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Williams news., 1917-01-25

(From the United States Department of
 Agriculture)
 There are some sections of the coun- try that have become noted for the auality of the live stock they pro- duce. In most instances this is found to be the result of concentrated eff fort. The state of Wisconsin offers a splendid illustration of what can be accomplished through community breeding associations. Here are to be found 136 organizations devoted to the breeding of high-class live stock. Of this number, 10S are promoting cattle of the different dairy breeds; 2, beef cattle; 10, horses; 2, swine; and IA, general live stock. These associations have met with marked success and prove conclusively that community livestock breeding is not an experi- ment when thoroughly organized and properly conducted. Livingston coun- ty, Michigan, ad a considerable sec tion of New York, particularly the re- zion adjacent to Syracuse, are famous for their dairy cattle. In Iowa promi- hence has been gained in swine rais- ih5. AhO Oiuu ooo 1CSlOl O1 AACh- lucky, noted as the center of American saddle-horse breeding, affords a fur ther example of the success resulting from unity of effort and purpose. There are still other sections where attention is being given to the pro- duction of the different classes of live stock. Each is noted as a breeding center, and buyers who pay the high est prices are attracted from other states and even foreign countries.
 Leader Is Necessary.
 The organization of a community or cooperative live stock breeders asso- ciation requires the services of lead CT, as do all movements that have for their object the improvement of un- satisfactory conditions. The leader in an enterprise of this kind should be one of the successful breeders of the community-aggress as well as progressive. With such a man at the head of the movement, little trouble should be experienced in interesting others and securing their cooperation. A preliminary organization should be effected, a committee appointed to draft a constitution and bylaws, and definite breed selected which the asso- citation is to promote.
 The selection of a breed is of great importance. If the best results are to be gained, individual taste should be disregarded and a breed selected which has proved profitable in the community. The action taken in this respect should be unanimous, and every effort should then be made in improving the type of stock to which the organization is committed. When
Williams news., 1917-01-25

leased a coat and a waistcoat, identi- fled as belonging to him, were found on board West Shore ferryboat. The body of a man who had been drowned in the river was found October 30 at the foot of West Nineteenth street George w. Adolph, a relative, of No 612 West One Hundred and Seventy. eighth street, identified it as that o1 Schutt. Lieut.. Grant Williams of the Bureau of Identification had other rel. atives of Schutt Identify the body be. fore he finally consented to it's remov. al. Relatives buried the body.
 Despite the Identification, detectives connected with the office of the district attorney were sceptical. Frederick Sullivan, deputy assistant district at. torney, asked Judge Delehanty to de clare the bail forfeit, asserting thai new information had convinced him Schutt had not committed suicide. De tectives are locking for Schutt.
Williams news., 1917-01-25

ne was no match for him in physical strength. Alphonse was wiry, but Jean was built like a stunted giant.
 The dogs seized the opportunity to come to a standstill. The leaders promptly coiled themselves up in the snow, while the two men struggled in the sleigh.
 Jean hurled Alphonse into the snow and, before he could arise, flung him. self upon him again.
 "So-you are going to Esquimaux, and you think you will see Nanette there !" be sneered.
 Alphonse said nothing, because this was hardly a time to talk. He wished he could get at his knife, but it was in his belt and the leather sheath had shifted around to the back.
 "I am going to kill you," said Jean Petit. q am going to kill you, and no- body will know who did it. Your bones will have been picked white by the wolves long before the carrier passes here on his way from Esquim- aux"
 Alphonse still said nothing, but he could see murder in Jeans eyes and smell his whisky-laden breath.
 "After a few months I shall ask Nanette to marry me-" continued Jean. "She loved me before you came, and she will love me again"
 He whipped the knife out of his belt, but Alphonse, who had been watching for that movement, flung himself at him, and the two men wres- tied in the deep snow. To and fro they staggered. Jean was much stronger than Alphonse, but the two were fighting for one mans life, and that mans desperation lent him new strength. Finally Alphonse managed to shake off his assailant and leap into the sled.
 "Mush!' he shouted to the leaders, and as they rose he saw, out of the corner of his eye, Jean rushing toward him again.
 But the sleigh started off, and Jean was left behind. He could not catch the fugitive, with his fleet dogs. Al phonse turned and saw Jean sitting by the roadside, looking at him.
 Then to his horror Alphonse real fzed that one of the sacks Of mail had fallen out of the sled. He saw it lying by the side of the trail He knew that it was safe enough, for Jean Petit, though he was willing to take the chances of murder, would not dare to touch the mall. But the loss oe it meant the loss of Alphonse's position. Besides, there was the matter of duty and Nanette.
Williams news., 1917-01-25

