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Less Cement Produced.

Statistics of the cement industry in
the United States in 1917, prepared by
the United States geological survey,
Indicate that the total shipments of
Portland cement from the mills
amounted to so, 7O3,474 barrels, valued
in bulk at the mills at $122, 745, O8S.
This represents a decrease in quantity
Of IL per cent and in increase in val
ue of It's per cent compared with 1916.
The production of Portland cement in
1917 vas 02,814,2202 barrels, compared
with 91,521,19S barrels in 1916, an in
crease Of IA per cent. This produc-
ton holds the record, the next, highest
output, 02,O97,131 barrels, having been
in 1913.
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Barred Plymouth Rock Hen.

breeders of the very best type, and so
reducing to the lowest practical point
the waste Of feeding inferior young
stock.
Professional breeders were COM
PEELED to do this, because no other
plan Of economizing comparable to it
in efficiency was open to them. Coco
feed in abundance had to be used,
whatever the cost, or their birds would
not attain full development and COM
mand profitable prices.
Their methods generally are SO well
adapted to their work that no consid-
cradle saving of time and labor is pos
sible. The only solution Of their prob
lem was the exclusive production Of
poultry of the quality that would bring
profitable prices, for in feed and care
birds Of high quality cost no more to
produce than those Of greatly inferior
quality.
For the professional breeder this ex-
act adaptation Of the stock to the end
for which it is designed is a necessity.
In the matter of producing eggs and
A1cll lIclc Is uCL l1lc Saint GDoOluLC
necessity. The volume of production
can be maintained, and ever greatly
increased, by the continuance and eX-
tension of those better practices which
have made possible so much of the
increase which has already been
attained. But If the producers of
! eggs and poultry for the table are
to do their utmost to increase the
supplies of those products, the east
est, the shortest and the surest
way is through general use of the
most productive types; that is, by the
use on the part Of every poultry keep.
err of the most productive types in his
stock. It is not meant that there
should be wholesale replacement Of or.
binary stocks by stock of strains cele.
brated for extreme high production.
That may be done to advantage in
many instances. But with the great
majority Of poultry keepers immediate
gain in production must be made b!
good S Of such stock as they have
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-12-12

OKRA GOOD IN GARDENS

Okra, or gumbo, is a desirable
addition to the vegetables grown
in the home garden. 1t has been
grown and used for years in the
South, where it is found in al
most every garden, and is in
creasing in popularity in the
North.
In regions where the growing
seasons are very short, okra
plants may be started in a hot
bed or greenhouse and trans
planted to the open ground.
Okra is easily grown on any
good soil, and a few plants will
be sufficient for the average fam
lily.
The edible portion consists Of
the pods, which must be gath
cred and used while young and
tender.
Okra is used mainly in soups,
but may be served as a vegeta-
BILE, boiled or baked, or as q
salad. It may De kept for WIN
ter use by canning or drying.
The United States department.
of agriculture has recently re-
published Farmers Bulletin 2;32,
Culture and Uses Of Okra."
Sent on application.
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fought on, returning shot for shot, I'm.
til the arrival of Il freight train
frightened the gang away.
II saw the mel tampering with the
switch and ordered them away" said
the girl, calmly, after 1t was all over.
''They pointed revolvcrs at me and 1
ran back to the signal tower and got
out the pistol we keep there. bar
rfcaded the door and then, opening Il
window, | fired down on the men.
They fired back and we kept it up till
til" freight whistled for the crossing"
The crew of the freight train found
a pile of logs upon the track. The
telephone wires. leading to Miss Ven-
sells tower, had been cut.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-12-12
COURT KNOCKS OUT CUPID
Refuses to Suepend Sentence Of Man
to Enable Him to Get
Married.

Cleveland, O.-Cupid got n solar
Dlexus blow at the hand Of Police
Judge Phillips when Louis A. Horhers
pleaded with the court that his sem
tence for trespasslng in an automobile
be suspended so that he might get mar
ried. The court refused the plea and
gave Louis a three-months' term at the
workhouse. In the meantime, Miss
Clara Burckel was "waiting Mt tina
church," for she was to have married
Herbers that morning. When he failed
to appear for the ceremony. she start
ed a search for him that led to the
police court. When she learned th't
the wedding was off for the time being,
at least, Miss Rurckel tainted.
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Nish an Imnortant Town.

