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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1918-07-25
NEWS NOTES FROM COUNTY AGENT
BY WALTER J. OFT, Agent
GrasshOpper Control

Some very good results are being OBJ
tained in poisoning the hoppers
where IA constant fight has been waged
against them. Between 1900 and 1000
pounds of poison has been going out
of Sedgwick daily during the last two
weeks, and is being applied by the
farmers themselves Some fields have
been completely cleaned of the pest
The weather of the last week has been
very favorable to the eradication of
the pest, and with united effort of
the people in the infested areas, a
cleanup of the hoppers is possible.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1918-07-25

Poison the edges of your grain field
as soon as the grain is cut. Hoppers
will move to the green fields, and this
prccaution may save you many acres
of beets. alfalfa and corn.
The Clio messenger., 1918-11-22

ging the sled and the child. with Prince
slipping and scratching along beside
them.
Suddenly he came to open water. 1t
was so broad a channel that he could
not hope to leap 1t (; and, of course, he
could not get the sled and the little
girl across.
"Myp cried Carolyn May, "that
place wasn't here when we came ont,
was 1t, Chet? 1t must have just come
here"
81 don't think 1t was here before"
admitted the boy.
Suddenly sound reached their ears
that startled both; it even made Prince
prick up his ears and listen. Then the
dog sat up on his launches and began
to howl.
"Oh, don't Princew gasped Carolyn
May. "Who ever told you you could
sing, just because you hear church
bell ringlng?"
That's the chapel bell !" cried Chet
Gormley. snow I'm sure I'm right.
But we must get around this open
patch in the water"
He set off along the edge of the open
water, which looked black and angry.
The ice groaned and cracked in n
| threatening way. He was not sure
whether the foe they were on had COM
pletely broken away from the great
mass of Ice In the cove and was ar
ready drifting out into the lake or not.
Haste, however, he knew was i'm
perative. The tolling of the chapel
bell coming family down the wind,
Chet drew the sled swiftly along the
edge OF the opening, the dog trotting
along beside them, whining. Prince
plainly did not approve of this.
"Here 1t is !" shouted the boy in sud-
den Joy. "Now we'll be all right,
Car'lyn May!"
"Oh, I'm so glad. Chet," said the lit
tie girl. "For I'm getting real cold, and
this snow makes me all wet"
"Keep up your heart, Car'lyn May"
he begged. 81 guess we1l get through
all right now."
"Oh, I'm not really afraid" the little
/ girl answered. "Only I'd really like to
be on Shore"
Chet FASTENED on toward the sound
of the tolling bell, sharply on the
watch for other breaks in the ice.
Here was another-a wide-spreading
crevasse filed with black water. Chet
The Clio messenger., 1918-11-22

