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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-21
WHEN MAKING OUT A CHECK
Take Time Enough to Write .LeoibIy
and Be Sure Amount Is Indicated
Clearly in Writing.

Do you know how to write q check
so that it cannot be successfully tam
pered with? Experts declare that
carelessness in that small matter is
responsible for the loss of millions of
dollars annually, the loss falling some
times on the individual and sometimes
on the bank. There are mechanical
devices to prevent the raising of
checks, but their use is not general,
partly because Of the expense, but
more particularly, probably, because it
adds one more to the multitude Of
things to be done.
For those who are daily taking
chances William G. Pengelly, hand
writing expert in recent paper, Of
fers some valuable advice in the draw.
Ing of checks. His first suggestion is
to take enough time for the process to
be sure of doing good job. In filling
IN the space for the amount in nu-
merals, write in legible figures, begin
ming close to the printed dollar mark;
don't leave space for the insertion of
another figure. Then write the amount
In words, preferably beginning with
capital, at the left-hand end of the
line; don't write it so that the amount
stands in the middle of the line; hav-
ing written the amount properly, draw
heavy line from the last letter to
the word Dollars at the right. AS
ne says, "blOck the words in so that
additions cannot be easily made either
at the beginning Or At the end. When
the words are written clearly and with
an initial of unmistakable identity, the
check-raiser has little opportunity for
his work.
Another safeguard Mr.. Pengelly sug-
gests is the writing of the amount of
the check, either in figures or words, in
red ink, above or within the signature
at the bottom. In his experience he
has found this-to be successful safe
guard against fraud. But the all-im-
portant things are legibility of hand
writing and proper location Of the
written amounts. Don't be in hurry
in writing check. 1t is haste that
makes trouble Columbus Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-21
Land Opportunities.

First time offered for sale, 1900
acre tract of timber, meadow and cut
over land, located in southwestern
Aitkin county, Minnesota, within
three to ten miles Of Mile Laos lake,
on or convenient to good roads, schools
and in a rapidly developing communi-
ty. The soil is rich timber loan with
clay subsoil and is very productive,
especially adapted to dairying and di-
versified farming. Some Of these
lands have enough mixed hardwood
timber to pay for them. These lands
will be sold in tracts Of 40 acres up
at prices from 50 to $50 per acre, $500
cash and balance in five yearly pay
ments. Can show these lands at any
time from Princeton by automobile.
Don't miss this opportunity to get a
good piece of land at a reasonable
price and on easy terms.
27-tfc Robt. H. King.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-21
Hog Cholera Serum Prevents Disease.

Hog Cholera Serum Prevents Disease.
The report Of successful warfare
against hog cholera which threatened
almost to wipe out Martin county's
$4,000 hogs this summer and fall has
just been received from Paul A. john
son, county agent of Martin county.
In his report to F. E. Balmer, coun-
ty agent leader at University farm,
Mr.. Johnson says that in spite of 81
outbreaks of hog cholera in 10 differ
ent townships not more than 900 hogs
out of the $4,000 in the county died.
The weapon used in the fight was
hog cholera serum, much of it sup
piled by the state serum plant at Uni
versity farm.
Cholera seemed to break out at
once in three townships extending
north and south from the center of
the county. Prospects for a sweep
ing epidemic could not have been bet
ter. Farmers were greatly worried.
According to a plan outlined by DR..
C. p. Fitch, division of veterinary
medicine, at University farm, St. Paul,
an organization was promptly form
ed, sanitary rules were adopted, guam
titles Of serum were shipped in and
the use of the serum was promptly
begun. AS result out of. $500 head
of hogs in exposed herds which were
treated with the serum there was a
loss of only two-tenths of one per
cent. Of 1850 animals already in
fected which were treated there was
loss of 81 per cent, but the fact that
in county with SO large a number OF
hogs the total losses could be held
down to 900 is regarded at University
farm as a tribute to successful organi-
cation for the use Of hog cholera serum
as a preventive measure, especially
when the outbreak was complicated BY
the presence in Is herds of disease
somewhat similar but.not amenable to
treatment with the serum. This dis
ease is known as necrobacillosis.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-21
The Blow That Won the War.

