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Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04
WELLS, COUNTY, ~
pay what amounted to a speci' |

pay what amounted to a speci; |
tax.
The young Senator was not sat
isfi- d. He asked that the item
be passed SO he might look into
the subject.
An investigation revealed the
fact that twenty years ago the
street railway companies. desir-
ing to consolidate and extend
their lines, asked Congress for
certain franchises and in return
for those immensely valuable
privileges agreed. among other
things, to pay salaries to police
men stationed at street railway
crossings.
For twenty years the compan-
les carried out this contract.
Then came the hurly burly of
war and some one saw his chance
to slip one over" but fortunate
ly the young Senator was on
guard.
1t is worth noting that $68. 600
a year equal the interest charge
on 81, 500, 600 of Liberty bonds.
CONGRESS FOR THE
FIGHTERS
There has alway been good deal
of feeling between the line"
and the staff" officers OF our
military forces. The Zine" men
are the fighters. The ''staff"
officers render most important
services in the quartermasters
and other departments. but nee
essarily they are not exposed to
tn. same danger as their broth
ers of the line"
The latter insist that they are
entitled to the first chance ut an!
honors or promotions which ma,
be passed around. Naturally the
staff" men refuse to accept
that view.
what would a soldier do
without foUi, clothing and equip
menl"? they ask. I'VE supply
those essenLials.
Any clerk could do that, reply
the line men. We are the boys
that go over the top. You don't
find many staff men in the hos
pitfalls.
So the controversy RACES. 1t
forces its way into Congress oc-
casiJnally for the staff" is well
represented in Washington and it
contains many charming gentle
men with social and political
pull.
The line men are in France or
on their way. and therefore not
in a position to tell Congressman
their story: Never theless the
heart of Congress is with the
fighters as was demonstrated the
other day when the House by a
big vote refused to promote staff
officers of the marines.
Every one admires the Marines
They have done big things in
France. Ten thousand of them
stopped fifty Thousand of the en-
emy. We all want to hor.Or and
reward them, but the honors and
tie promotions should gO to the
u.ys vino are III the trenches. not
to the swivel-chair warriors In
Washington.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-04

BY Edward Keating
Congressman from the third Colorado
istrict.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
BETTER LOOK OUT

st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 4.-Somebody
is going to tell on you if you don't pay
your income tax. Congress as fixed it
so that somebody must tell, whether
he wants to or not.
One section of the War Income Tax
Law, exhaustively comprehensive in
scope, requires every person, without
exception, and every corporation, part
nership, association, and insurance
company, in whatever capacity act
ing, who paid $500 or more to an
other person, corporation, partner
ship, association, or insurance COM
pany, as interest, rent, salaries, wag-
es, premiums, annuities, compensation,
remuneration, emoluments or other
fixed or determinable gains, profits,
and income, to report the name and
address of the person, corporation,
etc., to whom the payment was made,
to the Commissioner of Internal Rev.
enue at Washington, using a form
prescribed for the purpose.-Form
1909, now to be had from all collect
ors' offices. The forms must be filled
out and returned on or before March
l, 1918, accompanied by Form 1896,
which is a letter of transmittal and
affidavit certifying the accuracy of
Form 1899.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
ORGANIZE STATE
POULTRY ASSOCIATION

The Missouri Poultry Association
was organized at Columbia January
II by poultrymen who attended Farm
ers' Week. The Missouri State Poul-
try Association was formerly the
largest State association in the Unit
ed States and rendered valuable SER
vice in advancing the poultry industry
in Missouri. This association was
formed more than rs years ago. The
old association was dissolved at re-
cent meeting Of the State Poultry
Board. Former members of the as
ISOLATION believe that a field exists for
such body and consequently reorgan-
lied. Membership under the new as
ISOLATION is divided into three classes.
Persons older than Is years may be-
come active members. Junior men,
bership is, open to anyone. under Is
years of age, who is engaged in poul-
try production. Any club having ten
or more active members may become
an associate member upon application
signed by the president and secretary
of the club. County branches may be
organized in each county which has
Is or more active members in the
State organization.
The officers of the association are:
president, c. J. Labahn, Lincoln; vice
president, C. W. Sparks, Springfield;
secretary-treasurer, II. l.. Kempster,
Columbia; executive board, L. G. Law
ry, st. Louis, and A. A. Grimes, Mar
shall,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
HOMEMADE DRESS FORM BEST

