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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-02
swine CONTINUE
DOWNWARD TREND
PRICE MOSTLY 10 TO % CENTS
UNDER FRIDAYS GENERAL
TRADE. \ %
DEMANDS FAIL TO
500 SHOW RENEWED LIFE

Only 1000 hsad-Dsst Cattle
Is Cents Lower Than at Close Last
Wssk-othsr Grades 50 Cents to
81 Lowsr-Fat Lambs Show Marked
Decrease Compared to Close Last
Saturday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-02

Provisions descended as result OF
breaks in the value OF grain and hogs
Offerings. tho, are not numerous.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
No Horses on Largest Farm.

A 200,000-acre farm, the largest IN
the world, which is the direct result of
the governments efforts to stimulate
the growing of wheat, is described by
Robert H. Moulton in Everybody's.
'The farm is devoted entirely to
wheat, and if it produces somewhere
around the country's average of TWEEN
ty-eight bushels per acre, which is
practically certain, It will add approx
mately 5,650,0O0 bushels to the 1918
wheat crop" says the writer
'All of the work is being done with
tractors. Last fall when the first
ground was broken, there were fifty
monster machines at work tearing uI
the prairie sod They pillow on ar
average Of one acre minute for the
working time. A record was made
one day of 1850 acres turned ant
broken. All the seeding, harvesting
etc, will also be done by tractors, ant
then, of course, there are the thrash
ing machines. Hence, the absolut,
no-accountness Of horses about thi.
place"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
ALIENISTS CAN BE WRONG
Ample Proof That Even Most Able
Of Psychologists Are by No
Means infalIible.

You will not find the word moron"
as used by psychologists and alienists,
in many dictionaries, for it is a word
coined only very recently to describe
a certain type of person who is men,
tally defective although not insane.
Coll T. Easily Smith of the selective
service board, Washington, made lit
tie speech at the Atlantic City meet
ing of the American Medical associa-
ton in which he rather "guyed" his
professional associates on the way
they judged man to be moron or
sub-normal in intelligence.
After relating how the board of
psychology lad set certain soldier
down as having the mind of five
year-old child, he drew a hearty laugh
at the expense of his colleagues by
adding that this same board had ana
lyzed the intellect of a certain mem
Der of President Wilson'S cabinet and
had pronounced ii to be on the level
of a twelve-year-old, and had in the
same way set down an eminent gen
eral in command of one of our armies
abroad as a en-year-old in intelli-
gence.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
Brino Gifts 10 France.

A delegation from Abyssinia bearing
rich gifts of ivory and silks for the
announced purpose of congratulating
France on her recent victory, appeared
at the peace conference in Paris. This
is in strict accordance with the ancient
oriental procedure. The real purpose
of visit is not disclosed until prelim-
mary ceremonies are concluded. These
native MISUNDERSTANDING descent from
Solomon and the queen of Sheba-
wished to be in on the carving up of
the world, for they have interests
which are vital to them although little
known to the rest of the world. Seat
ed in that natural bastiOn of Africa,
the Abyssnians have lived in greater
or less security for unknown centuries.
They are not negroes, but mixture
of Hamitic and Semitic races, with a
culture of their own and processing the
Christian religion, being a branch of
the Coptic church of Egypt. Until re-
Gently they have been unmolested save
by native tribes.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
IS. 0. s." CALL FOR DENTIST
hesio-nts Of Alaskan island Need
Services of Man Skilled with
Drills and Foreeps

Is any dentist hunting for a loca-
uonf Here's one. IL is on Afognak
an island lying east OF the entrance OF
cooks inlet. on the Alaskan coast.
While the lcebergs float around oc-
easionally and bump one another in
the sea like giant monsters In a game
OF water polo. yet il is comparatively
warm up there now. as the summer is
coming on with its flowers and mos
quitoes. But whether an Arctic win
Ter or brief summer is ON. people
VIII have the toothache up there near
the Arctic circle the same as do the
sWeitering residents these days along
the thirty-sixth parallel of latitude.
Miss Virginia Clark. an accom-
plished young woman who was born
and reared on the island of Afognak.
ana is now teaching the youth of her
native land and village, sends out this
cry for a dentist. The information is
given in bulletin of the Alaska Blu
reau of Publicity:
"A dentist located here would have
snap is the only information given
out by Miss Clark. She gives no clew
as to the financial standing of the
patients, but the lucky dentist could
no doubt fight off the II. c. l.. night
mare by doing piece of dental work
for an Eskimo and taking his pay in
walrus meat. Miss Clark does say
that potatoes and garden truck thrive
there. the fishing is good, and there
are plenty of CLANS and wild ducks.
Copper also is found in paying guam
titles, and placer gold mining is being
successfully carried on along the
beaches.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
Price of Labor,

