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CHAPTER XiV-Continued.

Stanton was still wrestling with his
problem when the Handsome couple"
returned from the play. The trust
teId captain saw them as they crossed
the lobby to the elevator and again
marked the little evidences of familiar
lty. THAT settles it," he unused. with
an outthrust Of the pugnaciouS jaw.
'She knows more about Smith than
ANYBODY else in this neck of woods
and she's got it to tell :"
Stanton began his inquiSitiOn for bet
ter information the following day, with
the beieweIled lady for his ally. Miss
HIGHLANDER was alone and unfriended
In the hotel-and also little bored.
Hence she was easy Of approach; so
easy that by luncheon time the sham
promoters wife was able to Introduce
her husband. Stanton lost no moment
inyestigative. For the inquiring pur-
pose, Smith was made to figure as a
business acquaintance, and Stanton
was generous in his praises of the
young mans astounding financial abil-
tty.
Hes simply wonder, Miss Rich
lander !" he cOnfided over the luncheon
table. Coming here few weeks ago,
absolutely unknown, he has already be-
come prominent man of affairs in
Brewster. And so discreetly reticent
To this good day nobody knows where
he comes from, or anything about
him"
MOP" said Miss Verda. "How sin
gular" But she did not volunteer to
supply any of the missing biographical
facts.
absolutely nothing" Stanton went
on smoothly "And, of course, his 81
Ience about himself has been grossly
misinterpreted. | have even heard il
said that he is an escaped convict"
How perfectly absurd" was the
smiling comment.
isn't it? But you know how people
will talk. They are saying now that
his name isn't Smith, that he has
merely taken the cOmmOnest name III
the category as an alias"
81 can contradict that, anyway
Miss HichIandcr offered. Ills name is
really and truly John Smith"
"You have known him long time
haven't yOu?" inquired the lady will
che headlight diamonds.
"Oh, yes; for quite a long time, in
deed"
"That was back in New York state?
Stanton slipped in.
an the East, yes. He comes of al
excellent family. His fathers people
were well-tO-dO farmers, and one of his
,great-uncles on his mothers side wa.
on the supreme bench in our state; ht
was chief justice during the later years
of his life"
'sWhat state did you say? Queriet
Stanton craftily. But Miss Verda wa:
far too wide-awake to let him surprise
her.
"Our home state, of course. / dom
believe any member Of Mr.. Smith:
Immediate family on either side ha:
ever moved out of it,"
Stanton gave it up for the time be
ing, and was convinced upon two points
Smith might have business reasons fo
secrecy-he might have hackers wh'
wished to remain completely unknown
I'm their fight against the big LAM
trust; but if he had no hackers tn
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25
Faith in Safety Pins.

"There Is but one thing in this world
that we can put our faith and reliance
in with confidence children" said the
Sunday school teacher. "Who can tell
what it is?" Safety pins" promptly
answered little girl.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25
Sad News.

1.-THE expectant heir to his uncle's
millions, anxiously asked the doctor
when his uncle was taken ill, if there
was no hope"
what did the doctor say?'
HE told him there was no hope
whatever. The chances were his
uncle would get we'll enough to MARI!
his houSekeeDer.
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If properls p- ~ this crop and II ~nI
be rea1lrer txo or three eultivs .til,is,on
need ohrs .,,,;ns Extension 'Dl'1StD'
! ". x. 1. I1,,iversitv.
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pounds each and the tops the same.
By the middle of october the beets
will average pounds each. while each
top will weigh probably a little less
than l'a pounds.
Beet fields in one district in the sec
ond half OF August look very much
more alike than at any other date. be-
cause almost all of them. regardless
Of the date of planting. have reached
the maximum growth Of the tops, un-
less leaf spot or lack of water have
created abnormal conditions.
Reets cannot he considered maturcd
unless they have at least l6 per cent
sugar In unfavorable years. like Ia st
year. many fields do not test that high.
How much the yield of green tops per
100 pounds heets can vary in different
years can be seen from the records of
the experimental station mentioned
above. Since the heets are not irri :
gated. the fluctuation of the rainfall
naturally Influences these yields very
much.
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Throw Away Your Sprays and Douches
..-They Cannot Cure Your Catarrh

same time. Rather throw away your
sprays forever, if they are to interfere
with the proper. treatment of your
Catarrh.
s. s. s. is the most satisfactory
blood remedy known, and is purely
vegetable, containing only the extracts
and juices of roots and herbs. This
great remedy has been in constant use
for more than fifty years and has
given splendid results in the treat
mcnt OF Catarrh. All druggists sell It.,
but insist that they give you the gen.
uine S. S. s. There is nothing Just
as Good
You are invited to write to our
medical director. who will gladly give
you expert advice regarding the treat
ment Of your own case, without charge
Address Swift Specific Co.. l50- G.
lswift Laboratory. Atlanta, Ga.
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During these years the yield of green
tops per 100 pounds beets varied be-
tween 81 and So pounds. The years
With high yields gave high percent
age of green tops, while the years with
lower yields of beets gave a rather
low percentage. However. green beet
;ops contain in different years vary
ing pn.centag es of moisture. Usually
n rank growth of tops has a hiIh r.r-
centage. While a small growth OF 'oHs
has Il lb& percentage of moisture.
In the records quoted above. tho rank
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-23
Dissolve Law Partnership;
Two New Firms Are Formed

