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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
TAME CROW IN PERIL
Bird Brings Wild Mates to Owners
Cornfield.


Last August Simon Tixel Of Plat
Center, N. Y, while working In the
woods, caught young crow. He
brought 1t home and 1t became very
tame and great pet, but its life is
now iu jeopardy, Tixel declares.
For the past few weeks, he says
his farm has been overrun with wild
crows. His tame crow flies into the
woods, perched itself upon a limb OF
q tree, caws few times. and soon the
tree is full of crows. Then the tame
crow flies home, followed by the wild
ones. Tixel says he has no objection
to the crow bringing home its broth
ers, but when he coaxeS them into
his barn and they begin to banquet on
his oats, corn and wheat, it is more
than he can stand. He will give the
crow one more chance, and if ii does
not stop its performance off goes its
head.
Tixel says he has shot close to 100
crows in his barn, but ii does not de-
pete the ranks. They have eaten at
least ten bushels of grain. he de-
clareS.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
MAKES INDIANS RICH
Developments in Southwest Net
Them Big Returns.
OIL and Coal Add to the Fortunes Of
the AborigInes In Okla
homa.

Observation-Disclosures are 100000 In
dams scattered throughout the 4S
states Of the Union; many of them,
the Osages. Creeks and Quapaws.s are
rich In natural resources; rich in oil.
gas. coal, asphaltum. zinc and other
minerals that not alone make wealth
for themselves. but for the country of
which they were the original occu-
pants.
Oklahoma ranks first of all the
states of the Union in Indian pOpula-
tlon. The interior department, through
Cato Sells. commissioner Of Indian
affairs, leased during the last fiscal
year l,G53,62O acres of land for oil.
This vast estate is being administered
through the Indian office in Washing
ton. through the commissioner Of the
five civilized tribes at Muskogee. and
through the several Indian agencies
scattered throughout Oklahoma.
The total number of barrels Of oil
produced from these rich fields during
the last fiscal year is 24,193,267. The
value of this oil i'm dollars would ag-
gregate $5O.00O.OO0.
The royalties alone during the last
fiscal year actually paid to these In
dian tribes approximated SS.O50,O9S.
and for the six years preceding there
was derived in royalties alone and ac-
tually paid to the Indians for their
benefit in oil royalties $26,OOO,0OO.
The total amount Of oil taken from
these Indian lands in Oklahoma, all
told, since oil was originally discov-
ered aggregates 3S3,O0O,OO0 barrels.
The total amount of royalties and
BONUSES paid the Indians by oil oper-
ators during this development Is $780,
100000.
With the coming Of the white people
to the state and with the marvellous
Improvement going on in the construc-
tion of railroads, wagon roads, school
houses and churches 1t will be seen
that the Indians are fast becoming as
simulated into society, taking their
place and assuming the role of citizen.
ship.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
BOYS ATE 1850 PANCAKES
One Hundred and Twenty Lads Elk.
hausted Salvation Army Cooks.

One hundred and twenty boys ate
1,460 pancakes in establishing new
record for food consumption at the
Salvation Army home at Lytton, Cal
Each cake was one-half inch thick,
spread with strip and large enough to
cover a dinner plste.
The lads procured the feast by clear.
ing an orchard of prunings. Five
cooks almost dropped from exhaustion
in an attempt to supply the food. The
youngsters averaged 13 pancakes each.
The fewest any boy consumed was
eight one lad tucked away IL.
No casualties have been reported as
O result of the feast.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
Form Squad to Sell
Blood for TRANSMISSION

Santa Barbara, Gala blood
TRANSMISSION squad" composed of
physically perfect men and
women, to hold themselves avail
|, able at any time their services
are needed, is being formed here.
The Santa Barbara County
Medical society has issued
call for dozen volunteers.
The merit of the plan, II is
pointed out, Is that physicians
will have names of persons who
can be called on Immediately In
emergency cases, whereas by
the old plan valuable time was
lost In examining volunteers.
When one of the members of
the perfect squad" Is called
upon to give blood for some pa
tient he or she, as the case may
be, will be paid $50 for the red
corpuscles given up to save
someone else.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
TRAINED WORKERS ARE BEST
Do Much More Efficient Work In Fac,
tories Than Those Without
Training,

