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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
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HOW SNAKES HELP FARMER
Man Who Knows Points Out How
Valuable to the Tfaier Of the
Soil Are Their Services.

-Ff
Snakes are a. valuable asset and
there should be campaign against
killing them. writes Gayne I. X. Nor
ton, In the American Forestry Maya
zine. The article goes on to show
what the snake does for food conser-
walton by ways of killing rodents and
insects. the greatest enemies to grain
that man knows. The public has be-
come acquainted with snakes as never
before. writes Mr.. Norton. because Of
the thousands who have been engaged
in the campaign for war gardens that
has been conducted by the national
emergency food garden commission.
with this summer the millions of
war gardens have given the snake pop
ular interest. Tremendously increased
tillage has brought people and snakes
together.
UNLESS much education work Is
done the number of snakes that will
be killed next year by the well-mean-
ing but misinformed gardeners will be
very large. Our snakes are a national
asset worth many millions of dollars
and should be conserved. The rela-
ton they bear to successful crops is
important-more important than even
the average farmer realizes"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20

built In 81 days. On the list of the
ten fastest built ships the slowest time
was 119 days. Here is the list:
Tuckahoe. $500 tons. New York
Shipbuilding company, 81 days.
West Lianga.. $500 tons, Skinner &
Eddy corporation. Seattle, IS days.
West Alsek. $500 tons, Skinner &
Eddy corporation, Seattle. 81 days.
Ossineke, 8,571 tons, Skinner 4 Ed
dy corporation. Seattle, 10S days.
West Durfee.. $500 tons, Skinner &
Eddy corporation. Seattle, Ill days.
Canoga. S,54S tons. Skinner 4 Eddy
corporation, Seattle 112 days.
Westgrove, $500 tons, Columbia
River s. b. Co, Seattle, 112 days.
Western. Queen; $500 tons, Skinner
& Eddy corporation. Seattle. lib days.
Lake Huron. 800 tons, American S.
b. Co., Chicago. lit days.
Lake Forest. 300 tons. American S.
b. Co. Chicago 40 days.
. On the Pacific coast the five vessels
built In the fastest time have averaged
'1O01-5 days between keel laying and
delivery on the Great Lakes, 124 20
days; ON the Atlantic coast. 200 10
days.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
.Power'P,.nt Planned.

The largest hydraulic power system
In Europe Is to be built in Bavaria and
operated as public utility, according
to plans completed recently. The pow
er is to be obtained from Walchen
lake In South Bavaria, and will be
transmitted by cable from Koechel to
all towns and villages throughout Ba-
varia. A commission, which has been
studying the undertaking for two
years, has submitted a detailed me-
mortal to the Bavarian diet estimating
the cost of the enterprise at 7S,OOO,OOO
marks. The cost of the system is to
be borne proportionately by the Ba-
varian government and the municipali-
ties benefiting by this great electrical
plant.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
CUT time ON SHIPS
New Record for Rapid Construc-
ton Is Set.
Baltimore ShipbuIldIno Company Re.
duces the Present Average
by Halt.

Washington.--In Its effort to set a
new record for rapid ship construction,
the Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuild-
ing company has cut In half the pres
ent average time for construction of
contract steel ships. This average for
the II contract steels ships built to
date Is 1850 SO days.
In prewar days year was regarded
as fast time for building steel vessel
Of or above 6.O0O tons.
The ten fastest built vessels for the
shipping board have averaged 90 9-lo
days between keel laying and delivery
The 5,5O0-ton collier Tuckahoe, record
holder In this or any other year. was
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
GIRLS! USE LEMONS
FOR SUNBURN, TAN
Try iti Make this lemon lotion
70 whiten your tanned o.
freckled skin.

