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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04
NEW GARDEN AREAS SHOULD BE
CLEARED THOROUGHLY OF TRASH

application Of air-slaked lime or
ground limestone to the freshly plowed
soil in order that 1t may have time to
correct acidity before planting time
arrives The manure should not be
applied with the lime, as loss Of nitro
gen will occur under these circum-
stances. The lime should be applied
and become mixed with the soil before
the manure Ia applied. The manure
should be Of a good grade, stable ma
nure either from horses or cattle pref
erably. Manure that has straw bed
ding material mixed with 1t Is best
and should be applied at the rate Of 25
or 80 tons per acre or from 800 to 400
pounds per square rod.
1t is an excellent plan to prepare
the soil for planting as needed rather
than to fit the whole garden at once.
If the work of fitting the ground 10
done with a team it will not always
be feasible to follow this plan. Ground
that has not been used for gardening
purposes should, in every case where
1t is possible. be put in condition with
a team, as the ground should be cut
up with a disk or cutaway harrow.
thoroughly filming the soil as deeply as
it has been plowed. thoroughly mixing
the manure with the soil.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04

Walter Trump. Miss Gladys Will
helm attended the Teachers associa-
ton at West Alexandria on Saturday
and spent Sunday with her parents at
West Sonora. e. Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe
Crisenberry of Troy, spent Sunday
with A. l.. Riley and wife. Miss
Vertie Monebrake returned Sunday to
Xenia after a short visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Monebrake, Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Wehrley were Sunday
guests. Miss Mildrel Shines visited
Sunday with her parents at Dayton.
DR.. and Mrs. Carl Beane visited Sun
day with his father at West Alex.
andria.. Miss Grace Juday Of Day
ton, spent from Friday until Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. j. M. Studebaker
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fowble and son
Vincent, were Sunday guests. Miss
Irene Timmons spent the weekend
with her parents at New Paris.
Miss Cora Leas was Richmond shop
per Friday. t.. Eli Howell and wife of
Verona. were in West Manchester,
Friday calling on friends. -. Mrs. Har-
ley Howell Of Dayton, spent Friday
with Mrs. Anna Howell She together
with son Harley, 10y and Miss Treva
Howell visited Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Simon Hetzler, who is badly af-
flicted with rheumatism at his home
near New Madison. Mrs. Blanche
Shively entertained her mother of near
Eaton last week. who returned home
Saturday. Her sister Nellie, arrived
Sunday and will spend several weeks
with her. Mrs. F. V. Ream is visit
ing this week with relatives at Sher-
wood, o.. Miss Ruth Crane of Edo
RADIO, was the guest of Miss Helen Leas
Sunday. Miss Berdena Crisenbery of
Troy, spent Saturday night with M.
and Mrs. o. c. Schaeffer and was the
guest of Irene Leas Sunday. :. Mr..
and Mrs. J. NJ. Frank and family Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Parks, Mrs. Gertrude
Moore and sons, and Carl Winsch of
Eldorado, were entertained Sunday at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Loven.
-. Elliot Phillips and wife were Sun
day visitors Of Carey Pilman and wife
THE Misses Florence Warner and
Grace and Bertha Duvall of Dayton,
spent Sunday with Miss Alice Scuer-
man.. Miss Shearl limerick, Mrs.
Daisy Crisler and Delphine limerick of
Dayton. spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. F. M. limerick.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04

Miss Electa Henley will give DEM
onstration on serving in the cooking
class at 7:15 o'clock.
BENJAMIN Null has several new feat
ures which will be introduced in the
public speaking class. Business men
are invited to join the class.
Circulars containing information
and suggestions on keeping up attend
ance in classes will be given the in
structors Monday evening by Prin-
A Ford car will be placed in the
lunch roow for practical work by the
automobile class.
The classes In millinery, nursing,
and dressmaking must have an attend
ance of fifteen in order to be main
tanned.
Only men engaged in machine shop
work will be permitted to enter ma
chine shop classes. The night school
term is too short to prepare any one
for q now trade.
The Commercial classes including
stenography. bookkeeping, typewrit-
ing and commercial arithmetic will
start work Monday evening. The
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04

