davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-12-29
WAR sAVIN
FOR SMALL INVESTORS.

The man with limited means-even
the school boy or girl with few pen
MES to spare now and then-who wants
safe and profitable investment which
at the same time will help the country,
finds his opportunity in the new war
savings certificate plan.
During January, 1918, war-savings
stamps will be sold at S4. u each, at post
offices, banks, trust companies, and
many business houses and factories
throughout the country. At the begin
ming of each succeeding month the cost
of stamp will increase | cent. All war;
stamps issued during 1918 will mature
January l, 1923, when they will be re-
deemed at s. each. The difference be-
tween purchasing price and the price at
maturity represents the interest the
government will pay the holder, per
cent compound quarterly.
The entire wealth and security of the
United States is behind the war-savings
certificates. No person may purchase al
one time more than 500 worth, or hold
at one time more than 81 900 worth o.
these securities.
Thrift stamps costing % cents each
may be purchased from time to time
and affixed to thrift cards, which is sup.
piled without cost. These stamps viii
not bear interest, but a thrift card wher
filled at cost OF S4 may be exchanged
for an Understanding war-saving stamE
by turning the card in and paying The
difference between S4 and the current
price of war-savings stamp. With the
war-savings stamp bought the purchaser
will obtain without charge a war ar-savings
certificate containing space for 20 o
these stamps,
If the 20 spaces are filled prior to Jan
uary |, 1918, the cost to the purchaser
will have been $4.l2 each for each
stamp, or $S240 for the filled certificate
and on January l, 1923, the government
will redeem it at 500, giving the holder
net profit of $3.50 for the use of hi:
money,
Money derived from war.savings in
vestments will be used to meet the ex.
penses of the war. The greater part oi
these funds will be expended within the
United States.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-12-29

Contractor Simpson and crew arrived
in town Saturday from the sanatorium
at Custer and will spend Christmas here
On returning to Custer he expects to
take with him an extra crew to put 10
work on the bricking in of the boilers
and other work at the new saw mill al
Cuyahoga about II miles from Custer,
the property Of the Spokane Mining Co.
The new mill when completed will be
quite large concern and promises to be
quite busy place and will be great
help to the working s...es of that CON-
munity Pioneer Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-12-29
RED CROSS NOTES.

The big drive for new members so far
as Custer was concerned was a great sue.
cess, swelling our list of members to al
most double.
We have received new subscription
from Mr.. Fred Heidepriem of $500.
The following are renewed member
ships:
M. A. Willis, Mrs. VI. A. Willis,
W. i. Hanley, Mrs. w. f. Hapley.
Miss Doris Hanley, Donald Hanley.
Francis Hanley, Mrs. w. A. Neyin.
MRS. Il. Z. Harris, Mrs. A. Lindstrom,
Mrs. August Doll, Mrs. Gust Carlson.
lhe following are new no members
w. II. Jewell, Mrs. w. r. Jewell,
Mrs ID. Benton, Thos. Phelps,
Mrs. Thos Phelps, wa Neyin,
rat Adams, Mrs. Adams,
Elmo Adams, Miss Reta Adams,
Miss Lucille Adams, Geo. w. Smith,
F. n. Todd, Miss Hall.
Miss May Brown, Goldie Brown,
N T. Fox, Edward Rogers,
P. E. Ataffer, Mrs. p. f. Al.affer.
Mat Daley, Dave Haxby,
Steve Neavill, Fred Herbert,
l.. ii. Jewett, Harry Downing,
]. Smith, ]. Mallon,
V. f. Milan, Jas. Clark,
5. j. Godsey, +. B. Wilson,
Phillip Fox, w. T. Doran,
Albert Heumann, Chas. VonderIehr
j. j. Cronin, Chas Cooper,
Harry McCulagh, A. Merchant,
D. W. Davis, Mrs. j. Roberts,
J. NJ. Butcher, Mrs. NeavilI,
A. Lindstrom, Mrs. Ray Lane,
Margaret Lane, Joe Mallon,
Harry Vallenthime, Fred Kinder,
Mrs. J. NJ. Butcher, J. I. Pope,
Gene Herbert, G.. NJ. Price,
Mrs. C. NJ. Price, j. N. Hutzel,
Mrs. J. N. Hutzel, Earl Eller,
Frank Corns, John Kollar,
Mrs. M. c. Palmer, Mrs. Chas. Miller,
Mrs. J. N. Wright, Maude Wright,
Mrs. Fred Kinder, Mrs. S. b. Petit,
Mrs. u. w. TubbS, John roster,
Mrs. Page Tubbs, Mrs. U. j. Fox,
G. W. Tubbs, Mrs. 0. 0. Watson,
O. O. Watson, Mrs. c. Burgess,
Mrs. Walter Mann, Mrs. VIM. Stearns,
Wm. Piper, Herbert Musgrave,
Mrs. II. Musgrave, Mrs. Frank Smith,
Frank Smith, Bayard Huber,
Frank c. Blaine, Mrs. +. c. Blaine,
Eugene Gurney, Harry Smith,
Harry Ward, Elbert Ward,
Miss Estalle Lafferty.
1t is expected that these names will
be supplemented by a goody list next
week as the outlying districts and auxil-
aries are yet to hear from.
There will be u regular work meeting
of the Red Cross Society on Thursday,
January 3rd, and it is hoped there will
be large attendance. Sock knitters are
urgently needed. you can knit socks
call and get yarn and needles.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01

