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Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
SOCIAL NOTES

Mrs. A. 7. st. Clair entertained O
few ladies Monday at tea at her
home in the Chubb addition IN hOnOr
of her guest, Mrs. o. E. Griffin. The
home was attractively decorated IN
carnations and the afternoon was de-
lightfully spent. Present were Mrs.
C. L. Smith, Mrs. j. H. Nelson, Mrs.
]. ]. Thomas, Mrs. C. N. Heron and
her house guest, Miss Atsap, Of Los
Mrs. P. M. George, Mrs. VIII
lis, Mrs. J. H. Cole III and Mrs. D. s.
Chubb.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

The bill for the fire hose recently
purchased has arrived and the hose
itself ought to be here soon, having
been shipped from Akron, o., on jan
uary 26.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

first time you stepped into the war
zrea?" Strong was asked.
'Let's call it nervous" he said. "An
soldiers are frightened or nervous the
first three or four days, and after
that they go about their duties with
little or no though Of getting wound
ed
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
INDIGESTION

Take a few doses Of Chamberlain's
Tablets as directed for indigestion,
and you will soon forget your stomach
troubles. Try it.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben HOskins moved
Monday into their new home on Four
beenth and Cleveland avenue.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

Mrs. D. Outright, who has been
seriously III for several weeks, is re-
ported much improved,
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

Mrs, 2. J. HOdgkins and Mrs. REQ.
HOdgkiRa and children Of RivertOn
were Joplin visitors Monday.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

Mr.. and Mrs. f. M. Confer were the
guests of Cyler' Confer, Of Carthage,
Sunday.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

The rs You Like It" Club met
Monday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. L. L. Cardin on Lincoln avenue,
with nine members and one guest
present. During the study period
each member responded TO her topic
with interesting notes. At the close
Of the lesson the hostess served re-
freshments. Those present were Mrs.
C. C. Sparlin as guest Of the after
noon and Mesdames E. E. Edwards,
E. G. POlster, L. d. HOdgkins, M. H.
Eastman, o. N. Bilharz, J. W. Twen-
te, L. M. Perkins, R. M. Gilman and
the hostess.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

courses. Among the players were
Mesdamss r. Rex Smith. T. H. Tarr,
JnO. WingAeld, JnO. WIles, win Jones,
Earl Stevenson, e. N. Richardson,
Roy Van Horn. Anna Page, J. w.
Barnes, James Page. Fred Hill, p. E.
Davis, Geo. Baldwin, Leslie Meyer
ding, Chas. Jones, Chas. Marshall,
Mitchell, c. z. Heinz, J. T. Chapman
and Mrs. L. A. Lyons and Earl Ryan
Of Galena, Mrs. A. I. Seigle from
Commerce. Those assisting the hostess
were Mrs. Will Jones, Leah Chapman,
Nell South Of Galena, and Misses
Pauline Hill and Carmin Everett.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

Mixers AntiUeptic Oil, Known as
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

Ie8uioIlOu ONCAoSoo SoP - w "NS-A'N.
stripe on the right arm, gold ser
vice stripe on the left, red letter "a"
of the first army, the red discharge
stripe and the Keystone, denotmg his
division.
Many souvenirs, picked up in
France, were carried home by Strong,
although he lost the greater part Of
them while being transferred from
one hospital to another in France.
Strong returned to America on the
transport Aolian, and landed at New
port News, where he was stationed at
Camp Stuart base hospital before be-
ing sent to Camp Dodge. More than
1 900 wounded men and 1,500 soldiers
were on the boat and several other
such vessels landed while he was
there. His brother, John n. Strong,
of Erie, Pa, visited him at Newport
News, and welcomed him back to the
states.
Particularly did Private Strong
speak Of the good spirit and morale
of TIE American soldier, both in the
front lines and at the hospitals. All
were cheerful, whether badly wounded
or not, but, now that the war is over,
wish to return to the states as sOOn
Is possible.
~Were you afraid or frightened the
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-02