WashingtOn.-Info reaching
the training service, department of
labor from establishments where fac
tory training systems are in operation
indicates that foremen, after brief
experience with the training system,
insist upon having trained workers In
their departments, for the reason that
they do much more efficient work than
those who are put into the factory on
production work at the start. Many
workmen also ask for training, in Or
der to increase their earning capac-
ity, and so valuable has training
proved for peace time that last week
II factories adopted training systems,
number almost equal to the average
installation of training departments
during the war.
In one large plant there was feel
ing of hostility to training at the
start on the part of number of fore
men. When the first graduate of
training department was put on pro-
duction work within a week and was
found fully qualified for production
work, the foreman insisted that the
worker was exceptional. Under the
old system from three to six months
were required before workers were
able to produce the quantity and quail.
ity of work required for fair days
output.
When a considerable number of per
sons had been promoted to production
work after week or ten days in train.
ing, however, the foremen's views
changed very radically, and they re-
fused to take any applicants for work
who had not had the advantages of
the training system. At one time,
when the training department was
full new hand was sent at once to
the factory for production work, and
the foreman protested vigorously.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
Says He Has Smallest poo.

KenOsha, WISH. L. Stein says no
is the owner Of the smallest dog in
the world. This distinction for Ken
Osha came with the advent of b toy
black-and-tan puppy which tipped the
scales at two ounces. The mother dog
and another pup died and the light
weight champion survivor Is taking his
nourishment from an eye-dropper.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
Got Old Wedding Fee.

Forty years ago Rev. ]. A. Sutton
Of La Rue, O., performed marriage
and the bridegroom forgot to hand
over the customary fee. Through the
mail Rev. Sutton has received a $40
bill and a note accompanying says 1t
Is from q "stricken conscience" AS
Reverend Sutton has performed TIA
marriage ceremonies, he does not re-
member the man who forgot"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
Alas and AIack.

"Dry" upper Michigan's stomach
aches have been cured. The epidemic,
which began several weeks ago, was
Immediately followed by an influx Of
hot water bottles-but, alas, one bot
tie leaked and the officials won't let
'em have any more.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
Snpport Health Work.

ashngton.-"Public health Is pur
chasable," says the United States pub
lie health service, and adds that 3
first-class health protection service can
be provided for one dollar per head
per year. In fact some city health
departments render excellent service
at cost of rs cents per head Let's
all get together and give better sup
port to health work In this commu-
nity.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
FARMER COULDN'T MARRY
Couple Told by License Man That
This Was Not Russia.

A Hungarian girl and Russian ap
piled for a marriage license in the
Franklin county probate court at Co.
lumbus. Ohio, and everything went
smooth until 1t came to filling in the
name of the officiating minister.
"Who will marry your" asked the
marriage license clerk.
Him, said the groom-to-be, point
ing to another Russian who had ac
companied the couple.
"Who's him?" asked the clerk.
Him Russian farmer" was the
reply.
This isn't Russia. and Him won't
do" said the clerk. "You will have
TO get a preacher or justice of the
peace to do the splicing in this coun-
try"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
Two-Leqqed Hog.

Hamburg Ark.-A twO-legged hog
with feet shaped like an elephants
has been exhibited by G. P. Williams,
n farmer who lives near here. The
hog Is one year old, has only two feet
and has q tail shaped like that At .
auGG.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
ARMY CENSORSHIP
BEYOND THE RHINE.
Close Tab Kept on German Lines
of Communication.
MUCH LATITUDE IS allowed

Col. r. H. Williams, In Charge, EN-
pIoys 81 Officers and 273 Clerks, and
Expects to Need 200 More-Maii,
Telephone and Telegraph Service
lnterfered With as Little as Possible
Watch Like Hawk to See That
Nothing Against Interests Of Amer
lea or Allies Gets BY.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
personal Liberty" Hit.

Spooners, beware! personal lib.
erty" is due for another rap in Kansas
City. Superintendent Dunn has an.
nounced his intention of making
Swope park Eight as day" with a
new lighting system.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
Some "CIean Up."

