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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

+. S. Pottle of Bath passed the
weekend in this city as the guest q
friends
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

Heobert. both of this city. were unit
ed in maria ge at o'clock Saturday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

ree Bachelor OF Portland ~
As rer vacation with her parents
=. and Mrs 4 W Bachelor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

Mrs. c. d. Colturn and daughter left
Saturda; for a week visit at Old
Town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

Linden Overlook returned Sunday
TO LINN. where he is employed. e.
ter passing a few days in this city
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

Ernest Prime, ships cook, End class
L. s. Coast Patrol, is enjoying 48-
hour leave at his home this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

Mr.. and Mrs r. NJ. Johnson re-
turned Saturday evening from trip
TO Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

Fred S. Crosby of Bangor was
business visitor in this city Satur-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

the week end with his family in this
city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

A. Heseltine OF Skowhegan was cav
ing on friends in this city Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

Charles stevens. who is employed
at Faith, passed the Weekend with
his family in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

.i tones II Randolph is
Mrs @.,ords in Niscasset.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

Marvel Beale. who has been pass
ing several days in this city. left
SUNDAY for Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

j. +. Morse Of Portland was among
the business visitors in this city Satur-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

,L +, Amesbury has re-
NrS rom a visit az Ocean Pom
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

,.s cooper returned Sunday to
IHAI h Brockton, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

hai.' =, Randolph relatives sunday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

Charles White and George Bowling
were visitors in Bangor Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22

Fred Ripley OF Portland passed the
week end IN this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-22
THE STRAND

The Favorite Olive Thomas in Her
Latest Triangle Production Betty
Takes a Hand" Caumont News and
Triangle Comedy at the Strand To-
day. Francis Bushmsn and Eever-
" 6ayne Wednesday and thursday
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03

wattles of the males are often very
badly nipped.
When first frozen the comb and wat
ties retain their normal color, except
for a slight whiteness of the skin of
the frozen parts. After the affected
parts thaw out they turn dark in col
or, and there is more or less infam-
nation in them and the adjacent
parts. Treatment is most beneficial
if first applied before the frozen parts
begin to thaw. At this stage the best
treatment is to rub with cold vaseline
or lard, manipulating gently with the
fingers to draw the frost gradually
and restore circulation. When the
frost is out anoint the parts with a
mixture of tablespoonfuls vaseline,
2 tablespoonfuls glycerine, table
spoonful turpentine. Apply this two
or three times day, keeping the bird
in a cool mot cold) place. If the
frostbite is not noticed until thawing
has occurred, omit the first rubbing.
The thin wattles of males are most
susceptible, especially when they are
wet as the bird drinks. In severe cold
weather it is best not to give males
access to open drinking vessels ex-
cept during the warmer hours Of the
day. The combs are usually frosted
at night when the birds are on the
roosts. A curtain of burlap of of
cotton cloth hung before the roost
will often keep the space back of it
warm enough to prevent any FROST
bites. If it is more convenient the
males may be remove dto a warmer
place for the night. Rubbing vase
line on the combs and wattles of the
males makes them more frost-resist-
ant.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03
F A r M A M D
O r G III A r D

Recommends killing of Barberry

Recommends killing of Burberry
A campaign against the high bush
barberry, one of the Michigan's COM
mon garden shrubs, has been launch
ed by the department of plant path
ology of the Michigan Agricultural
college. The barberry plant, DIR. G.
III. Coons of the department charges,
harbors the spores which cause the
stem rust of wheat. This rust is a
disease which annually causes much
damage to the Michigan crop.
there's good reason to believe,
declares DR.. Coons, "that barberry
bush is a center Of infection which
results disastrously to our wheat crop
in wet seasons. The barberry bush,
except for its trifiing value as a gar
den shrub is Of no economic impor-
lance in Michigan. We could doubt
less prevent enormous loss to our
wheat if we would rid ourselves of
this useless ornament. Denmark for
merly had great epidemics of wheat
rust every or years. Ten years
ago it passed law against the bar
berry and exterminated it. The Dam
ish farmers pulled and cut by stealth
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03

