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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
MASONc0UNTYPOULTRY
ASSOCIATION MEETS TODAY
First Meeting Of Chicken Men For
Many Months TO Be Held Tonight
Expert From State Uni
verslty VIII Speak.

There will be q very important
meeting Of the Mason County Poultry
Association In the assembly room at
the Chamber Of Commerce this even
ing at which every member Of thke As
sociation and all Of those interested in
fowls are urged to attend.
Prof. D. D. Slade, of the University
of Kentucky, who is In charge Of poul-
try at the Experiment Station, will al
so be present and will give the MEM
bers talk on poultry and Its care.
Because the Poultry Association is
planning for Big Poultry Show to be
held in Maysville some time this
month, there will be much interest at
tached to the meeting tonight.
Mason county will continue to raise
full bred Rhode Island Reds next sea-
son and because of the state that the
county got during the past season
there should be many Of the full blood
ed fowls raised. Mason county should
this year become cutie famed as a
Rhode Island Red county.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
n PUBLIC WORKS
hOULDG|vE jODSTO
RETURNED SOLDIERS
Cities and Counties Should Begin ALI
Their Contemplated improvements
10 Furnish Work.

Many cities throughout the United
States, are planning programs OF re-
construction that will take care OF
their needs and at the same time fur
nish employment TO the returned SOL
dlers. They will never forget the
kindness Of any city or county admin
istration that assists them In getting
back into the Industrial channels OF
the nation.
We citizens Of Mason county, can
profit by the example Of xome of the
larger cities. The following Is a copy
OF the telegram sent to President Will
son by Harold s. Buttenheim, editor of
the American City, magazine DEVOTED
to civic advancement:
May suggest that message from
you through the newspapers or other
wise to governors, mayors and civic
organizations urging immediate prep
aration Of plans for needed public
work would aid very greatly in stabil-
izing employment and readjusting in
dustry to a peace-time basis? Such
projects might include road construc-
ton, street paving, schools, senatorial
and other public buildings and insti-
lions, bridges, parks, play grounds,
housing developments, reconstruction
Of slum areas, protection against fire
and food and improvement of public
utilities, water supplies, sewer sys-
tens, development Of water power and
freeing streams and lakes from polu-
ton. Many Of these projects will re-
guire time for preparing plans and
voting funds. Contracts can then be
lot and work started as men and ma
terials become available. Susch pro-
gram will be Of the utmost value dur
ing the coming months OF read1ust-
ment. It will tighten the burdens Of
the burdens of the Federal Govern
ment and will provide for the states
and the cities assets Of permanent val
re to all the people"
President Wilson in his annual mes
sage to Congress refers to the subject
in the following paragraph:
1.-THE ordinary and normal processes
of provate initiative will not provide
immediate employment for all Of the
men Of our returning armies. 1t seems
to me important, therefore, that the
development of public works of ev-
cry sort should be promptly resumed
in order that opportunities should be
created for unskilled labor in particu-
lar and that plans should be made for
such developments of our uused lands
and our natural resources as we have
histherto lacked stimulation to under.
take"
B. M. Baruch, Chairman, War Indus.
tries Board, also expresses his appro-
val of the suggestion, in letter to Mr.
Euttenheim, which follows:
II acknowledge the receipt of your
kind letter Of November Is, enclosing
copy of your telegram to the Presi.
dent, urging immediate preparation Of
plans for needed public works. agree
with you that there is an unusual op
portunity at this time to proceed will
the doing of all work Of this character
which has been held In suspense dur
ing the period Of the war, and that thu
working out of such program will b.
of great value during the coming
months of readjustment."
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
HOW'D This :

We Offer One l'ln bra Dollars Reward
for any case 0f s!aIarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls afarrh Medicine.
Halls Catarrh Netiaine has been taken
by catarrh suffered ior the past thirty
live years, and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surIac k5 expelling the Poi
son from the Blood and Healing the dis.
eased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for short time YOU will see a
great Improvement in your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine at once and get rid Of catarrh. Send
for testimonials. free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio,
Sold by all Dru2gists. 75c.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02

