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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18

shot, and holds the individual pis-
tol and rifle championship of Ken
lucky.
Capt. Boatman-"The general
lay Of the camp grounds is such
that it drains quickly. The site is
fine one, on high ridge, and is
very healthy. The absence of mos
quitoes is very gratifying, for had
been led to believe we would en-
counter the pests. Indiana sol
diers, l am sure. will like it here
Their parents can rest assured they
will be in mighty healthy place"
Capt. Myers-"The nights at
Camp Shelby are cool, and we have
no mosquitoes. | have found the
people hospitable, and sanitary and
health conditions of the best. l
can testify that people in Indiana
have the wrong idea about Mississ-
ippi. There are no swamps, that
l can see, and our camp site is
dandy. I am sure the Indiana sol
diers will like it here"
Army officers say that the camp
site could easily accommodate
many thousands more than are
coming. Nearby are the cut-over
pine lands, which sell at such low
figures, and only need a little at
tention to make them wonderfully
productive.
The soldiers from the north will
get here in time to enjoy water
melons, which grow in abundance.
Later on they may be served with
possum and 'taters, a famous
southern dish that is delicious.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18

name is Virginia West. What is
yours
"My name is Betty Moore" said
Betty. II am so GLAD I know you.
l have never been away from home
before. l live on a ranch with my
father and nurse. My mother lived
in Pennsylvania before she married
father. That is the reason l am
coming East. Father wants me to
have the same education mother
had"
Il have been visiting my aunt
and am just returning home," said
Virginia. Il am a sophomore in
school. ! know a number of girls
that are just starting to Harmony
Hall. We are near the depot where
We are to get off. You had better
get your suitcast and bundles to-
gether."
(Chapted II Next Weekly
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18

your daddy will be proud of you
Betty looked out of the window
and waved her handkerchief to heI
father as long as she could see him
When he had passed from sight
she settled back in her seat.
IT wonder what my grandmother
looks like" thought Betty. IF she
Is as good as the grandmother in
books know l shall like her"
= Pardon me but you have dropped
your handkerchief said a voice at
her elbow. She turned to see where
the voice came from and looked in
to the laughing brown eyes of a
girl beside her.
20, thank you,' said Betty as
she reached for her handkerchief.
Are you going to Pennsyl-
vania?" said the girl.
"Yes, am going to stay with my
grandmother and go to Harmony
Hail." said Betty.
20. are you going to Harmony
Hall? That is just where I am go
ng to school. Have You ever been
here before?" said the girl.
mo, I have never been there be-
FORE replied Betty.
You will love the girls when
you know them," said the girl. My
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18

The Indiana and Kentucky offic-
ers, also Maj. Howard, frankly ad-
NIT that they were pleasantly sur
prised to find an ideal climate, per
feet sanitation, malaria free sec
tion and hospitable people when
they arrived in Hattiesburg. Ev-
eryone of this group of officers was
commisserated when he left home
because he was going to "a land
Of swamps, malaria and mosqui-
toes" 1t will be joyful news to
the "boys" in their states that
these high officers Of the Army
deny such false and misleading re-
ports. Following are short but per-
tinent interviews with these men:
(. Maj. Howard-"The site of Camp
Shelby is ideal from every stand
point, ! think. The nights espe-
cially are cool and pleasant. There
is nothing here to indicate the pres
ence of malaria, and there are no
mosquitoes at camp. The site is
rolling, well drained, and SO sandy
that we can use the drill grounds
very soon after the hardest of
rains"
Maj. Morris-'1 am sure that the
boys from our state will enjoy it
here, where the climate is so fine,
where there are no mosquitoes at
camp, and where the ground is so
we'll drained. The site is as fine
as any ever saw. Up in my state
they have the wrong idea about this
section. 1t is not full of swamps
and malaria. Quite the reverse is
true. The site of the camp is
ideal" Maj. Morris is an expert
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18
UP AT FIVE O'CLOCK
TO WORK IN GARDEN:
WINS FIRST PRIZE

