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WESTERN CANADKS
CROPS
Got an Excellent Start. Big
Yields Now Assured.

Never in the history Of Western
Canada did the seed enter the ground
under more favorable conditions. The
weather during the month Of April
was perfect for seeding operations.
and from early morning until late &C
night the seeders were at work, and
every acre that could be proftably
sown was placed under requisition.
Farmers entered heart and soul into
the campaign Of greater production.
There was the time and the opportu-
nifty for careful preparation, and as q
consequence with favorable weather
from now on there will be a vastly in
creased yield. They realized 1t was q
duty they owed to humanity to produce
all that they could on the land, not
only this year but next as well. In
addition to the patriotic aspect, they
are war that the more they produce
the greater will be their own return
IN dollars and cents.
In many districts wheat seeding was
completed by the LIST of May, after
which date oats and barley on larger
acreages than usual were planted.
AS has been said, favorable weather
conditions made possible excellent
seed-bed preparation, and the seed has
gone into the ground In unusually good
shape. The available moisture In the
soil has been added to by rains, which
have not been so heavy, however, as to
interfere long with the work in the
fields. The grain is terminating read
lily, and IN many fields the young green
blades Of the cereal are already show
ing. I"
An optimistic feeling prevails among
farmers that Western Canada will reap
a record harvest. II the season from
now on Is as favorable as 1t has begun,
these hopes should be realized. Mr..
J. D. McGregor Of the Federal Food
Board, who is also an old and success
full farmer in Western Canada, assert
ed a few days ago at Calgary that crop
conditions throughout the Prairie
Provinces were excellent. Speaking
generally" he said, ".the crops have
never gone into the ground In better
shape than this year, and with an
even break of luck as far as the wealth
err Is concerned, there should be an
enormous crop" His present duties in
connection with the Food Control
Board, taking him in all parts Of the
West, Mr.. McGregor has exceptional
opportunities Of observing conditions
all over the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
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AMERICA BECOMES
WORLD SILK CENTER

Washington Especially THE United
States has become the silk
turing center~of the world as a result
OF the war, which has stipulated the
manufacture of silk here n in the
Far East at the expense OF Europe.
A study of tho silk industry, the first
official inquiry OF the kind, has just
been completed by the tariff commits
sion.
Japan continues to lead the world In
the production of silk, while the
United States, first among the nations
single pound Of the material. France
continues the chief European manufac-
turer Of silk and the principal source
of American imports, Japan ranking
second.
The annual requirements Of the
American silk industry are 10000 tons
Of silk and silk waste, 10000 tons OK
cotton and other yarns. and 1000 tons
Of metallic tin for weighing. Most
striking OF all the developments due to
the war has been the expansion OF the
spun silk industry. The government ID
requiring vast amounts Of coarse silk
cloth, made from silk hoil, for making
powder bags for the big guns.
Many finer varieties of silk manu-
features are not made In this country
or else are manufactured In very small
quantities. Switzerland supplies prac-
tically all OF the silk boiling cloth
needed by the flour millers Of the
world. Hatter's plush. from which 10
made mems silk hats. comes from
France. Silk lace. silk netting, silk
embroiderles, wells and veilings. rib
bons-and handkerchief material largely
are imported. In all other branches OF
the industry, even fine wearing apparel
and ~velvets, the imports are relatively
small compared to the total con5ump-
ton.
Habutae, of which silk handkerchiefs
are made, a soft smooth plain-woven
fabric of pure silk. Is the largest single
item Of silk brought from abroad. 1t
has been a Japanese specially for more
than 1000 years.
Artificial horse hair Is made OF silk
in coarse single filaments. Artificial
silk is made in fine filaments. which
| must be combined before use.
Some silk filament is so fine that 1t
measures 5000, 900 yards. or about 100
miles to the pound.
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THE
TEETH OF THE TIGER
MAURICE LEBLANC
TRANSLATED BY
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS

loft likewise crammed with vari-
Gus objects and implements and
reached by a ladder. Was he to
believe that the visitor, surprised
by his arrival, had taken refuge
in that hiding place and made a
movement that caused the fall Of
the hoopsf
Don Luis placed his electric Ian
tern ON a cask in such a way as
to send the light right up to the
loft. Seeing nothing suspicious,
nothing but an arsenal of old
pickaxes, rakes and disused
scythes, he attributed, what had
happened to some animal, to some
stray cat and, to make sure, he
walked quickly to the ladder and.
went up.
Suddenly, at the very moment
when he reached the level of the
floor, there was a fresh noise, a
fresh clatter of things falling: and
a form ros from the heap of rub
bish with a terrible gesture.
1t was swift as lightning. Don
Luis saw the great blade of a
scythe ~cleaving the air at the
height Of his head. Had he hest
tated for a second, for the tenth
OF a second, the awful weapon
would have beheaded him. AS it
was, he just had time to ,flatten
himself against the ladder. The
scythe whistled past him, grazing
his jacket. He slid down to the
floor below.
But he had seen.
He had seen the dreadful face
Of CASTOR Sauverand, and, behnd
the man of the ebony walking
stick, wan and livid in the rays Of
the electric light, the distorted
features of Florence Levasseurl
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Music.
From Thoreau's Journal, as Quoted by
Il ID CnA

From Thoreau'S journal, as Quoted by
F. B. Sanborn.
What a fine and beautiful communica-
ton Is music, from age to age, of the
fairest and noblest thoughts-the aspira-
lions of ancient men preserved-even such
as were never communicated by speech.
1t is the flower Of language-thought
colored and curved, tingeu and wreathed-
fluent and flexible; It's crystal fountain
tinged with the suns rays, and its puring
ripples reflecting the green grass and the
red clouds.
The brave man Is the sole patron Of
music: he recognizes It for his mother
tongue-a more melliflSous and articulate
language than words; In comparison with
which speech is recent and temporary.
His language must nave the same majes-
tic movement and cadence that philoso-
ply assigns to the heavenly bodies. The
steady Tux of his thought constitutes
time In music. The universe falls In and
keeps pace with it-which before pro-
ceeded singly and dlscordant.
There Is as much music in the world as
virtue. In a world Of peace and love
music would be- the universal language;
n men would greet each other in the
fields In such accents as a Beethoven now
utters at rare intervals, from q distance.
A nan's life should be a stately march
70 an rnheard music; and when to his
fellows 1t may seem irregular and inhar-
monious, he may be stepping to a livciier
measure which only his nicer ear can
detect.
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His Turn to Command.

"Stand easy dad !" was the unusual
command received by a man at Grims
by, England. the other day. An elder
ly man, who is a corporal in the Lin
colnshire regiment, and who has been
on active service, returned home on
leave. He was met by his son, who
went straight into the force from
Charterhouse school. and obtained q
commission. The returned father
gravely saluted the boy, and the lat
ter smilingly retorted: stand easy.
dad"
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TX.
LUPIN'S ANGER.

He remained for one moment
motionless and speeches.. Above
was a perfect clatter of things be-
ing pushed about, as though the
besieged were building themselves
a barricade. But to the right of
the electric rays, diffused day
light entered through an opening
that was suddenly exposed; and
he saw, in front Of this opening,
first one form and then another
STOPPING in order to escape over
the roofs.
He levelled his revolver and
fired, but badly, for he was think
ing of Florence and his hand
trembled. Three more shots rang
out. The bullets ratified against
the old scrap iron in the loft. The
fifth shot was followed by a cry
of pain. Don Luis once more
rushed up the ladder.
Slowly making his way through
the tangle Of farm implements and
over some cases Of dried rape
seed forming a regular rampant,
he at last, after bruising and
barking his shins, succeeded in
reaching the opening, and was
greatly surprised, on passing
through it, to find himself on level
ground. 1t was the top Of the
sloping bank against which the
barn stood.
He descended the slope at hap
hazard, to the left of the barn,
and passed in front Of the build
ing, but saw nobody. He then
went up again on the right; and
although the flat part was very
marrow, he searched it carefully
for, in the growing darkness Of
the twilight, he had every reason
to fear renewed attacks from the
enemy.
He now became aware of some
thing which he had not perceived
before. The bank ran along the
top of the wall, which at this
spot was quite 16 feet high. Gas
ton Sauverand and Florence had,
beyond a doubt, escaped this way.
Perenna followed the wall,
which was fairly wide, till he
came to a lower part, and here he
jumped into a ploughed field
skirting a little wood toward
which the fugitives must have
run. He started exploring it, but
realizing its denseness, he at once
saw that it was waste of time to
linger in pursuit.
He therefore returned to the
village, while thinking over this,
his latest exploit. Once again
Florence and her accomplish had
tried to get rid of him. Once again
Florence figured prominently in
this network Of criminal plots.
At the moment when chance in.
formed Don Luis that old LANCER
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Crown Prince Called Down.