The dissolution of the law partner
ship of Hall & Whitlock and the
formation of two new firms were an
nounced yesterday. A. n. Whitlock,
dean of State University law school,
has withdrawn from his former part
nership to join William l.. Murphy.
Charles II. Hall senior partner of the
former firm, will take as partner Wal
ter l.. Pope. member of the law school
faculty. Mr.. Pope is a graduate Of
the University of Chicago and prac-
ticcd law in Lincoln. Nebraska. for
five years before coming to Montana
two years ago He will continue his
service at the university for this year.
at least, it is announced The
changes are to be effective October l.
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Blind, Manned and Halt
to Form New Hun Units

paper Les Nouvelles of Maastricht an
nounccs that 25 per cent Of the Gar-
man troops garrisoning Belgium hav
been recalled, the German authorities
proposing the use the blind, MANNED
and halt" for the creation of new
units for the fighting front.
1t adds that the Germans have
destroyed completely the Cookeville
steel plants. removing the buildings
and blowing up the blast furnaces.
Several other plants have been
destroyed and it is believed the same
fate awaits all Belgian factories.
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Sugar Beet Harvest to Begin
First Part of Coming Month
Great Western Sugar Company Expert Gives Valuable In
formation on Feeding Values Of Beet
Tops and Comparisons.

acre of heets. Anyway. beet tops are
worth more today than they ever were.
While better use is made Of them every
wear. there are still some farmers who
do not make as good use of them as
possible, There are several articles
in this issue by practical men showing
what can. and has been. done.
Yield Of Tops Per Acre.
Unfortunately there are very few ac-
curate figures available referring to
the actual yield Of tops under differen.
conditions. A comman saying among
farmers is that an acre Of beet tops
furnishes feed for one steer for 100
days.
If the average yield of 400 pounds
Of dry matter per acre. mentioned
above, is obtained. ii would allow one
steer - pounds dry matter. which is
n little more than usually consumed
by a 1000 pound steer. A common
feed per head per day is 100 pounds Of
pulp and Il pounds Of hay. equals e3.5
pounds dry matter.
Orr agricultural superintendent. Mr..
Heidi. at Scottsbluff fed last year. o10
steers with beet tops. hay. molasses
and cake. The tops were weighed.
He obtained two tons of dry tops from
a field averaging IL tons Of heets. The
steers ate on an average 1S.5 pounds
OF dry tops pcr head per day. Mr..
Hcldt stated that the steers liked to
eat more tops. but If allowed to they
did not gain as much as when limited
to certain amount.
However, leaving aside the wisdom
OF allowing the animal to cat such
quantities of beet tops. 100 days feed
for one steer seems a fair expression
of an average yield.
For Dairy Herds.
With dairy herds. which on the
whole are fed more nationally than
other animals. an acre of beet tops
often lasts considerably longer than
100 days, mainly because dairy men
have found out that feeding an excess
sivc amount of beet tops does not
maintain the maximum production OF
milk. The reason for this may he
that tops are too bulky In proportion
to their real food value, so that the
COW. while keeping her stomach filled.
does not get enough nourishmcnt for
maximum production.
A considerable number Of steer
feeders also express the opinion that
beet tops must be fed in limited guam
titles and supplemented by other feeds
in order to get the best results.
| Fluctuations in Yield Of Beet Tops.
There Is an impression that some
\ fields run more to tops than others
/ This is true to a certain extent. While
| big crops Of bccts cannot be produced
without big tops. II is also true thai
the higher the fertility Of the land the
/ higher Is the yield Of tops in proper.
ton to the bocts harvested.
The seven year average on a Ger.
man experimental farm shows the fol.
lowing interesting figures:
Tons Per Acre Lbs. Tops Per
Gets Green Tops 100 Lbs. Rccts
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While the use of stable manure and
commercial fertilizers increased the
yield of beets five tons per acre over
the nnmanured fields. ii increased the
yield of green tops by nine tons.
The yield of tops in proportion to
that of beets also varies from year to
Year. frequently depending on the state
of maturity. The best tops usually
increase in size mp to about loo days
after thinning. Thereafter they re-
main stationary for n while and actu-
ally decrease in weight If the heets
really mature. The beets, of course,
increase in weight all the time if fer
tility and moisture content of the soil
permits 1t. SO it happens frequently
that the average weight of the green
top of one beet is by August 18th, l u
pounds, while the beet weighs about
three fourths of n pound. The tops
at that time frequently weigh twice as
much as the beet.
BY the middle of September the
heets in the same field weigh ~
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Top Dry Substance

