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The Cordova daily times., 1918-04-27

staring him 1T. the face, "Out of bounds for patients" Generally the nurses were looking the other way when one Of these night raids started. I hope this information will get none of them into trouble, but I cannot resist the temptation to let the commandant know that occasionally we put 1t over on him.
 One afternoon received a note, through our underground channel, from my female visitor, asking me to attend party at her house that night. l answered that she could expect me and to meet me at certain place on the road we'll known by all patients, and some visitors, as lover the wall" I told her would be on hand at seven l thirty.
 About seven-fifteen I sneaked my OvercOat and cap out of the ward and hid it in the bushes. Then I told the nurse, particular friend of mine, that I was going for walk in the rose gar den. She winked and I knew that ev- erything was all right on her end.
 Going out of the ward, slipped into the bushes and made for the wall. It was dark as pitch and I was groping through the underbrush, when sudden 1y stepped into space and felt myself rushing downward, a horrible bump, and bIackness. When 1 came to my wounded shoulder was hurting hOrrt- bly. I was lying against a circular wall of bricks, dripping with moisture, and far away could hear the trickling of water. had in the darkness fallen into an old disused well. But why wasn't I wet? According to all rules I should have been drowned. Perhaps was and didn't know it.
 As the shock of my sudden stop gradually wore off it came to me that I was lying on a ledge and that the least movement on my part would pre- cipitate me to the bottom of the well.
 l struck a match. In it's faint glare I saw that 1 was lying in circular hole about twelve feet deep-the well had been filled in The dripping had heard came from a water pipe over on
 my right.
 With my wounded shoulder 1t was impossible to shinny up the pipe. could not yell for help, because the rescuer would want to know how the accident happened. and I would be haled before the commandant on charges. 1 just had to grin and bear 1t, with the forlOrn hope that one of the returning night raiders would pass and l could give him our usual signal of ''siss-s-s-s," which would bring him to the rescue.
 . Every half-hour I could hear the clock in the village strike, each stroke bringing forth a muffled volIey of curses on the man who had dug the well.
 After two hours I heard two men talking in low voices. I recognized l, Corporal Cook, an ardent might raid CT" He heard my "siss-s-s-s" and came to the edge of the hole. I ex- plained my predicament and amid a lot of impertinent remarks, which at the time did not resent, I was soon fished
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15
Town Hens Make Food From Waste
Need for Increasing City Focks Explained by Department
Agriculture Smallest Yards May Afford Room for Few
Hens Requirements of Town Flock.

only with wire netting. The foul
earth under this shed should be re-
moved and the floor filled in a few
inches higher than the old surface
with fresh earth or sand.
By proper attention to cleanliness
this may be kept in sanitary condition
for year or more. Whatever advan-
tage can be given the hens in this
way will tend to increase production,
and to prolong the period of profitable
laying. The eggs of hens kept in
small back yards are perfectly good
for eating, but of little value for
Matching even when fertile. Good
chickens cannot be grown under such
conditions. The hens will usually lay
well for about a year. Then they
should be replaced with farm-grown
pullets.
1t is known as a matter of expert
ence and observation that town and
city people who have to figure costs
of food closely have not been accus-
toned to use eggs freely except in the
season of flush production and low
prices. A great many such families
can keep few hens in the back yard
and even with low production get
many more eggs than they have been
accustomed to use.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15

