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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-05-26
FORESTRY REGIMENT
TO BE ORGANIZED

Washington, May 2l.-A forestry
regiment, made up offoresters, practical
woodsmen, loggers, portable sawmiI
operators and others experienced in
lumboring operations, for service in
France, will, it is announced, be raised
Immediately. The Forest Service, at
the request of the Wer-Department, will
prepare plans for the organization and
equipment of the force and will aid in
securing suitable men. The regiment
will form unit of the Engineer Corps
now being recruited to be sent abroad
as soon as it can be organized and
equipped.
The organization of this regiment is
the result of suggestion made by the
British Commission. Similar forces have
been raised in Canada and are render
ing valuable services. The object of the
American forestry regiment, it is said,
will be to convert available timber into
material suitable for bridges, railroads,
trenches, and other construction work
with the least possible waste. AT the
same time the cutting will be done un.
der the supervision of technical experts
in cooperation with the French forest.
ers. In this way the permanent damage
to the forests incident to furnishing the
imperatively needed timber, it is hoped,
will be kept as small as possible.
The regiment will be organized in
units capable of handling all kinds of
woods work and will include a number
of portable sawmill outfits. 1t will be
officered by trained foresters and expert
lumbermen who are thoroughly familiar
with producing and delivering lumber
1t will$arry complete equipment for all
kinds of woods work The classes of
men desired comprise axemen, team
sters, tie-cutters, millwrights, sawfilers,
sawyers, portable sawmll men, farriers,
backsmiths, lumbeuacks, cooks and
carpenters, as well as motorcycle and
motor-truck operators.
As rapidly as enlistments are secured,
the men will be assembled at six CEN
tral points, which have already been
designated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-05-26
CUSTER SCHOOL NOTES.

The Junior class play, "Miss Molly"
will be given soon. For further infor-
nation see advertisement elsewhere in
this issue.
Come To the base ball game Satur-
day, May 26th. Custer VS., Edgemont.
Leland Clark has started TO school
again after an absence of two months.
Glenn Clark has quit school on ac-
count of moving.
Robt. Todd is absent from school, due
to sickness
Harold Zumbrennen, of the Primary
room, has moved away.
For information about the roads be-
tween Custer and Pringle, see Glenn
Coe.
Bessie Munson and Mildred Berkman
visited the eighth grade room last Fri
day.
Mr.. Fenwick, the Janitor, was absent
from duty on Wednesday on account OF
business trip to Hot Springs.
*#*
! In last weeks notes mention of the
papers published by the three classes in
High School was overlooked. These
papers were gotten up on the plan of the
regular newspaper. Many of the articles
written in these papers would do for
publication in any good periodical. The
editorials showed much work and
thought on part of the students. Il
space permitted some of the topics dis
cussed would be worth publishing.
The ball team went to Edgemont Sat
urday and met with many experiences
The roads we're in rather a rough condi
ton and gave the boys good workout
before reaching Edgemont Threaten
ing rain kept them on the lookout al
day. About three o'clock clouds began
to weep and this ended the game at the
end of the fifth inning with our boys on
the small end of the score board. Prof
Pierce, of Edgemont, counted up the
scores declaring by actual calculations
the figures stood l. to in favor of his
"young hopefuls." Our boys left Edge.
mont an soon as they could get into their
civilian clothes. Standish Smith and
Tommy Fenwick were able to reach
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-05-26
JUNE 9Th FIXED
As Date for War Bill Registration. =
President Has Issued Proclama-
tion Setting This Date.

Washington, May lS.--In his procla-
nation fixing June 9th as the date for
registration under the war army BILL
the President says:
''In the sense in which we have been
wont to think of the armies as no armies
in this struggle, there are entire nations
armed. Thus the men who remain to
till the soil and man the manufactures
are no less par. of the army that is in
France than the men beneath battle flags
are not the army we must train in shape
for the war of the nation. To this end
our people must draw close in one com
pact front against common foe. This
cannot be if each man pursues his priv
ate purpose. All must pursue the same
purpose.
The nation is served only when the
shar pshooter marches and the machinist
remains at his machine. The nation
must be team in which each shall play
the part for which he is best fitted. TO
this end congress has provided that the
nation shall be organized for war by the
selection of each man to be classified for
the place to which it shall best serve the
general good to call him.
The significance of this cannot be
overstated 1t is new thing in our his
tory and landmark in our progress. 1t
is in no sense conscription of the un-
willing but is rather the selection from
the nation which has volunteered in a
mass. 1t is no more choosing of who
shall march with the colors than a selec.
ton of those who shall serve equally and
with necessary purpose behind the bat
tie line"
The proclamation calls on those from
twenty-one to thirty inclusive on the
day Of registration, except the officers
and enlisted men of the army, navy,
marine corps, national guard and naval
militia while in service, United States
officers and enlisted men of the reserve
corps in actual service, to register. All
citizens and those who haye declared
their intention to become citizens, ex-
cept aliens, are affected.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-05-26
ONLY ONE REGIsTRArIoN DAY.