Robert Hornaday, the best boy
gardener of South Fourteenth
street, well deserved the first prize
which he won in the contest be-
tween three other boys en- that
street. Getting up each morning
at five o'clock, Robert would work
in his garden until time to go to
work at his fathers store, and then
after working there all day, he
would come home in the evening
and work in his garden again.
The four boys who were in the
contest, Ralph Giles, Leslie Hart.
Eldrid Klute and Robert Hornaday,
had taken lot together in the
early part Of the season, dividing
1T into their four parts and each
planting his own garden, but one
Of the boys dropped out.
Mr.. Murphy, the city gardener,
was the Judge and awarded the
prizes last Wednesday, which were
donated by Mr.. Hornaday and Mr..
Giles.
Ralph Giles won the second prize,
which is a book, while the first
prize is such a good jointed steel
fishing rod that Robert said he
thought he was going to try it out,
he didn't know when, but probably
pretty soon,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18
THE WONDERFUL DAY
FOR THE PRINCE

Into dark forest went a little
girl with a big bucket quite too
large for her, after some water.
To get her water she had to go
through deep dark forest.
AS she went through the forest on
this particular night she met with
Lions, Bears, Tigers, Foxes and
Wolves.
She became quite frightened and
sat down just to cry her self to
sleep. While she was asleep
bear came and picked her up and
took her to his den. She was quite
frightened.
He said, Knit me a shirt and
so she knit and knit and knit un-
til one bright morning the shirt
was done.
She was not afraid of Mr.. Bear
any more, so she called and called,
"Mr. Bear, oh Mr.. Bear, your break
fast is ready and your shirt is fin
ished"
Mr.. Bear came quite quickly that
morning you may be sure.
BE quick, be quick" he said,
"and help me on with my shirt"
Just as the last sleeve was Slip
ped on the Bear was no longer to
be seen but instead a beautiful
young prince stood in his place who
looked to be about 10 years old.
He said he was a kings son and
his castle was not far from there
and when he was 8 years old an old
witch changed him into a bear be-
cause she had wanted to be the
kings wife. And then he said,
You have broken the spell. You
shall come home with me and be
my sister" And they lived many
happy days.--By Frances Smith,
age 10, Hagerstown, Indiana.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18

King, Oran Parker, Roy Johnson,
Byron Wettig, Paul Lichtenfels.
Joseph Swearinger, Frank Miller
and v. ID. Blammer
But the boys own version OF their
camp, as written by one OF the
campers, follows:
A meeting OF all the Y. M. c. A.
ming at the council chamber. The
camp promises to be a great sue
cess, as twenty-four boys have sign
ed up. The camp is located where
the Palladium camp was last year
Frank Miller was elected grand
chancellor and chief initiator of the
Royal Order of Knight Shirts. His
majesty received the election with
broad and confident smile.
Richard Mansfield was elected
Sergeant Grand of the Royal Or
der. Although somewhat back
ward gleam of appreciation could
be noticed on his Royal Counten-
anCC.
Homer Meyers was elected Cor
poral and Mascot of r. o. of K. S.
Homer is so small that his eX-
preston could not be found in the
Noble Assembly.
Ray Williams name was men,
toned in regard to a royal office,
but he made SO much noise that
the Royal members could not un-
derstand the position.
Everybody raised their right
hand, except few who raised their
left, and swore not to dump cots.
All cots and equipment must be
lined up back of the tents by six
o'clock Friday night At the mys-
tic hour Of ten the Royal Orders
Highnesses will meet with Exhaust
ed Grand Master Brammer to plan
the Royal initiation. When this
was mentioned, cold sweat ran
down many brave and sturdy
cheek.-Ray Williams.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18
BERRY MOORE'S
SCHOOL DAYS
CHAPTER l