least favorable situated back yard af-
fords an opportunity to keep at least
enough hens to supply eggs for the
household. The number of hens
needed for that purpose is twice the
number of persons to be supplied.
Hence the smallest flock to be con-
sidered consists of four hens. Where
hens are kept only to furnish eggs
for the table no male bird is needed.
A coop for flock of four hens
should have a floor area of about 20
square feet, or about feet per hen.
For larger flocks the space allowance
per bird may be little less, because
the space is used in common and each
bird has the use of all the coop except
what her companions actually accupy.
For the ordinary flock of 10 or Is hens
the space allowance should be about
four square feet per men.
With proper care he back yard poul-
try keeper can keep hens, for laying
only, combining them continuously to
their coops, and have them lay well
nearly as long as they would be profit
able layers under natural conditions.
While hens like freedom, good feed
and care reconcile them to confine-
ment, and mature, rugged birds often
lay more eggs In clOse cOniinemenI
than when at liberty.
If the space admits of giving the
little back yard flock more room than
a coop of the minimum size required,
the condition of the land will deter
mine the form in which the addition
al space should be given. If the soil
is we'll drained and free from such
filth as often communicates the soil of
small back yards, a yard for the
fowls may be fenced in, allowing 20
to 80 square feet of yard room per
bird. The opportunity for exercise
on the land and in the open air which
this gives the hens will benefit them,
and make life for them more interest
ing.
If the soil is poorly drained and
foul, the hens will thrive and lay bet
ter if not allowed on it at all. In that
case, the best way to give them some
covering about the same amount Of
benefit of the extra space available is
to build adjoining the coop a shed
ground, and having the front inclosed
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15

Poultry and eggs have never been
cheap food for the city dweller. There
is no hope that they can be, during the
continuance of the war and its neces-
sarily attendant high prices, even as
relatively cheap as they ordinarily
have been. The only possibility of
cheap eggs for the city family lies in
keeping enough hens in the back yard,
where they can be supported princi-
pally on kitchen waste, to supply the
family table. Keeping hens in the
back yard is at once an economic OPP
portunity for city families and an es-
sential part of the campaign for in
creasing poultry production.
What may be done with fowls in a
back yard depends upon the size of the
yard, the character of the soil, the
conditions Of sunlight, shade and VEN
tilation, and the interest and skill of
the poultry keeper. The smallest and
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15

in the center. The little chicks will
set all around it and there are no
corners for them to pile up in.
The Government is asking town
people TO raise chicks and some would
do il but the expense of buying a
brooder is more than they would like.
And to buy hens is almost out of the
question. But baby chicks can be
bought and raised, and do not cost
much. ] paved 15c apiece last year
for full blooded Buff Leghorns. For
a runway ! had frames about three
feet wide by six feet long covered
with 16-inch chick wire, but 12-inch
would be just as good. Set in front
of the brooder and have q place for q
door on top Of a board to raise up to
feed the chicks. No cat or dog can
bother them and the frame can be
moved about.
For baby chicks feed give sour or
buttermilk the first thing to drink,
bread crumbs, rolled oats rubbed fine
and hard boiled egg mixed with it for
two or three days then fine chick feed,
meat scraps and plenty Of clean wa
ter, sand and grit near them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15

the market conditions before making
any large investment in ducks.
Intensive duck farming on a large
scale has been more successful than
intensive chicken raising. Pekin ducks
which are kept extensively by COM
mercial growers, are less subject to
disease than chickens, and artificial
methods of Matching and rearing have
been used very successfully with
them. Farmers as a rule have rarely
given the necessary care to the feed
ing and marketing of their ducklings
to secure any large share Of the trade
in fancy green ducks. 1t Is this trade
which attracts the commercial duck
raiser. A green duck is duckling
which is grown rapidly and marketed
when from 8 to IL weeks old, weigh
ing at that time from Az to 6 pounds.
They are usually sold in the spring
and summer and bring high prices.
Farmers who grow ducks generally
market them in the fall when the
prices are low as compared to prices
earlier in the season.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15
Parable of the Man From Jonesville