Among Serbian cities the little town
Of Nish, which has been recaptured by
the Serbians, is only surpassed in
strategic Importance by the capital of
the country. Belgrade. 1t lies at a
point where several Of the great high
roads of the Balkan peninsula con-
verge, and it is at Nish that the line
for Saloniki branches off from the
main railway between Belgrade and
Constantinople. Before the war it was
the custom of the king and his court
to spend three months Of the year at
the little city on the banks of the
Nishava, and it was to Nish that the
Serbian government retired when Bel
grade had been finally occupied In the
autumn of 1915.
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Cooperative Stores.

While cooperative stores in the
United States are relatively unsuc-
cessful as compared with typical CO.
operative stores in European coun-
tries, the lack Of success is not due
to the failure of the underlying prin-
ciples of such enterprises to hold good
in America, but to the business meth
DDS generally followed in such. under
takings in this country. This conclu-
sion has been reached as q result of
a survey Of 60 cooperative stores made
by the office of markets and rural or
ganization of the United States depart
ment of agriculture. In many Ameri-
can cooperative stores which have
failed, mismanagement, inadequate &C.
counting and auditing, lack of cooper
alton, poor business methods, and lack
Of judgment are responsible.
The results Of the survey indicate
that the cooperative store has tended
to bring about lower prices, smaller
margins of profit, more efficient BUSH
ness methods, and other practices ben.
eficial to the farmer.
With the application Of efficient bust
ness methods and the education of
the farmer to a clear understanding
of the functions Of cooperative stores,
they may be made successful. In
stances are cited of unusual savings
and large dividends to members of va
rious associations. Such associations
procure capable managers by paying
adequate salaries; take advantage of
large-scale purchasing and cash dis.
counts; maintain proper accounts and
cost records; and watch stock turn
overs.
The more general, underlying con.
ditions which investigations indicated
should be present if q cooperative
store is to be successful are: (1) good
leadership among the members, (2)
capable management, (3) favorable
environment, with regard both to phys
ical location apd to social or occupo'
tional affiliations.
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MOST PRODUCTIVE HEN TYPE
Poultry Keepers Aim to Combine Econ.
omy and Efficiency-More Eggs
From Fewer Hens.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
American poultry keepers as a class
have always aimed to combine econ
omy and efficiency in poultry produc-
ton. In wartime patriotism impels
them to extraordinary efforts in this
direction, moving them to do every
thing, and to leave nothing undone
that will help to quickly increase the
nations supplies Of poultry and eggs.
1t is not the high cost of feed alone,
since America entered the war, that
has led to more careful attention to
the routine work in poultry keeping,
and to greater judgment and skill in
feeding. The saving of money has
been an incentive, but, above and be-
You'd that, every poultry keeper real
ICES that getting better production
from less feed is doing double duty in
conservation and production-saving
feed and ut the same time increasing
food.
That American poultry keepers are,
on the whole, nor efficient in egg pro-
duction seems to be plainly indicated
by the fact that, as compared with the
period before the war, market receipts
Of eggs increased more than receipts
of poultry. Reports from persons in
touch with production in many locali-
ties agree that more eggs are being
produced from the usual numbers Of
hens kept, and in many instances from
smaller numbers. 1t may well be pre-
sumed that such efficiency in one line
Of production extends to others closely
cO-ordinated with it, and that poultry
rleat is being grown more economical.
ly-though no common statistics indi.
cate it, and it is not SO readily OBJ"
served in common practice.
Among professional breeders of
standard poultry the first result Of
wartime conditions was to emphasize
afresh, and more effectively than ever,
the benefits of rigid selection of breed
ing stock and severe culling of the
young stock while growing. The high
cost Of feed hit this class of poultry
keepers hardest because, even under
normal conditions, a considerable part
of their stock must be carried for quite
a long time after coming to maturity
before it is sold. The concentration
Of interest and industry upon things
Immediately relating to the conduct Of
the war and the production of food
tended to decrease the demand for
their stock.
So, with stock actually costing a
great deal more than in normal times,
they had to face the problem Of either
reduced sales or lower prices OF good
grades of stock to attract trade. Some
chose II alternative, some the other
but all adopted the policy of using only
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Yep, It'll Do the Rest.