Betty Moore was nervously wait
ing for her father to drive up with
the machine to take her to the sta
ton. She was to go East to live
with her grandmother and 60 to
school. She had lived on the ranch
all her life. Her mother died when
Betty was three years old and left
her in care of their nurse Martha"
Finally her father drove up in
the machine and Betty said:
20, father, please do not make
me 60 East. know ! shall not like
It there"
Betty DEAR" said her father.
''You must go East to 60 to school.
Father wants you to become a
lady like your mother"
. "But father, l would rather stay
with you." cried Betty, Il know I
shall not like my grandmother"
Betty, you must not judge peo-
pie before you know them," re-
piled her father. Hurry Betty, or
you will miss your train"
Betty kissed her nurse goodbye
and stepped in the machine with
her father. AS they went past the
familiar places she said goodbye.
20, DEAR" cried Betty, Il shall
miss you and Martha. Won't you
miss me q little father?"
"Of course / shall miss my Little
Ray Of sunshine" said her faith
er. "But you know Betty 1t is for
your own good l am sending your
East"
Mr.. Moore put Betty's trunk on
the train and kissed Betty goodbye.
BE . good girl Betty" said her
father. Learn your lessons 20
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18
BOYS PLAN GREAT
TIME AT CHAUTAUQUA

The Y. M. C. A. Boys Round Up
camp at the chautauqua probably
will be one of the liveliest places
on the grounds, if all turns out as
expected. There will be five tents,
and lowering over and around
these tents will be the mysteries
of a new secret order,-but Ray
Williams tells all about that later.
But besides this, Mr.. Schwan of
the Y. M. G. A. is planning some
thing new and interesting each
day for all boys whether in the
Round Up camp or not, so that ev-
cry boy who has a chautauqua tick
ct, has a ticket to a whole lot of
fun, and he cannot afford to be at
the meeting for organization at 8
o'clock Monday morning.
The boys who are in the Round
Up camp are: Kenneth Whitnack,
Harold Sinex, Clifford Turner,
Walter Schultz, James Sackman,
John Livingston, Homer Meyers,
Edward Atkinson, Richard Mans
field, Raymond Williams, James
Quigley, Frank Grove, Mr.. Herman
Bertman, Louis Davis, Linden Ed.
gerton, William c. Hale, Keith
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18

HATTIESBURG, Miss, Aug. 1S.
-(SpeciaD-More than 5000 men
are now engaged in constructing
Camp Shelby, at Hattiesburg, for
the coming of more than 10000 Ma.
tional Guardsmen from Indiana,
West Virginia and Kentucky, and
huge piles Of yellow pine lumber
are scattered over several hundred
acres. Large warehouses and quar-
ters for officers go up as if by
magic. If materials are delivered
promptly, and so far there has been
no delay, a record in cantonment
construction will be made by Maj.
w. ]. Woward, of Massachusetts,,
in charge of camp construction, as.
sitsed by Maj. Jackson Morris, of
Kentucky.
A number of officers of the quar-
termaster's corps, United States
Reserves, both in the supply depot
and engineering departments. al
ready are here, and several are
from Indiana and Kentucky. They
include Maj Morris, of Pfnevilla,
KY; Capt. r. H. Myers, of Muncie,
Ind; and Capt. F. ]. Boatman, of
Indianapolis, Ind. All have been
in the National Guard service in
their states for many years and are
well known.
The depot quartermaster is Maj.
Geo. H. Weller, of Jacksonville,
Fla, and he will be the butler" of
the biggest pantry" ever estab-
lished in the south. It will require
dozens OF large warehouses to store
the provisions to come to the camp.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18
Chautouqua Will Interest
Every Boy and Girl

