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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04

dwelling, but to many that come from
outside. Food supplies may always
be kept from rats and mice if placed
in inexpensive rat-proOf containers
covered with wire netting. Sometimes
all that is needed to prevent serious
waste is the application Of n defective
part of the building.
Produce in Transit.-Much loss Of
fruits, vegetables, and other produce
occurs in transit by rail and on ships.
Most Of the damage is done Mt wharves
and m railway stations, but there is
also Considerable In ships holds, espe-
cially 70 p%erlshable produce brought
from warm ATTITUDES. Much of this
may be prevented by the use of rat
proof cages at the docks, by the care
full fumlgatlon of seagoing vessels at
the end of each voyage, and by the fire.
quent tQmIgatlon 9f vessels in coast
wise trade; but still more by replacing
old and decrepit wharves and station
platforms with modern ones built Of
concrete.
Where cargoes are being loaded or
unloaded at wharves or depOts, food
liable to attack by rats may be tenn
porarily safeguarded by being placed
In rat-proOf cages, or pounds, con-
structed Of wire netting. Wooden
boxes containing reserve food held In
depots for a considerable time or IN
tended for shipment by sea may be
made rat-proof BY light coverings of
metal along the angles. This plan has
long been In use to protect naval stores
on ships and in warehouses. 1t is
based on the fact that rats do not
gnaw the plane surface of hard mate
rails, but attack doors, furniture and
boxes at the angles only.
Packing HouseS.-Packing houses
and abattOirs are often sources from
which rats secure subsistence, espe-
cially where meats are prepared for
market in old buildings. In Old-style
cooling rooms with double walls Of
wood and sawdust Insulation, always
a source of annoyance because Of rat
lnfestatiOn, the utmost vigilance is
required to prevent serious loss OF
lANuA III uhuNLHa WI AhG bAAN AAAAAA
packing houses with modern construc-
lion and sanitary devices have no
trouble from rats or mice.
Garbage and Waste.-Since much OF
the food Of rats consists Of garbage
and other waste materials, 1t is not
enough to bar the animals from
kets, granaries, warehouses and pri-
vate food stores. Garbage and Offal
Of all kinds must be SO disposed Of
that rats cannot obtain them.
In cities and towns an efficient sys-
TEN Of garbage collection and disposal
should be established by ordinances.
Waste from markets, hotels, cafes and
households should be collected In COW
cred metal receptacles and frequently
emptled. Garbage should never be
dumped in or near towns, but should
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04

ing for them, though she had been of
on a trip too, they told her Of their
work.
":Ah,' she said, they will be happy
now 1 feel quite sure, and though they
may not know that the Fairies have
been 60 see them, they will somehow
feel better-and we know that 1t will
be because of the Fairies r"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
DRY FEED INSTEAD OF SLoP
Doesn't Freeze Up to Insult Appetite
Of Hog N Wlnter-oerms and
odors Are Avoided.

The farmer whose pigs have lost
their avidlty for slop should try feed
ing the slopstuR dry. Many a time
pigs may be found fastidlously noslng
through thick slOp, when II dry mid
dllngs be placed in a trough hard by
they will devour 1t in fierce competl-
ton. Some men like milk toast, and
some men don't like milk toast; that is
the way with pigs. Try raising a bunch
of pigs on dry mlddllngs instead of
slop of mlddlings, and the chances are
that the pigs will demonstrate the
success Of the experiment. Germs and
OdOrs don't accumulate around a
trough in which dry feed is provided
dry feed doesn't freeze up to Insult the
appetite OF a hog, Hike stop may do In
winter.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
WHAT NEW YEARS SIGNIFIES
Time to Resume Another Journey Of
Life, Starting Out With a
Clean Slate. u.,sY

The need Of getting a convenient
division Of time into days and years
which correspond with the movements
Of the earth and sun is not sufficient
explanation Of the New Years festival.
That need Is wholly mechanical,
mathematical, and. s~erviceable. The
mood of New Years is not mechanical.
mathematical, or serviceable. 1t is
wholly one Of abandon and needless
ness.
1t is such because the day represents
an accounting and a spOnging Of the
slate. Life needs renewed beginnings.
1t cannot lead away across unbrOken
and unmarked plains. 1t must have
its definite stops, its prospects In the
Intimate future. The traveller must
have In thought as he goes along the
road Il possibility of a comfortable end
Ing Of the day at an inn.
We seek constantly a realization Of
completeness, Of n beginning, a mid
die, and an end. Life, which is form
less, must have form given It. 1t
must have its stopping places, where
1t relaxes by q fire and is genial. II
cannot so on travelling without defined
purpose, with no objective, with no
inns inviting by the light through So
cial windows. It must have detectives
In the near prospect.
1t seeks a definite and well laid out
plan, a scheme, and, therefore, regard
less Of the need Of dividing time into
periods which a be used for the ma
terial needs Of people, 1t makes periods
which satisfy the demand for an OBJ
jective.
The New Years festival is an Inn
which folk reach at the end OF a long
Journey. They sit a while and are
merry. They take up their journey
again.-Clifford Raymond.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
GIVE FEED ANIMALS RELISH
While Preference for Certain Food ls
Formed by Habit, It Is Better to
Cater to II.