An Indiana suffra gist, who is wide
Unknown speaker, went to her door the
other morning to buy some blackber-
ries of young country woman, re-
ports the Indianapolis News. The ber-
ries were fine, but the suffragist wish
ed them at lower price than they
were offered. "Why, they just grow
along the roadside so plentifully that
all you have to do Is to pick them"
she told the woman. Don't you think
you are charging rather exorbitant
price for your labor?"
The country woman put her boxes
back into her basket. 1--WE known OF
higher-priced labor" she retorted tes-
tily. words are more plentiful than
blackberries and yet our club had to
pay you $25 last winter for putting a
bunch Of them together"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
HICKS HARD FATE.
One Remanof TO Whom Country
Has Been Ungrateful.
Story Of Great Russian Military Com.
msnder Most Amazing Romance
Of the war-His Splendid Gen
eraIship Is Recalled.

From March. 1917. till October. 1918
Grand Duke Nicholas Romanofr. for.
mer commander in chief of the Rms.
sian armies and one of the most bril-
liant generals OF the great war was
a prisoner in the town of Yalta In the
Crimea. He is now in Milan with his
family. humbly housed. The story OF
big Nick" is one of the most amaz-
ing romances Of the war. the Pitts
burgh Gazette-Times states.
When the tolsheviki gained control
of Russia Nicholas was residing at
Tiflis, where he had been governor un-
der the car and under the Lvof
regime. He was summoned to Yalta
by the bolshevik authorities and obeved
the summons. His brother, his wife.
his sister-in-law and other members of
his family and his suite were impris-
oned with him. Twenty-Five bolshevik
soldiers were detailed to guard the dis
tinguished prisoners.
Late in the summer of 1918 il was
decided by the Yalta soviet to execute
all the prisoners. The bolshevik guards
absolutely declined to permit the SEN
tence of death to be executed and sent
the firing squad back to headquarters
Three times thereafter executioners
were sent to kill the prisoners, but in
each instance the guard prevented the
carrying-out of the sentence.
When the Germans came to Yalta
Nicholas declined to permit the Ger
mans to enter the house that had been
his prison, declaring his utter loath-
ing of all things German. Soon after
this the allies took Yalta and Nicholas
was rescued
All the private fortune of the grand
duke has been lost His lands have
been confiscated. At Milan he lives
comfortably, but very unostentatiously
Democracy owes much to Grand
Duke Nicholas. He was, in fact, a
stanch upholder of the old Russian alb.
solutism. But first of all Nicholas was
Russian He knew Russia's saliva
ton depended on the vanquishing of
summate skill and 1t is more than prob
able that only his splendid generalshir
prevented Germany from winning the
war in the early stages His retreat
before the tremendous attack of Mack.
essen and Hindenburg, which resulted
In the saving of the Russian armies
was one of the most notable chapters
Of the war.
Between the bolshevist Russia Of to.
day and the old autocratic Russia for
which Nicholas fought, practical stu.
dents and statesmen find little choice
but it must be admitted that the au.
tocracy produced great men, while the
gutter communism has found only
scoundrels for its leaders, In the
awarding of justice there should BIZ
some provision for this gigantic Rus
sian, who in 1914 and 1915 prevented
Germany from marching to easy vic
tory.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
Industry Overdone.

The development of the coconut oil
industry in the Philippines has been
very rapid, due to war conditions. The
exports Of oil in 1918 amounted to
1150O0 tons, as compared with $4,000
tons in 1917 and 10000 tons in 1916.
There is scarcity of shipping to take
copra to Hull, England, and Marseilles,
France, which are the great centers
for oil crushing, hence it is found more
profitable to ship the less bulky oil to
the United States. A number of new
oil mills have been constructed in the
Philippines in order to fill the demand
for oil, but it is serious question
whether the present crushing capacity
Of the Philippine mills is not in excess
Of the normal supply Of copra.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
Philippine Tobacco.

