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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
TALK OF THE TOWN

Persus Wilfore Of Williamstown was a
business visitor in the city yesterday.
John G. Sargent of Ludlow, a former
attorney general, is passing a few days
in Barre on business.
All tried recipes for meatless dishes,
as we'll as suggestions on canning and
conservation Of sugar should be sent
to Mrs. Arthur Mscneil, l6s Hill
street, on or before Aug 6, as the recipes
will be printed in The Times shortly
after that, under the direction Of the
Woman's Auxiliary to the food admins
tration
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
Notice

On and after Aug. /, we, the under.
signed, shall be obliged to charge seventy
cents (70cl per hour for all labor.
Alex McHaffie,
G. w. Ayerill & CO.,
Barre Gas Co,
N. D. Phelps Co.,
John H. Johnson,
w. j. Loughheed & Co.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-01
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30
TAG ON YOUR
SHOVEL LIKE
DESK TICKLER
Constant Reminder that Saving a
Shovel of Coal a Day Helps
Win War.

"a tag on your coal shovel will
work like string around your finger
or knot in your handkerchief-it
will be constant reminder of some
thing not to be forgotten" said Capt.
|. p. Baker, federal fuel administers
tor for North Dakota, today in dis
GUESSING Tag Your Shovel Day." which
tomorrow, Wednesday, January so, is
expected to result in one of these lit
tie conservation "ticklers' being at
tached to every coal shovel in North
Dakota.
The bushes man uses desk "tick'
ler' to jog his memory now and then.
A well-arranged "tickler' turns up
automatically every day the matters
which must be attended to that day.
Just so will this tag on every house
holders coal shovel reminds him ev-
cry time he picks up that implement
that the saving of coal is to be a big
factor in the winning of this war and
in bringing our boys home from Franc
alive, whole and victorious.
While Wednesday is "Tag Your
Shovel Day., the good work will not
end there. If for any reason young
sters fail to reach every coal bin in
their neighborhood on that day, the
campaign is to continue until the
field is covered. 1t is not conceiv-
able that any family will refuse to
thoroughly cooperate with the young
sters in this patriotic work. The con-
servation of coal is made as much
a loyal duty as the conservation OF
food or any of the other little sacri-
fees which the people who are safe
here at home have been asked to make
as a means of helping the men who
are barring their breasts to enemy
bullets cover there Should there
be found coal slackers, their names
will be reported and placed on record
in the very same way as has been
done with undesirables whom the Red
Cross and Liberty Loan and Y. NJ
C. A. and X. C. war drives have re-
vna1ed
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30
.STEELC0RP0RATlON
|. PAYS TO TREASURY
HALF OF EARNINGS
Government Gets Fifty Fifty on
More Than Sixty Million of
: Profits.
BUSINESS OF QUARTER
GIVES BIG DIVIDENDS

New York, Jan. 3U.-The United
States steel corporation paid to the
federal government more than half
its earnings in the final quarter IF
1917, according to statement of the
corporation issued Tuesday.
Total earnings for that period am.
ounted to $50, after making al
lowance for $6O,950,364 paid into the
government treasury as war income
and excess profits. Net income for
the final quarter was $4S,045,344 and
surplus for the same period amounted
to $16,25S.272.
This compares with total earnings
Of $6S,243,7S4, net income of $55,245,-
S77, and surplus of 21,S24,554 for the
previous quarter.
In keeping with the expectations,
the directors declared an extra" divi-
dend of 3 per cent on the common
stock, in addition to the regular COM
mon dividend of one quarter, and pre-
ferred of ~ Including a Red Cross
dividend of one per cent voted in the
second quarter, total disbursements
on the common shares for 1917 am
ounted to Is per cent.
Total earnings for 1917 amounted
to 1891 ,66S,131, after charging off
S212,467,249 to government taxes, etc.
1t is expected this amount will be in
creased to $235, 100000 when final re-
turns are made to Washington.
In 1916, when no appropriations were
made for war income and excess pro
fits, the corporations total earnings
were $342,997, 092.
The statement for the last quar-
er of 1917 also shows that $4,000, 900
has been appropriated for expendi-
lures made and to be made, including
new plants and constructions. The bal
ance of surplus for the year reported
il the final quarter Of 1915.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30
MANIAC MASTER OF
SWEDISH STEAMER
MURDERS AND DIES
In Drunken Frenzy Murders First
Officer and Turns Gun on
Himself
AMERICAN ARMED GUARD
IN CHARGE OF THE SHIP