The Blow That Won the w al. 3s8ss ai
We can understand now what Mar
shall Foch meant when he told the
American troops in France that they
could inscribe IN euse" on their ban
ners with warrantable pride. We knew
then it was . tribute to the invincible
valor with which Pershing's boys had
driven the Hun from the Mouse and
through the Businesses of the Argonne
forest. Not even the unnecessarily
strict regulations of the censorship had
disguised the character Of. the task as
signed to the American forces and the
daily reports indicating that in this
sector alone were the Huns resisting
with the ferocity Of despair. The de-
cisive character of successful Ameri-
can advance was indicated by the fact
that while, at every other point along
the battle front the Germans were re
treating with nothing more than in
effectual rear guard actions, they were
hurting every atom Of their strength,
reinforced by the last reserves,
against the boys in khaki in a vain
effort to stem the fatal tide.
But we never knew exactly, until
told by the story this morning, what
was the decisive bearing on the Ger
man defeat and downfall of this he
roic sweep Of the Pershing army. Now
we can realize that it was the Water
loo of the war when 100000 Americans
battled through the Argonne and cut
the German life artery. We can ex-
pand with pardonable pride upon the
reflection that America stopped the
tide Of German victory at Chateau
Thierry and executed the coup de
grace at the Argonne.
That is what the chief military
genius Of the war meant when he told
the Americans to write "Meuse" upon
their banners. It was not for the gal
liant marshal to withhold deserved
tribute. He knew there was enough
glory for all and that is the sentiment
which animates Haig and Pershing and
Foch when they exchange ,congratula-
tions whose profound sentiment can
not be expressed in mere words. The
war was really won when the banners
Of the allied nations were twined in
one, when individual countries were
forgotten and the crusaders Of liberty
and democracy fought under one flag
and one centralized command.-St
Paul Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-21
Feed Germans Last

Herr Solf appeals to the president
to mitigate the hardships Of the Ger
man people. And the responding i'm.
pulse Of America will be to do what
can be done to supply the Germans
food. 4.
Yet our first duty is not to Ger
mans, but to the victims Of Germans.
This winter will be climax Of human
sufe ring. There may be mitigation
but the sum Of woe cannot be much
lessoned. And Germany is the respon-.
sible cause of it ALL Millions already.
have starved in Russia, Poland, Bel
GUM, Serbia, Roumania, and from
everyone Of those starving countries
food was stolen to feed Germans. As
long as Germans were saved. from
famine, it mattered not how many Bel
gians, Poles, Serbs, Rumanians, Rus
slams starved.
All Europe will be short Of food
this winter. Effort and system, such
as we Americans know how to apply,
accomplish something, but will not be
nearly equal to the demand Whom
ought we to succor first? Where is
our first duty2 Who has earned the
right of mercy? Who by foul deeds
merits every woe, were strict justice
done?
Whatever the Germans suffer the
next six months cannot possibly
equal what they have made Belgi-
ans, Serbians, Armenians, Rumanians
suffer, what Russians this winter are
bound to suffer. The Germans will do
a lot Of whining this winter Solf has
only started the chorus.
What was the last deed of Germans
in France before the hour Of armis-,
tice? Germans bombed and gassed
twenty thousand civilians, women,
children and old men, in the French
city Of Mezzieres as a parting act Of
h !,ete. It was not an act Of warfare,
but piece Of pure frightfulness,
worthy of the devil.
There is hunger in Italy, in France
in Britain, woe in Belgium, in Serbia,
in Poland, shortage in neutral coun-
tries, every evil throughout Russia.
The Germans have ravaged, ravished,
ravened in the fashion Of Attila, their
exemplar Hun, have stolen goods out
of households and machinery out of
factories, have destroyed what they
could not carry off, have sunk food car
goes innumerable. To the charity Of
Christendom the Germans have COM
mitted millions upon millions Of their
victims And now they ask charity
for themselves!
They will get some, but not until
the mouths of those whom they have.
starved have been fed, until the bodies
of those whom they have scourged
have been clothed.
When there is a shortage, who should
be fed first, the Belgian women and
children, or the sniveling Hun MIN
neapolis Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-21
HIS COS Y DERBY
Abundant Reasons Why Owner
Clings to Headpieca.
Merely as an Investment slt Must &c
Conceded as Deserving Care, and
Is Worthy of Respect as
81 Thing of Value.

