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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28
ENTER MORGAN FISCAL COURT.

If present indications count for anything Morgan
county will not recognize herself when she arouses from
her long sleep, shakes herself like lion awaking from
long nap and looks around her.
The new Fiscal court has started its career so auspi
cousy and in such vigorous and progressive manner that
it an inspiration to those who are unsefshy interested
in the upbuding of Morgan county, Two things have al
ready been started which, if carried to successful COM
peton will revoutionize the county educationav social
ly and financially viz: The submission to vote of the
people of the proposition to vote Of 20 cents on one
hundred dollars worth of taxable property to be used fol-
the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges
and the appropriation of $4,000 toward the salary of
County Farm Demonstration agent
The court has already purchased an ample supply of
modern machinery which will be on hand and available
for the weather will permit and it is now
up to the people of Morgan county whether we will con-
tnue to founder in the mud for four years. or
haps longer The election called at an early date
March 26th-in order to make available the amount ap.
portioned to this county by the State of Kentucky and
is earnestly hoped that every citizen of the county who
stands for the bettermen of himself and family his neigh
bors and their families will constitute himself committee
of to boost and work for the of the proposition
Without the cooperation of the people the efforts of
our county and district officers will be in vain
We have one OF the best counties in Eastern Kentucky
but our draw back has always been slpshod farming
methods and bad public highways. Each and every farm
er in Morgan county pays more MUD TAX every year
than it will take to pay his additional taxes if the road
tax levy is carried.
There are thousand arguments in favor of this prop
osition and not single logical against it. Let those
who are awake to their most vital interests get busy anc
bestr themselves in favor Of better roads.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28
Big Chicken Crop Called For.

The U. S. Department of Agri-
culture is asking the farmers to
double their production of poultry
his year and to increase egg
production to the maximum.
This should be done. The aver
age farm can support a good
sized flock of chickens, and often
a flock of ducks or a few geese,
at a very small expense. The
average farm in our territory,
especially in the lower half of it,
does not have nearly as many
chickens on it as it should have.
Speed up the poultry produc-
ton, But don't go into the
poultry business. That is, don't
depend on the poultry for a living
or neglect other farm activities
for them. That way trouble
lies. 1t is well, too, TO remem-
Der that eggs are a very perish
able product and poultry fol-
market a very uncertain selling
proposition. Look to the market
end as we'll as to the production
end. Organize with your neigh
bors for cooperative marketing
Much can be done by co-opera
ton to insure profitable prices
Increased production must no
be allowed to force prices dowI
below the margin of profit.
Southern Agriculturist.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28
drive TO STIR Up
PATRIOTS OPENS
STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL OPENS
CAMPAIGN TO EXPLAIN REA-
SONS OF THE WAR.
BUDGET BILL IS INTRODUCED
Object Of Measure Before Legislature
10 to Wipe Out All Continuous APP
preparations and Provide For Needs
BY Biennial Appropriations.

Frankfort.
A campaign of patriotic education
for Kentucky and especially the rural
Districts campaign such as the
state has never experienced, one
which, in the language of one Of the
moving spirits in the plan, will turn
the state upside down and direct the
;earcblight of truth into every nook
md coiner,' is being prepared by the
Publicity and Speakers Bureau Com
mittee of the State Council Of Defense,
which concluded its sessions in Louis
Vile recently.
1t will be the endeavor Of the Pub
licity Committee to rouse the people
of Kentucky to an understanding OF
the meaning of the war, and Of the
collective and individual responsibility
of all citizens.
The state legislature, now In SEES
zion, will be asked to provide funds
for campaign that will make use
of every organized agency possible
that VIII ala IN tne dissemination vi
war information and the development
of a positive patriotism"
A telegram from President Wilson
expressing hearty approval Of the plar
was received by Edward W. Hines
chairman Of the State Council Th'
Presidents telegram read
MAY | not extend through you m,
best wishes to the country representa-
tives and speakers and war workers
of Kentucky gathered together at tn
war conference of the Kentucky Stat
Council Of Defense to discuss the wa
problem of the state and to develo
plans for a statewide speaking cam
paign? 1t is peculiarly the opportunit
of the state councils of defense t
arouse and inform the people OF tn
community so that each individual wi
BIO able to play his part intelligent
in our great struggle for democrac
and Justice. In this work the Kei
lucky State Council and all its repr
sentatives have my sincere intere'
and regards"
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28
Old Earth Has Had Many
"Ice Ages"