An Atlantic Port, Jan. 30.--The
Swedish steamer Anglia was brought
into port last night. by her second
officer with a story Of how Captain A.
B. Waerns, the master, shot and fat
ally wounded the first officer, G.. +.
Eurst at sea last Saturday and then
shot himself The Captain fell over the
ships side and his body was not re-
covered.
According to the second officer, Cap
tain Waerns had been drinking and
abused Furst, who was shot in an ar
gument that followed. The master
then rushed to the ships side and
turned the pistol on himself. The first
officer died before the ship could
reach port.
A Swedish maritime inquiry will be
held by the Swedish vice-counsul to-
day in the presence Of represen-
tatives Of the customs and justice de-
partments. In the meantime an A1lle-
rican armed guard is in charge OF
the ship.
The Anglia was bound from an At
lantic port to South America.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30

inches at the center, constructed on
flat sub-base, cost $17,5O0 mile.
The past year three types Of brick
road have been built. One road,
has concrete base and a
sand-cement cushion. 1t is the most
expensive type of road built here, cost
ing $4,000 mile.
Ninety-eight per cent of all vehi-
cles travelling county roads the past
summer were motordriven. An aV-
erage of 1882 vehicles each day tray
eled the main brick road between Sc.
attic and Tacoma. From 200 to 700
vehicles a day were counted on gra-
vel roads.
Zea! and Efficiency
Whatcom county road projects are
undertaken with such zeal and etfici-
ency that the county commissioners
and county engineers offices have be-
come headquarters for inquiries and
visits by road officials from all parts
of the country.
People in Whatcom county talk,
think and get the benefits of good
roads. all the year around. Their slo-
gan is Good Roads and Everything
Else Will Come" The heavy rains and
a 1nild-wet winter under less favor
able circumstances, would mean mud
dy, impossible roads. But a big
dairy industry, coupled with other
farming activities, makes the 365 day
road a necessity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30
HARD LUCK TALES
. FROM KIDDBR STIR
IRE OF LEGISLATOR
Sydney Smith Declares Conditions
in His County are Being
e. Misrepresentsd.

Hard luck stories appearing in The
Courier-News, purporting %to come
from Kidder county, but which are
published anonymously, are resented
by Rep. Sydney Smith Of Kidder. He
particularly objects to- the alleged
statement of one farmer that che must
have seed and feed or 1t his hogs 90
and quit farming" This condition,
if it exists at all in kidder county,
is the exception, says Rep. Smith,
who has statistics showing that from
two comparatively small shipping
points out of more than dozen in the
county Steele last year shipped A.
AT bushels of So wheat and Dawson
shipped $4,000 bushels.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30


over to county projects in proper
ton to the amount which the county
levies in taxes for that purpose.
Automobile enthusiasts brought the
subject of good roads to attention Of
King county in 1905. A water bound
macadam highway was built out of
Seattle, and from that time on, pop.
uIarity OF hard surfaced roads has in
creased.
In 1917 King county built IS miles
of brick paved roads and 1917 miles
of concrete highways. Today, the
county has 100 miles of gravel or
crushed rock surfaced roads, 40 miles
of brick roads, "a miles of concrete,
Is miles of asphalt, and 425 miles
Of graded and drained roads Of earth.
1900 Building Gravel Roads
Gravel roads, are now being built,
have six-inch gravel surface are
s16 to 10 feet wide; and have four
foot bitches.
Concrete roads, 20 feet wide, 5 "
inches thick at the edge and n
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30
GIRLS VOLUNTEER
AID MAKES RAPID
GROWTH AT DODGE
Organization Becoming Practical
Influence for the Good in
t Middle Vests Camp.