are forced to turn out of the main
roadway. During the last year about
six miles of such pavement were put
down in the county.
Mr.. McClintOck holds that this type
of construction is desirable where a
substantial base is already in place, as
in the case of an old gravel or ma
cadam road which is not worn out, or
a base can be constructed at low cost.
The vitrified blocks are often laid by
unskilled labor, properly supervised,
with entirely satisfactory results.
Another type of small-block pave
ment was recently laid on the Norris
town turnpike in New Jersey. which
carries heavy traffic. There is Sec
ton of this road about 1000 feet long
having per cent grade, where it
was decided to try small granite
blocks in the hope that their numerous
joints would reduce the tendency to
slip and skid on this rather steep
slope. The blocks are 3 to 4inch cubes
and were laid on a thin foundation.
They were not laid in rows but
in curved lines, forming a mosaic pat
tern, and the joints were filled with
fine stone and a Yout Of cement and
sand.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
CULTIVATION OF AN ORCHARD
Summer Work Is Necessary if Profit
Is to Be Made-Three Methods
Given by Expert.

Summer cultivation of the orchard
is necessary if profit is to be made.
in the opinion of F. S. Merrill assist
ant professor Of horticulture in the
Kansas States Agricultural college.
''Three methods may be practiced in
the cultivation of an orchard" said
Professor Merrill. ''The first of these
is the sod-mulch system. This is prac-
ticed on bottom land or land high in
fertility. Orchards on fertile land are
likely to produce a heavy growth OF
wood, which prevents the formation Of
fruit buds. In order to overcome this
a grass crop should be sowed in the
orchard. The grass crop Is moved
when necessary and allowed to re-
main on the ground.
"The second method, often used,
consists Of sowing a grass crop in the
orchard and harvesting the hay. This
system is injurious to the trees and re-
duces the size and value of the fruit.
''Where the topography and slope of
the land will permit, clean cultivation
is advisable. 1t kills the weeds and
conserves the moisture. Orchards cul-.
tivated in this manner will produce
larger fruit than under other systems
of cultivation.
"Clean cultivation will keep down
insect pests by destroying their hiber-'
mating places and food supply. The
buffalo tree-hopper is less injurious
in clean cultivated orchards because it
removes their food supply"
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01

swer is in the negative don't let any
one persuade you to buy it.
When the ships that dodge the man.
made sharks of the sea bring to US
these cases of silks, brocades, metals
embroideries and velvets fashioned
| for the American woman, we will see
| that these clothes are the heirs to all
| the ages. China will dominate some
bits Of cOstumery, the influence Of
Napoleon will be there, the Russian
CosSacks who threw themselves before
the retreating Eleventh army in Ga,
licia will be another motive for Ger.
! tain cut and color, and the recent eX-
| hibition of French clothes in Madrid
is reflected in the things that were
brought out of Spain.
Not only will different countries be
represented in the medley of costum-
cry that is coming to us, but various
epochs in .le history of places, espe-
cially of France-the First Empire,
the Consulate, the swirling and trans
parent draperies made famous by
Nine. Tallien, the Queen of Shreds
and Patches, as she was nicknamed
the biblike panels of embroidery worn
by the queen of Roumania when she
arrayed herself in the native Co.'S
tunes.
The polonaise will be revived from
that day when the predecessor of Rose
Berttin, who gowned Marie Antoi7
nette made fashionable the striking
garment worn by the Polish princess.
Marie, whom Louis XIV made queen Of
France. Those Chinese wraps and
sleeves and tassels worn by the noble
men who represented Pekin as the
first embassy sent from China to
France are recalled into the new fash,
ions because China is with France and
is fighting, as she fought, to be a re-
public.
Rakish Continental Hat.
The green coque feathers Haunting
from new hats have been borrowed
from the hats Of the sharpshooters.
the bersaglieri of Italy, because the
fighters of the Vosges and the Alpine
passes have a comradeship. The rak-
ish continental hat was included in
the fashions because the land of that
George Washington whom General La
fayette came to assist is spreading her
soldiers over the pleasant valleys Of
the sister republic and sending her
huge guns to protect the Road of La
dies as all gentlemen, good and true.
should do.
The pinched-in crown and the roll
licking brim have been included In the
most fashionable hats because these
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
lt}AA[lR{}]{{ IL I
HOW TO AVOID BITTER MILK
Use Of Laxative Feeds Is Recommend
ed as Preventive-Churnin
Difficulties Relieved.

