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Newark post., 1918-09-04
Military Status of College
Man in S. A. T. G..

The military status OF the college
man in the ranks of the Students
Army Training Corps and his re-
lation to the draft have been clear
ed up by a War Department deci-
sion. The student-soldier is en-
listed already in the military SER
vice of the United States. Upon
reaching draft age he becomes SUBJ
ject to registration whenever the
President directs. He is then plac-
ed in class SD by his local board.
The draft board will not include
him in calls for induction as long
as he remains in the S. A. T. c.
On the day the order number of
the student-soldier is reached the
fact is reported to the college
president, to the commanding Of
fcer, and to The Adjutant General
A report upon the mans record as
a student-soldier and as a scholar
is put before the War Department.
committee on education and specia
training with the recommendation
that he be called at once to an of.
ficers' training camp, caiied to ar
Army camp, or permitted to com
plete college training by transfer
to the Enlisted Reserve Corps.
Newark post., 1918-09-04
Men Should Carry
Cards ALWAYS

Every selective service man
should carry with him at all times
his classification card especially
since draft registrations have oe-
come SO frequent. Trouble and an
noyance both for the man and for
the government authorities is
avoided by strict observance of the
regulations which read: GAIL per-
sons within the ages liable to mill
tary service are required to exhibit
their notice of final classification
when called upon to do so by any
member Of a loal or district board
or by any police official
Newark post., 1918-09-04
MACHINE HELP WITH
THE CORN CROP
How the Binder Saves Labor

~S
One man with corn knife by
working hard can cut and shock an
average of 112 acres a day. Two
men with a platform harvester can
harvest a or 5 acres in the same
time, and three men with corn
binder in a 10-hour day can cut
and shock from 7 to 8 acres. These
figures are brought out in Farm
ers' Bulletin soon to be issued by
the United States Department
Agriculture to show advantages OF
using machinery in cutting corn.
This year when farm help is so
limited there is urgent need for the
use of labor-saving machinery
wherever possible. Cutting corn by
hand is hard, disagreeable task,
the bulletin points out, and the
time when it should be done is
limited to a few days if the full
feeding value of the corn is to be
retained. Fall blowing, seeding for
winter wheat and digging potatoes
must be done on many farms at
about the same time. In such cases,
the timeliness and ease of accomp-
fishing the work are determining
factors in deciding the advisability
of using corn-cutting machinery.
How Binder Saves Labor
The corn binder does the best
work when the corn is all standing
upright. Usually most satisfactory
results are obtained with a three
horse team, and sometimes four
horses are necessary when the corn
is heavy or the ground hilly. In
ordinary yields, one man operating
the binder will keep two men busy
gathering the bundles and shock
ing by hand would scarcely cover
more than A acres in day and it
would be necessary to work much
harder than when the corn binder
is used, thus the machine requiring
less laborious work takes from one
half to two-thirds as long to cut a
given acreage.
When the binder is used for cut
ting corn for silage the labor of at
least two men will be saved as COM
pared to cutting by hand. One bin
der will usually be able to cut the
corn as fast as IL or ID inch sill
age cutter can handle it. A great
deal of time is saved in unloading
at the cutter, because the corn is
in bundles, which enables further
reduction in the size of the har-
vesting crew.
Newark post., 1918-09-04

ed for themselves quite as fully as
anyone could reveal to them the
lines along which they might rem
der service not only in agriculture
but in all other directions. 1t is
amazing how much they are doing
to assist the Nation as nurses, in
the Red Cross, in the liberty loan
campaigns, in war savings of every
character, in industry, even in it's
most difficult forms, and in agri-
culture.
Very truly yours,
d. F. Houston.
Newark post., 1918-09-04
DIRTY POTATO
CELLARS WASTE MUCH
OF CROP
Decay Turks in Foul Storage
Places

Clean up the potato cellars now
and don't wait until harvest, says
the United States Department of
Agriculture in pointing out that
the potato crop promises to be- a
big one, and that there Is no excuse
for allowing losses by rot in stor-
age.
Among the suggestions the de-
partment makes are the following:
Get rid of every bit of vegetable
matter in the storage cellar; sweep
and brush until it is clean; then
give a thorough dose of fungicide,
either gas or spray, the quickest
Newark post., 1918-09-04
WORK OF WOMEN In
FOOD PRODUCTION
Outlined by Secretary Houston

