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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-19
Letters To The Herald
THE HERALD's CoLUMNs OPEN.

U
/ THE HEBALD's COLUMNS OPEN.
Editor FL Paso Herald:
You are to be highly commended
for your most excellent editorial In
The Herald for November II on presi-
dent Wilson's war utteranees- am
waiting now for sou to publish a
front page article by Teddy r" tell
ing why he thinks the armistice
granted to Germany was too lenient
or easy on the Germans or II he can
not think Of anything to object to IN
the terms OF the armistice. at least
ne VIII surely write that they would
have been OF more force il he had
prepared them.
You would not be consistent II you
did not publish something OF that ma
ture from our Teddy"
George F. Potter.
SAYS IT'S HURTING THE CITY.
Editor FL Paso Herald:
It seems TO me about time some Of
the good business men OF 81 Paso
tried to head off the wholesale adver-
Using OF this socalled social disease
that is being published so extensively.
Is IL the intention of some one, not
100 percent Aemrican, 20 injure FL
Paso's future in the eyes Of the
world by advertising Il as a dirty.
diseased town, or is It really meant
to protect the people7 II the latter,
then why not put up a large sign at
the union depot for the protection OF
strangers passing through, reading
something like this:
To the Public: Do not stop IN
FL Paso: the city is full OF social dis
ease. You might contract It in the
restaurants and confectioneries-"
This adverse advertising will XIII
Ei Paso. 1 want to suggest TO all
good citizens and taxpayers to have
their voices treated so they can speak
up before II is too late. I feel this
order for medical examination Is a
disgrace to all decent women Of Fl
Paso- and I wish 10 add that I am
proud to be one OF the proprietors OF I
the business places that have had the /
nerve TO refuse to comply with this /
unjust examination which places de- I
cent women on par with the under |
world.
Mrs. Margaret Clark.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-19

iishss readers frsa 81
any AID all subjects
resources OF the va
zgrsss and the nasy
Three cents n post
Information wanted
:. Easkln. Director,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
HOW F0CH BALKED THE HUN
Great Soldier Firm in Belief That God
Gave Him Ideas by Which He
Saved Calais.

Baked at the Marine. the German
war lords turned their attention to
the channel ports on the French coast.
Calais lay directly across the channel
from England. If they could capture
Calais, England would have TO send
troops in ships down the other side Of
the French coast. The U-boats would
have a better chance to sink trans
ports and drown men like rats.
Foch was shifted to the threatened
zone, says William Heyliger in Boys
Life. II was race Osee who would
get to the coast first. the Germans or
the French. At Ypres Foch found
himself in advance OF the German
flood. With the same fearlessness that
had distinguished him on the Marine
the threw out his forces and attacked.
1t was on the eve of this battle that
he s.sked the army chaplain TO pray
saying that he had put all his trust
in God. And on the morrow the Ger
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
How TO Organize
Finding Good Ground Water.

Good ground water is the ideal sup
ply for farms, according to Farmers
Bulletin 941, water Systems for
Farm Homes" recently issued by the
United States department. OF agricuI-
ture. II
Any farmer about to put down q
deep or expensive well, and who Is
uncertain OF the depth and the guam.
tity or quality OF the water likely to
be encountered, should describe fully
the location and conditions OF his
project to national or state geological
authorities and ask for advice. Times
without number, wells have been sunk
to great depths in the belief that
eventually a plentiful supply would
be reached, only to find that water
was not there, or that it was unfit for
use, or that a mere hole or stump had
been created which served but to
drain water from relatively near the
surface. There is no short cut and
no better guide In this matter than
information as to the kind, thickness,
porosity, and dip Of the strata of the
region and OF the results obtained In
neighboring wells, study OF the land
cA0 N1AcA- dGlCI VI LuC NCkCLdo
ton, and examination for evidences
OF seeps and springs.
Regarding the use Of a forked viii
low, hazel, or peach stick for locating
underground water, 1t can be said
safely the method is without merit,
although so-called forked-stick artists
from their experience and observation
OF surface conditions usually are bet
ter able to judge OF the probabilities
Of ground water than is the average
person not thus trained. So also,
there is little to recommend certain
patented automatic water finders
which are based upon the possible,
but largely cOn5ectural, proposition
that electrical exchanges between the
earth and atmosphere are stronger In
the vicinity Of subterranean waters.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
POULTRY AND EGGS SUPPLY
Badly Needed to Help Feed the World
Nothing Else Costs So Little TO
Raise on Farm.
CBy P. G. HOLDEN.)

