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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
guiding A BARN
Warmth and Ventilation are Prime
Considerations.

Warmth and Ventilation are Prime
Considerations.
There are farmers who have all
sorts of troubles and disappointments
n keeping a dairy and producing milk
some are displcased because the price
IS not what they think it should be;
others becarse the yield head is
small. Then there are some who miss
I'd their calling when they took up
lairying. So, take it'all around. / am
4 the opinion that this dissatisfaction
les more with the farmer himself
han with any other cause. The small
Yield of milk or butter fat from COW
Is due mostly to selection on the pat
Of the owner. 1t is often the result,
100, OF improper housing and care. or
I'll animals the cow should be made
comfortable if we expect to make her
profitable No use trying to get around
this fact. Should we expect our cows
0 give good yield of milk when
they are kept in stables where the
manure freezes solid every cold night!
4 good many stables have warmth
nough, but the ventilation is decided
y poor. Both of these are very essen
tial. Pure air Is needed the same as
food, but there are few, apparently
who look at the matter in this light,
\ dozen COWS in a stable together pro-
duce a good deal of heat themselves,
hut if when the stable door is open on
n cold day the steam rushes out, you
may make up your mind that the ven
tilation is poor. | find that in some of
| our oldest and poorest barns the ven
tilation is better than in many new
| ones, since the stables are more open
| and given a better chance of air get
| ting ia and out. But neither are right.
| There are many basement barns built
| at large expense and with the idea
| of having an ideal place for COWS.
| Many of them are nothing more than
| dungeons. | know of one near here,
built at cost Of several thousand dol
| lars that is almost worthless for stock
on account Of dampness. Therefore,
! in making your COW barns comfort
| able, take this matter of warmth and
ventilation into your mind and see ii
it is not right.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
LIQUID GLUE.

The preparation of liquid glue IS
based upon the property OF the con
centrated acid of vinegar and diluted
nitric acid to dissolve the eelatine
without destroying its cohesive quail
ties. DumOulin's recipe for liquid and
unalterable glue Is as follows. Take
a wide mouthed bottle, and dissolve
in it eight ounces of best glue in ono
half pint of water, by setting it in a
vessel of water, and heating it until
dissolved Then add slowly two and
one-half ounces of strong aqua FORTS
nitric acid, Sc degrees Baume, stir
ring all the while. Efferyescence takes
rluce under generation of nitrous gas.
When all the acid has been added, the
hquid is allowed to cool. Keep it well
corked and it VIII be ready for use at
any moment. This preparation does
rot eelatize, nor undergo putrefaction
or fermentation. 1t is applicable for
many domestic uses, such as mending
china and repairing cabinet work.
Another recipe for very strong
LIQUID glue is to put three parts OF
glue in eight parts cold water and le'
them stand for several hours to softer
the glue Then add one-half part mu
riatic acid and threefourths part sui
Ihate Of zine Heat the mixture 4
$50 degrees fahrenheit for 10 or /
| hours. The mixture remains liqul'
/ after cooling.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05

Emmett White. who is employed in
Chicago visited at the home of his
parents. Mr and Mrs. T.. White, in
Utica Sunday.
Miss Katherine Leo OF la sale is
tied at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. W.
T.. Crosiar in Utica SUNDAY
Everybody is invited 10 attend the
Knights OF Columbus dance in Lib
erty Hall in Utica Wednesday niaht.
Dancing from . until o'c8ck
Mrs TraYers and daughter, Mrs II.
Mueller, of al sale, visited with rela-
tiyes in Utica Monday.
Art Ialligan. Ed Dwyer James
Kelly and I'd Madigan Of Ottawa "ere
Utica callers Monday night
Dr.. X. W. Leland, Clarence cary
and Abe Sumbery attended the dedi
cation OF the La Sale County Tuber
ccuIosis Sauitarium in Ottawa sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Lille Pearson is moving heI
household goods from The Bennett
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
SON OF Up. HEAD
DOWNS ENEMY FLlER