Mrs. Mary Thomas, of Bridge street,
was advised by telephone this morning
that her daughter, Miss Ruth Thomas,
was seriously i'll in Lexington, where
she is employed on the editorial stan
e the Herald. Mrs. Thomas left for
Lexington shortly after noon. She is
making the trip by automobile.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
BOY COAL HEAvERS MUST STAY
In JAIL UNTIL MARCH

The four young boys arrested sew
eral days ago on charge Of stealing
coal from the G. & o. railroad COM
pany and who were indicted by the
Grand Jury which Just adjourned will
remain In Jail until next March as the
petit jury for the present term Of court
has been dismissed and they cannot
be tried until that time.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
NOTICE

The Sunday School literature for the
new year has arrived and will be dis
tributed tonight at Prayer Meeting.
And for the further reason that 1t is
the first service Of the New Year we
want to start with good attendance.
WILL B. CAMPBELL.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
OVERHEATED COAL STOVE
CAUSED SMALL FIRE

An overheated coal stove at the
home of Helen Bats, colored, on the
pike this afternoon, caused
Il small blaze. The fire department
was called out and by the use Of chem
icals soon extinguished the fire which
did little damage to the building The
building is the property of Postmaster
M F. Kehoe.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
200 DROWNED WHEN SHIP SINKS

LIZ ndon, January 1.-Two hundred
sailo IS are believed to have been
dro1 ned when the converted British
zach Tolaire was dashed against the
rocks while entering the harbor of
ST way, Scotland. Yesterday.
f' sailors were bound for home On
thei first furlough OF the entire war.
A few swan ashore.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
TOBACCO CONTINUES COMING

Despite the bad weather quite bit
OF tobacco is now coming to the
Maysville market. 1t will take the
buyers the most of this week to clear
the floor which were lined up on the
opening day and then things will be in
pretty good shape and the weed will
be kept cleaned up from day to day.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
PRAYER MEETING

Prayer meeting service at the Third
Street M. e. Church this evening at I
o'clock led by the pastor, Rev. Worth
S. Peters. Choir will practice at close
of prayer meeting.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
QUIET COUNCIL, MEETING IS AS.
SURED

There will be little doing at the
regular monthly meeting of city coun-
Gil on next Monday evening. There
will be little or no interest in the cleo
ton of city firemen and nothing of
much importance is scheduled to come
up except this election.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02

1t is understood that the police COM
mittee of the City Council Is consid-
ering amending the police ordinance
SO as to give the members Of the po-
lice force more time off and yet to
have the city properly protected ev-
cry hour in the day and night.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02

Quite number of telephones on
Third street we're out of order We'd
resday evening and Thursday morn
ing but the Telephone Company's force
has been working on them today to
mt them In order. ~.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
BURIED AT ABERDEEN ON SAT.
URDAY

The remains of Mr.. Ephram Martin,
who died at his home in Dayton, Ohio,
on Tuesday, arrived here this after
noon over c. & o. and were taken to
the home Of relatives in Aberdeen.
Burial will be made at Aberdeen Sat
urday. r.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
TO CARTER COUNTY

officers from Ashland arrived here
yesterday and returned to that city
with w. w. Green, who was arrested
On a charge Of issuing cold check.
Green will be taken to Carter county
to face the charge.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02

Miss Rose Murphy, efficient deputy
County Clerk, is again on the job after
being confined to her home for several
weeks with a severe cold.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02

Mr.. ]. T. Ort of Vanceburg was here
yesterday attending the opening sales
on the Maysville Tobacco Market.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02

Corporal Albert 9. Yazell has re-
turned back to Camp Grant, ILL.,, after
ten days furlough 10 his sister, Mrs.
Ben Fleming of this city.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02

Mr.. John N. Browning has returned
to this city after a. stay of several
months at Mineral Wells, Texas.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
: Sr = '!..AIGHTENING UP DOG TAX
~ RECORD

County Clerk James Owens is now
receiving reports from his various de-
puties in the country precincts on the
number Of dog taxes they have issued.
The clerk is required to keep COM
plete record of all licenses issued
which gives to hi mand his assistants
quite big job.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02

Mr. John Watson Mathews left for
Ripley, Ohio, this afternoon, where he
will be employed by the R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02
Notice to BIDDERS!
City Of MaysviIIe, Ky.