From the San Francisco A%rgonaut.
Some years before the war the German
crown prince got a very neat call down
from Miss Bernice Willard. a Philadel-
phia girl. 1t was during the emperor's
regatta. and the two mentioned were site
ting with others on the deck of a yacht.
A Whit Of smoke from the princes
cigaret blowing Into the young lady's
face, a lieutenant nea by remarked:
Smoke withers flowers"
1T Is no flower" said the prince, jocu-
larly. 1T Is a thistle"
Miss willard raised her eyes a trifle.
''In hat CASE she said. II had better
retire or I shall be devoured." The party
saw the point.
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Dandruff and itching.

TO restore dry. falling hair and get I'd
Of dandruff, rub Cuticura Ointment
into scalp. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. For
free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept.
K, Boston," At druggists and by mail
SOAP 25, Ointment rs and 50.-Adv.
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CONTINUED Next Week.

About $4,000 Chinese laborers have
been shipped to France, according to
the Shun Tien Shih Pao. q Chinese
daily newspaper. Their wages are
from $40 to $40 q month. Thirty
will be recruited by French agents In
Shantung. Chine and other northern
province
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-06

Love should never be treated light
ly. That Is probably the reason why
the light Is turned down so often.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-06

Most particular women use Red Crom
Bah Blue. American made. Sure to please
At al good grocers. Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-06
But She Made Fine Fudge.

Hobbe-I see we are now restricted
to a two-ounce bread ration. How
much Is that?
Dobbs-Of my wife's bread q piece
about two inches square.-Bostou
Transcript.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-06

In q kite frame patented by q Wis
consin man. ribs radiate from q men
tral disk Of metal
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With pleaty of ambition and hustle
a man Is equipped for wonder working
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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-06
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Just drop a little Freezone on that
touchy corn, instantly 1t stops aching
then you lift that corn right off. Ne
pain at ALI Costs only q few cents.

Get a tiny bottle Of Freezone for q
few cents from any drug store. Keep
1t always handy to remove hard corns,
soft corns, or corns between the toes
and the c~allouses, without soreness on
irritation. You just try 1t!
Freezone is the sensational discov.
cry Of a Cincinnati genius.-Adv.
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SHbKE

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shaken into tn
bath. 1t relieve
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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-06

When dol
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Parad

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mind" II
do it by deY
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Rooneys Reincornotion
In a Vaudeville Comedy

Pat Rooney, son of the famous old
time Irish song and dance comedian
of the same name, song and dance
artist himself, is about to be reincar-
mated. He is going to be real "hon-
est-to-goodness" actor, play real part
in real sketch and not even sing a
note nor shake a foot. Rooney's We
hiclc is to- be one-act comedy by
Samuel Shipman and Clara Lipman, en-
titled, cover Here" 1t will soon be
seen in New York, in Keith Supreme
Vaudeville" There are four other peo-
pie in the cast, the principal one being
Mrs. Pat Rooney (Maron Bent).
There is still another Pat Rooney who
has reached the proud age of six years
and has already appeared on the stage
with his father and mother. Maybe
some day he will turn out to be the
greatest farceur, dramatic star or
operate favoritc in America Ono
never can tell on the stage.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