pended. Eggs are highly nutritious
food and are so widely used as to be
almost indispensable, and an OCCASION
al chicken dinner is relished by every
one.
Where conditions render 1t feasible
and cheap, small flocks Of poultry
should be kept to greater extent
than at present by families In villages
and towns, and especially in the sub
urbs Of large cities.
Need Not Be Nuisance.
Objection Is frequently raised to
the keeping Of poultry in towns and
cities because of the odor which may
result and also because of the noise
which is made by ROSTERS Growing,
particularly In the early morning. In
some cases city regulations have been
formulated to prevent or to control
poultry keeping. Where there are city
regulations II Is necessary to find out
their provisions and to conform to
them. There Is no necessity for the
poultry flock to become nuisance to
neighbors. If the droppings boards are
cleaned daily and the houses and
yards are kept in q reasonably clean
condition there will be no annoying
odors.
The male bird need not be a nuis-
ance. Unless 1t Is intended to hatch
chickens from the flock It Is unneces-
sary to keep a male bird. The fact
that there Is no male In the flock will
have absolutely no effect on the num-
Der of eggs laid by the hens. If 1t
is desired to mate the hens and to
hatch chicks the male bird should be
sold or eaten just as soon as the
Matching season Is over. This Is de-
sirable not only for the purpose Of
eliminating noises, but also to save
the feed that would be eaten by the
male and for the reason that the eggs
produced after the male Is disposed
Of will be infertile.
The flock must be kept confined !;
otherwise the hens will stray into
neIghbcrs' yards and gardens, where
they may cause damage and are al
most always sure to cause iii feeling.
House Need Not Be Expensive.
The flock should be comfortably but
not extensively housed. A house
which provides floor space of three
or four square feet per bird is ample
for the purpose, and fowls are often
successfully kept with an allowance
no greater than two and one-half to
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-02
Making Our Flag
Beloved
By HAMLIN GARLAND
of The VigiionfeS

Among the victims Of the measure
less ruin which the Prussian militar-
lists have wrought in their desire to
dominate the world, Armenia and
Syria have high claim to our sympa-
thy. Suffering the full horror Of the
conquered they have been isolated
from the allies who would have helped
them If they could. Turkey. the part
ner of Germany and the cause OF the
suffering and desolatiOn Of the Ar
menians, is now conquered and 1t Is
possible for America to rescue the de-
spairing and the hungry In those lands.
This is q duty which we cannot re-
gretfully postpone. We are and must
continue to be the storehouse of the
world. Our resources must be put to
the use Of those who suffer. France
and England, in spite of their almost
inconceivable war burdens, are each
doing their part In the work Of freeing
and feeding the oppressed. We should
not fail of ready and full co-opera-
ton.
Today the War is Won.
Thus far we have not felt in any de-
gree the pinch of the war-we have
hardly been inconmoded. We have
saved sugar and meat and flour and
submitted to restrictions In other
ways, but we have not suffered In the
slightest the pain and the grief of
other countries. The sacrifices we have
made seem very small and very poor
in comparison with what Belgium and
Poland and other equally innocent by
ISLANDERS have endured.
Today the war is won-we can seize
our great opportunity. We have made
our flag respected by the valor of our
sailors and soldiers, now let us make
It beloved by the wise use Of our al
most limitless wealth. How great, how
peaceful the United States seems as
we read the reports from the scourged
and desolated lands Of the East. From
our plenty we must instantly send In
order that hunger shall not end i'm
starvation and that whole people
shall not vanish from the earth.
Germany has narrowed Its field; as
its allies retire they leave multi
tude of homeless and furnishing VIC
tins behind-they have no care for the
ruined and the desolate-and America
must step In to aid till such time as
the opprossor can be forced to In
demnify and restore.
1t is not necessary for me to re-
hearse the CHASTITY story Of Turko-Prus-
sian barbaric cruelties-that has been
done full and most knowingly by others.
NY part Is to plead with those who
have a surplus that they may heal the
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-02
EXPEDITE MOVEMENT OF cow
Every Effort Should Be Made to Pro-
vide Comfort for Animals While
in Transit.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Each fall an influx of springer or
fresh cows enters dairying sections
that seek more mich animals. Every
effort should be exercised to expedite
the railroad movement of the dairy
cows during their time In transit and
to provide all possible comfort for the
animals en- route, advise the dairy ex-
perts of the United States department
of agriculture. Such care and atten-
ton will rednce mortality and will in
crease the production of the individual
during her lactation period over the
flow which generally obtains from the
average cow that Is carelessly "rail-
roaded."
Valuable purebred cows should be
moved as rapidly as possible by express
service or by freight under the special
system of loading, from origin to desti-
nation. Although the expense of ex-
pressage is four to five times as great
as that Of handling the animals by
freight, the saving in animal comfort,
veniences for feeding and watering the
animals, make the added expenditure
advisable. AS far as possible the an
imals should be shipped one or two
months before they are due to fresh
en-, as repeatedly fresh cows have been
ruined so far as the subsequent lacta-
ton period has been concerned as re-
suit Of being shipped shortly after
freshening or as to calve in transit.
Mich cows of grade breeding usual
ly are shipped by freight. The expe-
rienced stockman selects only dry cows
and farspringers for long shipments.
Heifers which are not due to freshen
until three or four weeks after arrival
at destination make good "buys," as
they are of a size and condition which
permits of loading the car to capacity.
Furthermore, immature animals are
less susceptible to injury in transit
and to damage as result of marked
change Of environment. If possible
only animals without horns should be
shipped; and in case any horned ami
mails have to be moved, they should be
tied securely or penned apart in one
end Of the car to preclude the posi-
bility of their injuring other animals
during the journey.
Similarly, where bulls are shipped in
mixed loads, these sires should be con-
fined apart from the other cattle. 9th
er conditions being equal, 1t is advisa-
BILE TO load about fourteen mature cows
in 3S or 40-foot car. A practical ar.
rangement is to tie four cows in each
end of the car facing the end walls, and
then rough partitions can be installed
so that two other rows of three cows
each face q center alleyway between
the car doors where the attendant can
stay and extra feed and water be car.
ried. This arrangement is more COM
Portable for the cows as they ride, and
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-02
POULTRY HOUSE
NOT EXPENSIVE
Flock Can Be Made Comfortable
at Very Low Cost.
OLD SHED MAY BE UTILIZED
Design Shows Cheap Building Built
on Curtain Front Plan Which
Supplies the Best Ven.
tiIation.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFoRD.

