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Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-31
IMPROVING The
1918 WHEAT CROP
TOP Dress With Manure and Fer.
tiIizer and Increase the
Yield.

The bureau Of crop estimates Of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture reports an increase of four per
cent In the acreage Of fall-sown wheat.
as compared with that sown In the fall
Of 1916 This would be highly en-
cOuraging, were II not for the fact
that much of this is In poor condition,
Is In fact ten per cent under the aver
age condition Of the last ten years. Un-
less the coming spring is remarkably
favorable for the development Of win
ter wheat, the 1918 crop will be even
smaller than that Of 1917.
We have but one more chance for
increasing our 1918 bread-graln crop,
and this Is by top-dressing either with
fertilizer or with manure. In the lat
ter case the work may be done at once,
the manure being spread thinly and
evenly preferably with the manure
spreader. Manure so used protects
the wheat from winter injury and at
the same time stimulates growth in
the cold weather Of early spring. Every
day gained at this season Is just SO
much crop insurance.
When fertilizer Is used 1t must be
applied Just as growth starts In tho
early spring. It Is then that available
plant food Is most needed. and when
1t Is most efficient In causing the
plant to "tiller out" and increase the
number Of seed-bearlng stems. Ferti.
lizer used at this time may change
crop failure to crop success, and Is
certain to give results when the wheat
was sown late, or when II was sown
with an insufficient supply Of plant
food
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-31
Meant Same to Her.

The little fairy of home had heard
someone say that the man who did the
plastering didn't use enough elbow
grease, and had asked what 1t meant,
and was told that he did not bear down
hard enough, The meaning. seemed to
lodge in her mind more forcibly than
the word itself. A few days later her
mother was scrubbing the porch and
she came out with her little broom, and
after scrubbing vigorously for a few
minutes she leaned over on her broom,
drew long breath, and said: ut takes
lots of shoulder water to get this porch
clean. don't It'll" 80, :
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-31
MAKING MANURE
M.RE VALUABLE:
Manure Re. reinforced With Fer
tiIizer Gives Largest
Yields.

With the prospect Of decided
shortage Of plant food supplies, stable
manure takes on Increased Importance
In crop production. 1t has not yet
reached the point where 1t Is worth
from Sc to $40 per ton, as some would
have us believe, but 1t is certainly
worth enough to justify better care
and attention than II has been get
ting.
So much has been written about the
saving of manure, but so much yet
remains to be done by the farmer that
we are led to believe the recommends
tlons have been too complicated to
follow, or else that the gain has not
been worth the price. There are, how
ever, three things which may easily be
done by any farmer, to increase the
crop producing value Of stable manure
on his farm from 80 to 100 per cent.
and these without any material In
crease either In labor or capital.
The Canadian neld reports find ton
Of fresh manure little more valuable
than ton Of rotted manure (mads
from two tons Of fresh manure).
Therefore. we get twice as much value
from manure when we haul 1t direct
to the field, instead Of throwing 1t into
a barnyard to rot.
The Pennsylvania agricultural ex-
pertinent station found that manure
spread at the rate Of six tons per acre
returns $500 per ton In crop increase,
while when spread at the rate Of ten
tons per acre It returns only $2.29 per
ton.
Re.Enforcs With Fertilizer.
Manure Is weak in the element
phosphorus, and benefits immensely
from the addition of phosphoric acid.
BY adding about One-half a sack OF
acid phosphate to each ton Of manure,
the Ohio experiment station increased
the crop producing value Of ton
Of manure at least so per cent.
The plant food In ordinary manure
Is only about three-fifths as effective as
the plant food of commercial fertilizer.
For this reason manure should always
be supplemented with available fertil-
izer so that crops may be given quick
start In the early spring.
BY handling manure as It should be
handled-supplement with available
fertilizer and reinforcing 1t with acid
phOsphate-we will be able to make
our present supply Of fertilizer and
manure more effective In the prOduc-
ton Of food crops.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-31
A VALUABLE TEAM