Principal Mccormack of the La
Salle-Peru High School has just re.
Ceiyed defn't e information concerning
the accident to his son, Lieut. Thomas
II. Mccormack, of the United States
tying service. Lieut.. Joe Moran OF
Spring Valley and former student of
The La Salle-Peru High School has
just returned from France and reports
that he was an eyewitness Of the last
engagement in which Tom McCor
on this occasion at the ArgOnne for
est was, with tWo-seated fighting
plane and his comrade Fisher 10 pro
tect from above American pursuit
bombing the German infantry. Tom S
machine was suddenly attacked BY
three German FoEkers at consider
able altitude. Moran said it was a
retty and plucky fight Tom shot
down one Of the German planes, but
the two others got between him and
the sun and finally crippled his ma
chine, SCATTERING parts Of the mechan-
ism and stopping the motor. He put
the machine through some falling evo-
lutions and escaped untouched by the
bullets, but the landing was hard and
fast, and it was when he struck the
earth that his injuries We're received.
He was in the hospital at Bar lie Due
and later at Chatel Guyon, Moran re
ports that Tom has recovered Tom
has written nothing whatever TO the
incident, but a postal card from him
recently says that he expects to be
home soon.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05

moved to his home west of town.
Miss Anna McVitty, Margaret Muir
ply and NJ. Collins spent Wednesday
evening at the W. w. Lock home.
Clayton Coats, trouble hunter for
the local telephone Co. has pur-
chased the residence property of
Mrs. aura Lucky on the east side
and Just as soon as the needed re
PAIRS are made and the house re-
decorated Mr. and Mrs Goats Will
move to their new home
The following ladies have adopted
a fatherless son Of France, the lad to
sle over 10 years of age. The ladies'
are Mrs. +. x. Hook Mrs. G. R.
Palmer, Mrs. John w, Fogle, Mrs G..
W. Peterson, Ms. Mary Hibbs and
Mrs G. w Munley.
Richard Ehly was a recent candi-
date for admission to membership in
the Odd Fellows lodge.
Miss Edna Sphoor called on friends
in this vinicity the past week
Mrs. Elizabeth Hampson of the
east side has been spending few
days with her son Walter and family
near Tonica,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
Utica and Vicinity

farm north of Utica TO the De Bolt
farm east Of Utica.
James Currie had an operation per
formed for appendicitis at St Mary 5
Hospital IN la Sale.
Mrs. John MeCabe is on the sick
list.
Mr.. and Mrs Herman Beckman and
baby Of Peru are visiting at the home
OF Mrs Beckmans parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Louis Forod, in Utica for few
dayf.
Mrs Frank Whipple visited with
relatives in la Sale Monday.
John Goodwin of Marseilles visited
with relatives in Utica Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. =. White and daugh-
tcrs Zita and Celia and son John, and
Roy Woodbury. attended the home tai
ent play in Ottawa Monday night.
Earl Jacks Of La Sale was bust
ness caller in Utica Monday.
Mrs. J. Dawson was La Sale Wis
i,or oMnday.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
Why is a Nest Egg

Nest eggs have been considered n
necessity in poultry circles for many
years, but no one seems TO know just
why they are used. Occasionally 4
hard artificial nest egg will fool an egg
eating hen and perhaps break her os
the habit, if she hurts her bill trying
to break the egg. An egg in the nest
does not induce egg production, as
some people enormously suppose for
the egg production is dependent upon
feeding the proper rations and the
hen lays her egg when it is properly
put together and protected by shell,
furnished by nature.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
UTICA ELEVATOR UPON
COOPERATIVE BASIS

