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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08

heating system and the storage of fuel as well as other supplies. The design is particularly adapted for families with children or for the occupation of a mar ried tenant who boards one or two sin be men. Plans of the house will be sent on application to the United States De- partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08

Birds nests used by the Chinese are built by sea swallow with a gelatinous substance taken from the sea moss Ths nests are attached to high cliffs where it is dangerous climbing to get them They are soaked. after washing in warm water, in cold water over night, then boiled in milk until they may be pierced with broom splint. They are then added to a clear soup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08
Plenty Farm Room

The United States has approximately S5c.oO0 0,00O acres of land-45 per cent of the country's land area-in crops or avail able for crop production. according to re- cent estima tes of United States Depart ment of Agriculture specialists
 Of this amount approximately 4S0.0O0,90o acres were improved land in 1910; the re- man6er consisting of 2o000O,000 acres of potentially arable forest and cut-over land. G0NE(e acres of swamps and other wet lands needing drainage, S0,00o, coo Ecres of potentially irrigable land, and about sO,O0c 600 acres of unimproved land other than woodland
 over .0OO,GeG.0cO acres of land in the United States are not adapted to culti- vation, of wtich at least 60,000,000 acres may be 1sed for forests and about 60000o,- 9D0 acres for grazing. Most of the graz ing land is located in the western states. In addition there are about 40,0O0,O0 acres of desert land and 100000 acres of land in cites, rural highways and railroad rights of way, an amount which will gradually increase with increasing popu- Ia4 ,..,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08

One pint of water converted into steam means that the latter would require as much space as 17oo pints of water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08

The plan represents a complete two story house. which provides ample space on the ground floor for kitchen, a combined living room and dining room. and wash room and laundry On the second floor are three bedrooms. a screened sleeping porch and a bath. The basement provides plenty of space for a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08
MAY CLEAR FOREST LAND

About one-fifth of d billion acres of the cut-over land and woodland in the United States might be cleared up and the stumps removed so that the land would be available for productive farming. How ever, this work would involve heavy ex- pendtures. and on this account clearing is slow, as farmers usually prefer to To- cate on land which does not involve so much pioneering If all this agricultural- ly suitable forest and cut-over land could be made into farms averaging l60 acres. 1t would provide 1250.O00 farms, an in- crease of about 20 per cent over the pres ent number It is believed unlikely that more than 50.0000O0 acres, or enough for perhaps 300,000 farms, will be cleared by the present generation unless the govern- ment assumes responsibility.
 Another undeveloped agricultural re- source consists of swamps and overflow lands that may be drained II is esti- mated that there are some 50 ooo0,000 acres of such land suitable for the production of crops after reclamation, or enough to make 100000 farms of GO acres. Most Of this land, located largely in the Misss- sippi river bottoms and other river Jot- toms of the southern coastal plain and in the peat bogs and muck lands oe the lake states and northeastern states, is potentially fertile, but drainage is ex- pensve it will probably be at least an- other half century before all or even much of this area is reclaimed.
 OPPORTUNITY IN IRRIGATION
 The irrigated sections of the western states have approx imately 30,000000 acres of land still available for farming pur- poses if complete utilization is made of the potential water supply. This is double the present area of the irrigated land and would provide 4OoO0 farms averaging S7 acres, which is the average farm acre nr <1f ;v.r. ofad 1n nd c1, 1T fha ton dams and canals is so expensive that it will be many years before much Of this land is put in crops.
 In the eastern states and in the great plains region much waste land is classi- fled in the census reports as "unimproved land other than woodland" It consists of stony upland pastures in hilly regions and other parcels of waste land in eastern farms and of grazing land in western ranches. aggregatng in all about 50.000,0oo acres. Some of this land in the east at one time was cropped and now constitutes in part the so-called abandoned fsrms. If prices of farm products continue high and farm labor again becomes compara- tkely cheap, a portion of this land will undoubtedly be reclaimed for crop produc- ton. The further development of dry farming may also make room for d Few more farmers in the west Under the $40 acre grazing homestead act passed in 1915 more than 45,000 applications had been made and approved by October l, 1916. Tn the opinion of department specialists. however, most of the grazing homesteads offering promise of supporting . family have been applied for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08
HOW NITRATE IS HANDLED

