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The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23
MAN is "Los1 IN WOODS"
Could Hear Street Cars and Sound Of
Water, but Couldn't Get
Out.

st. Paul, Minn.-With water only a
few feet away, so close he could hear
its trickle, and with leaves he raked
up around him for his only covering,
A. i. Smith, aged forty-three, WINS '1lost
in the woods for three days and
nights and lay in clump of bushes
suffering with paralysis and without
food or water until found by patrol
man.
Smiths story combined the hard
ships of the man lost in the woods and
the aimless wanderer In the desert,
and all the time within few blocks
street cars were passing and hundreds
of persons were coming and going, I'M
conscious that almost In hailing dis
tance man was struggling desper-
ately for his life.
Smith wandered away from grad
ing camp where he was employed and
lost his way in the woods. He said
he thought 1t a joke at first, until he
passed nearly all one day trying to find
a small creek he knew ran through
the woods toward the grading camp.
He believes he walked in circles until
dark, finding neither the creek nor an
opening from the woods.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23

steamship hove to near by and steered
their drifting craft to the companion
ladder.
a boat was lowered from the steam
ship and the sailors beat the sharks
and water with their oars, the school
hanging on to the hydroplane. Finally
both pilot and observer were hauled
up the companlonway out of the rough
sea, and with the aid of those in the
boat the machine, too, was lifted to
the deck. 1t was in badly damaged
condition, but not beyond repair.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23
Dry by a Fan.

In the household which possesses an
electric fan, the drying of small guam
titles of material can be easily done,
provided that special care be given the
preliminary treatment of the products.
All that is necessary is to make trays
of wire screening, with one end of each
or preferably both ends open. The
materials to be dried are spread thin
ly upon the trays, which are stacked
one upon another with the open ends
turned toward the fan and covered
with cheesecloth, and the fan Is placed
close to the end of the stack and run
at moderate speed, thus driving Wig
orous current of air over the material.
Drying occurs much more rapidly at
the end nearest the fan, hence the
stack must be reversed after four to
six hours. and again after q longer
interval.
All materials requiring blanching
that are to be fan-dried should be
blanched in steam or boiling water or
serious deterioration is likely to oc-
cur Also, since the rapid movement
OF air over the product has a tendency
to dry out the surfaces of the pieces
while the inner. central portions are
still too moist, fan-drieG material
should be placed in baking tins and
placed in the oven of warm stove to
be finished. The door of the stove
should be left ajar and ths/lire SO
regulated that the temperature is held
at $50 TO 160 degrees f. for two to
three hours. after which it should be
raised to $50 degrees f. for a minute
or two in order to destroy any eggs of
fruit insects which may have been de-
posted in the material while exposed
in the drier. After this treatment the
product may be placed in permanent
containers, but should be examined
from time to time and returned to the
oven for short redrying in case any
parts Of it appear to be too moist to
keep well.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23

pits, but 1t is difficult to get them out
in cold weather, so that when pit Is
opened 1t is desirable to remove its
entire contents at once. For this rea-
son 1t is advisable to construct several
small pits rather than one large one,
and instead of storing each crop In a
pit by itself 1t is better to place small
quantity of several kinds of vegetables
In the same pit, so that it will be nee
essary to open only one bank to get
a supply of all of them. In storing
several crops in the same bank it Is
desirable to separate them with straw,
leaves, or other material. The veg
etables from the small pit may be
placed temporarily in the storage room
in the basement, where they Will be
easily accessible as needed for the
table.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23
BULLETIN ON STORAGE

This article gives briefly the
different storage places available
for keeping late vegetables. For
detailed information on arrang-
ing storage rooms, making out
side pits and cellars and taking
care of specific products write to
the division of publications, Unit
ed States department of agricul-
ture, for free copy of Farmers
Bulletin $40 on the home storage
of vegetables.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23

Strike at Man Eaters.

They succeeded In wrenching loose
two uprights from their airboat and
with them walloped every snout that
protruded from the water, keeping the
sharks away from the pontoons. They
beat the waves Justify and yelled at
the attacking man eaters. Thus
they saved the pontoons until the
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23
Produeer-consumer Markets.

