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Evening star., 1918-06-14
WATER SITUATION
CONT|NUESSER|OUS
Fountain Shut Off Only Meets
Needs Of 1900 Persons,
Say Officials.

| Washington's water situation still
| was characterized by officials today
! as serious, despite the fact that shut
duced consumption by an amount esti-
mated at not less than 1000 600 gal
: Ions a day.
| On the basis of the capitals per
/ capita consumption of $50 gallons
daily. this saving will be sufficient
to meet the needs of about IL, 1000 per-
sons. Consequently. when Washing
tons population has grown 10000
more. the economy effected by shut
ting off the fountains will have dis
appeared.
! It is the rapid growth of the city.
officials point out, that makes econ
omy measures effective for only linn
| tied periods and hastens the day when
through an increased supply.
| II Congress now should authorize
an investigation to determine the best
! means of increasing the supply and
plans should be presented and exc
cuted with the least possible delay, it
would be two or three years at least.
they say, before the capital would be
assured of an adequate supply of wa
ter. And before that time is reached
there Is danger Of all possible con-
| servation methods having been ex-
hausted and a real water shortage
being reached.
Nearby Communities Interested.
| Residents Of Maryland in nearby
communities that expect to be fur
nished with water from the District
| are manifesting interest in the plan
for Congress to increase the supply,
| for they realize that the policy of the
Commissioners will be to oppose the
furnishing of a single gallon of water
! outside the District as long as there
is barely sufficient water to meet local
! needs
! While the Secretary Of War has
asked for an appropriation to lay a
I ten-inch main across the new Key
bridge, in order that water may be
carried to federal reservations in Vir-
| ginia, the Comsissioners, 1t is ,believ-
ed, will oppose the diverting of any
water for this purpose, as long as
the present situation as to supply
continues.
Evening star., 1918-06-14
CHILDREN AID RED CROSS.
Van Buren, Sixth Grade Raises
S2O.O8 in Entertainment.

Sixth grade children of Van Buren
schol. Anaoostia. raised $20.oS for
the beneft Of the Red Cross at an
entertainment held recently. Those
taking part were Phyllis King, Edna
Mcdonald. Hilda Haines. Martha
Hagan. Martha Lee. Ruth Davis. Alice
Motto, Frances PurIi. Fanny Mathe-
son, Margarite Bennett. Alice Tup-
man, Dorothy French, Thomas sipp-
son, Paul Haines. Olive Quinn and
Ethel KidMell
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Woman Partly in Uniform Fined

PENSACOLA, Fla. June 14-Mrs.
Lille Watts has been ned 5000 and
sentenced to one year In the fed
eral prison by Judge w. B. Sheppard
OF the federal court for wearing part
OF military uniform. She will be
taken to the female federal reformatory
at Farmington. Mass
Evening star., 1918-06-14

the air an American flier writes:
Such a lot of wriggly lines l never
saw. Reminded me Of a mole on a
rampage or a worm with st. Vitus
dance"
Evening star., 1918-06-14

Company. was destroyed by fire early
this morning with a loss estimated at
between sao6. 900 and $500. 900. offciais
OF the Cleveland Grain Company said
the fire was Of incendiary origin.
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On stomac ch Across No Mans Land.

Further along dozen German sol.
diers were sitting at the bottom of the
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Indiana Grain Elevator Burns.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. June IA
large frame elevator at Beech Grove.
near here. owned by the Cleveland Grain
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SERGT. BURNS
GETS HUNS EAR"
CrawIs Across "No Mans
Land" Into Bunch of
Listeners.
OTHER DARING STUNTS
BY JUNIUs b. WOOD.

