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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22
No Gas This Winter.
West Liberty, KY, Aug. 20, 1918,
MIR. W. D. Archibald,
Fuel Administrator.
West Liberty, Ky.

DedL OH.
In answer to your question as
to whether the Morgan County
Heat, Fuel & Light Company will
be able to furnish the people with
gas for heating and lighting this
winter, will state to you the con-
ditions that have prevailed for
the past year:
Our Caskey we'll No. 2-and
the best well-was plugged on
December 8, 1918. The Caskey
well No. l was plugged some
time later. At a very heavy ex-r
pense we, last spring, moved the
machinery back to the Caskey
No. 2 and succeeded in getting it
in fairly good shape. A few
weeks ago we attempted to clean
out the old well, Caskey No. l,
and found it plugged with steel
or iron which was dropped into
the tubing and stopped on the
working barrel at the bottom,
thus plugging it in such a way
that it has been destroyed, and
in the opinion of Mr.. Duff, our
field man, and others, it can not
be reclaimed. The plugging of
these wells was malicious, as was
the saving of a piston rod on an
engine at a well we were drilling
on the same farm some time be-
fore. 1t was sawed in such a
way as to allow the tools or bail.
er to drop in the we'll and plug it
had we started, and the saving
was discovered by the merest ac-
cident.
Last December we were drill
ing a well on Indian creek, not
far from these wells, and after
getting the casing in the we'll we
found that it did not shut the
wator off, and when we went to
to pull the casing found that
steel had been dropped in around
the casing in such way that it
REQUIRED more that three weeks
to get it out, at an expense al
most as much as the drilling of
another we'll. Had we failed to
get the casing out we would have
lost all of our work and all or a
part of the casing.
In addition to the plugging of
our wells and the setting them
on fire, taking our tools and de-
stroying our machinery, some of
the men on whose farms we hold
leases were approached and ask
ed to bring suit against US for
cancellation of the leases, offer
ing to pay the expenses of the
suits, attorney fees, and to pay
more for their leases.
! Last fall | heard that it was
said that there would be no gas
in West Liberty by Christmas.
December 8th-the first blizzard
1T went out.
| have further information
that some parties agreed to do
some things to bring me to terms
Of other parties wanting the
property.
Not knowing how Mr.. Brown.
the majority stakeholder, feels
about the gas situation here, but
for myself, | do not think the
Morgan County Heat, Fuel &
Light Company can furnish gas
for the people for light and fuel
in the town of West Liberty, and
as | see it, about the only thing
for the Company is to take up its
lines and quit business.
| want to express my regrets
to the ladies of the town for the
unfortunate state of affairs, but
the situation is beyond my con-
troll and | yield only after the
best efforts that knew have
been made to keep the business
going.
Yours very truly
S. r. COLLIER, Pres.
M. c. H.. +. & L. Co.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22
Germans Seize Kronstadt?


Paris, Aug. 19.-Reports are in
circulation in Finland that the Ger
mans have seized the Russian naval
port of Kronstadt, according to
Stockholm dispatch to lie Matin.
(KrOnstadt is 20 miles west of Pet
rograd at the eastern extremity of the
Gulf of Finland. 1t was the principal
fortress of Russia. Reports received
through Germany early in the week
were to the effect that Premier Lenin
and War Minister Trotsky had fled to
KrOnstadt from Moscow. 1t was added
that other departments of the soviet
government also would go there.
Moving Bank From Moscow.
Stockholm, Aug. 19.-The Finnish
news bureau at Helsingfors says II
has received report from Petrograd
that measures have been taken for the
speedy transference of the state bank
and other state departments from.
Moscow. Private freight and passen.
ger traffic on the railways has been
suspended.
Ministers Arrive In Berlin.
Washington, Aug. 19.-The Bulgar-
Ian and Turkish ministers to sRussia
have arrived in Berlin from Moscow,
according to an ,Qficlal dispatch from
'lil9 = = -Qg9tipsI = ~ ,sslss. Seaste-
Naehrichten, the dispatch says the
Germans are greatly disappointed at
not being able to depend upon the bo.-
shevik rule. The paper acknowledges
that the soviet government was in
capable of adequately protecting the
German embassy and says that the
situation in Russia is analogous to the
one In which the entente ambassadors
find themselves at Archangel.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

aysville.-Professor w. S. Gull
was elected to teach commercial
courses in the high school here in
place of Professor w. H. Jones, re-
signed. A manual training course will
be added to the curriculum of this
school this year proyjdad a teacher
can he sarnrad
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22
MOSCOW FREED
OF BOLSHEv|KI
Ancient Russian Capital Said to
Be in Hands of Social
RevoIutionarieS.
GERMANS near PETNOGUAD
Report In Circulation That the kaiser's
Forces Have Seized kronstadt-
Diplomats From Moscow Have
Arrived at Berlin.