II was some "clean up!" Chris
Chr!stianson flashed a 500 roll in O
washroom In Boston. Two men saw
1t, and after one minutes cleaning
tAAY left-with the 500.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
Hen Letters Her Euu,

James Albert Pigg of Terre Haute
has hen. The ROSTERS name
Is Tom. Now Pigg says when he
lifted the hen recently he found "she
had laid an egg with monogram
initial 'T' In raised shell at one end"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-12
ALLY COUNTRIES )
AWAIT TOURISTS
Expect Many Americans When
Travel Becomes Normal. !,
WILL VISIT BA7TLEElELDs

England to Give Preferential Claim to
Parents and Families Of Fallen Sol
diers-Feared That Anti.AIien Leg
Islation Will Have Effect Of Severe.
Iy circumseribing Ordinary Chan
nels of Traffic-MerchantsA Are Hope
fuI. -
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-25
Water In the Desert.

The National Geographic Magazine
gives some interesting accounts OF the
driving of cattle to the nearest port
or railway, from the vast pasture
lands Of Australia.
Two. three or even five months may
be required says this magazine. Un-
less the season is favorable, it can
not be done at all, for feed and water
are lacking along the route. .
Stock routes are laid out and tended as
carefully as wagon roads or railways.
They head for the principal markets,
or for the ends Of railways that exs
tend into the arid belt, and wind
across the country, taking advantage
Of all known water supplies. Streams,
springs, billabongs and namma-holes
are used, regardless Of the quality
Of the water, for almost any liquid
is acceptable In the desert. When
the distance between watering places
is too great, or areas Of feed are be-
yond the reach Of water, artificial
supplies are provided and carefully
watched. Wells are dug, and reser-
voirs and tanks are constructed to
collect rain water. Where other means
fail. skeleton buildings with large
roof area are provided to conserve
the rainfall.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-25
STORY OF TURTLE CREATION
Australian Blacks Have Romantic
Yarn About Origin of
Reptile.

The Australian blacks have pref
tier, more romantic story about the
creation of the turtle than that they
were just one Of the many things God
put upon the earth. They say that
while Wayambeh, an Australian
tribesman, was roaming the bush, he
came across Oolah, the Lizard-woman,
with three children. digging for yams.
He stole her and the children and
took them to his camp. The other
members of the tribe were angry with
him, because they had saved young
girl for him to marry, and told him
they would not help him fight Oolah's
tribe, when it came to get her back.
When the savage tribe came to do
battle Wayambeh went out to meet
them, wearing q shield in front and
behind him. When his enemies shot
at him he drew his head and limbs In
between the shields. He did this three
times, then he realized the enemy was
upon him and his only escape was In
the river. He threw one shield away
and jumped In. They waited on the
bank for him to reappear, ready to
shoot him as soon as his head came
above water. To avoid them he turned
himself into turtle, the tribesmen
say, and he is in the water to this day.
with his shield on his back. When
anyone comes to harm him he draws
his head and limbs under his shield.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-25
'P(lbgQYNN1S.
Destroy lice and mites.

Destroy lice and mites.
Keep the nests clean and well lit
tered.
Don't mate more than six ducks to
one drake.
Confine or sell all male birds after
the Matching season.
The English breeds are: Sussex,
Cornish, Dorking, Orpington and Red
cap.
The American or general purpose
breeds are: Plymouth Rock, Wyan.
dotte, Rhode Island Red, Java, Domi-
nique and Buckeye.
Pure-bred poultry means uniformity
Of products. Uniformity of products
means increased profits, If products
are properly marketed.
Every poultry keeper, who is inter
ested in breeding better poultry.
should have copy Of the American
Standard of Perfection.
1t is not necessary to build expen.
sive poultry houses, but they should
be serviceable, fairly roomy, well
lighted and we'll ventilated without
drafts.
There are many advantages to
single pitched roof on the poultry
house. It Is more easily built, throws
rain water to the rear, and affords
the highest vertical front exposed to
the SUMS rays.
Every hen house should have q plat.
form under the roosts SO that the floor
can be kept cleaner and so that the
droppings can be more readily saved
to use as fertilizer.
Don't let dogs or children chase the
ducks around the yard
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-25
DAN B0oNE'S OLD FLlNTL0CK
Weapon So Well Handled by Famous
Pioneer Now the Property of
Mississippi Gentleman.