The dress form is time, energy
and money saver to the woman who
sews. Unless she has a dress form
it is almost impossible to get the
length of skirt without help, and
help is not always to be had. Then,
too, the long standing for fittings is
unnecessary when a dress form is
used. The average commercial dress
form is expensive, and like CONNER
cial patterns, is usually made accord
ing to average measurements. There
fore alterations are usually necessary.
The padded dress form is inexpensive
and easily made at home. Full direc-
tions for making a dress form will be
found in Extension Service Circular
al of the University of Missouri Col
lege of Agriculture. This circular
shows how dress form may be made
by any woman at approximately $3.50.
Other valuable sewing suggestion will
be found in this publication. Copies
may be had by addressing the College
of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
SPRAY FOR SAN JOSE SCALE

Orchards which are infested with
San Jose Scale should be sprayed
during the fall, winter or in early
spring as growth starts. In most
cases, the best spray to use is COM
mercial lime sulphur at the rate of
one gallon of the concentrated mixture
to seven gallons of water. If the
work is done thoroughly, one applica-
ton is sufficient. In orchards where
pruning has been neglected, it would
be advisable to prune first and then
spray. The pruning will rid the trees
of the dead limbs and many of the
worst infested branches. There will
be less surface to cover after prun-
ing and consequently less liquid need
ed to drench the trees. The pruning
will also make the spraying work
easier.
Follow the San Jose Scale spray
with the regular summer sprays and
you will be as sure of an apple crop
as a corn or wheat CROP" says T. j.
Talbert of the University of Missouri
College of Agriculture. A spray cal
endar will be furnished free of charge
by the Agricultural Extension Service,
Columbia, Mo. w..
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
CANNED 1898 QUARTS

Father hasn't any reason to become
pulled up over the war work he has
been doing. AS a matter of fact
mother has been supplying him with
nourishment during his various &C.
tivities and has found time to do work
which is quite as important as any
thing father has attempted. Just as
a matter of information mother is
more capable of maintaining an Or
ganization for team work than father
is. Of course, father and his friends
have offered great many caustic re-
marks concerning the hen parties that
the wives clubs have had. But those
chen parties" have been doing a great
work for their families and for the
nation. Witness the following:
Forty-six homemakers' clubs with
a total membership of sos, reporting
to the University of Missouri College
of Agriculture, indicate that they
canned 1888 quarts of fruits and
vegetables during the last season. In
addition they dried 15,433 pounds of
fruits and vegetables and stored 49,
902 bushels.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
$18,500.00
MAKE PRELIMINARY
SEED CORN TEST

The seed corn test will detect poor
seed. A simple preliminary test
should be made first, according to the
Department of Farm Crops of the
University of Missouri College of
Agriculture. Take 200 ears at ran
dom and remove six or eight kernels
from various parts of each ear. Fill
pie tin with saw dust or fine soil.
Place a cotton cloth on the soil and
spread the kernels on the cloth. Place
a second cloth over the kernels and
wet it. Then invert a second pie tin
over the first; thus moist chamber
is made for the seed. Set the tins in
warm place and wet the top cloth
once day. If at least 80 per cent of
the kernels show strong sprouts in
six days, it will not be necessary to
make a test for each ear separately,
if the seed corn has been properly Sc
lected and cared for during the win
ter. If the termination is low, or if
the seed corn has not been properly
selected and cared for, it may be con-
cluded that some Of the seed are weak
and all the ears should be tested.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
Catarrh
For Years
Can Now
Eat and
Sleep
To My
Satisfaction
RAISES 1872 BUSHELS
CORN ON AN ACRE

