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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19


.That feature OF the report of the Commits
sion on Economy and efficiency disclosing in
competency aud nctciency in connection with
the administration OF the States educational
system has met with prompt response for ac-
tipu by the Introduction OF Il bill in the House
uy Delegate Fuller FOR the appointment OF
commission for 4 thorough investigation OF
the eutire educational system as recommends
cd. by the commission With a view to per-
factinE the system throughout Administra-
tiye defects specially pointed nut by the com
mission are o. 50 serious q nature as To ar
ford no excuse Tor unnecessary delay ia pro
Viding the remedy for these by direct action
OF the present Assembly
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

IL see The Government is demanding every
bit OF lint arnica, linimcnt saive and spiints
O he sent abroad"
That settles il; can't have no Fourth OF
july this year" u.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19
SATURDAY. JANUARY 10, 1918.

II we are to begin iooling ourselves about
the time OF day by setting the clock up an
hour why not carry il a little further and
set the calendar up month and have done
with this winter business that much sooner?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19
I ortented.

I'm only a commonplace
Sort of n lob.
We got no false notions
And ] am no Snob.
! have no am bition
To raise any hob
NO bee buZzcS round my
Old ivory knob.
For more worlds to corouo-
You don't hear mo sob
IN peace and contcnt,nsut
| smoke the old cob.
I'm glad that havcn'.
government job.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

Published every day in tho year 10 South Tenth
Street. Richmond. Va. by The Times Dispatch Pun
lshpE Co.. he. Charles L. ila.,rouk, Editor and
Manager.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19
rs.

One OF the easiest things on earth is nnd
fault.
Love makes a fool Of a Solomon.
Poverty has the blessing that i; is used to
it. anyhow
Who wants 20 he a rich with a pinchcd
soul
I'd rather go fishing than he Kaiser Wilhelm.
Power is worth having only when it produces
something. worth ha ling.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

from the se6aceous oil glands OF the skin.
which sccrctionS more quickly undergo dccom-
position in the absence OF air.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

ADDRESS All. COMM NtCATIONs to The Times
Dispatch, and to inhiN i,iuni>
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

wen II works both ways. When the movies
cio99 up next Monday some people will have
nothing 10 do but 80 to work
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

80 INC order does no, apply to churches.
'hcS VIII All DC open Tomorrow, and in the
'ha'" INC heat from the furnaces will be as
soothing "a usual
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19
Nobody Knows.

Nobody knows why {, kiss IS sweet.
Nobody knows when his bliss is complete:
And why iris in Chca go run chiefly 10 feet,
Nobody knows.
Cro Ec Continurd.b
Nobody knows when The Kaiser goes.
Nobody knows when The will close.
Nobody knows what the cost will be
To purchase liberty over the sea:
so go with Nobody Knows"
And fight and pray til the Kaiser goes.
w. V. W.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

10 IN. I-Gi'or OF inc IiilcS- Dispa ten:
Sir.--l wish 10 draw attention To- tho
highway from Richmond to Amelia
Courthouse. This road has immense
trade upon IT. aud Yet gets no work
ing except a l!ttl. scratching up. once
ia while, By the county supervisor
oil roads. The consequence. is. In" p-o-
PIE living along TINS line are Kept pri-
soncrs during most OF tho winter sea
son. Ia fact. after snow travelling
gets impossible. mud up TO The hubs
there il danger OF bang stuck. IT has
been suggested that tho ladies get
stlitS, by which 10 get out. that is
the only way Of getting about. DO
immediate development. II should be
a through highway rs far as Dauville.
No road in tn" stat" has greater trdf-
fic upon 1t. We beg something may %
living upon il. aud that something mag
be don" without delay.
ONE LIVING on THIS LINE.
Amelia Courthouse. January -. l3IS.
Complains OF Governmental Expenses.
To the Editor of the Times Dispatch:
Sir notice in to-day's issue Of
your paper a b!!l introduced to appoint
three movie ccnsors at $500 per year
each.
some days ago the Right Reverend
Sidney Peters" wanted his salary and
the appropriation for his office incrcas
cd. etc.
How much longer do you think the
public and 'aXpaycr Will submit to all
this various Kind OF graft?
What do the taxpayers got from the
thousands Of dollars they pay out every
year? Politicians and onices.ckrrs
pocket tho whole thing. and, if they
don't get quite all. then they try u
Great" new Offices for their political
helpers.
The county roads in winter are in
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