the barberries Of the rich mans flow
er gardens. Since the determination
of the barberry, stem rust Of wheat
has ceased to be a factor causing
loss. Epidemics no longer occurr.
Two years ago North Dakota pass
ed barberry law and appointed a
commission to lead in the extermina-
ton. Public sentiment was aroused
and in one week, 1000 barberry
bushes came out.
The average man has never seen a
barberry bush to know it, or if he
does know the barberry he thinks of
the low shrub, very popular for set
ting out around foundations, which
has small spoon-shaped leaves and
bears small red berries which hang in
place like a gooseberry. This
plant is the Japaneses barberry and
has nothing to do with the stem rust.
The dangerous plant is the high
bush barberry, thorny plant which
has large toothed leaves and clusters
of reh berries arranged on their stems
as in the currant. This plant has
slight decorative value and is q plant
which can easily be replaced in any
landscape gardeners scheme"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03
sEvENTY-HEN EGG FACTORY
AS A BACKYARD VENTURE

The illustration above shows Intensive
backyard poultry plant which Is making a
very Important food contribution to q Ma
ton that moods more eggs and poultry
flesh. Practically the entire backyard 10
occupied by houses and covered runs and
about seventy hens are carried. Each
house Is by IA feet and Is divided into 2
pens with a covered yard Of the same size.
There are about IS hens to a pen. The
houses are raised from the ground so that
the hens can run under them and the soil
In the runs Is renewed four times a year.
A flock OF IS hens In one OF these pens laid
2.l63 eggs In year. Oats are sprouted
for green feed in the cellar OF the dwelling
house Of the owner. Chicks, too. are raised
n you are thinking OF starting a back
yard poultry business. write to the U. s.
Department Of Agriculture for a copy Of
Farmers Bulletin $50. Backyard Poultry
Keeping"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03
Parable of the High Cost of Living

! Parable of the High Cost of Living
| Now the word of Keturah came to
me saying, HE thee to the shop of
the Grocer, and buy a sack of Flour
and Pound of Butter, and certain
Other Things whereof l have written
down List.
So / went to the shop of the Grocer,
and the Grocer loaded me up with
Substitute after Substitute saying, it
| is the Law of the Land and you must
eat a Mixture of all kinds of Grains,
even a Bran Mash if necessary like
unto a Sick Cow or a Sick Horse and
when Keturah saw me coming home
she thought / was a Camel from the
Desert of Sahara, packing Merchan-
disc to Seaport Town in Joffa. Now
when was at the Grocery, a Towns
man came in to Buy Cornmeal, Cab
bage and Potatoes, and he Rallied
against the Farmer for charging so
much for Wheat and Vegetables, say
ing he is CRATER and has no Heart
in Him for the Poor Man, yea; he
tucks on Big Price and Laughs in
his sleeve.
And there entered also Husband
man who was a farmer with Money in
his Pocket and more in the Bank.
And he spake to the Grocer, and he
boosted, and he said, Behold, / have
sold my Wheat at the Government
Price, and Believe Me, it was Some
Price. Yea, and / got Eighty Three
for my Oats, and One Twenty Seven
for my Corn. And he was Very
Proud of what he supposed he had
done.
And he spake to the Grocer, and
said, Give to me a Package of Oat-
meal, and behold here is thy Dime.
And the Grocer said, The Oatmeal
which was once Dime is now Fiji
teen Cents.
And the Husbandman said, 1t is an
Outrage; / will not pay it. Give me
Breakfast Food made of Wheat.
And the Grocer said, That will cost
thee more, the price has advanced.
And he said, Let me have Corn
Flakes.
And the Grocer said, That is also
Fifteen Cents.
And the Husbandman said, The
Grocers are Robbers, and the Millers
are Thugs; and they are in a Con-
spiracy to Rob the Poor Farmer,
whose industry feedeth them all, and
he said give me ten pounds of Sugar.
Nayl Nayl Says the Grocer l cannot
let thee have but One Pound in a
small sack
And he was wroth, and he departed.
And he considered not the price at
which he had sold his Wheat and his
Corn and his Oats, and the Grocer
said, This Business almost makes me
Crazy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03
BRooDER
FOR M0THERLEss CHICKS

