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ings pays a great big dividend in better
the saving made on the labor neces-
sary to care for the animals. The Ia
Dor shortage, the high price of feed
and the generally increased cost of pro-
ducing farm products have brought the
fact that better buildings mean larger
profits forcibly to their attention.
During the hext few years more and
better buildings than ever have been
erected by American farmers will be
put up. One of the reasons for this
prediction is the many Farm I'M
provement Savings Clubs" that are be-
ing started by banks throughout the
country. A "Farm Improvement Saw
ings Club" is nothing more than an
application of systematic saving to the
needs of the farmers. II, however, has
the advantage of providing an incentive
for saving that farmers are taking ad-
vantage of in great numbers. 1t pro-
vides an easy method for the farmer
to accumulate q sum of money suffi-
Client for new farm buildings ana I'm
provements on the old buildings.
It is, however, to his business n
that good, modern buildings appeal. A
good home, for instance, has been
found to be the greatest hold he can
have on the young people to keep them
on the farm. And now that the gas
engine has made possible running
water. electric light and mechanically
operated household equipment, such as
washing machines, vacuum cleaners
and the other ~labor-saving devices that
are used constantly by dwe'iers III The
larger cities, there is no reason why
the farm home cannot be as comfort
able and convenient as the city home
without the drawbacks of smoke. dirt
and congestion that go with life in the
city. IT is good business to keep the
younger people on the farm; they are
more happy there. if they have city
conveniences, and they will get along
a great deal faster financially than
their less fortunate fellows who are
born and forced to five in the city.
This depression may seem out of
place in connection with an article
about barns. But it was made to bring
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-11-13
Old Cannon Ball Found in River.

A cannon ball of the type made for
big guns of the days before explosive
shells was used in warafre was
brought up from the bottom of the
Mississippi river, below the high dam
at ST. Paul recently and is to be turned
over 10 the Minnesota Historical So
ciety.
When n United States engineering
department dredge hauled up n dipper
of rock the cannon ball was found In
ii. How IL got into the river could
not be learned, for guns of that type
were never put to actual test at the
fort and the ammunition always was
carefully guarded.
Guns that used that type of bal are.
now used for decorative purposes only.
some OF them having been given to the
Minnesota Soldiers home and others
placed on the grounds of the statel
capitol.
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che weather. while at the same time
they will have fresh air and the other
things necessary to keep them healthy
and capable of doing their best work.
The barn Is of frame construction,
40 by - feet. In 1t are IS single stalls,
two double stalls and two box stalls.
besides the feed room and harness
room. The stalls are placed so that
the horses face the feed alley running
through the center of the barn, making
she work of feeding them easy. At
either side of the barn Is a litter alley
which, by the use of an overhead a T
rier connecting with the manure piles
or pits at the rear, also make it pos
Sible to save considerable labor.
At each stall head is an oat or corn
box, while with steel stall partitions
and movable stanchions and drinking
cups. which furnish the animals fresh
water whenever they desire to drink,
4his will make a barn that compares
~favorably with the best.
Nine windows on either side of the
barn permit the entrance of fresh air
and sunshine. The size of the barn is
such that there is room for a large
NOW, big enough to store the winters
supply of rOughage.
While the stalls as here shown were
designed for horses, this barn Is equal
Nv good for the dairy herd. The needs
of horses and cows and the work or
caring for them are not greatly diner-
ent. and the arrangement here shown
of feed and litter alleys, the stalls and
storage room is practically the same
ms in the up-to-date dairy barns.
This is the sort of a barn, embody-
ing as II does the modern features
every farmer now wants and knows
are most profitable. that is being
erected on a majority of farms. 1t Is
we'll constructed, Is weather-tight, Is
provided with good ventilation and is
so arranged that the work of caring
for the animals 1t houses can be per-
formed in an easy and economical
mariner. That is the type of barn that
is wanted
II has only been during the last few
wears that farmers have come 10 real
are that ti>s Investment in good build
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as forcibly as ability will permit to the
ern, high-grade farm buildings.
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Deer PROVED unruIy captive.

