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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-06
KANSAS FARMER
AHEAD OF GAME
Ordinary Soil Tiller Gathers
in an Average of $500
Per Month.
WITH DAIRY CATTLE
Does It on Quarter Section +;
Could Make More With
Better Land.

Fort Scott, Kan, Jan. 5.-~This Is the
story of a farmer who makes from
5000 to $4,000 a year on 100 acres OF
land.
There is nothing unusual about the
1850 acres in any particular. A few
years ago, in fact it was regarded as
a run down place
Il could make more money" this
farmer said to reporter, IF l had a
better farm
The name of the farmer is J. G. Crist
and he lives three miles northwest of
Fort Scott.
No, no, Crist Is not the kind of q
farmer who made his money in the city
and moved out to the farm to spend it.
He has been farmer all his life.
What kind of farming? Just the kind
| that any farmer could do on any aver
age 100 acres In Kansas
Makes $500 a Month.
What does he produce? Corn, al
falfa and milk. This common produc-
ton from common quarter section
returns Crist about $500 month.
| Corn, alfalfa. and milk---but the
| greatest OF these Is milk. 1t takes corr
and alfalfa, however, to produce The
milk.
The 100 acres Is divided into severa
parts--a wood patch Of about Is acres
| a pasture OF SIS acres, an alfalfa field o
81 acres. and Az acres Of corn, Thi
division. OF course, minus the usua
amount OF ground subtractcd for hous
and garden. barns and lots which j
not counted in the general arithmetic o
farm acreage.
u Crist uses corn for silage and afte
filling his silos whatever remains !
cut up for fodder and fed in that way
, He counts on needing about seven ton
of silage year for each COW, an
keeps about 35 cows in his herd.
Gee Whit" the reporter said. q
, must take a lot of hard work to m
, this farm and take care of AN thos
Z cows"
Only One Hired Man.
, 1T is not a hard job" Crist reptile,
| but it is a steady job. That's all.
only keep one hired man. The two {
!, us do the work, and we do not wor
= as hard as many farmers do who liz
t on farms of this size"
= CRISIS milk bill for June was $5l
i He MIXED So cows that month.
/. but June" he said modestly, g
i about the best month In the yea
C Every dairyman knows that"
= We'll. what about july" the II
C porter asked.
N My milk check for July was HIT
c more than s5O0--just little less thu
d In June"
s August Is the mouth feared by Il
h. Kansas dairymcn. Hot weather, flit
A. short pasture, dry creeks,
S August is the worst month of t
@ summer" Crist said. For that mon
l. my milk check was sa2S from 80 COW:
n Does your income run over $500 wi
ter and summer. rain or shine, hot
cold?" the reporter asked.
10 "Oh, yes" crist replied. "Alwa
IN that Any farmer with 80 mich CO.
f. could count on over $500 n month
il an average" he said.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-06

or feeble persons to sleep with one of
these stoves in their night clothing.
Delicate children arc sent to school
with a little stove in their pocket, ana
those bound on journey see to II
that their stove is burning brightly
before they start. II coal continues to
advance In price, landlords no doubt
will he interested in supplying their
tenants with a pocket stove each and
cutting off all heat.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-06
Size of Poultry FlOcks
Is Gradually Decreasing

Reports recently gathered concern
ing SOS flocks OF poultry show that
the average number of hens per flock
this year is LOT, compared with lfe
in 1914. This information. which was
obtained by an incubator manufacture
er in the middle west, indicates that
shortage of supply has been an impor-
tant factor in producing present high
prices for poultry and eggs.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-06
independence for the Man
With Flock Like This One
Barred Plymouth Rocks Approach Near Standard Of Per-
lection as Set by American Poultry Association