The high price Of feed and the high
price Of poultry have combined In
causing farmers to greatly reduce
their flOcks, and as a result we are
facing a serious shortage in poultry
and eggs at g time when they are bad
ly needed to help feed the world
We must not forget that while feed
is high and while poultry brings good
prices, nothing else costs so little TO
raise on a farm as chickens, and that
eggs are bringing such high prices we
cannot afford to shut of the source Of
their supply.
Large 1Ocks Of poultry are needed
on every farm, and every farmer
should keep his young pullets, which
will soon be his best layers. Get rid
of the ROSTERS Avoid wasteful meth
DDS In handling poultry and In mar
keting eggs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26

near the voice, harden not your hearts ~
1t may be you are waiting to bear
fruit. You are, by the grace of God,
| already saved, let US suppose. But for
what purpose were you saved? Since
God loves you with love that pass
eth knowledge" and since Ito depart
and be with Christ were far better
than to remain here-why did he not
call you to himself at your conversion?
Why are you here instead Of enjoying
your Redeemer's presence? There
must be some reason. "Ye have not
chosen me-" said Christ, ''but 1 have
chosen you, and ordained you, that We
should go and bring forth fruit, and
that your fruit should remain" May
it be to give you another opportunity
to glorify his father by bearing fruit,
that you are still here?
1t may be you are waiting TO be
perfected. I ought TO explain this, be-
cause there is q sense in which every
true Christian is perfected the moment
he accepts Christ as his Savior. He
Is perfected in that he Is both justified
and sanctified his sin is put away, and
by the Holy Spirit he himself is set
apart for God forever. The New Tes-
lament is very clear on this; notice
Paul's words in his epistle to the Co
lossians, for example.
What, then, do we mean by saying
we may be waiting to be perfected7
Do we mean the attainment of a state
of sinlessness this side Of heaven? No !;
for If a Christian lived to be as old as
Methuselah, would he not still require
to pray, Forgive US our trespasses as
we forgive those who trespass against
us?" We only mean that perfectness,
in the sense Of a ripeness for the
sickle, which comes In the lives of
some as if crown of glory had been
vouchsafed to them even before they
passed into the unseen.
And so may it be with some Of you.
Though now your pruning, your dig
ging, and perhaps your growing days
are over, yet the quiet but potent rays
of divine grace are accomplishing a
maturity in your experience, so that
your Christian life never will have
been so attractive as In the hour that
you depart hence. "We all do fade as
leaf, but the fall OF you, ye glory
crowned ones, is to be illumined by
the grandeur Of an autumnal sunset.
God bless you, aged brethren! God
bless you, young and old. rich and
poor, saint and sinner! May you have
Happy New Year" IN the highest
and truest sense. Happy is the peo-
pie whose God is the Lord" Accept
him, serve him, wait for him. 1t is
only as we stand in such relationship
to him that. after employing the psalm
lists question, "And now. Lord, what
wait for?" we can confidently apply
the consolation in his words that fol-
low, my hope is in thee"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
lnn
STOCK
. y
OBTAIN TWO LITTERs A YEAR
When Sows Are Given Best of Feed
and Care This Is Good Way to
Increase Production.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
1t is common practice among farm
ers to require their sows to produce
two litters a year. Although the sows
have had good care, they will natural
ly be run down somewhat in condition.
because the greater portion of the feed
consumed has been utilized for the
production of milk
The sow needs a rest before she is
bred again, and the time for this is
between the weaving and breeding Pc
RODS. Intelligent feeding will bring
the sow from a thin condition into
good, strong, vigorous condition in
short time. When this is done she will
be in proper condition to assume her
duty when breeding time arrives. If
the SOW is bred91n a thin, rundown
condition, she must resume work i'm
mediately, and she will naturally be
weak and subject to the inroads of dis
ease. A little cold contracted in this
condition may cause death, while
strong, healthy sow will resist such
attacks. 1t is the general belief that
sows in good vigorous breeding condi-
ton conceive more readily, thus short
ening the narrowing period for the
herd. Alfalfa, rape, clover, or any pas
ture which is paIatable to swine, with
some grain in addition, is excellent
feed for bringing the SOW back to
breeding condition.
There is no good reason why a SOW
should not produce two filters a year
when properly handled. To accom-
pliSh this the sow should be bred to
farrow, say, for example, in March, and
bred again to farrow the early part
Of September. A SOW bred about No
vember 10 will farrow about March 6
to 9. The pigs should nurse eight
weeks. The sow should be rebred by
May 20 so as to farrow on or after
September 8. The pigs could then
nurse until November 8. The chances
for prOfitably rearing two crops of pigs
from sow annually are undoubtedly
far better in regions of mild climate
and short winters than where the win
tiers are long and severe.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
Relics Of Azteean Era

