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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03

point of grain storage of all kinds at
any one time in that period was $780,
100000 bushels. That is, in nine
months the flow of grain was seven
times the quantity which accumulated
in storage at the highest point during
that period. This is direct illustra-
ton Of the necessity of keeping the
grain handling facilities of the coun-
try liquid to avoid the distress to all
interests that would follow the block
ing Of this flow of grain.
Reinaugurate Permit Plan.
The permit system as operated last
year contemplates the closest cooper
alton between the railroad administra-
ton and the United States food adj
ministration grain corporation. The
local representatives of the grain cor
poration were in daily contact with
the grain control committees at each
market, and in view of the very COM
prehensive data and information In
their possession as to storage faclll-
ties, anticipated movements out OF
udIhGlSs tuc ACCOC VI oAAASANANS 49,
lions of the country, not only as to
wheat but as to other cereals that How
coincidentally with wheat, etc., were
of invaluable aid in the accomplish
ment of the permit system with
minimum economic disturbance. The
same character of assistance is being
arranged for from the grain corpora
ton, or the wheat director, in antlcl-
patton that it will be necessary to re-
inaugurate the permit plan within the
next one or tive months.
The wheat director is as vitality IN
terested as the railroad administration
that the grain tonnage shall be ham
died with the least possible friction as
between ali interests concerned, and
is in entire harmony with the railroad
administration as to the plans pro-
posed in that direction.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03
LIVE STOCK NOTES

Plenty of exercise for the SOW is
important if healthy pigs are desired.
Rape will make good hog pasture
earlier than anything else we can SOW
in the spring.
The outlook for live stock raising is
brighter than that of raising crops to
be sold before the farmers profit can
be had.
AS soon as the pigs will eat, which
is usually at four or i've weeks Of
age, they should be fed separately
from their dam.
1t requires twice as long for horses
to consume ground grain fed dry as
when the same quantity is fed thor
oughly dampened.
About three or four weeks before
narrowing the sow should be given ex-
ira attention and the caretaker should
make friends with her.
Speltz has practically the same feed
ing va,,s for hogs and cattle as barley
when fed in combination with other
feeds, although its composition is more
IKE oats than barley.
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Plan Moving Of
Big Grain Crops

This system prevented in the fall Of
1913 serious transportation paralysis
of former years due to widespread
congestion of traffic which had been
shipped but which could not be dis
posed of at destination. This paraly-
sis of traffic in former years was most
apparent in the East, but it's injuri-
GUS effects were felt throughout the
country.
While the permit system at the
ports is still in operation, it was sus-
pended few months ago at the in
terror markets, due to improved ocean
shipping and the fact that the bulk of
the grain had been moved. 1t is, how
ever, to be expected that the system
will again be inaugurated with the
opening OF the new wheat season, and
in view of that possibility the railroad
administration is already preparing
The necessary machinery SO that 1T
may be prepared to act without delay
at the proper time. Conferences
have already been held with represent
atives of the grain corporation.
As graphically illustrating the ne
cessity of regulating the transporta-
ton Of this tonnage, and the results
obtained from such regulation, the fol-
lowing facts are of value and interest
ing: For the nine months of the crop
year, July 1, 1913, to May 1, 1919, there
passed through the grain handling fa-
cilities of the country elevators and
mills-a total of 3,440.2S6,000 bushels
of all grains, although the highest
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03

Westinghouse the educational ex-
position, illustrating the wartime and
reconstruction activities of the depart
ment of the interior now being held
there is being shown under guard
sample Of the most terrible SUPER
poison gas known, the discovery Of
Prof. w. Lee Lewis while in the en-
ploy Of the bureau of mines at its
American university laboratories.
This gas, formerly called "Lewisite,"
later known as "methyl,' because the
latter name meant nothing to curious
persons, was being manufactured by
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03
"Mouse Trap" Plant.