and also bred for egg production,
F'locks that have been bred for rroduc-
ton can now easily average $50 eggs
per year, more than double what Uncle
Sans agricultural department learned
about the average farm flock.
Should Choose Carefully. ~.
This Is the time of the year when
the farmers wife figures on raising a
nice flock of poultry for the coming
season. No doubt she Is casting about
to find a strain of poultry that Will
meet her requirements. but in this con :
nection she should lie careful. IT she
Is really In earnest about the poultry
business she should make it part OF
her business to know something about
the flock she expects to get settin.
| eggs from.
GUESSING the poultry business with
| couple of friends. They were urani'
| nous that 1t was impossible to get
value received from a five dollar set
| ting of eggs. Well. of course. IL al
! depends on where the eggs come from
| There are breeders that would not sci
a setting of eggs for several times fiv'
| dollars. They are in the same posi-
| ton as the man who breeds up flint
| flock of producing dairy cows. from al
established strain. They will not Civ
! you the benefit of the years of hare
work and expense for n few dollar
| inst to accommodate you. Not muct
| They are in the business for a reason
| They have spent thousands of dollar
| for heifer and bun calves and hav
| taken chance. Also have the poul
trymen spent big sums and have take
chances.
Start Modestly.
But our readers do not have to TAX
! these chances. They can start In |
a small way and grow into a big, prof
| table business, If the right start
made.
We are really interested III the pou'
try industry and we want to see ever
farmer in Missoula county get starte
right. We urge him and his wife
make just as wise selection in start
ing in the poultry business as he woul
! IN the dairy business.
Believing in the poultry industr.
and knowing it to be profitable side
line in connection with farming. IL tn
right start Is made. we urge you
make the right start and start III
spring.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-06
AN EARLY SPRING
PREDICTIoNMADE
If It Comes, Farmers of West
ern Montana Want to
Be Prepared.
START BALL ROLLING
Odds and Ends Of Work
Should Be Gotten Out of
Way at This Time.

According to the Indians and to old
timers who depend much on the nat
ural signs to forecast the weather. we
are due for an early spring in Mon
tana this year. This being SO. 1t be-
hooves us to begin to think of spring
work. With the holidays passed the
backbone of the winter is broken, and
while these predictions Of early spring
may well be wrong, still spring is not
70 very far away. There is everything
to BE gained by being prepared for
the spring work when 1t comes. One
of the chief limiting factors In Mon
tana farming Is the shortness of the
seasons, and the best way to get
around this Is to have everything pre-
pared no that you can take advantage
Of every favorable day in early spring.
Do Little Things Now.
These winter days can be used for
many things. For instance. one can
go over the harness, oil it and repair
the broken straps. that there will be
no breaking when work actually be-
gins. Then the machinery can be re-
paired, oiled and put in good shape
for spring use. Next there comes the
question OF seed. Ii you have raised
your own seed or bought II In the
ncighborhood it should be cleaned be-
fore being planted. Not only will clean
Ing keep out a multitude of weeds, bu,
In addition II win cfface the small
Z lrnn ~ h1
yields. Test your seed for termination
and thus AVOID the risk OF planting
seed that will not come up.
Get Power Ready.
Winter also gives one the opportuni
" to break In colts that they may bt
used for spring work once the season
actually starts. There are many far,
mers In the state who actually farm
short of horse power. when they pos
sess more than enough horses. simpl!
because they neglected to break tn
colts In time for them to be used TO
spring work In the timbered region
winter also gives one ample opportun
ty to get in supply of wood for tn
ensuing year. so that the men will no
have to stop in the midst OF sprinl
blowing to cut and saw firewood 70
the kitchen stove. Then, too, unles
the weather is too cold, one can max
the repairs to the fences. except dig
cling new pots holes, and fix up tn
buildings that have needed repairing
for the past six months. IN
BE Ready for Your Work.
There is always plenty Of white
work for the farmer. it is merely
question for him to figure II out 70
himself and get busy. The work don
this winter counts in the spring. Wit
the ordinary tasks well out Of the way
with his plows sharpened, his teams i
good condition and his harness a
ready to be put on. with his see
cleaned and ready for planting, all h
has to do is to hitch up and so to wor
whenever the time comes.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-06

Often 1t is not the man who loves
hardest who gets the girl. but the man
who loves loudest. And sometimes
money talks.--Colupbia Is. Co state.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
THE epidemic.
Board OF Health Partially Lifts the
Ban i'm Wausau.

