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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-01-01
TO SELL OH FrRNITrRE.

An auction sale of the furnishings
of the old Court House will be con
Quoted on Thursday morning. When
the city issues bonds and pays the
county $4,000. the county will con
vey the old Court House 20 the city.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27

In fever. the skin becomes dry; the
hair has harsh feel that Ii quite DIFF
ierent from the condition observed In
health, and from the fact Of its being.
SO dry the Individual hairs do not adj
here to one another. they stand apart.
and the animal has what IL known as
staring coat" When, during q
fever. sweating occurs. It is usually an
indication that the crisis Is passed.
Sometimes sweating Is an indication Of
pain. A horse with lockjaw or ago
turia sweats profusely. Horses sweat
freely when there Is a serious impedi-
ment to respiration; they sweat under
excitement and. OF course. from the
well-known physiological causes of heat
and work. Local sweating, or sweating
Of a restricted area Of the body, de-
notes some kind Of nerve interference.
Swellings Of the skin usually come
from wounds or other external causes.
There are, however, a number Of condi-
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27
Birth Registration
Is Most Important
Pnparsd By Ch1drenis Bueau, U. 8.
Department Of Labor

Birth registration has assumed q
new. and in some cases tragic, impor-
lance in the light of the European war.
Hundreds of families In our country
have suddenly realized that the abb
sence of a birth record is a grave omis-
sion which may have the most serious
result.
One little true story Is typical Of
many incidents which have happened
since the first of August, 1914. The
young son of a Washington family, Just
graduated from one Of the big Ameri-
can colleges in the spring of that year,
had gone to France to study. He was
comfortably settled in small French
village, learning the language, when
suddenly news came that war had been
declared. The authorities of the VII
lage demanded Of all strangers EVIL
dence Of their nationality. This Amer
lean had no evidence save personal let
tiers, and he was suspected OF being a
German spy. In haste he cabled for a
passport, but when It came this was
not sufficient.
Where Is your birth certifcate?"
inquired the officer, and the young man
could only admit that he had none.
But he cabled again to his father for
help, and the father hurriedly instftut-
ed a search for the boys birth record.
It happened at the time Of the boys
birth the family had been living in q
state ana q city where births were
registered NJ the urecfoua record waa
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27
Mothers Duty to Protect Child
from All Preventable Diseases
P-s..ab, oaA.. B.... U. 8. D.,.s... q LIZ.

development will be interfered with
for the time being.
Even II the child's life Is saved
as II too often Is not-the net results
Of such conditions. including often
complications Of differing degrees Of
severity, cannot, BY any stretch Of
the imagination. he considered bene-
fetal to him. When to all this Is add
ed the work and worry Of the mother,
her sleepless nights and anxious days
and. to put It on the lowest plane. the
cost OF doctors and possibly nurses
and medicines, the sum total Of the
cost Of the common diseases Of child.
hood Is past calculation.
: The wise mother, abreast Of the
current Of modern scientific thought,
strives to keep her children well. She
does not permit them to suffer from q
single hour Of illness that It IL posi-
BILE for them to avoid. In this effort
she does not allow them to play with
children who are coughing and sneez-
ing: she does not allow them to 20 to
the houses OF sick children, nor to at
tend public gatherings OF any sort
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27
RANGE CATTLE NOW
GIVEN PREFERENCE
Native or Farm-Raised Steer Not
So Nearly of One Type in
Color and Breed.

