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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10

placed In draft during the fall ana
winter, colds are sure TO deyeJop.
which may result in roup and othe.
troubles. From one-third to one-half
of the south side, or front, OF a poul-
try house may be made of curtains
and windows, but should be under
control, so that the openings may be
closed gradually as the weather be-
comes cold. Have muslin curtains in
the front of the house or leave win.
dow partly open, even on the coldest
nights, to allow some ventilation in
the house. Fowls will stand consider.
able cold air provided it is dry, and
ventilation will keep the air thorough.
ly dry in the house.
Essentials OF House.
The prime essentials In poultry
house are fresh air, dryness, sunlight,
convenience, and space enough to keep
the birds comfortable. The house
should be located where there is good
water and mir drainage, and so as to
be convenient in management and
adapted to available land. 1t should
face the south or southeast. From
three to four square feet of floor space
should be allowed for each hen. Pro-
vide one nest for every four or FIVE
hens.
The illustration gives plan for a
poultry house 10 by IA feet in size for
not more than so hens, which can be
constructed at an expense of about
$2S for materials. This house has one
half of the front open, but two-sec-
ton curtain of burlap or thin muslin
which can be closed should be used on
the inside of this house to close this
opening on cold nights. If the ground
is damp, it will be necessary to add
n board floor; otherwise an earth floor
elevated few inches above the
ground level will be satisfactory. If
desired, cement floor of cheap and
simple construction may be laid; such
u floor is good protection against
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
Winter eggs do not come to the
careless poultryman. The best meth
DDS of feeding, housing, and handling
nre necessary to stimulate egg pro-
duction during the cold months. The
greatest egg production during the fall
and winter Is possible only with we'll
matured pullets which were hatched
In March and April, as late hatched
pullets usually will not lay during the
fall and early winter, while older hens
are moting at that time and lay few
II any eggs.
If the poultryman has good stock,
the methods of feeding and housing
described below will produce good re-
suits.
Kind Of Feed.
Good scratch mixtures may be made
Of equal parts, by weight, of cracked
corn, wheat, and oats, or of two parts
of cracked corn and one part each of
wheat and oats. If wheat Is relative
ly high in price 1t may be left out of
this latter mixture, and the proportion
of beef scrap increased one-fourth In
the mash. In addition mash made
OF three parts cornmeal and cne part
each of wheat bran, wheat middlings,
and beef scrap should be fed. Green
feed, such as cabbages, mangel-wurzel
beets, cut alfalfa, or sprouted oats
should be fed dm.ng the winter to re-
place the green feed which the fowls
have been securing in the fields; and
beef scrap, skim milk, cut green bone,
or some similar feed Is needed to re-
place the insects which the fowls have
been securing on the range.
Methods Of Feeding.
Feed the grain in n deep litter on
the floor and thus make the hens exer-
else to get 1t. The mash may be fed
either wet or dry, and should be SO
regulated that the fowls will get about
equal parts of mash and of the scratch
grains. 1t Is necessary to give the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10

rats. The nests may be placed direct
ly under the dropping boards or on
the walls of the house, but not on the
floor. This house may be built any
length desired to accommodate the
number Of hens to be kept.
Clean the dropping boards at least
once week, and paint or spray the
roosts two or three times year with
n coal-tar wood preservative or with
crude oil, also using this material In
the nest boxes and around the drop
ping boards. If kerosene oil Is used,
it should be applied at least twice a
month. Have good supply Of sand
or dry dirt on hand to use on the
dropping boards during the winter.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10
APPRECIATIVE BELGIAN STATESMAN

Baron Moncheur, head of the Bel
gian mission to the United States and
former Belgian minister at Washing
ton, has requested the Associated
Press to express his thanks to the
American people for the hospitality
extended to the mission.
81 thought knew the United
States WELL" said the bsron. II was
minister at Washington for eight years,
and learned and admired the business
like methods and efficiency of Ameri-
cans. But it was revelation to see
great free, proud, wealthy nation
bending its energies toward the single
goal of crushing Prussian militarism.
Forgetful of party rivalries, the people
of the United States as one man en-
tered the fray, resolved TO make the
world safe for democracy 1t is no
small comfort to realize that the plight
of Belgium was more than incidental
in bringing the greatest nation Of the
New World to the side Of the allies
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10