Mr.. william A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST ON all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building work on the farm, for
the readers of this paper. On account OF
his wide experience as Editor Author and
Manufacturer. he Is, without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue Chicago,
ILL.,, anti only inclose three-cent stamp for
reply.
In these days Of high egg prices
every family is likely addition to
poultry keepers. The United States
government Is actively encouraging
this proposition, the department of
agriculture having recently issued a
special bulletin on 1t.
The keeping of small flock of lay
ing hens on a town or village lot or
In a city back yard is an important
branch of poultry keeping. Though
the value Of the product from each
flock Is small of itself the aggregate is
large. The product of such a flock,
both in the form Of eggs and fowls
AoI thC tooiCs may UO PhOuuSCu al q
relatively low cost, because of the pos
sibilities of utilizing table scraps and
kitchen waste which would otherwise
be thrown away. A small flock of
hens, even as few as six or eight,
should produce eggs enough, where
used economically, for a family of four
or five persons throughout the entire
year. except during the molting period
of the fall and early winter. By the
preservation of surplus eggs produced
Turing the spring and early summer this
period Of scarcity can be provided for.
The keeping of pullets instead of hens
also will insure the production Of eggs
at this time. Not only will the eggs
from the home flock materially reduce
the cost of living, but the superior
freshness and quality Of the eggs are
in themselves well worth the effort ex.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-02

three square feet. Houses must be
dry and free from draft, but must al
low ventilation. Often there Is q
small unused shed or building on the
place which can easily be converted
into chicken house. The front of the
poultry house should be faced toward
the south, If possible, so that the sun
will shine into 1t. Perfectly satisfac-
tory houses can be made cheaply from
piano boxes or other packing cases.
Two piano boxes with the backs re-
moved can be nailed together and a
door cut in the end. These boxes
should be covered with a roofing pa
and make it wind-proof. A portion
of the door should be left open or COW
cred with piece of muslin, so as to
allow ventilation. Similar houses can
be constructed Of packing cases at a
relatively small cost. A small amount
of two by four or two by three lumber
can be purchased for framing. The
boz boards can be applied for siding
or sheathing, and then covered with
roofing paper. Where there Is board
fence 1t is sometimes possible to take
advantage of this by building the poul-
try house in the corner of the fence,
and making the fence itself, with the
cracks covered by strips or battens,
serve as the back and one side Of the
house.
A cheap house ~ by 16 feet can be
made of two by four inch pieces and
Pinch boards. Plans for such house
are given. 1t is constructed on the
curtain front plan, which supplies the
most satisfactory ventilating system
ever adopted in poultry house. AS
the illustration shows, the glass sash
are up near the roof in the high front
to admit sunshine directly onto the
scratching floor late in winter when
the sun is high up overhead.
Ventilation Through Curtains.
In very cold sections Of the country
sash may be fitted into the lower parts
of the window frames, but always one
must be left open for ventilation
through the curtain. Thin five-cent
cheesecloth is used for this purpose.
Poultry writer's sometimes make the
mistake Of calling 1t canvas" Cam
vas means alright or watertight. The
windows might as well be boarded
across as to fill In the openings with
canvas.
The most approved ventilating win
dows have the muslin stretched over
an inner frame, which fits into a heav.
Ter frame In such way as to stretch
the muslin tight and to permit easy
removal for washing. When muslin
is clean, the light gets through 1t
as well as the air. 1t looks cleaner
and better to have muslin nice and
white.
AS the season advances the upper
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-02
The Future of
the Hun
BY z. T.. HARTMAN
Of The Vigii0nfes