"Dear me-" observed Mrs. Languid,
lazily, as she settled herself in her
steamer chair and gazed leisurely
about her through her one-hoss lorg-
nette. "How wonderfully convenient
these ocean steamers are, to be sure!
Why, we won't ever be troubled to
punish little Algernon when he is
naughty. All We'll have to do is to
lay him across a coil Of rope in one
Of those spanking breezes we read 90
Huch about"
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PLUCKY OPERATOR
FIGHTS WRECKERS
Girl in Signal Tower Prevents
Catastrophe to Ammuni-
ton Train.

G!st, Pa.-When three desperadoes,
probably German agents, attempted to
wreck an ammunition train on the
Pennsylvania railroad here. Miss Il. NJ.
Venscl, girl operator IN q signal tower.
fought them off with Il revolver.
The girl barricaded herself in the
tower and rained bullets upon the three
men. The latter returned the fire and
bullets crashed through the windows
and door Of the girls haven. She
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-12-12
Steal Artificial Eyes.

Ma:tinsburg. Va.-Thieves stole
$50 worth Of artificial eyes from the
Office of a local physician. Articles Of
much grca Ter value wure left untllsr
s7rbed.
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Royal Arcanum.

Analostan and National Councils
were consolidated with Oriental
Council Tuesday evening and the fol-
lowing new officers were elected and
installed: Regent, J. H. Grub; vice
regent, b. G. King; sitting past re-
gent, W. E. Seavers; orator, George
M. Evans; secretary, Corbin Birch;
collecor, w. B. Hill: treasurer, J. Ed
Swaine: chaplain, C. e. Truax; guide,
d. c. Morrison; warden, J. Davidson
sentry. v. B. Mackey; trustees.
George w. Smith. o. w. Hammond
and r. Newton Donaldson; finance
committee, M. A. Tolson, F. r. Bolst
and Perry Cleveland; representatives
to the Hospital Bed Fund Associa-
ton, M A. Tolson and E. E. Bruce;
organist, Henry Boddis.
of ST. Louis, Mo-, was admitted to
membership. In the patriotic exer-
cises Henry Boddis, assisted by A. b.
Keefer and ]. Ed Swaine, in war
songs, and reports were received
from members in the military service.
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Daughters of America.

The visitations of the State Coun-
Gil for 191s-19 will begin Wednesday
evening, with the Martha cambridge
Council, No 1, the home of the state
vice councillor, Mrs. NJ. Rosetta Cole,
at nall 316 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast. The D. of A. Red Cross
chapter met Wednesday morning in
Masonic Temple, 9Th and F streets
northeast. State Councillor Mrs. Clara
A. Rock. who is chairman of the
unit. reported that 296 garments were
completed, and the membership to
date lis.
Andrew Jackson and Star >Spangled
Banner Councils. Junior o. U, A. M,
and Goodwill Council. No. Is, Daugh-
tiers of America, will hold Joint
meeting at the Goodwill Council
Chamber Monday evening, october
p. with entertainment and refresh
mentS =
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STAGE vAUDEWLLEAS
THEY WAIT T0F|CHT
o. S. Soldiers Sing With Gas Masks
on as Comrades Battle Hun
at Argonne.
BY JUNIUS b. WOOD.
Cablegram to The Sunday Star and the
New York Tribune. Copyright, 1918.

III JONAOS he "oODs
Cablegram to The sunday star AID the
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY AT
THE FRONT, October 4.-Vaude-
vile in gas masks was a novelty in
troduced by the players in a division
in the Argonne forest to enliven the
hours of those not in the immediate
lighting line. One evening recently
the boys who expect to sing and
dance themselves into Berlin just
could not resist the temptation to
give performance. Though the
masks muff1ed the sound of the
cabaret selections the audience was
satisfied.
The Germans at the same time were
making vigorous counter attack to
drive the Americans out Of the forest.
The fighting lasted through the night.
an entire German brigade of fresh
reserves taking part. Capt. Walter
W. Metcalf. Capt. Henry T. Eaton and
Capt. Duncan {. Harris led the units
holding the temporary line which re-
PEELED the German assault on this por-
ton of the front. William o. Siebert,
son of Gen. William L. Siebert. lead
ing patrol of four men seeking out
gas pockets, ran into a German patrol
in the night. They captured seven
and killed four, while five escaped.
New units are taking part in the
offensive advancing detectives at the
western edge of the Argonne forest.
The capture of Mont Faucon gives
the American center the highest OBJ
servation post within many miles.
The German artillery concentration
on Verdun was directed from this
point until recently. The crest of the
hill is 342 meters G,122 feet above
sea level, while Mont Morthome is
only 304 meters (987 feet. From the
crest. they are able to see BuZancy,
! twenty-five kilometers (ifteen miles)
| to the north, the center of the German
| military road constructed to feed
the western 'front.'
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London to Honor U. S. War Victims