Des Names, Ia, Jan. 30.-From a
small beginning last June, the Girls
Volunteer Aid, a local organization,
has grown to a membership of more
than 1900 girls, who do Red Cross
and war relief work and plan enter
tainments for Camp Dodge soldiers.
The G. v. A. was organized after q
talk by R.. E. Patin, representing the
war recreation board at Washington,
D. c., and the organization is backed
by the City Federation of Women's
clubs.
In the last nationwide campaign the
G.. V. A. gained 1000 members for
the American Red Cross Almost all
the members have been knitting for
the soldiers and sailors and many
compa MES have certain days in the
week designated to spend at the Red
Cross Headquarters preparing band
ages and sewing hospital garments.
THE Aid IS divided into companies
Of twenty-four members each in
charge of a captain and two lieuten.
ants with a company mother to super
wise the work. These companies are
assigned to regiments of twelve COM
patlies each with a regimental conf
mander and a regimental mother.
81. Mrs. w. E. Maulsby OF Des Moines
has general charge Of all social activ-
tiles Of the G. V. A., which include
entertainments, suca as dancing par
ties at social centers.
Under the auspices Of the war recre-
alton board companies and their Off
GERS from Camp Dodge have been al
lowed to attend In a body parties CIV
On ct the camp Dodge barracks.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30
BIG TOWN AND RURAL DISTRICT
PROFIT EQUALLY FROM BUILDING
OF GOOD PERMANENT HIGHWAYS

the people in King county are CONNER
cial and industrial, while farming is
the chief pursuit in Whatcom coun-
ty; and though the population of one
county is more than five times that
of it's neighbor, the interest of both
counties in good roads is typical of
the enthusiasm throughout the state
that has placer Washington in the
front ranks as good roads builders
Road funds in King county the past
year have been derived from four
sources the road district fund and
the road and fridge fund, which are
county commissioners; the permanent
highway fund; and the bond issue.
State Administration
Tell permanent highway fund Is adj
ministered by the state and Is given
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30

Practically all Of American
sports are imported. Eeven base.
ball, the great American national
game is an adoption OF British
cricket and FOUNDERS. In fact
when the all-star American and
National League teams played III
London a few years ago, British
cricket experts called the game
"glorified FOUNDERS" ..
Scotland gave us golf, but the
Draw Scot had to have a game
which could be played on the ice
in the. cold Scottish winters and
hundreds Of years ago he invented
curling.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30
The following article on good
roads 10 the third Of series pre-
pared especially for use in The
Tribune.-Editor's Note.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. 30-King co,n-
ty, of which Seattle is the county seat,
in 1917 raised $952,10 for road con
struction and maintenance in addi-
ton to completing other roads pro.
vided for by a $3,0O0,000 bond issue
voted by county electors in 1912.
Whatconi county, so miles to the
north of here, in 1917 built $507 ,000
worth of good roads, and plans other
highway improvements in 1918 to cost
$525,0O0.
Interests In Common
Though the occupations OF most OF
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30
General Wood is
Slightly Injured

( Paris Jan. 3O-Brief details Of the
wounding of Major General Leonard
Wood of the. United States army,
while on a visit to the French front
have been received. General Wood
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30

was hit by a fragment Of a gun which
burst while being tested.
His injuries, which are confined to
the left arm, are not considered SER
ious. But he was brought to a hospi-
tai here
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30
MOTHERS, Do THIS
When the Children Cough, Rub
Mustero.e on Threats
and Chests

No telling Row soon the symptoms may
develop into Group, or worse. And then's
when you're glad YOU have jar of Mus.
terole at hand to give prompt, sure re.
lief. If does not blister.
As first aid and certain remedy
Musterole is excellent. Thousands OF
mothers know it. You should keep
jar in the house, ready for instant use.
Il is the remedy for adults, too. Re.
lieves sore throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis.
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, head.
ache, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism.
',,mbago, pains and aches of back or
Joints, sprains, sore muscles, chilblains,
frosted feet and colds of the chest lit
often prevents pneumonia).
3Oc and 6Oc jars; hospital size $3.50.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-07
RAISING FOXES IN ALASKA
Animals Are Bred There for Their
Fur, and the Industry Is Re-
fnuneratiVe One.