The war department is taking means
to impress upon the people that there
will be only one day for registration un-
| der the selective draft measure. All
males between the designated ages must
register on the day set. The fact that
five DAYS we're allowed for the placing
of the necessary blank forms in the
hands of registrars appears to have mis-
lead some headline writer's. One day
only-the one fixed in the Presidents
proclamation-will be devoted to regis
tratiou.
Governor Norbeck has sent out some
information regarding the method to be
employed in securing the registration
of eligibles, the following copy of which
has been received by County Auditor
Fink
Referring to the registration soon to
be made under the new military law,
the county board will consist of the
county sheriff, the superintendent of the
county board of health and the county
auditor Voting precincts will be the
primary registration areas, and the Sc.
lection of registrars will be left entirely
to the county boards. Generally, in or
ganized townships, the clerk would be
the proper man to appoint, but if for
any reason he is unable to act the board
must make provision for the appoint
ment of some other competent and re-
sponsible citizen, who will take the en-
rollment. Blanks and supplies will be
sent direct to the sheriff by the war de-
partment and distributed by him to the
precincts in the county. The depart
ment desires to follow most expedite
ous schedule and plans will be laid SO
that so soon as the proclamation of the
President is issued there need be no
further delay. / will appreciate your
cooperation"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-05-26

home before the roads became too muddy
for travel. Everything went well with
their cars except Tommy enjoying the
stopping and starting of his new Cheyro-
let. Glenn Coe was the goat" He
had three punctures and was forced to
stop at Mr.. Frank Sutherand's for the
night Mr.. and Mrs. Sutherland took
care of the boys in excellent style and
started them off on the train from Mayo.
The boys would have been obliged to
walk home had not Harold George fin
anced them Ralph George secured
free transportation in the cab, while
Elmer Hayes purchased tickets from the
conductor with Harold's money.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-05-26

In last weeks issue of Leslie's IL
Illustrated weekly newspaper there was a
good picture Of Sylvan Lake, with this
under the cut: "In The Little-K Known
Black Hills, Sylvan Lake lies in the
heart Of the Black Hills of South Da-
kota. The land formation throughout
the Black Hills region is as strange and
as interesting, if not quite as picturesque,
as the painted desert of Arizona" AS
the Times Herald see it, there is that
difference between the two sections, as
there is the difference between the
grasshopper and the eagle. .--Hot Springs
mes-Herald.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-05-26
PATENTS PLEASE NOTICE

Unless otherwise notified the refund
upon school books charged against your
children will be given to the pupils at
the end of school to prevent the extra
work of writing numerous checks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-05-26

The CHRONICLE Office is in receipt OF
the new School of Mines bulletin, book
of PIG pages, listing l,lS7 publications
and papers in "A Bibliography of the
Geology and Mining Interests of the
Black Hills Region"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-05-26

Local pride warrants the support of
local made products. Buy Custer made
bread at the Home Bakery.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-06-21
Congressman Webb TO Start
Fight In the House.
WOULD CONVERT LIQUOR
INTO FACTORY ALCOHOL.
Believes That Provision Would
Result In Greater Efficiency
of Manhood of Country Dur.
ing War Period.
10y international News Service,