In a fish weir at P~rovincetown.
Mass, a young deer was found swim
ming around unable TO get onf. He
was pursued and finally captured and
taken ashore to a fish house. where he
created a great din In his efforts to es-
cape. 1t was finally decided to let
him so. but he had to be captured
again and his legs tied, which was
quite a task. Then he was taken to
the woods in the rear OF the town and
the ropes united. Like a fash he dis
appeared In the bushes.
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Seeinu the Briuht Side.

Bacon-IIe's an optimlst, you know.
Extraordinarily?
"Oh. yes one of the greatest ever.
Why, the other night on his way home
he was held up in the dark street and
had Il dark lantern flashed on him."
Gee! I'll bet he was no optimist
just then :"
"Oh, res, he was. He was looking
on the bright side of the lantern even
them
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-11-13
FOGGY?
II Bilious, Constipated o.
Headachy take
"Cascarets."

Tomorrow the sun will shine for
you. Everything will seem clear, rosy
and bright. Your system is filed with
liver and bowel poison which keeps
your skin sallow. your stomach upset,
your head foggy and aching. Your
meals are turning into poison, gases
and acids. Ycu cannot feel right. Don't
stay bilious or constipated. Feel splen-
did always by taking Cascarets occa-
sionally. They act without gripping or
inconvenience. They never sicken you
like Calomel, Salts, Oil or nasty.
harsh pills. They cost so little too
Cascarets work while you sleep.-Ady.
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Horn Headlight.

An automobile horn and headlight
have been combined by an inventor. the
sound being produced back OF the re-
flector and issuing around il.
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Experience.

THAT old teacher we had was as
tough as leather"
IL suppose that came from his prac-
tice in tanning hides"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-11-13

Scandal is the black sheep of the
family Of friendship.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-11-13

Accept California" Syrup OF Figs
only-look for the name California on
the package. then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm
less laxative or physic for the little
stomach, liver and bowels. Children
love its delicious fruity taste. Full
directions for child's dose on each bot
tie. Give ii without fear.
Mother! You must say California"
ADV.
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A woman never thinks that n man
thinks she talks too much.
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csc. SAVES HER FROM JAIL.
Court Attendant Helps Woman
Motorfst to Pay Fine.

Miss Frances g. Stevens of 1877 West
Seventy ninth street had a difficult time
getting out of the police court in Long
Island City yesterday when arraigned
before Magistrate Doyle for speeding at
the rate of thirty-four miles an hour on
jackson avenue. Woodside. Following
his custom Magistrate Doyle fixed the
fine at 81 a mile. Miss Stevens with a
smile wrote a check for the amount and
handed II over but the Magistrate said
he wasn't in the business OF accepting
checks.
Then a search for change began. She
asked a young FreDchman who was her
escort for funds and between them they
got together s33.75. The quarter re-
naming threatened to put Miss Stevens
in Jail. A court attendant who was
touched by the sight of lady in diff
Guilty finally decided to effect the rescue
and handed over two bits. He got a
smile and a check for rs cents drawn on
the Colonial Bank Of Manhattan.
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within 275 feet OF earth and let fy at
the automobile. simultaneously Private
La Rue fired a shell from his anti-air-
craft gun in the front of his machine,
which brought the plane down. He cap
tured a Lieutenant aviator and n ser
geant. He has received no decoration.
but owns two iron crosses, a pilot's
medal and three other medals that the
airmen had received.
The last of the Ninety-hrst Division
arrived last night by the troopship Lam
caster ami locked In Hoboken. II Is
made up of the Second Battalion of the
362d Infantry and the a1Sth Field Signal
Battalion, commanded respectively by
Major Henry Edmonds OF Los Angeles
and Major George Schepck of Brooklyn.
Commanding Company E OF the $500
came Capt. Lester s. Walbridge, who
was a reporter for THE SUN several
years, up to 1916. when because Of i'll
health he went to California and be-
came editor of the Santa Barbara Daily
Net1s. which he left In charge OF an as
sistant when he went to France.
His battalion was in action thirty
six hours continuously at Genses, west
Of Mont Faucon. and in the fighting up
to October 10 his company of 216 men
was reduced to 80. and he was the only
ofOcer who was not killed or wounded.
In his battalion only IL of the rs es-
capped death or wounds. After the bat
tie OF October 10 he found that he had
absorbed gas from the ground and spent
ten days in a hospital.
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MOTHER COMMITS SUICIDE.
Dependency Over Death of Little
Daughter Cause of Act.

