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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
SOLDIERS
ROBBED BY FOE

from all the other allied countries, and
though there afterward seemed TO
be an attempt to single out Ameri-
cans for better treatment, according
to the returned men now here, they
Jared much the same as the others
during the earlier part Of their I'M
prisonment. Until their own food
parcels began to arrive they got con
siderable food from the generous Brit
ish AMI other allied compatriOts.
More than 80 were detailed to work
in coal and salt mines, and one man,
Corporal Lucien, who, 1t was said, re-
fused to work in mine when ordered
to do so, was marched off to the pit
head and given another chance to de-
eide what he would do by the two
Prussian guards who had him In
charge. When he again stoutly re-
fused, saying he was not required, as
an under officer, to do so, he was
thrown down the shaft and killed.
The burial was witnessed, his COM
rades said, by British sailor, who
told about 1t on the following day.
Eventually the Americans were
taken to the prison camp at Opladen.
For their work they got six cents
dag.
On November 8 they learned Of the
ermistIce. On that day riots were pre-
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
FARM
ANIMALS
RAISING WELL-BRED S"'"I
psturn Money invested More ou'oHV
Than Any orher Farm Animals
Except Poultry.
,,,rorared by the United states Depart
u ment OF Agricultural

,prorared by the United states Dep'''
u '''''' ment OF Agricultural
No branch of live stock farming i'
yives better results than the ral9.ns
Of well-bred swine when cohdue, ,,'
with reasonable amount Of In'ein
cance The hog is one Of the most
in,ortopt animals to raise on the iafln'
ether for meat or for profit, ana no
farm is complete unless some hogs are
l,ent 70 aid in the modern methou VI
farming The farmers Of the south
and west, awakening to the merits Oh
the hog, are rapidly increasing 'hel
output of pork and their BANK nc-
counts. The hog requires less lapoi'
less eouipment, less capital. and makes
Greater gains per hundred POUNDS Oh
Concentrates than any other farm AM.
mai and reproduces himself faster ana
in greater numbers; and returns the
money invested more quickly than any
other farm animal except poultry
In the trucking and mixed-fnrinihg
sections of the United States hogs are
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
FOR GOOD SPRING HIGHWAYS
gram Is to Clean Outside bitches
During Autumn.

Winter weathering may be great for
the farmers fields, but it's hard on
the road.
The best way to prevent extreme
weathering Of the road is to clean out
the side bitches before freezing wealth.
err sets in and to keep the road sur
face in condition so that it will freeze
up In well-dragged condition.
Cleaning the side bitches will allow
the water to run off and avoid the
possibility Of the road freezing in a
saturated condition. Dragging the
road to smooth surface will elm.
mate possible water pockets and al.
low the water to escape in the side
bitches.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
PANCAKES IN OSTEND

happy to make you pancakes" she an
nounced delightedly. 1--WE got some
milk and -four from the British ships
today, and are able to make pancakes
for the first time In four years" Then
she added solemnly: 1.-THE manager
and the chef will do 1t. because you
are English"
Whoever cooked the pancakes had
lost no mastery Of the art.
The Crown hotel. Ostend's finest,
had suffered at the hands Of the Ger.
mans. The manager showed us
through two floors, pointing out where
wall ornaments, chandeliers and ev-
erything of copper had been torn Off.
All wool had been plucked from the
mattresses. Nine thousand bottles of
wine had been carted away. But the
hotel had recaints for everything
stolen!
Nor was this ALL The hotel was
set apart for German officers, and It
had been great trial to endure the
Vrannical mood Of most of them.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
Men Captured at Seicheprey Tell
of Harsh Treatment by
the Huns.
REFUSED TO Be. BROTHERS
Attempt Later Made to Effect Recon-
ciIiation Spurned by Americans
Corporal Who Refused to Werk
Hurled Down Mine Shaft.

