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, 1917-09-06
TREATMENT FOR WILD COLTS
Complete Directions Given for Getting
Foot of Refractory Animal into
Position for Shooting.

To raise a hind foot, put on a rope
as on the front foot and draw the foot
forward. To put a rope OF the hind
foot of a wild horse, tie up a front foot,
have the assistant hold his hand rel
the eye on the same side as the foot to
be lifted, or take the headstall in one
hand, the tail in the other and whirl
the horse until he becomes dizzy.
While in this condition he may be han
died with safety. Lift the foot for
ward two or three times and gentle it.
AS soon ms the horse gives in carry the
foot backward into a shoeing position
and trim the hoof.
, 1917-09-06

Arequipa are too steep to allow the
dunes to proceed farther. They there
fore pile up in u sort of a sandy GEM
etery mt he eastern edge Of the Pam
pa. Before they reach the end, how
ever, and as the hills defect the air
In different directions, dunes OCCASION
ally advance over or threaten the rail-
way line. The method of avoiding the
threatened obstruction is simple but
effective. a couple of men go out with
long-handled spades and a wheelbar-
row and collect loose pebbles and grit
from the surface of the Pampa. This
they proceed to scatter in a thin layer
over the back of the unfortunate dune.
The pebbles arrest the action of the
ripples and so interfere with the ever
circulation of the sand particles, which
is apparently as essential to the prog
ress of h dune as the circulation of
blood to a human being. Very short
ly the dune assumes a lOpsided shape,
sagging where the debris has been cast
upon 1t, and offering, instead of a we'll
rounded back, n breach to the action
of the wind. The progress of disinte-
grafton is fairly rapid, and at the
end nothing is left on the Pampa ex-
cept the original wheelbarrow loads of
grit and pebbles which suffice to ex-
erciss TIE monster.
The dunes advance over pebbles and
stones without disturbing their posi-
ton. 1 noticed Immediately behind
several large dunes scattered stones
that obviously had not shifted from
their bed, just as pebbles may lie Sc
cure on the seashore in the swell of
the breakers. Generally speaking, the
smoother the surface of the Pampa
and the higher the wind, the larger
and more perfect becomes the dune.
, 1917-09-06
GETTING CROPS TO MARKET
OF Little Avail to Raise Produce of
Any Kind II 1t Cannot Be Moved
to Shipping Point.

While a great deal is being said
about the crying need of c%ultivating
every acre of land which can be made
to yield crops at a fair profit, there is
a surprising silence about the equal
ly important need, of providing faclli-
ties or getting those crops to shipping
points. 1t is of little avail to raise
wheat if it cannot be hauled to mar
ket.
AT a recent convention of the Ohio
Good Roads association the farmer
delegates spoke with the utmost on
viction of the need of improved roads,
good 1856 days in the year. If they were
to do their part in the mobilization of
the of the country in the
cause of humanity. Moreover, these
delegates from the farms did not ask
, 1917-09-06
SHEEP RID FARM OF WEEDS
Also Return Fertility Of Soil in Form
of Manure-Graze With Cat
tie Very Nicely.

Roadsides, lanes and fence corners
may be kept clean and tidy by a flock
of sheep. Not only will sheep rid the
fields of weeds and turn them into a
marketable product, but they will re-
turn the fertility of the soil to the
land in the form of manure. Sheep
will Craze with cattle nicely where
grass is abundant, and will eat the
plants the other stock leave.
Most farms have feed lots and yards
which annually grow up to unsightly
weeds. By sowing rape in these places
and pasturing sheep on it, the appear
ance of the farm would be much i'm
proved and money would be made.
, 1917-09-06
BUY LIMESTONE NOW
FOR USE IN AUTUMN
Men and Teams Now Have
Greatest Leisure, Roads
Are Good and Dry.