Near Phoenix. within the Salt river
valley, are TO be found seven COM
munal settlements Of the same pre-
Aztecan era. with central buildings
that were far larger than that at Casa
Grande, a writer In the Christian
Science Monitor states. To the north
ward and northeast every river valley
retains evidence of the passage Of ar
least portion Of these peoples. for
some reason leaving their cities and
their irrigated fields on the plains and
seeking the mountains and the upper
plateaus =
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e A ND now, Lord, what wait
~ I for?''-Psalm 80 Z.
~ Another tweIvemonth has
almost gone, and we are
yet in the land of the living. If we
give this serious consideration, we
must regard it as remarkable. Some
think death the strangest wonder of
human history, but Is not life stran-
ger? When we reflect upon our frame,
and the shocks of life it must endure,
must we not exclaim with Young.
Strange that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep IN tune so long!'
Is it to be wondered at If, Ike
David, we too should put the question,
what wait 1 for? The mystery of
being here is not profounder than the
mystery of staying here. Let US ask
God the question. The psalmist felt
he could not trust his. own conclusions.
and so he said, Lord, what wait
for?"
It may be you are waiting to be
saved. God is not willing that any
should perish, but that all should
come to repentance and live.
80 Ephraim, how can 1 give thee up,
how shall / leave thee, JudahH Be
hold him weeping over the Holy City,
80 Jerusalem, how often would I have
gathered thy children together, as a
hen gathereth her brood under her
wings, and We would not!" He is so
pleading with some Of you today. To
go back no farther than the past year,
has there been no sermon, no invitation
or warning, no duplication or exhorta-
ton, that has appealed to your inte1li-
gence, or moved your emotions, plead
ing with you to accept Christ? Have
you lost no friend or neighbOr by death
during that period? Have you had no
escape from bodily peril or no illness
to remind you Of the uncertainty OF
life7 Can you cOnscientiously say that
in all these respects God has left you
alone? Has he done not a thing to
startle you out of your false security,
to convince you of sin, to invite you to
the Savior? repeat. has God left you
absolutely alone? All! you cannot say
that he has.
"How long halt We between two opin-
ions?" God pushes for a decision, and
an immediate reply. To-day, If We will
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
HINTS ON SELECTING LAYERS
PuIIets With Alert Eyes and Comb,
Face and WzttIes of Fine
Texture Are Best.

Judging poultry Is said to be a finer
art than the selection OF other farm
animals, but the man or woman who
picks pullets with a fine head, alert
eyes and comb, face and watt1es Of
fine texture, has taken the first step
toward increased egg production. Good
pullets should stand square on their
feet. with legs wide apart, with the
front end of the body slightly higher
than the pOsteriOr end. and With long
back and tail carried rather high. The
body should be wedge-shape, yielding
ample room for the reproduction and
digestive organs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
Dick Wa Charitable