but think the worst situation that
came to my knowledge was in Igdir,
where there is larger proportion of
sickness and a higher death rate than
in either Erivan or Alexandropol.
Regarding reports of cannibalism
which have come out of this district
from Goa have been forced against
my will to believe these reports to be
true. saw with my own eyes mutt
lated remains Of corpses which had
been exhumed from newly-made
graves. did not see anybody who
had actually witnessed the eating of
human flesh, but there is so much cir
cumstantial evidence that / personally
came to believe it true.
"Typhus has been epidemic during
the winter, and has taken awav thon-
sands, but with the moderation of the
weather it is now decreasing: but
cholera is making its appearance, and
the outlook is threatening"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03
FEED DAT STRAW TO HORSES
Gives Nearly as Good Results in Feed
ing Animals at Light Work
as Timothy Hay.

Dat straw gave nearly as good re-
suits in feeding horses at light work
as timothy hay, according to an expert
ment at the Missouri experiment sta
ton. In each case 1,400-pound horses
were fed 10 pounds corn and cob meal
and one and two-thirds pounds oil
meal daily. AT the North Dakota ex-
pertinent station it was found that
horses when fed oats or bran and
shorts. needed about fourth more
grain feed when fed oat straw than
when given upland prairie hay.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03
MEDIUM AND HEAVY HORSES
Market Preferences Are Now for
Drafters and Southern Chunks,
According to Reports.

| prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricultural
Although horses on farms slightly
decreased in number in the United
States in 1918, this general fact is by
no means true in all sections. 1t is
true in the North from the Atlantic
Ocean to lowe and Missouri, and on
the Pacific coast, but the reverse is
the fact in one-half of the South, and
in nearly the whole region between
the Mississippi river and the coast
states, except Iowa, Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Texas, and Oklahoma.
In the North and in the Pacific
states the kind of horse that is pre-
ferred on and off farms is changing.
The automobile owner does not want
a driving horse and the farmer with
an automobile does not need dual
purpose horse-a work animal that
will also serve as road horse. Me-
dunn and heavy draft horses are the
new requirements.
This tendency is reflected in prices.
In the Chicago market the mean price
of draft horses rose from Sill in the
five years, 1901-1905, to $213 in 1914.
The mean price declined in the early
period of the war to $205 in 1915, but
assembled to 1852 in 1915, fell to $212
in 1917, and recovered to 1920 in 1913,
or 20 per cent above the mean price
Of the five years, i9O1-1905. The class
of horses known in the Chicago mar
ket as general had the mean of $143
in the first five years Of the century
and reached as high mark as $165
in 1918, but the mean for 1918 was
$152, or 6 per cent above that of the
five years.
Carriage teams and drivers are small
features of the market. There is little
demand for them and the supply CORE
spends. However, snowy carriage
teams sold for $1,000 to $4,000 in
1918. ''Bussers and trammers" have
been fully out of the market for sew
eral years.
The active southern demand for the
southern chunks" sent the mean price
in Chicago from $61 in the five years
1901-19O5 to 500 in 1918, followed by
$S8 in 1915, 500 in 1916, $93 in 1917,
and 800 in 1918, gain of 45 per cent
in 15 years.
Hence, in the vicissitudes of pref
erence and unpopularity in the various
sections of the country, on farms and
off, the average price Of horse on
farms in the United States, all ages
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03
Tale of cannibaIs in Armenia Is
Confirmed.
starvation and Misery Prevail Among
Armenian Refugees in Cau-
casus Region.

Constantinople.- Starvation and mis-
cry prevail among Armenian refugees
In the Caucasus region, according to
a telegram sent to Herbert Hoover in
Paris by Howard Heinz, American
food commissioner for the near East,
who is in this city.
Mr.. Heinz has returned from trip
of inspection in the Caucasus, on
which he was accompanied by Walter
George Smith of Philadelphia, former
president of the American Bar asso-
citation and a commissioner of the
American committee for Armenian
and Syrian relief, which has charge of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03
Railroad Administration Giving
Careful Consideration to Nee
eSSary Measures.
EXPECT GREAT WHEAT YIELD
Tonnage of Grain Will Exceed That
of Last Year by Large Margin
May Try Permit System
Again.

