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week or longer. Her appetite is still
active. and the habit OF sitting is not
so confirmed.
KEEP HENS FROM
TAKING NESTS AT NIGHT
During tho spring and carly summer
months especially. when the hens are
noticcably inclined toward brood!ncs,
ii is a good plan to make the round OF
all nests every evening. along about
roosting time. and To remove any fowls
which show signs of broodincSs. The
Indications of broodincss arc usually
unmistaka ble--cluckius, runing OF the
feathers and Il general defensive at
titude.
Hens have no business on the nests
at night under any circumstances. AS
the "clucks" are removed, they should
be taken to a special coop. built for
tho purpose OF destroying their
! illusions.
There arc many ways Of breaking up
brOodiness, yet common sense dictates
that the method employed shall not
subject the hen 10 cruelty or privatIon.
The old -fashioned idea OF innicting
some form of punishment OH the un-
offending Biddy because she responded
to a perfectly natural impulse really
invited further loss in eggs. Half
starving or keeping a hen from water
retards egg development, Instead OF
! stimulating II. The sitting hon should
/ be induced more than ever TO eat and
/ drink freely, as we'll as to exercise.
! which Will revive her producing
Z organs. II this is accomplished in the
/ urst few days OF broodiness she will
( commence laying In a short time.
/ The water cure" was a favoritc way
! to treat broody hens. and il is stil in
I vogue In some sections The practice
, consisted OF ducling the fowls IN a
pail OF water and holding them under
a.. 20,
Sometimes ii is effective; the hens SO
treated are known never TO sat again
because they are sometimes drowned.
COOP WITH SLtI"rED U0TTOM
AS PRENENTINE MEASURE;
One Of the simplest ways to discour-
age brood!ncss is 10 place the hens IN
:, coop having u Slated bottom. which
bottom is raised Il few inches from the
noOr or ground The hens are unable
q to squat in comfortable position. he
cause their feet slip through the open
ings between the Stats. and the sensa-
ton Of currents of air under them ls
not TO their Xix ing. Two or three days
Of this harmless ''pillory" usually ais
gusts them with tho idea OF sitting
and when released they arc only TOO
anxious TO join their companions in the
laying house. Eecepta clcs containing
water grccnstun and food should be
attached 10 the sides OF the coop, so
that the occupants can eat and drink
At will.
The broody hen coop should w.
located where there is plenty of light:
outdoors is best If the weather is nice.
In other words. do not offer "cluck,'
the slightest opportunity for sccluslon.
which they desire above all else in the
matter OF sitting.
For the small farm flock or back ward
flock the coop may be constructed from
Il packing case. Substitute Stats Cor
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Edenton Bond. sold at Home.

EDENTON. y. g. April 6.-The city
of Edenton had no difficulty in dis
posing Of the $4,000 of per cent
bonds recently voted for street i'm
provcmcnt purposes. The sales were
made at home, the Bank of Edcnton
taking s20.0o0 worth and the Citizens
Bank $4,000 at par, with accrued in
tcreSt.
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BUCKINGHAM. VA April 6.-The
extensive tract OF land known as the
old Booker gold mine property has
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HENS EXCLUSIVE BUSINESS
TO PRODUCE THE EGGS

ON poultry farms devoted TO egg pro-
dUction. where the Incubation AMI
hroodins IS done arttlic!a!ly. the hens
arc held responsible. for tho produce
t!om OF next seasons pull.ts 1t is the
eggs: 1t is Il specially with them. and
th"y must be encouraged as far as pos
siDlc. IS soon as they show signs Of
Shirjliug their task. by remaining on
the nest for Il broody spell. tho ten
dcmcy must be disturbed at once. TheI:
minds must be disabuscd Of tho ma
tcgnal instinct.
Even on the general farm. or among
back Sard hOcks. where chicks are
reared naturally, there arc times when
more hens become broody than are ever
required 70 hatch the young stock.
And. rs a general rule, these hens arc
allowed 10 sit rs long as they choose.
whcrcupon The habit is soon confirmed.
ana there Is 4 noticeable falling off in
cge production. Failure to discourage
ably the mos; potent cause for the
low egg production in farm nocts. and
for which the farmers have nothing
to blame but their own Indifference Or
ignorance.
For economical reasons Il IS. there
fore imperative. to outwi. the hens
maternal notions. and these notions
must be Intercepted ut The earliest
moment :, hen that is removed from
th"@n.st on the first or second day OF
bsoodiness Is much easier to discourage
rh7n when she is allowed 10 remain Il
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this kind breaking
fat cning pCn.