At the funeral services for an el.
DERBY negro OF Richmond, Va, the fol-
lowing cOlloquy was overheard:
There amt no use In taIkIn'," said
Nose Barker; ''Dick Williams, he was
the most charitable man dis town ever
seen"
4 reckon dat's So" said the darkey
to whom Mr.. Barker impaired this
information. And he paused as II
waiting for evidence on this point.
Yessuh." continued Mr.. Barker,
%Dick Williams, he always owned q
plug hat. and durin' my time I amt
never heard that Dick ever refused to
lend dat hat to anybody"
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were fed the same roughage. One lot
received Shelled corn and whole soy
beans in equal proportions, while the
other received the same quantities OF
Shelled corn and whole oats. The av-
erage gain of each lamb during a pc
riod Of II weeks was 1872 pounds when
soy beans constituted a part of the
ration, and but 1871 pounds when oats
were used. A pound of gain was pro-
duced on GIL pounds Of grain and I'll
pounds Of roughage in the soy-bean "a
ton, while 7.2S pounds OF grain and
1852 pounds of roughage were required
In the oats ration. In another expert
ment the same rations were fed for II
weeks to two lots of nine lambs each.
The lot receiving the soy-bean ration
gained 119 pounds in weight and pro-
dueed 95.1 pounds OF wool, as COM
pared with Il pounds increase in
weight and a production of S1.3 pounds
Of wool for the lot receiving the oats
ration. The second lot also consumed
more feed per pound Of gain.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
KEEP ONLY PROFITABLE HENS
Emergency Agents Waging Successful
Campaign Against Improbable
Fowls in FIoct<s.

Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture-)
Practically all the southern Missis-
Eppi valley and middle Western states
have effected satisfactory increases in
their production Of poultry products.
The emergency agents are now waging
a successful campaign against the IN
profitable hens by getting owners to
Gull such fowls from their hocks. Hens
which produce less than 70 eggs a year
are better dead than alive, while fowls
which yield from 20 TO 100 eggs annual
ly are only fair producers. Good lay
ers produce 125 eggs and upward every
II months In some f1OcBs OF 200 hens,
30 Of the lOw-prOducing fowls have
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
Dog Had sonethino 10 Saw.

The Hon. John W. Davis, appointed
our ambassador In London IN success
sion to Mr.. Page, Is an eminent law
yer.
Mr.. Davis tells the story OF a very
small boy who was trying TO lead
big st. Bernard up a busy thorough
fare. Where are you going TO take
that dog, my little chap7" inquired q
passerby. Tin going TO see where
where he wants to go first" was the
breathless reply.
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man flood broke and Calais was
saved.
At Dixmude, in the early days of
the war. after the Germans had been
REINFORCED and it seemed that the
French must retreat to the Somme
river, it was Foch who ordered his
soldiers to open the sluices of that low
country after his own men had taken
high ground. The land was flooded
and the German cannOns were begged.
That stroke of the French general
spread CONSERVATION in the Hun ranks
for the time and the flooded landscape
presented an impossible barrier. The
water that Foch and his men had Ioos-
ed crippled the German hope of a
smashing victory.
God gives me IDEAS" said Foch.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26

lied self-help. enlistlng the co-opera-
ton Of all farmers interested In car
rying out a county agricultural pro-
gram OF work.
Membership is open to all residents
Of the county directly interested in
agriculture, men and women alike. a
small membership fee usually SD is
charged.
While the original conception Of the
farm bureau was as an aid to county
agent work, it was quickly realized
that it has a broader field, and now it
is coming to be recognized as the Off
cial agricultural body interested In
promoting all that pertains TO a bet
ter and more prosperous rural life.
How TO Organize.
Farmers interested in organizing
county central bodies TO work for bet
ter agriculture may obtain plans and
other information from their state ex-
tension director at the state agricuI.
tural college, or from the states rela-
tons service, United States depart
ment of agriculture.
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ANOTHER LEAF

Within lfes book another leaf is turned;
Today we face new and untried year,
Its secrets and its purpose all unguessed.
No hand may lift the veil that hides from us
Success failure, and no feet save ours
May tread pathway do our several tasks
We step into the New Years outstretched arms.
And wonder if with all her Turing charms
Truer she'll prove than one we leave behind
What we have gained from wrestling with defeat,
M Nay will give US strength new foes to meet
Defeat and failure. or joys magic SPELL
To each or all the year holds in store
We reach our hands in welcome, for we know
Our truest blessings from failures grow.
And that our share Of happiness will be
What we acquire through sefmastery.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
RANGE FOB BREEDING FOWLS
Higher Fertility, Better Matches and
Stronger chieSSs Can Reasonably
Be Expected.

