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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15
WHAT FARMER THINKS
OF THE COUNTY AGENT.

The states relations service of
the United States department Of
agriculture has on file thou
sands of letters from farmers
telling of help they have re-
ceived from county agents.
The following is quoted from
a letter written by w. FL. Har-
vey, farmer Of Long Beach,
CAL:
s'Farming is no longer a blum
dering job. 1t is growing into a
science. To succeed, organiza-
ton, method, system and scien-
tific knowledge are needed.
These steps are developed and
brought about or made possible
by the right kind of a county
agent. He is, therefore, a
trained, skilled man in personal
touch with the farmer to help
solve the thousand and one
farm problems as they come up
and has at his beck and call the
scientific men Of this great
country"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15

from the belt over the right shoulder
to the belt again. Any of the dark
colors in wool dress goods will look
well made in this way.
The frock at the left is successful in
either wool or cotton. 1t Is pictured
made of plain chambray with landings
and collar Of white pique. It's new
features appear in the band on one
sleeve in the management of the col
lar and in the slit pocket at the right
side of the skirt.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15
CHAMPION JONAH MAN
OF AMERICA is CLAIM

Los Angeles.-R. D. Jacobs of
Los Angeles says he is the cham
pion Jonah man of America.
Here's why: sa''aF- 's~'~
While instructing his wife in
the use Of a revolver Mrs. ia
cobs accidentally shot her hus-
band in the shoulder. While
Jacobs was receiving treatment
burglars entered the home and
stripped the place.
1.-THE darned old thieves" wall
ed Jacobs, ''took everything of
value except the revolver which
caused all the trouble. Can you
beat It'll"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15

were provided. And so they remained
where they were.
1t was fortunate for the allies that
they did. AS soon as they realized
that Germany's chief objective in
Russia was the Ukrainian grain sup
ply they began systematic campaign
of pillage and burning, in which they
were assisted by the peasants them
selves, aroused at the thought that
the old landowners were to- return I'M
der German protection.
The evidence that the CZecho-SlO-
walks were successful is incontestable.
Count Czernin, Austro- Hungarian
prime minister until his little ex-
change of pleasantries with M.
Clemenceau, placed the responsibility
for the bare Ukrainian cupboard on
the shoulders of the Czecho-Slovaks.
German representatives in the Aus
trian reichsrath repeated the charge in
greater details. A Magyar deputy In
the Hungarian parliament recently de-
clared that the Czecho-Slovak army in
Ukraine had burned or taken away
everything Of value.
Not only did they destroy what they
could, but they fought bitterly to pre-
vent the Teutons taking what was
left. Retiring and hampered by their
lack of equipment, they stopped to
meet the advancing Germans repeat
eddy in the field.
Certainly in Ukraine the Czecho-
Slovaks have had their revenge for
three centuries of suffocation and
oppression in Bohemia. But through
out the war they have launched shat
tering blows against their Austrian
and German enemies and the whole
idea of Mittel Europa.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15

to plant small areas to Rocky Ford
seed. The result-in 1917 farmers of
this section sold 20 cars Of cantaloupes
with gross returns of over $4,000. Re-
ceipts per acre ranged from $3.50 to
$3.50.
The farmers began to appreciate the
value of their land, started sowing
winter crops, called upon the county
agent concerning silos and began look
ing about for cattle for their farms.
Land that had slow sale at $25 an
acre jumped in two years to $75 an
acre, according to report to the United
States department Of agriculture. Not
least important, through the canta.
loupe enterprise the county agent
gained the confidence of the farmers
of the entire county in his work for
better farming.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15
Air Raiders Fear
Big Searchligh

discovering the position of the plane.
Usually it can be located within a few
degrees. The light is not turned on at
all until the airplane is practically To-
Gated. Then it is suddenly flashed on
the craft. Once a bombing plane is
found it is hard for it to get away from
the memorable pencil of light. Bomb
ing planes are not like battle planes;
they must fly in comparatively
straight lines and are not free to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15
zg20GEsAAIJERAL
5EKRM15ky0rES

A few shrubs and trees around the
farm home go a long way toward maxi
Ing the place attractive.
= =
The corn needs a plentiful supply OF
moisture at no otsse- time as much
rs when the ears are forming and
filing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15
Sets Example to Teachers.