The Philippine islands tobacco ex-
ports increased greatly in 1918. In that
year $500 tons Of tobacco were ex-
ported, as compared with $500 tons
in 1917. The bulk of this tobacco was
shipped during the early months OF
1918, and the later months showed a
marked decrease. The exports of ci-
CARS, however, showed steady in
crease during the entire year the num-
Der shipped being 359,000,000, valued
at 100000, as against 2S4.0OoO0O
valued at $4,5OO,000, in 1917. Most OF
this production was absorbed by the
American market. The increase is
largely due to government supervision
In order to guarantee the quality or
all shipments to the United States.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
FRANKLIN AT HEAD OF LIST
ms Book. Way CT Wealth." Has Had
More Reprints Than the Work of
Any Other author.

Greeley's advice. Young man. 90
west is changed by A. Edward New
ton 10 this
Young man. get hobby. preferably
get two, one for indoors and one for
out"
Riding a hobby differs from riding a
morse. said the wise lunatic. in that
You can get off the horse.
Anyhow. Mr. Newton takes his own
medicine, and for some 80 years he
has ridden a hobby all over the conti-
nents in search of rare books. Girard
writes in Philadelphia Press.
He's collector he is, and his home
contains an immense and highly valu-
able library.
what is the prize book in the whole
world?" l asked him.
The Gutenberg Bible" said he. .for
which Henry f. Huntington paid $50
O0O."
This son of the old Southern Pacific
railroad builder has what Mr.. Newton
declares easily the greatest private IL
brary on earth.
You would hardly think it possible
to write a book about book collecting
which would interest the rank outsider
who doesn't know first folio from Q
side of sole leather, but Mr.. Newton
whose style is delightfully."- whimsical
has succeeded in doing 1t.
A anny of Don IT,, s.<,,41 No
jor' was found in a Chester count,
garrett not long ago and was afterwart
sold for $500, so Mr.. Newton reports
OF all the books and pamphlet,
Franklin turned off his Philadelphi,
press, that one, said the famous print
er, was his best job geographically.
Franklin did so many things. frs
that folks rarely remember that he als'
printed the first translation of Gree!
or Latin classic that was issued il
America.
No one has yet matched the old sag
In another respect-400 reprints of
single work. Franklin's sway o
Wealth" has passed that number
There have been 70 editions of it print
ed in England, So in France, II in Ger
many and in Italy.
1t has even been translated in Rus
sian and Chinese.
All other best sellers have been back
ed off the map by that unique outpu
of the Boston lad who some one With
said "WaS horn in hiladalnhia at m
age of seventeen"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
The AirpIane as a Decoy.

Ever since wars have been waged
man has made use of decoys to outwit
the foe. Even in the recent war a
decOy proved to be useful once in a
while. An instance occurred at point
on the western front where the British
trenches faced salient of the Ger
man trench system. At the time when
the British staff determined to reduce
the salient, the Daily Chronicle tells us,
the Germans were expecting an ordi-
nary attack with its primary lombard
ment They promptly fell into the trap
set for them.
Early in the morning a British air
plane flew very low over the 'front.'
line trenches and passed parallel to
the German line, but 500 or 600 yards
behind it. The Germans thought the
plane target that could not be missed
and turned their backs on the British
trenches to fire on the machine. While
they were engaging the airplane, the
British infantry suddenly went over
the top and in few minutes captured
the position and took number of pris
oners.
The machine returned to it's air.
drome riddled with bullet holes, but
both the pilot and the observer were
uninjured.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
Keeps Off Potato Bugs.

And now comes prophet VINO
arises in Missouri, and has published
in a number of papers the following
news for the especial benefit OF those
who detest to chase the elusive potato
bug: IF a soup bean or two Is
dropped into each hill of potatoes
when they are planted the potato bug
will not bother them, and besides your
crop of potatoes you will get one or
beans as we'll There is one farmer
who has tried this experiment for five
years and has never been bothered
with bugs while his neighbors lost
their crops. The bugs don't ike the
smell of the beans for some reason.
Kansas City Times.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
But None Came.