LONDON, October 5.-A permanent
memorial to the members of the Amer
lean forces who have given their lives in
the war will be erected in the Winches-
ter Cathedral, according to an announce
ment made today by the ministry Of in
formation. A suitable temporary me-
mortal will soon be placed where the
permanent structure is to be erected
after the war.
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Is in the MaTna country. the pictures
showing certain stretches OF land, 90
the taYrain. Some Of the wooded dis.
tricts and fields shown on the nlms
were never reached by the Germans
owing to the counter attack OF the
French and Americans, which began
on the morning of July Is. completely
upsetting the German plans.
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MORE AID FOR WAR HIT.
Nearly $1,000 Added to Fund for
Women and Children.

Contributions received during last
week by Mrs. Whitney Warren. treas
urer Committee Secours National,
New York city. amounted to $s47.25
for the relief Of destitute women and
children of France and Belgian refu-
gees. making q total to date Of
y
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Jr. o. IT,. A. M.

Anacostia Council. No 16. met Tues
day evening. The ambulance com
had been ordered and is now on its
way to Warrington to be donated for
the use of the National Army in France
by order of this jurisdiction and the
Daughters of America. who contrib
uted quite largely: National Deputy
Morris Peabody delivered a short adj.
dress. The council appropriated $500
for the purchase of bonds of the fourth
liberty loan, making a total of $500
appropriated by the council for lib
ertY loan bonds since the war hecan
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Woman's Benefit Association.

The association has opened a suite
Of offices in the National Union build
ing, 91S F street northwest, under the
supervision of Mrs. Minnie Keppinger.
deputy supreme commander.
At the hall at 7th and I streets
northwest, Wednesday, the members
OF the association will sew for the
Belgian babies. This work has just
been started. Sewing machines and
material have been provided.
Brightwood Review will have a SO.
ctal NEE ting TOMORROW evening,
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NEW COTTON TRADING RULE.
Fluctuations Limited to 200 Points
in Session at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, La, October s.
Fluctuations in the price of cotton will
be limited to 200 points in any one ses-
sion. beginning next week, it was an
nounced at the cotton exchange today.
The new rule takes the place of the war
rule limiting daily fluctuations to 800
points, or cents a pound on contracts.
Of the two cotton committees recently
appointed and the War Industries
Board. Local cotton factors believe the
measure viii serve to stabilize the mar
ket considerably.
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FILMS FOR HUN TROOPS.

Correspondence of the Associated Psess.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE. September 15.-Before
going into battle, German soldiers in
certain instances are shown moving
pictures of the country through which
they are supposed to pass during
proposed advance.
Information reached the American
officers recently that moving pictures
had been put on the screen for the
benefit of the Germans who took part
in the offensive, which started July
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The Columbia iron works at Chatta-
nooga were damaged by fire Monday.
The ire was checked after the shell
shop was practically destroyed and be-
fore the flames reached the machine
Ishops proper or the boiler,
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Modern Woodmen of America.

Washington Camp. No 11,464 Fri
day evening voted to subscribe for
500 fourth liberty loan bond, max
ing a total of $500. About sixty
couples were present at the monthly
dance that followed, among them a
number Of war workers. The next
dance will be given October IL at the
Old Masonic Temple,
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AMONG THE FRATERNITIES.
No. 2, Jointly. tomorrow evening In
the I. o. O. r. Temple.