Animals are much like human be-
ings in that they have their own indl-
vidual preference for certain foods.
While this preference is formed by
habit, to get the best returns with the
feeds, it is best generally to cater to
the animals appetite.
Some horses will not do well with
out oats in the ration. Others do not
especially are for oats, but require
corn, some require more hay than
others, some must have ground feeds.
To get the best results such animals
should he humored.
Our problem in feeding is to watch
the animals and see that they get the
feeds they require and no more. Feed
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
CAGE rRAP WITH SPLENDID CATCH OF RATS.

left in the trough or scattered on the
ground out of reach of animals does
not produce.
Even In feeding cattle n skillful
feeder will soon learn the different ami.
mails peculiarities and meet their re-
quirements in such II way as to get
economical gains. If he does not
watch closely he is likely to waste
feed while some Of the animals are
not getting enough.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04

be utilized or promptly destroyed BY
fire.
Rats find abundant food in country
slaughterhouses; reform in the man.
agement Of these Is badly needed.
Such places are centers OF rat prOpa-
CATION. II is a common practice to
leave offal OF slaughtered animals to
be eaten by rats and swine, and this
is the chief means of perpetuating
trichlnae In pork. The law should re-
quire that offal be promptly cremated
or otherwise disposed OF. Country
slaughter-houses should be as Clearly
and as constantly inspected as abba
tOirs.
Another important source Of rat
food is found in remnants Of lunches
left by employees in factories, stores
and public buildings. This food, which
alone is sufficient to attract and sus-
tain a small army of rats, is commonly
left In waste baskets or other open
reCeptaCles. Strictly enforced rules
requiring all remnants Of food TO be
deposited in covered metal vessels
would make trapping far more effec-
tive.
Military training camps, unless sub
jected to rigid discipline I'm the mat.
ter of disposal Of garbage and waste,
soon become centers of rat infestation.
Waste from camps, deposited in cov-
cred metal can and collected daily,
should be removed far from the camp
itself and either burned or utilized in
approved modern ways.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
IDEALS FOR THE
NEW YEAR
BY DR.. William Dewitt Hyde.

mo weigh the material in the
scales of h personal, and
life by the standard
of lOveJ
To prise health a. contagious
happiness, wealth as potential
service, reputation as latent In
huence, learning for the light IL
can shed, power for the help Il
can give, station for the good IL
ear dot
To choose In each case what Is
good on the whole, and accept
c~heerfully Incidental evils In
VOIvedj
To put my whole self into all
that 1 do and Indulge no single
desire, at the expense Of myself
To crowd out fear by devotion
to duty, and see present and flu
ture aB Onej TO treat others AZ 1
would be treated, and myself as
would my best friends
To lend no oil 10 the foolish,
but to let my light shine freely
for allJ
To make no gain by anOther's
anOther's paint
To hnrbOr no thought of an
other which I would be unwilling
that other should knOWt
To say nothing unkind to
amuse myself, and nothing false
60 please OthersJ
To take no pride in weaker
mems falllnEH, and bear no mall
tee toward those who do WrOnRJ
To pity the selfish no less than
h poor, the proud as much as
the Outcast, and the cruel e
more than the OppressedI
To worship God In all that IL
good and true and benutifulJ
To serve Christ wherever a sad
heart can be made happy or a
wrong will set right and TO rec
ORnlEe God coming kingdom In
every Institution and person that
helps men TO love one another.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
Wholly Up to You.