If possible, the breeding stock should
have free range It is better II this be
provided during the entire fall and
winter before the breeding season, but
If this be not possible, free range just
preceding and during the breeding sea-
son will be of great value. Birds on
free range will give a higher fertility,
better matches and stronger chicks.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
HOW TO TRANSFER BEES

The keeping Of bees In box
hives or log gums Is unprofit-
able. The care that bees need
in order to gather fair crop OF
honey can be given only If the
beekeeper Is able to examine the
the bees and to move the combs
as needed.
, Probably one-thIrd Of all the
bees in the United States are In
hives without movable combs,
and to assist the owners Of such
colonies to get them in proper
hives the United States depart
ment OF agriculture has pre-
pared Farmers Bulletin 961,
Transferring Bees to Modern
Hives" Various methods are
given, some one of which will
be possible to any beekeeper, so
that there is no reason for de-
lay In making the bees produc-
tive.
Unless the bees are properly
managed after transfer there is
little advantage in movable
frame hives. This requires a
study of beekeeping as well as
promptneSs and care. Dfrec-
tons for handling bees are given
in other publications of the de-
partment
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
HORSE REQUIRES MUCH GRAIN
Necessary for Animal to Maintain
Weight and Spiril and Perform
Maximum of Work.

In order to perform the maximum
Of work and still maintain his weight
and spiri, the horse should receive a
comparatively large allowance Of cas-
lily digested grain and a correspond
ingly small proportion OF palatable
roughage,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
WorId,s Deepest OH weII

An oil well being driven In West
Virginia has been drilled to a depth Of
1858 feet, and is now the deepest in
the world. The depth of this well ex-
ceeds the height Of Mt. Mitchell (6,7II
feet), the highest mountain in the east
ern United States. Until now the
deepest oil well boring has been one
of 1919 feet in Silesia.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
TWO ADVANTAGES OF GUINEAS
Their Noise Keeps Away Hawks and
Crows and They Make Pleasing
Delicacy for Table.

Guineas are almost impossible TO
confine in poultry yards and sometimes
they viii fly into the garden and ruin
lettuce or other tender green crops
Their advantages are largely In the
fact that they make lots Of noise and
frequently keep hawks and crows
away from the premises, and further
more they are fine table fowls and
pleasing delicacy for the farm table.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
zinc snort al kInnsa

A mantle of rich silk or cloth ap-
pears t. have been the usual prize for
horse racing in the fourteenth cen
fury; bells and gold snaf7es were run
for IN the fifteenth century; cups grad
ualiy came into fashion in the six
teenth century. Racing colors Of silk
and satin seem to have been IN use In
Henry the Eighth's reign
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26

Plant a few trees in vacant places
aroun1 the farmstead.
All wearing surfaces on plows and
implements should be creased when
set away.
Repair all broken windows and
tighten up the loose boards.
Farmers with a few cows, a few
sheep In addition to the work teams
win find it advisable 20 grow plenty
Of hay.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
zy28IEMlsI,E,RAL
NRMl2NOpES

Eavetroughs and roofs should be In
spected before real cold weather.
Pack celery In q box with sand,
keeping it ont Of the crowns.
Natures great purifying agents are
sunshine and air.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
soy BEANS GOOD FOR SHEEP
In Feeding Trials at Wisconsin Station
Produced Larger Gains for Given
Amount Of Feed.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
In feeding trials with sheep at the
Wisconsin station, soy beans produced
larger gains for given amount Of feed
and heavier clip of wool. In one ex-
pertinent two lots Of ten lambs each
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
cbickens Get Waste Grain.

Chickens far surpass all other kinds
of poultry in salvaging waste grain
from the stables, from the shed or
lot where the cattle are fed, and from
hog pens
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26
Water Fowls overIooked.

Water fowls do not receive the con-
sideration they deserve on mauy
farms. There are better opportunities
for profits raising ducks and geese
than many realize.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26

In England and in Canada rape has
been popular as a grazing crop for
hogs for many years. It is still being
planted for this purpose.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26

Care for Breeding Animals.
Breeding animals need the best OF
care and attention during the time
they are pregnant.