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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-12-19
DANGEROUS DISEASE

Get some GOLD MEDAL HARLEM OIL
Capsules at once. They are An old, tried
preparation used all over the world for
centuries They contain only o1d-fash-
toned, soothing oils combined with
strength-Eiving and misunderstanding
herbs, we'll known and used by phySt-
clans In their daily practice. GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are ina
ported direct from the laboratories In
Holland. They are, convenient to take,
and win either give prompt relief or
your money win b refunded. Ask Tor
them at any drug store. but b sure g
ret the oTig1nal lnpoetod GOLD
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-12-19
New Buda.

Dwight Freeman, daughters and
son visited at John Evans near And
over, Mo-, last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bailey spent
Sunday at the ]. F. Hagen, Jr.
home.
Miles Boeger and family spent
Sunday with their father G. r.
Boeger.
The flu epidemic is slightly better.
Jehu G.. Mcdaniel and family
spent Sunday with his brother, Ros-
cOe Mcdaniel.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-29
Shipping Board Ready.

Congress is awaiting the estimates
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-29
# BACK HURTS Use
SALTS FOR KIDNEYS
Eat less meat if Kidneys feel like lead
or Bladder bothers you-hest
forms uric acid.

Most FOLKS forget that the kidnevs,
like the bowels, get sluggish and ciogged
and need flushing occasionally, else we
have baekache and dull misery in the
kidney region, severe headaches, rheu-
matte twinges torpid liver, acid stomach,
sleeplessuess aud all sorts of bladder DIS
orders
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment You
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces Of jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take tablespoonful in glass OF water
before breakfast for few days ani
your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid Of
grapes and lemon juice. combined with
lithia, and is harmless 10 flush clogsed
kidneys and stimulate them to normal
activity. Ii also ueutralizes the acids
IN the urine So il no longer irritates,
thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensivei
makes delightful efFervescent lithia-
water drink which everybody should take
now and then to keep their kidneys clean,
thus avoiding serious complications.
A well.known local druggist says he
ells lots of Jad Salts to folks who believe
n overcoming kidney trouble while it is
only trouble.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-29

The black is0.aa eff eali}7r"a. ~
which The scientific name is cen'pSaW
acanthHr, in aluSion TO The comnliSe
crest Of splneS along the hack,acaNhur
meaning "srringtailed, is allied ~ the
"riugtailed' iguana, hut unlike rhe'Ja-
maican Iguana, its flesh is highly eS-
Tened
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-29
TWO MILLION MEN
FOR FRANCE; KEEP
SHIPS FOR TROOPS
DIVERT ALL SHIPPING THAT L..
S. CAN SEND VAST Army OVER
SEAs-LAST RESERVES TO &c
USED AGAINST GERMANS.

WASHINGTON, April 39-T The most
important announcement of thc war
was made here today
The United States is o furnish thc
last reserves" that vii give the
final decision against tine military
machine OF Germany.
Two million and more men are 20
be sent to France as soon as lhc>
can be loaded on transports
The necessary tonnage is nov UNI
der the control az the United states.
ana 10 the last ton i, viIl D devoted
10 the transportation OF troops and
war supplies uatr the "last reserves
of American troops has been glazed
On French oil
Congress viii be asked To authorize
an army of 3,g0otoo men available
for service abroad and reserve army
at home. Congress is ready 20 vote
an army Of 5.1ot.U01 men
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-29

The Race Close, One Subscription May Mean Auto
The for many Of the prizes very close and it
question of the survival of the test who will win
Candidates not be overconfdent it is going to
take many millions votes to win single prize.
Only Five More Days OF Contest
The big has been attracting the universal
the reading public for the weeks The pick of La Sale
folk have been doing their but natural that all
should like the grand prize Client touring but this is impossible
One candidate will the Client Saturday evening" TO them
the greatest honor possible o there single
person this who would they thought they
could The time question of hours There still goody
number Of subscriptions be secured today the candidate
who the results Each candidate has the path it
speed that will determine the winner Hit the high this week
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-29