The most convenient time to apply
ground limestone is in late summer or
early fall. 1t is at these times that
there is the greatest leisure of men
and teams, the roads are good and the
fields are dry enough to go over with
OF serious trouble. This year, how
ever, the threatened car shortage
makes it important to get the lime in
as soOn as possible, even If 1t must
be stored for use.
Another reason for applying lime in
the fall is that it is always best to
apply it on land prepared for a crop.
and the preparation of land for wheat
offers a good place for its application,
since farmers are usually too busy or
the ground is too soft to apply it be-
fore corn. Moreover. clover Is the
crop which is usually most benefited
by lime, and clover ordinarily follows
the wheat. AS a rule, the wheat crop
itself will not show great benefit, I'M
less the land is very our. Since lime
is applied to sweeten the soil, and thus
influence all crops, but particularly
clover, and since 1t is usually applied
at rather infrequent intervals, 1t does
not matter greatly to which crop appli-
cation is made. M. f. Miller Of the
University of Missouri College of Ag-
riculture suggests hat the time of
application depends largely on con-
venience.
There is u prevailing opinion that
since lime does not give the quick re-
Spouse secured from fertilizers, that
1t Is not a good war measure applica-
ton. This is true In part, but since
the war may last indefinitely, and since
the period of food shortage will doubt
less continue several years after the
war has closed, every measure when
will increase soil productivity SHOULD
be considered. Glover must be grown
to supply nitrogen. On many soils
lime is essential to successful clover
culture. The use of lime should stead
lily increase, therefore, regardless OF
war conditions.
, 1917-09-06
POPULAR BREEDS OF SHEEP
Shropshire Combines In Fairly High
Degree All Qualities Sought by
American Breeders.

Sheep die easily sometimes, especial
ly S for the man who is inexperienced
with them. 1t may be said that the
larger the breed the less hardihood
they exhibit. Internal parasites kill
more sheep than all other causes com
bined. Pneumonia, however, is quite
common among the large English
breeds.
The Mcrino is the hardest of all
breeds, and the Southdown of all the
English breeds. But the Shropshire is
perhaps the most popular sheep in
America today. 1t combines in a fair
ly high degree all the qualities hat are
, 1917-09-06

In stately sequence southeast across
the Pampa until they reach some large
obstacle or abrupt change of level. If
the barrier is negotiable they adapt
themselves to cross 1t, the dune pro-
1ecting itself into h easiest passes
and elongating up to the limit of
Its sand mass. Once the obstacle is
crossed, the vanguard of the dune
marks time until the real catches I'D.
forms once more into a half-moon
shape, and proceeds on its way. These
dunes often attain u considerable size,
measuring up to so yards between the
points of the horns.
The march of the dunes is assisted
by the sand ripples, whose more ex-
posed surfaces are blown onward by
the wind. The sand climbs the steep
back of the dune more slowly than the
low salient wings, hence the half
moon shape. Small particles travel at
relatively high speed near ground level
as far as the projecting points, or
horns, but as soon as they reach them
they are on the lee of the wind and
their farther progress is checked I'M
til he mass of the dune catches I'D.
Thus the distance the sand travels
along the points is dependent on the
maximum height of the back of the
dune, and this in turn depends on the
force of wind. The stronger the wind
the higher it will force up the sand
particles in a direct right angle to the
axis of the dune, /. e., to a line drawn
etween the horns. The shape of any
given dune is therefore the result of a
perfectly graduated balance between
the wind force and the floor level. The
railway track in crossing the desert
shows an average rise of slightly over
l in 100, so that although their shape
Is governed by surface variations the
dunes are on the whole marching up
hill.
Move 100 Yards a Year.
Owing to my short stay in the Pam
pa l was not able to check the dunes
rate of march by personal observation,
but I was informed by plate layers
and other railway men, whose duties
necessitate watching them, that the
rate is about 100 yards per annum.
The high hills thanking the desert near
, 1917-09-06
MINERAL MIXTURE FOR PIGS
Department OF Agriculture Gives For.
muIa for Animals on Pasture
Keep in Handy Place.

To supply mineral matter and a ton
ic for pigs on pasture the following
mineral mixture is good, says the Unit
ed States department of agriculture. 1t
always should be accessible. Dissolve
the copperas in hot water and sprinkle
over the mixture: Copperas two
pounds, slaked lime four pounds, wood
ashes one bushel, sulphur four pounds,
salt eight pounds, fine charcoal one
bushel.
, 1917-09-06
PARSNIPS ALL WINTER