White Cloud, Kan.-Professor Rob-
erts, superintendent of the schools
here, has set the example in patriot
ism for His men teachers. Instead Of
attending a county teachers institute
he has gone to work raising garden
truck on a farm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15
straloht Silhouette Prevails.

The slim, straight silhouette prevails
in all garments, suits, dresses and sep
arate skirts, and the new utility or
service coat is likewise built on prac-
tical lines, with belt or belted effect,
many pockets and mannish set-in
sleeves.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15
In Dveino ANYTHING.

Remember, in dyeing anything, that
to get the best results the things that
you dye must be free from dirt. Boil
them clean in a boiler of water and
then rinse them thoroughly in clear
cold water.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15

The number of women factory work
ers in Michigan has more than doubled
the last year, according to official es-
Inmates.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15

Gas and electric light companies in
New York have arranged insurance of
$50 100000 to cover damages from pos
sible bombardment.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15
Smart Elehus.

The new tichus, to be smart must
have streamers long enough to cross
in the back and tie there in butter
fly bow.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15
Keen the Garden coino.

Don't let the garden loaf after the
crops planted in the spring have been
gathered. Plant new crops for fall
harvesting and get the maximum bene-
fit from your food plot. ~"'~ss,-".@~-
In most sections Of the United
States nearly all the common garden
vegetables can be planted early in Au-
gust with plenty of time for their
maturity before the first killing frost
in the autumn. As late garden crops
which may follow others the following
are suggested:
Beets, Brussels sprouts, late cab
bage, caulifiower, celery, sweet corn,
kale, peas, spinach and turnips.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-15

Name your farm and adopt trade
mark for your goods.
Tools and materials should be kept
in their proper places.
q
Carry few tools to the field each
day and save trips to the barn
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Don't give your garden vacation
until you give the kaiser one.
Store your spring crop of Irish POI
tatoes in dark cool dry place.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-20
G&zA 2zf&Mze9& &~
CLIMBING THE oDRYo BANDWAGON.
MAY 20, 1913.

After year and more OF Stacking on the subject
with doubts in its mind seems the ACCESSIBILITY
OF offending the liquor interests the local republican
organ appears to be seeing the handwriting II is
growing terribly prohibi.
within the past few II the saloons and the
liquor power a s a political appendage really 60
evidently contemporary wants 10 get in OF the
storm.
South Bend remembers well the immense amount of
"hOier than thouism" INDUCED in by this organ back
in the days when its party the junk-heap, so
far as local and Indiana success concerned The
presumption was and that pretty well taken that the
liquor interests with the party that enjoying
the successes always the where the saloon
nourshes and little difference what the party may
Previous liquor interests Indiana had
been VIGOROUSLY republican the very point of
popular disgust, which responsible the demo-
cratic ascendency that year. then usual the
loon politics Topped the party in power just
readily they had stuck by the old In 1915, how
due league between the republican state
treI committee and the liquor power. with Richard Lie
bert its spokesman that power agreed should
return the G. o. p and South Bend insofar as has
taken the trouble to observe it, knows full well how
quickly the local republican organ its interest
saloon elimination
encouragement for the dry" bill while pending
fore the state legislature almost hens
teeth while in the campaign OF 1917 it made bones
Of screening and supporting the interests aligned
behind its candidate for mayor regarding the
Of saloon in politics. a society, with
a keen politico-Tespeotable silence. Now however
ucipating perhaps dry" decision from the supreme
and convinced maybe, that the liquor
anyhow by way of national prohibition efforts
to rehabtate itself dry" by almost daily
comment the subject. is growing real interesting
Politics. politics only and that continually, appears
be the policy OF contemporary with reference
this matter II seems to cOunenance, If not encourage
anything that offers chance OF political
agreeable aiiFnments. OF the reader is
forget these lapses Of dry" interest
regard the motive for IT, receiving the prodga
It's return with open arms and accept it all sin
cerity-but then that has been the way of the hypo-
critic chameleon, and various other types lizard
back through the ages
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-20
STYLES AND MACHINERY.