London, Aug. 19.-Moscow Is now
In the power Of the social revolution
aries (thc enthusiastically, said a
Stockholm dispatch In the Times.
The situation at Moscow is critical.
The soviet government has removed
the Russian national bank from Mos
COW.
German troops are daily expected to
reach Petrograd, said the dispatch,
and occupy part of the railway leading
from the capital to the northern coast
ut was reported yesterday that the
bolsheviki at Moscow had fortified and
occupied Kremlin palace)
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

Maysville. - Lawrence Trackston
aged twenty years, of the county, re-
fused to volunteer in the army and
also refused to work. Judge Purnell
placed him under 800 bond to appear
in his court, when he was taken to
Dayton, Ohio, and placed in a muni'
ton plant.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

Versailles,-Noble Smith, son of Mr..
and Mrs, w, l.. Smith, of Louisville,
formerly Of Versailles, who is a wire.
less operator in the United States
navy, is in hospital in San Francisco
suffering from a fracture OF the skull.
ne has favorable chance to recover.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

The activities of German U.hoats OF
the Atlantic const have grown so an.
noylug TIM, the cabinet ls suld to have
devoted Il long meeting to discussing
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

Mt. Sterling.-Deputy Collectors
Guilfoile, Of this city, and Hannen, OF
Frankfort, and Deputy Sheriff Lewis,
of Menifee county, made a moonshine
raid on Spruce Creek, Montgomery
county. They destroyed a forty.gallon
copper still just after a run had been
made of 400 gallons of beer. A small
quantity of whiskey was found.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

Frankfort, Ky-The following coun.
ties will furnish five men each of draft
age to go to Syracuse, n. Y, for spe.
Cial mechanical training: Allen
Breathitt, Franklin, Fulton, Harrison
Hart, Letcher, Lewis, Livingston and
Pike. Maj. Henry F. Rhodes, chief OF
the selective service department, has
notified the local boards of the allot
ment.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

Versailles.-The Cogar-Rumley Com.
pany, of Midway, filed in circuit court
a petition praying for temporary in
junction restraining the Kentucky
Utilities Company from cutting off
electric current and power at its ele'
yator in Midway. ".it
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

Franklin.-County Farm Agen. Joha
Hurst Adams has reorganized the
Simpson county farmers institute and
regular monthly meetings will be hold
A campaign will be conducted with the
view of increasing the acreage of all
food products for the coming year.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

Maysville.-The city council will not
permit Captain Gordon Green, owner
Of the Green Line of boats, to place
wharf boat here unless he places a
boat in the Maysville- Cincinnati trade
and fixes freight and passenger rates.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

Danville.-George P. Merrick, a
Bluegrass farmer, has broken all rec
,ords in the wheat production in Boyle
county this year so far reported. His
flfty-six acres average thirty-nine
bushels and ten pounds an acre.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

Lexington.-Ed Hoffman, y"arS
old, was drowned in the Ohio river at
Russell, KY She was wading near the
bank, holding her mothers hand, when
hrl ankle turned and she fell into
deep water. 81.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

Hartford.-Discovery in the nick OF
time probably saved the lives of many
soldiers when troop train going
north barely escaped running into the
crossties placed on the Illinois Central
tracks near Rosine. this county. The
spikes were also removed from two
of the rails, and the obstruction was
placed on the track near a steep EN-.
bankment. Had the train struck 1t the
loss of life would probably have been
great. officials are investigating.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-08-22

Madisonville.-Th new bone dry"
liquor law was given test in Hopkins
county in the court of Magistrate S.
H. Moseley at Nortonville and was de-
clared constitutional.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
TOO WEAK
TO FIGHT