Ferlzers like strong vigorous welbred team Of horses
profitable the farmer conditions perfect
their
properly handled
Study the picture Is of organic
age sufficient drainage the m the handling
the Of
The the
will
The better paid preparation
ding Of
fertilizers will produce
applied In sufficient quantity suitable analysis
When take the lines the time
consider best Of
that Is profitable Remember
would not be profitable beyond control Still further
remember the the
do the profitable
Of the close analogy that fertilizers for wheat
other The you
Yield Recall
could Its valuable the
Of broken. Fertilizers
highest
everything perfect
for production.
High priced crops worth help
the
largest your
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-31

g: nErn nuARcEnnrs WITH LATEST APPLIANCES g!
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-31
DR.. Fab RM EY
HAGERSTOWN, ND.
DIAGNOSTICIAN

Only chronic diseases. Send me
your name and address and I will
send you a mailing case and question
blank. Don't use dope for chronic
troubles, get cured. 1t is a salts
faction to know what the cause Is.
CONSULTATION FREE.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-31
Western Maryland Ry.
Schedule In Effect January 6. 1918.
Subject to change without notice.

GOING WEST,
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-31
TRENCH WARFARE
DEMANDS BURLAP
To Save BurIap, Fertilizers and
Other Commodities Must Be
Shipped in Large-Sized
Bags.

Jute for burlap comes from India
that Is It used to. Just now this all
important fber either stays In India.
or on it's way to our shores gets no
further than the European battlefront.
Because of the resulting shortage fer
tilizers have to be shipped In large
bags. ten to the ton. instead Of IL, 16,
and even 20 to the ton. as was form
erly the common practice. To men
unaccustomed to handling these heav-
ter packages this means Inconvenience
and even actual hardship.
Using the larger bags economies
burlap-in fact saves Is million yards
tor more urgent needs. What farmer
would not be glad to share this In
convenience II he but realized that
one Of the big reasons for the burlap
shortage is that our soldier boys are
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-31
All trains Daily uni

II UUO. m lCurJiy only 20 = ltOTlIH
Note-All trains arriving and leaving
lhurmont scheduled from Western Mary
land station.
Note-All trains arriving and leaving
Frederick scheduled from Square.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Shell Killed Miss Cra7deH
In St. Merchould Attack

PARIS, March 3o-Miss Marion G.
Crandell. of Alameda Cal, was killed
Wednesday night during German
bombardment of st. Menehould. She
had Just returned to her room from the
soldiers canteen, across the street,
where sho was employed as a worker,
when she'll crashed through her VIM
dow. Several pieces of the projectilc
struck her in the head and face.
She was taken to nearby hospital
where she died in few minutes with
out regaining consciousness. The fu-
neral services were conducted in a
shed the next morning. French army
chaplain presiding. Her coffin was
draped with the French tri-color and
stood next to the coffin OF French
soldier killed in the same lombard
ment. She received military funeral
and burial was in the military GENE
terry, where hers is the only woman's
grave, among those of 5000 French
soldiers.
"She came to work for soldiers; she
died like a soldier" declared the army
chaplain.
Miss Crandcll was the first American
woman to be killed in Y. NJ. C. A. work
at the front. Memorial services will
be held in the American church in
Paris tomorrow afternoon with the
local Y. M. G. A. personnel attending
in a BODY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Ia Ship Leaders Jailed

Fourteen Italian longshoremen ar.
rested late on Friday night by navy
and Police Department officers on tho
dock at the foot of Thirty-ffth Street
66ilooklyn were arraigncd before Judge
,Ehatfcld in the Federal Court, Brook,
'yh; yesterday. They are charged with
iopnlng the government and were held
IN $1,000 bail each for further cxamina.
me men were engaged to load shps
CARVING goods for our soldiers abroad.
NaVy o'tlc'als noticed that all of cor.
s'gnment # goods was not reachinp Inc
no1d OF inc vessel. An investigation
~as started, with the result that thr
ion ,r,i men were locked up.
., nc th,evlrg according to the navv
officers, has been going on for a lone
ainci safety razors and other small
articles ssinf s., easily disposed of we're the
vndsr asrsst ali dsn Ils" ths ' eEs, non
Gsns aauld 4nynish hail. "'s'A'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Salvo From Browning Gun Helps
Boom War Stamp Sales on Fifth Avenue
Photo by Tribune Service