Late the other night on a street car
a soldier was going home for the hrst
time. He was happy and proud. AND
his reason for being proud; there was
a wound stripe on his right arm.
One man said to him: Where We're
YOU wounded" The soldier replied
81 was hit in the back with piece
Of she'll" The man gave a.short laugh
and said: "A funny place to get hit;
which way were you going|
IT is needless to say that the soldier
hit the man and here Is what the sol.
der said: IF there are any more OF
you fellows thinks that a lank ever !,
ran, can change your mind for you.
Indianapolis News.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
Crop Condition
Week of Oct. 7

Good rains fell during the week
in the north Pacific states and in
Utah, northern Nevada and extreme
northern California. The rains were
beneficial. as they put the soil In ex-
eellent condition for fall blowing.
and they improved the roads. thus
making il easier 10 haul crops to
railway terminals. Some little dam
age was done TO fruit in Oregon and
northern California. The absence OF
rain in the southern portion of the
district was favorable for curing
range grass in Arizona and for dry
ing fruit in the southern half of Cal
| ifornia
Temperatures averaged below nor
NAL in nearly all places. and they
were so much below normal in Ne
vada and Utah that killing frosts oc-
CURED several mornings and the sea-
son for truck crops was thus brought
to close. Heavy frosts occurred
| nightly in Idaho, but they did little
| damage. as everything except few
garden vegetables had previously
matured Heavy frosts occurred In
portions of Oregon and Washington
and seriously damaged corn and
| tiuCh III w Dul Aiu no
great harm in Oregon.
The harvesting and thrashing of
wheat and barley are now completed
in all but few late localities. Plow-
ing has become general and the rains
were favorable for the termination
of early seeded grain. A good crop
Of corn in being harvested in Oregon
Some alfalfa was discolored by
rain in California and a little was
damaged by frost in Nevada. Haying
has been delayed by rain in Oregon.
Ranges and livestock show a de-
cided Improvement over that of a
week ago, and stock are coming out
of the mountains in good to excellent
condition.
! Summary for Arizona: Light frost
in northern counties and absence of
rain generally favorable for curing
range grass. Condition of ranges
and stock excellent; water plentiful
4 Summary for Utah: General mod
crate rains put the soil in excellent
condition for blowing, seeding and
termination of winter wheat. Range
improvement continues and stock are
moving to lower ranges. Beet and
potato digging begun. First general
frost killed late truck crops, princi-
: pally tomatoes in many localities,
but in some large areas tomatoes
were not seriously damaged. but cold
. rainy weather was unfavorable for
ripening.
Summary for Nevada. Killing
frosts ended the season for truck
crops and slightly damaged alfalfa,
except in the extreme south, where
no frost occurred. Rain improved
pastures and fall grain blowing was
started in some localities. Large
quantities of tomatoes and potatoes
were marketed; yields fair. Fruit
picking continues. Thrashing nearly
completed
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
for
Forest Rangers

The United States civil service
commission an open competitive ex-
animation for forest ranger to be
held October 81. The examination
will be held at the following towns in
Utah: Cedar City, Kanab, Moab,
Provo, Salina, Vernal, Epraim, Lo-
gan, Ogden, Richfield, Salt Lake City,
Widtsoe. In Idaho at Boise, Challis,
Emmett, Haley, Mccall, Montpelier,
Pocatello Standpoint, st. Maries, Bur-
ley, Occur d'Alene, Grangeville,
Kooskia, Mackay, Orofino, Salmon,
st. Anthony Weiser. In Nevada at
Ely, Elko, Minden. In Wyoming at
Alton, Encampment, Lander, Pine
dale, Cody, Jackson, Laramie and
Sheridan.
Application blanks for admission
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
Real War Scrap Book.