Despondent since the death Of her six
year-old daughter from influenza ten
days ago, Mrs. Mary Woodman Msttison,
wife OF Joseph Mattison. a banker. COM
mitted suicide Tuesday night in her
home. 10 Winsor place. Glen Ridge, ". J..
All members of the family had been
Ill from influenza. Mrs. Mattison had
shown slight improvement. but was I'M
der the care OF a nurse. She had been
talking with the nurse on a lower floor
in the afternoon and excused herself TO
go to her room. She got a bed sheet
and went TO the attic. where she hanged
herself. After she had been away fifteen
minutes tho nurse and others Of the
family went in search OF her and found
the body suspended from a beam.
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pointed out that II the petition were sent
there II would only be returned to him
for action. following the usual procedure
for putting II through military channels.
Restlessness among the hospital at
taches has been aroused. II Is said. by
the fact that members OF the Quarter
master Corps were being replaced by
civilians. This, II II reported has come
under the notice Of the medical men
through the fact that soldiers In the q.
NJ c. assigned to the hospital have
been making preparations to leave the
service.
Protests and a mass meeting are said
to have been features of this dissatis-
faction before. but the men have been
addressed successfully in the past by
their superior officers. The latter have
assured them that as coon as men can be
brought to the post to replace those at
the hospital the soldiers with claims for
discharge will be treated with all fair
ne6s
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EMPLOYERS PLEDGE
JOBS FOR SOLDIERS
Federal Bureau Chief An
nounces Concerted Action.

DR.. George w. Kirchwey, director Of
the Federal Bureau of Employment for
New York. announced yesterday that
leading business organizations in all
the boroughs had pledged their support
to a concerted movement to obtain work
for returning soldiers and sailors, ana
will cooperate with his office.
DR.. Kirchwey said that the support
OF the business organizations will put
the problem of soldier employment d.
rectly up to every large employer of Ia
Dor in the city. The various boards OF
trade and other organizations will keep
in constant touch with employers.
Immediately on the arrival of the
Seventy-seventh Division a special effort
will be made to place in advance the
men who will be discharged. Offices
will be opened the first of next week in
the Hungerford Building (Which Is sit
uated on the court house site opposite
the Municipal Building) at which dis
charged fighters can apply for work.
They will be referred as rapidly as pos
sible to employers needing men and to
positions suitable to their special gifts
and experience.
The employment bureau OF the Twenty
seventh Division announced yesterday
that almost 500 soldiers OF the division
had been placed in jobs within the last
two weeks. besides those who have re-
turned to the positions they had before
the war. About seventy-five men have
registered for work each day. II was
said and great care Is being taken to
send employers the right man for the
job.
Col. Thomas Crimmins Is in charge of
the bureau. which is located in Room
615, Hail of Records building City Hall
Park. Officials of the bureau desire to
hear from every soldier of the Twenty
seventh who Is not employed. The tele-
phone number OF the bureau Is Worth
l647
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BRIC.-GEN. NOLAN IS
HONORED FOR VALOR
Inspired Men to Repel Attack
and Gets D. S. &.