!, Parsnips may be allowed to
!. remain in the ground and dug
, as needed, as freezing does not
, injure them.
AS it is a difficult matter to
I dig them when the ground is
! frozen, it is advisable to store
I a small quantity in the storage
! room in the basement of the
! dwelling or in the outdoor stor-
! age cellar for use during the
. winter periods when the ground
I is frozen.
I Write for Farmers Bulletins
J S47 and $40, United States De-
. partment Of Agriculture, Wash
! ington, d. c., which furnishes
! information on storage, free Of
I charge.
, 1917-09-06
First Prize Shropshire.

sought in n sheep. However, there is
a difference in the hardness of indi-
vidual sheep just as there is with men.
Some families of men break down and
die young as compared with others.
Similarly, some families of sheep die
more easily than others. Selection,
breeding and are and management are
also factors in determining the health
and vigor Of sheep.
, 1917-09-06
REPORT HowIN YEARLY PRODUCTION OF COW.

of the milk, and the black hand the
gross weight.
By the use of an extra pail, the
weight of which n be adjusted with
the red hand on the milk scale, the
regular milk pals need not be used
for weighing milk.
The mixer in large commercial
diaries usually wears a white suit, but
any clean, washable, outside clothing
is satisfactory.
, 1917-09-06
cinders for Surfacina.

For ~surfacing footpaths, gravel,
mixtures of sand and clay, and Gin
ders will, in general, give good salts
faction.
, 1917-09-06

Vegetables quickly grown are more
tender and of better quality than
those slowly grown. Good soil and
good cultivation are needed.
, 1917-09-06

you wouldn't think it, but / once
had n happy home"
"Then why didn't you do something
to keep 1t happy?"
81 did, mister-I left it."
, 1917-09-06

Conceit is not a virtue, yet every
man should have a little Of 1t in his
makeup.
, 1917-09-06

Drag for Better Roads.
More dragging will near better
roads.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31
MAN BROUGHT FROM
BATTLE CREEK DENIES
BAD CHECK CHARGE

Gus Humans. brought here from
Battle Creek when ne waived extra O..
ditiou. answered charge of passing
forged checks with mot guilty" i'm
city court Friday morning. Accord
ing 90 the police. Humans passed a
number of worthless checks on va
Iious Greek restaurants i'm South
Bend He is held under $500 bond
and will We tried next Friday.
Helen bdniska pleaded guilty 20
charges of abortion She lis said TO
he the mother of the baby which was
found iu a vault n the west end of
the city last Monday morning Her
case was continued go next Tuesday.
at which time the case OF Carolins
Powecki, supposed 20 have helped
the girl iu the operation. viii come
rp. The PoWecki woman pleaded
NOT guilty Both are held for $500
bonds
Paui click will pay fine Of 81
AMI costs for spceding. u Install
mert-. Edward Novak's case of
wife DISCRETION was continued 10
Sept g.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31
KLAER PLEADS GUILTY
RELEASED ON BOND

Joseph klaer druggist pleaded
guilty 20 ne charge of sellin. liquor
10 United states soldier i'm uni
TOrm. and was bound over 70 the
federal grand jury when arrligned
before Federal Com missioner Thad
VI. Talcott Thursday afternoon. He
was released on a $1,000 bond.
klaer was arrested last sunday ON
evidence furnished by the local mill
starry authorities II is claimed that
he had been supplying a number Of
the soldiers with liquor for SOME
time, but sufficient evidence for his
arrest was not obtained until last
Sundly. when a uniformed soldier.
who was sent out from the local
headquarters. succeeded in purchas-
iAg a supply from Klaer
The case will be considered by the
federal grand jury when il meets il
November az indianapolis
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31
viii Celebrate
Golden Wedding
Next Sunday

Mr. and Mrs George Edwin
Snyder. 712 +. Washington St, Will
celebrate their golden wedding an
niversary at Pottawatomie park,
Sunday, Sept. . Their anniversary
celebration will be held in connec-
ton with the Snyder family reunion
also at the park. There will be a
basket dinner served at noon.
Mrs. Snyder is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John =. Woolford of
Strawsburg, O., and was born Aug.
p. 1876. Mr.. Snyder is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs George Snyder of
Canton, O., and was born Jan. so,
1874 The couple were married
Aug. %, 1867. and came To this state.
Later i'm 1874 they settled on a farm
near Bremen. In 1912 they moved 10
South Bend.
There are six children living, as
follows: Mrs IL. b. Gillis Mrs. Mel
son Galbraith. Mrs George Dressler
and George .. Snyder of this city;
Mrs. :. DeBaum of Chicago. and
Mrs. Walter Herzog of Mishawaka.
one daughter. Mrs. John L. Fisher
of Nappanee. died in January, 1910.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31