Both the quality and quantity Of a
herds milk production depend on the
physical fitness of the cows as we'll
as on the nutrients in the feed Bitter
milk and milk with strong Odor both
indicate that something in the cows
digestive system is out of order. A
few doses of Epson salts are frequent
ly of benefit, but better method is
to choose the feed that disorders will
not occur.
Among dairy feeds that are in
clined to be constipating and a cause
Of bitter milk are corn fodder, corn
stover, timothy hay (and most hays ex-
cent those from leguminOus crops like
clover and alfalfa), all straws, cotton
seed meal.
Among the feeds that are laxative
in their effect on the system are lin
seed meal, wheat bran, silage, hay
from the legumes, roots, tubers and
fruits, all fresh green feeds.
The use of feeds in the second list
will in large measure prevent bit
ter milk and also the difficulties of
churning cream skinned from such
milk.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01

and only one trip in each direction was
necessary. Where more trips of the
drag were required the rate was, of
course, correspondingly diminished.
In this way county teams with driv-
ers cost from $3.50 to S. per working
day of from to 10 hours, and the
cost per mile for dragging road in
one trip showed corresponding varia-
ton. The number of draggings neces-
sary per year varied over wide range
and depended on the length of time
the road had been constructed and the
character of the material composing
the road.
The average cost per mile of drag
ging an earth road 8 miles long in
Alexandria county, Virginia, during
1911 and 1912 was S1.25 for each drag
ging, which included an average of
three round trips, and the total number
Of draggingS necessary to maintain the
road in good condition was "a per year,
making the average cost for dragging
$50 per mile per year. This road was
maintained as an experiment by the
office of public roads and rural en-
gineering.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
CAPTURE OF COOLING MOTHS
Old Practice OF Placing BurIap Band
Around Tree Trunk Effective
in Reducing Numbers.

One Of the new-fangled contraptions
for the orchard is a trap to catch the
cOdling moth. Most of the codling
larvae after leaving the apples spin
silken case or web under the rough
bark on the trunk and there change
to the moth stage. The old practice
Of placing burlap band around the
trunk to entice the worms has been
effective in reducing their number, but
is rarely used as it requires great
deal Of attention. The new trap con-
sists Of strip Of burlap wound around
the trunk in the usual way, but over
this is tackled a strip of 12-mesh
screen, six or eight inches wide, which
encircles the tree trunk over the bur
lap band. The upper and lower edges
Of the screen are turned under and
carefully tackled to the bark, which
has been scraped smooth.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
2:,E|;0|R2 ! (
BEE;alEl:;lE
Rl56iB|1S ROADS
= &
SMALL PAVING BLOCKS USED
They Are Proving Popular in Rural
Regions in Europe-First Laid
in New York State.

For a number of years country roads
in parts of Germany, Austria and 9th
er European countries have been paved
with small cubes of stone but it is not
so generally known that small-block
pavements have been laid in the Unit
ed States. They are believed to have
been introduced first by J. Y. McClin-
took, county superintendent of Monroe
county, n Y. After an experience Of
ten years or so, he recommends the
use of blocks of vitrified clay, meas
uring 2A inches on each side. These
are laid on base of gravel, macadam,
concrete or broken Stag, which is usu-
ally made wider than the pavement
in order to support the gravel or brok-
en- stone laid beside the cubes to form
hard shoulders to carry vehicles that
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
GIVE CALF PALS attention
tention Should Be Given to Uten-
siIs-Keep Them Clean.

The farmer who uses the swill pail
for feeding calves or who hangs the
pail on a post between feelings with
out washing it will soon be looking for
j cure for calf scours. The dirty calf
pall is one of the chief causes OF
scours. according to L. w. Wing, Jr.,
of the University Of Missouri College
of Agriculture. With the fly season
and warm weather at hand extra pre-
cautions must be taken in caring for
the calf pals. They should be washed
thoroughly after each feed and steri-
lized either with steam or hot water.
After the pals have been sterilized
they should be inverted in a clean
protected place until time to use them
again.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
COMFORTABLE HOGS
MAKE LARGE GAINS
No Farm Animal Suffers as Much
From Extremes of Heat and
CoId-Provide Shade.

