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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-06-06
Make Your
Own Sugar
By he US. Dep.. q As;esisus

BY the use of ordinary kitchen
equipment many people are in posi-
ton to make up the average Of 81
pounds of sugar, which is the average
each person in the United States used
last year. A few sugar maple trees,
well-kept colonies Of bees, a hundred
feet Of sugar beets raised In the gar
den. or a small patch Of sweet sor-
ghum, and surplus apples which might
go to waste unless made into apple
strip may each be made to contribute
to the sugar supply.
The present limited sugar supply can
be increased II many more families, in
regions where the sugar maple grows,
would each make maple sirup or sugar
from ten or more maple trees. Ten
trees. under ordinary conditions, can
be expected to yield about four gal
Ions of strip or thirty pounds Of sugar.
Maple sugar making is an art the
pioneer settlers Of America learned
from the Indians and for years 1t has
been q home and farm industry. The
process Is not so complicated that any
one who has the opportunity need hesi-
tate to try 1t. Find sugar maple tree
ten or more inches In diameter; bore a
hole three-eights Of an inch or slightly
more in diameter; insert q metal spout
or one made by punching the pith from
a section Of elder; set q bucket under
It that the sap may collect; boil this
down In q kettle or shallow pan on a
Kitchen stove to the proper density for
maple strip. II sugar 10 preferred. boil
it down further until 1t Is quite thick.
taking care that It does not burn. and
let It crystalline.
"Sugar weather" often starts by the
middle Of February In the southern
part of the sugar maple region. The
first sap is sweetest. There is no time
to be lost in talking; get ready to
take advantage of the first warm,
sunny days "Old timers" say the out
look Is good for good sugar sea.
son.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-06-06
This paper has enlisted
with the government in the
cause of america for the
be1iod Of the war. ......

DR.. F. w. Vale of Minor was
iere Saturday on business.
E. N. Pennington, merchant
of Minor was visitor of this city
Saturday.
Mrs. N. p. Brady returned
this week from visit with rela-
tives in St. Paul.
Eighth street is to be paved
with reinforced concrete accord
ing to a preference of the proper
ty owners and a vote of the city
council Monday night.
Marie Hill went to Saint Paul
for the sumer, Friday.
Miss Frances Brown went to
Fergus Saturday.
Mr.. Joe Gibhart of Paramount
was in Wahpeton Saturday.
Mat Sicorske of Paramount was
in Wahpeton Saturday.
Mrs. Abbot nd Mrs. Roby of
Hankinson were here Thursday.
Charles Quinn will spend the
sumner at a training camp near
Chicago.
Dorothy Bernard has been suf-
fering from quinsy for the last
two weeks.
Miriam Wise is working at the
post office.
Sidney Kinds was in town a
few days the first of the week. He
is on his way to West Point.
Miss Elnore Nunns came home
Friday from Moorhead. She has
been attending the normal school
there.
William Early came home
Thursday morning from St. Paul
where he has been attending
school.
The next call for drafted men
in this county will be the twenty
fourth of this month. There will
be III men called at that time.
The St. Frances guild will meet
at the hospital, June the Goth.
st. Ritas aid will be entertained
Monday, June 10th by Anna and
Lauretta Boil and Elma Huppeler
The woman's missionary society
Of the Congregational church will
meet on Tuesday afternoon June
18th at the church. The ladies Of
Dwight will be the guests of hon.
or on that day and all members
are requested to be present.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-06-06
Coal Ga. for Motor Fuel.

Probably the first motor car In
America to use coal Gas 40 fuel Is a
New York machine that has an BY
46-inch steel tank mounted ON one
Of its running boards. says the Popular
Mechanics Magazine. The cylinder,
wAeQ charged to q pressure Of about
1000 pounds to the square inch. car.
rles sue eiept fuel to drive the ma.
chine ABBOTT one hundred and twenty
miles. FoS automobile propulsion.
compressed ca at 80 cents q. thou.
sand feet 10 SAID to. be about Is per
cent cheaper thaa gasoline at e ce.ts
gallon. This compaEison 10 baA6d
On mileage Eatheg than thermal units.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-06-06
How Red Cross Workers Are
Now Knitting Two Socks at
Same Time for Army Boys