It is only a plain derby, beginning
to have the permanent duskiness of a
peach, in spite of frequent trips to the
hat specialist for rehabilitation. It
has no claim whatever to any individ-
ualism, outside of the initials, which
are inside and don't show anyway. It
does not do me justice, either. And
at any angle I place it, it gives me a
topheavy appearance.
So why do I cling to it? Why?
Because anything that costs as much
money as that derby, deserves not only
care as an investment, but respect as
a thing Of value. People don't laugh
They never poke fun at the Great
Ruby? Then why should they be
amused at my derby?
It cost great deal of money. The
first time I bought it, mean when I
selected it in the hat shop and paid for
the price was four dollars. The pay
ing over of four of my dollars to the
hat man gave me, at least to my sim
pie, one-track mind, sole right and IT,
tie against all pretenders until the end
Of the world. But only a simple mind
could believe thing like that.
Alas, like many other things in this
surprising world, it was not my derby.
Il never has been and probably never
will be-. For have been buying it
ever since the first sale in the shop,
almost like one does on the instalment
Plan. Only the instalment plan entails
set expenditure each week or month !;
you know just what it is going to be
and can be prepared for it.
But when you get your derby from
hat boy or hat girl in hotel, restau-
rant, theater or wherever the grafters
are permitted, you do not know what
it will cost you. It all depends on the
hauteur of the hat boy or girl in
charge. Some of them have the ap-
pearance that anything rendered less
than fifty cents would be faux pas. be-
yond thought Then the surroundings
play such an important part in gaug-
ing the amount of blood money, or hat
money, just as you desire to designate
It. A mass of towering palms, much
marble and occasional rugs, means a
ransom. Less marble and only one or
two palms mean less indemnity And
simple mahogany and no palm mean
ten cents. @
Why do men ever select such a
piece of headgear in the first place?
I know why they hang onto 1t after
they get it, but what can be the rea-
son for wanting one in the beginning?
They are not beautiful on or off the
head. They are hard to keep clean.
Also they dent very easily and grow
shabby without an effort. 1t is mys-
terry.
There is no sentiment in my case
toward my derby. I respect it, the
same as I respect anything that costs
lot of money, but don't love it. l
don't gaze at it with the tenderness
l bestow on my tulip bed, nor do look
ct it with the fOndness which my old
briar pipe inspires. These I would
Lot part with.
But anyone who will advance to me
one-tenth the sum which have paid
out may become the owner of one
black derby, a trif1e fuzzy perhaps, but
still capable of exciting the envious
eyes of hat boys and hat girls Harry
Irving Shumway, in Judge.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-21
First Pub. Nov. 7-3t)
Notice for Proposals for the Deposit of County
Funds.

The county board of auditors of Mile Laos
county desires to receive new proposals for
the deposit of funds of said county. daily
balances and time certifcates) provided for
in sections 1916 to 1856, inclusive, general
statutes of Minnesota for 1918.
Such proposals shall be made in separate
sealed. envelope, plainly marked, Proposal Of
the ...........- bank for .the deposit of county
funds and shall be in the hands of the clerk
of the district court, who is ex-officio clerk of
the board of auditors for Mile Laos county,
on or before 2 o'clock p. M, on November 26,
1918, at which time, or as soon thereafter as
said board may be called together. the several
proposals will be opened and considered.
Blank forms for making such proposals may
be had upon application to the clerk of said
board
Clerk of the Board of Auditors, Mile Laos
County, Princeton, Mimi.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-21
A Hot Recipe.