Curb markets are helping city wom-
en- solve the problem of finding a short
err and less expensive route between
producers and consumers. Such mar
kets are the shortest routes between
farm and city kitchens and are in sue
cessful operation in many American
cities. They have proved to be of real
service to both city and farm women.
The city women have found them re-
liable source of farm produce which
reaches the table by this method at
less cost and with greater degree of
freshness than by less direct methods
of distribution. The farm women have
found them reliable source of income
and satisfactory outlet for their
products.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23
Dreams Of Fire; Jumps.

Reddlng. Collaborating that the
hotel was burning. Thomas Quinlan
jumped out of his third-story window
and landed on brick pile. He suf-
fered three broken ribs and internal
injuries
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23
STRIVE NOW TO
PREVENT WASTE
Save Time and Labor by Keeping
Root Crops in Storage
Cellars and Pits.
OUTDOOR CAVES ARE USEFUL
Particularly Desirable on Farm as
They Afford Convenient and In
expensive Facilities for Sur ,
plus Vegetables.

Before canning or drying root vege
tables the housewife should carefully
consider the possibility of saving time,
strength, and expense by the use of
storage pits or root cellars.
A half-acre garden will produce far
more vegetables than the average fam
lily can consume during the summer
Only a small portion of the garden
products are used as they reach. ma
turity. Beets, late cabbage, carrots,
celery. onions, parsnips, potatoes,
sweet potatoes. satisfy, and turnips
may all be stored for winter use.
The successful storage of vegetables
is not at all difficult; In fact, good
storage facilities already exist in
most homes, it being only necessary
to make use of the cellar, the attic,
large closet, or other parts of the
dwelling. depending upon the charac-
ter of the product to be stored. Many
cellars are not well suited for this
because of poor insulation or lack of
ventilation. Cellars containing fur
mace for heating the dwelling usually
are too warm and too dry for the stor-
age of root crops. 1t is often posi-
BILE, however. to partition off a room
either In one corner or at one end of
the cellar where the temperature may
be controlled by means of outside win
dOws.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23
Outdoor Storage Cellars.

Outdoor storage cellars or caves are
excellent for the storage of many veg
etables. They are particularly desira-
BILE on the farm, as they afford conven-
lent and inexpensive storage facilities
for surplus vegetable crops that other
wise might be lost. They possess all
the advantages of the storage room
in the basement and are superior in
many respects. The outdoor storage
cellar can be maintained at uniform
temperature over n long period. 1t is
possible to keep the cellar cool and
quickly to reduce the temperature of
the stored products to the desired
point for safe storage by opening the
door during the night and closing it in
the morning before the air becomes
warm. All ventilators should likewise
be kept tightly closed until the out
side air is again cooler than that with
In the cellar, when they should be
opened, unless the outside temperature
is so low as to be dangerous. This
safeguards the product and adds to the
efficiency of the storage chamber.
Vegetables can be more conveniently
plaed in such a cellar than in the stor-
age room in the basement of a dwell
ing.
When the chief use of the outdoor
storage cellar is for storing turnips,
beets, carrots. and other root crops
commonly used as stock food, it should
be located near the stable, where the
material will be convenient for winter
feeding. When IL is to be used for
vegetables for the table the cellar
should be accessible from the kitchen
at all times. If apples or other fruits
are to be stored in an outdoor storage
cellar it is desirable to have two
compartment cellar, one for vegetables
and one for apples with ventilating
apparatus in each compartment.
Small Pits Best.
Outdoor banks or pits are used very
generally for keeping vegetables. The
conical pit is used commonly for such
vegetables rs potatoes, carrots, beets,
turnips, satisfy. parsnips, and heads of
cabbage.
Vegetables keep very well in such
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23

Spray potatoes early to keep ahead
Of the blight and bugs.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23
AIRBOAT PILOTS
BATTLE SHARKS
Navy Flyers FIaiI at Jaws Until
Vessel Rescues Them
at Sea.
CRAFT is HELPLESS
Engine Goes Dead and seapIane is at
Mercy Of Waves-schooi of
Sharks Hungry for
Their Prey.

