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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-08
DENTISTS IDEA OF HUM0R
Seems Mean to Invite a Man to Lunch
and Then Fix Him So He
Can't Eat.

1t was noon when we dropped Into
he dentists office. The doctor greeted
us cordially as we fell into his chair
and prepared to submit ourselves to
torture.
There was the usual clatter of in
struments on the white tray as we
opened our jaws and the dentist peer
ed into them. This time his object Of
attention was the cavity from which
he had recently extracted q tooth.
"What are you going to do after I
get throughT said the doctor mildly.
Between his fist and his mirror we
blurted out something about lunch.
go to lunch with me, will your"
We nodded our assent and then It
happened. Something that felt as big
as a crOwbar is and was as sharp as a
new safety razor blade is supposed to
be went up into the roof of our mouth.
When we landed down again on the
chair and the pain had eased off a
trifle we started to laugh.
you're good" we exclaimed. SIN
vite a man to lunch, and then fix him
30 he can't eat."-DetrOit Free Press.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-08
SODIUM FLUORID
KILLS ALL LICE
Refuse Aid and Comfort to En-
emies of Poultry Flock.
PLAN TO ERADICATE MITES
Kerosene or Crude Petroleum Sprayed
In House Cracks or creVlees viii
Destroy Little 5lood-suek-
Ing Parasites.

Don't tolerate mites and lice in your
hennery. They are unnecessary pests
and they sap the vitality that SHOULD
go into egg production. Nowadays,
effective ways are known for eradicat-
ing lice and mites altogether. First,
n dust bath should be accessible to the
hens. Usually there will be a place In
the yard where the hens can dust them
selves In the dry dirt. If such a place
is not available, a box large enough
(about 2 feet square) for the hens to
get into 1t should be provided In the
house and a quantity Of dust such as
ordinary road dust or fine dirt placed
in 1t to allow the hens a place to dust
themselves. A dust bath aids the hens
in keeping lice In check and therefore
adds to their comfort. Usually the
lice are not present on the birds in
sufficient number to prove particularly
harmful. However, 1t is better to keep
the hens as free as possible from this
pest, and II they are not able to keep
them in check by busting themselves,
other measures can be undertaken.
To Eradicate Lice.
To rid the hens of lice, each one can
be treated by placing small plnches Of
sodium fluorid, a material which can
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-08
VENTILATION OF HEN HOUSE
As Necessary for Laying Fowls in Win
ter as In summer-Keep Windows
and Doors Open.

The henhouse needs fresh air-as
much in the winter as in the summer.
It is as necessary to laying hens as
clean water and good feed. Badly ven
tilated houses make hens lose vitality,
they lay fewer eggs, and often become
sick and stop laying altogether. Ven
tilatiOn Is needed also TO keep the
house dry. When the circulation of
the air is poor in cold weather, mois-
ture collects on the inside Of the walls
and roof. At a freezing temperature
under such conditions there is a rapid
accumulation Of "frOst" on these sur
faces which makes the house very un-
comfortable.
Ventilation to provide pure air and
dryness In n poultry house is simply
a matter OF keeping doors and win
dows open as much as is necessary
to keep the walls dry. Few poultry
keepers have any difficulty in doing
this until the temperature goes low
enough to freeze water in the house.
Then the tendency is to close doors
and windows to keep the house warm.
A general rule which may be followed
Is to open doors and windows as wide
as Is necessary to keep the house dry
In cold weather and to keep them wide
open when water in the house will not
freeze.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-08
Physicians Deaths.

AS an example Of how malicious and
seemingly innocent is German propa-
ganda il the United States may be
cited the rumors and the actual facts
about mortality among the allied
physicians at the western front.
Recently the actual statistics we're
produced, which showed that the bat
tie risks of a physician are scarcely
more than those of civil life. Between
the beginning of the war and June 20,
1917, only 1915 French and English doc
tors have been killed, 707 wounded and
60 cut down by disease.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-08
DOCTOR URGED
AN OPERATION
lnszea / took Lydia E. Pink
ham, Vegetable Compound
nd Was Cured

Baitin re, Md-"NesrIy four years
I suffer from organic troubles ner-
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-08
NEW LICE REMEDY KILLS
FOR HALF A CENT A BIRD.