service of new sire and at the same time make it possible to determine which are the best producers so that those not making good can be dis posed of.
 A sufficient number of the best fe- males from the successful sires should be retained, and in some cases male offspring may be put into service in the neighborhood. This will obviate the necessity for any further exten- sive purchases and give constant SUD- ply of good blood and uniform quality. In addition, it will provide an adequate number of animals to take the place of those that die, are injured, or sold. The serviceable sires crossed with the fe- males retained will be of incalculable value in the continued production of animals of outstanding merit.
 Lack of Uniformity.
 One of the reasons for the lack of uniformity in the quality of our live stock is the fact that many of our in- dividual farmers and breeders have not adhered to one type or breed of sire. The results provide a striking eAdIuple Ol tue ueeQ or OrSan1ZaC1OQ. With the organized community many advantages are to be gained. First of all, greater interest will be taken in the proper methods of breeding, feed ing, etc., with the result that definite community type will be established and the members will work together in maintaining that ideal. United action is brought about in the prevention and eradication of disease, combined ac- tion along this line being far more eff fective and economical than individual effort. The good effect of combined action on the part of the breeders of a community in preventing the spread of such disease as hog cholera, for instance, can readily be appreciated. Much can be accomplished in a sim liar manner in stamping out conta- gious diseases among other classes of live stock, and by the adoption of prop CT sanitary methods further outbreaks in the community can be avoided. A reputation for sound, healthy stock is most desirable and valuable asset.
Williams news., 1917-01-25
THIS BRIDE IS
 IN REAL TROUBLE
She Cannot Decide Whether She Loves Husband or An-
 other Man.
BOTH ARDENT SUITORS
Landed First on One, Then on the 9th. er-Repented Her Bargain After She Had Been Led to Altar
 and Fled.

Kansas City.-After the most excit- ing week ever spent by a bridegroom following his wedding, Earl Stevens, a bank clerk, has returned to his desk in the New England National bank here, and his bride is passing her days at the home of her parents in the same city. The couple have not gone to housekeeping yet and there's a reason. The young husband and the brides parents are not sure he would find her there when he returned home at night {; they are not sure she would not have another change of heart and again de- one of two suitors, and disappear like she did A hours after her marriage.
 The story goes back to a church en- tertainment in which Mrs. Stevens, then Miss Mildred McDonough, took part. She had been escorted to the church by young Stevens and there she met Herbert Gribble, a University From that time on 1t was a lovers battle between the two young men. Each pressed the girl to marry him. She was fond of both. Finally one night she consented to marry Gribble.
 Asks for Explanation.
 Stevens heard of it the next day, called Miss McDonough on the tele- phone and asked for an explanation of the encouragement she had appeared to give him. Again she underwent a change of heart. Stevens was quick to seize his advantage, secured mar riage license and hurried to the parish house with his sweetheart. The pair went to the home of a relative and next morning Stevens returned to work. During the day the bride dis appeared.
 All the next night the frantic hus- band and the equally frantic parents sought for the girl. The next day
Williams news., 1917-01-25
DEAD, KINSMEN SAY;
 ALIVE, COURT RULES
Henry w. Schutt, Whose Sup posed Body Was Identified,
 Declared a Fugitive.