In response to a request from
the Woman's committee, Council
of National Defense, Secretary
Houston sent the following letter
to Miss Marion Hughes Scott, of
the committee, outlining some of
the things that women may do and
are doing in the field of Agricul-
ture:
Dear Miss Scott: 1t is very diff
cult for one to indicate the things
that women may do in the field of
agriculture. l know of scarcely
anything that some of them may
not do and are not doing some
where. The six and half or seven
millions of farm women, in addi-
tion to their onerous domestic
duties, are, aiding production along
many lines. Many of them work in
the fields; many of them assist in
planting, in cultivation, and in
harvesting. Hundreds of thou
sands of women and girls in rural
districts, especially through the
clubs, take active part in poultry,
hog, and dairy production. They
assist in raising home gardens and
in making the home self-sustain-
ing. They conserve vast quantities
of materials for future use as food
by drying, canning, and preserv-
ing. 1t would be impossible to
overestimate their service in food
production. 1t would be equally
impossible to exaggerate the part
they play in conserving food itself.
l assume that your committee
has in mind more especially wo-
men in towns and cities. These
women can probably render their
largest service by conserving ma
/ terials for future use as food by
canning, drying, and preserving,
by conserving food itself, and by
assisting in planting and cultivat-
ing home gardens. In doing these
things they not only contribute to
the food supply of the Nation di-
rectly, but also reduce the difficult
ties in marketing and relieve the
burden on transportation. There
are in towns and cities many wo-
men who have been brought up on
} the farms or who have some farm
experience. They can unquestion-
ably, especially with some previous
training, take an effective part in
planting, cultivation, and harvest
ing. Even those who have not had
such experience may, by taking
proper steps, qualify themselves
for effective assistance in these di.
rections. Another aid that they
can render by careful thought anc
planning is through the relief they
can furnish to farm women il
their homes, thus releasing to this
extent the more experienced womer
of the country districts for the
more difficult farm tasks.
| have the feeling that the wo
men themselves, especially aftel
, the many recent months of refiec
tion and experience, have discover
Newark post., 1918-09-04
Collection of Federal
War Tax

In the execution of the policy of
paying as large a proportion of the
expenses of the war by taxation as
possible the Treasury is making
every effort to collect all Federal
taxes due to the United States.
The department has evidence
against many who have sought to
evade taxes. Some of these tax
evaders are American citizens re-
Newark post., 1918-09-04

siding or sojourning in Canada. A
corps of specially trained revenue
agents will be sent to the Canadian
communities where many of these
tax evaders reside to obtain tax re-
turns from them.
Newark post., 1918-09-04

ground on a nearby hillside. He
was moving his hand and it looked
as if he were writhing in pain. II
went out to see if l could aid him."
says the secretary. Instead Of
finding sick man | found a young
Italian very much alive. He had
Newark post., 1918-09-04

smoothed off about a square yard
of ground and with his finger was
tracing in the dust the words he
had learned in the lesson of the'
previous day, although there was
scarcely enough dawning light for
him clearly to see his work"
Newark post., 1918-09-04
Elevator Attachment Aids

A bundle elevator attachment to
the corn binder saves further
labor. By this attachment the
bundles of corn are delivered di-
rectly to wagon driven by the size
of the binder. This method elimi-
mates another man in the crew.
When the bundles are dropped
from the binder to the ground, two
men are generally required to
hand them up as fast as one man
can arrange them on the wagon.
When an elevator attachment is
used, one man usually arranges the
bundles on the wagon as they are
delivered from the binder and an
other man or boy drives the team.
The platform harvester is the
most satisfactory machine when
the acreage in corn is not sufi-
ciently large to justify a binder.
This machine consists of an A
shaped platform on low wheels,
two sides of which are equipped
with knives. It is drawn by one
horse, operated by two men, and
cuts two rows at a time. The men
gather the stalks as they are cut,
and when the shock is reached the
horse is stopped and the men carry
the cut corn to the shock. In cut
ting corn with a platform harvest
er for silage much time can be
saved and efficient work done if a
wagon is driven alongside the har-
vester and the corn placed on it
directly as it is cut. By this method
approximately 5 acres of corn
yielding tons of silage per acre
constitutes fair days work. Two
men with a platform harvester and
one horse will cut and shock at
least as much corn in a day as
three men cutting by hand. This
machine thus taking the place of
. one hired helper will very nearly
pay for itself in cutting 40 acres.
Newark post., 1918-09-04
Fungicides to Use

