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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-05

Z
ex-governor Joseph w. Folk
spoke at Salisbury and Keytes-
vile Saturday. What he said
has been scattered about over
the state in print and further
than the sterotyped campaign
declaration by nearly all candid
ates for public Office and unwar-
ranted insinuations against bis
opponent, there was nothing to
1t is rather a strange
thing that Folks oppon-
ents for Office are bood-
lers, Doodle sympathizers or un-
patriotic, but according to Folk
they are. His audiences at each
Of the towns Saturday, were
nothing to compare with those
he formerly attracted in this
county, nor was what he said
half 80 impressive.
Gov. Folk in the brief mention
he made of his record failed to
state few facts which will ap-
pear later and he also neglected
to mention that his principal
becker in this state. jackson
johnson is the head of the Shoe
Trust who puts little value on
hide and puts great value on shoes
harness and other things made
ofleather and is also the gentle
man who resigned from the Viii
SON Club of st. Louis because
President Wilson signed the
Adamson eight hour bill. Jack
son Johnson is also the gentle
man who persuaded Mr.. Folk to
come to Missouri for a salary OF
$12. 600 a year as attorney for
the men in st. Louis interested
in the free bridge but in reality
to run against Senator Stone.
Gov. Folk was getting $40, 600 q
year as attorney for the inter.
state commerce commission and
it was necessary TO make the sal,
ary q little bit larger to / furnish
4 plausible excuse for his coming
to the state. Jackson johnson
was also the gentleman who
passed the hat in st. Louis to
raise $50, 900 as a bonus to Gov.
Folk foE.his excellent service in
a very short time as attorney.
for the free bridge interest but
many suspected that the $50. 0OO
was really intended for D cam
paign fund. It would have been
very interesting indeed had Gov.
Folk enlightened his audiences
by assigning the reason for the
support Of the millionaires of st.
Louis. but he did not gratify
reasonable curiosity on that
point. Mr.. Folk further failed
to state that Bauer the man who
got out anonymous hand bills
to give Gov. Folks record, did
SO with out the consent of his
opponent or those conducting
the campaign for his opponent
nor does he state that Bauer is q
republican and always has been.
Mr.. Folks campaign has devel;
oped an unusual amount Of mud
singing during q very short
time.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-05
Our New Grain Firm

Walter Owens and Will Moore
composing the Keytesville Grain
Co. are now ready for business.
The partnership was contracted,
last week and the elevator at
the station will be the local head
quarter of the country.
Walter Owens has been con-
nected with the grain business
for years and incidentally longer
with the milling business and is
one of the grain experts of the
state and has operated from
Brunswick territory. reaching
from this into Carroll, Livings-
ton and Linn Counties. Will
Moore is well known in this COM
munity, having been a grain
buyer for several years.
Walter Owens will be the
head of the firm and will still
retain his connection with the
Carlysle Commission Co., in the
particular of handling hay. He
will attend closely to their inter-
est in the hay business in this
section and the liberal firm for
which he has operated for some-
time will insure the best mark
ct price for clover and timothy
hay, and the county will appre-
ciate the retention of Mr.. Owen
by the strongest hay commission
firm in the United States.
The young and hustling and
thoroughly reliable young men,
composing the Keytesville Grain
Co., will undoubtedly receive
the heartiest support OF the
business interest of the town and
the patronage of the territory as
far az they may feel justified in
extending operations. Facil-
ity for handling grain will be as
good as are obtainable under
present conditions of traffic.
Messrs. Owen and Moore advise
farmers to make ample prepara-
ton for the care OF their wheat
after threshed to obviate any
loss in case Of car shortage but
they also assure the farmers
that they will be able to take
care of quite a quantity even
under those circumstances. The
Government has warned farm
ers not to rely too implicitly on
prompt shipment of their grain
and Messrs. Owen and Moore
will do so in view of that work.
Mr.. Owens will be in the mar
ket for all the hay that he can
get not onlyin this neighborhood
but anywhere in the county and
in the adjoining counties of Car
roll Livingston. Linn, Randolph
and Howard and those who will
have hay to market would do
well to see Mr.. Owen before dis
posing of it because his firm will
not only pay the price but will
be able to handle all and more
than can possibly be supplied.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-05