Everyone with intelligent in
terest in the history of the world
on which he lives has heard OF
the glacial epoch" or the ice
age. 1t is, however, not strictly
correct to speak of the ice age"
or the glacial epoch" for there
have been many of them. 1t is
now known that even this latest
Or Pleistocene glacial epoch had
several important subdivisions,
and it appears that in the Rocky
Mountain region the time be.
tween the glacial subepochs was
so long as to permit great changes
in the form and height of the
mountains, due to a wearing
down by erosion.
More than 30 years ago English
biologists recognized the fact
chat certain masses of gravel and
breccia and certain planed and
srooved rocks of Permian age in
india indicated a glacial epoch
vastly older than that of the
North American ice sheets, but
only within the last 80 years
nave biologists learned thai
glacial conditions have REQUIRED
at many different times in the
earth's history. The evidenc,
of this fact has been found in al
continents-in Europe, Africa
Asia, Australia, South America
and North America. Great ict
sheets were formed at differen
periods in the larger divisions O
geologic time back to the Pro
terozoic-that is, to the age O
the oldest known sedimentar,
rocks, great many million year
ago.
One of the most recent dis
coveries of old glacial deposits
that made by Prof. W. w. AT
wood, Of the United States Gee
logical Survey Department of tn
Interior, near Ridgway, in south
western Colorado. Prof. Atwoo
there found typical glacial till,
containing pebbles and boulder
showing well-preserved scratchc
and other markings, lying b.
meath Tertiary lavas of the Sa
Juan Mountains and resting W
on Upper Cretaceous beds. I'll
conditions of the occurrence she
that these gravels are of earl
Eocene age.
Prof. Atwood's report of tn
discovery was issued by IL
} United States Geological Surve,
Department of the Interior,
, part B of Professional Paper 8
under the title "Eocene glaci
6 deposits in southwestern Color
do" A small stock of the repo
is still on hand, and copies may
' had on application to the DireC
? or of the United States Geolol
= cal Survey.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28
Cars Frozen Up.

The recent weather put the interur'
ban and city street car service so
completely out of commission that an
official of the traction company had 10
announce that no further effort would
be made to start the cars until there
was complete change in the weather
The city cars stood around in the
streets at different points and an inter
urban held its place in front OF the
old Capital Hotel.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

1t was the irony of fate that while Chamberlain,
Hitchcock Wadsworth and other Senators were telling the
Senate how poorly prepared soldiers were the boys
over there were sailing into the Germans in true Amer
can fashion and winning praises from the Allies
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

Herr Venustiano Won Caranza has sent congratu-
atory telegram to the kaiser the occasion of the atte
birthday When this country finishes with the master il
will have leisure to attend to the That little Ger
man colony msnamed Mexico has it's still coming to it,
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28
Farm Labor Survey.

A survey OF the farm labor situation
in Kentucky is now being taken by
the Department of Education in con-
nection with the Agricultural Exten'
sion Departments of the State and
Federal Government. V. o. Gilbert
states that the county superintendent
are cooperating with farm agents in
an effort to get a comprehensive report
on conditions in all parts of the state
before the busy spring season opens.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

Figure the cost of production
F. o. B. the market place and
you will know something of the
value Of good roads.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

Chancellor Won Hertlng says that Germany must be
thoroughly whipped before she will agree to the terms on
which just and lasting peace be secured For once
the Chancellor is thoroughly in accord with his foes
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28
SCISSORS & PASTEi
! Coed Things Clipped from !
Our Exchanges with an :
Occasional Comment !
! BY the Editor. :
Seed Corn.

Perfect seed corn will be vast
ed next spring. Every missing
hill, every stalk from defective
seed will mean reduced yield.
The farmer who did not save his
own seed corn should buy at
once. 1t is best to buy on the
ear. Buy a standard variety
known to succeed in your locality
and buy from a reliable p. rty.
The Southern Agriculturist will
be glad to help you select a va
riety if you are not certain what
to use.
The Department of Agriculture
tells how to shell seed corn. Dc
it by hand, one year at a time,
rubbing and tipping before shell
ing into a shallow pan or box
Then pick out all the defective
grains before putting with the
general lot.
Be careful, too, not to let tn,
seed corn freeze or to put i
where the rats can get at it
either before or after Smelling.
Each ear should be tested an,
any of poor termination rejected
Good seed is one step towar
a big corn crop this year, and
step that must be taken if tn
biggest possible crop is to b
raised. Southern Agriculturist
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

The American flag is at half mast for the brave boys
who went down with the Tuscana. But American anger
is at white heat and American courage at hundred
cent efficiency and when the day of reckoning the
full price will be exacted
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

The Washington Post would have Dr. Garfield with
hold fuel from Congress when next those hot debates are
pulled off, on the ground that the Capitol is sufficiently
heated by hot air. But hot air is their food not their fuel
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28
Machinery Situation.