The range steer receives the prefer
ence now for the feed lot over what is
termed the native steer, the farm
raised steer of the corn-belt states.
This is largely due to the more uni
form quality Of loads of cattle from
the range. The native cattle are not
SO nearly of one type; in fact, they are
most generally Of a mixed breed, mixed
colors. mixed sizes and dissimilarity
prevails, showing that they are pick
ed-up neighborhood product.
There was time In the history of
cattle feeding when the reverse con-
ditions prevailed. The range steer
was looked upon with suspicion by the
cattle feeder. There was not much In
his makeup that pleased the feeder.
His long horns, his wild, nervous,
scared-half-to-death actions and be-
havior convinced the feeder buyer that
he did not care to risk him. It took
few years to break down this pre-
judice, but gradually good reports
became more common until the sand
hills cattle Of Nebraska and some 9TH
er western districts where a good quail
ity of beef-bred bulls wepe used be-
came famous in the demand for their
feeder steers, says Twentieth Century
Farmer.
] The steady Increase in breeding
quality Of the range cattle generally
IL a feature that must NOT be lost
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27
SYMPTOMS OF DISORDERS AMONG HORSES

eo by The United States Da,.,-
ment OF Agricuiture1 DepaH-
Inc condition of sick borS. g.,
no"h to certain extent by the an.
pearance OF the mucous membrones
for example. when the animal Is ana.
mic as result Of disease or Of ,n,n-
propriate feed the mucous membranes
become pale. This change in the mn.
cous membranes can be seen most read.
~ IN the lining Of the eyelids and in
ne lining of the nostriI. Paleness
means weak circulation or Door blood
increased redness occurs In n,infuI
conditions, excitement and following
severe exertion. In feyers there Is an
increased redness in the mucous mem.
Drane, and this continues so long as
the Fever lasts. In some diseases red
spots or streaks form In the mucous
membrane. This usually indicates an
infectious disease Of considerable &C.
verify. and occurs in blood poisoning.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27
SCARCITY OF POTASH
PULLING TO FARMER
Expert of Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College Recommends
Use as Fertilizer.

Parsnips are long-season root
crop. which occupy the ground until
the late fall and sometimes until the
following spring. II. F. Thompson,
professor of market gardening, Mas
sachusetts Agricultural college, has
recommended for beets and carrots
the use of 1000 pounds per acre Of
high-grade fertilizer. analyzing per
cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphoric
acid and 10 per cent potash.
Present wartime conditions prevent
the use Of the amount Of potash recon-
mended. and probably the best advice
that may be given II to use AZ much
potash AZ can be obtafned now.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27

In the ordinary concerns of everyday
life. 1t is the one indisputable proof
of inheritance. Good state laws must
provide the machinery for registration,
but the completeness of the records
must depend, ultimately, on the inter-
est of parents.
Even yet the birth records In this
country are far from complete. No
state, and probably no city, has abso-
lutely perfect registration. Only in the
New England states. and in New York.
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan,
Minnesota and the District of Column
bia are the records accepted by the
census bureau.
Birth registration Is one Of those
fundamental matters of infant welfare
to which many communities are turn
ing their attention during Baby Week,
and one Of the most valuable bits of
follow-up work after Baby Week is
the conducting of birth-registration
test. Such a test. carried out by To-
cal volunteer committee, has been de
yised by the Children's bureau. and
fs valuable not only in revealing the
facts but In bringing home to the COM
munity the Importance Of registration
In some places the registrar is send
ing notice Of registration to the par
ents as soon as a birth Is recorded.
This is proving an excellent device to
keep parents interested In seeing that
their babies births are registered. II
the notice contains all the facts includ-
ed in the record and bears the sigma
ture and seal Of the registrar, It Will
serve In future years as the ofiicial
transcript which may be required to
establish Identity or the right Of In
herftance. or a. proof Of age or citi-
zenship.
The Children's bureau Of the United
States Department Of Labor has O
pamphlet Of directions for carrying ont
q INTERPRETATION test. and general
pamphlet on Birth Registration
Both are furnished upon request
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27

sight of when comparing the range
cattle with the steer production of
the farms over the central west and
eastern states. The range is not in
the least mixed with dairy blood,
while many Of the farm herds are
more or less mixed with other than
strictly beef breeds. Feeders desire
uniformity in their cattle to go into
the feed yard, because uniformity in
type, color and general makeup pre-
sents a more pleasing general appear
ance to the buyer than dissimilarity
in any of its phases. Farm-bred steers
will become more plentiful as the
farms become more interested in the
baby beef industry.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27

