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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
IN SELECTING FARM
SCAN 1T CAREFULLY
Idle Land May Be Liability In.
stead of Asset.
Avoid Large Areas Without Utility m
Account Of Streams, Swamps. OF
Rough, Stony Places Not Suit
able Even for Pasture.

In selecting Il farm often toe lftsle
the soil and the lay of the fields With
reference to ease of cultivation. Crop
land in itself is of little value unless
it is SO situated that it can be made
TO yield profitable returns through the
Use of labor and machinery. A farm
Of Ito acres valued at 500 per acre
may be u much better bargain if prac-
tically all of the land ran be put to
some profitable use than another farm
of l6O acres purchaSable at $50 per
cally without utility owing to streams,
swamps which cannot be drained, or
rough. stony areas not suitable even
for pasture.
1t Is essential, therefore. that not
the total area as conveyed by the deed
or contract be considered. hut the area
available for profitable use. Any ad-
diiional land may he really a liability
instead Of an asset. since very often
the returns are not even sufficient to
pay the taxes. A great many mistakes
are made on this point alone. the buy
er frequently thinking that he can crop
the land in n way or another, but
later finding that conditions are such
that it is more profitable TO permit it
to grow up to brush or woods han to
attempt to cultivate 1t.
Farmers Bulletin 1888. Selecting
a Farm" gives many valuable sugges-
tons to the prospective buyer. The
bulletin may be had free. upon request.
Of the United States department OF
agriculture. Washington. d. c.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
BEST OPERATION OF
THRASHING MACHINE
Time and Grain Can Be Saved by
Proper Adjustment.
Careless Operator Who Doesn't knoA
Different Parts Is Compelled to
Make frequent Stops for
Needed Repairs.

Even with lie most efficient opera
ton Of tlrashing machines under the
best field conditions it is. probably not
possible to save all the wheat. say
specialists of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture. The careless op-
orator, however, who does not know
what the different parts Of the ma
chine are for, or who does not watch
them closely while the separator is
running. may waste "A great amount or
grain unnecessarily. He will surely
have to make frequent stops for re-
pairs and adjustments. Every time a
machine stops the whole crew. usually
several men and teams, must be idle
Until il starts again, a loss of time TO
everybody concerned.
The waste of grain through ineM-
Gent operation of the thraShlng ma
chimes. though possibly not a serious
matter to the individual farmer. is a
matter Of perhaps millions of bushels
to the nation aS a whole When we
consider that there are 6.NW,Wn farms
i'm the United States. It is evident that
a waste of only a bushe! a SET Would
he an enormous loss IN the aggregate.
Any standard thraSling machine
will do its work with little waste OF
grain or loss Of time If kept in good
condition. adjusted properly for the
particular job un which 1t is engaged.
furnished with the proper amount or
power applied correctly. and watched
intelligently while in operation. Never
theless. it is true that a great deal
or time is lost and a large amount OF
grain wasted unnecessarily III thrash
ing. All thrashing machine manufac-
facturers have endeavOred to make
their machines as efficient as possible.
with the idea of having the cOnstruc-
ton such that they will give a mini
mum of trouble and do satisfactory
work. However, there are so many
parts to Il thrashing machine that IT
requires careful attention at all times.
and it must work under such q wide
range Of conditions that numerous ad-
'iustments must be left for the opera
tor to make in the field.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31

bending on the nature of the Darticu-
lar container. the size of the eggs. and
the packing and wrapping used. If
the conlainer he Il very light n and
the eggs small, the parcel may fall
within the tWo-pound limit, and thu
postage. therefore, within the first anf
second Zones or the 1IO-miie limit.
tanning II dozen eggs will exceed two
pounds, but will not reach three;
therefore the postage on them will be
I cents within tie first and second
zones. A parcel containing two dozen
eggs will add perhaps > cents to the
postage, though sometimes only ! cent.
depending on the nature of the con
tainer and the packing and wrapping.
II should be observed that the larger
the parcel (within the size and weight
limits the cheaper is the postage, az
the first pound If every package costs
> cents within the first and second
zones while each additional pound, up
10 %. costs but ! cent; SO that While
a 1pound parcel would cost . cents
postage. Il two-pound parcei would cost
only s ccntS or 3 cents a pound. 4
2t-pound parcel would cost "a cents. or
! 10 cents per pound, and n .-o-poun6
parcel would cost "a cents, CT bui
! 30 cents a pound.
Wrapping and Addressing Patce'5.
Tie appearance .f tiie parcel de
ponds largely upon The manner III
which ii is wrapped. odd, and enda
Of paper and Irvine are not desirable
for this purpose. Every producer who
aims to make a business Of shipping
eggs by parcel post should procure Il
supply of good. tough paper of The
proper size to wrap his parcels. and
also good. strong. though not too
heavy. cord or irvine that stretches
very little.
TO insure ptompt delivery the ad-
dress should lie written plainly on the
wrapping of The parcel. Nu.h mail
matter is delayed or altogether fails
To reach its destination because of an
incomplete or poOrly-written address.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31

