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The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Asriculture)
A tractor may be either a profitable
or an Improbable investment Each
farm has Its own peculiarities; and a
farmer must weigh the advantages and
disadvantages carefully before buying
tractor. He should study the ex-
periences of those who have used trac-
tors in farm work. paying particular
attention to those whose farms con-
form most nearly to his own In size
and system Of cropping. This Is adj
vice from specialists Of the United
States department Of agriculture.
On an average. one farm In 80 In the
United States now uses q tractor. It
has been estimated by manufacturers
that over 100000 tractors will be made
this year. 1t behooves every farmer
contemplating buying one to study his
farm problems from every angle.
Advantages In Using Tractor.
The advantage Of a tractor lies not
% much in the reduction In the cost Of
doing a piece Of work as in being able
to do It In less time. Thus the num-
Der Of acres farmed can be increased
and the work done quickly. Often the
saving Of time is the important factor
In making q profit on the crop grown.
A tractor can be kept on the job in
hot weather when horses are at a dis
advantage. 1t can do heavy work and
do 1t rapidly, thus covering the desired
acreage In the proper season. 1t saves
man labor, thus enabling the farm to
be worked with less hired help. It
sometimes decreases the number of
horses needed, thus saving both invest
ment in horses and the expense Of their
iced.
The tractor owner can increase his
income somewhat by doing custom
work Of his neighbors; but this IL
often a doubtful practice. Outside
work must be done at time when 1t
will not interfere with the necessary
work on his own place or he will lose
more by neglect than he makes by the
custom work.
Disadvantages Mentioned by Owners.
The packing Of damp soil and the
iimculty Of efficient operation are the
chief disadvantages mentioned by trac-
tor users. Where early spring work il
necessary. the packing Of the soil, espe-
eially a heavy soil. II q serious OBJ
lection.
The fact that a tractor demands a
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12
RAT IS INvETERATE
ENEMY OF CHICKENS
Rodents Destroy Feed, Eggs and
All Kinds Of Fowls.
Farmer In Virginia Reports Twenty
elk Turkeys Killed by Pests In
One Nieht|lossss In Other
Parts Of Country.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Every poultryman should be on
guard continually against rats. They
destroy feed. eggs. and fowls, and are
poultry, from chicks, squads, duck
lings, and young turkeys just out Of
the shell to tough old birds awaiting
the Ratchet at the close of long and
noisy career. Although most Of their
depredati0ns are confined to eggs and
young birds, when driven by hunger
rats kill full-grown fowls at roost.
biting them through the head or neck.
Complaints about rats have come to
the biological survey, United States
department Of agriculture, from many
quarters. For example, a farmer in
Virginia reported % turkcvs killed by
these pests in a night. Another. in
Kansas, lost between 200 and 800
chickens and many eggs by rats dur
ing the course of one summer. His
nCighbors had similar experiences.
From New Jersey has come report
Of rats killing young ducks. An
Ohioan has complained that the anil
mails burrow beneath his coops and
takN chicks from under the hen. In
certain neighborhoods of Massachu-
sets half of n seasons hatch Of
chickens and ducKlings have been
killed by rats.
Rats multiply rapidly when left I'M
disturbed where there is plenty to eat.
One pair may increase to more than
1000 in single year.
Farmers Bulletin No. SOC. House
Rats and Mice" describes various
ms thods by which the depredations
It these Posts may be prevented.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12
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More feed and food crops for man
and animals.
Silos should be provided for both
winter and summer.
Do not plant any potatoes unless you
give them the best OF care.
Take pride in the farm and its en-
vironment II you would enjoy farm
life.
The best way to start alfalfa Is by
making good seed bed. and that in
warm weather, too.
The farmer who boards a lot Of
ground squirrels cannot hope to get
full value out of his labor and invest
ment.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12
GREAT RESULTS FROM CLUBS
Opinion Of Dr.. Thomas r. Hunt, Dean
and Director Of the California
Agricultural College.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of AGriculture)
The United States department Of
agriculture. the state agricultural
colleges, and other agencies for the
promotion Of better farming are spend
ing considerable money in club work
among boys.
Does It payf Here is the opinion Of
DR.. Thomas r. Hunt, dean and direc-
tor Of the college Of agriculture, Unl-
versity Of California. &
1.-The college Of agriculture did not.
in my opinion, get as effective results
from any other equal sum of money
which 1t expended as 1t did from the
amount Of money spent on boys clubs
"These clubs have been running long
enough for us to have some knowledge
Of their influence on the future lives
Of the boys concerned. think I am
well within the mark when say that
for the amount Of money expended We
get the greatest humaH results"
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12
CHAPTER XXI.