New YOrk.-Henry w. Schutt, law yer, believed to be dead by his rela. lives after they had identified body found in the Hudson river, is alive and must be sought by the police as a fu- gitive from justice, according to a de- cision of Judge Delehanty in the Court of General Sessions. He is wanted to answer to an accusation of grand lar. ceny. His office was at No. 30 Church street and his home in Weehawken, N. J.
 After his indictment, October 15, Schutt was arraigned in General Ses. sions and pleaded not guilty, being re- leased on bail of $1,000. Richard Grant of No. 9 Tenth avenue, fur. nished the bail. Soon after he was re.
Williams news., 1917-01-25

the breed has been decided upon, the first step is to procure a number of sure purebred~ sires of that breed to be mated with the females owned by the members. If there are few good privately owned sires already in the community they can be put out for service and the expense divided on a pro rata basis.
 If additional sires are found neces- sary, it should be possible for the as- sociation to secure them at consider able saving in price through the selec- ton of a committee of competent men authorized to make the purchases. It will in some cases be advisable to have a qualified veterinarian as one member of the committee.
 Placing Sires.
 At the opening of the breeding sea- ,on the sire should be placed at the most convenient points and put in the hands of capable and efficient men who understand the breeding question and who will take proper care of the annals in their charge. After each second season 1t may prove advisable to change or shift the sires. This will allow each breeder to procure the
Williams news., 1917-01-25
TAGGING OF SHEEP
 IS IMPORTANT WORK
Operation Is Simple and Consists of Placing Animal on Side
 and Removing Wool.

(By R. H: WILLIAMS. Professor of Anil nal Husbandry. University of Arizona.)
 All good shepherds in Europe tag their ewes. The operation is simple and consists of placing the sheep on its side and by means of hand shears cutting away the soiled wool and ma around the rear end. Anyone can per- form this work and it is an especially good method, of keeping the sheep clean and sanitary, and also one will have less trouble at lambing time for the lambs will more easily find their way to the nipple if the tag ends have been clipped from around the udder. Very often young lambs will get lock of wool in their mouths instead of the teat, and they often suck in dangerous amounts of wool which accumulate in the stomach, and often cause death. It is probable that quite large per centage of the mortality in very young lambs comes from this source.
 It will pay best to tag the ewes, but many shepherds also tag the wethers, rams and lambs. One will find that the work of shearing is so much clean CT, and can be performed more rapidly so that there is not much additional work. When it comes to selling the wool, one will easily secure more mon- ey for a clip that has been taken from a well-tagged sheep, and in the future, when wool is bought on it's merits, this is bound to be an economic ad- vantage.
Williams news., 1917-01-25
TOTAL CROP YIELDS IN 1916
Estimated Production of Important Products in United States Com-
 pared With Last Year.

The total production of important products this year in the United States compared with last year is estimated as follows: Corn, S9 per cent; wheat, COL per cent; oats, 79.S per cent; bar ley, TIA per cent; rye, S5.1 per cent; buckwheat, SS.4 per cent; potatoes, S3.7 per cent; sweet potatoes, 912 per cent tobacco, 113.4 per cent; f1axseed, 111.3 per cent; rice, 1146 per cent; hay Gall tame), 1O1.1 per cent; clover hay, 1OS.S per cent; cotton, 1O4O per cent; apples, S6.3 Der cent; peaches, 5S.2 per cent; pears, 9O.9 per cent; su- gar beets, 115.3 per cent.
Williams news., 1917-01-25
On the Mail Route
By H. M. EGBERT
Ss4'S Ss4'Sve%e&eNe&7e&e%S&e&E
 Copyright, 1916. by w. G. Chapman)

