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The evening herald., 1917-12-29
AMERICAN CONSULATE
IN COSTA RIGA BURNS;
MOST OF PAPERS LOST

san Jose. Costa Rica. uco. 30"
Damage CAUSED 1y the fire which dee
stroyed nli bat two of the nuildiugs uu
public .uuarc tc~tcrda, ls estimated
.at 81 0O0 900. mostly covered bv ln-
suranre There was uu loss OF .ie.
Tn. American consulate. the lut,rnI-
tiopnl Grub and the principal depart
mont store Of the city were purn''
Most of the papers ln me CONSUME.
were lost
The evening herald., 1917-12-29
TRAINS FROM EAST ARR
LATE REtCIiING CHICAGO

Chicago. Dec. e9.-Snow today
made incoming trains from the east
hours late Scar Hammond. Ina.
lires Of passenger trains from the east
stalled so long that hundreds Of pas
scugers yinitcd farm houses. groceries
aud drug stores for food
The evening herald., 1917-12-29
BRITISH LOSE THREE
OESTROYERS,, 1873 MEN
REPORTED DROWNED
Vessels Were Struck by a Tor
pedo or Hit a Mine Of Dutch
Coast During Foggy Weather
on the Night of December %


By Associated Press
London. Dee 20 Three British
sprpedo bont dcsiroycrs were sunk
through being struck by torpcdoes or
hitting mine of the Dutch coast "u
the night uf December % with a loss
nf thirteen Officers aud $50 men the
admiralty announced today
The statement reads
Three ~ our destroyer were
mined or torpedocd durius fogs>
weather off the Dutch coast "n the
night Of the g2nd of December \
total Of ~ officers and l>n men were
lost
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of the other allies and Mr.. Stevens
thinks II should be exerted To the ut
most but that the application Of
physical force Ia any degree Is not
advisable
In conclusion Mr. stevens said
Not for a moment should the al
lies relax their sympathy and help
hut on the contrary should duadrtipie
their efforts. The best sentiment in
Russin h with us. but the question
IS how 20 give IN such manner as
20 maintain The sympathy of the in
.elligent ciaases and offset the Ger
man influenorf We should earnestly
beg the allies no; % punish the Rus-
stan people who love their country
nor 20 abandon them 20 the Ger
mans.
we are going back and will stay
there as long as we can be of any
assistance 10 the Russian people"
The evening herald., 1917-12-29
COLD[ST WEATHEROF
WINTER PREVAILS IN
STATE OF NEBRASKA
Norfolk Reports a Minimum of 27
Degrees Below Zero, Omaha 20
Below and Lincoln II; Dakotas
and Minnesota in Colds Grip.


by Associated Prcss.
Lincoln. Neb.. Dec 80 the cnldost
weather uf the winter WAS experienced
ia Nebraska today with Norfolk rec
porting minimum of ID degrees be-
low zero. omaha 20 below and Lin
culr a., The colh was general
throurhou; the state
The evening herald., 1917-12-29
CSE DEGRfJi BEi,ow ZERO
IN Y. v. "AND FALLING

New York. Dec. 20 THE tempcra-
tl.re here to-day was one degree bee
low zero "and faiung" nt q. M.
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TWO To TvEINE BELOW
IN WESTERN MISNn al

kansas city. Mo. Dec 30 -T,m-
peratures ranging from 3 below to %
helcw zero prevailed in Kansas 'ity
and western Missouri today
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Arizona.

The Jackman molybdenum mines in
the ,Wallapai mountains, fifteen miles
east of Kingman, are undergoing de-
velopment. A camp has been estab-
lished and force of men sent in.
1t is stated that every available cop,
per prospect in the west portion Of
Arizona has been and is being devel-
oped, since the war began, and there
are now millions of tons of the red
metal being produced in the South
west where not an ounce was mined
prior to the war.
One copper mine in the Globe dis
trict recently increased it's output
from 35,000,00O pounds a year to TO-
100000 pounds by bringing in new
mines and erecting monster mills for
concentrating. the ore. Another syndi-
cate paid $2,OOO,O0O for 1000 acres ad-
joining it's mining field in another
copper district while capital stock is
being doubled throughout the copper
field, output is being doubled, and ev-
erything possible done to prepare the
United States for it's share in the war.
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New Mexico.