Farm animals must be comfortable
in order that they do as well as pos
sible. This is'especially true of swine,
since no farm animal suffers as much
from extremes of heat and cold as the
hog. Most men prefer to feed hogs in
the spring and fall, for they say the
hogs gain more at these times on the
same feeds than during summer and
winter. This is perhaps in a large
measure true only because they are
more comfortable.
L. A. Weaver of the University of
Missouri college of agriculture men
tions some of the things which may be
done to make fattening hogs comfort
able:
1. Provide adequate shade. If the
hog lot does not contain plenty of ma
tural shade, then artificial shade
should be supplied. Hog cots, made
so as to have at least one removable
side, would be good to use at this
time, or shade may be made by setting
four ordinary fence posts so that they
may be covered with planks or canvas.
2. Provide plenty of pure drinking
water. This may be cheaply and sat
isfactOrily done with a barrel waterer,
if an adequate supply cannot be had
otherwise. Two or three pounds of wa
ter are stored in the animal body for
every pound of muscle added, hence
the necessity and economy of furnish
ing plenty of water to drink. Most
feeders realize the Importance of sup
plying plenty of drinking water but it
oftentimes is an easy thing to neglect.
Some think if they are feeding slop
that enough water is supplied. The
water in the slOp, of course, helps to
supply the water requirement, but the
hogs should have access to additional
water.
8. Keep pools or wallows clean.
Clean pools or wallows keep the hogs
comfortable, permitting rapid and eco
nomic gains. This does not mean,
however, that any kind Of a wallow
is good, for water which is stagnant
and filthy may keep the hogs cool, but
the evil results from unsanitary con-
ditiOns may more than overbalance
the good derived from the protection
from heat.
4. Keep hogs free from lice, by dip
ping, spraying or by putting hog dip in
wallOws.
5. Keep sleeping quarters free from
dust, which irritates bronchial tubes,
lungs and other organs. This may be
done by spraying with crude oil. No
hog can thrive if it is continually
coughing and wheeling.
6. Keep hogs free from worms. Re
cipes of some good worm remedies
may be found in Agricultural Exten-
sion Service, Circular II, Columbia,
Mo.
The foregoing measures are not usu-
ally expensive, but they are essential
.or maximum gains.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
SAWDUST USED FOR A MULCH
Has Proved Of Benefit to Berry and
Small Fruit Plot in Home Gar
den, Especially Potatoes.

Sawdust used as a mulch for the
berry and small fruit plot in the home
garden has proved Of much benefit,
especially for potatoes. After pre-
pairing the ground in the usual way,
plant the potatoes in drills or rows
two feet apart and IS inches in the
row. Cover loosely with two inches
Of soil, then mulch with sawdust 4 to
6 inches deep.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
SOME LONG COATS ARE SEEN
They Are Shown Only oa Handsome
Suit Models, However, and Few
Women Look Well in Them.

Suit coats vary in length from lit
tie below the hips to almost full length,
some Of the handsome models of chif-
fon velvet being quite long enough to
do service as separate coats.
1t would not be safe to advise, how
ever, that the very early purchaser Of
suit select one of these long coat af-
fairs without seriously considering the
Eatter, says fashion authority. They
were tried out last autumn with the
irst showing of garments. Then, as
now, only the handsomer models fea-
tured the extremely long coats, but the
designs did not take" to the extent of
general wear
Only well-built woman of fair
height appears at her best in the ultra
long suit coat, and unfortunately ex-
tremely small women and "stouts" are
seen in quite as generous numbers as
Is the Venus.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
FEED CALVES SKINNED MILK
Richer in Protein Than Whole Milk,
but Lower in Carbohydrates
Use Clean Vessels.

Skinned milk is a little richer In
protein than whole milk, but lower in
carbohydrates. Since most of the fat
has been removed in the cream the
skinned milk will need carbohydrates
to make it a balanced ration for
calves.
A good plan is to replace a portion
of the whole milk with skinned milk,
with some form of carbohydrates till
all Of the whole milk is replaced by
skinned milk. Fine ground meal Is
one of the best carbohydrate supple
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
PIONEER GOOD ROAD BUILDER
Over $12o,ooo,o00 Expended or
Pledged During Last Two Dec
AIDES in New York State.

