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Williams news., 1919-09-19

Do not SOW wheat on stubble if pos sible to avoid doing so.
 Flow under all infested stubble and ruined wheat where practicable soon after harvest, especially where this does not interfere with the growing of clover and forage grasses
 Destroy all volunteer wheat by har> rowing, disking, blowing, or otherwise.
 Flow Early and Deep.
 Flow all land to be sown to winter wheat as early and deeply as existing conditions permit and prepare thor oughly pulverized and competed seed bed.
 Conserve moisture against a period of drought at seeding time.
 Use the best seed procurable.
 Keep the soil in good tilth and. most important of all, SOW winter wheat during the f1y-free period as advised by local farm advisers or state experi- ment stations.
 Community action in these measures is absolutely essential to complete sue cess.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
TOAD IS FRIEND OF FARMER
They Are Useful Guardians of Crow ing Plants and Vegetables
 Devour Many Insects

Despite its general unpopularity. the toad is a harmless. interesting and valuable creature. While the toad is often thought to be poisonous. the fluid which comes from gland behind its eye is not harmful to human beings unless 1t comes. in contact with a ten der part of the body, such as the eye or lip. Toads change their skin peri odically by splitting the old skin down the back. peeling it of like jersey and swallowing it. They are also use full guardians of growing plants and vegetables since they eat all sorts of insects. Their chief weapon against their enemy, the snake, is their ability to inf1ate their bodies to twice their normal size, thus making it difficult for snakes to swallow them.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
Submarines May in Time
 Bring Up Lost Treasure
 From the Oceans Bottom

For the time being the dirigible has overshadowed the submarine in marvel of performance. It is as if the sub marine had exhausted it's possibilities of wonder and had become common place.
 It is suggested, now that the destruc- pleted, it be prepared for service in the cause of science and to clear up the mysteries of the seas, says the Buff falo News.
 There are the treasure ga1leons, there is the Titanic and the Lusitania, the collier Cyclops, to call the under sea boats to adventure. If ever they could get down to the floor of the sea where these lost ships are held, there would be untold wealth for them.
 An Italian navigator has come for ward with the suggestion that the sub- marine should be put to work to test for fable or fact the tales of the lost Atlantis. the island once great and populous that was overwhelmed by the sea because the people of it had an- gered the gods. There may have been such an island lost in a seismic con- vulsion.
 Oh, there is work enough for the submarine in many fields of discovery. But the craft must be made much more powerful than any we know now if they are going to the uttermost depths of the ocean. It probably will be many, many years before they can accom- plish such drop, but In the mean time they will not be idle.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
Eggs Travel 5000 Miles
 From China to New York
 By the Way of Vancouver

Eight thousand miles to market is long way for even staple foods to travel, but when eggs make such a long trip 1t is "goiEg some." These eggs, $500 cases of them, came all the way from China to New York city, via Vancouver, and travelled slowly by boat and train.
 When they arrived at New York they were examined by a representative of the bureau of markets, department of agriculture, who reports that the eggs were packed in cases similar to the ones used in domestic trade but made of heavier material, resembling pine, of about the same thickness as is used in domestic export cases. The average net weight of eggs per case was about 40 pounds. r
 The Chinese eggs were of a deep brown color and slightly smaller than the average domestic egg. The ship ment showed losses of from 12 to 18 eggs per case. Under the light, some of the eggs showed quite a heavy shrinkage, while others were very full. The whites were weak in a number of eggs, and when they were broken show ed very watery, though the eggs were sweet, and the yolks stood up well. The shells of these eggs are much thicker than the average American egg. and the yolk is of somewhat deeper color. When candled these eggs are said to make f1rst-class cheap eggs for the use of bakers and hotels and for cooking purposes. As received, before candling and repacking, they sold at about cents below the quotation for firsts.
 China is one of the principal sources of dried and powdered eggs. Manu- lecturers of prepared products in this country are said to be interested in the possibilities of dried and powdered eggs, especially in view of the increas- ed use of such products in ready-mixed Hours and in bakeries.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture)

