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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13

Known as Soapweed.
By the addition of q little cottonseed
meal with ground yucca q fairly well
balanced ration is made. By using this
feed without waste in dry seasons only
q fair crop will always be available.
If 1t is used properly and due regard
given to conserving the present sup
ply, thousands of cattle may beesaved
during the drought season to add to
the nations meat supply.
There are a score or more species Of
yucca. Sotol has been utilized as
stock feed for some years. but only re
Gently have soapweed and bear grass,
two other forms which grow abundant
", been utilized in this way. Both Of
the latter are well adapted for feed.
but because the food material is found
mainly in the tree-like trunk 1t Is nee
essary that they be ground or chop
ped finely before stock can eat them.
The machines used for cutting
yucca have heavy cylinders carrying
teeth or knives hat rotate before q
chopping block to which the plants are
fed. One of the larger machines run
by q II or 14-horse power engine with
a crew of 13 men will chop or shred
about two tons Of soapweed an hour. !.
If fed alone this feed may be expect
ed to keep stock from starving IL fed
with concentrates a properly balanced
ration may be worked out. The u.s.
tomary practice among users Of this
feed Is to give young stock six to
twelve pounds per day with one-half
to three-fourths Of a pound Of cotton
seed cake or meal. Mature stock are
given 20 to 90 pounds and n to two
pounds of the c%ottOnseed concentrate
daily. Fifteen to twenty-five pounds
per day fed alone will save stock from
dying. Practically the only cost In
using this feed is In It's preparation.
and 1t is estimated that when 20
pounds is fed per day this O
amounts to only 50 cents per month.
Yucca should be regarded rs an
emergency feed only, the specialists
say. It makes a very slow growth and
only two species-soapweed and bear
grass-may be expected to renew
themselves IL cut off. The bear grass
Of the New Mexico-Texas plains re-
gion will produce q e crop In three
or four years, while soapweed requires
from ten to fifteen years.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
LOSSES DOWN TO MINIMUM
Warfare Mortality Statistics Should
Give Comfort to Those With
Loved Ones at the Front.

Great as the danger and large as
the losses In the aggregate. the indi-
vidual soldier has plenty Of chances
Of coming out of the war unscathed,
OF Mt least not badly injured.
Based on the mortality statistics OF
the allied armies, q soldiers chances
are as follows:
Twenty-Five chances Of coming
home to chance OF being killed.
Forty-nine chances OF recovering
from wounds to one chance Of dying
from them.
One chance in 500 Of losing q limb.
VIII live Ave years longer because
Of physical training. is freer from dis
ease In the army than in civil life,
end has better medical care ut the
front than at home.
In other wars from ten to Is men
died from disease to one from bullets ;
in this war one man dies from dis
ease to every ten from bullets.
For those of our fighting men who
do not escape scathless, the govern.
ment under the soldier and sailor in
surance law gives protection to the
wounded and their dependents and to
the families and dependents of those
who make the supreme sacrifice for
their country.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
LEMON JUICE
TAKES OFF TAN
Girls! Make bleaching lotion
if skin Is sunburned,
tanned or freckled

Squeeze the juice OF two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces of
Orchard White, shake well, and you
have q quarter pint Of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complexion
beautifier. at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of Orchard White for q
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day and see how freck-
les, sunburn, windburn and tan disap-
pear and how clear, soft and white the
skin becomes. Yesl It Is harmless
Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13

with tie brush. All leaf sheaths. or
boots. should be removed as the heads
IRE cut. The knife should be held
firmly with the cutting edge pointing
at an angle from the body. II the
head Is then grnsped with the other
hand ana the stalk pulled against the
knife. instead Of forcing the knife
against the stalk. the stem Of the
brush will usually slip out Of the boot
az it is being cut from the stalk. As
the heads are cut they r laid In hand
fuls on the table. The brush should
be hauled to the curing shed and
.hreshed the same day 1t Is harvested.
q at any rate not later than the fol-
lowing day.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
USE DESERT PLANTS
FOR FEEDING STOCK
Native Shrubs viii Bring Cattle
Through Drought Season.
ScapWeed, While Low In Nutrltive
Value, Can BE Used In Cases ct
Emer0ency-Seore Or More
Species Of Yucca.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.l
The desert plant locally known as
soapweed. the feeding value OF which
has previously been overlooked. can be
utilized as an emergency drought-time
feed for Southwestern stOckrnen.
Its scientific name is yucca. While
this plant is not high in nutritive value
nor suitable for feed until 1t has been
properly ground. the specialists OF the
United States department of agricul-
ture have found that in seasons OF
drought. when range grasses and other
sources of feed fail, 1t can be used to
save cattle and sheep from starving.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13