Fifteen more heroes of the A. Z. L.
have been awarded the distinguished
Service Cross for valor In the field All
but two are men of the 111th Infantry
from Pennsylvania. Brig. Gen. Dennis
e. Nolan, Fifty-fifth Infantry of Wash
ington. ID. c.. by his indomitable courage
and GOODNESS 80 inspired his forces dur
Ing the progress of a severe enemy
counter attack near Apremont. France,
October 1, 1918. that about 400 of our
troops repulsed an attack Of two Ger
man regiments
similar act OF heroism was per-
formed by L!eut-Ccl. Joseph II. Thomp-
son, 10th Infantry, of Beaver Falls,
Pa, during the same action. Counter
attacked by two regiments of the enemy.
Col. Thompson. then a.Major. encouraged
his battalion In the front line by con-
stantly Drawing the fierce fire of ma
chine guns and artillery. His courage
was mainly responsible. the citation says,
for leading to the heavy repulse OF the
enemy. Later he rushed forward on
foot under a storm OF rife and anti
tank fire, personally directed the tanks
against enemy nests and succeeded
In reducing these strongholds. While
thus engaged he received a painful
shrapnel wound and was ordered to the
rear. Others cited for extreme gall
lantry in action are:
Corporal William Shane. Pittsburg !;
Corporal Jay Dunlap, East Pittsburg !:
Private Harry F. Carnahan, Birdville,
Pa. Private Joseph ]. Dunn, Philadel-
phia Private Wilson II. Letter. Harris
burg; Sergeant Elmer l.. Eppiheimer,
West Chester. Pa. Capt. Thomas Bailey,
Philadelphia Sergeant K. +. Winchester
deceased, Cola. Ill. (: Private William
]. Nixon, Philadelphia; Corporal Ed
ward ]. Jordan. Philadelphia Sergeant
Elmer E. Woomer (deceased), Myers
town. Pa Private Dominick Zeito (de-
ceased), Bau Turin. Italy, and Sergeant
Thomas Gaddis, South Oil City, Pa.
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Troopships Due To-day

DANTE ALIGHIERI from Mar
settles April 4, with part Of
332d Infantry, including de-
tachments of Field and Staff,
Headquarters, Machine Gun Com
pany, Supply Company and Com
panies H and L, twenty-eight Of
ficers and 687 men; part of Base
Hospital 102, twenty-nine Of
ficers and 191 men; sixteen cas-
ual companies and special casual
companies, forty-six civilians and
four wives of American soldiers.
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
from Brest April s, with the
141st Field Artillery complete
thirty-eight officers and 1884
men; Sixty-fourth Field Artillery,
Brigade Headquarters, twelve Of
ficers and fifty-four men; nine
base hospitals of thirty-seven Of
ficers, 1853 men, and 406 nurses;
forty-two casual officers and 104
casual nurses.
Saxonia from Brest April 7,
with the Eighth Ambulance Com
pany, three officers and 100 men;
Brest Convalescent Detachments,
157 to 165 inclusive, fifty officers
and 1908 men; thirty-three cas-
ual officers, twenty-eight nurses
and nine naval officers.
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SEEKS NSULTER OF FLAG.
sphinx Club Wants to Find Man
Who Created stir at Dinner,

special meeting of the executive
committee of the Sphinx Club will be
held Friday or Monday to ascertain the
identity OF the man who cried out an
insult to the flag at a dinner Tuesday
evening given by the club at the Wal.
dorf-Astoria at the conclusion of Senator
Chamberlain's speech.
Robert S. Scarburgh, treasurer Of the
club, who was appointed with Edmund
ID. Gibbs. former president, TO conduct
the investigation. said that II tho man
was club member he would be expelled
and that II he was a guest he would
never be admitted to other club func-
tions Edmund w. Mitchell who knocked
the man down, could not Identify him
The police have been asked to look for
him.
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geant, took out a squad of sixteen men
to try to gather in Germans on the hoof
and bring them into the allied lines
still all in one piece SO that the Cana
dian officers could question the prisoners.
Olstrom and his squad of sixteen men
ran Into nest Of German machine gun
ners and In less than a minute fourteen
of the Canadian party had been killed.
Il dropped into a crater and lay quiet
for a time" said Olstrom in his little
speech. land finally tipped two franc
piece. If she came tails l was going to
crawl back to our own lines, " heads
l was going ahead. She came heads.
80 l crawled to a German pill box
and peeked in. There were twenty-seven
German officers and men and two French
girls in the pill box. The ferries were
drinking benedictine and getting drunken
and drunken. Dawn was coming on, 80
Just before 1t got light enough to make
my presence known to the ferries 1
jumped into the pill box. letting out an
awful roar as I showed myself to the
souses. Laughter and applause.1 had
my automatic and six hand grenades.
A German officer pulled his gun. but
l saw him first. He has been In hell
ever since. tUproarious applause.1 An
other began to try to get his sword out
but I stopped him also The rest quit
for the time being. 1 told the two
French girls-they were only about IS
years old--to gather up the rifles and
revolvers while kept the crowd covered.
Then I let out another hell of yell
and told the ferries to march out. They
refused to move. I shot the one nearest
me and that started them in motion.
Decorated by Haig.
"There isn't any more to tell, except
that marched the gang across No Mans
Land and turned 'em over to Lieutenant
In my company. And about three weeks
later was summoned to headquarters,
where I was brought before Lieut.. Gen.
Currie, Commander in Chief of the Cana
dian forces, and some other officers. One
officer asked me lot of questions
and then he pinned the ribbon on me.
And / found out afterward that the guy
who pinned the ribbon on was Haig.'
Laughter and long applause.]
Some weeks later Olstrom was sent
to London and summoned to Bucking-
ham Palace. where King George shook
the Brooklyn lads hand and then pinned
the great and glorious cross on a tumul-
tuous young chest. And just before Oh
strom headed toward Canada in a trans
port letters were delivered to him. In
one Of which the King told Sergeant Oh
strom how much he and Queen Mary
appreciated the soldiers services and in
the other Sir Douglas Haig said a page
full
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MEDALS FOR 20 OFFICERS.
Brighten. Bandholtx One of Those
Decorated by Pershing.