Both did their biz. The machine gun
was a vicious looking thing. Uncle
Sam is banking on guns of the Brown
ing type to help rout the Hun. The
gun is OF the portable, 16-pound type,
capable of firing 400 bullets a minute
There was no discountng the stamp
selling powers of that Browning gun
The other headliner on the bill was
little Miss Farren. Some folks might
gauge her powers of oratory at zero.
Her speech consisted Of just one line.
Has Bashful Spells
Sometimes, when the crowds grew
dense, she became bashful. Then she
tugged at her faxen curls and stuck a
chubby finger into her mouth. On these
occasions a Boy Scout (also perched on
the pedestal) prompted her. Constance
was stagestruck; that must be admit
ted. But this would not be true
story if it were not added that she al
ways rallied.
Between Constance and the Brown
ing gun the drive was a success. And
who cares which scored heaviest? Still,
interesting statistics might be com
piled if one could just find out which
got Uncle Sam the more quarters-a
piece of light ordnance guaranteed to
send German soldiers to perdition at
an appalling rate or a little girl who
just kept repeating, "Help our boys in
France; help our boys in France!"
Captain Chandler had charge of the
marine squad which came over from
the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The police
band furnished the music. Postma ster
Patten purchased the first stamp. Su-
perintendent Richard J. Morrsey of
the Times Square postoffice directed the
sale. And that's all the news.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
300, 900 Boy Workers
To Aid u. S. Farmers
Labor Department Plans Dis
tribution; $4,000 Is New
York State Quota
St0f Corroenondcncel

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-The Bows
Working Reserve Of the Department of
Labor will place al least 900 900 bows
on the farm of the country during
next summer, William +. Hall, ma
tional director Of the reserve stated
to-day. OF this number, 5000 will be
placed on farms in Ncw York State.
The Boys Working Reserve will have
IN operation during the summer about
1000 distribution camps, from which
the boys will be scnt each day to
farms OF the nc.ghborh ood
Many collegiate and secondary insti-
tutons arc cooperating with the De-
partment OF Labor in giving intensive
courses IN agriculture for boys, it is
stated. Pennsylvania State College
VIII conduct such a training course for
three weeks during the summer. Fol
lowing this intensive course the bows
~isl be sent to distribution camps in
the several sections of the country.
Indiana farmers, Mr.. Hall said to-
DAY, already have asked for $1,000
boys THIS summer. In illinois, rep
rrcSentative committee Of farmers, after
investigating the possibility Of utiliz
ing boys during this summer. indorscd
,he training courses being conducted
by inc Boys Working Reserve in Chi,
cago high school They declared thew
couid use several thousand boys. Moro
'nan 100000 Of the 300 600 boys who
wiii 20 on farms this summer. Director
tlail @ayT. had practical experience in
iarrm'n9 during the last scason. This
|il Rrfatiy increase their value 10 the
farmers, he points out. The BOYS
working Reserve has made 4 general
regulation that no boys under sj.teen
Ksss .ssd II sss ~ b. n'seqd on fsyfos'
1hysicsl examination. '"'' y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
National Defence Women
Take in $1,000 in a
Few Hours

One hundred United States marines
lined up on the stone steps that lead
into the Public Library at noon
yesterday and fired a salvo of twelve
shots right over the heads of the noon
day crowds in Fifth Avenue.
The shcts, of course, were blanks.
but the detonations went rolling down
the avenue. Thousands gathered IN
front Of the library
That began the War Savings Drive
of the Mayors Committee of Women
on National Defence.
Drive Nets $1,000
Before the afternoon was gone the
drive had Melted the United State,
government more than IS 200, received
for thrift stamps. 1t is hard to tell
which sold the more stamps, the
Browning machine gun, all bright and
shiny, which a khaki-clad youth exhib-
tied in brown tent pitched on the
library steps, or the smile that came
and went on the face Of slx-year- old
Constance Farren, who from the
heights of one of the stone pedestals
which bank the library steps talked
baby talk to the crowds all afternoon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Pro-Germans Forced
To Salute u. S. F7lac