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agricu1ture.)
 Losses to the winter wheat crop from Hessian fly have been rather wide spread. Losses are reported in the Shenandoah and Cumberland val leys. Straw-fallen wheat due to this cause was commonly observed in these regions where the percentage of in- festatiop by the Hessian fly has very materially increased this year. Re ports received from the western half of the Mississippi basin also indicate increased abundance of the pest.
 No Remedy for Pest.
 Growers of winter wheat should put into practice at once measures advo- cated by the United States department of agriculture to avoid losses to the 1920 crop by the Hessian fly. There is no remedy for the pest when once it takes possession of a crop of wheat. Injury can be prevented solely by keep the fly out of the wheat. The depart ment experts say the following meth ods are effective:
Williams news., 1919-09-19
STORAGE HOUSES IN
 DIFFERENT SECTIONS
Insulated Potato House Is Best
 Adapted to South.
Aroostook Type Is DistlnctiveIy a Product of Maine and Confined Largely to That State-West
 Uses Storage Ceiiars.

(Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture.)
 The insulated potato house is not used extensively and as a rule is bet ter adapted to southern than to north ern climates. The construction fea- ture of such house is the thorough insulation of it's walls, ceilings, doors and windows. In northern locations such a house must be heated by a stove.
 The Aroostook type of storage house, with concrete or masonry distinctively a product of Maine and confined largely to that state. It is expensive and is always located on a side hill or knoll in order that ad- vantage may be taken of a ground level entrance. The basements are usually from 8 to 12 feet deep, and most of them have a capacity of sev- eral thousand barrels. Generally the only provision for ventilation is by trapdoors in the floor through which the filling of the bins is completed. Occasionally a ventilator is found in the roof.
 These houses, although practical in Maine, will never supersede the dug out pit or storage cellar now used in the middle and far western states. Each of these types of storage has distinctive features which peculiarly adapt it to it's own environment, but do not necessarily preclude use in other localities.
 The artificially refrigerated potato storage house is confined practically to the storage of northern grown seed potatoes held in cold storage for sec ond crop planting in the South. It is thought that community cOld-storage plants of this type could be pro1tably used by the southern truck growers.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
Wager on Earth's Shape
 Is Lost by Decision of
 Three Prominent Judges

It will scarcely be believed, says an exchange. that the question of the shape of the earth could ever have dis turbed the peaceful atmosphere of the law courts Yet in 1879 the question, indirectly, indeed, did come before three learned judges, and the case ex- cited a good deal of interest and amazement. The circumstances were as follows:
 The plaintiff, one Hampden, enter tained the opinion that the world was not round and caused an advertise ment in paper, called Scientific Opin- ion, challenging philosophers, divines and scientific professors to prove the contrary from scripture, reason or fact. He deposited $2.5OO in a bank, to be forfeited to anyone who could prove to the satisfaction of any intelligent ref cree that there was such thing as a convex railway, canal or lake.
 The challenge was taken up by no less person than the late Prof. Alfred Russell Wallace, who proved to the satisfaction of the referee the curvature to and fro of the Bedford level canal between Whitney bridge and Welsh's dam (six miles) to the ex- tent of five feet more or less, and the $2,5O0 was paid over to him.
 But he did not keep it. The plaintiff apparently began to see that he was making fool of himself, and brought an action, and recovered back his de- posit, on the ground that the whole affair was wager, and therefore ilIegali
Williams news., 1919-09-19
ICEBOUND CABIN
 TOMB OF TRAPPER
Dies All Alone in Frozen Wilder. ness of the Canadian
 Northwest.
EPITAPH ON HIS DOOR
Wounded Policeman Makes Hazardous Journey of 2,ooo Miles to Investi- gate Fate of Man Suspected
 of Being Murdered.

