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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-01

pose of considering a bond issue n
duplicate the 5000, OcO 900 appropr.a.
tion 10 be divided among the states
for the construction of good roads IN
Louisiana.
Corporal Dewey Owens. Company
B, Eighth Machine Gun Battalion. is
dead. He was killed in action whiIa
pumping bullets into the Germans
near Chateau Thierry. hut the story
OF his herOism will not he forgotten.
Corporal Ovens whose father, S e
Owens, resides at Point. Union par
ish. La, was among those awarded
the distinguished service cross.
Attention OF the Louisiana Railroad
Commission was called at a meeting
at Shreveport by a committee repre-
senting the Independent Oil and Gas
Producers Association of North
Louisiana to the situation created IN
the Pine Island district through the
refusal Of the pipe line companies TO
handle the full production of the
field.
American soldiers in France were
so anxious 10 get TO the front t-a.
those who had been there and were
wounded or for other reasons sent
again fit, often took French leave"
,and returned without authority 70 DO
so. Colonel Frank p. Stubs said in
an address before the Rotary Club at
Monroe.
The State Board of Examiners met
in the office of Governor Pleasant.
The meeting was held TO discuss ;he
return of near-beer licenses. Gov
ernor Pleasant is chairman of the
board. while the other members are
the heads Of various financial depart
ments OF the state.
intercollegiate debates will be
abandoned at l.. s. L. this year. Dr.
J. Q. Adams Of the department Of
public speaking, announced. The IN
terruptions in academic work both at
L. s. U. and college accustomed to
compete against L. S. u. was given
as the cause for the action.
The town council of Franklinton
Is arranging with private interests 10
put IN a modern electric lighting anf
waterworks system for the town. The
present system is inadequate and If
the board fails to interest anyone IN
the proposition it is proposed to is
sue bonds and the town put in the
plant
Among the many souvenirs of the
world war received in Shreveport, a
map sent Arthur J. Newman, by his !
nephew. Frank Newman Quicke. takes !
a unique place. The document is 4 /
chart of the waters of the Firth OF |
Clyde and sketches the west coast of
Ireland.
Charles Orpste Babin died at his /
home in New Orleans. He was chief
of the state highway de-
partment.
A telegram received at Monroe
from Congressman Riley J. Wilson a.
states that the omnibus
appropriation bill carries an appro-
priation of $4,000 for the enlarge
ment and improvement of the post
office building at Monroe, for when
had been completed.
Louisiana was the third state in
class three tC reach lee per cent in
he race among the states in wind
ng uD the draft, 4 bulletin issued by
General CrOwder showed.
The decision of the Interstate Com
nerce Commission announced. clint.
hating blanket freight rates in the
Alexandria, Monroe tri-
lngle is regarded hare as a complete
-ictory for Monroe Jobbers AMI
\ yhOloSalerS.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-01

Hohi washington, said that
mole cottonseel situation mas
rlleved by the decision of the
ssnce there to follow the stabili-
h plan.
uRs TO obtain support for the
nHnkhead Amoricanization bill
ehs made by ;be State Council
S'ase. The bill is for the pur-
v decreasing the rumber of IL
as aud non-Enaish speaking
US N the United States.
Wupriation of 100000 will he
he State Boarc Of Education
" earelessneSs of clerk in
g NE general appropriation bilr
ne State Board OF Liquida-
ones to the rescue.
associated Advertising Clubs
: world will convene at New
y september 2l-27, instead ~
y 1881, according to a tele-
unnrming the Few dates from
{. Darcy, of st. Louis. pres-
v The advertising association.
u Tull. who has accepted
- f the First Baptist Church
orieans will take charge Of
-aeh the first Sunday in March.
! 10 determine the stand
spils OF the Baton Rouge
a0o' will be held shortly. AZ.
!. "'vey efforts will be made
W children falling below
" weak.
lor the erection of a modern |
y the river front at Baton
.a' De discussed at a mass .
oe held here March 8. De- I
! tiscussed. '"''' also +,
e louisiana items CARRIE, ~
anu harDors bill were an
Il : ne Sena.e. The Ouscbit,
ave a'er projects were the prln.
S'sets Of attack. Senator :, pam. an,
ss s'c'srized those rivers as
kPe .sae, convicted of killing
I'm, aeichart a. Rayviile. mas
80 a over 20 the authorities
- s4.en'iary Receiving Station
u ~, sven a life sentence after
q ear.l el That a number Of
slpsnies have recently ac.
s,s' se blocks of leases and
<s's'e into agreements 70 n h"l
y !. '0r oil has Increased the
IA s'eatly widening the cIai-
kS,,@ @eetins of cotton p.an,.r.
- : vas held at Alexandris
~ = record in the resolution ,n
II s0psed as favoring the re-.
cotton acreage at least
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-07-25
DRY FARMERS URGED TO
HOLD ON TO THEIR LAND
Spectators Gazing With Eager Eyes
to Part OF State Burned Out This
Year, Says Billings Visitor