when the more dangerous con-
tagious diseases are about. On the
other hand, she remembers that she
has a duty to all other children Of the
neighborhood, and II her own child is
ailing she isolates him until the nature
Of his illness is determined, and strives
by every means in her power to mini
miZe the danger for other children.
When more mothers thus make them
selves morally responsible for the lives
and health Of all the children we shall
have the beginning of the end of the
spread Of the contagious diseases.
A periodic examination of all chill
dren by physicians would do much to
prevent the development Of many
weaknesses and defects, or to secure
their early and more hopeful treat
ment. This is practically secured for
babies in the infant welfare stations
now in operation in many cities Of this
country. 1t is secured to q limited
extent in the medical examination Of
school children, also, but too little ut
tention is commonly paid to the chill
dren Of the pre-school age who are NO
longer babies and yet are hardly more
able to do without care than babies.
1t is to these children of the neglect
ed age" that mothers are now turning
their attention and interest particu-
larry. y NA{-
A Baby Week campaign will have
many good results, but none more i'm
portant than bringing to light many
children who-need care of some spe-
cial sort, and showing mothers how
better to meet this demand upon their
resources Of knowledge and wisdom.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27

When the liver is deranged and does
not operate. or when the red-blood cor
puscles are broken down, as in serious
eases Of influenza, there is yellowish
dlscoloration of the mucous MEM
brane. The mucous membranes be-
come blush or blue in any serious dis
ease of the respiratory tract, as pneu-
mOnia, and in heart failure.
If there is fever the temperature of
the skin is likely to be increased.
Sometimes, however. as result of
poor circulation and irregular distribu-
ton of the blood, the body may be
warmey than normal, while the legs
and ears may be cold. When the gen.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27
|Op,lnl]letalllCe
q lloteS 8
Conducted BY the National Woman
Christian Temperance Union.)
WINE MAKES pRuNkARos.

.-SssN.~ ~shSsNrNsS1SSs
Some years ago. as q w. G. T. q.
organizer, / had occasion to take q
freight train one Monday morning
across a beautiful stretch of the Sac
ramento valley to meet an appointment
for that evening. A freight train Is
not supposed to stop often. but the
only passenger trains being through
trains with announcement hours, this
freight became an accommodation train
and stopped with terrific jolts wherever
tagged. This occurred many times and
each time drunken man. perhaps two
or three, came aboard. Usually they
at once fell asleep in their seats and
with each jolt OF the car were liable
to roll OF. Asking the conductor for
an explanation was told, ooh, these
are just Monday DRINKS, mostly farm
hands from ranches who have been
over at the winery on Sunday and were
too drunk to get home last night. Half
Of them won't be at for work before
Wednesday," -..
I spent a month in SOnoma county
before the present cross-country rail-
roads were in use. l went back and
forth like a shuttle over the stage
roads, often with the same driver. of
whom asked SO many questions that i
afterwards learned he assumed that /
was a widow looking for a home to
purchase. His business was largely ex-
press, taking produce to market and
bringing parcels from town. At every
stopping place the courtesy Of a glass
Of wine was offered. He sometimes ac-
cepted, extending the offer to his pas
sengers. In declining it asked, SIS
this native wine intoxicating?" He re-
peated my question, '1s 1t intoxicating,
We say? Do We moind that? There was
a Sunday picnic from the city up here
yesterday" and he pointed to the help
less figure of a well-dressed young man
lying hatless In the gutter under the
broiling sun, adding, "They get drunk
slower on this native wine, and it takes
deal longer to get 'em sober. He
won't get to work for day or two"
On my last day with this driver he
volunteered some friendly advice.
"Now, II it's home you're looking for
don't buy one Of these pretty vineyards.
They don't pay. I've been deputy
sheriff Of this county many years, and 1
know who gets sold out by the sheriff.
for I serve the papers," and the good
man drove out of his way to show the
chicken ranches that paid better than
vineyards. "And know that too" said
he, "for take their chickens and eggs
every week to the railroad and bring
back their money."-Dorcas J. Spencer.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27
MOTHERS SHOULD ABSTAIN.