CoSHOCTON, Ohio, March 3o.-A mob
OF between 500 and 600 persons ]atc
last night and carly this mornino
VISITED sixteen homes in this citv an1
forced between twenty five and thirty
al!eged Germans TO kiss the Star;
Kaiscr" VIII" INC
{. Ihe mob marched through the streets
r moh;,a aoreast with about thirty auto
Frank Cregor, Mrs. Gregor held tho
mob off for time with revolver She
was finally overpowercd and with her
husband was taken to tho courthomsn
steps, where they were forced to kiss
me nag and repeat the oath Of
Members of the mob before break
Ing up, announced that other alleged
lpio- herman homes would be visited
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

place like Hampstead, contributed to
the suspicion with which they were re-
garded and the zeal with which neigh
borly eyes watched for mysterious Wis
itors, who came IN taxicabs in the dead
of night. The Whites had a boy and
a girl, who, according to neighbors, APP
peared to suffer from the general neg
lcct that pervaded the place.
For ten days, it is said, the house has
been untenanted and the workers in
the Curtiss plant who boarded there
have not been seen. 1t was generally
remarked yesterday that it was lust
about ten days ago that production
slowed down at the works and the ex-
traordlnary precautions now in effect
were introduced. Mrs. White and
Arnold left the place on March 2, Fed
eral officials said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
q }sVl

men and four women with "ualawfr,
assembly," in connection with riots
growing out of the general strike in
progress here. Conviction on the
charge would carry with it a peniten.
tiary sentence. The defendants are
charged specifically with participation
IN riot at cafeteria here yesterday.
The general strike situation showed
no decided change tonight. Confer.
ences looking toward a settlement were
begun late this afternoon, and arrange
ments were being made to continue
them tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Miss Crandell, Killed
At Front, a Teacher
Second American Woman War
Worker to Meet Death in
France Recently

Miss Marion G. Crandell, the Y. NJ
c. A. worker, whose death in the Ger
man offensive was reported yesterday
sailed from New York on February q
She was forty-six years old, and was
teaching school in Davenport. Iowa
when she enlisted for service with the
French army. In letter written in
Paris on March 3 she said that she ex-
pected to go to the front the next day
Her five brothers and sisters arc
married, and she told them when she
set out that as she was the only one
without dependents she would repre-
sent the Crandell family at the front
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

One Of her brothers lives in Alameda.
Cal. She Is the second American
woman war worker to meet death re-
gently. Miss Wincna c. Martin WAS
killed in an air raid on Paris. Mics
France on the samo steamship.
Rockville Centre, Long Island March
3O.--A service will be held in the
Rockville Centre Club tomorrow in
memory of Miss Martin, tho Y. NJ. c. A.
canteen worker, who was killed in
Paris in @ German air raid March Ii.
She was in charge of the public Ii
brary here
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Death Penalty for
Spies Is Proposed
I'm Overrnan Bill
Senator Plans Drastic Pun.
ishment for Espi-
onage Acts

WASHINGTON, March 30.-The
death penalty for many acts of espion-
age will be proposed in legislation to
be brought before Congress, Senator
Overman, of North Carolina, active
head of the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee, said to-day, after hearing the tes
tlmony OF several government agents
in charge of anti-spy work.
The subcommittee also approved an
amendment to the espionage law penal
lzlng "attempts' to obstruct the select
I've draft law, as we'll as actual OBJ
struction.
Confidential testimony regarding en-.
envy espionage and propaganda and J.
W. ". activities was given to the sub
committee to-day. According to SEN
a'or ovcrman, the government agents
SAID that the activities Of spies arc
widespread throughout the country. A..
though the government is taking firm
steps to stop their operations ,ts cor
'roi OF the situation, it was said. il
not yet ali that could be desired"
Letters many invisible ink-nict.
ufes and other documents seized bv
inc Federal officers were submitted 20
INC committee. and. according to com
"'O'ec members, were of a most scd;-
tious and hostile character. Tho suh
committee to-day approved an almond
mcnt to penalize the use of inv;s;hIo
'hk IN correspondence and PROVIDING
ior SEIZURE by the mail ccnsors of mail
mater believed to be of scditious orr
gin. '''ouS orr
a ,cf 10 attempts to obstruct The drait
.HW, Department Of Justice apents tniS
tne e., committee that indicted persons
ave escaped conviction because i. vas was
successful. "N'p NOT
ne committee plans to report tro,.
Gay gay ana ask Immediate passage OF tbn
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I'D ., ~ ,}T .,r1e TO own your own ho,,.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Masons Get 26O-Star Flag
Given to Club at Army and
NAVY Concert

A service flag bearing 26O stars was
presented to the Masonic Club at the
Army and Navy concert at Masonic
Hall, Sixth Avenue and Twenty-third
Street, last night
The presentation speech was made
mon(s, both OF the United States armY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