South Bend Boy in
France Writes Of
Service With Pershj71q

the weather IL rained for a solid
week then stopped for one day. But
today il has been raining and at
the time of this writing it is rain
ing hard.
The other day had quite i
surprise ran into man from
South Bend. He was very much
surprised 10 sec me. and ! had quite
chat with him about home and
fellows we both knew. lie is in
the infantry and says they keep him
very busy drilling.
THE trip 10 this town is some
thing that 1 Will never forget. Per
haps YOU know what French trains
are like. They are similar 10 our
street cars and have no padded
seats and have very little room for
a passenger. But back of our car,
was a fat car filled with straw. As
the weather happened at that time
20 he nice, we got on that car and
took in all the sights to be seen. At
the towns through which we trav-
eled the girls threw us flowers.
cigars and cigarets. After the trip
we all had enough smoking material
TO last Us for about three or four
days Also at the stations there
We're girls dressed in white to grve
us lemonade and iced tea, and also
coffee So you can see what regard
the French have for the first Amer
lean troops TO pass through their
towns.
ITO change the subject how are
things going I'm South Bend? Your
letter was rather short, but / hope
that the next one will be long and
full of news. Well, it is $50 and
/ am just about out of something to
say. With lots Of love and affection,
I remain as ever,
Your Son"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31
DISTRICT BOARD
SLOW ON APPEALS
Local Boards Hampered in
Work of Notifying Men
For First Contingent.

Although Sept. ., the date set for
the first five per cent of the Indiana
quota for the new national army 10
report 10 the training camps. is only
"A few days away. local members OF
the exemption boards i'm the three
divisions Of this city are beginning
10 get uneasy, as the lists Of names
that were certified with the district
boards at Laporte some time ago
have not been returned and the local
boards are i'm ignorance of the
names of the men chosen 10 90 with
the first troops from South Bend
a numbe of men who were ex-
amined and certified are also an
xious 10 know whether or not they
were listed with the first contingent
scheduled to leave for camp Taylor
at Louisville. Ky.
DIR. J. Il. Berteling, a member Of
the board i'm division No. wired
Andrew J. Hickey Thursday after
noon that the local boards could not
take further action in summonins
the men 10 be ready 10 leave on the
above date until they had received
the revised list from the board.
Expected List This Week.
1t was thought that the list would
be returned TO the local boards early
this week so that they could notify
the men chosen, but apparently no
action has been taken by the district
board. Chairman Homer TaSgart of
division 30. >, stated Friday that al
though the men had been told when
they received their physical eXamin
atoms TO he ready TO report on short
notice, il seemed quite unfair to
keep them waiting to know whether
or not they are to go with the first
per cent
Rome Q. Stephenson. chairman OF
division No /. stated Friday that the
complete list of the men TO be certi
fed with the district board for the
second selective draft would not be
ready until about the first of the
week owing to the great number of
exemption claims that have been
filed in the last few days.
Members of the appeal commits
sion are kept right on the job these
days looking over exemption claims
and i'm a few instances making per-
sOnal Investigations on claims fled.
Very few men have appealed their
claims up to date. but it is thought
that when the exemption list OF
divisions 40. 1 and . is announced
there will be several appeals filed
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31

Alr. and AIRS. George -. Beroth.
1915 California av have received
word from their son. Neal Z. Ber-
9th who enlisted in the medical
corps and is stationed somewhere
in France" The letter itself re-
flutes the report that was in circu-
lation some weeks ago concerning
the boy. The story started by some
little girl who had heard fragments
Of two stories and later put them
together said that Neal had had
both legs shot Off The family
wired Immediately for information
and We're convinced that there was
no truth TO it. and soon after the
letter came from the son himself
The letter follows
Somewhere in France,
My Dear Folks Aug. Il. 1917.
81 received your welcome letter
on the 9th. and was very glad TO
get il. The rumor about not being
able 10 write home is not true as
you can see by this letter. OF course
we are not able 10 mention where
we are or anything pertaining To
the soldiers who are here. This
town we are i'm is a very interesting
place The place is very old and
everything looks like it, but we can
buy lots OF things which have been
imported from the United States
The prices are fair and with the
pay that we get we get lots of things.
/ get $1,000 a month or POS francs
and fraction. I put $40 in the
quartermaster' and am getting
along well with the balance Of my
pay.
AS 20 what unit ] am in. l am
on detached service being an or
DERBY for the division surgeon. The
work is very nice and have no cause
to complain. The only thing that
have any cause TO complain Of is
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31
MARKET OPENING
SHOWS WEAKNESS
international News Service .