organs. which progresses no faster
than this nourishment IS provided
Hence the meaning cf the term--sec
Ondary circulation.
Then there is another important
point to consiics: When a hen is al
lowed TO get out Of condition, either
by prolonged idlcucsa on the nest or
by raising Il brood Of chicks, her
plumasc, Xix. her body. becomes dried
up. At certain SEASONS Of the year,
when the weather is warm. this will
throw her into an early mott. which
means no eggs rOr about three months.
To avoid early Noting. TO prolong
tn" life Of tho pluinage. the hen mus,
b. kept in tia" pink of condition: her
appetite must be stimulated so that she
VIII cat large quantities Of food. and
thus Keep her body woll nourishcd.
and her feathers sleek and yirile. in
which event She will continue to lay
Throughout tn" summer. and the mol;
viii he deferred until autumn.
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
THE PROPER ADVISORS.

The industrial advisors to dis
trict draft boards appointed by the
department of labor for Arizona are
Thomas j. Maloney, Phoenix, for
District Board No. l; and Julius
Kruttschnitt, Jr., of Tucson, for Dis
trict Board No g
Employers are requested to take up
all deferred classification problems
and to lay all matters, with reference
to retaining necessary men, before
these advisors, in addition to filing
out the QUESTIONABLE.
The duties of these advisors will
be to see that all necessary men who
are desirous of getting into the army
are kept at home, and that slackers
claiming to be necessary men are
weeded out and inducted into service.
Industrial advisors will consult
with district draft boards on these
matters.
The position is one of great honor
and responsibility, and the service to
be rendered is of the highest i'm
portance.
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
NOTICE TO REGISTRANTs,

Registrants, when they receive the
QUESTIONABLE, should carefully read
the Important Notice to Registrants
and Other Interested Persons, on the
second page of the QUESTIONABLE. and
also the Instructions, in heavy type
at the head of each series Of ques-
tions, and after doing so, any one
that has difficulty in answering Or
who is in doubt as to the proper
answers, should apply to one of the
Legal Advisory Board, named below,
who will be glad to aid you, without
compensation
The following are the Legal Ad-
visory Board, under the Selective
Military Service for Yuma county:
Permanent Members.
Frank Baxter, chairman; Thomas
D. Molloy and Clement H. Colman,
associate members.
Yuma-W. O. Harris c. w. Ing
ham, Henry c. Kelly, c. A. Lindman,
Peter T. Robertson, A. j. Eddy, E. A.
Freeman, Hugo B. Farmer, Eleanor
Dunno, Edward X Milliken and w.
F. Timmons.
DOme-Eugene McDaniels.
Wellton-George j. Schultheis.
WendenAJ. E. Matteson.
BOuse-E. ]. Maddox
uartzsite-Charles Kuehn.
Parker-Frederick M. Hall.
Any one of whom may be seen at
their respective offices or places of
business.
Dated at Yuma, Arizona, September
18, 1918. FRANK BAXTER,
Chairman
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
NON-ESSENTIAL POSITIONS.

Because of the present million and
a half labor shortage both skilled
and unskilled in war industries, with
an increased army coming, Nathan
A. Smyth, assistant director general
of the q. S. employment service, is
today mailing the most drastic in
structiOnS ever issued in this county
to all community labor boards, in
structing them to prepare and pub
lish in every city in the country lists
Of non-essential positions now held
by men that could be filled by allot-
ment. The result will be that men
failing or refusing to get out of such
positions of their own accord and
take up essential work will be looked
upon as slackers. The order is in
essential labor and employers thereof.
Lists probably will include clerks and
office help, ticket sellers of all kinds,
attendants and similar occupations.
This is in line with Crowder's work
or fight" order, with instructions al
ready issued for the placing of women
in industry, with the order of the war
industries board stopping unnecessary
construction, with action limiting
bank loans and the taking of raw ma
terials from non-essential Industries
Smyth's order may ultimately become
the most drastic of all for community
labor boards will insist that no man
shall occupy position which a wo-
man can fill. This nation must work
or fight and the order is made neces-
sary because employers of non essen
tial labor have in many cases failed
to meet the issue squarely. The
lines will be drawn together from
day to day as the various occupations
are combed for men.
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
BOLD HOLD-UP-A CHAPTER ON
FOOLS.