At recent wOman's exposition, where everything
for the home vas demonstrated from the automobile
the the heater the back yard, in
GLIDING wall decorations furniture child welfare SUI
frage Chinese fried noodles. classes OF
exhibits drew the crowds.
The machine attracted some curiosity. cleo
trio dishwasher given an academic admiration The
which turns-itsef-on by time-cock
arrangement given many approving scrutiny.
Every seemed give least look the
glass containing the chld's three meals day.
cooked and laid out. poached apple and all.
The cleaners and furniture polish were old
stuff Every either had them knew about
her neighbours
But-before every washing machine and every iron
ing machine stood little group. watching ask
ing questions keeping every demonstrator busy.
Here the two hardest operations of the house
hold done almost by magic And the Of every
song Will ii tear my curtains? Will 1t wash my
rugs? Will the chiIdren's dresses? How long
does it take to do long tabecloth?
And to questioner a demonstration made an in
teresng reply. Yes The washer will wash every thing
No The ironer won't iron everything TIL tell you
what! Women who have this ironer that they
have things which it will iron. They make the girls
dresses without frils and they don't put immense plate
buttons the boys They keep their clothes
within the limits of this machine and I'll say the
kids a lot better dressed.
Artists and radical feminists agitated so much
and long for simpler clothes and they little
Roadway. Will the labor-saving machinery turn the
trick after all? Will it, through extraordinary eff
cheney and its few limitations bring simple beauty
into the vesture Of the people?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-20
INVESTIGATE BUT 10 ASSIST.

investigation of the aircraft industry will he good
thing for the country-provided doesn't reveal too
much enemy.-but right there lies the danger,
especially the way which the senate proposes
90 at IT. The country of course that
the $500 100000 already gone has been and
this outside of pestiferous profits that
been teaching the federal since the
outbreak OF the war the aircraft production board
claims be able prove
BY "war-cos profits" is meant not profits % con-
prohts the industries upon which the
contractors have had TO depend Immediately need
ed supplies and equipment In most all the war con-
has provision recognizing certain wage
scale, prices for materials etc. which,
II the contractor necessary pay.
ment agreed make good Contractors insisted that
they could take the chances. The government
realized that TIE work had TO be done and done
speedily, as for instance In the building Of
nnents-where the "war-cost profits went largely TO
the lumbernen
In aircraft production conditions have been much
the same. Cedar. and other special materials need
ed, simply mounted skyward in price. the
aircraft needs known Contractors while still
perimenting and equipng themselves kept laying in
materials and supplies on "war-cost profits basis.
the government hs~ been paying the difference
They're building aircraft using up this material
end suppHes-snd the senate military affairs commit
tee seems is afraid Germany won't md all about
Germany which Indirectly. directly helped
finance the 1915 republican campaign.
We would hardly say that this proposed exposure is
10 be undertaken IL al AN. with such end in view We
speak particular or the committees lack Of
patriotic sense That is bad enough. But Of course,
there the other objective OF getting in
the administration 90 disclose something pos
sible value the Germans. that the committee can
criticse for that We an know what this commit
tee said Of secy Bakers disclosures back in Janu-
AIRY. number OF troops. etc. be France by
June-long ago exceeded-and something OF our air
the knowledge trat the commit
tee was demanding why ne shouldn't have given T.
cut Of esurSs. he givinz II the enemy-and II
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-20
MOTHER OF MEN.
BY NichOl as O'TYne.

Ger her heart the emblem Of
mercy
The deep crimson cross. shining
bright
As the blood from the wounds Of
the Savior
Cleans forth on a field OF snow
white.
Compassionate mother of sorrows
Enduring her travail again,
she walks in the valley of shadows
This Red Cross mother OF men.
She reaches her arms forth in pity.
She gathers her sons 10 her breast.
She binds up the wounds of the
stricken,
Her heart is a haven of rest.
Wherever men fare forth 10 battle.
Wherever the crimson tide flows.
wherever the need is the grayest,
on eFrands OF mercy she goes.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-20