For each 1000 cubic feet of
space use 10 ounces of formalde-
hyde anl 5 of potassium perman-
gante. Pour the formalin over the
permanganate in a deep container,
and then leave the cellar immed-
lately, because the gas is given off
at once.
Should it be found that these
chemicals are too expensive, the
department recommends bor-
deaux mixture of $3.50 strength.
1t may be applied with hand
sprayer, pump, or broom; it is eff
fective when thoroughly used and
it does not cost much.
1t is expecting too much, says
the department, to look for pota-
toes fit for market from a dirty,
ill-ventilated cellar. Time, money,
and work spent in growing crop
are wasted if the potatoes are stor-
ed where dead potatoes are carry
ing over the organisms that cause
rots. Dry rot attack newly stored
potatoes through bruises and
wounds and spreads throughout
the stored supply.
Newark post., 1918-09-04

and easiest to apply being for
maldehyde gas.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-03-27

ham that had hung overlong in the smokehouse. Two or three blanketed bucks squatted by the fire that sent it's blue smoke streaming out the apex of the lodge
 Heap fine squawl" one suddenly ad- dressed Bill. "Where you ketchum?"
 Bill laughed at Hazel's confusion. Away off," He gestured southward, and the Indian grunted some unintel- ligible remark in his own tongue-at which Roaring Bill laughed again.
 Before they started home Bill suc- ceeded in purchasing, after much talk, a pair of moccasins that Hazel con- ceded to be work of art, what with the dainty pattern of beads and the ornamentation of colored porcupine quills. Her feminine soul could not cavil when Bill thrust them in the pocket of her coat, even if her mind was set against accepting any peace tokens at his hands.
 In the nearing sunset they went home through the frost-bitten woods where the snow crunched and squeaked under their feet, and the branches broke off with pistol-like snap when they were bent aside.
 hundred yards from the cabin Bill challenged her for race. She refused to run, and he picked her up bodily, and ran with her to the very door. He held her a second before he set her down, and Hazels face whitened. She could feel his breath on her cheek, and she could feel his arms culver, and the rapid beat of his heart. For an instant she thought Roaring Bill Wagstaff was about to make the colossal mistake of trying to kiss her.
 But he set her gently on her feet and opened the door. And by the time he had his outer clothes off and the fires started up he was talking whimsicallY about their Indian neighbors, and Ha- gel breathed more freely. The clear est impression that she had, aside from her brief panic, was of his strength. He had run with her as easily as if she had been q child.
 After that they went out many times together. Bill took her hunting, initi- ated her into the mysteries of rifle shooting, and the manipulation of a six-shooter. He taught her to walk on snowshoes, lightly over the surface of the crusted snow, through which other wise she fioundered. A sort of truce arose between them, and the days drift ed by without untoward incident. Bill tended to his horses, chopped wood, carried water. She took upon herself the care of the house. And through the long evenings, in default of conver- sation, they would sit with book on either side of the fireplace that roared defiance to the storm gods without.
 And sometimes Hazel would find her self wondering why Roaring Bill Wag- staff could not have come into her life in different manner. AS 1t was-she never, never would forgive him.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-03-27