Now, there was among my Neigh
bors a man whose name was Smith,
and he was from Jonesville. And he
told me often Of Jonesville, what a
Lovely Place it was, and how every
one who lived there was Happy and
Virtuous, and how sorry he was that
he ever had left there, and how he
wanted to go back to Jonesville. And
when the men in the city where / live
failed to clean the Snow off their Side
walks, or the City Council INDUCED in
Graft, or the children were Rude, or
there was an Early Frost, he told me
that Such Things did not happen in
Jonesville. And this continued nigh
unto Twenty Years; and the older he
grew the more he talked about Jones'
vile. And l told him | hoped that
when he died he would go to Jones'
vile.
Now it came to pass that he pros
pered, so that he retired from Bust
ness. And he sold his House and Lot
in the City wherein / dwell, and went
back to Jonesville that he might
Spend his Last Years in Peace, and
Die in Jonesville. And we all Babe
him Farewell, with something Of Sor-
row, and Something of Relief.
And it came to pass that at the end
Of Six Months, he and his Wife moved
back again, and bought back their Old
House for a Thousand Dollars more
than they sold it for. And they were
Tenfold more Happy to get back than
they had been to go away.
And it came to pass on an Evening
that Keturah and / called on them,
said, Old Fellow, tell me on the Level,
what was the matter with Jonesville?
And he said to me, Speak not to me
of Jonesville, lest / do thee Harm. 1t
is the toughest Joint this side of
States Prison. The dear people we
knew have all died or moved away,
and they who are in their places are
Unneighborly and Snobbish. And
they Tango and do other Outrageous
Stunts, and their Kids are the Limit.
We have come back to Dwell in the
place where we have spent Twenty
Happy Years, and we have but one
favor to ask of our Old Neighbors,
that they never speak to US of Jones'
vile.
And as Keturah and l walked home,
spake to her, and said, Keturah.
And Keturah answered, 1 know
what thou are about to say; and
suspected all the time that it would
be just so.
And l said, There are many men
and women who sigh for some Jones'
vile or other, who might be Decent
ly Happy where they are If they
would make it their business.
And Keturah said, Our Jonesville
is right here.
And / said, Amen.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15

HOW 10 Care Tor Measles
Mariana Wheeler, in The Peoples
Home Journal.
One Of the most frequent complica-
tons of measles is in famed eyes.
While the room in which the children
are kept should not be absolutely
dark, the light should be modified for
the first few days at least, and during
the entire illness the children should
not be allowed to look directly at q
bright light Battle their eyes two
Of boric add One teaspoonfll Of
boric acid powder to one pint of boil
ed water is the correct proportion
Do not allow the child to become chill
ed. Bronchitis is a very frequent
complication of measles, and bron-
cho-pneumonia often follows il care
is not taken. Do not keep the chill
dren in an overheated room, without
fresh air and bundled in heavy cloth
ing, but keep them in bed while the
rash is out, and beware of direct
draughts. They should be covered
up well and the room aired two or
three times daily, as tsere is a PEE
cular odor about measles that Is
most unpleasant When the children
sit up in bed, see that they wear
little 7flnnal wrapper or jacket so that
chilling is not possible. Use little
common sense about ventilating the
room, and do not go to either one ex-
treme or the other. A temperature
of GO degrees, if it can be kept even,
is ample for the sick room in case
of measles. Do not allow the Their
mometer to go above this point. If
the children have an irritating cough,
inhalations of steam with one tea
spoonful of compound tincture of
benzoin to each pint of boiling water
will prove very soothing. A kettle
of this solution, kept boiling in the
room, may be used. If this does not
seem practical, use a Group kettle or
erect a tent over the beds or cribs.
Limitations should be given for ten
or fifteen minutes at time, three or
four times daily. While there is a
fever, the diet should be liquid one
for the older children; and, if the
baby is bottle fed, the formula should
be diluted little for few days at
least. And let the children have
plenty of water to drink during their
illness.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15


thought / would write descrip-
tion Of homemade brooder that is
cheap and good. used one last year
and raised forty chicks with il and l
have one now with sixty chicks which
are doing fine.
Take good tight sugar barrel, saw
it into halves at the center; saw one
stave out about four inches for a door,
from the large end which will be the
bottom of the brooder; nail cleats on
the head ends so it will make a cover
and take an old wooden cloth coat,
dress or skirt; tack all over the inside
Of cover, cut fringe in the end three
or four inches long to come about one
inch from the floor when the cover is
on. Heat the brooder by a one-gallon
JUG filled with boiling hot water night
and morning. Wrap the jug with
some heavy cloth. use a mans old
heavy undershirt put on double. Pin
on with safety pins. / papered the
inside Of the barrel with two thick
nesses OF newspapers and set the jug
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15

On general farms ducks can be
raised with success and at a profit.
As source of income, however, they
do not appear to be as well adapted
for the average fran as chickens, but
under certain conditions they are
good money-makers. The demand
for ducks eggs is more limited than
for hens eggsfi and though ducks for
table use usually bring a good price,
their market is also more limited and
is mostly confined to large cities. For
this reason it is advisable to study
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15
Limit of Sacrifice