To keep a scrapbook on the recent
war sounds like herculean task, but
it was really done by regular, every
day human being, man from Seattle.
Wash He began in August, 1914,
never realizing the enormity of the UNI
dertaking but he stuck to the job and
now owns book containing thousands
Of columns of war reports and pic
lures clipped from his favorite pa
pers. 1t weighs more than 100 pounds.
is carefully indexed and promises to
be a valuable addition to reference u
bIaries.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
Shove o6!-Join the
U.S.Navy;

to this examination may be secured
from the civil service commission ut
Washington, D. c., from the forest
supervisors at any of the places above
designated or from the district for
ester at Ogden, Utah. Persons de-
string to take this examination are
urged to submit their applications an
soon as possible.
This examination is open to all
ablebodied citizens of the United
States between the ages of 81 and
40 years. Applicants must have at
least a common school education.
Practical experience in compass sur
veying, mining, numbering and the
livestock business is desirable.
In making appointments prefer
ence Is given to residents Of states
where the examination is taken. Ap-
pointments are made at the initial
salary of $1,100 per annum.
FOR SALE.
Typewriter ribbons for all makes of
machines at the Record ONCE; 81 each:
mailed to any address.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
No Loss Of Animation.

II suppose Crimson Gulch is quieter
since the bar closed"
Not yet" said Cactus Joe. "All
you've got to do Is to say prohibition
and everybody begins to argue ss
the top Of his voieos -,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
pa in Petulant Mood.

"Pa. what is bolshevihT"
"a bolsheviki is man VINO mas tiie
same idea as your mother.
"What idea, pa?"
"That money can be picked OH
bushes"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
His Resolve.

1T Is better to do your losing early
In the season."
II know that axiom" said the base
ball manager. "but II I happen to win
few games I'll endeavor to bear 1t
with nation."--Louisvllle Courier
Journal,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17

Ranchers Request Power Service
]. G. Scrugham, state engineer and
member of the Nevada public service
commission, has gone to Fallon for
the purpose Of considering the APP
plication of several ranchers who are
anxious to secure light and power
service from the Nevada Valleys
Power Company.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
Vegas Gets Branch Highway Office

The state highway department will
establish branch Office in Las We
gas. C. S. Benson will be the engi-
neer in charge. H. p Brown, assist
ant bridge engineer, will also be sta
toned there. Two of the depart
ments surveying engineers are ex-
pected in the field shortly.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
and from there we went to Japan

Talk about adventures
Men in the Navy come
home with the kind of
experiences that most
chaps read of only in the
books.
Here's your chancel
Uncle Sam has, as you know,
q big Navy and gives red
blooded young fellows like you
m opportunity to step aboard
and shove off,.
\ What will you get out of it1
Just this:
A chance to rub elbows with
I foreign folks in strange parts of
the world.
The chance for good honest
work on shipboard-the kind of
work that teaches you something
zeal; the kind of work that puts
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17

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beef on your shoulder and hais
on your chest.
You will get 80 care-free vaca-
ton days q year. not counting
shore leave in home O. foreign
ports.
You will have the kind Of CON.
radeship in travel that sailors
know.
You will have regular pay.
over and above your meals. iodg-
ing and your first uniform outfit
good stuff all Of It.
You can join for two year,
When you get through you'll be
physically and mentally tuned
up" for the rest Of your life.
You'll be ready through and
through for SUCCESS.
There's q Recruiting Station
right near you. If you doa'e
know where Il h, your Post
master will be glad 10 tell you.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-07-03
WEATHER AND CROPS

Summary of weather and crop
conditions in Tennessee for the
week ending July /:
The rainfall was generally light
and in some localities rain is need
ed. The fair weather, however, gave
good opportunity for the cultivation
of corn, cotton and tobacco, and the
harvesting Of wheat, oats. clover
and grass hay. Corn made good
growth during the week and in the
eastern part of the State is very
good. In the central and western
districts it is fair to good. Some
corn is tasseling. Much Of 1t is
late. Cotton made far to good
progres and it's general condition
seems fair to good. though it is still
late and a considerable portion is
grassy. Wheat is practically all cut.
Threshing is becoming general. 1t
is turning out good in East Tennes-
see and in some parts of the middle
western districts, but poor in everal
north-central counties. The week
was generally favorable on wheat in
the shock Both winter and spring
oats are good and are being cut. To-
bacco is very good in the east but
in some important counties in the
west is late and needs cultivating.
Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes
are generally doing well Clover
and grass hay is good and much has
been saved. Peas and beans for
hay are growing well. The outlook
for peaches is poor to fair and for
apples, poor.