Washington.-The railroad admins
tration is giving careful consideration
to the measures necessary for the sat-
isfactory transportation of the antici-
pated large crops of grains, according
to statement authorized by Walker
ID. Hines, director general of rail-
roads. The department of agriculture
has estimated that the yield of winter
wheat will exceed 900,000,OO0 bushels.
A fair estimate of the yield of spring
wheat approximates 300,OO0,O00 BUSH
els. The total yield of wheat this
year viii in all probability exceed the
total of last year by from three to
four hundred millions of bushels. No
estimate of other grains is, of course,
possible at this time, but, barring
unusual climatic conditions, it can per-
haps be properly expected that the
tonnage in grain that will be pro-
duced this year will exceed that of
last year by considerable margin.
The stable price fixed last year by
the government on wheat naturally
provoked a desire on the part of the
producer to realize his earnings as
quickly as possible, and since stable
price has again been fixed by the gov
eminent for this years crop it is as
sumed a similar condition will obtain.
Last year this economical condition,
coupled with more or less disarrange-
ment in ocean tonnage and consequent
disruption in shipping, resulted in
such an acute situation at the interior
grain markets and at seaports, that it
became necessary to install the So
called ''permit system" which was
early made operative at the ports, and
in September, 1913, at the principal In
terror markets.
Controlling Traffic.
The permit system is a highly bene-
fetal system of controlling traffic at
the sources to prevent serious conges-
ton on the road and at destination.
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peace treaty at Versailles was a
stupid concoction" and 1--WE won't
sign it."
''If you want to overthrow the re-
public then indict the kaiser" Mr..
Stresemann went on, "but remember
it will have the effect of firebran6I
and will leave behind it sting which
will keep hatred alive indefinitely. Out
Of 400 kilograms have received pro-
testing against the peace terms, more
than $50 are concerned with the
kaiser issue. They came from all
classes, least OF all monarchical."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03
Whisky Still Found
in Top of Huge Tree

Knoxville, Tenn.-It is moth
ing unusual to find Illicit distil-
leries hidden in caves, cellars or
in dense undergrowths of noun
tain laurel, states t. b. WINS,
veteran moonshine raider of the
internal revenue department.
But to find one perched in the
top of a towering oak tree is
quite a novelty, he says.
Mr.. WINS located large cop
per still in such a place when
conducting a raid in the famous
old Tenth district, or Sewer
county, Tennessee. The outfit
was dislodged and destroyed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03

Stresemann asserted that he had
implicit faith that the former en-
peror's ambition had been to keep
peace in Europe.
HE did hope, in frequent hours Of
exaltation, some day to ride into
Paris. not as a war lord" said Strese-
mann, ''but rather pictured himself
addressing the French academy on
some spiritual theme into which ne
would have plunged with the same I'M
bridled enthusiasm that he exhibited
when witnessing maneuyers In peace
time"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03

included, climbed from $55.47 on JAM
uary 1, 1901-1905, to $111.46 in 1911, af-
ter which the decline was irregular to
$9S.48 on january /, 1919, according to
reports Of the Bureau Of Crop Esti-
mates, United States Department of
The market preferences
are now for drafters and southern
chunks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03
circle of the Johannitter order Eitel
Friedrich still feels himself by Gods
grace.'s
Oldest Customer in Nation

Columbus, O.-The Oldest dry goods
customer in Ohio, and likely the old
est customer Of any store in this
country, was claimed by e. M. Thir-
kield at the Ohio Retail Dry Goods as.
ISOLATION convention. lie said he was
connected with the department store
of E. B. Thirkield & Sons company at
Franklin, and that James Mclean, one
hundred and four years old, made his
first purchase in that store March 10,
1884, 50 years ago, and that he is still
good customer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03
EMPEROR NOT "WAR LORD"
Admirer Pictures Him as World Lead
er Of Thoughts Altogether
AItruistic.

