiarity known
as "Presence of Mind Smith," Mr..
Tuckell also supplies the traditional
explanation of the nickname. When a
student at the university, Smith had
gone out boating with friend. He re-
turned without the friend.
"Wheres Jones?' he was asked.
ooh, well, we had an accident. The
boat leaked and when we were bailing
1t out Jones fell into the river. He
caught hold of the boat and pulled It
down to the waters edge. Neither of
us could swim and if l had not, with
great presence of mind, hit him on the
head with the boathoOk both would
nave been drowned"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-26

The house shown in Figures I to
4 is designed to be set on pole or
a tree stub for the use of swallows
especially, and for these birds the cav
ity should be about 5 by 5 inches, with
Il depth of 6 inches and an entrance
/ Il inches in diameter. 1t can be
cleaned by simply lifting the box from
its hase. Bluebirds ana wrens, as we'll
as swallows, nest in this style of
house, though they prefer cavity 8
inches deep. Figure illustrates a
house to be attached to tree. 1t can
be opened for cleaning by turning a
button and removing the bottom. This
house is easy to build and if suitably
proportional is adapted to great va
riety of birds. Plans are furnished
for two sizeS-one for bluebirds and
the other for screech owls or sparrow
hawks.
The flicker house shown in Figure 6
is designed to be placed on a post or
the stub of tree. The cavity should
be by Z inches and 16 to Is inches
deep. The roof can be lifted in the
same way that stopper is removed
from a bottle. A house suitable for
members of the woodpecker family
and also for nuthatches and titmice,
including chickadees, is shown in Fig
ure Z. 1t is attached to boles of trees.
The bottom is removable. ,Woodpeck-
ers demand a rather deep cavity for
nesting-from - to IS inches. The
other dimensions required are about
6 by inches, with an entrance from
IA to . inches in diameter. An inch
or so of sawdust should be placed in
the bottom of the house, as woodpeck.
ers 10 not gather nest materials.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-26
Speaks Without Reserve.

81 have spoken upon these great mat
ters without reserve and with the ut
most explicftnoss because it has
seemed to me to be necessary If the
worlds yearning desire for peace was
anywhere to find free voice and utter
ance. Perhaps l am the only person
in high authority among all the peo-
ples of the world who is at liberty 10
sneak and hold nothing back. | am
speaking as an individual. and yet !
am sneaking also, of course, as She re
sponsibIe h .ad of a great government,
and | feel confident ihat | have said
what the people of the United States
would wish me to say. May not add
that I hope and believe that | am in
effect speaking for liberals and friends
If humanity in every nation and Of
every program of liberty? would
fai1 believe that I am speaking for
the silent mass of mankind every
where. who have as yet had no place or
opportunity to speak their real hearts
out concerning the death and ruin they
see to have come already upon the
persons end the homes they hold most
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-26
There Are others.

Physicion-But have you ever had
any experience as q nurse?
Applicant-Why, / never did any,
thing else since | was a child.
Physician-Indeed! And what Il
your speciality?
Applicant-Nursing trouble.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22
FRENCH ACHIEVE
SPLENDID GAINS
Capture Four Thousand Prisoners in
Great Drive Over Eleven
Mile Line.

Parsi, Aug. 20.-A smashing
French victory on the Verdun front
is recorded in the official report is
sued by the war Office tonight. The
French have captured the enemy de-
fenses on both sides of the Meuse
over a front of more than II miles,
penetrating the German lines at di-
verse points to depth of mile and
quarter. More than 1000 un-
wounded German prisoners have been
taken.
The French attacked this morning
on both banks of the Meuse. This bat
tie has developed to the advantage
of the French on a sector of IS kilo-
metres I'll miles.)
The Temps says that in one hour
and ten minutes after the French ad-
vanced to the attack the first objec-
tive had been attained and German
prisoners were going to the rear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22
A PARTY IN ANTREVILLE.

Miss Glendale Bowen entertained
a large number of friends Thursday
evening at her pretty home near An
treville in honor of her visiting
guests, Miss Virginia Staley and Miss
Hattie Agnew of Due West. The
porches and the large lawn was
lighted by japanese lanterns and
bonfres. Pleasant conversation, mu-
sic and dancing entertained the jolly
crowd until a late hour. A delight
full salad course was served near the
close of the evening. Those attend
ing from Abbeville were:
Misses Elizabeth Faulkner, Virgin
ia Aiken, Winona Barksdale, Mary
Hill Harris, Charley Calvert, Harry
Lofts, Frank Gary, Weber Wilson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22
RED CROSS OF DUE WEST.

The communities Of Due West and
Donalds have organized a Red Cross
Chapter with an enrolment of about
265.
The Due West sewing room. at
Phoenix Hotel, will be open every
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
from 8 to o'clock. "
At this time the ladies may return
finished garments and also take out
garments to be made.
A list of the garments made by
the Due West ladies may be of inter-
est to some.
shoulder wraps.
II pairs foot warmers.
6 pairs leggins.
9 bottle covers.
, z bed shirts.
helmets.
pairs pajamas.
8 operating aprons. !
8 bath robes.
1 rest pad.
The ladies of Donalds will report
later.
All members who have not paid
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22

The Red Cross Chapter at Abbe-
vile has received call for three
hundred sets of knit woolen suits for
the soldiers in France and the women
of the country are asked to volunteer
for this work. The suits will consist
of wooden sweater, socks, wrist
lets and scarfs. This will make in
all twelve hundred knitted garments
to 60 to France from Abbevile.
Needles and wool will be furnished
to anyone who will knit. Classes
will be started for all who do not
know how to knit. Any one who will
volunteer should phone to Mrs. Frank
B, Gary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22
BIBLES WILL CARRY
MESSAGES OF WILSON
President Writes Impressively Beau
tiful Message for United States
Soldiers and Sailors.