There are ten or twelve fox farms
in Alaska. One of them, situated in
the Tanana valley, mile and half
from Fairbanks, consists of ten acres
of cleared land, the greater part of
which is covered with pens in which
the animals live. From a distance the
fox farm looks like a huge chicken
yard, with walls of woven wire and
hencoopS of various sizes inside. Each
pen is so feet long, feet wide and
about 10 feet high. The wire is tough
steel and is sunk about four feet in
the ground and is then bent so that it
runs inward underground for about
two feet to prevent the foxes from dig
ging out. At the top the wire has an
overhang of two feet to prevent the
captives from climbing over. Each
pen has kennel made of boards, like
q dog kennel, the entrance to which is
a chute or wooden pipe a foot
square. Only one pair of foxes live In
each pen. They are very timid and
have to be handled carefully. Most of
the fox farmers will not allow strang-
ers to enter their property for fear
they will brighten the animals. The
foxes are fed with salmon, moose
meat, horse meat, rabbits, carrots and
turnips. A common feed is rice and
rabbits cooked together in q stew.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-07
Census of a-Vacant Lot,

In little town in Illinois George N.
Wolcott conducted an investigation to
find out how many animals-or, rather
forms of animal life-inhabited an
acre of city land, says Popular Science
Monthly. The count in a city lot, OBJ
tanned by multiplying the contents of
a bucketful by the figures required for
an acre, disclosed the fact that there
were between 100000 and 100000 of
grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, cock
reaches, earwigs, lantern flies, plant
lice, aphids and other "bugs" in one
acre of land.
There will be, of course, large va
Ration in the count according to the
season in which it is made. For ex-
ample, there is a one-third increase in
the population in the spring over that
In the autumn owing to the rapid mul.
tiplication of earthworms.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-07
CHARITY WELL WORTH WHILE
How Tennessee Community Built
House and Presented 1t to Poor
but Deserving Widow.

You are all familiar with the story
of "the house that Jack built" But
wish to tell you of house that neigh
bors built in small town in the South,
says a writer in Christian Herald.
1t was obvious to this community
that if a certain family only had
home, they could be self-supporting
while, as it was, every cent they earned
went for rent.
Two kind, practical men took the
matter up and evolved plan whereby
such a home could be made by small
contributions, no burden being placed
on any one. Personal calls were be-
gun, and help solicited, consisting of
money, material or labor. So hearty
was the response that within a month
lot was purchased, then three-roOm
house with two porches was erected,
outhouses for COW and chickens were
built, garden fenced, and a well
bored, with windlass set up. Good ma
terial was used-concrete foundation,
and brick flue and chimney. The lot
had been set in fruit trees when
bought, so there was ready-made or
chard. And when the painter was
through with the buildings an insur-
ance agent gave three-year policy in
case of fire. Every bit Of the labor
was voluntary work.
The most eager helpers, however,
were the men who went In wagons to
move the family home. The matter
had been kept secret from them, and
you can imagine their surprise and Joy.
They were a little black-eyed widow
and three children, whom misfortune
had pursued relentlessly for many sad
months. In their new home they were
very happy, and this made it all i'm
mensely worth while.
Now this didn't happen just before
Thanksgiving or Christmas but during
the blazing hot days Of midsummer,
when "sunny" Tennessee was burn
ing reality.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-07
The Congressional Daily.

The old Congressional Globe was
merged and name changed in 1873 to
the Congressional Record, which is is.
sued daily during the sessions Of con-
gress. Each member of both houses
OF congress is supplied with a certain
number of the daily issues, and it is
also furnished to subscribers for So
during the long session Of congress and
$4 during the short session. The su-
perintendent of documents, United
States government printing office,
Washington, is authorized to sell pub
lie documents at cost, and on applica-
ton that official will furnish, free Of
charge, price lists showing, under top
ical headings, the publications avail
able for SALE
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-07
Saints at Earthly Courts.

They tell tale of two great saints
at court, one Dominican, one Fran
ciscan. The king of France had the
honor to entertain the angel of the
schools at dinner, once upon a time.
Never word spake he, nor morsel ate.
His eyes were fixed on the. opposite
wall, while his mind followed out a
train of thought to its conclusion; then
followed mighty thump on the table,
and an exclamation: snow that is
conclusive against the Manichaeans !"
st. Bonaventura sat at such ban
quet, gazing intently upon the queen.
The king said: "Good Brother Bona
ventura, what thinkest thou? To
whom the Franciscan said: "Ah, sire, ]
think, if the beauty of an earthly mon
arch be so great, what must be the
beauty of the Queen of Heaveni"
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-07
The IoWlv Cinder.