fowls plenty to eat to get good re-
suits, but the birds should always be
eager for each feed. In cold weather
feed about one-thlrd of the scratch
grains In the morning and two-thlrds
at night. In which way the hens are
forced to exercise more than IL given
all the grain they desired at the morn
ing feed. Scratch grains, mash or
ground grains. meat meal, green feed.
grit, and shell, should be supplied In
the winter.
Importance OF Beet Scrap.
Beef scrap or feed of this nature is
very essential in securing a good sup
ply of eggs during the winter months,
and is the one essential feed often
omitted. Skim milk or buttermllk will
partly take the place of beef scrap II
n constant supply can be kept before
the fowls, but some beef scrap should
also be fed. Waste products from the
table and kitchen can be used. As
these scraps contain some waste meat.
the proportion of beef scrap In the
mash can be reduced accordingly.
These table scraps can be mixed with
the ground grains and fed as moist
mash.
Method Of Housing.
To obtain good results from flock
of poultry during the winter, all
houses and coops should be In good
condition. only healthy fowls placed In
them, and good care given to the poul-
try. Houses should be thoroughly
cleaned, disinfected, and made tight
II they have earth floors, It is well to
remove the top three or four inches Of
earth and replace this with dry gravel
or sand. If they have cement or
wooden floors, remove all litter ana
dirt and put In four or five inches OF
fresh straw litter. Be sure that the
houses are tight on three sides and
that there is no chance for draft to
strike the hens. If hens roost or are
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10
COMMANDS ENGINEER FORCES

Brig. Gen. John Biddle, engineer
officer, was born in Michigan, Febru-
airy 2, 1853, and appointed to the Mill
tary academy from that state In 1877.
In 1881 he was commissioned a second
lieutenant of engineers, During the
Spanish-American war, while a first
Lieutenant in the regular establishment,
he was commissioned lieutenant colo
mel Of volunteers.
General Biddle was the only engi-
neer promoted to be general officer
In the recent number advanced to do
service in the European war. He has
been placed In command of the engi-
neer forces now in France, who will
prepare for the American forces to be
dispatched to the front as rapidly as
possible and will also aid in the re-
building Of devastated French territory
as fast as the German army is forced
to retreat from II.
General Biddle Is considered an
excellent officer and for number Of
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10
WOULD TRAIN YOUTH FOR WAR

Col. Theodore Roosevelt has writ
ten to Ii. ii. Sheets, secretary of the
National Association for Universal
Military Training, giving briefly his
reasons why the United States should
adopt universal training. Colonel
Roosevelt says:
My Dear Mr.. Sheets: most heart
lily agree with you in your proposal
that the United States government
shall, as a permanent policy, ut once
register all the young men from nine
teen years up, for the purpose Of mill
tary training. This is the right way
to shorten the present war, and more
over 1t indicates what we should adopt
as our permanent military policy. AS
Cardinal Gibbons has well said, such
training will benefit our young men in
calculably, not only physically but NOR
ally, and will not only fit them for war,
but 1t will fit them for their work in
peace time.
II wish to take this opportunity
to express the gratitude that all Ameri
Young for his leadership In this cause
when II was first given this war woul
banded for liberty would have achi
x,ictoryv
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10
Materials Required For Building House.

VIC by inches by 10 feet for slls
Two pieces by inches by IA feet for slls
pieces by inches by 10 feet for plates.
2 by inches by IA feet for plates
inches by IL feet for studs rars and roos
twenty feet OF boards Il feet long, Tor end
feet of boards for back
feet of boards for front and dropping boards
hundred and fifty feet of boards for roof
linear feet of by Inch batens
TOT scantlng, 226 feet board measure.
To boards 622 feet, board measure.
lumber in addition to batens
Two pairs hinges.
One hundred and fifty square feet roofing
Nails.
poultry 2nch mesh and amount of
muslin.
be used in localities where
troublesome.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10
DROPPING BOARD is FAVORED
Saves Considerable Quantity Of Filth
From Accumulating In the
Scratching Material.

The dropping board saves lot of
filth from accumulatiDg in the scratch
ing material. Through the winter I'm
most sections, the birds spend most
of their time on the roosts, and just so
much of the droppings are caught on
the boards. 1t is more convenient to
gather. and 1t is an economic waste to
permit any of this to be lost.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10
GULL CHICKENS FOR WINTER
Does Not Pay TO Carry over Late
Hatehed Fowls-Throw Out
All Undeslrables.