There must he future for the Ger.
man. He cannot ctop and resolve into
a mere memory. IT is out of the ques.
ton for the civilized nations TO ami
hilate him. For their own sakes they
cannot be as savage as he planned TO
be. However many were killed In this
war, there will still be many millions
seft To propagate.
What manner of future awaits those
millions? What will they do? What
will be their status in the world
How VIII they prosper?
Already many thinking people are
considering the matter of German
trade. German industry, German debt
paying. The nation itself is making
active preparations for the after-the-
war campaign.
With this war ended Germany will
find herself handicapped with a double
Joad: the debts she has incurred
through the financing of the war, and
the rehabilitation of DEVASTATED coun-
tries. In order TO pay either bill she
must be able to manufacture and SELL
She must have markets and supply
them.
In order 10 secure markets she must
first establish confidence in her wares
and in her business methods. She
must gain certain, and very decided,
amount of friendly regard or the rival
salesmen, the rival manufactures, will
hold too great an advantage. She can
only hope to be scavenger otherwise,
for the other nations will leave her
only that which they do not wish to
handle.
All Nations on Guard.
How Is she going to acquire the nee
essary standing, the confidence of buy
ing nations, to give her these markets?
Once she would have sent her thou
sands of emigrants to colonize, with
rigid instructions to demand German
goods and thereby create condition
that would force importations. That
day Is past. for In all such cases Ger
many's colonial idea carried with 1t the
control of politics through colony bal
lots. 1t is inconceivable that any ma.
ton should ever again cater to the
German vote or allow ii to be in con.
troll of even fraction of national &C.
tivities.
With all nations on guard against
Germanizing influences, that plan must
be abandoned. If Germany, in her
stupid disregard Of all rights and
prejudices, should attempt to again
get control Of any part of the national
affairs Of America or Canada or Bra.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-02
|EE0ozzz
NESTS UNDER ORoPRlNa7 S
BOARDS g
SCRATCHING Floor \
Interior Plan.

drOppfngs board may be unn1nged, ana
the roosts lifted off, SO that the whole
outfit is easily carried outdoors for
cleaning and sterilizing by the action
Of the sun.
For Farm or Village.
This plan makes a convenient little
poultry house for either farm or vii
lage where good poultry is kept for
eggs In the winter time.
This poultry house is large enough
to hold 25 or 80 laying hens. 1t needs
about that many together In the winter
time to keep them warm.
In making this house warm for q
cold climate, II Is necessary to make
the walls double. A light two by four
sill Is placed on top Of the concrete
wall and It should be bolted down;
two by four studding Is covered both
outside and inside with building paper.
The outside Is finished with drop sid
ing or clapboards. The inside Is board
ed with narrow matched siding with
beading.
The roof Is made warm the same as
the sides, and in very much the same
manner. Kindred lining is very much
preferred and should be thoroughly
well nailed to prevent the joints from
opening. The inside Of a poultry
house must have no cracks to harb0
mites or lice
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-02
THE POETS TO FRANCE
BY THEoDosiA GARRISON

Of the Vigilantes.
We cannot name you save upon our
knees
France. France! what fitting tribute may
we bring
That would not seem n pitiful. poor thing
Against your splcndor and your agonies-
You who withstood the strength Of iron
seas
rock wherefrom Gods beacon still shall
fling
The light that brings a world from ship
wrecking.
Seeing by you It steers its argosiesi
France! France! there are no words TO
make your song
There is no song wherewith to honor you;
But note by note through many centu-
ries
Shall rise the perfect tribute clear and
strong,
Giving your fame at last the singing due,
We cannot name you save upon our
knees.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-02

sick, and house the helpless women
and children in the wake of the Turk.
ish armies.
Greatest Opportunity to Help.
The committee for Armenian and
Syrian relief is asking for fund of
$30,00O,0O0. This seems but small
amount when set over against the nom
Mohammedan populations Of the coun-
tries named in the appeal, and yet the
committee assures us that this sum
will have the most enormous power of
alienation. 1t will not restore but 1t
will provide the necessities of life to
those who are for the moment unable
to feed and clothe themselves.
Every man who gives to this fund
will have the satisfaction of knowing
that each dollar of his gift goes
straight to Its mark, affording almost
instant relief to some poor soul who is
physically suffering and in despair of
the future. To send this relief will
prove to them, and to the rest of the
world, that we, the richest of nations,
can be upon demand the most gener-
Gus of nations. If we do our part at
this time we can make the Stars and
Stripes not only respected, but beau
tiful in the eyes Of the citizens of those
faraway lands. 1t will seem the sign
OF pity and of healing, the symbol of
hope and peace which our forefathers
intended 1t TO be.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-02
RAISE BEST DAIRY HEIFERs
Good Calves Should Be Kept to Insure
Quantity Of Products Demanded
at Present.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.J
The war has greatly increased the
demand for dairy products and 1t Is
also important that they be produced
economically. In order that the guam
tity of dairy products may be large
and the production economical, more
and better cows are needed. The rails
ing Of all the best heifer calves will
provide cows enough to permit tho
culling out Of all low producers