Toy international News servioe)
WA '''t ''"' juno = An amend
's'' e Tue administration food bill
- ''b'o'f enforced would
Inn, ~ '"e e'''''o st'''S homo dry
-. - ~ :, pu IA 'he mousse by Rep
'''e "Noo. Of NORTH Carolina,
aA',' u many temperance fshts In
49, o''"eh oi congress.
J" "eho announced today his pur
g's' = proposing modification OF the
''i'. ewing ihe president pow
~ 'o'''''"oeet al OF tho Wits.
- ~ ~ country. should he deem II
- u ana feaisiill tho spirits In
~ ~ ptfu IN the manu-
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-06-21

CON a6a on Pare Ea9
The Little River news., 1917-01-24

Mrs. J. ". Bishop of Nashville, s here this week visiting her son, John Bishop and nephew A. R. Hill.
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l9I7 |S DANGER
 YEAR FOR SOUTH
Twenty Million Bales More Likely Than Twenty Cents Pound,
 Says Hastings

Atlanta, (SpeciaD-That 1917 Is a danger year" for the south, and that there is dynamite in the pres. growing farmer" are the warning words used by H. c. Hastings, presi- dent of the Southeastern Fair Asso. citation and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, in an interview given to the newspapers here urging farmers not to increase their cotton acreage
 Eighteen to twenty cent cotton at planting time in spring" he says, "is the bait that will lure hundreds of thousands of farmers in the south to each put in a few extra acres, and should nature smile on the crop as in 1914, we will come nearer a twenty million bale crop than 20 cents per pound, for evidence multiplies daily that they are planting right up to the graveyard as it is sometimes ex- pressed.
 "On the Hastings farm we don't ex- pect to put in an acre more of cotton than we did last year, because we
 
 play safe. What we will increase to the limit of OUT ability will be food, grain and forage, beef cattle and hogs.
 "The safe way is to first supply all needs of family and stock from one's own acres, and then put surplus acre. age in cotton. With bread and meat in hand, and garden pros..,e. ing steadily through spring, summer and fall; with home canned vegetabl and fruits on closet shelves for winter ta- ble use; with corn in the crib and hay and fodder in the barn or stack, the farmer can be largely independent of cotton prices in the fall. The farmer so provided for is never distressed He can sit on his cotton bales with mind at ease, and sell in his own good time when prices are right.
 With labor comparatively scarce and fertilizer high, any material in eSsarily be at the expense of food and grain acres that are in reality far more responsible for the south's pres ent prosperity than is IS to 20 cent cotton.
 "Mcmories are short, but wise far mers need only to look back to 1914 and see the disaster due to too much cotton that can't be eaten. and the lack of food that enc must eat re- peat this year of 1917, is a danger year Any farmer who increases cot ten acreage and cuts food crop acres is gambling with the cards stacked against him"
The Little River news., 1917-01-24
THOSE ENE3FEEY HOME
 GROUNDS.

Natures way of making scared, un- lovely spots oa tie landscape slightly is to cover them over With grass and flowers, vines ana trees. Following her lead the housewife may mako tho humblcst home beautiful without by planting grass, and ower2 and vines, and by the planting of shrubs and trees the beauty may be made lasting
 The house may be small and cheap and the yard bare and seamy. Fenc- es may be broken aud ou, houses ugly and repuls.Te. A little work will smooth over the seams; a little more work will plant vines to relieve the barrenEess of the walls Of the house and hide the ugly outhouses; and just a little mere work will plant a few beds of flowers. The money required for seed is negligible.
 Whether we own our homes or not our families-and our neighbors' fam ilies-hIave 8 right not to have to live in unlovely surroundings. There is too much unhappiness in the world, and what flowers are in the sick-room vines and flowers may be in the home grounds They drive away gloom and discontent and lend the spirit of hope and inspiration, as they remind US daily that there is a great deal o3 loyeliness and good in the world that all of us may enjoy. And children growing up among flowers will be bet ter. stronger men and women than if their young lives are surrounded by barranness and ugliross.
 A few morning glory, balsam CT cypress vines. we'll placed, and a few beds or such old reliable favorites as salvias, petun.as, Zinnias, peri ink'es and verbenas, may transform any home ground, however unattractive. |, into a spot of beauty to make the own CT, visitor or casual passer-by glow with pleasure.-Hollands.
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.d to meet local conditions.