Copyright, 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)
 It was seventeen miles by dog sled to EsquimauX Harbor, and AlphOnse had plenty of time to cover it. He an ticipated no difficulty, and in any event none could exist. He was the mail carrier, and it is an axiom of the serv- ice that the mails have to go through.
 But Alphonse had another cause for looking forward to his arrival at Esquimaux. There lived Nanette, his sweetheart, who had pledged herself to become engaged to him as soon as he secured the contract. And he had secured it, and was on his way to present the visible proof in the shape of his own presence.
 He knew how bitterly his rival, Jean Petit, had resented his winning the girls love. Jean had been half drunk ever since Alphonse secured the along the road of the threats that he had made against him.
 Alphonse was not thinking of them. Nor was he thinking of Jean Petit. All his thoughts were concentrated upon Nanette as the dogs swung over the hill into the miles of stunned birch wood that line the trail to within seven miles of the terminus.
 As he did so a figure leaped out from among the undergrowth of the preceding year, tall sticks of aborted trees and tangled brier roots, and seized him by the arms. Alphonse rec ognized Jean, mad with drink, mad to the point of murder. He knew that
Williams news., 1917-01-25
BAR LOVE IN FILMS

Birmingham, Ala.-When Ar lie Barber was elected to tho city commission here on the So- cialist ticket, he declared for Sunday moving picture shows. Now he has introduced an ordi- nance which reads, in part:
 Pictures depicting the fol- lowing scenes shall also be barred: Love, murder, domes- tic troubles, divorces, gambling houses, resorts of questionable character, bar scenes and riots"
 Movie proprietors declare they will have to go out of busi- ness if the suggestion is made a law.
Williams news., 1917-01-25
Dwarfs Are Wed,

Greenwich, N. Y.-Miss Elizabeth Jarnicke, aged twenty-eight and Joseph s. Alpuente, aged forty-two, Lillipu- tians, were married here. The bride is three feet nine inches high and the groom three feet ten inches.
Williams news., 1917-01-25
Fined for Gum chewino.

New York.-Because he chewed gum in the presence of Magistrate Krotel while asking for a warrant for a man alleged to have stolen phono- graph records from him, Frank Bar dOnnes was held in $500 for contempt of court.
Williams news., 1917-01-25

Stevens bethought himself of Gribble. He called upon the musician who ad- mitted having met the bride downtown. "She said she really loved me and had made a mistake" Gribble said. "She told me she was going away. She did not say where, but I probably will hear from her."
 Finds Missing Bride.
 He did. The next day came a tele- gram that the missing bride was in Oklahoma City, Okla. Gribble turned the message over to the husband, who started with the brides mother. Upon arriving at Oklahoma City they learned that Mrs. Stevens had left on a train back to Kansas City. A tele- gram to the girls father told him to meet the train she was on, but she lodged him by stopping at a suburban station, and riding into the city on a street car. She made straight for home.
 A censorship has been established and no word comes from the bride or bridegroom save stories that numerous family conferences are being held in an effort to straighten out the tangle occasioned by the brides inability to decide whether she loves her husband or Gribble. It is said that the bride has announced her plans for the future are undecided. Meanwhile Stevens sticks to his job in the bank.
Williams news., 1917-01-25
Routs Masher With Pen,

Forestburg, N. Y.-Using a fountain pen in self-defense, Mrs. Beulah Len pert, twenty-four, jabbed and squirted with ink a masher who had grabbed and hugged her until she put him to rout.
Williams news., 1917-01-25
A Year for Each Dollar.

Kenosha, Wis.-"One year for each dollar" was the sentence pronounced on Calvin Lewis, aged twenty-two charged with the theft of $5.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
TAKEN SECRETLY
FROM COUNTY
TWO Men Charged With Murder or
keet Baby, Have Been Re-
moved From Kansas
City.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 49,
Claude Piersol and CIetus Adams,
held in connection with the Keet
kidnapping were taken secretly from
the county Jail here early today.
Their whereabouts now is unknown
to local officers. It is believed, how
ever, that they are either held in
st. Louis or are in the charge of fed
eral officers.
The request for the prisoners came
from Sheriff "Bill" Webb, after the
suspects had been questioned by fed
cial officials and Greene county
authorities.
The sheriff also carried with him
informations issued at Springfield
charging Adams and Piersol with the
murder of Baby Lloyd Keet The
charges were filed after it was
learned efforts. were being made to
secure the release of the suspects
Rewards totaling $1,000 have been
offered for the arrest of the Keet
abductors and influential Springfield
men are raising $4,000 to add to
the sum offered by the state and
county
Dick Carter, the third person
charged with the murder of the kid
naped baby, has not been appre-
hended.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
FIND TRAP DOOR
IN DEATH SHOP
CONTINUED from Page ~