UuQuoin Ate,r or 2hseae1 from
the ring for months Bobby Anders n
On GUN scrappy lightweight has
been matched 70 box Eddie Randall
at st Louis. Tuesday Apri! 80
BLOOMINGTON An Agricultural Vol,
uutecus association has been organ
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-29
Closing Rules Saturday, May 4th

All subscriptions must be inside the contest
department of The Free Trader Journal before
SIP. m. May 18th, 1918.
No checks will be taken for subscriptions
the closing night This is imperative to one and
all. Candidates must haze their vote certificates
box before the closing hour
There will be three men who will act as
judges. 1t will be their duty to count the votes
as they find them in the ballot box
Candidates who fail to vote forfeit their right
to any prize. The rules of the opening an
nouncement will be final should any disputes
arise All prizes will be awarded by the Judges.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-20
WAR DEVELOPING OUR ROADS
One of Most important Benefits will
Be Distribution of Farm Products
by Motors.

"One of the most important benefits
of the war to America is going to be
the development of transportation of
farm products to markets by means of
motor trucks" remarked r. G. Watts
of st. Louis, highway engineer, while
in Washington the other day. 'If any
one had told us five years ago that mo-
tor vehicles would be utilized for NOV
ing products and machinery as they
have been used in the last twelve
months, he would have been thought
crazy, yet Charles Schwab, the new
head of the fleet corporation, is Civ
Ing practical demonstration of how
to do things by transferring a large
part of his office equipment to Phila-
delphia by motor trucks. The high
ways of the country have been taken
over by the people for hauling goods
which could not be hauled during the
period of congestion by the railroads.
In the whole history of transportation
the highway has been the patient
drudge, but suddenly the motor truck
has come to the front and supplied for
the roads what the steam engines sup
ply for the railways, and this has
brought about many new conditions,
which will develop into many other
new and marvellous results.
ITO my mind, the most important
will be the distribution of farm prod
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-20
POISON FOR WAR
ON CHRISTOPHER
New Formula Has Been Tested
and Found to Be Cheap and
Quite Effective.
CATTLE NOLkSSES NOW USED
Bats Prepared With Alfalfa Meal In
Warm Climates Must Be Used I'm.
mediateIy to Prevent Sour
ing-Bran Is Expensive.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
A new formula for poison in fight
ing grasshoppers has been tested out
and found to be the equal, if not the
superior, of the bran-mash formula, at
least in the particular region where it
has been used.
The regular bran-mash formula
composed of % pounds of bran, 1
pound of arsenic or paris green, one,
half gallon of molasses, and lemons
was found to cost about $1.T5 at cur
rent prices in western Nebraska.
Reduced Price for Mixture.
By using Is pounds of alfalfa meal
and 10 ounces of paris green, at the
same time increasing the mOlasses to
1 gallon and the water to 6 gallons,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-20
6 Months Front
Line Duty Gives
Gold Sleeve Bar
Badge of Honorable Service at
Home Is Fourth Liberty
Loan Button

General Orders, No. SO. recently is
sued by the War Department in Wash
ington, provide:
"A gold chevron to be worn
on the lower half of the left sleeve
by each officer, field clerk and
enlisted man who has served six
months in theatre of operations dur
ing the present war -
A war service badge
active participation in the conflict
abroad. What pride the wearer will
feel, in that little piece of adornment,
of standard material and design!
To the onlookers, what honors will
it suggest; what endurance and valor!
War service badges are not to be
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-20

any so Enely ground that it cannot be
distributed without considerable waste
by the use of an end-gate grain seeder,
such as employed in some portions Of
the country in distributing the bait.
The greatly lessened expense of
fighting grasshoppers by the use of al
falfa meal mixture induced Nebraska
farmers to combat the pest much
more theoretically than they would
have done if the more expensive bran
mash formula had been used.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-20
Loading Eggs Into Motor Trucks.