Doctor Condi in alcohol a Danger
GUS and Unnecessary Medicine" says ::
"Never was there more absurd or
pernicious notion than that wine, ale
or porter is necessary to a nursing
mother in order to keep up her
strength, or to increase the quantity,
and improve the properties OF her milk.
So far from producing these effects,
such drinks, when taken in any guam
tity, invariably disturb more or less
the health Of the stomach, and tend
to impair the quality and diminish the
quantity of nourishment furnished by
her to her infant"
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27
SOBER ARMY.

SO6EH AHMY.
"A change has come over the army"
declared Maj. Dan Morgan Smith, at
q meeting Of the Illinois Anti-Saloon
league at the Great Northern hotel of
Chicago. The major had just returned
from the Mexican border. A corporal
will now say to the men, "You have
gnt to hike to Austin. but you can't
drink and hike" When a man falls
ont Of the ranks he is given spirits
OF ammonia and not ardent spirits.
When an officer says to brother Off
cor. LET'S take q drink" they both
bead for drug store
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27

eral surface of the body becomes cold
1t is evidence of chill, or that the
heart is weak and the animal is on the
verge of collapse.
Skin of Healthy Horse.
The skin is moist, to certain de-
gree, at all times in a healthy horse.
This moisture is not in the form of a
perceptible sweat, but it is enough to
keep the skin pliable and to cause the
nair to have a soft, healthy feel. In
some chronic diseased conditions and
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27

tons in which the swelling of the skin
Is symptom Of arrangement of
some other part of the body. For ev-
ing or swelling of the legs about tie
fetlock joints. in influenza. There Is
the soft swelling of the hind legs that
occurs so often in draft horses when
standing still and that comes from pre-
vious Inflammation or from insufficient
heart power. Dropsy of the skin may
occur beneath the chest or abdomen
from weak heart or from chronic col
lection of fluid in the chest or abdO-
men. In anasarca or purpura hemor-
rhagica large soft swellings appear on
any part of the skin, but usually on
the legs, side of the body, and about
the head. .-- -.
Importance Of Wounds.
Wounds Of the skin may be Of i'm
portance in the diagnosis Of internal
disease. Wounds over the bony promi-
nences, as the point Of the hip, the point
Of the shoulder, and the greatest con-
vexity of the ribs, occur when horse
is unable to stand for long time and,
through continually lying upon his
side, has shut off the circulation to the
portion of the skin that covers parts of
the body that carry the greatest weight,
and in this way has caused them to
mortify. Little, round, soft, doughlike
swellings occur on the skin and may be
scattered freely over the surface of the
body when the horse is afflicted with
urticaria. Similar eruptions, but dis
tributed less generally, about the size
Of silver dollar, may occur as
symptom of dourine, or colt distemper.
Hard Jumps, from which radiate welt
like swellings Of the lymphatics, occur
in CHAMBERS, and blisterlike eruptions
occur around the mouth and pasterns
in horsepOx.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27
JEWS FOR PROHIBITION.

1.-THE Drink Question From the Jew
ish Point Of View" This was the SUBJ
ject, Of an address in the Free Syna-
gogue, Carnegie hall, New York, by
Rabbi Stephen s. Wise, one of the
leading Hebrews of the United States.
The Jews, he declared, believe in pro-
hibition-prohibition, not for the few
but for. everybody.
"Rum," he said, ''is blessing only
for the idle rich, for the extinction of
their kind, and as a means to make
their perpetuation impossible, but to
Jews and non-Jews alike 1t is men
ace. To young Jewish men generally
I say, Free yourselves of the harrow
ing restraints of the cocktail and the
cigarette The prohibition question
Is no Jewish question. 1t is an Amer
lean problem. Do not let us think
about ourselves, but let us think of the
welfare Of the whole country. Let the
verdict be, Alcohol must de-"
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27
QUITE sstisaea