Saskatoon, Sask.-Emmanuel Peter son, Hudson Bay company trapper. fell asleep in his lonely cabin in the northern wilderness near. Fond du Lac 12 months ago. He lies today just as he fell asleep. in. his bunk with his blankets tucked around him. The wolves that howl about his shack and the roaring blizzards that pile the~win- ter snows to the clapboard roof will never awaken him from his sfumber.
 There he will continue to sleep, pos sibly forever. His old log cabin; which he built himself, has become his mauso1eum. A sheet of paper tackled on the door bears his epitaph> written in English, French Cree and Chepe- wyan:
 "This is the grave of Emanuel Pe- terson. Let no man disturb it.''
 Constable M. Chappins of the Royal Northwest mounted police travelled 20OO miles through snow and storm to write that epitaph. His return to Saskatoon after three-months jour- ney is the last chapter in the tale.
 Suspected Staying.
 News that man lay dead in cabin
 
 trickled down out of the frozen North to Edmonton last February. The man had been dead then nine months. There was suspicion that he might have been murdered. Chappins was assigned to make an investigation. It is such work as this that has built the heroic traditions of Canada's corps of Scarlet Riders.
 He set out from Prince Albert. A branch line of one of the transconti mental railways took him beyond the farms to the northern end of the steel highway at Big River. He outftted with a sled and dog team at Isle Ia Crosse and with an Indian guide struck into the wilderness. The ther- mometer registered 30 degrees below zero. The snow was two feet deep.
 At Cree lake the snow was four feet deep and the mercury stood at
Williams news., 1919-09-19
Lily Rootstocks Decay
 and Grow at Same Time

eff one has the temerity to venture into the cool bogs he may run across the water arun or marsh Calla, whose white spathe opens out quite fiat" says W. L Beecroft in Boys Life. "The long, creeping rootstocks have the pc culiar habit of decaying at one end while growing at the other. This plant has the distinction of being a true CalIa. The Calla lily of cultivation belongs to genus Richardia. But cus- toms are not easily changed and the Richardia will long continue to be known as a Calla"
Williams news., 1919-09-19
4o,4oSY YanksDie
 In. Battle Final Casualty Reports From
 Records Office.

Final casualty reports from the cen tral records office of the American ex- peditionary forces in France, made public by the war, department, gave the total battle deaths as 49, ,49S, total wounded POS. .69O and prisoners 4.480.
 "Only slight revisions" will be made in this report, it was announced.
 Recent corrections in the list of missing have reduced the number to only 127 names, as compared with 264, 900 for France and 121, ,OO0 for Eng land. To July 1, the army had re- ported 149,433 cases of disabled sol diers to the war risk insurance bu- reau. It was estimated that the final total would be close to 100000.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
ingenious Farmer Devises Fly Trap to Brush Pests
 Off Herd of Dairy Cows

A fact not fully appreciated even among farmers is the economic loss in milk production caused by mosquitoes and flies. An Ohio dairyman owning 20 cows devised ,home-built fly trap, and after it had been in operation week calculated the difference in milk production. He was obtaining II gall Ions @ day more than when the flies were unrestricted in their pern1cious activities. In low-lying localities where insects have favorable breed ing conditions, the late spring mos quito scourge is sometimes so bad as to destroy the profits in milk produc- tion, Some farmers use home-devised traps, as did the Ohio dairyman. Some wash their herds with preparations, manufactured commercially, which ef fectfvely, reduce the pest. But the great majority of herds continue to go through the fly season protected against flies only by the weapon with which nature equips them-the tail- and an inefficient weapon it is, too, beside what the dairyman can furnish. The COW which spends the entire day fighting flies does not consume the roughage needed for maximum yield at night.
 The Ohio man built 1ean-to, through which the herd passed. Across 1t in the middle were flexible curtains fitting closely about the COW which brushed the flies off. The dairyman following closed both doors, leaving the flies to cluster on a window, where they were quickly shot to death with a fly powder.
 Did the cattle appreciate this de- vice? Indeed they did, to such an ex- tent that they soon learned to go through 1t without driving.
Williams news., 1919-09-19

50 degrees below. Packs of gray wolves hung on his trail. They kill ed two of his dogs in an attack on his camp. He killed them every day by the dozen. This, Chappins believes, saved his life, for the half-starved, desperate brutes feasted on the car casses of their dead companions.
 Faced Snow Alone.
 A little farther on his Indian guide turned back. The frozen desolation that lay ahead struck him with panic terror. Chappins went on alone. He drove ahead two days in. the teeth of a blizzard. His provisions ran low. He lived on short rations of pemmican and tea. At the silver camp at Darnier he obtained fresh supplies and new guide and pressed on to the Hudson Bay post at Fond du Lac.
 He found Peterson's body perfectly preserved in the cold, dry air. There were no signs of violence. Peterson's diary lay open on a table. The last entry, made March 29, 1918. read:
 'I am very sick. It would be hell if I should die out here among the snow drifts all alone"
Williams news., 1919-09-19
BEST EQUIPMENT FOR GARDEN
No One Can Enjoy Work With Crude or Unsuitable Implements
 Work Is Made Easy.