The bureau of markets, which is in charge of the nitrate distribution for the Department of Agriculture, has appointed at each storage point a forwarding agent and has charged him with the duty of weighting, reconditioning, loading and shipping the nitrate on orders re- ceived from Washington. These repre- sentatives receive from the department $ year plus the regular commercial rates for services rendered.
 Where county nitrate requirements are very light, farmers have been requested to forward cashiers checks or New York drafts in payment for nitrate at the time of filing their applications, after which the nitrate is shipped direct to them. Where county requirements are comparatively heavy, federal nitrate dis tributors have been appointed by the bu- reau, on the recommendation of county agricultural agents, to act consignees and distributors for all nitrate shipped to such counties. These federal nitrate distributors collect money from appli- cants send shipping instructions to Wish ington, receive nitrate and distribute it to the farmers. Shipments are forwarded to these distributors on order notify bills of lading, with sight draft attached The bureau has designated about 800 federal nitrate distributors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08

In the seventeenth and eighteenth cen turies there was profound belief in powdered mummies as internal remedies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08

Germany within the past few days. This flour has been sold in half-pound lots for 2.14 marks. This would be at the rate of about 5l cents Q pound. Other foodstuffs are selling at unusually high prices. all of which indicates that the supply of food is far from meeting the demand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08

was made with the union in New York city, and the nitrate bound for these points is to be moved at once
 Shipments are now being made from 2l storage points, and to date shipping in structions have been sent from Washing ton to forwarding agents covering about l25,000 tons. Records show that about 10000 tons have actually been shipped, and it is expected that the entire 15l coo tons ordered by farmers will be shipped
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08
U. s. AS Beef Exporter

Argentina, the United States and Aus
 tra1ia, in the order given, are the chief
 beef-exporting countries of the world and
 Uruguay and New Zealand are of large, though of secondary, importance, while - Brazil has started beef production and ex- q port that will assume enormous propor- tions if expectations are realized. These
 facts are shown in figures of the bureau
 Of crop estimates, United States Depart nlent of Agriculture.
 lesThe United States was far in the lead
 as an exporter of beef for many years,
 until the beef-producing resources oe Ar gentina began to be utilized systematical-
 1y- By 1909 Argentina took precedence
 in exports. although it had temporarily
 held it in 1903 While the beef exports or
 the United States were seriously decLn-
 ing from 1911 to 1914, until in the layer
 year they were less than the imports,
 Australia stepped ahead of this country
 as beef exporter and held second place,
 after Argentina, until 1915.
 u. s. SURPLUS HIGHEST IN 1918 s5nThe beef exports of the United States lpeached d summit of 731, 100000 pounds oin the fiscal year beginning in l9O9, ana
 there was only a trace of imports. A -sdownhill course followed and by the 3 calendar year 1914 the imports exceeded 2 the exports by 93,0O0,oo0 pounds. In that wear the imports were 100000 pounds, 3 but in subsequent years beef imports have been much less, although consider able and they should be subtracted from , the exports to arrive at the national beef surplus. This surplus, including a share 2of the unidentified meat, quickly rose to 425, ,0O0, 600 pounds in 1915, was consder- ? ably below this quantity in the two fol- o lowing years, and expanded to 7e6,oooVo pounds in 1918, overlapping the highest previous year, 1906, by 35,O00,0Oo pounds. The gross exports of domestic beef Tn lSls were a bout 800 900 pounds.
 had forged steadily ahead 7 end permanently passed the United states in exports of beef in 1909, in which year the Argentina exports amounted to 621, GOO 900 pounds. By 1917 this quantity was more than doubled, and the record or that year stands at 1884, GOO pounds,
 including the meat unidentified in the trade report.
 As far back as 1895 Australia exported a5o OoO. 900 pounds of beef, but the subse- ftJsient exports were much below this until t1alo. when 252OO0,0oo pounds were ex. {, ported The quantity rose to 49l,W hounds in 1915 and is recorded as l6o,Ooo,ooo posnds in 1916 and 34l 100000 pounds ln
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-05-15
Can YOULIVEON
S15 WEEKLY!