The upper classes in Russia seem 10 h. dorm
troddcn. " W y" 80 u
Everybody in Russia seems 10 b., getting D.h,,
IS coming to him In "A week or w. ,s, o. ~, "
sheViki will get theirs. " '
Now that Uncle Sam is running tho r,i,ro,as
'naNhe there viii! he enough red oil fo! tho
switch lights at last.
'iiavc you noticed the scarcity Of silver dol.
lars asks bankers magazine
Yes indeed, bu, have you noticed In. So. rc;,,,
OF ten dollar bills? Some scarcity that
said :!o soldier the sa ilor
Just give chew.
And we'll go cap the Pirate
And his I'otSdamncd crew
Leon rrotzky.
La Toilette.
Won Tirpitz.
The Sultan Of Turkey.
Gonzalez (nec Nila).
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

DO your Monday shopping car,y-on the
Saturday before
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

We arc mover as bad of as we might have
"o'h. suppose the sugar famine now happily
over had como along in the days of mint
Jui"pa aud hi.hb3Ns.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

MEMBER or THE ASSOCIATED rKtSS-The
exclusively entitled To the Tor
republic ntinn of ali news dispatches credited TO il or
not otherwise credited in this paper. and also tho
local published herein. All rights ar republics
ton Of special dispatches herein MISC reserved
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

The chairman Of Inc Republican national
committee. Hon. William Il. WiilcoA has
issued = call Tor The meeting of ID" conf
mttee in 81 Louis, February u. This viii
he the frs, meeting the committee has held
since soon after the presidential election.
IL was developed at that meeting that tho
old guard contingent would at the first
opportunity force Mr.. Wilcox out o! the
harness and place at the head Of the com
mittee man after their own heart. some
such man as Smooi or Pcnrosc. i is now
whispered about Washington that me more
progressive elemcn, in the party Will dom
inatc the committee At the St Louis meeting
and that it will he shown that tho Roosevelt
WthoozrAnEhes cxa@d is on 4op. Possibly
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

TELEPHONE: Randolph l..
Private Branch Exchange
connecting with all depart
nrutS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

40 with nnd
istra ions Tor puicn lion wish have unavailable
article. returned they must in all send stamps
FOR TINT
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

BRANCH OFFICES: Wash
in.top. .lG Fourteenth
street. y. w: New York
City. FIFTH Avenue Bnild-
ing: Chicago. Peoples tins
Building: Philadelphia. Mu-
tual Life building.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19

said .::n soldier to the sailor.
Just give me n chew.
And well 20 cap the Pirate
And his 'otSdamncd crew.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
Potato Pens Prove Dismal
Failure-Did Not Produce
Their Seed, Christie Says

Last year people all over the country
were building potato "pens." Some
body, somewhere, 1t was said, had
raised enough potatoes to last an. or
binary family whole year in an open
work box eight feet square. The box
was filed with soil and seed potatoes
In the spring. and that was all there
was to 1t. The vines grew out through
the cracks all around, and the bin
was full Of good tubers In the fall. Fine
business 1t was.
The only trouble with this grand
scheme was that it didn't work. Pro-
fessor Christie Of Purdue university
says that In Indiana most Of these sky
scraper potato gardeners didn't get
back their seed. OF 40 pens tried in
Indianapolis, according to City Garden
Supervisor Osborne, not one succeeded.
Experiments by the United States
department of agriculture were equally
disappointing. In a potato pen at
Washington 20 pounds of seed were
planted and eight pounds Of potatoes
were harvested. The barrel plan
was just as bad. The crop from two
barrels weighed less than two pounds.
1t doesn't pay to be a mossback, Of
course. but it does pay to stick to ap-
proved methods of farming.-Farm
Life.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
N.. MAt~sln
Khaki" Means Mud, or Muddy,
and Said to Be a Hindu Word