She was reading her husband re.
cipe. "Sit on hot stove and stir
constantly" Alice reminded the
groom gently, eff you sit on hot
stove l think you will find you will
stir constantly"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-21
NoIerror!

stone as a possibility after this EARTH.
II lief"
Il don't exactly believe il, !" replied
the shiyering citizen; but I'm kind @
hopeful
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-21
(First Pub. Nov. 21)
NOTICE

Persons holding county warrant, numbere,
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-25
DO NOT WASTE
 YOUR SKIM MILK
Why Not Utilize Skim Milk For Max ing Cottage Cheese and Sell Meat2

Don't waste the skim milk or feed it all to the hogs. Make cottage cheese and eat it or sell 1t at a good price. 1t is trus that skim milk is used economically in feeding hogs for pork production, yet 100 pounds of skim milk will produce 15 pounds of cottage cheese as compared with only AS pounds of dressed pork when fed on corn. It is said that one pound of cottage cheese supplies more protein than one pound of beef, pork, lamb veal, or fowl, consequently, those who eat cottage cheese need less meat. Why not utilize the skim milk and sell the meat? This would help greatly to supply our soldiers with food that can be transported
 Cottage cheese alone is an appetiz- Ing and nutritious dish, but may also be served with sweet or sour cream, and some people add little sugar, or chives, chopped onion, or caraway seed. Write to the Extension Divi- sion, College of Agriculture, Fayette- vile, for recipes which tell how to serve cottage cheese with preserves and jellies and how to make cottage cheese salad, cottage cheese rolls (used like meat rolls), Boston roast, pimento and cottage cheese roast, cot tage cheese and nut roast and cheese sauce.
 Every housewife will find it profita- ble to make cottage cheese for the market as we'll as for home use. In terested persons who have never made cottage cheese in large quanti- ties and wish to consistently produce the flavor and texture which mark the best quality should also write for the circular giving directions for mak- ing cottage cheese.
 Miss Inez Ward, a cottage cheese specialist from the Dairy Division of the U. s. Department of Agriculture, is working with the Extension forces of the Arkansas College of Agricul- ture and has met with great success everywhere. Miss Ward will be glad to answer all questions sent to the Extension Offices, Fayetteville.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-25
DON'T LET WEEvlCs pEs1Nox
 GRAiN-EASlLY CONTROLLED.

There occurs each year great loss to seed and food materials in storage in Arkansas. All kinds of peas, beans, corn, grains and other seed are sup- iect to serious attacks by destructive weevils. Much seed in Arkansas is not yet planted and must be pro tected. All surplus seed should be preserved and protected in order tha, it may be used for seed later on or turned into food or feedstuffs.
 Circular 33 of the Agricultural Ex- pertinent Station was prepared for the special purpose of showing how to use carbon bisulphide to combat the wee vii by driving 1t out and keeping 1t out of all seeds and grains and foods and feedstuffs that are subject to in roads of the weevil. Everybody should have this information. The circular will be sent on request if you will write 10 Dean Martin Nelson. College of Agriculture. Fayetteville. Ark
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-25
SAVE VEGETABLES AND FRUIT
 BY DRYING,

Dry the vegetables and fruits. Save jars and tins and money. Every housewife who has a good war garden should begin now to prepare, while vegetables are plentiful supply for use next winter.
 With simple and inexpensive facili- ties everyone can save not only large quantities but quantities of food which are too small to can conven- iently A few sweet potatoes or ap- ples or peas can be saved in this way and thus waste is avoided
 To secure a fine quality of dried products much depends upon having the vegetables absolutely fresh, young, tender and perfectly clean.
 Three main ways of drying are ap- plicable in the home manufacture Of dried fruits and vegetables, namely. sun drying, drying by artificial heat, and drying by air blast
 Driers Easily Made.
 A cheap and very satisfactory drier for use over the kitchen stove can be made by any handy boy or carpenter from a small amount of smallmesh galvanizedwire netting and number of laths or strips of wood about one- half inch thick and two inches wide. The screen may be tackled directly on the framework to make the drying shelves, or the framework can be made to support separate trays. By using two laths nailed together the framework may be stiffened and larg- CT trays made if desirable. This form or any of the lighter makes of differs
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-25
"They Are Our Boys; Get
 Ready, Everyone, for Rush!"