Knitting two socks at one time Is an
achievement every war knitter would
like to be equal to. Some of the Red
Cross shops are passing the news
around that 1t can be done. The dis
covery was credited to Sydney, Aus
tralia, workshop. This shop increased
its output from $4,000 pairs of socks
one month to 10000 pairs the next by
knitting "twins." Miss Brown, who
came to this country to impart the d.
rections to our Red Cross. gives the
following instructions on knitting twin
socks:
"The purling for the top of the socks
is knit separate. When one Is finished
take 1t off with darning needle on to
a heavy cord. When the other is fin
islled slip the first one inside the Sec
ond one. from the top. and with the
knitting needle take up from first one
and then the other, alternating, begin.
ming with the first stitch from the
needle and ending with the last stitch
from the one on the cord. Hold the
SUCK toward you, purllng the nrSt
stitch. which Is from the sock that was
on the needle, and knitting the second
stitch from the one that was on the
cord; proceed with the first purl and
then knit. holding the thread over the
first finger for knitting. and soon you
will acquire a rhythm.
'When you get to the heels take off
as In any sock. As you turn your heel
always purl the one next to you and
knit the other. To narrow take first
and third stitch. purf them and slip
the needle out, which leaves one stitch
from the opposite sock. which slip onto
your needle and narrow knitting. There
Is no slip and bind in this sock. When
finished slip the needles out and take
up your separate socks and bind OF.
In puriin9 never put your thread over
always keep 1t toward you. as IL you
are purling back on your heel"
The teacher said that after knitting
three pairs one would become as EN-
Client as In knitting the single sock.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-06-06
Chain Am,er to Protect the Eyes.

An ingenious improvement has re.
Gently been made to the already famil-
lar steel shrapnel helmet In use "over
there" says the Popular Science
Monthly. 1t 10 designed to protect the
eyes and the upper part Of the face
from splinters Of wood. stone. sand and
metal thrown up by exploding shells.
The new device 10 merely an adapta-
ton Of the chain doors which have
been introduced into metal, chemical
and glass works in recent years to pro-
tect the workers from the heat Of the
furnaces and the splashes of molten
material. It consists Of fringe Of
separate short lengths Of fairly heavy
chain. which effectively arrests the fly.
fns particles. On account Of It's loose.
uess. Il does not. seriously intecfses
With 10 ytaoo.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-06-06
TFErFEFTFETTsFsEsassl
Notes of Interest

Clothing made of pressed
feathers as a substitute for wool
has been invented by an Italian
priest.
A gasoline blow torch supplies
the heart for new cooking
stove for campers that cannot
be blown out.
A pneumatic latch with which
a door may be opened from dis
tant points has been patented.
A new mop for washing auto
mobiles has a hollow handle
through which water Is fed by
screwing 1t to hose.
The determination of all flies
Is the aim Of two British physi-
clans who are experimenting
with a parasite that kills the in.
Sects.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-06-06
0NCE ORIENT PRIDGo SNOW AND ICE spirit STILL There
otd Merv Is Now but a DesoIate
Place Of Ruin.
Practically obIstsratsd BY The Crest
csnqueror, Jhsnehix Khan, Whose
Cen Had Fallen In the AZ.
oavlto On the City.

We passed By New Merv and went
O. to BalI1m All, named after one Of
ths sons Of Timur. which 10 tho station
1of Ola Nefv and the demesne Of the
Nurshab, formerly The Kopefty 6fthe
royal family, Maynard Owen Williams
writes In the Christian Herald. Bair.
am An resembles the CREST pyramids
ID that It stands between the desert
ind. the town. Accompanied By the
twedty-year-dld commissar, q remark
ably Intelligent young Russian upon
whom devolves the task Of governing
the district with q decreasing police
force, we visited the various ruins
which mark the spots where tho sue.
cessive editions Of Merv stood. Merv
10 mentioned In the Zoroastrian books
Of wisdom and, like every other old
city. owed it, existence to q river-the
4urghab. Seleucus Nikator once
founded q colony here and for q con-
siderable period It Was the home Of q
largo band Of HISTORIANS. But It was
not until the Arabs, to whom modern
civilization owes 30 much. took charge,
soon after the death Of Mohamet, that
Merv became true metropolis. Huge
dams were erected on the Murghab and
the entire oasis WAS we'll watered from
the irrigating bitches. Merv then n.
vailed Bagdad as the greatest city in
the orient.
Five centuries later. Jhenghiz Khan,
enraged by the death Of his son before
the ramparts Of the queen city Of the
world. utterly destroyed 1t. The Arabic
writer's assert that nearly a million
persons were killed at this time. Arabic
writers estimated figures in typically
freehanded' way
For 200 years Nerv was ruin, but
In the fifteenth century it was rebuilt
and continued to exist until 1895, when
the emir Of Bokhara destroyed the
wonderful dam at Sultan Bent and
thus turned the lovely oasis into des-
ert. Massive as they are, the ruins of
Old Merv are devoid Of interest. The
young cOmmissar, in speaking Of the
ruins, said, "What signs and tears
these crumbling walls have COST"
Three beautiful horses. furnished by
the government and driven by pic
turesque old coachman in red shirt
and sash, black vest and white coach.
mans hat. whirled us back through the
various sites Of ruined cities to the
small town Of Bairam Ali, where new
system Of irrigation Is building up q
new city. Old Merry is an interesting
proof of the ''Sic transit gloria mundi"
phrase, but 1t was built in ''sic transit''
tstyle. 1T sunbaked bricks. Only bat
tered mosque, great convent and sew.
eral huge beehive ice-houses remain
above the SCARED plain where great
cities stood.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-06-06
hsr Method o. Reaal,a.