George Ainsworth was in town
the last part of last week dispos-
ing Of oil stock.
Charles Elliott Chapman while
shAcking oats Monday was taken
violently sick. He is about him
self sgaiu,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-05

Austrians Routed and Many Captured on the Plains and
in the Alps. New Drive Looked for in Italy

Americans nearly France Iraly Russia five
ahead of schedule splendid of themselves New
expected in France day Americans holding 40
Peshng be ready rush of
boats sinking ships recently
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-10
a SWEET WIDOWS
GENEROUS OFFER

Continued from last week.
Inc widow greeted him most
,sweetly and courteously. This add.
gu lot of relish to the breakfast
altogether, the Editor was in a most
desirable state of mind and feeling
When ne walked out on the porch to
resume his place in the chair from
which he had regretfully torn him
SELF away the previous evening. AT.
ler some necessary performance of
BUSINESS that for short time de-
nanded the lively widows attention.
sne appeared on the porch and grace.
iuiiy dropped into a chair near the
editor After various pleasant re.
marks passed between the two, Edt.
tor Greengrass revealed to the wild.
oW-using the best descriptive and
argumentative powers Of which he
was capable his scheme for news
paper which had brough him to her
town She showed instant interest
ana pleasure in the plan, and ex.
pressed her belief that it could win.
1t was the combined opinion of the
Editor and the Widow that it would
require two or three days talk with
the people of the town, and especial.
" with the business proprietors, to
test the case. Therefore Editor
Greengrass decided not to 20 much
INTO details of the paper scheme at
that time with the Widow, but to
discuss with her the full particulars
at another interview. "A newspaper
is Just what we need to advertise the
town and invite people to come
nere,' excitedly exclaimed the ap-
preciative, wide-awake widow.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-10
MILITARY SALUTES
(The Pathfnder)

Military courtesy requires that on
certain occasions military officers
shall salute each other and enlisted
men shall salute their superiors. OF.
ficers salute on meeting and on max.
ing and receiving official reports, the
junior saluting first. When under
arms the salute is made with the
weapons carrier, according to pre-.
scribed forms, but if unarmed the
hand salute is given.
In saluting with the hand the hand
farthest away from the person being
saluted is raised, fingers extended
straight and thumb lying inside the
palm, parallel with the forefinger, to
the visor of the cap or the brim of the
hat just over the eye. If uncovered,
the hand is raised to the forehead,
diagonally over the eye.
A mounted soldler dismounts before
he addresses an officer who Is not
mounted. On the approach of an Of
ficer, enlisted men, If seated, rise,
face the officer, and salute. II stand
ing, they face the officer, and salute.
officers at all times must acknowl-
edge the courtesies of enlisted men
by returning the salutes given. When
of officers in a group are
saluted all who are entitled to the sa-
lutte must return it.
When an officer remains near an en-
listed man or group of enlisted men
the prescribed salutes need not be re-
peated, and men at work do not stop
to salute an officer unless the latter
addresses them.
An enlisted man salutes as pre-
scribed before addressing an officer
and he also salutes in the same man.
ner when he receives the reply. In.
doors, an enlisted ma nsalutes, il
armed, the same as out doors on the
APPROACH of an officer. II unarmed he
lncovers and stands at attention, but
loes not salute unless he addresses or .
s addressed by the officer.
The national salute, twenty-one
runs, is fired for the national flag, the
and presidents or rulers of
oreign states visiting the United
states.
The salute of the vice-president and
or American and foreign ambassadors
S nineteen guns and that for the
resident of the senate, the speaker
+ the house of representatives., mem.
ers of the cabinet, the chief justice
# the suprement court, a general in
he army, an admiral of the navy, or
Ulcers of similar rank in foreign ar.
MES or navies is seventeen guns.
Statutes of small numbers of guns,
determined by their rank and posi-
ion are prescribed for various other
fficials and dignitaries.
Statutes are fired only between sun
Use and sunset, and not on Sundays,
kept in international courtesies. The
ational colors are invariably dis.
layed at time of saluting. The sa-
ute to the flag is the only one that
J returned and the regulations pre-
cribe that this must be done within
hours. U. s. vessels do
ot return the salute to the flag in
United States waters if any fort or
artery is there to do so, and United
tates ships do not salute United
tates forts or posts. If several bat
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-10
Life In Florida
TRUE SHORT STORIES SHOWING HUMAN NATURE as IT
soss UP IN THIS LAND OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS
Mr.. Greengrass thought it wa
(6y Jackersraek)