What They Mean
HORSES

A CCORDING to the oracles of Del
"A phi, Jupiter Anon and Dodona. +
SIMON Magls anu the lesser magician
Of modern times who unlock the futur
for a dollar Il peep. to dream of
horse is good luck. Preferably IA Whit,
horse should be dreamed Of for tina
announces to the dreamer uilpXpecte,
riches. II your horse is black YOU
good fortune viii not be so great or !,
complete as ii will be if he is white
The intermediate grades OF color de
note the amount of YOUR good fortune
Z" see yourself riding n horse-pref
ef;bly = large. itony one-meanS sue
cess, If II woman dreams that she i.
riding on Il large, SNOWY horse il inIi
Gates that the fateS have picked on
for h~er-rrovidci She is an unmarried
woman of cOrrse-a rich husband VIII,
Will make her happy. But for anyont
to dream that he or She is riding i
horse is i sign that he or She is abnu'
TO rise a step higher IN the world. B,,
don't fall off. II YOU do some misfur
VIZ - II Nt'i s'u. AN'IlF, i'i
hapS. that YOU will not be able to sur
mount. for the general beneticens Of
feet of dream horses is SO potent tln'
yer a fall from one will not be an
irreparahie misfortune. To dream that
YOU are trading horses foretellS thai
someone is going 10 get the best of YOU
in Il hargain-Mhirh would indicate
Mat horse trades run true 10 form in
the world Of dreams as We'll as in the
world Of actualitieS. To dream that you
are buying Il horse is a sign that Won
will make money by some speculation or
Il real estate deal. But if you dreyn.
that YOU are selling a horse don't 81,
ulate-you will lose. If your dream
horse is FESTIVE it means that you have
much hard work to 90 through before
Won achieve the success which your
dreaming Of him foretells. The dream
horse. If should be distinctly under
stood, is no relation to the nightmare
whatever.
tCopyright.l
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31

Parcel posting eggs has long since
passed the experimental stage. Its
practicib.lity is demonstrated by the
fact thar more parcels Of eggs pass
through the mails than Of any other
product.
While the great bulk of cggs which
come from distant producing territory
VIII continue to be shipped BY other
iirti"h>, II IS no doubt true that many
cltles can be supplied with "A conSid-
cradle portion of their fresh eggs from
within h first and second zones by
iarrei post to the advantage of both
pfoducrr and consumer. BY such di-
rect contact the producer should So
cure better prices for his eggs than
are realized by present methods of
marketing and the consumer should
obtain Il ~frrsher quality at no in
creased cost, or, frequently, even at
a reduction in price.
Packing Eggs for Shipment.
Eggs for direct marketing, if the
trade requires ii or if il can be done
"Aiih'' bitS 't>ti'iN lIItt-e, SilNultl ne
assorted ~ Ia size ami color. Eggs
Irregular in shape, those which are
unusually long OF thin SHIELDED, or
which nave shells Otherwise Detective.
should be kept by the producer for
home Use. so that h~reakagp i'm transi,
may be- reduced aS murli a~ possible.
Regardless Of The particular style
or design Of the cuntaiuer used. each
egg should be wrapped according to
parcel post requirements 50 that it
will not shake about. Soft wrapping
paper or newspaper should he used
around each egg marketing experts of
the United States department of agri-
culture suggest. Should the eggs shake
about In the container. the danger of
breakage In handling is Increased.
Average Weight Of Eggs.
Average hens egg will weigh about
one and a half pounds TO the dozen. or
w ounceS apiece. The weight Of a
single dozen of eggs in a carton prop
erly packed and wrapped for mailing
will run from wv To three pounds. de
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
The Eternal Query.

