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The Press., 1918-03-14
WILMINGTON

W. C. Ruby has been under tn doctor's care for few days. The sawmills did not run Monda, on account of the severe ice storn Sunday.
 Louis Morse is out after being con fined to the house a week with severe cold and cough.
 Louis Morse has a valuable dog Sport, of English setter breed which came from Stamford.
 Wayne Morse has been home iron school a few days with a painful swelling of the face caused by ar ulcerated tooth.
 G V. Smith has returned from visiting his brother whom he left i'm proving and who by order of hi physician has gone to Florida.
 Mir. Lee of Chaplin was a guest al the Ryder house over night last weeh enroute from Springfield where he had purchased horse which he was riding. .....-
 Clinton EldFedge and family have returned to their home here. They have been living in Buff Gap where Mr. Eldredge was teaming for Frank Pobuda.
 Alec Becker, who is iu France, has written that he has been at the front in two engagements. MT. Becker was a member of the Sunday school here and the grange. s.e ,. a
 Miss Louise M. Schmidt. youngest daughter of MT. and Mrs Louis Schmidt, formerly of this town, was confirmed and became 8 member of the St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church at Jersey City. N. J Sunday, Feb 24.
 Although the weather prevented a large attendance there was fair sized audience at the Baptist church Sun day to hear Mir. Porter speak of his work in Prague and among the Behemians whom he finds a very interesting people. Of pleasing personality his address was much enjoyed by those present and inc sincerity of his missionary work and interest in theBohemians was evident.
 Rev Chas Parker offioiated at the funeral of Mrs. Blakeley last Thursday and gave touching aud comforting address. X quartet, consisting of Mrs. Brown, Miss Chalker, MT Parker and Mir. Marsh sang ''Abide With Me Y The bearers were John Himmeler, James Taylor, William Marsh and William Brown Clifford Himmeler conveyed the mourners to Hampton by auto where Mrs. Blakeley was laid at rest. s Mrs. Annie \. Preston has heard that her cousin, Charles l.. Preston, a native of Northfield, Mass. who left Boston for Russia early in the winter, was not allowed to enter that country on account of unsettled conditions. He has travelled in Japan and China. and on Jan. 25th left Shanghai, China, for San Francisco by way of Honolulu. MT. Preston has made many trips to Russia as an expert buyer of leather and for many years resided there with his family. On this last expedition he was sent out as a commerce commissioner by our
The Press., 1918-03-14
RESULTS TELL
There Can Be No Doubt About the
 Results in Stafford Springs.
Results tell the tale.
 All dnnhf ia rnmouod

Results tell the tale.
 All doubt is removed.
 The testimony of Stafford Springs citizen
 Gan be easily investigated.
 What better proof of merit can be had?
 Mrs. s. P. Reynolds, Benton St.. Stafford Springs, says: 1T was never without dull. constant pain in the small of my back. It bothered me all of the time and was very nervous, If stopped over, sharp pains seized me and 1t would be hard to straighten up. When doing any work my back became weak and achy. Doan's Kidney Pills, were recommended to me and I bought some at Jacobsen s (now McColmic's) Drug Store. The first box helped me and as I continued taking them was greatly relieved. |"
 600, at all dealers. Foster. Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Press., 1918-03-14
BUILDING in 1918
 CHAPTER 3. THE TRUTH ABOUT PRICES.

How does tho cost of building in 1918 compare with tha-eost in previous or nor nal years1 Ask most any man on the street about prices of lumber to-day to one, he will throw up hls hands and say, "Why prices of lumber have more than doubled, they are out of sight. |" But that man is WRONG.
 As throwing much light upon the sub jset there has recently b en Issued the irst official comparison in building con struetion costs, and those of two years ago. compiled for the Dow Service Daily Building Reports. Below are the per .,..k.r.., ,DR fna1aoea.
The Press., 1918-03-14