Hub Growing at the food)-
"Steak done to crisp and no white
bread!"
Wife-"You know, dear, we must
make some sacrifices these war
times"
Hub-"Well, I'm willing to sacri-
flee, but (pointing to steak VIVA.
about this burnt offering?"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15
FRENCH GIRL TALKS
OF HER EXPERIENCES
IN ST. DENIS
CORRESPONDENCE STARTED
WITH MAUDE PIERSON
THROUGH RED CROSS

The following very interesting let
ter from French girl in st. Denis
tSeine, France, was received last
week by Maude Pierson. The young
lady got in communication with her
through the Red Cross and letters
sent by Mrs. Florence West to her
son, Floyd Pierson, now at the battle
front.
St Denis, April Is, 1913.
Ny dear friend:
have received your picture the
18th and was more than pleased with
it, but am surprised at not receiving
q letter from you accompanying it.
/ am going to send you my picture but
it will be finished only on the 10th of
this month.
Have you good news from your
brother? Does he fight in the Som
me? 1t is terrible, indeed.
My brother, Henry, is in Lorraine.
We have some news from him often
enough but 1 think that it must be
very long to receive letter from a
Soldier who is in France, to America,
must it not?
Here we hear the German cannon
which lombard Paris. 1t is very much
noise On the Saturdays and Sun
days the Germans think of us and
send displeasant surprise.
forgot to tell you the explosion
occurred the 18th of March. l shall
remember it all my life l think. /
was in the office where | work and
made letter on the Underwood when
/ heard a noise like thunder clap and
a formidable defamation. | thought
that the house was going to fall on
my head. / stood up and ran to the
door when | heard a second detona-
ton as loud as the first. | open the
door and ran into the factory like
mad; the others employed and work
ingmen were as afraid as / because
we thought that were the Gothas
which throw bombs on a great fac
tory which is near to ours. At the
third and last detonation we were
running to the cellar. 1t was too late
since it was finished, but suppose,
dear Maude, that you were in st.
Denis that day. Would you have been
afraid?
In st. Denis it is pity to see the
panes broken out the windows of the
houses, people put paper at their win
dows where there are no panes. This
catastrophe occurred in La Cour-
neuve, little town which is at 5000
yards about of here. In this. town
the houses are demolished and there
are very many victims. Eight days
after, the 23rd of March, we had the
surprise to hear this famous cannon
which send howitzer shells at 10000
yards about of distance, during that
day we counted "a cannon shots. Very
much people, more than a million,
have left Paris for the bombardment.
/ hope the God will punish the
Germans to be so inhuman. This
Kaiser is not a man; is monster TO
have unclaimed this war.
am very glad to have your picture.
1t was q pleasant surprise indeed and
am more than pleased to have a
friend so gentle. show your picture
to my friends and they say that you
are very nice.
I close this letter hoping you are
enjoying good health and remaining
yours sincerely,
Mile. Louise VALERIE.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15

The druggist danced and chortled
until the bottles danced on the shelves.
whats up?" asked the soda clerk.
Have you been taking something 2"
mo. But do you remember when
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15
THE NATIONAL NEED FOR MORE POULTRY


ss 'ss o ss tie VAR s rom ss through % e %
publication the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15

at front one night; doughnuts for
supper tonight.
Cot letter from Charles, but he is
too far away for me to see him. Feel
ing great, but getting fat again.
Much love, Chubb.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15

our water pipes were frozen last win
teri"
"Yes, but what"
well, the plumber who fixed them
has just come in to have a prescrip-
ton filed"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15
BOYS AND GIRLS CAN HELP

Those boys or girls want TO help
win the war.
Give them a flock of hens In your
back yard.
To einoy, TO feed and care for:
A source OF eggs and meat
A good way to earn those Thrift
Stampsi
And at the same time to HELM 10
produce food to win the war.
Farmers Bulletin 88e, "Back- Yard
Poultry Keeping" tells Just how. Free
on reauest-united States Department
OF Agriculture. Washington, D. C.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15

a few hens In your back yard.
Waste turned into EGGS and meat
Your DRAFT on the meat supply les
sened.
More meat to send to our troops and
the Allies.
Greater family food Independence be-
cause you arc helping to feed yourself.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15
Pere Marquette train time at Bedding