Berlin.-'Don't demand the sur
sender of the emperor" is the warning
given by Gustav Stresemann, leader
Of the national liberal party, in a talk
with the Associated Press correspond
ent.
Mr.. Stresemann declared that the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03
Lost Their anat

Camp Devens, Mass.-Nanette is abb
sent without leave, serious offense
in the army. In other words, soldiers
of the 101st infantry, 26th division, are
searching for their goat. which they
captured In France.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03
Jumped in Sleep.

Long Beach, Cal.-Lieutenant Colo
mel Emmonds, aviator, dreamed he
was licked in an air battle and tried to
jump. He leaped from his bed and
broke leg.
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Most Deadly Of
All War Gases

the war department at the rate of ten
tons day when the armistice came.
The gas is being variously described
as "the climax of the cOuntry'S
achievements in the lethal arts" and
as ''the most terrible instrument of
manslaughter ever conceived" The
department itself declares that it is
the most deadly OF all war gases.
This gas was not only discovered by
Professor Lewis, but was also devel-
oped by him to point where it was
ready for production at the American
university while those laboratories
were still under the control of the bu-
reau of mines, one of the organizations
of the department of the interior.
When this work was first taken up by
the bureau in behalf of the military
authorities Professor Lewis was called
from his civilian duties as professor of
chemistry at Northwestern university,
Evanston, ILL.,, and at the request of
the bureau was commissioned as cap
tain in the ordnance department and
assigned to the gas warfare service of
the bureau of mines. While acting in
this capacity Professor Lewis discov-
cred and developed this gas, and Is
days after the gas work of the bureau
of mines was transferred to the juris-
diction of the war department an IL
acre plant for it's manufacture was
started near Cleveland, o..
"Mouse Trap" Plant.
This plant, which was dubbed by the
workmen the mouse trap" because,
in order to prevent the leakage of in
formation, it was understood that the
men who entered would not leave un-
til the war was over, was in operation
within miraculously short time, and
plans were made by the war depart
ment to have 5000 tons of this most
diabolical gas at the American front
by March 1, 1919. When the armistice
came the plant was well ahead of its
production schedule, bat the opportu-
nifty had not come for the use Of the
gas at the battle front.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03

King Albert to Visit America.
Paris.-King Albert of Belgium is
expected to visit Washington, to at
TEND the initial meeting of the league
or nations next October.
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The Austro-H Hungarian situation
took on added complications last
week. Government circles in London
received the information that COM
munist republic was to be proclaimed
in Austria at once, with good prospects
of being successful, since, according to
the well informed, the Austrian army
is fully 40 per cent bolshevik. 1t was
predicted the Austrian communists
would quickly align themselves with
those of Hungary, and this was the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03
Controlling Traffic

The permit system is highly bene-
fetal system of controlling traffic at
the sources to prevent serious conges-
ton on the road and at destination.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-03

The general strike Of the CONNER
cial Telegraphers' union In the United
States at first looked like fzzle, but
took on more serious aspect when
the railway operators organization or
dered its members to accept no COM
mercial messages for the Western
Union or Postal Telegraph companies.
Konenkamp, head of the Commercial
operators, said their fight was direct
ed mainly against Postmaster General
Burleson.
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A Friendly Flash.