London.--"When they took us pr1s-
oners they held revolvers to our heads
and made us give them our shoes, Dut
when the armstice came and we were
set free socialist leader made
speech to us. saying: We are now
brothers.
This was what American soldiers
who returned to London from Ger
inany-the first to reach here after the
signing of the armistice-had to say
about the change in the attitude OF
their captors from the ,ime they had
fallen into German hands in April I'M
til they were released on Novem-
Der IL
"When we were captured at Seiche-
prey" said Private James E. Pito-
chelli of Providence, "the German SOL
dlers held pistols to the heads OF some
of us and demanded our shoes. l
managed to hang on to mine. but 9TH
ers weren't so lucky. They had to
walk barefooted through No Mans
Land, cutting their feet badly on
barbed wire or pieces of shell. All OF
us had to walk 80 miles to the rear,
where wooden shoes were given US,
and no one was permitted to keep his
boots. They told us-one general did
that they had attacked to get prison
ers, but the next time they attacked
the One Hundred and Second they
would take no prisoners, because they
had fought too fiercely."
This was corroborated by Private
Frank Butler of New Haven.
Prisoners Exhibited.
The Americans were eventually
taken to Friedrichsfeldt. end no OPP
portunity was missed to show the
American prisoners to the populace,
for they were among the earliest to
be TAKEN
These Americans were taken to q
.ump where there were prisoners
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
A Good Hos-Feedino Floor Saves Feed
and Is an Aid in Fighting Vermin.

nsed to consume various unmarketable
substances. The value Of milk Is
known on every farm although II may
not be fully appreciated, and any one
who has fed pigs knows the keen
appetite they have for milk and It's
products. In the nelghborhood OF
many large dalries pork production
has become very prominent and lu-
cratlve supplement to the dairy Indus.
try. The hog Is also large factor In
cheapening the production OF beef.
Hogs are placed IN the cattle feed
lots to utilize the corn and other feeds
which the cattle hive failed to digest
aud which otherwise would be wasted.
Hogs following steers in many cases
have increased the profit per steer by
SO to so. Farmers and hotel and res.
taurant owners are using kitchen
refuse TO produce salable pork. In
feet. as a consumer Of by-products the
hog has no rival.
However. this propensity in many In.
stances is being taken unfair advan.
tage Of through Ignorance and lack Of
care. Milk products, animal offal. etc,
which contain disease germs. es-
peclally those OF tuberculosis. are
given to hogs. This practice not only
results In spreading disease but cnuses
loss In the hogs themselves through
condemnation at slaughter. All such
products should be effectively sterilized
before being fed.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
FARMER NEEDS GOOD ROADS
Motor Has. Extended His Sphere OF
Operation Until 100 Miles Doesn't
Worry Him.

There Is q reason for American
tardiness in road building. We need
not be utterly downcast when we hear
oar highways unfavorably compared
with the fine, smooth roads of Europe.
we must remember that European
highways were hundreds of years in
the making and in periods when roads
were the sole means Of transportation,
both civil and military. There were
no railroads, no electric lines, no wire
communication. Road building was
the essence of commercial life and
communication.
America started almost with the
railroad and the steamboat. Compar-
atively few years later we had the
telegraph. Our roads were neglected
because they were only local in char
acter. Our railroads and Telegraph
enabled us to leap the centuries. But
now we are confronted by a new need.
It is the need for better local trans
portation, says Chicago Tribune
Where formerly the farmer was con-
tent with few miles of dirt roads for
his local traffic. he now requires hun
dreds of miles, for his area has ex.
banded with the advent Of gasoline.
A few years back there was the
protest that good roads was merely
the argument OF the automobilist, a
species restricted chiefly to metrOpol-
itan districts. A part Of that argu.
ment still obtains-that good roads
is the demand Of the automobiles:
but the automobilist Is the farmer
The motor has extended his sphere of
operation until 100 miles is Of no more
concern to him than was ten before.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
USE TAR AND HAY COVERING
Over Almost Pure Sand Roads
In Wisconsin.