get lonesome in a place like New York. But did And at the end of a week I flew. I had all that money burning my pockets-and, all told, I didn't spend five hundred. Fancy a man jumping over four thousand miles to have a good time, and then running away from 1t. It was very foolish of me, I think now. Well, the longer we live the more we learn. Day after tomor- row you'll be in Bella Coola. The can nery steamships carry passengers on fairly regular schedule to Vancou- yer. How does that suit you?'
 Every we'll" she answered shortly.
 And you haven't the least twinge of regret at leaving all thisY
 "I don't happen to have your peculiar point of view" she returned. "The circumstances connected with my con- ing into this country and with my stay ing here are such as to make me anx- ious to get away"
 Same old story" Bill muttered un- der his breath.
 'What is it?" she asked sharply.
 "Oh, nothing" he said carelessly, and went on with his breakfast prepa- rations.
 The evening of the third day from there Bill travelled till dusk. When camp was made and the fire started, he called Hazel to one side, up on lit tie rocky knoll, and pointed out a half dozen pin points of yellow glimmering distantly in the dark.
 "That's Bella Coola," he told her. And unless they've made a radical change in their sailing schedules there should be a boat clear tomorrow at noon."
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-03-27
CHAPTER VII.
The Fires of Spring.

There came day when the metallic brilliancy went out of the sky, and it became softly, mistily blue. All that forenoon Hazel prowled restlessly out of doors without cap or coat. There was a new feel in the air. The deep winter snow had suddenly lost its harshness.
 Toward evening a mild breeze fresh- ened from the southwest. At ten o'clock gale whooped riotously through the trees. And at midnight Hazel wakened to a sound that she had not heard in months. She rose and groped her way to the window. The encrusting frost had nished from the panes. They
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-03-27
CHAPTER VIII.
The Drone of the Hive.

| A black cloud of smoke was rolling up from the funnel of the Stanley D. as Bill Wagstaff piloted Hazel from the grimy Bella Coola hotel to the wharf.
 "There ain't many passengers" he told her. They're mostly cannery men. But you'll have the captains wife to chaperon you. She happens to be making the trip" 1 When they were aboard and the cabin boy had shown them to what was dignifed by the name Of state room, Bill drew a long eny alope from his pocket
 "Here," he said, Ifs a little money. I hope you won't let any foolish pride stand in the way of using it freely. It came easy to me. dug 1t out of Mother Earth, and there's plenty more where 1t came from. Seeing that I deprived you of access to your own money and all your personal belongings, you are entitled to this any way you look at 1t. And l want to throw In bit of gra- tuitous advice-in case you should con- clude to go back to the Meadows. They probably looked high and low for you.
 
 learn where you actually did get to unless you yourself tell them. The most plausible explanation-and if you go there you must make some explana- tion-would be for you to say that you got lost-which is true enough-and that you eventually fell in with party of Indians, and later on con- nected up with party of white people who were travelin, coastWard. That you wintered with them, and they put you on a steamer and sent you to Vancouver when spring opened. 'That, guess, is all," he concluded slowly. "Only wish''-he caught her by the shoulders and shook her gently 1T sure do wish it could have been different. little person. Maybe some time when I get restless for human companionship and come out to cavort in the bright lights for while, I may pass you on street somewhere. This world is very small. Oh, yes-when you go to Vancouver go to the Lady, smith. It's nice, quiet hotel in the West end. Any hack driver knows the place."
 He dropped his hands, and looked steadily at her for few seconds, steadily and longingly.
 "Good-by!" he said abruptly-and walked out, and down the gangplank that was already being cast loose, and away up the wharf without back ward glance.
 The Stanley D.'s siren woke the echoes along the wooded shore. A throbbing that shook her from stem to stern betokened the first turnings of the screw. And slowly she backed into deep water and swung wide for the outer passage.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-03-27
CHAPTER Vl.-Continued.