The State.
A Columbia woman requests that
The State reprint the following mes
sage written by President Wilson as
foreword in some Bibles which the
Scripture Gift Mission of Philadel-
phia will present to American soldiers
and sailors. Impressively beautiful
and strikingly Indicative of the deep
religious spirit of the president, is
the message which was printed as a
Washington dispatch to the Balti-
more Sun:
"The Bible is the word of life. I
beg that you will read it and find
this out for yourselves. Read, not
little snatches here and there, but
long passages that will really be the
road to the heart of it.
"You will find it full of real men
and women not only, but also of
things you have wondered about and
been troubled about all your life, as
men have been always; and the more
you read the more it will become
plain to you what things are worth
while and what are not; what things
make men happy-loyalty, right
dealings, speaking the truth, readi-
ness to give everything for what they
think their duty, and, most of all,
the wish that they may have the real
approval of the Christ, who gave
everything for them-and the things
that are guaranteed to make men
unhappy selfishness, cowardice,
greed and everything that is low and
mean.
"When you have read the Bible
you will know that it is the Word of
God, because you will have found it
the key to your own heart, your own
happiness mad your own duty.
(Signed) Woodrow Wilson,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22
RED CROSS AT ANTREVlLLE.

On last Friday afternoon, Chair
man ]. S. Morse, Secretary Mrs. C. G.
Gambrell, and other officers of the
Abbeville Chapter of the Red Cross
went to Antreville for the purpose
of organizing a branch chapter OF
the society at that place.
A good number of people were
present at the school house when the
visitors arrived and all were enthu.
siastic to do work for the organiza-
ton. Short speeches were made by
Hon. F. B. Gary, Rev. H. w. Pratt
and William P. Greene, outlining
some of the causes of the war and
telling of the Red Cross work.
After these speeches the organiza-
tion was completed by the election
of Miss Valeria Crowther as chair
man, DR.. J. A. Anderson as vice.
chairman and Mrs. Enoch McCarter
as secretary. twenty-five members
joined the chapter at this meeting
and the officers expect to double the
number very shortly.
The officers and members at An
treville have taken hold Of the work
and expect to do their bit towards
providing for the American soldiers
in France and their dependents at
home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22
GERMAN BLOW FAILED.

London, Aug. 20.-A German
counterattack on the positions cap
tured by the British yesterday morn
ing southeast Of Epehy was complete
ly repulsed after sharp fighting, ac-
cording to an official statement is
sued today by the war office. A sue
cessful raid was carried out last night
south of Lens. On the Ypres battle
front the British line has been ad-
vanced slightly southeast of ST..
Jenshock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22
PINK BOLLWORM is
SPREADING IN MEXICO
Department of Agriculture Reports
Seed From Infested Territory
Planted Eagle Pass, Texas.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 21.-That
the pink bollworm is becoming wide
ly distributed in Mexico, and through
shipments of infested seed is likely
to appear much nearer the Texas
border this year is the report brought
back from Mexico by representative
of the Federal Bureau. of Entomolo-
gy, who recently explored the terri
tory in northern Mexico now infested
by the bollworm.
Near Eagle Pass, Tex, on the
Mexican side, the representative
found field of 60 acres of cotton
planted with seed obtained in the La
guna region of Mexico. This region
now is widely infested with the in
sect, and it is considered likely that
the pest will become much nearer
the Texas border as the result of
paintings of infested seed. Such
seed has been planted at Morales
near the town of Allende, about so
miles from Eagle Pass 'and even
nearer the United States, at a point
opposite Del Rio. Agents of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture are keeping a close watch of
the territory, along the Mexican side
and will endeavor to stamp out any
outbreaks which may occur this sea-
son.
The wide distribution of the pest
in the Laguna region was shown by
samples of seed obtained by the en-
tomologists. Of 40 samples collect
ed throughout this region, 80 were
infested. In some parts of the La
guna section the new pest has not
attracted much attention, the speci-
alist reports, perhaps because its
seriousness is not yet appreciated. In
other localities, notably the south
eastern part of the Laguna, it has
reached such numbers as to interfere
seriously with the cultivation of cot
ton.
The rapid spread of the pink boil
worm in Mexico probably is due to
the wide demand for seed of the
Egyptian variety in which the pest
was carried to this country. The
pink bollworm was first introduced
in Mexico in 1911 through the i'm
portation of 125 sacks of Egyptian
seed, which were planted in the vi
cinity of Monterey. The paintings
from this seed yielded we'll and a
demand arose for the seed. Much
of it was sent to the planters in the
Laguna district.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22

roll tells this interesting fact. In for
mer days colored employees wanted
silver dollars in their pay envelopes.
Now silver dollars are utter strangers
to the pay envelopes; crisp new dol
lar bills take the places of the wheels
This week it required 10000 dollar
bills to equalize the 10000 men on
the pay roll.
Besides the 100000 pounds of food
the men will use every day, the equip
ment will have to be kept on hand.
For the $4,000 men to be stationed
here the quartermaster will at til
times keep on hand:
10000 undershirts.
10000 pairs drawers.
10000 hats.
10000 pairs of shoes.
100000 pairs hose.
$4,000 overcoats.
10000 drab shirts.
And about everything imaginable
from an electric light bulb to paper
of pins.
The foodstuff will be held in re-
serve in the same way. Millions of
pounds of food have been contracted
for. Thanks to Ebbit Watson, sweet
potatoes are on the menu.
Just word about the eating The
diet list is carefully studied and is
wholesome, but if the men prefer
they may get the money value of
their quota of beans or potatoes or
meal-and buy eggs or anything else
they may wish instead.