Sodium fluorid, a white pow
der, will destroy all the lice on a
fowl. It is a new and effective
remedy. One application, cost
ing about half a cent a bird, does
the work. Full directions for
applying 1t are given in a publ
cation Of the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture, "Mites
and Lice of Poultry" Farmers
Bulletin S01. This bulletin also
tells how to keep the poultry
house free Of mites.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-08
PATHS TO PROFIT WITH
HENS IN BACK YARD.

8 Keep the hens confined to
your own land.
y Don't keep a male bird. Hens
Z lay just as well without a male.
) Don't ~OverstOck your land.
4 Purchase well-matured pullets
} rather than hens.
4 Don't expect great success in
4 Matching and raising chicks I'M
4 less you have had some expert
ence and have a grass plot sep
arate from the yard for the hens.
Build a cheap house or shelter.
\ Make the house dry and free
from drafts, but allow for venti-
! latlon.
Fowls stand cold better than
! dampness.
Z Keep house and yard clean.
D Provide rOosts and dropping
Z boards.
Grow some green crop in the
/ yard.
Z Spade up the yard frequently.
! Feed table scraps and kitchen
\ waste.
) Also feed grain once a day.
Z Feed n dry mash.
Keep hens free from lice and
: the house free from mites.
, Kill and eat the hens In the
s fall as they begin to mott and
) cease to lay,
(, Preserve the surplus eggs pro-
! duced during the spring and
summer for use during the fall
! and winter when eggs r scarce
, and high In price.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-08

vousness and head
aches and every
month would havet0
stay IN bed most Of
the time. Treat
ments would relieve
me FOR a time but
my doctor was ale
ways urging me 20
an operation.
Ny sister asked me
try =. Pink
h a ms Vegetable
Compound before
consenting to an
took
five bottles of itand
it has completely
cured me and my
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-08

WOTK u NnIe09WTe. 7 VEII III ny III9UU.
who have any trouble of this kind what
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound has done for me. "-NELLIE B.
BRrTTNGHAM, 600 Calverton Rd., BalH-
more, Nd.
1t is only natural for any woman 70
dread the thought Of an operation. So
many women have been restored TO
health by this famous remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
an operation has been advised that IL
will pay any woman who suffers from
such ailments to consider trying Il be-
fore submitting TO such a trying ordeal.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-08

use a small quantity of blue ointment
a piece about as large as a pea on the
skin an inch below the vent. If mercu.
rial ointment is used instead Of blue
ointment, 1t should be diluted with an
equal quantity Of vaseline. Any OF
these methods will be found very eff
fective in Kidding the hens of lice and
should be employed whenever the lice
become troublesome. Two or three ap.
plications a year usually prove sufi.
Client.
Mites Are Blood Fuckers.
Mites are more troublesome an6
more harmful than lice. They do not
live upon the birds like the lice, but
during the day hide in the cracks an6
crevices of the rOosts and walls of the
house, and at night they come out and
get upon the fowls. They suck the
hens blood, and If allowed to become
plentiful-as they certainly will If not
destroyed-wlll seriously affect her
health and consequently her ability tC
lay eggs. They may be eradicated by
a few thorough applications Of kerO
sene OF some Of the coal-tar products
which are sold for this purpose, OF
crude petroleum, to the interior of the
poultry house. The commercial tar
products are more expensive but
retain their killing power longer, and
they may be cheapened by reducing
with an equal part of kerosene. Crude
petroleum will spray better II thlnned
with 1 part of kerosene to 4 parts of
the crude oil. Both the crude petro-
leum and the cOal-tar products often
contain foreign particles, so should be
strained before attempting to spray.
One must be sure that the spray
reaches all the cracks and c~revices,
giving especial attention to the roosts,
dropping-boards, and nests, and the
treatment should be repeated two. or
three times at intervals of a week or
ten days.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-08

be obtained at most large drug stores,
among the feathers next to the skin
n pinch on the head, n on the neck,
two on the back, one on the breast, one
below the vent, n at the base Of the
tail, 0ne on either thigh, and one scat
tered On the underslde Of each wing
when spread. Another method n to
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-29
ON TO BERLIN!
BY HENRI cHAPELLE
Of the vigiIantes.