The long train of freight cars whined and grumbled as 1t strove to stop. In the doorway of grdat low building a white capped and gowned woman re- leased a sunny smile and, turning so her voice carried Into the building, called out, "They are ours; get ready for rush."
 Just how she could tell they were "ours' would be hard to explain, for at the moment she spoke hundreds of the dlrtiest, grizzliest men a woman ever saw came fairly tumbling out of the freight cars. A moment more she was welcoming this muddy rabble with a laugh ana cheering words.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-25

Inside the building there were more women, all spick and span in white, with faces beaming, handing out good nome cooked" food over spotless tiled counters. Some of the boys fairly ran for the food; others went into the long batteries of baths. throwing out their vermin ridden clothes to be sterilized while they scrubbed their bodies back to healthy glow.
 What luxury 1t all was-food, tables, chairs. things to read, games to play, paper for writing, barber shop, a movie theater and good, clean beds
 No one ever thought thai these hap
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-25

ly, smiling women might De tired, nor were they tired then. even though all day long they had hccn serving train after train of French and English troops, literally thousands of them. Yet what did that matter? For these boys that came at the end of long day-these boys are "ours."
 If your boy is in France you may be sure he has song of praise for the fine women at work in the railway canteens of our own Red Cross, for at every important railway junction there is one of our Red Cross canteens and at each canteen there are IS women real, true American women.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-25

can be suspended from the ceiling over the kitchen range or over the oil, gasoline, or gas stove, and it will util- ize the hot air which rises during the cooking hour. It can be raised out of the way or swung to one side by q crade made of lath when the stove is required for cooking purposes and tow cred or swung back to utilize the heat which otherwise would be wasted when the top of the stove is not in use.
 For further details concerning the preparation of food for the drier, di- rections for drying and descriptions of the various kinds of drying apparatus and their use, write to w. c. Lasset- ter, Extension Division, College of Az riculture, Fayetteville, for Farmers Bulletin No. S41.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-25
Vote for EP WEAVER
 For CIRCUIT CLERK

Use SPEEDOLINE and avoid a big portion of your engine troubles it also saves your gas. Give it a trial. Farmers Supply Go. 21d3w1
 Pay your income tax now and our boys will help to deliver your message to the kaiser.
 W. 8. S.--War Savings Stamps, alse We'll Support the Sammfss.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-25

Show your patriotism by contribut- ing to the American Red Cross fund.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-25
Report of the Condition of BANK OF PRESCOTT

rrescott. Arkansas at the close of business May 10, 1910
 RESOIJRCES 4'io.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22

with the British Forces In France,
Sept. 2f.--Australian troops today
continued their penetration OF the
Hindenburg system and now are
two-thirds OF a mile from Belifn giIse,
four miles northwest OF st. Quentin.
Steady thrusts made by the victor
ious British divisions on the battle
front northwest Of st. Quentin gave
them additional ground during the
night. No heavy attacks we're made,
but the obstinate German machine
gunners yielded number OF pris-
oners and the exhausted enemy for
cos sheltered In the Hindenburg
main defenses were given no rest.
The recapture OF Moeuvres COM
pletely restores the British line In
that section OF the Canal Du Nord.
Tho Germans fought very hard for
the village. Moeuvres Is solid mass
OF trenches and dugouts covering q
square mile OF ground. II is the
junction OF the main and support
Hindenburg lines and Is the most
difficult obstacle which the British
have encountered anywhere In that
defensive system. The enemy re-
CARDS It as the key to the position
north Of Havrincourt.
Buy Liberty Bonds
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22

The ground over which the Ger
mans attacked the British at Moeuv-
res and Trescault Is covered with
dead and the enemy Casualties are
estimated to have been 40 per cent
Of the troops engaged. The Ger
mans attacked in dense waves. but
the assauiting ranks we're moved
down.
Particularly strong were the Ger
man efforts against the British posi-
tions east Of High and Havrincourt
woods. Here the enemy reached
the British position at several places.
but very few Germans we're able to
get out alive.
Prisoners taken by the British say
that the allied attack was expected
north Of Gouzeaucourt. When the
British struck on the 15-hiiie line
south Of that town, the Germans
changed their plans and assumed
the offensive north OF Gouzeaucourt
with disastrous results.
In an order to his troops concern
ing raiding activity, General Won
Buelow. commanding the 18th army,
says:
This shows at the present time
the British have fighting superior
ity over our troops in No Mans
Land