told Pa ] had 10 speek a peece
In school about buying Thrift stamps
and Pa sed How does this here 7eece
so, & | speak the peece TO Pa. II Sed
Our Country and our flag forever,
No Ti-runt can destroy them.
The Germans think that they are
clever
But watch our boys annoy them.
That is vary good, Bobbie. sed Pa,
! cuddent have fixed IL better for
you II l had rote il myself sed Pa.
You cuddent have fixed it as well,
sed Ma. What maiks you always
tell Bobbie you can rite things?
Beekaus I can rite, sed Pa. I have
often showed you things wich / rote.
You have often showed me things
wich you called riteing. sed Ma, but
you newer showed me anything
wich wud live on & on, like Mister
Longfeller's poems such as the
Bridge OF Size, etc.
Well, sed Pa, I amt going TO
argue with you no nloar, since one
war at time is quite enun, sed Pa,
but l am going TO rite sumthing
crate sum day & then you will be
like all the rest, sed Pa, you will say
you always knew l had IL in me.
A lot Of 1t may be in you. sed Ma.
but il will he better 10 keep IL thare
& not MI littel Bobbie's he'd up with
nonsense. He is Citing too old &
wise TO believe all yure boasts. sed
Ma.
Pa got kind OF red in the face. Is
that so. Robbie? he sed.
] am Citing neerly eight years
old. / sed.
Well, sed Pa. you still have lot
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-20

Profound is the love of this mother.
Ever seeking the broken 10 mend,
AS great as the love OF that other
Who giveth his life for his
friend"
Midst the roaring reek OF the conflict,
Midst the shrek and the crashing
shell.
She bears back her battle-torn
children
From the vide-fung portals of
hell.
On her brow a diadem royal,
All builded of deep-biting thorn,
Gethsemane's garden of sorrow
She knows. and the glory of morn.
For Christ and the cross is her labor.
Midst the war-tOrn valley and glen 4;
She is love and pity incarnate--
This merciful mother of men.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-20
THE MELTING POT
*Come pdke Pot Luck With Us"
LITTLE BOBBIE'S PA.
BY William =. Kirk.

of yeers TO grow & a lot TO Tern, tho
wen was eight yeers old. sed Pa.
l was reeding Latin.
What a deer Intel child you must
have been. sed Ma, toddling along
with yure Cissero under yure arm.
sed Ma, wen you was eight yeers old.
I dident cair much for Cissero wen
was eight, sed Pa. liked Seeker
better then, but aftervard 1 liked
Cissero. He was a crate old speek-
er. he was always talking. sed Pa.
dare say that is why you liked
him, sed Ma. Well. Bobbie. sed Ma.
go ahed & speek yure littel. peace in
skool. Ma sed. q help the crate
work. Always love yure flag & yure
country. Bobbie, sed Ma, a. you will
be "A CRATE man some day. Sum
body In our family ought to be
CRATE, Bobbie, sed Ma, & yure deer
father hasent been feeling very we'll
laitly.
Ma was iaffing.
Is that un-seamly laffing direok-
ted at me? sed Pa. Wud YOU Ian
wen Civilisashun is fiteing the Hun ?
sed Pa
wud have to laff at you, my
noabel Hero. sed Ma, no matter II
Civilisashun was fiteing the Universe.
sed Ma. But doant worry about
here long after old Kaiser Willem
is dead & gone, sed Ma. Lots of
brainier men than him has tried 20
kill Civilisashun. sed Ma, & they
fell down. Goodnite, Robbie, sed
Ma. it is time littel boys shud be in
bed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-20