For the short haul, of course, they util-
lied the wagon and in later years the
automobile. But for hauling any great
quantity Of products they relied en-
tirely on the railroads. The employ
ment of the motor truck has demon
strated it's practicality, and hereafter
when things become normal we shall
see thousands of great motor vehicles
hauling farm products to market. 1t
is going to result, moreover, in won
derful Improvement of the roads all
through this country"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-20
The More Bonds You Buy the Fewer
Boys Will Die!
Realize Value of Good Roads.

Today the farmers realize the value
of good roads as never before. 1t Is
stated that about $3OO,OOO,O0O worth of
farm products are ruined yearly be-
cause of the poor roads over which the
farmers are expected to haul crops to
market.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-20

One of Largest Species of Grasshop-
per Inhabiting Eastern Portion Of
United States.
and reducing the number Of lemons
to 3, it was found that the same bulk
of poison mixture was obtained for
approximately 81 at current prices.
The molasses used was cattle mo-
lasses, obtained at a beet-sugar fac
tory for about 8 cents gallon. Al
falfa meal has such swelling power
when plenty Of water is added that
the Is pounds makes approximately
the same amount Of poison mixture
as rs pounds of bran.
Must Be Used at Once.
1t has been found that in warm eli
mates the poison bats prepared with
alfalfa meal must be used almost i'm
mediately, as they sour If kept until
the following day. Another objection
able feature is that the meal is usu.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-20

confined to the Army and Navy alone.
The great numbers of those who stay
and distinction. With the issuing of
the Fourth Liberty Loan button there
becomes available for every loyal
American mark of war service, a
badge of honor for war work well
done.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-20

ucts by means of motor vehicles. We
know that the farmers have always re-
lied upon the railroads for the move
ment of their products long distances.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17
Simple Glass Cement.

The amateur worker who desires
to make trough or tank. or to repair
dishes and receptacles of glass or
other material for Photographic
purposes, may be glad TO know of an
old recipe for producing suitable
cement for the purpose. Take about
half pound Of finely pulverized
stone and glass lin equal proportion,
|. e., quarter pound of each). aLd
after thoroughly mixing 1t with four
ounces of sulphur, subject the COM
pound to moderate heat until the
sulphur melts. At this point stir
well until the whole is homogeneous.
and then pour into mold until re-
qulred for use. When actually
wanted II should be reheated to 24S
degrees Fahrenheit at which tempera-
ture 1t melts freely, and used In the
usual manner according to the nature
of the particular work in hand. This
cement is recommended as being alb
solutely impervious to water, 1t resists
acids and all atmospheric action, is not
affected by boiling water, and even mt
a temperature of 800 degrees 1t holds
firmly and remains hard.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17

The eyes of an animal can only work
together when they can be brought to
bear upon an object at the same time !;
so that, as rule, the eyes of n fish
must work more or less Independently.
This is sometimes also the case when
the eyes can cooperate. as anyone who
watches a plaice or other tiat fish in
an aquarium Will soon discover.
Many animals possess more than
two eyes. which do not act together A
leech, for example. has ten eyes on the
top Of Its head. which do not work in
concerts and kind OF marine worm
has two eyes on the head and row
down each side of the body. Some liz
ards have an extra eye on the top of
the head, which does not act with the
other two. A bee or wasp has two
large. compound eyes. which possibly
help each other. and are used for near
vision, and also three little simple eyes
on the top of the head, which are en-
ployed for seeing things a long way
off They are well eqipped.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17
Romantic Mississippi Valley.

II is not surprising that the Missis-
sippi valley should prove far more re-
sponsive to the chimes OF romance
than to the harsh clang of realism.
The West In Itself is n romance. VIr-
ginias claims to recognition as the
chief field of tourney for romance in
America totter before the history of II
vast area whose soberest chronicles
are eniivened by the most enthralling
adventures and long succession of
picturesque characters. The French
voyageur. on his way from Canaan
by lake and river to clasp hands with
his kinsmen OF the Lower Mississippi {;
the American pioneers, with their own
heroes-George Rogers Clark. Mad An
thony Wayne and "Tippecanoe" Har-
rison: the soldiers OF Indian wars and
their sons who fought In Mexico in
the '40s; the men who donned the
blue in the eos; the Knights of the
Golden Circle, who kept the war gov.
ernors anxious in the border states
these all unroll upon tapestry crowd
ed with romantic strife and Stress
Meredith Nicholson in Scribner's Mag
aZine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17