Government experts say that the
smallest weekly amount on which a
woman living in what is known as q
third" class city can maintain herself
lecently, is SIS. Could you make SIS
I week cover all your living expenses,
rom one years end to the other. And
f you are doing it, or intend doing it,
;ust how?
Room and board according to gov
7rnment figures. should cost the SIS
ler week feminine worker, S6.67; this
nm to include lunches. Clothing is
,laced at $3.50, with $3.50 left for all
,ther and miscellaneous expenditures,
uch as carfare. dentist and doctor
ills. laundry. all purchases not actual
V clothing, an occasional picnic or
movie and so on. The unreckoned
weekly balance of 8 cents may account
Cor postage, but otherwise it will not
20 far.
War, it is to be hoped, is over for
aver, but changing economic condi-
ions at any time may work hardship
% poorly or even well paid workers.
The part of wisdom, therefore, is to
make some sort of provision, however
slender. sowever arduouslv accom-
olished, for such possibility. The sllgh-
ter the regular financial margin the
sterner the necessity. For such ne
,essities and emergencies Thrift and
War Savings Stamps most admirably
5uffice.
The purchase of even a single Thrift
stamp weekly. means 81 month put
INTO the safest of all investments, gov
ernment securities. Four months will
~enresent the sixteen Thrift stamps
with few pennies added, means later
~ealization of SIS. And even if a War
Savings stamp can be purchased but
thraa times yearly the future situation
will be brighter by regularly increas-
ing contingent of income-bearing in
ve~+mepts.
It is fun to save as future-proft-
ing game!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-05-15
TILECl)MPAUY
ORGANIZED
Grand Rapids Men Interested in Yes
per Tile Plant.

! Vesper is about 10 miles northwest
from this city and clay beds have been
discovered there of excellent quality
for the manufacture of tile.
More than one year ago G.. A.
Perry of Saltwater, Mimi, an ex-
perienced and successful manufactur-
er Of tile and other clay products
came to Wisconsin seeking a location
! for plant. After some mvestiga-
ti0n, he selected q location at Yes
per. The bed Of clay secured by the
company when examined by geolo-
gists was pronounced to be the best
for tile manufacturing purposes, of
any to be found in the state.
Organized Year Ago,
Mr.. Perry was in touch with a
number of prominent business men
in Grand Rapids and vicinity and
shortly after these men got together
and organized the Vesper Clay Pro-
duets Company, Incorporated for
$500,000.
G. A. Perry, was named President;
G.. r. GOldswOrthy, VesDer, secretary
and Guy O. Babcock, Grand Rapids,
treasurer. The trio, together with c..
2. Kellogg, Otto Roenius, and George
NJ. I1lII COiIlDI1SO UiIC GO<lId VI I'll c.
tors.
War Delays Plans
On account Of the war. no effort
was made to start operations until
within the last few weeks. All ar
rangements are now completed. how
ever. and the erection Of tho factory
will commence within month.
Seven to eight acres of land will
be covered by the buildings which
will comprise four story factory
building 10Ox3O0, a storage shed, 5Ox
500 and 20 kilns 90 feet in diameter.
To Employ 100 Men
About 100 men will be employed
twelve months in the year, and when
the plant is in full oneration twenty
carloads Of tile viii be manufactur-
ed per day. Instead of using coal as
fuel in the kilns. the company has de
cided to use neat which can be obtain
ed from nearby bogs. The cost of this
fuel will approximate S1.70 per ton.
as against a much higher cost Of
coal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-05-15
WHAT CHRISTIANITY MEANS
TO A SOLDIER BOY