AVNAy ASVy QAAu MI
Something interesting for every
boy and girl will be included in the
program each day at the Richmond
chautauqua this year. Besides
many interesting numbers on the
program itself, there is the special
chiidren's tent where Miss Shera
will direct games, tell stories and
conduct knitting classes, while Mr..
Schwan has special program
made out for each day to be differ
ent for the boys.
On Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day the boys will have athletics
and games from $3.50 to 1000.
Then on Tuesday from $3.50 to
1915 every boy who has a chautau-
qua ticket is to swim at the Y. M.
G. A. One day a week. the boys
also will swim at Hawkins, prob
ably on Thursday.
Monday morning at 500 o'clock
the boys are to meet and be or
ganized into teams. Mr.. Schwan
will appoint the captains, and these
captains will choose up their teams
from all the boys, whether Rich
mond campers or out of town boys;
and these teams will play a series
of tournaments Indoor Base
ball, then Long Ball, and finally
Soccer.
Roosevelt field will be used for
most of the boys games, espe-
ciaIly in practicing for the mass
track meet, and for the Stunt
Night" at which the boys probably
will entertain all their mothers,
sisters and admiring friends by do
ing spring-board diving, pyramid
building and novelty games on the
big platform at the auditorium tent.
A volley ball grounds have been
made at the northeast side of the
big tent, and arrangements can be
made by any girls who will wish to
play, to use the apparatus from .
to 6 o'clock Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday afternoons.
But besides these special ar
rangements for the boys and girls,
there are parts of the regular pro-
gram that all children will want to
see. Monday evening is little Alice
Louise Shrode, and eight-year-old
girl who reads, and tells stories,
and the Operate Company is here
that day too, so everyone who likes
to see people dress up in fancy cos
tunes and to hear funny songs as
well as good songs, must not fail
to see this company and be at the
chautauqua this Monday.
Tuesday evening is picture
show with 8 reels. Wednesday
there are four sisters who will play
different kinds of instruments.
Thursday is soldiers from Europe
who can tell you all about real
war, and Saturday night there will
be a man who dresses up in all
sorts of different ways.
In the second week Of the Chau-
tauqua there will be the Jubilee
Singers and Hawaiian singers, and
best of all, the last Saturday night
there will be a man just specially
for you boys and girls-Henry the
Magician.
Oh yes, Junior Folks, guess
Patsy is going to have birthday
some of the time, too, so you want
to be sure to be there when 1t
comes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18

Naturalists are at a loss to ex-
plain how the whale can descend
to depth of 5000 feet, at which
point the pressure should be great
enough to crush it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-08-18

The largest emerald In the world
weighs over six pounds.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-03-28
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT.
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Make II Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur.
ant and Remove Dandruff-ReaI
Surprise for YOU.

Your hair becomes light, wavy. fuf.
~, abundant and appears as soft, lus-
trous and beautiful as a young girls
after 'Danderine hair cleanse" Just
try this-moisten a cloth with a little
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust. dirt and excessive oil
and in just a few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides identifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle of
dandruff; cieanses. purifies and invig-
crates the scalp. forever stopping itch.
ing and falling hair
But what will please you most will
be after a few weeks use when you
viii actually see new hair-fine and
downy at frst-yes-but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp. If
you care for pretty. soft hair and lots
of it, surel! ret a Is cent bottle OF
Knowltou's l. nderine from any store
and just try IL. Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-03-28
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
"CaIifornia Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour. look at
the tongue. mother! II coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste. sour tIle and
undigested food passes out OF the bow
els. and you have well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
OF cold, throat sore, has stcmach-ache.
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der. a good inside cleaning should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Syrup Of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 50
cent bottle OF California Syrup of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children Of all ages and g-own-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-03-28
PAYS FOR 100
ACRES OF LAND
From the Crop of Wheat on So
Acres in Western Canada.

This story Of paying for your land
out of one years crop is fully anthem
ticated by great many farmers in
Western Canada.
And now, all that the farmer makes
J. velvet and you find him going more
extensively into stock raising, for all
authorities agree that in a short time
there will be a demand for live stock,
such as even will tax the vast re-
sources of Western Canada. They
will go into stock raising because of
the adaptahility of the country TO pro-
vide food and fodder without feeding
grain If necessary. They will go into
stock and improve their places. They
will install steam and heating plants
in fact, many are now doing 1t. They
will have automobiles, In fact in many
districts there is not a farmer but has
one. They will beauty their homes
and erect fine barns until the whole
country will be as attractive as many
of the counties in the hest states in
the Union. But we started out to tell
you of the farmer who paid for 100
acres of land from the crop of wheat
off Of So acres. The Holden district
on the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific
does not appear TO the ordinary OBJ
server TO be any better than many
other districts along that line, and
probably isn't. 1t was in this district
that John Larcome, a settler pur-
chased in 1915 100 acres of raw prai-
RE land. He broke and seeded SO
acres. His crop turned out well, and
he sold the greater portion Of it for
s.. $40. His land cost him $16.50 per
acre, or S2,640. So that the crop from
the IS acres paid for the land and left
balance of over $500, which with
part of the crop left over would just
pay for the cost of operation. This
is not really an unusual case, hundreds
of other farmers an Alberta and Sas-
katchewan having been able to do the
same.
Sales of land are being reported
from many districts in Manitoba, Sas'
katchewan and Alberta at good prices
And values are yet low, but with the
flow of any value that will take place
after the war, no doubt they will be
considerably increased. The home
steads in the Park sections which are
to be had actually free are having
the attention of a good class of set
tiers. who want to go into mixed farm
Advertisement.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-03-28
FINLAND.