Daniel Boone's rifle, a genuine old
fashioned flint lock, carried ON many
a perilous trip in the dark and bloody
hunting ground of Kentucky and on
his famous Indian hunting expeditions,
was recently brought to a hardware
store ina small town In southwestern
Wisconsin for much needed repairs.
1t is now the property of a Mr.. Rafter,
formerly of Mississippi, who recently
traded his 2,300-acre plantation for
Wisconsin property and has moved his
effects north, The rifle was given him
by a doctor, to whom 1t had been given
By an aged hermit living In the
mountains of Tennessee.
The rifle is a formidable affair,
real long rifle, enc Of the type
that gave the nickname of the Tong
rifle" to our western frontiersmen.
1t has barrel 46 inches long. is
As calibre. flint lock with patch
box Of inlald silver and weighs ten
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-25

horn will eat about So pounds, in adj
dition to the green stuff consumed.
Hens Need Plenty Of Protein.
Meat scrap or some animal feed high
in protein is one of the important con-
stituents of the mash. In the govern
ment experiments a pen Of pullets on
free range, which received no meat
scrap or animal protein feed, laid only
90 eggs each in year, compared with
yields of from 125 to $50 eggs each
from fowls fed rations containing meat
scrap. The eggs from the pen where
no meat scrap was fed cost % cents
more a dozen for feed than when the
meat scrap was included in the ra-
ton. Fish meal or fish scrap can be
used to replace the meat scrap and
compares favorably with the good
grade of meat scrap, containing the
same per cent of protein. Skim milk
or buttermilk, either sweet or sour,
is excellent for replacing part or all
of the meat scrap. The milk may be
used in mixing the mash If a moist
mash is fed, or it can be kept before
the fowls as drink. If clabbered and
fed thick or like cheese, hens will eat
enough of it to replace all the meat
scrap needed. A little bone meal makes
an excellent addition to the mash or it
can be used to replace part of the meat
scrap. Green-cut bone, if fresh and
sweet, will also take the place of meat
scrap if fed daily at the rate Of one
third to one-half ounce to the hen.
Green Feed Supply.
Green feeds, such as sprouted oats,
alfalfa meal, chopped alfalfa, and clio
yer hay, cabbage, and mangel bees
should be supplied hens confined in
small yards and also to all hens dur
ing the winter season when no green
feed is available. Cabbages may be
hung up in the poultry house. Beets
are usually split and stuck on nails
on the wall Of the pen about one foot
above the floor. Frozen vegetables can
be thawed out and fed to fowls, but
usually do not keep well after thaw-
ing. Clover and alfalfa may be fed
as hay, cut into one-fourth or one-half
inch lengths, or they may be bought in
the form of meal.
Oats for sprouting are soaked over.
night in warm water and then spread
from one-half to one inch thick on
trays having perforated bottoms, and
put into an oat sprouter. Water the
oats thoroughly and turn the trays
around once daily to promote even
sprouting. Artificial heat should be
supplied in cool weather by the use Of
a kerosene lamp or some other means.
Use a good grade Of oats and allow
square inch of sprouted-ost surface
to each hen daily, feeding the sprouted
oats on the floor Of the poultry house
or in the yard. Feed at any time after
the sprouts are well started, which us.
ually takes from five to seven days.
Keep the sprouter clean and spray 1t
occasionally with disinfectant to pre-.
vent the growth Of mold spores.
Keep oyster shell and grit before the
hens all the time. These constituents
are an inexpensive but quite necessary
part of the ration. Hens will eat about
two pounds of oyster shell and one
pound of grit each in a year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-25
"FIDDLE.F|r
Keep Liver and BOp.,,
Clean and Activ, y
with "Cascaret,n

Sick Sick headache, biliouspe@ =
tongue sour, gassy stono ,ss y,
trace this to torpid liver. a
fermenting food in the bo,.,dl s'ls
Poisonous matter clogrs SSs !
testineS, instead Of benz a.. u b
the system is re-absorba S'% !, "
blood, When this poison rs, no |
delicate brain tissue it can ssas
6 {I%n and that dull throbbiag. sS y
Cascarets Immediately c,.,.
stomach, remove the sour. mans rsat !
food and foul gases, take t 49,
bile from the liver and Cs, as .
the constipated waste matts, y. '.t
sons in the bowels. wv 'aa !
A Cascaret tonight vii, s,..
feeling clear, rosy and as A. .. u'E I
by morning. They work u = I.
Sleep.-Adv. '4R Z
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-25
GLADNESS IN THEIR HEARTS
PHYSICAL Discomforts Unable to AFFECT
Soldiers Who Had Good Reasons
for Feeling Happy.