was prepared in quantity, placed in
plainly marked containers and distrib-
uted to farmers, who then applied II
according to directions around the
ground-squirrel burrows on their
farms.
More than 100000 acres were treat
ed with poison In 1916. During the
spring of 1917 10000 farmers in North
Dakota Joined in this movement. The
ground squirrels were poisoned on
100000 acres, resulting in a practical
elimination of the pest in the areas
treated and saving In the years crop
of more than 100000. Including
hire of labor to distribute the poison.
the cost averages less than 8 cents per
acre under North Dakota conditions,
and where landowners perform the Ia
Dor the actual cash outlay per acre Ia
materially reduced.
Cooperative Campaigns.
In other states cooperative cam
paigns have been effective against
other pests, such as prairie dogs and
jack rabbits. AS suggested by the cam
paigns which have already been con-
Quoted effectively, these five important
features essential to ultimate success
are named by specialists of the depart
ment of agriculture: ~ Cooperation
of all agencies involved. including
farmers, local organizations, county.
state, and federal officials; (2) lead
ership trained and experienced In
methods of rodent control and in or
ganizatioD; (3) unit plan to systema-
tie activities and cover n sufficiently
large territory to prevent reinfesta-
ton; (4) financial support to procure
supplies in large quantities; and (5)
legal provision for the exterpination
of pests upon neglected areas.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17

are just MS disastrous in ecor omic and
Industrial systems as In affairs of
state. The freedom OF the individual
is vital In democracy. but equally so
Ii Its necessary Limitation of noninter-
ference with the liberty OF others. And
this principle must hold In financial
and commercial as well as In personal
relations. The freedom for which onr
fathers commended was freedom of the
mind, not liberty 10 use stored-up
wealth or wide-ranglng combination as
instruments of Industrial or social op-
preston. The theory and practice of
CO operation must bind society togeth-
er es Il IEurt unite the nations OF the
world. For equality. freedom and JUS
tice to all men and all races form the
conditions under which civilization
may endure.
War Must Bring Great Changes.
The great war must bring many
great changes. Behind every war
turks revolution" We may see uni
versal revolution or universal collapse.
The precepts of Jesus and the religion
associated with his name must have
Tremendous meaning or they win have
none. The hope of the world Is That
this meaning is real and that the
inevitable social revolutions may he
bloodless, while the institutions they
sweep AWAY may be precisely those
which most impede human advance
ment
Democracy may not necessarily
build up great nations, but permanent
greatness can rest on no other founda-
ton. For the future the people must
indeed be everything.
In the prophetic words OF Barbusse I:
"The 30.000000 slaves hurled upon
one another in the mud of war by
guilt and error shall uplift their hui
man faces and at last reveal the germ
of a determining WILL The future is
In the hands of these slaves. The al
lance to be cemented some day by
those whose numbers and whose mis-
cry alike are infinite will transform
the whole world ~
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17
HARM FROM RODENTS
IS C0UNTRY-W

Notwithstanding rodents are
common throughout the United
States. In states west of the
Mississippi river prairie dogs,
ground squirrels, pocket gophers.
rabbits, cotton rats and field
mice have taken a continually
increasing tell from the crops
of wheat, oats, corn, barley and
other cereals, alfalfa, potatoes,
beans. fruit, melons and almonds
and from pasture ranges. States
east of this boundary have suf-
fered heavily from the depreda-
lions of rabbits, woodchucks and
meadow pine and white-foofed
mice in gardens, field and truck
crops, orchards and vineyards.
The estimate of S150,00O. 900 loss
to crops annually in the United
States is based upon Information
regarding conditions reported by
field representatives of the bio
logical survey. United States de-
partment of agriculture, county
agricultural agents, other com
petent officials, and farmers. 1t
does not include losses inflicted
by house mice and rats.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17
States, Losses From Rodents.