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons in
to bottle containing three ounces OF
Orchard White, shake well, and you
have a quarter pint of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complex
ion whitener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of Orchard White for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands and see how quickly the
freckles. sunburn, windburn and tan
disappear and how clear, soft and
white the skin becomes. Yes! 1t Is
harmless.-Ady.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
Y. M. c.. A. HUT is
THEIR HANGOUT

mouth on your sleeve and hike upstairs
to mess around On piano or write
letter or play billiards, or to do as
you doggone please. You are free.
TO be able to make a huge number of
men feel perfectly free and unrestrain-
ed and at home is quite some little ac-
complishment. l haven't had time to
find out how it Is done, but the next
time | have party at my house I'm
going to try 1t on. It's the real thing
In hospitality.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20

ment later and the engine was near
enough to the stage for her to clear the
space at single jump and there she
was, with her black velvet tam pushed
back on her tossing hair, with her
eyes alight and her hands uplifted, her
whole voice thrown into the question
which is the beginning and the end OF
morale, which Is the most important
question in the army:
"Are we downheartedT
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
Eagle Attacks Woman.

Franklin. w. Wa bald eagle that
has made frequent excursions into this
part Of the country made vicious at
tack on Mrs. Anna Simmons while she
was walking. to her home near this
city. Three deep wounds were made
in her face where the eagles talons
had gouged into the flesh. VIII Halter
man. who ran to her assistance. was
also attacked and forced to seek shell
ter.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
PLAN BOYCOTT ON
GERMAN MADE GOODS

Seattle, Wash.-A nationwide
boycott of German-made goods
for a generation after the war
will be enforced by the women
Of America II the Huns infiict
cruelty on any American prison
ers or fail to treat them accord
ing to the recognized usage Of
war. This is the plan originated
by Mrs. f. A. Strout of this city,
who Is enlisting the aid of every
woman In the city and state to
help her carry the propaganda
to all American women.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
Good Model, Anyhow.

Myrt-I can't understand why you
care so much for Mr.. Rewral. He
seems old-fashioned TO me. Imagine
a man. coming to see you and going
home at ten O'clock
Gert-Well, he may seem like an old
model, but you got - give him credit
for having self-starter.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
TAKES DAUGHTER TO CAMP
Virginia Draftee, Sole Support Of
Child Carries Her With Him
to Cantonment.

Camp Lee, Wa. w. Carpenter. n
Virginia draftee, arrived at the camp
with his -half-year-old
daughter. He claimed he was the sole
support of the child and had brought
her to camp. hoping to keep her with
him. The nurses at the base hospital
will adopt" the child If the father
gives his legal consent.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20

The eyes of South American fish
are divided into two parts. the upper
being adapted for vision in the air,
the lower for use under the water
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20

When red, rough and itching with hot
baths of Cuticura Soap and touches of
Cuticura Ointment. This means sleep
for baby and rest for mother. For
free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept.
X, Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50-Adv.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
Dancer to oIibway Finger.

An Ojibway Indian would not point
his finger at the moon, as fair Luna
would consider it great insult and
instantly bite off the offending men,
Der.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
ELSIE JANIs-AMERicA's GREAT
EST ACTRESS-FOR ONE
NIGHT ONLY

And at last. with warning toots from
a distant whistle and great wave of
laughter as the order was passed along
TO clear the track. locomotive trun-
died In out of the night, in its cab
pair of proud and grinning engineers,
on Its eowcafcher Elsie Janis. A mo-
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
signature ass5a s' Of szzZzNu
In Use for Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
A craveyard.