the I. o. o. r. Temple.
The sfxty-seventh anniversary OF
the institution of the Rebekah degree
In the United States by Schuyler Col
fax. it is announced, will be cele-
brated Friday evening in the audi
torium of the 1. o. O. F. Temple. Rev.
DR.. Gordon, pastor Of the First Con-
gregational Church, will deliver the
ADDRESS and Vice President Ella Y:
Mallory of the Rebekah Assembly viii
preside.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Canton
Washington will meet Tuesday oven
Ing at the home Of Mrs. A. N. Gates.
knights of Pythias.
Grand Chancellor John N. Kline in
stalled w. C. Johns as vice chancellor
and s. I. Gardiner as master-at-arms.
lodge instructed it's trustees to in
vest $4,000 in liberty loan bonds.
Grand Chancellor James N. Kline
ana the Grand Lodge officers visited
Webster Lodge, No. Z, Tuesday even
ing. and Syracusians Lodge. No. 10,
Friday evening. Syracusians Lodge,
NO. 10, was addressed by Judge e, p.
Seeds. and a musical and literary en-
terta1nment was presented.
to Amaranth Lodge. No. %. tomorrow
evening, and Hermione Lodge, No.
IL, Wednesday evening.
William Mckinley Lodge, No. 1, of
Hawaii, has furnished seventy-one
out of a total membership of 1856, to
the armed forces of the United States.
Century Lodge, No. IS. will have the
rank of page tomorrow evening.
Knights of Columbus.
Washington Council Tuesday night
will announce it's standing commit
tees for the year.
Tuesday evening Carroll Council
unanimously voted to turn over the
Knights of Columbus Home to the
Cathol1c war activities committee for
sleeping and recreation purposes TO:
visiting soldiers and sailors during
the war. The building will be at once
remodeled and prepared for the pur-
pose.
Representative D. H. Kincheloe OF
| Carroll Council Tuesday night on his
| recent visit to the French and Italian
! nattle fronts. He spoke of the work
the ofder is doing for the American
soldiers at home and abroad. He was
| gwen three cheers at the conclusion
Prof Denis A. McCarty of Boston alse
| spoke.
me new recreation hut of the
| knights OF Columbus now being
erected in front of Center market will
shortly be completed and will be
opened with appropriate ceremonies.
Saturday. October IL, the annual
Columbus discovery day. will take
place In Carroll Hall. An appropria. e
program has been arranged.
The annual vesper service will be
held at the Immaculate Concantion
Church Sunday evening. October Il.
The chaplain of Washington char
ter. Rev. DR.. Peter Guilday, is in
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According to reports from the United
States Employment Service. women are
now employed in railroad tank painting
hardware industry processes, garage
mapaxement and in ranch work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06

Central Lodge. No. 1, and Washing
ton Lodge, No. 6. will combine their
degree teams for comforting the de-
grees Friday evening. Past Grand
Master w. J. Hope of No. and Past
Grand Southwark of No. 1 will be in
charge of the work.
Past Grand Dawson of Salem, No.
90. the first noble grand of the lodge.
and for nearly twenty-five years its
secretary, is reported recovering from
his recent illness. Thursday evening
arrangements will be made for de-
gree work during the winter months.
Rebekah Lodges.
: Mrs. Flora o. schwinger, president
of the Rebekah Assembly. is reported
i'll at her home. In case she is rot
able to attend the visitations Vic.
President Ella v. Mallory will act as
president.
The first visitation Of tho fail series
will be made by the assembly officers
to Naomi Lodge, No. 1, the mother
lodge Of the jurisdiction and Ruth.
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Odd Fellows.
LODGES,

LODGES.
Monday-Beacon, No. Is, and Lang
don, No. 20, degree.
Observation-Disclosures, No, Z, and Har-
mony, No. 9, degree.
Khursday-Columbian, No. 10, degree.
Friday-Federal City, No. 20, and Cen
- trail, No. 1, degree.
ENCAMPMENTs,
Tuesday-Fred D. Stuart, No. z, de-
gree.
Observation-Disclosures, No. 1, degree.
PATRIARCHS MILITANT.
STANDARDIZATION Washington, No. 1,
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Order of the Eastern Star.

= Grand visitations will begin Tuesday
evening. with that to Friendship
Chapter, No. II. followed Wednesday
evening with that to Cathedral Chap
ter, No. IA, when Past Grand Matron
Cowles will be in charge of the en-
tertainment, and that to Takoma
Chapter, No. -, Friday evening, when
the entertainment will be in charge
of Mrs. Annie E. Langley.
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Bethlehem Chapter, No. Z, will hav.
degree work Tuesday evening, will
a program of entertainment follow.
ing, in charge of Mrs. Margaret CARL
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A card party for Miriam Chapter.
No. %. will be given at the Northeast
Masonic Temple, October ~.