II is satisfactory for the small flock
owner. II can be used outdoors only in
reasonably warm weather; in cold weather
keep II in a room which Is at least partly
heated.
You can make IL yourself As the con-
structlon Is very simple. many people pre-
fer to build rather thss buy them. The
body heat OF the chickens Is the source Of
warmth. A box IS inches square and
inches deep makes a good hover OF this
type. Adjustable quilts or covers are used
The number and position Of the quilts over
the chickens In this box are regulated ac-
cordng to weather and the number Of
chicks. In very cold weather the quilts
should sag so as to rest on the hacks Of
the newly Matched chicks, and there should
be little or no empty space In the hover. In
warmer weather or with older chickens the
quilts or covers are raised or part Of them
removed. From IL TO 40 chickens are US
uaIIy placed In a hreIess broodcr, rs being
the average number, while small lots do
better than larger ones under this method.
When first placed In the freIess broodsr
the chicks may have to be put under the
hovers frequently until they :sarn where to
get warm.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03
Cloth Windows in Henhouse

Cheap cotton cloth and common
burlap often are used very successful
ly instead of glass in some of the
windows of poultry houses. Cotton
cloth is preferable because it is clean
er and admits more light. When
b othcloth and glass windows are US
ed, the most common practice in cold
weather is to keep the glass windows
closed all the time, to open the cloth
windows wide on clear days and close
them as much as seems necessary at
night and on stormy days. When the
winters are generally mild, cotton
cloth is sometimes used i'm all the
windows.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03

CONSULTATION DEPARTMENT
Meat Scrap Substitutes

Peanuts, soy beans, or velvet bean
meal gives good results with laying
hens. In the Is months preceding
January, 1918, the price of meat or
beef scrap has increased 100 per cent,
while in some places it has been diff
ficult to secure it at all, making it
advisable to use something in place
of this feed. Previous experiments
have shown that beef scrap or some
other animal protein feed is essential
in a mash to get good egg production
and to produce eggs economically, es-
pecially during the winter. Rations
for laying hens containing peanut
meal, soy bean meal, and velvet bean
meal have been used with good re-
suits since the 1st of November on
the Government poultry farm.
Half of the beef scrap normally fed
in the mash has been replaced by
these feeds, making the rations as
follows: A scratch mixture of two
parts cracked corn and one part oats,
and mash of nine parts corn meal,
five parts middlings, four parts of
CiIhSi pCdiluI AHcdi, SOy OCdll ihCdi, VI
velvet bean meal. All of these parts
are by weight. A similar ration con-
tanning cottonseed meal has been fed
with good results for over one year.
The percentage of protein in these
feeds was as follows: Beef scrap, so
to 55; soy bean meal, "A; cottonseed
meal, SO; peanut meal, 20; and velvet
bean meal, 10.
The egg yield for the first three
months has been fairly good with all
of these feeds, but not quite as good
as has been secured from the use of
a normal amount of beef scrap. The
highest egg yield was secured from
the peanut meal; nearly as good re-
suits from the soy bean meal, but
only fair egg yield from the velvet
bean meal. 1t would appear that all
of these feeds are worthy of trial,
used with beef scrap, in sections
where they are easily secured. These
tests will have to be carried through
a considerable period of time to ac-
curately determine the relative value
Of these feeds.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03
OF LOCAL INTESEST
Some People We Know, and We Will
Profit by Hearing About Them

This is purely local event.
1t took place in Belding.
Not in some faraway place.
You are asked to investigate it.
Asked to believe a citizens word;
To confirm a citizens statement.
Any article that is endorsed at
home
Is more worthy Of confidence
Than one you know nothing about,
Endorsed by unknown people.
w. l.. Covert, 934 S. Bridge St.,
Bedding, says: "A few years ago
was bothered a lot with my kidneys
Ny back was weak and lame and ach-
ed constantly. had heard about
Doan's Kidney Pills, so ! got a box al
Connell's Drug Store. They soor
helped me and before long l was cur
ed"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Covert had. Foster Milburn Co.
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03
May LIST, 1918, Goodbye John
BarleycOrn