Madame Aino Malmberg, a former
member of the landtdag Of Finland.
in talk in Minneapolis said that Fin
land had been oppressed by Russia
since the outbreak of the war. She
declared that Russian rule had sup
planted the Finnish with Russian Ian
guage in schools and public offices, the
native language being permitted Is
printed matter relating to religion an(
agriculture. She was asked If Fin
land could expect more from victory
Of the central powers. The best out
come of this war" she said, ''for The
small and oppressed nations would be
for neither side to be victorious, but
both sides badly beaten"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-03-28
Died of Premature
Old Age!
az V. 81. PIERCE. M. %

How many times v'e hear of compare
lively young persons passing away
when they should have lived 10 be 40 OF
so years of age. This fatal work Is usu'
ally attributed 10 the kidneys, as, when
the kidneys degenerate, II causes auto
intoxication. The more injurious the
poisons passing thru the kidneys, the
quicker will those noble organs be de-
generated, and the sooner they decay
To prevent premature old age snd
promote long life, tighten the work OF
the kidneys by drinking plenty OF pure
water all day long, and occasionally TAX
ing Anurie double strength) before
meals. This can be obtained at drug
stores. Anuric viii overcome such con
ditions as rheumatism, dropsicai swell
ings, cold extremities, scalding and
burning urine and sleeplessness due to
constant arising.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-03-28
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No fooishness! Lift your corns
and calluses off with fingers
It's like magic!
s-.-s-.-.-.-s-.-s-.~s-.~.~.-s4.,.~.-.-

Sore corns. hard corns. soft corns or
any kind OF a corn, can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers If you
apply upon the corn a few drops OF
freezone. says Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get small
bottle of freezone at any drug store,
which viii positively rid ones feet OF
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
II is applied and does not even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while APP
plying 1t or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many Of our readers. II your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
get n small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug house.--adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-03-28

The Norwegian passenger steamship
Bergensfjord from Bergen, Norway
by way of Halifax. arrived at New
York in ballast. The Bergensfjord is
the first ship from Norway 10 arrive
here since the German submarine block
ade was announced. Officers Of the
ship said that under orders from their
owners they sailed without passengers,
cargo or mails, leaving In Bergen hun
dreds Of persons, many OF whom were
Americans anxious to come TO the
United States.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-03-28
Nineteen Sons in Ten Years.

Frank Scott and his wife of Ken
sett, Ark, have been married ten years.
Nineteen sons have been born to them.
Six died at birth OF the % living
there are three sets Of trlplets and
two sets of twins. The parents have
been partial to the letter "a" in the
naming of them. Ashbell. Archer and
Austin are four and one-half years old.
Arthur and Arnold three and one-haif,
Alfred. Albion and Adolph, eighteen
months, and Abel and Abner, six
months.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-03-28

When Grover Cleveland had to warn
his party in congress that q treasury
deficit existed. and that brakes must
he put on extravaganza, he told them
that a condition. not a theory, con-
f-onted them. Despite his warning
the condition continued-grew much
worse. in fact while n Democratic
congress kept up its extravaganza
based on the theory that no one had
to worry over bills so long as the gov
eminent could sell bonds.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-03-28
The Deaf Dancer.

Friend-I suppose deafness is a
source of annoyance to YOU.
Deaf ENTHUSIASTICALLY. Last night,
for instance. 1 danced with most
charming young lady and / would give
a good deal to know whether she com
pared my dancing to zephyr or a
"heifer. New York Times.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-03-28
Lapse of Memory.

Lawyer-Youll have to sign your
maiden name to this document, madam.
Mrs. Casey-Shure we've been mar
ried so long that Owe forgot it in
tirely. Phwat was it, Pat?
Mr.. Casey-Begorra, Oh used T. be
so attintive t yure cousin Kate, Oim
forgettin' mesilf phwich one of yez OF
married.