1t takes all kinds of people to make
up world. Some are aS brave and
bold as the lion of the tribe of Judah
while others are as timid and tritline
as knock-kneed jackrabbits and al
ways seeing things"-even in dry"
Arizona. AS fear and folly go hand
in-hand, there are likewise all mar
ner OF fOOls-old fools and young
fools, she" fools and she fools, in
fernal fools and damn fools and many
other fools too numerous to mention
But some of them are even unworthy
of the name, fool as they are far
inferior to that good old breed thai
the "Fool-killer" used, to delight in
knocking on the head with his club
They are more or less of the genus
-'lOcO"-a cross between an ass and
jumping jack-people on whose
empty craniums that venerable ex-
ecutiOner. out of maudlin pity, is
1oath to soil his club, consequently
they go on multiplying like rats.
An auto load of this character OF
people. consisting Of man, woman
and child. hailing from Fresno, Cal.
hove into Parker Monday night ard
reported that they had been held up
by a couple of auto bandits, on the
road near the D. & w. mine The
woman was On the verge of hysteria
and the man was badly frightened
They clamored to get across the river,
though the ferry is not permitted TO
operate after nightfall, and were so
insistent that d. A. Martinez, the
ferryman, telephoned up to the man
ager, Mr.. Bush, who took his gun
and hastened down to the river
About the time he got there another
auto, containing a couple of men,
which was but a short distance be-
hind when the supposed hOld-up took
place. came in and the men told all
about the affair.
1t appears that two junkmen.
travelling by auto, got stalled on the
road near the ID. & w. mine, shortly
after dark, something having gone
wrong with their machine. AS the
parties in the frst-named auto ap-
preached the spot, one of the men
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
OPENING DRIVE
SATURDAY NIGHT

The Fourth Liberty loan campaign
will will be opened in Parker Satur-
day night with an appropriate patri-
otic program, followed by a grand
ball at Hosfelt's hall
Speakers will explain the object of
the United States government in ask
ing at this time a loan of six billion
dollars from the American people; a
selected choir will render patriotic
songs, and committee will be on
hand to take volunteer subscriptions
to the big loan, each volunteer re-
ceiving specially designed honor
badge in recognition of such volun-
teer subscription.
The meeting planned for Saturday
night is expected to attract the larg-
est crowd ever assembled in Parker
This will be the first patriotic gather
ing of the people here since the sue
cess of the big allied drive, and it
will be in the nature of celebration
in honor of the brave American boys
who are now chasing the Huns to-
ward Berlin.
Committees on the Loan Campaign,
The following are the committees
selected for the Fourth Liberty loan:
District Chairman General Com
mittee,-G. A. Marsh; Ladies Aux
iliary-Mrs. J. B. Flanagan.
Subscription-Mrs. J. B. Flanagan,
Mrs. ]. F. Raney, Mrs. B. B. Brown,
Mrs. N. T. Bush, Mrs. G. A Marsh.
G. A Marsh, ), B. Flanagan, A. F.
Duclos, B. B. Brown, Boy Scouts.
Publicity and Finance-John Rob
erts, Walter Nelson, r. j. Martin, A..
H. Strohm
Arrangements-( (Seating and Dec
orating)-C. T. Smith, A H. Little
field, r. j. Martin, Boy Scouts. c. w
Graves, Frank Ewing, F. M. Hall.
Program-Speaking, Mrs. F. NJ.
Hall; Music, Mrs. A. H. Litt!afeld
Dance--Don Adams, Everetts.
Bernard Roberts.
Refreshments-(Red Cross Mrs
c. r. Smith. Mrs. E. n. Burritt, Mrs
A. w. Bryant
Speaking and musical program in
front of the Grand View Hotel begins
at p. m, Saturday, September 28;
Volunteer Subscribers dance at 9
p. m. at the hall
The Parker post., 1918-09-28

walked toward the on-coming ma
chine and asked the driver for assist
ance. No sooner had he. spoken
when the woman in the advancing
auto began to scream and the man at
the wheel, instead of inquiring what
was wanted, turned on full speed and
darted past the man. This speed was
evidently kept up until they reached
the bridge.
When the second auto arrived at
that spot on the road the occupants
met Nhe junkmen who told them
their troubles, and also related their
experience with the occupants of the
preceding automobile. Of course the
matter of hold-up proved to be only
4 laughable farce. But notwithstand-
ing the plausible and wholly disin-
terested story related by the men,
showing that it was all mistake
due to foolish timidity, the frightened
parties could not be convinced that
the two junkmen were not highway
men, and the yarn of their narrowing
experience was related to everyone
they met along the line between here
and Phoenix
The tendeF-foOt element seems to
invariably harbor the same silly idea
that the desert is the hot-bed of out
awry-that bandit is hiding behind
every rock along the highways. This
absurdity would be only amusing to
sane people if it did not work an
irreparable injury to this section of
the country and the southwest gem
orally. AS a matter of fact the con-
ditions are just the opposite. The
desert is the poorest place in the
world for the highwayman to operate
and get away with his plunder. 1t
almost impossible for him to escape
He has to have water, like other
mortals, the watering places are all
known and are few and far between,
and he cannot visit them without
being seen.
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
THE FOURTH
LIBERTY LOAN