But what was the little girl doing?
He saw her hauling In on the wet rope
and she seemed to be speaking to
Prince, for he stood directly before
her, his ears erect, his tail agitated.
BY and by he barked sharply.
"Now, Princey" Chet heard her cry.
She thrust the end of the rope into
the dogs jaws and waved her mittened
hand towards the open water and the
unhappy Chet beyond 1t.
Prince sprang around, faced the
strait Of black water, shaking the end
of the rope vigorously. Chet saw what
she meant and he shrieked to the dog:
"Come on. Princel Come on, good
dog! Here. sir %
Prince could not bark his reply with
the rope In his jaws, but he sprang
into the water and swan sturdily
toward Chet.
He stopped and seized the dogs fore
legs when he came near and helped
him scramble out on the ice. The end
of the rope was safely in his grasp
again.
my goodness! My goodness! I
could sing hallelujah!" declared
Chet, his eyes streaming now. "Hold
on, now, Car'lyn May! Pm goin' to
drag you across. You hang right on
to that sled"
"Oh, I'll cling to it, Chet," declared
the little girl. "And do take me off
this ice, quick, for l think it's floating
out with me-"
Chet drew on the rope, the sled
moved forward and plunged, with just
little splash, into the pool.
In few seconds he had "snaked"
the sled to the edge Of the Ice foe
on which he stood. He picked the Sob
hing Carolyn May off i. the sled and
then lifted that up too. The little girl
was wet below her waist.
"Tm-I'm just as co-old as IL can
be-" she chartered. "Oh, Chet! take
me home, please!"
"I'm a-going to-" chattered the lad
in return.
He dragged off his coat now, wrung
it as dry as he could and wrapped 1t
around Carolyn Mays legs before he
seated her on the sled again. Then
he seized the rope once more and
started toward the sound of the chapel
bell.
Prince began to bark. He could not
move forward much faster than Chet
did, but he faced the wind and began
to bark with persistence.
"There - there's something over
there, Chet," murmured Carolyn May.
She was all but breathless herself.
Then. through the wind and storm,
came faint hail. Prince eagerly
pursued his. barking. Chet tried to re-
ply to the hail. but his voice was only
hoarse crOak.
"We've got to keep on-we've got to
keep on" muttered the lad, dragging
the sled slowly.
The dog had disappeared. Carolyn
May was weeping frankly. Chet CORN
ley was pushing slowly through the
storm. staggering at each step, scarce
ly aware In what direction he was
heading.
The Clio messenger., 1918-11-22
He Turned Bright Face on Her as
He Struck Out for the Edge Of the
Other Ice FIoe.

had no idea to which direction he
should turn. And, indeed, it seemed to
him as though the opening was grow
ing wider each moment. The ice on
which they stood must be completely
severed from that further up in the in
let!
The boy had become frightened.
Carolyn May had little idea of their
danger. Prince sat up and howled. 1t
seemed to the boy as though they were
In desperate straits, indeed.
you've got to be brave girl,
Car'lyn May" he said. "I'm goin' to
swim across this place and then drag
you over. You stick to the sled and
you won't scarcely get wet even."
"Oh, Cheti don't you dare get
drownd-edr - begged Carolyn May, ter
rified now by the situation.
He turned bright face ON her as
he struck out for the edge of the other
Ice foe. Chet might not have been the
wisest boy who ever lived, but he was
brave, in the very best sense of the
word.
Don't worry about me, Carlyn
May" he chattered.
The desperate chill Of the water al
most stopped the boys heart.
Three strokes took him across the
patch Of open water.
"Well be all right in a minute,
Car'lyn Mayw he called. climbing to
his feet.
And then he discovered something
that almost stunned him. The line he
had looped around his wrist had slipped
off He had no way Of reaching the
rope attached to the sled save by
crossing back through the water.
Chet felt that he could not do It.
"Oh, Chetl Chetw walled Carolyn
May, you've dropped my roper
What he should do. poor Chet could
not think. His brain seemed COM
plstely clouded.
The Clio messenger., 1918-11-22
CHAPTER XIV.
How to Write a Sermon.