Two fellow members of a club were
having an indignation meeting and
were comparing notes.
Both had domestic strife.
aren't women the limit" grOwled
the first. I'VE husbands don't know
everything"
well" grumbled his companion I'm
misery. there's n thing my wife ad-
lnits she doesn't know"
"What on earth IS that?"
"Why she married me-"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
POUITPYNOTES
NW& 81 3anao

Any good grade. wholesome feed
will grow chickens If fed rightly.
Oyster shells and grit should be sup
piled to the fowls at all times.
Clean the house and yards at regtl-
lar intervals and so render them san
itary.
Red mites can be eliminated entire
~ by painting the rOOsts and n other
infested places with equal parts OF
gas tar and kerosene.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
Acetyiene In Place Of Ak.

The success Of the a~cetylene torch
In cutting metals suggests to q south
ern lumber c the possibility Of
using the same method 10 fell cypress
trees. No FIRE danger wnGil he IN
volyeA. since this particular timber
grows in swamps. and those reSponsi
bic for INC proposal are now search
bilill .-rup.iar Mechanics Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
A Calculating Nature.

"Why did you refuse to take sum-
mer boarders this Year,"
1--WE been to town quite several
times" answered Farmer COrntOssel.
1--we about decided those city folks
can't afford to eat very hearty all win
ter and I don't want to take EN- on
when they've spent Sc much time saw
in up their appetites."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
Open Sesame.

"Did yOn have any trouble IN seeing
that captain Of industry whose time
Is repntpd to be worth almost a mil
lion a minnte?"
"None at ali"
How did YOU contrive to get in!C
his private officer"
81 stood just outside the door n
engaged his secretary In g iCnd
versation about golf. in which I dts
played a superior knowledge Of the
game"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
Had Lots Of Pluck.
George Ihibault, proprietor Of the
summer hotel at Outlet, a village a
few miles from Picton, Ont, was driv-

~ MS car 1oWArnS nome tGrpni'V
when he chanced t. meet II herd OF
cattle. The owner Of the auto slowed
down to allow the animals to pass
without undue excitement. All went
well till he met the leader of his large
bovine family, a splendid Young roar
huli. The latter resented the pres
pnce Of the mechanical contrivance
bearing down through the herd on low
gear. Lowering his massive head. he
charged, resulting in only Il few
bruises to himself, but a twisted axle,
a badly bent fender and a smashed
headlight to the unfortunate motor.
As Mr.. Ihihault inspected the damage
he remarked einphatieailV: 81 certain
~ admired his pluck. but he showed
poor judgment"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
Promoting Unrest.

Il am very much afraid the Germans
intend to be rs troublesome as possible
in the future" remarked the man
with a suspicious nature
Il am sure Of it." replied the nerv-
ous woman. II see In the paper that
they are busily engaged in manufac-
turing clarionets and trombOnes and
shipping them to this country"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
Milkina Cows.

No two cows can be MIXED alike;
the individuality Of the animal must
always be studied. Thousands OF good
cows are ruined annually owing to in
different milking.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-21
TODAY'S CALENDAR OF SPORTS

. *
RACING: Winter meeting OF Cuba
American Jockey Club, at Havana.
Winter meeting of Business Mems
Racing Association, at New Orleans.
AUTOMOBILE: Opening of annual
show of Spokane Automobile Dealers
Association. Annual meeting of Geor-
gia Automobile Dealers Association.
at Atlanta.
SHOOTING: Midwinter Handicap
Target Tournament at Pinehurst.
N. G.
CURLING: Annual bonspiel Of
Northwestern Curling Association at
Duluth.
GOLF: Annual January Tourna.
ment at Belleair Fla.
BOXING: Fred Fulton VS.. Tom
Cowler, rounds, at Philadelphia.
Jack Sharkey VS.. Jabez White, 10
rounds, at Detroit. Joe Eagan VS..
Johnny Wilson IL rounds, at Boston.
Johnny Tillman VS.. Frank Barrieu.
10 rounds, at Calgary. Charlie Nc
Carthy VS., Harry Anderson, 10
rounds, at Calgary.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-21
IN THE Days NEWS