WASHINGTON. April 16.-The award
ing by Gen. Pershing OF Distinguished
Service Medals to twenty-nine officers
OF the American Expeditionary Forces
for exceptionally meritorious and dis
tinguished services" was announced to-
day by the War Department. Citations
accompanying the awards give instances
of ability in leadership displayed by the
officers.
Two OF the officers, Lieut. Coils. U.
G. B. Lampert and Hiram U. Slifer, are
dead. The others are:
Brig Gen Harry II. Bandlroltz.
Coils. Ernest G.. Bingham. Fred T.
Murphy, David L. Stone and Arnold D.
futile.
Lieut.. Col A. Plat Andrew Jo-
seph NJ. Flint, Frederick W. Green.
George Grunert, T. Edward Hambleton.
Burton J. Lee. Frank Mooreman,
Aristides Moreno, James s. Jones.
Charles II. Peck Charles c. Pierce.
Hurbert f. Shreeve. Ernest G.. Smith.
Charles F. Thompson, Max r. Wainer
and Earle Boothe.
Majors Emil II. Burgher. Luke C.
Doyle. Lee Garnett Day and George X
Shuler, Marine Corps
Captains Charles ]. Fouhy and John
A. Maher
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MEDICS AT UPTON.
DEMAND DISCHARGE
Hospital Unit Petition to Have
It's Places Filled by
Civilians.
GENERAL WARNS MEN
Camp Commander Promises to
Release Them When Sub
stitutes Are Available
Special Despdtch to THE Sun.

DpcNIut bcSputCN 10 lhE DuNs
CAMP UPTON, April 16.-Unrest which
has been increasing in the medical de-
tachment at the base hospital eliminated
to-day in the presentation by members
Of the hospital personnel of round
robin petition requesting that they be
replaced by civilians The situation APP
peared so serious that II was made
known to Brig. Gen. William ]. Nichol-
son. camp commander. who Immediately
took steps to cope with this outbreak OF
discomfort
He called the detachment together and
declared that anything savoring OF mu-
tiny would be dealt with in the prompt
and stern fashion prescribed by military
law. 1t was the aim OF the cantonment
authorities he said, to handle the ella inns
for discharge with the utmost justice.
Cases. however, could be considered only
individually. he pointed out. Wholesale
discharges were impossible, he said. until
the mems places can be filled, because of
the work Of the medical detachment in
caring for helpless men. which has now
taken on a vital nature. as wounded
from overseas are in their charge.
You have In your care" the General
said. the manned men from overseas
who have fought our battles and have
all but given their lives. II you should
shirk now they would suffer unjustly.
and the sympathy OF the country would
be with the lads who depend on you for
their comfort and recovery.
The unrest here has been formed by
few indictments who are trying to
get you good, loyal American men to
hold the bag for them. Your sense of
fairness will hold you from a rash
course which would only injure the
purposes you wish to attain
A number Of the men expressed them
selves in support OF Gen. Nicholson. The
petition was intended primarily for
Washington. having been addressed to
the War Department. but Gen. Nicholson