II 1913 is not the best year Of your
life, you have only yourself to blame.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04

It's Worth While.
A new year is surely worth q new
effort.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
HAYWOOD HOT SPRINGS.

for Rheumatism, Stomach Trouble,
Kidney Ailments, intiamations, Ar
terial Hardening, Locomotor AtAXlG,
Nervous Breaking etc. Perfect Treat
ment, Perfect Climate. Health, Plea
sure, Large Modern Hotel. Booklet.
a o. MODRRMOTR.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
BllGStODG, COppGTaS,
SUlphlTiC Acid

Made from the celebrated Ollfbo0
Ores. Free from Anthony and Az
Senic.
IGH ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
Gives more satisfactory results IN
Reduction Works than any Chemicals
b the market.
A long freight haul saved TO the
consumers In both states, Arizona
and New Mex.
Prices IN competition with The
Eastern Markets.
Arizona Copper Co.
CLIFTON. ARIZONA.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
(Copyright.)

ID Fairies" said
d Daddy, "all
thought they
were going to
have a wonderful
party until the
Fairy Queen said,
There is
work for us to
do
"Of course the
Fairies love their
work as they do
their play so they
smiled when the
Fairy Queen told
them there was
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
Another Year

, Another year Is notO starting,
at midnight I heard the bells
ring
/, Their fnGI fGrel0eH to the old
year;
on, tOhGt tOiH the RetO year
!, brin0l
ShGdotO and then some sun.
shine
Neither can dlt0dyS last;
SOrrOt0 and pain and pleasure
Just as the year thGt's past.
None can JoreteH the future,
IT'S hidden beyond our gaze;
But most Of the Veor that's COM.
WIN be made Of commonplace
days.
Morning and noon and evening
Filled up t0ith little things,
Days Of rest and of Idbor-
These are G0hdt each year
brings.
Go on then into the future,
Win never a thought Of fear;
Trusting the hand that Iedds Gs
TO guide for another year.
-Grace BMIkIeW.
The Monett times., 1918-11-22
SCHOOL NOTES

The students of Monett high school
come into school this year with a
good record and spirit. We are classed
as first class high school, and we
want to live up to our name. This
year. we, as body, want to organize
into student body. We want to print
an annual and we want a gymnasium,
Most every first class school have all
these, but we haven't.
We have something like I50 students.
Formerly we had more, but we have
given a few boys to the colors, we
have bought Liberty Bonds and given
to every war work that has asked.
Even one class last year gave $50 w
to the Y. M. A. drive. | am proud to
say1 was in that class and the same
class this year is to play an important
part in school.
The citizens of this city should stand
by us and give US a gymnasium and a
student body. We want to unite,
"United we stand, divided we fall"
This school has been divided for
several years, and we have declined
since. Now we are on the verge OF
collapse. Stand by us, citizens, and
we will show you what your boys and
girls can do, and that Monett is on
the map.
Once we were told that we were to
have gymnasium. We worked hard
and the result was, that our fathers
voted SIS, 900 bonds toward this cause,
and we are still wanting for that gym
Where is it? 1t is coming when we, as
student body, work hard and by oul
selves we are helpless. We have
helped the boys over there, now yor
help the school and the town righ
here.
A Student.
The Monett times., 1918-11-22
TENTH DIVISION had
STARTED OVERSEAS

Camp Funston, Nov. 15.-The
signing by Germany of the armistice
conditions found the tenth division,
the second divisional unit to be trained
here, with a good start toward over
seas service, it became known today.
Part of the tenth was on the high
seas, part of Camp Mills, Long Island,
another part travelling between De-
troit and the Atlantic coast, but most
of the division still at Camp Funston,
awaiting orders.
An advance attachment Of about
$50 officers sailed several days ago,
and is now somewhere on the Atlantic
ocean. They embarked to attend
school in France, and to prepare the
way for the arrival of the division in
England.
The 120th engineers are at Camp
Mills today, having left Funston a
week ago, and are busily engaged in
making the Long Island camp READY
for the division that may never arrive.
With them are small detachments OF
military police.
The Tenth supply train and the
cloth sanitary train went to Detroit
a month ago. They have been doing
convoy duty from Detroit to the At
lantic coast.
Up to noon today no orders had
been received for the future en-
trainment of the remainder Of TIC
division. All overseas examinatic-.s
and other arrangements had been
made for the division to start for the
western front.
The Monett times., 1918-11-22
BITTEN BY A DOG-DIES