In Wisconsin there are several long
stretches Of almost pure sand roads.
Considerable difficulty is experienced
in passing over them either in dry
weather or in wet weather. Numerous
schemes have been tried In an effort to
make them passable, the most promis-
ing of which at present appears to be
a covering of hay and tar. Last sum-
mer several sections of sand road were
treated with this combination. After
few weeks Of usage it was found to
have withstood the wear Of traffic and
stretch over a mile in length was
given a similar application. So far. it
Is said, the hay-and-tar covering is
wearing in very satisfactory manner.
Pathfinder.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
GLAD COLONIES ARE FREED
Native Chiefs In Former German Pos
sessions Hope They Will Remain
Under British Rule.

London.-German cruelty exercised
toward the natives Of her former col
onies Is outlined In the statements OF
native chiefs In the Samoan islands,
the Kameruns. Togoland, Southwest
Africa, and East Africa, In a white
book published by the colonial office.
The statements show that the natives
everywhere hope to remain und.. Brit.
ish rule.
The horrors Of the German rule in
Southwest Africa, the white book saws,
already are too well known to require
repetition. but the same system of
tyranny was found In other German
colonies In greater or less degree.
The burden running through all the
statements Of the natives of Togoland
and the Kameruns is "fogging fog.
ging, fiogging," especially in connec.
ton with forced labor on plantations.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
Correspondents Get First Made
There in Four Years.
,,otel Manager Tells Of Sufferings at
the Hands Of the Ger
mans.

American Press Headquarters, Brit
ton Front.-The first pancakes made
in Ostend in four years were served
the other day at the Crown hotel. But
the American correspondents got them
under false pretenses.
They had had very good lunch Of
vepetable soup, roast beef, Drowned
potatoes and peas.
"What have you for dessertf" was
asked the exceedingly attentive wait
ross. Her face fell. "There is moth
ing. messieurs," she said plaintively.
In a moment she was back with the
manager, who had been lowering near
he door.
"The manager and the chef will be
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
HONORED BY FRENCH

chief Of the American hospital for
civilians In Neuilly.
Only few other Americans have
ever received commissions In the
French army, and they were all sec
ond lieutenants with the exception OF
William Thaw Of the Lafayette Es-
cadriIle, and Sweeny of the Foreign
Legion and later Of the tank corps,
who were first lieutenants. The avia.
tor pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille
were only sergeants, with the excep-
ton Of Dudley Hill, an adjutant.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18

cipitated in the town In which the
Americans were stationed, ana ma
rlnes had been hurried up to queil the
disorders. On November IL word
came that the armistice had been
signed and that all the prisoners
were now free.
It was arranged shortly afterwa'd
that they were to be sent to Holland
for transportation to England with
English prisoners. The men were per-
mitted to go through the town Mt VIII.
and the people, as well as their ftr-
mer guards, were anxious to frater'
nize, but got short shrift from the re-
leased men.
An uneventful trip to Holland en-
sued, and then the men were taken n
charge by the British Red Cross ard
went to Hull along with British Tom
mics who had been In the camp with
them.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
VALUE OF ACRE OF ALFALFA
hesu't OF interesting Experiment Con.
Quoted on Kansas Agricultural
College Farm.

Experiments conducted on the KIM.
sas agricultural college farm have
shown that 10 pounds Of green alfalfa
cut cut ana fed In dry lot, was equal TO
wv POUNDS OF corn. Six pounds of
eorh was necessary to produce pound
OF pork, so the 10 pounds of alfalfa
pi,uueeu 10 80 pounds Of pork. Esti-
u.a'ihg that during the season an acre
u alfaifa will yield 10000 pounds Of
5aeen nay this. If cut and fed green
WIN corn would make 1000 mounds az
po, n Figuring this pork at the pre-.
su''ing price win give some idea of
ne valve Of an acre of alfalfa.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18

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The result Of its long experience /
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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
For What Allied Him.