Billings.-Dry land farmers should
by all means hold on to their land
and cattle This is the advice of o.
NJ. Gudmunsen of Rapelje. former
representative of Saltwater county In
the state legislature. He bases his
opinion on observations made while on
an extended visit TO North and South
Dakota, Minnesota and other states
east of Montana.
During my visit to the east, said
Mr.. Gudmunsen while In Billings, Il
talked with scores of real estate men
who are maintaining a watch on Mon
tana with the intent of coming here
next fall and purchasing all the land
they can get at the low prices which
they expect will follow AN exodus of
dry land farmers. Spectators from
all parts of the country will be here.
and unless the farmers have a correct
knowledge of the value of their land
and can obtain their price, they
should not sell"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-07-25
FIRE THREATENS SMALL
TOWNS IN FOREST AREAS
Aiberton People Fear Blaze Which -
Approaching Them.-Thousand
Sheep Lost Near Tarkio

Missoua.-There Is danger of the
town of Abortion. 81 miles west OF
MissouIa, being wiped out by the Mig
ger Hill forest fire, according TO re
ports received here. This blaze has
come over the crest of Niger Hill
glllch and is said to be about three
miles from Abortion.
A telephone message from st. Regis
said that the town was surrounded 10y
fires and was in danger of destruc-
ton. Forest service headquarters re-
port that the Cold creek fire west of
the town had jumped the Missolila
river the Northern Pacific and Mil
waukee tracks and two county roads.
A thousand sheep were destroyed by
Il forest fire near TarlSio, little sta
ton on the Milwaukee railroad. A
miles west of here.
A fire near Evaro 16 miles west of
Missoula. will prove dangerous to many
ranchers in that section il there is a
shift In the wind. according to reports
received here by forest service Off
Gals
The Rattlesnake creek fire in the
MissOula forest has been famed by a
high wind and is sweeping down hill
over six-lnile front into the Twin
creeks and Blackfoot country.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-07-25
TO IMPROVE SEED POTATOES
Extensive Experiments Being Made in
Various States by Govern
ment Officials.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultureo
To select strains of potatoes which
are best adapted for commercial pro-
duction, the United States department
of agriculture and cooperating state
agencies are conducting extensive ex-
reriments in seed improvement. Trials
are being made in Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Iowa, Oregon, Washington,
Maine, and also in Louisiana, Texas,
Oklahoma and Arkansas. Several
strains of the leading commercial va
rieties now grown in the North are
under test, the purpose being to study
them carefully under actual growing
and harvest conditions in the field,
and to select the best strain OF seed
of each commercial variety. The fol-
lowing year each strain will be grown
on a large scale. As the supply OF
seed stock permits, the seed is to be
distributed among growers and seeds
men, and In this way is to be gradu-
ally popularized and disseminated.
This investigation will be of country.
wide significance in improving the fu-
ture stocks of seed potatoes.
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BIC POTATO YIELD.
Western Canada Man Raised 600
Bushels on Two Acres.
He Thinks He Did Pretty Well, but
Thsre Were Even Larger Crops
n the Neiqhborhood-Live
Stock Men Prosper.