at was three o'clock in the morn
Ing" said the returned soldier as he
recalled his departure from a training
camp. "a cold rain was pouring down
IN torrents. The hundreds of soldiers
who came from the barracks OF the
big army camp were in most cheefIuI
mood. All carried heavy loads. Iney
seemed 10 pay little heed TO the fact
the ground was soggy and their feet
went into the mud above their shoe
tons, At other times, when they had
been brought out into the cold ram
they had spoken in bitter language
but it was not so upon this occasion.
Through the inky darkness the
men tramped with their heavy luggage,
the packs getting heavier as the wa
ter soaked into them. They did not
seem to mind the long hike, and they
sang q little and laughed a little de-
spite the fact their clothing did not
turn the streams of water the skies
above poured down upon them I'M
mercifully.
FINALLY the commands OF officers
rang out in the darkness and the
men were halted near railroad track
They stood there for more than an
hour. The rain turned into a snow.
The cheerfulness among the men was
not broken. Their laughter continued,
and occasionally they would sing some
familiar army song.
"At last q long train OF passenger
coaches was backed in on the track
In that machine-like manner OF troop
movements the men boarded the train
The last man had no more than left
the ground when the train began NOV
ing, and soon was rumbling ana
screeching through the darkness.
"Within the coaches the soldiers
continued their singing and laughter
although they were wet to the SKIN.
They had a reason to be happy. That
grand and glorious feeling finally had
arrived.
"They were going-home."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-25
VIII Visit Southern IunaIes.

Eighteen men and women, natural
scientists and naturalists, headed by
William Beebe, curator Of the birds
at the Bronx zoo, will sail soon from
New York to explore jungles In South
America. 1t is hoped they will bring
back a large collection of rare birds
and insects. Miss Mabel Satterlee,
granddaughter Of ]. P. Morgan, will
accompany the party to study birds,
and Prof. William M. Wheeler of Har-
ward university will devote his atten-
ton to the study Of ants. Others in
the party will include Prof. Henry
Fairfield Osborne Of the American Mu-
scum Of Natural History. Alfred Emer-
son Of Cornell university, Miss Ger
trude Emerson, editor of Asia Maya
zine, and Prof. Clifford Pope of the
University Of West Virginia.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-25

'Nagged him." The girl laughed
suddenly and heartily. 1t was an In
fectious laugh and Potter joined IN
without in the least knowing what at
Still fellow could imagine-fatuous
old fool, to think q young girl like
this
Instantly, almost, the girl was Sc
rious again. There's an old man." sne
resumed. Gle worked for this prosper
Gus citizen for IS years; gave all or
himself to his work-and always FOR
the meagerest wages. Then, when
he grew too old to work any longer
his employer refused to pension him.
And he's destitute. l got it for him
that's all. His name and address are
written on the paper wrapped around
the money. l want you to see that ne
gets it, in small amounts, as he needS
1t; and that he doesn't find out Where
it comes from. He'd tell, sure. ana
Just won't have these town busybodles
know. VIII you do it?'
Certainly. I'll make out a receipt
for the money. In what name, pleaseF'
"GuStava Richmond"
AS Peter wrote the receipt he stole
several brief but highly gratifying
glances at the girl. By the time he
had signed and deliberately dried the
document on the blOtter he had come
to the conclusion that Potter Lamb,
the lawyer, would be recreant to his
obligations to Potter Lamb, the man.
If he did not let the man part of him
have something to say.
"NIIss Richmond" he said as ne
handed over the receipt, would you
mind very much If were to say that
while what you have done might be
called injudicious, I think 1t one OF
the most courageous things / ever
heard of? And l should consider 1t
very great honor to be permitted to
call myself your friend, quite aside
from being your lawyer"
Potter Lamb wasn't handsome, but
he had very honest brown eyes and
there was something in them that
brought the faintest added tinge Of
rose to the cheeks of his client as she
replied with suspicion Of a tremble
In her voice: "That would be very
nice indeed. II haven't many. I'm
not conventional enough, fancy"
1t was Is minutes after that, what
with one word and another, and
at Mrs. Noyes' his supper was grow
ing cold, when Potter ushered his first
client out.
"You don't know how glad I am that
you made that old fox give up" he
said. "NOt only for the justice of 1t
but because it gives me the Opportu-
nifty to know you-to really know you.
But what an amazing thing for girl
to dol"
"What can you expectT" his depart
ing visitor laughed back from the third
step down, "frOm a girl who was
named after pocket handkerchief"