~The He'll HOLE Of Germany"
On arriving at Brandenburg We ven
marched the three or four miles north.
west to the camp. While We were be.
ing marched through the streets Q
woman walked alongside Of US fot
quite q way. talking to the boys ID
English and asking them about ths
war. She said she did not believe
anything the German papers printed
She said she was an Englishwoman
from Liverpool and that at the ont.
break Of the war not being able to
get out Of Germany. she and her chill.
dren had been put in prison and that
every day for over a week they had
put her through the third degree; that
her children had been separated from
her and that she did not know where
they were.
She walked along with Us for several
blocks until q sentry heard her say
something not very complimentary to
the Germans and chased her away.
When we arrived at the camp we were
put into the receiving barracks and
kept there six days. The condition Of
these barracks was not such that you
could describe It. The floors were &C
tually nothing but filth. Very few Of
the bdnks remained; the rest hac been
torn down-for fuel, suppose.
Cro BE CONTINUED.)
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a1eegwAfo ms % TAN abUat his vl11s
and what he had said 70 them. We
knew M. Gerard had got the Germans
10 make conditions better in some a
the worst hell-holss In Germany and
The men were always glad when he
came around. Thsy felt they had some
thing better to look forward to and
some relief from the awful misery,
Mr.. Gerard was passing through the
French barracks and q man knew
there told him there was an American
thsrA The Germans did not want him
to ses me, but he put up an argument
with the commanding ofncer and they
finally said he could interview me. l
never was % glad to see anyone a.
I was to zee him. The picture IL still
with me Of him coming in the door.
We talked for about IN hour and Q
half. I guess. and then he got up to
90 and he said would hear from him
In about three weeks. Just think what
good news that was to mel
They let mo out Of the guardhouss
and I celebrated BY doing all the dam
do. The men In the camps went Wild
when they learned that Ambassador
Gerard was there. for they said he was
the only man In Germany they could
tell their troubles to. The reason was
that he was strong for the men. no
matter what nationality, and put his
heart Into the work. I am one Of
those who cannot say enough good
things about him. Like many others.
II It had not been for Mr.. Gerard
would be kaput BY now.
A few days after this was slow
again ~ We were marching TO the
bread house and the guard at the door
tripped me. When fell hurt my
wounds. which made me hot Now
had decided, on thinking It over, that
the best thing to do was to be good.
since I was expecting to be released,
and I thought It would be tough luck
to b killed Just before was to b
released. But had been in the Amer.
lean navy and any garby Of the q. 8. A.
would have done what did. 1t must
b the training We get, for when .
dirty trick II pulled OF on us We ct
very nervous around the hands and are
not always able 10 control them.
30 I went for the sentry and wal.
Hoped him in the Jaw. Then received
his bayonet through the heshy part Of
he forearm. Most bayonet wounds
that We got were in the arm. But
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