Once again our government is ask
ing for our money. The Fourth Lib
erty loan to be opened for subscrip-
tion September 2S, is our opportunity
to lend
With the faith that characterizes
her progress, our nation has called
for sum larger than any OF the
previous loans called fora sum
larger than most of us can cOmpre-
hend.
Six billion dollars, for the immed-
late use of our army and navy de-
partments is the minimum with
which the government can be satis-
fed at present.
AS yet we have not begun to feel
the burden of providing the govern
ment with funds. Neither as a
nation nor as individuals do we come
in the class with the other belliger-
ents in the matter of financial obliga-
ton. Compare the ratio of national
debt to the total wealth of the
nations at war:
Germany ------.--------37 per cent
France -..-37 per cent
Great Britain 45 per cent
United States -.-- 5 per cent
We have not tapped the surface of
our national wealth in our quest for
war financing.
Nor do we as individuals carry a
heavy per capita tax burden. Against
Germany's $3.50: Frances $550;
Great Britain's $500; Italy's $3.50;
Austria's $3.50; place the United
States $115.
One hundred and fifteen dollars is
not much to owe for our country, is
it? What one of us is here who wOulC
hesitate to assume the obligation for
d friend, not to mention one to whom
we owe all that means most in life
to us.
We might give the country that
hundred and fifteen. dollars which II
figures is the debt Of each OF us;
give that sum before we begin to
invest for ourselves. But the gov
ernment does not ask that-doesl not
expect that. 1t asks to borrow
what we can save and earn in this
hour of special need
Marshal FOch says: THE will to
win is half the battle" American
soldiers have shown their will to win.
The Fourth Liberty loan is before
the people. 1t must prove OUR will
to win
The Fourth Liberty loan campaign
opens September 2S.
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
NEW DIRECTORS
ADJUSTMENT CO.

AT the adjourned meeting of stock
holders of the Commercial Bank OF
! Parker Adjustment company. held
last Monday in the lobby of the
Grand View Hotel, new directors
were elected for the ensuing year.
! There were over $4,000 shares of
stock represented at the meeting
either in persoa or by proxy.
The preferred stockholders elected
the following four directors: B. NJ.
Fuqua, Mrs. Nellie r. Bush, James
Gillen and J. y. Flanagan. Only
1000 shares Of the common stock
was represented at the meeting, and
F. M. Hall, who has been represent
ing the common stock on the board
for the past year, will hold over.
The directors, at a meeting Nor
day night, elected the following Of
ficers: B. M. Fuqua president; Jas.
Gillen, vice-president, Nellie IT Bush.
secretary treasurer.
The annual report of the directors
was presented and read, showing the
condition of the company at the close
OF business August 81, 1918. 1t will
probably be published later and a
copy mailed to each of the stock
holders.
The present financial condition of
the Adjustment company is critical
A communication and telegram from
Newman Essick, vice-president of the
California Savings & Commercial
Bank, was read by the secretary, in
forming the stockholders that fore
closure proceedings would be started
at once unless certain obligations and
pertaining to the mort
cages that bank holds were strictly
complied with. It appears there is
an item of $1,350 for insurance on
the hotel building that has not been
paid, and demand has been made by
the insurance company on the bank
for payment. There are also several
other pressing outstanding obliga-
lions to meet, and only few hundred
dollars available for this purpose.
The stockholders generally are Of
he opinion that atrong effort
should be made to close up the af-
airs of the company, dispose of all
'eal estate and realize upon. all un-
,aid notes and other obligations due
he Adjustment company Very lit
lie has been accomplished toward
his end during the past year, and it
s hoped that the new board will get
'usy at once and convert everything
possible into cash, and disburse the
anne among the creditors of the de-
unct bank
Unless some effort is made ut once
he California Savings & Commercial
Bank will foreclose its mortgages,
nd if this is done there will be very
title left to divide among the stock
Iolders.
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
INCREASE GOLD PRODUCTION.