Farm laboris going to be scarce
this year. Every man who works
on a farm this year should have
the best possible equipment with
which to work. His efforts
should not be wasted because of
a lack of tools to make them ef-
fective.
1t is the duty of everyone OF
US to help get modern, up-to-date
equipment in the hands of the
farm workers. There are in i'm
plement stores and sheds and
warehouses today thousands of
farm implements which have
been there for months, some of
them for years. In many cases
these implements are held for I'M
reasonable prices-f or prices
based on the the present cost Of
manufacturing them instead OF
on the cost at tho time they wert
made. Every implement dealer,
wholesale or retail, who tries tt
get an excessive profit out of the
farm tools he has on hand, in
stead of exerting every effort t.,
get these tools out on the farms
where they are needed. is
Stacker" or "profteer," just
as you please.
On thousands of farms there
are implements, still sorviceable,
which have been discarded or
those farms but which are need
ed and could be utilized to ad
vantage on other farms. Every
farmer who has such Implement
and lets them. lie unused, insteaC
of making an effort to place then
on the farms where they ar
needed, is a Stacker" or prof
iteer," just as.you please.
Farmers organizations, cham
bers of commerce, county agents
county food administrators "a
who have a chance to help in dc
: ing so-owe it to the county
! exert every effort to get ever
t available farm implement in thei
= territory in the hands of a ma
who can use it to advantage
Every individual farmer owes
E to the nation and to his neigh
S borhood to do the same thing.
t If your neighbor cultivates h
d corn with a double shovel tn
!, summer while a more efficier
y tool that he can use lies idle
: your place, you will not be doin
S your full duty as a neigbor ar
S a citizen.
e The ordinary way of DOR
6 things will not do this year.
will be a community shame al
h a community loss if a single far
It worker in your neighborho,
q must do his work improper
ID equipped so far as tools go. T
N best equipment will not be ava
III able in every case, but the be
It available should be put into t
II hands of every man. Let
rs farm worker fritter away
al time aad energy this year
20 cause of poor equipment if bett
le equipment can in any way be h
G, for him. And let no man thi
H. that the duty to provide su
a, equipment is a duty of that in,
a, vidual only. The prospero
c. farmer who sees his tena
n, neighbor thus wasting his til
o. this year is duty bound to HI
o that neighbor get better ecu
OF ment for his daily work. Sou
rl arn Agriculturist.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28
A Patriotic Greed,

We believe in our Countryside United
States of America.
Webelieve in her Constitution, her laws, e
her institutions and the principles for which
she stands.
We believe in her future-her pastisse
cure.
We believe in her vast resources, her
great possibilities; yea, more, her wonder
ful certaintles
We believe in the American people,
their genius, their brain and Drawn,
We believe in their honesty, their integ-
Irity and dependabiEty.
We believe that nothing can stand in
the way of their commercial advancement
and prosperity.
We believe that what are termed times
Of business depression are but periods OF
preparation for greater and more pro-
nounced commercial successes.
! And we believe that in our country are
being worked out great problems, the So
|lutions of which will be for the benefit Of all.
COMMERCIAL BANK,
p West Liberty, KY
= Capital Stock and Surplus $4,000
o R. COLLIER President EDGAR oooHRHAM Asst Cashier
Il ". NJ. GARDNER, vice-Pres. T. j. ELAM Director
y W. D. ARCHIBALD, Cashier.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

If there any consolation in the thought Of an ceess
summer, we should have that consolation now.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

The man with the hoe is back number It's the
man with the tractor and grand pillow that this country is
encouraging right now
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28
That new American bread has the taste of victory.

Every disoyal word sinks screw in an American
coffin Are you driving screws?
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

Perhaps Hindenburg was merely springing a pre-
mature April Fools joke when he fixed April as the date
he would occupy Paris
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

The kaiser is apprehensive that Austria will acquire
the Hoherzollern view of treaties scraps of paper
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

Our boys in camp have rebelled against German meas
les and want the name changed They would much pre-
fer the plain old itch.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

The hog is the most patriotic citizen among us. No
matter how much or how little he is WORTH he keeps right
on roofing for us.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

The Tuscana carried down with it more than its own
weight in American pacifism
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

There is no reason why any
county should be behind in roads.
Wake UP!
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

You ask a doctor to cure your
ills. When it comes to roads,
why not ask the man that knows?
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

Let us do that next job of
yours. Wen do it right. ~"
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28
LICKING VALLEY COURIER

Terms-one Dollar year in advence.
8 months, 60cts., months, 35cts.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-28

