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Connecticut western news., 1919-01-09
THE HOME PAPER

When the evenin' shade is fallin' at
 the endin' O the day, An a feller rests from labor smokin'
 his pipe O clay, There's nothin' does him so much
 good, be fortune up or down, As the little country paper from his
 oP home town. It ain't thing O beauty an it's print
 ain't always clean, But it straightens out his temper
 when a feller's feelin' mean; It takes the wrinkles off his face an
 brushes off the frown, That little country paper from his ol'
 home town. It tells of all the parties an balls of
 Punkin row, Bout who spent Sunday with his girl
 an how the crops'n grow; How it keeps a feller posted bout
 who is up an who is down, |, That little country paper from his
 oP home town. Now I like to read the dailies an the
 story papers, too, And at times the yallow novels an
 some other trash-don't you? But when l want some readin' that
 will brush away a frown, l want that little paper from my ol'
 home town.
 Chloride Furnace News.
Connecticut western news., 1919-01-09
Pilgrim Church Notes

The Annual Supper of Pilgrim ChGrch will be on Thursday evening. This gathering is one os the big events of the church year, for every attendant at the church services, or member of any of it's organizations is expected to be present. It is one cf the few times in the year when the whole Church-family comes to- "ether ir . social way, and one of tsle faw 3':~pers for which no charge is l--4de. The Deaconesses, Mrs. G.. W. Ford, Mrs. N. L. Jackson and Mrs. E. T. Rowe are the hostesses of the evening with the assistance of the women of the church. A good attendance is expected this year in spite of the prevalent and very re- gretful sickness. Six o'clock is the hour.
 The supper will be followed by the roll-call of the church members and the annual business meeting, which includes reports from the several organizations and the election of officers.
 Next Sunday will be Pilgrim Eel lowship Day, on which occurs the visiting of every home by represen- tative men of the church. At the morning service the pastors subject will be Christian Stewardship. Following the sermon the men who are to make the canvass will be com missioned for their work.
 These men will return to the church at a quarter of two for final counsel before making their calls on the families of the parish. Because of the special features of the day, the Brotherhood Class will not hold it's usual meeting.
 The topic of the Y. P. s. meeting Sunday evening will be "The Prac- tice of Kindliness."
 The annual meetings of the Mis- sion Circle and the Woman's Union will be held at the home of Miss Smith on Friday afternoon at 2:30 and 3:30 respectively.
Connecticut western news., 1919-01-09
Miss Rosa Reel has returned t

Miss Rosa Reel has returned to her school in New Marlboro.
 Lillian Parsons and Mary Stratton class of 1919, returned to Northfield to resume school work on Tuesday Of this week
 The Scouts voted to take care Of he sidewalk between the Pilgrim hurch and the Exemption Board Office, this winter, the same as was one last year. Two Scouts volun- eered to take care of it the first week.
 Chas. Butcher has accepted a position with the Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Go. in Winsted.
 Miss Henderson of Canada is visiting at F. W. Garvin's. She ex- poets to leave soon for trip to Australia.
Connecticut western news., 1919-01-09

night. Before bed time I noticed re1 lief, and that night had a sound sleep and perfect nights reY, the first since the beginning of the flu. l have completely recovered and do not cough at all. It cost me oniy Sl 20 to cure that obstinate cough with Foley's Honey and Tar. Let all who read this letter try Foley's." Free man Dempsey, dealer.-adv.
Connecticut western news., 1919-01-09
NORTH CANAAN GUARD
 MUSTERED OUT FRIDAY
(Continaed from page ,