not thrive in poorly drained soil no
matter how much care is given them.
Break Soil Early
Flowing or spading should be done
at the earliest possible moment, in
order that in sections of the country
where freezing occurs the soil may be
subjected to freezing SO that it will
be broken up by the action of the frost
and be mellow and priable when plant
ing begins. Nothing aids In the prep
aration of soil, and especially stiff
SOILS like freezing and thawing. 1t is
especially important that ground in
sod be plowed in time so 1t will freeze
after blowing and the grub worms and
other alternating insects and worms
may be destroyed.
Where severe freezing is sure to
occur after the blowing is done little
horn will be done by blowing the
ground while wet. Otherwise the
ground should not be plowed until
fairly dry. or clods will result.
The ground after blowing should be
allowed to remain rough until needed
Lime is important
1t is an excellent plan to make an
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04
Distribute Hand Labor

Distribute Hand Labor
II is. Of course, possible to do the
work just as we'll by hand, but con-
siderable amount of labor is involved.
For small areas, however. this method
is the only practical one. When the
garden is to be worked by hand It is
especially desirable that the spading
be done os early as possible. as the
sooner it is done the easier it will be
to get the ground in condition. The
ground should be worked down only
as this will distribute the labor; and
as the rough ground will dry off
quicker than that smoother down, it
is possible to get on the ground soon
er il left in the rough than when we'll
worked down. 1t Is extremely desir.
able to get such crops as early peas,
early potatoes and early cabbage
plants in as soon as the ground is
dry enough, and it is often possible
to get these crops planted week or
two earlier by following this plan.
Well-sifted coal ashes, unlike wood
ashes. have no fertilizing value, but
are useful in tightening soil. Lime
will tighten soil and at the same time
correct acidity.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04
Il AMERICANS
[continued From Page One.J

Thursday night said that two columns
of the enemy had been thrown back
with heavy losses. German prisoners
were taken by the French.
Some of the American troops in the
Chein-des-Dames sector are having an
experience of cave life behind the
front trenches, their billets being deep
underground quarries and natural re-
cesses beneath the surface. The cor
respondent on visit to this sector
found them thus CHARTERED, occupying
positions held by the Germans less
than year ago. Most Of the Ameri-
cans, however, are living in the
trenches and accompanying dugouts.
The front line trenches here have been
cleaned, strengthened and improved
and are we'll protected with barb wire
entanglements.
The underground billets, some of
them old lime stone quarries and
other partly natural In formation and
improved through blasting operations
by the Germans who occupied them
for nearly three years, are variously
named. One of them accommodates
900 men. ,
The living quarters of the Ameri-
cans in this cave are 70 feet under
ground. The cave consists of long
galleries with cement ceilings. Fresh
air is supplied by large air pumps.
The cave is in part electrically light
ed. Elswhere acetylene lamps and oil
lanterns are employed. The men u.s.
ually remain in this cavern from four
to six days each, a company being as
signed a certain portion Of the exca-
walton. The men are not permitted
to roam about from fear of being lost
or to go outside except on duty, lest
they be detected by enemy air men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04

The first problem in preparing the
land for a garden that has not been
used for this purpose is to remove all
dead weeds. sticks, stones. bushes and
trash of any sort. Briers and bushes
should be dug up by the roots 80 they
will not sprout again.
Good drainage Is essential to sue
cessful garden. If the land is not we'll
drained, this should be corrected as
the first step in making the garden.
Tile drains may be used or the land
may be bedded by blowing it in long,
narrow lanes, leaving the middle fur
rows as drainage bitches. In the case
of gardens spaded and worked by
hand the same results may be had by
bedding up the soil. Vegetables will
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04

Secret papers made public by the
government recently at San Francisco
purported to show that Rabindranath
Tagore, Hindu poet and winner of the
Nobel prize for poetry, had been active
in plotting for a revolution which was
to result In independent government
for India.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04
Might School Echoes

commercial arithmetic class meets in
room %.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04
William Haberkern Will
Represent Richmond High