Gull closely the pullets you select
to put in winter quarters. 1t will not
pay to carry over the late-hatched
birds, for they will not lay before
February or March. Throw out all
that are deformed. undersized or lack
ing In vigor.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10
.1EZII|a[N|||1!|1IIl
SAILOR MEMBER OF SHIPPING BOARD

There isn't sailor In the entire
shipping board, but there are more
men who know about ships than
any other one organization has. There
Is an admiral--Admiral Capps-who Is
a member of the board, but the others
are all civilians, lawyers and business
men. Yet the shipping board is the
one war machine which is the worst
enemy of Germany's greatest war ma
chine--the submarine.
The shipping board has built up a
machine of students. Men who make
subject OF study and then know how
to use the knowledge they acquire.
For instance, there is one man in the
traffic department of the shipping
board who has made the names and
capacity and routes of American ships
his study. Whenever anyone in the
traffic department wants information
Of a certain ship they send for the in
formation expert, who can tell them
Off-hand the name of the vessel her
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10

home her capacity and where she last port collection OF u
shipping
isn't thing nautical the shipping board In the old interstate
where
and paus the greatest
board huge task 1t III
brought Washington FIVE
America and the world have ever KNOWN
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10

feeling had witnessed
welding still under the spell OF the conversations
his the
Belgium could
modern
the United States wish
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17

W.tSNl NtiTOE. Dec. tS.-.tftcr S"rr-
cor Snioo;, OF r:ah. Republican, had 'l"-
!iycrcd prepared address criticiSinE the
Mar r..rr;GUr ht!l. III" S..Ehtr to-day be-
Kan consideration II disputed SECTIONS
-: the measure. Du III" first roll call
taken on ;h9 bill tn" srn;tt" voted. -
In 16 to retain th' liranC" committees
:,,u.-rdmcn: providing fnr refund OF
:a,c& TO those VIII" demonstrate to the
treasury department that :m previous
yea-s they have suffered Il not loss *
ihetr business.
Tn-norrnw il is planned 10 discuss
th,. income tax section. General DO
l,.,. also may be- rcoprr"d then. "a SEN
a,rr l'r4?r,,Se. ot Pennsylvania. senior
l.npub.;c,r of the finance committees.
n,ans an address during III" day. Dis
c,.sSlnu hy- rncnsb"rs however. is not OK
pcc;rd 10 long delay final disposition ~
N" hill.
Senator Simmons. chairman "t th"
bconcc ccnni,;c". said he expects pass
n... Of the measure by Christmas. and
senator Smrot in his address. expressed
BELIEF that the bill would soon b"
aGnptrd
Most of tho session to-day WAS taken
M with discussion nf the met loss"
:,ni"tihn'"nt
S"ua,nr Lcnru"t. at wisconsin. Re-
2ubiIcr7r. led the attack on the rrovi-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17
ANGLO VILLA
PLANNING RAID
ON THE: BORDER
ATTACK ON CHIHUAHUA
CITY NOW EXPECTED
Much Apprehension Along
the Rio Grande-U. S.
Attitude a Factor.

WASHINGTON, Dec. lG.--lniorma-
ton has reached the American govern
Inrut that paucho Villa. tho Mexican
rrvulutioniSt. is planning "dcm"nstra-
ton, in northern Mexico. with Il We"
Ia nSccrtainnE what Will b" tn" ATTITUDE
Of the American gov rnmcnt toward
renewal of his operations.
Officials of the stat" department
would not say whether there WIS any
informal ion " the nature "f III" pr"noS-
Cd demonstration" but it Was under
stood that villa plans tn attack Chlhua-
hua City or some other important l""il
near the American border. Guv"rnm'h'
officials have nfnrmnti"n that villa
has collected u large part "I the lniio"'
ing which he had before General Ter
shing.s cXpcdili"nary f"rc" went INTO
Mexico in 1915 after Villas attack on
Columbus. y. NJ.
Information here is that the Eith"F-
inr Of the Villa forces already has cau"-
ed much apprehension among thr IN
hnhitants If towns and ranches !"
northern Mexico. and tn" American gov
crnmrn, is keeping close watch oi'
the situation.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17
ADMITS AFFAIR
WITH THE GIRL
Wealthy Man Accused o,
Murder Makes Damag-
ing Admission.