Bishop Warehouse said at Los
Angeles wedding breakfast:
~ counsel every girl to be careful
not to marry selfish man. A selfish
husband-what. unhappiness
"Selfishness," the bishop ended SOL
EMMY, "is graveyard. 1t takes in all
1t can get, and never gives anything
back 10y
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20

work Is . pleasure. tell all my friends
who have any trouble of this kind what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me. "-NELLIE B.
BRITrINcHAh, 600 Calverton Rd., Balti-
more, Md. II
1t Is only natural. for any woman 10
dread the thought Of an operation. So
many women have been restored to
health by this famous remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
IN operation has been advised that it
will pay any woman who suffers from
such ailments to consider trying It be-
fore submitting to such Atrying ordeal
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
WonC.. :-fuI Part Played by Elsie
Janis in Keeping Up Morale
of Troops.
SINGS TO BOYS OVER THERE
Many Company Has Marched to
First Night In Trenches With
More Gallant Swing Because
Elsie cheered Them on Way.
BY ALEXANDER wooLLcoTT

BY ALEXANDER WOOllCOTT.
Parfs--The theater WAS no theater
at all. 1t was just the great train
SIZED which serves as the workshop and
headquarters for small army of
American engineers who are lending
the p. X. r. touch to the astonished
landscape of France. Though retreat
had sounded an hour or so before. 1t
was packed to suffocation with Yanks
for all that day rakish posters. turned
out in the N0pany painters best
style. had intrigued the eye with the
modest announcement
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20

Even now "dolng without" Is Gus
tom more talked about than prac
ticed.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20

A British scientist claims to have
discovered a simple and inexpensive
process for converting ordinary peat
into a highly concentrated fertilizer.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20

Don't envy the other fellow so
much. The chances are that his wife
gets Just as peeved as yours.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
, The Thunderous Response.

You can only family imagine the
thunderous mo" with which the train
shed echoed. And 1t is the whole pon'
Of Elsie Janis--as well as the whole
point of all the mummers now bein.
booked to play for the A. K. F.--thal
whatever the spirit of the boys before
her coming. they really meant that
.'No" with all there was in them, thai
any who might have been just a little
downhearted before, felt better about
1t after seeing and hearing her. For
like the rare officer who can inspire his
men to very prodigies Of valor, so thu
flashing Elsie Is compact Of that price
less thing which,. for lack of a less
pedantic phrase, we must call positive
magnetism. More than one company
has marched off to its first night In the
trenches with brighter eyes. squarerl
shoulders and more gallant swing be-
cause. at the very threshold of safety.
this lanky and lovely lady from Co
lumbus, Ohio, waved and sang and
cheered them on their way.
That Is why, when the history OF
this great expedition comes to be writ
ten, there should be a chapter devot-
ed to the play-girl Of the western front,
the star of the A. E. F., the forerunner
Of those players who are. now being
booked in the greatest circuit Of them
all, the Y. NJ. C. A. huts Of France.
For her, and for her like, there Is
M
do. There are troops to be fired-as
by martial music-on the edge OF the
advance.
Elsie Janis (and mother) are having
the time of their lives, and she meant
every word of 1t when she cabled
back to all her brothers and sisters of
the stage to come or they would never
know what they had missed.
Barn storming With Vengeance.
For Elsie 1t has been transforming
with a vengeance, tour of tank towns
I'm more senses than one. 1t has meant
travelling without a maid for once In
a way, playing a whole season with
one-dress wardrobe, bivouacking In
strange and uninviting hotels.
1t has meant warbling as a cabaret
singer among tables of some officers
mess or mounting bench to Sing
through the windows of come conta-
gion barracks where the isolated
doughboys had been tearing their IN
fected hair with disappointment be-
cause they had heard she was in the
post and knew they could not get out
to see her.
1t has meant lingering for an extra
performance at some hut because a
whole new audience was coming
through the starlit heavens from the
aviation camp down the lines.
In all her years on the stage she
has known no ouch tumultuous, heart
warming welcomes as are her nightly
portions in the biggest time booking
Office can offer to a player In the year
1918.
The boys swarm up on the stage
and slap her on the back and vow there
never was such n girl since tlsp world
began. They cheer her until they are
hoarse, and she is dizzy with pride.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20

vousness and head
aches and e very
month would have to
stay In bed most Of
the time. Treat
ments would relieve
me for q time but
my doctor was al
ways urging me to
have an operation.
My sister asked me
to try Lydia e. Pink
b q ms Vegetable
Compound b e fore'
conserving to an
/ took
five bottles of itand
It has completely
cured me and my
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20
DOCTOR URGED
Instead ! took Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound
and Was Cured.