appeared and your Vegetable COMPOUND!
has made me ! well. strong woman =
I do all my own housewQfk. cannoe
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's vsgs-l
table Compound too highly 70 womseI
passing through the Change Of Life.s'|
Mrs.. FRANK HENsoN, 1916 8. Orchads!
St., Urbana, III. !
Women who suffer fromnsrvousne0p
cheat flashes" baekachs, headaches
and 1.-THE blues should try this famo90
root and herb remedy, Lydia =. PtnE@
hams Vegetable COMPOUND.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
KEEP BACTERIA FROM MILK
Carefully cIeanssd Utensils. erotsc-
ton From Flies and Dirt Will
Aid Materially.

Cows free from anu and dirt. es-
pecinlly In tLe region Ut the udcer
and tanks. utensils that are carefully
cleansed, scalded and dried, and care
ful protection OF the milk from dies
and dirt after production. will Pre-.
vent the entrance Ct bacteria Into
mllk.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
Not a New Experience.

Two recruits were waiting for fur
ther instructions Mt Camp Dodge, In.
One of the men. striving to be So
ciable. said: well, l suppose this
war business will be work to u.s."
ooh, ! don't know" replied the other.
"You see. l have been married to the
wrong girl for five years."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13

State OF Ohio. City Of Toledo, Lucas
CUhnty-ss. g
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he n
senior partner Of the Arm Of r. :, Cheney
4 Co, doing business in the city Of ia.
ledo. County and State aforesaid. and that
eaid frm viii pay b sum Of ONE HUM
that ann be cured 81 Tia - az
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn to 6e6ore mo and subscribed II
my presence. this 9Th day q December,
tseen A. W. Gleason, Notary Pubue.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE n tst.
the Mucous Surfaces &c {se 6ystem.
Druggists. 75c. T~estimoniale free.
=. J. Cheney = Co. Toledo, Ohio.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
SELECT GOOD SEED CORN
prepared by the United States De-
partment OF Agriculture.)
Good seed corn must be:

Good seed corn must be:
Well adapted to the seasonal
and soil conditions where It Ii
to be planted.
Grown On productive plants
of q productive variety.
Well matured and preserved
from ripening time to planting
time In q manner that will re-
tain its full productivity.
This sort Of seed corn can best
be secured by gathering the ears
from the stalks as early as they
mature In the fall, by promptly
drying the seed Immediately af-
ter II has been gathered. and by
keeping Il constantly dry and
safe from rats. mice and II
sects.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13

thing for nothing he gets a little addi-
tional experience.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
Hot stuff.

One negro porter was getting en-
thusiastic v cigars. Brother" he
said to his companion. "when die
] want a box Of cigars tucked under
one arm"
"What kind do you PREFER" asked
the other.
"Just anything. A 27-cent near-Iia-
'vuna will do"
"Near Havana? Say. when you're
dead for two days you'll think Havana
used to be MS cold rs the winds that
blow over Greenland's icy mountains"
Any kind Of success worth having
never arrives unexpectedly.
How very ensy are some of the tasks
Wp Imagine difficult.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
prima