BY JUNIUs b. WOOD.
CabIegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE FRENCH FRONT. June II (de-
| layed).-Sergt. K. K. Burns Of the
Signal Corps made his first call on the
German trenches today. He believed
that he had located an "ear" near the
German trenches and in no mans
land, near Cantigny, where the lines
are less than 100 meters apart.
The "ear' is a listening outfit like
telephone without transmitter.
!! It is made up only Of battery and
diaphragm. 1t Is very powerful.
hears everything. repeats nothing
and Is wise like an owl. Long wires
connected with the battery are spread
out on the ground in the darkness
of the night. These antennae. like the
wireless, pick up radiograms from air
planes or stations or telephones. IL a
! wire happens to be grounded. even sew
eral miles away.
On Stomach Across No Mans Land.
Sergt. Eurns held a youthful pro-
fessional jealousy against the enemy's
| "ear" Six other soldiers volunteered
| to aid him and. wriggling on their
stomachs, they crossed the narrow
no mans land and reached the enemy
trenches. Leaving man with an
automatic rife on the outside Of the
| parapet to cover the retreat and to
| protect them from attack In the rear,
| Burns dropped closely followed by
the others, into the trench.
| Twenty yards beyond were two SOL
diers with an "ear." One was listen
ing with the receiver at the side of
his head jotting down intercepted
conversations. The other stopped
over; was peering into a peek hole
with his well filled pair Of green trousers
blocking the trench.
Huns Joking and Humming.
| Further along a dozen German sol.
diers were sitting at the bottom of the
Evening star., 1918-06-14

trench with their backs braced
against the side. joking and hum
ming songs. Burns could not resist
the temptation and landed kick on
the most conspicuous portion of a
soldiers anatomy. The latter jumped
up in surprise and found a revolver
confronting him. He and his COM
panions were yanked out and mo-
toned to march.
The singers were not disturbed.
One protested. but his captor, unable
to converse in German. silenced him
with shot. They then grabbed the
listening outfit, jumped the trenches
and ran while a sputter of automatic
fire greeted the interrupted chorus.
All returned safely.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-31

tional Guernsey association in short
time, however.
In the field where Mr.. Martiny runs
things the most notable work that is
being done is with seed corn. About
so acres were in corn last year. The
Golden Glow variety of corn has
proved a heavy yielder on the High
Banks farm. For two years Mr.. Mar
tiny has held the state record for
yield of corn per acre with a record
Of 12112 bushels from a single acre.
The secret, besides careful selection
of the seed corn, is in the handling OF
the ground and proper rotation. The
rotation followed by Mr.. Martiny con-
sists Of two years of corn, one year of
small grain and one year of clover
and timothy meadow Plenty of ma
nure is added once every three years
and oftener if possible. Lack of ma
nure caused Mr.. Martiny to quit sheep
raising as a chief enterprise many
years back, and he accordingly got into
dairying because of the greater yield
Of manure for his acres. The greatest
care is being taken to have a high
testing, bodybuilding corn each year.
When the corn that has been carefully
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-31
TOWN 0REaKSUp
SOCIALIST MEET;
LEADER EJECTEu

William C. Rempfer Of Parkston, S.
D., executive secretary of the South
Dakota branch of the Peoples COun-
ell of America for Democracy and
Terms Of Peace, and delegate to the
state convention of the Socialist party
at Mitchell, S. D., was forcibly elected
from that city Wednesday, and the
convention he was attending was brok-
en- up.
This action, it was said, was based
upon reports that Rempfer instituted
seditious activities at the meeting.
The convention Of the Socialists was
broken up by the police on orders Of
Mayor J. e. Wells.
Rempfer's election from the city
came late yesterday. He was "cap-
tured" on the street by six unknown
men, put into an automobile, and driv-
en- four miles from town. There he
was set out upon the prairie, and, ac-
cording to reports, was told to proceed
afOot to his home in Parkston and
warned not to return to Mitchell.
There was no violence.
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planted and cultivated is ready for the
harvest, about the third or fourth week
in September, huskers are sent
through the field, who husk the corn
throwing it into the fourth row al
ways as they go along. Mr., Martiny
then follows up the huskers and Sc
Iects the seed corn from the crop as it
is lying on the ground and other wag-
ons follow to carry away the remain
der to the bins for feeding. The corn
selected for seed is placed in the
drying houses built especially for this
purpose. These houses are construct
ed with three bins to each house. The
new corn enters the first bin, where
It remains in a layer two feet deep to
dry out, and passes from there to a
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HILL POINT