ed to meet local conditions
 The distance be.ween terraces is also governed by the steepness of the land. On steep hill the fall between them should not exceed three feet, while on slightly rolling lands four feet may be given. On hills.aes that slope both ways it is advisable to car " the water Do Il directions if outlets can be secured.
 Kind of Terrace.
 I prefer the broad terrace, built up tc, about two feet in the center and gradually sloped off 10 it's tase, and when completed it should be about 15 or 20 feet broad This makes 1t pos sible to SOW the land and run any kind Of machinery over it. Where the land is not too rolling and the terraces are we'll settled rows can be run over the broad terrace without materially af- fecting it, if proper care is used.
 We are building the broad terrace almost exclusively in Pa o Pinto coun- ty and find they give much better satisfaction than the narrow terrace which cannot be successfully culti- vated over. The broad terrace saves turning.
 The V drag is very harjy imple- ment that can be used in building ter races. Every farmer who owns a hily farm should have one of these drags On his place. It is also very constructed so as to shove the loosen ed dirt toward the center of the ter race. Made of steel throughout it is so constructed that blow is not nec- essary as it 'Goes it's own blowing, whether throwing up a terrace Or cut ting ditch fer drainage.
 The cost of the steel ditcher and terracer is not large, but if it is i'm possible or impractical to have one any farmer should be able to make a fairly satisfactory drag at a very small expense. It may be built of two by twelve inch lumber, the push beard being about six feet in length and the long wing being about about 11-feet. The spread between the wings should be about three and one-half or four feet To hold the wings rigid two 2 by 6-inch braces spiked to the ? by 12-inch wings and placed three inches from the edge of the wings allows clearance for the drag and makes it riverside,-A. T. Clancy, iii the Farm and Ranch.
The Little River news., 1917-01-24
Practical Work In
 erfacing.

The benefit to be derived from ter races are three fold: First they stop the erosion cf the soil because Of the slight fall, which allows the water that will not soak into the ground to .gl off at a very low velocity Sec ond, the terraee distributes the water n1~re evenly over the entire field and does not allow all water to gather in gullies and flood the lowlands. Third by running the rows with the terraces they are thrown nearly on a level and therefore makes cultivation easier. It also gives a better opportunity for d2ep blowing as the farmer does not run the risk of losing his sol by erosion.
 The terrace row is laid off by a level. A simple inexpensive farm lev el vi Il a telescope, rod and target, casting about $15 is well suited for terraeing work These levels consist of a tripod, a set of levaling screws 8 telescope with cross-hairs, and a spirit level. Afser a little practice it is very easy to level up these :nstru- ments
 The home made "A" shaped lc-el may be made of two pieces one inch by four inch. two pieces of one inch by two inches by ten feet one p.ece of Cno inch by four inches by seven feet the last named level will answer, work can be done much faster with the other one
 Care should be taken in locating the proper outlet for terraces, The level should be set on the highest point in the field and the first terrace run just below this setting. Just where the first terrace should be started will be governed by local conditions.
 I find that outside water or water coming into the field from pastures etc, is the cause if lots of washes starting On cultivated lands, and aGi- vise that all outside water should be
 controlled CT turned out of the field by ditches before the land is terrac- ed.
 A uniform fall of four to eight inches in 100 feet should be allowed on ;teep lands and proportionately less on rolling lands. This must be chang
The Little River news., 1917-01-24
H0GS HELPED ME MAKE MY FARM
 MORE PROFITABLE.

l have several pens aid a small pasture about one-half acre in size which I SOW in barley and oats in october and to Sudan grass In April. Neep two or three brooG sows and ono boar, and four or five hogs to make our meat hogs. 1 raise two liz ters of pigs in year from each SOW, and each SOW farrows an average of six pigs twice year, making 12 pigs a year for each SOW.
 I sell most of my pigs to farmers for breeders, at the age of two months, for S7.50. never let scrub pig leave my farm. They must meet standard requirements if they are sold as reg
The Little River news., 1917-01-24