Garden equipment is essential for best results in making garden No one can enjoy work with crude or un- suitable implements. All realize how easy hard work may be with the right kind of facilities for doing it. This Is true in garden work. Garden imple- ments cost so little in comparison to their value that no one can afford to get along without them The same may be said of farm implements and needed equipment in general.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
ATTENTION TO SANDY SOILS
Very Deficient in Organic Matter and Are Subject to BIowing-Straw
 Covering Helps

Sandy soils are very deficient in or ganfc matter and are subject quite seriously to blowing. If such fields are covered with straw it will prevent this damage to great extent. IL will also add considerable to the hu- mus content by increasing the organic matter in the soil, and the soil will hold a much larger per cent of mofs- ture. Consequently it will be far supe- rior to soil that is deficient ID organic matter. The straw spreader is very practical.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
PREVENT wAsTAeE ON FARMS
Among Other Things There May Be Spots That Wash, That Overflow
 or Are Poorly Drained.

Look out for the waste places on the farm. Some of these may be on fields that wash some may be on the overfiowed fields; some. the poorly drained places. The barnyard ma nure may be wasting; the implements being left out in the weather to de teriorate. The waste may be in try ing to do with the hands what should be done with implements and ma- chimes Look for wasted energy and wasted opportunity.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
cucumher Pickles.

Put gallon of vinegar, a cupful of mustard, the dry ground mustard; a half cupful of salt into jar and drop into this the fresh cucumbers as they are taken from the vine. They will be ready to eat in two weeks, and will keep all winter if sealed.
 Another recipe is this: Take two quarts of cucumbers, wash, place in jars and add one tablespoonful of salt, few pieces of horseradish root, one tablespoonful of ground mustard and cold vinegar to cover.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
Gems of Thought.

The soul of man is a garden where, as he sows, so shall he reap. If you would gather roses, do not sow rotten seeds.-Napo- leon.
 A crown, golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns; brings danger, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights. to him who wears a regal diadem.-Milton.
 It is a sign that your reputa- ton is small or sinking if your tongue must praise you.-Judge Hale.
 Politeness is a Christian duty. Politeness Is Christianity ap- piled to manners.-Gail Hamil- ton.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
BABY IS LOST IN MOVING
Forgotten by Mother, the Child Is
 Found Smothered In Mattress.

Oakland, Cal.-Busied with getting her furniture ready for moving to an- other apartment, Mrs. Joseph Valado, placed her month-old baby on mat tress. She tossed a blanket over 1t to keep the baby warm.
 The congressman failed to see the child when he rolled up the mattress and blanket and threw the bundle into the wagon The child smothered be fore 1t was missed.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
Emotion Precipitated
 In Crystals by Fancy

would not be supposed to overlook the distinction, too often lost sight of, between sentimentalism and senti- ment, the latter being a very excellent thing in it's way, as genuine things are apt to be. Sentiment is iptellectual-. ized emotion, emotion precipitated, as 1t were. in crystals by the fancy. This Is the delightful staple of the poets of social life like Horace and Beranger, orsThackeray, when he too rarely play ed with v~fwe.-Lowell.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
Tomato catsup.

Take three dozen ripe tomatoes. three red peppers. six onions chopped fine. Add two teaspoonfuls each of whole cloves, stick cinnamon and ground mustard. To three cupfuls of vinegar add one and one-half cupfnls of brown sugar and three tablespoon fuls of salt. Cook until smooth, put through a sieve, reheat and bottle for winter use.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
Mothers Cook Book

If you were busy being good, And doing just the best you could, You'd not have time to blame some man Who's doing just the best he can. If you were busy being true To what you know you ought to do, You'd be so busy you'd forget The .blunders of the folks you've met.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
CHOICE PICKLES ALIKE MOTHER
 USED TO MAKE"
Chilli Sauce.