Some idea of the loss suffered by
Individual states from native rodents
may be obtained from the following
estimate recently submitted to the
United States department of agricul-
ture by state directors of agricultural
extension work: Montana 100000
to S20,000.00O; North Dakota. s6,0OO.-
000 to S9,0OO.0O0; Kansas, $4,000 900 ;
Colorado, $2,00O,OOO; California. $780,
100000; Wyoming. Is per cent of all
crops; Nevadn. 10 to Is per cent of all
crops or s1.O00000; New MEXICO. ST.
100000 loss to crops and double thiz
amount to range.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17
Foolish Fad Of Fashion.

Fashions were no less eccentric
four centuries ago than they are to-
day. Before the streets of Venice
were paved lin the thirteenth cen
tury)." says william Boulting. In
"Womnn In Italy" ladies went
through the mud and filth on pnttens.
The custom was retained. and In spite
of sumptuary laws the patten became
heightened until women of rank stood
on false feet half yard high In the
sixteenth century. They were unable
to walk without the support of one or
two gentlemen or servants-"-Sab
Francisco Argonaut
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17
Natural Sequence.

"what did Gings do when his wife
made such sweeping attack upon
hlm?' "Why, he busted"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17
POISONING STOPS
LARGE CROP LOSS
Cooperation Among Farmers
and All Authorities Concerned
Is Necessary.
CAMPAIGN IN NORTH DAKOTA
Moro Than 100000 Acres Treated In
North Dakota and Saving of ST.
100000 AccompIished-Many
Counties Organized.

Crops worth more than S150,OOOO0O
are destroyed every year by such ro-
dents as prairie dogs, ground squirrels,
pocket gophers, rabbits, field mice and
rats and woodchucks. This heavy toll
does not include loss inflicted by house
mice and rats. That the losses due to
rode4iJs constitute an entirely unneces-
sary ctSip upon the productive capac-
tty of I'M farms and that they may be
permanently eliminated at a cost which
is but a small fraction of the damage
occasioned during a single year has
been proved by the extensive work al
ready accomplished in campaigns coa-
Quoted by the Biological Survey of the
United States department of agricul-
ture in cooperation with state and
county organizations.
Community cooperation will do the
work. Rodent pests have been prac-
tically eliminated from millions of
acres of valuable agricultural land in
the last four years through the coop
Grafton of thousands of farmers. De-
scribing these campaigns federal spe-
cialists declare that the eagerness with
which farmers have awaited themselves
of the opportunity to join in concerted
movements aimed at relief from these
pests Is most significant and crafty
ing. while the returns in increased crop
Yields from the amount of labor and
money invested in the community
campaigns have exceeded all expecta-
lions. A successful fight against ro-
dent pests requires that all local, state
.1I h.
brought into harmonious and effective
cooperation and that modern poison
ing methods of proved efficiency be
used.
Work In North Dakota.
In the great grain-producing areas
of North Dakota there has been deyel-
oped the most extensive and thorough
ly organized campaign with a compre-
hensive plan of statewide eradication
of rodent pests that has yet been at
tempted. This campaign was organ
lied under a cooperative project agree
ment between the bureau of biological
survey and the states relation service
of the United States department of
agriculture and the North Dakota agri-
cultural experiment station and extern
sion service, including the county agent
organization. The state legislature
provided a revolving fund available for
use In procuring and maintaining the
required stock of poison supplies.
Many Gophers Killed.
The initial campaign was launched
against the Richardson ground SPUR
rel, commonly known locally as
egopher." In many places poisoning
resulted in the killing of 90 per cent
of the animals on the first application.
Entire counties were organized In a
systematic voluntary warfare upon the
rodents, using the township as a con-
venient working unit. Poisoned grain
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17

81 hear you have college graduate
for n cook. Isn't that very expen-
sive?"
mot very. She works for her board
and clothes"
How is that?"
"She's my wife,"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17

Glndys-would you sooner be an
old mans darling or young mans
SLAYER
Penelope-A young mans slave-it
is so much easier breaking young
man In and making him toe the mark.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-17

But the man who refuses to work
when offered n joo is generally ready
TO work friend.