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Evening star., 1918-02-03

a Good Time" will be shown. The story
is about two girls of contrasting types
and teaches a wonderful lesson in con-
tentment. The principal roles are play
ed by Mildred Harris and Kenneth Har-
ian- THE Price of a Good Time" is
study in contemporary life.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

artists course, under the management
of Mrs. Wilson-Greene
Owing to the fuel order the date orig
lnally announced was changed All tick
cts sold are good for February 2l
Evening star., 1918-02-03
Howard,

The Quality Amusement Company
will present at the Howard this week
Eugene Walters thrilling drama. THE
Knife" its first showing in stock. In
the cast are .Abbie Mitchell, Inez
Evening star., 1918-02-03

that makes for laughter. The plot be-
comes so involved that the lovers and
attendant principals flee to the Island
of Corsica where love finds it's WY.
Maurice Tuttic the scenic artist at
Polls. has prepared two big settings
for the local production.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

y committee OF the National Associa-
tion of the Motion Picture Industry
headed by .tdolph Iukor is co-ordinat-
ing the exhibitors and the entire in
dusrry in drive for the sale of war
savings stamps.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

Elias Breeskin is brother of Daniel
Breeskin. also "A violinst, who is musi-
cal director at Moore's Strand Theater.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

Because the motion picture lacks one
dim nsion--t hic kness-it is said paint
ed scenery may not he used in it with
good effect y natural background is
q necessity.
Evening star., 1918-02-03
Frieda Hempel February 81.

Frieda Hempel, the great colorattura
soprano from the Metropolitan Opera
House, will be heard in recital at the
National Theater Thursday, February
p, at 80 pm, in the third concert of
Evening star., 1918-02-03

The iotth release of the Paramount
Bray photographs shows the policy OF
conquest of the Hohenzolierns from
1871 down to 1871. The data were fur
Continued on Seventh PageD
Evening star., 1918-02-03
"A Hawaiian ,Follie." 4"

"A Hawaiian Follie" will be the at
traction at Polls next week. In addi-
Evening star., 1918-02-03

pm. will feature Josie Flynp's Girl
Minstrels. Hal stephens dramatic char
acteriZations, Rip Van Wrinkle. Shylock
and others. and supplemental attrac-
tions
Evening star., 1918-02-03
's9I
Filnograns.

Mae Marsh is to have new picture
based on The Web" a story by Irving
Cobb.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

Texas Guinan. who has won fame on
stage and screen, now aSpires to be an
aviator.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

wild Youth" is the next Sir Gilbert
Parker story to be screened under the
direction of !, stuart Blackton at the
Iasky- hollywood studios.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

Dorothy palton's next picture bear $
the title Love Me" and its story was
written by G. Gardner sullivan.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

Vera Stednlan disputes the theory
that real athletes have blue eyes. and.
il is said. is sustaining her contention
in Paramount-Sennett comedies in dar-
ing athletics. Her eyes are described
as soft melting brown"
Evening star., 1918-02-03

Paramount and Aircraft have discov-
cred that much better effects are OBJ
tanned from both stars and players
when an orchestra plays during the
produce ion of a photoplay.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

Clough. Charles Olden. !. Frances
Moore, VIII Cooke and others Matinees
will be given Thursday and Saturday,
but no performances Tuesday.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

.HE presentation of Peter lb-
betson brings UP serious
question In the career of John
Barrymore. Is this ac.or TO be
dnnmed TO q prison cell for the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15
TRAPS ARE GOOD
RAT DESTROYERS
Most Reliable for General Use Is
inexpensive Snap or Gull
l0tine Device.
AVOID Sheet METAL BASES
They May Be Placed i'm Great Variety
of Favorable Places Around Farm
Small Breeds of Dogs Are
Most Valuable.