Sealed proposals will be received un-
til 2 p. m. January 9Th, 1919, by the
Mayor for the removal Of garbage as
provided in the ordinance passed by
the Board Of Council December End,
1918. A copy Of said ordinance may
be seen at the Mayors Office.
THOMAS NJ. RUSSELL, Mayor.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-02

Try a Ledger Want Ad. It Pays.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-26
PLEA FOR MEMORIAL TREES
Committee Would Have One Planted
In Baptist churchyards as Tribute
to Roger Williams.

A memorial tree in every Baptist
churchyard in the United States to
commemorate establishment of re
hgiOus freedom and soul liberty Is the
plan of the Roger Williams National
Memorial committee of the District OF
Columbia. The committee, which is in
charge Of the drive to raise a fund
for the erection in Washington OF the
Roger Williams memorial. announced
1t would ask every congregation In
the country to plant memorial tree.
'"The tree stands for life" says a
statement from the committee Issued
at the Washington headquarters. land
as the American FOresty association is
urging the planting of memorial trees
in honor of the American sailors and
soldiers who gave their lives that po-
htical freedom should not perish from
the earth. so we will ask that trees be
planted in honor of Roger Williams.
who worked and suffered that religious
liberty might be woven into the ma
donal fabric of America
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-26

Knife Weeders for all Listed Crops
The Weeder Factory, Hill City, Kan.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-26
Mexico The Big Problem.

Instead of taking a mandatory. for
some petty European power, the Uni
ted States viii be doing very well If,
under the Monroe Doctrine, she can
re-establish order in troubled Mexico.
For six or seven years past that coun-
try has been trouble-torn and mussed
up-life and property unsafe and no
semblance of order anywhere. Bust
ness of all kinds has gone to ruin and
the people have become thoroughly
demoralized. 1t is our bounden duty
to clear this situation up and there's
no doubt in the world that sooner or
later we shall be obliged to do so.
There will come time when powers
of Europe will insist either that we
do it ourselves or that we allow them
to do it, an alternative that we can
not consider The big problem
ahead of this country is the Mexican
problem, and our attention belongs
here rather than in interfering in the
affairs of Europe.-Fort Wayne News
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-26

the landing of Perry's party in the
Bay of Yeddo.
1861-First raised and kept flying
on public school by the high school
Of New Bedford, Mass.
1867-First raised in Alaska on
the transfer of that territory from
Russia to the United States.
186S-Raised over the Midway
Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
1868-Planted on the summit of
Mount Baker, 1858 feet above sea
level, on the occasion of the first as
cent.
1s71-Carried into the interior of
Africa by the Henry NJ. Stanely ex-
petition.
1873-First raised on the summit
of the Andes by party of American
engineers engaged in railway survey
ing.
-Unfurled for the first time
in the far interior of China.
1898 Raised in Philippine Islands.
-Unfurled at North Pole by
Peary.
Displayed on European
battle field for the first time by the
France.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-26
Rural Carrier E.amin.t;on.

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam
ination for the County Of Ellis, Kans.
to be held at Hays on July, 26, 1919
to fill the position OF rural carrier at
Victoria, and vacancies that may
occur on rural routes from other post
Offices in the above mentioned coun-
ty. The examination VIII be open
only to citizens who are actually do
mieiled in the territory Of post Of
fee IN the county and who meet the
other requirements set forth In Form
No. 1877. This form and application
blanks may be obtained from the Of
fees mentioned above or from the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion at Washington, D. C. Applica-
tons should be forwarded to the
Commission at Washington at the
earliest practicable date.
Admission Of women to this Exam
nation will be limited to those who
are unmarried and to the wives of
soldiers and sailors serving in the pre-
soldiers and sailors serving in the
present war.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-26