Baltimore, Md" Nearly four years
suffered from organic troubles, ner-
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20

II is right to resls, oppression.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-20

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22
1uEssIHa THE WoMEH's AGES
New Game Among Cape Steamship
Passengers Stirred Up Wrath
Of Entire Party.

To relieve the monotony Of q recent
homeward voyage, the smoking-saloon
habitues Of q Cape steamship invented
q new sweepstake. The bright idea
originated during O debate as to the
age Of one Of the women passengers
Lets take all the women In the pas.
senger list" suggested the sportsman
who thought Of the sweepstake, "and
each Of us guess their individual ages
add up the total, and hand his esd.
mate to the purser. The purser has
exact information In the age declara.
tion Of every passenger. He can add
up the true aggregate, and the man
who. comes nearest TO It takes the
pool"
The sweepstake was carried out.
but, so far from beguiling the tedium
Of q voyage II made II worse. relates
q correspondent, for Il ended In a Ger
tain number Of embittered men,
wrathful purser. and a ships company
Of suspicious and quarreling women.
First Of all, the women saloon pes
sengers could not understand, and
much resented, men passengers walk
ing round their chairs, making calcu-
lations with pencils, studying their
hairs and compilations with perturb-
Ing curiosity.
Then, when the sweep was drawn,
the mean man was embittered who had
secretly gone round to most Of the
women passengers and tried to elicit
their ages. The mean mans aggregate
estimate was $50 years under the win
ner's guess. The innocent man was
also embittered who had gone round
to women asking them to give him
their judgment as to other women's
ages. The innocent mans estimate
was 600 years above the winners
guess.
And the purser was most embittered
Of all, for not one woman passenger
would speak to him the rest Of the
voyage.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22
WIRELESS FOR ALL TO HEAR
Instrument No Larger Than Fountain
Pen Enables One TO Pick Up
Messages Nearby.

The fountain pen" wireless receiv-
er IL an established fact, for through
the use Of the audion bulb DR.. Lee De
Forest has perfected a little instru-
ment. no larger than some Of the, ex-
ta-size fountain pens in use by men
with heavy hands, through which II Is
possible for a man to pick up wireless
messages at distances up to eight or
ten miles, says the Illustrated World.
The instrument depends entirely
upon the audlon bulb for its efficiency.
The audion bulb. as most Of those
interested In wireless knows, made
feasible the recent long-distance mes
sages sent out from Washington, and
Its use for communication by wire also
made feasible the now common trans
continental telephoning between New
York and San Francisco.
The entire principle Of the audion
bulb Is to amplify sound waves, and
by making a bulb small enough to be
placed In the end Of the fountain pen
tube Doctor De Forest has literally
made It possible for any IMAM in the
street" to pick up whatever wireless
communication may be going on In his
neighborhood.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22
The Beer Of Rorneo.

Beer as made by the natives of Sara
wax, IN the northwestern region Of
Borneo varies In its Ingredients accord.
Ing to the different tribes who make
Il, the most intoxicating being that
made by the Blsaiyahs Of Limbang.
These people make their beer by boil
ing rice. adding yeast, crushed wild
chill and q large lump Of wood ash.
This Is all put into q Jar I'LL the jar
Is two-thirds fun, and covered over
with bamboo supports; water - poured
on till the jar Is fun, and the beer Il
then ready for drinking. The drinking
Is performed By pushing bamboo tubes
down to the bottom Of the jar and then
sucking up the liquid. So that no one
shall have more than his fair proper
don at a time. a system Of floats u
arranged whereby the amount Of drink
consumed By each man Il registered.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22
LinoIeum Substitute.