IF. Kitching left Friday night for
Dallas, Tex, on receipt of word that
his brother, H. G. Kitching, of that
City, had died of hydrophobia, Earlier
in the day, Mr.. kitching was advised
bv letter that his brother was serious.
lv i'll and then came the message that
he was dead.
Sometime in August, Mr.. Kitching
was attacked by bull dog, which
after biting him in the calf OF leg, sank
its teeth around one of his wrists. Mr..
Kltching fought desperately but the
dog hung on until Mr.. Kitching
chokeo tito death with his other hand.
Even then the animals jaws were
locked SO tight around his wrist that
he had to call for help before his
wrist could be freed.
The head of the animal was sent
away for examination and experts an
nounced that no trace of rabies was
found but about week ago Mr..
Kitching became i'll with hydrophobia
and in a short time became raving
maniac.
Mr.. Kitching is survived by q wife,
three daughters and one son. He was
a carpenter -Aurora kight.
The Monett times., 1918-11-22
RICH MINERALS UNDER
GROUND AT SELIGMAN

C. E. Baxter, of indianapolis, Ind, in
driving through Seligman, was struck
by the "gold fever" raging in that
vicinity. In comment he says:
"Seligman, Mo-, is proving the
richest place on Gods green earth" /"
"The discovery of precious metals
in the Ozark Uplift of this vicinity
dates bacl... 70 the Indians and
Spaniards Cvct two hundred and
fifty years ago. The numerous old
shafts with remnants of crude furn-
aces prove that they were cognizant
of the vast wealth hidden in these
hills"
"Tradition says that Indians in
occasional visits to the old mining
camp returned with stories OF
fabulous wealth hauled away in silver
and gold bars smelted by a Spanish
process. This process is now en-
ployed by the Silver Lake Mining
Company of Selignan.
Government assayers and geo.
logists are making daily tests in an
especially constructed laboratory.
These tests reveal gold, silver,
uranium and platinum. These tests
are exceedingly high and the reports
are here to be seen by anyone making
the request.
"Only by numerous tests and tire
less efforts this peculiar formation
yields to scientific process. Contracts
will be let for smelters and cyanide
plants. A rush here is anticipated
that will compare to the stampede tc
California in 49,"
The Monett times., 1918-11-22
COMEDIAN is VICTIM OF
INFLUENZA AT ASH GROVE

Springfield Nov. II. = Springfield
friends yesterday received informa-
tion announcing the death of Billie
Plumlee, the noted comedian, at Ash
Grove from an attack of pneumonia.
Mr.. Plumlee was with his company
of eighteen people, and three-night
engagement was being played at Ash
Grove preparatory to coming to
Springfield and open up new play
house in the Peoples theater building.
Mr.. Plumlee had been touring
Southwest Missouri the past ten years
or more as the comedian, the first
years of that time being associated
with Crawford's Comedians but for
the past several, years he had a
company of his own, making the
towns with a large tent and with an
aggregation known as Plumlee's
Comedians. His ability as natural
comedian Won for him a widespread
reputation and his shows were always
accorded large attendance. His
friendly and admirable ways made
everyone he met his friend. He was
familiarly known as "Billee," and his
death will be deeply regretted by hs
many acquaintances.
The body will pass through Spring
field tonight en- route to DuQuoin,
H., for burial, the home of the de-
cedent, and where his parents reside.
The decedent is survived by a wife
and two small children, besides the
parents. The wife's parents reside
at Ash Grove and it was at their
home where the decedent died.
The Monett times., 1918-11-22
LETTER FROM
MARTIN KREHMEIER

NJ AN lin hhElINLLAL1s
Miss Esther Krehmeier received a
letter from her brother, Martin, dated
Nov. 10, in which he said:
81 received the fine socks today and
they are fine. know | could not buy
any like them no matter what | would
pay for them, so don't forget to thank
mother for them"
Gas far as having it hard in the
army, that does not bother me, for !
am having it good, eat good and all /
want and | don't have, to drill any
more.
81 have charge of mess hall now
that is where the officers eat. All !
do now is to boss and tell the other
men what to do and get the groceries
in the morning, l will tell you what
we had for dinner today: celery, rad
ishes olives, chicken soup, roas,
chicken, mashed and sweet potatoes,
green peas, asparagus, cranberry
sauce, bread, butter, ice cream and
cake and tea. The meals are as gooG
all the time only we have differel-
kinds of meat every day."
His address is Martin Krehmeier,
Service Co., M. o. T. c., Camp Green
leaf, Ga.
The Monett times., 1918-11-22
L. A. To o. r. C. ELECT OFFICERS
The L. A. to o. R. C. met in regular