When our state voted dry in Novem-
Der, 1916, it was a real regret to us
that so long time must elapse before
the law would go into effect and May
1st, 1918, seemed far away. Time
flies, and now we are almost "there."
Have you thought about it, and just
what will your union do to celebrate
the passing of the saloon?" Let
the day and the meeting be a praise
service, jubilation, day when every
woman who has not already done so
pays her dues. Then as an especial
thank offering OF God for all His
help, and to the organization which
has been so faithful in the fight for
more than forty years in this state,
let every member bring in one more.
Enlist another recruit to help us fight
the battle that faces us. The beer
brewers are planning a gigantic drive
to reinstate the saloon. Let our
state treasurer's books prove to them
that the Michigan women have not
remobilized and are ready for the
fray. Are you glad the saloons are
going? Prove it by bringing in a
new recruit for our ranks.
Yes, May 1st will be great day in
Michigan. Let it also be a great day
in our organization.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03
DR.. R. D. SMITH
PAINLESS EXTRACTOR or TEETH

will be at the
Winter Inn in Greenville on Tuesday,
the 9th Of April. For one
day only.
He is registered graduate dentist.
He has been extracting teeth for the
last fifteen years.
Does not use chlOr0form or ether.
No vitalized air or gas.
Positively not any cocain.
Nor any of its derivatives.
His anesthetics are of his own inven-
ton
No one else is using them, neither can
they use them.
Not any unnecessary sore gums.
No bad after-effects-
No dental chairs.
Every instrument is thoroughly
sterilized.
IL always was 50 and always will be.
Teeth broken on are especially So
hcited.
So are teeth that other dentists could
not get out.
In about one-half Of his work, DIR.
Smith does not use forcep at all.
Remember the day, place and
DATE
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03

stood upon a mountain top,
Gods footstool meath the sky,
saw the neither shower drop.
touched cloud close BY.
saw the river In the vale
SO lowly II did seem
Where when a boy l set my sail
Or nshed along that stream.
Where moved the rustic youth his plow--
Once acres broad and fair:
But so diminuitiye looked now
My boyhood home down there.
Afar beneath the wood and hill
l saw the clearing rain,
The water wheel and old red mill
Where oft I brought the grain.
There In that little quiet vale
A stneam--a home-the wheat
Where bounteous haryests did not fail
My world seemed all complete.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03

But now from lofty mountain height
Der beeting elf and crest
watch the fearless eagles Night
EnclrcIine round It's nest.
And here find another sphere
Till now 20 me unknown,
Where narrow confines disappear
Each peak a stepping stone
The world within the yonder vale
Did satisfy youths dream,
But now its limitations fail
How changed II all does seem
Upon mountain let me stand
wider vision see
More firmly clasp that Guiding Hand
That's waiting there for mel
When darkness gathers ! confess
The stars but brighter shine
While twInkling down Heavens loneliness
Upon your life and mine
Charles A Heath.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03

The hens Of all breeds, having
smaller combs than the males, can
stand much lower temperatures. As
the proportion of the females to
males kept is usually 10 to i, it is not
economical under extreme weather
conditions to regulate the house to
suit the males. When the house is
operated for the hens and is too cold
for the ROSTERS, the usual practice
here is to put the males temporarily
in a warmer place or to put them at
night in small coop in the same
house. As rule, the necessity for
doing this arises only a few times in
a winter.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03