The crisis which cOnfrOnts gold
miners due to the advance in price of
labor, freight and all supplies they
consume, which is already reducing
the production of gold to an alarming
extent, continues to absorb public at
tention and the best thought of the
nation is directed toward finding a
solution to the difficulty. Gold is
the basis of the financial system of
practically every enlightened nation
of the world and as most of these
nations are engaged in war and are
daily adding to their debt in the form
of promises to pay in gold it must be
evident that some plan must be de-
vised to encourage the production of
gold
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
BARGE ON THE
RIVER SUNK

Bud Norton, who has ranch near
the Bill Williams, met with rather
severe reverses in an adventure on
the Colorado river last week, and
came very nearly being drowned
besides Norton has a fine virgin
ranch on the banks of the river,
cleared and prepared for cultivation
and needing only water to put it in
state of productivity. He accord
ingly bought goodsized Fair
bank, Morse & Co. engine and pump
at Goldroads and moved them down
to Needles. There he bought lumber
and timber and built himself a fiat
bottom barge, of sufficient size to con-
tain and carry the engine and pump.
1t was his intention to float this
outfit down the river to convenient
spot bordering on his land and there
moor the craft. Aquaduct connec-
tions were to be built and the water
pumped directly from the river to the
ditch which would carry it on to the
land to be irrigated The plan SEEM
ed very simple and feasible one.
The barge was to be so secured that
it would always remain on the water
with the rise and fall of the stream.
When the barge was finally COM
pleted, the pump was tried with ex-
:ellent results, it throwing a suff1-
cient head OF water to irrigate all his
land in a short space of time, SO there
was nothing left to be done save to
move the outfit to it's place of opera
ton.
After loading on about 800 worth
of provisions and other material need
ed in the work on the ranch, Mr.
Norton cut loose the barge and start
ed down the river alone, guiding the
craft with pole and paddle All went
we'll until at point about ten miles
this side of Needles when the barge,
under the force of the tOrtuOus cur
ichC ut Iudt point, Sllueu upon
huge snag that lay with the course of
the river, despite the efforts of the
navigator to steer clear of it, This
Snag raised the forward part of the
barge to such an extent that the hind
end sank into the water and finally
the whole thing turned turtle and
went down. Norton escaped by
very close margin from being caught
under the craft, and after hard swim
ming managed to reach the shore.
The most shallow spot at the place
where the outfit went down was fiji
teen feet. AS the sand banks are
liable to change places in the course
of a few hours and bury the barge
and it's contents under many tons of
sand and debris, there Is virtually no
hope that the property or any part
of it will ever be recovered. The loss
amounts to about $4,000.
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
SUSPENDED DURING THE WAR.

The house committee ordered fav-
orable report on the bill for the sus-
pension of assessment work on min
ing claims during the period of the
war. The necessity of this bill be-
coming law is obvious, the lack Of
labor in the mining camps being an
outstanding feature, Miners and es-
pecially mine owners of unpatented
claims, have no desire for the en-
ployment of imported labor and 1t
will soon be impossible to secure any
other, as the governments needs In
shipbuilding and other industries is
attracting the better workmen among
the miners.
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
A CHANCE FOR MINING MEN.

UnaIIOtted lands within an Indian
reservation, heretofore withdrawn
from entry under the mining laws for
the purpose of mining for gold, silver,
copper and other valuable metallif-
erous minerals, have been released for
lease to citizens of the United States,
by the terms of an act passed by the
65th congress.
The bill, which has just been re-
ceived is very voluminous and pro-
vides that leases shall be for a period
of 80 years.
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
Jesus as a Stacker"

Jesus Ponce, young Mexican
living'on the reservation, was arrest
ed by Constable Roberts and taken
to Phoenix last Monday as a Stacker.
Jesus, when arraigned before the
proper authorities to plead to the
charge, "Thou art slacker," replied,
effectively, 'Thou sayest so," but
further than that he ''opened not his
mouth" in Biblical parlance, or in
other words, offered no explanation
for his failure to register, so he was
bound over to answer to the federal
court.
The Parker post., 1918-09-28
From Fresno.

From Fresno.
William Amer, Mrs. j. l.. Price and
Miss Lucille Price of Fresno, stopped
in Parker a short time last week. en-
route by auto to Phoenix.
Webb in Town.
M. G. Webb of Phoenix, who has
considerable property and business
interests in these parts, arrived in
town Monday.