(From the United States Department of
Agriculture.)
No opportunity to kill rats should be
neglected on the farm. Traps, dogs,
cats, and pOisons may be useful. The
first need is traps and a knowledge of
how to use them. The most reliable
traps for general use are the inexpen-
siye snap, or guill0tine, traps. Many
efficient kinds are On the market, but
the cheaper Ones are rarely to be rec
commended for durability. Those that
have Sheet-metal bases are not desir-
able, as rats fear and avoid them. Snap
traps should be set so that they will
spring at a slight touch. They may
be placed in rat runs, at rat burrows,
behind boards leaned against the wall,
and in a great variety of other favor
able places. Dry oatmeal (rolled oats)
Is recommended as q bait for both rats
and mice. Place a few grains on the
trigger pan or under the trigger wire,
with a few grains near the trap.
Usefu! Wire Cage Trap.
The wire-cage trap, if substantially
made, is useful on the farm. Coarse
bait is required, and may be hung from
the top of the trap by a light wire. Set
the trap IN a floor or on a board, lay
a short board on top, and cover the
whole with an old cloth or gunny sack,
leaving only the trap entrance uncov-
cred. The trap may be baited and left
open for a night or two until rats learn
to feed inside, after which a good
catch may be expected. An excellent
plan for using the cage trap is to bore
a hole two or three inches in diameter
at proper height in the door of gran
airy or feed room. The hole may be
covered with a metal slide when the
trap is not In use. Set the trap in
side the granary with its entrance
fitted to the hole anC cover and bait
in the usual manner; any rat entering
the granary is caught. The same plan
is applicable to rat holes in other stu
atoms, and it has been used effectively
between connecting rooms of cold stor-
age warehouses.
The small breeds of dogs, especial
ly terriers, are valuable as rat killers
or the farm. They are easily trained
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15
Three National Forests
Recently Added to the List
Complying With Weeks Law

The president has proclaimed the es-
adjustment of three new forests, the
final step in carrying III the purpose
of the Weeks law.
The first, observes n writer in Out
look, is the White Mountain National
forest. Its area of nearly 100000
acres protects the watersheds of the
Androscoggin, Saco, Connecticut and
Ammonoosuc rivers. This watershed
region has also long been famous as an
important recreation ground.
As its name implies, the Shenandoah
National forest is on the watershed of
the Shenandoah river, but it also pro
tects a portion of the Potomac and
James river watersheds. Its area Is
about 165, 600 acres. On this area, and
still intact. are the trench systems
constructed during the Civil war under
StOnewall JackSon's supervision.
The White Mountain National forest
lies mostly in New Hampshire, but laps
over into Maine; the Shenandoah for
est lies mostly in Virginia, but laps
over into West Virginia. The Natural
Bridge National forest. however, is
wholly In Virginia. Its area is about
100000 acres. The forest protects a
part Of the James river watershed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15

There was never q tune when the sac
rnces and the help of women were more
appreciated than at the present time.
Women should learn war-nursing and
nursing at home. There is no better
way than to study the new edition Of the
Common Sense Medical Adviser -
with chapters on First Aid, B~andaging,
Anatomy, Hygiene, care OF the Dick,
Diseases of Women, Mother and Babe, the
Marriage RELATIONSHIP be had at some
drug-stc-es OF send SOC. to Publisher, 654
Washington Street, Buffalo, n. I.
II a woman suffers from weak back,
or dizziness-if pains affiict
her, the best tonic and corrective Is n
made UP Of native herbs and made with
out alcohol, which makes weak women
strong and sick women well. 1t is the
prescription Of DIR. Pierce, used by him
in active practice many years and now
sold by almost every druggist In the
land, in liquid or in tablets. Send DR..
Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y, 10c. for trial pkg.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are also best
for liver and bowel trouble
Loporte. Ind.-"When approaching middle Life
I suffered severely. / had never before suffered
with any sort of vomanly weakness and was
very much afraid that it would 90 bard With ne.
but one bottle Of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip,
ton completely removed my pains and the critical
time passed 80 easily that | was scarcely conscious
of it. Il is fifteen years since l took that 60
bottle of 'Favorite Prescription anc L an iustss
etrcnr and well as can be and have never had the
least sign of weakness since. l think 1t the moet
wonderful medicine for women and would advis9
its use by eli women at the critical time of life"
Mrs. 5. J. Baker. 9l6 Scott 81
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15
Platinum Mines of Russia
Said to Afford the Worlds
Most Profitable Dredging

The most profitable dredging In the
world can be done On the platinum
placers of Russia, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. The value of the
metal recovered is often equivalent
for considerable periods of operation
to So a cubic yard. When n remem-
berS that the gravels of the California
gOld-dredging fields yielded only about
10 cents to 10 cents a cubic yard on
an average, and nevertheless paid we'll,
the possible profits of platinum dredg-
ing become apparent.
Before the war there were about %
dredgeS at work in the UralS, Operat-
ing two-thirds of the time of each
working season of about 80 days, and
averaging 500 cubic yards a dredge a
day, thus working a total Of about
1,250.OOO cubic yards of material a
year, and recovering annually 10000
to 100000 ounces of platinum. There
is only n firSt-claSS dredge in opera
ton in the Urals. They are mostly of
antiquated design and Of poor con-
StructiOn.
FfrSt-claSS dredgeS working in ma
terial of similar characteristics dig
several times as much gravel q day in
other countries with similar climate.
Working costs in the Ural regions are
twice those in Montana, which has a
similar climate, but where the aurifer-
Gus gravel is much harder to dredge.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15