Usually a poultry house can be kept
comfortably cold for the hens except
in the very coolest weather. Birds can
stand quite low temperatures provid-
ed their combs do not frost. Where
there is much hard freezing weather,
the most effective way that has been
found to keep the poultry house warm
and dry is to place dry straw or hay
to the depth Of foot or more over
head on floor of boards laid as wide
apart as may be and still hold the
straw. Dry straw usually will abb
sorb all moisture, and so, when it is
used the poultry keeper must Judge
by the air in the house how much
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03

on considerable scale. These breeds
are good layers and they also make
good table poultry. Furthermore,
they will hatch their own eggs and
brood their own chickens, whereas
Leghorns and other breeds Of the egg
laying class do not sit, and the use Of
expensive incubators and breeders Is
necessary in order to perpetuate these
flocks. f
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03
Treat the Frozen Combs-And Ventilate Houses
Cold Vaselne Rubbed Before the Frosted Parts Thaw
First Ad-If Parts Have Thawed Use Mixture of Vaseline
Cycerine and Turpentine-Curtain Front Makes
House Warmer

The extreme cold weather this win
ter has caused unusual damage
through frosted combs and wattles of
fowls. In the large-comb breeds both
cocks and hens are affected. The fe-
males of the breeds, having medium
sized combs, are not often seriously
injured by frost, but when the mer-
curry goes below zero the combs and
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03

For the family that wishes to keep
poultry for home consumption rather
than for the market, the so-called
general-purpose breeds are better
suited than what are know as the
egg-laying breeds. Plymouth Rocks,
Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, and
Orpingtons are all good varieties for
the average person who does not in
tend to go into the poultry business
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03

ventilation is needed. A breed that
mill not stand the temperature when
the ventilation is regulated in this
way is not suited to the climate.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-04-03
w. c. T. U. ITEMS
Foodstulfs Wasted in Beer
Manufacture

Boys
Gen. Leonard Wood, in praising
the physical condition and morale of
the Kansas troops at Camp Funston,
said to Governor Capper: 1--WE attri-
butte this to Kansas prohibition" He
added: "These Kansas boys were
brought up in a clean atmosphere.
They started right. Nothing like
such order has ever been known in a
military camp. The Kansas men and
boys grade far higher in morals,
obedience and stamina than the men
in other camps in the past. The per-
centage of vice diseases among them
is the smallest that has ever been
found in a camp, and the discipline is
the best ! have ever known. You can
tell the Kansas people for me that
they have the finest, the cleanest, the
healthiest and most vigorous soldiers
in point of endurance that we have
ever known. The official records show
this" That is pretty strong testi-
mony.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-19

AK(XS:!=!]Z ~
7 Figure It Out
WORKING MEN AND WOMEN moving from job to job
than before the history of the United States While
@ this necessary government purposes much
Of is doubtful good both the workers themselves
the welfare of the country
particularly labor conditions ndu disturbed Tn
who trained proficient particular occupation should
u before leaving their employment and artificial
offering that for the time be higher
better
does not demand that efficiency
ducton and get Oh
changed conditions with
and Hbeay his Only through this cooperation and
spirit liberty triumph
Get Back Of Your Government With Your Best Work
Get Back Of the Liberty Loan With Your Dollars
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15

Continued a paee 6.)
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15

SOC1CIlCS, REPRESENTING IIlc IGdl-
ly decent element among the so
cieties claiming to be doing pa
triotic work, was among the first
to congratulate the president,
publicly, on his stand. But the
president is now receiving, from
farms all over the West from
Minnesota, Montana and Texas,
from Washington and Colorado
and Oklahoma a flood Of let
Eters, written in the painful
5scrawl Of a hand stiffened by
pulling levers and pitching hay,
telling him Of the personal graf
itude Of American farmers for
his wisdom and courage. And
perhaps he is getting letters
from trade union organizers ia
the fighting territory Of the
steel mills, III Pennsylvania and
Alabama and Illinois ind dorsing
bis denunciation 81 the Huns at
home who hide behind the masks
of rn0bs.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-03-21

Fatty Arbuckle in return engage
ment of "Out West"-Idlehour We'd
nesday.-Adv.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-16
THE EVENING LEADER

During the first months of the SER
vice no flights will be made when
storm conditions make the journey
very precarious. On those days the
sacks will be forwarded by rail and
delivered by special delivery service.
Otto Praeger, second assistant post
master general, who has charge of the
new service, believes that sufficient
experience will be gained during the
summer to make possible an effective
maintenance of the service during the
winter. The greatest difficulty is in
landing successfully in a heavy fog,