AS a by-product the yield of potatoes
on the farm Of Ben Pawson of Coal
dale, Alberta. was somewhat of a pay
Ing proposition. Cealdale is in the
Medicine Hat district of Alberta. Med
icine Hat is place, pictured in the
mind of many Americans. where the
weather man holds high carnival. and
when he wants to put little life or
spirit into the people just moves the
mercury down a few notches. The
rascal has thus given Medicine Hat
rather unenviable place on the map.
But 1t isn't half as bad as it Is pic
tured. Anyway. Ben Pawson likes it.
Last year he grew six hundred BUSH
els Of potatoes on two acres of land
that had no special preparation, and
only the usual precipitation, or rain,
as the less cultured would call 1t.
When he couldn't work at his hay or
grain, because of the damp mornings.
he gave them some attention. And
then evenings between supper and
chores and bedtime he gave them some
work Anyway his yield was six hun
dred bushels. and he sold the whole
lot for $285. Ben rs satisfied. Still
there were larger yields than this In
the neighborhood.
II one might speak Of hogs In the
same breath In which you speak Of po-
tatoes, there is nothing in the ethics
Of literature that would create a de-
barment Taking advantage of this
license it will not be out of place to
state that large potato yields are not
the only feature of interest in this
new and interesting country. Amongst
others hogs are having good deal of
attention. Not long ago, hogs reached
the $500 mark on the Calgary market.
1t doesn't cost much to raise hog
and very little to bring him to weight
of 200 pounds Don't cost much Ger
tainly not. But what about the man who
recently paid $3.50 for Duroc Jersey
Boar? That was all right. That man
knew what he was doing He was do
ing what a great many other farmers
In Western Canada are doing today.
He is acting on the old saw" that
.it costs no more to raise good crit
ter than poor one" That is the rea-
son that Western Canada is looming
large in the live stock world. The best
is none too good. The same may be
Eaid of horses, cattle. yes, and sheep.
too. The very best sires and dams
of the best breeds are purchased And
while big prices are paid, it is felt that
the demand for pure-bred stock at
home and abroad will bring returns
which will warrant any reasonable
price that may be asked.-Advertise-
ment.
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Il You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
It is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
Of sight and are soon forgotten The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
IN endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root.
preparation / have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for In
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has SO large
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp Root is due to the fact,
70 many people claim, that it fulfills al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri-
nary troubles and neutralizes the URIC
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive sample bottle OF
Swamp Root by Parcels Post Address
DR.. Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention tins
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
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PINE MOUSE QUITE HARMFUL
Makes Use of Tunnels Made by Moies
Destroys the Vegetable and
Root Crops.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
'Let the mole do the work and get
the blame" says the pine mouse as
he scurries through mole-made tun-
mel to hill of juicy potatoes, where
he eats a self-service meal. And at
that, pine mice are not inherently
orehardist and farmer are crafty.
Moles burrow tunnels in their search
after grubs. insects and worms, and
officiate as plain-clothes men in Kidding
the soil of rascally inse It's. Pine mice
tag after the moles ard destroy the
vegetables and root crops which the
moles free of insects.
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MAKE APPEAL FOR
AID TO CONGRESS

Scobey-Petitions asking congress
TO throw open the Fort Peck reserva-
tionsto homestead entry. that payments
made to the government by settlers be
refunded and that all future payments
be cancelled. are being circulated IN
every town adjacent to the Fort Peck
lands from Glasgow east to the North
Dakota line.
The action is the result Of a de-
cision reached by farmers residing in
the western portion Of the reserva-
ton in their conference on ways and
mems to make possible a continuance
of residence on the reservation lands.
The petitions are TO be completed by
July %.
Every resident on the reservation
will be urged to write the Montana
congressional delegation. urging that
the legislation be enacted. 1t is con-
fidently expected that congress will
appropriate the funds necessary to re-
lieve the distress on the reservation.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-07-25
PARTS OF HELENA ARE
OFTEN WITHOUT WAFER
Hours for Irrigating Lawns and Gar
dens Reduced to Three
Days Week