MUsKEGoN. Mich. Dec. l6.-Nilo, Il.
.Pipcr. charged with the Staying OF nfass
Fricda wichman OF Chicago. admitted
today that he had visited several Mich
gan cities with the young woman IN
1915, when they posed as man and wirc'
according TO Prosecuting Attorney
Brock. but insisted that hr knew noth-
ing Of her death and burial in lonely
spot in EgGlcSton township. where the
body was unearthcd year later.
According TO Pipcr's story, man
named John S. Shclaon had married a
Miss WichmAn under tho nnmc Of NJ.
II. Piper" ut Rcnssaicar. Ind. March IL
1916, but. he feared tn expose Sheldon
because Of threats Of violence. tiper
did not further identify Sheldon"
Authorities are proceeding on the the
ory that Upper killed his alleged hlG-
anous wife after an automobile s"ur
which lasted several months.
I.ipcr WAS arrested in Hamilton. ont
last Saturday. where hc fled early III
December. and Nuskeeon officers found
him working in hotel under the namC
Of NJ. J. Carlson
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17
LARGEST WINTER WHEAT CROP BY !.
MARGIN Of 80,000,000 BUSHELS

Srbraska-3.5l1.0 200 acres: - per
cent: condition IS.
Ka.,sus-1l.lS4.o acres; l3 per cent;
condition 9S.
Tcxas-2.l0a. 900 acres; 80 per cent:
condition 100.
Okiahoma-3.59o.o mo acres; 10 per
cent: condition 10n.
Washington showed the largest per-
ccrtaEc IF increase in acreage it being
l35. with the acreage $4,000. Iowa.
showed 100 per cent Increase. with $780,
ono acres. In Oregon and California
the condition of the crop was 100. ana
tho increase in acreage 25 and A. per:
cent. respectively.
After tho official forecast OK record
breaking wheat production had bccn
made public there was considerable
speculation as TO whether the govern
mcnt would sustain loss in supporting
the guaranteed price of s2.oo per bushcl
through the 1919 production year.
Opinion on the subject apparently was
divided
Some officials said the eovornuent IS
assured of full return on I'LL tho wheat
consumed in thr United States. because
of tho control Of markets and shipping
and that American consumption prob
ably will hc greatly expanded with NIL
restrictions on its use removed. They
also said that IL was not At all certain
that even the prospective bumper crop
Of American whea, will produce world
surplus. with Russian sources shut on
and the now Argentine crop absorbed by
France and England ~ fast as 1t IS
thrrsh"d.
In other quarters it was said that
with the war ended the great stocks or
f,,li ~
available for world consumption. prob
ably MT prices. below the American guar
antrrd figure. IF these stocks prove
sufficient for European requirements,
some ser probability that the govern
mcrt will lose on whatever surplus OF
wheat there is over domestic require.
mcptS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17
Refund OF TAXES AMENDMENT
RETAINED IN REVENUE MEASURE

sion declaring il might cause tho gov
-rnm"nt tremendous revenue losses. X
serious and general industrial d"prcs-
sion should develop. II" also SAID IL
would put premium on business IN
competence and mismanaG"mcnt.
Senators Suuut. Jun"S. OF New McS-
leo. and McCumhcr. of North Dakota,
with Senator simmons. defended tho
amendment. d"riarinE that demand for
such Il provision had come from agrIcul-
tuv;t! Us we'll is business interests. The
amendment. they said. is designed To
hn!anrc taN"S! and is similar TO IN Eng
fish income tax provision.
ON tho v"tc To adept the amendment,
Four Democrats. King If Utah. Kirby OF
Arkansas. EuGc1It of Idaho and Enrda-
man pf Mississippi. Joined the following
- Republicans IN opposing: B"rah.
Idaho: t'r.:linehuySrn. New Jersey;
Grunna. North Dakota: Harding. Ohio;
Jones. WashIngtr7I: kenyon. Iowa: La
Toilette. Wisconsin,: L"nrnot. Wisconsin:
Nelson. MlnnrSnta: Norris. Nebraska
pnirdcX Xt"r. Washington. and Sterling.
South Dakota.
The senate also adopted. without OBJ
jrtliun. the finance committees Hmcnd-
men; /" IN" h"u$" provision authorizing
tn, rslnnII:;S !uncr "f internal revenue In
computing income tnN"s. ~ require IN
ycntnricS,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17
STRONG STATE
Governments
ARE NECESSARY
SECRETARY BAKER IS
HEARD BY GOVERNORS
Early Disbandment Of Draft
Boards Now Is
Announced.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. l6.-Thirty-
six state governors or EovcTEurs-clcct
in annual conference here today were
told by Secretary Baker that the war
had proven the indiSpcnsibility Oh
Strong stale governments in peace as
we'll as war times as the principal
agencies for muhllZnS and dcmobi!'z-
ing armies. finding work for returning
soldiers and developing better methods
uf phySicH! training for young men. AZ
the same time hc pleaded that state
authorities give cities mere freedom 10
work out their individual local pro-
lens.
Early dishnnGonmcnt Of tho draft
boards and state branches of the couh-
ell OF national defense rs federal aEcn-
cirS was advocated by the secretary
who urged however. that both remain
in existence informally tn aid local
authorities in solving problems Of the
read juStmcnt period.
Secretary Houston. addressing the
ruvcrnnrS. suggested thNt state govern
mcnts ascertain immediately %ha'
farming lands might hc available for
use Of returning soldiers. He cautions
cd however. against throwing these
mru inGsrr;m;natrly into agricultural
rursuis wilhuI previous experience OF
adequate training.
Reconstruction Problems.
Reconstruction problems. particular!
those relating to labor. education and
pnh:c iarIs, will ne discussed Ivy the
governors NJ their meetings tomorrow
and nt IN" closing sessions "Wednesday
they VIII hear addresses by Secretaries
Daniels and Lane. Tonight they at
(Ccntinucd on Page Eight.)
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President Wilson's Address.