Down on the docks they were
talking about a schooner which had
been struck by lighting, when the
reporter singled out an old mariner
and said:
Captain Haggles. it seems to M
I've read or heard Of your brig be-
ing struck"
Yes, she was answered the old
yarn-spinner.
where was it,"
or Point aux Barques, about ff-
teen years ago. Very strange case,
that. Probably the only one of the
kind ever heard of. We were Jog
ging along down when a thunder
storm overlook us, and the very
first fash of lighting struck the
deck amidships and bored a hole as
big as my leg right down through
the bottom of the vessel"
"And she foundered, of course?'
mo, sir. The water began rush
ing in, and she would have fun
dered but there came a second fash,
and a bolt struck my fore-to'-gaI-
liant mast. 1t was cut off near the
top, turned bottom end up, and as
it came down it entered the hole
and plugged it up as tight as
drum. When we got down to dry
rock we simply sawed of either end
and left the plug in the plankA"
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was intended for him She had tried
to explain this to Norah, but the
girl had given vent to suchSa tor
rent Of words that Desiree consider
ed 1t beneath her dignity to discuss
the matter further. She would tell
the facts to Smith and allow him to
state them to Norah. Much as she
disliked to do this, she felt 1t her
duty.
Therefore, that afternoon. as
Smith was driving her to the Red
Cross rooms, she introduced the
subject
smith" She said, II am sure you
did not know that the note you
handed me last night was your
own"
The chauffeur looked puzzled
Mine, miss7"
yes" she explained ~rhe note
that dropped on the ground when
I was talking to you must have
slipped from your pocket 1t was
for you-from Norah."
She spoke the last two words
stifhy. In spite Of her determine
ton to be sensible, she hated to
couple her maids name with that
of her chauffeur.
ct think there Is some mistake,
Miss Leighton" the man said defer
entially.
Desiree wanted to dismiss the
But it did come that evening. he
was to drive Mr.. and Miss Leighton
to a dinner at Z o'clock. As he
started from the house with them
Mr.. Leighton checked him
at think I would better take .
heavier coat than the one I have"
he explained. run up to the door
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Puss in Boots Jr.

on the top floor and the attic on
the ground floor. And the chimney
went into the ground, so that this
funny little house looked as IL it
were standing on its head.
This is Topsy-Turvy House." said
Mrs. Humpty-Dumpty. But how
did you come to land on our Egg
Shell Island?" Before Puss Junior
could reply. a host of Fairies few
in and said to Mrs. Humpty--
Dumpty: Where is our leader. MINI
BILE Finger? Please tell US quickly.
He's washing at the tub, Don't
you hear him Rub-a-dub-dub, rub
a-dub-dub!
Mondays the day to scrub. scrub,
scrub"
Then all the fairies began sing
ing:
'.Nimble Finger leave the tub.
Rub-a-dub! Rub-a-dubl
Evil news we have to ten,
HumptyDumpty broke his SHELF"
"Oh, dearie mercy mep cried Mrs.
Humpty-Dumpty when she heard
this. How will we ever get
home?"
Leave that to me-" cried NImble
Finger. at is more important for
me to go to him than to finish the
wash" and he flew off with his
small subjects. This was too much
for Puss Juniors curiosity, so he
bowed to Mrs Humpty-Dumpty and
ran down to the shore, followed by
the Owl OF course, he was anxious
to see how Nimble Finger could
mend an Egg. And so would any
body I've ever known be anxious
for 1 don't believe anyone but .
Fairy could do it
Well. the first thing Nimble Fin
ger did was to get the egg back
into the shell. and after that he
waved his wand over il and sang:
Come together. milk white shsI1.
Then Humpty-Dumpty will be well!"
And would you believe II, In q
few minutes he egg was as good
as new. and sw eggs are always
good because old egges are always
bad.
And IN the next story you shah
hear what happened after that
Copyright, 1919. David Cory.)
To BE Continued.
The Washington times., 1919-07-23
By Virginia Terhune Van
de Water.
CHATTER XXXTV.


Copyright, 1919, Star Company
NTORAH gasped with incredul-
IN ity at Desiree's announce
ment-
Smith gave you that letter." she
exclaimed.
"He certainly did," her mistress
affirmed. Here, take It; II Is yours,
not mine"
Norah, who had heretofore al
ways been respectful, was so angry
that she scarcely knew what she
did. SEEKING the paper held out to
her, she tore IL into bits.
Hes no good, that he isn't!" she
burst forth passionately. he that
calls himself a man, showing q
lady a note a decent girl wrote to
him."
''NorahI" her mistress warned,
you are forgetting yourself!
Moreover you may be doing Smith
an injustice"
Indeed, I am not, ma'am No
he could make use Of me to help
his own ladies up and down the
steps-and then"
BE quiet" Desiree commanded.
81 care nothing about the quarrels
between you and Smith, and will
not have you talking to me about
them"
Excuse me-" the girl muttered
sullenlY as she left the room.
When she was alone, Desiree be-
gan to think over what had oc-
Cured. She was sure that Smith
could not have read the note that