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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

truth of sea power. He said: 'He
who commands the sea, commands
the commerce; he who commands
the commerce, commands the world"
All the great Elizabethans realized
this, and the thought spurred them
on in laying out foundations on which
we have since been building, and it
is now being gradually realized that
to Sir Walter Raleigh's dictum, the
power of the air must be added to
the command of the sea.
"Stir Up Our Sleeping People,
Imagination and organization in the
past, by men whose names are now
household words, have succeeded in
building up the most wonderful IA
brio that the world has ever seen. A
construction whose stones are nations
and peoples cemented' by the blood
of men who have died for their King
and Country, and whose different
units are bound together by a great
network of maritime communication
of commerce, spread like vast web
over all the globe, and guarded cease
lessly in the past by the argus eyed
British navy, which must be assist
ed largely in the future by the fleets
of the air.
This priceless inheritance, be-
queathed to us by our ancestors, in
which all component parts, whatever
their race or creed, have an equal in
terest, and enjoy the same freedom,
| is known to US by the name of the
British Empire. If we are not to fail
in our trust, we must call up the
same spirit of patriotism, imagination,
and work to our aid, and go through
with it, as our forefathers did, and
without regard to personal interest,
and only think of the glory of the
empire and the welfare of the hu-
man race at large.
| In conclusion, I give you this quo
tation as a prayer that all should
pray:
20! God of the restless ocean, Lord
Arbiter of Earth,
Sow us the patriotic seed, and null
tiply its BIRTH
Stir up our sleeping people in north,
south, east and west,
To keep themselves in second thought,
and give their land their best"
(By the International News Bureau. J
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
SCHOOL TEACHERS
ASK FOR A 5000.
SALARY. INCREASE

Flat salary increase of 5000 a year
is to be asked by the teachers of the
bridgeport schools from the Board OF
Education, according to a resolution
adopted by meeting held at the
High school yesterday afternoon. This
is to be for the next school year only,
and further increase of SIS offered TO
teachers who have taken special
courses will be taken up at another
time. Extra expenses Of living, and
the general raises of salaries of school
teachers in other cities of the state,
are assigned as the reasons for the
petition which will be presented to
the next meeting of the board OF
education.
There is now pending before the
board of education a report Of the
committee on teachers recommend
ing the appointments Of teachers for
the next school year, fixing the sal
aries, which will be acted upon at
the May meeting of the board. APP
preparations for the schools, including
salaries, were made at the meetings
of the board of apportionment last
February, based upon the present
scale of salaries.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
HALT PROFTTEERS
WITH STRONG HAND

Proflteering in the sale of -four will
be sterply checked, Robert Scoville,
state Food administrator, said yester-
day while in this CITY, and he classes
any retail dealer who raises the price
of -four as a profteer. Scoville is in
Waterbury today at a meeting of the
hotel men of the State where the
question of wheatless meals will be
taken up. These meals are ordered
by the National Food administrator,
but the rule is broken more than OBJ
served. Scoville is going to find out
if the rule can be carried out, and If
not, why not. He mentioned one no.
tel keeper who has sold all OF his
flour and will serve no wheat at
meals until next September.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
IGNORES REQUEST
OFTHE DEMOCRATS

The petition of Aldermen Onkey,
Ford and Cornell Democrats, that
Democratic members of the Common
Council be appointed member Of the
finance committee has been ignored.
1t has been announced that Mayor
Clifford Wilson will name Alfred w.
Burdick, the new alderman from the
18th district, To be chairman of the
finance committee to succeed Hiram
S. winterburn, who resigned. Alder
man Fsurdick will also be appointed to
the lamps committee and the commit
tee on ordinances.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
MAPLE SUGAR PRODUCTION
BRINGS GERMAN RUMORS

The German grapevine telegraph
began sending out rumors with the
beginning of the maple sugar season
in Ohio, and the northeastern States,
stories springing up all through the
State that maple-sugar makers must
be licensed, and that the Government
was going to confiscate their product.
OF course, no producer of maple sugar
requires a license, or is supervised in
any way by the United States Food
Administration, and the Ohio Federal
Food Administration met this rumor
by issuing a statement, also offering
to furnish helpers to farmers who
were reported to be unable to tap
maple trees because of scarcity of
labor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

James c. Cody, wealthy polo play
er of the Meadowbrook colony, West
bury, N. Y, closed his estate and his
stable of thoroughbred So7zc1ccS, it was
announced, and has left to join a
British cavalry unit.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

The Navy Department announced
that the wages of navy yard workers
would be raised May 1 to conform
with the wages in the shipyards on
the Atlantic coast.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
PRICES DROP IN
COTTON MARKET