the fodder in the silo so as to exclude
the air as much as possible. It is
upon this III thing that the keeping
of silage largely depends. A device
consisting of a jointed pipe, or some
variation of it, attached to the top Of
The blower pipe is at present in use
for distributing the cut corn fodder
in the silO. BY the use of this distribu-
tor it is possible at the same time to
scatter the cut corn evenly and at
the same time tramp it. Without the
use of this device it Is necessary to
have at least one extra man in the
silo. to fork the material over so that
IL is evenly packed. Besides the saw
ing of one mans labor, the distribu-
tor does away with the nuisance Of
having the loose material flying
sround, thus annoying the man in the
silO, and also lessons the danger of
being struck by some foreign object
that may have passed through the
blower.
Oftentimes the corn fodder is SO dry
when 1t is cut that it is necessary to
add water to make up for the def
cheney in moisture and provide for the
proper packing of the silo. This wa
ter is most easily added TO the blower
when the corn is being cut, and it is
also more thoroughly mixed with the
cut material In this way.
For the top layer of the silo it is
good practice to use heavy green stalks
from which the ears have been re-
moved. This forms a heavy layer
that packs well and at the same time
| contains a smaller amount of food
material so that the minimum loss is
sustained If it spoils. Various meth
eos and materials have been used for
covering the top Of the silage to pre-
vent its spelling. None has given
complete satisfaction, but the one
mentioned above has given as good re-
suits as any, especially when the top
layer was thoroughly wet down and
lacked firmly by tramping. The best
practice is to commence feeding as
soon as the silo is filed, in which case
there will be no loss of silage through
decay.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15
War Has Given Women Chance
To Show What They Can Do in
Various Industrial Avenues

After many years spent in demand
ing access TO various employments on
the same basis as men, women are now
being offered an unprecedented chance
to show what they can do ia industry,
states a writer in New York Journal of
Commerce. Abroad they are the actu-
al operating force of many businesses,
and 1t may be expected that q like CON
dition will more and more come to
prevail in the United States. The
women of Great Britain have made a
splendid record in the industrial world,
and there is no doubt they will like
wise here If the emergency requires.
This state of things is usually present
ed as an outgrOwth of the war, and
not a few women are quite frankly
holding their present places as a patri-
otto duty rather than as the result of
however, is required to reach the con-
clusion that In many cases there will
be tendency and disposition to broad
en- the scope Of wOmen'S employment
after the end of the war, and, if de-
sired by the employers, to accept them
as permanent factors in places here
tofore held exclusively by men.
The final outcome with reference to
the industrial status of women will,
however, depend primarily upon the
degree of efficiency they are able to
develop. If there are, as often alleged,
Io..o orl ,a.0,r;,r 1lncrNr &c ,n-~oo
who desire permanent industrial op-
portuhity on the same basis with men,
their time to make good is now at
hand and will probably not soon come
again. That there are many who real
iZe the situation no n "a doubt. 1t
is equally clear, however, that there
are man. others who thus far are
showing traits which not only %disquali-
fly them from competition with men,
but will render them unacceptable liz
any capacity IS OOn as men are again
available as employees. OF these traits
the most serious probably are the lack
of professional pride in work, the fail
ure TO regard it as q permanent Occu-
patton, and as such to be studied and
perfected, and the tendency to lack of
responsibility.
Time may correct these traits and
develop the women of the country into
an efficient, well-disciplined body of
industrial workers. 1t will be neces-
Sary that they train and educate them
selves for their tasks and recognize
that retention of the new place already
assigned them will be dependent en-
tirely on the merit they are able to
show.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15
FOR POULTRY
GROWERS

Don't forget that the hen is under
unnatural conditions during the win
ter, and that summer is ideal weather
for egg production. Try to initiate
this condition as nearly as possible.
Do everything within your power to
make the bird comfortable. Don't
merely house her; give her a home and
care for her.
One reason why many poultry keep
erS fail TO get eggs is because they
fail TO interest their birds. By that
is meant they fail to give them suffi-
Gent litter on the floor and to feed
them their grain in this, SO as to keep
them working for it all day. Keep
their minds as we'll as their bodies en-
gagged, and the hens will be happy,
contented and will produce more eggs.
The ideal method for feeding is to give
them a little feed frequently in the
litter, To keep them constantly alert
and active. The feeding of a little
Stimulant, such as onion tops or occa-
sionally a feed of hot, wet mash, or a
change to some sprouted oats, fresh.
green-cut bone, or in fact anything
that the bird relishes, acts as an appe-
tier, and not only is effective in pro-
ducing more eggs, but also actually
develops the interest Of the caretaker
or feeder 10 the point that he will give
his birds other care. Know the indi-
viduals in your flock and try 10 satisfy
their needs. Remember. they r un-
der artificial conditions during the
winter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15

