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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31

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Beat Haatina vasue,
80 haya tita iseHt dealing saisae an
watl ~ ip resitite the essst of h.tnliGse,
Wead should he tilarougiliY seasoned.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
nsQorses Men ard Prisoners Are
Driven Into Slavery by 6es.
nsaa Authorities.
MAKE STARTLING s DISCLOSURE
S4eissears Tstis ssaw osg@Fse2 SET.
gsass ard FsvaSh PrapaNsrs as
Afgf Are Essssgsetssa ss eesss
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as Sghs 0aEa faat assys ara @as es4.
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f1ssssgs, sfe9saas, Haa&ss tlse. starting
Sisef1ssssaee tssaf ssasa4 4.saN a4staEasteFs
aFs EsWFglaE 40 Esstg 3a tho HsassIe8
aal @ar fssagsegtas factories Musg as
these asst Ees tlisge thsaash sise ataeiaf.
aagIsas ef Whist ilsls 'se&eHpssa slol.
isadsF csa seels AL I'D sisas ssyiaA
& ttsses9agS8eT ~ Ratteyaagsa, who
seeag so st4 I'D agguss fer supplying
Germany wlfA gsssatiy AeasSssa ialAssg
tsiaiaty oF asasty alea day genesas5s
aRl aa"gr wag aerass tia betaseg ha
ysaaas ef ttlssE ag&uss. luEsd by lhe
ttTesgteAa ia very high wages aud gosa
taod. What they i8ad iu fsAllty asd
KEGS ngxt 10 impossible ii x aaasla Scr
thega ~ srtAra ta ffar oWa ctsontrs
II Jssas told La slse Halfaasietts words !;
Mo Return Pass aiYen,
when tisaS tigfu sf agents seeglred
my services tDez ala raas mention @ar
work. ne said : / vas given 10 und,sy-
Stare ,haf field Labor aaa trade work
was required Also ! was promised
that eoulsi return 6ny Saturday 10
Holland 10 stay tAfangh sunday The
promised wages were high. asld food
WAS saia 20 be- pleHtifut. | accepted,
lny pass was ready ia q sew moments,
bat ] tild not know that tile signatures
gnd vises required for fny return 10
Holland had heen omitted. MS they ai-
ways are in The passes given hy ihese
egents. 90 doubt because they knew
perfectly we'll that after week Iii
Germany nd single Hoilanibr would
eTeg think of returning there after his
weekend In Holland.
Soon after my entrance upon Ger.
snan soti al Riten, where found sey,
eEal cofapatriots like myself, we were
met by aa agent from an 'arbeits bg.
reau, who secured oar services for
shellinai.ing at KruI4as By telling ue
thar food MRS good there and wages
very high lie said that la other
branches OF tabor food was but inaif
feFeat and the wages nothing like
Krupp's. so we men went 10 Essen
How good the food was there you car
judge Of by the fact that my weight
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
FARMERS ASSIST
COAL COAL sTIR!HGENCY : RING
Use oil Mere Wood Would Aid
Economy In Commodity.
MANY DOLLARS ARE IDLE
III is Whsas eani.ttaesed Weed Can
Re uaea Instead Ct Rallzssd.
tsa4isd Coal That chanas es
fr0si Would tFeips

Are you eual burner when yea
might be sg0asi haraeFt Have 500
d woodland sitat isnt worhihgS What
eaa tha tewn man and The atiflnflan
Awelfer do about the coal stringengsyf
Much would bc accomplished teWafsi
meeting the present situation arising
from tl,e unfynrtillN,;s,l demand far cuai
and from Tie great buftien ua the ma
,tan's railroads. ii IL believed, III not
anIy tha farmers who have Woodlands
but city np,I suburban real estate own
ors nogsesainr more or less wooded
traess ~ land would draw on these
ors.os Gar mart. az least, OF their fuel
snntty. Ia thp nalghporhi,od az anfil
cities ,s w.eli us larger ones tfefe are
MANY unoaiat. from which much fuel
wo,a eantsi he obtained without ea.
.,roar,n,srt on fl,e needed snnde trees
ana witbont detractipg from the
teat,sy ~ the lgntsscape. In fact
,,roner tbinalng tn many cases viii
holm tho aeYeIopincpt Of degiral,ic
trees
sava nv gurninn Wood.
As an Instance of how coal can be
saved hy the burning OF wood. the
rrnftea statas ;lenarf,neut nf bgrtc1ii.
tnre has cited figures for IL northern
ana ,.as+ern states with rural pounx
Iut,ou of abont 10000 900 which. fl is
estimated usas annually about 49,.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
CREWS CRAZED BY SUFFERING