$3.50 that night. He admitted three
other men were there and he gave
their names to Dooling.
Blady is said to be one of Cocchi's
closest friends. He is said to have
driven Cocchi to his home that night
when he left at $50. Meantime ghoul-
morgue where Ruth Cruger's body lay
and stole gold stick pin and five
shell hairpins from the little bundle OF
trinkets paced beside her body on the
slab. AT the same time city, state and
government officials cabled the Ital-
ian authorities at Rome and Bologna
and brought all possible influence to
bear to get Cocchi back here to
answer the indictment charging him
with the murder Of Ruth Cruger.
Close scrutiny of the Cocchi shop
revealed what the authorities consider
unmistakable evidence that Cocchi
and probably two or three accomplices
butchered the little school girl
In the closet Mushroom where the
actual killing is believed to have &C.
CURED, pieces of tin had been newly
tackled over what appear to be
splotches of blood. A thin coat of
fresh white paint had been applied to
other splotches on the wall Scrapings
OF the stains have been sent to an
analyslst. Removal of a square of
iron from the floor of the
shop disclosed a newly cut trap door,
whlch II was necessary for the muir
derer to cut to get the girls body in
TO the basement without taking it out
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
DECIDE WAR BY
ARMADA OF SKIES
Continued from Page L.

bases, ammunition depots, supply
troops, divisions in reserve--every-
thing and everybody, harrassed by
the allied airmen, often completely
frustrating the defense at critical
junctures.
In short, the German report WIS
confession that an army is power
less unless something approaching
equality is maintained in the air.
Thus the experts here agree that
with prompt action America can
throw the balance so completely to
the allies that the Prussian airmen
will be unable to cross the lines
from the sea to SYSTEMATICALLY
binding the enemy and placing him
at such disadvantage that decisive
blow can be struck on the ground.
Other German data recently taken,
admits the allies outnumbered the
Germans in aeroplanes by ten to one,
in the battle of the Somme. This
ratio, airmen here agreed, ought to
be maintained hereafter.
The Germans evidently have an
inkling of what the future has in
store for them. They are straining
every means to increase the areo-
plane output. So hastily are their
machines built nowadays that they
tend to fall to pieces as soon as the
strain of acrobatics is put upon them.
And acrobatics are now essential to
aerial fighting. If America strikes
while the iron is hot, Germany will
be driven from the sky.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
Attorney General Takes Hand.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.I
LINCOLN, Nebr., June 19.-Attor-
ney General Reed today took hand
in Omaha's big strike and obtained a
TEN porary order restraining both the
Business Mems association and the
fourteen labor organizations engaged
in the clash. District Judge Leslie
of Omaha, granted the temporary in
junction and set June q as the date
for hearing on the permanent order.
The attorney general points out
that the country is engaged in war
and needs it's workers for toiling
purposes, and asks that the closed
shop question be held in allegiance
until the close of the war
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

Inc river Will 1all steadily at the
rate of about four tenths Of foot per
day for several days.
Weather Forecast.
For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
night and probably Wedne sday; not
much change in temperature.
For Iowa: Fair tonight and prob
ably Wednesday in the extreme north
west portion tonight.
For Missouri: Fair tonight, probab-
ly becoming unsettled Wednesday,;
not much change in temperature.
Weather Conditions.
The warm wave has passed to the
central valleys, and there have been
light showers in portions Of the upper
Mississippi valley and the lake region
which are followed by fair, somewhat
cooler weather from the Mississippi
valley to the mountain region this
morning.
Local Observations.
June Bar. Their. Wind W'th'r.
10 Z p. m. 1880 81 S PIT Cdy
10 Z a. m. 5000 81 NV Clear
Mean temperature 18th, 75 highest,
Sc; lowest, ca; lowest last night, 60.
FRED q. GOSEWlSCH,
Observer