The Comeback man was really never
d~own-and-out. His weakened condition
because of overwork, lack of exercise, inn
proper eating and living demands stimula-
ton to satisfy the cry for a health-giving
appetite and the refreshing sleep essential
to strength. GOLD MEDAL Harlem Oil
Capsules, the National Remedy of Holland,
will do the work. They are wonderful.
Three of these capsules each day will put
a man on his feet before he knows it;
whether his trouble comes from uric acid
poisoning, the kidneys, gravel or stone IL
the bladder, stomach arrangement or other
ailments that befall the over-zealous Amer
lean. The best known, most reliable rem
edy for these troubles is GOLD MEDAL
Harlem Oil Capsules. This remedy has
stood the test for more than 200 years
since its discovery in the ancient labora-
tories in Holland. 1t acts directly and
gives relief at once. Don't wait until you
are entirely down tout. but take them
today. Your druggist will gladly refund
your money if they do not help You. Ac-
cent no substitutes. Look for the name
GOLD MEDAL on every box. three sizes.
They are the pure, original, imported
HARLEM OIL Capsulrs.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12

lOwherb are fine stores for winter,
ease (smartweed), asters, %goldenrod,
and most Of the other fall flowers are
less desirable. 1t is especially impOr-
tant during the period when the bees
are in the cellar that the stores shall
be Of the very finest quality, and it is
therefore the practice of many good
beekeepers to feed each colony five
pounds or more of strip made of gran
ulated sugar late in the fall, after all
brood-rearing has ceased. This in
sures that the bees will have for their
use, during the period of confinement
in the cellar, stores which will not
bring about the condition known as
d~ysentery. In general il may be stated
that honeys from mixed sources and
dark honeys, except b~uckwheat, are to
be avoided. Honeydew honeys are
highly injurious and in all cases where
such stores are present graduated
sugar strip should be fed.
Quantity Of Stores.
From the end of one honey season
to the beginning of the next a good
colony of bees will need fully 45
pounds of honey. When the bees are
wintcrcd in the cellar. it Is usual not
to have all of this honey in the one
hive body in which they are wintered.
1t is a good practice to have at least
20 pounds within this hive, although
Is pounds will be safe. II is absolute
ly imperative, however, that the re-
mainder of the 40 pounds shall be
available to be given to the bees soon
after they are taken from the cellar.
The most common cause of poor col
Onies in the spring is poverty, directly
due to neglect on the part Of the bee
keeper. A good beekeeper sees to it
that at no time when brood is being
reared do his bees have less than Is
pounds of stores In the hive, and the
full amount of As pounds often will
all be used, and is always needed if
the colonies are to come to full
strength on time for the gathering of
the full crop. This amount is al
ways augmented by honey from spring
flowers, for 45 pounds Of honey is not
enough to bring a colony to full
strength in time for the main honey
flow.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
COUNTY FARM BUREAU
These Organizations Insure Interest In
Cooperation Of Farmers in Pro.
ducing Food.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
'The county farm bureau is one OF
the best agencies thus far devised for
insuring interest and cooperation Of
farmers i'm the great work of food pro.
duction so necessary to the success OF
our arms"
This statement was made in tele.
grams of appreciation sent by Clarence
Ousley. acting secretary of agriculture,
to farmers In two Montana counties
who had organized for wal farming.
From Chinook, Mont, came the fol
lowing telegram to the secretary OF ag
riculture:
Having completed the organization
of the Blaine county farm bureau. SO
Blaine county farmers pledge to you.
as the farmers representative on the
presidents cabinet, their united sup
port as nm organization to do their ut
most to help win the war;"
The following telegram came from
Glasgow, Mont:
'Farm bnrean organization Of Val.
ley county completed with 325 mem.
bers; enthusiastic to cooperate with
department Of agriculture In support
ing food administration to the utmost.
Drought conditions prevail. but farm
ers' spirit mistaken. With better
methods Of farming. learned through
the farm bureau, agricultural condi-
tons win improve"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
FARM ACCOUNTS ARE
OF BIG IMPORTANCE
Determine Which Branch OF
Farming Is Most Profitable.
OF Great Assistance in a~earranqinn
Farm on More Profitable Basis
Records Will Prove to Be of
Great Benefit.