The British soldiers In India used to
wear white uniforms. 1t was lot Of
trouble to keep clean, and the
snipers were always picking OF men
who exposed themselves. One day q
company Of soldiers who proposed to
sneak up on nest of Hindus who were
picking them off, went down to the
muddy banks OF stream and daubed
their white uniforms with the yellow
midland marched away. From that
day to this, the mud-colored uni
form has been popular with the Brit
ish In India-and 1t isn't necessary to
state that 1t Is popular with the SOL
diers Of the United States. ''Khaki"
means mud, or muddy, and is Hindu
word. But 1t is going to mean some
thing more In the days to come. 1t
is going to mean exactly what the blue
used to mean-victOry. 1t is going to
stand for courage, and patriotism, and
sacrifice, and no greater tribute can
be paid to men in the future than
to say they wore the khaki.-Colum-
bus Dispatch.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
Old Garments and Shoes Are
Repaired for the Soldiers

Damaged garments and worn shoes
are being repaired and reused In large
numbers by the army, summary Of
the accomplishment Of the quarter
master corps reclamation division says.
Wives and mothers of men In serv-
Ice employed In base repair shop
at Fort Sam Houston fitted for re-
use an average of 1900 garments q
day during May, and new shops for
similar work are being established ut
various places. Nearly 10000 pairs
of shoes were repaired in April. Sal
vaging Of garbage waste and metals
also has shown profitable results. Mo-
bile laundries, to travel with troops In
France, have been developed, the
statement adds. following successful
operation Of stationary laundries at
camps within the United States.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
TEACH US
Ieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Father In heaven, who lowest all.
o help thy children when they call;
That they may build from age to age
An undefiled heritage.
Teach us to bear the yoke in youth
With steadfastness and careful truth;
That, In our time, thy grace may give
The truth whereby the nations live.
Teach us to rule ourselves always,
Controlled and cleanly night and day;
That we may bring, IL need arise,
No MANNED or worthless sacrifice.
Teach us to look in all QUE ends,
On thee for Judge. and rot our friends:
That we. with thee, may walk uncowed
BY fear or favor Of the crowd.
Teach US the strength that cannot seek
BY deed or thought. to hurt the weak;
That, under thew we may possess
Mans strength 10 succor mans distress.
Teach us to delight In simple things.
And mirth that has no bitter springs;
Forgiveness free OF evil done
And love to all men meath the sun.
--Rudyard Kipling.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09

to plant small areas to Rocky Ford
seed. The result-in 1917 farmers of
this section sold 20 cars of cantaloupes
with gross returns of over $4,000. Re-
ceipts per acre ranged from $3.50 to
$3.50.
The farmers began to appreciate the
value Of their land, started sowing
winter crops, called upon the county
agent concerning silos and began look
ing about for cattle for their farms.
Land that had slow sale at $25 an
acre jumped In two years to $50 an
acre, according to report to the United
States department of agriculture. Not
least important, through the canta-
loupe enterprise the county agent
gained the confidence of the farmers
Of the entire county in his work for
better farming.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
Last Half Hour of Day Is
Most lmportant-Time to
Review and Resolve Anew

The most important period Of all
your day Is the last half hour.
That "home stretch" that silent time
when the eyes begin to cloud and the
clock must be wound and the cat be
put out doors.
For life Is business and day Is
significant.
Each one Of our days Is like unto
a certain number In the one great col
umn that makes up your life. And
every figure must be added-some
time.
Do you ever stop to consider how
great is each figure that you add daily
to the great column that Is to repre-
sent the sum total Of what you are to
be at the very end?
The last half hour! What q time to
think things over. To take invoice. To
review. To resolve anew. To deter
mine--and to will.
little ripples Of worry and discomfort.
And to bury every bitter thought, to
resurrect every fine deed done and
every useful effort attempted or &C
complished.
Start tonight to make a chain Of
your last half hours. And as the years
roll on. new and strange power is
sure to accumulate-a sort Of re-
serve strength-an anchor. maybe, that
shall keep you from drifting as some
unexpected storm sweeps Its way to-
ward your frail craft.
Also, If you wisely use your last
half hour, like as not you may sound
ly sleep as the storm spends It's rage
and passes on.--Exchange.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
Home Gamers Set High Mark
Three thousand T9ed 0e6 ITO to Help Nation


The drive for 1O0OO0OOO
thousand
girls club help nation this
S500O0O00
Leaders being trained laboratories the
turned the latest canning information the field District
meetings of demonstration
Every canning club the boys
West is organizing demonstration
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
WHAT FARMER THINKS
OF THE COUNTY AGENT.