officer, who loled out half . dinpcr
(ha,f-pint) of water TO each person
night and morning
They had been barely twenty. four
hours In the boat when the horrors of
the situation were added TO by mad
ness, On the Tuesday the cook lost
his reason, and on the Wednesday ie
died. That night Witnessed The Ensan-
ttg of the storekeeper. who had to be
lashed down On Thursday he too
died. On Friday an A. B. expired
Water Begins TO Get Low.
The water was now beginning to
give out aud the boats company suf.
fered from intense thirst.
a fireman was found dead In the
bottom OF the boat on Saturday morn.
ing, and the third-class pantry boy
died during the day.
On Sunday the eattleman tried TO
jump overheard three times, and sue
ceeded at the fourth attempt. The sur
yivors were In too feeble state to
save him, although they turned the
| boat round and searched for him. The
| water gave cut on Sunday.
| There were occasional showers of
rain, but everything was saturated
with salt. and the little water they got
was undrinGable. They licked the
woodwork, hoping TO gather up the
/ raindrops
! Then they broke up the water keg
and licked the inside which they found
/ saturated with moisture, and delicious,
/ At 9 p. N. on Monday land was sighted
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31

cleaned, Typhas claims many victims.
In The barrRcts where | WAS housed
| found four men ,gang dead of tsHlias
beside my crib one morning, After q
few days of this SORT OF thing IL Ii not
to ie wondered at that many Holland
crs try IN every way 10 get back 10
their country, although the ylaes on
their passes ere lacking.
III they are captured they are
thrown iato prison for a fortnight on
bread and water # they survive they
are then drafted back 10 krurp's, and
set To work aEnttk. Production IL
pushed TO the utmost. Numbers of sol
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
FORCED TO WORK
In KRUPP PLANT

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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
HOLD LIBERTY BONDS
People Urged to Retain Then, as
Permanent Investment.
Goysrnment Discourages Practice of
Merchants in Accepting Them IN
Exchange for Merchandise.

United States treasury ofiicials are
seeking 10 discourage the practice fol-
lowed BY many merchants throughout
The country of offering TO accept Lab
erty bonds of the first and second is
sues al nar, and in some cases at q
premium, in exchange for merchandise
Tiey hold that such practice defeats
f..e primary object of the sale of the
+ ts.sltis sliscouraging the general thrift
j. .1yemen: and increasing expenditures,
iitus depriying the government of la-
sOF and material needed for war pIr-
poses.
sWhilG have no doubt that naer-
chants are actuated by patriotic mo-
tlyes,.' said Secretary OF the Treasury
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
HOW MUCH Mo0D WnlH d
A Wo0nCuTTER CUT tF-

faisiag white oak M fairly
typical Ut tile hard weeds and
white psie f,ar Tho esaft woods.
the figures heinW Will show aI-
proslnsasoiy the anietns az euri
sooti that may be eet from treaa
of ,ltfyeretlt sizes. Tile figures
WSEl vary considerably With the
extent Ut which ttie tops and
branches asc utilized and ON file
taper of the tree irnnisa, With
forest grown ifeea, utilizing sfae
branches and tops to about sWo
inchca, these amounts fsiny be
expected
White Oak.
Ten inches In diameter. no fees
. higli. ane sixth ee nilfssssyeHtia af
d cord. 10 inches In diameter, iga
feet high, aipat tsYo.tiftis Of u
cord: "a Inches I'm diameter. no
feet high. one md one.iifth
cords.
White Pine.
Ten inches tn diameter. so feet
high. one-eighth af a cord 15
inches In diameter, 60 feet high,
one.third VI Il cord "a Inches la
diameter, 10 feet high, seven
elgiIths of d cord.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
WESTERN CANAL
CEREAL. cR0|
One oi tlae Best Ever Mar


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asnns fsFsasess aese zsslh tn
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ean sflfi lss bassshf sst Il Iess
Nesgeg,r Issnassa is@s an eT
tetansa prepared far segslsag d
ia fats II II larger than tn II
MEls probably sufssssg tbs gsssa
put ltsso crop lii the year Isstl
iisa largest crop ever known
West 8aa harvested. Tlas ye
/; should MISC aee d flirstsss atars
two stoeis activity.
Farmers hasa f,aea Investing
| eruble Sums Hi cattle, tins hlgl
secured for weti ara susltfu
opened tiIe eyes Ut Western Taf
the possibilities IL sheep. ard 4
the demand FOR breeding autfs,
/ fall that II Wes fsnssasdhis fa
adequately: tha ciitnpaign fer
/ hog production Fl expected To
inefease of between @a as,a 80
\ tn 1913.
Those whe are contemplating
| 10 Western Canada cannot III
than come early In the snrfn
they enn put Iii d crop and HI
IN the fall. III this wng they
ahta Ia achieve something Il
not onty be Of great benefit 4
selves. bit also I'd the great &
j Which the Ailiea. iHelsidlHg fise
I States, ARE nuw lighting ls
l snent.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31