Helena.-In several sections of the
outskirts of Helena not even drinking
water is available during the sprink-
ling hours, it is reported. Residents
have to get water for washing dishes
and other household purposes before
6 o'clock, If they dc not wish to wait
until after o'clock.
Hours for irrigating gardens and
lawns in Helena. reduced to a third
of the original time by an order of
the city council two weeks ago, have
been reduced again. so that sprink-
ling will be permitted only three even
ings a week. West side residents are
restricted TO sprinkling on three days
each week. and the east side residents
have the alternate three days. There
is no irr.igating done on Sunday.
The reduction in irrigating hours
was ordered by the city council after
the conclusion had been reached that
the water situation here is so serious
that unless further conservation OF
water is effected. Helena will be re-
duced to only drinking water.
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MILK STREAMING IMPORTANT
Utensils and Strainer Cloths Should
Be Thoroughly Washed and
Then Steriiized.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Strainer cloths containing 35,000,0OO
bacteria per square inch have been
found in use on dairy farms.
The average strainer cloth, Of which
about SO square inches is In contact
with the milk, is likely to contain fully
billion bacteria il 1t is not washed
and sferilized after each milking.
II the cloth is folded, the number of
bacteria is likely to be still greater.
Milk produced under conditions
where utensils were not sterile was
found to contain more than 666,0O0
bacteria per cubic centimeter.
When all utensils were sterilized,
the average bacterial count was only
about $1,000 per cubic centimeter or
less than one-twentieth as many.
Bacteria in milk are not necessarily
injurious to health, but they reduce Its
keeping quality. Certain kinds Of bac
terra, il too numerous, also affect its
palatability. For the production OF
clean milk the department of agricul-
ture urges strict sanitation In every
dairy operation.
Utensils and strainer cloths should
be thoroughly washed with warm
water and washing powder. then
rinsed in clean water and ster-
ilized by boiling or steaming for
five minutes. After sterilization. the
utensils. including pals, cans, strain.
ers, and strainer cloths, should be
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-07-25

prepared BY the United States Depart
ment of AEriculture.)
The potato industry is seriously
country-the potato wart disease. I'm
less 1t can be eradicated before II
spreads to commercial paintings
specialists Of the United States de.
partment of agriculture say it will
cost potato growers millions annually
II is easily recognized and when dis
covered 1t should be promptly reported
to federal or state agricultural Off
cials.
Like many other plant diseases and
insect pests, the potato wart disease
was imported from Europe. 1t is with
out doubt the most serious potato
disease yet discovered in the United
States. Unless promptly suppressed it
may prove disastrous to the entire
American potato industry, which in
wolves nearly half billion dollars an
nually.
What to Look For.
Two bright spots reduce the menace
of this disease.
Except in its early stages, it is cas-
lily recognized; and it spreads slowly.
However, it cannot be detected I'M
til the potatoes are dug, as it does
not seriously affect the growth or
vigor of the vines.
1t usually appears in the eyes of the
tubers Spreading from this point of
Infection, it may gradually envelop the
whole potato and render it. a spongy,
warty mass. 1t is characterized by the
prominent wart-like outgrowths on the
tubers.
The warts at first are whitish or
light brown. Eventually they turn to
n darker shade. After decay starts
they turn black. Young warts, when
exposed to the light, turn green.
The warty tumors vary from the
size of a pea to a walnut; or they
may even exceed the size of the potato
on which they grow. In the latter
case, the warty mass loses all re-
semblance to a potato. In some hills
some of the potatoes may appear per-
fectly healthy, but the eyes are likely
to be infected.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-07-25
CANS BETTER THAN BUCKETS
Much More Convenient for Handling
Milk and Cream in Transferring
to the House.