The oil business in Eddy county is
booming
The old silver mines in the Bullard
peak mining district, west of Silver
City, are taking on renewed life and
activity.
1t is reported that the low-grade
lead-zinc ores of the Magdalena dis
trict will find a profitable market at
the new process plant at Waldo.
The Copper Jack Mining Company
of Alden, Dona Ana county, filed incor-
poration papers with the State Corpor-
alton Commission. The capitalization
is $500,OOO.
The Empire Zinc Company is en-
ploying $50 men in the operation of
it's mining property and mill at Han
over. A thousand tons of sulphides
are being shipped monthly, together
with 250 tons of high grade carbonate
ore.
Perhaps the largest mining deal so
far this year was that. concluded
whereby seventy copper claims in the
Burro mountain district, totalling l.
700 acres of mineralized ground were
optioned by Chicago and Ell Paso cap
italists.'
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NEW EXPLOSIVE BEING USED
RochamboIite, introduced by French
on Western Front, Has Terrible
Effect on Enemy

Rochambolite is new and terrible
explosive that has recently been intro
duced on the western front by the
French and employed in the defense of
verdun, says the Argonaut. The ex-
plosive, when tested in action at Ver-
dun, was found to possess a most ter
rible and demoralizing effect upon the
Germans
The explosive is a powder which,
upon ignition changes into a molten
metal and very large volume Of gas
In an infinitely small space of time.
This sudden change in volume and
the terrific heat which Is generated
cause an immense pressure on the
walls of the vessel that contains it,
shattering the walls and hurling the
molten metal and wall fragments in
all directions, spreading death and de-
structiOn in their path.
The effect of this molten metal on
the Germans can hardly be imagined.
Pieces of metal upon striking them inn
mediately burn their way deep into
the flesh, even to the bone, causing
intense pain and suffering to the vic
tim. SO deadly and SO demOralizing
have the French found this explosive
to be that they are now utilizing it on
the entire front.
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Colorado.

Silverton sent 173 cars of ore to the
smelters in April.
A carload of concentrates of molyb-
denum was shipped from Pitkin.
The Julesburg Oil Company is pre-
pairing to drill for oil in the vicinity of
Julesburg.
The Mid-Continental Oil Company
will install large pump at its well
near Miner.
The State Miningd Commission
places Colorado mine output in 1915
at $44,O60,521.
The Columbine Oil Company at
Pueblo has received car of casing
for use in drilling operations.
The Cresson Consolidated Mining
and Milling Company made net
profit during March Of $152,316.7O.
The Akron Oil Company will install
standard rig and drill to take the
place of the rotary used on Well No. 1.
The Raleigh Mining Company will
build a tramway from it's property at
Bonanza to the railroad station at
Shirley.
Preparations are being made by the
Sunnyside Mining Company for the
immediate erection of the 500-tOn mill
at Eureka
Further information about the Key
stane strike at Aspen says the vein
is eight feet wide and very rich in
lead and silver
In Gilpin county the c. H. w. Min
ing Company continues to increase it's
production from the Hampton mine
in Russell gulch.
The Tungsten Mountain Mines Com
pany is doing great things in develop
ment of it's extensive property on
Tungsten mountain.
The outlook for the Breckenridge
district and for it's energetic neighbor,
the Ten Mile district, for 1917 Is ex-
cellent and much larger output both
as to tonnage and value is predicted.
The dividend paid to the stockho1d-
ers of the Wellington Mines Company,
Breckenridge, about April 7th was
100000, making a total of $1,400,00O
which the stockholders have received
to date in dividends.
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Wyoming.