Many are the boys who when laying
away their civilian clothes to wear the
O. D. of Uncle Sam were of rough
nature never knowing what it was to
trust in the Lord. But thru the hard
training for battle a new light begins
to shine.
Some boys are even like our great
Americc General Sherman, who be-
fore going into battle. offered pray
ar to the Almighty. Some may laugh
but to US it is not laughing matter.
For when at any minute you may be
shot down, a feeling Of great regret
goes thru your body, saying "Oh, if |
had only led a good, clean life, so that
I might have met my Lord face to
face and not have been ashamed OF
nv past life. and my misdeeds."
It often takes a sudden blast tn
make the modern people of today think
Of what the church is for and what
Christ died for The boys of the U
nited States fought for humanity, are
we ashamed Of Him; I should say no,
and from our own experience It has
brought new light to our own minds.
For frem our past life we have seen
where such as intoxicating LIQUOR, IS
- - fo-- Al7o h,7Da~0 haiTg and many
are bows who once drank. but will nav-
ar touch it after returning to civilian
life. =
Remember the Third Annual s. s
Convention at the Sherry PresbvterIaT
eL--~ol7 RFav 2 1919 Won viii hear
more about Christianity there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-05-15

planning on bonding will be interested
IN a section which provides that when
in any county the maintenance of the
State Trunk Highways shall not re-
o1ire the use of the whole funds "a
vailable for maintenance, the excess
may be used by the county for high
way building or to retire bonds or to
pay interest on the same A provi-
sion which, for the present, will affect
only Milwaukee County and a group
of surrounding counties, provides that
when any county has it's State Trunk
Highways completely paved, the fed
oral and state portions of the State
Trunk Highway fund allotted to that
county shall thereafter be used in ex-
tending thru the adjoining counties
the State Trunk Highways radiating
and connecting with the highways
which have been completely paved in
the first-named county.
There are several sections in the
bill, covering bridge and culvert con
strUction. providing for immediate
construction where the public safety
demands it, and immediate rebuilding
when by food or otherwise, bridge
or cUlvert is washed out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-05-15

Mrs. Joseph Hesser of Ottawa,
Canada, was here the mast week to
'ook after the burial of her father,
who died at the hospital at Marshfield.
While here she was the guest of Mrs.
Selma Gouger.
Alex Jones, son of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
7. Jones wired home from New ofk
City of his safe arrival there from
1verseas. He will be home just as
-oom as he is DISCHARGED. He was with
Hospital Train No. So and had va
led experience in that department.
Mrs. Chas w. Humphrey returned
70 her home in Mellen, Wis, Sunday,
accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Fred
Rintelmann, who will spend the sum
mer months in Mellen, the guest OF
her daughter.
We are pleased to note that IN some
respects Mrs. w. C. Weisel is very
much improved. A new serum treat
mnnt is being used with many favor
able symptoms. Her many friends are
anxiously awaiting her permanent re-
.overy to her former good health.
Bear in mind that Captain Guy Nash
who recently returned from overseas
will address the people of Grand Ran
ids at the Congregational church
Sunday evening. and tell US about his
| axperiences in the war with Germany
He has many trophies of the wal
which he bro1pht home with him.
The annual business meeting of the
/ Grand Panids Federation Of Women
Clubs will be held at the home of Mrs
VIM. 2 kellogg on Saturday after
noon Nav 18th. Some change in tht
Federation is being considered and thl'
matter will be brought no for discus
| ion at this rraetin0. 1t is most I'M
1oYtant for all members to be present
T R. Ragan is moving his stock O
ooffrs draperies and all undertaking
| fnrniture to his new quarters IN tn
Wailand brick block which was form
4rlv occ1lvied bv McCamlev & Ponaln
Vile. The first and second floors hav
been freshly decorated and arrange
for undertaking purposes. They hay
all modern conveniences for hold1ni
services there and taking excellen
care of the dead. These parlors Wi
he for denominations and wholly nor
sectarian.
Several new bill boards have bee
: erected on First and Second street
north. east side the past week addin
MANY more wards of advertising spac'
5 On First street north a new boar
e was erected east of the new fire engir
r building. Another large one was cree
: ed facing on Second street and loca
: ed on the same property A ne
: driveway has been put in from Secor
e street to the engine house. New bill
t boards have been erected on the JoI
|, Parrish lots near Days Opera Hous
The Stnvev Norton building has bee
a moved back to make room for a lor
0 billboard 1t thot poi-lt. Thee boar;
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-05-15
A MIRACLE TO WATCH FOR