International News Service
NEW YORK. Aug. 3I.-Weaknes,
featured trading at the opening ~
the stock market today. and initial
prices were from fractions 10 more
than a point under last nights
close
L. :. Steel opened extra dividend
IA with sales OF $4,000 shares at
from 1111a TO 1927. but in the next
few sales declined 20 HIS. loss
Of Is Crucible continued weak.
selling off one point 70 $3.50 Lack
awanna was off Ia at 794 Beth
lehem steel held steady selling
around last nights close
General Motors was actively traded
in, declining "a TO 1857
The tobacco shares were weak.
Tobacco Products falling 5s 10 O. s.
and United Sugar Stores lss To
1888.
The Copper stocks and the Marine
shares sold off fractionally
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31
DR.. GREEN URGES
STUDY OF NATURE

zone OF the biggest sources of
trouble and sorrow in the world to-
day. is the fact that we walk con-
tinually in the midst of beauty and
fail 20 see IT," said Or. Green. in
his lecture on Nature and the
Poets" at the morning session OF the
teachers institute Friday
lone of the things that the world
nee0s as much as anything is for
the people To- study nature more.
They need 10 get out where nature
reigns supreme and hear its eternal
voice. Get out alone. if possible. or
be with congenial companions when
you go.
"Chaucer could not have written
the immortal Canterbury Bells had
he rot had the personal relation
ship with nature that he had. Long
fellow was a lover Of nature. hence
his wonderful 'Hiawatha. And BY
ron. Addison. Browning. Tennyson.
Shelley. Whittier Bryant were all
lovers of nature and their compost
tiOns all show that touch"
DIR. HUXLEY Concludes Lecture.
III A-4uOoAl- AAulltA CoACA uutu HIS
lecture on The Building Of the ship
of state" In his talk he outlined
the beginning of the two great po-
Htical parties. explaining how they
got their names, and telling, in de-
tail of all the arguments and dis
cussions that were attendant on all
of the steps that were taken at that
time to work out and building up
the Constitution of the United
/ States.
Mrs. Carrie p Adams talked on
Community Music" and urged that
we not lose sight of the fact that
sacred music is just as desirable a
feature of community singing as the
old favorites.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31
FORD FUNERAL TO BE
HELD ON SATURDAY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

same year. when he was succeeded
by James A. Crawley
Is Reelected.
Two years later Judge Ford was
elected prosecutor and served CON
tinuously by reelection from oct. %,
1875. until Jan. Is, 1885. when he
resigned, having been elected to con-
gress in the fall of the previous year.
He took his seat in congress March
4, 1885, and upon retiring in 1887
resumed the practice of law in South
Bend.
He held no other public office un-
til his election as superior court
Judge Of St. Joseph county on the
democratic ticket in the fall of 1914,
succeeding Vernon w. Van Fleet on
Jan. I. 1915, for a four-year term.
Judge Ford married Josephine
oliver. daughter of James oliver. in
1883. His residence has been the
beautiful home on W Washington
av., at the corner of Scott st.
Judge Ford was high in Masonic
circles
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31
YOUNG ENGINEER WITH
CALIFORNIA ARTILLERY

William Hill. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William j. Hill of ll09 Lincoln way
w. has joined a battery of California
field artillery. Mr.. Hill has just -
ceived a letter TO this effect. The
young man is now in training at
Santa Barbara, Calf.
Hill is a mining engineer and held
a responsible position with copper
mining concern at Ray. Arz., TO
which he had recently been pro-
noted He asked his fathers ad-
vice about enlisting i'm the field ar
tillery ana the latter wired him tn
use his own Judgment. Hill wired
back: Il have used my best judG-
ment, and am going 10 Santa Bar
bara for training" He expects 10
be detailed 10 special engineering
work with the battery