But within the cabin they were snug and warm. Bills ax kept the woodpile high. The two f1replaces shone red the twenty-four hours through. Of four, tea, coffee, sugar, beans and such stuff as could only be gotten from the outside he had plentiful supply. Pc itatoes and certain vegetables that he had grown in a cultivated patch behind the cabin were stored in a deep cellar. He could always sally forth and get meat. And the ice was no bar to fish ing, for he would cut hole, sink a small net, and secure overnight q weeks supply of trout and whitefish. Thus their material wants were pro- vided for.
 shook off measure of her depression, thrust her uneasiness and resentment Into the background. AS a matter of fact. she resigned herself to getting through the winter, since that was in evitable. She fell into the way of do- ing little things about the house, find ing speedily that time flew when she busied herself at some task in the in tervals of delving in Roaring Bill's library.
 On one of these days Hazel came into the kitchen and found Bill piling tow els, napkins, and great quantity of other soiled articles on an outspread tablecloth.
 ''Well," she inquired, "what are you going to do with thoseY
 'tTake lem to the laundry" he laughed. Collect your dirty duds, and bring them forth"
 Laundry !" Hazel echoed. It seemed rather far-fetched joke.
 "Surel You don't suppose we can get along forever without having things washed, do you?" he replied. T don't mind housework, but do draw the line at laundry job when don't have to do 1t. Go on-get your clothes"
 So she brought out her accumulation of garments, and laid them on the pile. Bill tied up the four corners of the tablecloth.
 "Now," said he, 'let's see if we can't fit you out for a more or less extended walk. You stay In the house altogether too much these days. That's bad busi- ness. Nothing like exercise in the fresh air."
 Thus in few minutes Hazel fared forth, wrapped in Bills fur coat, fiap- cared cap on her head, and on her feet several pairs of stockings inside moc- casins that Bill had procured from some mysterious source day or two before.
 The day was sunny, albeit the air was hazy with multitudes of floating frost particles, and the tramp through the forest speedily brought the roses back to her cheeks.
 Bill carried the bundle of linen on his back, and trudged steadily through the woods. But the riddle of his desti- nation was soon read to her, for a two mile walk brought them out on the shore of a fair-sized lake, on the far ther side of which loomed the conical lodges of an Indian camp.
 "You sabe now?" said he as they crossed the ice. "This bunch generally comes in here about this time, and stays till spring. get the squaws to wash for me. Ever see MT. Indian on his native heath?"
 Hazel never had. and she was duly interested, even If trifle shy of the red brother who stared so f1xedly. She entered lodge with Bill, and listened to him make laundry arrangements in N s-I T beldame whose features resembled a
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-03-27
THAN "ROARING BILL"

synopssMss Hazel Weir is employed stenographer in the once or Harrington Bush Granville She engaged to Hazels employer notices her atraciveness her his private Stehosapher After months Hazel refuses and after he will
 
 Shortly this Publca ton of his will discloses left Preparation for any wrong have done her." Jack Barrow jealous age demands Hazes broken she position of British Columbia There boarding Roaring B Wagsaf weknown character of that Soon after her arrival Hazel loses while walking She wanders
 
  After the Bill" finally admits his finds spring
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-03-27

In the spring Hazel gets her freedom and then when she has 1t she exercises the prerogative that has been woman's since the world began. What she did is disclosed in the next installment.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-03-27
(TO BE CONTINUED
Thousands Die of Heart Disease.

Heart disease still leads the nations mortality lists, causing HAITI deaths during 1916, according to vital statis- tics regarding 70 per cent of the coun- try's population. Tuberculosis claimed 101 1896 victims and pneumonia 9S,334. Suicides numbered 1O,162, which is far below the average for the past ten years.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-03-27

The old adage about St. Swithin's day weather has been proven untrust- worthy
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-03-27

An unwelcome guest is one of the best things going.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-09-06
WAYS OF ERADICATING SLUGS
Larvae May Be combatted by Using
Arsenate Of Lead, HeIIebore or
Tobacco Detection.

By c. p. GILLETTE, Colorado Agricul.
tural College, Fort Collins, Colo.)
The Shiny looking larvae Of "slugs"
that eat the surface off the leaves
of cherry and pear trees are easily
killed. If there is no fruit on the
trees, the best way is to spray the
trees with arsenate Of lead in the pro.
portion of one pound of powder, or
two pounds Of the paste, to each so
gallons Of water. A fine spray is best
and should be applied so as to cover
the upper surface Of the leaves, where
most of the feeding is done.
In case there Is fruit on the trees
you may use white hellebore, one
ounce to three gallons of water. This
will kill the slugs and do no harm to
people who eat the fruit.
The same results may be secured
by spraying with strong tobacco de-
coction, such as Black Leaf 40, one
part in 500 parts Of water
A thorough busting with slaked lime,
ashes or fine road dust will usually
be successful in removing the slugs
from the leaves.