 H. L. To and w2s at Nashville Sun cay.
 Da4a Coulter vas at Foreman Sat urday.
 Mrs. Will Green spent the week end at Hope.
 5 weeks old calf. woaned, at g. Phone 8.
 Get seed sweet potatoes now.-J. T. Grounds. 12-tf
 W. S. Crouch Of Ogden was in the city Saturday.
 Prof Robt Zachry Of Allene was here Saturday.
 Capt. Butler was here from Para ioma MCnGay.
 Get your seed sweet potatoes from ,. T. Grounds. 12tf Eugene Dusenberry f Texarkana Was here veserday.
 W. F. Nicol was at Idabel yesterday attending to business.
 H. P Haizlip left Monday for busi- ness visit to DeQueen..
 Prof. A. R. Smith and wife of Wilton were in the city Saturday.
 Enarco, motor oil at the Model Drug Store, the best made. 3-tf Jim Curran of Texarkana was here Sunday afternoon visiting his mother The News force is indebted to w. P. Gammill for some fine sweet potatoes. A. L. Perry was here from Glen wood Monday enroute to his farm at Arden
 John Phillips of Texarkana was in this city Sunday visiting relatives and friends.
 Mrs. Bob Bcwies and son, Robert Jr., were here from Bokhoma Saturday and Sunday.
 Try Leslie's Little Liver Pills once and you will use them.-Model Drug Company. 3-tf The Frisco has force of plumbers here putting in sanitary closet near the depot.
 R.S. Davis, the Arden merchant, was here Friday afternoon attending to business.
 Dr. P. s. Holmes of Wilton was in Ashdown Monday morning attending to business.
 Ernest Martin of Mineral Springs was here this week, visiting his broth CT Jim Martin.
 Horace Doak lett last week for Amity to join his parents. He was accom-. panied by van Coats.
 Mesdames J. s. Wooderson and Mrs. Howel Tatum of Foreman were the guests Of Mrs J. E. Locke Friday. Why pay $150 an ounce for QuiniEe when the Model Drug Co. sells it for .$100? 3-tf Mrs. Alb DuLaney Of Ben Lomciad is visiting her little niece, the six year old child of Nose Attaway, who $ very i'll.
 Judge N. A. George D. A. Cook and F. M Davis were here from Foreman Monday night attending She farming rally.
 Mrs. Cora Gray and Miss Katherine May Of Little Rock, are visiting DT. and Mrs. c. E. May Of Fourth stfact this week.
 J. P. Norwood and Tom Hopson of Idabel, Okla. were here Saturday even ing enral to Lockesburg to visit fol as few days.
 The little child of Mr. and Mrs. C. 5. Cobb. who was painfully burned last week, is said to be improving. The child fell into pot of hot grease. A. D. DuLaney, Geo. R. Steel, Judge J. T. Bowling and .Al'en Watkins left Sunday at 3:34 on the K. C. s. train for DeQueen, where circuit court is in session this week.
 Mrs. Julia Hicks left Wednesday foi Shreveport, where she will be the guest of her son, w. B. Hicks, and daughter, Miss Hazel Hicks. She will visit them tor 2 week or two.
The Little River news., 1917-01-24
Nervous Women.

When the nervousness is caused by constipation as is often the case, you will get quick relief by taking Cham berlain's tablets. These tablets also improve the digestion. Obtainable everywhere. advt
The Little River news., 1917-01-24
LOCAL NEWS

Ley 1ag4lt s- DeEIa is here.
The Little River news., 1917-01-24

Bob Pies,e was at Foreman Mo
The Little River news., 1917-01-24
istered stock. I don't want a pig t.

lStered StOCK. I COnt WaHt DIE Il carry my name with it on s ceItifi- cate, that am in doubt about it mak- ing a good breeder for its owner. So you can see that my sows bring me $90 a year per head if all pigs are sold for farm pay me better than any other kind of liyestock-H o. Klose, in the Progressive Farmer
The Little River news., 1917-01-24
WRITE THE 3ADn NOW!

Don't wait until you exhaust every other method of renting your spare room. There no reason in the world why the News Want Ads should be the last means you should try. If
The Little River news., 1917-01-24

Mrs. M. F. Phillips and daughter, Jane, Jet Saturday night for their home in Oklahoma, after a visit of several week with the formers par ents, MT. ana Mrs. T. c. Harrison.
The Little River news., 1917-01-24
K. c. $. Time Card.
Good for Constipation.

Chamberlain's Tablets are excellent for constipation. They are pleasant to take and mild and gentle in effect. Obtainable everywhere adv
The Little River news., 1917-01-24

FOR SALE-20 acres of land, three-
 fourths mile of Ashdown. Price $7.50 per acre, cash.-Box 200, Mur- |freesboro, Ark. 14-3t