Corn growing honors for the 1917
crop go to Kenneth Mcclure of Law
renee county. This boy grew 1872
bushels and eight pounds of corn on
an acre. This is the highest yield re-
ported in the State. Owing to the
mistake concerning the requirements
for registering he was not entered in
the contest of the Missouri State Corn
Growers Association at Columbia
during Farmers Week, but the Corn
Growers Association recognized his
record and awarded him a purebred
gilt valued at $50.
The seed corn for this acre was
furnished by the boys and girls club
work division of the University of
Missouri College of Agriculture. Ken
meth Mcclure was registered in the
corn club March a, 1914. He grew
his corn under direction of j. H.
Mote, district agent for Southwest
Missouri, and the boys and girls
club work division.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

There is considerable food for
thought in the following, which is
taken from "Our Dumb Animals" for
January:
Coincident with the splendid service
being rendered by thousands of dogs
in this great war, there has suddenly
appeared, both in England and this
country, a strange outbreak of hos
tility toward the dog. Not few in
dividuals, and many newspapers, are
disclosing their total inability to APP
preciate what the friendship and COM
panionship of the dog has meant to
mankind from time immemorial.
There is a clamor for his destruction.
Now he is the chief cause of the de-
cline in sheep raising. Now he is the
fatal carrier of disease germs. Now
he is the annual consumer of millions
of dollars worth of food. What crimes
remain to be charged against him we
do not know. But those who know
him need have no fear that at this
late day mankind is suddenly to
awaken to the fact that, in the dog, it
has been cherishing foe in its own
household. There are those of us who,
if we had our choice, would much pre-
fer to spend our eternity with certain
dogs we have known than with many
a human being it has been our lot to
meet. We can only account for this
outburst of animosity against the dog
on the ground that every special man.
Hesitation of goodness in the world
arouses the opposing spirit of evil.
The praise so widely being given the
dog just now for his devotion, intel
ligence and service amid the appalling
perils of war, has evidently stirred the
counter passions of hate and cruelty
in the breasts of his foes.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
ADVOCATE USE OF
WOOD FOR FUEL

C. F. Korstian of the United States
Forest Service has been detailed to
Missouri to encourage a greater use
Of wood for fuel. He is working in
cooperation with the Federal Fuel
Administrator of Missouri and the
University of Missouri College of Ag-
riculture. An effort will be made to-
persuade farmers to cut cord wood
during the winter while other work is
slack. 1t is hoped that municipal
woodyards will be established in va
rious places and that satisfactory
methods will be worked out for util-
izing waste of sawmills and 'other
wood working plants.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear, There Is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the, mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube 10
inhamed you have rumbling oound or I'M
perfect hearing, and when 1t is entirely
closed, Deafness 10 the result, Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever Many cases OF
deafness are caused by catarrh, which 10
an infiamed condition OF the mucous sur
faces. Hairs Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces Of the
system
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine. Cir.
culars free. All Druggists, 75c.
Y. ]. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, O.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
Could Not Eat or Sleep
Made Well BY PERUNA

Mr.. William E. Denny, 1923 Park
Ave-, Springfield, Ohio. writes;
II find great pleasure in writing
you and thanking you for what Pc
runa has already done for me.
have been troubled with oatarrh fol
years, and it had affected my head
nose, threat and stomach, that
could not eat nor sleep with any sat
isfaction.
Il have just taken three bottles. ]
can eat most anything and am greatly
relieved of nervousness, so that when
] lie down ! can sleep without the
least trouble. ! recommend IL to all
those who are sufferers ef'that dread
full disease, eatarrh."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
CORN is CHAMPION FOOD CROP