Announcement that the Utica EIe-
}ator company had changed It's mode
VI business was announced at the
conclusion of the annual meeting OF
stockholders. Following in the foot.
teps of many progressive farmer S
Elevator companies. the Utica organ
alton will hereafter be conducted un
Ter the cooperative plan.
Heretofore. from the time OF its OF
eanization, the elevator was operated
nder the corporation laws. Profits
sere disposed of in the form OF div
dends but from now on earning
viii be distributed pro rata under the
cooperative plan, The distribution
iii be determined by the amount OF
purchases and sales made thru the
elevator company.
When the stockholders met to de
jde this important question they
fere found to be unanimous on tht
ubiect. Steps will Immediately be
AIKEN to dissolve the incorporated
or pecuniary profit" feature anC
,auip the business on the cooperative
lasis.
The Utica company is the first o
he older farmer concerns to switct
the new system. Grand Ridge ma
N elevator that was founded an(
lunched upon the same plan, but al
he others in the county continue IN
er the old regime of paying gu
,arnings on basis of so much FOL
,ach share of stock
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
ASK
SCHOOL BOARD TO
EMPLOY A NURSE
CARE OF CHILDREN REQUIRES
SERVICES OF TRAINED WOMAN,
HEADS OF CiTYS EDUCATIONAL
DEPARTMENT ARE TOLD.

AT the meeting of The school board
held last evening in the rooms in the
Maloney Building a committee com
posed of Mesdames James ID. Catlin,
Wilbur Lawrence, l. l.. Woodward and
4. c. Lockwood, presenting the Child
Welfare League and public health
aursing organizations. Mrs 4. NJ. Kile
and Moses Steifel OF the educational
department. of the Woman's Club,
waited on the members of the board
and asked that a school nurse be
placed in the Ottawa schools at once.
At the present time there is no
state law providing for the appoint
ment of school nurses in schools OF a
Gown the size Of Ottawa. The sug-
5estion was made by one of the mem
GERS of the board that the ladies go
after the legislators from La Sale
county and get them to obtain an
amendment providing for The appoint
ment of such nurses under the de
,artment of public health. In StreatOr
4 school nurse is appointed by the
school board as a teacher Of hygiene
md it was suggested that a similar
appointment be made in the Ottawa
schools This nurse would teach the
.ighth grade pupils hygiene and dur
ing the rest Of her time act as nurse
The suggestion was taken kindly BY
he members OF the board, who saw
n it the only subterfuge for getting
around the situation, and thereby Oh
aiming a nurse in the schools, How
over, to make such an appointment
he levy for the educational fund vii
have to be changed to increase The
lay for the local teachers.
A committee consisting Of Charlie:
! ). Woodward, James f. Graham anC
ieorgc 2. Hills was appointed to 4oot
into the matter further and see VIVA
| Kind of arrangements might be made
for making such an appointment.
! In Chicago and other large cite
! the appointment Of a school nurse i
made under the department OF healtl
nd is maintained by the city rattle
han by the school board
Two years ago this spring, follow
ing the infantile paralysis epidemi
| md when It was thought that such q
pidemic was again threatening
menace the health Of the communit,
4 nurse was hired Tor two months
This appointment was made throus
4 special act which permits hiring {
a school nurse during the period Of Il
pidemic.
In addition to the matter Of tn
3chool nurse, the regular business {
the evening was transacted and til
monthly bills were paid,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
ILLINOIS TROOPS
ARRIVE IN u. S. A.

New York, Feb, 5-The 3@ld Fie!e
Artillery, composed of draft troop
from Illinois. Wisconsin and Mime
sofa and commanded mostly by officer
from Chicago, arrived today on the
Italian transport Duca d'Aosta and en-
trained at once for Camp Merritt
New Jersey, where they will be pu
through the fumigation and medica
observation required OF all returning
troops.
The regiment, which has never beer
in action. is under command OF Co
William McLambdin of the regula'
/ army and returned intact except to
about 200 OF the men from Variou
batteries who were detached and sen
a the front line to the replacement il
,rtillerv regiments whose losses ha(
,een so heavy that requirements weri
eeded.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
Diseased Tonslls and Adenolds.