Mr.. Greengrass thought it was
highly prduent not to over-reach on
the Widows time during the extra
business hours Of the morning and
forenoon, so he excused himself by
saying he had some other business
about town, which he described, tell
ing her he would ramble around to
attend to 1t. When he came back to
dinner she eagerly asked how he had
succeeded. He said. "Not very WELL"
and she looked sorry and sympathe.
tic. She asked him about it again at
supper time.He told her business had
been much better during the after
noon, and her pretty eyes danced
with pleasure as she answered "I
knew you would"
That evening the same glorious
full moon went on the porch; the
Editor and Widow did the same. Con-
versation between them quickly and
irresistibly carried the ladys
thoughts into recollections of pleas
ant times in years gone by. She
talked, rapidly, eloquently and with
wonderful enthusiasm of happy times
in her life during earlier year. AS
Editor Greengrass listened there was
revealed to him more and more her
strong, interesting and valuable per.
sonality.
But newspaper talk that evening
under those circumstances was not
to be thought Of for moment.
The next morning was one Of the
finest ever known under the bright,
blue sky and in the balmy air of
Florida the Great The editor felt
better than he had for long time
and the Widow came
(To be concluded next weekly
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-10

teries are within sight or six miles of
each other, as single one Of them is
designated as the saluting fort, and it
returns all salutes Of foreign vessels
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-10

The fixtures for the new bank
building at Bunnell have arrived
and are now being installed. The
work OF finishing the building Is
being rapidly pushed forward 80
that the building can be occupied
by the 18th of January.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-10

Winona, Mimi, dealers sell musk.
rat meat at 7 cents a pound!
, 1918-11-07
NEED MORE DAIRY PRODUCTS
Supply Should Be Maintained to Help
Supply Increasing Demands Of
European Allies.

In making this recommendation in
its supplementary production program,
the United States department of agri-
culture points out that dairy products
are essential to the w%ell-being of the
nation and that the dairy COW produces
food IN less feed than any other
of IL domestic animals.
Before the war the United States re-
ceived dairy products from about TWEEN
ty foreign countries; now these sup
plies have been largely stopped and it
has become necessary not only TO re-
place them ut once but. also to export
large quantities. In 1914, for instance,
we imported approximately %6i,000,000
pounds more of dairy products han
we exported, not including fresh milk
and ream In 1917 we exported
, 1918-11-07
Eggs From Table Waste.

In every household, no matter how
economical the housewife, there IL a
certain amount of table scraps and
kitchen waste which has feeding value
but which, If not fed, finds Its way
into the garbage pail.
Poultry is the only class of domestic
animals which is suitable for convert
ing this waste material, right where 1t
is produced in the city, into whole
some and nutritious food in the form
OF eggs and poultry meat. Scraps of
meat or leftover vegetables which can.
not be utilized in any other way make
excellent feed. There are also many
other waste products, such as bee,
tons, turnip tops, carrot tops, potato
pniings, onion tops, watermelon and
c~antaloupe rinds, the outside leaves Of
cohbages, waste lettuce leaves, bread
and cake crumbs, etc, all of which are
rallshed by the hens and can be used
to ne best advantage.
, 1918-11-07
Time and Tide.

During the War Savings stamps
drive in Brown county, Indiana, Will
liam L.. Coffey. county chairman, ap-
pointed William vawter, the artist, as
chief solicitor for the county. At the
time Of his appointment Mr.. Vawter
each morning was walking two miles
to paint the picture of IN old elm
tree, which was surrounded by wild
flowers and beautiful foliage. He
readily accepted and for w weeks
he put forth all energy in the stamp
drive. When the soliciting a COM
pleteA Mr.. Vawter took his painting
outfit and walked to the old tree. but
the scenery had changed so much that
the picture will not be completed I'M
til heKt summer, when the wild roses
and other wild flowers will be in
bloom.
, 1918-11-07
DAIRY cow is ECONOMICAL
Animal Will Convert Hay, Grass and
cornstaIks Into Milk in Cheap
est Manner Possible.

