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Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-24
5000 Barrels Capacity

is being assembled ready for the
golden, wealth-producing "juice" to
flow through it.
The contracts recently made for
the drilling of ten wells in the Plum
kett Field and on other holdings Of
the company and for oil from another
producing company, and the bringing
in of other wells in the Pilot Butte
and Maverick Spring Domes; also the
large amount of development work
in the various domes near Riverton,
all these assure in greater measure
the success and ultimate triumph of
this great project.
We have tried to make it very
plain that stock of Riverton Wyoming
Refining secures to the stockholder
his pro rata interest in all branches
of the wonderful oil business, in
c1udinp
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-24
Riverton Wyoming
Refining Co.

We want the public to watch the
progress of Riverton- Wyoming Refin-
ing. 1t has been astonishing up to
this time and it is going to be more
so hereafter.
The refinery materials are now
beginning to arrive on the ground at
Riverton and will keep on moving up
there until the whole plant of
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-24
Heavy Run of Cattle for a Sat-
urday; Hog Receipts
Large and Trade
Steady.

Omaha, February 20. 1918.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
HON -
TOWN .
FtE:L I.pSk
LOSS DUE TO CARELESSNESS
ConfIagrations Might Be Greatly Re-
duced by Preventive Measures
That Are Adopted in Time.

The report of the fire inspection de-
partment of Massachusetts will prob
ably be of interest The total number
of fires in dwellings reported was s.
905. The careless use of matches
heads the list of causes by children
playing with matches came a close
second with 800. There were 324 fires
started from unknown causes, and 1913
from ignition from lamps or stoves.
Overheated stoves and cooking apa-
ratus caused 231 fires, and careless
smoking started 315.
Defective chimneyS were the cause
of 297 blazes and sparks from the
same source started pa. Spontaneous
combustion was given as the reason
for 155 alarms, and. the placing of hot
ashes in wooden receptacles caused
1913. Among the other causes mention
ed by the department in its report
were: defective heating apparatus 40,
electrical causes 63, explosion of lamp,
lantern or stove 90, gas jet igniting
other material so, and incendiary II.
Scores of other causes of fire are emu
merated, among which SO are credited
to rats and matches.
A little care on the part Of the owner
or tenant would do great deal to-
ward eliminating number of these
causes of CONGREGATIONS and prevent a
large proportion of the fire losses that
are suffered annually. Look over the
various reasons given for the fires
and adapt them to your own home.
This is case where an ounce of pre-
vention is worth many pounds of the
proverbial cure.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
DARING FLYERS
AVENGE LONDON

in that code Of traditions fostered by
the British navy and so admirably de-
veloped by the airmen.
The outstanding feature of the air
combat is the continuous gallantry and
audacity of the British pilots. One
youthful veteran, attacked by a fight
ing formation of Boches, fired into one
machine, which turned over on its back
and spun down out of control. Then
he turned his attention to another and
fired 200 rounds into 1t. Suddenly it
went into a spin and crashed.
Out with a battle flight of our own
the following day he added another
German to his bag. Then, to make full
measure that day, he spun lower and
fired an observation balloon. In the
afternoon he finished the aggregate of
four enemy airplanes and balloon in
three days.
Two British machines photography
bound ran up against half dozen of
the enemy's. Strictly speaking, theirs
was noncembs tant craft, but, an
noyed at the Interruption, they laid
about the enemy with their machine
gun to such effect that in short time
they had knocked out two of their at
tackers. The rest then flew away and
the Britons returned In peace to their
picture making.
Recently our bombers achieved di-
rect hit on a German army kinema
with results which, according to a pris-
oner's story, were disastrous. Immedi-
ately the Germans retaliated by bomb
ing our hospitals and stretcher bearers
behind the lines.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
Proper PLANTING of Shade Trees.

The beauty of a shade tree depends
upon its normal and symmetrical
growth. In order to insure this, be-
fore planting cut off the ends of all
broken or mutilated roots; remove all
side branches save upon evergreenS,
so that n straight whiplike stalk alone
remains. Dig holes at least two feet
in diameter and one foot deep in good
soil, and make them four feet across
in poor soil The sides of holes should
be perpendicular and the bottom fiat
Break up soil in the bottom Of the hole
to the depth of the length Of a spade
blade. Place two or three inches of
fine top soil, free from sOds or other
decompOsing organic matter, in the
bottom of the hole. On top of this
place the roots of the tree, spread
them as evenly as possible over the
bottom of the hole, and cover with
two or three inches of fine top. soil
as before. Tramp firmly with the feet
and fill the hole with good earth, leav-
ing the surface loose and little higher
than the surface of the surrounding
soil. When the work of planting is
completed the tree should stand about
two inches deeper than 1t stood In the
nursery
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
Where Conservation Fails,

The great manufacturing plants OF
today waste nothing. In the lumber
mills even the saWdust is burned and
the scraps become fiber for furniture
and rugs and process silk for neck
wear and hosiery. The scraps from our
clothing enter into shoddy or paper. It
is Il standard joke that the packing
plants lose only the squeal. The by
products of munton making are fab
RIGS and fertilizers. Leather scraps
make fiber board. Only the loose ends
of our lives are lost. Industry is a
science, but living is more or less Of a
hit or miss propoSition.-The Chris
tian Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
Reasons Are Numerous.