Is Z VT :
which means drying II from slx to
eight months when piled so as 10 ret
a good circulation Of mir. However,
30 per cent Of the moisture may be
renewed In three months.
Because Of the unusual demand for
cord wood It Is believed that the
present time offers unparalleled OPP
portunity not only for farmers to i'm
prove their woodlands by cutting out
the poorer trees and selling them. but
for private and public owners Of
wooded tracts to clear their lands at
a profit. Communities which feel they
are threatened with a serious fuel
shortage viii do well to take measures
TO stimulate the cutting Of wood. Such
action may be viewed as part OF
Americas cooperation In the national
endeayor to feed and sustain Ameri-
cas- army and allies.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31

should sos kHoW when Flyers really
calae 10 bonibarti the factories. No one
IL allowed to talk of tlia damage done
by allied bombs. and the newspapers
are enJainea 10 keep silence ou these
matters. sun. can say tint some
damage has been done, although can.
not say how much nor exactly where.
Ola the other hand. stories likely to
stimulate the energy of the people aru
eagerly promulgated. such as these OF
enormous submarines Of dreadnaught
type, Of gums that can shoot pG isiie,
meters that are soan Ia be used gaias,
! tile allied armies 2
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
RECIPE FOR GRAY Half

To half pint Of water ada ID
Rum, a small box Of Barbo Com1
and III OF. of glycerine. Any drpgsi
put this up or yon can mix it at f,el
very little cest. Full directions for
ing and use come ia each box of
Compound. 1t will gradually d
streakcd, faded gray hair, aud make
and glossy 1t viii not color the scalp.
sticky or greasy, and does not rub OF
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
GIVES HUSBAND AND
8 SONS FOR COUNTRY

Lingle, Wyo.--A husband and
three sons for Uncle Sans lib.
esty forces IS the contribution
Of Mrs. John III. Bennett. Of
this town.
With all the male members OF
her family preparing In various
training camps for The fight for
democracy and humanity, Mrs,
Bennett aEd her two young
daughters spend q great deal of
their leisure doing Red Cross
work
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
Two Views.

Man" chirped line optimist, n
animal that laughs"
And" growled the pessimlst,
has little enough to laugh abol
that"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
sr1rortans Ia NlYotf,ara
lad slfnilar Eaiisn1,

MisiressIt's only fair to ward
Bridget, TINT my husband swe3
little sometimes.
Bridget That's aiI right muni
do Life.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31

without any special Inconvenience
and without any risk 10 health or we'll
being, the sugar consumption of the
average person can be lowered. Any
one who uses sugar in excessive
amounts viii be the better for using
less.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
PRIVATE WooDLoTs HELP
MEET a Coal SHORTAGE.

Throwing open the woodiot on
his suburban place to all who
would come and cut. a Washing
ton I'd. o. man aided shiyering
families TO meet the coal strin-
gency a few weeks ago. Then
he located some 5000 cords more
In either fallen or dead standing
timber In wooded lands nearby
and obtained the consent of the
owners to allow the public to cut
fuel in needed quantities under
proper supervision.
Are the woodlots around your
town doing their part in the fuel
emergency?
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
a Mistake.

"A laboring man has very
choice of occupation.
There you are mistaken. He
niways take his pick"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31

Happy ia the homo where Red
Ball Blue is used. Sure to please.
grocers. Adv.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31

The shoes of the near future
be Of canvas and composition.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31

y
Wood CRATES are sold in two pieces
which can be inserted through the fire
door and placed on top Of the regular
crate.
In heating value one standard cord
of weIl-seasoned hickory, oak. beech,
birch, hard maple, ash, elm, locust or
cherry is approximately equal to one
ton 1900 pounds) OF anthracite coal.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31

Sweetest natures are those pos]
ing the faculty of finding contentl]
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31
,lustlHat,le ignorance.