While mother was arranging .ths
pantry shelves Mae handed her In
spice boxes. mentioning each spice. by
name. Presently she said: Mamma.
] can read.",. :! :,
r, "oaa you. dearr' remarked. h,,
2oeeeo =: ...:s ..9:.; 4. ~ e, :.-.,sr,,,1.
Yes, mamma." sala tllse.. 'Bot 4
Gsot read like ydu, I read By stnell.s
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-06-06
NOTHING Monotonous About Travel
in Greenland.
Passenger en Dog Sleigh Likely % D
Furnlshed oufsessnt Thriils II
oay's Journey e Garry Him
tes oemo Time.

covered By snow" A. Riis Carstensea
says In 1.-TWO Summers In Greenland"
ssfhe administrators pE41ed hinape33 90
having the best team In 0rssnland
and indeed they were spirited lot to
behold AZ they tore away over the
ground with their tails curved over
their oacks. Neither rocks nse holes,
no obstacle. indeed. under steep wan,
would have checked them. Two young
ones, Ajax the First and Second, had
never been harnessed before, and
looked peculiarly stupid ON finding
themselves captured. When the team
started. all for one and one for an. the
two recruits at first tried to make their
escape. but In the effort they rolled
over and over. humping from rock to
rock az they were dragged along. I'M
III they finally took their places In the
pack and learned that their most sensi.
bic course was to work with their com.
paniOns.
'"The amount Of knocking about
which q sleigh can endure without be-
Ing smashed IL incredible. The low
runners. some six feet long, are lash.
cd with sealskin thongs to the cross
pieces that form the seat, and afford
elasticity. The two upright poles give
a hold to the driver II he has to fol-
low on foot and steer the sleigh from
behind. The dogs are partly guided by
the whip and partly by the voice. but
In many instances the dogs know bet
ter how to find their way than does
their driver. On smooth ice Is miles
may be done In an hour, but on rugged
ground a pace Of four or five miles is
called good, and 500 pounds is consld-
cred load for eight dogs.
s'Where the ice was broken, as often
was the case near land, or In crossing
large assures, great skill was required
to get dogs and sleigh across. i.
When uncertain where to go and you
had to leave it to the dogs to find the
way, you might be always sure that
their Instinct would keep them from
running into real peril. In case of
danger ahead the boss dog would stop
and growl, sniff, and turn in some
other direction.
1T was impossible to drive a team
without having a boss as the dog is
called that has absolute control over
all the others. He leads the way, en-
c0urages. Furnishes offenses, settles dis
putes and has to be used with the great
est care. ,.l,
"There was great excitement when
the ground was steep. Sometimes the
driver would fasten all the dogs be-
hind. perhaps tie up one Of the feet Of
each animal. and himself take hold Of
one Of the poles and act as brake. At
other times he would let the sleigh go
backward in front of the dogs. Again,
he would take his sleigh and let the
sleigh hurry down, with the dogs fol-
lowing as best they might, some getting
entangied and being dragged behind,
and finally all landing in the deep snow
below. II there was any possibility
Of reaching human dwelling. they
generally made for It. but otherwise
they would encamp In the ice. The
bearskin sleeping. bags would be spread.
and the travellers would creep into
them. with as many dogs as possible on
the top"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-31