Let every woman who has particle
of sympathy in her soul for the for
lorn women and children of Belgium
and France buy a Liberty bond. Let
every woman who believes in justice,
and freedom, and right buy Liberty
bond. Let every woman who hates
war and Graves for peace buy a Lib
erty bond.
The trip that you had planned, the
new frOck you were going to get, how
pitifully small is the sacrifice of these
for the sake of those who are sacri-
ticing their lives to protect you and
yours.
Buy all the Liberty bonds you can,
and then go in debt for some more, so
shall you prove yourself a worthy
daughter of Uncle Sam.
This IS a time when money talks
and tells the kind of patriot you are.
The woman who hasn't a bunch Of
Liberty bonds If she's rich, or who
isn't paying on Liberty bond If she's
poor. is a traitor TO her country and
should hang her head in shame every
time she passes a man in khaki or
feels the fold of the red, white, and
blue floating over her unworthy head.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
r Every Bomb Dropped in Eng
land 999 Are Sent Down
in Germany.
|LERcE MANY BATTERIES
kature of the Air Combat Is the Con-
|tinuous Calamity and Audacity of
the Pilots-Difference in
Strategy.

LondOn.-Captain NJ, one of the
fitiSh Flying corps, ambling watch
ny behind a great bank of rolling
Ouds, spied in a rift below a Ger
an patrol of six machines. The com
1t was short, sharp and unequal. I'm
ediateiy his gun barked off. A Ger
an Owed headlOng for the earth. His
adler swept out of formation to meet
he daring Britisher and followed suit.
nraseG, the four others dashed for
IT Ran simultaneously, firing as they
ame. For the latter only one course
as optional. Sweeping low from the
ky until he almost Skinned the tree
bps and the roofs of the houses he
Fached home in safety,
Which is to relate recent blythe
ay mir raid incident in that thrilling
Nd most audaciOus factor of up-to-
ate warfare, aerial activity. When
he day Is clear and bright or when
be hunters moon Eliminates the night
he ptloEs and observers of the Royal
flying corps work overtime, and then
|olHe.s From dawn to dawn, without
hterniSsiOn, until the rain clouds
ather or the fresh wind grows too I'M
'nly, they are hard at it, fighting high
| p among the clouds or bombing rail-
fays. ammunition dumps, aerodromes
| nd biliets in back villages.
line Hundred and Ninety-Nine for One
For every h"u>h 90 London in a Ger
ban raid there have been 800 dropped
~ our men on points and posts behind
|heir lines. In this new warfare of
Fiya and take while the Boches are
busy ever England the English are
|uSier over Bocheland. In a single day
Is the result of aerial observation 127
hostile batteries were silenCed, IS gun
pits were destroyed, so men were
bombed and over 60 explosions were
paused In ammunition dumps.
liz two short months l2999 bombs,
kggregating Il weight of 23S tons, were
placed at the disposal Of troops, in
and batteries in the
fnemy lines. The X. f. c. in the period
from Saturday, February 10, to
Wednesday. February 20 accounted
FOR 70 German airplanes with a loss of
II. The naval airmen bagged further
eight without loss and the French
were responsible for %.
The German airmen are not lacking
In courage, but the policy of their COM
mnnders appears to be to maneuver
them in large formations, Is and 20 at
. time. Six is common party. The
''tip and run" strategy Of their bomb
ers is only Of advantage at night. From
a great altitude they "lay their eggs"
lndlscriminateiy and then make off at
q breakneck speed for their base. The
larger types of machines, such as the
tripiane, are greatly favored. And
more than anything they are lacking
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
Parcel Post Is Loaded Down With
Unnecessary Articles for
Army Men.
PRIVILEGE MAY Be CURTAILED
Postoffice Department Statement AS
serts That Large Number of
Articles So Carried Can Be
Purchased at Canteens.