 O'Meara
 Score: Stafford 26, Pennington 13; goals from floor, Sullivan, :Comins 4 Cunningham 3, Tonon 5, Salmon. sen, Lewis 9; goals from fouls, LOwis 7,-s Tonon 3; referee, Ellis; scorer, Gorbam; time, 2O-minute halves.
 Town Tax "A Mills.
 At the special town meeting on Saturday afternoon at the town. hall there were abOut fifty present. Judge ". H.. Heald presided. It was voted to lay 8 tax of IA mills. It was .estimaBed that according to the budget .presentel at the town meeting in November that 1t would be necessary to increase the tax from 12 mills to IA mills in order to meet the expenses for the coming year The town will not have this year the $5, 900 usually received from the liquor licenses and the extra expense of the new school. house at OTcuttville and increase in school expenses makes this necessary. It was estimated that IA mills would raise abont $S, 300 more than the estimated amount needed. A motion made to make the tax 12 mills, the same as last year, was defeated by & vote ofs21 to 10. Article second, to see if the town would vote to have printed list of each assessed property was defeated. The selectmen were instructed to take out compensation insurance for the town employees. It was estimated that the cost would be about $16O. The vote passed Novem- Der 18th increasing the pay of the first seleOtman to $4OO and the second selectman from $1OO to $20O was recinded. It was voted to ihCrease the, pay of the ,.frst seleotman from $2oo to- $40e-andt to pay the assessors, board of relief and registrars @8. 50 < aay.z First Sel6Utman Preble. stated ithat the town road roller was useless unless at least $1, 900 was laid ont on it for repairs. It was thought that 1t would cost probably quite little over $1, 900 to put it in order. A vote was passed empowering the selectmen to dispose of the roller in any nsnneu they should see At. 4s
The Press., 1918-03-14
"A few bargains left at E. L. Burr's.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Miss Abbie Grif1iths of Warren, R. l., is making her home with hel sister, Mrs ". <. Bruce.
 The annual meeting of the Stafford Golf Go. will be held at the StaffoF ( Business Mems association rooms nexl Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
 Miss Marjorie Stevens of Triton seminary returned to resume heI studies Monday after having been con- fined to the4house with the mumps foT the last week.
 TEe week night meeting of the Congregational church will be held at the home of MT. and Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin on Highland Terrace this evening.
 The board of relief reduction of $3I ,O19 from the assessors report in. oluded $29, TIT as exemptions. Their ether reductions amounted to $18, A56 and they added SIP, 16O.
 Miss Lillian Benton and Mrs MoTntire. attended the meeting of BuIpee W. R O. at Rockville last Wednesday evening The department president, Mrs. Elizabeth Spicer, of New London and Department Treas- urer, Mis- Florence l.. F. Haydyn, of Meriden were present. Mrs. Mabel Barstow. of Burpee corps is senior aid and Miss Benton is on the executive board. Supper was served at 5 30. forty-two sitting down, inoludiDg several members of Burpee Post, q. 4 R. Mrs. Rose Orandall Smith had chaTge:=of the supper The pro. gram in the evening was 8 very interesting one.
 Owing to the constantly inoreasing demands for labor, many people find it difficult to secure the extra help needed about their homes. Many boys and girls of this town are fully capable of supplying these needs and desire to earn money on their own account by doing go. In order that they may have this opportunity an bureau has been opened in the office of the superintendent of schools. A list of the boys and girls is kept on file there with record of the time that they could be employed out of school hours and. vacations. When in need of boy or Rirl'cafl<ttfe public schools where reliable help at reasonable rates can be obtained.
 Stafford high added one more to its string of five straight victories when the local high school boys journeyed to Pennington and defeated the Y. H. s. five 26 to 13 in Unionyille town hall. The game started straight way with heavy bombardment by the locals on the enemies basket, putting Stafford ahead by a comfort. able margin. With Lewis shooting we'll at the 15.foot mark E. H. s made six points, but try as they did they could not pass the sturdy s. H. s. guards who always alert were ready to meet all attacks; first half ended 12 to G., Stafford in the lend. The second half proved to be somewhat slower and Stafford had no trouble in staying we'll out of danger. ComiDs played fine for Stafford, while Lewis was Farmington's whole team. The
The Press., 1918-03-14
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL NOTICES i.