~ 'gT ufle to own your own ho,,.,
ds w ~, wy H9si ssist- tisju,rv. np"s
iuat xo un.buns. Perhaps you'll Aha th.sss..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Grand Jury Indicts
"a in Kansas City
Twenty Men and Four Women
Are Accused in Strike
Riots

KANSAS CITY, March 30.-The Jack
son County grand jury late to-day
returned indictments charging twenty
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27
OHIO PEOPLE TAKE
COOS TIMBER TRACT

The largest single transfer of prop
erty made in Coos county in recent
years has been consummated by the
Buehner Lumber company and a syn
dicate represented by w. c. Slattery,
of Cleveland, o., and comprises a
change in ownership of all the Beu-
hner interests in Coos county. The
price of the milling industry and
logging outfits and timber lands is
declared to have involved a sum be-
tween $1,750,O00 and 100000
The news of the transfer was to
remain a secret until the new COM
pany made all arrangements for as
suming operation and organizing the
forces.
The transfer was made in Portland
shortly before the primary election,
and men who knew the details ad-
mttted the deal had been completed
The great industrial plant will be
taken over by or soon after June !.
The entire holdings of the Buehner
company were formerly portion of
the A. NJ, Simpson company estate,
and were bought by the Buehner
company about three years ago.
The Buehner mill is located ad-
joining the Kruse & Banks shipyard,
and since that firm started construct
ing vessels two years ago, has been
constantly furnishing ship timbers.
The enormous drying sheds are be-
ing constructed to take care of the
rail shipments.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27
DISTRICT FORESTER HAS
AWARDED TIMBER SALES

Two sales aggregating fifteen mil
lion board feet of government timber
have just been awarded to the high
est bidders by District Forester G..
II. Cecil of Portland.
The sale of II million feet of west
ern yellow pine at $2.95 per NJ and
/, 100000 feet of Douglas fir and
other species at so cents per NJ was
awarded TO the Wasco Pine Lumber
company of The Dalles, Oregon. This
timber stands on the tamarack creek
basin, Oregon national forest. 1t will
probably be milled at the company's
mill located on the tract.
The second sale, consisting of O.
900, 900 board feet of living and dead
Douglas fir and 100000 fet of live
and dead western red cedar and 9TH
er species, on the north fork of the
Nooksack river, Washington national
forest, was awarded to Chester Nc
Kenzie of Glacier, Wash, at $3.50
per NJ board feet for all species
Three tracts of timber aggregating
4 100000 feet of yellow pine and
100000 feet of Douglas fir, west
ern larch, and other species are now
being advertised by the district for
ester in the Blue mountains, on the
Whitman national forest, Oregon;
and 1000 cords of western red cedar
suitable for shingle bolts are being
offered for sale on the north fork OF
he Nooksack river, on the Washing
.on national forest.
Mature national forest timber is
Ior sale on all the forests of the dis
.rict, and timber purchased from the
government is now being logged on
many of the forests. The minimum
price for the stumpage is fixed after
E careful appraisal by men especially
trained for such work. Forestry Of
ricials say that wartime uses of tim
her are responsible for an increased
demand for national forest stumpage
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27
HAS NEW PLAN FOR
MILITARY POLICE

Eugene may be made the head
quarters OF a company of the state
military police, if the plans of Major
Richard Deich, commanding the or
ganization, are carried out.
The major met with number of
citizens at the Chamber of Commerce
last week and outlined a plan which
he thought it would be wise to carry
out but was not certain whether or
not the state authorities would agree
with him.
The major thought it best to leave
the work of guarding the harbor of
Portland, the shipyards and other
activities there that need police pro-
lection to other organizations and
place the state police in other por-
tions of the state to handle any
emergency that might arise in the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27

way of timber fires, labor strikes or
any other activity that might en-
danger lives and property or hinder
the government in the prosecution of
the war. 1t is also suggested that
the bootlegging traffic between Cali
fornia and the various Oregon cities
might be handled by this organiza-
tion and traffic laws could be en-
forced.
Major Deich suggested that Eu-
gene be made headquarters of one
company, owing to its central local
ity, to the fact that several railroads
radiate from the city, and that it is
the center of big numbering and
timber section. Another company
would be located at Pendleton and
another at Baker, while Salem would
be the logical point for the location
Of a fourth, in the opinion of the
major.