Clear and cold is our portion now.
DR.. StOrk has been travelling through
the drifts too. He called at the Ho-
mer Goodell home last Monday morn
ing and left little daughter.
The dance at M. T. Drea's new hall
last week was we'll attended, sixty
numbers being sold.
G. Selden of Lime Ridge was a
business caller here last week.
Mrs. o. Goodeu is entertaining a
brother from Pleasant Ridge.
Mrs. o. Goodell spent couple of
days at the home of her son Homer,
helping to care for the little grand
daughter. His sister, Mrs. Amanda
Morgan, Of Richland came Friday to
care for them.
The town board was out Saturday
looking up smallpox cases. There has
been no case of it at Hillpoint yet.
Miss Irene Strickland is employed
at the Homer Goodell home.
ITEMS TOO LATE FOR WEEKLY
OF JANUARY %.
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second, and later to third bin. I'M
derneath the slat flooring of these bins
a stove is located which throws off
enough heat to dry the corn rapidly.
In the last bin it remains until it is
ready for Smelling. The fire is Kept
up continually until January, giving
cold weather no opportunity to injure
the germ and lower the vitality in any
way by freezing AS the corn is
shelled she final selection is made and
all ears which do not show proper
filling out at the tips and the butts
and which lack in other essentials as
seed ears are thrown out. The best
stock is kept for home use for the
next seasons crop of.seed. The corn
usually tests around SO per cent, ac-
cording to the university tests. Yields
from Mr. Martiny's Golden Glow have
been not only heavy in bushels, but
also in amount of fodder. A record
was made on High Banks farm for
silage corn several years ago when
four acres completely filed a siIo IA
by ST. AS this seemed impossible to
Mr.. Martiny and his friends, the land
was measured with great care and
found to be exactly four acres. How
ever, Mr. Martiny would rather have
silage from corn not so thick, as corn
less coarse will make higher grade
of silage.
Though Mr. Martfny is faim raised,
he did not have a cent when he start
ed % years ago other than the money
he had earned himself. AS a young
man he put in seven years on the rail-
road, and after saving little money
he rented the present place. with the
exception Of few acres, for the first
year at the rate of So an acre. 1t took
him four years to get started with
live stock, and for a good many years
after that even his chief income was
from the grain raised on the farm.
Sheep and hogs for market purposes
later on proved quite profitable, and a
little thinking and more hard work did
the rest. The problem of supplying
the soil with fertilizer induced Mr..
Martiny to get rid Of his sheep and
go into dairy cattle. From grade stuff
he went to pure breds, both in cattle
and hogs, and instead of rising market
stuff he now raises breeding stock.
He was one of the first in Sank county
to see the advantages of the silo.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-31
ENTERTAINMENT AT
the LYONS CHURCH

The entertainment at the Lyons
church Tuesday evening proved a sue
cess financially, and much mirth was
created as the wedding guests arrived
as follows: John Martin as the grass
widow; Newell Roger as Charley Chap
lin; Lee Cleveland ais the nifty lady,
and W. H. Britton as Uncle Dudley.
The bishop Mr.. Blachley, was in wait
ing when the guests arrived. The
wedding party then followed, consist
ing of Willie Berkeley as ring bearer,
Robert Hansen as flower girl, Dan
Graves as Ina Real Peach, the bride,
leaning on the arm Of her father
George Hengstler, as Mr. Peach; Mr.
Gates as IzZen; T. A Bird, the groom,
attended by T. R. Deppe as best man.
Charlie Chaplin and the Nifty Lady
sang "The Bells Are Ringing" "For
Me and My CAL" and an encore of
"Good-Bye, Boys" which caused much
grief to the groom as he realized what
he had done. Many useful articles
were presented to the pair among
which was a package Of cigarettes,
which enraged the bride and she
picked him up and carried him off
the stage.
After the wedding the Liberty boys
sang Canning the Kaiser" patriotic
talk was given by Mr.. Gates, and the
honor roll unveiled with the following
names: Everett Tinkham, John San
sum, Frank Rooms, Earl Lyons, Claude
Haskins, George Pierce, Clarence
FREEZING, Arthur Rooney, Ora Holsaple,
Tom Cullin, George Hattie, Joe Nichol
and George Martiny.
Then a tribute to our boys was CIV
en- by Irene Huntington, and the Sc
lection rendered by Marie Carpenter
entitled Happy, Though Married"
was especially good. The committee
wishes to thank all who took part in
the program and especially the orches-
ira. Proceeds were $17.45.
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eye open all the time for the royalty
bred COWS and sires in the Duroc
world Only the highest types are
used for the mating for the filters,
and only such families as Lees De-
fender, Golden Model Nv, Royal King
and Chief Invincible are admitted to
the High Banks herd. They have to
be Marion Wonder bred or equally
we'll bred to get in. To look over the
spring crop of last year will make the
ordinary mans eyes stick out and the
lover of Durocs say few things in
praise in spite of himself.
With the cows the income from the
milk aside from the sale of the sur
plus stock is considerable each year.
During the last year 16 head of cows
averaged 438 pounds of butter fat in
the testing association. The nearest
herd averaged 31S pounds of butter
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-31