The nervous wreck had explained o.
grent lengths his symptoms. All lha'
were described In the medical BOOKS
he had. and some hesides--all OF WINCH
were described at great length.
do you understand mef he hnaii,
asked the doctor when he had endeo
his enumeration.
II do" replied the doctor, lana III
give you something for your pains
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
ROAD
BUILDING
BUILD SPLIT-LOG ROAD DRAG
Main Point to Remember Is That De-
vice Should Be Faced With a
Strip of Old Iron.

Everybody knows about the split
log road drag and the cut here SHOWN
is so clear that it needs little explain
alton. The main points to be remem'
bered are that a part of dhe front por-
ton of the drag should be faced with
n strip of iron Gan old wagon tire will
dol and the hitch 80 arranged that the
drag will move along at an angie
always pushing the loose dirt toward
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
CLEAN R0ADsIDES ARE BEST
Makes Road Look Much PrettIer and
Takes Very Little Time-Pay-
nent Not In Cash.

Why not NOW the weeds along the
roadside? How much prettier the road
will look. 1t only takes few minutes.
No. it doesn't matter that you may re-
eeive no cash payment for this service.
The knowledge that you have beauti-
ned the world bit Is pay. And we
sn 90 our bit in many ways aside from
sonating cash to WORTHY causes.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
BROTHERS EACH ENLIST,
THEN MEET IN PARIS

Delaware, O.-Private Fl. j.
Stricklin and Corporal Clifford
Stricklin live in this city. Mel
Their brother knew that the other
was In France. Each knew that
the other was headed for
camp In the United States for
training. They met ON the COM
pany street In the same camp
near Paris.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18

~ 'ousiiess, and
was in a run DOW
condition. Two ' !,
our best doctor
failed to do me Az,
good. = | heard y
much about wbss
Lydia Ell inkhan's.
V e get a Bile Con-.
pound had done n,
Others, l tried Il /
and was cured. !
am no longer ne,.
Vous, am regular.
and IN az ri,
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
BLACKSMITH IN DANGER
ACTING AS SHOE CLERK

East Weymouth. Mass.-Wheh
J. II. Moran, the village black
smith. retired after Al years OF
shoeing horses to work in re
tail shoe store, the manager
made the following comment:
Hell get in wrong if, bending
over. he grabs some of the new
trade in the old way and ex-
claims Lift up, Bess."
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
A Mistake.

an bet the crown prince never ""
on the firing line"
ooh, yes. he was. Hes JUST NV
three cooks"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
A Road Drag.

the center of the road. The OCCASION
al use Of this drag on any road will
certainly improve it and no farmer
will make a mistake in constructing
one and using it on the highways that
pass through his farm.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-18
HOW THIS
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her g,
cerity Should Con. ~
vince Others.

Christopher, 1ll.-"For four ve.,,
suffered from irregularities. wess osni
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 A language that is not con. stantly growing, not alone from adoption of words from other lar- guages and the coining of scienti- fife words to meet new require. ments and discoveries. but from the spontaneous coinage af the people, ceases to be progressive, ceases to be a fit fool foc pvogrcs- sive nations, loses it's vissal:ty and in time becomes dead. The slo- gan, Slang is a language on crutches,' should be changed to Slang is language sprouting." " A language without slang is past
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PROMOTIONS.

& There is a lot more to the at-
 ack Admiral Sims has made CT
 Secretary Daniels than there is to
 my of the numerous other alta eks 4hat have been made on Daniels
 10 begin with Sims is not poli- kician, but fighting man. He is
 hot politically ambitious and cannot |bf desiring to make things un- for Mir. Daniels or Mr. Daniels party.
 1 Moreover, Admiral Sims seems Eo have pretty conclusive proof that men in the navy who werc hot deserving have been promoted spver the heads of others who were. The highest medal that can be |given in the army is ele congre4- ysional medal. Yet in honoring the hnen in this branch of the service |the congressional medal too has been bestowed upon soldiers and officers less deserving than many others. Private Shit fran some town in some state does creditably under fire. Congressman Jones from Smiths district brings his Influence" to bear to see that Smiths work is publicly praised
 The only sort of medal that car be conferred justly is one that $ conferred by soldiers ana officers upon recommendations of soldiers
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LIVE AND DEAD LANGUAGES.