See the 500 Golden Throated
Claxtonola at ThoIen's Jewelry Store.
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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-26
Where the Flag Ha. Been

The flag that has never known de-
feat has been raised over every sec
ton of the globe, says the New York
Evening Sun. Since its origin the
path of the American flag has been
1777, June 14-Created by the Con
tinental Congress, in these terms: Re
solved, That the flag Of the United
States be thirteen stripes, alternate
red and white, that the union be thir-
teen stars, white In blue field, rep
resenting a new constellation.
1777, July 4-First thrown to the
breeze on vessel of war, the Ranger,
by John Paul Jones, at Portsmouth.
1777, August 3-First fired upon,
on land at Fort Schuyler.
1777, September First carried
into action at sea by John Paul Jones.
ITS, February 14-First official sa-
lutte received by foreign country,
France.
1783-First displayed in an English
port by the schooner Bedford of Mas
sachusetts.
1790-First carried around the
world by American ship Columbia.
1906 and 18I5-Raised atTHpoi,
Straits OF Magellan by merchant
ship.
1824-First carried through the
Antartic Cicle by pilot boat Flying
Fish of the Wilkes expedition.
1829-First raised in California by
Capt. James P. Arthur, q seafarer
from Portsmouth, Mass.
1844-First carried around the
world by an American steamship.
1845-Unfurled in Mexico.
1848-First displayed upon tn Sea
of Galilee by the expedition of Lieu
tenant Lynch.
1s5s-First displayed in Japan at
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-26
Experimental Project In w.ll.e.

AOuntY
The Fort Hays Experiment Station
and the Kansas State Agricultural
College have extended their service to
Wallace County in very definite way
by the placing of experimental plots
on the ranch of Mr.. III. R. Baker, fif-
teen miles southwest of Sharon
Spring. The Fort Hays Experiment
Station is placed in western Kansas to
be of the greatest service possible to
western Kansas people. Since Wal
lace county is on the extreme western
end of the state, Superintendent
Weeks of the Fort Hays Experiment
Station is willing to bring a small
part of the Station out to this county
where the farmers can see the results
for themselves.
Last year a similar project was
placed on the farm of MI H. P. ken
berry of Quinter, Kansas
Arthur F. Swanson has been ap-
pointed to take charge of the Cereal
Crops investigational work at the
Fort Hays Experiment Station, Hays,
Kansas to succeed F. A. Kiene, Jr.,
who resigned April 1.
Mr.. Swanson is native of western
Kansas having grown up on his IA
theirs farm in Norton County. He
is thoroughly familiar with the pro-
blems of the western part of the
state.
After graduating from the Norton
County High School in 1912, Mr.
Swanson located at Portland, Oregon,
where he was connected with a large.
contracting concern. Being deeply
interested in agriculture he resigned
in 1915 to take up his college work at
the Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege, graduating in June of this year
with degree of Bachelor of Science
in Agriculture He took up his work
at the Fort Hays Experiment Station
Immediately after his graduation,
The Cereal Project at the Fort Hays
Experiment Station, with which the
United States Department of Agri-
culture co-operates, comprises eighty
acres VI SHY clay IodH up4dHU SOA
favorably located for investigational
work. At the present time 165 diff
ferent varieties and strains of wheat
are being tested out. 200 varieties
and strains of corn and sorghum are
being tested. Each year new varie-
ties and strains, which have proved
successful in other regions, are added
to Western Kansas conditions.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-26
The New York Worlds" Attack On
Senator Reed