The influenza still keeps up in Wau-
sau, and the weather conditions for
the past two weeks, have not been
conducive to it's abatement. Every
conceivable thing has been done by
our board of health to lessen the mum
Der of new cases and in this it has
met with considerable success. The
average number of new cases the past
week have been about fifteen. Last
Friday afternoon the Board of Health
issued an order allowing churches to
open Sunday, and to allow theaters
and moving picture houses to resume
business, commencing Saturday, Dec.
2lst The following is the order is
sued.
"At meeting of the Board of Health
held December Goth it was decided to
lift the ban which went into effect
Dec. 18th in so far as concerns the
opening of churches next Sunday with
the exception that Sunday schools and
Christmas entertainments be post
poned until further notice.
To permit the opening of theaters
and moving picture houses provided
that children under fourteen years of
age be excluded, the number limited
to the seating capacity and the places
well ventilated.
That clubs, lodges and other asso-
Citations be permitted to hold their
meetings.
All places of business may remain
open after six p. m.
Dancing, crowding and lettering will
not be permitted for the present.
The ban on public funerals to re-
main in force.
With reference to the schools it was
the opinion of the Board that they re-
main closed for the present.
The Public Library TO remain closed
until further notice.
The quarantine now in effect to be
strictly enforced.
Proper restrictions regarding the
maintenance of sanitary conditions to
be issued by the Board of Health.
This order to be in force and take
effect Saturday, December 21st, 1918.
BOARD OF HEALTH"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24

same big restaurant were loads of
other French and American officers,
high and low ranking, and We all
joined together and toasted the health
of every one from the Poilu to Glenn
enceau, from Douglas Haig to Foch,
from the doughbOy to Pershing and
our Wilson. The latter always raises
a huge cheer. We toasted our col
leges, our individual states, ETC., ETC.,
etc. Clermont-Ferrand is a large and
important city of France so you can
imagine the manifestations. Every
thing was free.
OF course, we are all wondering if
any of us will be going home, and if
so who. l hear rumors that the 127th
F. A. (my regiment) may be sent to
Cologne to help garrison the neutral
zone" l have no reason to believe
this to be true whatever. But 1 don't
expect that l will get home for long
time as we will need all of our Ameri-
can troops here to handle America s
huge part in the settlement. Ger
many is surely in the throes of un-
settlement. Revolution, no Kaiser, no
Crownprince, none of the old regime,
vanquished, and what not. 1t is a
glorious day for us, and as Americans
we occupy the proudest position of
all time. Thank God that l am an
American. There again goes the cry
''Vive L'Amerique." We are really
very welcome here You couldn't pick
quarrel to save your soul.
KNOX.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
WAUSAU PILOT THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO

| for Eagle River this morning on a
fishing excursion; they will fish for
Bull Frogs, Muskrats, and pine
stumps. They made the start yester-
day morning, but arrived at the depot
Just an hour after the train started.
change in the r. R. time was the
cause.
Frank Young has re-christened his
hotel on Grand avenue, and it will be
known hereafter as the American
House.
John Alexander has been put in as
drum major of Dana's Silver Cornet
Band. John will make j good one.
On Wednesday last, owing to the
continued dry weather had in this
vicinity, numerous small fires started
up In every direction in close proxim-
lty to the city. Strong south winds
Ianned the flames and by Thursday the
small camp-like smudges became rag
ing forest fires. Across the river from
Schofield a large tract was burned
over. In the north part of the CITY.
barely outside of the CITY limits. the
hre ragged in all its fury, and burning
trees and brush turned night into day.
The largest fires were between this
city and Rib Mills and immediately
west of that place.
We understand that VIM. Callop
planted $4,000 brook trout in a small
brook near Hatley this spring. and
should they live and thrive, we ex-
pect to eat mess of brook trout in
the near future.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
Tuesday, May 18th, 1885.

About one mile and a half of pipe
on the water works have been laid.
Garry Judson took the prize for
fancy skating at the Eagle roller rink
last Saturday night.
Last Wednesday quite a sensation
was created by an inebirated individu-
al. He was coming down Third street,
when the members of Dana's Silver
Piston Cornet Band were fixing their
mouths to blow out music for the
Japanese festival; he walked along
like unto a docile, sleepy mule and
loked as though he hadn't animation
enough to draw his breath. When
the band commenced to discourse
music, he let out a succession of big
whoops, "shashaid" across the street.
swung with the lady on the corner
and 'alaman lefted" with the whole
crowd. He was collared and taken to
JAIL The crowd voted him the liveli-
est man in town.
Milo Kelly and Miss Mary Kelly
came up from school at Milwaukee
last Saturday to spend the Sabbath
with their mother. They returned
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Strupp, of Black
Creek Falls, came to this city last
Saturday and spent the day visiting
their friends. Mr. Strupp is one of
the live young business men of our
county.
Billy Allen and Hi Dunfeld started
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
THE FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN.