The Richmond high school will be
represented at the Wayne county dis
trict and state meetings of the State
High School Discussion League by
William Haberkern.
The county meet is in Richmond,
March %; the district meet at Rush
vile, April s. and state meet at Bloom
ington, April 10.
The subject for discussion is. What
Should Be the Policy of the United
States in Financing the Present War;"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04
S., 200, Receipts of Sale
at Greensboro Saturday

Receipts of the Community Sale at
Greensboro Saturday amounted to
more than $1,000 and the success Of
the sale caused the promoters to an
nounce another for March 80.
Dinner was served by the Red Cross
and the chapter made more than 800
Several hundred farmers attended the
sale. some of them coming with their
saleable produce for many miles. Live
stock, machinery and grain were sold.
Streets were fenced off for sale ring
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04
LAST YEARS RECORD MUST
BE PASSED THIS YEAR

This (1917 home gardening) cam
paign -" stimulated, 1t is esti-
mated. the planting Of from two
hundred to three hundred per cent
more gardens than had ever before
produced food IN the United States.
From annual report Of the Unit
ed States Secretary of Agriculture.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04
Oscar Johnston, Pennsy
Employe, is Pensioned

Oscar johnson, who has been in the
employ of the Pennsylvania railroad
for forty-three years, has retired on a
pension. He was last employed in the
freight house Employees of the freight
house presented Mr.. Johnson with a
gold watch and book bearing their
names. He also received many beau.
tiful boxes of flowers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04

Absolute proof that the gravitational
attraction between masses of matter
varies with changes in their electrictl
potential due to electrical changes
upon them has been obtained by DR..
Francis E. Nipher in year of expert
ments in the laboratory of Washington
university, St. Louis.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04

The National Defense Through the State
Council of Defense Inaugurates Some
Important Reforms i'm the Delivery of
Merchandise
he S
ca route.
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Thatth nqofC ODorde ecurtae sfarasp
That the o n
0
the
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Member Committee State
E.
imanWa County, ounclo O Defene.
in the
offs meman' Ito win
be comply with the Governments
OF
Stost
the continued
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OF the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-04
SALES
At $111,661.10

Jerome Shurley was able to realize
his ambition of buying more than
800, 900 worth of livestock In one
month during February.
The total purchases of stock for the
month we're $111,661.10 at Glen Miller
stock yards. There were shipped out
81 single decks and eight double
decks that had 1901 hogs, 212 veal
calves, sc cattle and 80 lambs.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12

Monaco. Monte Carlo. Casino. operas.
grand concerts, balls, all kinds Of
sports. etc.'-what would you call
those civilians who are holding back .
IT on going into the trench. wading
through mud UP to your waist. you
read in this same paper an article by
4 war correspondent. who. IN describ-
ing this particular trench. calls it, very
comfortable, healthy and provided
with all modern conveniences. what
would YOU call this Journalist?
II. after having been nearly STUCK
by a Bochc who has just missed you
and has only thrust 4 bayonet through
your thigh, II. having made him
prisoner and brought him back with
considerable difficulty and the help
OF n pal. YOU learn from The above
mentioned correspondent tina the Ger
mans surrendered without resistance.
holding up their hands and crying
'kamarade'-what sort OF face would
O pull in hospital?
"If. arriving by night at your billet.
where O are going to take q much,
needed rest. you sally forth on the
following morning. after having spent
two full and weary hours in cleaning
yourself. and you hear behind you this
amiable reflection from a f-eIlow-coun-
trywqman, I say. there is q poilu who
is quite clean. He hasn't suffered
much-what sort OF a whitening look
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12

trations-and there viii be a great
many OF them-are made by the art
lists OF the division. and they describe
funny incidents Of camp life, peculiar
predicaments OF their fellow-soldiers,
etc. AL sorts Of reading matter are
selected for the Journal. after being
passed By the editors, and an adver-
Using s5an las also been selected.
Tho "-Camouheur,r in its first issue.
has THIS to say regarding i,seIf and
the men who produced the paper:
W are the camouheurs, the FIRST
Of our breed in his land. At the
age OF less than two months we arc
already father OF an offspring which.
Il is claimed, can speak for Itself.
That sounds ike rather speedy ma
turity. yet the 'Camouheur' editors
insist that we have become the proud
parent OF a camouhage newspaper
which, while It MAJ not look like a
newspaper. VIII, nevertheless. have
the secret Of Journalism tucked away
in It's warm insides In such 3 happy
estate, they request as to help feed
the child ana teaeh It 80 say itssPapa'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12