You have seen thin, pale, unfortunate
Youngsters, who went about as stupid
as a log of wood, mouth open, eyes
protruding and weak, teeth sticking
out, chin retreating, vacant stare, talk
ing thickly or lisping in rather gut
teral tones. You have seen such chill
dren who were bashful and shy, who
ran away at the sight of strangers,
who were timid, who did not seem to
hear you when you spoke. who could
not seem to follow what you meant
when you did talk to them.
1t is of such children that the eX-
preston, terrible in every aspect. IS
made The child is perfect fool "
saws DR.. Charles +. Campbell in Farm
and Home,
But, ninety-nine times out OF hun
bred. the mother of that child has
been, or is, a perfect foot.
Not that the poor child inherited its
stupidity and piutulIy idiouc appear
ance. No, indeed, the child vas quite
normal, once. 1t was unfortunate
enough 10 have ii HtOtA4'A N4A' VIZ -
perfect fool" 1t seems about the
harshest thing anyone could say OF a
loving mother, whose secret heart Is
breaking because her dear child IS
turning out so unloyely, pitlfulS ugly
and stupid, but one cannot say harsh
things enough about such a mother,
because it is all her ault-and, Ct
course, her husbands fault too.
/ Diseased adenoidS and tonsils can
make the child fool, if he was not
/ born defective.
Now, child cannot go ahead and
have his tonsils cut and his adenolds
removed. What does he know OF such
/ things?
But the mother could have done so
/ should have done so.
Every parent who neglects to DC
IS criminally negligent!
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
City and Vicinity
News

Mrs. c w. Irion, 535 Congress
street went To Chicago this mornlnf
to spen.l few days visiting friend
Corp. Earl Shook. who for the past
year has been stationed al Camp Gus
ter. Michigan has received his honor
able discharge from the army and ha'
returned 10 his home, IA Nhape
street.
Mrs. W. +. Weese, 1165 Paul street
is spending a few days visiting friends
in Peoria.
Roys states of Marseilles was an OF
tawa visitor yesterday.
Miss Margaret LAW of North Ottawa
visited friends in Morris last evening
Miss Minerva Woodward has re
turned to her home in Cleveland afte
yisit with Mrs. James Fitzgerald o.
Poplar street.
John McElroy visited friends i
Morris last evening.
Miss Ruth Blozen of Marseille
was an Ottawa visitor today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Petit are TN
proud parents of a baby daughter
BORN this morning at the Illinois va
ey Hospital.
Private Louis Boyle and sister
Mrs. Alex Gray, Of Columbus stree
vent TO La Sale this morning for
hort visit with friends.
Lieut. Stewart McEyoy has returne
nome after visit with his Wife, VIII
$ in Oklahoma resting from her ardl
ous duties as an army Red eros
Nurse
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
q GRAND RIDGE AND VICINITY


MIS-. i. ". Antram entertained al
dinner on Thursday the following
guests. Mrs. r. NJ. Antram andMrs.
Jerry Reese of Grand Ridge; Mrs.
George Eagle and daughter, Miss Ida
Mrs. j. W. Antram aAd little son
Robbie and Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Kiner
of Streator.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Roath of Marseilles
were recent guests at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. b. +. Campbell Mrs.
Campbell is daughter OF Mrs.
Roath.
Miss Emma Butte visited at the
home of Miss Lizzie Fogle on Tues
day last.
c. b. Williams returned Thursday
lromm Springfield where he spent a
few days on business.
Miss CHLOE Lightaer visited al
the home of her brother Valley and
family on Friday.
Ms. Martha Nc Kinsey of Chicago
is visiting here father J. }. Rainier
of the east side Mr.. Rambler has
not been Wen for the past few days
His many friends are hoping for bet
ter news at a very early date
Quite number from here attend
ed the monthly horse sale in Streato
/ last Thursday.
Master Lloyd Riuker who recent.
underwent an operation for appendI
citis at ST. Mary's hospital has sui
/ dciently recovered so as to be re
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05

TIL usual procedure at the front
to determine whether death has oc-
cured is to inject tluorescine, ac-
cording to the method Of DR.. $. lcard
of Marseilles. In the living the eyes
will take IA vivid green color as though
an emerald had been set in the
socket. If no coloration is observed
within an hour or two after injection,
it may be stated positively hat the
person is dead.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
RECIPES THAT ARE COHERENT"