growth in the year 1916. furnishing ?5
pounds of green tops per 100 pounds of
beetS. the tops contained SIS per cent
water. while in 1903 with co per cent
green tops they contained only T9.7 per
cent water. Therefore, the yield of top
dry substance per 100 pounds beetS
harvested does not differ as much as
that of green tops. In 1906. lie pounds
of dry tops were harvested per 100
pounds of heets: in 1903 it was 1913
pounds.
In the Scottshluff feeding opera tons,
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Science Shows the Way to the Proper
Treatment.

Science shows conclusiyely that
Ca1arrh cannot be permanently cured
by depending alone on local treatment
with sprays, douches, inhalers and
oin,ments.
catarrh is not q local disease. 1t
is more than an inflammation Of the
membranes and air passages. When
yon are all choked up so that you can
hardly breathe, your condition has
been brought about by millions of tiny
germs which have found lodgment in
yonr blood.
1t is only by cleansing your blood of
these disease germs and driving them
from your system that you can get rid
OF your Catarrh. s. S. S. drives the
germs out of your blood and acts as q
tonic to your general system at the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-23
BRoNcHo RIDING CHAMP.

broncho riding worlds championship
here today in the closing days pro-
gram at the roundup, riding on Cul dc
Sac. fiery mount against so buck
aroos from points all over the west.
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To Resume Deportation
of Belgians From Mons

Amsterdam, Sept o22.--The resumD-
ton OF the deportation of all males
rctween II and A. from the ci.y OF
Mons Belgium, is reported by Les
NOuVelleS of MaaStricht. Some hal G
been transported to Germany. while
others were sent to work behind the
lines in France.
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ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED.

Petrograd, Sept. 22.-All the univer-
stiles here except the medical schools,
have been closed for a year. commence
ing today. in pursuance of a plan to
evacuate the unnecessary proportion
of the population in Petrograd.
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German Field Marshals,"
La Toilette, Gr0nna, Et AL

Rochester, n. Y, Sept 2o.-Scnators
IaFollette, Stone and Gronna, were
characterized as the real field mar
shals of Gerfany' and the American
Chlans' by Charles Edward Russell of
New York. who spoke here tonight.
Mr.. Russell was a member of the
United States commission that re-
Gently visited Russia
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Only Y. M. c. A. and X. C.
Get Camp Privileges

Washington. Sept. 2o.-Secretary
Baker explained today that only the
Young Mems Christian association and
the knights Of Columbus have been
permitted to erect recreation buildings
within camps and environments be-
cause it would be physically impossible
to grant the same privilege to all So
cial. religious and fraternal organiza-
tons seeking it.
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condition and lower with fields of low
fertility.
The yield of tops as dry as they can
be prepared in the field and which you
can haul off a field will be 10 to Is
per cent o. tie weight of beets har-
vested.
II alfalfa hay is worth SIS the ton.
the dry beet tops of a normal acre of
beets. certainly yielding more than a
ton. are worth at least as much.
The value of beet tops should be cal
culated in the returns from an acre Of
beets.
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The tops contained more of the min
eral plant food than the beets did.
To sum up:
The composition Of the dry substance
of beet tops somewhat resembles that
of alfalfa hay, although it may not
have the same food value.
The yield of green tops OF normal
field may be assumed to average about
Is per cent of the weight of beets.
This will be higher with immature
beets and beets In vigorous growing
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The relative yield Of beet tops was
increased every year by the addition OF
nitrate. Two years out Of six the
fields receiving no manure or nitrate
produced the lowest relative yield of
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mentioned above. a yield Of 1875 pounds
Of dry tops per 100 pounds beets har-
vested were actually hauled oft the
field. OF course these tops contained
considerable amount Of moisture.
Yield OF Green Tops per 100 Pound
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of Green Tops Acre