handed him by contributors in his
sector. Almost all or his ~feliow-sol-
diers know n good Joke. or they have
heard a bit OF news tha, their friends
should know Then the man. acting
as editor. illustrator. designer and
printer, lays GU 10 pages and copies
tho lettcrpress in q clear hand and
traces the pictures on n frame Of
Eelatine. after which he carefully pulls
OF The impressions. The edition is
necessarily a small one. Fifty copies
CHE no difficulties. but after that
number Is reached. the impressions
become faint and blurred II is be-
cause Of this hat big circulatfons
cannot be encouraged.
But in not all OF these chronicles
OF the trenches are the difficulties Of
production 40 great. Some OF the
Journals are issued from a small print
ing press, which is allowed a place in
the company Wagon or tho troop
train. other journals. again. emanate
from tie towns and villages farther
removed from the firing line. These
are very dignIned and professional pa
pers in comparison. with haif-tone
Illustrations. display headlines and
parodies or popular advertisements.
or these journals every Impression is
easy to read, ard there is no limit
placed on their circulation. But they
do not possess the quaintness and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12
NTRENCHAsDCAl
First Page Heading From Trench And Camp"

honeIlness OF their elementary con
temporaries.
II Is very dif1cult to make extracts
from the trench journals Of the
French soldiers. The simple prayers,
little nature poems. editorial asides
and such-like features that are scat
tered through their pages. no less
than the strokes or humor hardly
pear transpianting. A specimen or
two may serve to give an idea OF
their contents. The following appears
in the agony column" OF lie Canard
Poilu":
Lost on Sunday last. al the cafe
Richie. in Paris. by : soldier OF leave.
g. flea OF medium build. dafk chestnut
color wearing round his neck a little
aluminium collar. On which is printed
The name OF the owner. Any I re
turning this faithful insect-which is
a remarkable specimen and which an
swers TO the name Of Bijou-to Polyte
Jujuhier. bomber in-of infantry. Sec
ton y. Trench A. dugout F. viii be
rewarded with a tin Of bully beef"
The following is from lie Poila:-
II during a 1uil IN The battle Of
Verdun o find "a paper or the day
before Yesterday and are struck by
this aaring advertisement The
Riviera. Season 1s16-19t7. Nice.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12
NOW THE TIME
TO BUY WAR
THRIFT STAMPS

Who saves SER -.
Join n thrift Club.
A sign of tire times. w. s :
Have you Joined the stamp army?
a. country worth lighting for is worth
saving for.
liz the war clouds darken Their. is a
rift in Thrift
IL we ave our pennies there1l be
none 10 save She kaiser.
Before buying needless things stop
and think Who saves serves.
Lick a few war stamps aud the boys
ovcr shore Will lioN the haiscr.
Cogeetjns postage stamps Is n fad.
collecting thrift stamps is a necessity.
KiI1 two birds with ono stone. Pot
your Liberty Bond interest in War Saw
ing stamps.
-Four per cent interest compounded
quarterly IS almost five per cent sim
plo interest H@y -war-saving stamps.
Manufacturers OF ~Shelbyviue have
erraneed TO give their employees Thrift
Cards with stamps attached as pres
ents.
II there we're net n limit on how
mauy W~ar-Savlng Stamps one man
might buy. the nnanciers would leave
precious few FOR tho small fry.
Folks here at home can dc their
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12