Three or four rigs will be worked in
the Vernon oil field five miles south
of Glenrock.
Eastern oil men have become busy
in the Sparks Butte. vicinity six miles
south of Douglas.
The Superior Oil Company brought
in well on the Elk Basin property in
the Elk Basin field.
The Ohio Oil Company has brought
in it's second well in the Sage Creek
field, north of Lander.
At the present rate of. production
The Benson signal., 1917-05-19

Washington. = The administrator
war revenue bill as unanimously
agreed upon by the house committee
On ways and means and reported to
the house Wednesday, is estimated TO
produce $1,SO0,O00000 year.
If the trainers overlooked any tan
gible article upon which it is possible
to levy a tax, it was not because OF
any desire to do so.
Incomes, inheritances, business prof
is, amusements, liquors, tobacco, auto
mobiles, moving pictures, baseDall
games, medicines, letter postage, trans
portation and jewelry are among some
of the things which will feel the bur-
den of taxation.
Tariff Will Yield $200,000,000.
The committee found it necessary to
go to the tariff to make up deficit OF
something like $200,000,0OO. This was
done by an agreement to a tax Of lC
per cent upon all articles now on the
free list and 10 per cent additional
upop all articles now upon the dutiable
list.
Income-tax increases as made public
by Chairman Kitchin follow:
Taxes for the year ending December
81, 1916, have been increased exactly
one-thrd. These taxes are due in
June.
Exemption limits have been reduced
to $1,000 for single men and $4,000 for
married men.
The normal tax on new classes OF
incomes to be taxed, those between
81 900 and $4,000 for single men and
between $4,000 and $4,000 for married
men, has been fixed at 2 per cent.
Normal taxes on all incomes former
Iy taxed, those above $4,000 for single
men and $4,000 for married men, have
been increased from to per cent.
Increases in All Surtaxes.
The increased surtaxes are as fol-
lows:
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I0TI1lTT1ITITITUIIII1IIT'

medicine / took. Every month since
was a young girl had suffered with
cramps in my sides at periods and was
never regular. I saw your advertise
ment in the newspaper and the picture
of q woman who had been saved from
an operation and this picture was inn
pressed on my mind. The doctor had
given me only two more days to make
up my mind so l sent my husband to the
drug store at once for bottle of Lydis
E. Pinkham 8 Vegetable Compound, and
believe me, l soon noticed change and
when I had finished the third bottle i
was cured and never felt better. Igrant
you the privilege to publish my letter
and am only too glad to let other women
know of my cure. Mrs. THos. MCGoN.
IGAL, 1882 Hartville Street, Phila., Pa.
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Lodging-House Geometry.

Learning is one thing and wit is an
other but that does not prevent them
from meeting at times in the same
brain. One of the most amusing of
those jests, which it takes certain
amount of scholarship to make or en-
JOY, was the collection of Euclidean
McGill university wrote some years
ago for Truth. Here is one of the
cleverest of them: If there be two
oOarders on the same flat and the
amount Of side of the one be equal to
The Benson signal., 1917-05-19

The inheritance tax starts with
one-half of l per cent as the basic
tax on all estates of $4,000 or less.
The remainder of the schedule is ap-
piled to the various eXcesses in grad
uatiOn as follows:
Inheritance Tax Scale.
On excess Of more than $4,000, but
not exceeding $15O,O00, per cent.
On excess of more than $15O,000,
but not exceeding $25OOOO, IL per
cent.
On excess of more than $250,000,
but not exceeding $45OOOO, per cent
On excess of more than $450,000, but
not exceeding $1,OOO,0OO, 2h per cent.
On excess of more than $1,O00,O00,
but not exceeding $2,0OOO0O,. 3 per
cent.
On excess Of more than $2,000,000,
but not exceeding $3,OOO,OOO, 31s per
cent.
On excess of more than $3,00O,OOO,
but not exceeding $4,000O0O, 4 per
cent.
On excess of more than $4,OOO,OOO,
but not exceeding $5,OOO,00O, Az per
cent.
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WAR REVENUE BILL PLANNED To
RAISE S1,0OO,OO0,Oo0 IN YEAR
Ten Per Cent Increase Added to All Existing Duties and Articles
Now on Free List Are Taxed 10 Per Cent-ncomes Are
Hit Hard-An Extra Tax of One Third Added to
All Individual Incomes for 1916.