New York. April 1S-Another
smash occurred in the cotton market
today, prices dropping about So a
bale. The break was attributed chief
ly to renewed reports of price fixing
in the cotton goods trade.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

Rev. DR.. H. S. Harris was released
from the faculty of the Elmira Free
Academy to serve as Y. NJ C. A. sec
rotary with the Portuguese troops in
France.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

The Senate passed H. silver bill
providing for the mel0ag into bullion
sS50,OO0 to meet foreign trade bal
ances.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

The Liberty National Bank of New
York has received from Canada $780,
600 in gold bars, with the request that
this amount be converted into double
eagles.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
DENTAL ASSN. OPENS MEET.

New Haven, April 1S-Clinics make
up the chief part of the program of
the Connecticut Dental associations
meeting which began here today, to
last through Saturday. In the general
meeting there will be an election of
officers and disposal of usual business,
and a dinner.
One floor of hotel is given over to
exhibits of dental apparatus. There
were nearly 200 dentists present at
the first session.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

Major A. W. Schoenleber, camp sur
geon, receiving the gift from a com
mittee of the workers at the ho-
tel
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

The Liberty ball and Liberty coach
which are touring the state as part
of the Liberty loan campaign, were
escorted into Utica by a parade of
10 900 persons on their arrival from
Rome.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

Indications in shipbuilding circles
are that the advent of Charles M.
Schwab as director general of ship
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

The names of three men killed, two
dead. one missing, and four wounded
appeared on the Canadian casualties
list.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

which is necessary to the building or
equipping of ships has been passed
by the House.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

War bonuses were granted to 5000
munition workers of the GAINESVILLE
Iron Plant of Hazelton, Pa. The
bonuses were 10 per cent. of their
wages for the last three months earn
ings.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

The employees of the McAlpin hotel
presented a standard army ambulance
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

There are many Gases of yellow
fever IN Retalhuiea, Guatemala.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
Arms Covered With
Small Red Pimples
Cuticura Healed

"a slight itching began on my arms
at first, and it increased rapidly, being
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

building will result in important
changes in the personnel of the Fed
eral Administration of affairs at Hog
Island.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

A bill empowering the President
to take over any railroad, electric line
OF interurban line, the possession of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

worse at night. MY arms
were simply covered with
small red pimPles which
itched terribly. l could not
sleep nights, and my cloth
ing irritated the eruption,
and caused it to become
,,.-,, ,a;rfr,1 NV arms
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

SWEET PEAS, vIOLETS, TULIPS,
DAFFODuS.
JOHN RECK s SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

got so bad could hardly move them.
Later the pimples scattered on my
body, except my limbs.
Finally sent for free sample Of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. / pur-
chased two cakes of Cuticura Soap
and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment
which healed me-" Signed Mrs. H.
M. Clark, 113 Seaside Ave-, Guilford,
Conn.,, August 6, 1917.
Why not use these fragrant, super
creamy emollients for everyday toilet
and nursery purposes and prevent
these distressing skin troubles.
Sample Each Free By Mail. Address post.
| cArd: "Cutioura. Dept. H. Boston" Sold
| everywhere. Soap 25c. Ointment rs and Soc.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

Times Want Ads. One Cent Word
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
e Full-Page Colored War Map

prehensive Index which brings points sought for mme
dately under your eye. This map is well worth keep.
ing near at hand for with it you check up day by
day the newspaper reports of the titanic battle be-
ing waged in France.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-17

government. The actual cost of the
County Agent to each farmer is prob
able lest than twenty-five cents to
each farmer in the county per year.
He is ready at all times to cooper
ate with the County Farm Bureau As
ISOLATION in carrying GU tany project
that is beneficial to the community.
The duties of the County Agent are
many. He is to hold meetings for
testing soils, seed, milk, test cattle
for tuberculosis, guarding against hog
cholera, and other diseases of both
animals and plants, guard against in
sect. pest, to promote interest in, bet
ter live stock, and better seed and so
forth. He is to answer all questions
possible from about the weather as to
who might be the next president.
He is to be a well trained man along
all agricultural lines, as well as a
practical farmer. He is to be lead
er and organizer, to do any thing for
the betterment of the people of his
county. His wish is to pull all people
together and to cause hard feelings
between or toward none.
No one that / have talked to have
come out right and condemned the
County Agent. Of course county
agents are only human and may have
the good qualities or the bad ones as
we find in any other man. Some are
still a little skeptical of what the
movement might mean, but I believe
if we had time to talk with every one
we would be able to get twice the
membership needed. ''The proof of
the pudding is the eating of it." So
why not try it. The County Agent
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-17