prepared by The United States Depart
ment Cf A~griculture.)
There is no doubt that the keeping
of farm accounts will prove of great
value in determining which branches Of
farming are the most profitable. If
they are kept accurately for a long
period LEY may be of great assistance
in ~rearrangiEg the farm on "a more
profitable basis. In making use of the
results of a years cost accounts for
purpose of ~perfecting the Organiza-
ton of the farm for the greatest profit
any changes should be made with eau
ton.
Hasty conclusions should not be
drawn. Sometimes a positive decrease
in a years profits may ensue If an en-
terprise be dropped because, taken
alone, it has failed 10 pay. Cows, for
instance, may not be showing a net
profit, but If all the cows are sold
there may be nc other profitable way
of using up roughage which would
thereby be wasted, resulting in a loss
on the crop producing it. Labor de-
voted night and morning to milking
and feeding cows, and charged to
them, would be entirely wasted if the
cows were SOIL and nothing else sup
piled to utilize IL. Thus an added la
Dor burden wou;d have to be borne.by
the other enterprises. 1t is much bet
ter that these things be. utilized than
that they should be a dead loss, even
though the COW account alone just
breaks even, or worse. Any changes
Indicated, If made, should be brought
about gradually and the effects noted
in their relation to all other farm ac-
t~ivities.
There is nothing like a set Of rec
ords as "A of analyzing a farm
business. To use such records, how
ever, the fundamental principles must
be understood and complied with ;
their limitations as well as their use
fulness must be grasped. When this
is done the accounts will become u
strong staff and support.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
PRODUCE AN IMPORTANT FOOD
Boys Clubs Are Being Instructed In
Hog Raisipg-Become Soldiers
Of commissary.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of A~grieulture)
BY means Of the boys pig clubs thou
sands Of boys under nineteen years
are being instructed I'm hog raising
and by this means are helping to pro-
duce a very important food. A good
general account of this workemay be
found In "Pig Clubs and the Swine
Industry" yearbook 1917. Separate
1881. Your county agent, club leader.
or director of extension work at the
State Agricultural college will tell you
Of the work In your own state and
how to join a club. The department
wants 100000 boys to raise ~pigs-4o.-
600 are already doing 1t. If you live
In the country. the small town, or the
l1btlrbs Of : city. you can do II. too.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12

Ruins Health
of Millions

Besides those painful attacks OF In
digestion; that awful bloated, lumpy
feeling after eating and downright
stomach misery hat you who have
experienced 1t know so well besides
disgusting belching, food-repeating,
sour stomach and distress sing heartburn
besides all this. ACID-STOMACH
undermines the healtlr and saps the
strength Of millions.
If you don't get rid Of those stomach
miseries there is no telling where your
stomach troubles Will end, for IL is q
well known scientific fact that many
serious ailments have their start in an
a~cid-stomach.
Start now-this very day to get rid OF
your stomach miscries-take EATONIC
the wonderful remedy that absorbS
the excess acid from the stomach and
brings INSTANT relief. You simply
have no idea how much better, stronger
and brighter you feel AT once. 1t drives
out all the gas and bloat, puts an i'm
mediate stop TO belching and heartburn,
ends stomach suffering and makes it
cool, sweet, comfortable and strong. i.
There can be no further excuse for
you TO allow acid-stomach to wreck
Your he6lth-pile up misery upon mis-
cry until you get TO the point where
you feel down and out and hat life has
lost all Its joys. Remember, just az
acid-mouth ruins teeth, so acid-stomach
ruins health.
Take EATONIC. It's good, just like
a bit of candy and makes the stomach
feel fine. You can then eat the things
you like and, what is more, every
mouthful you eat will count in creating
power and energy. You1l feel so much
better-have punch and pep-the power
and will to do things and get results,
and your stomach misery will be gone.
Take our advice. Get a big box Of
EATONIC from your druggist today,
1t costs so little. III il fails TO remove
your stomach distress, he will refund
your money. That is guaranteed. you
are to be satisfied or money refunded.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12