certain amount Of knowledge on the
part Of the operator can scarcely be
considered a disadvantage. The train
ing can be easily obtained at small ex-
pense. But too many men attempt to
run tractors without learning anything
about them except the starting. stop.
ping and shifting gears. The i'm
portant thing is the ability to detect
trouble the minute 1t begins to de-
velOp, and know how to remedy It
promptly instead Of allowing 1t to run
along until an expensive delay results.
1t pays to spend a few days gaining
experience under 4 competent instruc-
tor. 1t ia unwise to attempt to run .
tractor without such preparation. With
the increasing use Of tractors, as well
farmers are rapidly becoming familiar
with the care and operation Of gas
engines. At the same time. tractors
are being improved and simplined 10
that difficulties In operation are grow
ing less each year.
The comparatively large Investment.
rapid depreciation and fuel and repair
bills have also been mentioned by
farmers as points against owning q
tractor. They point out. too. that .
tractor is not adaptable to all farm
work where horses are ordinarily used
However. the tractor can do much
work that horses cannot do-work
where belt power is needed.
FIJI the Tractor 70 the Farm.
One Of the most important points to
consider when buying tractor II
the size Of the farm. Experienced
tractor owners rarely recommend the
purchase Of q tractor for use on a farm
with less than 40 or $50 acres under
cultivation. and for such farms the
two-plow OUTFIT Is usually preferred.
However. most Of the farms on which
tractors are being used successfully are
somewhat larger than this. and q ma
jority Of the tractors pull three plows.
F0ur-plow machines are being used
satisfactorily on some farms where
there Is a larger amount Of work to be
done, and where the conditions arc
such that one man can operate an out
ht of this size.
Size, however. Is not the only fac
tor to be considered. and the question
whether or not a tractor will prove
profitable II a problem In farm man
agement which must be worked out for
the individual farm.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

those arms were IN front Of our faceo
at the time. The sentries did not ain
for our arms, you can bst On that 4
wound Of the kind I got would be moth
ing more than . white streak II prop.
erly attended to, but received abso.
lutely no attention for It and It was
Q long time In healing. At that, was
lucky; another bayonet stroke Just
grazed my stomach.
! had been at Dulmen for three
weeks when We were transferred to
Brandenburg. Havel, which Is known
~ ''the hell-hole Of Germany" to the
prisoners. 1t certainly II not too
strong q name for It, either.
On the way we changed trains at
Osnabruck and from the station plat
form I saw German soldiers open up
with machine guns on the women an6
children who were rioting for food.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

days. They thought nothing Of pick-
ing fight with . sentry and diving
him good battle. even though he was
armed with ride and bayonet We
soon learned that unless his pals are
around q German will not Stand By his
arguneuts with his nsts. In other
words. II hs can outtalk you. b WIN
beat you up. but II be cannot It u .
case Of Here comes Helnis going
back.
TIE Russian prisoners at Dulmsn
were certainly Q miserable looking
bunch. Thay spent most Of their time
Wandering around the Russian bar.
racks, hunting for rotten potato pesa-
ings and other garbage. which thsy
would eat. When they saw Fritz
throw ont his swill, they would dive
right through the bafbed wire coe
after another. and their hands and
faee and clothes were always t1gn
from Il. It was unhealthy to stand
between the Russians and their gaIo.
age prey-thsy were - speedy that
nothing stopped them.
One morning. Just after bafleyeo6-
fee time. came out Of The baEzaeks
and saw IN Australian arguing With
the sentry. I was not only curious.
but ANXIOUS to b. . good citisso. ~
they say, % I went up and slung an
ear at then. The Ausl1alisn had asked
Fritz what had besa dons with de
nag that the Huns were going to ny
from tie EiHea tower n PariA
That was too dssp for TritA % the
Australian answered Il himself. Don't
700 know. Jritxf Wen. We have no
blanksts. you know"
SIN the sentry did not got It 30
the Australian carefully explained to
me-so that Fritz could hsar-that the
Germans had no blankets and were
using the nag to wrap their cold fest
In.
This started . light. Of courss-ths
German idea Of Q night, that u. The
sentry. being . vsfy brave man for q
German. blew his whistle vssy loudly.
and se6tJlee came from all directions.
30 We beat It to the Australian's bar.
American IN The eamp. He WAS Q bar
bsr named etdmson. from one Of the
Western states He had heard was
tAses a. well a. the Boston man In the
Canadian service. but he had bssn
to- SEX - look N mp. and In fact did
Doe care what happened, he was 20
miserable. He had been wounded esv-
eral times, and died In Q day or TIVE.
I never knew how he came to b IN
thn AuatPnlian anRvfeA
Those two and myself were the only
Americans I-knew OF In this prison
camp-whethsr In Canadian. AnstEa-
Han or French service. Ths other
two had besa captured IN uniform, 20
thefo was NO chance Of their being
released.
Dulmen was vsry near the Dutch
border and - Il was quite easy 70 get
out Of the camp attempts at escape
were frequent Most Of those who ran
away were brought back, though. The
Germans were % easy on those who
tried to run away that almost thought
they were encouraging them. Ons
chap was doing his ten days In the
guardhouse for the sixth time while
I was thsrs-that II. he had just about
completed his period Of detentioa. He
claimed that the sixth dDe he had
really got across the border and was
arrested In littiS town By the Dutch
authorities and turned over to the Ger
mans. That II against the law in
most countries, but he swore II WAS the
truth. am not 20 SURE. myself He
got away for the seventh time while
-
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