Following
Stock Exchange delivery for each
Capital stock each original issue of $780, transfers
Indemnity $500
charge
Drafts checks nd renewals xnsns for 500 cents
Life
Casualty policy per cent
Passenger tickets "
$780, 81; $50 500 ST.
ceeding $50, S.
Automobiles and motorcycles wholesale price
telephone
toll
costing $40
proprietary medicines cent wholesale price
exceped cents 10
mssi price maximum cents.
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On excess of more than $5OOO,OOO,
but not exceeding $S,OOO,OO0, 5 per
cent.
On excess of more than $S00O,00O,
but not exceeding $11,OOO,OOO per
cent.
On excess of more than $11000,000,
but not exceeding $15,000,0O0, 10 per
cent.
On excess of more than $15,OOO,OOO,
Is per cent
The income tax schedules were not
changed except for the determination
to place an added tax of One-third on
individual income taxes which are due
in June of this year. Under this pro-
vision those who already have paid
| their income taxes for the year ending
December 81, 1916, will have to pay
another One-third of their taxes again,
and those who have not paid will have
| to pay one-third more when they do
pay.
The tax on excess profits was not
| changed and stands as printed previ-
Ously at 16 per cent on profits over 6
per cent and $4,000.
Liquor Touched Up.
The tax on spirits, whisky and SIM
| liar beverages has been increased to
| 1920 per gallon.
The tax on beer is $2.75 per barrel.
The tax on rectifers is Is cents per
gallon.
The tax on tobacco has been dou-
bled.
The taxes on cigars have been ad-
from so cents to $40 per thousand,
retail value.
The bill specifies that purchasers
| shall pay the 10 per cent tax on
amusement, theater, and baseball tick
| cts.
A new tax of per cent on heat,
| light, and telephone bills was inserted
| in the bill. Under this section when
| the householder goes to pay his month
| ly bills for these articles he will have
to pay an additional 5 per cent of the
amount of the bills for the support Of
| the government.
The stamp tax on telephone and
telegraph messages was fixed at 5
| cents on each message the toll of which
| is more than Is cents.
Commuters tickets were exempt
from the passenger ticket tax of 10 per
| cent tax where the one way fare Is
less than 25 cents.
Mail Rate Increases.
The second-class mail rate increase
was decided on according to the zone
system. On motion of Representative
Dixon of Indiana, this was reduced to
the following:
Two cents a pound on second-class
mail in first and second zones.
Three cents pound on second-class
mail in the third and fourth zones.
Five cents pound on second-class
mail in the fifth and sixth zones. g.,
Six cents a pound on second-class
mail in the seventh and eighth zones.
Religious, fraternal, labor and agri-
cultural papers not operated for profit
were put on a straight one and one
| half-cent-a-pOund basis.
The old regulations concerning the
| free distribution of small papers with
in the county were unchanged.
A tax of per cent was inserted in
the bill on pleasure boats.
Musical instruments costing. less
than SO each, were exempted from
the provisions Of the 5 per cent tax on
these articles.
A motion was made in committee to
reduce the automobile tax to 3 per
cent. but failed by large margin.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-19
Town Turns Back on Tramps.

On the ground that no man ought to
be unemployed at the present time, the
guardians of an English town have de-
cided to ignore the existence Of tramps
and to provide neither food nor lOdg-
Ing for them. They will have their re-
ward, for the fraternity will give the
place q wide berth
The Benson signal., 1917-05-19
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Metal Market Prices.

New York.-Lead-1OAc C bid.
Copper-Firm. Electrolytic, spot and
second quarter, $31.00 q $500; third
quarter and later deliveries, $4,000
5000.
Iron-Firm No. / northern, $445O@
$500; No. 2, $44.OO@44.5O; No. south
ern $40.00@41.00 No. 2, $3.50 q 1000.
Tin-Strong. Spot, $3.50 $780,.
Bar Silver-74%c.
Copper-Casting, $26.62k.
st. uis.-Spelter-$9.22
London.-Bar silver-37Bd d per OF.
Boulder, Colo. = Colorado tungsten
concentrates 500, $17.OO per unit Crude
ores, 500. $500 259o $9.4O@12.0O; 1917
$8.70@10.00 per unit.
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Chicago Grain and Provision Prices.