Our boys "oyer there" write home az
though they really expected to march
on Berlin some day. Is this merely q
deluslon encouraged In them to keep
them In heart for fightingi Perish the
thought! Their slangy "can the kais-
or" expresses an intention as serious
as that Of the Crusaders and we ought
not to dream Of thwarting them by
diplomatic action.
ANY talk Of peace, by the way, re
calls the fact that such treaties must
be based on confidence in the word of
the parties involved, and that our gov.
eminent has expressed a certain dis
approval of trying to deal with q 20.
litlcal coterie that sees In treaties only
20 scrap of paper" If 1t now met
these same officials at a conference
table. entering into any compact with
them would at once acknowledge theii
honorable and legitimate standing az
governmental representatives. How,
after that. could this government en-.
courage the people Of Germany to dis.
place them as unworthy and to estab
fish more democratic governments Inn
possible!
The only place where we can help
democracy In Germany Is the field OF
battle. We can there capture or kill
the guilty individuals or by straight
conquest Of territory drive them to or
unconditional surrender. We could
then hold them prisoners while we
called for newly elected representa-
lives Of the German people to treat
with us for a lasting peace. Our boys
are simple and courageous enough "a
expect to do just that. They are gal
liant fighters enough TO do II. II w
back them by saying ION to Berllni'
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-29
Tie Pacifist as a
War Worker
II
By MINNIE BOYER DAVIS
Of The VlgIa1fes :

Some were pacifsts before the war.
Some Of these have changed while 9TH
ers-well, for instance, my friend-or
rathar my former friend, Miss B. She
never did believe in war. When Bel
GUM was invaded and the Hun fe-
rociously bayoneted babies and violat-
ed little girls she still refused to be-
lieye In war. To some Of us war SEEM
ed the most horribly apparent fact In
the world, but still she did not believe
In II. She was paclflst; and a paci-
fist, as near as | can tell, seems to be
one who has resolved to ignore war
as long as the war JNes not hurt them.
She had been for Years, and is still,
state employee, and at times she has
been a social worker, one of those we'll
meaning persons who believe that one
part of society is qualified to reach
down and lead by the hand certain
more unlucky parts of society to show
them the way they should go.
Up to the last minute of the last
hour before the war vote was taken my
former friend maintained tha' We had
ne cause for war and there was no
possibility that we would ever be in
the war. Just what went on In her
mind when we took up our stern task
OF checking the advance Of the Hun l
cannot guess and she has never told.
l wondered If she would stick to her
principles and fight for them. l no
ticed that she bought bonds and sub
scribed to the Red Cross. She may
have been one of those who would give
to the Red Cross because In doing so
she was not helping the war. Other
pacifsts have said as much, but even
their tainted" money will help.
At Red Cross Headquarters.
Later l learned that my former
friend had gone to Washington, spend
Ing her vacation as a clerical. helper in
Red Cross headquarters. Then l be-
lieved that she had been regenerated
and was no longer a pacifist. We had
been pretty stiff about the time war
was declared owing to our different
views, but now felt free to write and
tell her to find place for me to work
also. Her reply amazed me. She wrote
that Washington was too crowded a
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-29

place TO live and thar she was Qats
tired Of it. 1t really took hours to get
anywhere. Living was too high to
save any money. She had written all
the expert stenographers who had mp
piled to her for advice that they should
keep their jobs in Nebraska. That, In.
deed, the most patriotic thing that Ne,
braskans could do was to stay tn Ne
braska even though the government
was "just crying for stenographers."
She was coming back to raise u garden
and pig and that was the best thing
for all Of us to do. And at this time
the entire country was placarded Will
advertisements begging women who
were competent to apply at once to
the civil service commission and urg
ing others to begin to study as the cler
Zeal force Of the country was not sui
flcient to attend to war work.
Paeifist Needs Watching.
| thought of the 10000 men already
enlisted from Nebraska and of the
many more who would go and wrote
to Miss B. and demonstrated with he's
for throwing wrench In the machin.
cry. | made investigations as to the
cost of living and conditions and found
nothing to deter workers who were
willing to put up with some incon'
venience for the sake of necessity. In
reply l received such a torrent Of
abuse and accusation that caused me to
understand that pGcl6st will fight
and fight in a mighty nasty way IL
crossed in anything My pacifist ac-
quaintance has now returned to her
state Job. Her war service consisted
In keeping number of very efficient
workers away from Washington and
they in turn no doubt kept others
away. The epithet-"counci of Of
fenso"-she applied to the, merely con.
vinces me that pacltist In war work
needs watching or he may help the
enemy instead of his own country.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-29
CONTEST DUE FOR
PLACE OF SPEAKER
SEVERAL REPUBLICANS WILL BE
CANDIDATES FOR THIS VERY
IMPORTANT OFFICE.
Ill HEALTH MAY BAR MANN
Shifting Of chairmansh,ps That VIII
Come When Republicans Take Con-
troll Of Senate-Department of CON-
n1erce Plans Trade Extension.
By ARTHUR W. DUNN.