Concrete bases to give longer life 10
WORKOUT fence posts are New Yost
Inventors idea.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12
cHAPTER XXI.

Euaba nea b ~ ~ hAacA ns~uh sp.dAII
CHAPTER XXI.
-1o-
a vle1t Fresm NJ. Gerard.
Late that night We arrived ut Dull
men. Westphalia. We were rousted
out Of the carriages, mustered on the
platform. counted. then drilled through
the streets. In spite Of the latsness.
tie streets were pretty well filed with
people. and they Eg-sagged ~ through
al the streets they could. % that all
the people would have Q chance 10 80
the crazy men, - they called %. Most
q the people were women, and ~ soon
- they saw ~ coming. they began
alnging the watch on the Rhine" or
some other German song. and II was
funny 10 ~ windows opening and fat
eraua. with nisht-caps On. sticking
tAsir heads out Of the Windows. They
would givs - Q quick uncover. and
PIPE up Ike Q boatswain: ~Schwein-
all kinds u things and al mixed mp.
90 We gave them ~rppefary" and
Pack Up Your Troubles" and
sAowsd them how 10 sing. Our guards
had no ear for nasic and tried b stop
~, but though they Knocked several
1sa down. Ne did not stop until We
had Anlshsd tie song. Then. altar We
had admitted to each other that We
wHs not downAsaEtsd. We shst up.
We would have done 20. anyway. b.
cause BY this time We were On The out.
skirts Of the town, and We needed all
he breath We had. The road W were
o. was Just one long sheet Of ica and
~ could hardly walk more than four
steps without slippins and falling. Ny
shoes had wooden soles, and IL was
just one bang after another. with the
Ice and myself trying 10 ~ which
could hit the hardest Every tine We
fsal-smashI came Q r1ae ovsf tho
back.
Twas getting pretty tired. % said
TO some Of the fellows that WAS 60
ing to 1T down and rest. and thsy said
they would also. 80 We dropped out
and waited NATL the guards hsAind
had just about caught up with -. and
then We would 30 on. We did this
several times until they got o. 70 q.
and We could not do It any moro.
Up the road piece I fell again, and
this time ] did not care what hap
psosd, % I Just sat there IN ahe
middle Of the road until Trits came -.
Instead Of giving me the bayoost, 10
made me take on my shoes-fhat II.
h toek them Oh Of me with Q knife
through Tie gtrings-and I had to walk
the rest Of tie way In my bare fest.
It was about four miles altogether
from the station to the camp.
when w got near the camp. an the
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-28