The states relations service of
the United States department Of
agriculture has on file thou
sands Of letters from farmers
telling Of help they have re-
ceived from county agents.
The following is quoted from
letter written by w. FL. Har-
vey, farmer Of Long Beach,
CAL:
Farming is no longer blum
dering Job. 1t is growing into a
science. To succeed, organiza-
tion, method. system and scien-
tific knowledge are needed.
These steps are developed and
brought about or made possible
by the right kind Of county
agent. He is, therefore,
trained. skilled man in personal
touch with the farArer to help
solve the thousand and one
farm problems as they come up
and has at his beck and call the
scientific men Of this great
country"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
To Distinguish Iron From Steel.

The repairer Of machinery often
has to select pieces Of metal from the
scrap heap to make repairs on vari.
Gus machines, and is at loss to
know whether the metal he has Sc
lected is iron or steel. BY using the
following methods, wrought iron,
cast iron and mild steel are easily
distinguished from one another. File
a bright spot on the metal and place
a drop Of nitric acid on the metal
and leave it for few minutes. The
spot will appear ash-gray on wrought
iron, brownish black on mild steel
and deep black on cast iron.-Popp
lar Science Monthly.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
Cities Need Rat Defenses.

The city Is the great stronghold of
the rat, Its permanent refuge and it's
last line of defense. The rodents
might be destroyed in all rural dis
tricts and villages, but If not routed
IN the cities the whole country would
soon be repopulated with rats from I
these centers of infestation.
Old wooden wharves, brick cellars.
extensive lumber yards, ancient facto-
ries, grain elevators, markets and
many other institutions Of cities at
tract and harbor rats. AS a rule the e
older the city the more rats are found
In 1t, but even in parts rebuilt after
large fires they are still to be found,
though less abundant. Many large
buildings, rat.proof as to walls and
foundations, have become infested
with rodents through carelessness or
oversight OF owners or occupants and .
the animals are intrenched behind fix
lures or merchandise. Fortunately It
is possible to rout the rats from these
hiding places.
The biological survey of the u. S.
department Of agriculture recon-
mends that cities require that all
buildings to be erected shall be made
rat-proof under rigid system of in
specdon; that all existing buildings
with rat-prOof walls and foundations
be made really rat-proof by closing or :
screening every opening through which
rats might enter; that rat-proofing re- :
pairs be applied voluntarily to ALL
buildings that iced them. Use of dogs,
cats and traps also may bring benefit
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
RELATIONS HAVE BEEN BROKEN,
SAYS coNsTANTiNoPLE
DISPATCH.
DUE TO RUMANlAN TREATY
Germany Accused Of Showing Favors
to Bulgaria In the Peace Neeeotia-
tions-Ottoman Nation Growing
Tired of lncessant Warfare.