 to the fact that it stood we'll toward the top. The men of which the com pany was composed were out of the ordinary and seldom can one find more intelligent military organiza- ton. The company has proved it's patri- otism in many ways besides regular drilling a7@ rtc1di..~- :'oad.-- U be called in l~s1 |. i lA.>~.g~--.. t5 ha" assisted in -.2d Cross, Y. M. C.. A. and other drives for the benefit of also purchased a $100 Liberty bond of the last issue.
 After the men were mustered out last Friday evening, several members remained to ask for a statement of the financial condition of the com pany, which Capt. Roraback gave as far as he was then able. It was agreed that a complete financial statement would be prepared and a business meeting of all former members called to discuss it.
 1 The following is a list of the officers and men of the company. i Captain, J. Clinton Roraback {; End It: Ivanhoe L. Scott; 1st Sgt, Frank A. Whiting; Supply Sgt, Hen ! ry E. Lyles; Sgts., George P. liar , ,denbergh, James J. Keenan, Jr.; Corporals, George s. Mather, Leon ard A. Caldwell, Burton J. Stratton, Louis J. Streck, Ambrose W. Hol- sapple, Gordon w. Mansir; E. Ken meth Roberts. t. , Privates, Clarence Adams, Alfred c. Adotte, Clinton D. V. Barnes, Dewey Canfeld, Frank Cleary, Vic tor M. Coe, Arthur B.. Crichton, Floyd Decker, Freeman Dempsey, Porter F. Feathers, Joseph Franks, Allyn Fuller, George A. Heffernan, Lewis E. Hester, Harry A. Holt, George Kimble, Albert W. Krouse, Charles Laffargue, Howard F. Law renee, Elmer Leffingwell, Grove B. Lefingwell, Vernan Leffingwell, Carl Algott Lindell, Hugh Meade, Ken meth Miller, Robert Nelson, Fred Owens, Lester Place, Melvin Proper, Freeman Rogers, Charles E.. Sirlin, George Simmons, Harmon V. Sim mons, LeRoy Stanton, Frank A. VanDeusen.
 Reserve Detachment-Lester H. Adams, Edward A. Creevey, Donald J. Emmons, George w. Ford, Charles H. Goodwin, James Hanlon, Horace E. Holt, James J. Keenan, Frank H. Lee, G.. Willis Parsons, Joseph L. Parsons, John Rodemeyer, J. Henry Roraback, George H. VanDeusen, Robert D. Peirce.
 Losses-2nd. It. Robert D. Peirce, i2nd. It. Ivan D. Cam, 1st. Sgt. Will liam Ostrout, Sgt. Theodore Baird, Corporal Isador Minacci, John G. Adam, Private Malcolm Adam, Clifford c. Babb, Fabian Baisley, William s. Blass, Albert E. Cobb, Crawford Drumm. Leslie Drumm, Serene Gandelli, Edwin c. Gillette, John H. Graves, Joseph Killawee, E. Roy Laffargue, George Laffargue, Everett Lyles, Egbert Martin, Henry Miller, Rico Minacci, Peter Montani, A. Hamilton Nesbitt,- George Per- drizet, William T., Place, Myron B. chell Pusey, Charles Rodemeyer, Porter, Corporal Earl Proper, Win W. Harold Schoonover, LeRoy E. Smith, Robert Taylor, Karl Werner.
 First Lieutenant Schmidt had just been placed on the reserve list and the vacancy had not yet been filled.
Connecticut western news., 1919-01-09
Worth $5O.OO a Bottle

Wm. Barnes, San Antonio, Tex, writes: 'Foley's Honey and Tar is the best cough remedy in the world. It has been worth $50.00 a bottle to me. had the flu followed by pneu- monia, which left me weak, with a persistent cough. I needed rest and sleep, which was unable to get. Some one advised Foley's Honey and Tar. began taking it that very
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
American Farms Will Yield
$o,0OO,0OO,O00
Value Based on Government Statistics

American farms will this contribute So 1000 to the
worlds wealth from yield 100000 bushels of wheat oats
barley and The value of wheat 25
100000 oats $99472000 ba& 1884 100000 and 4200000
These values based the statistics presenting farm
Of July l.
According to the department Of agriculture there is promise of
20150OO0O bushels reports received July while small
grains will approximate $S9S 100000 bushels when the harvest
peted Compared with the figures supplied for the previous month this
loss of 12000000 bushels Of which 00000 bushels wheat and
100000 bushels oats
The crop attracting attention than wheat and shows
unusual promise The 10s 100000 compared with 49,
$4,000 July and the revised 1917
$4,000 in December The total 100000 bushels than
harvested last year. present condition maintained to harvest the
would be around 25Oo0OOo0 bushels which would set record
crop of bushels rye although cut down 100000
bushels by blight and drought record and 100000 bushels
above last years high mark
Barley is somewhat of disappointment with 900 bushels
compared with 256o0o0 bushels The hay 100000
tons is 26O00,O00 tons last years
wheat Of 6 100000 bushels is 75000000 bushels short of
the previous months returns but record yield The losses due
disappointment from the early promise The loss in winter wheat
100000 bushels and in spring 200000 bushels The winter wheat
yield will exceed all records but the spring wheat short and greatly
below expectations
Prospective Yields Of July compared with and farm
prices follow yields being millions of bushels and prices in cents;
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
WhoWonthe War?
Pres. Wilson Says America Did.
Cen. Haig Says Britain Did.