How to Write Sermon.
Joseph Stagg heard the dog bark
first Of all.
The men with Mr.. Stagg having
spread out on the ice like skirmish-
ing party, now closed in toward the
point from which sounded the dogs
barking. The hardware dealer shout
ed as he ran. He was the most reck-
less Of them all and on several occa.
sions came near falling.
Suddenly an object appeared In the
smother of falling snow. Hoarsely the
dog barked again. Mr.. Stagg shouted: !:
Hey Prince! Princel Here we
arev"
The mongrel made for the hardware
merchant and almost knocked him
over. He was mad with joy.
"Show 'em to us, good dogw cried
Uncle Joe. "Take us to 'em! Where's
Hannah's Car'lyn? Show us, boyI"
Prince Tapped Mr.. Stages face and
then ran off through the falling snow,
barking and leaping. The men hur-
ried after him. Twice or thrice the
uOs was DuCh, W iuuhc SURF tiluL uc
was followed. Then the men saw
something outlined in the driving snow.
"Uncle Joe! Uncle Joe!'
The child's shrill voice reached the
hardware merchant. There was poor
Chet, staggering on, leaning against
the wind, and pulling the sled behind
him.
"Well. you silly chumpl" growled
Joseph Stagg. "Where're you going.
anyway"
"Oh, Uncle Joel" walled Carolyn
May, "he isn't anything like that at
all He's just the bravest boy; And
he's all wet and cold"
At the conclusion Of this declaration
poor Chet fell to his knees and then
slipped quietly forward on his face.
II yum !" grunted the hardware deal
er, II guess the boy is all In"
But Chet did not lose consciousness.
He raised faint murmur which
reached Mr.. Stages ears.
Ell did the best could, Mr.. Stagg.
Take-take her right up to mother.
She'll fix Car'iyn up. all right
"Say, kidw exclaimed the cook, Il
guess you need bit Of fixin' up your.
self. Why. see here. boys. this chap'a
been IN the water and his clotha
II frose stiff."
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The Clio messenger., 1918-11-22
Wilson Gives Text of Arm
istice and Pledges Aid
to Stricken Country.
HUN ARMIES TO DISARM
President Informs Congress OF
the Agreement Signed by
vanquished Enemy.
TO GIVE UP HER NAVY

Occupation by Allied and American
Forces Of Strategic Points in Ger
many; Surrender of Fleet and
U-Boats; Occupation of
Naval Bases and Re-
lease of All Allied
and American
Soldiers.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
GET ALONG WITHOUT SCENERY
in That, as in Many Other Ways, the
Chinese Theater Seems Primitive
In Our Ewes.

Scenery in China is conspicuous by
It's absence. Mountains, mountain
passes, rivers, bridges, city walls, tenn
pies, graves, thrones, beds and other
objects are represented by an arrange
ment of q chairs, stools and benches,
while the passage of rivers, horse rid
ing, unlocking Of doors and entering
houses where not even a screen exists
between the visitor and those he visits,
the climbing Of mountains, execution
of criminals and numerous other ac-
tons are presented by pantomimn
motions that are perfectly understood
by the audience. Thus, a leper drinks
wine, in which, unknown to himself,
venomous serpent has been soaked,
feels an itching sensation and throws
himself into an imaginary fish pond
where, to the beating of gOngs, he goes
through the motions of washing and
finds himself cured of that loathsome
disease, to become future chief grad
uate. Or general sent on distant
expedition brandishes his whip, capers
around the stage few times amidst
the clashing Of cymbals, and then
stops and informs his audience that he
has arrived. Or q criminal who Is to
be hung, accompanied by the weird
music from the two. stringed fiddle, will
wall and moan his confession and then
walk over to one side of the stage and
stand under bamboo pole with a rag
tied to the top. He has been hung All
pain is represented by throwing the
head back and gazing upward. Anger,
by very hard breathing and staring
eyes. Every movement of the hand or
head, the positions in which the feet
and arms are held, are all significant
OF some definite action and meaning,
and these movements are perfectly un-
derstood by the Chinese, who will tell
you, like the modern school Of stage
artists in the West, that scenery is an
unnecessary bother.-From "The Chi
nese Theater," by Frank S. Williams in
Asia Magazine.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
.SL0VAK TROOPS need HELP
SITUATION IS CRITICAL
NO U. S. SUGARFAMIN
Hoover Declares Food Situation
Is Good.
American Public Will Be Expected to
Observe Closely the New
Regulations.