Anthony Caminetti, whose depart
menLt is in charge of the deportation
| Of alleged Reds from the United
States, has been Commissioner Cen
eral of immigration since the early
part of the first Wilson administra-
tion, Commissioner Caminetti halls
Prom California and has the distinc-
tion of being the first among men of
Italian race stock to get any consid-
erable political recognition from a
Federal administration He is law
yer of profession and from 1887 to
lSS2 was district attorney of Amador
county. Then followed terms in both
pouses of the California legislature
Pnd two terms in Congress as rep
esentative. Identifying himsel
quite early in life with the Demo
ratio party he had full recognition
rom that body as delegate to nationa
onYentions and as a candidate fo
lector.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-21
LAKELAND Vs|pR's
C0MPl|N1 RESULTS
IN AabEST OF FOUR
- CROOKS IN TAMPA

This mornings Tampa Tribune
says THE prompt appearance on
the scene yesterday afternoon of So
licitor R. E. L. Chancey and raiding
party doubtless saved J. Starr of &C.
neva, Neb., from parting with 25,-
900 to bunch of alleged "wiretap-
pers" to whom he hda just given
a check for that amount drawn on a
bank located In his home town. AS
the result of the visit of the raiders
Starr is saved his loss, four men are
in JAIL $4,000 in money has been cap
tured as evidence and large amount
of paraphernalia is being held. An
other check for $4,000, drawn on a
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, bank and signed
ID C. Monter,' also was seized by
the officers. This latter check is
said to have been given by one Of the
men under arrest as member of the
gang, and that he had ''toied' the Ne
braska farmer into the game by pos
ing as his friend and telling him
where he could make wad of easy
money"
The four men who are injail are j.
b. Rogers, an auto salesman of sgd.
ney, Australia; John Walters a
chauffeur of Waycross, Ca; David
Graves, salesman of Fuller n Y,
and Joe Carr, mechanic of Illinois.
At least these are the names which
/ the men gave. Each one is being
held in the county Jail in default OF
5000 bond Members of the raiding
party were Solicitor Chancey, Detec'
TIVE William Anderson. former Chief
of Police ], S. Jones, Deputy Sheriff
Charles Cortino, William Nelms and
friend of the latter from Georgia
early trial for the accused men, who
already are making. arrangements fol
their defense. Attorney V. II. Knight
was called to the county jail last
night to confer with them,
Have Watched House
The alleged "wiretappers" have
been making their headquarters in q
house No. 1910 Twenty-third avenue
for some time, it is. said, At any
rate this house has been under sur
veilance for some time. The case
was worked up by Detective William
Anderson, whose resignation as q
deputy sheriff was recently request
ed by Sheriff White, and by Capt ]
! S. Jones, former chief of police, whC
recently caused to be printed mum
ber of handbiIls warning the public
against confidence games. The off
GERS have been watching the house
for some time and spent most o
Yesterday in that vicinity.
When Starr entered the house yes
terday afternoon. remaining abou
half an hour and then leaving in an
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-21

automobile accompanied by two of the
men, the officers decided that the
time had arrived to take action, 1t
being apparent that Starr, who is a
wealthy retired farmer about sixty
five years cd, had fallen into their
wiles. When the automobile with
Starr and the two other men
reached Twenty-second avenue the
automobile in which the officers were
seated headed them off. One of the
men made as il to spring from the
car but Deputy Cortino was too
quick for him, showing a pistol into
his face so quickly that he turned
decidedly pale about the gills.
Paraphernalia Found in House
Meanwhile Mr. Nelms and his
friend had gone to the house in ques.
tion, in which two of the confidence
men remained. When Nelms ap-
peared at the side door and demand
ed that 1t be opened, one of the men
inside demanded to know his author
ity "We have plenty of authority"
said Nelms, drawing a pistol. The
door was finally opened but the mo-
mentary delay is believed to have
been used by the men inside in an
attempt to destroy as much of the
evidence as possible. A little later
when the remaining members of SO.
licitor Chancey's party arrived at the
house one of the men started to
strike the solicitor with a baseball
bat which was concealed behind a
table, but was dubbed by Captain
Jones'
The place had been fitted up to
resemble racing exchange, or at
least to pass for something of that
kind before the eyes of the inexper-
fenced. There was a desk and ia
BILE, and on the latter telephone
and a telegraph instrument There
was also large blackboard with
racing entries and odds on it. In
one corner was a box full of money.
Examination showed this to consist
of 500 bills on the top of the pack.
ages, with 81 bills under them; 9th,
er packages $50 and $40 bills on the
/ top with neatly cut plain paper under
them. Each package was neatly tied
as is customary in banks. While the
array looked like about 100000, il
was actually $4,000, it was found
No Wires Entered House
officers found on investigation thai
no wires of any kind entered the
house. The telegraph instrument
was operated by push button In
the floor, which was reached by the
foot of one of the men. The tele
phone bell was made to ring in sim
liar fashion. In this way the place
would present an animated scene Il
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-21
Japan's Object Attained
(By Associated Press J