Senator Reed
About the most contemplate thing
In partisan politics which has come UNI
der our observation for many a long
day is the malicious attack by the
New York World on United States
Senator Reed of Missouri, simply be-
cause he will not obey the party lash
and fall into line in the support of a
proposition which he believes fraught
with danger to the country whose
Constitution and laws he has sworn to
obey and maintain.
Senator Reed has pointed out the
different dangers which his clear Wis
ion sees will follow as the result of
the acceptance of the League of Ma
tions Covenant as the supreme law of
the land. That is exactly what it
would be if adopted in it's present
form
1t would be superior to the Constitu-
ton and the League of Nations would
be a super-government, to which we
would owe higher allegiance than We
do to the government af the United
State. And that government would
be under the control of alien people
of different races. This Senator Reed
points out, but since it is not in har-
mony with the views of the World,
that paper descends to personal abuse
and says that Senator Reed touches
nothing that he does not faint"
1t must be mighty poor cause
which requires such billingsgate to
support it. A cause can generally be
judged by its supporters and its sup
porters by the methods they employ.
We must say that we prefer the pat
riotism and manly independence of
Senator Reed to the disgusting sub
serviency and degrading abusiveness
of the New York World.-American
Economist.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-26
Airpl.ins Compas.e. Lose Preci.ion

AirPlsins COmPasses Lose Precision
In a lengthy article regarding air
PLANES Prof. Marvin says: Compasses
have been found to lose much OF their
precision on airpianes, and on trans
Atlantic flights it is believed they
would be somewhere near useless.
The oscillation of the plane itself is
a large deterrent factor, and others
are the attraction Of the motor OF
machine material for the needle and
the impracticability of making cor
rectiOns while making flights of high
observations make possible the correct
determination of positions, but in
cloudy weather the compass is the on
~ guide unless the aviator can fly
highenough to get above the clouds.
1t is believed necessary that trans-At-
lantic aiFplanes, in the present stage
Of development, should be in constant
touch with ships that could indicate
positions by wireless. Developments
in wireless have made it possible to
tell the direction from which an air
message is sent.
The difficulty of accurate flight
would be greater if the airplane were
aiming at a comparatively small
group Of Islands, such as the Azores,
instead OF Ireland or the coast of
Europe.
Prof. Marvin points out that it
would be quite possible for an avia-
tor flying over the uniform serface of
the ocean to turn his machine uncon-
sciously and fly away from his object.
Also, if his machine, making hypOt-
hetical speed of 80 miles an hour,
should run into a head of wind of go
miles an hour, he might stay indef1-
nitely in the same position over the
ocean. On land an aviator can tell
whether a wind is aiding or retard-
ing him, but over the changeless sea,
unless there were ships within his Wis
ion, he would have little or nothing by
which to gauge his progress.
Earth's Motion Defects AirPlane
Another factor the transatlantic
aviator must reckon with, Prof. Mar
vim says, is the defective influence Of
the earth's rotation upon airplane
flight. Objects moving freely over
the earth's surface are DETECTED con-
stantly to the right.
All the knowledge on this and
other factors in the possession Of the
Weather Bureau and effecting the
epochal undertaking has been placed
at the disposal of the naval aviators-
With the development of trans-Atlan-
tic travel by airplane the Weather
Bureau meteorologists hope there will
be opportunity for thorough study Of
| it.
''There is need" said Mr. Gregg,
'tfor a comprehensive campaign Of
meteorological and Astrological obser-
vations over the North Atlantic, in
order that aviators may be given data
for whose accuracy the meteorologist
need not hesitate to vouch, instead
of information based on so small a
number of observations, particularly
of free-air conditions, that the deduc-
tions are assumed and not proved"
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The best value in monographs any
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-26
For One Day Only
On His Regular Monthly Visits
HOURS. O +os

HOURS: 9 a. N. to 5 p. m.
A person has health and strength
In just proportion that the vital or
gans preform their functions pro-
perly. There is something radically
wrong when one feels tired and dis
couraged, and unfit and unwilling for
their daily work. Humanity was
never intended to suffer with head
aches, coated tongue, pain in the back
or stomach, hollow eyes, pimply skin,
yellow complexion, week nerves and
the many symptoms attending the
half-sick conditions which attact so
many people. All the time some
chronic disease is making deeper and
deeper inroads, until in some cases
they are past curing, then they wake
up when it is too late.