Washington, July 1O.-Definite as.
surances that there is no danger of a
sugar famine were given by the food
administration and the food situation
generally was declared to be better
than at any time since America under
took the feeding of the allied world.
The American public, however, will
be expected to observe closely the new
regulations limiting the household per
capita consumption of sugar to three
pounds monthly, and to continue all
other conservation measures, at least
in part. Whatever saving other than
provided for in the regulations that
may become necessary to remove all
danger of famine will be done by
manufacturers.
1t was pointed out regarding the
wheat situation that, even with the
prospect of 100000, 600 bushel wheat
crop, there can be little If any lessen
ing Of present conservation measures.
reassuring wheat reserve must be
built up here and abroad. officials de-
clare, and maintained against a pos
sible short crop next year.
The new wheat harvest now coming
in. 1t was said, finds the available sup
ply of last years crop very low. That
wheatless and meatless restrictions
will be removed entirely was declared
at the food administration highly i'm.
probable while the war lasts.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
100 LOSE LIVES
IN RAIL WRECK
Passenger Trains Collide Near
Nashville, Tenn.-Most of
Dead Negroes.
MORE Than EIGHTY INJURED
Lieut.. Don Long Of Aviation Service
Seriously Hurt--Iilinois Soldier Is
killed-Engineer Disregarded
Orders.

Nashville, Tenn, July 1O.-One hun
dred persons, most Of them negroes.
are believed to have lost their lives in
head-on collision between passenger
trains on the Nashville, Chattanooga
O & st. Louis seven miles west of here
In one car every one was killed.
There were several women passengers
in this coach. Their bodies are still in
the wreck.
Nashville hospitals are crowded
with the injured, who number more
than eighty. AS the engineers and fire.
men Of both trains were killed, the
cause of the collision may never be
known. One of the trains is said to
have disregarded orders.
Aviator Among Injured.
Lieut.. Don Long of the aviation serv-
Ice Of Nashville was among the seri-
Ously injured. He was caught between
car seats and badly crushed. For more
than two hours he was imprisoned
with three dead men across his lap.
In the two day coaches and two
sleepers Of the through train that re-
mained on the track. all the passen-
gers escaped injury
The dead include Private John p.
Hussey. Uhlian. Ill.,: Wilson B. Harris,
naval reserves, and -. Alexander,
United States marine corps.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
RULING HITS DRAFT MEN
Cannot Choose Arm of Service When
They Volunteer.

Washington. July 1O.-Instructions
have been sent by Provost Marshal
General Crowder to all local draft
boards ordering the cessation of the
privilege hitherto granted registered
men of selecting the arm of the SER
vice in which they desire to enlist
when volunteering. 1t was learned Of
f1cially, however, that no action has
been taken to stop the voluntary enlist
ment in the navy Of men of class 1.
Secretary Baker said he had conferred
with Major General Crowder regard
ing this loss of draft men to the army,
but that no decision had been reached
to withdraw permission for such en-
listments.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
LAKE YIELDS TONS OF SALT
Natural Phenomenon In South Austria.
LA Constant Source % Revenue
to Its Owner.

On Yorks peninsula, in South Aus
tralia, says writer in the Wide World,
Is wonderful lake of pure salt. It
Is huge depression in the earth which
fills up in the winter months. In the
hot summer sun the water quickly
evaporates, leaving a thick deposit Of
almost pure salt. Seen from dis
q tance the surface of the lake has all
the appearance of being covered with
a sheet of ice. That salt crust is so
thick and strong that men and even
carts and plows can traverse it with
perfect safety. Yet below the crust
there is a considerable body Of slug
giSh water.
After the rays Of the summer sun
have played their part, the salt Is
gathered. 1t is just raked into heaps,
and these pyramids of salt are a strik-
ing feature Of the landscape. The salt
is now shoveled into carts and con-
veyed to various works on the sea-
board, to undergo the process Of re-
fining. Gathering the salt is trying
work on account of the great heat and
the dazzling reflection. Often 1t is
necessary for the men to wear colored
glasses to protect the eyes. After the
loose salt has been collected from the
surface special kind Of plow is run
over it, when another harvest of the
valuable material can be reaped. The
yield of salt from this strange lake
amounts to several thousand tons a
year, and it is among the finest OBJ
tainable. The lake is several square
miles in area and is naturally very
valuable property.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
new OFFENSIVE. FORECAST
ADDITIONAL GROUND GAINED
1918 CROP TO Be VAST
Department of Agriculture Puts
Wheat of 8e1 900, 900 Blu.
Corn, With Estimated Yield Of $780,.
100000 Bu., May Set New Record
Oats Total ,437 100000.