Long despised as a waste product,
the humble cinder is coming into it's
own. For years cinders were anathe-
matized because the only purpose they
seemed to fill was to get into ones
eye, but with the widespread use Of
cement, cinders came into use as a
base for cement sidewalks, cellar bot
toms, etc. AS a porous material to
carry water away from a cellar a few
feet of cinders placed around the foot
ings make excellent drainage, while as
place in concrete, cinders mixed with
cement make light, firm bond. AS a
base for driveways, cinders, when wa
ter-bound, and rolled or tamped, make
q firm foundation.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-07
PRAYING and poinn.

Lord Professionalism" as he was
affectionately termed by his friends
was one of the shrewdest statesmen
that ever lived. When petitioned by
the Scotch clergy to appoint day for
fasting and prayer, so that a threat
ened epidemic of cholera might be
averted, he replied:
Clean your streets, keep your homes
clean, promote cleanliness and health
among the poor, see that they are
plentifully supplied with good food
and clothing, and employ right SAM
tary measures generally, and you will
have no occasion to fast and pray, nor
will the Lord hear your prayer while
these his preventors remain unheeded."
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-07
WOUNDS STITCHED RY ANTS
Ingenious Operation That Is a Feature
of Surgical Work Among the
Arabs Today.

The mandibles of ants and OF sev.
eral coleopterous insects, Scarites IN
particular, have long been employed
in Asiatic surgery. This usage is of
the most ancient date with the sur
geOns Of India and is perpetuated in
our day in Algeria by the Arab opera
tors and to some extent by the Turks
in Asia and the Greek BARRIERS of
Syria.
According to an English entomo.
logical journal, the barber presses
upon the edge of the cut with the
fingers of the left hand and applies
each ant by means of forceps held
of the ant are widely opened, the ami
NAL being in the defensive attitude,
and as the insect is gradually brought
near the wound it seizes the pro-
jecting surface and Immediately forces
it's mandibles through the flesh, and
remains in this attitude, pressing the
one mandible against the other with
forcc and consequently holds the two
edges together. Then the barber sep
arates the head from the thoraX with
a snip of the scissors, and the head
with the mandibles remaining in place
continues its function while the thorax
and abdomen fall to the ground.
The same operation is repeated with
other ants until at times there
may be dozen pairs of mandibles
placed at regular intervals, so that
through its whole length the skin is
united by this very ingenious proce-
dure. The heads are allowed to re-
main a few days, after which, since
the healing has been effected, they are
loosened and having performed their
office are henceforth useless.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-07
STRANGE LAWS IN TURKEY
Penalty for Threatening Heavier Than
II You Had Struck-Lawyer
Defends Idea.

In Turkey, if you stole a horse 1t
entailed from one to three years i'm
prisonment; if you stole sheep you
were liable to from three to seven
years. While you are figuring at this
l will give you another instance of
subtle Jurisprudence, John Van Ess
writes in Asia. If l drew q dagger
on you and stabbed you seriously, but
you recovered, was liable to prison
from one to three years. If, on the
other hand. I drew a dagger on you
but did not touch you l might be i'm
prisoned anywhere from three to seven
years.
Yusuf Effendi, leading lawyer, was
much disguised with my obtuseness
when questioned the equitableness of
these penalties.
"Why," said he, sit is as plain as
day. If you go to steal horse the
supposition is you purpose to escape
on the horses back but if you go to
steal sheep, inasmuch as you in the
nature of the case cannot ride away
pose that you come armed and ready
to resist. Therefore, if you steal a
sheep you are the more guilty, in in
tent at least, and deserve the greater
penalty. And again, if I draw a dag
ger on you and though I wound you
seriously, yet you do not die, the result
is knOwn-namely, bodily injury But
If I draw a dagger on you, even though
I do not touch you. yet I might have
killed you, and therefore I also in that
case deserve the greater penalty"