New York.-The crew and passen-
gers of steamship which arrived re-
Gently saw two seaplanes in the sky
200 miles from port Everybody was
on deck to watch their maneuvers.
Suddenly one of the planes dipped out
of the sky, and, landing on the crest of
a wave, was tossed from one billow to
another.
The vessel captain ordered all speed
ahead in their direction. Meanwhile
the pilot and observer had donned
their life preservers. The engine had
gone dead on them and they were
helpless.
Sharks Snout Appears.
Then from out of the choppy water
appeared the snout of shark. An
other and another followed and the
sea seemed full of fins. The sea wolves
hungered for their prey, for they turned
on their backs and bit at the pom
toons as if they knew the weak spots
which separated them from their meal.
The men were horror stricken, real
izlng that the wreck of the pontoons
would throw them into the water,
where their life preservers would form
little protection from the ravenous
laws
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23

Never We're the stripes OF our nag
brighter or the stars more brilliant on
their field of blue than they are today.
In field, in mine. in factory, in home, in
garden, in camp, on ship, in trench and
in battle line the men and women and
the children of our vast free empire
free flag of free people floats over
them. unstained and unspotted.
From generation to generation, since
Old Glory was born, flags have died,
but Old Glory has had new birth. The
white flag of royal France and the
standard of Napoleon have given way
to the tricolor, but Old Glory still
waves. From generation to generation
our flag is born anew, re-created in our
hearts, ever better loved and more sa-
cred In our eyes. because it Is the flag
for which our heroes have died and be-
cause it is the symbol of the only gov
eminent that can endure-a govern
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people. 1t is the flag of no king
or car or emperor, bu. your nag and
my flag and the flag of the brave boy
to die that we may remain free. Earth
has no greater glory today than Old
Glory. For n century and half 1t has
fioated above our soil, a sign that we
are free. Today 1t floats on alien
breezes. in foreign lands, not for con-
quest but as an earnest that all ma
tions that desire freedom shall herfco-
forth be free.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-08-23
When IL LIS Hard to PRAY.

It is hard for man to pray accord
Ing to Gods Will II he is not living ac-
cording to 1t.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
LENRQOT LEAD.
I'M b ! + 4, /! ,OOd ]
GERMAN COUNTIES HELATEo
RETURNS SWElL.!VoTE OF
BERGER, SOCIALIST.

Milwaukee, Wis, April 4.-The lat
est, though incomplete returns from
Tuesdays senatorial election give Con-
gresham Irvine l.. Lenroot, repuDi-
can, a plurality Of 1869 over Joseph
e. Davies, democrat. Additional re-
turns reported during the night
swelled Lenroot's vote to 1921;
Davies to 136.575 and credited Victor
L. Berger, socialist, with 103,431.
The latter carried seven counties
where the population was largely Ger
man.
Daniel w. Hoan. reelected mayor
Of Milwaukee, had plurality OF 2,11O,
according to complete returns. lnclud'
ing the hold over aldermen at large the
new council will consist of "a nonpar-
tisans and 13 socialists. The mayor
will have barely enough support in the
council to prevent the overriding OF
any vetoes which he may make on
measures passed by that body.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
HUNS BOASTS
IRE |l ! SifElgCED'
GERMAN Newspapers WARN
READERS NOT TO EXPECT
TOO MUCH.

Ottawa, Ont, April THE German
press is warning its readers not to ex-
pect too much from the offensive in
the west, says a Reuter- dispatch to-
day from London. The Cologne Ga
zette says extraordinary rumors prev
alent inS Germany regarding the ex-
tent of the German victory are
inspired b ythe enemy who is exag-
gerating the Teutonic success for the
purpose of depressing the masses
through disappointment.
The war correspondent of the
Frankfurter Zeitung says that hitherto
1t has been impossible exactly to es-
innate the German losses but it is un-
necessary to jump to the conclusion
that they are enormous because the
victory was difficult. He states that
the enemys resistance is hardening
and has been favored by rain and
stormy weather that have greatly
hampered the offensive operations.
|, The German-Swiss Zurich Poste war
expert writes that Germany has been
unable to hinder the carefully planned
deployment of the Anglo-French re-
serves and the continuance Of the
violent attacks demand immense sac
rif1ce.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
WISCONSIN SPUDS
DRUG ON MARKET