ing-he was declaiming an impassioned
declaration to Juliet; at his feet, cal
lous and cold to the passionate words
falling on her ears, sat black cat
calmly washing her face with her soft
paw. The audience giggled. Mr.. Gaul
tried by foul means to persuade the
cat to finish her toilet in the wings
But the cat only snuggled closer, the
better to hear, it seemed, and stayed on
until the curtain dropped.
Mr.. Gaul's Interpretation of the
darky, Genesis, has been most ap-
plauded by Southerners. For he plays
Genesis as Southern darky "gone
wrong-gone No'th"-that Is, the South
training and the niceties the Southern
family had instilled in him and as
sumes the famboyant air of equality
and unrestrained frankness of the
Northern negro. Genesis, for instance,
keeps his hat on when he enters the
Baxters' house, and even when talking
to Mrs. Baxter. That touch makes the
distinction between the Southern and
Northern negro-and Genesis is both.
During the past month Mr.. Gaul has
been learning and playing the part of
JOB in "The Book and job" "It's
ashes in the afternoon for makeup
and burnt cork in the evening"" says
Mr.. Gaul; fourteen chapters in the
Bible separate Genesis from Job, but
on Thursday afternoon I make the
change in three hours"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
In Vaudeville

PALAEE.-Evelyn Nesbit, Van and
Schenck, Lady Aberdeen, Three Doolevs
kouns Sisters, Little Billy, Marie
Nordstorm and the buttons.
ALHAMBRA.-"On the High Seas.
Mack and Walker, Santos and HAYS,
Kenny and Nobody, B. and H. Gordon.
Lloyd and Wells. Ferry, "village Tink-
err; Bessie Clifford, James j. Morton.
COLONIAL.-Mollie King, "Camou-
hage," Bert Fitzgibbon, Dainty Marie,
Potter and Hartwell, Chadwick Duo.
the Misses Chalfonte, James Lucas,
RIVERSIDE.-A. Kellermann, Sophie
Tucker, Courtney Sisters, Moon and
Morris, Swan and Mack, Bradley and
Ardine, Frank Westphal. 9
Notwithstanding F-7," Ryan and
Lee, Santos and Hayes, Millership and
Gerard, Ponzello Sisters, Eddie Miller,
Weekly lnstalment," Girl in Moon.
LOEW'S AMERICAN.---Charles Gibbs.
the Cromwells, Austin Stewart Three.
McKay's Revue, Norton and Norton.
Morgan and Grey, Goldsmith and
Lewis, Kremka Brothers, Paris Duo,
Burns and Toran. Brown and Bar
rows, Walton and Gilmore, Hazel
Kirk Five, Arthur Turrelli. "When We
Grow" Alvin and Williams
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
AQuick Change by
George Gaul From
Genesis to Job

Gsorge Gaul, who plays the role of
Isaesis in Seventeen" and of Job in
'as special matinees of "The Book of
sss' at the Booth Theatre, has had a
'asatrieal career as widely varied as
"a Two characters he now presents in
." York. Not many years have
sassed since his first speaking part
aahsed up to twenty words; to-day in
'SoN he has about the longest speak
ns part-quite as long as HAMILTON
@e English stage. And an added diff
saiy rs that the slightest deviation
'Sn the exact Biblical English would
b noticed.
accuracy is matter I learned early
NJ work in the theatre. And even
sas'ier l learned puhctuality. One of
,ss hfst parts played was with Billie
saife IN Love Watches.' I was one of
'@sse Insignificant persons who clutter
'he stage until the audience is
.ssso-a butler who opens the play.
?. / must confess I felt most i'm
ssIsns when I succeeded in landing the
~'s and as / sauntered to rehearsal
VI day I swung my cane with a self
.sshsd air, much az Willie Baxter
:. IN Seventeen Though due at
~ promptly, arrived about 10:45.
sahd-the act we'll under way and
sst jobless.
happened that Mr.. Frohman had
sae from New York for this dress re-
s'sal and had objected to Warrington
"aen finally arrived Miss Burke
.iha enough to speak word in my
SAL and Mr. f'rohman said that he
a consent TO reingtate me, but
- i's ny own good / ought to have
~sson In the virtue Of punctuality
vt the leszon.v
~ "uzir Mansur in "Kismet," Dir.
sssl had another hard luck experience
aefent kind~-uncomfortable, but
IN his role ne was ordained 20
i""n into d tank Of water. The
&, "ss usually heated to comfort
rs asgsee and Mr. Caul suffered no
eneets from his immersion.
.4 ese night in small town the
fsssr' wao had tested the Water and
" 'ae right temperature, sent a
i asS'sian. TO turn off the steam.
psfs"n, unacquainted With ,hls
'sasar yaive, instead of turning of
-. sam turned it on 10 it's full ca
ax When Dir. caul met the watcr
~. ~ ,ank, he uttered q Shrek not
% the script. But, fortunately,
.'H called for quick rescue
was hauled out parboiled.
'assr. swsthed IN baking powder
S Cream, he thought his baptism
sssy sany szperiencs. row he even
81 sa .has shaksspear!an actor hasn't
I.s sss experience. In "fsomco and
~. ia Tie balcony scens~-Mr. Gaal
~ SEASON Ut Shakespeare with
g company before "Kismsr-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