The hog barn became too small last
year and a new building was put UP
"a by 60, we'll lighted and ventilated
which will take care of IA sows during
narrowing time. Another barn is to
follow this year somewhat larger
which will replace the old barn and
take care of the surplus.
White Wyandotte and Leghorr
chickens and few turkeys form a
very profitable side line. The ten
turkey hens bring, besides a crop +
of young turkeys, about 500 by
the sale Of eggs, and the chick
ems average well over $50 per
month for eggs alone.
A new house recently built by
Mr.. Martiny is unique in that it
! has been built entirely from lum-
Der found on the farm. Oak and
birch trees found on the place
! were sawed into lumber for build
! ing purposes and the entire house
/ erected for the cost of approx
mately $1,000. The same house
today could not be built for less /
than $4,000. 1t is built on mod
ern plans with large and airy
rooms, toilets, running water and
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of those representatives still remain
ing in the herd, it must be said that
their records have proved that there
are exceptions to every rule. The pro-
duction of these COWS has been ex-'
tremely high. Some of the best rec
ords that have been made on the place
have been made by the grade stock.
No COW remains on the place, how
ever, unless she shows that she can
earn her keep and a profit besides.
For seven years Pierce has been TAX
ing the yield of each cow and weigh
ing it carefully and figuring production
against the cost of feed. AS long as
these COWS can show that they are
on the right side of the ledger there
is no reason for disposing of them
just because they are grades. The
plan is to have the entire herd pure
bred and under official test of the ma
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devoted to the raising of crops with
out wasting a lot of land on pasture.
Mr. Martiny built his first silo nine
years ago. That was winter siI0, but
frora it he gained the idea, and he
proved it by trying it out, that sum-
mer silo would pay equally as we'll.
When he was ready to discontinue his
pasturage he erected a second silo,
which he uses as summer silo.
With few exceptions all the cattle
are pure breds. Years ago when Mr..
Martiny first started farming the Dur
ham cattle were popular in various
parts of the country. To the credit
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-31

n0aQ, the highest average
in the state for any associ-
alton. herd. The COWS are
stabbed the year around. It
is another point Mr.. Mar
tiny considers a money
maker. With no pasture to
worry about the upkeep of
the fences is no longer an
item. Fences are scarce
on the High Banks farm,
and this will be found an
added advantage when, as
Mr.. Martiny considers now,
a tractor will be brought
on the place next year to
further cut down the cost
of farm operations. A sum-
mer silo has made it posi-
BILE to feed the COWS in the
barn the year around. Il
have lost in former years
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-31
"nUSY UNCLE JOE"
AT WASHINGTON

"Uncle Joe" Cannon reappeared at
the capitol Wednesday at Washington
in a wheel chair, with a knee disabled
and an arm fractured at the shoulder
from a recent fall.
Doctors and nurses succeeded in re-
tanning the veteran in his room for
a week only. Now he is back at the
capitol attending committee meetings
and says he will go on the floor of
the house if necessary.
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the price of silo each summer by the
falling off in milk because OF poor
pasturage," said Mr. Martiny. Fifteen
pounds of alfalfa, Is pounds of silage
plus the gain ratio given each COW in
accordance with her yield OF milk,
form the ration during the summer.
AS a soiling crop or green feed a little
alfalfa is cut each day and fed to the
COWS. This does not require a great
amount of labor, as the alfalfa is cut
with a machine and loaded on the
wagon with the loader. A little bit Of
this green feed, however, goes a long
ways toward keeping up the summer
production. 1t was this problem OF
keeping the COWS milking heavily dur
ing the summer months which first
gave Mr.. Martiny the idea Of stabling
his cattle. He figures that he has
gained by this the use Of 80 acres ordi~
nar:ly required for pacturing "a COWS.
In a good season 20 acres of pasture
might be enough. Now he uses these
acres formerly devoted to pasture for
growing corn and grain and he feeds
his COWS on considerably less than 20
acres, does it with about the same
amount Of labor and receives much
more milk Seven acres Of corn will
yield all the silage necessary for
summer feeding. Additional acres will
furnish the hay required. The total
acreage Of the farm, however, can be
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-31
GERMAN RAIDERS. ARE
FORCED TO WITHDRAW