shown the Frenchman's love OF peace.
his love OF home life and the love CT
his country.
The story az how the trench journal
is produced Is an interesting tale in
Itself. For instance. a company OF
soldiers arrive back OF the lines from
duty in the trenches. They are quar
tered In an old. s~heII-riddIed barn.
Flinging themselves down. the men
satisfy hunger and thirst, and then one
by M drop off to sleep. All except
N a He squats in a corner OF
the barn. busy at something by the
aid of a candle-quite against the
regulations. He is the editor Of a
trench journal, such a one as '1e Ga
fouilleur" perhaps, or lie Mouchoir."
Outside the barn the din OF shell-4re
continues Explosions far away or
nearby 40 not interrupt the soldier at
his work. His only menace is a stray
bit Of equipment flung at his lighted
candle by a comrsde. who says the
light Is shining in his eyes and he
wants to sleep. II the aim is good.
the candle is relighted and the edi-
torial labors continue.
The French Editor 1t Work.
The editor selects the articles for
publication from the many eood filings
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12
WILL FIND
THEMSELVES
IN TROUBLE
TIMES UREAI AT
STATE CAPITAL.

~nr.NAprr4s Ion 90 rto a~4er
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12
A%ZNEZGHam CA/Hp/W MGDApERSh~ ~

ter being done by a city newspaper.
The Arst idea was IA son inc the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES u lie camp.
but this has developed IS sach an
extent that II viii probably have a
nationwide circulation, and it may go
into the trenches abroad Members
Of the camou8age dirislon-some-
where around FIVE hundred III number
are nearly all college men. ard
many are prominent artists and writ
ers. Their paper should become al
most q model for other trench and
camp newspapers. All of The illus
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12
Column Heading From The Cannon
neur."

the performance. But as he turned
away. ne was forced to remark: The
blooming thing is out Of tune.
we are bound to grow like one OF
these men. so we . do no better
than to let he 'Camouheur' make our
choice"
Many OF the illustrations % the
"Camouheur" are drawn ~ vel
known American artists mo have
joined the force. and fl. VIII. there
fore. probably nc the best illustrated
of all the ca mp and trench journals
of the American lighting forces The
first edition OF the paper contained
eight pages. but IL viii probably bo
enlarged as time goes on and rs cir-
culation grow larger.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12
PRICE S CENTS

the boundary o. his enrichment From
this need has sprung the camp news
paper-or rather, half newspaper and
hair magazine-from which may be
cleaned the news OF the world in gen
era and d single camp in particular.
The camp journal. although new 10
war. has srrived 10 stay. 1t will be
welcomed IN all the great canton
ments and even in the trenches
abroad, where it will also be published
for Uncle Sans fighting men.
one OF the earliest camp journals
in the country was started at Camp
Ne5de. between Washington n. G.
and Baltimore. where 1T is issued
weekly to the men Of the National
Army. It IS called h Trench and
Camp and is printed for the r.. NJ.
G. 4, by courtesy of a newspaper in
a nearby city. The first page of the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12
FIRST Page Heading or The "camouaour

the French were drst 10 show tho
need Of a newspaper for the nghting
men. The poilu IN the trenches was
lost without his illustrated papers
from Paris. and these came few and
far between. They were usually sew
eral months Ola when they reached
him. and their value for the news
they contained did not mount 70
much. Now. there is even nothing In
the British Army quite like the
Trench Journal Of the pouu. Nothing
is SO Intimately connected with the
stark actually of warfare. nothing so
poignant in its realism Of a nation
n the supreme ordeal of battle. A
great many % the British newspapers
published for the soldiers are printed
IN the tranquility OF an u~ninvaded
countryside, designed principally TO
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12
A camouaage Artsts Conception OF His FeUows At work.

visited a raw. sh~ell-pitted spot IN the
Flanders trenches. where an ingenious
Frenchman had set up an octave or
50 of claret bottles. allied with various
amounts Of water. in such q manner
that he could make a shift at playing
the 'MarseiIlaise' on them
The novelist gave patient heed TO
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12

fooiscap shest % from two 10 eight
pages TO several times that size. Some
are printed in orthodox style. others
are but Impressions in various degrees
of clearness. But the papers have one
characteristic in common; they show
an intense realization Of war. In all
the trench journals or the French Is
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-12

talk without a lot Of things. but tll-
boys across the seas cannot do theirs
without guns and ammunition. food and
clothes Save and serve.
These are DAYS OF enlarged spheres
81 usefulness. Even The hen feels it,
Formerly # was tho hens chief bus
mess TO life the motgage of the farm.
Now many farmers wives are using
their egg money to bug War-Saving
Stamps.