Washington-That the parcel post
mails to soldiers in France aye greatly
burdened by reason of so many I'M
necessary articles being mailed, and
that there may arise necessity for
curtaling the parcel post privilege to
soldiers are shown in the following
statement given out by the Post Of
fee department:
Recently a government transport
reached France carrying to the sol
diers at the front 715,9S0 letters and
1876, $40 pieces of parcel post and news
papers. The letters weighed 81 tons
and the parcels and papers in excess
Of 113 tons. BY reason of the bulki-
ness Of the mail, this shipment took up
in excess of 10000 cubic feet of space
on the transport. This means a slice
Of the ships cargo space 100 feet long,
10 feet high, and T. feet wide. The
715,9S0 letters went into BAG sacks but
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

food IN sufficient number and quanti-
ties to make our war program effec-
tive. You as boy scouts can greatly
aid by growing home vegetable gar
dens, raising pigs and poultry, con-
serving food by canning and drying for
home use and In many other ways
open to you.
"Will you not help your country
again this year even In bigger and a
better way than you did during the
summer of 1917? Your task will be to
beat your own record in food produc-
tlon and conservation. May your motto
for 1918 be, Every scout to feed sol
der and one other &.
II desire to extend to you the hearty
good will and cooperation of the Off
Gals of the United States department
Of agriculture, also that of the COOP
eratlve club leaders Of boys and girls
extension work at the agricultural col
leges, who will be glad to assist you In
your work"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
FOODS TASTE BETTER COOKED
TOBACCO TASTES BETTER
TOASTED

Since the day of the caveman. who
liked his meat raw, civilization has
learned a lot about the scientific treat
ment of the things we eat.
Naturally none of US would now
prefer to have our meat raw, our po-
tatoes as they come from the ground,
our coffee unroasted.
And.naturally follows the great dis
covery recently made by The Ameri-
can Tobacco Co.-that tobacco tastes
better TOASTED
This wonderful new idea-simple
like all great inventions-was first
used in producing the famous LUCKY
STRIKE Cigarette-made of toasted
Burley tobacco.
Burley has mellow flavor, entirely
different from the tobacco usually
used for cigarettes. 1t is pipe to-
ccoandLUCKY STRIKE Cigarettes
taste like pipe. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
Well Called "SaIt City"

Syracuse, n. Y. is called the Salt
city, because of its large deposits.
Much salt is obtained from watts,
called solar watts" since the salt So
luton is spread out in them for the
suns rays which thoroughly evapo-
rate the water. Part of the Syracuse
deposits are under Onondaga lake in
the form of great basin of salt
water. separated from the fresh water
above an impervlous layer of clay.
BY boring through this the saline
water is pumped up in great quantl-
ties. Another method of evaporation
employed is by boiling. If boiled
down rapidly fine table salt is made ;
If more slowly, coarse salt, as large
crystals have time to form.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
MAIL TO SOLDIERS
is OVERBURDENED

the pieces Of parcel post and papers
required 1852 sacks. When this mail
was unloaded at French port the let
tiers filled completely one of the small
French cars, which are half the size Of
the American mail cars, but the par
cells and papers required train Of 10
cars.
Waits for Days on Cars.
The mail that is unloaded from the
ships must frequently wait days at
the port before cars can be spared
from the heavily burdened railroads
In France to move the mail.
When the United States army pos
tai service was first inaugurated mail
reached all Of the camps in the coun-
try in one to two days, according to
distance and train connections. Today
mail, by reason of its vast volume and
the heavy demands on the railroads,
frequently takes six days to reach Gen
eral Pershing's headquarters.
According to a report from New
York and Chicago Of some Of the con-
tents of this parcel post matter to the
troops, 12-hOur inspection of the par
eel post as it was being searched for
inf1ammables and explosives disclosed,
among other things, 1912 boxes Of
matches, 361 cans Of sOldlfied alcohol
224 cigar lighters Gall of these of the
greatest menace to the safety of the
ship, 1.24S cakes, 3,S1S packages Of
candies. 1880 bars of chocolate. be-
sides countless scores of useful, as
well as useless, articles, including
a bouquet of artificial flowers, baby
outfit, and a bottle Of whisky.
The question this state of affairs
raises Is: Why send apples and or
angeS that become bruised in the long
transit and rot in the stuffy holds OF
the ships, when the recreation rooms
of the Young Mems Christian aSsocia-
ton and other welfare organizations
serve fruit fresh from Italy and Spain,
that takes up no cargo space; why
send cakes and candies and chewing
gum, when the post canteens sell II
varieties Of cakes and cookies, fresh
baked in France, at American prices,
or bare shade higher: why try to
send across vast quantities of matches,
which endanger the ship and which Is
II penitentiary otfense to place even In
the domestic mails?
Can Buy Same Articles in France.
Two-thirds of the articles found in
n 12-hour inspection tour when work
ing the soldiers parcel post are on
General Pershngs canteen list and
sold in retail quantities to the soldiers
at practically wholesale prices.
The question will have to be ans
wered by the relatives of the soldiers,
or it will, of military necessity. be
answered drastically by the. authori-
ties in France charged with the re-
sponsbility for the success of this war.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
BOMB INVENTED BY STUDENT
New Missile viii Explode at Any
Given Distance Of Drop"
Claims Inventor.