Candied Sweet potatoes-To two
cups sugar add one cup wafer and
boil 1t until it syrups, the same ~
for preserves, then remove from tho
ire and stir in one heaping tablespoon
butter Slice boiled sweet potatoes
proper size, pour the syrup over thea
g almost cover. put extra bits of but
ter On top OF them. and bake about
enc hour or longer, basting occasion
ally by fitting the pan and dipping
up some of the liquid. BE careful not
10 let the top get dry, Serve hot In
the pan in which it baked.
Carrot and nut loaf TO one cup
boiled. mashed carrots. add one Well
beaten egg, half cup chopped walnuts,
one finely minced onion, a tablespoon
butter, melted. half teaspoon salt, 4
dash OF pepper, and bread crumbs to
make a stiff mixture about one cup.
Form into "a loaf, bake III a creased
pan In a hot oven half an hour, and
serve hot with tomato sauce.
Carrot Puddine.-To one cup boiled,
finely mashed carrots, add two we'll
beaten eggs, one-fourth teaspoon salt
rnd half cup each Of milk and cream
Nix well, pour into a pudding dish
and bake about half an hour in hot
oven. Insert silver knife into the
pudding. If nothing adheres 10 tie
Knife the pudding is done. Serve cold
with sweetened and favored whipped
cream.
Carrot Puffs.-To each cup cooked
mashed carrots, add half cup cream
one welI-beatcn egg, one teaspoon but
ter, melted, half teaspoon sugar ana
one-fourth teaspoon salt. Mix well
pour into creased custard cups anC
bake about half an hour in hot over
until puifed Up and light.-Farm an'
| Home.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
PATENT POLISH.

A very good formula for patent pol
ieh for yarnish surfaces is made with
two eggs, one quart of vinegar, one
quart of raw linseod oil and one pint
of alcohol. The ingredients should be
added in the order named, mixing
each one in thoroughly before adding
the next.
The work should be first rubbed,
then gone over with rotten stone and
water, and finally polished with the
above, with the addition of small
quantity of rotten stone. After pol
ishing the work. it should be thor
cughly wiped off with clean cloth
or cotton waste.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05

Investigations made by the depart
ment of agriculture indicate that the
average cost of raising a heifer on
dairy farm in the northern and eastern
sections is about S61 at the end of her
second year; this includes an allow
ance of 1881 for labor. The heifer ls
given credit of IS for the manure she
produces. Thus it appears that the
dairy farmer in the sections mentioned
can not afford to raise a heifer that is
not worth more than $50 when two
years old.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
Genrca's Discovery.

Little George said the other day ut
the table, "N0W, when | sit In my chair
nv feet won't touch the floor, but
when / walk around they touch the
door lust as well as anybody's."
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05

Don't forget that a few beets, turn
FPS or cabbage mixed with the regular
rations of the dairy herd on wintry
days will do much toward taking the
place of the juicy grazing the animals
relished so much in the summer when
they filled the milk pail TO overflow
ing.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
DANGEROUS Natural Gas.

One of the disadvantages of natu-
raj gas localities is that the filtered gas
has practically no odor and leakages
ere. therefore, undetected. Gas has
been discovered to be nearly always
present in buildings fronting on as
phalted streets.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05

The cost of twenty or thirty bush
els of oats fed to the colt during the
winter will be worth more than twice
as much in its growth and develop.
ment.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05

Millions of pounds of wool are i'm
ported annually to supply the home de-
mand. Why not grow this wool on
your own soil and keep the money in
the family?
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05

Watch the hired man with your
horses. If they cringe, dodge or show
advice and fire" him. A good horse
is spoiled when he is a victim OF fear.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
The Romaika.

The Romaika is modern Greek
dance, dignifed in character and al
though not as popular as other forms
of the Terpschorean art, is much af-
fected by certain sections of the pop
ulace.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05

When cleaning spots use a little
salt in the gasoline and there will
not be the Objectionable ring LETT on
the goods when dry.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05

Don't feed out all the clover to the
cows. Save nice lot for the sheep.
They will get as much good out of it
as any animal on the farm.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-05
LOCAL MARKETS

Dressed hens and springs, per b.
..1a.
Hens, per h., 21c.
Old ROSTERS, per h.. 12c.
Ducks, per h., 22c.
EGGS, fresh, doz,, Soc.
Cream, 40c.
Butter, per h.. 23-25c.
Try the Free Trader Tonrnal v ant-Ada
for results.