Matter under this head 10 cents per llne.l
 The Ellis Grocery Is having 8 special sale of Canned Red Raspberries, Straw heries and Blackberries. They are de. licious.
 "A few bargains left at E. L. Burr's.
 - Remember, we are the exclusive agents for the Famous Walk Over Shoes for Men and Women. All prices and styles. 2. Katzowltz & Co
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19
DAISY FLY KILLER J
placed anywhere,
attracts and klilo
MI NlOos Neat. clean,
N. u, SIOUX FALLS, NO. 2e-1e1e.
SAW OMEN IN HAWTHORNS
Red Berries Growing in Place Of White
Had Deep Significance for
This lrishman.

Even the humor of Ireland is given
a new hue by the war. Nothing es-
capes its influence.
Two of us We're seeing a bit of Dub
lin from the vantage point offered by
q jaunting car. And no Irishman is
more filled with the e~ffervescent spirit
Of the old sod than the garry" driver
of Dublin.
We crossed the river Liffey-a river
once fragrant with the fragrance I'M
desirable. Now it is spick and span.
The driver made comment. "Sure. it
usen't to be SO classic" he said. with
a brogue as broad as the clean-swept
walk along the o classic" bank.
"They'H be catchin' salmon in the Lift
fey yet, it's that clean an swate now"
We passed 4 square, all blooming
with h%awthorns. Nov look said our
driver, philosopher and guide. 1.-THE
hawthorns are all red this year. I'm
thinkin' it's an omen. They've been
white in other years, but this year
they're all red. Sure It's an omen. l
don't know what 1t means. but it's an
omen O some kind"
His ton was lugubrious, but his me-
lOdiOus rounding of the turns in his
pronunciation was delightful. The
blooms were red-and, omen or no
Omen, they were beautiful.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19
Farmerettes Rallied in 177o.

They had farmerettes during the
revolution. says a writer in the Phila-
delphia Ledger. Nothing new under
the sun, it seems. Here Is a para
graph which appeared In the New Eng
land Chronicle September 5, 1915:
philadelphia. Since the depar-
ture of the able-bodied men from the
forks of the Brandywine in Chester
county in the service of their country
the patriotic young women. to prevent
the evil that would follow the neglect
of putting in the fall crop in season.
have Joined the plows and are prepar-
ing the fallows for the seed, and should
their fathers. brothers and lovers be
detained abroad In defense of the lib
critics of there states, they are deter
mined to put In the crop themselves
a very laudable example, and highly
worthy Of imitation
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19

overcrowding, and soil contamination,
conditions will grow faster and better.
Where 1t is i%ncGnvenieht to distribute
q large stock as widely as Is necessary
to secure permanently the fine sani-
tary condition of land desired, the
same result Is obtained in growth by a
rotation which places young birds al
ways on land not used for poultry the
preceding year:
In backyard poultry keeping scru-
pulous cleanliness is essential. The
night droppings should be removed
early In the morning. Those which
fall on the floor Of the house and In
the yard should be removed as often
as is necessary to get them before
they become finely broken and so
mixed with the litter Of the floor or
the soil of the yard that much of such
material must be taken up with them.
Frequent turning Of the soil in small
yards is desirable, but ought not to be
accepted as a proper substitute for re-
moval Of droppings there. If these are
simply turned under In soil In which
no vegetation Is growing there is tenn
porary improvement. but after a short
time conditions become so bad that
renewal of the soil to a considerable
depth Is necessary. Clay soils should
be frequently and literally treated
with lime.
Good sanitation checks the rapid
multiplication of lice and mites. but
does not destroy them. For this the
appropriate insecticides should be
used. In a series Of tests of insecti-
cides by the bureau Of entomology
sodium fluorid a found most effec-
tive, completely destroying all lice
present at the time OF application. and
making the birds treated immune to
attacks Of lice for some time. The
methods of using sodium fluorid for
lice and Of Graduating mites are given
fully In Farmers Bulletin SOL.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19
Power Plant Planned.