Total ........ zSb
These are the Pennsylvanians on
the lists:
KILLED IN ACTION
Privatcs
Edward Bobbs. Scott Haven.
John Aloytous Dougherty, Phila-
delphia.
Charles. T. Ritzert. Chicora.
WOUNDED SEVERELY
Corporals
LLOYD f. Daniels, South Connells-
vile.
Ray C. Johns, Dickerson Run.
BugIer william r. Trantschold,
Philadelphia.
Privatcs
Herman j. Carr, Dunbar.
James E. Collins, Connellsville.
William w. Hardy, Dunbar
Robert M. Gray. Dunbar.
Otto H. Hines, Scranton.
Mike Kroffe, Leisenring.
Hugh McKenna, Philadelphia.
Lorenzo Nicastro, Sharon.
Clarence w. Reagan, Connells-
Vile.
West A. Reed, Blairsville.
Thomas NJ. Tracy. Pittsburgh.
William G.. Younkin. Connellsville.
DIED OF WOUNDS
Corporal
Albert Godfrey Wissel, Ebensburg.
WOUNDED (DEGREE UNDE-
TERMINED)
Corporal
William F. Fenwick, Plymouth.
Bugler Irwin D. Schwartz. Read
ing. -
PRISONER
Private
Edward williams. Mahonoy city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-31
Peerless Runs 10000
Miles Without Repairs

Peerless officials say that the
hundreds of letters received from
owners are a constant source of sat
isfaction to them. These letters tes-
tify to the superior construction OF
Peerless cars from the owners
point of view.
Being thoroughly pleased with
the Peerless car purchased in July,
1916, feel obligated to recite few
facts concerning my experience with
this car" writes one Peerless car
owner.
The first surprise was the mile
age the tire equipment gave me. 1t
is impossible to state definitely the
number of miles secured from the
rear tires. I am, however, still driV-
ing the front tires, which have COW
cred over 10000 miles.
"The entire machine is in as good
condition to-day after having trav-
eled 10000 miles as when originally
purchased and giving excellent salts
faction. / have spenC practically no
money for repairs.
II had thought of buying a new
car this year, but believe I will be
content with a new storage battery,
as that is the only portion of the Car
which seems to need replacement at
this time. 1t is hard to understand
how bearings can be so well de-
signed and remain in perfect conGi-
ton so long with so much wear. II
has not been necessary to even ad-
lust any of the bearings and at the
present time there is no apparent
wear requiring adjustm ent."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-31

John M. Bushey. who for the last
two and a half years has been con-
nected, in the capacity of salesman,
with the local branch of the Fire
stone Tire and Rubber Company of
AKRON, Ohio, will leave for Buffalo,
N. T., on September 1.
Mr.. Bushey started with the Fire
stone Company in 1915, leaving the
employ of Dives. Pomeroy & Stew
art. with which house he had been
associated thirteen years. His pro-
motion to manager of the truck tire
sales of the Buffalo branch of the
Ffrestone Company was given to Mr..
Bushey purely on merits and his
new duties will offer a large field
Tor further development and promo
ton, and is but one of the many
steps in the ladder of success which
MT. Bushey's present associates are
confident he will reach.
Earnest and conscientious efforts
nave been rewarded and while the
local Firestone organization regret
their loss, occasioned by Mr.. Bush
ey's transfer to another field, he
leaves with their heartiest wishes
for his continued success.
Mr.. Bushey's successor, his broth
er, Curtis s. Bushey, is extensively
known and favorably regarded in
Harrisburg and vicinity, and he
wishes to assure all Firestone pa
irons that his best efforts will be
put forth to give them real Fire
stone service and the same close
attention given by his brother.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-31

a lubricnt. A strong magnifying
glass held against the surface of a
bearing, especially a new one, will
reveal the answer-myriads of min
ute depressions and protrusions COW
er1ng the metal surface of the bear
ing. 1t Is obvious that something Is
required to flll up this roughness. to
present n perfectly smooth contact
surface. Hence, n lubricant is used.
Ordinary greases or oil are not
surnclent. as they soon squeeze out
when the bearing becomes warm.
Garage men and automobile me-
chanics recommend a lubricant con-
tanning flake graphite, as 1t Is
the only substance that will ade-
quately fill the uneven surface and
stick there despite the rubbing and
the heat. In fact, the harder 1t is
rubbed the smoother it becomes.
If car were to be run without
a lubricant in the bearings, it would
screech fiendishly. Plain grease or
oil stops the screech, but they both
squeeze out under pressure, friction
sets in and the bearing eventually
wears out. The Joseph Dixon Cru
chile Company worked on this prin-
ciple when they brought out their
graphite automobile lubricants. The
Dixon company has DEVELOPED the
science of lubricating and now puts
out graphite lubricant for every
purpose and place on the car.
POSTMASTER RENOMINATED
Carlisle, Pa, Aug. 31-Fisk Good
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-31
|. W. LEADERS
SENTENCED TO
2O-YEAR TERMS
Traitors Who Opposed Amer
ica's War Plans Groan
Under Sentences
By Associdfed Press