Charles H. Schweppe, Federal Re-
serve Director of the Seventh District
Liberty Loan Organization, Chicago,
has issued a complete statement
regarding the Fifth Liberty Loan,
which will be fioated in the Spring.
Mr.. Schweppe, judging the matter in
the light of very wide experience in
the investment affairs, and as a Liber-
ty Loan executive in previous cam
raigns, believes that the Fifth Loan
will be fioated without difficulty if
the public can be made to understand
that the Government must have large
amounts of money to pay the Victory
bills, bring the conquering American
troops home, and clean up the tre-
mendous job of saving Freedom for
the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
CROWDER URGES DRAFT
BOARDS TO RUSH WORK.

Provost Marshal General Crowder
has instructed draft boards to COM
plete their work of classifying regis
trants from Is to SO years Of age as
quickly as possible, and to classify
none whose QUESTIONABLE is received
after Dec. 21.
Registrants of this class who do not
return their questionaires will be
classed as delinquents, subject to
prosecution in the civil courts as well
as to induction into the army. Off
cials of the provost marshal generals
Office said on Thursday, however, that
it had not been determined what pol
icy would be followed in dealing with
delinquents.
L was announced some time ago
that registrants from 81 to 46 should
not return their QUESTIONABLE blanks
as the classification OF such men viii
not be completed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
e. A. BIRGE.

Dean Edward Asahel Birge was
elected president of the University OF
Wisconsin last Tuesday at a special
meeting of the board of regents. He
succeeds Charles R. Van Hise, who
died Nov. 19. Dean Birge will serve
for two years, when he expects to
retire at the age of 20.
He was born at Troy, N. Y, Sept. T.
1851, and graduated from Williams
college in 1878. Later he won degrees
from Harvard and the Western Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
He became an instructor at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin in 1875 and made
his way up to dean Of the college OF
letters and science in 1911 and vice
president of the university. He was
acting president Of the university from
1900 to 1908, and has been director OF
the geological and natural history sur
vey of Wisconsin since 1897. He is a
member of number of scientific So
cieties.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
BRING BODIES HOME.

Parants and other relatives of Wis.
consln soldiers who gave up their
lives in France will be called on to
make decision as to the permanent
disposition of the bodies of their loved
ones.
1t is learned definitely at the wal
department that parents or next OF
kin of the dead can in every instance
have their choice OF three alterna-
tives:
1. The body may remain undisturb-
ed where it now lies.
2. The body may be brought to the
United States and buried in one OF
the national cemeteries, all expenses
paid by the government.
3. The body may be brought to the
United States and delivered to the
family for burial at the soldiers home
all expenses to be borne by the gov.
ernment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
CASUALTIES.

Floyd c. Beecher, Minocqua.
James M. Mangan, Fond du Lac.
August A. Odermatt, Monroe.
August H. Nest, Edgar.
George Butler, Reserve.
Edward Wilcox, Portage.
Otis Williams, Ontario.
Sever E. Rudrud, Westby.
William M. Ryan, Green Bay.
Harry Dillon, Mondovi.
D. Morgan, Beaver Dam.
S. Szylobrit, Manitowoc.
G. Chiapetta, Kenosha.
Lloyd 0. Barrett, Grantsburg.
Jacob c. Coppusm, Little Chute.
Homer NJ. Cosper, Spring Green,
Paul Fred Niemann, Shell Lake.
W. G. These, Barronett.
Arthur Harebo, Mindoro.
John Edward Gray, Amherst.
w. G. Lubbers Cedar Grove.
Bert E. Reiner PIatteville.
John H. Snyder Mineral Point.
Hugo Huebner, Shawano.
Louis Jorgenson, Tomahawk.
Arthur w. L. Huebner, Watertown
Ruffin Lee, Sheboygan.
Michael Borzyck, Milwaukee.
John c. Schott, Larrabee.
Reuben Stein, Madison.
Julius A. Budde, Rudolph.
Fred. ]. Estheimer, Phillips.
Asher E. Kelly, Rice Lake.
James S. Robbins, Madison.
V. F. Carlson, Green Bay.
A. Stanisch, Sheboygan.
+. c. Frohmader, Fort Atkinson.
William F. Prosser, Amigo.
Peter Pfifer, Mauston.
John Lundstad, Whitehall.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
CHRISTMAS 1918.
With the Boys Away From Many
Homes and the Dread influenza
Makes the Season Unusual.