The Lingo of No Mans Land
, Copyright, 1915, British-Canadian
Recruiting Mission. which main
tains depots in all large cities
where men, except Ameri-
cans, may volunteer)
CURTAIN FIRE:
British term for "barrage." which
military expert defines again as
the creation OF "a line or rather a
narrow belt of shell bursts in front
OF advancing troops or over trench
es. so continuous as theoretically TO
prevent the possibility Of any living
thing passing through. and which
actually in practice, renders such
passa &c so dangerous and expensive
of life that il is hardly attempted
The curtain fire is only possible
since the advent Of Quick-firing field
guns 20 odd years ago with the in
vention Of the French famous U.s.
millimeter gun. Even the old time
concentration OF fire did not give
the same results because the rate Of
fire was not rapid enough and not
accurate enough. The old guns did
not absorb the shock Of recoil and
had 10 be relaid and repointed at
ter every shot, because the shock
drove the trail deeper and deeper
into the ground and shifted the
whole position Of the carriage. 1t
is now possible with the modern
rapid firing field guns 10 reach 80
rounds a minute"
WRESTLING JIMMY:
Howitzer shell. so named from
the noise it makes going through
the air.
TORP:
Trench slang for aerial torpedo.
SANF'AIRYANN:
An anglicized French expression
Celia ne fait rein" meaning the
same as "Na-Poo;" or in the oppo-
site sense of "Jake"-that is. no
good, done for.
| CHAR TEA:
Afternoon tea. Probably derived
from the Hindustani term Cha.
meaning tea. or it may toe derived
from the Hindustani expression that
might be spelled phonetically che
patti. the name of a kind Of un-
leaVened doughnut OF flour. water
and salt. fried N fat. which Is
a common article OF diet for Indian
troops, and was also used 20 some
extent in South Africa during the
Boer war
MULLIGAN BATTERY:
The cook wagon.
| MULLTGAN:
Irish stew; the meat and vege-
ia bic stew served out 10 the soldiers
| in the trenches.
ROOT:
Bread. Another Hindustani word
carried over into English by the
British veterans OF the Indian cam
/ paigns.
| SKILLY:
A thick soup OF meat and vege-
tables served out in army rations.
GUN FIRE:
A colloquial term referring 20
morning tea, purely local in its ap-
plication. soldiers from different
parts OF the line not recognizing IL
at all with that meaning.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-20
The Nature and
Uses of Liquid Gas
Garrett i. Scrviss.

Please explain liquid gas, Its
uses; how it may be applied.-S. r.
and T G."
Any substance may appear in any
one OF three different forms, or
states, viz: solid. liquid or gas
eous. A liquid gas" is simply
some substance which under ordi-
nary conditions appears as a gas
but which, under different cOndi-
tons, artiheially produced. takes
the form OF liquid.
To turn a gas into a LIQUID two
things are needed-lowering Of
temperature and increase OF pres
sure. The result of the applica-
ton Of these is TO bring the mole
eules of the gas closer together
into the liquid state, where they
cease 10 fly freely about among
one another. but. so to speak,
cling together in a manner which
ena bles them TO flow In any diree-
ton, without being separated
and without expanding on all
sides. The total volume OF a liquid
remains practically constant what
ever shape ii may assume when
poured from one vessel 10 another
or when allowed TO esca pc, but
gas expands without limit unless
Il is in some way confined.
When the temperature is still
farther lowered and the pressure
increased the liquid is changed
into a solid, its molecules being
brought so close together. and be-
ing so far deprived OF their vibra-
tory motion (Which is an effect Of
the form of energy that We usual
ly call heat, that they hold one
another. as il were. in a rigid en-
brace. each keeping a fiXed place
with regard 10 all the others.
One of the most familiar of sub
stances. water. exhibits itself in
all OF the three states Of matter
solid. liquid and gaseous-undsr
the play OF natural conditions
alone. and without any artificial
interference In cold weather the
LIQUID. water. becomes the solid.
ice. and on the other hand. under
the rays OF the sun water gradual
ly eVaporates. l. e.. flies of in the
state Of a gas. We call eVapoFated
water vapor. but vapor is sim
ply a special phase OF the gaseous
state OF matter.
II is conceivable that there may
be worlds somewhere in the uni
verse in which substances prac-
tically unknown 10 US in any other
than the solid state, such as the
materials OF rocks, or metals like
iron. are hAbitually in the liquid.
or even the gaseous state. This
would imply that the temperature
OF such worlds was excessively
high. II is improbable that there
is anything either LIQUID or solid
in the sun, whose temperature is
so high that all substances must
be in the gaseous state. IL you
lived on the sun you would have 20
De made of gas. and OF terribly hot
gas. too. But in some millions OF
ears when. II Is believed. the sun