Washington, July 1O.-First indica-
tions OF this, years prospective yields
or corn. white and sweet potatoes, to-
bacco, FAX and rice are contained In
the monthly crop forecast issued by
the department of agriculture, in ad-
d1tion to the announcement that the
total wheat crop, combining all wheat,
was 891, 100000 bushels. The prospec-
tive corn production for this year, 1t
was announced for the first time, will
be 3,16O,OO0,OOO bushels, the depart
ment of agriculture estimate being
BASED on conditions of July 1.
The corn harvest promises to be the
largest on record, with total of g.
16O,OOO,OOO bushels as forecast for the
first time this season by the govern
ment. The acreage Is almost per
cent smaller than planted last year,
the total being 113, 1896, 900 acres.
The forecast for wheat, including
both spring and winter, is slightly un-
der the forecast Of June 1, but is 24O.-
100000 bushels over the 1916 crop and
100000 bushels in advance of the
f1ve-year average of production.
Wheat remaining on the farms on
July / is estimated at S,283,OOO bush
els, against 1851 900 bushels last year
and five-year average Of 100000
bushels.
Other crop figures of interest In the
July forecast show a $4,000, 900 win
fu CT Axvo-
year average Of 552,OOO,OOO bushels; a
394 100000 bushel crop of spring
wheat, with a 257 100000 f1ve-year av-
erage; an oats production Of 1,437.-
100000 bushels, against 1915 produc-
ton of 1857, 7,00O, 900 bushels; a barley
crop Of 230,OOOOOO bushels, 25,OOO.O0O
bushels better than the fve-year aver
age; a white potato crop Of 4O6, ,O0O 900
bushels, better by 100000 bushels
than the five-year average crop, and "a
tobacco production of 1,187,0OO,OOO
pounds, In excess Of the five-year aver
age but less than the 1915 crop.
Flax shows a production Of 1853 Of
normal, nearly double the 1915 prOduc-
toin, while rice exceeds all figures,
with 43.4 production.
Acreage planted to the various, crops
and announced for the first time Is !:
Corn, 1885, 600; white potatoes, A.
113,OOO; sweet potatoes, 950,OOO; to-
bacco, 1,452,9O0; flax, 1867, 900. and
rice. 1,12O,3OO.
A reduction Of 100000 bushels in
tho nrocnootivo what harvest uo q
shown. Deterioration during June re-
duced the prospective winter wheat
crop by 100000 bushels and the
spring wheat crop by 100000 BUSH
els.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
Won KUEHLMANN is OUSTED
German Foreign Minister to Be Sue
ceeded by Won Hntze.

d Copenhagen, Denmark, July TO-
Emp eror William hars consented to the
resignation of DR.. Richard Won Kuehl-
man, the German foreign secretary,
the Wolff news bureau of Berlin says
it is reliably reported.
1t is expected Admiral Won Hintze,
German minister at Christiania and
formerly minister to Mexico, will sue
ceed him.
London, July 1O.-With Won Kuehl-
mann passes the first non-Prussian
minister of foreign affairs Germany
has ever had, the retiring secretary
being, like Chancellor Won Hertling
a Bavarian. There Is every indication
that the militarlst junta at Berlin will
bend might and main to see that Kuehl-
mann Is the last non-Prussian in the
foreign Office.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
REPORT FROM GEN. tPERsHING