Who won the war? This is one of
the questions that the peace confer
ence failed to answer.
President Wilson gave the American
answer in speech on board the
George Washington July 4.
Field Marshal Haig gave the Brit
ish answer in an address in Newcas-
tie.
President Wilson said:
'"Then America went in, and IL 1T
had not been for America the war
would not have been won. My heart
swells with pride that | cannot ex-
press when I think of the men who
crossed the seas from America to fight
on those battlefields."
General Haig said:
Don't forget it was the British en-
pire that won this war. We talked
a great deal about our allies. 1t was
necessary and right that we should
do so to buck them up all we could
while the fighting was going on, but
don't forget it was the British empire
that won this war;
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
WHY DESTROY YOUR FRIENDS?
Aoriculturists Make Tremendous Mis-
take When They Wage War on
Certain Types of Birds.

In the suburbs of one of our cities
recently a man was arrested for shoot
ing S3 robins and two cedar wax
wings. When we consider that each
year the people of the United States
pay toll of one billion dollars to in
sects. the reason for protecting our
native birds is apparent.
Some birds feed almost entirely or
the seeds of weeds others on field
mice and others on small rodents.
Hawks and owls are considered out
laws. and the. average citizen wants
TO shoot them if he can. II has been
estimated that each hawk or owl Ellis
on an average thousand mice year.
A recent examination of the stom-
ach of q cedar wax wing CHERRY birdl
revealed 100 canker worms. In the
stomach of scarlet tanager were found
$40 gypsy moth caterpillars. With the
continued wanton destruction of ma
five birds, successful agriculture
would become impossible and the de-
struction of the greater part of food
vegetation would follow.-Thrift Mag
aZine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
AREAHVF sal 0V mr. Ro2 O0OACeELA9v

The upshot of the matter was that
week or two later Mr.. Campbell was
in the presence of the secretary of the
interior. The first thing the secre-
tary asked him was what kind of a
contract he wanted.
"Any kind" was the reply, ''just so
l get a chance to raise a lot of
wheat.
what do you want for yourself?"
asked the secretary.
Nothing" Campbell replied. II am
willing to enroll with the dollar-a-year
men if the government finances the
project, and if / finance it myself all
want is change to break even"
That certainly made hit with the
secretary. He saw that he was deal
ing with a real man, so he asked him
why he didn't make it 100000 acres in
stead of the 10000 he had asked for
and added:
"Could you handle that many
acres?"
Certainly" replied Mr.. Campbell.
"only it will require more capital than
had figured on"
Secretary Lane said he thought that
could be arranged and told Mr.. Camp
bell to go ahead and draw a contract
The contract was drawn and in due
time bore the signature of Secretary
Lane, all the bureau chiefs and Mr.
Campbell. The Indians, of course,
were well taken care of under the
terms of the contract. They will re-
ceive one-tenth of the crop during the
crop during the second five-year period
at the end of which time the lease
expires.
The next step was to finance the
project, so Mr. Campbell hurried to
New York, presented himself at the
offices of j. P Morgan & Co. and senr
in word that Secretary Lane had ask
ed him to call on matter of business.
Whether Mr.. Morgan had received adj
vance information of Mr.. Campbell's
coming or not is unimportant. The
fact remains that he was Immediately
invited in.
Mr.. Morgan listened while Mr.
Campbell told his story. AT the end
of the story Mr.. Morgan asked how
much money would be required.
give million dollars" replied Mr..
Campbell without batting an eye
.Very WE'LL" said Mr.. Morgan, you
may have it. And if that isn't enough.
as much more will be available"
And so the 200,000-acre wheat farm
came into existence, with Mr.. Camp
bell as president of the Montana
Wheat Farming corporation and gen.
eral manager of the whole project.
But about the absence of horses
from the farm.
All of the work is being done with
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15

ranks with a string of failures marring
a record that had known nothing but
success at Quakertown for fourteen
years. Connie diSmantled his great ma
chine after losing the 1914 worlds SER
les, and since that time he has been
trying in vain to develop another win
ming combination. For four consecu-
tive seasons Mack's teams have finish
ed in last place and the aggregation he
is plotting this season promises no high
er finish.
Mack has been the directing head Of
the one team for longer term Of years
than any other manager now in the
game. Likewise, he has been handling
ball clubs longer than any other pilot
ia the history of baseball.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
Ancient Chinese Poetry
as "Written Pictures