Chicago.-Wheat-N 3 red, $3.24A.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, $1.62h @1.63A
No. 3 yellow, $L61A @1.63.
Oats-No. 3 white, 7OA Q701sc; stand
ard, TN @721ac.
Barley-$1.25 Q165.
Timothy-$5.00@7.50.
CloVer-$12.0001
Pork-$3S.65.
Lard-$22.20@
Ribs-$20.20W2 20.65.
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the amount of side of the other each
to each, and the wrangle between one
boarder and the landlady be equal to
the wrangle between the landlady and
the other boarder, then shall the week
ly bills of the two boarders be equal,
each to each. For, if not, let one bill
be the greater. Then the other bill Is
less than it might have been, which Is
absurd-Youth's Companion.
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have the highest praise for DOdd's. Be
sure to get "DODD'S," the name with
the three DIS for deranged, disOrdered,
diseased kidneys, just as Mr.. Fergu-
son did No similar named article will
dO.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-19

from it at one time
while in Vancouver,
but Overcame it by
a persistent use Of
DOdd's Kidney Pills.
Finally I was COM
pletely cured. I oc-
casionally use the
remedy now in or
der to keep the kid
news regulated. I
The Benson signal., 1917-05-19
Even Dirt Is Cheap No Lonoer

The expression, ''dirt cheap" must
be discarded. Blame the war. Winni-
peg, Manitoba, florists have announced
an increase in the price of earth sold
for. potting flowers. A year ago earth
sold for so cents a bushel. Now it
costs 25 cents a pail.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-19
Grain at NlinneapoIis.-

Minneapolis, MINI. = Flour - Fancy
patents quoted at $16.SO; first clears
Bsriey-$116@1.56.
Rye-$2.17@2
Bran-$3450Q @ $3.50.
Wheat-May, $3.10; July, $2.78h
CASH No. hard, $3.281a @3.331a; No.
l northern, $3.181a @3.2312; No. north
ern, $3.08 u @3.1879
Corn-No. 8 yellow, $1.57A @1.59A.
Oats-No. white, 70A @72Ac.
FIax-$3.5 % 3.61.
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Cauoht,

Last night looked through the key
hole into the parlOr where sister was
with her beau"
"What cid you find out?"
"The gas"
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LinSeed.

Duluth.-Linseed-O track and ar
rive, 1854; May. 1858 bid; July, $3.56
bid; Sept. $3.47 bid; Oct, $3.33.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-19
AN OPERATION
AvERTED
Philadelphia, Pa.-"Ons year ago I
was very sick and / suffered with pains

IN my SlOe ana Dack
until I nearly went
crazy. l went to
different doctors and
they all said l had
female trouble and
would not get any
relief until / would
be operated on. /
had suffered forfour
lye ars before this
time, but l kept get
! ting worse the more
The Benson signal., 1917-05-19
New York Cotton Prices.

New York-Cotton- 1852; July,
19.43; Oct, 1854; Dec, 1872; JAN, 1878.
Middling, 1890
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THE 3 DIS IN D0DD'S

Mr.. Robert w. Ferguson, bingham,
Mass. writes: I suffered from kid
ney disorder for years. Had incessant
backache and trouble. Nearly died
The Benson signal., 1917-05-19
Konsas CITY PrOduce.

Kansas -Butter-Creamery, 40c,
firsts 38c, seconds SIC, packing 31c.
Eggs-Firsts, 81 1ac.
Poultry-RoOsters, 16c; hens, 20M O.;
turkeys, 25o; broilers. SAC.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-19

Smile on wash day. That's when you use
Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes winter than
snow. All grocers, Adv.
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WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
esterH NeWspaper Un1oH NeWs SerV1cs'
Prices Quoted for Metals.

New York-Lead, 10Ac bid.
Bar silver, 74%c.
Copper-Casting brand, $26.62h.
ST. Louis.-Spelter, 1922.
Boulder-Colorado tungsten cOncen-
trates, 60 per cent, $17.00 per unit.
Crude ores, go per cent, $500; 25 per
cent, $9.40@12.OO; 10 per cent, $500
1000 per unit.
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Many a man thinks himself genius
because he lives by his wits.
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HIDES AND PELTS.
Dry Hides.