Favors are seldom satisfactory
mel? oh. no. never try to Inn
prove on nature
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-04-27
CONDEMNS ALCOHOL,

Realizing the death rate caused d.
rectly and Indirectly by the use Of al
cohol. 1t seems part of the duty of
the medical profession. whose work it
Is to prevent as well as cure disease,
to use their efforts to discourage and
put a stop to this evil, which is exact
ing such heavy toll from mankind.
Therefore, be it resolved, that the
Manatee County (Florida) Medical as
ISOLATION will discourage the writing
Of prescriptions for Its indiscriminate
use.
Resolved, second, That alcohol as
stimulant, can be eliminated from
the pharmacopoeia without in any way
Gripping the efficiency of the doctors
armamentarium."
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-13
VIRGINIA LEE: GORDON

Though grown up we will
 always remain children a heart. The Peter Pan of films
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-11
MUST NOT BOTHER EDISON
Visitors Not Permitted to 'ntrude on
Great Inventor When He Is Busy
at His Experiments.

Thomas A. Edison's favorlte pur-
sui is chemistry. Even as boy
telegraphist getting his first start to-
wards a career, this inclination was
manifest in his experiments with bat
teries and electric devices, and it still
remains his greatest pleasure, observes
an exchange.
His new laboratory is splendidly
equipped. Every known substance
ranging through all the kingdoms of
matter from lanthanum to sharks
teeth and including over 100000 speci-
mems, is kept on hand for immediate
availability. 1t is collection of over
30 years standing, encouraged from
time to time by prizes for new addi-
lions offered by the inventor to his
men.
His own laboratory table is never
in any circumstances, allowed 10 be
touched. A notice posted on the door
way reads to the effect that Mr.. Edi-
son is not Ia be disturbed in the course
of his experiments except for matter
OF the utmost Importance. SO fond is
he of his beloved pastlme that he de-
clareS his idea of heaven is to be able
to continue IT, and his inimctionS to
his staff are: when | die want my
table forwarded to me by wireless
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-11
HOGGING DOWN CORN
is MOST PROFITABLE
When Properly Managed Hogs
Gain as Rapidly and Eco
nomicalIy as on Feed.

Practical feeders and experiment
properly managed, will gain as rapidly
and as economically when allowed to
harvest the corn crop as when the crop
is harvested and fed In the usual man.
ner. As q matter of fact, even more
pork may be produced from an acre
when the hogs do their own harvesting.
This statement is proved by tests con-
Quoted by various experiment stations.
Henry and Morrison, In "Feeds and
Feeding" show that 6S pigs which were
allowed to harvest their own corn,
gained IA pounds daily during SO days,
and required 4SS pounds of concen-
trates for 100 pounds gain. Another
lot of 81 pigs which were fed ear corn
in yard, gained IL pounds during 81
days and required $40 pounds of con-
centrates for 100 pounds gain.
l.. A. Weaver OF the University Of
Missouri college of agriculture points
out that summer pasture, combined
with hogging down corn in the fall is Il
profitable method of fattenlng hogs,
since less high-priced grain is neces-
sary when pork is produced in this
manner. The Missouri station has
shown that 20 TO 40 per cent less grain
IS required TO produce given amount
Of pork when good pasture crops are
supplied throughout the grazing sea-
son. To effect such a saving, however,
It is necessary to limit the amount Of
grain which is fed to hogs on pasture
SO that at the end Of the grazing sea
son they will not be fat, but will be
grown and In excellent condition to
hog down the corn necessary to finish
them for market.
This system Of hog management not
only reduces the amount of grain re-
CURED to finish the hog for market, but
saves labor, removes less fertility from
the farm, keeps the swine herd more
healthy, and offers other advantages
for cheapening the cost of production.
The number Of acres of corn neces-