Your Labor C0unts-every ounce
of work you do helps some soldier.
This war was fought as truly in the
household and in the workshop as IT
was in the trenches.
Some Of our American women are
borne down physically and mentally,
by the weaknesses Of their sex. They
suffer from backache, dragging sensa-
ton, are very nervous and have pain in
top of head. If they ask their neighbors
they will be told to take a Fayorite Pre-
scription Of DIR. Pierce's which has been
% well and favorably known for the past
half century.
Weak women should try it now. Don't
wait! Today is the day to begin. This
temperance tonic and nervine will bring
vim, vigor and vitality. Send DIR. Pierce.
Buffalo, N. Y, l0c. for trial pkg. tablets.
IL promotes perfect regularity. II soothes
and strengthens the nerves, drives away
dependency, and gives a healthy appetite
and refreshing sleep. 1t makes weak
women strong.
It is a wonderful prescription prepared
oai.;; s.c.: n:t.-e's roots and herbs with
no alcohol to falsely stimulate and no
narcotic 10 wreck the nerves.
Write DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, N. Y, for free confidential medi-
cal advice.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
WINTER STORES
FOR HONEY BEE
Of Much Importance to Consider
Both Quality and Quantity
of Food Supply.
SUGAR Strip MUCH FAVORED
Most Common Cause Of Poor Colonies
in Spring Is Poverty, Directly Due
to Negligence on the Part
of the Beekeeper.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The stores given to the bees from
the end of one season TO the beginning
of the next are of the first Importance.
1t is necessary to consider both the
quality and the quantity of these
stores.
Quality of Stores.
AS has been stated, it is fortunate
that in both of the zones where cellar
wintering is or might be pract:ccd the
natural stores usually are good.
Honeys such as those from white ard
alsike ~clOvers, sweet clover, alfalfa,
wild raspberry, buckwheat, and will
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
Soothe Itehina Skins

With Cuticura. Battle with Cutlcura
Soap and hot water, dry and apply the
Ointment. This usually affords relief
and points to speedy healment. For
free samples address, "Cutlcura, Dept.
X. Boston," At druggists and by mail.
Soap 25, Ointment % and J0.-Ady.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
DIAPEPSIN
FOR INDIGESTION
EAT ONE TABLET NO GASES,
AcloITY, DYSPEPSIA OR ANY
STOMACH MISERY.
Undigested food! Jumps of pain;
belching gas. acids and sourness. When
you stomach is all upset, here is In
slant relief-No waiting.

The moment you eat a tablet or two
Of Pape's Diapepsin all the indigestion
pain and dyspepsia distress stops.
Your d~isordered stomach will feel
fine at once.
These pleasant. harmless tablets OF
Pape's Diapepsin eve fail and cost
very little Mt drug stores Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
PREVENT EROSION or LANDS
10 Build Terraces-lay Out With
Farm Level.

prepared by tho United States Depart
ment of A%griculture.)
Throughout many parts Of the Uni.
ted States the hllly and rolling lands
are subject to erosions from the heavy
winter rains. An effective way to pre-
vent this erosion is to build terraces,
preferably not less than ~ feet wide,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
Her Title.

Bacon-I understand his wife has
Il position now?
Egbert-Yes. She's working at a
ribbon counter i'm II department store.
And Toes he call her his better
haiff'
mo; his counterpart"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
Vital Question.

Mrs. JohnsonASiStah Martha has
Jest got n divo'ce FUN her husband.
Mrs. Jackson-You don't say. Howe
much ammonia did de cou't grant her?
Boston Transcript.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
To Some Extent.

Mrs. Gaddy claims that she made
her husband"
$50 she did; she made a fool of
him."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12

There is no parting so bitter as the
parting of a q%uinine capsule just as
you are i'm the act of swallowing il.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12

key gobbler will taste good no matter
what he Is called.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
Severe injury.

Civilian-'How did you get that
wound Stripe?" Private-"Me heart
broke when we didn't march 10 Ber-
lin"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12

His satanic majesty must have a LOT
OF branch Offices.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12

To be trusted is often a greater corn
pliment than TO be loved.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12

"Was IL a military dinnerg'
"Just a suggestion OF the military
shelled the nuts"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12

II is better to live in the foggy pres,
ent than in the misty past.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12
Pleasant Politics.

81 hear a lot of pretty girls voted
this year Yes, | enjoyed getting
out the vote"