Corn, on a given area, will produce
more human food than any other
crop commonly grown on American
farms. This crop heads the list in
units of energy produced per acre and
is ahead of all other crops except ma
Wy beans and soy beans in tissue
building material. In the latter ele-
ment, soy beans far outclass all other
crops, showing twice as much protein
per acre as navy beans, which rank
second in this regard.
The dairy cow is the most efficient
of farm animals in the production of
human food (milk) and the hog is the
most efficient in the conversion of
grain into meat, producing five times
as much per acre of crops as does any
other animal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08

When you have Backache the liver
or kidneys are sure to be out of gear.
Try Sanol, it does wonders for the
liver, kidneys and bladder. A trial
SOC bottle of Sanol will convince you.
Get it at the drug store.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08

1t is said the Huns are preparing a
new kind of frightfulness. The bark
even of the dachshund is worse than
his bite.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08

1t would be some joke on Bill Ho-
henzollern should the Bolsheviki de-
vote an additional month of armis-,
tice to fixing up to fight Germans.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08

Former Premier of France, Gail
laux, also entangled in the meshes of
the Count Luxburg net Who'll be
next?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08

The Germans are finding that they
picked up tar baby in the Russian
Trotzky, and can't let go.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08

"Lenine praises Wilson's speech"
How did this get by the censor?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-08
FOR TRJTSSES

FOR TRUSSES
Supporters, Belts, Shoulder Braces,
Clutches, Crutch Tips, see E. M. Laak-
man, Druggist.
The Washington times., 1918-07-13
1888 LOTS HAVE BEEN
SOLD AT COLMAR MANOR

The J. W. Holloway Company today
report the sale Of $50 lots at Colmar
Manor. This new real estate develop
ment was nrst opened to the buying
public last Sunday. The FIRST days
sales resulted In q tranafer OF 206
lots
Coimar Manor IL located on the
Warrington Baltimore Boulevard. ex-
actly one-half mile beyond the Dis
triet line Immediately across the
street IL the attractive bungalow Sec
ton known a. Cottage City. The
street car line running right BY the
property connects with cars At Fiji
teenth and H streets northeast for
every section Of the city.
The ]. W. Holloway Company make
speciality OF suburban development
adjacent to large cities, and their
more recent activities include Balti-
more, Nd; Wilmington. Del; Atlanta.
Ga. and New Haven, Conn
The Washington times., 1918-07-13
VAST DAMAGE DONE
WAR GARDENS AS
STORM HITS CITY

Thousands Of dollars damage to
war gardens In the District is the estE
mate made today by washington's
amateur gardeners OF the havoc
caused yesterday by the violent cleo
trieal, rain, and hail storm which
swept the city.
The storm was one Of the most Pc
culiar here in years. One storm sweep
ing east met another moving west
Just over the northern section Of
Washington, and the downpour OF rain
that followed was one of the heaviest
this summer.
Hail as large as the average size
pea fell for more than 20 minutes and
beat down the young and tender crops
in hundreds of small war gardens.
Leaves were cut from trees and In
some homes glass window panes
were broken by the hail The Ice,
stopping sewers, flooded cellars, but
before any serious property damage
was done the ice melted and the wa
ter receded-
Approximately ~ of an inch Of
rain fell between yesterday afternoon
and 8 o'clock this morning. This
rain, according to officials of the De-
partment of Agriculture, will prevent
a crop loss Of many thousands Of dol
lars in Virginia and Maryland, where
many farmers have been facing big
losses from the recent long drought.
During the height Of the storm,
lighting struck a trolley pole at
SelVa station, in Fairfav county, Va,
about six miles from the city, Great
ing alarm among a score of passen-
gers on a Washington and Old Do
minion car. The car controller was
- and the
wrecking of the pole put all stations
between Mclean and FL Nido in
darkness.
Another bolt struck a trolley pole
OF the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company in Kenilworth avenue
northeast and set II afre. Firemen
were called to extinguish the blaze.
The Washington times., 1918-07-13