The teachers and pupils of
 Cleveland High school in St. Louis
 are in the midst of Better Speech
 Week." a period devoted to an
 attempt to suppress entirely the
 use of slang and prevent any de-
 parture whatever from the accept- ed rules of grammar. This is de- sirable in forming the habit oi correct speech and nice distinction in the choice of words, but it would not be desirable if it were wholly successful, any more than it would be desirable to remove all the eyeS from potatoes If we expected to grow more of them. As Dot2t0es they would be more vaulable eye. less, but for seed purposes and perpetuation of the potato itself they would have no value what ever. Too much use of slang is far from desirable. It is a severe handicap to the user both socially and in the business world. But, on the other hand. a rigid speech purist, who would never admit a slang word into his voeabularly would be like a physician wl,o would refuse to look at a new rem edy.
 All language is a growth, a development from the needs of the people as they mingle together, and new words must b, invented to meet new wants and to express new ideas. One has but to think what the English language was but a few centuries ago and ho3V inadequate it would be r' meet the needs of ou' intellectual commercial, industrial and eVel our scientific lives today if it had not expanded tremendously much of which expansion has come the route of adoption of slang into the regular speech, tine of the slogans of the school is, Ask Webster-he knows" If Webster is asked he will point t9 the fact that his latest edition contains more than twice as many words as the one of a little mora than half a century ago, among which are a multitude that were once classed as slang. ID ba sure, Webster knows. He knows ,aat when the keen intellects of the people hit upon a word or expres sion that fits their needs better than any then in use it becomes ] fixed part of the language if the need of it continues.
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a good memory of the speech of but generation ago will detect such words from the best pulpits of the land, from the classrooms of our leading institutions ani from the orations of our most highly rated public speakers, and a keen eye will see them in the editorial columns of our best news papers, in our magazines and re-
 views and even in presidential mos- sages. Discrimination and conser- vatism is the use of the new words which creep into the language should be exercised but no dead
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the crutches period and ready for the cemetery.
 Vulgar slang is execrable. No tongue should speak it. Cheap slang should be avoided, not only because it's use discloses poor taste, lack of refinement and lacs of appreciation ot the beauties oi the English language, but be- cause 1t is detrimental to the in- terests of the user. But the occa- sional use of a slang word which is vigorous and expressive of an idea more fully than any accepted word of longer use is not to be con- demned. A well-trained ear and
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and officers, who saw, not heart the exploits of the man to be decorated.
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ARKANSAS

line should be drawn oyer which
 no new word shall be permitted to come. English is destined 10 be the world language, and tina. Is its
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317 Acres
HIGH CLASS LAND HIGH CLASS IMPROVEMENTS HIGH CLASS LOCATION

One mile north of the fine little town of Portland, Ark, fronting the Iron Mountain Railway and State Highway; all fine sandy loam, no bad grasses, 200 acres in cultiva- tlon, balance timber; all under hog proof fence, no waste land. Fine new Groom bungalow, bath and electric lights, large barn, orchard, four five-room new tenant houses, twenty eight head mules, horses, mares, mule colts, fine Jack, five COWS, fifteen head registered Du- roc hogs, mower and rake, gasoline engine and grist mill, twenty tons lespedeza hay, some corn, wagons, harness and implements. A walk in proposition. S120.00 acre, one third cash, balance six and half per cent. You will appreciate this place more after you have seen it. Note the improvements all good and new and amount of personal property.
 ], P, CADY 127 1-2 Main St. Pine Bluff, Ark.
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Eleventh Hour
Gift Suggestions

ihis Store IS completely "Gift Equipped If you have overlooked name on your list. ar have failed to find suitable gift for some one, don't worry! Come to this store today-and see just how easily ana how well we can solve your problems! Just few suggestions offered here:
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destiny because it is live, vre times to the hundreds of
 expressive elastic and growing sands of today and they
 The people the language working the task-St from words of primitiveI Globe Democrat 'us