g Declares There Is Nothing important
to Tell-Qulet on Entire Front.
Washington, July 10-General Per
shing's communique for Monday said
there was nothing important to report
from sections Of the front occupied By
American troops.
The communique follows:
'In the sector occupied by our troops
In Picardy there was some brisk artil-
lery fighting July to 8. Our batteries
shelled L'Alval wood with gas early In
the night and the enemy retaliated by
firing on our front lines from the Fon-
taine wood to Grivesnes and on some
of our positions in the rear.
'In the Marne sector which our
troops are holding the activity OF the
German aerial forces was the most sig
nificant feature of July 4 to g."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
FRENCH TROOPS
ADVANCE Mile
AT M0NTDlDIER
Penetrate German Lines on Two
Mile Fr0nt-Take $50
Prisoners.
RAIL JUNCTION IS GUARDED
Enemy's Counter-Attack at looes
Farm RepuIsed-Tanks Take Part
In Batti~--Britlsh Carry Out
Raids in Vicinity Of Arras.

Paris, July 1O.-In the first infantry
operation Of note since the German
offensive was crushed onnthe Matz In
June, French troops, with the aid OF
tanks, advanced more than mile on
front of two and One-half miles
northwest Of Compeigne.
Two farms were captured and a
counter-attack against one Of them was
repulsed. Prisoners numbered $50 and
80 machine guns we're taken.
General Petain chose the area just
south Of the Matz river, northwest OF
the Compiegne forest, on the front be-
tween Montdidier and the Oise, for
the blow. 1t was here that the point
Of the German wedge projected, and
the French drove In just to the west
Of the Antheuil neighborhood, taking
valuable territory on both sides Of the
Compiegne read.
The success Of the new advance
serves to still further protect the I'M
pOrtant railway junction at Estrecs'
st. Denis, seven miles southwest OF
Antheuil
New Offensive Forecast.
Additional ground also was gained
on the Marne front, east Of the Retz
forest. The Germans were driven
back farther In the vicinity of the
Chavigny- farm.
Raiding operations were conducted
by the British and enemy guns bonn
barded the British front actively In
the Amiens area south of the Somme,
indicating that they are contemplate
Ing an effort to regain-the ground re-
Gently teken by the Australians with
the assistance Of Americans.
Considerable activity also is reported
to the west and north of Chateau
Thierry on the Marne front, where the
AmericaQs are holding several miles OF
lines
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
ALLIES RULE AIR IN ITALY
Entente and u. S. Flyers Destroyed
1O7 iAustrian Machines.

Italian Army Headquarters, July 10.
The air superiority of the entente
allies on the Austro-Italian front is In
dicated by the figures made public,
dealing with the ten days offensive
Of the Austro-Hungarians last June.
The allies, including American pilots,
operated 12O chaser planes a1d de-
stroyed 107 Austrian airplanes and
seven observation balloons. The al
lies losses were seven airplanes
brought down in the enemy lines and
three balloons. Three allies pilots
were killed, six were wounded and
seven are missing. Three thousand OBJ
servation photographs were taken and
5000 bombs, weighing 20 tons, were
dropped by allied airmen. Italian OBJ
servation balloons signaled nearly A.
600 positions Of enemy artillery and
directed the fire Of nearly 1000 guns.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
MESSAGE TO U. S. MOTHERS
President Makes Public Letter Sent by
Italian Mothers.

Italian Mothers.
Washington, July 1O.-COunt V. Mac
chi Di Cellere, Italian ambassador,
transmitted to President Wilson a mes
sage Of greeting sent by mothers of
Italian combatants to American moth
ers upon the arrival in Italy Of the
first American troops.
In authorizing the publication Of the
message, President Wilson expressed
the belief that it will be received with
the deepest interest and appreciation
by the mothers Of our soldiers"
The message follows:
ION the day in which Rome and all
Italy, eXultant, welcome and acclaim
your generous sons, the mothers of the
Italian combatants send a fraternal
auspicious greeting to the American
mothers. United with them by the
same thrOb of patriotic and maternal
love, they hail the valOr Of their sons,
the final victory, the triumph Of civili-
zation."