the tops can be seen from the follow
ing figures:
The seven year average of the fields
receiving manure, nitrate. phosphate
and potash. was
1872 tons beets
1868 tons green tops
This material contained:
g Lbs. Phos. Acid Lbs. Potash
81 134
&c IS
81 cl2
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Therefore ii can be stated, big crops
of bcets cannot be grown without big
tops, but the heets do not grow bigger
in the same proportion as the tops
grow
To what extent the minerals alb
sorbed by the beet are accumulated in
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tops. However, an increase in the rela-
tive yield of the tops. as well as the
absolute yield. was in most cases ac-
companied by an increase in the yield
Of bcets. as can be seen from the fol-
lowing table:
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That the state Of fertility Of field
Influences the relative YIELD Of tops
can be seen from the following figures
obtained In German experimental
station:
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Quaunty production at the expense Of quaHU6a
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An extensive showing Lmberts Handmade Furniture just
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Harvest OF western MOntHnaS OeeI
crop will begin next month and the
plant here Of the Great Western Sugar
company win begin refining the beet
sugar late in October. according TO
announcement yesterday by company
officials. The big plant is almost
finished.
Unfavorable crop conditions have so
limited the beet harvest that the fac
tory willie run for only so days, r. NJ.
Barr, agriculturist for the company.
has estimated.
Harvest in the beet fields means
more than the mere production of
sugar making material. Feed for
cattle will be furnished in beet tops
and later in the pulp from the factory.
Concerning the beet tops, Hans Men,
delson. company expert. has prepared
the following article for The Missou-
liam:
Beet Tops.
The beet tops are very consider
able part of the total product of an
acre Nf beets.
An acre of beets yielding about 13
tons of beets will produce about nine
tOiS VI green tops II ttitIe is IiV S'iA
spot or hail These nine tons Of tops
contain about Il per cent, or 1.35 tons
equals 200 ponnds) dry matter and
..65 tons water.
The dry substance of the tops con-
sist of about:
lO.5 per cent digestible protein.
LIZ per cent digestiblc fat.
$50 per cent digestible carbohydrates
10 per cent digcstihle fiber.
Ordinary alfalfa hay analyzed by the
same methods contains. according to
Henry's Feed and Feeding:
1915 per cent digestible protein.
90 per cent digestihle fat.
go per cent diccstibe carbohydrates
lo.0 Per cent digestihle fiber.
Unstable Feeding Value.
So far as these conventional analy-
SEES arc concerned there is not much
difference between the two except that
the alfalfa contains more fiber. How
ever, the beet tops contain great deal
more potash which scours the animal
if it has unlimited access to the green
or dry tops. Also, according to the
weather during the beet harvest, the
tops contain varying amounts Of dirt
which are not of benefit to the animal
Therefore the feeding value of beet
tops fluctuates more than that of other
feeds which are obtained in clean
form.
The final value Of a food consists
not of what is in 1t but what you get
ont Of it. II tho tops arc TRANSFORMED
into mutton mr. beef they are cert a ipl>
more valuable if the resulting anima
sells for loc per pound than when |
sold for &c per pound. This means
that beet tops today in common will
al other farm produce have mucl
higher value than two or five year!
ago. This Is frcque entity forgotte,
when calculating the returns from al
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Fields receiving stable manure and nitrate
Tons Per Acre Green Tors
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1917-08-30
Dodge Civ, kansas
August y. 1917.
EDuoR MARBLE iiul PRESs.
Marble Hill. Mo.
Dear Sir

Dear Sir
have moved and want you tC
snd THr PRF.S TO Dodge City. Kan.
X r A, boz 20, instead Of 10 Ken,
dali, Kansas, aS have changed
Jobs ! am m the wheat belt now
and have q better Job than | had.
! am working in an interlocking
station now and make $50 per
month and like my work just fine
We are having fine weather here
now We had a big rain here last
Tuesday night and there was a cy-
clone about ~ miles west OF here
and blew % ,1an almost to pieces
The Santa tr trail runs by here
and lots ni tourists ere going and
coming from the Rockies
] was lucky in being in kearney
county to register. as there wasn't
anybody drafted from that county
because it furnished its quota by
volunteers before the draft
| guess this is all | thought |
would write a few lines as | wanted
10 have my paper changed anyway
You may publish this if you want
to What is wrong with Sedeewick-
vlIle9 Come on with some news.
You are not dead. are YOU
So | will ring of for this time.
hoping to get THE PREss soon.
Yours truly,
DENNIS {. STArLER.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1917-08-30
'rbIe Hill. Missouri, Thursday, August 30. 1917.

yards. where the horse ard buggy
~rf" iouui and lev feet from
th"f" las lh. dead h.iy II Uncle
Billy ''' Nf Halef ~ns horn
ou . farm urhf where o.. resided
when BE- met his dealt September
3 1885 making him Ut the time II
his death ~ Nrirs, II month. and
u day o.d li' is survived by tie
'oli"~ias uuhirD Hr, JOHN
Gramrp anI Nlf ilaeas II st Louis.
Atrh Dan Charlie, AMI Arsln 81
Perry Bu. ll- ~ns y ,rirfin II
the ci,lI ar having s-f,,zi ~ the
union army
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1917-08-30
Good Seedbed Owes Bigger
khcaf Yield

Wheat prices and the need for
increased production. warrant farm
ers IN making every effort TO secure
q large Weld next year Much land
will be plowed late because dry
weather would not permit earlier
breaking The University Of Mis-