Milk and cream from even few
cows can be much more conveniently
handled in regular milk cans than In
the shallow pans and wide-mouthed
buckets commonly used.
Cans are convenient for collecting
The milk at the barn and transferring
1t to the house.
These cans may be bought in vari-
Gus sizes. For handling cream and
skim milk where separatOrs are used.
or even where cream is set to sour for
butter making, the shotgun can," Is
very convenient. 1t can be easily COW
cred and set in water and is conven-
tent to handle.
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| 1t is through the use Of such ap
rarently sound potatoes for seed that
The disease is often spread to new
localities.
How Disease May Be Spread.
Under ordinary conditions the pota.
to wart disease spreads slowly. II
lives in the soil and on the tubers
transported TO introduce the disease
into a new field or locality. The
spores may be carried into clean soil
by drainage from infected soil, on the
feet of men or animals, by planting
diseased potatoes, by planting sound
tubers that have grown on infected
soil, by the use of manure from ami
mails to which diseased potatoes have
been fed, and by garbage into which
Feelings from diseased potatoes have
been thrown.
Preventive Measures.
No method of controlling the potato
wart disease has yet been discovered
so every preventive measure must be
used TO keep it from spreading. The
warts should be burned Diseased
trbers must not be fed TO live stock
without first being boiled. Infested
soil should be planted to other crops.
Potatoes should not be planted again
in infested soil for at least eight years.
Federal and state agricultural au-
tl'orities are working to prevent the
spread of potato wart. but they viii
need heartiest cooperation from every
grower and dealer of potatoes to
save the industry from this new
menace. Experiments are being con-
Quoted to learn, if possible, ways OF
controlling the malady, and informa-
ton will be furnished as rapidly as
discovered. But potato wart disease
is much easier to prevent than to con-
troll.
Keep watch at digging time for
pc tatoes with warty growths which
are whitish or light brown when young,
black and decayed when old. Report
all suspicious cases to your
county agent, to your state agricul-
thraI experiment station or to the
United States department Of agricul-
ture.
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IAKRM'5N0FES
The wheel hoe makes garden culti-

The wheel hoe makes garden culti-
walton easy.
Alfalfa is relatively free from dis
eases and enemies.
Don't quit cultivating now. Plants
need the soil stirred now rs much as
ever.
Keep the potatoes well cultivated.
Much depends on the way the crop
Il cultivated. The killing Of weeds
4 not the oaly purpose Of cultivation
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-07-25
SYSTEM OF CROP ROTATION
Successful Dairymen Will Have One
Market or Cash Crop Besides
Profit From Dairy.

The most successful dairymen have
a system Of crop rotation that enables
them to have one market or cash crop,
besides the profit OF the dairy. The
increased fertility that is brought on
to the farm from the use of concen-
trated feed stuffs more than offsets
the amount of fertility removed by
the sale Of the dairy products An
other factor is that the same help
required to properly conduct dairy
can And time outside of the routine
dairy work to care for . profitable
market or cash crop.
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The Real Thinq.

so this is ii German officers he'll
metz
Yes
"Are you sure it's genuine? I un-
derstand factory in France is manu-
featuring helmets to sell TO American
soldiers as souvenirs"
Il guess this one is genuine" re
piled the doughboy, calmly. 81 got ii
in exchange for an uppercut landed on
Prussian's w."-Birmingham Age
Herald.
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Up to Date.

1--WE need a patriotic song" snid the
musical manager; something modern
that Will appeal both to the popular
ear and the statesman's intelligence"
Il have It," exclaimed the enihusi-
astic composer; make 1t medley Of
Sweet Land OF Liberty and A Life
on the Ocean Wave
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-07-25
Tank for Dairy Herd.

When figuring on a tank for the
dairy herd, allow for about 10O pounds.
or 20 gallons, for each COW daily
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-07-25
Making 1 klck.n6 cssv.

Most times 1t Is the calf that =
handled roughly that makes the kick
img COW.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-07-25
Dry Times,

Dry Times.
How about Fiubdub1 They say
hes fulsome.r
Some but not often"
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hung in clean place where they will
be protected from flies and dust. Milk
as it leaves the udder of healthy cows
is clean and pure and may he kept
SO by following the methods outlined