Several translations of sixteenth,
eighteenth and nineteenth century Crl-
nese poems, which have just Deen
printed in an American magazine OF
verse, will strike many casual read
ers as being very much like occiden-
tai vers libre; and it is also notice
able. that these poems, widely apart
in time. are very near together III
feeling and technical manner. Ine
Chinese poet, in fact, seems to nave
anticipated by several centuries the
latest thing" in Western verse ex-
preston. And perhaps this is reaiiy
the case. The Chinese term for sucn
poems is, literally translated, "Wrlt-
ten pictures" which will also seem
to many modern readers good WORK
Ing definition for vers hbre.-Cnris-
tan Science Monitor.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
Fighting Heart of Jack
Dempsey is an Heirloom
From the Days of Feuds

Jack Dempsey. heavyweight cham
pion of the world, although born in
Manassa, Col, sprang from the purest
type of West Virginia mountaineer
stock. The champions grandfather,
Ance Dempsey, was pioneer settler
of Logan county.
The report widely circulated, that
Dempsey was born near Williamson,
w. Va. is incorrect. 1t is slightly over
a quarter of a century since ID. l.
Dempsey and the mother of the new
champion left their old home there.
Jack was born about year after his
parents arrived in the West.
The old Dempsey homestead in the
mountains is located only short dis
lance from the abode of Devil Ance
Hatfield, who gained widespread no.
toriety during the Hatfield-McCoy
feud.
Although there are still many close
relatives of the Dempsey family re-
siding in that vicinity, the present
champion has never visited them.
Both Dempsey's father and grand
father were farmers and woodsmen
and are remembered by old residents
there as fearless mOuntaineers VINO
stood high in a community where
courage was demanded of all.
At the present time there are two
uncles and several cousins OF the
champion residing in Mingo county.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
Chopped Mutton Outlets.

Remove the lean meat from two
pounds of the forequarter of lamb,
and put through the meat chopper
Mix the meat with one cupful of dried
crumbs, one egg slightly beaten, one
cupful of canned tomatoes or milk,
three chopped pimentoes, two and one
half teaspoonfuls of salt. Form into
outlets and put into a very hot we'll
creased frying pan. Turn the meat
frequently until well served on both
sides, cook six to eight minutes and
remove to hot platter. Serve with
Pimento Sauce.
Brown two tablespoonfuls of fat
and two slices of onion in the pan In
which the outlets were cooked. Add
two tablespoonfuls Of flour, one cup
full of stock from the bones, salt and
pepper to taste, stir and cook until
smooth and thick; strain and add half
a pimento cut in bits.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15

tractors. Last fall, when the first
ground was, broken, there were fifty
monster machines at work tearing up
the prairie sod. This spring others
were at work They plowed on the
average one acre minute for the
working time. A record was made
on one day of 1880 acres turned and
broken. All the seeding, harvesting
ETC., was also done by tractors, and
then, of course, there are the thrash
ing machines. Hence the absolute
uselessness of horses about this place.
One of the first problems Mr.. Camp
bell had to solve was the number or
various kinds of machines that would
be required to do the work on the en-
tire farm. He solved this by dividing
the farm into units of 5000 acres and
then allowing a certain period for
each operation-such as blowing, har-
rowing, seeding, cutting. thrashing-on
each unit.
The 5,OOO-acre unit also has another
use Mr.. Campbell. as active as he is.
couldn't reasonably be expected to
personally oversee work on 2O0,0O0
acres of land throughout the season.
So each unit is put in charge of a
competent farm manager, with gen.
eral foreman and a crew of men. Each
unit also has it's group of permanent
and modernly-equipped buildings. 1t
is a gigantic proposition any way you
take it.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
Connie Mack, Developer OF
Greatest Baseball Machine,
May Retire as a Manager

The retirement from basebalis man
agerial ranks of Cornelius McGillicud-
dy, known to the sporting world as
Connie Mack, is Swallowed in the recent
return to baseball of Harry DAVIS
long the lieutenant of Crafty Connie
Reports from Philadelphia say thal
Mack has tired of the task of man
aging a ball club and is about ready "
devote his attention to the business emo
of the game. Davis is to succeed Mack
as boss of the Athletics on the heid'
the rumors go on.
Mack, the developer of the greatest
baseball machine of recent years, II
not the greatest of all times, seems
destined to pass out of the managerial
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
Rubber-seed Oil.