Waahington.-The first real speak
ership contest since 1891 is likely to
follow the recent election. Ever since
the famous Crisp-AIllls contest the
speakership has gone to some man
BY practically UNANIMOUS consent.
with the Republicans returning 10
power after eight years, there is likely
TO be quite a spirited struggle among
number Of men who will no doubt
consider themselves eligible. If for
mer Minority Leader Mann Is in physi-
cal condition he will likely be a candl-
date. Gillett of Massachusetts, who
has been acting minority leader, IL
sure to be candidate. Then there are
j. Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania.
Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming, Julius
Kahn of California, Nicholas Long
worth and Simeon d. Fess of Ohio, and
Joseph w. Fordney of Michigan, all Of
whom may be il the race at least for a
little while. AS it is possible that the
Republicans will restore to the speaker
the power to appoint committees the
position may be much more valuable
than 1t has been during the past eight
years.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-29
FROM NEWSBOY TO GOVERNOR

From newsboy Of the lower East
side of New York city to governor
elect Of the Empire state is the record
Of the onward march on the political
road of Alfred e. Smith. And 1t has
taken him only As years to do 1t.
"The only genuine Tammany man
who can get the antl-Tammany vote"
That was the opinion expressed In
Democratic circles In New York when
the Saratoga convention unanimously
chose him as its candidate against
Governor Whitman. Apparently the
opinion YVES correct. He has always
been Tammany man and owes it
everything he has had in the way of
political preferment. And he beat
Whitman.
Mr.. Smith has been prominent in
Democratic politics In New York for
about Is years. He was discovered"
In the old Fourth ward by "Big Tom"
Foley. He entered politics in 1908,
when he was first elected to the as
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-29
Getting Into the
Service
II
BY ROY MASON
of The VigiiGafes

The doctor said no with all the final
ity with which our medical men ex-
aiming candidates for the army can
pronounce this word. The rejected
candidate turned away, profoundly de-
jected. his mind in chaos because all
his plans were upset. He was over
draft age, but he had been so conf
dent that he could pass. He was Of
no use in this war, he reflected Bit
terly. He might as well be cripple
or blind for all that he could do to
help.
1t had seemed so simple to pay all
his debts, arrange his affairs, put his
surplus into Liberty Bonds and the
odd change into War Savings Stamps
and then enlist. And now they
wouldn't have him. All on account
Of an infinltesimal heart murmur.
There's no use sending one man to
the front whom two will have to carry
back" the doctor had said decidedly.
As he slouched down Michigan ave-
nue. In Chicago, dropping in mind and
body, he noticed n button or the coat
lapel of q six-foot stranger. 1t was not
n Liberty Bond button, nor a Red
Cross button. The stranger stopped to
gaze out over Lake Michigan and he
managed to read "War Camp Commu-
nifty Service" upon 1t. The stranger
looked up, saw him reading, and gave
him a quick appraising glance.
A Ray OF Sunshine.
"Know about it?" he asked.
me" the detected man answered
half heartedly. "What is itr
Great stuff" his new acquaintance
informed. Little old war job the
Recreation Association Of America
took on when the soldiers and sailors
began sprlnging up over night Ike
mushrooms. its lied up with the War
Department Commission for Training
Camp Activities"
The man who had been turned down
by the doctor pricked up his ears.
"What do you do?" he wanted TO
know.
The six-fopter grinned.
"Klnd Of a long story" he began,
'but We get after every community
anywheres near the training camps
and forts and naval stations, and
well, see that the boys get some sensi-
bic entertainment-get folks interest
ed Il thom as individuals. you know,
so that they get a chance TO eat a
meal in house with regular family
around them. We get up dances too.
with mothers. Just Ike the ones
they've left. for chaperons. Then we
fix up clubs. and lists OF cheap lodg-
ings which are all right. There's
lot to do. you can bet your bottom
dollar on tnat."
Need Men Like Him.
The man who had been refused
chance in the army grabbed him BY
the sleeve.
aSay." he broke out do you reed
anybody to push things slong. I'd Ike
b got in on a thing Ike that
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-29
WHEN THE BOYS COME BACK