Some evening in the latter part of
his month when the sun has gone
down and the dusk is settling, the
yround about the trees in a score of
places east of the Mississippi River
viii begin to stir, and from holes that
will appear in the surface will come
,rawling millions. perhaps billions, of
insects not unlike beetles. Almost
without pause they will make for the
nearest tree and begin to ascend the
trunk. They will climb until they find
= place where they can get good grip
IN the bark with their forefeet. Each
one then will take hold, brace himself
nd hump his shoulders until the SKIN
pitts from the neck down the back.
Zach viii then struggle like a man
who is trying to get out of tight and
rweatv shirt When the struggle IS
over there will be clinging to the harl1
creature dressed in snowy white,
With two black patches on his back,
| eyes of coral red. and a pair of rudi-
mentary wings. The wings grow ran
dly. BY the next day they will be full
! .ize. hard and glistening. veined with
ed. and folded like roof ober the
reature's back. The body will have
| a020O6u 1EOiI WdIlG lu1u tSuUloI
brown to nearly black.
The woods will then begin to thrill
md vibrate with sound that pene-
| rates the ear like a knife-a SOUND
hat a Massachusetts historian of ear
Y days described as Such a constan-
| relling noise as made al 1.-The wood
.ing end ready to deafen tn hearers.
It is the elimination of one of the mar
7els of the insect world; the arrival a
maturity of the periodic cicada, NOR
,ommonly known as the seventeen
ear locust.
The shrill note, which only the male
,an make, is not song, but an lnfinlt
" rapid vibration of a membrane, o
tvmpanum, moved by powerful mus
les. Take a tin pail that has a slight
" buckled bottom and push the bot
hom in and out You get the sam
r kind of note. If you could move
? more than seventeen times a seconC
: the note would be continuous.
$ To the female, that shrill note is
love Song. She chooses some Carus
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-05-15
Terms Of
new STATE
HIGHWAY ACT

Madison, Wis.-The big piece of
T higEway legisIation at tnls session is
bill 3I9 S, III the form cf amendments
and additions to the present State
/ frank Highway Act tt was reported
( out unanimously by the Joint Commit
/ tee on Highways, passed the Senate
without q dissenting vote, and is now
I on the Assembly calendar. and un-
doubtedly viii be passed by an over
/ Whelming vote by that body. The bill
i provides for the following changes
and additions:
The State Trunk Highway System
/ is to be increased from 5000 to not to
/ exceed 1850 miles. The Wisconsin
! Highway Commission and Joint Leg
! iSiature Committee acting with the
commission viii select the additional
mileage after hearings and the same
procedure will be followed as in Sc
lecting the original system.
! Snow removal, as under the origin
al act, remains the duty of the local
units, the cities, villages, and towns,
| except where the County Boards take
| over the work. One change is made,
however, which provides that if the
Highway Commission is petitioned by
| at least fifty persons, certifying that
| they would often travel a certain pOr-
tion of highway in the pursuit of
| their ordinary occupation If it was o.
| pen during the winter, and the State
| Highway Commission determines the
public interest demands it, the com
mission may direct the County State
Road and Bridge Committee to keep
the highway open.
The danger producing sign board
on the highways outside corporate
limits will be made thing Of the
past under the terms of the bill. 1t
provides that no advertising or other
signs shall be erected within a public
highway within a distance of 1000
feet from the intersection of any two
or more highways. The triangle
bounded by two adjacent intersecting
highways and one thousand feet back
from the intersection of such highways
is declared prohibited ground for the
erection Of any danger-producing
signs In both sections mentioned, the
power is given to remove the signs or
to change them if they are menace
to safety of the travelling public. Vio-
latiOn of the law is made misdemean-
or.
Another provision is incorporated in
the new bill making it a misdemeanor
TO injure, deface, or remove. any sign,
guide post, mile post, or raarker. erect
ed by the state or a municipality for
the guidance of the public.
A change is made in the method of
distributing the funds for State Trunk
Highway maintenance. Each county,
under the terms of the bill, is entitled
to receive $135 per mile for the main
tenance of the State Trunk Highways
within the county, and in addition, the
proportion of the funds remaining af-
ter the above amounts have been set
aside that the registration fee paid
in by each county is of the total re-
gistration fee, providing that no coun-
ty shall receive more than $275 per
mile. Any excess over this latter a.
mount will be pro-rated among the
balance of counties.
counties which have bonded or are