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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01
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 out the purpose
of the Weeks law
The first, observes Il 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 il also pro-
tects u portion of the Potomac and
James river watersheds. Its area Is
about 165.000 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 n
part Of the James river watershed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01
Platinum Mines of Russia
Said to Afford the Worlds
Most Profitable Dredging

The most profitable dredging in the
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 cubic yard. When one 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 well,
the possible profits of platinum dredg-
ing become apparent.
Before the war there were about 20
dredges at work in the Urals, operat-
ing twO-thirdS of the time of each
working season of about $50 days, and
averaging 500 cubic yards dredge
day, thus working a total of about
100000 cubic yards of material a
year, and recovering annually 10000
to 100000 ounces Of platinum. There
is only one first-class dredge in opera
ton in the Urals. They are mostly Of
antiquated design and of poor con-
structiOn
First-class dredges working in ma
terial of similar characteristics dig
several times as much gravel a 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, 1918-11-01
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 in 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 a like con-
dition will more and more come to
prevail in the United States. The
women of Great Britain have made
splendid record in the industrial world,
and there is no doubt they will like
wise here IL the emergency requires.
This state of things is usually present
ed as an outgrowth of the war, and
not few women are quite frankly
holding their present places as a patri-
otto duty rather than as the result of
q personal desire. Very little study,
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,
l., al &c
who desire permanent industrial Op-
portuhity on the same basis with men,
their time TO make good" is now at
hand ard will probably not soon come
again. That there are many who real
iZe the situation no one can doubt. 1t
is equally clear, however, that there
are many others who thus far are
showing traits which not only disqnali-
fly them from competition with men,
but will render them unacceptable in
any capacity as soon 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
no 0f ~ 1x
assigned them will be dependent en-
tirely on the merit they are able to
show.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01
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 i'm 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 carDOn is
secured from the pits of peaches,
prunes and plums than from other
sources, boys and girls should make 1T
their special business TO see that every
home in their communities saves the
pits of these fruits. They should also
visit community and commercial cam
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, 1918-11-01
TRAPS ARE Good
RAT DESTROYERS
Most Reliable for General Use Is
inexpensive Snap or Gull
I0tine Device,
AVOID Sheet metal BASES
They May Be Placed in Great Variety
of Favorable Places Around Farm
Small Breeds Of Dogs Are
Most Valuable.

Prom 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 knowledge of
how to use them. The most reliable
traps for general use are the inexpen-
sive snap, or guillotine, 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 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
andi mice. Place a few grains on the
trigger pan or under the trigger wire,
with few grains near the trap.
Useful Wire Cage Trap.
Liz hhS-tCSC Jap, IL SuDSldulluiIs
made, is useful on the farm. Coarse
bait is required, and may be hung from
the top Of the trap by light wire. Set
the trap on floor or on q 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 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 gram
airy or feed room. The hole may be
covered with q metal slide when the
trap is not in use. Set the trap in
side the granary with its entrance
fitted to the hole and 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
OF the farm. They are easily trained
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01

the fodder in the silo so as to exclude
the air as much as possible. 1t is
upon this one thing that the keeping
of silage largely depends. A device
consisting of 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 1t 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
ground, 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 it is cut that it is necessary to
add water to make up Tor the dell
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 we'll and at the same time
contains a smaller amount Of food
material so that the minimum loss is
sustained If it spoils. Various meth
eds and materials have been used for
covering the top of the silage to pre-
vent it's 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 filled, in which case
there will be no loss of silage through
decay
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01

There was never q time when the sao-
rnces and the help OF won. n were moro
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, Bandaging,
Anatomy, Hygiene, care OF the Sick.
Diseases of Women, Mother and Babe, the
Marriage Relationship be had Of some
drug-stores or send soc. to Publisher, 65A
Washington Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
II a woman suffers from weak back,
nervousness or dizziness-if pains aHiict
her, the best tonic and corrective Is one
made UP of native herbs and made with
out alcohol, which makes weak women
strong and sick women well. 1t IS the
prescription of DR.. 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.
Lopo-,e. Tnd.-"when approaching middle lfo
suffered severely. had never before suffered
with any sort OF womanly weakness and ! was
very much afraid that IL would go hard WITH me,
but one bottle Of DR.. Pierce's FavoTlte Prescrip,
ton Completely removed my pains and the critical
time passed so easily that was scarcely conscious
of it. 1t is fifteen years since l TOOK thst 90
bottle of 'Fayorite Prescription and am Just es
strong and well as can be and have never nad the
least sign Of weakness since. think 1t the most
wonderful medicine Tor women and would aaviss
it's use by all women ct the critical time Of life
AIRS. > J. Baker. clio Scott 81
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01
American Farmers Should
Follow ScotIand'S Plan to
Eliminate Food Eating Rats