Two facts stand out prominently as
reasons for the increased production
and use of milk. The first is that milk
as purchased on the market usually
supplies food material together with
the growth-produclng elements more
economically than either meat or
eggs. The second eason is that the
1airy COW is the most economical pro-
Queer of animal food. One great law
of food conservation is to turn in
edible feeds into edible foods in the
cheapest possible manner The dairy
COW will utilize coarse materials, in
edible to humans-such as grass,
cornstalks and hay-and will turn
them into milk. Other farm animals
also are converters of coarse roughage
into edible foods, but are not so eff
cient as the dairy COW.
, 1918-11-07
SANITATION IN THE HOG LOT
important az Preventive Of Cholera
and Other Diseases-cleanliness
Is Relied Upon.

prepared by the United States DEPART
ment of Agriculture.)
The greatest drawbacks to the hog
industry that breeders in this country
have to contend with are the losses
through hog cholera, tuberculosis, and
the infestation of the animals, especial
ly young pigs, by parasites. Were it
not for the fecundity of swine their
profitable production in the presence
of these serious diseases would be out
Of the question. In the following re
marks on sanitation no attempt is
made to go into the details of the dis
eases affecting hogs or their treatment.
The object is merely to call attention
10 the simple measures which may be
used by any farmer to avoid. to n large
extent, the defamation of his herd by
epizootics. Cleanliness and rational
methods of management are relied up.
on by thousands of farmers to keep
their herds in health and vigor. They
are the marks of the good farmer and
successful hog breeder.
Hog cholera and swine plague, both
highly fatal diseases characterized by
fever and heavy mortality, are so very
similar that the breeder may regard
them as Identical so far as his pructl-
cal management of the herd is con
eerned. Positive differentiation be-
, 1918-11-07

House Hens In Comfort.

Poultry can be raised successfully
ON any well-drained soil. A light loan
which will grow good grass is well
adapted for this purpose, while n very
light sandy soil through which the
water teaches freely will stand more
intensive poultry conditions. but most
of the green feed for the fowls kept
on such a soil will have to be pur-
chased. A heavy clay or adobe soil is
not as well adapted to poultry raising,
as such land does not drain readily,
and it Is much more difficult to keep
the stock healthy.
Long stationary houses, or the In
tensive system, W steps, but it is
easier to keep the birds healthy and to
syE::em. where the birds are allowed
free LANCE. Breeding stock, and espe-
cially growing chickens, should have
an abundance of range, while liens
used solely for the production of mar
ket eggs may be kept on a very small
area with good results.
The colony house system necessl-
tates placing the houses, holding about
100 hens, from 200 to $50 feet apart
so that the stock will not kill the grass.
The colony system may be adapted to
severe winter conditions by drawing
the colony houses together in a con
venient place at the beginning of win
ter. thus reducing the labor during
these months.
, 1918-11-07
HOW TO SELECT BEST LAYERS
Methods Outlined to Determine Which
Fowls Are Fit to Keep for
Winter Producers

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
AS a hen stops laying there Is a
tendency for her to take on fat. This
is noticeable in examining the pelvic
bones, the two bones which can be
felt as points on either side of the
vent. When the hen is laying these
bones are comparatively thin and flex-
ible. When she is not laying they feel
thicker and less flexible, due to the
fat which has accumulated there. The
spread or distance apart of these pei
vic bones is also a valuable indication
Of whether or not the hen is laying.
When laying they are wider apart
than when not laying. This spread
car be roughly measured for practical
purposes by determining how many
fingers can be laid between the bones.
If the spread measures two fingers
or less, the probabilities are that the
hen Is not laying, while If the spread
, 1918-11-07
GIVING LAMB A GOOD START
Ewes FIanks and Udder Should Be-
sheared to Prevent Wool Getting
Into Lambs Eyes.