All communications should be ad-
lressed to the Editor.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-10

pose was 5000 year and the latest budget reduces th
to 300 Perhaps the authorities may be able to show tina
the work can be done efficiently the lesser sum, but
that doesn't seem possible Indeed with everything more
expensive il seems certain that still larger appropria
ton is needed The population is increasing and while
with abundant work there should be decrease in poverty
we know it cannot be utterly eliminated We know that
some are dwelling in sordd squaor for the very
Of sickness which keeps them poor helpless and lacking in
ambition and ability.
There is no doubt that the city administration well
the public health survey, wishes to do the best 1t for
the welfare Of the city and the citizens That being true
il should receive this criticism in the kindly in
which it offered and correct If possible And many
difficult tasks possible when given proper attention
No city of the wealth and Of this municipality
should coneede its heplesness in matter Of such general
concern. The tolls of red tape should not bar from
their duty nor contribute indirectly and remotely to
the suffering OF those whose misfortune great enough at
best
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-10
Don1MsT ~!
~ Byvwh u
B,vu2rf

Boy bandits usually die young, but
not because they are good. Either that.
or they land in relentless rcformatory
where they have time to think il over
and learn useful trade SO the
youngsters who robbed the Wetumka
bank ran true to form, even if they
couldn't run fast enough to make their
getaway. And like all reasonably law
abiding citizens, we're glad of it, but
possibly for a different reason. Rob
berry in any form, even the painful proc
eSs of proflteering, is bad enough, but
the idea of being robbed by boy bandit
has always struck us as extremely dis
agreeable and humilating. We should
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-10

serious that the Strengthening OF the
whole line would he imminent. Like
wise the Nerdun position would be EN-
barrasscd. There is little doubt that
such a success, were it possible, would
come nearer to forcing the abandonment
ol the whole Verdun salient than all OF
the crown princes pounding in 1916. II
Hindenburg could bring his whole line
down on the east bank of the Meuse
and level II out along the Marne river
he certainly would be in splendid posi-
tion for his final act OF the year. In cap
turing the Paris -Chalons-Verdun rail-
way he would open a direct line OF com
munication from Metz to his center.
Such an attack, If successful, would
break out another sector OF the line
which has been immobile for the better
part of two years. This would be in
accord with the policy Of the German
general staff Of liquidizing the whole
front preliminary TO the grand finale,
although | do not take much stock in
that theory for the Amiens line has
been refortlfied in the three months OF
comparative idleness that have follower
Picardy and the Arras front never has
been hudgcd
Some of us think the Hun has en-
livened as many miles OF fighting front
as he can possibly take care of in the
last half Of the campaign. In this the,
alter General Foch has ample ground
in which to maneuver The direction Of
the Vesle river is such that il affords
splendid side for a chute IN which
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-10
A MENACE TO ALL.

DFDUCING the appropriation for the cy's INDECENT
~ poor to which the central committee OF the public
health survey files objection docs not seem the part or
wisdom at this time Indeed it would not at any time
when the cys population is growing and Improvement
in conditions such TO warrant expectations OF
a great reduction in the number OF such But as
we have frequently pointed out safeguarding public health
has become of increasing importance because Of the war
This is for several reasons In the first place there
is much necessary work TO do that it IS most desir-
able to maintain Gne, for labor Sickness burden
to the community and there added burdens Of so many
varieties that the should be kept at the lowest
possible minimum Then there is the scarcity Of doctors
aud nurse, which should stimulate all preventive meas
ures, lest an epidemic might result
Those who cannot care for themselves become quite
properly charge OF the community Some day let us
hope abjcc poverty will be eliminated, but that time is
not vet or soon Until it arrives a city is TO degree
responsible for its poor Surely it is the aim OF the gov
ernment always successful prevent needless suf-
fering and needless loss OF hie among the unior-
unate They have little enough those who tread the drear
path of pcnury but in sickness certainly should not
be denied them II hope better their lot and enable
them to help themselves it is imperative that all pos
sible means be furnished to help them the way to
health
But the danger extends beyond those who cannot meet
their doctor bills II the OF such derecs is neglected
proportion the reduction OF the allowance, they may
we'll be the means OF spreading infection necdlessly
through the community Just the responsibility for their
rests the whole city does the danger OF care
lessness or neglect Hence all should insist that the
essary be furnished and proper steps taken to
stamp out or control disease wherever found
We realize that the administration is confronted with
rising expenses in many departments and without in
creased valuation taxation TO meet the bulge 1t is
necessary trim and skimp to make the cys present fl
nances meet its bills But it does seem that in pairing
this fund p3r point for rerenchmcnt selected In
the past years the aside for this worthy pur-