SAVE PITS AND
SHELLS
Needed in Making Gas Masks
How Boys and Girls Can
Do Important War Work

By the u. s.. Department of Agriculture.
The war department has requested
the boys and girls clubs of the cOun-
try to help collect fruit pits and nut
shells, the carbon in which is used In
making gas masks. Contests have been
suggested among the million club mem
bers by the United States department
of agriculture and the state depart
ment colleges, which conduct the club
work, to see which member, which
club, which district, and which state
can deliver the largest amount of ma
terial in the shortest time. Each mem
Der should try TO furnish at least 200
peach pits, or seven pounds of shells
enough material for one mask.
Since more and better carbon is
secured from the pits of peaches,
prunes and plums than from other
sources, boys and girls should make it
their special business to see that every
home In their communities saves the
pits of these fruits. They should also
visit community and commercial can
neries, hotels, restaurants and baker-
les. In addition, seeds should be col
lected from dates and olives, and shell
and whole nuts be saved from hickory
nuts, butter nuts, English and native
walnuts and hazelnuts. The material
may be delivered TO the local Red
Cross headquarters, which are acting
rs central stations for collecting and
shipping.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15
American Farmers Should
Follow ScotIand'S Plan to
Eliminate Food Eating Rats

The canny Scots of West Perth
shire district are living up to their
reputation. They have organized in
an active campaign to eXterminate
rats and save the food and property
which they waste. They have demon
strated that it is cheaper to kill than
to feed rats. According to a report
from the American consul at Dundee,
which has just been received by the
United States department of agricul-
ture, q campaign to eXterminate rats
in the district mentioned, for which
$1,479.41 was appropriated, resulted
last year in the killing of 100000 rats.
The board of agriculture appropriated
$4S6.65 for the campaign. 1t is said
that one rat in the course of Il months
caused damage estimated at $2.43, and
as there were approximately two rats
to the acre, the amount of damage
done was equivalent to the average
amount of rent paid by the tenants of
West PerthShire. The campaign has
been so successful and the people so
pltdSeu Wlll TIE TeSullS ludl COlu-
munity cooperation to eXterminate
rats is to be continued another year,
according to the report.
American farmers, who have long
suffered losses from these food raid
ers, should follow the example set by
this district and organize community
campaigns to get rid Of rats. In many
sections of this country where similar
campaigns have been conducted re-
suits always have been gratifying.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15
VERY IMPORTANT TO
FILL SIL0 PROPERLY
Cut Corn When Kernels Have
Passed Milk Stage.
Keeping of SiIage Depends Upon Thor.
oughness With Which II Is Packed
Fine Fodder is Most
Satisfactory.

prepared by the United states Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Cut corn for silage when the ker-
nels have passed the milk stage and
are beginning to dent. AT this Pc
Rod the greatest amount of food ma
terial can be obtained and the pest
quality Of silage made.
The cutter should be adjusted to cut
the ORR in short lengths, with three
fourths of an inch as the maximum
length. In general, the finer the fod-
der is cut the more easily and more
compactly 1t can be packed and, in
consequence. the better the quality of
the silage.
Too much stress cannot be laid upon
tie necessity Of thoroughly packing
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15
Words of Wise Men

Choose the just man. The
partial man may not always be
partial TO you. but the just man
is always just.
The great man expects every
thing of himself the small man
expects everything of others.
A man should never be
ashamed TO own he has been in
the wrong, which is but saying
in other words that he is wiser
today than he was yesterday.
Denied a right TO serve in the
army. 100 Colorado indians are
doing their bit by working on
the highways. They are build
ing modern roads over the trails
blazed by their forefathers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15
OATS PREFERRED FOR FOWLS
In Nearly All Parts of United States,
Under Normal Conditions, Corn
Is Cheapest.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF A~griculture.)
Under normal conditions corn is, in
nearly all parts of the United States,
the cheapest poultry feed. But at
times like the present oats III to be
preferred. When corr is worth S1.50
a bushel oats should be 20 cents and
barley S1.20 a bushel to give the same
value for the money when fed TO poul-
try, as corn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-15
CHANGING VARIETY OF WHEAT
Should Be Done Only for Purpose OF
Getting Better Kind for Ger
tain Localities.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agricuiture.)
Changing the kind of wheat grown
should be done only for the purpose Of
getting a proved better variety. 1t is
often desirable 10 do this, provided ii
Is proved beyond question that the
new variety is better for that local
ity. So-called new" varieties, ex-
travagantly advertised st fancy prices
ehould be disregarded completely.