London.-The relations between
Germany and Turkey have been sew
cred, according to direct information
from Constantinop!e.
This announcement is made by the
Copenhagen correspondent OF the Ex-
change Telegraph company.
The excitement against Germany,
the advices further say, has been
growing, particularly after last weeks
events.
The Germans recently demanded
the cruiser Hamidieh, the only large
ship then in possession Of Turkey, as
compensation for the Breslau, the for
mer German cruiser, which was de-
stroyed In the Dardanelles while un-
der the Turkish flag. Despite Tur-
keys protest the Hamidieh has de-
parted for Sebastopol with the Ger
man flag flying,
Announcement was made In the
reichstag on June s that differences
had arisen between Bulgaria and Tur-
key over the division OF lands taken
from Rumania under the peace agree
Eent with the central powers. The
announcement was made by DR.. Won
Kuehlmann, the German foreign sec
retary, who added that the question
was difference OF opinion between
two OF Germany's allies, to whom
Germany was bound by exactly equal
ties. and that everything must be
avoid which would cause the impress
sion to prevail abroad that Germany's
policy favored the claims OF one al.
ly at the expense of the other.
The Cologne Gazette early in June
asserted that the differences between
Turkey and Bulgaria involved a GER
tain danger that the work Of har-
mony achieved by the central powers
at Bucharest may suffer-" The news
paper added that both Bulgaria and
Turkey were claiming Germany's full
support in their respective interests.
The North German Allegemeine Zei-
tung, the semi-official government or
gan, however, declared that the dis
pute over Dobrudja would have to
come to an agreement and that Ger
many could only express herself re-
servedly on the matter IL Germany
was not to assume heavy responsible
ties for the future.
Announcement was made some time
ago that Germany and Turkey were
in a hot dispute over the disposition
OF Russia's Black sea fleet. Talaat
Pasha, the Turkish grand vizier. re-
plying to deputations from the Turk.
ish navy league which pointed out
that Turkey had an incontestable
claim to the feet, said negotiations
were proceeding between Germany
and Russia for the handing over Of
the feet to Germay, but tnat the Turk
ish government had taken energetic
ection with a view to acquiring 1t.
Turkeys ambitions In the Black
sea and in the Caucasus recently were
attacked by the pan-German Berlin
newspaper Kreuz zeitung Union.
Turkeys idea." said the newspa-
per. seems 70 be to get In . domi-
mating position In the Black sea, max
ing the pan-Turkish idea paramount
there and creating In the Caucasus
a strong rampant between Turkey am
Russia Hence the German policy is
confronted with difficult taassk."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
Life Of an AirpIane.

The life Of q well-built airplane.
barring accidents, is about six hum
dred hours of flying. The life Of q
motor is at least three hundred hours
OF running. Allowing an average
speed OF 100 miles an hour, these
warplanes would be In good condi-
lion for flights .o.aling 10000 miles.
Peoples home Journal.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
Ways With Fresh Fruita

With the ever-bearing strawberry
becoming so well known and common
we do not need to limit ourselves. to q
few short weeks Of the delicious berry,
as 1t ripens until frost time. Fresh
solid berries, crushed and mixed with
their bulk in sugar, may be put in
sterile cans and kept In a cool place
without any further care, as they will
keep we'll until spring, or as long as
one wishes to keep them.
The wild raspberry is delicious
canned in the Old-fashioned way. Pack
the fruit into jars and fill with boiling
hot sirup, then set them in the oven
until the juice boils; seal at once, and
the fruit will keep good in color and
excellent in flavor. Fresh raspber-
ries may be crushed and mixed with
sugar In the same way the strawber-
ries are canned, or currants; any small
fruit that is thoroughly crushed will
keep perfectly.
Fruit juices of any kind, accented
with touch Of lemon juice, sweetened
to taste. and rich milk or thin cream
added, make most appetizing frozen
dishes.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
/, Around the World

German interned aliens are
doing farm work in Arkansas.
United States may have bar
maids, English style, presently.
Texas now has and Is rigidly
enforcing a drastic disloyalty
law In addition to United States
statutes.
War demands for glycerin
may produce soap shortage in
the United States.
Los Angeles man is suing
doctor for burning him serious !
ly with radium.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09
Cooseberry Fool.

Cook quart Of gOoseberries with
pint Of water untik tender. Press
through a colander; add tablespoon
full Of butter, three yolks of eggs, and
honey to sweeten. Beat with the egg
beater five minutes and pour into a
glass dish. Chill and serve with the
beaten whites sweetened with three
tablespoonfuls of honey and cooked
over hot water
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09

A Canning and Of
Ten manufacturers rubber
Of the
crocery
sufficient
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-09

Don't let the garden loaf after tho
crops planted in the spring have been
gatnered. Plant new crops for fall,
harvesting and get the maximum bene-
Mt from your food plot.
In most sections Of he Jniteds
states nearly all the common garden,
vegetables can be planted early in Au-
gust with plenty of time for their
maturity before the first killing frost
Ia tne autumn. As late garden crops
winch may follow others the following
are suggested:
bsets' BRUSSELS sprouts, late cnb--
page caulifiower, celery, sweet cora
Gi'ie. peas, spinach and turnips.