Prime coneervatlon.
What melting eyes that Girl has r.
Good gracious! Don't let her 70
near the icebOx."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
HOW TO HARVEST
new BROOM CORN
OF importance to Cut Brush at
Proper Stage Of Maturity
to Get Full Value.
STAGE Of MATURITY COUNTS
u Seed Crop 10 Desired Much Depends
on Climatic Conditions and Care
Civen-Standard Varieties
Are Very Tall.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The value Of the brush OF broom
corn depends largely upon the stage
OF maturity when harvested. If the
brush Is harvested when too young the
fiber Is weak at the base Of the head,
and when harvesting Is delayed until
the brush is overripe the fiber becomes
hard and brittle. Good service can.
not be expected from brooms made of
such brush.
The brush should be harvested when
It has reached the stage where the nat
ural green color extends from the tip
OF the fiber to the base and center Of
the head. This usually occurs from
n time when the flowers are falling
to the time the seed is In the milk or
thin-dough stage. Brush harvested in
this stage and properly cured, without
being damaged by the sun or wet
weather, is tough and flexible and Of
the best quality.
u Seed Crop Is Desired.
IF a seed crop Is desired the brush
Is not harvested until the seed is fully
mature. The value Of ripe brush de-
ponds largely upon the climatic condi-
tons previous to harvest and the care
given the brush after the seed is re-
moved. If seed brush is not discolored
by wet weather, but has the natural
yellow color of mature brush, it COM
mands about half the price of good
brush II cared for In the same way.
Standard broom corn and dwarf
broom corn are harvested in different
ways. The standard is bent over or
tabled and the brush cut off the
dwarf is jerked or pulled from the up
right stalk.
The standard varieties are so tall
that the stalks have to be bent oye to
bring the brush within reach. This
process is called tabling. The tabler
walks between two rows, bending or
breaking the stalks over, three or four
feet from the ground. The stalks of
the left-hand row are bent to the right
and those of the right-hand row to the
left. This crosses the stalks of these
rows. so that a sort of table is formed
behind the tabler, the brush project
ing across the table into the spaces
between this pair of rows and the next
row on either side.
Harvesting Brush.
The brush is harvested by walking
In the space between the tables and
cutting the heads from the talks with
q jackknife or a knife with a short.
wide blade made especially for that
The stalk should be cut so
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13

Friendship means more and &C tho
same time less than any other word IL
the Englloh larguaeak
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
WOMEN OF
Middle ACE
Ned Heb b Pass IL Ctisis Ssfe3
k-Pfosf hat Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Coaps1nd
Can Be Relied Upoo.

Urbans, m.-'During Change u Life,
b edition b - annoying symptoms, !
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13

Warning Him Oh.
He-I want to get married. Do you
think l will?
She-Don't ask me Judge.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
Killing Burdocks.

An experienced gardener says that
a good way Of exterminating burdocks
Is to cut them of close to the ground
just before they 90 to seed. then apply
a little kerosehe to the root. He 1895
a common machine oil can for apply
ing the oil.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13

Thorough milking tends to develop
q cows udder and Increase Ter milk
capacity.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
Heal Baby Rashes
Our parnerse In use.

Darn a cutwOrm r calculates nm
exchange. Let the cutworm mend his
ways. say we.-Boston Tran
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13

How very easy are some Of the tasks
w imagine difficult.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
Harvesting Brush.

The brush is harvested by walking
In the space between the tables and
cutting the heads from the stalks with
q jackknife or a knife with a short.
wide blade made especially for that
purpose. The stalk should be cut so
MS to leave about six inches of stem
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
Opening HE Eyes,

Opening HE Eyes.
There will be a greater percentage
OF contented men In proportion to the
worlds population after the war than
there was before II started"
"Why do You think sol"
swell. II rying Tor weeks and
months In muddy trenches and being
bombed. gassed. shelled and otherwise
shot Mt, moi to mention the coolies,
won't make a man rate the comforts OF
hoine at their true value. / don't know
what will."-Bir1nIngham Age-Herald.
Before and After.
"Parks says he was 6rst attracted
BY his wife'x voice.
"And now he Is distracted ~ Il.
~ 49, x fE@&A
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13
Exact Copy a Wsappes.
. Need More Experience.