Take A large ripe tomatoes. seven white onions, two green peppers, five cupfuls of vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of salt, and one cupful of sugar. Bring the vinegar and sugar to the boiling point, add the other ingredients which have been put through the meat grind. CT and boil one hour.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
GROWING HEALTHY CHICKENS
Among Other Things Shade. Fresh Water, Clean Coops and ventiia-
 tion Are important

Shade, clean. fresh water. clean coops and colony houses. and good ventilation and plenty of room during the night are of the greatest impor- tance in growing healthy. strong. viz orous birds. whether they are for meat, eggs or breeding.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
N. hlx~s.e
Moderate Rain CIeanses
 the Ground and the Air

Frequent and moderate rain is the most effective of all sanitary agencies. It cleanses the ground and the air. The ammoniaca1 and other exhalations continually rising from decomposing animal and vegetable matter are all more or less soluble in water and are largely removed by gentle rain.
Williams news., 1919-09-19
Mustard Pickles.

Take two quarts of small cucum. bers, two quarts of small onions, two quarts of green tomatoes, two heads of cauliflower, one quart of wax beans and three finely chopped green pep pers. Let stand in salt water over night, using half a cupful of salt and water to cover. Place a weight over the vegetables and let stand over night. In the morning drain and scald the vegetables in clear water until ten- der, then pour over the following preparation: Mix one-half pound of mustard, one-fourth ounce of turmeric, three teaspoonfuls of celery seed and three-fourths of a cupful of flour to- gether, add slowly four quarts of vine- gar and cook until smooth
Williams news., 1919-09-19
spieed Grapes.

Remove the pulp from six pounds of grapes. Put in a kettle and boil until soft; remove the seeds by put ting through a sieve. Put pulp and skins together, add three pounds of sugar, one pint of vinegar, two table spoonfuls of cinnamon, one tablespoon full of cloves; cook two hours.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-04-15
LONDON VENTS SARCASM
] ON LEAGUE PACT; WILSON
TERMED A METTERNICH

The newspaper does not express any
great belief in the efficiency of the
league in any case.
The labor newspaper, the Daily Her
ald says the summary does not indi-
cate much improvement on the origi-
na draft. 1t declares that, from a
democratic viewpoint the league is
still an alliance Of states and not d UNI
ion of peoples"
The Post, which is an opponent of the
league and severe critic Of President
Wilson, refers ironically to the "new
Garden of Eden" in which the Mon
roe doctrine will take the place of the
tree of knowledge of good and evil, !"
Referring to the fruits Of
the western hemisphere being forever
forbidden to signatories of the league"
Attributing to President Wilson per-
sonally the features of the draft to
which it most objects, the newspaper
says that "posterity will place him with
Metternich and Castlereagh as one who
worked for the confusion of other ma
tions and the greatness of his own
1t concludes by declaring it monstrous
that such a covenant should be signed
without first fairly being considered by
the public and parliament
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-04-15

London, April 14.-The summary of
fhe amended covenant of the league of
nations evokes no enthusiasm in the
London morning newspapers and it is
declared by some Commentators to be less
satisfactory than the first draft The
Chronicle, for instance, points out GER
tain points which, it thinks, make the
new draft distinctly and perhaps de-
cisively inferior to the old"
The newspaper condemns the policy
of requiring unanimity for the deG-
sions of both the council and assembly
ana also condemns the terms upon
which the covenant may be amended and
permission given any nation to withdraw
on two years notice. 1t regards the
covenant as unharmed by the Monroe
doctrine amendment. which it believes,
should faci itate the adhesion of the
United States to the covenant.
The Daily News, which is a warm
champion of the principle Of the league,
objects to the constitution Of the new
council, which, it says, will manifestly
be controlled by prominent representa-
tiyes of the five great powers when they
are in agreement and it fails to see
how the four representatives of other
powers chosen for the assembly can
have much independence.