age, for Harry @. Laycock to Mrs
May Plummer. price $500.
1918 Kansas avenue northwest, mod
ern six-room brick house, lighted by
electricity, heated by hot water. front
and double rear porches, for Major
Joseph Hornbaker to Mrs. Nell H.
Newman, consideration about S4,7o0.
AL Sixteenth street southeast. six
room modern brick. deep lot to alley.
for Alphonse Gouldman to Joseph
Kendrick- price about $4,000.
413 Sixteenth street southeast
same kind OF house, price and owner,
to Mrs. Lena Kemp.
743 Park road northwest, six-room,
modern brick house, porches. hot wa
ter heat, electric lights. for Esther
Sherman to Carl BlomquIt, price
$500.
s1s D street northeast, sIx-room
The Washington times., 1918-07-13
FRANCE TO INVESTIGATE
FORMER N. Y. MERCHANT

PARIS. July IA French commits
sion has been sent to England, It was
learned today, to investigate the ma
ture OF the operations carried on by
Jacob Stern, German-American i'm
porter, who IL accused Of holding com
mercial relations with the enemy.
Stern was formerly q resident Of
New York city.
The Washington times., 1918-07-13
new YORK REAL ESTATE
BROKERS REPORT SALES

Recent realty deals made by the
New York Real Estate Brokers and
reported today include the following:
321s Nineteenth street northwest,
modern ten-room house, two baths,
electric lights, hot water heat, gar
The Washington times., 1918-07-13

between 0 p. m and $50 a. m, with
q soldier or sailor unless he is a
member Of her immediate family, or
Is known to the woman's parents,
and they have given the couple their
permission to be together.
The Washington times., 1918-07-13
JAMES |. KEY TO Be
ATLANTA'S NEXT MAYOR

ATLANTA. Ga, July 13-James L.
Key will be Atlanta's next mayor. Keys
election was assured when Edward H
Inman announced he had decided to with
draw from the run over" Democratic
primary.
The Washington times., 1918-07-13

modern brick. built by Kennedy
Brothers, for John Davidson to Jo-
siah Zimmering, price $3.50.
904 Webster street northwest, semi
detached. seven rooms and bath.
brick, for Mr.. Shirk to william +.
Harding. price A,450.
The Washington times., 1918-07-13
CAN'T WALK WITH GIRLS.

HUNTINGTON, L L, July 1S,-It
- now q misdsnsADor punishable by
fine Of $50 or imprisonment for
six months, or both, for q woman to
appear on the streets of Huntington
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
NOTICE OF APPoRrIoNMENT

The following is the total appor-
torment of the general school fund
for the year July 1, 1917, to June 30,
1918:
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
QUAINT OLD INDIAN COINS
So Aduiterated That They Were Not
Even Accepted In England as
Value In Metal.

In 1908 the Independent state Of Hy-
derabad, India, obtained a modern mint
and called In the coins that had been
current up till that time. The old mint
of Hyderabad was little more than a
coppersmith's shop In which scrap cop
per of all sorts was melted up, ham
fnered into plates. cut up into very
rough approximations of one tola in
weight. and stamped between dies, one
Of which was in the anvil and the 9TH
er in toll held In tongs. A blow from
sledge hammer made the impression.
There was no regularity in shape,
weight or stamping, nor was the metal
uniform in quality.
The mint could not furnish supplies
fast enough, and licenses were issued
to coppersmiths to assist In production.
Naturally. the Scientific American
states. nonlicensed persons began to
manufacture, and adulteratiOn with
lead was so fagrant that when several
tons Of these coins were sent to Eng
land as old metal they were returned
on account Of their impurity and were
finally worked up into brass for local
consumption. A 'dub," II held in the
fame, of spirit lamp. would before it
reached red heat begin to discharge
very fine jets resembling mercury; the
lead. having reached its fusing point.
burst from the copper with force in
dicating very high internal pressure.