Every family which his even a small
backyard can go far toward supplying
itself with eggs and producing some
poultry which will lessen its draft on
the nations meat supply. Even in a
small backyard, with the aid of few
hens, much of the kitchen garbage
can be manufactured into food instead
of being wasted at time when there
must be no waste of anything that can
be made edible. Keeping chickens
even on small scale can be made a
pleasant, worthwhile recreation, par
ticularly interesting to child old
enough to assume responsibility.
This article is the first of a series
of simple, practical instructions on
keeping poultry on a small scale. The
series is designed primarily to help
beginners start their focks, but should
convey valuable information to those
who have had experience or who keep
poultry on a suburban or larger scale.
The facts are those gathered by the
Governments poultry specialists on
the Department of Agriculture's poul-
try farm at Beltsville, Md, and from
the thousands of private poultry yards
which they have visited and studied.
These specialists will be glad to send
bulletins or furnish advice to those in
terested in producing more eggs and
chicken meat during the emergency.
Shall l keep Hens in My Backyard?
Keeping small flocks of hens in a
village or city backyard has proved
successful. 1t is an important branch
OF the poultry industry. Though the
value of the product from each flock
is small in itself, the aggregate is
large. The product of such a flock
both in the form of eggs, and fowls
for the table, may be made at rela-
lively low cost because of the posi-
bility Of utilizing table scraps and
kitchen waste which would otherwise
be thrown away. A small flock o.
hens, even as few as six or eight.
should produce eggs enough, where.
used economically, for family of four
or five persons throughout the entire
year, except during the molting perio
and fall and early winter Rv nre-
serving surplus eggs produced DURING
spring and early summer this perio
OF scarcity can be provided for. Keen.
ing pullets instead of hens also will
insure production of eggs at this time
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-17
Specialists Will Help You
Start in the Poultry Business
Ten Hens in Small Yard Eating Kitchen Waste and Some
K Grain--Wiu Help Solue Egg and Meat Problem.

Not only will the eggs from the home
flock materially reduce the cost OF
living, but their superior freshness
and quality, are in themselves, well
worth the effort expended. The need
for an extension of poultry raising is
particularly great in those sections
where the consumption of poultry
products exceeds the production, with
the result that prices are high.
An Odorless, Crowless Flock.
Objection frequently is raised to the
keeping of poultry in towns and cities
because of the odor which may result
and also because of the noise made by
ROSTERS growing, particularly early in
the morning. In some cities regula-
lions have been formulated to prevent
or control poultry keeping. Where
there are such regulations it will be
necessary for the beginner to find out
their provisions and to conform to
them. The poultry flock need not be-
come nuisance to the neighbors. L
the dropping boards are cleaned daily
and if the houses and yards are KEEP
in reasonably clean condition there
will be no annoying odors.
The male bird need not be nuis-
ance. Unless it is intended to hatch
chickens from the flock, it is unneces-
sary to keep a male bird. The fact
that there is no male in the flock wi
have absolutely no effect upon the
number of eggs laid by the hens.
Those who wish to produce eggs for
Matching should get rid of the ROSTERS
when the Matching season ends. This
is desirable not only to eliminate the
noise OF the rooster, but also to save
the feed that would be eaten by the
male, and for the further reason that
the eggs produced after the male is
disposed of will be infertile. Since
these eggs are incapable of chick de
velopment, they can be kept much bet
ter than fertile eggs and consequently
are superior for keeping, putting UP
in water-glass or marketing.
The flock, Of course, must be KEEP
confined; otherwise the hens vii
-
stray into neighbors yards and gar
dens, where they may cause damage
and almost certainly ill-feeling. The
next article will deal with the kind q
chickens to keep, the size of the flock
and how to procure stock.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-17
JAKE,PREUS MAY
Retire AS AUDITOR
FRIENDS ARE URGING HIM TO
GET INTO CONGRESSIONAL
GAME.
FRANkSON STOCK LOOKING UP
ANNOUNCEMENT OF GUBERNA
TORIAL CANDIDACY EXPECT
ED SOON-CAPITOL NEWS.