The largest hydraulic power system
in Europe is to be built in Bavaria and
operated Is a public utility, according
to plans completed recently. The pow
err 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. 4 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 100000
marks. The cost of the system is to
be borne proportionately by the Ba-
varian government and the municipali-
ties %benetiting by this great electrical
plant.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19
PLANS OUTLINED
FOR MAKING HAY
Three Men and Two Horses Is
Most Economical Crew for
Gathering Up Crop.
DONE N AFTERNOON
Amount That Can BE Handled In.
der Conditions Given Will BE
From 40 to so Acres, Much De.
pending Upon the Yield.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment OF ~Agriculture.)
On many farms haymaking Is car
ried on In a more or less haphazard
manner. resulting In a loss Of time.
as now and then a part of the crew Is
Idle. With small crews there is usual
~ less loss Of time than with larger
crews, where some are moving and
raking, loading and hauling. and 9TH
ers working at the barn all OF the
time.
The smallest economical crew for
bringing hay from the field and put
ting 1t into the barn is the three-man
and two-horse crew. In the East, the
common practice Is to load the wagon
with hand forks and unload 1t with
the horse fork n sling. This arrange
ment allows two men to pitch on the
load and n man to build the load on
the wagon and drive the team. When
the load is on, all three men go to the
barn to unload. At the barn one man
works In the NOW, one sticks the hay
fork on the wagon, and the third
man drives the team on the rope. No
time is lost, except that lost by the
two pitchers In travelling between the
barn and the field. In the East the
average distance between these points
is a quarter of a mile OF less.
Custom in East.
On most average-sized farms in the
East the general custom is to haul
hay in the afternoon only. In the fore
noon, one man mows enough hay In
about four hours, starting after the
dew Is almost gone. for half q days
hauling. Three to five acres, yielding
Is tons to the acre, Is about all the
ordinary three-man crew can handle.
The second man rakes every morn
Ing, at the beginning Of the haying
season, the hay that was moved the
day before. In the forenoon the third
man does not work at haying at all.
but Is free to do other farm work,
such as blowing corn, etc.
Let us see what the effect will be on
the size Of the crew If the hok is not
cut until well past full bloom" the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19

~
stage Of maturity at which hay (tim-
othy, for example) must be cut II
choice or tea green" hay Is to be Sc
cured.
Hay cut when past full bloom cures
quite rapidly II the weather Is favor
able. and hay moved In the forenoon
can be put into the barn In the at
ternoon. This arrangement requires
nj extra a and two extra horses to
rake the hay. To facilitate matters,
the s~ide-delivery rake should be used,
so that loading can be started as soon
as the rake has made one round. The
fourth man will usually finish raking
by three or four o'clock In the after
noon, and can help load during the re-
mainder Of the day. However, three
men pitching onto one wagon is not
ordinarily q very economical arrange
ment.
Moving In the Afternoon.
Now let us suppose that It is decid-
ed to do the moving In the afternoon
az well as the raking, and see how this
arrangement affects the size Of the
crew. Such a method requires anoth-
er additional man or team, making q
crew Of i've men working In the hay
field In the afternoon only. There will
be q man moving. one raking the
hay moved the day before, and three
men bringing hay from the field and
putting It into the barn. Two more
horses will also be required with this
method, making q total Of SIX, yet
this larger crew viii handle no more
hay per day than the three-man crew
above described.
The amount Of hay that can be
handled under these conditions will
be from 70 to % acres, depending upon
the yield. Il the hay loader 10 used,
more hay can be handled per day. The
two pitchers work on the wagon build
Ing the load, and the third man drives
he team.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19
Not Equal 20 Three.

They had not been married very
long. but she had grown cold and list
less; SO one evening, after she had
yawned about seventeen times. he
said:
You seem to be so cold and indif-
ferent. Matilda. Have you forgotten
those happy days when ! was paying
you my addresses"
II should think l haven't! should
think / haven't forgotten those happy
days. / never had less than three fel-
lows every evening calling on me-"
"But. dear. haven't you got me to
pay you attention n0w1"
"Yes. / suppose ! have. You are do
Ing the best you know how; but you
don't flatter yourself that you are
equal to three. do your" /.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19
GIRLS! USE LEMONS
FOR SuNBURN, TAN
Try TEL Make this lemon lotion
70 WhIten your tanned Or
>freckled skin.