Mrs. Mary Hatch Willard, chair.
man Of the executive committee Of
Americas allied cooperative commit
tee, has returned from Europe. She
visited the French and Italian fronts.
Mrs. Willard. who was decorated by
the French government with the
Medallle d'Honneur for her relief work
among the troops. speaks in enthusi-
astic terms Of the morale among the
American soldiers abroad.
She quoted a French officer who had
led some of the Americans in the Cha.
teau-Thierry engagement and who In
speaking Of them said to her:
''The Americans are fine soldiers,
fearless and brave. and every one Of
them seems to be a hero.r
sWe must prepare now" Mrs
Willard says, ito receive our young
heroes. They win want something be
sides brass bands and great parades.
They win want to be welcomed with
tie same spirit OF Americanism which
leir country. A new race Of men. as II
they win want to be welcomed BY an
BUSINESS Of the business In which they
|, Of che SACRIFICES fhay- hava rnada far
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-29
EDUCATION OF THE SOLDIER

John Erskine, professor of English
at Columbia university, has been in
trusted by the Y. NJ. @. A. with the
task Of establishing an educational
war project of tremendous size and Of
farreachlng Importance to the United
States. The purpose Of this project
is primarily to offer opportunities of
education to our soldiers during over
seas service in order that they may
return home even better citizens than
they were when they left. Many
thousands of our soldiers will presum-
ably do overseas duty for some time,
no matter whether peace or war con.
ditions prevail In Europe.
The Y. M. G. A. sent Arson Phelps
Stokes abroad to make a survey of the
educational need of American sol.
dlers. The present plan was then
evolved to meet the conditions shown
by his report. The Y. M. G. A. will
undertake the actual operation of the
plan and will also finance 1t. The
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-29
lin 1'IHHI lLINI[LILI(6III1E
ALL LUMBERMEN KNOW HIM

There is one man who is known to
every lumberman in the country. He
Is George w. Hotchkiss Of Evanston,
III. The lumbermen ought to know
him By this time, inasmuch as he is
the Oldest living lumberman in point
OF years in the business. He was
born In 1881 in New Haven, Conn.
Therefore he is eighty-seven years
Old-and proud Of 1t. He is the first
man in America to publish a lumber
5ournal-the Lumberman's Gazette,
somewhere in Michigan. In 1877 he
came to Chicago and has been in busl-
ness here ever since. He is now Sec
rotary emeritus of the Illinois Lum-
Der and Material Dealers association.
He goes to his work every day.
Mr.. Hotchkiss has other holds or
fame. He is one of the last Of the
FOrty-niners. He started for California
at seventeen. He went by sea and
he was 154 days on the way.
Then he has un abundant mop of
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-29

The reply came quickly.
1--WE do need men who can form 10
cal commlttees-to furnish Impetus"
Before he could go on the other In
terupted:
"Who can l take 1t up within" he
asked.
The tall man gave him card.
write to National Headquarters, 1
Madison avenue, New York." ne In
structed, "or if you have the time and
money 60 on there"
A week later the rejected candidate
for military service started out from
War Camp Community Headquarters
with a travelling bag in his hand. His
head was high and his eyes bright.
They wanted men with records as good
as his, and he had been put to work.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-29

have followed. no matter @nten .n,rly
had won the fight. It Is also fact
that suffrage or anti-suffrage cut no
figure in the elections. The only prom
inent anti-suffragist that was defeated
was Weeks of Massachusetts. while
Baird was elected in New Jersey.
Salisbury, m anti-suffraglst, was de-
feated In Delaware, while Folk. suf-
fraglst, was defeated in Missouri. It
is evident that the election was fought
on party lines, and such issues as
suffrage and even prohibition bad lit
tie to do with the success or defeat Of
different candidates.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-29
A CERTAINTY
BY THOMAS ADDISON
Of the vlgllantes.

W kFEW !" % FWTENWNE
Courage, o faitering soul OF minel
Athwart the worn-torn. grisly night,
Writ by a hand divine.
A message see in words o. light
Naught shall avail against the Right.
The legions OF the insatiate foe
Shall strive in vain to win the height
Where starry banners flow:
Shall fail. these tyrant hordes
Might
Nsught shall AVIAN against the Right
Gods justice reigns, iilimitabie, strong
Above a world II bloody plight
An end win come to wrong
For. sure a. day succeeds the night,
Nausht shall avail against the Right,