Madison, Wis, April 4-Potato
growers from northern Wisconsin,
warehouse operators and members of
the special legislative committee
which have been investigating the
marketing problems, are holding a
conference at the capitol today to de-
wise plans by which the farmers Of
Wisconsin may dispose of their excess
potato crop. One-half the potatoes
grown by the farmers last, year are
still on the farms with little prospect
of sales unless some governmental
agencies take hold of the crop.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
CREEL'S OFFICE
GUARD KILLED

Washington, D. c., April 4.-James
King, night watchman at the ofices Of
the committee on public information
was found dead early today with a
bullet hole through his head. Omcials
OF the committee thought he had been
murdered
The police arrested negro employe
at the committees Offices. They said
that King and the negro had quarreled
Suggestions that King was killed by
some one in search Of papers contain
ing war secrets were made but the
police after an examination of the
place said they did not believe this
was the case.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
ARMY FOOD SICKENS
ROMANOFF FAMILY
TBy Associated Press Staff
rorresDondent1

Petrograd, April 4.-several mem.
bers of the former imperial Russian
family. now at Tobolsk, are i'll and the
Red Cross has petitioned the bolshev.
TX government to allow the family OF
Nicholas Romanoff the ordinary ra-
tions instead of that allotted to sol
diers. 1t has been decided to give the
Romancff family an allowance OF 300
rubles month.
The Novaia Zhizhn reports the dis
covery in Moscow Of an organization
to enforce the calling Of the constitu-
ent assembly. They call themselves
blue guards and are said to number
10000 "a
The local soviet at vologda has e.
fused to permit the exiled fci. y
granddukes to reside in Vologda.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
ALLIES MARINE
LOSS LESSENED
TOTAL FOR LAST WEEK LESS
THAN HALF OF PREcED-
ING FIGURE.

London. April 4.-Germany's often.
sive on the seas, like her land drive,
fell down last week. Only sixteen
British, French and Italian steamships
were sunk in the past week. while in
the previous seven days period thirty
seven were lost through the activities
of German submarines. The British
losses last week were thirteen ships,
including six Of more than 1900 tons,
which compares most favorably with
the loss OF twenty-eight. including six
teen OF the larger tonnage the pre-
vious wek.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
POLICY
UP TO WILSON
ARBITRATION Is BASIS OF PRO
GRAM PROPOSED FOR WAR {
TIME PROBLEMS.

Washington, ID. c., April 4.-Formu-
lation of national wartime labor pol
icy based on the recent recommends
tions Of the war labor conference
board was recommended to President
Wilson today by Secretary Of Labor
Wilson.
The conference board. comprising
of capital and labor
and having as members former Presi.
dent Taft and Frank p Walsh repre-
senting the public. drew up a program
calling for arbitration of labor Difficult.
ties to prevent strikes during the war
and setting forth basis Of relations
which 1t recommended should govern
employers and employees.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
COTTON TAKES JUMP:
DEMAND is EXCESSIVE

New York, April 4.-There was an
other big advance in the cotton mar
ket here today. May contracts selling
at more than So bale above last
nights closing prices and fully $40 a
bale above the recent low level The
chief causes for the advance were
strength of the goods marketed and
reports that the demand for white cot.
ton was in excess of the supply.
Trade buying was heavy while there
was excited covering by sellers of last
month and all deliveries made new
high records for the season.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
BAKER URGES
GREATER ARMY
WOULD RUSH TROOPS OVERSEAS
TO MAINTAIN FORCE OF
100000 At FRONT.