til. i En H 55 points f PeE S III. sy s sft %
ing pretty You've got keen eye European diplomats Those
o lords @ % df Po cunt n to f 5 Wo o gsb
Time by the and slipped some of his stuff while the
cRnoage SS R and G d rule i e
see p %06 nads '' s that w @
The league of nations is Yank ideal 1t means the world will be
pssd g the nations Policing the world sound: good but We'd hate
would be rather tough coat tails 4 house
T. s. ideals ali over the works from the frost
bites of the Aare to the gum drops the North Pole from the ring
have rings their beks for 50 centuries indicating that marriage
AmeFeaG ideals Permeaag the tournament the world will
white and blue discs will be utterng the breeze the
Gttenq full house flying at hamas to the sinister dirge of
Instead Of settling ternaos sqbBes with te 5aSons and the
joe Big afg will Be foooo6o A%er
padong Hoove ready feed and eevns the dice
s Wtsn sosns :f s f.. hop .g the -o "9rd back it. s
sede the srane proof bonnet The latest king Oculated
ut ola kne o sure got oTG6ge proper lies the 0d who used
" nS N pp nT 0T oVy d 3r dder Te
when he's being choked Wine and choir reeasa
Gs's '0SS when i'iee
emt and tine aSS consist suit and glucose diamond
that Yank ideals have the works BY the with downh tug
WHEN s Yaat Ideals eel esa s the horizon II.
the Indians the Arctic Circle will be kicking in two bits to
The hunters African jungle will be hunting each others
o bows The B Sa9m 70 aS Si s of 9 ea cents just like the
There will be no more danger from the volcanoes of the Hawaiian
will busy playing pnoche worry about keeping Volcano going
hair CUT 9s ana night Rto'f o P0p Pnd @ D gss his
We're spreading like the stains boarding house abeco
And when the time when American oerchargd
country world the moment hat
Will know everything official and under
ideals swing the works
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-28
Local Wrestling
Promoter for Finish
Matches and No Limit

That the result of the match be-
tween Joe Stecher and Wladek
Zbyszko at Sioux City was a COM
plete vindication of his stand that all
wrestling matches should go to a
finish is the contention of Jack
Lewis, Omaha wrestling promoter.
When Jack Curley first suggest
ed the time-limit match as a possible
method of avoiding long drawn out
maAbouts and a preventative against
"stalling" on the part of the wres-
tiers, Lewis Immediately championed
the opposite viewpoint Lewis
pointed out that while the Curley
scheme might prevent "stalling" by
one wrestler when the other was
willing, it offered unlimited oppor-
tunities for both men to stall"
Il have always insisted upon fin
ish matches and / always will" con-
tinued Lewis. Il insisted that
Stecher and Plestina wrestle to fin
isr. That they did not was not my
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-28
CHAMP
OF RING KNOCKED
out BY Beckett
Big Southampton Heavyweight
Puts BOmbardier to Sleep
g in the Fifth Round of
TWenty-ROund Fight.

London, Feb. 27.-In a 20-round
boxing contest at the Holborn sta
dunn tonight Bombardier Wells, the
British heavyweight champion, was
knocked out i'll the fifth round by
w. o. w. Beckett of Southampton.
Interest attaches to the bout mas
much as the winner will now fight
Frank Goddard for the honor Of
meeting the French heavyweight
champion, Georges Carpenter.
The Frenchman witnessed the
contest tonight.
Beckett fought for the air service
in the recent Albert hall tournament
where he defeated the American,
Joe Cox.
Tonight's contest was tense and
exciting. 1t soon became apparent,
however, that Wells was suffering
from nerves" He went to the floor
repeatedly, yet he fought with great
skill and had things his own way in
the second and fourth rounds.
Nevertheless he was counted out in
the fifth.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-28
Simple Way To
End Dandruf

There is one sure way that has
never failed to remove dandruff at
once, and that is to dissolve it, then
you destroy it entirely. To do this
just get about four ounces of plain,
common liquid arvon from any drug
store (this is all you will need, APP
ply it at night when retiring; use
enough to moisten the scalp and rub
it in gently with the finger tips.
By morning, most if not all, of
your dandruff will be gone, and
three or four more applications will
completely dissolve and entirely de-
stroy every single sign and trace of
it, no matter how much dandruff
you may have.
You will find all itching and dig
ging of the scalp will stop instantly,
and your hair will be fluffy, lus-
trous, glossy, silky and soft, and
look and feel hundred times bet
ter.--Adv.