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons in
to a bottle containing three ounces OF
Orchard White, shake well, and you
have q 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 q
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! It IL
harmleSs.-Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19
CAREFUL SANITATION
TO PREVENT DISEASE
Poultry coops and Houses Should
Be Thoroughly Ventilated
Observance Of Simple Rules Will Pre-.
vent Trouble by overcrowdino and
Soil contamination-Turn
Soil In Yards.
prepared by the United States Depart.
ment OF Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
With all classes of poultry breeders
there should be more careful effort
than ever before to secure thorough
sanitation and thus to prevent dis
ease.
On farms correct sanitation Is Sc
cured in houses and coops by good
ventilation at all times and the re-
moval of the night droppings as often
as necessary to avoid bad odor. On
the land the desired result Is obtained
by distributing the stock SO that all
droppings are taken up as fertilizer
by the vegetation growing on 1t so
quickly that there Is 10 soil pollution.
Observance of these simple rules will
not only prevent all diseases caused BY
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19

who have any trouble Of this kind what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound has done for me ."-NELLlE B.
BRITT1NGHAM, 600 Calverton Rd., Balti-
more, Md.
1t Is only natural for any woman 70
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
an operation has been advised that Il
will pay any woman who suffers from
such ailments to consider trying It b.
fore submitting to such . trying ordeal,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19
Had His Endorsement.

Rev. William E. Barton tells Of a
rather disconcerting incident Of his
early ministry.
1T was Il deeply impressive occa-
sion." he says: "a general memorial
service, l believe. ! had reached the
point In my discourse where l quoted
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh
away
suddenly from the rear pew a
derelict rose uncertainty to his feet,
and in a voice reminiscent Of Poe's
Raven announced solemnly to the en-
tire congregation
"Nothin' could be fairer! Nothin'
could be fairer! Z and sat down."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-19
WOMEN FARMING IN
WESTERN CANADA
Success Has Followed All Their
Efforts.

On the train from Edmonton to Win
nipeg the writer took a seat beside a
soldier who had returned from the
front. On his breast he wore the
beautiful distinguished service medal.
One coat sleeve was armless, and on
his left cheek he bore a scar that he
would carry to his grave. He hac
served his country faithfully and well.
At the first call for soldiers in August,
1914, he FASTENED to the recruiting
office. leaving his 32O-acre farm. with
its crop ready for harvest, a full
equipment OF farm implements. plenty
OF horses, and a wife. The wife should
not be last on the list for she proved
the master of the situation, and 10y
ally took hold Of the question Of pro-
ductlon, while her husband was on his
way to fight the Hun. And she sue
ceeded. In 1918 she succeeded. and
again in 1916. and when her husband
returned In 1917 she was able to show
some contemplated farm buildings
completed. the Indebtedness Of the farm
paid of, q considerable addition to the
stock. and the land ready for a 1917
crop. This was the story told by the
soldier, and wasn't he a proud man !!
He vas now ready to do what he could
tC keep up the~period Of prosperity
md provide food for the allies. The
women CT Canada have done nobly
during the struggle.
Among the most successful farmers
Of the Oak Lake district. Manitoba,
are the Misses Clara and Beatrice For
ward, who, for the past fourteen years,
have farmed their own land, doing all
the regular work on the farm, such as
blowing, seeding, summer following
ard reaping. They have been espe-
CHILLY successful with stock, and have
a splendid herd Of ~shorthorns, both
%purebred and grade. At the recent
Brandon sale they purchased a new
purebred stock bull for 500. Their
herd was last year increased by %
calves.
Miss II. nj. Hillman OF Keller, Sas-
katchewan, Is another successful
woman farmer. She has gone In, ex-
tensively for grain growing. and farms
1920 acres. She also owns some OF
the finest Percheron horses in Sass
katchewan.
The prairie now boasts Of many
ONE who have had more or less sue
cess, though few are farming on the
same large scale as Miss Hillman and
the Misses Forward. These women
have demonstrated, and are still DEM
onstrating, that q versatile woman
may be just as good and successful a
farmer as her brother.
There are other women, too, on the
Canadian p:airies, who. though they
have not had thrown upon them the re-
sponsibilities Of running q farm"
have been decided factors in making
the farm q success. They assist their
husbands by keeping the farm ac-
counts. reducing the grocer's bills by
their management of the poultry and
butter, taking care Of the house, and,
very often, proving good advisers In
the economic management Of the men
and general conduct Of the farm work.
The man who moves to Canada car
ries with him a wonderful asset In a
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