has been forty years in tho p,;.;.h
army and is still doing his "bit"
1hese men are in actual war service
because they have been detailed for
duty with Getting Together" bv tho
British War Office, and thev merol,,
walk off the street to assume their
stage duties without the necessity -
changing their costumes. or mak;rc
up.
Lieutenant Rice was with tho 6rs+
Canadian contingent in France: saw
twenty-five months of very hard foht.
Ing' and starting as a private won b;s
commission IN the field. In the fr.4
oa'tie of 4pres he was with q battery,
OF ionr guns, two of which with a ma
joi''y Oh the crews were lost by direct
hifs. One she'll exploded within two
rods OF Rice, but he escaped iniurv
he Is author of four of the sono b;+e
IN the play, two of which he s;nss
himself
on the left sleeve Sergeant McCor-
mack wears two golden stripes for each
OF the two wounds he received in action
lie was with the 5th Canadian Field
Artillery and received his first wound
on his birthday, October IS, 1915. The
Germans made direct hit on one of
the guns of his battery, causing manv
casualties. He was wounded acair in
February, 1917, and was invalided to
Canada. later being detailed for duty
with Getting Together" His part in
the play closely parallels his own ac-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

In the preliminary tour of "Seven
Days Leave" Courtenay Foote was play
ing the role Of Major Terry Fielding in
Boston. He was takeZ i'll, and Daniel
Frohman and Walter Jordan needed a
man for the role overnight A manu-
script was rushed to Mr.. Kelly. He
studied 1t en- route to Boston, reached
there at o'clock in the afternoon and
played the part that evening. This role
is of seventy-fve pages.
Now, if any one can beat this let aim
step forward-man, woman or child; it
makes no difference to William J.
Kelly. He is willing to meet all corners.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
In Brooklyn

BUsHWICK. 49, "Bandbox Revue"
White and Haig, j. and b. Thornton
w. J. Reilly, Juliet. Laura Burt, Moss
and Frye, Richards and. Kyle, J. and
G. Williams.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
al experiences as soldier

tual experiences as soldier in
France.
Pipe Major Baillie served with the
Royal Marine Artillery and the Black
Watch. He was in the bombardment of
Alexandria and was in the Sudan
when Great Britain was endeavoring
to relieve Gordon at Khartum. Baillie
was in British square at Sin Kat
when the Sudanese fanatics charged
the square with spears and "broke"
it-a feat which inspired Rudyard Kip
ling's poem, Fuzzy Wuzzy."
Now that the tank Britannia is on
tour with the play, Pipe Major Baillie
is pretty busy, because during the day
he uses his pipes to inspire Scotchmen
to enlist in the British or Canadian
army, and in the evening he is exceed
ingly decorative, and as musical as a
piper can be. There is, of course, an
honest difference Of opinion about that
last, when "Getting Together" is staged.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

eormack, who has been wounded twice
during the present war in France. A
third character, British Soldier, is
assigned to Private Charles Francis,
veteran Of the British Army Service
Corps. A Scotch piper, and a pict-
uresque figure in the recruiting scene,
Pipe Major Mckenzie Baillie, who
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

Observation-Disclosures Ring, Rooney
and Bent, Jack Wilson, Ford Sisters.
Larry Reilly, Prosper and Maret, Ade
line Frantis.