The report of the Federated Malay
States agricultural department tells
of the method of manufacture OF rub
ber-seed oil. with a view TO putting II
on a commercial basis. 1t would seem
from the report that this high-grade oil
requires hardly any refining, is OBJ
tanned from a waste product available
in great quantity. easy TO collect, trans
mort and store and easy to crush. As
far as can be foreseen, rubber-seed oil
will soon occupy place but little IN
ferior to linseed oil.--Journal Ind and
Eng. Chem.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15


ably the largest in the world, is a di-
rect result of the governments eff
forts to stimulate the growing of
wheat during the last two years. The
farm is devoted entirely to wheat, and
IL it produces somewhere around the
acre, which is practically certain, il will
add approximately 5.656,000 bushels
to the 1919 wheat crop. At the gov
ernments guaranteed price of 1925
cents q bushel this represents the
tidy sum of $12,656,O0O Of course
iall this will not be net profit. But
there should be enough left, after all
expenses are paid, to make the ven
tture worth while.
Thomas d. Campbell is the man
who conceived the idea of the worlds
largest wheat farm, or any other sort
of farm, for that matter. Originally
of Grand Forks, more recently of Los
Angeles, CAL, and now a resident of
the Crow Indian reservation in Mon
tana, where he stands an excellent
chance of being elected chief of the
Crows, Mr.. Campbell has astonished
the wheat growers of the country, as
well as lot of other people, by the
vastness of the enterprise under his
management.
1t was during the summer of 1917
that Campbell first thought of raising
wheat on a large scale on unused
Indian lands. and wrote to the Indian
bureau at Washington. outlining his
plans and asking how to proceed to
lease some of the tracts. He was
courteously informed by sundry OBJ
scure clerks in the department that
; it couldn't be done. They cited GER
tain rules and regulations and laws
F.; to prove their assertions
This had the same effect on MFR.
Campbell that red rag does on a
hull. The word impossible" only
makes him the more determined TO
J do what he sets out to do. So he
'decided to try the men higher up and
the result was a long telegram to
President Wilson. Almost Immediate
lly came back reply saying that the
president was much interested in the
iproject and had referred it to Secre-
stary Lane of the interior department.
who would give the matter his per-
lsonal attention.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15

states department of agriculture, was
564, 7SS.0oO, as compared to 356,341. coo
acres planted in 1917 and 344. 793. 900
acres planted in 1916. These figures
are based on the acreages of corn.
wheat, oats, barley, rye. buckwheat,
potatoes, sweet potatoes, tobacco, flax.
rice, hay, cotton, peanuts. kafir, beans,
broom corn, hops and cranberries
which crops comprised 96.6 per cent
of all crops in this country in 1909.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
Novel Jardiniere.

Purchase large-size bean pot III the
shape of flower pot with VIDE Tim.
Now use a dark green glossy paint 10
cover it. When dry dip small Drusn
in washable gold paint and draw
pretty design around the rim ana you
have a handsome ornament for your
fern or other flowers for little cost.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
More Acres Titled Last Year

When this country entered the war
Uncle Sam called for an increased pro-
,duction of food urging the farmers of
the country to plant every available
acre. The food producers of the ma
,tion responded by planting over IL
600 600 acres more than had been
planted during the year previous. The
acreage of all crops during 1918, ac-
cording to figures just tabulated by
the bureau of crop estimates, United
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
Kangaroo Farming Is One of
AustraIia's Big industries

In Australia. kangaroo farming is an
important industry. The hides are
valuable and the tendons extremely
fine. They are used in the sewing up
of wounds, and especially for holding
broken bones together, being much
finer and tougher than catgut, which
is used extensively
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
SOME PosTsCRIPTs

An inventor has combined a
cigar cutter with a watch Tor
men.
Java has taken the leadership
i'm the cultivation of quinlne
away from Peru.
Levers outside a new gas
range move a broiler inside to
any desired position with rela-
ton to the heat.
Blades of recently patented
shears are operated by an cleo
tric motor controlled by a but
ton In it's handle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-15
Rice With Fried Ham.

Take a cupful of fried ham put
through the meat chopper, half cup
full of rice cooked until tender, salt to
season, half small minced onion and
a tomato or two for moisture. Bake
until well blended and piping hot
Serve from the baking dish.