1arch j, 1913
To Greenville and Big Rapids, 4:33
p. m.
To Lowell and Grand Rapids, 1887
a. M; 200 p. m, and s7:03 p. m.
fDaily.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-05-15

To Ionia and Detroit, 11:42 a. m.
To Greenville and Saginaw, 7:56 a.
n; 1886 p. m.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-08
PAGE THIRTEEN
GRAIN

CHICAGO. Feb. Advances in the
value of grain resulted directly today
from the sinking of the Tuscanis.
Corn closed firm, half cent net higher,
with May Sl.25Ss. Oats gained rs to
IL to IL q s net. Provisions showed
a rise of 5to 10 cents.
Many traders appeared to regard the
loss of life on the Tuscania as tending
to prolong the war. This view at
tracted notice from the outset in the
corn market and there was increasing
strength in prices throughout the day.
News that another Cunarder had also
been torpedoed came just before the
close of the session. The fact that re
ceipts of corn remained very small
acter as handicap on the bears. but
was more or less offset by announce
ments that no unseasonably low tenn
peratures were expected this week.
Scantiness of supplies did good
deal to hoist the oats market Some
attention was also given to the fact
that barley was at the highest level
since the civil war.
Likelihood of enlarged shipments to
the east put strength into provisions.
Close:
Corn-March, not quoted; May.
s1.25ss.
Oats-March, SS3sc; May. Ssac
Pork-May, s46.77.
Lard-May, $3.50
Ribs-May, s24.e5.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-08
LOS ANGELES MARKET

Los ANGELES, Feb. 6.-Butter,
creamery extras, produce exchange
closing price. soc per pound; price to
retail merchants in 1-pound squares,
52cm SAC per pound; price to retail mer-
chants, in 7-pound cartons, 50c52c per
pound.
Eggs Extras produce exchange
closing price 49c; price to retail ner-
chants, 51d43c; case count. closing,
46c: pullets. closing. acc; price 10 re-
tail merchants. 4SG50c.
Receipts-Eggs, 499 cases; butter
IS, 500.
Sonora Wheat-Off market. Bright
feed barley. s2.S0G2.S2lk.
Alfalfa Hay-s20.0OG2e.0
Cattle-Good steers. $3.50: medium
steers, 5000; grass fed steers, $500:
good heifers. s7.50@S.0O; fair heifers,
$1,000 $50; good to fair COWS. $1,000
$50; bulls and stays, Ss00@6.5e;
calves, $3.50: light calves, $3.50.
Sheep-Ewes, $1,000; sucking lambs,
s1450.
Hogs-125 to $50 pounds ;1s.5oO
14.5O; hogs, $50 to IFS pounds, $500;
hogs. 115 to 225 pounds, $3.50.
Poultry-Broilers. SAC: flyers. 25O
Csc: roasters, &c; old cocks, l5c: hens.
22d24c; turkey hens, CSC; turkey toms
2sc; ducklings. 22G2Sc; young geese.
19c.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-08

financial plans and advices indicat-
ing further industrial unsettlement
provoked recessions of one to four
points in the active stock list on to-
days market. Lowest quotations
were made toward the close on re-
ports of another marine disaster.
Interest conferred around shippings,
that group standing up better than
any other division. though forfeiting
Its advantage at the end.
War issues were extremely irregu-
lar. Deprived of their recent sup
port. most of the so-called "poled''
stocks reacted l to 3 points.
United States Steel was under
pressure from the outset, bear opera
tors concentrating upon that stock
for its effect elsewhere. Many of
the more popular rails suffered losses
| of l to points, Pacifics and coal
ers leading the reversal.
Motors, oils, tobaccos and utili-
ties. especially gas issues, losing l 10
) points in the last hour. Sales
| amounted to $4,000 shares.
| Further weakness in French issues
and a new minimum for liberty sec
ond As at 1914 were the features OF
the bond market. Sales, par value
aggregated s4,235,00.
| United States As. old issues, de-
clined 3-S per cent on call.