Toxic, Tuesday, Jan. 2O.-Japan'e 6
object in agreeing to cooperate with
the United States in supporting
Czeh-Slovak troops in Siberia has
been attained and withdrawal Of the
Japanese troops from Siberia will
follow, it was decided at meeting
of the advisory diplomatic council
yesterday, according to the newspa-
pers. 1t was asserted at meeting,
1t Is said the Japanese had no ter
ritorial ambitions in Siberia and that
troops are now being sent there
merely to replace losses.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-21

anyone who entered, there being tele.
phone calls, telegraph messages, bets
by excited customers" etc Pic
lures Of racetrack scenes were hung
on the walls. Many persons are be-
lieved to have been lured to this
house within the last few weeks,
Judging by checks found when the
place was raided With the capture
of the checks Solicitor Chancey is in
possession Of number of names of
probable victims, and hopes that the
latter will communicate with him at
once. In each case the checks come
in pairs, one check being deposited
by the "comeon", or confidence man
who entice his victim, and the other
check being made out by the vic.
tim himself
Solicitor Chancey last night an
nounced list of names, but he does
not know which are the names of
the real victims and which checks
were signed by different members of
the gangs under nom de plumes.
The list of names amount of checks
and date OF issuance are as follows
Have These Men Been Stung
Charles Mojerus and G. Waltham
checks for $4,000 each
b. Keller and George Beetz, checks
for $4,000 eachon Jan. 8.
Christ Meyer and Ritter Scoop
checks for 10000 each on Jan. l.
An a. O. T." signed by f, J.
Worth for $500
J. C. Russell and c. P. King checks
for $4,000 each on, Dec. 80.
/ G, Gale and A. Hilson, checks foI
$4,000 each on Jan. 10.
In addition there were two other
checks for large sums, from which
the names had been hurriedly torn
The confidence men were prepar
ing to rope another victim in today
it is believed, as a check had al
ready been made out dated Jan. 81
1920, in the sum of $4,000, payable
to George Dale, and accompanying
check for the same amount payable
to R. Walbeck, neither of whicl
checks had yet been isgned. One O
the other of these men probabl!
would have signed up" today bu
for the raid made yesterday by tn,
officers.
The first complaint in regard to tn
operation of the alleged wire tai
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-21
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson, for
mer First Sea Lord of the British Al
miralty, born 65 years ago today.
Frederick Madison Smith, former
head of the Reorganized Church OF
Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints,
born at Plano, ILL.,. 46 years ago to-
day.
Nathaniel E. Harris, form gov
ernor of Georgia, born near Jones
boro, Tenn, "a years ago today.
DR.. James Henry Morgan presi-
dent of Dickinson College, born near
Concord, Del, SO years ago today.
Francis e. McGovern, former gov
ernor Of Wisconsin, born near Elk
hart, Wis. 54 years ago today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-21

pers' in Tampa is said to have been
made to officers by Mr. Ulch. who is
now at the Kibler hotel in Lakeland.
Mr. Ulch visited the house it is said,
but saw at once that 1t was fake
game ands did not fall for it. He
was brought back to Franklin street
by roundabout way and knew only
the general direction of the place and
not the street and number. he said
last night. Ulch went to Chief of
Police Henderson telling him of the
place Chief Henderson said last
night that it was true that Ulch had
made complaint, but as he had been
unable to point out the house where
the game was going on it had been
found impossible to locate it. This
was confirmed by Ulch in state
ment to The Tribune.
Detective Anderson and former
Chief of Police Jones also heard Of
Ulch's complaint and began an in
yestigation. finally spotting the
house, which was watched for sew.
eral days prior to the making of the
raid
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-21
In Grip of Strike
lBy Associated Press J

Paris, Jan. 81 Northern and
Central Italy is in the grip of a gen.
eral railway strike according to the
Petit Parisien's Turin correspond
ents. Martial law is being enforced
in the principal cities. of the country,
the streets being patrolled by cavalry.
A few trains were operated yesterday
with heavy guards and machine guns
board.