Need More Experience.
II told father l loved you more than
any other girl I've ever met"
And what did your father say?"
Tile said to try to meet some more
girls."-COrnell Widow.
Heal Baby Rashes
That itch, burn and torture. A hot
Cuticura Soap bath gives instant re-
lief when followed by a gentle ,appli-
cation Of Cuticura Ointment. For free
samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. x,
Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap Is, Ointment Is and 5O.-Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13

Every young man has ! great future
ahead Of him. but 4 usually perst1ts
In staying there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-03
FAMOUS HYMN WRITER DEAD.

Mrs. Annie Sherwood Hawks Was Au-
thor Of II Need Thee Every Hour"
Bennington, VT, Jan. 3.-Mrs. Annie
Sherwood Hawks. author Of many ia
nous gospel hymns, including Il Need
Thee Every Hour" died at her home
here today at the age of SO years.
With the death of the celebrated
Fanny Crosby some time ago, Mrs.
Hawks was left as perhaps the last of
the noted writer's Of the gospel hymns
of the past half century.
From her fourteenth year, when her
first bit of verse was published in a
newspaper in Troy, N. Y, she devoted
a large part Of her long life to the pro-
duction Of poems and hymns.
Her first hymns were written in
1868. at the suggestion Of her pastor,
DR.. Robert Lowry. who set several of
them to music.
Among other hymns Of which she
was the author are "The Cross For
Jesus" Good Night" why Weepest
Thou" who'll Be the Next to Fol-
low Jesus" and TN the Valley"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-03
Poison in the Salt,

Seabrook, Md, Jan. S.--One woman
is near death, twenty persons have had
narrow escapes from death, and two
horses are dead In Seabrook, Nd. a
village between Washington and Camp
Meade, Nd, from eating salt contain
ing arsenic It was learned today.
The poison was contained in eighty
pounds Of salt sold TO residents OF
Seabrook by Max Katzen. forty Ave
years old, a grocer in the village. and
was In sufficient quantity to have kill
ed everybody in the village, according
to. officials who made an analysis.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-03
y. 8. PRISONERS TORTURED.
Huns Determined TO Treat Them %
lnhumanIy 40 They Did Russians.

Huns Determined to Treat Them 40
lnhumanIy a. They Did Russians.
With the American Armies in France,
Jan. 3.-Fresh proof Of the bent Of the
German mind toward war atrocities
against Americans came today. Reli-
able information received In the .Ameri-
can zone was that Germany intends to
treat prospective American prisoners
as men Of no intelligence, and persons
not entitled to tho ordinary courte-
sizes aoo0TaaI prisoners w6.. " - - 175l5 7lss
Presumably 1t Is the intention to en-i
ploy American war prisoners In low
forms Of labor, and to treat them In the
same horrible fashion that Germany
has always treated her Russian prison-
srs. Tho conditions Of Russians in Ger
man camps has been 20 wretched a.
to arouse even neutral nations to pro-
test. They arc held on about the same,
level a. beasts and compelled to live
In surroundings which even selt-re-s
specting animals would ahhor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-03
Have Fewer Men Engaged
in Battle Than Are Cap
tured From Huns.
RECORD MAKING
FIGHT IN ITALY
More Than 1,400 Huns Arc Taken Pri-
soner, While Enemy's Losses Run
Into Hundreds-SueeessfuI Offensive
on Monte Tomba Accomplished by
French With Loss of But Fifty Killed
s-Austrians No Match For French.
.[By the Associated Press. I

Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Jan. 2.-The French in their re-
cent successful offensive on Monte
Tomba captured more prisoners than
they had men engaged, according to a
veteran officer who saw the fight. He
witnessed the fight from a nearby emil
nence.
1T was a record making fight in
many respects" he declared Just
think. the French took more prisoners
than they had men engaged. They al
SO captured their first Austrian pris-
oners, which Is another milestone for
them, as heretofore they had captured
only Germans"
In addition to the 1,40O prisoners
we Captured $50 dead on the ground
and no one knows how many more
were in the caverns and in the bush
es. The French accomplished this with
slight loss-less than fifty men The
Fiftieth Austrian division, which was
the one attacked, is considered good
fighting organization, but they were ac-
customed to lighting Russians and
Roumanians. The result was that raw
ness and bad discipline was swept
away before discipline and training.
Austrian captives Sorry Lot.
when the prisoners were brought
in never saw more miserable lot
OF soldiers. They looked like the riff
raff Of some big city. Even the on
sfers looked underfed and poorly cloth
I'd Whens the officers were lined Up
there were forty-two Austrians and
two Germans. The Austrians were told
they would receive the same treatment
usually given officers and gentlemen
but the two Germans were told plainly
they would receive the same treatment
the French officers received in Ger
many. A little later the Austrians were
heard cheering and 1t turned out that
they were cheering their French cap
tors.
1T was the same as getting IL per
cent on your money instead Of 2 per
cent. The spirit of the French troops
is beyond all praise. Their earnestness
not only carries them into the trenches
but actually far beyond them. Some
detachments kept on going until they
reached the upper Piave, back Of the
lines held by the enemy. They found
deserted villages and could have held
these positions but 1t was beyond the
objective sought ind would have neces-
STATED reorganizing defenses. It show
ed, however, what enthusiasm can do
in entering wedge straight thru the
Austrian line"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-03
.LToWN, IOWA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1918
KAISER

thermore, it Is said that Germany de-
sires the return from Russia OF a ma
jority Of her war prisoners. She will
get back the officers and non-com.
missioned officers in any case, and
many Of them have already returned.
But for both Germany and Austria II
is sounder policy to regard the rank
and file Of these men as the advance
guard Of commercial conquest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-03

Washington, Jan. 3.-Aftsr
three-hour conference today with
the heads Of the four railroad
brotherhoods, Director MeAdoe said
that some definite asrssmsnt on
all questions, Of railroad labor will
be made by the railroad manage.
mont soon.
A general readjustmsnt Of pas-
ssnser schedules involving gsn-
sral curtaiimsnt Of traffic 10 now
considered certain. The question
was discussed today by traffic
managers with Director MeAdos
and the question was rsfsrrsd 20
the advisory council, which will
report recommendations. probably
tomorrow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-03
>Dopr COMPULSORY RATloNINo.
England to Try Out New Plan For Food
Distribution.

London, Jan. 3.-Compulsory ration
ing is to be put into effect in England
soon, 1t was announced officially today.
The food controller, Baron Rhonda,
stated that his department has COM
pleted plan OF rationing and that 1t
would be carried out as soon as the
sanction Of the cabinet had been re-
ceived.
Much difficulty has been expert
enced recently. chiefly among the
poorer classes, in obtaining supplies OF
some articles Of food but this has been
due 10. faulty distribution rather than
lack of supplies. The English labor
unions have made insistant demap/ :;
for compulsory rationing.)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-03
SEEK MOTIVE FOR CRIME.
In Chamberlain Trial
Would Show Brothers Quarreled.

"OulU oUO~ 0TOSU0TS NU&TVVsVos
Special to Times Republican.
Gooch Land Courthouse. Va, Jan. 3.
Money and hatred against his
brother on account Of disagreements,
law suits and court proceedings as the
motive which impelled the accused
physician TO commit the alleged muir
der Of his attorney brother, was In
dicated in evidence and testimony
brought out by the prosecution today
by the commonwealth in the second
day OF the trial Of DR.. Asa w. Cham
berlain. Establishment Of the motive
was the effort Of all Of the testimony
offered at the morning session. All
agreements and papers passing be-
tween the brothers were read in court
by attorney Walter Leake. 1t was
plain that the effort Of the prosecution
was to support its allegation that DR..
Chamberlain early in the summer be-
gan to plot against his brother.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-03
War p.er.a..s Marriages..

Special to mes-RepublicAn.
Nevada. Jan. S.-The young men ot
story county have not proved them.
selves "slackers,' and hocked to Hy.s
mons altar to escape service In the
army.
In the face OF the selective services
draft there were 12M per cent less
marriages during the year 1911 than
there were during the year 1915. This
In shown by the marriage records os
the county at the court house.
During the year 1915 there wers IN
marriage licenses issued and ~ Of
them were used. During the year end
Ing Monday there worc hut 200 leeUsds
and at least two Of them were returned!
unused for some reason