Chicago, Aug. a1.-Williem d.
Haywood. "uncrowned king" of the
Industrial Workers of the World.
and fourteen of his chief aids In the
conspiracy to overturn the American
twenty years in the federal peniten-
tary at Leavenwortn. Kas., by Fed
eral Judge K. NJ. Lands here late
yesterday,
Ten-year sentences were imposed
upon thirty-three of the organiza-
TONS leaders. flve-year sentences on
thirty-three, one-year and one-day
on eleven defendants and ten-day
sentences on two others. Cases
against Benjamin Schraeger, Chi
cago, writer, and Pietro NiBra,
Spring Valley, Ills, were continued.
Fines ranging from 100000 down to
$4,000 wer imposed.
I'm times of peace you have a
legal right to oppose, by free speech.
preparations for war. But when war
has been declared that right ceases
forthwith" was the courts closing
remarks.
Defendants Groan
Aside from a slight disturbance
in the corridor when one of the pris-
oners became hysterical while be-
ing led away. there was no disorder
There was a deep silence in the
courtroom as Haywood and his four
teen chief assistants were called be-
fore the bar. AS big Bill" arose
from his seat, a group of women
who had been weeping, started a
mild ovation which was quickly ST.
fenced.
The procession continued, the pro-
ceedings interspersed with an occa-
sional groan from the defendants
and an outcry from women rela-
tives, until ninety-five of the organ
ization's chief directors had been
sentenced and led to the county Jail,
through lanes of curious spectators
that surrounded the federal build
ing.
Vincent st. John. who formerly
held Haywood's office as general
ecretary-treasurer, was sentenced to
ten years at Leavenworth. j. A.
Macdonald, Seattle publisher OF
Radical paper, was sentenced to ten
years. while ]. T. (Third Rail Red)
Doran, a western coast leader. and
Harrison George. of Pittsburgh,
whose printed vision of President
Wilson and his cabinet in flight be-
fore AN army of 1. w. WIS, was an
important factor IN the trldl' re-
ceived sentences of five years each.
Guilt Was Plain
For more than an hour Judge
Landis. with sharp, direct sentences,
reviewed the nationwide conspiracy
against the government and read ex-
cerpts from Haywood's correspond
ence relative to opposition to the
war.
"In the light of the evidence be-
fore it. the jury had no avenue of
escape from a verdict of guilty. the
court said.
Benjamin Fletcher, Philadelphia,
the only colored member on trial,
grinned broadly when he was SEN
fenced to ten years. He was being
led away when he remarked;
Judge Lands us using poor
English to-day. His sentences are
too long"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-31
The Giant and the
Pigmy Of Production

With the beginning of the auto
mobile business in America came
the solving of production and etfici-
ency problems" said Carl Hanson,
Overland dealer. THE Immediate
preparedness of the automobile in
dustry as q huge industrial unit to
win the race against time to defeat
the Hun, is now being used with
telling effect.
But all of this factory efficiency
and all of the methods now being
employed so successfully date back
to the building of automobiles on
a large SCALE" said Mr.. Hanson.
Some mechanical giants and
pig1nys may be found at the factory
of the Willys-Overland Company at
Toledo. This plant has one of the
largest steel presses in the world for
making the side rails of Overland
cars. It stands twenry-one feet high,
twenty feet wide and is embedded in
fifteen feet of solid concrete. 1t
weighs 325 tons and has a pressure
of 1000 tons. With one mighty
sweep 1t forms a side rail from cold
metal of heavy gauge as easily as
a child crumples a piece of paper
in its palm.
MANY visitors to the plant ex-
to have its crushing strength exerted
on the Kaiser and his cohorts but
they are told that this is just what
it is doing. aiding in replacing many
men.
"As a distinct opposite to the
great strength of the giant press the
dainty schleromter. built like piece
of fine jewelry and sensitive to
slight variations, tests the compare
tive hardness of metals. I'm its
way, this pigmy of the industrial
world is serving its purpose as we'll
as it's big brother. making up for the
brute strength by its extreme sensi-
tiveness which detects with unerring
accuracy the firmness and texture of
various metals.
"Wether or not we appreciate the
importance of Americas industrial
preparedness. historians, in summing
up our wonderful showing will un-
doubtedly give credit to the auto
mobile industry whose plants of
modern construction and equipment
are humming in response to the ma
tion's need.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-31

year. formerly a prominent coal deal
er here. has been again nominated by
President Wilson for the once OF
postmaster at Carlisle.