Before the lamb is given the teat
the ewes TANKS and udder should be-
sbeared. If this is not lone the lamb
is likely to injure its eyes with the
wool or perhaps get the wool in its
mouth and then refuse to take the
teat.
Shepherds do not all agree as to the
hest time to do this. But it will gen.
orally be found best to wait till the
w d:ops her Lamb, but before she
cover strength to resist the shear.
ing. Care Is always necessary not to
cut the udder or serious injury may
result.
, 1918-11-07
Pigs Keep. Under Sanitary Conditions.

tween the two diseases can only be
made by the most careful b~acteriolog-
ical tests, and by employing the assist
ance offered by a fully equipped lab
oratory. However, sanitary preventive
methods which are found beneficial
with one of these diseases will prove
equally efflcacious with the other.
There are a few fundamental facts
which the breeder must remember IL
he is to avoid losses through hog chol-
era or swine plague. The first Is thai
they are specific diseases caused by
germs, and the contagion cannot be
spread from one animal to another or
from one herd to another except
through the agency of these minute or
ganlsms. They may be carried in q
multitude of ways-by the hogs them
selves, on the clothing of persons, On
vehicles, in feed, by birds, dogs, and
other animals. or by streams. The
breeding or feed of a hog cannot cause
either disease, although bad methods
may so weaken the constitution and vi
tality that the animal becomes more
susceptible to them than would other
wise be the case. Since these diseases
can only arise from the presence Of
their specific causative agents, 1t cdn
readily be seen that dentititon and the
presence of supernumerary teeth or
black tusks cannot, as has been sug-
gested by many, play any part in their
development. A second fact to be borne
in mind is that diseases caused by
germs may be best prevented or CON
trolled by thorough disinfection and
cleanliness.
, 1918-11-07
Buy bullets In Fall.

The best way for the city poultry
keeper to procure hens is to purchase
them In the fall. An effort should be
made to obtain pullets rather than
older hens, and the pullets selected
should be well matured. so that they
will begin to lay before the cold
weather sets in. Evidences of the
maturity of pullets are the develop
ment and red color of the comb and
1 size and growth which are good for
he breed oil variety. Hens will lay
little or no eggs during the fall and
nrls winter, while they are melting.
Well-matured pullets, however. should
ny fairly we'll during this period, SO
hat an immediate return is realized
rom the investment. The purchasing
II pallets in the fall is preferable in
uost cases to purchasing day-old
hicks or to Matching chicks In the
pIing. Usually there is little sp.se
lvailable for the raising of chicks,
ind. moreover. many city jewellers
Sve had no experience In raising
, 1918-11-07
Splendid Type of Dairy Cow.

320,OO0.0O0 pounds more than we i'm
ported.
The total amount of milk produced
In this country in 1917 is estim ated to
be S4,611 $4,000 pounds. Large losset
occur and the greatest is through the
failure fully to utilize SKINNED milk
and buttermilk for human food. These
products have all of the food value
of whole milk except the fat. A given
| quantity of them would produce seven
times as much food value in the form
of cottage cheese as they would pro-
duce in the form of meat If fed to live
stock. The possibilities Of increasing
the supply of food by the fuller utili-
cation of these b%y-products are enOr-
nous. In brief, there should be a bet
ter utilization of skinned milk and
buttermilk, both as food on the farm
and through the market.
Better results in dairying may be
secured by proper sanitation and care
In producing and handling milk by
better care and utilization of pastures;
by raising on the farm adequate sup
plies of roughage, particularly legumes
and silage, to take the place Of grains
SO far as is practicable by preserving
for dairy purposes all the high-produc-
ing animals and eliminating those that
are inefficient; by feeding according
to production so as to secure the
greatest yield of milk with the least
quantity of feed, which necessitates
a record of production Of individual
cows; by the full utilization in the
community of good bulls throughout
the entire period of their usefulness
and to their full capacity. and by the
prompt control of disease.
, 1918-11-07

suits are apt to be very poor. Eatch-
ing and rearing chicks also neressi-
tates broody hens for this pun pose,
or else investing money in artificial
apparatus such as incubators and
brooders. Such an investment Is often
too great to prove profitable with the
average small flock. If chicks are
raised, they must be fed throughout
the summer and no return will be oh
tanned until the pullets Begin to lay in
the fall, except hat the males car be
eaten or sold.
, 1918-11-07
IMPROVE QUALITY OF STOCK
Difference in Expense of Keeping
Scrubs and Good Producers Is
Moi Very, Large.

Better breeding stock must be kept
If we are to improve the quality OF
our farm animals. There is much DIFF
ference in the price of a fine draft
horse as compared to a scrub pony;
compared to an animal that produces
but one gallon is striking. and yet the
difference In the cost of keeping the
scrubs and the good producers Is not
great.