Eugene, Ore.-A student In the Uni.
versity Of Oregon battalion has invent.
ed bomb that will explode at any
given distance of drop" The bomb
can be hurled horizontally and will
not explode, but when dropped it Is so
arranged that 1t will explode after
any number Of feet fall-the length Of
harmless fall being regulated by an at
tachment. If the bomb proves salts.
factory under tests that are now being
made it will be turned over to the war
department for use by aviators.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by disordered stomach
and inactive liver. such as sick head
ache, constipation, sour stomach.
nervous indigestion, fermentation of
food, palpitation of the heart caused by
gases in the stomach. August Flower
is gentle laxative, regulates digestion
both in stomach and intestines, cleans
and sweetens the stomach and alimen-
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood Sold in all civilized countries.
Give it q trial.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
HOW BOYS CAN HELP
Can Play Big Part in UNFOLDING
American Ideals.
Secretary Houston Says They Can Aid
In Home Gardening and Con-
serving Food.

Neutrality-suspicious. every American
boy, although separated by the Allan
tic ocean from the actual theater of
the war against autocracy, can play
his part In unfolding American ideals,
IS pointed out by Secretary of Agricul-
ture Houston In a message addressed
% the Boy Scouts Of America. The sec
rotary pledges to the boys the hearty
cooperation Of the federal and state
agricultural agencies.
Secretary Houston's statement fol-
lows:
"The splendid army of Boy Scouts
Of America can be of very great help
10 the nation In this time of world
need. The war can be won only If we
deliver the men, the ships, and the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
War and the Weather.

The Almighty makes the weather,
not man, and If the weather doesn't
suit us, we have to wait. The farm
err knows what days rain will do In
the way of upsetting plans. One can't
pillow in the mud and cutting of hay
or wheat may be damaged or ruined
by one nights downpour.
The war department, too, is up
against the weather in France. Three
inches rainfall may make the country
impossible for half million men and
horses and motortrucks and ruin the
chances of victory or bring defeat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

so great that the city forester feared
that the trees might be killed or their
health seriously impaired.
Accordingly, to insure the safety Of
the trees, concrete boxes were built
round the trunks and were then filed
with rich earth. Plants with beauti-
full foliage We're afterward set in the
boXes.-POpular Science Monthly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
No More Flour Paste.

Hutchinson, Kan. - No more will
Hutchinson, or for that matter, Kan
sas, paper hangers use wheat -four in
making their paste. Strict orders
have been issued by State Food Adj
ministrator Walter Z. Innis against
using wheat -four In making paste. He
recommends the use of commercial
paste instead.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

The helmet of German underOffiCer
captured by Sergt. Major Charles H.
Smith of Brooklyn who has just re-
turned from Europe after serving three
years with the British army in France,
Gallipoll, Salonica and on the Mac
edonian front. Sergeant Smith, a
naturalized American of English birth
heard the call of his mother land when
fifty years old. He spent his tifty-third
birthday on the ship bound for home
after his discharge from the British
army for physical disability. He is
now lecturing on his experiences in the
trenches.
Note the inscription on the front Of
the helmet: NIT Colt Fur Ke0nig und
Vaterland" with God for King and
Fatherland."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
Conservative Student,

"What does your teacher say about
your studieS?"
"Well," replied the small boy, "she
thinks | have the right idea about
geography. When it comes to giving
the boundaries of European countries.
the best you can do is to guess and
that's Il waste of time"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
Averages.

"Things average up in the long rum"
said the philosopher.
"Yes," replied the busy man; at ia
going to take great many shlrkless
days to make up for these voorhees,
days"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
itching Burning Skins.

For eczemas, rashes, feelings, irrita.
lions, pimples, dandruff, sore hands,
and baby humors, Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are supremely effective. For
free samples address "Cuticura, Dept.
Y, Boston," At druggists and by mail.
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

From the speed at which earthquake
waves travel through the earth an
English scientist has evolved theory
that the world has dense central
core, which may be measured In time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
BOX SERVES DOUBLE,PURPOSE
Protects Exposed Roots of Trees and
Adds Greatly to the Appearance
of the Street.

When Marengo avenue in Pasadena,
TAI, was extended recently, the
grading incidental to the paving left
lot of fine old pepper trees with
some of their roots high and dry"
In fact, the exposure of the roots was