Flint butcher, per lb. ......S4 @36
Flint fallen ...............53 W35
Flint bull and stag ........ 10
Flint culls and glue ....... 18
Salt hides 20 &c Id. less.
Horsehides 1/2@2/3 price of green
Salted.
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On the Job.

The Sphinx knew how to keep her
mouth shut and is still in business.
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Dry Flint Pelts.

Wool pelts, per 10. .... 26@ %
Short wool pelts ....... 22@ "a
Butcher shearlings, No. 13
No. 2 murian shearlings >. 05
Bucks, saddles and pieces at value.
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Is a deceptive disease
thousands have 1t

KTnAIEV Is a deceptive disease
AADANG thousands have 1t
IT'D ROTTRT r and don't know it, If
NOO OAG you want good results
you can make no mistake by using DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great kidney
medicine. At druggists in fifty cent and
dollar sizes. Sample size bottle by Parcel
Post, also pamphlet telling you about it.
Address DR.. Kilmer &c Co., Binghamton,
N. Y, and enclose ten cents. also mem
ton this paper.
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Butter.

Creameries, ex. 1st grade, 10. 80
Creameries, I'd grade, Id. ...36 OBJ
Process ........... 30 a. 30
Packing stock (ne) ........ 80
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LATE
MAR K EFT
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DENVER MARKETS..
Cattle.
q QUoTATIO N s

Steers (pulp fed good to
choice ............... .10.50@ 11.85
Sters (pulp fed) fair to good 9.75 01 1880
Steers (hay fed) good to
choice NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1925 @ 11.25
Steers ebay fed) fair to good 9.50@1O.25
Heifers, prime ....... $500 1925
choice ............... ~ e.o s.25@1o.OO
Cows (pulp fed) fair to good $3.50 900
Cows (hay fed) good 49,. $500 $50
Cows ebay fed) fair ...... 1900 $50
Cows, Gamers and cutters. $500 100
Veal calves 1.OO014.O0
Bulls $3.50 $50
to choice eU ................ 'c.' eoo s.oo@1o.oo
good ................ anu e'ooNei . a $3.50 900
mon to ia fair ' ............. ~ 1000 s.25
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B. Denver ............. 33
Eggs, graded No. 2 net, f. o.
B. Denver ............... 26
Eggs, case count misc. cases
less commission ......... .$9.O0@9.3s
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Fruit,
Vegetables.

.pples, Colo. fancy, box ...1.5o@ 800
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Hungarian Patent ................6 GIL
Dressed Poultry.
Live Poultry,
(Prices net FOB. Denver

(Prices net FOB. Denver.)
Hens, fancy, lb. .............20 OPP
Roosters .................1O @12
Turkeys, 10 lbs or over ....22 W24
DUCKS, young .............. ..ll ~ ~
Geese .................15 ole
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Eggs.

Eggs, graded No. 1 net, F. o.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-11-03
"Rout the Rat. I"

"Rout the rat" is a new slo-
agn proposed by the Committee
on Food Supply and Conservation
of the Louisiana Council of De-
Tense.
There is just as much, perhaps
more, need for routing the rat
than for ''swatting the fly. f"
Flies transmit disease. Rats not
only spread disease but leave a
costly trail of destruction.
Probably 10000 men in the
United States are devoting their
energies to feeding rats. OF
this number 10000 are farmers
who are giving their farms, ag-
ricultural implements and other
equipment to supply the food
stuffs annually consumed by rats.
Experts in Great Britain have
figured that a single rat in one
year does damage to the extent
of $3.50. The average is $120 in
Denmark, and 81 in France. In
the United States the loss is
higher.
The rat population is enormous.
They have from three to twelve
litter a year, each containing
from six to twelve young. One
reason why rats have multiplied
and have extended their ravages
is because the average farmer or
business man or householder &C.
cepts them as a necessary evil
and refuses to fight them SER
iously.
Winter is a good time to go
after the rats. Their holes and
hiding places can be located and
their sources of food supply as
certained. Rats need shelter and
they must eat or they cannot ex-