PARIS, Dec. Is. - President Wilson
delivered an address today at the city
hall. whore ceremonies had b'cn ar
ranged for. The President replied TO
;hc greeting extended him.
Your greeting has raised many emo
lions within me-" the President began.
Tt Is with no ordinary sympathy taat
the people of the United States, FOR
whom l have the privilege of speaking.
have. viewed the sutfcr'nSs of France.
Many Of our own people have them
selves been witnesses OF those suffer,
fngS We were the more deeply noFcu
by the wrongs OF the war because we
knew the 'manner in which they were
pcrpetratcd. I beg that you VIII not
suppose that because q wide ocean sep
slrAlcd us in space aAAssseRers mot IN ciLec.
"yc-N-itneSScS OF the shameful rum thaC
WAS wrought and the cruel and unn"crS-
sary sufrerings that vcr" brought upon
lou These SuUecinS:s have filled our
hearts with ind! !gnatlon. We Know Wnat
they were. not only, hut "c Know ~hat
,hcy sisnihcd. and our hSartS wssc @
;yriasin;.tious filled with the whole pic
r,rc OF what France and Belgium IN
pnrt!cular had experienced
When the United St'lr"S entered thf
war. therefore. the! entered II not onlH
because they were moved by Il conric,
zion that the purposes Of the central
empires were wrung. and must Dc re,
sisted by men everywhere who loHcd
liberty and the right, out also p"cauS'
,hc illicit ambitions which they wert
entertaining and attempting to reaitZt
had led 10 the practices which shocked
,.ur hearts as much as they offended oul
principles. i,
our resolution waS formed because
w, knew how profoundly great princi'
nIcS o. right were affected, but oui
hearts moved also with our resolution.
You have been exceedingly generous
IN what you have been gracious enough
- say about ln". generous far bcyonc
;ny personal deserts but YOU. have in
Continued on PnSe E!Sht)
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Three British Divisions
Have Entered Cologne

COLOGNE. Friday. ncc. 12.-Giy tn"
A$Suriaicd l'rrsS. .I-'fhc final phns" OF
the occupation "f German territory ny
the British army. as "p"cifird by the
armistirc. was being worked out today.
Three divisions of infantry made Tor
ulsl "ntry into Cologne this morning and
crossed the great bridges over tn" Kline
tn follow the cavalry out III III" S"mi-
circular line which is hcinE established
ahuut the br!dgchrnd. 4 similar opera
ton is being conducted 1T Bonn. on the
lihinr south Of Cologne.
General Plumer. IN" british c"rnnnn-
der. was hire 10 review tho Ir"nrS
Scotch English and Fanad!nn ninntry
paSscd through Cologne with full equip
rlrni and made Il fin" showing. although
it was raining heavily and tho men were
dr"nchrd.
Notwithstanding tn" downp"ur. th"u-
sands or civilians lined the routes or
tho march AMI stood patiently under
umbrellas in order to SO" the RritlSh
soldiers. Tho crowds displayed n" h"s-
tIli,y. aud appeared to b" merely curl
uuS.
General rlumcr remained ut his post
nj the reviewing point until III" last
soldier had passed by without aprar-
entity having given Il thought to the
rain. -.