An inexpensive and sanitary suosu-
tute for linoleum can easily be maze
by passing together the sheets Oh
brown paper used for wrapping up
goods. After thoroughly cleaning tne
door q sheet Of the paper should %
pasted DOWN and allowed to dry. Then
q second sheet is laid down and ar
lowed to dry before laying q third
sheet.
II q pattern foor covering Is oe
ared, ordinary wallpaper serves the
purposs admirably. Il is pasted 70
the top sheet Of brown paper already
laid.
The whole being thoroughly dr5'
coat Of sizing Il applied and LEFT 10
set. after which q coat Of good var
nish completes the process. This noor
covering has all the advantages OF reai
linoleum and may be washed and poi-
ished In the usual way.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22
HINTS FOR BUSY WOMEN.

Tailored jackets are less full.
Satin dresses are In great favor.
Chiffon velvet t0ques are popular.
Small barrel nuns are still popular.
Tulle wells are banded with velvet.
Green 70 q fayorite color In wool
Jersey.
The sleeveless blouse Is almost g
negiigee.
Beaver fur is lavtshly used for trim
ming. :
Ruby red Is one Of the fashionable
eolors.
There Is some velvet On almost every
Paris gown.
Matelasse and brOehs are in favor
among silks.
waistcoat fronts appear on knee
length coats.
Velvet suits are having . consider
able vogue.
Hats are simpIe ii trimming. but
elaborate In line. ~
Rabbit fur IL not smart unless Il has
been clipped
Colored satin apples are actually
used on bridal robes.
Georgette crepe Il excellent for semi
evening dressing.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22
One Tropical spot.

Only at one place In the United
States II there real tropical vegeta-
tion, says the Popular Science Month
". Florida and California have what
II called -sub-tropical" vegetation. In
the midst Of a desert In the extreme
southern part Of California Is q true
oasfs. The oasis, Palm Springs, lies
go feet below the sea level. So hot
Is II there that there IL q riot Of vege-
tation all the year round. Enormous
fg trees and mammoth grape fruit
and oranges are always to be had.
The lemons that grow there weigh
two and a half pounds apiece. The
responsibility for all this may be laid
to beautiful little stream which Is
fed by the Colorado river and which
flows through the oasis only to dIsap-
pear into the ground at its end.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22
Did Not Fool the Bear.

Bruin is self-educated, but excep-
uonally wise In the way Of mankind.
A prospector proved that. Having
suffered the loss Of much food, he pre-
pared a particularly tasty morsel for
the bear and left II In the cabin. with
q notice on 1t to warn any prospectors
or hunters that might enter that Il
was intended for bruin. and bruin
alone. The bear arrived In due course
and ate everything edible and some
things that were not. but passed ND
me meat that had been prepared for
him. Apd II was bacon. too. This
prospector declares that the bear must
- able b read.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22

The Chinese blouse may be long ano
straight or loosely held in by Oeil'
and while some Of them fasten with .
button on the shoulder others are
closed at the side under the arm. Ii
the latter case the embroidery outlines
and extends down the sides in tnarsc.
teristic Oriental fashion Blouses u
this kind are far more harmonious az
compartments OF the straight ski.
than were the loose blouses OF last
year.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22
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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22
chIneaa pesInn.

For satin blouses the Chinese style
% all the rage. and one sees long vests
Of black satin or marine blue embroid-
cred with large round or square motifs.
Of gold thread. siIk or varicolored wool
Even tiny roses are worked In with
the design With delightful results.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22

JULIUS T. TAYLOR, Editor and
Publisher.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22

n Es e ~. e. e.. re- S1 -; ;s.. r: !:
nh b . littie natter which can Be rsnsdisd
oy anyens win ths aid e o screw-drivsr.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-06-22

Entered as seeond-Class Matter Aug.
10, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago,
Illinois, under Act Of March 8, 1879.