Des Moines. April A special
from Washington to the Evening
Tribune today says:
"Enlarging its plans greatly, the
war department with administration
approval. now intends not only to send
troops to Europe this year sufficient
to make the total there 100000, but
to maintain that number.
High officials said today the num-
Der maintained would reach 1,S00, 600
If possible. This means large new lev
les this year and next.
Secretary Baker. aroused to the
magnitude of the war, has cabled urg-
ing Increased preparations"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05

the opportunity to buy. We will fnd
some people not financially situated
to buy but they will be respected ~
much az the $4,000 buyer" s
Mr. SpEy announced that Iowas
share OF the loan is $71,050,000 with
81 1,165 900 assigned to WApello county
He closed his talk with . personal In
vitation to the Trades and Labor as
sembly to become members OF the
Commercial club, saying: Il certainly
would be glad to see q representative
membership Of the Trades and Labor
assembly in the Commercial club"
ROBERTS URGES SACRIFICE
Judge M. A. Roberts. the next speak.
or. appealed to hearers that the people
at home must sacrifice as much as the
ones that 20 to the front to do theil
full duty toward winning the war. III
isn't q question of who you are OF
where you are" he declared, but q
question OF what we are going to do to
win this war.
+ "The first thing to do is for every
man and child to know they are in
danger. II does not make any differ
ence to Uncle Sam who he takes or
from what home. The young men
groy up under a patriotic atmosphere
IN this country and there Is not going
TO be shortage OF men.
"But there are many of us too old
70 70 and the fellow at home should
fee, Il his duty TO sacrifice as much
as the ones that 70 for we have got to
have provisions for the men at the
front. I haven't any fears but that this
money will be raised but the first
imrortant thing to do to save this
rc,'ntry il for everyone to get the
thought in mind to back It.
LABOR CAN AID FIGHT
"If the organization does not stand
bv the leaders the proposition will
fAil. We must do our duty and get
hack of our leacers and let It be known
that one hundred million men, women
and children are behind the president"
w. A. Hunt. the last speaker, gave
q very forceful talk, stating that the
laboring people at home are as much
soldiers as the men in the first line
trenches. II believe that every man
who steps across the threshold to his
work should go with the soldier spir.
Il. The man who wears his overalla
to work IFS just as much a soldier and
a. much needed by the government as
the soldiers in the trenches.
Germany has no respect for labor.
ing people or professional people and
that is what we are lighting: we are
flghting a common enemv. We don't
know the meaning OF sacrifice" he de-
sclared. "and we need to learn and
every man has part
when the war is over and see the
boys come marching down the street
want to feel that have done my
part. Subscribe for the third Liberty
Loan"
C. A. Snider. vice president OF the
Ottumwa Trades and Labor assembly
presided at the meeting, at which
there was q fair sized crowd. and vel
coined the sneakers.
MINISTERS TAKE ACTION
The Ministerial Alliance in It's meet
ing this morning at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
ITALIANS EXPECT OFFENSIVE

,,ome. April g. Delayed Italians
art warned. against the speech of
Count Czernn by the Giornale d'Italia
as. it says. "Austria-Hungary has
spoken Of peace before every new Of
fensive against Italy"
Austria" the paper adds. now has
three-fourths of her army on the Ital-
ian front, where weather conditions
may allow her to undertake an often
sive Immediately. Italy must be able to
resist on her front line like the Anglo
French on the western front. Upon
this granite resistance from the North
sea to the Adriatic depends the safety
of the world"
A prominent member of the Italian
chamber of deputies in an interview in
the Giornale, declares that Count
Czernin's statement shows that Aus
tria considered the German offensive
in France to have failed in its ulti-
mate aims.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
GERMANS PRESS INVASION

London, April 4.-Since the Occup1-
ton by the Germans of Poltava, sew
enty miles southwest Of Kharkov, the
position of tie bolshevik detachmoqts
opposing them has become more ser
ious, Reuters Moscow correspondent
cables. The Germans are conducting
an offensive against Kharkov from
Poltava and Vorojba, employing large
detachments which already have 0c.s
cupied Gloutiagky, forty miles from
Kharkov.
The correspondent also says the
Germans have seized at Poltava 54, ,00o
tons of grain which they are exporting
to Germany.