St. Paul, Jan. 14-In state capitol
circles it is generally accepted that ].
A. o. Preus is serving his first and
last term as state auditor. Not that
he could not return if he so desired,
but simply that the position does not
appeal to him and he wants some
thing in an official way more to his
liking-United States senator or cong
ress for instance. For month now
Jake has been bending every energy
to clear his path Of opposition as a
rival to Congressman Lundeen in the
Fifth district and to what extent he
has succeeded is shown in the fact
that so far only two men have enter
ed the contest and there is chance
that one of them will withdraw later.
He has told friends that he is through
with the authorship and his congress
sional activity is taken to mean that
he intends to transfer his political
and official ambitions elsewhere. The
political rise of J. A. o. Preus is a
measure has been phenomenal. Orig
inally a clerk to United States Sena-
tor Nelson he broke into the Mime
sofa political game less than ten years
ago as official aid to former Governor
A. o. Eberhart. There was some ques-
ton than as to his legal residence,
Iowa really being his home, but the
fact that he had hung out his single
as lawyer at Ada in Norman county
for brief period quoted matters and
he was allowed to serve undist1ubed.
A vacancy occurring in the office of
state insurance commissioner, Cover
nor Eberhardt transferred him to the
head of that department some two
years later. This it would seem should
satisfy the most ambitious. but not
Mr.. Preus. He thirsted for bigger
things and the authorship was one of
them. How he bested Henry Rines
of Kanabec county, now state treasur-
er, in a contest that later involved
recount of the votes is history, but he
got there and he is there yet and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-17
DO YOU WANT COUNTY AGENT?

While the plans for County Agent
in this county are progressing rather
slowly, we are still very hopeful of
the out come. You probably read in
the last weeks issue of the Herald,
the plans by which we may be able to
get county agent. In order to get
a County Agent, we must have an
organization known as the County
Farm Bureau Association. When
well organized, this is the strongest
and most influential organization in
the county. It is the organization by
which big things may be done by the
farmer, such as ORIGINATING county
wide Breeders Associations, Grain
Improvement Associations, Cow Test
ing Associations, Better Cooperative
Creamery Associations, to help our
County Fair Association, or any other
movement that will help the communi-
ty and county as a whole. If we had
some such organization today see
what we could be able to, do in
the seed corn crisis at the present
time.
What has the County Farm Bureau
Association to do with the County
Agent? It is through this organiza-
ton the work of the County Agent
is made possible and practical. The
County Agent is an agent of the
Government, and paid mostly by the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-17
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.


The partnership heretofore existing
between Hubert Driessen and Lee
are payable to the old firm, and
Driessen & Johnson, has been dissolv-
ed this day by mutual consent. The
business will be continued at the old
stand by Mr.. Driessen. All bills pay
able to the said Driessen & johnson
are payable to the old rm, and all
debts of the firm will be settled joint
ly. All parties indebted to us are re-
quested to make prompt settlement.
Dated Sank Centre, Jan. 9, 1918.
Hubert Driessen.
Lee Johnson. 1924 D
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-17

eral hundred men and women. In
measure the commission is no longer
connected with railroad control and tt
an extent has even been deprived of
the supervision and inspection of
grain. The federal government is in
charge of both.
"The County Chairman"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-17

practically cost us nothing. A MEM
bership fee of one dollar is charged to
belong to the County Farm Associa-
ton, to be paid the first of February.
Join today; be a member and a
booster! Send your name or telephone
to me or Ben Dubois and we will
take care of your membership appli-
cation.
Earl Springer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-17

Do not be surprised if the guberna-
torial candidacy of Thomas Frankson
is announced within the next month
All indications are that he is consider
ing fling at the Republican nominal
ton. Asked this week as to his in
tentions, Mr.. Frankson answered tina
he was considering the step, but ha,
not reached conclusion. He admit
ted that much pressure was being
brought to bear to have him make the
race and that the whole thing looked
good to him. Friends say he is strong
with organized labor and would pull
heavily from that element in the Twin
Cities and on the Iron Range.
Thanks to the activities of the fed
eral government and the public in
general, the /. w. w. has been prac-
tically stamped out in Minnesota.
Minneapolis, long the home of the
northwest leaders of the organization.
has been practically vacated by the
bunch. Last week the Minneapolis
council passed an ordinance directed
at future operations of this law
less element which Mayor Van Lear
promptly passed it over his veto. Up
in the northwest woods, long a profit
able source Of revenue for those en-
gagged in collecting !. w. w. member
ships, loggers and camp foremen say
the l. w. w. has almost disappeared.
Not little interest is being dis
played regarding the probable future
of the state railroad and warehouse
commission now that the government.
has assumed control of the railroad
throughout the United States. Quite
a few hazard the guess that the me-,
Legislature will either transfer the ac.
tivities of the state commission t.
some other department or reduce il
elective and working force. The cor
mission now consists of three mem
bers and has working force of sew