The canny Scots of West Perth
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 n 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
S4S6.65 for the campaign. 1t is said
that one rat in the course of u months
caused damage estimated at S2.43, 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
pledSeu Will tic ItSuilS iHul Sohi-
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, 1918-11-01
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. 10 keep them constantly alert
and active. The feeding of a little
stimulant, such rs onion tops or occa-
sionally a feed of hot. wet mash. or a
change 10 some sprOuted oats, fresh,
green-cut bone, or in fact anything
that the bird relishes. acts as an appe-
tizer. and not only is effective in pro-
| ducing more eggs. bur also actually
develops the interest of the caretaker
or feeder to the point that he will give
/ his birds other care. Know the indi-
viduals in your flock and try TO satisfy
their needs. Remember they are un-
der artificial conditions during the
winter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01
VERY IMPORTANT TO
FILL SIL0 PROPERLY
Cut Corn When Kernels Have
Passed Milk Stage.
Keeping of SiIage Depends Upon Thor
oughness With Which 1t Is Packed
Fine Fodder is Most
Satisfactory.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Cut corn for silage when the kerr
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 best
quality of silage made.
The cutter should be adjusted to cut
the corn 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 it can be packed and. in
consequence, the better the quality Of
the silage.
Too much stress cannot be laid upon
the necessity of thoroughly packing
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01
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 n right 10 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, 1918-11-01
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 Agriculture.)
Under normal conditions corn is, in
nearly all parts of the United States,
the cheapest poultry feed. But at
times like the present oats are to be
preferred. When corn is worth $3.50
q bushel oats should be 20 cents and
barley S1.20 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, 1918-11-01
Guillotine Trap With Wooden Base
and Trigger Plate.

and are always available when needed.
Wherever rats are routed from nests
or harbors these dogs are eager for
the fray. When shocked or stacked
grain is moved Or thrashed they Kill
many rats. Sometimes a barrier. or
fence, Of light boards is placed about
q stack, and dogs inside get all the
rodents dislodged. In this way 500 or
GOO rats have been destroyed from a
single stack.
Cats Destroy Mice.
Cats are useful about farm buildings
mainly because they kill mice. Some
times they hunt and destroy rats but
q cat that will kill an adult rat is rare.
The chief objection to cats on farm
is their persistent destruction of song
birds. A good cat is valuable when
her killing propensities can be con-
fined to rodent pests, but the majority
of felines are worthless or actually in
furious on the farm.
Great caution should always be OBJ
served in the use of pOisOns, but there
ere situations on the farm in which
poisons may be used safely and effec-
lively. In the open fields poisoned
grain may be scattered near rat bur-
rows. In the poultry yard poisons
may be exposed for rats inside dark
ened boxes. A small. rather shallow
box containing the bats Is set on the
ground with larger box inverted over
It. A hole in the larger box will admit
the rat TO the food, while chickens Will
be safe. Strychnine is the safest poi
son TO use where poultry run, because
hens are immune to small quantities
| II this poison
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01
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 Agriculture)
Changing the kind of wheat grown
should be done only for the purpose OF
getting a proved better variety. II is
often desirable TO do this, provided IL
Is proved beyond question that the
new variety Is better for that local
ity. So-called "new" varieties. ex-
travagantly advertised O. fancy prices.
should be dlsregarded completely.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01
Letter to a Country Mouse
From Her City Cousin

Mouse:-wen here the midst of things and feeling
exactly like mecue Lonesome? Well should say So Why is that
surrounded with the chickens sheep goats and and
country But when
stroll the and meet these folk just because they have
feel quite small and inferior and aba For they
Greedy and Gruny
table them today The only
marked difference that there no pen around them ana 'e wore
much about mis- food You
would have thought Washington put on the sugar restrictions with no ohe
purpose than to annoy h ana as he guzzed anu srun anu
shaking he tried to stuff and complain to high
tempted yell him Greedy back to their pen
he
could shipped S6NO pounds
wonder y means W them that before we entered the war
March this the
This is what poress days have done So
back to the with Greedy and Grunty
shaking wes tapping his wings scratch
and pretty
building where Daddy Domnker heads loan business and be-
nothing their lives long
they and keep
without saying They built along leghorn lines and in spite of
90 On Them nd enrross DomnSes attention While the other fe
which would bought
the third and
chuckled paid it;
goodb the make date to meet them in the
should call youth Mouse what is it that
the fact that when they
world laughs
them and not with them!
Il r. s ;si e. n ssa "a s5sS * Ss
NJ $ b. Il sl 5i 81 5F s&f in dat
Mouse have nice juicy bit of
brother John Moe of the tender
Years 60 will nostpon it. In the
the exciting sounds
So dear out of the and
great moving send quietng honey letter
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01
The Largest Cities.

The cities with more than 100000
inhabitants by latest census are New
York. 5,737 400; London, 1922 1854 !;
Paris. 2.sSS. 600; Toxic, 2.1s6.0OO; Chi
.cago. 2,1S5.0O0; Berlin. 2,071 900 !;
Vienna, 2.031 600.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-01
Gold In the Head"

10 an acute attack OF Nasal Catarrh. Per-
sons who are subject to frequent colds
I'm the head" will find that the use OF
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
build up the System, cleanse the Blood
and render them less liable to colds
Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrh may
lead to Chronic Ceterrh.
Halls CATARRH MEDICINE Is taxi
en- informally and acts through the BLOOD
on the Mucous Surfaces OF the System
All Druggists 75c. Testimonials free:
$4,000 for any case OF catarrh that
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE VIII nor
cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
The eye of the master will do more
work than both his hands.-Franklin
The silent partner IN a firm always
has lot to say