> ''There were encounters during the
night southwest of st. Quentin be-
tween our troops and hostile raiding-
parties,' the war office reports. "Three
parties" the London war Office re-
ports. "Three of our men are miss
ing. A raid attempted by the eenmy
against our posts south of La Basse
was driven Off"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-31

heat. The house is wired for electric
lights, which will get their power
from the Kilbourn line as soon as this
is completed. But in every way the
home of Riley Martiny is as comfort
able as a home can be made.
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Success With Hogs, Cattle and
Corn on a Sank County
Farm
(From the Wisconsin Farmer)
(From the Wisconsin Farmer)

Making Is per cent on an invest
good business. Making this percent
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age through farming without any spe-
cial windfalls or freak luck is out of
the ordinary. However, this is the
record Riley Martiny and son Pierce
of Baraboo can point to with pride and
satisfaction.
The Martiny combination is corn,
hogs and dairy cattle. All the corn
raised on the farm is prospective seed
corn. That not fit for seed purposes
is fed to the cattle and hogs. The
hogs are DurOc Jerseys and the COWS
Guernseys. Being pure bred the sur
plus stock of both cattle and hogs
command better prices, than grade
stuff, and being Martiny raised they
are in greater demand and worth moro
dollars than the average pure bred.
The hog end seems fair to OutdistanC9
the cattle and corn end Of the bust
ness within a few years, but the hogs
Will have to prove first that they can
make as much money for the farm by
themselves as the three main enter
prises Of the farm now combined 90.
Though Mr. Martiny has been farm
ing for a great many years there has
been more joy and pleasure in the
work since the son, Pierce, has been
able to take an active part in handling
the live stock end Of the farm. Ever
since his ninth year Pierce has
shown an especial aptitude for the live
stock work He began by accompa-
nying stock to the fairs at that age,
and since that time-13 years-h8s
missed only one state fair. The IA
Their encouraged this love for live
stock on the part Of the boy at every
opportunity, and he has had the salts
faction Of seeing the list Of ribbons for
irsts and grand championships accum-
ulate until the total prizes won rep
resent better than $4,000 in cash.
The arrangement was made years
ago that the care Of the COWS aud the!
hogs should fall to Pierce, and the
care of the fields to Martiny Sr, or,
as Mr.. Martiny puts it, "Out in the
field I am boss; around the barn,
Pierce is boss"
around the barn" includes about
"a head of cows and about 100 head
of Durocs, besides the poultry which
forms a smaller, but nevertheless very
profitable enterprise. The hogs are
favored by Pierce because he has had
wonderful success with them. While
the spring crop last year was below
normal, all that lived are thriving and
putting on weight at clip which IS
highly gratifying. Anyone can feed
a. hog for time and show wonderful
results in gains per day. However, to
feed a pig from weaving time until
show time, get it into highest possible
condition and still have a healthy hog
after it is all over, is the work OF
master. Neither do all the hogs feed
alike. A man must know hogs IN or
der to be able to choose intelligently
a March pig weighing $50 pounds the
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first week in August is do
ing right well. A March pig
that weighs 200 pounds at
the same age is doing bet
ter than it really wants
to. It is the feeder behind
that pig who knows his
business and who knows
which hog to choose who
is really responsible for
the extra gain. There are
several such instances to
be found on the Martlny
farm which show that
Pierce has learned his bus
mess we'll. Not all things
are the result of feeding
and selection, however.
Much of the feeding quail
ity Of a pig is bred into it.
Realizing this, young Mar
tinv knens his weather
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fat per head for the year
In March of this year the herd aver
age was 81 pounds Of butter fat per
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