Tomorrow is Christmas day, and
therefore the Pilot wishes its readers
a. Merry Christmas, with the hope that
it will prove such in every sense of the
word
This is not the Yuletide season
which is usually with us, when Che
country is free from illness; when the
boys are not in war, or away from
home and young people are at home
from schools and distant lands.
True, in the end of the war all have
much cause to rejoice, yet thousands
of our young men are in Europe and
in camps surrounded by victims of
the dread epidemic. The toll exacted
by the war from this country has
reached an amount that Is appalling
and yet the influer "a will take double
the number. Combined, the conditions
have been such as to make the last
few months of 1918, full of anxiety
and dark fOrebOdings.
Notwithstanding all this we have
the little folks with us and whether or
not hearts are heavy with sorrow and
anxiety, we must all observe the day
that those little ones may, in meas
ure enjoy the occasion.
While there has been fairly good
sleighing since Dec. 1st, the past two
weeks have been dark and dismal with
rains and mists prevailing, at no time
has the weather been freezing cold,
condition seldom experienced in
northern Wisconsin in December.
The merchants report an excellent
trade through all this, and during the
past few Gays the city has been en-
liveued by the boys coming home.
my If th'm being mustered out OF
service and others on furlougn
Those of our young people attending
college have returned and, all in all,
in many homes the Yuletide is quite
complete
There is nothing in the social line
going on on account Of the influenza.
There will not be one home in Wau-
sau, among those less fortunate in
life but what will feel the christmas
Cheer The fund raised to provide for
by the RecOrd-Herald has reached be-
tween $500 and S40O. This has been
turned over to the Federal Charities
which will provide dinners for the
poor, toys for the children and deli
cacies for the aged The people have
been very generous in their doraIiuns
and in gifts of fruits, nuts, provisions
and clothing. DR.. w. T. Lawrence
gave the use of his store on Third
street to the Federal Charities where
goods were received and baskets pack
ed, under the direction of Supt. Mrs.
E. F. Stockum. She was assisted
yesterday and today by the Misses
Gertrude Heinemann and Marie Bird,
Messers. Russell Lyon, A. II. Reid, and
d. j. Villains.
There will be special Christmas
spreads at the various hotels and at
the WausaU club.
The churches have sent out many
baskets of nice things for Christmas
On Christmas day the windows at
the pOstOttiCe will remain open until
the noon hour, says postmaster Ryan.
One delivery will be made in the city
and country, and all parcels will be
delivered up until noon. The doors
will be open until 10:30 in the even
ing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
FUNERAL SERVICES OF
MRS. w. L. LAWRENCE

The funeral services of the late Mrs.
w. T. Lawrence took place on Wednes-
day afternoon at 200 o'clock at the
undertaking parlors OF A. NJ. Petersen,
the Rev. Richard Evans officiating.
The remains arrived from West Salem,
Wis, on Tuesday evening. Interment
was in Pine Grove cemetery. The
pail bearers were Messrs. w. B. Schol-
field, Frank Kelly, James Montgomery,
Donald Ploss, H. G. Flieth and j. n.
Manson.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
PROGRAM IN ENGLAND.

President Wilson's itinerary during
his visit to England, as announced
Saturday:
Thursday, Dec. 26-Dinner with
King George.
Friday-Dinner at the Guild hall.
Saturday-Trip to Manchester.
Sunday-Attend church at Carlisle,
his mothers birthplace, returning
thence to London.
Monday-Leave for France at noon.
The presidents immediate party will
include Admiral and Mrs. Grayson,
Miss Edith Benham, secretary to Mrs
Wilson, and military aide.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
WON THE BATTLE.

Quarantine, which the Madison
health board ordered on December 4,
has won the battle against "fu" in
that city, according to the Madison
State Journal, which says:
Quarantine, ordered by the health
department Dec. 4, appears to be hold
ing down the spread of influenza in
Madison and outside these cases, the
city is remarkably free from contagi-
on, declares E. A. Babcock, assistant
health officer.
There have been 256 homes pla-
carded since Dec. 4, an average of 25
a day, and 166 houses are now show
in the cards"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
Stomach Trouble

Before I used Chamberlain Tab
lets / doctored great deal for stom-
ach trouble and felt nervous and tired
all the time These tablets helped
me from the first, and inside of a
weeks time 1 had improved in every
way" writes Mrs. L. A. Drinkard, JEFF
ferson City, Mo.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
PROPERTY PURCHASED.

George S. Griffin, who is with the
Curtais and Yale Co., has purchased
the home of Donald ]. Murray, Jr
1015, Ninth street. Mr.. and Mrs. Gift
fin have been occupying the home
for year past.