L. A. To o. r. c. ELECT OFFICERS
The L. A. to O. R. c. met in regular
session, Wednesday afternoon and
elected officers.
Those elected to Office were: Mrs.
B. P. McCaslin, president; Mrs. Joe
Cooper, vice-president; Mrs. Mary
Wightman, secretary and treasurer;
Mrs. M. C. Goodwin, senior sister;
Mrs. Arthur Nordin, junior sister;
Mrs. F. T. Watson, guard; Mrs. Tom
Maxwell, chairman of the executive
committee; Mrs. C. E. Mahoney, first
member of the executive committee;
Mrs. Jake Patton, second member OF
committee; Mrs. j. M. Clayton, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. w. w.
Campbell, insurance secretary; Mrs.
B. P. McCaslin, delegate to convention
Mrs. M. C. Goodwin, alternate to dele
gate.
The Monett times., 1918-11-22
MONETT BOY KILLED IN ACTION

MIS-. Esther Haynes, OF this city,
received a message Friday morning
from Washington, conveying the sad
news that her brother, Charles Wealth
erman, was killed in action, Septem-
Der %.
Charles was volunteer soldier and
left Monett August 25, last year, and
received his training at Ft, Sill, Okla.
He was in Co. A., 29th Machine Gun
Batta Lion.
The Monett times., 1918-11-22
FOOTBALL GAME

One of the best games of the season
was played at Neosho yesterday, in
which the local eleven was defeated
by a score of 16 to 0.
The home team covered itself with
mud and glory upon field which was
in a very bad condition, owing to the
heavy rains of the past week. On
account of the influenza epidemic, the
Monett boys played under a heavy
handicap, being unable to practice
while the Neosho eleven had been
permitted to practice two hours each
day and to play three days. However,
the Monet boys did their level best,
and when they get in a little practice
they will be hard to beat.
The lineup was:
M. Reynaud, F. B.
C. Combs, R. Fl.
C. Henderson, L. H.
T. Harvey, (Captain) G. B.
A. Bounous, e..
r. Fly, L. G.
L. Adams, R, G.
L. Perry and c. Long, L. T.
V. Carlin, R. T.
N. Gillette and B. Henderson, L. E.
W. Reynaud, r. L.
Subs: D. Withers, C. Kehres and
O. Young.
The Monett times., 1918-11-22

Oscar Lewis, of Parsons, KAN, came
Saturday to work in the Frisco ma
chine shops.
MIR. and Mrs. T. A. Frossard are
the parents of a baby girl born Satur-
day Nov 16,
Mrs. Frank DeGroat received a
letter from her son, Al, who is in the
navy, that he is now in training at
Hingham Mass.
Miss Lucy Steadman Returned home
Sunday night from Wyandotte Okla,
where she was called by the illness
and death of her brother, Dr.. Stead.
man.
j, F. Mermoud, who volunteered as
secretary of the Y, M. G, A, wai
work has received an urgent leques
to report for duty as soon as possible
He expects to leave for New York City
about December l.
The Monett times., 1918-11-22

Miss Fern Hey'ourn spent Saturday
in Springfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ellis motored
to Joplin, Sunday.
Miss Helen Mckee visited in Spring
field, Saturday.
Mrs. Clarence Garrison went to
Springfield, Sunday, to visit for a
week.
Mr.. ana Mrs. George Sheehan, of
Springfield. visited relatives here,
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Lidmila Nerud, of Spring
field, visited Monett friends Sunday
evening Miss Nerud is English
teacher in the Webb City high school.
Between Purdy and E, G.
Henson's farm, large lap robe,
Finder please notify G, G. Henson.
Purdy, Mo-, r3.
Mrs. j. j. Gerbing and daughter
Lucille Virginia, and Miss Clara Weldy
motored to Sarcoxie Sunday and spent
the day with friends.
Mrs. Cowan and little grand-daugh
ter, of Springfield, visited FriGa!
evening with Mrs. J. w, Ruggles anc
left Saturday morning for Fayetteville
Ark, to visit relatives.
All cash accounts due the Athletic
Tea Co., must be paid on the mex
route day at your place.
o1t6 Athletic Tea 90.
Philip B. Davis, Barry count,
Food Administer, has been summoned
to Jefferson City in conference will
the Food Administrators of the stat
to discuss problems of food condi
tions.
! w. S. Lewis has heard indirectl
that the ship on which his son Lau
renee sailed had arrived oversee
safely. Mr.. Lewis had not had an
word from Laurence since he sale
about six weeks ago and was YER
uneasy about him, until friend wrot
that he was safe. Any message sen
lhad probably been lost or delayed