IustlElafSIe Iafforahtc.
The Newcomer did ys,sa ever
q man?
The uia.tiuier sFe
what did II feel nseT''
Il elfnria ken. He isarer spoke
ys:s riIs, - Judge.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-31

merchandise and take Liberty bonds in
payment for 1t.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-03

Four machine-gun crews to his credit was a
pretty fair record for one days work. But
why leave a perfectly good trench half filled
with germans? Brown didn't.
The hail Of machine-gun bullets could not
stop him. He was not thinking Of them.
Shrapnel was bursting all around him. He
did not heed. His rifle was so hot he
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-03

Believing that It is the duty o4
every person who enjoys the
freedom and privileges Of citi-
zenship in our great Country to
do his utmost to help win the
war. the following firms and In
dividuals have periodically con-
tributed the money to pay TOT
this and other advertisements
Of the Fourth Liberty Loani
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-03
Sergeant Brown was hard to satisfy

couldn't touch it, so he laid it in the hollow
OF his arm and kept on firing; the huns kept
on yelling "Kamerad!'' and throwing down
their guns. Brown forgot danger and death,
he forgot that he was alone against a hum
dred and fifty germans. He forgot every
thing but his job---Victory. And he walked
proudly into camp with one hundred and
6fty-nine prisoners.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-09
TEN MILES
IN 10 WAYS
IN AN HOUR
This is Aspiration of Athletic Di-
rector in Training for Army
Work; Is to Use an
Airplane

San Antonio, Texas, Aug. g.
Ten miles in ten ways in one
hour"
This is the present day slogan of
Christian Christensen, worlds cham
pion versatile athlete who is now
taking course Of special training
at the Army Young Mems Chris
tian Association Training School at
Camp Travis, Texas, fitting himself
to become an athletic director for
the Association.
Christensen, who on the twentieth
anniversary of his entry into ath-
l3tics, made five miles in five differ
ent ways in fraction over fifty
four minutes making mile on a
bicycle in 3:17 2-5 running a mile in
5;32 3-5 walking mile in 1925 Is,
rowing a mile in 1880 4-5, and swim
ming mile in 22:59 2-5-is now de-
voting every spare moment at his
command in preparation to make ten
miles in ten ways in an hour mile
by airplane, a mile by motorcycle,
mile by rollerskates, a mile by BIZ
cycle, a mile by horseback, a mile
on foot running, walking a mile, row.
ing mile, swimming a mile-and
ending up the whole compoodlement
with sixty-foot high dive
Christensen has appeared in ath-
letics all over the world, and his
name is known wherever athletics
are known. He recently issued
challenge to race any four men in
any single military organization up
to the size of a regiment His chal
lcnge was accepted by the 304th Re-
pair Shops, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
but the acceptance wa S later with
drawn for good reasons by the Repair
Shop. Because Of the excessive heat
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-09
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION

The U. S. Civn Service Commits.
siQn Announces an open competitive
examination for the position of Ell
evator Conductor, male and female
in he Custodian Service, Chickasha,
Oklahoma. to be held August 20,
1918 Applications for this examina-
tion must be made on the prescribed
form which with the necessary in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-09

of the Texas climate he says he will
have to reduce the number Of run
ners in any relay race to three. He
will be glad to run against any three
men in any military organization in
the Southern Department up to the
size of regiment Sports of this
department will admit that even this
is "some territory"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-09

structions, may be obtained from the
Commissions local representative, w.
o. Cook. All persons wishing to take
this examination should secure the
banks and file their applications with
the undersigned at once in order to
allow time for any necessary cor
tections and to arrange for the ex-
nination.
Charles Hendricks,
Secretary Civil Service Board,
Saint Louis, Missouri
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-09

Mr.. Junius Wood, correspondent OF
the New York Globe, says that ar
rangements are being made TO send
salvation Army supplies 10 France
on board the transports. He com
ments favorably on the low cost OF
supplies at The salvation Army huts:
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-20
RAIL BILL is SENT TO WILSON
House Agrees to the Conference Re-
port as Passed by the Senate
Power Given President.

Washington, March 15.-Congress
finally disposed of the railroad control
bill when the house agreed to the con-
ference report adopted by the senate.
The bill now goes to the president.
The house vote was 303 to 25. The
bill had been returned to conference
by the senate to force elimination of
a provision inserted by the conferees
limiting the power of the states to tax
railroad properties. This provision
was taken out and the senate passed
the bill. The measure compensates
the railroads for the use of their prop
critics during the war on a basis of
their net income for the three years
ended June 80, 1917; limits federal op-
Grafton to 81 months after the war
authorizes the president to initiate
rates, subject to the approval of the
interstate commerce commission: an
propriates $5O0,OOO,O0O as a revolving
fund for the director general and
places all "short lines" under federal
control.