Twenty years ago New York en-
barked upon its policy of state aid for
the construction, maintenance and re-
pair of state, county and township
highways. Since that time approxi-
mately 10000 Of the total mileage, es-
timated to exceed $4,000, have been
improved.
AS pioneer in the good roads move
ment, the Empire state has always oc-
cupied first rank. Over $120,OOO,OOO
has been expended or pledged during
the last two decades for highway con-
structiOn. Il
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
UNDESIRABLE HABIT OF cow
Usually Acquired When Animals Arc
Young-Hard to Break When
When Once Established.

1t is disappointing to give cow
good care, and feed her well, and
then have her suck herself. This un-
desirable habit is one that cows get
into usually while they are young.
After the habit is once established
they never quit it, and it is not an
easy matter to break them of it per-
manently.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
CONvICTS BUILD GOOD ROADS
Prison Camps mo Longer in Expert
mental Stage in Oklahoma
Accepted Institution.

In Oklahoma prison road camps are
no longer in the experimental stage,
says the National Committee on Pris-
ons and Prison Labor. They have
become an accepted institution in the
state. In the central and southwest
sections prisoners are building the
Ozark Jail; in the southeast, they are
grading the Jefferson highway, and in
other districts they are assisting in the
local good road movement.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
Apple-Packing Table.

chanics Magazine. The handiest fea-
ture of the rig is chute from the
top, on which the apples are sorted.
for culls, leaves, etc., which might get
into the barrels. The Stats of the table
extend lengthwise, and the chute open
ing is across the top. When the chute
opening is wanted wider or narrower,
the Stats around it are moved.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
Illinois in Earnest,

The state of Illinois will put to its
voters at the 1918 election the ques-
ton of issuing s6OOOO,OOO in highway
bonds, the interest and retiring fund
for which is to be provided for by an
increase in the motor vehicle registra-
ton fees.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
KEEP RABBITS FROM TREES
Veneer Protectors May Be Had at
Small Cost From Almost Any
Nursery-Paper Is Good.

Protect those trees from rabbits.
Veneer tree protectors may be had at
a small cost from almost any nursery.
Stiff paper properly wrapped around
base Of tree is commonly used. Corn
stalks are sometimes tied about trees
with binding twine.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
Women Must Make
Stud y Of Clothes

New York.-An English paper has
recently published an article dealing
with the attempt and failure of Ameri-
can women and designers to be inde-
pendent of Paris and congratulates us
on our good sense, as it were, in re-
turning to the source.
In truth, there was not serious or
concerted attamnt 70 hn indannndant
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
Art Of PerfuminQ.

Two or three tiny balls Of cotton
wool sprinkled in the hem of the gar
ment; sleeping in a cap, the crown Of
which is a satchet; sprinkling the
hearts of artificial flowers upon hat !;
keeping gloves and wells in boxes be-
tween sheets of blotting powder satu-
rated freshly every few days-these
are the means by which refined wom-
an. surrounds herself with an intan-
gible perfume that Is always delightful.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
COMFORTABLE NEST FOR HEN
Late Sitters Should Be Put in Cool,
Shaded PIace-Do Not Leave
Them in Hen House.

In setting hens for late matches,
give them shaded, cool, comfortable
nest. Don't leave them in the chick
en- house. A nest followed out of the
ground under a shady tree is ideal.
Shelter them from the rain.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
ski, Milk Age Zone to Six Months }

ments to be fed with skinned milk.
Some feeders cook the meal, stir it
in the skinned milk and feed it to
the calf. After the calf is two weeks
old it will eat fine ground meal and if
fed small quantities will assimilate it.
Linseed meal is also used.
Care should be taken in feeding
calves. They should be taught to
drink from the pail as soon as pos
sible. Nothing but clean vessels should
and warm.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
Dress, ParasoI and Bonnet Alike.

Dress, Parasol and Bonnet Alike.
One Of the Quaintest and most talked
about costumes worn in New York was
a blue and white checked cotton frock
made all in one piece, belted with a
broad flat girdle and finished at the
neck and sleeves with broad white Or
candle collar and cuffs. The hat was
made somewhat after the shape Of the
Shaker sunbonnet and the parasol with
it's blue bakelite handle and white tips
was of shirred blue and white check.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
HANDY APPLE-PACKING TABLE
Portable Device Made of Odd Ends Of
Lumber and Mounted on Dis
carded Wheels, Is Useful.

A table for sorting apples to be
packed for shipment was made of odd
ends Of lumber, and mounted on dis
carded wheels, as shown, making it
readily portable, writes M. Glen Kirk
patrick of Des Moines in Popular Me-
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
Brooder Saves Worry,

The care in raising chicks in brood
er is not to be compared to the worry
and anxiety to looking after half a
dozen fussy old hens and their broods.